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As you can see the SQL Profile is reported as used in the first two queries, and (visibly) seems to have been used. Then in the third query where we wouldn’t expect a match the SQL Profile is not used and we get a plan that shows the index would have been used for the other queries had the SQL Profile not been there. So far, so good – the profile behaves as everyone might expect. As you can see the execution plan for the original query is still doing a full tablescan and reporting the SQL Profile as used; but we’re not using (or reporting) the SQL Profile when we change the literal values – even though a query against dba_sql_profiles will tell us that the profile has force_matching = ‘YES’. If you use an SQL Profile with force_match => true to “hide” the literals in a statement that includes bind variables (even if they appear only in the select list, in fact) the mechanism will not be used, and the SQL Profile will apply only to the original statement. Christian Antognini has an elegant little script that uses the dbms_sqltune.sqltext_to_signature() function to highlight this point (among others). Bear in mind, before you run the script, that you need to be licensed to use the dbms_sqltune package to do so. That was exactly the point of the blog. However, I could have expressed my tl;dr better – after all, if you don’t have ANY literals then you wouldn’t be need to worry about force matching. It would be redundant. I’ve updated the tl;dr to clarify the point. One of the drawbacks of SQL Plan Baselines is that once a specific SQL statement has a baseline associated Oracle will carry on creating new baselines for it even when the parameter optimizer_capture_sql_plan_baselines is set to false. Although this helps to explain why you could end up with lots of SPBs for this statement it shouldn’t really explain why the time for parsing can grow dramatically. From what you’ve said I do not know why Oracle will see the need to optimize the statement lots of times in a few hours – the simplest explanation is that you have lots of different (literal-string, perhaps) that keep pushing other stuff out of the library cache; on the other hand it may be something to do with the way you’re using PL/SQL to run the SQL, perhaps calls to dbms_sql or to execute immediate behave differently in some cases compared to embedded SQL. I suspect the time spent relates to statistics feedback and the appearance of sql_plan_directives for the objects in the statement – combined, perhaps, with the presence of histograms for various of the columns mentioned in the predicates. The directives generally tell Oracle to sample tables and partial joins between tables, in the query and there have been lots of complaint about the feature in this version of Oracle leading to long parse times (and the type of library cache contention you’re recording). In 12.1.0.2 this is part of “optimizer_adaptive_features”, but in 12.2 it has been isolated as “optimizer_adaptive_statistics” with a backport available for 12.1.0.2 so you can disable it (the default is off in 12.2). See this note (especially Update 5 – with the link to Mike Dietrich’s definitive blog note on the patch) for more details. Obviously you could include predicates on owner and object_name to get better precision. In my case I’ve just found 370 directives associated with sys.obj$. 2) There are too many accepted and enabled SPM plan into the SPB which Oracle has to reproduce and cost before selecting the best costed one. Thanks for the corrections – I’ve edited in part of the correction to the original comment to make sure that people don’t take it as gospel and forget to carry on readintg. Hi Jonathan, If we suspect the time spent relates to 12.1 optimizer’s adaptive features(statistics feedback and or SPDs), we shouldn’t be having the same behavior when there is no SPB in place. Oracle still has to do hard parsing anyways whether we have SPBs or not. The procedure, rather the SQL statement has been working well for months now after SPBs were dropped. I could prevent oracle capturing additional plans (due to adaptive mayhem) by setting the plans in the baseline to FIXED=YES. But when the optimizer couldn’t reproduce the plan in base lines, why we need to have SPBs in first place? So I didn’t spend more time on it. No strict relationship exists between the SQL profile and a SQL plan baseline. If a statement has multiple plans in a SQL plan baseline, then a SQL profile is useful because it enables the optimizer to choose the lowest-cost plan in the baseline. SQL profile enables the optimizer to choose the lowest-cost??? Both SQL profile and SQL plan management aren’t truly great at least with my experience so far with all these limitations. Why can’t they code in such a way that the optimizer choose the lowest cost plan directly from base lines ,if a base line exists.I understand that Oracle needs all dependent objects in place to reproduce a plan. But the check can be done w/o hard parsing in the name of re-optimization. Thanks for the comment. It would be nice to know what triggered the endless generation of new baselines but I sympathise completely with the need to move on once a solution (or workaround) to the important part of the problem has been found. If Oracle has to pick the lowest cost SQL Plan Baseline then it needs to run the optimizer against all the different hint sets. But SQL Profiles are statistical corrections to the optimizer generally used to correct cardinality estimates. So Oracle should used the corrected cardinalities when trying to find the lowest cost plan – which means applying the SQL Profile to each SQL Plan Baseline. I wonder what happens when the profile contains directives like “do a full tablescan” rather than “there are only 20 distinct combinations of col1 and col2, not 2,000”. SQL re-optimization was the main culprit behind generating more number of plans and we also had SQL plan baselines without FIXED=YES option, it kept adding the new plans to baselines. I really don’t understand how it could possibly increase the parsing time, when it’s not accepted by default. we had just one plan in the baseline as “ACCEPTED” for this SQL. There were 40+ sessions waiting with “Cursor Pin S wait on X” and the blocking session doing hard parsing (in_parse is Y and in_hard_parse is Y and all other sessions in a state IN_PARSE=’Y’). I have also noticed that the blocking session doing “lob/read operations” against SQLOBJ$DATA & SQLOBJ$PLAN.
2019-04-19T09:08:44Z
https://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2018/06/26/hacking-profiles/
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For the ancient region, see Messinia (ancient region). Messinia (/məˈsiːniə/; Greek: Μεσσηνία Messinia, pronounced [mesiˈnia]) is a regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messinia was a prefecture (nomos) covering the same territory. The capital and largest city of Messinia is Kalamata. Messinia borders on Elis to the north, Arcadia to the northeast, and Laconia to the southeast. The Ionian Sea lies to the west, and the Gulf of Messinia to the south. The most important mountain ranges are the Taygetus in the east, the Kyparissia mountains in the northwest and the Lykodimo in the southwest. The main rivers are the Neda in the north and the Pamisos in central Messinia. Off the south coast of the southwesternmost point of Messinia lie the Messinian Oinousses islands. The largest of these are Sapientza, Schiza and Venetiko. The small island Sphacteria closes off the bay of Pylos. All these islands are virtually uninhabited. Climate may vary, in the lowlands, temperatures are a bit warmer than Athens. Snow is not common during winter months except for the mountains, especially the Taygetus. Rain and clouds are common inland. Before the 2010 reorganization, Messinia was a nomos (prefecture) containing 29 dimoi (municipalities) and 2 koinotites (communities). Since 2010, Messinia has been a perifereiake enoteta (regional unit) containing only 6 municipalities, but with the same population, as it did not change area in the reorganization. Some 25 municipalities and communities were incorporated politically into the other 6 according to the table below, becoming municipal units. Like all provinces of Greece, they were abolished after the 2006 local elections, in line with Law 2539/1997, as part of the "Kapodistrias reform". Some of the enlarged municipalities (demoi) created in 2011 have a territory similar to the former provinces. The economy of Messinia is primarily based on agricultural production although in recent years efforts are being made toward the development of activities in other sectors such as tourism. Main agricultural products are olive oil, Kalamata table olives, figs, and black raisins (sultanas). The variety of agricultural products is complemented by a small amount of stockbreeding products (beef, milk, sfela cheese, honey) and fish from the Gulf of Messinia. There are many small- and medium-size firms involved in the processing and standardization of agricultural products as well as a number of enterprises devoted to wood processing, furniture manufacturing, and metal construction. The Karelia tobacco company is based in Kalamata. The main airport in Messinia is Kalamata International Airport (KLX). Messinia is mentioned in the oldest work of European literature, the Iliad. The name undoubtedly goes back to at least the Bronze Age, but its origins are lost in the world of mythology. The region was one of the largest that was conquered and enslaved as helots by ancient Sparta. In the Middle Ages, Messinia shared the fortunes of the rest of the Peloponnese. Striking reminders of these conflicts are afforded by the extant ruins of the medieval strongholds of Kalamata, Coron (anc. Asine, mod. Korone), Modon (Methone) and Pylos. Messinia was a part of the Byzantine Empire. Much of Messinia fell into the hands of the Ottoman Turks, a part of the area remained with the Venetian Republic. In 1534 a group of families, known as the 'Coroni', settled in Piana degli Albanesi in Sicily. They were Arvanites and Greeks from Koroni. During the 1680s, the whole of Messinia was regained by the Venetian Republic in the Morean War, and formed part of the "Kingdom of the Morea" until recovered by the Ottomans in 1715. The Mani Peninsula, a part of modern Messinia, was autonomous from Turkish rule due to the fact that it had no harbors. Messinia became part of independent Greece as a result of the Greek War of Independence (1821-1832). The famous naval Battle of Navarino took place near present Pylos in 1827, and was a decisive victory for Greece and its allies. The population in the area of Kalamata and Messine increased from 30,000 before World War II up to nearly 80,000 in the present day. Messinia suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires. Hellenic Interior Ministry (18 March 2001). Δείτε τη Διοικητική Διαίρεση (in Greek). Hellenic Interior Ministry. . The previous Kapodistrias organization of all the communities in Greece. The populations are from the Census of 2001. η Βουλή (11 August 2010), "ΤΕΥΧΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟ", ΝΟΜΟΣ ΥΠ’ΑΡΙΘ. 3852: Νέα Αρχιτεκτονική της Αυτοδιοίκησης και της Αποκεντρωμένης Διοίκησης − Πρόγραμμα Καλλικράτης (PDF) (in Greek), ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΕΩΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑΣ . Part 2 of the Kallicratis Plan law, No. 3852, by the Hellenic Parliament (Βουλή), publishing a table of all the official communities of Greece arranged in hierarchical order. The lowest-level populations are from the Census of 2001. All higher-level populations are the sums of the appropriate lower-level populations. Kontogiannis, N.D. "Settlements and countryside of Messinia during the late Middle Ages: the testimony of the fortifications," Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 34,1 (2010), 3-29. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Messinia" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
2019-04-25T20:12:03Z
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messenia
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Violet jelly was my favourite. You can't have a lot of it, it's easily too much, but on thin pancake it's perfect. It made me laugh and gag at the same time. I wonder if something exists like sunflower jelly? Seeds are the eatable part, but perhaps the petals have a flavour of their own. Mmmmm, pancakes! LOL Well, savory pancakes would be different. Sure, I'll try blue cheese...it's good on salads! "Savory pancakes" are traditionally made with buckwheat, and why not stuff them with blue cheese, right. Only I DON'T like blue cheese! Any other will do anyway, raclette, gruyère or goat cheese specially.
2019-04-22T16:37:21Z
https://kanld.livejournal.com/217463.html
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On Mondays, I will post five links to tools and resources that can be used immediately in your classroom. Sometimes the links will follow a theme or content area, other times they may just be random. I’ll try to post every other Monday. You can submit your favorite links in the form below.
2019-04-18T11:23:53Z
https://ppsintech.wordpress.com/5-links/
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In Downtown Vancouver we visited several Lumière sites, an annual winter event inspired by lighting up the long winter nights of the north. It was mostly interactive and filled with flames and magic. Multi-coloured glowing flowers at the main festival site at the Art Gallery in Downtown Vancouver. Setting a dragon on fire is dangerous work! Light columns reflected in the rainy streets. Kaleidoscope of Kids. The city steam works, although not officially part of the show, was one of the more interactive pieces. And I see strange shadows in the steam… Interactive music and lights; if you step on the dots the lights flash different colours and the piece bings and bongs. Heart lights. The Tree of Blue Lights (and red, and yellow, and pink…) Stanley the Heron down by English Bay. Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge: Magical Light. Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Lights. What a fun and unique response this week! Well done. Looks like a magical event. Love this magical light series! Thank you so much for sharing.
2019-04-19T00:19:43Z
https://elizabatz.wordpress.com/2018/11/16/an-annual-winter-event-inspired-by-light-lumiere-vancouver/
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A friend is trying to grow indigo…maybe we can work together on a project! Why not?! Joint projects are fun! Thanks! Hope next summer is warm enough to try some organic vat. And thank you for the link, I have been to Maiwa site before, but forgotten they had so many different instructions! great colours. the shawl is beautiful. I have just picked the last of my Japanese indigo for next year’s seeds. Thanks, Jean. I managed to collect some seeds this year too, hope they turned out ok. When I think about it – it started from seeing you growing your Japanese indigo and dyeing, all your wonderful shibori and yarns. And I just want to try it, mostly for the sake of trying, so I know what people mean when they say “indigo vat”. Thank you so much for referring to my blog! OMG, I love your version of Coeur de Lion!!! It’s absolutely stunning: the color and WOWW for that handspun yarn. You are too kind! Honestly, I felt my yarn was a bit too fluffy and the color is too dark for a lace shawl like this, the patterns calls for plain and light colored yarn, your choice feels more right for me. But I just contunied blindly and now i have the shawl. I think spinning is something one keeps improving all the time, (there is always ways to make it better) and with your diligance you will master it quite soon! For how long have you been spinning and where do you get your fibre? I’m enjoying it a lot, but still need to practise a lot. I have been spinning for not so long, 2,5 years may be, on and off. And I try to buy fiber locally – (both sheep wool and alpaca) and card it myself. In the beginning I bought some wool samples here http://www.worldofwool.co.uk/ mainly because it is already processed and easy to spin. I started with drop spindle first, just to see if i like it and then switched to spinning wheel. but even with a spinning wheel – making enough yarn for a sweater is quite a project! Considering my own failures in dyeing with woad and japanese indigo, I just say: Wow! to your results. But new year, new tries! Wow! Super gorgeous results! And I think your shawl is beautiful.
2019-04-18T21:25:14Z
https://textilepractice.wordpress.com/2014/10/26/dyeing-with-japanese-indigo-and-woad/
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Only October 2012, but seemingly so distant in time and memory. We are getting lots of interest in these new courses but most people are waiting for better weather to get out there and get the best shots with their cameras! For those of you who are up for it, there are lots of opportunites to capture some atmospheric images at this time of year. Wrap up warm, contact us and come along! Tailor-made, 2 hour weekend courses, at only €18 euros per person, with a minimum of 2 people and a maximum of 4, in order to maintain a friendly and informal one-to-one experience. Whether you are on your own or with friends, for much more information visit Under The Lime Tree Website or Contact Us Now to arrange a suitable date and time.
2019-04-20T08:19:38Z
https://underthelimetree.wordpress.com/category/digital-photography-courses/page/2/
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Final Semester? Graduation? So soon!? This is my last week interning with Clear Channel Asheville. I learned a lot, made great connections, and even managed to leave with an audition reel. I’ve also freshened up my skills in XHTML and CSS coding within Adobe Dreamweaver. My photography skills have increased dramatically this semester, photos to appear soon! My lighting techniques still need work, but I am ten times better than I was in January. My acting final seems to be going well, despite a battle with two GI viruses back to back. Present preliminary to professor tomorrow, he sees it again the day of finals. Which are next week! I can’t believe this semester has literally flown by! Monday, I take the GRE, which I only started studying for yesterday! Many thanks to Olivia Bellamy for giving me her prep book! My other two classes are going well, and Wind Song will finish strong with a final episode of season one on Sunday, May 6. Hopefully this fall, it will return for season two with Stefani at it’s head and a new co-host by her side. As many of you know, I am interning with Clearchannel Asheville. This week, the Hunger Games had it’s midnight premiere all across the country. Guess what? I Was There! But you won’t find me in all the pix on the website….because I took all the pix on the website! That’s right, an entire costume portfolio is displayed for all of you to see! Hunger Games Midnight Premiere – The NEW Star 104.3. I am currently working on my Neutral Scene assignment for my Acting I class. My partner and I have created our own set of given circumstances. One of my more brilliant ideas to help get us started was for us to write a character bio. Instead of A and B I thought we needed names. Of course we had to decide on setting and relationship etc, but for a creative mind like me, the details are crucial. So, below is my character bio. I am no longer portraying bland B, but the cruel, popular, and selfish Daphne Castle. Pretty cool, huh? Her entire current objective: get A to talk to her=> take her back=> restore her ego=>affirm the world revolves around her. Became the “it” girl in Middle School after puberty. Dated every star jock. Only dumped once by “A” in the middle of senior year. Obsessed with fashion and appearances at every level. Daphne was raised to be a “trophy,” a model, only meant to be seen. She is an only child. She vacationed in Europe with her father to visit his family and contemporaries. Clothing is strictly designer label. Had her first coffee at age 15 in Milan. Blackmailed her principal in high school to graduate. Never taken anything seriously aside from her. After high school, takes a part time job with her mother’s firm filing paperwork. Job was taken only to get to know the celeb clientele. Never considered college, no desire to work or educate her. Expectation of self-entitlement is all encompassing. Daphne felt pressure to keep A until she was tired of him. She felt him growing distant, and reacted by clinging. Did not understand why he insisted on spending time outside of her and sports with his family, friends, and doing homework. The actual breakup was private, and she passed it off to her clique as her own boredom. She doesn’t have actual friends, only superficial entourage. No confidante’s, no sincerity in her life. They shop, gossip, and wreak havoc. She knows their secrets but no one knows her secrets. Her desire for attention leaves no room for ideals such as monogamy, family, or empathy. She is a chameleon, an actress, with miniscule ability for empathy. She was never taught how to actually care about other people outside of what they can do for her. Mother is a lawyer on the cutting edge of fashion and precedent with zero time for her daughter. American, modeled in high school, exclusive celebrity clientele, high rate of success in court. Father is a neuroscientist on the brink of curing multiple sclerosis. British, MENSA, several awards and accreditations for his medical discoveries, arrogant, direct, cold. I feel like I could take the neutral script and this character and write a novel on Daphne! I may do just that if time allows. Would you be interested in reading that story? My great -aunt Sally Bradley just celebrated 98 years! I took some photos of her celebration at her home in Cherokee. She is my mother’s father’s sister. I realized a few things as I was taking these photos and taking part: 1) I need to spend more time with the elders in my family 2) I need a lot more practice with my camera 3)It is vital to make time for the little things in life 4)If she is still healthy, driving, and walking on her own then there is no reason for me to be unhealthy. So I have renewed energy in my workout/health plan for myself. There is absolutely no reason for me to get seriously, medically ill after seeing her so full of life! My acting I class is starting on neutral scene study. I’m partnered with a guy who’s schedule is almost as complex as mine. For those theater newbies out there, a neutral scene is barebone dialogue without given circumstances of any kind. No setting, no reference, no character bio. All circumstances are created by the actor(s). We’ve decided to make our scene between two people formerly romantically involved, and currently strained. His character is a college athlete, the relationship ended in high school, and my character show’s up on his turf. The assignment for class is to rehearse, we have to show the prof/class the scene on Tuesday, and work on it for the next week and a half. Then we show it again for a grade. I am taking a digital photography class. Up till now, I’ve always done black and white film photography with a Minolta XG-1. So this was my fourth digital photo shoot. This semester, I decided to focus on portrait/studio photography. These are the most recent. I am using a Canon T3i in my university’s studio. I finally have the hang of the softboxes and backdrops, and I know what I’m doing with the camera (mostly). I’m looking for something specific, but I don’t know how to get at it just yet. So Monday, February 13th a friend of mine let me take studio portraits of her for my digital photography class. We basically talked about Dr. Who and other sci-fi pop culture references. As we spoke, she moved in a relatively still space, and I took my shots. A lot of technical difficulties on my part, but here are a few that turned out well. Rae is a good friend to me. She is a source of information and creativity for me. You can learn more about her in a feature story I wrote for the Western Carolinian. My professor liked some more than others. Can you guess which were successful, or not, and why?
2019-04-25T02:40:51Z
https://kaitlinwblaylock.wordpress.com/category/photography/
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In Desert Sands Unified School District, we recognize the importance of teaching our students to be safe, secure, and responsible when using technology for learning or for fun. Students in K-12 are provided with direct instruction on these topics at the beginning of each school year. We believe that with parents and guardians as our partners, we can help our students to gain skills, understandings, and dispositions that will enable them to be responsible and safe in these digital environments. PSST World is used within DSUSD for student and parents to use.
2019-04-20T06:39:45Z
https://sites.google.com/desertsands.us/connect/digital-citizenship
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have you tried it & didn't like it? have you tried it & are still doing it? Counseling is a "must do" part of dealing with mental health issues, trauma or crises issues, abuse issues, addictions recovery & recovery from eating disorders, natural disasters, criminal assault... well I could go on forever. Counseling is a "must do" if you're living and breathing on our dear Mother Earth today. Just educate yourself enough to know what to look for in your journey to find "the perfect therapist/counselor" for you! More than 1 in 10 adults in the US use services in the mental health system. Psychotherapy & medications are among your treatment options. After earning their medical degree (M.D.) or osteopathic degree (D.O.), they must complete 4 years of residency training at a teaching hospital. The 1st year of residency is an internship to sharpen skills in general medicine & neurology. The last 3 years focus on psychiatry. A psychiatrist can be certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology after passing oral & written exams. That certification process can occur 1 to 2 years after completion of training. Those who are then board certified are referred to as diplomats of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. Some psychiatrists might have only a board eligible designation. That means they've completed the required psychiatry training at an accredited program but haven't yet completed the certification process. Doctors don't have to be board certified in psychiatry to use the title of psychiatrist. However, certification is evidence of advanced training & experience. Some limit their practice to one area, such as mood disorders or schizophrenia. Because they're medical doctors, psychiatrists can prescribe medications as part of mental health treatment. They can also order laboratory tests, X-rays or other studies as part of your treatment. They're trained to provide psychotherapy of various kinds to individuals, couples, families & groups. They're trained to provide evaluation, assessment, testing & treatment of mental disorders. Education, training & state licensing criteria can vary widely. In some states, psychologists must hold a doctoral degree. That degree may be a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) in psychology, a doctor of education (Ed.D.) in psychology or a doctor of psychology (Psy.D.). Unlike psychiatrists, psychologists aren't medical doctors. Some states require that psychologists have a period of supervised training after earning a doctorate, such as a supervised clinical internship in a hospital or other facility. They may also have to complete a year or more of postdoctoral supervised practice before practicing independently. In some states, a master's degree (M.A. or M.S.) is sufficient to allow practice as a psychologist. But they may only be allowed to provide therapy under the supervision of a physician or a psychologist w/ a doctorate. Traditionally, psychologists have been unable to prescribe medications because they're not medical doctors. However, in some cases, psychologists are now able to write prescriptions for certain medications. There are different types of psychologists. Social workers help individuals, families & communities overcome a variety of social & health problems. There are many types of social workers & the term can be broadly used. Their training & education can vary widely. Most, but not all, have a master's degree in social work. Not all social workers can be licensed to provide mental health services. They must be clinical social workers w/advanced training in psychotherapy. They must have a master of social work (M.S.W.) degree & meet certain training requirements as set by their state, including experience working under supervision to provide mental health & psychotherapy services. But training alone isn't enough. In order to actually offer psychotherapy, clinical social workers must be licensed by their state, as w/psychiatrists, psychologists & nurses. Once licensed, they're designated as a licensed clinical social worker (L.C.S.W.) or licensed independent clinical social worker (L.I.C.S.W). Licensing requirements vary by state. Clinical social workers may provide therapy in private practice in psychiatric facilities, hospitals, community agencies or other places that offer mental health services. Others may work as case managers & coordinate psychiatric, medical & other services on your behalf. They often work w/psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses & vocational therapists, job counselors, to help manage your overall care. Social workers can't prescribe medications or order medical tests as part of your treatment. A psychiatric nurse is a licensed registered nurse (R.N.) who has additional training in mental health. They work w/individuals, families or communities to evaluate mental health needs & assist other mental health professionals in treatment & referral. A psychiatric nurse may have an associate arts, bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree. Much of a psychiatric nurse's specialty training takes place in a hospital. Their level of training & experience determines what services & care they can offer. Advanced practice registered nurses (A.P.R.Ns.) have a master's degree in psychiatric-mental health nursing. There are 2 types of A.P.R.Ns.: clinical nurse specialists & nurse practitioners. In general, they can diagnose & treat mental illnesses & in many states they're authorized to prescribe medications. They also may be qualified to practice independently, without the supervision of a doctor. Finding a therapist who best suits your needs can take some legwork. If it seems like more time & energy than you can muster, especially if you're facing depression or another serious mental illness, consider enlisting help from your primary care doctor, family or friends. Don't hesitate to ask a lot of questions of a potential therapist, either during an initial phone call or at your first visit. Get a referral or recommendation from others, such as a trusted doctor, friends, family, clergy, your insurance provider, a professional association, your company's employee assistance program, community hot lines, your school district or local social services agencies. Consider whether you have preferences regarding gender, age, religion or other personal issues. Ask potential therapists about their education, training, licensure & years in practice. Licensing requirements can vary widely by state. Find out office hours, fees & accepted insurance providers. Double-check credentials by contacting your states licensing boards. Discuss on the phone before your first visit, if possible their treatment approach & philosophy to make sure it agrees with your style & needs. Find out if they specialize. Therapists often specialize in certain disorders or age groups. Some, i.e., work only with adolescents. Others specialize in eating disorders or divorce issues. If you don't feel comfortable after the first visit, or even several visits, talk about your concerns at your next session & consider changing therapists. Yes this is rather exaggerated, however it demonstrates the idea that as professionals in the field of therapy, we often seek complex theories, techniques & strategies to more effectively treat our consumers. A large amount of our precious time is spent seeking new theories & techniques to treat clients; evidence for this statement is shown by the thousands of theories & techniques that have been created to treat clients seeking therapy. The fact that theories are being created & the field is growing is absolutely magnificent; however we may be searching for something that's always been right under our nose. Clinicians often enjoy analyzing & making things more intricate that they actually are; when in reality what works is rather simple. This basic & uncomplicated ingredient for successful therapy is what will be explored in this article. This ingredient is termed the therapeutic relationship. Some readers may agree & some may disagree, however the challenge is to be open minded & remember the consequences of “contempt prior to investigation”. Any successful therapy is grounded in a continuous strong, genuine therapeutic relationship or more simply put by Rogers, the “Helping Relationship”. Without being skilled in this relationship, no techniques are likely to be effective. You're free to learn, study, research & labor over CBT, DBT, EMDR, RET & ECT as well as attending infinite trainings on these & many other techniques, although without mastering the art & science of building a therapeutic relationship with your client, therapy will not be effective. You can even choose to spend thousands of dollars on a PhD, PsyD, Ed.D & other advanced degrees, which aren't being put down, however if you deny the vital importance of the helping relationship you'll again be unsuccessful. This author will attempt to articulate what the therapeutic relationship involves; questions clinicians can ask themselves concerning the therapeutic relationship, as well as some empirical literature that supports the importance of the therapeutic relationship. Please note that therapeutic relationship, therapeutic alliance & helping relationship will be used interchangeably throughout this article. The therapeutic relationship has several characteristics; however the most vital will be presented in this article. The characteristics may appear to be simple & basic knowledge, although the constant practice & integration of these characteristic need to be the focus of every client that enters therapy. The therapeutic relationship forms the foundation for treatment as well as large part of successful outcome. Without the helping relationship being the number one priority in the treatment process, clinicians are doing a great disservice to clients as well as to the field of therapy as a whole. The following discussion will be based on the incredible work of Carl Rogers concerning the helping relationship. There's no other psychologist to turn to when discussing this subject, than Dr. Rogers himself. His extensive work gave us a foundation for successful therapy, no matter what theory or theories a clinician practices. Without Dr. Rogers outstanding work, successful therapy wouldn't be possible. There are 3 characteristics that will be presented that Rogers states are essential & sufficient for therapeutic change as well as being vital aspects of the therapeutic relationship (1957). In addition to these 3 characteristics, this author has added 2 final characteristic that appear to be effective in a helping relationship. 1. Therapist’s genuineness within the helping relationship. Rogers discussed the vital importance of the clinician to “freely & deeply” be himself. The clinician needs to be a “real” human being. Not an all knowing, all powerful, rigid & controlling figure. A real human being with real thoughts, real feelings & real problems (1957). All facades should be left out of the therapeutic environment. The clinician must be aware & have insight into him or herself. It's important to seek out help from colleagues & appropriate supervision to develop this awareness & insight. This specific characteristic fosters trust in the helping relationship. One of the easiest ways to develop conflict in the relationship is to have a “better than” attitude when working with a particular client. 2. Unconditional positive regard. This aspect of the relationship involves experiencing a warm acceptance of each aspect of the clients experience as being a part of the client. There are no conditions put on accepting the client as who they are. The clinician needs to care for the client as who they are as a unique individual. One thing often seen in therapy is the treatment of the diagnosis or a specific problem. Clinicians need to treat the individual not a diagnostic label. It's imperative to accept the client for who they are & where they are at in their life. Remember diagnoses aren't real entities, however individual human beings are. 3. Empathy. This is a basic therapeutic aspect that has been taught to clinicians over & over again, however it's vital to be able to practice & understand this concept. An accurate empathetic understanding of the client’s awareness of his own experience is crucial to the helping relationship. It's essential to have the ability to enter the clients “private world” & understand their thoughts & feelings without judging these (Rogers, 1957). In therapy clinicians must develop goals that the client would like to work on rather than dictate or impose goals on the client. When clinicians have their own agenda & don't cooperate with the client, this can cause resistance & a separation in the helping relationship (Roes, 2002). The fact is that a client that is forced or mandated to work on something he has no interest in changing, may be compliant for the present time; however these changes will not be internalized. Just think of yourself in your personal life. If you're forced or coerced to work on something you have no interest in, how much passion or energy will you put into it & how much respect will you have for the person doing the coercing. You may complete the goal; however you'll not remember or internalize much involved in the process. 5. Integrate humor in the relationship. In this authors own clinical experience throughout the years, one thing that's helped to establish a strong therapeutic relationship with clients is the integration of humor in the therapy process. It appears to teach clients to laugh at themselves without taking life & themselves too serious. It also allows them to see the therapist as a down to earth human being with a sense of humor. Humor is an excellent coping skill & is extremely healthy to the mind, body & spirit. Try laughing with your clients. It'll have a profound effect on the relationship as well as in your own personal life. Before delving into the empirical literature concerning this topic, it's important to present some questions that Rogers recommends (1961) asking yourself as a clinician concerning the development of a helping relationship. These questions should be explored often & reflected upon as a normal routine in your clinical practice. They'll help the clinician grow & continue to work at developing the expertise needed to create a strong therapeutic relationship & in turn the successful practice of therapy. 2. Can I be real? This involves being aware of thoughts & feelings & being honest with yourself concerning these thoughts & feelings. Can I be who I am? Clinicians must accept themselves before they can be real & accepted by clients. 3. Can I let myself experience positive attitudes toward my client – (i.e., warmth, caring, respect) without fearing these? Often times clinicians distance themselves & write it off as a “professional” attitude; however this creates an impersonal relationship. Can I remember that I'm treating a human being, just like myself? 5. Can I be separate from the client & not foster a dependent relationship? 7. Can I receive this client as he is? Can I accept him or her completely & communicate this acceptance? There are obviously too many empirical studies in this area to discuss in this or any brief article, however this author would like to present a summary of the studies throughout the years & what has been concluded. Horvath & Symonds (1991) conducted a Meta analysis of 24 studies which maintained high design standards, experienced therapists & clinically valid settings. They found an effect size of .26 & concluded that the working alliance was a relatively robust variable linking therapy process to outcomes. The relationship & outcomes didn't appear to be a function of type of therapy practiced or length of treatment. 30% of variance was predicted by the therapeutic relationship/common factors. One more important addition to these studies is a review of over 2000 process-outcomes studies conducted by Orlinsky, Grave & Parks (1994), which identified several therapist variables & behaviors that consistently demonstrated to have a positive impact on treatment outcome. These variables included therapist credibility, skill, empathic understanding, affirmation of the client, as well as the ability to engage the client & focus on the client’s issues & emotions. This suggestion is a topic for a whole other article, however what this suggests is that the therapeutic relationship may create or recreate the ability for clients to bond or develop attachments in future relationships. To this author, this is profound & thought provoking. Much more discussion & research is needed in this area, however briefly mentioning it sheds some light on another important reason that the therapeutic relationship is vital to therapy. Throughout this article the therapeutic relationship has been discussed in detail, questions to explore as a clinician have been articulated & empirical support for the importance of the therapeutic relationship have been summarized. You may question the validity of this article or research, however please take an honest look at this area of the therapy process & begin to practice & develop strong therapeutic relationships. You'll see the difference in the therapy process as well as client outcome. This author experiences the gift of the therapeutic relationship each & every day I work with clients. In fact, a client recently told me that I was “the first therapist he has seen since 9-11 that he trusted & acted like a real person. He continued on to say, “that’s why I have the hope that I can get better & actually trust another human being.” That’s quite a reward of the therapeutic relationship & process. What a gift! Ask yourself, how you would like to be treated if you were a client? Always remember we're all part of the human race & each human being is unique & important, thus they should be treated that way in therapy. Our purpose as clinicians is to help other human beings enjoy this journey of life & if this field isn’t the most important field on earth I don’t know what is. We help determine & create the future of human beings. Despite some perceptions, electroconvulsive therapy is a safe & effective treatment for some types of mental disorders. Here's a closer look at how it works. Electroconvulsive therapy: Effective for borderline personality disorder? acting out. Expressing emotional conflict or stress thru behavior & actions rather than reflections or feelings. addiction. Physical or emotional dependence, or both, on a substance, such as alcohol or drugs, usually resulting in the need for increasing amounts of the substance to achieve the same desired effect or continued use despite adverse consequences. adjustment disorder. A psychological response to an identifiable stressor that results in the development of emotional symptoms, such as anxiety, depression or certain conducts that are greater than would be expected by the stressor or that cause significant impairment in functioning. adrenaline. A naturally occurring hormone that increases heart rate & blood pressure & affects other body functions. Also called epinephrine. adverse reaction. Negative or unwanted effects caused by a medication. Also called side effects. affect (AF-ekt). Current, observable state of feeling or emotion, such as sadness, anger or elation. affective disorder. A type of mental disorder that primarily affects mood & interferes with the ability to function, such as major depressive disorder & bipolar disorder. agnosia (ag-NO-zhuh). Loss of the ability to interpret stimuli. Usually classified according to the sense or senses affected, such as the inability to identify certain sounds or to recognize familiar objects by sight. agoraphobia. A type of anxiety disorder involving fear of public places or situations in which it seems escape might be difficult or embarrassing, such as a mall or crowded room, or in which help might not be available in the event of a panic attack or related symptoms. akathisia (ak-uh-THIH-zhuh). A condition of excessive restlessness that causes one to move about constantly, fidget or pace. Can be a side effect of certain medications. anhedonia (an-he-DO-ne-uh). Reduced or complete inability to feel pleasure from activities that usually produce happiness. anticonvulsants. Medications used to prevent seizures; sometimes prescribed as mood stabilizers to treat depression or other mood disorders, or for other conditions, such as pain. antidepressants. Medications that improve or relieve symptoms of depression by affecting brain chemistry. from the article: " Relationships offer a source of support and comfort. But they can also be a frequent source of stress and conflict. When health issues, behavioral problems or mental illnesses disrupt relationships between you and your spouse, partner, children or parents, marriage and family therapy might help."
2019-04-23T16:54:03Z
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I have not yet come across a gravestone which notes that a man hit his wife, neglected his children or manipulated his neighbours. We tend to pass over people’s failings when designing permanent memorials. A brief note of names and dates might cover a multitude of sins. It would be wise to take with a bucketful of salt some of the glowing descriptions of men on their headstones. Social conventions, privacy, fear, selective memory and family pride are strong. However what inscriptions are wonderful for, is telling us about ideals, particularly about how men were meant to relate to other people. William Gray (1787-1866) from Dornoch was apparently a ‘dutiful relative, attached friend and obliging neighbour’. Men were meant to have positive connections with their community, their friends and their family. Together, they epitomised the character of the ideal nineteenth-century man. The most common words used to describe how a man was felt about in the wider community were esteemed, respected, admired and, occasionally, honoured or revered. Adam Murray (1818-1893), a man of noted piety from Badninish, a crofting area in east Sutherland, was ‘esteemed by all who knew him’. The monument to James Ellison (d. 1870), a doctor in Tain, was ‘erected as a public testimony of the respect and esteem in which he was held’. The next most commonly used words are of tenderness: loved, beloved, affectionate or, occasionally, endeared or cherished. William Ross (1807-69) was Dingwall’s ‘beloved physician’; William Melville (1841-72), Dornoch’s schoolteacher, was ‘respected by all who knew him and his kindness to the young endeared to them his memory’. Dornoch, from Easter Ross. Photo: Elizabeth Ritchie. A few inscriptions describe a man’s feelings towards the community. Thomas MacBeath (1782-1859), the catechist at Dornoch Free Church, found affection was reciprocal as ‘his affectionate and faithful discharge of duty endeared him to the congregation’. Alexander Stewart (1794-1847), an influential Cromarty minister, cleaved ‘to his flock with an affection which time seemed to increase’. While I would caution against necessarily believing any inscription, the letters and memoirs of two of Stewart’s flock, Lydia and Hugh Miller, do suggest he was widely liked. When a man’s gravestone talks about his friendship, it doesn’t tie him to specific friends. Friendship is treated more as an attribute. It was often paired with an adjective: sincere, steadfast, true, attached, sympathising, faithful. Angus Leslie (1783-1850) of Torboll on Loch Fleet, formerly a lieutenant in the 3rd Sutherland Highlanders, was ‘unwavering in his friendship’. On his death his friends experienced ‘heartfelt sorrow’. Donald Campbell MacDonald (1834-1904) was born in Glenurquhart, but spent forty years ministering to the congregation of Kilmuir Easter. He was a ‘steadfast friend’. Manly friendship was expected to be warm, strong and consistent. Torboll Farm is just visible in the distance, in front of the green field. Taken from the Mound, an engineering marvel which Angus Leslie would have witnessed being built. Photo: Elizabeth Ritchie. Most gravestones commemorate family relationships. Usually they simply list wife and offspring. Being the head of a household was an important marker of manliness. However the longer inscriptions show family meant more than personal status. Stereotype of Victorian fathers are stern. The evidence of headstones does not bear this out. Donald Sutherland (1815-1854) from Rosskeen was pretty typical, being described as ‘affectionate’. He was only 39 when he died, so it is likely that his wife chose this wording. Sometimes men erected monuments to their own children. They often revealed deep feelings. James Mackintosh, teacher at Dalnabreac, Rogart, commemorated his ‘beloved children’, May and Archibald, who both died aged 20 in the 1860s. Manliness meant more than the fact of parenthood, or the authority derived from it. It was grounded in heartfelt emotion. As husbands, men were also to be dutiful and affectionate. With the rise in companionate marriage in the early nineteenth century, when spouses were selected based on considerations of the heart as much as of the bank balance, it might be expected that duty words would give way to affection words. There is no sign of this. They exist togehter throughout the century, frequently combined on the same inscription. In Creich, William Calder (1795-1867) was ‘an affectionate & dutiful Husband’. The nature of husbandly duties is not explained, but they probably included material provision, protection and sobriety. A few men poured out their hearts. In 1823 thirty year old Esther Grant died. She was buried ‘by her ever bereaved husband Alexander MacKay Invershin’. MacKay was eighteen years older than she. He was settled in life and able to afford an expensive table stone. A cynic might note this was a visible symbol of his wealth and status. A romantic might note the poignancy of his inscription. The likelihood that many women died as a result of complications from pregnancy or childbirth may have added shock and perhaps guilt to a widower’s grief. Esther Grant, ever-beloved by Alexander MacKay. Photo: Elizabeth Ritchie. In adulthood, a man did not abdicate responsibility for his birth family. Forty seven year old William Ross, presumably a bachelor, died in 1867. His sister Mary, who may well have lived with him, erected a stone for ‘her affectionate brother’. A good man was expected to continue to be a good son. John MacDonald (1845-98), from Ballinoe, Ardgay, died at fifty three. Again he was probably a bachelor and his mother, with whom he may have lived, noted he was ‘a dutiful son’. Such public displays of loving and being loved suggest family life was meant to be warm and kindly. A man was expected first to perform his duty towards dependent family members, and then to have the ability to feel and to elicit tenderness from wife, children, siblings or parents. The ideal man also had broader reciprocal relationships of affection and respect with friends, neighbours, a church congregation, or even the whole community. Nineteen year old Walter Ross from Wester Fearn had little chance to make an impact on the world by his actions. But when he died in 1845, it was by the quality of his relationships that he was remembered. His gravestone reads: ‘in love he lived, in peace he died’. Letter cited in Elizabeth Sutherland, Lydia: Wife of Hugh Miller of Cromarty (East Lothian: Tuckwell, 2002), 50-51; Hugh Miller, My Schools and Schoolmasters (Edinburgh: Nimmo, 1869), 371, 409. His death in 1861 is then commemorated in near identical script, but the form of words leaves little doubt that the stone is contemporaneous with Esther’s death and a particularly careful mason of the 1860s was then employed to engrave his end. It is therefore probable that these words were selected by MacKay himself. This entry was posted in Family and Gender and tagged 3rd Sutherland Highlanders, Adam Murray, Badninish, Ballinoe, Dalnabreac, Dr James Ellison, Dr William Ross, Highland masculinity, Hugh Miller, Invershin, Lieutenant Angus Leslie, Mighland manliness, Morness, Rev Alexander Stewart, Rev Donald Campbell MacDonald, Thomas MacBeath, Torboll, William Melville by elizabethritchie. Bookmark the permalink.
2019-04-19T10:31:39Z
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The weather cleared up just in time for the beginning of the annual “Speak up, Speak out, Take Action” Teen Fair, hosted by New York City Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito. Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito currently represents New York’s 8th district including El Barrio/East Harlem, Manhattan Valley and Mott Haven. It was a festive atmosphere in East Harlem as hundreds of teens gathered for an annual event that helps connect young people with services in their communities as they go back to school. With live music pumping out from the loudspeakers set up along the street and in between the dance performances by local teen dance groups, groups of teens formed up and down the street enjoying the free food and all sporting a beautiful brand new Kars4Kids backpack. In her prepared comments, the Councilwoman thanked Kars4Kids for their generous participation. Wednesday’s event will be held with Congressman Ed Towns in Brooklyn, with a third day of events in Queens with Councilman Ruben Wills and NYCHA Chairman John Rhea.
2019-04-23T19:33:36Z
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Tripp, Malcolm A. (1985) "Access, Efficiency, and Fairness in Dirks v. SEC," Indiana Law Journal: Vol. 60 : Iss. 3 , Article 5.
2019-04-20T08:25:28Z
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Our very own President, Shelby Herrera, was invited as a speaker at the LULAC National Young Adults: National Convention Plenary during the LULAC National Convention! It will take place July 6 at 3:30pm in 221-B. Vanessa Fernandez and Jasmine Jimenez were both recipients of a LULAC scholarship! This means they had the honor of putting together a program/booth at the National Convention’s Job Fair for Pepsico! If you find yourself in the convention, go check it out! One of our members, Ale Moreno, is on their way to D.C. to her internship off one of our posts. How exciting! Congratulations Ale! Keep up the #LatinxExcellence ! Check in with us after the National Convention for another quick update!
2019-04-21T02:36:43Z
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2019-04-21T03:29:19Z
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Good morning! The Pals Paper Arts is back this week with a great color challenge for you. I hope you've already dropped in to see all the fantastic creations by the Resident Artists this week. I've seen a lot of plaid around lately and I do love a good plaid. When I used to (wink) hoard buy scrapbook papers for projects plaid certainly took up a lot of room in my paper drawers! I don't really have any fall plaids right now. I watched a Kristina Werner video recently where she painted her own plaid paper with watercolors. I thought I'd give it a try with our ink refills and this is how it turned out…. This is fabulous! It came out perfectly! Looks like a warm fall jacket! I love the plaid! I have no idea what you are talking about with this hoarding?! I saw that video as well and you put it to good use. I love your plaid! Such a fun card! Your card is so pretty. I love the plaid you painted. Love the pattern. So rich and warm for fall! Woo Hoo, I love this bright fall plaid! WOW, I totally thought this was DSP and not a custom designer plaid. I totally need to try this. Love you sense of humor Dawn. Awesome how you made your own plaid. Still reminds me of my Aunt who wore a lot of plaid. Awesome job! You have patience too with those 1/8" strips. there is no such thing as too much paper /card stock! Love the warm feeling the plaid gives me.
2019-04-24T04:20:43Z
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My days are beginning to take on a pattern. Sundays at church are a weekly occurance rather than the sporatic event it had become while caring for Mama and Daddy. Initially, we made it to morning worship, then went to lunch with the group that always goes to the Mexican Food Restaurant, then wearily drove home. It has taken five months to build up our stamina for making it to Sunday School, and then staying all the way through the afternoon service! Well, anyway, we are all beginning to feel more accustomed to the Sunday schedule, and are taking more of a part in the routine. I’m back on the Special Music schedule, Bill is taking his turn at Scripture reading, and Dannye is helping with the fellowships that are regularly on the schedule! We missed last Sunday, and all of us are eager to get back on track! Mondays are hopefully laundry and housekeeping day, but often turn out to be recuperation day from long weekends! Ideally, Dan and I sleep in, but then get a move-on with the chores. We try very hard to keep Monday open so we have a specified HOME day during the week. Tuesday is Family Day. None of us kids were sure if this precious tradition would continue after the death of our parents, but we were all determined to try to keep it up. Much to our surprise and pleasure, Family Day is just as natural as it was with Mama and Daddy. In the past, it was always at the folks’ house. Now we alternate between Jeanne’s, Amy’s, and our house. Our sister, Bettye, will be back in her home soon and will be able to join us, and we can’t wait! Another part of the Family Day tradition is Starbucks. Again, in the past, Dave, Dannye, Jeanne, Missy, and Amy always met for coffee early-ish, then caravanned to Mama’s. I was always working, so I wasn’t able to be there. Now that I am no longer working, I go to Starbucks with the group! Can you say Grande Mocha Frap with a shot of Espresso?? Oh, and in a Venti cup, because with the added Espresso it doesn’t all fit in the Grande cup! The sad story lately, though, is that I’m dieting again. No fraps for me for awhile! So I sit there with my Adkins Mocha protein shake and Diet Coke while they have their coffee. It really doesn’t hurt too much – my motto has come back to me easily: Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels! I lost 7 lbs. the first week (Prep days) which is quite an incentive to keep on the straight and narrow! Wednesday is Bible Study day. Jeanne and I have begun the Beth Moore study, “Jesus, The One And Only.” We have had the books for almost a year, but just haven’t been able to work on it. Our brains were so foggy for so long, it simply wasn’t possible to do a Bible Study justice! We just began last week, and had to push this week’s study to Friday, but it’s been so good to be in the Word more regularly! It’s also been really good to spend a day with just the two of us. Saturday is an absolutely great day! I usually spend the whole day with Bill, and often with Dannye Reigh. Sometimes we work around the house, sometimes we go play, sometimes we visit Bill’s folks. There will be many Saturdays we will have photo jobs, but we still get to be together! I just haven’t gotten over that yet – being with, working with, living with my family! Today I was home alone for most of the day. Dannye’s best friend has a bitty baby girl that Dan is compelled to visit at least once a week, so she has been spending Wednesday or Thursday nights with them. Missy’s mama stayed home today, so she didn’t come over. I had some Bible study to catch up on, and I really wanted to clean the house up a bit. It took me FOREVER to get started on my Bible study! I was so frustrated at myself! I knew Bill would be home early, as he had a dental appointment, and I wanted to be done so I could be available for whatever he might want to do. Well, it didn’t end up being a problem, because he came home with a severe headache and slept in his Lazy Boy office chair right beside me while I finished up my lesson. And cleaned the house. And folded the laundry. And fixed supper! It was great! I had the joy of having him right where I could reach out and touch him if I needed him, yet I was able to do all the things I’d hoped to do today! Em sent this to me today via phone, and it simply made my day! So nice to read your post, full of family and church events! That is a good study of Beth Moore’s – we did it as a Ladies Bible study at church a few years ago. Sounds like you’re slowly getting back into life. I’ve realized there’s seasons that are crazy busy and then God gives us seasons of slowness to get us back up to speed. I think that’s great that you and your sisters live close enough to get together every week! I know you said it’s “fodder for another day”, but I can’t figure out you’re living/sleeping arrangements. I thought Dannye had her bedroom upstairs……..have y’all sectioned it off??? I love that alittle cabin…….such a cozy “nest” your you & your little chickies…….love you sister…….. & love reading anything you post…….here or FB. @Mottsngbury – Dannye’s room is on one side of the loft, and our office is on the other. It is separated by Dan’s closet, but right now she has no inside walls. No secrets here!! I love when you comment on my blog or on FB. I’ve missed you the last few days!! I, too see things slowly coming back to center, settling into routine, but with a somewhat different direction than before we started this great adventure. I’m so excited for you and your diet success! I don’t know how I’m doing in actual weight loss, but I’m blessed to see progress in self-control and the beginnings of some semblance of fitness. I AM still doing vintage Body Electric with Margret Richard, ca 1996, but it seems to work well for me. And as a side note, I’ve found that the work out is easier and more energetic when I’m working off a caffeine high! Love you and look forward to more posts and next week’s Bible study.
2019-04-18T23:20:52Z
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Enjoy learning the effective parenting skills with the support of the professional service provider who offers amazing programs with proven techniques. Not just some techniques, but the licensed vendor teaches every parent using some interactive quiz session and at the same time a few practical examples. • Gain patience and the simple techniques that support a lot in dealing with the child in the majority of the situations. The online portal supports a lot in completing the course irrespective of the time and the majority of the websites are easy access throughout the day. • With a few hours people can complete the course and then gain the certificate that is widely accepted. One can even earn an instant certificate and the guaranteed classes always allow people to learn along with the certificate. With the certificate provided by the court accepted parenting class it becomes extremely simple to refine the skills. One can easily practice the proven techniques that are easy and helps a lot in handling the situations in the future. The people undergoing the course are made to answer a few questions that help in understanding the problem and reacting to it positively as kids require time as well as patience to get on the right track.
2019-04-23T10:50:42Z
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Other nerdy/sci-comm people's takes on the eclipse. Just in case my own nerdy take wasn't enough for you: I'm going to gather here just a few links to eclipse reactions from minor celebrities in the world of science communications (that's what I mean by sci-comm, of course). If I come across more, I might add more. Derek Mueller runs Veritasium, "a channel of science and engineering videos featuring experiments, expert interviews, cool demos, and discussions with the public about everything science." "Particles line up. Big deal." Here's the Veritasium episode that he filmed during the eclipse. Still no big deal? My kids (and I) are big fans of Smarter Every Day, which is produced by Destin Sandlin. Sandlin's best work involves high-speed videography, of things like jellyfish stings and exploding glass drops. Clearly, Sandlin didn't have the "no big deal" attitude, but he still wound up more excited than he expected. Along with photographer Trevor Mahlmann, he traveled to the only location in the U. S. where it was possible to watch the transit of the International Space Station across the sun at the same time as the eclipse. Here's his video -- in which it is revealed that this extraordinarily precise camaraman was so blown away, he forgot to remove some of his lens caps. I watched from a beautiful nature reserve in central Missouri, and it was--without exaggeration--the coolest thing I've ever seen. I wasn't far away, and I agree. In March I suggested to Mark that we get a hotel reservation for August 20, 2017, in the path of totality somewhere, because I had heard that hotels were filling up. Within a couple of days he had gone online, searched, easily found a couple of rooms in a motel northeast of Kansas City for $80 each, and reserved them without fanfare. I think he may even have laughed at me a little for worrying that there would be nearly no rooms left, although he did warn me that they were not nonsmoking rooms. When we checked into that motel Sunday night, the clerk informed Mark that those rooms had only come available as a result of a computer glitch that incidentally left them underpriced for a two-day window, during which Mark had happened to log on. That had been the start of our luck. I was worried about disappointing everyone, about dragging the family down to Missouri only to see a cloudy sky; about thirteen hours of driving round-trip for a two-minute experience. I was also worried about being trapped in a gigantic national traffic jam. I was following people on Twitter who had made three, four, six lodging reservations spaced along hundreds of miles of the eclipse path. I knew people who would be in Tennessee, South Carolina, Wyoming. Two weeks out I started watching the projected "sky cover" forecasts. The center of the country did not look good. But that was where our reservation was, so we would go there anyway and hope for the best. "Maybe," Mark suggested, "we can get up in the morning, check the forecast, and drive to get away from the clouds." I fretted, and I packed the car with 36 hours' worth of food and water. When I was a very small child I owned a paperback picture book called "Something is Eating the Sun." I think I remember choosing it at Books & Co. in my hometown. It was a riff on Chicken Little, a series of barnyard animals becoming increasingly worried about the bites being taken out of the sun's disk, page by page. The last page warned readers against following the animals' example and looking directly at the sun during an eclipse. When I was a bigger child (almost certainly on July 6, 1982, when I was seven) there was a total lunar eclipse visible from my street. I remember being allowed to stand outside barefoot in the street after my bedtime. I don't remember what it looked like, but I vaguely remember being disappointed that it did not look like something was eating it. I got older, and I learned about the solar system and the law of gravitation, Kepler's laws, the mathematics of ellipses, a bit of astronomy. I learned about how the Royal Society made observations during the eclipse of May 29, 1919 that tested the theory of general relativity. Total solar eclipses were a thing in the planetary domain that I had never seen but that I understood, the way I understood that the moon made the tides. I had studied ebb and flow, neap tide and spring tide, the lag behind the moon and the slowing of the earth's rotation. I had eventually been to the seashore and seen the water rise and fall, the moon's work between my feet and flowing cold around my ankles. Someday, I might see a total eclipse too. I was a sophomore at Ohio State when I saw a partial phase of the annular eclipse of May 10, 1994. The square courtyard between McPherson Lab and Smith Lab was full of people trying to look at the sun through Pop-tart wrappers and CDs. I had no light filter and knew better than to look at the sun, but I could feel the temperature drop and see the strangeness of the light. I stopped to sit down next to some shrubbery; its shadow was spangled with perfectly identical crescents of light, an unexpected phenomenon that delighted me, none the less because I recognized the pinhole effect immediately even though I did not know to look for it until that moment. No one around me had noticed the shrubbery shadow yet, and it felt for a moment like a private secret between me and the universe. That got me a little more interested. And when I encountered Annie Dillard's essay "Total Eclipse," much later, I began to think seriously: If I get a chance to experience an eclipse, I shouldn't miss it. All this is to say that I knew what would happen. I knew, too, that other people knew even better than me. I know in the bottom of my being that the planets and the moons move in their elliptical orbits so simply and in accord with laws that are themselves so simple, that the locations and times of all the eclipses for hundreds of years in the future have already been mapped; so simple that indeed people have been predicting them for hundreds of years, before computers, before calculators, before pencils. Eclipses are a tame thing, a trivia question, a child's picture book, a just-so story. They may be rare, but they are a caged specimen. A famous gem of the natural world. I knew everything about them. I was even well informed, thanks to Annie Dillard, that they were an emotionally moving experience that was worth driving a few hours to see. I get it, I get it; we'll go. I knew it would be cool. Rain poured and lightning flashed in the morning in Kansas City. We checked out of our hotel at 11 am and ran through the rain into a McDonald's, where patrons were watching the crescent sun on big screen teevees, a feed from the west coast where the eclipse had already started. One hour and forty-five minutes to totality. The parking lot was flooding and the sky was leaden. "At least we got to eat Kansas City barbecue last night," I was saying. I was tense. I had dragged the whole family down here for nothing. Mark said: "We'll check the weather radar and drive towards clear skies." I said: "There will be traffic jams. Maybe we had better stay put and hope that the rain passes." Mark grinned at me and said: "You know what this is? This is an adventure. This is a weather-dependent activity. I do these all the time." And in that moment, I realized that whether we saw the sun or not, it was going to be okay. Fifteen minutes later we were in the car. Mark was driving fifty miles an hour in the pouring rain, twisting left and right between fields of tall corn, and I had a phone in each hand: one displaying the static, zoomable map of the totality path, and one tracking our little pulsing blue circle along the back roads northeast of Kansas City. "Does this road go east?" Mark was saying. "The skies are clearer to the south, but the car says it's going east." One hour and twelve minutes to totality. "It goes southeast," I repeated through the thunder of the rain on the roof of the car. "The car is going east--" "It zigzags. On average, it's southeast. We have to stay on this road to cross the river." Our oldest, from the back seat, with a third phone open to live weather radar: "After we cross the river we need to cut west." "West! After we cross the river." There was a patch of blue sky, and Mark made for it. Amazingly, there were not a large number of cars on the road with us. We came out of the rain. "Look, there's space at this crossroads." And then we passed a little driveway into a pasture, with a little chained gate a few yards from the road, and a pond on the other side of the gate, and Mark said: "That's where I'm going to stop. He pulled into the driveway of a bed and breakfast that was the next mailbox down, turned around, and went back to the little driveway and pulled in. We set up telescopes, and pulled out our eclipse glasses embedded in paper plates for safety, and I looked up at the crescent sun and I realized that it was really going to happen. The children were positively leaping. We put the three-year-old in the van for safety's sake, partly so he would not look at the sun, but mostly so he would not wander into the road. And we looked up, and stopped taking photos, and waited. We felt it get cooler. We saw the light going all wrong, and I saw Mark laughing: "This light is crazy!" "It's like a tornado sky," said my daughter. I agreed, it was like that. The crickets began to sing. The children exclaimed over the shadow bands rippling in the road. I stood next to the van door so that I could keep some attention on the three-year-old. I watched the crescent get smaller through the eclipse glasses. This was so interesting that I forgot to look around at the deepening sky, or look to see the great shadow coming. I watched through the eclipse glasses until the light was completely gone and the children started shrieking. Then I looked. I staggered backward, two, three, steps, staring at the sky. I'm not sure if I was recoiling, or backing up to try to take it all in -- either way, something crazy that couldn't make sense, because there is no way to get farther from the sky. "Oh, my God," I was saying, over and over again. Yes, I could see the corona, ghostly in the blackness, and Venus down and to the right. Yes, I could see the ruby-colored sparkles around the black disk of the moon. Yes, it was beautiful. I know some people say that it was like a religious experience. It was not like that for me. A religious experience is a sense of communing with the supernatural. I am kind of familiar with those, oddly enough. This was new. It was a natural experience. And it was making tears well out of my eyes. "Oh, my God," I kept saying. My 13-year-old son kissed me on the cheek. I became aware of someone standing close behind me, grasping my bare upper arms in his warm hands. I remember deciding that it was probably Mark, but I could not tear my eyes away from the moon and the sun. The first thing I came up with to try to explain the experience was: Have you ever seen videos of audiences from the Beatles' tour of the U. S. in 1964? The young women weeping and dropping to their knees upon catching sight of the stars? I always wondered what on earth would make people act like this. But having seen the eclipse, I think it was a little bit like that, an extremely nerdy celebrity sighting. I am a science nerd. It is essential to my being. Total solar eclipses are celebrities, rare celebrities, a thing that I thought was tame but that has tamed me, apprivoisé, a thing I know like an old friend, like Fibonacci's sequence, like the digits of pi, like the hydrogen atom. And there it was right in front of me! A thing I'd hoped to see for my whole life, but not ever allowed myself to long for, because maybe I would never attain it. And now I was face to face with it, and I knew -- knew -- it was something worth longing for. Had always been. And I was, in fact, weeping at the sight, and my knees really were weak. You can study the biology of human gestation for your whole life, become an expert, do original research, earn a medical degree, a Ph. D., see patients, weigh evidence, make predictions, feel the satisfaction of measuring the outcomes and watching them come true. Knowledge is valuable. And yet: it is not a substitute, never can be a substitute, for bringing your own child to birth. It's not the same. You can know everything that's going to happen, and everything can progress exactly as you expect, and then experience knocks you back, with something you didn't even know was there, something beyond knowledge, something that ties you to every other human on the planet who has ever experienced the thing, and forever separates you from those who haven't. And they don't know either, any more than you did, in the time before. The second thing I came up with to describe the experience was: It was less like an event than it was like a feature, like the mountains and the sea are features of our planet, but this is a feature of the solar system instead, the first feature I ever really got to see. Oddly enough, the starry night sky seems also to be a feature of our planet; even though it is located outside the planet, it looks the same all the time; we can look in different directions from here, but the view is essentially the same. The planets moving against the sky is a little like this, but you cannot really watch it happen because it is too slow. Our planet has some very beautiful features. Before Monday I often said that the most beautiful place I have ever been is the Alps above the Chamonix Valley; I said that the first time I went there when I was in college, and I said it again when I returned with my husband and five children twenty years later. I have seen and heard other beautiful features: certain birds and jellyfish, certain beaches at sunrise, certain echoes of laughter ringing in columned arcades, certain cleverly shaped and polished stones. The total solar eclipse is like that: a thing worth traveling to see, all by itself, but it's not of this earth, it's of something larger, it's of the sun and all its orbiters, including me. The limited slips of time in which it happens, well, that's just part of the directions to get there, they're simply directions that include both time and space. I will be back in the Alps very soon, and I somehow think it will no longer be the most beautiful place I have ever been. If there's one thing I perceive intellectually more than I did before, it's the tremendous gift given to us at the formation of the solar system, the gift of a moon that is, sometimes, the same size in the sky as our sun. Much larger or closer and it would cover up the corona; much smaller or farther, and we would never have totality. It did not have to be that way, and it is, for no particular reason; it just is. A gift. Everything that is beautiful is a gift, but knowing it increases its beauty. I knew that, but I know it more now, and I am truly grateful. It was over fast, and the light came back, and the shadow bands were streaming over the road, like the shadows of clouds, but impossibly fast. And we threw everything in the car and raced to beat the traffic going home on I-35. The memory of those two minutes and nine seconds is truly dreamlike; I remember the feeling, the shock, the staggering backwards, the tears, reaching my hand out to the van to steady myself. One of the strangest parts of the memory is the way I realized that Mark was standing behind me and holding me: that I hadn't even noticed him coming up to me and putting his hands on my arms, the way he seemed to came out of nowhere, the way I had become aware of that sensation without really being aware of what it meant, or who he was, or thinking, really, about anything at all. Astonishment. Pure astonishment, and a sight, and even now I can barely remember the sight, but in a breath I can remember the way the astonishment took hold of me. I can relive it, sometimes, not by watching videos of the sun disappearing, but by hearing audio of the crowds gasping and stammering, the way I gasped and stammered. Will it happen again, if I travel to see another one? I don't know. I will find out, I hope, in 2024. ... I am about to turn in all my school reports. And I have made a detailed book list for the fall. And two friends were chatting away about bullet journaling (which turns out not to be at all what I imagined). And then Bearing Blog wrote about how she divvies up her time and keeps her mental health always in view. (Oh how I love Bearing Blog and her calm, rational way of thinking.) And it reminded me that, when I’m in the thick of a school year, I do get into an ugly, constraining loop of not being able to stop working. So, obviously, as per usual, of course, necessarily, as I vow every year, I don’t want to do this again. I want to find The Perfect Organizational System that will remove entirely the existential gaping maw of failure. Because, of course, if I just do all the work, I won’t fail. Right. I mean, that’s what it comes down to. It’s me just working hard enough and not forgetting anything that is the difference between life and death. I was going to leave a comment at Anne's blog along the lines of "You really should say, 'Bearing Blog wrote about how she TRIES to keep her mental health always in view,'" but then I remembered my own advice to myself in the linked blog post, the one where I resolved to blog before I get any work done or do anything else. Well, there was more to it than that, but anyway, I should blog before I write the key to the chemistry test, and if I leave the comment at her blog first, my thought will be spent. At any rate, today I want to share a post from the excellent physics blog, Gravity and Levity. Momentary digression. I first started blogging in 2005, not quite a year after I finished my Ph.D. in chemical engineering. It was probably right about the time that I was deciding to hang up the idea of switching to technical editing and developing a free-lance network. And I hadn't yet gotten to the place where I would accept that I wasn't ever going to get around to cutting and polishing the three publishable pieces of my thesis and shopping them to the appropriate journals, a place of acceptance that I wouldn't finally reach until my academic adviser passed away about two years later. At the time, I thought that I might do quite a lot of science blogging, in between the recipes and the self-help, commentary on news articles and the like, and so I read some science blogs. But as time went on, I got bored with all but a few. It turns out that I don't have time to write commentary on all the Science News that passes by the world's eyes day after day, shining for a moment, inspiring a burst of chatter, then passing back into oblivion. Identifying non-science (e.g., engineering, technology, and nature-education) as "science" Identifying the policy opinions of a person who is employed as a scientist as "science" Ascribing magical certainty to anything called "science" There's also the problem of specialization. I only studied in depth one little tiny area in materials science and engineering. I can't comment with a post-graduate level of expertise on anything else, except for the general skills that one develops along the way (mostly math and procedure). Anyway, the gist of that is that I don't read many science blogs anymore. I do read some scientists' blogs, though, because people who write generally and well and bring their perspective as a complete nerd to whatever interests them are the people I like to hang out with, virtually speaking. So, back to Brian's recent post at Gravity and Levity, Toward a Culture of Tolerating Ignorance. He begins with some words about impostor syndrome, and then dives into the practical advice, which I'll quote at length. As a young (or even old) scientist, you continually feel embarrassed by the huge weight of things you don’t know or don’t understand. Taking place all around you, among your colleagues, superiors, and even your students, are conversations about technical topics and ideas that you don’t understand or never learned. And you will likely feel ashamed of your lack of knowledge. You will experience some element of feeling like a fraud, like someone who hasn’t studied hard enough or learned quickly enough. You will compare yourself, internally, to the sharpest minds around you, and you will wonder how you were allowed to have the same profession as them. These kinds of feelings can kill you, and you need to find a way of dealing with them. I have found that the best strategy is to free yourself to openly admit your ignorance. Embrace the idea that all of us are awash in embarrassing levels of ignorance, and the quickest way to improve the situation is to admit your ignorance and find someone to teach you. In particular, when some discussion is going on about a topic that you don’t understand, you should feel free to just admit that you don’t understand and ask someone to explain it to you. Admit that you, also, don’t understand it very well. Explain the topic as best as you can. Most commonly, your response will be some combination of 1 and 2. You will be able to explain some parts of the idea, and you will have to admit that there are other parts that you don’t understand well enough to explain. But between the two of you (or, even better, a larger group) you will quickly start filling in the gaps in each others’ knowledge. A culture where these kinds of discussions can take place is a truly wonderful thing to be a part of. In such an environment you feel accepted and enthusiastic, and you feel yourself learning and improving very quickly. It is also common for creative or insightful ideas to be generated in these kinds of discussions. To me, a culture of tolerating ignorance is almost essential for enjoying my job as a scientist. The enemies of this kind of ideal culture are shame and scorn. The absolute worst way to respond to someone’s profession (or demonstration) of ignorance is to act incredulous that the person doesn’t know the idea already, and to assert that the question is obvious, trivial, and should have been learned a long time ago. (And, of course, someone who responds this way almost never goes on to give a useful explanation.) An environment where people respond this way is completely toxic to scientific work, and it is, sadly, very common. My suggestion if you find yourself in such an environment to avoid the people who produce it, and to instead seek out the company of people with whom you can maintain enthusiastic and non-scornful conversations. Of course, I have two general responses to Brian's post, which you should really go read in its entirety (if only so you can follow the embedded links -- they are also very good -- and read some of the comments). The first response is the almost obligatory, "I wish I had read and assimilated this before I started graduate school." The second response is that one does not have to be working in academia to put this advice into practice. Almost any collaborative community in which you find yourself is one in which people have varying levels of knowledge of the subjects at hand. You can use it at work, in your volunteer groups, in your teams, and in your family. Ask questions. Honor questioning. The higher your position, the greater your responsibility. Answer questions. Eliminate scorn. There are so many things I didn't have figured out when I was starting out, things I realize now that I wish I could have known then. It was true about my brief time in academia, and it's true about my longer life making a home and raising children. But that's the nature of living in time: you get wiser as you go, and logically that means you must have started out pretty green. Embracing that logic really does relieve a lot of stress. But that, too, is the sort of thing you get better at with practice. Why it's important for science teachers to teach theories that aren't "true." At Gravity and Levity, a defense of teaching the Bohr model of the atom (at least as a prerequisite to teaching more modern models). The Bohr model has been discredited, but it's still very useful. A few years ago, at a big physics conference, I was party to an argument about whether we should be teaching the Bohr model of the atom in lower-level physics classes. The argument in favor was that the Bohr model is easy to teach and gives a simple way to think about the structure of atoms. The argument against was that the Bohr model is completely outdated, conceptually inaccurate, and has long been superseded by a more correct theory. The major statement of the opposition argument was that it doesn’t do anyone much good to learn an idea that’s wrong. How strongly I disagree with that statement! Science, as I see it, is not really a business of figuring out what’s true. As a scientist, it is best to take the perspective that no scientific theory, model, or idea is really “true.” A theory is just a collection of ideas that can stick in the human mind as a useful way of imagining the natural world. It is undeniable at this point that the Bohr model is decidedly not true. But, as I hope I have shown, it is undoubtedly very useful for scientific thinking. And that alone justifies its presence in scientific curricula. I would like to add that it's pretty impossible to understand what makes a revolutionary idea (like quantum physics) revolutionary, unless one has some concept of what came before. You don't have to overdo it. Article in the NYT Well Blog: Why 4 Workouts a Week May Be Better Than Six. And how about just two workouts a week? Really -- almost as good. [R]esearchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham gathered 72 older, sedentary women, ages 60 to 74, and randomly assigned them to one of three exercise groups. One group began lifting weights once a week and performing an endurance-style workout, like jogging or bike riding, on another day. Another group lifted weights twice a week and jogged or rode an exercise bike twice a week. The final group... completed three weight-lifting and three endurance sessions, or six weekly workouts. “We think that the women in the twice-a-week and four-times-a-week groups felt more energized and physically capable” after several months of training than they had at the start of the study, says Gary Hunter, a U.A.B. professor who led the experiment. Based on conversations with the women, he says he thinks they began opting for stairs over escalators and walking for pleasure. The women working out six times a week, though, reacted very differently. “They complained to us that working out six times a week took too much time,” Dr. Hunter says. They did not report feeling fatigued....Rather, they felt pressed for time and reacted, it seems, by making choices like driving instead of walking and impatiently avoiding the stairs. I have long advised people who want to become "one of those people who works out" to start with twice a week, and try to keep that up for a good long while. I only manage three times a week myself, and that is if I am lucky and nothing derails me. Twice a week can be life-changing -- it is frequent enough to see and enjoy progress, but not enough to cause burnout. Whether it requires stressful schedule juggling depends on how full your schedule already is, and on what you are currently filling your time with. A little middle-aged motivation for you. The NYT "Well Blog" describes a study that's good news for those of us who are committed to staying fit in middle age -- or who have time to practice better habits between now and then. [W]e are spending more years living with chronic disease and ill health — not the outcome that most of us would hope for from a prolonged life span. But a notable new study published last week in Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that a little advance planning could change that prospect. Being or becoming fit in middle age, the study found, even if you haven’t previously bothered with exercise, appears to reshape the landscape of aging. Here's the deal, as best as I can figure it out: Waaaay back in 1970, a group of more than 18,000 healthy, chronic-disease-free middle-aged men and women (average age: 49) had visited a clinic for a treadmill test to determine their aerobic fitness. Then, in a first-of-its-kind data comparison, the researchers checked the same individuals’ Medicare claim records (with permission) from 1999 through 2009, by which time most of the participants were in their 70s or 80s. What they found was that those adults who had been the least fit at the time of their middle-age checkup also were the most likely to have developed any of eight serious or chronic conditions early in the aging process. These include heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and colon or lung cancer. The adults who’d been the most fit in their 40s and 50s often developed many of the same conditions, but notably their maladies appeared significantly later in life than for the less fit. Typically, the most aerobically fit people lived with chronic illnesses in the final five years of their lives, instead of the final 10, 15 or even 20 years. (c) just beginning middle age and thinking about developing good habits. Moving from the least-fit to the second-least-fit category appears to have the strongest effect. If that's so, then going from total couch potato to not-quite-completely-a-couch-potato might make a big difference in how many years you spend as an infirm adult. The aerobic fitness level at that middle-aged checkup did not affect lifespan nearly as strongly as it affected quality of life. It "compressed" the years of infirmity. To put it bluntly, this suggests that a public health effort which managed to encourage activity in the middle age years could well pay off in long-term health care costs. Of course, this might not demonstrate a causal relationship. Even though all these adults were healthy and free of chronic disease in 1970, maybe the least-fit ones were unfit because of some underlying, deep condition that also caused them to develop chronic disease sooner than the fitter ones. Maybe a choice to become fitter wouldn't have changed that. But then again, maybe it would have. Maybe individuals who decided to become fitter would have paid more attention to the signals their body sent them, and would have detected problems earlier. Maybe a habit of exercise would have given them confidence to change other habits. Maybe getting out of the house more would have improved their mental health. We really don't know. I think this is really good news for my readers out there, most of whom are women in their childbearing years, and who don't see much concrete motivation to work on fitness habits. You've got time, folks. I would be interested in knowing more details about the age range and about how the individuals were divided into fitness quintiles, but don't have quick and easy access to the journal. Interesting article about rabies, which until recently was 100% fatal in symptomatic humans -- maybe -- and the story of the last-ditch desperate cure that seems to work -- maybe. Even though his specialty was infectious disease, Willoughby knew almost nothing about rabies. “For the board exams,” he says, “you only needed to know one thing: that it was 100 percent fatal.” He telephoned the CDC to ask if there was any treatment somewhere in the research pipeline—some promising new therapy, perhaps, not yet published in any medical journal. The CDC had nothing. Not one person had ever been shown to survive rabies without having gotten at least partial vaccination before the virus reached the brain. With less than a day to formulate a plan, Willoughby attacked the problem with quick but deliberate reading, using his limited time to review the basic neuroscience of rabies. A pretty exciting story, but one that still remains largely unconfirmed by fundamental research. The article details some of the objections that have been raised by researchers. Still, when you are dealing with "100% fatal," it becomes much more attractive to try the untested. On the same topic: I heard on NPR a week or two ago that there is a new nonfiction book out on rabies, called Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus. It sounded good, but I have to get in line for a copy at the library. The authors are a husband-and-wife team (he's a journalist, she's a veterinarian). I am looking forward to it, when I move to the head of the line. I am really in the mood to read something fluffy and light, which for me means "almost anything nonfiction." I just barely managed to finish Kristin Lavransdatter in time to return it to the library before it went overdue, and while I enjoyed the book, it exhausted me as epic multigenerational literature tends to do. If it were not for the patronymics I would never have been able to keep track of everyone, but at least since I always had a clue as to whose daughter or son everybody was (Kristin is Lavrans's daughter, get it?), I didn't fall very far behind. I think I will stop here before anyone draws any conclusions about the fact that I suggested books about rabies and psychopaths as beach reads. Ahem. "In any given moment, ask yourself, do you want to be special, or do you want to connect?" As a child and adolescent, I had wanted to be special more than anything, and I was growing tired of it. More and more, I desired to make real connections. But I hadn't seen until then that specialness and connectedness are in tension, that to emphasize one is necessarily to de-emphasize the other, and that in any moment we have the opportunity to make the choice between them. Unity ... comes from letting go of the need to compare oneself to others, and choosing instead to connect through a sense of equality. I understand that, and the implied tradeoffs, much better now. I like that it is phrased as a question, because it isn't as if connectedness is always to be prized over specialness; and there's a bit of a circularity to it, because one of the things that makes each person particular -- unique -- "special" -- is the particular combination of connections he has made. One example: it's precisely because of my connections with my family members that I am irreplaceable to each of them. I am a particular person -- "Mom" -- to each of my children, the only mom they have, and my husband's only wife. Connection and "specialness" are bound up. The success of any kind of social epidemic is heavily dependent on the involvement of people with a particular and rare set of social gifts....Most of us don't have particularly broad and diverse groups of friends... In the six degrees of separation, not all degrees are equal. Social connections aren't spread out evenly. They cluster: most of us have many connections within small groups that share lots of connections. But here and there are individuals who tie those clusters together -- people who have connections to many different clusters. By necessity, having many diverse connections mean that most of the connections aren't particularly strong. (Gladwell says that such "connectors" have "mastered what sociologists call the 'weak tie,' a friendly yet casual social connection. On Gladwell's web page is reprinted a brief excerpt,"The Connectors," that introduces the concept.) But even the most highly connected people probably have a few very strong, prized connections with a few select and dear friends. At least, that seems to be true about the connectors I know. Connectors wouldn't be connectors, wouldn't tie so many people together, if they weren't willing to be "special" in the sense that in each cluster they're the one person who stands out because, well, they know so many people outside the cluster. So their numerous weak ties aren't to be disparaged: they are extremely valuable. When I stepped back from most work other than directly meeting my family's needs, it was kind of like saying to the world: I'm going to focus my energy on building a few connections, and reinforcing them heavily, rather than on making numerous connections that, because numerous, can't be strong. And that's what I do. I have the chance to carefully supervise the connections between each child and his siblings, between these children and a few close friends, between the children and my friends and my friends' children, between my friends' children and me. I have time to cultivate a few friendships of my own, too. The networks my kids and I move in are small but connection-dense. I do it this way not because I think it's better to have fewer, stronger connections than to be "well-connected" -- although I am learning to prefer it -- but because I think it's the kind of connectivity I'm better suited to help build. I'm not worried that they won't be able to branch out more later. They have time to develop a connectivity that is their own, once out of my shadow; I'm doing it for myself now, after all, at age thirty-seven, so why not they? But on second thought, I am a sort of connector, too. I work to build the connections for my family in our small cluster, but the nature of being a parent is that you are a bridge to connect your family to the outside world: a gatekeeper, if you will. It's a small connection, but to those young people, it is an artery. I think maybe the level of connection one creates is part of one's vocation, and so unique; after all, connections create responsibilities, and fulfilling these is what vocation is all about. Perhaps those "connectors" among us, tying the clusters together with a mass of weak links, have a greater impact than the rest -- at least when they work to keep the links active. A greater responsibility, even? Maybe. Here's a little story about the value of being multiply connected, and a lesson that no matter what kind of connectivity we enjoy, we always have the choice to reinforce those connections -- to send a little jolt of energy across a gap, so to speak -- and that when we do send that jolt along, it can travel quite far. A couple of days ago I wrote about calling Poison Control from camp when my child got tree sap in her eye. I was happy because they exist and because they give good advice; in a different universe where PCC did not exist or was run by lawyers, my vacation would have been ruined. I believe I wrote something along the lines of "YAY POISON CONTROL. I wish I could send you cupcakes." Count 'em, folks! Too bad I didn't ask for Champagne! But what's really great about this is the reminder that, no matter how numerous or even how weak the connections we control may be, no matter whether they are between our own family members or across town, we often get a chance to pass a little something along. It may come to nothing, or it may "merely" make someone's day more interesting, or -- who knows? It could pay back far in the future. I think I will think of this story often when those little chances make themselves known. My friend M. has been deep in the books, trying to design and redesign a good homeschooling environment for her eight-year-old son who is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, and who really needs quite intense attention. She is looking at various styles of teaching and how they are shown to work with real children. She came to me a few days ago saying (I'm paraphrasing): "You know what's really amazing about the so-called 'classical model of homeschooling?' So many homeschoolers put so much stock in it -- in this idea that the medieval trivium corresponds to three stages of child development -- but there isn't really any evidence for it at all! If you go tracing back the claims that people make about classical homeschooling, they all go back to just one source --" "'The Lost Tools of Learning,'" I said. "The essay by Dorothy Sayers." "...And, well, she just made it up! She doesn't claim to know anything about how children develop. It's just her idea. But this entire industry has sprung up to support classical homeschooling, as if there was any evidence that designing a school the way she imagines it is something that really produces good outcomes. There isn't any evidence. And of course the medieval trivium wasn't at all like the homeschooling trivium that people talk about. There's no evidence that children ever were taught the way she describes." I thought for a moment how to respond. "I think that the essay provides a useful organizing principle," I ventured. "No more than that." I did have to defend myself a little bit! And I do think that the organizing principle behind "The Lost Tools of Learning" is so useful that I maintain it's part of the "homeschooler's canon" of educational philosophy. But M.'s reminder is useful, too -- that Sayers' essay is just that: an opinion piece. After all, I do go around telling other homeschoolers, when I need to, that I am "oh, sort of a classical homeschooler, with a little Charlotte Mason thrown in." Really, this is just a piece of code, shorthand for what I am not: I am not an unschooler, I am not a school-in-a-box-er, I am not entirely disorganized (I have some kind of plan), and, well, I'm not entirely "evidence-based." Let us amuse ourselves by imagining that such progressive retrogression is possible. Let us make a clean sweep of all educational authorities, and furnish ourselves with a nice little school of boys and girls whom we may experimentally equip for the intellectual conflict along lines chosen by ourselves. We will endow them with exceptionally docile parents; we will staff our school with teachers who are themselves perfectly familiar with the aims and methods of the Trivium; we will have our building and staff large enough to allow our classes to be small enough for adequate handling; and we will postulate a Board of Examiners willing and qualified to test the products we turn out. Thus prepared, we will attempt to sketch out a syllabus--a modern Trivium "with modifications" and we will see where we get to. But first: what age shall the children be? Well, if one is to educate them on novel lines, it will be better that they should have nothing to unlearn; besides, one cannot begin a good thing too early, and the Trivium is by its nature not learning, but a preparation for learning. We will, therefore, "catch 'em young," requiring of our pupils only that they shall be able to read, write, and cipher. Did you catch that bit -- that at the start of her "school" the children have already been taught to read, write, and do arithmetic? We're on our own for that part, homeschoolers. Sayers' imaginary school is not, actually, a plan (and she takes pain to point this out). Nor is it a reconstruction of the medieval trivium in any way -- significantly, she stresses, "It does not matter, for the moment, whether it [the trivium] was devised for small children or for older students, or how long people were supposed to take over it." For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and whatever instruction fails to do this is effort spent in vain. This is a philosophy that appeals to me, and it is why I go around telling people that I am a "classical homeschooler." Not because I think my homeschool should be split up into Grammar and Rhetoric and Dialectic (although I sometimes use those terms to describe the level of mental process that is engaged by a particular book or curriculum). I tell people I am a "classical homeschooler" because I believe my job is to teach my kids how to teach themselves. Which brings me to the problem of evidence-based teaching. Evidence is overrated. If I say "Evidence is overrated," you should know I am speaking tongue in cheek. I am trained as an engineer and as a scientist, and even though I abandoned that life in its early stages, its inner life has not abandoned me: I can never lose the engineer's problem-attacking method, nor the scientist's reflexes to observe, test, and revise. No, what I really mean is that the marshalled evidence often overemphasizes one kind of data to the exclusion of another kind of data that, depending on the application, may be more important. The distinction between the two kinds of data: that drawn from large groups and that drawn from individuals. Data drawn from large groups can be usefully applied to help individuals, it's true. Let's imagine an experiemental school -- would that schools would actually do this -- in which two methods for teaching arithmetic are to be evaluated. Children are randomly assigned to two classrooms, one in which the arithmetic skills are taught via method A, and one in which the teacher uses method B to teach the same skills. After a suitable time, the children are evaluated, and method A comes out ahead: perhaps more students in classroom A have achieved a certain minimum competency, or perhaps the average score of students in that classroom is significantly higher than the average in classroom B. Perhaps A outperforms B by both metrics. If the test is repeated over different schools and different populations, and if A consistently outperforms B, that would certainly be a strong argument for teaching with method A instead of method B. I would gladly support this kind of approach to curriculum selection in my local public schools, who are, after all, in the business of educating large groups. However, just because A is the better method overall does not mean it is the better method for every child in the class. Imagine there is one particular child -- let's call him Jacob -- who responds better, in a critical way, to method B. It's not that Jacob was one of the top kids in classroom B -- no, let's be honest, most of the "top kids" in classroom B would also have been "top" in classroom A, because every classroom contains at least a few kids who are going to absorb material no matter how you throw it at them. No, this boy was on the margins: Jacob was one of those who achieved competency in classroom B, did well enough. But when the classrooms all switched to the A method -- the method that was proved superior by the average-score metric and by the number-achieving-minimum-competency metric -- Jacob did not succeed, did not achieve competency. More of his classmates will succeed in the A environment, and that is good for them, and good for the school, and good for the teachers, probably. It does not help him. I am not, mind you, saying that the evidence drawn from large groups is unhelpful for the large groups. I do think schools should use data to shape their curriculum, because that is the job of the schools. I just want to point out that the schools have one job -- to teach the large groups -- and Jacob's parents have another -- to teach Jacob. This is, to me, the distinction that gives meaning to the notion that education of children is primarily the responsibility of their parents. It is reflected in Minnesota law, at least: Our state's constitution stipulates that the legislature shall establish a "general and uniform" system of public schools; "uniform" is supposed to provide for equal and fair access to schooling, and that is commendable and appropriate for government schools. The statutes specify this: "The parent of a child is primarily responsible for assuring that the child acquires knowledge and skills that are essential for effective citizenship." My point: You use large-group evidence to design approaches that are aimed at large groups. If your job is to teach Classroom B, you use what you've learned from metrics that measure Classroom B. But if your job is to teach Jacob -- and that, mind you, is not legally our state's job, nor a single classroom teacher's job, nor can it be -- it is Jacob's parents' job -- then you have to give primary weight to evidence drawn from Jacob and not to that drawn from his classmates. I derive a lot of inspiration from Dorothy Sayers' opinion piece, even though it is not evidence-based. Sayers never thought that people would try to copy the imaginary school she described, and I don't either. I follow her example -- not by trying to create in my home the school that she imagined -- but by trying to create in my home the school that I imagine. I consider the problem that life has posed me -- and I frame it and sketch it out as How will I teach my children to teach themselves? I make assumptions, I list my constraints, I weigh costs against likely benefits, I approximate when necessary, and in the end I do what I can with what I have. I make a guess -- this particular sort of curriculum will interest my eleven-year-old, or arranging the school desks in that particular way will keep my eight- and five-year-olds from fighting; I try it out; I check to see if my eleven-year-old is engaged in his work, I listen to see if the squabbles have diminished; I revise my hypothesis, I try again. There is another thing to weigh, too -- and it is sort of outside the evidence of what sort of methods produce academic excellence. Because academic achievement is not, actually, central to what I am trying to do here (although it's very easy to forget that, because academic achievement is so much more easily measured, and because the culture values it, and I am swayed by culture). What I am supposed to be doing is forming human beings who are honest, fair, kind, and wise, who have a firm understanding of their own value and of the value of other human persons, who recognize their direct responsibilities and carry them out. And no amount of evidence of academic achievement should entice me to apply a method that undermines any of these. Meanwhile, I am supposed to be forming myself in honesty, fairness, kindness, and wisdom -- and if I somehow form my children in ways that deteriorate my own character, I'm equally wrong. To put it bluntly, if by daily beatings or regular bribes I could ensure my child a perfect SAT score, that wouldn't mean I should do it. Large-group evidence based on large-group metrics will only take you so far. It isn't useless: it's just that it is useful for purposes different from mine. (I can, of course, use it for my own purposes: what's good for the group may be the best thing to try first, before tweaking to suit the individual.) This is true about education, but lots of other things too: taking care of your health, disciplining children, deciding what sort of community to live in, deciding whom to spend time with. Sometimes "what works" is what matters; other times it's far more important to find something you can live with, whether it "works" or not; most often it is a matter of balancing both. Animated scale of the universe. Speaking of the cosmos, ChristyP pointed me to this very well done, shareable-with-your-geeky-kids interactive Flash animation, and commented, "I learned some new SI prefixes from this." Check it out.
2019-04-19T13:13:09Z
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Welcome to my studio. I'm so happy you stopped by today. This is my third year participating in the "Where Bloggers Create" blog hop sponsored by Karen Valentine of My Desert Cottage. I really enjoy sharing my studio and having the opportunity to get a glimpse into the studios of other crafty bloggers. On the right as you enter my studio is my scrapbooking area. All my scrapbooking supplies are stored in the blue bins in the bookcase, in the organizers on my desk, and hanging from the rod under the window. Under the desk is a six drawer Ikea file cabinet where I store paper, embellishments, and Project Life pocket pages. Some of my mini books are displayed on top of the Ikea bookcase along with my blue vintage typewriter. Shelves over my laptop hold more paper, embellishments, and my printer. My Silhoutte Cameo sits on the counter next to the my laptop, making it easy to quickly find and cut a design while scrapbooking. The upper cupboard hides all my acrylic paints and other crafting supplies, while the bottom cupboard has pullout wire bins full of quilt batting and interfacing. Now we're moving into the sewing areas of the studio. I have room for three people to sew along the long counter. I usually have my three machines set up, but can move them quickly to make room when friends come over to sew. I spend a lot of time at the Babylock machine and love the convenience of the portable ironing board. It's really handy when piecing blocks to have the iron so close at hand instead of jumping up constantly to use the big ironing board. This cute little Singer Featherweight is a new addition since last year's studio tour. I haven't used it very much, but think it's adorable and plan to take it to sew days with my quilt guild. On the pegboard shelves above are old candle jars full of ribbons sorted by color. This corner holds my serger and that all important machine - the Kuerig coffee maker. Along the back wall is my Handi Quilter Avante and a bookcase full of quilting and scrapbooking magazines. The quilt on the wall is made out of 15 years' worth of Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show tee shirts. The ironing table is another new studio addition that my husband built for me recently. You can read a little more about the building process here. My cutting table is a dining table I inherited from my Grandma Zangl. Growing up, we used to visit my grandparents at their house on Moose Lake outside of Antigo, Wisconsin, and many summer evenings were spent putting together puzzles or playing cards at this table. We added blocks to the legs to raise it to counter height and it makes a wonderful cutting table. There's also room underneath on both sides for wire storage drawers which are full of fabric. My design wall is surrounded by two Ikea storage towers that hold craft books and an Ikea shelf where I display my childhood dolls and toys. Who remembers Chrissy and Velvet dolls with hair that grows? This table is where I spend time looking at craft books, planning projets, and usually visiting with my sister. Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the world. I hope you enjoyed yourself and be sure to check out more studios here. I feel like I've been neglecting this little blog for the last month or so. I'm usually in the middle of some quilty or scrapbooky goodness to share with you all, but since May, we've had company staying us and I haven't had a lot of time to make anything. The time I have been in the studio was spent helping our beautiful niece Kenzie make a few projects. One project was this wall pocket from the book Modern Mix that she plans on hanging over her desk in her dorm room next fall. I think she did a great job. While Kenzie was busy working on her project, I made these little bibs from Going Sew Crazy for a co-worker's baby shower. They were quick and easy to whip up and turned out so cute. Now our nephew Michael is here with us for a month after just graduating from the University of Washington. Congratulations Michael! He's not much for crafting, but he will join me in the studio to watch a movie while I'm sewing. In less than two weeks we'll be on our way to Sisters, Oregon for the big Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and our family vacation in Sunriver, Oregon, so I probably won't be doing much sewing or scrapbooking until the end of July. But it has been so great having the kids here with us and we've enjoyed going to the beach, watching movies, having family game nights playing croquet, ladder golf, Big Bang Clue, and Monopoly, drinking rootbeer floats and "Harry Potter Butterbeer" and just being together. Check back here on July 12th for this year's "Where Bloggers Create" studio tour hosted by Karen Valentine of My Desert Cottage and spend some time visiting a whole lot of cool, creative studios. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your summer days! I admit it; I'm addicted to Pinterest. I have been pinning lots of great projects and finally decided to actually make some of them. So here are some recent Pinterest Inspired Projects. For a while now, I've been wanting my husband to build me a "Big Board" that fits on my ironing board and provides a nice large pressing surface for quilting. Then I started seeing different ironing "tables" on Pinterest and I knew that's what we needed to build. We started with two $20 bookcases from Walmart, a piece of medium density fiberboard, batting, and cotton duck fabric and we ended up with this great ironing table with storage that combined this craft table from Organize Your Stuff Now and this ironing table from Jillily Studio. This cute little tote from Crafty Hipster holds my Singer Featherweight sewing machine and makes it easy to take to my quilt guild sew days. I made these little fabric boxes by Seaside Stitches for my mom and sisters for Mother's Day. I'll probably fill them with hand lotion and nail polish and maybe a small candle. They were really easy to make and I love how they turned out. Last month my quilt guild decided to make nametags and I found this adorable paper-pieced pattern by Monkey Beans. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to come back soon to see more Pinterest Inspired Projects. Sewing...January Bag of the Month at Sew Sweetness. Notepad holders for me and my sister. The cute coffee embroidery is by Wild Olive. Teaching...my friend Terri how to quilt on the Handiquilter. Making...cards and envelopes. I love my new envelope maker from Stampin' Up. It's so fun and easy to use. This card was made on the Silhouette with a cut file from makememori.com. Unfortunately it isn't available anymore. Cards for the Stamper's Sampler challenge. Meeting...Tula Pink at the Sewing & Stitchery Expo in Puyallup, WA. My sister Paula and I were lucky to run into Tula during the show and she was so nice to agree to a picture with us. We also attended her talk in the evening and it was great. She was so funny and it was interesting to hear about her fabric design process. Listing...March 2014 30 Days of Lists. Finishing...the Tula Pink's City Sampler 100 Modern Quilt Blocks Quilt Along. I made all 100 and used 64 in the Trellis Quilt (plus ten on the back). Welcoming...the first signs of Spring in my yard. Up Next Time...a few Pinterest inspired projects. Around here I've been busy working on several projects that have deadlines, which is weird for me since I usually just make stuff for myself on my own timeline. You may remember that back in May I committed to making 100 quilt blocks from Tula Pink's City Sampler Book along with other quilters participating in the Quilt Along. Well, it's six months later and I have completed all 100 blocks. Whew! And the first deadline is to link a completed quilt top to the Sew Sweetness blog by January 31 to have a chance to be picked a winner by Tula Pink herself! Yes, that is 100 blocks in a stack and a whole bowl full of scraps. Truthfully, as much as I love that patterned fabric, I am so happy the blocks are finished. I decided to make the Trellis quilt from Tula Pink's book. I started by sorting the blocks by color. After trying several different layouts, I decided on this one. Then I framed each block with dark brown Kona solid. I love the way the brown makes all the colors pop. Now I need to add the white sashing. Also, as you can see, the Trellis quilt pattern only uses 64 of the 100 blocks, so I'll probably use some on the back. Next up is the Riley Blake challenge from the Modern Quilt Guild, which needs to be posted by February 17. As a member of the South Sound Modern Quilt Guild, all members received fat eighths of these five Riley Blake fabrics. We can add solid fabrics and make anything as long as it's quilted. I'm making the Weekender Travel Bag by Amy Butler and following Elizabeth Hartman's tutorial for making a Weekender bag using quilted panels. I made all the panels this weekend; now I just need to sew the bag together. So I think I'm on track to meeting those deadlines. I also have a finished project to share. A while back my husband asked me to make a quilt for friend of his. He helped pick out the pattern and fabric when we were on vacation in Sunriver in September. The pattern is "Pennies in Heaven" from the book Loose Change by Kansas Troubles Quilters. I wasn't real excited about the fabrics since they weren't exactly screaming "modern" to me, which is what I tend to be drawn to lately. But my husband likes the quilt and I enjoyed making it for him to give his friend. Well, that's what I've been up to since the first of the year. What projects have you all been working on? I'm linking up with WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced. Today I'd like to share the newest baby quilt I just finished. I fell in love with this quilt by Jen Eskridge from the book Modern Baby and knew it would be perfect for my cousin's new baby boy. I used Kona solids for the background and scraps from other baby quilts for the hexagons. I would normally hand applique the hexagons because I enjoy doing hand work, but since this was for a baby and would be washed a lot, I wanted them to be on there securely, so I sewed them on with a machine blanket stitch. On the back I used a few leftover hexagons along with a white one for the label, then I meander quilted the whole thing. Now I can't wait to give it to the new little one. Before I went on my vacation to Sisters with my sister and our niece, I made all of us new tote bags to hold all our great fabric and other quilty goodies. The pattern was from the Fall 2009 issue of Quilts and More magazine, but is also available on AllPeopleQuilt.com. They were a big hit and really hold a lot of stuff! Yesterday I made my 50th quilt block in the Quilt Along. Yay! I'm halfway there. My sister Paula and I have been going to the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show since 1996. Over the years it has turned into a week-long family vacation. We rent a house in Sunriver and just relax, ride bikes, play golf (real golf for a few and putt putt for the rest of us), swim, play games and put together puzzles. But our big day is always the Saturday of the quilt show. We get up early, pack our picnic lunch, wake up somebody to take our picture, and we're off to Sisters. This year our niece McKenzie joined us on vacation. She lives in Virginia and we don't get to see her very often, so it was wonderful to have her along. Our day was spent looking at all the beautiful quilts and shopping at the Stitchin' Post and other shops in the area. Of course, I came home with some new fabric and patterns. I haven't made anything yet, but I really enjoy just looking at it. McKenzie loves to sew and once we got home from vacation, she got right to work on a couple of projects. She fell in love with this great Lotta Jansdotter fabric pack and knew it would be perfect for the Pasadena purse from A Quilter's Dream. Her other project was a Kindle cover. The pattern is the Reader Wrap from Atkinson Designs and the fabric is Who's That Girl from Robert Kaufman. She did a great job on both projects and I'm so proud of her! She's going to be heading back to Virginia for college in a few weeks and I'm really going to miss having her in the studio with me, scrapbooking and sewing and watching Gilmore Girls. I'll leave you all with a pretty shot of the Deschutes River from one of our morning walks. Just lovely. On a side-note, I've linked up my Where Bloggers Create post to the Studio Spotlight tour hosted by the Sewing Loft and Elison Lane. Be sure to check out all the beautiful and creative studios on the tour.
2019-04-26T15:37:46Z
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Veronica Rossi, author of the amazing Under the Never Sky series, will be taking on a new challenge in the form of a New Adult book. The term “New Adult” is focused on college-aged characters, whereas the YA is focused on high school-aged characters. So, essentially, we’re heading into more provocative territory, to say the least, being that NA is more romance than anything else. Lorin Oberweger and Veronica Rossi writing as Noelle August’s BOOMERANG, pitched as THE HANGOVER meets THE INTERNSHIP, set in an online dating service that aims to be Match.com for millennials on the rebound, to Tessa Woodward at William Morrow, in a three book deal, in a pre-empt, for publication in 2014, by Adams Literary on behalf of Wildcard Storymakers (World English). So, yeah, this is apparently where she’s headed next. That’s not to say that she isn’t going to be writing anymore YA books, because she does plan on it. The NA book is under a pseudonym after all. Whether you like this or not, the NA genre seems to be picking up rather easily. Working at a bookstore, there are quite a few NA books that get purchased, so the potential for readers is already there, and I think they’re hungry for more. Lorin Oberweger is an editor as well as an author and this looks to be her first novel to be published.
2019-04-24T20:05:14Z
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First person present-tense narration is a tricky prospect, and it’s one that starts to break my brain if I think too long about it. Oddly, for someone who is comfortable with all sorts of wild experimentation and nonrealist twists and turns in fiction — Nonlinear storytelling? Bring it on! Witches on Mars? Sure, why not? — wrapping my head around a first-person narrator who tells a story to the reader as it unfolds sometimes threatens to be more than I can handle. It is, in some respects, a question of suspension of disbelief. Who really keeps a running commentary through their entire day? Is that actually what consciousness is like? Do you honestly expect me to believe this narrator is capable of stringing together coherent sentences while dodging bullets or giving birth or whatever else is happening in your story? Like third person narrators, first-person present tense narration doesn’t make a whole lot of sense if you think about it too hard, but it’s a technique that allows you to accomplish certain things as a storyteller. It accesses the immediacy of present tense, without sacrificing the intimacy of first person. It lets us experience the events of the story right alongside the protagonist, in the very moment that they happen. I don’t mean to say that it’s impossible to write a good story with first-person present tense narration, or even that I don’t like first-person present tense narratives. There are lots of great first-person present stories out there. But whenever I sit down to write in that voice, I reach a point where I have to interrogate why I’m making this choice: why from this perspective, why at this position in time? Sometimes, I can’t make a good case, or the logistics of maintaining that position are unfeasible (for instance, can you maintain first-person present narration after the narrator dies?). But other times, the choice yields valuable benefits for a story, and it’s just the kind of illogic I need.
2019-04-23T15:15:00Z
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I’m curious about your Dickcissel sighting at Seneca Meadows on July 20 which I found on eBird. Was the bird singing or silent, and was it easy to find? I ask because up through the morning of July 14 it had been singing prominently on the oak tree pretty much throughout the day and had been easily found by many. But when I visited the afternoon of July 14 I neither heard nor saw it, and to my knowledge there has been no successful reports of it since then other than your. I’m curious to know whether it went silent or left or what.
2019-04-23T16:12:33Z
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The valiant monk who proclaimed in America the greatness of Hinduism and of Indian culture at a time when the West regarded India as a land of barbarians. The beloved disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.He was the living embodiment of sacrifice and dedicated his life to the country and yearned for the progress of the poor, the helpless and the downtrodden. He was the great thinker and mighty man of action whose ringing words galvanized the slumbering Indians. For ages to come he will be a source of inspiration. He came to be known as Swami Vivekanda only when he became a sannyasi or monk. His parents called him Narendra. His father was Vishwantha Datta and his mother Bhuvaneshwari Devi. Narendra was born on 12th January 1863 in Calcutta. As a child he was very lively and naughty. When Narendra stepped into boyhood, his naughtiness grew. He was a natural leader of the children in the neighborhood. His companions bowed to his decision always. Once a landlord threatened the children saying, "There is a demon in the tree and he swallows children." Narendra was not impressed by this threat. He settled down on a branch. The other boys took to their heels. Narendra waited for several hours, but the demon did not appear. So, he declared that the landlord's story was a spoof. Narendra loved to tease his sisters. Meditation, too, was a sport to him. But as he meditated he became oblivious of the whole world. Not even a lizard or a snake moving near him could disturb his concentration. Even as a child Narendra had great respect for sannyasis or ascetics. He would give away anything to anybody if asked for. On his birthday, he would wear new clothes, wouldn't he? If a beggar asked for alms he would give away the new clothes. From that day, his mother would lock him up in a room whenever a beggar passed by the house. But every beggar knew Narendra's nature very well. So beggars would stand near the window of Narendra's room. He would throw to them anything he had. The spirit of sacrifice and renunciation was already blossoming in him. In her leisure time his mother would tell him the story of the Ramayana. He could not sleep unless she told him a story. Then he would be all ears, forgetting his study and play. He had great reverence for Lord Hanuman. Once he sat before the idol of Lord Shiva, with his body all smeared with ash. His perplexed mother asked him, "Naren, what's all this?" He smiled and said, "Mother, I'm Lord Shiva." The mother feared that her son would become a sannyasi, like his grandfather. Narendra's father was a lawyer. So every day his house used to be crowded with his clients belonging to different castes. The house was like an inn; the clients had breakfast and lunch there. It was the custom to provide the guests with hukkas (long pipes) o smoke after food. There was a different pipe for clients of each caste. Narendra wondered what would happen if he smoked the pipe mean for people of a different caste. Finally he experimented nothing untoward happened. He concluded that caste had no meaning. The maxim "The child is father of the man" was entirely true of the compassionate boy, Narendra. Once there was a display of physical exercises in a localgymnasium. Accidentally an iron bar fell on a sailor among the spectators. He fell down unconscious. The people who had gathered there ran away lest the police should question them. Narendra, with the help of two friends of his, gave the wounded sailor first aid. Then he took him to a doctor. He even raised some money for the wounded man. On another occasion Narendra pulled out one of his friends who had been caught under the wheel of a coach drawn by horses. Likewise he helped a little boy who was a total stranger. The boy was lying on a road with high fever. He took him home. Narendra never knew what fear was. It was not that Narendra excelled only in sports; he was quick and alert in his studies as well. After a single reading he could remember any lesson. His memory was amazing. Concentration was the key to his success in studies. Whenever Vishwanath Datta found time he would give his son advice. "You need fear no one so long as you keep to the path of truth and Dharma (Virtue). One should not be browbeaten. One should guard one's self-respect. Love of one's religion should not mean hatred of others religions. Patriotism is essential for man's welfare. Foreign enemies may invade a country, but they cannot take away people's ancient and potent culture." He loved to listen to his son's sweet voice. Narendra's face would become radiant when he sang devotional songs. His mother was dear to Narendra as his own life, and to him she was a veritable goddess. In his eyes, there was no one as ready to make sacrifices as the mother. She must have the highest place not only in the home but also in society. He had great respect for his father too. But this did not come in the way of his freedom and independent thinking. He gave expression to what he felt even about his father. "Hospitality is certainly a great virtue. But is it right to feed the lazy? Is it right to provide them with cigarette and pipe to smoke?" This he would often question his father. But his father would say, "You do not understand their misery, my boy. When they much tobacco, they at least for a while forget the bitterness of their life." By 1880, Narendra passed his Matriculation and Entrance Examination. He joined a college. Day by day, his thirst for knowledge increased. He would borrow from the library books not related to the prescribed courses and read them, and so satisfy his thirst. HE was particularly fascinated by the secrets of God's creation. Apart from history and science, he was well read in Western philosophy. As he advanced in his studies, his thinking faculty developed.Doubts anduncertainties overtook him. He gave up blind beliefs but could not realize the Truth. He placed his doubts before eminent scholars and sought their guidance. These scholars excelled in debate. But their logic did not convince Narendra. Their line of thinking was stale. It did not convince him, for none of them had direct experience of God. Sri Ramakrishna was a priest in the temple of Goddess Kali. He was not a scholar. But he was a great devotee. It was being said of him that he had realized God. Scholars who went to him became his disciples. Once, Narendra went with his friends to Dakshineswar to see him. Sri Ramakrishna sat surrounded by his disciples; he was immersed in discussions about God. Narendra sat in a corner with his friends. All at once Sri Ramakrishna's mind was in turmoil. He was thrilled. Indistinct thoughts upset his mind. Memories of an earlier meeting seemed to stir in him. For some time he sat still as if in a trance. Narendra's attractive figure and shining eyes filled him with wonder. "Can you sing?" he asked Narendra. Narendra sang a couple of Bengali songs in a melodious voice. As he listened to the music, the Bhagavan went into a trance. After some time he took Narendra into a room. He patted Narendra on the back and said, "My child, why are you so late? I have grown weary, waiting for all these days. I wanted to share my experiences with the right person. You are not an ordinary man. You are Lord Vishnu in human form. Do you know how much I have been craving for you?" And he broke down. Sri Ramakrishna's behavior puzzled Narendra. He thought the elderly man was mad. "Will you come again? Promise me you will", pleaded Ramakrishna. Eager to escape from him, Narendra said, "Yes". After the Bhagavan finished his discourse Narendra asked him,"Have you seen God?" "Of course I have. I have seen him just as I'm looking at you. I have even talked to him. I can show him to you. But who is yearning to see God?" replied Ramakrishna. Narendra said to himself, "Till today no one had told me he had seen God. This m an looks mentally deranged; possibly he is even mad. However, it is not proper to judge without investigating." A month passed. Narendra went alone to Dakshineswar. Ramakrishna was resting on a cot in his room. He was pleased to seen Narendra; him sits on his cot. He went into a trance and put his leg on Narendra's lap. Narendra forgot the outer world. He felt that he was dissolving. He shouted, "What's this you are doing to me? My parents are still alive. I should go back to them." Smilingly Sri Ramakrishna said, "Enough for today," and drew back his lap. Narendra became normal once again. As days passed, each was attracted towards the other. Neither could bear to be parted from the other. It did not take a long time for Sri Ramakrishna to realize the greatness of Narendra. Moreover, he was guided by the will of Goddess Kali. But young Narendra would not accept Ramakrishna as his guru without a test. Ramakrishna used to say that, in order to realize God, one should give up the desire for money and women. One day Narendra hid a rupee under his pillow. Sri Rama krishna, who had gone out, came into the room and stretched himself on the cot. At once he jumped up as if bitten by a scorpion. When he shook the mattress, the rupee coin fell down. Later he came to know that it was the doing of Narendra. Narendra was Ramakrishna's favorite disciple. But he would not accept as gospel truth all that Narendra said. Narendra was highly critical of people who worshipped idols. He rejected the theory of "Advaita" (monism). He had no faith in mystic experiences. Advaitic assertions such as "I am Brahman", "I am Shiva" did not impress Narendra.But Sri Ramakrishna would always bring him back to the right path by saying, "There are many roads to reach a destination. No one has the right to say that the path the other man takes is not the right one. It is improper to pass judgement on anything that one does not understand." One day Sri Ramakrishna took Narendra to a secluded place. He said, "I have attained some powers after a long period of meditation. They will give whatever a man wants. I have given up all desire, and so I have no use for these powers. Shall I bestow these powers on you?" "But will they help me to realize the Self?" - asked Narendra. "No," said Sri Ramakrishna. "Then I do not want them. More than anything, I want to realize God." Narendra's reply filled Ramakrishna with joy. The Master had tested Narendra, and Narendra had passed the test. Gradually Narendra turned towards renunciation, giving up all worldly desires. The parents came to know of this. He was then studying for his BA degree examination. They planned to bring him back to worldly life through marriage. Sri Ramakrishna became unhappy on hearing this. HE advised Narendra that if bound by family ties, he would not be able to serve mankind. At times, Narendra would lose faith in Ramakrishna would first touch him with his hands. Then Narendra would lose contact with the world around. When he regained consciousness he would surrender to his Guru's teaching. Thus the Guru gradually gifted all his powers to the disciple. In 1884, Narendra passed the BA degree examination. A friend of his hosted a party. As Narendra was singing at the party, the news of his father's death came like a bolt from the blue. Poverty hit the family immediately after the father's death. The moneylenders began to harass the family. Some of them even went to a court of law. Narendra wandered far and wide looking for a job. His clothes were tattered and torn; and it was difficult even to get one meal a day. Many a day he fasted so that his mother and his brothers and sisters might have something to eat. HE would tell them that he had eaten with a friend. Sometimes he would faint with hunger and fall down in the street. But in spite of such overwhelming misfortune he never lost faith in God. Sri Ramakrishna would console him saying, "You are here to serve mankind and do mother Kali's work. You should be brave." One day he said to himself: "God gives whatever my Guru seeks. So it is best to seek my Guru's help." He went straight to his Guru and said, "On my behalf kindly pray before the Goddess to rid me of this poverty. She will give you whatever you wish for, won't she?" The Guru said, "My child, you have no faith in Her, why then will she listen to my prayer? You approach Her yourself. Then she will fulfil you need." So in the dead of night Narendra stood before the idol of Goddess Kali. He lost himself in deep meditation. He begged the Goddess, "O Mother, bestow on me the spirit of renunciation. Let me see you, that is all I beg of you." When he came out, the Guru asked, "Did you submit your prayer to Her? And what did She say?" Narendra said in dismay, "O! Forgot about it completely." "Then go back and ask Her," said the Guru. Again he forgot to speak about his poverty in his prayer to the Goddess. Again the Guru sent him. Back came Narendra and the same thing happened. The Guru's joy knew no bounds. "My child, you should not crave for only food and clothes. They are not the ultimate goals of man. Have faith in God. He will look after the welfare of your family," said the Guru. Later Narendra took up the profession of teaching. For some time he taught in the Vidyasagar School. Now the family had at least enough food. While he worked as a teacher he continued his study of law. His Guru's health broke down. Sri Rama krishna developed a tumor in the throat. Narendra gave up both his hob and his studies and devoted all his time to nursing his Master. Once, while Narendra was in meditation he shouted, "Where is my body?" Others had to touch his body and convince him of its existence. When Sri Ramakrishna heard this episode, he was happy that at last his desire to find a worthy disciple had been fulfilled. The disciples nursed the Guru to the best of their ability. But the thought that the Guru would not recover from the illness agonized them. His end was drawing near. On the last day he called Narendra to his bedside and touched him. He invested Narendra with all his spiritual powers. He said, "Naren, now you are all-powerful. All these are my children. It is your duty to take care of them." These words filled Narendra's heart with grief. He went out of the room weeping like a child. After the passing away of Sri Rama krishna, the young disciples went to live in a rented house in Baranagar. Although old, the house was far away from the noise and bustle of the city; and it was on the banks of the river Ganga. It was very close to the tomb of Sri Ramakrishna. So, the Mutt (monastery) was opened there. The young monks had two goals-salvation and the service of fellow men. Some young men left their homes and became monks and joined the Mutt. Narendra became a monk and headed the institution. The young sannyasis were unmindful of lack of food and clothing. But even when they fasted they did not neglect their studies and meditation. Narendra taught his brethren Sanskrit and Philosophy. To visitors he expounded the teachings of the Master. As a sannyasi, one cannot be tied to a particular place. Even the Mutt is a kind of a prison. Attachment to a particular place is also wrong. It was the great good fortune of India that Narendra took to sannyasa and became ' Vivekanda'. Bharat became his home and its inhabitants his brothers. The sacred task of wiping the tears of his unfortunate brothers was dear to his heart. He had to travel all over the country. His assets were - a saffron robe, 'Kamandalu' (an ascetic's waterpot) and 'danda' (staff). On his way he visited many holy places. He lodged at huts and choultries and slept on the bare ground. He satisfied his hunger by begging for food. He was in the company of sadhus, spending the time in religious discussions and holy rituals. He traveled on foot or by any vehicle whose driver was hospitable. Varanasi was the first city that Vivekanda visited. During his stay there, he met many scholars and exchanged ideas with them. In philosophical disputations he triumphed over them. In Ayodhya, his imagination pulsated with the memory of Sri Rama and Seta. In Agra the Taj filled him with wonder. On his way to Brindavean, he smoked a hukka borrowed from a passer-by that was a fisherman; he drank water in a pariah's house; begged for alms and accepted food from a cobbler. As he stepped into Brindavan (where Lord Krishna is believed to have lived) he was in ecstasy. At Alwar, some Muslims became his disciples. While Swamiji used to eat in their houses, he became acquainted with Maharaja Mangal Singh. Initially the Prince had no faith in the Swami. There was a heated debate between the two. "Swamiji, I have no faith in idol worship," said the Maharaja. The Swamiji replied, "An idol is only a symbol. It is not something to sneer at. Every devotee has his own way of realizing God. It depends on the individual's devotion." The Prince was not satisfied with Swamiji's explanation. There was a portrait of the Maharaja on the wall. The Swamiji asked the Diwan (chief minister) by his side, "Whose picture is that?" "The Maharaja's," replied the Diwan. Vivekananda said, "Spit on it." The Diwan was taken aback. "Why are you unhappy?" asked the Swamiji. The Diwan thought this man was certainly mad. Swamiji explained: "After all, the photograph is just a shadow of your Maharaja. It is devoid of flesh and blood." "But then it reminds us of the Maharaja, does it not?" said the Diwan. Wisdom then dawned on the Maharaja. He apologized to the Swamiji. Later the Swamiji went to Mount Abu, passing through jaipur and Ajmer. He spent some time in tapas (prayer and meditation) in a cave. While Swamiji was travelling by train, in Rajasthan an interesting incident took place. He was resting in a second class compartment. Two Englishmen were profusely hurling abuses at him. They were under the impression that the Swamiji did not know English. When the train reached the station. Swamiji asked an official, in English, for a glass of water. The Englishmen were surprised; they asked Swamiji why he was silent though he could understand them. Swamiji snapped back, "This is not the first time I have met fools." The Englishmen were enraged, but Swamiji's formidable physique silenced them. During his travel, Swamiji could travel by train only if somebody bought him his ticket. Otherwise, he had to travel on foot. He had to starve most of the time for he had no money. Once it happened that a merchant travelling with him was helping himself to varieties of eatables. Swamiji was hungry and tired. But he did not beg for food. The merchant spoke to him tauntingly and said, "You are an idler. You wear the saffron clothes only because you do not want to work. Who will ever feed you? Who cares if you die?" Just then, a sweetmeat seller offered Swamiji some eatables and said, "I saw you in my dream this morning. The Lord Sri Rama himself introduced you to me." The haughty merchant was put to shame when he saw all this. In Mysore, Swamiji got to know Diwan Swshadri Iyer and also the Maharaja of Mysore. The Swamiji's discourse in Sanskrit at a gathering of scholars deeply impressed the Maharaja. One day he questioned the Swamiji as to his future plans. "India is the land of many religions and schools of philosophy. The Western world has progressed in science. Human welfare is possible only by a reconciliation of the two. Therefore, I want to go to America in order to propagate Vedanta," said Swamiji. The Maharaja said, "Then I shall bear all the expenses of the visit." Swamiji thanked the Maharaja for his offer and promised him that he would make use of it when he needed it, and took leave of him. Swamiji next visited Ramanad. Bhaskara Setupati was the ruler of Ramanad at that time. He discussed with Swamiji the problems that the country was facing. The prince treated him with great respect. "You should attend the Conference of World Religions in America. I shall bear all your travel expenses," said the ruler. Assuring the prince that he would give serious thought to his suggestion, Swamiji went to Rameshwaram and from there he finally reached Kanyakumari. He swam to a rock and sat on it. Surrounded there by the sea, he reflected on the state of affairs in India. The thought of the poverty of the masses in this country made him miserable. He decided that unless casteism was rooted out, there could be no salvation for his countrymen. He concluded that his first task was to go Western countries and expose the spiritual values of India. He would then return to awaken his own slumbering land. It was in Madras that the little lamp that appeared in Bengalis Narendra became the blazing light of all India asVivekananda. It was there that pressure mounted on him to go to America. The fame he won in Madras traveled to Hyderabad. Thousands gathered at the meeting addressed by him there. It was the first ever-public meeting addressed by Swamiji. After he returned to Madras from Hyderabad, he started makingpreparations for his tour abroad. Contributions towards his travel expenses poured in from all parts of the country. But he kept with him only as much money as he needed for the journey. He returned the rest of the money to the donors. Swamiji reached the city of Chicago in the middle of July. On his way he touched at the ports of Colombo, Singapore, Hongkong and Tokyo. He chose a hotel for his stay. He made inquiry about the opening of the Conference of World Religions. It was still three months away. How was he to stay so long in s strange place? The money he had was fast disappearing. Meanwhile, an international fair was going on. Swamiji was wandering in the premises of the fair. Just then he spotted a Maharaja from India. He approached the Maharaja. But the Maharaja turned away with wry face. Since Chicago was a big city and very expensive, Swamiji moved to the nearby city of Boston. On the way he met a lady. She was from Boston. She was amazed at Swamiji's strange attire, his magnificent physique, and his bright eyes. She decided that he was no ordinary man. She begged Swamiji to be her guest. He agreed. Occasionally he addressed meetings at small clubs. The subject of his talk was Indian Culture and the Hindu Dharma. Gradually many scholars became his friends. Once of them was John Henry Wright University. He was greatly impressed by Swamiji's scholarship. The delegates to the Conference of World Religions had to submit their letters of introduction to the organizers. But Swamiji had lost his letter of introduction. Wright himself wrote the letter of introduction, in which he called Swamiji "A scholar who surpasses all of us professor." Swamiji went back to Chicago. When he reached the city he found that he had lost the addresses of some people. The people of the city were mostly Germans and could not understand English. As a consequence, Swamiji could not stir out. Finding no way out, Swamiji curled himself in an empty box, which was lying in the railway station. The next morning he wandered about in the streets. Unable to bear his hunger, he begged for alms at some houses. He could not get anything. On the contrary he was insulted and humiliated. He was sitting on the footsteps of a playground. A lady came out of a house facing the playground and asked him, "Are you a delegate to theconference of World Religions?" The Swamiji replied, 'Yes'. The lady said, "Please come to my house. You can bathe and have food. Then I shall take you to the Conference." Her name was Mrs.George Hails. The conference state on 11th September 1893. Thousands of delegates belonging to deferent countries of the world had gathered at the conference. Vivekananda was the youngest of them all. When it was his turn to speak, his throat went dry. Besides, he did not have, like the other delegates, a prepared speech. He requested the President to let him be the last speaker, His turn did come as the last speaker, He prayed fervently to Sri Ramakrishna and Mother Sharadadevi, and stood up to speak. When he began his address in his pleasing voice with the words "Brothers and Sisters of America," there was a thunderous applause; it lasted for a full three minutes. When it subsided at last he continued his short speech. He said that people born in different religions finally reach the same God, as river born in different places finally reaches the sea. He emphatically declared that no religion is superior and none is inferior. The delegates, every one of them, praised his speech. Newspapers carried his photographs and his speech. In later days people flocked chiefly to listen to his speech. He became the darling of the crowds. Whenever he rose to speak there was deafening applause. Even as the conference was in session, many institutions and associations extended invitations to Swami Vivekananda. Rich people begged Vivekanda to honor them with a visit.Within a short time he became world famous. Wherever he went, he dwelt at length on the greatness of Indian Culture. He spoke with spontaneous ease on every topic, be it History, Sociology, Philosophy or Literature. He deplored the malicious propaganda that had been unleashed by the Christian missionaries in India. "He speaks without a scrap of paper in his hand. We see in him some of the qualities of Jesus himself. A strange attire, a radiant personality, a rare elegance, the skill to epitomize Hinduism superbly-with these gifts he has won the hearts of our people. He is mesmeric. He is unsurpassed in conversation. His mastery of English is exceptional. A man like him appears only once in age. We are fortunate that we can see him and hear him, "- thus the newspapers went into raptures. Till then Americans had the impression that Indians were superstitious and ignorant. Thanks to Swamiji's persistent efforts, India was elevated to an honored position not only in America, but in the entire comity of progressive nations. Wherever Swamiji went, people flocked to listen to him and waited patiently. After the speech they would invite him to their houses and treat him as an honored guest. They would entertain him lavishly. At such times, Swamiji was constantly and painfully reminded of the poverty and squalor of India. The opulence around him would become unbearable. He spent many a sleepless and tearful night. Meanwhile, he received pressinginvitations from England. A rousing reception awaited him in London when he arrived there. The newspapers were all praise for the Hindu Yogi's oratory and outlook. Many became his disciples. Among them was Margaret Nivedita'. She came to India and settled here. Swami Vivekananda returned to India after his foreign tour lasting four years. By the time he arrived in India, Swamiji's fame had spread far and wide. When he landed in Colombo on 15th January 1897,he was accorded a welcome that befitted and Emperor. When he reached Madras there was an unprecedented crowd at the railway station. He was carried in procession in a coach drawn by an admiring crowd. Innumerable addresses and garlands were presented to him. Thereafter, wherever Swamiji went, he disseminated the message of his master. To those who came to him for guidance he taught the importance of spiritual development. To his fellow monks he explained the importance of dedicated service. He repeatedly told them that it was mere selfishness to look for personal salvation. He used to say, "I do not want salvation, as long as there is a single sorrow-stricken man in India." He had realized that social service was possible only through the concerted efforts on an organized mission. That is why he started Sri Ramakrishna Mission in 1897 and formulated its ideology and goal. During the next two years he bought a site at Belur on the banks of the Ganga, constructed the buildings and established the Ramakrishna Mutt. The body is no more, but the voice is deathless. Swamiji's health was constantly eroded owing to tireless work. He visited many hill resorts in the Himalayas. But even there his missionary work continued. He visited many cities in North India in response to public demand. He visited America again at the invitation of his American disciples. He participated in the Conference of Religions n Paris and returned home. In spite of the entreaties of his disciples he would not rest. He became more inward looking. The body grew weak, but the mind and the soul remained alert and active. On 4th July 1902 he performed his daily routine. He taught his disciples as usual. He rested for a while after food; after some time he had a shock. He spent a pleasant time talking to his followers and even cracking jokes. That night at nine 'o' clock he looked tired and his hands were trembling. He cried and sat up. He breathed a deep sigh and went to sleep. Within a short while he attained eternal bliss. His disciples and fellow-teachers felt orphaned and cried like children. Although Swamiji is no longer with us, his words live. His message has continued to inspire millions of his countrymen. His voice can comfort the suffering and sanctify their lives. Listen again: "You rejoice that you belong to the race of the great sages. But until those who belong to the upper classes help to uplift the downtrodden, and until exploitation ends, India will only be a grave. May Mother India step forth anew from the humble dwelling of the peasant! May she appear in the hut of the fisherman! May she step forth from the cottages of the cobbler and the sweeper! May she become manifest in godowns and factories! May the song of New India echo and reverberate amidst mountains and in forests and valleys!"
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After giving a presentation at the Northern Illinois University Children’s Literature Conference on Friday, I was chatting with some folks when someone walked by and dropped a piece of paper into my tote bag. When I got home, I discovered it was this, which gives me all the motivation I need to create a few more books. Thanks to an anonymous teacher/librarian out there. My visit to schools in Crystal lake got some coverage in the local paper. My favorite part of the day...art class! I did an art workshop with kids at the Sheboygan Children’s Book Festival where everyone got a random assignment that put two things together that don’t belong together. Or, as my friend Bob Barrie would say “a juxtaposition of incongruous elements.” I got to draw a cow playing a tuba. Garden + Books + Kids + Big pad of paper for drawing = Fun! As part of my appearance at the Sheboygan Children’s Book Festival, I did a workshop at Bookworm Gardens. We walked through the gardens gathering inspiration then went back to the fairytale-inspired cottage to turn our inspiration into pictures and stories. It was a very windy day, so I wondered what effect the wind would have on all those cows in Wisconsin. The cow says "Moo," unless it's very windy, in which case all bets are off! Some famously talented children’s book people, and me. A bunch of kids came to see me at Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington D.C. last week. We read some books, did some drawings, and took some photos. Thanks to Henry Holt for sponsoring the trip. Kildeer School goes all out! Everyone from the principal to the custodian wore matching t-shirts for our author event at Kildeer school on May 2nd. Here’s a link to see more photos. Thanks to Amy Krouse Rosenthal for the t-shirt concept, and to Michelle Schumer for putting the day together!
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This has been a rather strong preoccupation of mine for years. Though there is no real “scientific basis” for it, I like the possibilities and suggestions from this article. What do you think about it? ‘Consciousness & Dimensions: Science Begins it’s Dance with Spirituality’“Consciousness & Dimensions:Neuropsychiatrist Dr. Vernon Neppe and physicist Dr. Edward Close discussed their work integrating science and consciousness studies, and their most recent breakthrough, positing that we live in a 9-dimensional spinning reality. While human experience is restricted to the first four dimensions, the additional hidden dimensions could provide keys to life as we know it, and explain some of the mysteries of science, they contended. There has been a standstill in finding the link between science and consciousness, and their new theory connects them, said Close. Among the nine finite dimensions, there are three that encompass consciousness, Neppe stated, adding that their theory was mathematically sound, and helped solve certain physics conundrums like the Cabibbo angle. Each dimension is embedded within the next higher dimension, “and everything begins to have meaning when you have a science that can explain things like UFOs, time travel, out-of-body experiences, and psychic phenomena,” said Close. Another component of these higher dimensions is the transcendence of self, Neppe commented.
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For many years, I looked up to Batman as the pinnacle of justice and heroism. He would do all he could to protect Gotham City, even if that meant giving the ultimate sacrifice. With rigid discipline and a sharp mind he would solve crimes and have the physical and mental skill to take down any foe, even if they were super powered. But what exactly is justice? For many years scholars and philosophers have tried to define what exactly justice is. Maybe it’s about equality or fairness or just about achieving the best outcomes, and probably a combination of both and more. Regardless, I’m not going to attempt to answer the question here. It’s hard to exactly define, but what’s clear is that Batman is a vigilante. The “justice” he delivers is mostly outside the scope of any governmental system of criminal law. His goal is react to crime by punishing whoever is responsible and then giving up the criminals to the authorities. In this sense, Batman isn’t completely a free agent. He does work with members of the Gotham City Police Department (GCPD) and hopes the prosecution phase of the criminal justice system does its job. Given the corruption of Gotham City, this makes no sense. When the institutions placed in charge of protecting Gotham City fail, something has to rise from the ashes. And Gotham City is no ordinary city either. In Batman’s world there are what I will refer to as meta-humans, or people with super powered abilities. Even in the versions were Jim Gordon runs a tight ship and weeds out corruption, it’s hard to think of an ordinary police force about to deal with a woman who controls plants or a human crocodile. But despite all of this, Batman is not a great example of vigilantism. He commits the same atrocities that we condemn in society all the time. He routinely tortures criminals, reinforcing the idea that torture is effective and necessary in some instances. Some might say that Batman’s reluctance to kill also makes him ineffective. The argument goes that Gotham City doesn’t seem to have any less crime despite Batman. While I agree that Batman’s methods are ineffective, it really doesn’t have anything to do with his one and only rule. I don’t understand why Batman routinely hands over criminals to normal prisons where they always escape. I understand that it’s a fictional world and the writers have to carry on the story, but give me a break. What if Batman just uses Bruce Wayne’s money and Lucius Fox’s smarts to build a secret, unbreakable prison. And this prison was kept off the books so no one knew where it was. This may seem like a human rights violation and it probably is, but at the point in which you have criminals that are beyond rehabilitation and would be on death row or life in prison anyway, this makes the most sense. This would prevent the rogue’s gallery from ever escaping, without having to resort to killing them or have get free and kill others. But another question I have is why are there so many street criminals in Gotham? Batman is a smart guy. I’m sure he studied some theories of crime in college. It doesn’t take a genius (and apparently Batman is one) to understand some of the basic underlying factors of crime. These factors may not be 100% causal, but there is a strong relationship between them. Bruce Wayne could use his money to address gentrification, offer economic opportunity, influence legislative policy, etc. He may do in some capacity, but so much time is taken being Batman that it may be hard to give these important factors the attention they deserve. So what exactly is good vigilantism? It’s also a tough question. I’m not sure if I have the perfect answer but it makes sense that the best vigilantes offer some type of fairness and effectiveness that a regular, more typical criminal justice would offer in an ideal scenario. That’s why I believe the Flash is a better model for vigilantism than Batman. Both the Barry Allen and Wally West versions of the Flash are great. Unlike Batman, they are more carefree while still doing their duty to protect Central City. The Flash is full of jokes and more relatable to the average citizen even though he has superpowers. It’s the great irony. Batman may be human but he is more detached from people in his own city than a guy who is literally faster than time. The Flash talks to people on the street and the people love him so much that the even built a museum for him. And it seems crime in Central City is far less than Gotham, although I found no statistics to corroborate this claim. Nevertheless, the Flash’s ultimate advantage over Batman is that he does not have to always fight his enemies to win. Case in point: That moment where the Flash calmly reasoned with the Trickster to turn himself him. This is one of the best scenes in superhero history. It shows that sometimes there is a more nuanced approach to crime fighting than literally beating up those who commit crimes. And apparently the Flash is so important that if he dies, the world ends. The last video is from an alternative timeline and may be a little hyperbole, but it shows how important the Flash is. So why is the Flash a better example of vigilantism than Batman? It basically comes down to the fact that Batman simply uses a failed attempt of violence to solve the problem of…well violence. The Flash, conversely, doesn’t have to beat down criminals to get results. You rarely see the Flash beating his foes to a pulp. Oh and the Flash uses the idea I talked about earlier. In the recent TV series, he literally stores prisoners in a secret prison designed to contain them. Granted there was a prison break, but when you bring the guy from Prison Break, Michael Scofield. Wait…I mean Captain Cold…that’s bound to happen. In you run the tally though, The Flash is much more effective in keeping prisoners locked up than Batman. I mean there are literally entire games and plots focused on people in the Batman universe breaking out of prison (Arkham Asylum, Assault on Arkham, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight Rises, etc.). This phenomena, however, is not much of a recurring theme in Flash’s world. But it’s not just who keeps dangerous criminals from roaming the street. In his spare time, Batman has to play the part of Bruce Wayne and live a lavish lifestyle. Sure he donates to charity, but imagine how much crime he could actually solve if he actually focused on ways to stop it from a non-beat down perspective. The Flash, on the other hand, literally solves crime in his day job as a forensic scientist. Not to mention, Barry Allen has time to have a wife and kids. That’s not to say Batman is any less of a vigilante because he is a bachelor, far from actually. But it means the Flash has people to put things in perspective in way Batman doesn’t. Sure there is Alfred and Nightwing and Robin, but no one really there to actually check Batman. Batman may say he has no times for friends or that friends are just a weakness. In reality, the opposite is true. Friends help put things in perspective and offer a deeper understanding of human nature. For children or people looking up to Flash, they see that you don’t have to sacrifice everything to make a difference. You don’t even have to wear a cap and cowl. You can be part of the criminal justice system or just be a good person. The Flash is kind, considerate, and effective, everything a good vigilante should be. The Batman may have flair and theatrics, but Gotham remains a full of crime and decay. Central City may or may not be a bustling heap of commerce and culture, but it thankfully lacks the perpetual sorrow of Gotham. I used to want to be the Batman, but now I feel like the Flash is my real inspiration. I’m just not fast enough, not yet.
2019-04-20T21:09:42Z
https://kagepatel.wordpress.com/2015/07/01/why-the-flash-is-a-better-example-of-vigilantism-than-batman/
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Cell Phone #, Address, Pics & More. James Barker's Info - Look Free! Current Address, Phone & Age. Find James Barker, Anywhere! Want Info on James Barker? Just Search A Name and State.
2019-04-23T14:44:46Z
https://finance.search.yahoo.com/search?p=James%20Barker
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Last year I started a list, cataloging all the books I read in 2016. I won’t give the number because it’s a lot, and I don’t want to come across as a braggart. I’m a writer, and all writers should be reading. It’s part of my work. By making a list, I review what genres I read most (YA) as well as what I lacked (poetry), and it helps determine what to read this year. There are SOOOOOO many books and only so much time, right? A lot of people ask me for suggestions, which I always find hard to do. However, now that I have my list, it’s a little easier. Here are a few of my favorites from 2016 (some were published before 2016- it just took me until 2016 to read them).
2019-04-19T01:21:13Z
https://carriebrownwolf.wordpress.com/category/knowledge/
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This is basically a Coniston Bluebird Bitter with 500g of Munich Malt (and about 80g too much Crystal as it seemed a shame to leave such a small bag full!) and a little extra hopping. I’ll be pitching a split Whitelabs Edinburgh Ale yeast. No sparging photos as its stuck like a B’stard again!! Not happy, even with more and larger saw cuts in the copper manifold (Using the Thermos coolbox), it might have to be net curtain time next brew. I’m finding the grain bed is going really solid, could this be the problem, could it maybe be my stirring technique after adding the batch sparge water etc? Pitched yeast at 26C-ish which had half an hour or so with some Fresh cooled wort added to it after decanting the ‘beer’ off the top of the yeast split bottle. The recipe will be coming from the Graham Wheeler book. Caramelise the first 2L runnings. Not a bad one, breakfast and lunch had amongst it, the caramelisation took about 90 mins so that has slowed me down a touch, wort tastes pretty good with a good kick of Styrians (Bobek). **Update** 19/09/09 – Had a sneaky sample from the trial jar, its down to its FG nicely and it taste, well… rather Landlordy 😉 Maybe lacking a bit of Crystal Malt or Dark Crystal, maybe worth adding a bit more next time. Time will tell when its fully matured.
2019-04-19T03:34:15Z
https://pdtnc.wordpress.com/2009/09/
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Jon Butler is Howard R. Lamar Professor Emeritus of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies at Yale University, and Adjunct Research Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He earned his Ph.D. (1972) from the University of Minnesota, where in 2006 he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science. His books include: Power, Authority, and the Origins of American Denominational Order (1978; 2009), The Huguenots in America: A Refugee People in New World Society (1983; Soloutos Prize and Chinard Prize); Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People (1990; Outler Prize, AHA Beveridge Award for Best Book in American History); Becoming America: The Revolution Before 1776 (2000); and Religion in American Life: A Short History, co-authored with Grant Wacker and Randall Balmer (2003; 2011). In 2010, he received the Byrnes-Sewall Prize for Teaching Excellence in Yale College, and the Edward Bouchet Leadership Award for Diversity and Equal Opportunity. Butler is writing a book about religion in Manhattan from the Gilded Age to the 1960 Kennedy election, God in Gotham.
2019-04-21T13:37:56Z
http://religion.utoronto.ca/god-in-gotham-apocalypse-and-resurrection-in-the-capital-of-american-secularism-1880-1920/
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past few days has been a big cheating feast. Im glad i havent broken weeks or months of progress. It was kinda itchy at night afters. Also missed my evening tcm med. sleep was okay, woke up with my right arm sleeve gone and afew raw spots. Not too bad.
2019-04-23T14:22:18Z
https://jumpofftsw.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/day-131-cheating-goes/
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Fascinating talk by Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space. 18 minutes and 21 seconds well worth your time. There’s an astronaut saying: In space, “there is no problem so bad that you can’t make it worse.” So how do you deal with the complexity, the sheer pressure, of dealing with dangerous and scary situations? Retired colonel Chris Hadfield paints a vivid portrait of how to be prepared for the worst in space (and life) — and it starts with walking into a spider’s web. Watch for a special space-y performance. “The jaw-dropping gorgeousness of the turning orb like a self-propelled art gallery of fantastic, constantly changing beauty that is the world itself“. I love the beauty and awe in this sentence. Although I don’t believe Chris Hadfield is a man of faith, by drawing attention to the beauty of God’s magnificent creation, one cannot help but be in reverential awe of the Creator Himself.
2019-04-25T01:53:31Z
https://andyinoman.wordpress.com/tag/space-oddity-bowie/
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For NC State College of Veterinary Medicine students, clinical rotations are a crucial part of the transition to practicing veterinarian. As the new student services clinical coordinator, Aly Brinley helps third-year students determine focus area requirements as they plan the critical clinical phase of their education and works with fourth-year students on their clinical scheduling. Apex native Brinley, who joined the CVM in November after serving as an academic adviser at the University of Mount Olive, brings a passion for working with students and a high-energy personality to the job. What made you want to pursue a career in student services? I was an undergraduate at Western Carolina University, and after my freshman year I wanted to get more involved. As a sophomore I volunteered as a tour guide for prospective students, and something just clicked for me. I realized that I really wanted to work with students. After graduation I worked in admissions at Western Carolina and later at Campbell University. While I was working I also studying for a master’s in higher education administration from the University of Louisville. I’ll be helping the students here and our offshore students focus on their requirements for their clinical year. That means working with third year students on planning and fourth year students with scheduling. It’s a lot to learn. I actually started here the Monday after Thanksgiving, but I’ve already learned so much it feels like much longer! I really love working with veterinary students. They’re enthusiastic, they’re funny and they have a good head on their shoulders. I’m learning a lot of new names. I have an open-door policy, so I hope the students will come by and say hello. It’s even OK to vent if you need to. I grew up in Apex, and as I said, I went to college at Western Carolina University. I graduated and began my career in 2013, and got my Master’s in 2015. My last job was as an academic adviser at Mount Olive College. I worked there for two years. I used to be a certified snowboard instructor in Colorado. I still hit the slopes whenever I can. I like to travel a lot. I love to snowboard out West. I love Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Montana and that part of the country. I’ve even been snowboarding in Squaw Valley, Calif. When I’m not doing that you can find me doing CrossFit. I also like going to concerts [and going] shopping. I like to be on the go. I have a rescue cat named Ellie, a tuxedo. She’s sassy, but she’s sweet. I also have a Siberian cat named Aspen — I love Aspen, Colo. — and he likes to be held. He’s a real sweetheart. He’ll turn non-cat people into cat people. For more information on CVM student services, go here.
2019-04-26T16:21:56Z
https://cvm.ncsu.edu/new-to-the-cvm-family-meet-aly-brinley/
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November 8, 2016 we boarded the Harmony of the Seas by invitation from Royal Caribbean International. Our two night cruise didn't give us enough time to get all the photos and videos we would have liked, but covering the largest cruise ship on the seas is certainly not an easy task. I am currently working on our videos that will include many other areas of the ship that is not shown in these photos.
2019-04-18T15:20:07Z
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lenrapp/sets/72157675153593821
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The present invention relates to a hollow fiber membrane made of two coextruded layers A and B, wherein layer B has a non-woven type structure having a mesh size of 0.1 to 10 μm and layer A has a porous structure. The present invention further relates to a method for producing a membrane according to the invention and the use thereof. The present invention relates to a hollow fibre capillary membrane and a method for the production thereof plus its use in particular in plasmapheresis. Capillary membranes of different compositions are known in particular because of their increasing use in dialysis or also in plasmapheresis. The use and the production of membranes, in particular of capillary membranes, in dialysis is described for example in the publication by Samtleben and Lysaght in: Horl et al. Replacement of Renal Function by Dialysis 5th ed., Kluwer, 2004, pp. 709 to 724. Thus WO 96/37282 describes a membrane, in particular for haemodialysis, which has a separating layer with a cut-off between 500 and 5000000 dalton, a supporting layer and a layer co-determining the hydraulic permeability, wherein the separation limit and hydraulic permeability are set mutually independently. However, it is very expensive to build up the membrane with different pore sizes within the individual layers. EP 1547628 A1 describes plasma purification membranes and a plasma purification system, and in particular is geared towards specific physical properties, in particular the breaking resistance of the membrane due to the high stress load during plasma purification. This involves in particular protein and immunoglobulin permeability. In the membrane with a sponge-like structure, a gradient of the pore size is set, wherein a larger pore size is to be found on the outer surface than on the inner surface of the membrane. U.S. Pat. No. 6,565,782 relates to synthetic polymeric microfiltration membrane materials with high surface porosity which can be obtained by co-casting a sulfone polymer with a hydrophilic polymer, such as polyvinylpyrrolidone. Disadvantages occur with this membrane in particular in relation to the separation of cellular components of the blood from the plasma phase, since the pressure on the blood cells caused by the use of small-pored membranes can lead to damage to the blood cells. So-called hollow fibre spinnerets are used in most cases to produce such capillary membranes. An overview of this and other techniques for the production of hollow fibre membranes is disclosed in M. Mulder, Basic Principles of Membrane Technology second ed., Kluwer 1996, pp. 71-91. When a hollow fibre membrane is produced by means of a hollow fibre spinneret, the hollow fibre membrane is produced in a so-called precipitation spinning process, wherein the polymers to be precipitated emerge from an annular slit of a spinneret arrangement, while the corresponding precipitant flows out of a central precipitant bore. A hollow fibre spinneret of the named type is disclosed for example in DE A1. Typical plasmapheresis filters of the state of the art contain in most cases hydrophobic membranes, for example of polypropylene, polysulfone, etc. Since these hydrophobic membranes cannot be wetted with water, the filters containing these membranes are typically made hydrophilic with water under pressure. For the subsequent blood treatment, it is therefore ensured that all the air inclusions inside the pores have been expelled and therefore do not enter the blood circulation. Disadvantageously, these filter modules with hydrophobic hollow fibre membranes must be delivered filled with water to the clients and patients. Attempts are being made to circumvent the raw material and distribution costs and the difficulty of guaranteeing the sterility of such filled modules. Problems with the plasma membranes known until now are their low permeability for large lipoproteins and pressure-induced damage to blood cells due to the transmembrane pressure difference, i.e. due to the negative pressures acting on a blood cell adhering to the membrane wall and adjacent to a pore opening. The lower the pore size is, the greater, with a given transmembrane pressure difference (TMP), the pressure difference acting on a blood cell that is large relative to the pore size is on the affected section of the blood cell. In such cases, it has often been shown that the pressure acting on the corresponding section of the blood cell is so great that the blood cell walls burst, leading to haemolysis. Attempts are therefore being made to produce as high as possible a porosity on the blood-side membrane wall surface, with the result that the negative pressure impact on the blood cell wall is distributed over a larger surface area of the blood cell. Because of the low permeability for large lipoproteins of the membranes known from the state of the art, difficulties arise with these in particular during the filtration of lipaemic blood due to the drop in the screening coefficients. Hydrophobic plasma membranes often display, in blood treatment, the negative property of clogging in the course of the treatment due to interaction with the nonpolar blood lipids. A drop in the screening coefficient is therefore often observed during the blood treatment. It was therefore an object of the present invention to provide a hollow fibre membrane which in particular makes possible a gentle plasmapheresis, in particular a gentle plasma filtration of blood. Furthermore, such a hollow fibre membrane should also have, in addition to the largest possible openings for a good lipoprotein permeability with a simultaneously high selectivity, a high porosity for an improved blood compatibility. According to the invention, this object is achieved by an integral hollow fibre membrane, consisting of two co-extruded layers A and B, wherein layer B has a non-woven type structure with a mesh size of 0.1 to 10 μm and layer A has a porous structure. By “mesh size” is meant in this connection the greatest distance, in a non-woven type or net-like structure, between the individual branchings of the structure forming the non-woven material or net. The thickness of the webs of the branching is 0.1-0.5 μm in this case. Layer B preferably forms the so-called blood-contact side and layer A the filtrate side of the hollow fibre membrane, for example in a blood treatment in which the blood is passed through the inside of the hollow fibre. As a rule, the blood-contact side is the inner layer of the hollow fibre membrane and layer A, thus the filtrate side, is the outer layer of the membrane. In less preferred embodiments, however, it is also possible for layer B to be the outer layer (the blood-contact side) and layer A the inner layer (filtrate side). Because of the membrane according to the invention and in particular the presence of the non-woven type inner layer B, a lower negative pressure acts on a section of a blood cell through the transmembrane pressure difference than in the case of a small-pored membrane of the state of the art, with the result that in particular the cellular components of the blood can be separated particularly gently from the plasma phase of the blood. It is preferred that layer A consists of at least three successive zones A1, A2, A3 of different porosity, wherein zone A1 forms the surface of layer A and has pores with an average pore size of 0.7 to 2 μm. The thickness of zone A1 typically lies in the range of 9 to 11 μm, and is preferably 10 μm, with a preferred wall thickness of approx. 60 μm. Adjoining this is zone A2 which is arranged between zones A1 and A3 and has an average pore size of more than 200 nm. The thickness of this zone A2 is typically approx. 10 μm, with a preferred total wall thickness of 60 μm. In general, the thickness of zone A2 is thus approximately ⅙ of the total wall thickness. A third zone A3 is directly adjacent to layer B and is typically positively connected to the non-woven type structure of layer B. Zone A3 has a pore-size gradient towards layer B, i.e. the pore size increases towards layer B. The thickness of zone A3 is approx. 30 μm for a total wall thickness of 60 μm. In general, the thickness of zone A3 is thus approx. 50% of the total wall thickness. The layer thicknesses of zones A1, A2, A3 are designed in relation to the total wall thickness. An increase of the total wall thickness by e.g. 100% will also increase the layer thickness of the individual zones by approx. 100%, wherein the relationships of the layer thicknesses to one another remain constant. In the transition to even greater layer thicknesses of the total wall thickness, however, it was established during production that the relationships of the layers to one another alter, in particular the layer thickness of layer A2 turns out to be relatively less than in the case of thinner-walled membranes. Important for the capillary membrane according to the invention consisting of two co-extruded layers A and B is, as already stated above, the different pore size or mesh size in layers A and B, wherein the mesh size of the meshes in layer B is not only larger relative to the pore size of the above-mentioned outermost zone of layer A of zone A1, but also relative to all the pores of the whole of layer A. Because of its greater mass density, the outer layer A gives the hollow fibre membrane according to the invention its mechanical stability, in particular also when producing the membrane using the method according to the invention, which is described in detail below. Furthermore, this layer has the zone with the smallest average pore diameter (greater than 200 nm) in the whole membrane and is therefore the layer that determines selection with regard to filtration. The function of layer A is therefore to give the membrane according to the invention stability and selectivity. The layer B, preferably arranged on the inside, i.e. the layer facing the blood or another bodily fluid, has in its net-like structure a mesh size that is much greater than the pore size of layer A. Not least because of its net-like or non-woven type structure and the resultant low mass density, this layer has almost no mechanical strength and must therefore be supported by the additional layer A. Layer B has the task in the blood treatment process of merely holding back the cellular components of the fluid to be passed through it. Because of the non-woven type structure of this layer, it was surprisingly shown that this takes place in an unexpectedly gentle manner vis-à-vis the cells. This layer therefore essentially has the function of compatibilizing the fluid to be filtered and the membrane with each other. The non-woven type structure and the concomitant high porosity of layer B further result, surprisingly, in an improved screening coefficient which is constant over the course of the treatment for high-molecular-weight components of blood, such as e.g. triglycerides or lipoproteins. It was shown that the screening coefficients remain essentially constant over a longer course of treatment, unlike plasma membranes known until now. Thus it is established in the case of plasma membranes known until now that the pores of the inner surface can be clogged by large blood lipid particles present in the blood. As a result, it is observed that the screening coefficients drop, since there is a smaller total flow-through passage through the membrane wall and the effective permeability drops. On the other hand, the porosity of the membrane according to the invention is so great on the blood-contact side that there are enough fluid passages, even by adsorption of the large blood lipid particles, to maintain the desired permeability. In order to give the membrane the optimum properties as regards stability and selectivity, the ratio of the layer thicknesses of layer A to layer B is 4:1 to 6:1, with the result that layer A in particular can perform its supportive stability function particularly well. It was shown that an internal diameter of 280 to 400 μm is advantageous for the planned use, in order to withstand even more pronounced pressures and pressure differences. Typical total wall thicknesses of the hollow fibre membranes according to the invention are 40 to 80 μm, quite particularly preferably 60 μm. Such membranes according to the invention are typically used in fibre bundle sizes of 1300 to 2600 fibres for the production of plasma filters with membrane surfaces of 0.3 and 0.6 m2. The membrane surface also determines the physical parameters of the membrane: a plasma filter with a bundle consisting of a large number of hollow fibre membranes according to the invention (“hollow fibre bundle”) with a total membrane surface of 0.3 m2 is provided for use with blood flows of 100 ml per minute and filtrate flows of up to 30 ml/m, the plasma filter with a membrane surface of 0.6 m2 for blood flows of 200 ml per minute and filtrate flows of up to 3 ml/min. Each layer consists of a polymer mixture of at least two polymers selected from polysulfone (PSU), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyethersulfone (PES), polyetherimide (PEI), polyamide (PA), polycarbonate (PC), polystyrene (PS), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polyimide (PI) and/or polyurethane (PU). A combination of polysulfone and polyvinylpyrrolidone is quite particularly preferred. The concentration of both components in the different layers can be set independently of each other in accordance with what is required of the membrane structure. A high polymer concentration for the outer layer results in high viscosities in the not yet precipitated out membrane, and thus in particular a low porosity, and a low polymer concentration for the inner layer B results in highly porous non-woven type membrane structures. (d) precipitating the hollow fibre membrane. The setting of the precipitation temperature at more than 70° C., in particular more than 75° C., makes possible a higher degree of moisture in the area around the precipitation slit, with the result that pores with a small diameter form on the outside of the membrane, in particular in the outermost layer described according to the invention. The viscosity of the spinning masses is thus also set depending on the proportion of the individual components. This is dependent on the molecular weight of the individual components. The viscosity of the spinning mass solution A is 7000 to 18000 mPa·s, in particular 9000 to 14000 mPa·s, depending on the desired membrane structure. The spinning mass solution A typically contains 15 to 25% polysulfone (PSU), 4 to 8% polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and 81-67% solvent (98-100% DMAC and 0-2% water). 17.5-22.5% PSU, 5-8% PVP is preferred, the remainder being solvent (80-100% DMAC and 0-20% water). 19-21% PSU, 5.5-7% PVP is quite particularly preferred, the remainder being solvent (98-100% DMAC, 2-0% water). Unless otherwise indicated, the percentages always refer to wt.-%. In the viscosity measurement, the test substance was located in the annular slit between concentrically arranged cylinders, the “rotating body” and “measuring cup”. The rotational speed was preset and the effective force (shear stress) measured. The temperature-control vessel and the rotating body MV-DIN were first screwed to the basic structure. The zero point was then checked and set. The torque motor was switched off and the torque display set to zero with the button provided for the purpose. For the actual measurement, the measuring cup was filled up to the corresponding fill mark with the air-bubble-free test solution and fixed in the temperature-control vessel with the locking screw connection. The rotational speed stage was then preset. The programme was set and the viscosity read after the expiry of the measuring time. The rotational speed stage 3 was selected on the device for the measurement. The measurement lasted 30 min. The viscosity value was read after the pre-setting of the programme set in the apparatus. The programme S1 was selected for measurements in manual mode. The viscosity of spinning mass solution B is preferably less than 1000 mPa·s and it contains 5 to 15% polysulfone, 4 to 8% polyvinylpyrrolidone and 91-77% solvent (100% DMAC). 7-13% PSU, 4-7% PVP is preferred, the remainder being solvent (100% DMAC). 8-12% PSU, 5-7% PVP is quite particularly preferred, the remainder being solvent (100% DMAC). The finished membrane contains approx. 3% PVP after the rinsing and drying steps. This PVP is bound and only minimally elutable. Important in this connection, as shown above, is the different viscosity of the two spinning mass solutions A and B, resulting in the different porosity in the two co-extruded layers A and B of the hollow fibre membrane according to the invention. In relation to the viscosity of the spinning mass solution B, care must also be taken that the viscosity is not too low, typically not less than 300 mPa·s, since otherwise the so-called beading phenomenon, which represents a preliminary stage to dripping, will occur. In this case the precipitant no longer flows uniformly, whereby the internal diameter changes in rapid succession, with the result that the hollow fibre takes on the appearance of a string of beads. This occurs in particular when the spinning mass solution B has a viscosity of less than 300, in particular less than 200, mPa·s and is precipitated softly. In this connection, “precipitated softly” means that there is a large proportion of solvent in the precipitant of the precipitation or coagulation bath, resulting in a slow coagulation of the polymer thread and leading to larger pores. Within the framework of the invention, the size of the membrane, i.e. also the wall thickness and the internal diameter, can be varied within relatively wide ranges, whereby it is possible to adapt the membrane to different intended uses. For haemodialysis, haemodiafiltration and haemofiltration, and also in plasmapheresis, the wall thickness is typically 10 to 70 μm and in the ultrafiltration application the wall thickness can be some 100s μm, e.g. 1000 μm, wherein the dimensions can be increased or decreased by a person skilled in the art. During precipitation with a precipitant, e.g. a mixture of dimethylacetamide (DMAC) and water, for example 70% DMAC and 30% water, preferably 80% DMAC and 20% water, the desired non-woven type, large-pored structure of layer B according to the invention forms using the method according to the invention. The precipitation rate is also particularly important; it is set by the spinning speed of 200 to 400 mm per second, quite particularly preferably 200 to 250 mm per second, and also by a precipitation slit height of 5 to 50 mm. In order to produce the necessary large pores in layer B, the spinning mass must be precipitated slowly, with the result that the resultant hollow fibre membrane remains very soft and mechanically unstable in the precipitation slit. In the range of the spinning speed set according to the invention, the soft precipitant cannot pass through the whole membrane wall and the membrane enters the precipitation bath (or coagulation bath), without pores already having formed on the outside. The formation of the pores on the outside is, as already explained above, initiated by as high as possible a degree of moisture in the area around the precipitation slit which is set by the temperature of the precipitation bath. After emerging from the extrusion die, the polymer fibre is preferably guided in an enclosure (e.g. a pipe or the like) as far as the surface of the precipitation bath. The degree of moisture can be regulated in the enclosure. The membrane obtained according to the invention still contains large quantities of extractable free polyvinylpyrrolidone in a quantity of approx. 1 g/m2. This is rinsed out with a solvent, such as e.g. water, in a rinsing bath. The temperature of the rinsing bath is typically kept in the range of 60 to 80° C. The membrane must, as far as possible, be freed of polyvinylpyrrolidone, since otherwise elutable PVP can enter the blood circulation. This can preferably also be avoided through drying temperatures of the membrane obtained according to the invention in the range of 80 to 110, in particular 90 to 100° C. Other subjects of the present invention are the use of the hollow fibre membrane according to the invention for separation processes in the nanofiltration and ultrafiltration ranges, in particular for haemodialysis and haemodiafiltration and haemofiltration. The two-component membranes according to the invention have good mechanical properties, such as strength, high breaking elongation in the dry state. The membranes can be housed dry in the filter module and dispatched dry. The fact that filter modules equipped with the hollow fibre according to the invention can be wetted directly by blood is particularly important for the blood treatment application method. The invention is explained in more detail by means of the figures and an embodiment example, but these are not to be considered limiting. FIG. 5: an REM photograph of a longitudinal section through a hollow fibre membrane according to the invention. A hollow fibre membrane according to the invention was prepared, wherein the spinning mass solution A consisted of 20% polysulfone (Solvay, UDEL P-3500 LCD), 6% polyvinylpyrrolidone (ISP, PVP K-90) and 1% water, the remainder being dimethylacetamide, and the spinning mass solution B for the inner layer B consisted of 10 wt.-% polysulfone, 5.5% polyvinylpyrrolidone, the remainder being dimethylacetamide. The precipitant consisted of 80% dimethylacetamide and 20% water. A spinning nozzle according to DE 10211051, incorporated in a spinning block, was used as spinning nozzle. The spinning block temperature was set to 60° C. The precipitation slit height was 30 mm and the spinning speed 250 mm per second. The temperature of the precipitation bath was approx. 80° C. After precipitation and drying, the thus-obtained hollow fibre membrane according to the invention was examined by means of REM photographs. The REM photographs were produced by means of a scanning electron microscope customary in the trade. FIGS. 1 and 2 show REM photographs magnified 1000× (FIG. 1) and 5000× (FIG. 2) of layer B, in other words of the inside of the hollow fibre membrane according to the invention. Both photographs show the non-woven type structure of layer B which is built up from many net-like struts (webs). This non-woven type structure is not a typical porous structure in the conventional sense, such as is present in layer A for example. FIG. 3 shows an REM photograph magnified 5000× of the outside of the hollow fibre membrane according to the invention (layer A) with an average pore size of approx. 1 μm as a result of the high moisture content in the precipitation slit during precipitation. Overall, a very high pore density can be seen with a small portion of matrix material. In FIG. 4, an REM photograph magnified 1600× of the cross-section through a hollow fibre membrane according to the invention which has been exposed by so-called “cryofracture” is shown. “Cryofracture” means that the hollow fibre membrane according to the invention is immersed in liquid nitrogen and then broken manually in the lateral direction. The two-layered structure of the membrane according to the invention can be seen from FIG. 4 wherein, because of the zonal structure of layer A, a clear boundary line between the two layers A and B is not very markedly pronounced, but both pass gradually into each other via the gradients obtained according to the invention in the individual zones of layer A. The ultrafiltration rate, the screening coefficients and the permeability were also measured. In FIG. 5, an REM photograph magnified 200× of the longitudinal section through a hollow fibre membrane according to the invention is shown. The longitudinal section is obtained by cutting through the hollow fibre according to the invention in longitudinal direction with a suitable cutting device, for example a so-called microtome knife. In the figure, the irregular structures in the hollow fibre membrane wall stem from the cutting channels of the microtome knife. The non-woven type network structure of the inside of the hollow fibre membrane according to the invention can be readily recognized in FIG. 5. by means of a dialysis tube system known from the state of the art, wherein UF represents the ultrafiltration rate in (ml/(h×mm Hg), Vfiltrate the filtrate volume in ml (in the present case: 1000 ml), t the time in seconds (to filter 1000 ml), ρin the pressure of the blood-side intake (mbar) and ρout the pressure of the blood-side run-out (mbar) at the device. The blood outlet (blood-side run-out) was closed during the measurement, with the result that only filtration occurred. An ultrafiltration value (UF value) in the range of 4500 to 5000 ml/h×mmHg×m2 was measured for the membranes according to the invention (surface area 0.6 m2). 1000 ml lipaemic whole blood with a triglyceride content of 200-300 mg/dl was used for a module with a surface area of 0.6 m2. This blood is circulated through the lumen of the fibre for one hour at a blood flow of 200 ml/min. During this time, a filtrate flow of 60 ml/min is simultaneously filtered to the outside through the fibre wall. The screening coefficient for LDLs (low-density lipoproteins) under these conditions is at least 90%, typically 95-100%, mostly 99%. The screening coefficient for LDLs remains constant over a period of time corresponding to at least the period of time for the blood treatment of a common plasma filtration. The polyvinylpyrrolidone residue from the membrane according to the invention according to an extract from the end-product was <1 mg. The last value is therefore advantageous in particular because the hollow fibre membrane according to the invention is thus used in particular in dialysis treatments which are carried out over very long periods of time. In particular, the membrane according to the invention can be used for membrane pheresis treatments, where limit values of up to 5 mg release polyvinylpyrrolidone per filter with 0.6-m2 membrane surface determined using the method below are reasonable. The membrane according to the invention lies well below this limit value. Residues other than polyvinylpyrrolidone were not able to be discovered in the extract from the filter. Two plasma filters from the same batch were used in the extraction. Sample no. 1 consisted of a fibre bundle (total membrane surface 0.6 m2), as did sample 2. Each plasma filter was extracted with 1000 ml water at 370 Celsius recirculating over 90 minutes. The flow at the blood-side inlet of the plasma filter was 200 ml. 60 ml/min. thereof was filtered and 140 ml/min. flowed back out of the filter at the blood-side outlet. Both the water at the blood-side outlet and the filtrate were returned to the solvent reservoir. At the used volume of 1000 ml water, the measured values in mg/l also corresponded to the values for mg/filter. The concentration of polyvinylpyrrolidone was determined by means of quantitative IR spectroscopy and had a value of 0.86 to 0.90 mg/filter. For the evaluation, the CO oscillation band in the wave number range of 1630-1735 cm−1 was used. As can be seen from Table 1, the values for elutable PVP in both samples are thus less than 1 mg/filter, whereby the hollow fibre membrane according to the invention thus also meets strict requirements in relation to elutable PVP. Customary acceptable elutable PVP quantities of less than 5 mg are acceptable, values smaller than 3 mg/filter are preferred, smaller than 2 mg/filter even more preferred, less than 1 mg/filter quite particularly preferred. The total PVP content of the finished hollow fibre membrane is approx. 3% (percent by weight). The determination was carried out for example via infrared spectroscopy or pyrolysis gas chromatography with nitrogen and sulphur detection. 1. Hollow fibre membrane, consisting of two co-extruded layers A and B, wherein layer B has a non-woven type structure with a mesh size of 0.1 to 10 μm and layer A has a porous structure. 2. Hollow fibre membrane according to claim 1, characterized in that layer A consists of at least 3 zones A1, A2, A3 of different porosity. 3. Hollow fibre membrane according to claim 2, characterized in that zone A1 forms the surfaces of layer A and has pores with an average pore size of 0.7-2 μm. 4. Hollow fibre membrane according to claim 3, characterized in that zone A3 is adjacent to layer B and has a pore-size gradient towards layer B, wherein the pore size increases towards layer B. 5. Hollow fibre membrane according to claim 4, characterized in that zone A2 is arranged between zones A1 and A3 and has pore sizes of >200 nm. 6. Hollow fibre membrane according to claim 5, characterized in that the internal diameter of the hollow fibre membrane is 280 to 400 μm. 7. Hollow fibre membrane according to claim 6, characterized in that the total wall width of the hollow fibre membrane is 40 to 80 μm. 8. Hollow fibre membrane according to claim 7, characterized in that the ratio of the layer thicknesses of layer A to layer B lies in the range of 4:1 to 6:1. 9. Hollow fibre membrane according to claim 8, characterized in that both layer A and layer B consist of a mixture of at least two polymers. 10. Hollow fibre membrane according to claim 9, characterized in that the polymers are selected from polysulfone (PSU), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyethersulfone (PES), polyetherimide (PEI), polyamide (PA), polycarbonate (PC), polystyrene (PS), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polyimide (PI), and/or polyurethane (PU). 11. Hollow fibre membrane according to claim 10, characterized in that the material of layers A and B is a mixture of polysulfone (PSU) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). 12. Hollow fibre membrane according to claim 11, characterized in that the elutable portion of free residual polyvinylpyrrolidone in the finished membrane is less than 5 mg/0.6-m2 membrane surface. 13. Hollow fibre membrane according to claim 12, characterized in that the LDL screening coefficient of the hollow fibre membrane is greater than 0.9. (b) setting the precipitation bath temperature at >70° C. 15. Method according to claim 14, characterized in that the viscosity of spinning mass solution A lies in the range of 8000 to 15000 mPa·s. 16. Method according to claim 15, characterized in that spinning mass solution A contains 15 to 35% polysulfone, 4 to 8% polyvinylpyrrolidone, the remainder being precipitant. 17. Method according to one of claims 14 to 16, characterized in that the viscosity of spinning mass solution B is less than 1000 mPa·s. 18. Method according to claim 17, characterized in that spinning mass solution B contains 8 to 14% polysulfone, 3 to 6% polyvinylpyrrolidone, the remainder being solvent. 19. Method according to one of the previous claims, characterized in that the spinning speed is 200 to 400 mm/s. 20. Method according to claim 19, characterized in that the spinning block temperature is set to 50 to 90° C. 21. Method according to claim 20, characterized in that the precipitant is a mixture of dimethylacetamide and water. 22. Use of a hollow fibre membrane according to one of claims 1 to 13 for separation processes in the nanofiltration and ultrafiltration ranges. 23. Use of a membrane according to one of claims 1 to 13 for haemodialysis, haemodiafiltration and haemofiltration. MXPA05002747A (en) 2002-09-12 2005-06-06 Asahi Medical Co Plasma purification membrane and plasma purification system.
2019-04-25T08:19:29Z
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20100326915A2/en
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A magnificent early morning discovery; this jungle cactus flower (cactus orchid) nearly hidden from view by the oak tree. I don’t know what my M.U.D. bill will be this month, but with such a long period without much moisture, I’ve been watering a lot. The vegetable garden and the grass get a shot about every other day, but the side bed, where the sun beats down, and most everything in pots need a good soaking every day. This morning Annie and I went out at 6:30. I was refreshed enough from a good night’s sleep that the bed didn’t lure me back even though it was Saturday. Instead, I sprayed on a healthy dose of mosquito repellant and turned on the hose to go after the pots on the patio. As I doled out generous amounts of water to the various plants on the patio, my squinty, early-morning eyes spied something white as I squirted the water towards some plants perched on a couple of random benches alongside the fence. Upon closer look, that white blur was a bloom from one of my jungle cactuses (cacti, if you will), something that I had never seen before. I was given a couple different varieties of these quite a number of years ago by a colleague, and a few years ago added another that I had liked because of the unique formation of its stems, but in the 10 or so years that I’ve had them and grown more by planting pieces into other pots, none of them have bloomed until now. I went inside to get my camera to snap some pictures. It was a good thing that I did because by the time I finished my puttering outside, maybe an hour later, the bloom was all closed up. I don’t know a lot about these jungle cactuses. which are sometimes called orchid cactus, and the more scientific name is epiphyllum. After doing a bit of reading, I found out that some of them are night-blooming. Because I hadn’t noticed the oncoming bloom before, I have no idea if today was the first day it had bloomed or if it will be open again tomorrow morning when I take Annie out. I hope so. Surprises are part of the enjoyment of gardening: they can be grand surprises like this cactus flower that I had never seen before or simple surprises like a cluster of yellow beans hanging from a plant I was sure I had checked carefuly just the previous day.
2019-04-26T02:23:29Z
https://triptotheouthouse.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/despite-the-heat-and-lack-of-rain-there-are-always-surprises-in-the-garden/
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So, after no sleep and a few beers I decided to try and get to Nicaragua. I took a taxi to the bus station but once I arrived another taxi driver insisted I was in the wrong place. Stupidly I didn’t argue with him and next thing we were flying down a dual carriage way with my clinging to the seat. I had mentioned my lack of funds, but that didn’t appear a problem until I gave him $2 plus some Costa Rican colons, possibly bringing it to $3 in total, way beneath the $20 he was trying to demand. I shook my head at him, flagged the bus that was just passing (good timing) and settled down to sleep until we reached the border. I felt like I’d started the day well by stopping someone taking advantage of me, but that was all to change. Naturally. You leave Costa Rica through a town called Peñas Blancas. For the first time in a long time I had to pay an exit charge, I then walked through no mans land, got ripped off by a guy selling immigration cards, got charged double on the bus to Rivas, got charged by a guy who had wrestled my rucksack off me, and then I arrived in Rivas the heavens had just opened. Torrential monsoon downpour. Typical. After the fifth person had refused to tell me what time the bus to the port was, I negotiated a taxi instead. I’d done really well until the driver decided to take advantage of my shaky Spanish, spin me a story of lanches and ferries and fares and ports, and somehow con me into paying way more for essentially the same journey. After that one win in Costa Rica the day was going downhill. Rapidly. My end destination was Isla de Ometepe, a volcanic island in the middle of Largo Nicaragua. On the boat/ferry/lance/whatever over I met Sebastian, from Norway, and Mila, from Czech Republic. I only had four nights in Nicaragua (luckily I had noticed my flight was a day earlier than I’d planned for) so I was going to spend two on the island before heading to the Atlantic coast for Sunday Funday (a massive gringo party, think Koh Phangan-esque). This… didn’t happen. I remembered I could get drunk at home, that travelling in Nicaragua was stressful, and noticed that I absolutely loved Isla de Ometepe. So I stayed put for four nights on the southern part of the island, in a town called Balgue. We found a small, family run hostel called the Lazy Crab, bought some rum, and settled in. The island is made up of two volcanoes, one is a perfect cone shape and still active, Volcan Concepcion, and one is slightly smaller and asymmetrical, this has a lake in the crater, Volcan Maderas. As we were staying at the base of the latter we decided to climb that one. First we had a day renting bikes and cycling to Playa Santo Domingo which ended up being the perfect place to watch the crazy weather. A storm had brewed with strong winds and virtually no visability, but what seemed like minutes later everything had cleared and we were back to sunbathing again. Talk about changeable. Then the day for volcano climbing arrived. Sebastian had opted out as Germany were playing, so Mila and I headed off just after sunrise. I’d really wanted to do more trekking since Ecuador, I just hadn’t managed to, but gosh this was a bad choice for my one last attempt. For the first hour and a half I was pretty much just sweating out rum, very attractive. I was convinced it was the humidity and was kicking myself for not bringing enough water. Eventually that passed and I felt less like giving up and hiding in a bush for a nap. Then we reached the muddy bit. And muddy is an understatement. This coupled with the fact I am vertically challenged led to many falls before we reached the crater lake where there was no visibility. It looked like something out of Harry Potter, I half expected to see dementors! The way down was slightly better as the Howler monkeys were out in force. The males make the funniest noises (youtube them) and they were all more interested in us that the other way round. It was like a series of CCTV cameras through the forest, following our every move, whilst vying for the best seat in the cinema. Of course we got lost on the descent, emerging from the forest far from where we had entered. I felt a sense of accomplishment, I wished I had time to climb Volcan Concepcion as well, but I did not enjoy the climb. I would have kicked myself if I hadn’t done it though. I had one day left before the three day trip back to Vancouver, luckily for me the weather was perfect (a little windy) and I just lay on the beach and read. I was determined not to go back as pale as I had left – even if that was still pale compared to other people. The journey back to San Jose for my flight was a little less stressful. A bus at 5am back to the port in Moyogalpa, a ferry back to San Jorge, a taxi to Rivas (only $1 each this time!), a bus to the border, and then a bus back to San Jose. Part one of three was over.
2019-04-19T03:13:29Z
https://daywalkingtheglobe.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/nicaragua-days-293-297/
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Tellers of stories with ink on paper have been either Swoopers or Bashers. Swoopers write a story quickly, higgledy-piggledy, crinkum-crankum, any which way. Then they go over it again painstakingly, fixing everything that is just plain awful or doesn’t work. Bashers go one sentence at a time, getting it exactly right before they go on to the next one. When they’re done they’re done. and the concept of “Swoopers vs. Bashers” has remained with me. I am, quite painfully, a Basher. The world of blogging (and the world in general) can seem unfair to Bashers. We read our thoughts in others’ “higgledy-piggledy” prose everyday and cringe. (The one problem with KV’s thought above is that a lot of what we read – even published work – is either a first draft or pretty darn close.) Meanwhile the relevance of our (perceived) masterpieces withers away as they sit unfinished. A film is never so much finished and sent out to the world as it escapes. The point, as I take it, is that left to his own devices a filmmaker never really “finishes” a film so much as forces outside his control force him to stop tinkering with it. This is one of the useful functions of deadlines. The problem comes in when you also use the completion deadline as the cue to start a project. Maybe every writing project should have a start deadline as well as a finish deadline. This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2009 by shotgunapproach. Your kid is born on Friday (with corresponding blog notification, of course) and you’re back on Monday with a long post? I can only hope Jeff had this one written in advance. Otherwise, I bet he is hearing it from his wife/inlaws/screaming newborn. This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 16, 2009 by shotgunapproach.
2019-04-20T02:37:36Z
https://shotgunapproach.wordpress.com/2009/03/
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For British movie actor who starred in The Dark Knight Rises, see Tom Hardy. Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. In the United Kingdom, Hardy is generally thought to be one of the greatest figures in English literature.He lived in the Victorian era.During this time,Charles Dickens(who wrote A Christmas carol) was one of the leading authors. Thomas Hardy was born in Upper Bockhampton near Dorchester, Dorset. His father was a stonemason. His mother was ambitious and had read a lot. She added to his formal education. Hardy trained as an architect in Dorchester before moving to London to get a job. He won prizes from the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Architectural Association. Hardy wrote a small number of novels which earned him a high reputation in his lifetime. These include Tess of the d'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge and Far from the Madding Crowd. After the publication of Jude the Obscure in 1895 Hardy gave up novel writing but continued to write poetry including an epic poem called The Dynasts. Hardy set his novels in South West England, calling it Wessex, and inventing names for individual towns, e.g. Casterbridge is Dorchester in Dorset. Hardy died in Dorchester. His ashes are buried in Westminster Abbey. This page was last changed on 29 November 2018, at 12:47.
2019-04-22T00:16:18Z
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardy
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On this page is a collection of handy resources for anyone wanting to know more about Wikimedia projects, especially Wikipedia. Like information and knowledge itself, some of these guides change as they are updated from time to time but this page should always list the most recent versions. This is a selection of some of the most notable guides on contributing to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Illustrating Wikipedia: A guide to contributing content to Wikimedia Commons - A 12-page illustrated booklet which includes how to add images to Wikipedia articles (page 6). More and more communities around the world are seeing the benefit of having a good presence on Wikimedia projects such as Wikpedia and Wikivoyage. In Wales, Monmouth became the world's first Wikipedia Town in 2012. In 2014, the Llwybrau Byw! Living Paths! project is training people in communities all along the Wales Coast Path to edit Wikipedia. Put your Area on the Map! - A Llwybrau Byw! Living Paths! leaflet promoting free training sessions in Wales. Wikimedia UK Annual Report 2012 - Includes a feature on Monmouthpedia (page 10). An increasing number of galleries, libraries, archives and museums are hiring Wikiepdians in Residence, who work to make large amounts of information more freely available and form collaborative relationships between Wikimedia and instutions of knowledge. A whole network of public libraries begins Wikipedia collaboration in Catalonia - An article about 150 librarians in Catalonia having Wikipedia training to spread it among library users. Museums Collaborating with Wikipedia - A leaflet with examples of collaboration, including the British Museum. Welcome to Wikipedia - A booklet for GLAM employees and volunteers. More and more academics and academic institutions are realising the value of Wikipedia not only as a resource but also as a place where students can develop their academic study skills by writing articles. Wikivoyage (http://wikivoyage.org) was launched in 2012 and is a travel guide which anyone can contribute to. If you know of businesses that might interest visitors to your area, go ahead and add them! Shops, restaurants, museums, pubs, hotels and more are all welcome. Adding a business listing to Wikivoyage - A 2-page guide to adding and editing business listings to Wikivoyage. Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org) is the media file repository for Wikimedia projects. The image, audio, video and document files of projects such as Wikipedia are all uploaded to and stored in Wikimedia Commons. Like the text of Wikipedia, re-use and sharing of the files is permitted, but licenses differ slightly. Illustrating Wikipedia: A guide to contributing content to Wikimedia Commons - A 12-page illustrated booklet. Wikimedia Commons - A leaflet introducing Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons - A postcard summarising the different creative commons licensing options. Useful Tips when Contributing to Wikimedia Commons - A cartoon-style guide to the dos and don'ts of uploading to Commons. This page was last edited on 22 July 2014, at 07:49 (UTC).
2019-04-21T06:17:40Z
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cymrodor/resources
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I had the honour and the pleasure of producing the UK’s first ever National children’s remembrance concert on 3rd November 2018. The project was conceived by author and academic Ron Dawson who felt it was essential to involve the next generation in the remembrance and commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the end of WW1 in 2018. Over 2500 young performers played, sang, danced and acted their way through a moving and beautiful concert highlighting all the people that were affected by the First World War. The project was made possible by music hubs and teachers around the country all pulling together through rehearsals over several months and then coming together in one special event in Birmingham. Thank you everyone!
2019-04-21T02:57:50Z
https://clareedwards.wordpress.com/2018/11/13/lest-we-forget/
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4) Keeping our Nation Clean.5) To promote education to their friends who are not going to school. Many other Points were also covered. After the Movie session a question Answer Module was taken. Sweets were distributed to everyone. We firmly believe that creating awareness by holding such sessions for the children at their Schools will certainly help in the growth of our Nation & in making them a Responsible Citizen. The project commenced on 1st of August 2017 in the presence of Area Chairman Elect, Area X GLMF Tr. Sachin Shah 2017-18, Chairman LMF Tr. Sachin Shenoy, HT Rajesh Bhandari, Tablers, Circlers & Twinklers were present.
2019-04-23T06:35:34Z
https://roundtableindia.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/active-citizen-awareness-programby-hubli-accent-round-tableproject-cum-lapd/
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On heritage day Music Voyage was invited to perform in Howick with the well renowned orator Rob Caskie, who told the story of the bravery and courage of the Native Contingency that left on the SS Mende heading to Europe to help the Allies in their war effort. The ship sank before it got to Europe and many died. For our music students to hear the story of the celebrated courage of their forefathers is an empowering experience.
2019-04-22T06:13:54Z
https://musicvoyagesa.wordpress.com/events-detail/
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What a weekend! It was sooo hot. But I’m not complaining, in not to long we’ll be back to freezing cold. Okay that was a lie, I complained a bit. There’s nothing fun going on over here so another blog hop today. You all have such great ideas!!! This one is from Zen and the Art of Baby Horse Management.
2019-04-20T00:51:42Z
https://thestorysofarequestrian.wordpress.com/2015/07/
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A flexible multiple flat conductor electric cable fabricatable in long lengths with variable and uniform characteristic impedance. The cable comprises a conductive layer, at least one flat dielectric layer continuous to each face of the conductive layer, and a ground plane layer contiguous to the outer face of each outermost dielectric layer. The flat conductor layer or continuous-wiring cable comprises a planar array of parallel spaced flat conductive strips preferably encapsulated in thin dielectric film. The dielectric layers are of materials, thicknesses, number, and configurations to provide a specific predetermined or a range of desired electrical characteristic values. The ground plane layer comprise conductive metal foil, optionally solid or perforated and optionally encapsulated. A flat conductor drain line may be disposed contiguously inward of the ground plane layer. The cable layers are loosely coupled by sewing or other interrupted bonding near the cable edges. United States Patent Inventor Philip J. Thomas Fillmore, Calif. Filed Feb. 27, 1969 Patented Oct. 12, 1971 Assignee Hughes Aircraft Company Culver City, Calif. FLEXIBLE FLAT CONDUCTOR CABLE OF VARIABLE ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS 14 Claims, 7 Drawing Figs. OTHER REFERENCES lBM Tech. Dis. Bulletin Vol. 2 #6 April 1960 Patrick pp. 35, 36 8 8' Primary Examiner-E. A. Goldberg Attorneys-James K. Haskell and Joseph P. Kates ABSTRACT: A flexible multiple flat conductor electric cable fabricatable in long lengths with variable and uniform characteristic impedance. The cable comprises a conductive layer, at least one flat dielectric layer continuous to each face of the conductive layer, and a ground plane layer contiguous to the outer face of each outermost dielectric layer. The flat conductor layer or continuous-wiring cable comprises a planar array of parallel spaced flat conductive strips preferably encapsulated in thin dielectric film. The dielectric layers are of materi' als, thicknesses, number, and configurations to provide a specific predetermined or a range of desired electrical characteristic values. The ground plane layer comprise conductive metal foil, optionally solid or perforated and optionally encapsulated. A flat conductor drain line may be disposed contiguously inward of the ground plane layer. The cable layers are loosely coupled by sewing or other interrupted bonding near the cable edges. FLEXIBLE FLAT CONDUCTOR CABLE OF VARIABLE ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This disclosure of the copending application Ser. No. 642,046 of Burton A. Gerpheide, filed May 29, 1967, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,459,879, for FLEXIBLE MULTlFLAT CON- DUCTOR Cl-lARACTERlSTlC IMPEDANCE CABLE, and assigned to the assignee of the present invention, is incorporated by reference to into the application herein set forth. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to improvements in flexible multiple flat conductor electrical cable. More particularly the present invention relates to such improved flexible cable wherein loosely coupled layers of predetermined, material, number, dimensions and configuration are provided and structured so as to enable controllable, uniform, and adjustable capacitance and characteristic impedance and capability of quality fabrication in lengths which may approximate 50 feet or longer and wherein may be provided a drain line for ease of termination. 2. Description of the Prior Art Prior art cable includes round cable coax, a type of cable having an inner wire conductor surrounded by an insulating material and in turn surrounded by a metal shield and an insulating jacket. The impedance characteristic of such cable is a function of the dielectric distance between the inner and outer conductors or shield and the dielectric constant of the insula tor which separates the coaxial pair of conductors. This type of cable has disadvantages. Round wire coax cable is formed of an extruded dielectric. ln presently available stock the smallest diameter available is approximately 0.100 inches for 90 ohms characteristic impedance. Round wire coax cable is limited in flexibility such that bending requires a minimum curvature of li-inch radius. Upon bending, the inner surface becomes thicker with respect to the outside bent surface which becomes of reduced linear thickness. This causes some bunching of material on the inside and stretching of the material on the outside. The characteristic impedance of a round cable coax is a function of the dielectric distance between the inner and outer conductors and the dielectric constant of the insulator which separates the coaxial pair of conductors. The compression of the inside radius upon bending and stretching of the outside ring radius causes a change in the dielectric distance between signal and ground conductors. This change in dielectric distance results in unequal impedance down the line and therefore causes unwanted reflections of signals being transmitted back toward the source of energy due to the impedance variations. This results not only in loss of energy but often in distortions because of the mixing of signals and reflection back along the path of mixed signals. Another type of characteristic impedance cable employs a ground conductor opposed to a signal conductor and adjacent alternate opposed ground and signal conductors all embedded in an insulating member having a preselected dielectric constant. An example of this type is described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,179,904 to R. C. Paulsen issued Apr. 20, 1965. In such configurations, the impedance is determined by the spacing between adjacent signal and ground conductors and the spacing between opposed signal and ground conductors. The characteristic impedance also depends upon the relative widths and location precision of the shading ground conductors with respect to the signal conductors. Such configurations have disadvantages of being generally limited to small, e.g., milliampere current levels. To increase current carrying capa bility to 14 ampere current levels, for example, requires relatively very large widths of cable. Additionally, for a given thickness this cable configuration is comparatively rigid and inflexible. Another prior art construction comprises a series of individual discrete thin substantially coplanar flat metal signal conductors and a ground conductor shield on either side spaced from the signal conductors. The shields and the coplanar conductors are spaced from one another and embedded in dielectric material. These cables have disadvantages in that the solid bond between the conductors layers and the shield layers causes cable stiffness substantially proportional to the square of the total cable thickness. Even with elastomer adhesive bonding the layers together, upon folding of such cable, delamination and buckling of the cable frequently occurs. The rigidity or cable stiffness of such a configuration is the antithesis of flexibility, a principal advantageous characteristic of flat cable. Other cable configurations of interest are disclosed in the aforementioned application Ser. No. 642,046 now U.S. Pat. No. 3,459,879 of Gerpheide. The cable provided therein in one embodiment provides alternate configurations of opposing layers wherein the signal conductors are opposed by and are adjacent to the ground conductors. The opposed layers of adjacent signal and ground conductors are each embedded in a dielectric material. The Gerpheide application also discloses an embodiment having a layer comprising a plurality of adjacent signal conductors embedded in dielectric material and having an opposed layer comprising a single flat conductor extending the width of the plurality of signal conductors and which acts as a ground plane. The single wide conductor is also embedded in dielectric material. In the first abovedescribed Gerpheide patented embodiment characteristic impedance is determined by spaced layers of signal and ground conductors wherein within each layer alternate signal conductors and ground conductors are interlaced. The end conductors of each layer are ground conductors. To accomplish this, two adjacent ground conductors at one end are made ground conductors. The conductor layers are opposed so that in one layer the adjacent ground conductors are at one end and in the opposed layer the ground conductors are at the opposite end. This effects registry of the layers such that in each case except at the end a ground conductor is opposite a signal conductor. A shadowing effect is obtained by superimposing a ground conductor over a signal conductor. This is also a good cable structure. However, this configuration requires precision of shading ground conductors with respect to signal conductors, presents registration requirements and its use is limited to lower current levels than in the present invention. This configuration does not provide the means of the present invention for readily varying the impedance characteristic, does not readily provide its ease of manufacture whereby longer characteristic guaranteeable lengths of cable are enabled, does not provide the flexibility and improvement of shadowing of the present invention and does not provide its termination improvements and ease. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The invention is directed to flexible multiple flat conductor cable formed of loosely coupled contiguous layers comprising outer ground plane layers, a central signal conductor layer having an array of substantially planarly aligned conductor strips, and one or more separate dielectric layers between the signal conductor layer and each ground plane layer. The dielectric layer or layers are interchangeable with other dielectric layers of material, thickness, structural configuration, and number of layers, to provide the desired electrical characteristics in each case in accordance with customer requirements. A conductor strip may be provided contiguous to the ground layer and extends beyond the ground layer ends to enable termination. The loose coupling is afforded by joining the layers of the cable together at intermittent points along the edges, for example, by sewing stitches, spaced adhesive bonding, staples, or a spiral spring. This construction enhances flexibility, presents loose coupling, and enables predetermination and uniformity along the cable length of electrical characteristics. The dielectric layers may be narrower than the distance between the edge bonding, or may have stepped rectangular tab edges, for example, to facilitate interrupted securing of the layers along the edges. Individual dielectric, ground plane and/or conductive layers are conveniently insertable, interchangeable and removable to provide from a relatively small stack of types of individual layers, a relatively large family of cables which are predeterminedly tailored to the customer's requirements and which enable ready servicing and design modification. The present invention overcomes the disadvantages enumerated herein in the previous section and other disadvantages of the prior art devices and affords additional advantages, for example, as set forth hereinbelow. As compared with round wire coax the cable thickness is reduced and may, for example, range from 0.013 inches to 0.040 inches thick. Configurations embodying the present invention may be sharply folded upon themselves with fold curvature radii of less than the cable thickness due to the loose coupling afforded by joining intermittently along the edges and/or central areas. The inventive configuration enables manufacturing with less special design and assembly training skill requirements without reducing end product quality. Necessity for precision in alignment of the shading ground conductors with respect to signal conductors is minimized or eliminated. The current-carrying range of devices incorporating the invention is extended to ampere current loads as well as milliampere current loads without the relatively large widths of cable required in prior art cable. Along with the advantages provided of avoiding close registry requirements of types such as above enumerated, the present invention provides greater cable flexibility. By providing for incorporation of predetermined thickness, material, number and configuration of dielectric films and/or layers and for adjustability, the values of impedance and capacitance can be predetermined or adjusted readily to desired values. A variety of thicknesses and materials of dielectric layers between the shield and conductor layers may be provided to broaden the scope of the environments into which the cable may be applied. The ground plane or shield layers, the conductive layers and the dielectric layers each can be standardized and assembled from stock to provide a marketable family of characteristic cables. A combination of shield layers, conductor layers and/or dielectric layers of a multitude of different configurations and materials is provided. Positioning tolerances and need for critical registration can be relaxed and scrap can be reduced. Individual layer yields can be increased thus reducing costs. Since a loose coupling technique is employed, there is a lower risk operation and higher acceptable cable yield and assembly costs are lowered. Changes in the design for customer requirements are easier, more quickly implemented and at less cost. The flexibility of cables made in accordance with the invention better enables folding without ground drain or shield buckling, cable delamination or inducing latent or actual shield discontinuities. Inspection is facilitated. Quality assurance is maximized for individual layers and cable assemblies. For example, double-shielded cable minimum lengths can be guaranteed up to 50 feet, an improvement of degree over the prior art maximum guaranteeable length of feet. Cost savings are effected in manufacturing the invention by reducing or avoiding equipment complexity, maintenance and need for surveillance in assembly operations. Employing solid foil for perforated foil shielding o'ptionally provided in the cable of the invention permits an increase in shielding effectiveness of from 80 percent to close to 100 percent and reduces costs by eliminating the perforation operation and allowing use of standardized widths, for example, 1, 2 and 3 inch wide shielding. The requirements of compatibility for fusion bonding or adhesive bonding between shield and conductive layers are minimized or eliminated. Mechanical coupling between layers by a variety of methods and material may be effected so as to provide the most advantageous cable for the needs of the user. For example, metallic wire may be employed and the ends of the wire utilized to enable electrically coupling individual shielded layers separate from a ground drain. The use of separate layers in the inventive configuration facilitates stripping when preparing to join to terminals of connectors, printed circuit boards, components, or other wire, etc., tooling for terminations is more simple; less skill is required; the separate shield and conductive layers are easier to join to terminals; and potting materials couple more effectively to individual layers with increased bond strength and strain relief. The separate layers enable potting fixtures to cause the potting materials to flow to different levels at each layer to effect a leaf-spring-type effect, reduce the section modulus and distribute the strain over a larger portion of the cable. Accordingly, an object of the invention is to provide a simple, relatively low cost, flat conductor cable readily fabricatable to predetermined desired capacitance and impedance characteristics, of relatively high flexibility, and which may be provided with an improved termination means. Another object of the present invention is to provide a flexible multiple flat conductor cable of controllable and uniform characteristic impedance, and which may be fabricated in long lengths wherein uniformity of electrical characteristics is maintained. Another object of the present invention is to provide a flexible multiple flat conductor cable wherein shield or ground plane, dielectric, and conductor layers may be preformed and stored, and interchangeably combined in various combinations so as to permit ease of design and fabrication of cables of desired electrical characteristics in accordance with predetermined requirements. Another object of the present invention is to provide electrical cables of predetermined characteristics formed such that they comprise shield, dielectric and/or conductor layers which may be standardized and stocked to yield a family of characteristic cables. Still another object of the present invention is to provide flexible multiple flat conductor cable formed such as to facilitate manufacturing such that scrap material not up to standard is minimized, positioning tolerances for ground plane conductors and signal conductors can be increased and critical registration relaxed, high yields or usable cable may be produced at assembly, and wherein changes in the design to meet customer requirements readily are enabled. Yet another object of the present invention is to provide flexible cable which can be easily folded without ground drain or shield buckling, cable delamination or causing latent or actual shield discontinuities; wherein the layers are easier to separate in order to strip, and to join for termination; may be more readily and reliably inspected, verified and certified for quality assurance levels; and wherein there is afforded capability to form the cable with desired mechanical properties and electrical characteristics which may be made uniform over relatively long lengths. FIG. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view of another preferred embodiment of the invention illustrating joined ground plane conductive and dielectric layers intermittently joined by metal thread stitches which continue from the edges to form strands which are twisted together to couple the ground plane layers and form termination means. In accordance with the invention, an inventory of ground plane layers 11 and I2, and of conductive'layers 13 may be separately stored. The ground plane layers 11 and 12 and the conductive layers 13 may be encapsulated or nonencapsulated and may optionally be formed with contiguous drain lines 16 and 17 or the drain lines 16 and 17 may be separately stored. The ground plane layers 11 and 12 may be formed of perforated or of solid conductive metal foil material. The conductive layers 13 may be stored in various strip number, width, length and other configurations. Dielectric layers 14 of various thickness, widths, configurations, lengths, materials or compositions may be stored. For example, the dielectric layers 14 may be woven or may comprise compositions including more than one dielectric. In accordance with the invention, inserted between the ground plane layer 11 and the conductive layer 13 and between the ground plane layer 12 and the conductive layer 13, are one or more dielectric layers 14 of width, and structure in accordance with the parameters including the dielectric 20 constant and the capacitance and impedance characteristic desired for the cable. The intermittent coupling for example, by stitches 20 rather than fusion together over the entire interfacing surface of the layers 11, l2, l3 and 14 provides for greater flexibility. For example, as Case I assume the entire cable were made up of a solid array of completely fused together layers the thickness of which is t. The rigidity R is then determined by K, a constant times the square of the total thickness. In this analysis the rigidity effect of the edge coupling is presumed to be extremely small as will be the case for very wide and very thin cable. It is thus demonstrated that the loose-coupling configuration of the invention provides several times the flexibility of a solid construction. Additionally, the inventive feature of providing separate readily removable dielectric layers of various thickness, material and configuration provides a cable of variable physical characteristics tailored in accordance with predetermined desired needs. Refer to FIG, 3. A first outer ground plane layer 31 and a second ground plane layer 32 are provided. Layers 31 and 32 may each comprise a solid foil shield member 39 which may be encapsulated in thin dielectric film. Alternatively a perforated foil shield may be provided. The materials may be the same as that of the corresponding elements 11, 12 and 19 respectively of the FIG. 1 embodiment. Between the shield or ground plane layers 31 and 32 is a conductive layer 33. Conductive layer 33 may comprise an array of aligned parallel conductive strips 38 which may encapsulated in dielectric material similar to that of the layer 13 of FIG. 1. A first drain lead 36 and a second drain lead 37 are provided. Drain lead 36 may be disposed contiguous to the foil 39 of ground plane layer 31 and may be extend beyond the ends. Disposed between one face of the conductive layer 33 and the ground plane layer 31 may be one or more dielectric layers 34. Similarly, between the opposite face of conductive layer 33 and the inner face of ground plane layer 32 are disposed the same number of dielectric layers 34. Dielectric layers 34 are perforated to reduce weight. Alternatively, it will be understood that the dielectric layers may be of solid dielectric material, may be woven or otherwise formed, and may be made of the same material(s) as the dielectric layers 14 of the FIG. 1 embodiment. Considerations of flexibility and dielectric constant variation (air/plastic ratio) are also determined by the construction and material of the dielectric layers 34. The dielectric layers of the FIG. 3 embodiment may be edged at the sides with alternate rectangular tabs 45 and rectangular grooves 46. This provides discontinuous edges to enable to discontinuous joining of edge material and to thereby provide or enhance flexibility of the cable. Intermittent joinder of the layers 31, 32, 33 and 34 at the side edges may be provided by sewing stitches 40. An adhesive bond 47 may be applied to the tab 45 upper and lower dielectric surfaces. Alternatively of course, the upper and lower edges of the tabs 45 of the dielectric layers 34 may be bonded to the other layers only by the sewing stitches 40 or all the layers may be bonded at the edges (in the case of the dielectric layers, only the tabs 45) by the intermittentbonding-wheel means described in the aforementioned patent application Ser. No. 642,046, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,459,879. Refer to FIG. 4. Staples 49 are provided to mechanically join discontinuously the several layers (not numbered) including the ground plane layer, conductive layer and, where or at portions of sufficient width, relative to the other layers, the dielectric layer. Refer to FIG. 5. A continuous spiral spring 50 is provided for securing the layers along the side edges to form the flexible cable of this embodiment. Refer to FIG. 6. A plurality of layers comprising ground plane layers 61 and 62, the conductive layer 63, and the dielectric layers 64 are each edged at the sides with alternate rectangular tabs 71, 72, 73 and 74 and rectangular grooves. Discontinuous connection interval bonds 65 may be provided. Alternatively, other discontinuous mechanical jointures of layers may be provided, for example, any of the aforementioned sewing stitches, bonding at intervals, staples, spiral springs, etc. Further alternatively, tabs 71, 72, 73 and 74 may be adhesively secured together or combined intermittent joining and other joining together of the edges of the layers may be provided. That is, loose coupling by any of the above and other means and by combinations thereof may be effected in accordance with the mechanical, thermal, electrical and/or other characteristics desired for the cable. The materials and configuration of the individual layers of the embodiments of FIGS. 4 and 5 and the materials of the layers of FIG. 6 may, for example, be similar to the materials and configurations of the layers of the embodiments of FIGS. 1 and 2. Refer to FIG. 7. Ground plane, dielectric and conductive strip layers (not numbered) may be provided of various suitable materials and configurations, for example, those of the embodiments of FIGS. 1-6. Drain line strips such as strips 16 and 17 of the FIG. 1 embodiment are not provided. Threads 75 and 76 are provided to sew the layers (not numbered) together to form the cable 70. Threads 75 and 76 are formed of electrically conductive material, e.g., conductive metal threads. Threads 75 and 76 may be two threads forming one cable side edge jointure means as illustrated or may be both single threads each joining one of the opposite cable side edges. Threads 75 and 76 continue beyond the ends of the cable layers. Since this extra dangling thread beyond the last stitch remains in conventional sewing, the continuation of threads 75 and 76 beyond the cable layer ends is conveniently effected, and avoids necessity for cutting off the ends of the threads 75 and 76. The ends of the threads 75 and 76 may then be twisted together to form twisted thread pair 77 and the twister pair 77 can be wrapped around or otherwise connected to a termination means 78 which may be provided. Optionally, of course, the top layer threads 75 and bottom layer threads 76 may be left dangling and individually connected to he termination means 78; or thread 75 may be connected to a first termination means and thread 76 connected to a second termination means (not illustrated). The twisted pair of threads 75 and 76 provide interconnection between the ground planes when desired (such as between ground plane conductive foils 19,39, etc.). There has been herein described a flexible multiple fiat conductor cable which provides the above-set-forth and other objects and advantages and which may comprise a conductor layer comprising an array of aligned parallel flat conductors, a pair of flat ground plane layers extending substantially the width of the array of signal conductors to shadow them, optional means whereby the ground planes may be coupled together to have a common impedance and improve the shadowing of individual signal conductors to substantially double the capacitance and halve the capacitive reactance of the line. The invention enables broad design flexibility. Configurations embodying the invention incorporate the advantageous features of round wire coax cable together with greater mechanical flexibility and space advantages. The term physical characteristics is used herein as comprising electrical, chemical, thermal and mechanical characteristics. The invention provides a device of variable electrical, chemical, thermal, and mechanical desired physical qualities and characteristics. It enables variable cable capacitance. The invention enables readily adding to or ready withdrawal of cable layers and enables different configurations such as woven or perforated such that for example, the dielectric layer may approach characteristics of air to the extent required. A wide variety of dielectric constants, impedance characteristics, and other parameters and characteristics are possible in accordance with the inventive provision for variations in the number and thickness of layers, the type of material, the type of configuration, the composite mixture of these, and the adjustability features. In configurations of the invention perforated or grounded shield planes may be provided. There may be provided contiguous relatively narrow ribbon conductive drain lines to enable convenient tennination of the entire shield, for example, to an external printed circuit board merely by terminating the end of the narrow contiguous ribbon conductor in a similar fashion to the termination of the signal conductors. While the illustrative embodiment has described a cable, the inventive principles including loose coupling, removability, interchangeability and variability of layers can be also utilized in etched and nonparallel circuit devices and in other configurations. While salient features have been illustrated and described with respect to particular embodiments, it should be readily apparent that modifications can be made within the spirit and scope of the invention, and it is therefore not desired to limit the invention to the exact details shown and described. d. means loosely and intermittently joining only at localized intervals said first layer and said second layer to retain said separate third layer therebetween to provide a device of predetermined physical characteristics readily assembled from stocked layers such that when the cable is bent there is permitted relative movement of said dielectric layer with respect to said first and second layers to provide increased flexibility while substantially maintaining said predetermined characteristics along substantial lengths of the device. b. said ground plane strip further comprises a conductive material foil of at least the width of said array. a. in addition to said at least one dielectric layer, said device further comprises additional layers of predetermined total number of layers and composite materials, widths, configurations and compositions to provide desired physical characteristics. e. said means intermittently joining said first layer and said second layer further comprises thread formed of conductive metal and said thread extends beyond the ends of said layers and is thereby adaptable to terminate said ground plane layer. b. said thread further comprising stitches inserted through said first and said second ground plane strips to directly electrically couple said strips. e. means to loosely couple said first-type, said dielectric material, and said second-type layers together so that individual layers of predetermined material, composition, number and configuration are coupled to provide desired electrical, mechanical, chemical and thermal characterisitcs. f. said at least one dielectric material layer disposed between said first-type layer and each of said second-type layers is perforated. g. said separate dielectric layer is formed with alternate tabs and grooves at the elongated side edges and h. said means to loosely couple are disposed adjacent the elongated side edges so as to join said separate dielectric layer to said first-type and said second-type layers along said tabs to provide almost all of the surface area of said separate dielectric layer with a degree of movability with respect to said firstand second-type layers to enable bending over a wide range of angles to said sides and ends along the surface of said device with flexibility and protection against destruction. 0. said dielectric layer is of lesser width than the distance between said first and second means to loosely couple to thereby enable said dielectric layer to be secured in readily removable and insertable relationship. e. means discontinuously and loosely joining said first layer, said third layer and said second layer together with said flat surfaces respectively interfacing such that almost all of the interfacing flat surface of each of said layers is disjoined to provide a loosely coupled readily assembled flexible cable of predetermined characteristics and configuration. k. said first and fourth layers and said dielectric layers disposed on either side of said second layer providing a transmission line having substantially double the capacitance of a transmission line having one ground plane comprising layer, one conductive strip comprising layer and one dielectric material comprising layer. 12. The cable of claim 11 wherein a. said ground plane members are perforated. a. said dielectric layers are of discontinuous material configuration. a. at least one additional dielectric layer, disposed between at least one of said ground-plane-member-comprising layers and said conductive-strips-comprising layer, said dielectric layers forming a composite mix of thickness, configuration, material and composition to provide desired electrical characteristics of said cable. 1. An electrical cable comprising: a. a first flat layer, said first layer further comprising at least one relatively flat conductive strip, b. a second flat layer, said second layer further comprising a first flat conductive ground plane strip, c. at least one separate third layer disposed between said first anD second layers; said third layer further comprising a dielectric layer of predetermined material composition, thickness and configuration to provide desired physical characteristics, and d. means loosely and intermittently joining only at localized intervals said first layer and said second layer to retain said separate third layer therebetween to provide a device of predetermined physical characteristics readily assembled from stocked layers such that when the cable is bent there is permitted relative movement of said dielectric layer with respect to said first and second layers to provide increased flexibility while substantially maintaining said predetermined characteristics along substantial lengths of the device. 2. The device of claim 1 wherein: a. said first layer further comprises additional flat conductive strips, said flat conductive strips being arranged in an array, and b. said ground plane strip further comprises a conductive material foil of at least the width of said array. 3. The device of claim 1 wherein: a. in addition to said at least one dielectric layer, said device further comprises additional layers of predetermined total number of layers and composite materials, widths, configurations and compositions to provide desired physical characteristics. 4. An electrical cable comprising: a. a first flat layer, said first layer further comprising at least one relatively flat conductive strip, b. a second flat layer, said second layer further comprising a first flat conductive ground plane strip, c. at least one separate third layer disposed between said first and second layers, said third layer further comprising a dielectric layer of predetermined material composition, thickness and configuration to provide desired physical characteristics, d. means loosely and intermittently joining only at localized intervals said first layer and said second layer to retain said separate third layer therebetween to provide a device of predetermined physical characteristics readily assembled from stocked layers such that when the cable is bent there is permitted relative movement of said dielectric layer with respect to said first and second layers to provide increased flexibility while substantially maintaining said predetermined characteristics along substantial lengths of the device, and e. said means intermittently joining said first layer and said second layer further comprises thread formed of conductive metal and said thread extends beyond the ends of said layers and is thereby adaptable to terminate said ground plane layer. 5. The device of claim 4 including: a. a second ground plane strip, b. said thread further comprising stitches inserted through said first and said second ground plane strips to directly electrically couple said strips. 6. An electrical-signal-carrying device comprising: a. a first-type flat layer, b. said first-type layer further comprising an array of parallel ribbon-shaped strip conductors, c. a pair of second-type flat layers one disposed on one side and the other disposed on the opposite side of said conductive layer, each of said second-type layers further comprising a ribbon-shaped shield member, d. at least one separate dielectric material layer of predetermined material, configuration and composition disposed between said first-type layer and each of said second-type layers, and e. means to loosely couple said first-type, said dielectric material, and said second-type layers together so that individual layers of predetermined material, composition, number and configuration are coupled to provide desired electrical, mechanical, chemical and thermal characterisitcs. 7. An electrical-signal-carrying device comprising: a. a first-type flat layer, b. said first-type layer further comprising an array of parallel ribbon-shaped strip conductors, c. a pair of second-type flat layers one disposed on one side and the other disposed on thE opposite side of said conductive layer, each of said second-type layers further comprising a ribbon-shaped shield member, d. at least one separate dielectric material layer of predetermined material, configuration and composition disposed between said first-type layer and each of said second-type layers, e. means to loosely couple said first-type, said dielectric material, and said second-type layers together so that individual layers of predetermined material, composition, number and configuration are coupled to provide desired electrical, mechanical, chemical and thermal characteristics, and f. said at least one dielectric material layer disposed between said first-type layer and each of said second-type layers is perforated. 8. An electrical-signal-carrying device comprising: a. a first-type flat layer; b. said first-type layer further comprising an array of parallel ribbon-shaped strip conductors, c. a pair of second-type flat layers one disposed on one side and the other disposed on the opposite side of said conductive layer, each of said second-type layers further comprising a ribbon-shaped shield member, d. at least one separate dielectric material layer of predetermined material, configuration and composition disposed between said first-type layer and each of said second-type layers, e. means to loosely couple said first-type, said dielectric material, and said second type layers together so that individual layers of predetermined material, composition, number and configuration are coupled to provide desired electrical, mechanical, chemical and thermal characteristics, f. said device further comprises a pair of elongated sides and a pair of short ends, g. said separate dielectric layer is formed with alternate tabs and grooves at the elongated side edges and h. said means to loosely couple are disposed adjacent the elongated side edges so as to join said separate dielectric layer to said first-type and said second-type layers along said tabs to provide almost all of the surface area of said separate dielectric layer with a degree of movability with respect to said first- and second-type layers to enable bending over a wide range of angles to said sides and ends along the surface of said device with flexibility and protection against destruction. 9. The device of claim 6 wherein: a. said device further comprises a pair of elongated sides and a pair of short ends, b. said means to loosely couple further comprises first and second means disposed adjacent the respective elongated side edges, c. said dielectric layer is of lesser width than the distance between said first and second means to loosely couple to thereby enable said dielectric layer to be secured in readily removable and insertable relationship. 10. A flexible conductor cable comprising: a. a separate first layer, said first layer further comprising a first layer ground plane member, b. a separate second layer having at least one conductor; c. a separate third layer, said third layer further comprising at least one dielectric material layer, d. each of said layers being flexible and of predetermined characteristics and having substantially flat surfaces, and e. means discontinuously and loosely joining said first layer, said third layer and said second layer together with said flat surfaces respectively interfacing such that almost all of the interfacing flat surface of each of said layers is disjoined to provide a loosely coupled readily assembled flexible cable of predetermined characteristics and configuration. 11. A flexible conductor cable comprising: a. a separate first layer, said first layer further comprising a first layer ground plane member, b. a separate second layer having at least one conductor, c. a separate third layer, said third layer further comprising at least one dielectric material layer, d. a separate fourth layer, said fourth layer further comprising a fourth layer ground plane member, e. a separate fifth layer, said fifth layer, additional to said third layer at least one dielectric material member, also comprising at least one dielectric material layer disposed between said second layer and said fourth layer, f. each of said layers being flexible and of predetermined characteristics and having substantially flat surfaces, g. means discontinuously and loosely joining said first layer, said third layer, said second layer, said fifth layer, and said fourth layer together with said flat surfaces respectively interfacing such that almost all of the interfacing flat surface of each of said layers is disjoined to provide a loosely coupled readily assembled flexible cable of predetermined characteristics and configuration, h. said second layer further comprising a plurality of relatively narrow conductive strips in substantially planar parallel array, said second layer conductor being one of said last-named relatively narrow conductive strips, i. said ground plane members each further comprising a layer of metal foil extending substantially the width of said array of conductive strips, j. said dielectric layers being of thickness, material, and configuration such as to provide predetermined desired electrical capacitance and dielectric constant characteristics of said cable, and k. said first and fourth layers and said dielectric layers disposed on either side of said second layer providing a transmission line having substantially double the capacitance of a transmission line having one ground plane comprising layer, one conductive strip comprising layer and one dielectric material comprising layer. 13. The cable of claim 11 wherein: a. said dielectric layers are of discontinuous material configuration. 14. The cable of claim 11, said cable further comprising: a. at least one additional dielectric layer, disposed between at least one of said ground-plane-member-comprising layers and said conductive-strips-comprising layer, said dielectric layers forming a composite mix of thickness, configuration, material and composition to provide desired electrical characteristics of said cable.
2019-04-20T12:59:16Z
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This week’s storytime theme is On the Move! I did a transportation theme in the fall, and really didn’t want to reuse that theme so early (I try to do one theme per school year), so this theme is about movement in general: mainly transportation and dancing for this particular storytime plan, but you could also use books and activities about going on a journey/adventure, or about a family moving. We march fast on green. Slow on yellow. And freeze on red. This is a storytime favorite activity here with the kids, and I love that it’s simple enough that even the toddlers can participate! This book talks about the many different types of airplanes (big, small, propeller, jet, etc.) and their different uses (crop dusting, military, transportation, etc.) I love that it’s very informative, but still lighthearted enough to keep the kids’ interest. Also the pictures are begging to be dissected during a one-on-one storytime (Is that lady dressed like she lives in the Victorian era yet listening to an iPod on a jet plane next to a mouse? Why yes. Yes she is!). Different animals are dancing! Can you guess whose feet these are? I love books that have interactive features built right in! The kids really enjoyed guessing the animals. This was the perfect book for this point in storytime because I had a toddler who was restless and playing a game on his grandma’s iPhone (sound turned off). But even he put the phone down and participated (very loudly and proudly) during this book. I broke out the sorting train that I mentioned in last week’s Flannel Friday and we sorted colors! The kids really loved this one! I know I haven’t been talking about the rhyme cube much, but I have to say that it’s one of my favorite additions to storytime! The kids get really excited about it. They like to see which song it lands on, and I like that we’ve gotten to know the rhymes so well that everyone sings along with me. This was my first time reading this book in storytime. I wasn’t sure how well it would go over with the preschool crowd, but they seemed to enjoy it. It was a good book to use for practicing colors. Green Says Go and Dancing Feet seemed to be the favorites for this one. So many smiles on the kids’ faces! The other books/activities also went fairly well. I think this was a good storytime because it was very interactive and none of the books were too long. If I were to do this theme again, I would probably add a round of Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes into the mix to keep the kids moving.
2019-04-22T04:05:51Z
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The curse of the long tail, where a small number of objects/words/classes appear very often and are thus easy to model, while many many more are rare and thus hard to model, has always been a problem in machine learning. This presentation starts by stating the problem and explaining why representation sharing in general, and embedding approaches in particular, are good to represent tail objects. Several embedding approaches are then presented, in increasing levels of complexity, to show how to tackle the long tail problem, from rare classes to unseen classes in image classification, as well as rare words in speech recognition; Finally, we present our latest results on image description, which can be seen as an ultimate rare class problem since each image is attributed to a novel, yet structured, class in the form of a meaningful sentence. Boltzmann machines and their variants (restricted or deep) have been the dominant model for generative neural network models for a long time and they are appealing among other things because of their relative biological plausibility (say, compared to back-prop). We start this presentation by discussing some of the difficulties we encountered in training them, and undirected graphical models in general, and ask the question of the existence of credible alternatives which avoid the issues with the partition function gradient and mixing between modes with MCMC methods. We review advances of recent years to train deep unsupervised models that capture the data distribution, all related to auto-encoders, and that avoid the partition function and MCMC issues. In particular recent theoretical and empirical work on denoising auto-encoders can be extended to train deep generative models with latent variables. The presentation will end with an introduction to on-going exploration of a framework that is meant to be more biologically plausible as well as an alternative to both Boltzmann machines and back-propagation. Markov Random Fields are powerful and expressive models used in multiple tasks in computer vision and machine learning. They can encode complicated multidimensional distributions, like the distribution of pixel intensities in pictures of handwritten digits or characters. One cannot however evaluate the generative performance of these models, since exact computation of data log-likelihood is intractable in most cases and approximate methods, such as AIS, tend to provide overly optimistic estimates of the performance. A common $1-billion misconception in the genomics community is that sequencing a lot of genomes will be necessary for understanding and curing disease. In my talk, I'll explain how statistical induction using a single genome can be used to identify disease mutations more accurately than projects that have involved thousands of genomes. I'll describe my group's research on developing a good statistical model that can generalize across genomes and make accurate predictions for mutations that have never been seen before (Xiong et al, Science, January 9, 2015). Another workshop speaker, Cynthia Rudin, sensibly says "possibly the most important obstacle in the deployment of predictive models is the fact that humans simply do not trust them." However, my experience with high-stakes tasks leads me to the following paraphrase: "possibly the most important advantage of machine learning in science and medicine is the fact that humans simply do not trust other humans." Training high-dimensional probabilistic models with natural gradient descent is difficult, because it requires solving linear systems involving a large Fisher information matrix. Approximations typically use efficiently invertible but potentially inaccurate approximations (e.g. diagonal) to the Fisher information, or require expensive iterative procedures to approximately solve the linear system. I'll present an algorithm called Factorized Natural Gradient (FaNG), where the Fisher information matrix is approximated with a Gaussian graphical model whose precision matrix can be computed efficiently. This approximation is expressive, yet allows for efficient updates. I analyze the Fisher information matrix for a small RBM and derive a graphical model which is a good match for the distribution over sufficient statistics. Using FaNG with this structure allows RBMs to be trained more efficiently compared with stochastic gradient descent. Additionally, this analysis helps explain the surprisingly good performance of the "centering trick." In medicine, randomized clinical trials are used to determine treatments rather than machine learning. Here, I'll talk about why and about how to best combine machine learning with randomized exploration. The solution has very broad implications for many applications of interactive learning such as search, recommendation, and resource allocation where (critically) feedback is available for choices taken, but not those not taken. Reinforcement learning methods are well developed for contexts where the complete state of the world is observed. However, most realistic learning problems for humans, animals, and robots require that we learn to act based on observations that provide only partial information about the state of the world. Remembering our past observations and actions can then be beneficial, but if we have limited memory and computation, we need to learn what to remember. Furthermore, if we do not remember everything, it can be beneficial to learn to act randomly. I will present new reinforcement learning methods for this context, and discuss how they might be extended to large-scale learning problems. Kernel-based reinforcement learning (KBRL) stands out among reinforcement learning algorithms for its strong theoretical guarantees. Unfortunately, the model constructed by KBRL grows with the number of sample transitions, resulting in a computational cost that precludes its application to large-scale domains. In this talk I will present new results showing how to turn KBRL into practical reinforcement learning methods for large datasets by leveraging the stochastic factorization trick. I will discuss both offline and online variants of the kernel-based stochastic factorization (KBSF) algorithm, and describe upper bounds for the distance between the value functions computed by KBRL and KBSF using the same data. Finally, I will illustrate the potential of this method with several empirical results, including domains from robotics and optimal treatment design. Ensembles of randomized decision trees, usually referred to as random forests, are widely used for classification and regression tasks in machine learning and statistics. Random forests achieve competitive predictive performance and are computationally efficient to train and test, making them excellent candidates for real-world prediction tasks. The most popular random forest variants (such as Breiman's random forest and extremely randomized trees) operate on batches of training data. Online methods are now in greater demand. Existing online random forests, however, require more training data than their batch counterpart to achieve comparable predictive performance. In this work, we use Mondrian processes (Roy and Teh, 2009) to construct ensembles of random decision trees we call Mondrian forests. Mondrian forests can be grown in an incremental/online fashion and remarkably, the distribution of online Mondrian forests is the same as that of batch Mondrian forests. Mondrian forests achieve competitive predictive performance comparable with existing online random forests and periodically re-trained batch random forests, while being more than an order of magnitude faster, thus representing a better computation vs accuracy tradeoff. 1) "Bayesian Rule Lists" - This algorithm builds a decision list using a probabilistic model over permutations of IF-THEN rules. It competes with the CART algorithm for building accurate-yet-interpretable logical models. It is not a greedy algorithm like CART. 2) "Falling Rule Lists" - These are decision lists where the probabilities decrease monotonically along the list. These are really useful for medical applications because they stratify patients into risk categories from highest to lowest risk. 3) "Bayesian Or's of And's" - These are disjunctions of conjunction models (disjunctive normal forms). These models are natural for modeling customer preferences in marketing. 4) "The Bayesian Case Model" - This is a case-based reasoning clustering method. It provides a prototypical exemplar from each cluster along with the subspace that is important for the cluster. I will show lots of applications of these models to healthcare and marketing. This is joint work with my student Ben Letham and colleagues Tyler McCormick and David Madigan. This paper was the winner of Data Mining Best Student Paper Award, INFORMS 2013. It also won the Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Statistical Learning and Data Mining section (SLDM) of the American Statistical Association, 2014. This is joint work with my student Fulton Wang. Proceedings of Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 2015 This paper won the Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Statistical Learning and Data Mining section (SLDM) of the American Statistical Association, 2015. This is joint work with my student Tong Wang, colleague Finale Doshi, and also Yimin Liu, Erica Klampfl and Perry MacNeille from Ford Motors. This is joint work with student Been Kim and colleague Julie Shah. Many problems in real-world applications involve predicting several random variables which are statistically related. Markov random fields (MRFs) are a great mathematical tool to encode such dependencies. Within this talk we'll show how to combine MRFs with deep learning algorithms to estimate complex representations while taking into account the dependencies between the output variables. Towards this goal, we propose a training algorithm that is able to learn structured models jointly with deep features that form MRF potentials. In addition, considering the inference task, we'll present an algorithm which efficiently extracts the globally optimal solution of the commonly employed LP relaxation. The discussed algorithm finds the steepest descending direction from the set of epsilon-subdifferentials. We illustrate how the Frank-Wolfe procedure can be used to parallelize the resulting procedure. Spectral methods like graph Laplacian and diffusion maps in data analysis are based on eigenvectors and eigenvalues of graph Laplacians. Recently, we introduced a generalized framework called the graph connection Laplacian (GCL) to structure the massive dataset. In this talk, we show that under the principle bundle framework, the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of the GCL converge to the connection Laplacian of the associated vector bundle in the limit of infinitely many i.i.d. random samples. We also show how the noise impacts GCL and why this framework is numerically scalable. We will apply this framework to the manifold learning and ptychography imaging problem (a special phase retrieval problem aiming to obtain an atomic level resolution of a macro object) to show how it works. This is a joint work with Noureddine El Karoui, Stefano Marchesini, Yu-Chao Tu and Amit Singer. Information systems are becoming increasingly reliant on statistical inference and learning to render all sorts of decisions, including the issuing of bank loans, the targeting of advertising, and the provision of health care. This growing use of automated decision-making has sparked heated debate among philosophers, policy-makers, and lawyers, with critics voicing concerns with bias and discrimination. Bias against some specific groups may be ameliorated by attempting to make the automated decision-maker blind to some attributes, but this is difficult, as many attributes may be correlated with the particular one. The basic aim then is to make fair decisions, i.e., ones that are not unduly biased for or against specific subgroups in the population. We formulate fairness as an optimization problem of finding a good representation of the data with two competing goals: to encode the data as well as possible, while simultaneously obfuscating any information about membership in the specific group. This is a computationally challenging objective, with links to several problems and approaches, including anonymity and the information bottleneck. I will present models we have developed towards this goal, and show that they allow trade-offs between the system desiderata. I will also describe a direction we are currently exploring to use the same underlying computational model to learn unbiased and rich nonlinear representations.
2019-04-22T08:48:33Z
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/14-15/bigdata/machine/abstracts.html
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An English writer, Graham Dawson, has written on the necessity for Christians to be mindful of the spiritual importance of material things. The trouble with modern thinkers, he says is their failure to see the relationship between the two. As a result, they are hostile to the producer of wealth, and they favor expropriation as the means of helping the needy. To the contrary, he says, “The creation of wealth is, indeed, the most fundamental social service of all. It is no exaggerations to say: Charity begins at work.” Thus Christians need to be creators of wealth in order to further the Lord’s work, materially and spiritually. Life is our time for work, for “the night cometh, when no man can work” (John 9:4). The discipline of work is neglected in our day. It is tragic that in a time of greater prosperity than in a generation or two ago we have used that prosperity for recreational rather than Kingdom purposes. Men have shifted their priorities from the Lord to themselves. It should not surprise us then, that we have today a society that is lawless. If men will neglect their duties to the Lord, they will neglect them to one another. We have the results all around us. Our Lord declares, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness” (Matt. 6:33). As long as men seek first their satisfaction and their own welfare, the Lord’s work will suffer, and our fellow-men will be forgotten. Our priorities must be commanded by the Word of God.
2019-04-18T17:20:13Z
https://manoahswife.wordpress.com/tag/priorities/
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This Saturday, our family gardening session focused on weeds – both the positives and the negatives. The weed of the session was nettles. Nettles are a very useful plant – they have anti-inflammatory properties, are full of iron (more than spinach) and other minerals and vitamins. The Romans in Scotland beat their legs with nettles to get the blood flowing to warm them up! You can also make an organic liquid fertiliser from nettles or simply chop them up and add them to your beds for extra soil fertility. On Saturday, we tried fresh nettle tea and nettle pesto, and had a look at NEA’s nettle juice bin, where our own liquid fertiliser is brewing. First you need to pick the nettles – you want to use very young nettles or the tips of older ones. Don’t pick them once they’ve flowered. You’ll need to pick a good bagful. Wear gloves! Wash the nettles then blanch them – bring a pot of salted water to the boil, add the nettles and boil for 1-2 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water. Put them in a colander to strain, then squeeze out as much water as you can. Chop them roughly. Blend the ingredients in a food processor or with a blender, or you can also use a mortar and pestle. Put the pinenuts/seeds in first to get crushed, then add the garlic, salt, cheese, nettles and finally oil. How much oil you add is up to you – add it gradually until you get the runniness you want. Cover the top of the pesto with a layer of oil to keep it fresh in the fridge or freeze it. Yum! This Saturday’s family gardening session will focus on herbs – 10am-12pm in the garden at North Edinburgh Arts.
2019-04-26T04:12:45Z
https://northedinburghgrows.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/nettles-a-very-useful-plant/
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Alexander Skarsgard covers his battered and bruised face! After appearing quite battered and bruised on Friday , Alexander Skarsgard did a better job of covering up his battle wounds on Monday as he went to lunch with some friends. The 36 year old , who pirtrays vampire Eric Northman on True Blood , displaying conspicuous bruises on his neck and jaw just a few days prior to his friendly outing in sunny Los Feliz California. The obvious abrasions drew suspicion that one of his action packed roles that often feature a good deal of fisticuffs – could be taking its toll on him. No matter what the cause , the famously dapper swede has not looked himself since Friday. True blood is currently shooting its sixth season and the actor’s character is always getting incolved in some kind of physical ruckus. Which could be the reason he is looking so battered and beaten.
2019-04-24T02:29:20Z
https://scandalbuzz.wordpress.com/tag/monday/
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2019-04-20T19:18:30Z
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Do genuine Christians need to confess their sins and seek forgiveness and cleansing? I am a firm believer in the Biblical Doctrine of Justification by Faith. Within that Justification is the Doctrine of Imputation of the Righteousness of Christ to the account of the believer. The Righteousness that God sees on our account is that of our Lord Jesus Christ which means we are forever in Him and will be for eternity. That is our Justification. What many people stumble over, however, is confusing this Justification with our Sanctification. We are positionally sanctified in the eyes of God (Romans 8:30), however, in this temporal reality we are still being called by our God to walk through the sanctification process that burns away what is not of Christ in us and replaces that with the image of Christ. This process may take a lifetime. Throughout that process we stumble. We make mistakes. We sin. I have heard that some teach that since we are justified by Faith there is no reason to confess and seek forgiveness and cleansing when we sin. Is that what the Bible teaches? Here is John Gill’s commentary on John 13:10. the feet of his life and conversation, which are continually gathering dirt, and need daily washing in the blood of Christ; and therefore recourse must be constantly had to that fountain to wash in, for sin and for uncleanness. The allusion is either to persons washed all over in a bath, who have no need to wash again, unless their feet, which may contract some soil in coming out of it; or to travellers, who have often need to wash their feet, though no other part, and such is the case of the children of God in this life; or rather to the priests, who having bathed themselves in the morning, needed not to wash again all the day, except their hands and feet, on certain occasions. which shows, that justifying and regenerating grace are common to all the true disciples of Christ; they are equally born again, alike justified, and are as clean one as an other in the sight of God; not only Peter, but all the apostles, were clean, excepting one; there was one of them, Judas, who was not clean; and therefore he says, but not all: whence it may be observed, that among the purest societies, there are some unclean persons; there was a Judas, an unclean person among the pure disciples of Christ; there are chaff and tares among his wheat, goats among his sheep, and foolish virgins along with the wise ones. John Gill nailed it. How do we as Born Again believers seek this cleansing from the “dirt” we pick up in our “walk” through this lost and dying world? Carefully read Hebrews 4:14-16, which I placed at the top of this post. We have the Throne of Grace which is available to all true believers. We can come before our God at any time as we humble ourselves before Him seeking forgiveness, cleansing, and repentance. Here is another one. John knew that believers still sin and that it is imperative that we confess our sins and the cleansing from them that can only come from God. Also, who is our Advocate before the Father through this process? It is Christ. Some will say this is talking about salvation, but, like Romans 7, it is talking about the condition of both the lost person coming to Christ and the believer struggling with sin. Why do believers need to be cleansed from the dirt of their sins? Why do they need to confess them to God? It is humbling. It is healing. This process brings the believer’s focus back from themselves to the Lord. The believer who is walking in a fleshly sort of way will not have the Joy of the Lord. They will be self-focused and take on a demeanor that reflects the ways and means of the world, not that of the Lord. On the other hand, those who are walking yoked up with Christ as Lord will be full of His Joy and will have their flesh crucified. Their sins are cleansed. Yes, they were cleansed away at their Justification, but in their walk they have picked up some dirt on their spiritual feet and that needs to be washed away as Jesus illustrated in John 13:10. The believer who is not confessing their sins to God can easily become prideful, puffed up and pharisaical. Why? They are not in fellowship with the Lord. How could they be? They are walking according to the flesh, not according to the spirit. The Holy Spirit is drawing them to confess and repent, to come to the throne of grace, but they are too proud to do it. I have never met a godly Christian who was not also, humble, prayerful, and absolutely positive that they were too sinful to be of any real use to God and were astounded that He used them anyway. On the other hand, I have known plenty of other professing Christians who seemed to be self-assured and seemed to be convinced that their sins were not nearly as bad everyone else’s. These same people also seemed to always want to be in the limelight as much as possible. Which one would you say reflected the character of Christ? This entry was posted in Christian Authenticity, Cleansing, Confession, Religion, Repentance. Bookmark the permalink.
2019-04-26T14:15:01Z
https://mikeratliff.wordpress.com/2018/10/07/do-genuine-christians-need-to-confess-their-sins-and-seek-forgiveness-and-cleansing/
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Technology development has revolutionized India, particularly in the field of communication. Internet, e-mail & mobile phones are making peoples life easier. Among this, mobile phones have become a mania in India. Here are the few actions of mobile users to support this statement. If you had keenly watched mobile users, you would have noticed that whether they receive any call or not, yet they used to take out the mobile from their pocket and stare at the screen for a while and put it back in their pocket again. I am really amazed to see the frequency of the action almost every fifteen minutes. Yes, Indian mobile users love to flaunt their mobile in the public. No mater how important you are. No matter what important matter you are discussing with the mobile user, his/her attention always drawn towards the call received in their mobile. The moment they receive the call, they never hesitate to abandon you in the middle to attend their call. Once the call is over, you have to begin your discussion from the beginning, as she/he would be in a state of trance after attending the call. Here is a lesson, if you want to be listened properly, try to talk in mobile phone next time. Employers are the happiest lot to have mobile phones as it helps them to track their employees all the time. On the other day when I was traveling in the bus, one passenger sitting next to me, a mobile in his hand, giving almost a running commentary about his journey by giving exact details of each stop, where he is now and when he would reach a particular point. I presumed that probably he might be speaking to his boss (!). brilliant observations. It really is a phenomenon. I believe it is more then an elevated self importance. It is a drug. An addiction. The creators of the mobile phone had a youtube video where they said they knew what they are doing when they created them. They created them to be reactive to a persons brain. Each time a person checks their mobile they actually get an endorphin hit. A sense of well being floods them. They sigh and go back to what they are doing but then pick it up again and again and again. It is altering people at the cellular level. Their brain is being rewired. In fact, a large number of mobile junkies can no longer read books. They cannot concentrate. They cannot think. They have no memory for information. They have to go to the mobile for information. Nothing is stored inside their brain. It is insidious and yet those addicted won’t let go of it. They will fight tooth and nail to keep it close. They will dismiss their addiction as if it doesn’t exist. Yet ask them to let go of it for 1 month. Let go of it for 6 months. Watch the reactions and excuses for why that is quite impossible. sorry for the length of my comment. your awesome article got me going! love your writing! I love your style of commentary and your amazing adventures. Thank you very much for the nice comments. Yeah I agree its an addiction ! I think this is a fairly universal phenomenon, but I did see a few amusing scenes on my visit to Kolkata earlier this year. I regularly walked up a busy commercial road in the city and, I don’t know what it’s like elsewhere, but in Kolkata it’s quite common for pedestrians to walk on the road where the sidewalks are especially congested. One day, a businessman was busy messaging on his phone when a delivery van backed up into him—not fast and it quickly pulled forward. The man was jarred, stumbled a bit, but never looked up and didn’t lose a beat with his messaging! On another day, we visited a temple across the river in Howrah where there were huge signs warning that photography was forbidden, and armed soldiers to ensure rules were followed. But it didn’t seem to apply to phones. Visitors were busy snapping shots and selfies outside the buildings with no concerns raised (not inside of course). In some places the entry fee was higher for anyone with a proper camera, but these days phones are often just as good, if not better quality and can be far more discreet if one truly had nefarious intent. Yeah mobile phones make us insensitive. Thank you for the nice comments. Nice Observations. I too experienced an incident in a crematorium – that persons didn’t have the courtesy to put the mobile on silent mode! The priest was reading from bible and everyone was keeping silence and in mourning. Suddenly the phone rang and the tune was a flashy and popular film song – Saree ka fall sa! 😦 And that person did not have any worry and slowly walked off from the scene! Thank you Venkat for the nice comments. I could not understand why people don’t have the basic courtesy on such occasions! There are occasions where a mobile phone is very useful. But this technology is being greatly overused. What on earth could convince people that they’d benefit by using it less? Rightly said. Thanks for the nice comments. Surprised to know that same situation in Italy. Thanks for the nice comments. First picture. Break at my work. Ten years back people were chatting to each other, in these days they stare on smart phones screens. Yeah true. Thanks for the comments. Thank you and I reciprocate the same. Thanks. Same to you ! I am happy that you enjoy my blog. Thank you very much for nominating me for the Sunshine Blogger Award !
2019-04-19T20:20:15Z
https://ramasamy59.wordpress.com/2018/12/13/mobile-mania/
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“When you are in your room, then, at night, think always on Christ, and wait for his coming at every moment. As we move through these days of Advent, let us not lose heart in our continued search for the Lord. He waits patiently for us. Well, we don’t have time to give them extraordinary care. We water them on a timer and prune them. They seem to do the rest. As we begin a new liturgical year, and the time of waiting for the Lord in Advent, the theme of pruning has been on my mind. Not of roses, however, but of the heart. I like to think of God as the gardener, who comes in the right season to prune my heart. He comes to take a critical look at what is growing in me, what needs to be trimmed to encourage more growth, and what is unhealthy and needs to be lopped off altogether. Here are three lessons I have learned as I allow God to be the ‘Gardener’ of my life. Lesson One: Pruning is painful. No matter how gentle the Gardener is, the trimming is painful. We get comfortable with our habits, the way we say and do things. And, although not all of our habits are harmful, even too much of a good thing can become an obstacle to growth in the Lord. And so, the Gardener comes in our prayer this season of Advent wanting to prune away the excess of our lives so to make room for the coming of Christ. Out of fear, I want to hold some of my branches back, out of the way of the holy pruning hands of God, believing I will not be able to endure the pain of loss. The challenge of this season is to trust, that whatever we give over to God, He will make what is good even more so, and that which is harmful, He will heal us from our dependency. Yes, giving it over to God to be pruned is painful, but in the end, we are better for it. Lesson Two: The Gardener never prunes without our permission. Then, what do we do when God wants to prune our heart of something? We know, perhaps, how much the pruning will cost, not fully sure we want to trust the Gardener. He understands us better than we understand ourselves, and will never force us to resign anything to Him. No. He will allow us to hold on to even those things that might be harmful to us because of our free will. But He will come and ask us to let go. He will wait until we are ready to turn our lives over to Him. Many times in our lives, we go through the externals of doing things because others expect it of us. But are we acting freely in these moments? Are we freely choosing to do the good? God’s asking permission to shape us through the art of pruning the heart, He hopes we will allow it, not just begrudgingly, but wholeheartedly. Lesson Three: There is no plant too unruly for transformation in God’s garden. God is patient with us, yes, in His waiting for our readiness to turn our lives over to Him. He is the Gardener who intercedes for the barren fig tree in the orchard, who ‘leaves it for another year…cultivating the ground around it and fertilizing it, that it may bear fruit in the future’ (Luke 13:8). God is equally patient with us, giving us the graces to be fruitful in our lives too. What is it in your life during this Advent time that, perhaps, God is wanting to transform, to cultivate? Where in your life are you not bearing fruit? How might God be calling you to conversion through His care? Advent is a beautiful season of the Church calendar. A time of preparing the heart to ‘make room for the Lord at Christmas.’ It is a time for reflecting on the “reasons of the season”, calling us back to examine our relationship with God, which then takes us to consider our relationship with others (these two are forever connected). Today the Church celebrates the Exaltation of the Most Holy Cross. Christ Crucified is the center of our contemplation. It is here, at the Cross, we are formed in Charity of the highest degree – the Greatest Love. we turn to console our Lady of Sorrows. together contemplating the mystery of God’s infinite mercy on Calvary. Our Lady of Sorrows at the Foot of the Cross, Pray for us! As we commemorate the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus this Palm Sunday, my thoughts turn too, to the role of Mary, who is not mentioned Matthew’s narrative, from which we have this year’s readings. My thoughts were prompted by a challenge from a friend. Peg responds: “His body and blood pawned for the souls of humanity”. Yes, the image of Jesus given over for humanity works, but in my thoughts, I was trying to imagine God walking into a pawnshop, with His only begotten Son tucked under his arm, to offer him as a temporary holding…no, the image doesn’t quite work. Could it (the pledge) be similar to the Greek word “arrabon” meaning a down-payment? Deb’s translation uses the word ‘Guarantee’ in place of the NAB’s ‘first installment’. Both translations point to something in the future, that is to come. Something promised and certain. So, rather than Mary standing at the Cross, the passage portrays Mary in the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. She is offering her first-born Son. Her offering Jesus in the Temple foreshadows her standing at the foot of the Cross, the altar of supreme Sacrifice. It is for this reason, the first passage can speak of a ‘first-installment’ or ‘pledge’. At His presentation in the Temple, Jesus is the Pledge of future redemption, in that very small, vulnerable Child, offered in the arms of His mother. This is the Mary we all know and love. She is not the priestess offering the sacrifice, but rather the ‘handmaid of the Lord’, offering the first-fruits of her womb for the service of God and His glory. She presents her only begotten Son in his infancy as the pledge of the future redemption to be brought through his life, suffering, death and resurrection. What a beautiful example of the Christian life. Luke’s narrative of the Presentation describes Mary, as one who too will experience suffering (and you yourself, a sword shall pierce – Luke 2:35). It is this sword of sorrow that inspired the title for Mary, Mother of Sorrows. She unites herself to her Son in his suffering. We too are called to participate in God’s redemptive work through uniting our own suffering with the Supreme Sacrifice. May we raise our arms and eyes towards heaven, and make a gift back to God all that pierces our heart or afflicts our body, for the service of God and His glory. for the good of our brothers and sisters. This story is cross-posted at National Catholic Register.
2019-04-23T19:01:52Z
https://nunspeak.wordpress.com/category/spirituality/
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The closest international airport to Lund is Copenhagen Airport (also known as ”Kastrup”), in Denmark. The journey time by train from the airport to Lund is about 35 minutes. The journey takes you over the Öresund Bridge connecting Denmark to Sweden and via Malmö central station. Train tickets can be purchased from the Skånetrafiken ticket machines in the arrivals hall at Copenhagen Airport, near the escalators going down to the train platform. You can buy a ticket all the way to Lund and the ticket will be valid even if you change trains at Malmö central station. You can pay in Euros, Swedish kronor or Danish kroner for your ticket at the airport and you can also use a debit/credit card with a chip. To travel by car over the Öresund Bridge from Denmark there is a fee. Lund is conveniently reached from the main roads E6 and E22.
2019-04-25T18:14:32Z
https://humanrightsandmemory.wordpress.com/coming-to-lund/
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One must act towards his Dharm (duty-action) to full fill his purpose of life.. A person should not waste time and energy in doing karmas which will not give him the required results. What ever you have done in past birth or past karma is the reflection in today’s birth. One can easily find out what his purpose of life is in this birth, by reading of the 1+5+9 house in astrology. I am repeating this, 1+5+9 house in astrology = dharm in Gita, known as the reading in astrology done for understanding the purpose of this life. If, in these three houses you are able to read perfectly you will know the purpose of your birth in this life. Once that is open you can act upon it and find total satisfaction in life; it can be called living the Gita, as you will be living your life on your dharma, which you will know through the reading of your 1, 5, 9 house in the birth chart, which is the basic teaching of Gita. Out of the total 18 chapters in Gita, 4 ½ chapters (One fourth of gita) can be understood through the 1, 5, 9 house in astrology. Any person who finds the purpose of his birth and walks upon it finds direction. Unfortunately it does not happen that easily; as is seen that many even after being shown the correct direction are not able to walk upon what is right dharma for them in this birth. Duryodhan; one is born blind; the other chooses to be blind. Both are driven by their egos and greed. In the Mahabharat, Krishn, who is God Himself, tries to show them their Dharma, and explains what they should be doing. The guru is Krishn Himself in the Gita and in the astrology, 5th and 9th house karak grah is also guru (i.e. Jupiter). This bad karma can only be explained with the theory that may be their bhagya is so bad, they chose to remain blind and are driven only by selfishness. In spite of being shown the right direction by none other than God Himself, both are not able to walk upon their right dharma. They were not able to see beyond power and maya, so do immense injustice to all around. It can be said going blind in power and selfishness. Majority of the people today can be compared to these two characters from Mahabharat as they chose to live life blindly without any desire of trying to know their correct dharma.
2019-04-21T20:24:20Z
https://drsudhirshah.wordpress.com/bhagwad-gita-%E0%AA%AD%E0%AA%97%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%A6-%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BE/bhagwad-gita-in-astrologyyes2/
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The 1872 Rodney by-election was a by-election held on 16 March 1872 in the Rodney electorate in the Auckland region of New Zealand during the 5th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Harry Farnall on 17 January 1872. The by-election was won by John Sheehan. He was unopposed. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 195. OCLC 154283103. ^ "Rodney Election". New Zealand Herald. 18 March 1872. ^ "Rodney Election". New Zealand Herald. 8 March 1872. This page was last edited on 29 March 2019, at 04:21 (UTC).
2019-04-21T08:38:59Z
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_Rodney_by-election
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In January 2014, Google made a fundamental change to its search product: It started showing answers to user queries directly in so-called snippets, no further clicks required. But what started out as a time-saver has morphed into a repeated source of misleading and outright false information, thanks to Google's frequent reliance on untrusted sources. The product has, among other things, declared that Barack Obama is the "king" of the United States and reported that dinosaurs are being used to trick people into thinking the world is millions of years old. It's a distinctly modern problem that finds one possible solution in a 250-year-old business: Encyclopædia Britannica. Snippets aren't all bad. When you ask Google why the sky is blue, it offers a reasonable explanation: "Blue light is scattered in all directions by the tiny molecules of air in Earth's atmosphere," an answer it sourced from NASA. But in many other circumstances, Google has instead featured incorrect information from Wikipedia and random blogs. It's those failures that Britannica wants to help mitigate with its new Chrome extension, Britannica Insights, which supplements Google's featured snippets with accurate information. When you search Google with Britannica Insights installed, the extension will populate information from the encyclopedia above or alongside Google's own featured snippet. For example, next to the result from NASA, Britannica Insights displays its entry for "Rayleigh scattering," the technical term term for the physics phenomenon that turns the sky blue. The tool works best for that sort of scientific or historical question. It likely won't help mitigate, say, fake political news. If you search for "Who is Alex Jones," Britannica can't help you. Which is fine by the encyclopedia. It says it seeks only to play a part in a hopefully collaborative fight against false information online. "It's not one organization that's going to sit there and make a difference. We would love to collaborate with any of the search engines and social media networks as well," says Karthik Krishnan, who was appointed to be the CEO of Encyclopædia Britannica Group late last year. "We don’t say Britannica is the only company providing verified information. The world needs to know that there are multiple sources to get good information." Tech companies haven't leaned on Britannica in the same way partially because it's a for-profit company; the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation runs Wikipedia. Like many digital media businesses, Britannica runs ads and offers exclusive content to paying members. (Though it says it isn't collecting any data from the Chrome extension.) Unlike Wikipedia, its business model allows it to employ a paid staff who edit articles. That makes Britannica largely immune from the sort of digital vandalism that has caused a series of headaches for Google recently. Just last week, furious members of the California Republican Party noticed a Google featured snippet said their ideology was "Nazism." A rogue Wikipedia editor had briefly inserted the false information; it was edited out again six days later. These sorts of troubles plague Google's featured snippets fairly regularly, but this instance caused particular alarm because it occurred less than a week before California's primary elections. A day later, another snippet misleadingly labeled one of the same state's senators a "BIGOT" by relying on information from a 2012 blog post. Aside from serving up misinformation, Google's snippets have also cratered online media businesses that rely on traffic from search engines, as The Outline has previously reported. Despite all the trouble it causes, Google likely won't ditch the feature, especially because it keeps people on their platform. Featured snippets are also often correct and provide users with quick and easy-to-digest answers to their questions, even when they're inherently subjective, like "How do I be a good person?" (That query serves up bullet points from a 2014 Inc. article). They also are likely going to become especially important as voice assistants become more prevalent. It might seem strange for Britannica to suddenly build web tools. After all, the organization is best-known for selling hardcover encyclopedias, even though it shuttered its print edition five years ago. But that notion doesn't take into account Britannica's long history with the web. It joined the internet in 1994, four years before Google was founded and six years before Wikipedia launched. Its new Chrome extension is also far from its first online experiment; in 2008 it briefly tried allowing anyone to contribute edits to its articles, just like Wikipedia, except edits were approved by staff members. At least for historical topics, Britannica Insights does seem more adept at surfacing relevant facts than Google snippets. If you look up the French Revolution for example, it gives you a list of links to key events, people, and topics—handy resources any time-crunched student would appreciate. Google's knowledge panel, meanwhile, suggests you also check out the American revolution.
2019-04-26T00:13:41Z
https://www.wired.com/story/britannica-insights-fix-google-snippets/?mbid=BottomRelatedStories_Sections_4&intcid=inline_amp
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2019-04-22T08:54:35Z
https://sites.google.com/hamiltonboosterclub.org/hamiltonboosterclub/home
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No, I am not upset with you. I’m not going to rant at you for honking at me the other day when it was clearly my right of way to cross that 4-way intersection. I’m even not going to be angry when you shouted profanities at me for some reason or other I have no heck of knowing. I will not be upset that you swerved abruptly into my lane without signaling. I won’t judge you for not letting me into the exit lane, even when I politely gave a signal. I bid thee to tail-gate me to your heart’s content. Of course, I will innocently slow down to a turtle’s pace and indulge in the pleasures of your frustration. 2. Do attempt to cut me without signaling. I regret to inform you that I will most definitely speed up. 3. Honk at me to hurry, and I’ll yawn good-naturedly. Aren’t I nice? 4. By the way, thanks for paying for my new bumper if you happen to crash into me. 5. Did you curse at me as you drove on by? Goodness me! I didn’t know they made children in the form of hairy apes. 6. Do keep on blaring your rap music about whores, little tweens. I shall combat it by cranking up my Sibelius Violin Concerto Op. 47. 7. Nice job driving through that red light at the last second, random car I’ll never see again. Here’s your love letter from the police. 8. Excuse me, coming through, I have to exit–oh, that’s fine. I’m sure that DECENT human being behind you will let me in. And now I’m going to stare at you until you become uncomfortable. 9. Wow, is that the newest iPhone you’re using right now as you’re going 20 mph below posted speed limit? Want to have to buy another one? 10. Flip me off? Do excuse me as I rebuff your provocation and find something better to do with my life. 11. Thanks for speeding up to cut in front of me, then going slower than I did. Because now it’s my turn to tailgate, yippee! 12. Feel free to give me the stink-eye as you pass. I’m always glad to know that I could make your life shittier than it already is. 13. Congratulations, oblivious two-lane straddler. You’ve officially stoked my non-existent road rage. 14. Happy now? By the way, did you know that road rage releases high levels of toxins into your bloodstream? So do continue committing to your road rage. It makes my heart soar to know how pissed off you are. So how do YOU cope with road rage? I’m the “kill ’em with kindness” sort of gal–some people just aren’t worth it. But then again, I just fail to understand how basic human etiquette seems to fly out the door once you’re out on the road. People who tail-gate frail old grandmas and flip everybody else off make my blood boil like lava. I mean, would it KILL people to let someone pass without initiating a bloody World War III about it? I myself moved to a city near a sunny ocean recently, but I noticed how impatient and rude the drivers are here. SO EFFING RUDE! But I refuse to be affected by road rage. It’s so pointlessly petty and unhealthy, and I plan to live a long life, thank you very much. So take a chill pill people, before you end up killing me. Yeeesh.
2019-04-19T04:36:17Z
https://dwellinginerised.wordpress.com/2015/11/04/combatting-road-rage/
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Video promo for Tina Turner: I Don't Wanna Lose You. The video consists of a little girl riding a tricycle in front of iconic scenes from around the globe. Part II of a compilation movie featuring European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.
2019-04-24T15:56:24Z
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Typically, October 31st, honors infants and children, and is called Dia de los Inocentes or the Day of Innocents. While, November 1st, honors adults and is referred to as Dia de los Muertos. I believe the reason this holiday struck a chord with me is because I have lost my mother and my brother. When my brother passed away 17 years ago, it was such a traumatic experience for my family.
2019-04-22T17:05:50Z
https://howdoyousaytacoinspanish.wordpress.com/tag/halloween/
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While we were south of Baku looking at the cave petroglyphs we had to go and see the mud volcanoes. Find them is pretty fun in of itself, there aren’t any signs so you are navigating there from a hand drawn map in the THE book on Azerbaijan – Mark Elliot’s Azerbaijan with excursions to Georgia. The track from the road starts out reasonable and then turns into a path where other cars have gone before. The rain of the week before didn’t make the driving any easier. So what is a mud volcano? They aren’t really volcanos as no lava is involved, instead mud (not surprisingly) mixed with water and gases bubble out and form domes and mud flows – more can be found on wikipedia . They are really great to wander around and watch (and hear and occasionally smell) them popping and bubbling away. It is a very dramatic and bleak landscape. A mud dome with a mud slide. Katrine had to join in with the mucky hands! Gregor really was in his element here, able to run around and explore to his heart’s content. Katrine looking a bit wind blown. At the top of one of the bigger ones. Katrine got her foot stuck. her brother was sufficiently concerned he walked away and her mother made sue she got a photo before going to help. A very happy looking car! It is a brilliant place to visit and we had 2 very happy and very muddy children.
2019-04-25T00:13:38Z
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I am graduating from college in a month and have no plans for life after college. The only thing that I seem to be sure about is where I am going to live. I am engaged to the most amazing man who has a job here in Rapid. I don’t feel like I could tell him that I don’t care about his career I am getting a job somewhere else. The only problem with this is that there almost no civil enineering jobs here. That leaves me with trying to figure out what I am going to do. The most appealing to me would be a mix of all. I have already applied and been accepted to BH, so I could take a class or 2 this fall. I have also thought about running away and living in an ashram for awhile. I even found one that I really like. I am exhausted in every way possible. I am mentally and phsycologically exhausted from school, work, and AOE. I feel like I can never get ahead. As soon as I finish one thing two more things get thrown at me. I constantly feel like I’m drowning. I am physically exhausted from lack of sleep. I feel like I can never get enough sleep. I went to Mexico for a week and slept all I want and I am still exhausted. I have been completely avoiding this blog. I keep telling myself that I am too busy to sit down and write something. In reality I think I am just afraid. I read all these other blogs and they are amazing. I am afraid that I will never be able to write a blog like them. Well today I decided that I am done being afraid. Life is getting really stressful and I need a place to write down everything thats in my mind. So from now on I will be true to the name of my blog and use this as an outlet for my mind. I won’t wait for a theme to come to me, I will just write.
2019-04-20T02:20:01Z
https://anoutletofthemind.wordpress.com/2010/03/
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I don't think Ruth Rendell can write a bad book. I've probably read more books by Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine than I have by any other author and while I favor some stories over others I can't think of a single book by her (and I have been reading her for a long time) that I would call a bad reading experience. So it is always with much happy anticipation that I crack open one of her books. A Demon in My View, published in 1976, is yet again another example why she is called, and I can only concur, the queen of the psychological suspense novel. She does it all well--a story that is tightly controlled and well plotted, interesting and well developed characters, acute psychological insight and of course always elegantly written books. Her stories often reflect contemporary society's ills which have changed with the times, so prolific is she with a writing career that spans more than forty years. And there is always something extra--she pulls it all together in a really clever and often surprising ways like a magic trick. Like pulling a rabbit out of a hat. And how she does it over and over again, and so apparently effortlessly, never ceases to amaze me. But I'm glad she can. A Demon on My View takes place in a London apartment building, 142 Trinity Road. The top flat is occupied by a tenant of long standing, one Arthur Johnson. Arthur is a solitary fellow, fastidious in his ways, ultra conscientious but perhaps a little too fussy. In addition to his work in a construction office he acts as a sort of dogsbody for the building's owner, a schoolhood chum, by collecting the rents from the other lodgers, sorting the mail, and keeping an eye on things in general. His manners are almost flawless, so well trained was he by his Aunt Gracie who raised him. He rarely strays from his daily routine. But there is something not quite right about Arthur. The building on Trinity Road was once a single family home, which after the war was broken into a series of flats. There's a diverse group of tenants at 142; an Asian woman with an endless string of boyfriends, all of whom she loves but none of whom she promises anything. Then there is a married couple who seem to be constantly bickering, pay their bills separately and each go their opposite way in the evening. The last tenant may either be the cause or the effect of the married couple's discontent since he spends so much time with the husband in the local pub. And one flat sits empty. Arthur Johnson is relatively happy in his life, but when Anthony Johnson moves into the empty flat it will cause an upheaval in Arthur's life that is almost unbearable and of course will cause the most awful repercussions. Anthony is a student working on his thesis about psychopathic personalities. He's come up to London from Bristol to put space between himself and his married lover. It's a wonderful and ironic juxtaposition of characterizations on Rendell's part. The men share similar names but their mindsets couldn't be farther apart. Anthony's arrival and subsequent actions, unknowingly instigated, will set into motion terrible events. To tell you any more would ruin the story. I'll only say that Rendell masterfully intertwines the lives of the tenants--like dominoes in a curvy line when the first is pushed the rest of the dominoes collapse one on top of the other. There was a time when I gorged myself on Ruth Rendell's books (particularly those written under her pseudonym), but these days I tend to space her books out. I think I won't let so much time pass until I read another, however. My last Rendell novel was A Judgement in Stone, another slick story that is sparely written but tells a great story. I think it may finally be time to embark on her Inspector Wexford novels, so I'm off to dig out my copy of From Doon with Death.
2019-04-20T16:21:26Z
https://danitorres.typepad.com/workinprogress/2011/10/a-demon-in-my-view-by-ruth-rendell.html
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The study involved 385 women undergoing chemotherapy or hormonal therapy for advanced-stage breast cancer that had spread beyond the breast. The women were assigned randomly to three groups: Some received treatment by a certified reflexologist, others got a foot massage meant to act as a placebo, and the rest had only standard medical treatment and no foot manipulation. Also unexpected was the reduced fatigue reported by those who received the “placebo” foot massage, particularly since the reflexology group did not show similarly significant improvement. Wyatt is now investigating if a friend or family caregiver can successfully deliver the reflexology after being trained by certified reflexologists to perform the nine specific steps used in the study. This will provide an option for caregivers to more fully support their cancer patient. “This is the first step toward moving a complementary therapy from fringe care to mainstream care,” said lead author Gwen Wyatt, a professor in the College of Nursing.
2019-04-18T22:34:32Z
http://nursing.msu.edu/News%20and%20Events/Latest%20News/Reflexology_Shows_Promise%20.htm
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Fictional restaurant-What’s our purpose? What do I bring to this project? What’s our goals? I have never thought of myself as a business entreprenauer, much less owner and designer of the newest seafood bar & restaurant. I am much more of a behind the scenes person. I enjoy talking to people and I am considered very social, however when it comes to performing a task, I am a loner. When I first found out that this assignment was a group project, i was terrified. I have been “burned” in the past when i depended on someone else to do a task. I also do not make a good order giver when it comes to assignments. I can give orders at home all day long but do not like being boss. Since researching what is expected however, I realize that without the help of the others there is no way, I can do it alone. I have a heavy class load this semester, I work full-time, and I have a family including a 12 year daughter. My life is crazy. My group includes Bradley Y, Britnee C, and Brandon C. Bradley has kept in constant communication with the rest of us and this helps tremendously. He has given each of us task that are all separated fairly. The ideas have all been shared and everyone’s opinion has been asked. qI exchanged the idea of a seafood or beach side restaurant. I recently visited the Florida coast and ate at McGuires, AJ’s, and Dewey Destins. The atmosphere was fun, the food was fabulous, and the prices were all affordable. The places all seem to serve as a temporary escape from reality, where there is never enough time to do everything. The employees were all cheerful and helpful, setting aside their own life problems while they earned money. My responsibility of the project is to come up with ways for our restaurant to control waste and this in turn saves money. I also am responsible for creating the menu. I am anxious about this endeavor and find it fun but at the same time nerve-racking. I want to create good quality food and also provide good quantity without being wasteful. I believe with everyone’s effort our restaurant will thrive and be very successful. We hope to provide an escape for people to have a healthy, fun, and affordable place to eat. We also want to contribute to the community and incorporate innovative and cost efficient ways to acquire our own food for our restaurant. Oct6October 6, 2013 • By honeybadger93 • This entry was posted in Blog Posts. Bookmark the permalink. ← What habits of mind or personal characteristics are essential for college writers? I was also very nervous when it was announced that we would be working on a group project in this class. In general I do not mind group projects and I agree with you that it does lessen the work load for each person greatly. I feel though that doing a group project in an online class is more trouble then it is worth. Our group has been running into some technical problems with put us at a slow start. It sounds like your group dynamic is great and that always helps with these type of projects. I like the idea of your restaurant and find it interesting the direction you are going! Good luck on your project! I really like that you guys have decided to create a seafood restaurant! It is a lot different from what my group and are creating, an all-vegan restaurant. I cannot wait to see your finished product and compare it to what we are doing! It sounds to be pretty difficult, but it seems that you guys have really broken up the tasks well which makes it so much more organized!
2019-04-22T18:47:23Z
https://honeystivers.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/fictional-restaurant-whats-our-purpose-what-do-i-bring-to-this-project-whats-our-goals/
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It’s been six glorious days of rest, relaxation and riting here in Ban Lac village (yes, I know that’s spelled wrong, I’m going for the written as well as the auditory alliteration!). For most of the time I’ve been here, I’ve been the only overnight guest and I’ve luxuriated in the solitude, being served and sharing lovely meals of loads of morning glory, omelettes, tofu, rice, sautéed fruit, spring rolls, stuffed leaves, rice and pho every day (although they are getting a bit repetitive), and witnessing the daily life of the villagers. But today, that’s come to a crashing halt. Now, eleven other guests have descended upon my retreat, with more promised for tomorrow; so I’m adjusting to the radical segue, even as I sit here and write while they all gather for libations and chit-chat. The tourists who arrived were faced with the same challenge I encountered in finding a way to move about during this holiday week-end. Virtually all trains, buses, planes and hotels are booked solid. The Vietnamese are on the move! They only get two holidays a year – Tet (the biggest – a week-long celebration of Vietnamese New Year) and this one, a 2-day back-to-back holiday of April 30th, Reunification Day (and victory in the ‘American’ war) and May 1st, International Workers Day – and they take the time to travel and celebrate! After spending hours upon hours of internet research, sending emails searching for a room and receiving return after return email telling me the same thing – no vacancies, highly inflated room prices, and encouragement to come another time; it looked like I might be ‘stuck’ here in Ban Lac, Mai Chau, although there are certainly worse places where that could happen. Still, though, I remained determined to get there. The Sunday Market in Bac Ha was the big draw (different than the Big Draw, for you BE people!) – it’s the largest market in the entire Sapa region and one focused not on tourists, but where all the local H’mong, Dzao and many other Hill Tribe villagers gather together in their full regalia. But nothing was coming through and I hadn’t even gotten to the point of booking the train part yet. It didn’t make sense to book a train, I figured, with no room; and it didn’t seem like a good idea to arrive without a room in the midst of the busy-ness. What to do? I didn’t imagine I’d want to wait a whole ‘nother week for the next week-end market – that region is the coldest part of Vietnam; and as beautiful as it’s purported to be, I’m not quite up for a full week of freezing, although I’ll be glad to rid myself of schlepping the heavy jacket I bought in Dalat for the motorbike trip and for my Sapa visit. Finally, in my perseverance and determination, I received that one email I had been hoping for and even from the Guest House that was high on my list. Granted, the price was inflated from its normal one, but no matter – I’ll be able to go to the Bac Ha Market! Then onto the train booking, which was easier than I expected. Some cars are set aside by certain travel agents which are First Class and a step up from the normal carriages – the first travel agency I contacted had a sleeper for me and the man who works here went to Hanoi today to pick up my ticket and he’ll return it to me tomorrow for when I return to Hanoi to take the overnight sleeper train north. It’s Saturday morning now and I spent the rest of last night talking with the other tourists in my attempt to be at least a little bit social. They chipped in to have one of the local dance groups perform here at our Homestay, so that was fun, too. I especially enjoyed my conversations with the foursome of older Korean-Americans who live in Fairfield, California. One of the men even asked me for my blog address – I warned him that it can be a bit ‘out there’, perhaps risqué even. His response – “well, you’ve got to speak your truth when you’re writing, you can’t be writing for anyone else!” We were instant friends! The other highlight of the evening was talking with one of the local tour guides – Toan Manh – a very cute 21-year old Vietnamese young man who spoke quite good English, was studying Economics at the University in Hanoi and was only too eager to practice his English. Long after everyone else was fast asleep, our conversation continued well into the night; covering everything from his relationship with his girlfriend from whom he had recently broken up and how freed-up he felt as a result; to the political system in Vietnam (his voice got quieter at that point as he moved closer to me, lest someone hear his thoughts, although I reminded him that no one could understand what he was saying!); to my two marriages and my choice not to be a mother (such an anomaly, but one I wanted to be honest with him about, in the midst of our ‘real’ conversation); to his desires to be able to travel the world someday and how financially stymied he feels in being able to ever realize those dreams. He was well-read, able to discuss historical issues in his country and so very curious about life and values of other cultures. He smiled broadly throughout our time together and thanked me repeatedly for taking the time to talk with him. I reminded him that it was a great pleasure for me, too. We shared email addresses and he said he’d look me up on Facebook – he didn’t seem bothered that the government prohibits it – he knows how to access it, so that’s all that matters. Now today, I am packed and ready to move on. Sorta. I’ve loved my retreat here and I am sorry to miss this evening’s holiday celebrations. The town is filled with visiting Vietnamese people buzzing about and I imagine it will be quite a night! But it was a choice I had to make to be able to go north to the Market, so as always, in light of not being able to do it all, I will say good-bye to Ban Lac with deep satisfaction for my almost-week here. The tourists have taken off for their morning walk, which I will enjoy in quiet when they return (misanthrope I have apparently turned into!). For me, the morning has been a quiet one of the normal, simple tasks of life, ones I rather enjoy when I can do them with ease and in calm, without rushing to get anywhere else – I’ve gathered my things (ahem, I’ve added a few more, having not been able to resist some of the local crafts), gave myself a much-needed but not severe haircut, refreshed my purple toes, did a bit of laundry and readied myself for yet another full day of travel. I feel peaceful and relaxed; and as I see a few of my shirts and my sleep sack hanging and drying nearby in the breeze, they somehow symbolize the ways that I have come to feel quite at home here. Ahhhh, the Vietnamese woman who works here and has sometimes been my only companion, just walked by and gave me a big hug and a squeeze, punctuated by her ever-present giggles. Last night Toan did some translating for us as we haven’t been able to say more than a few words to one another this whole week. She’s taught me a few Vietnamese words, but had little interest in taking on any English ones. She had a lot of questions and things to say to me. “What is she writing about? Why is she traveling alone? Tell her that I’ll miss her very much when she leaves.” Very sweet. About now, it’s time for that walk, then lunch and onto my 4-hour, easy, comfy tourist shuttle to Hanoi! Ciao and Mille Grazie Ban Lac!
2019-04-18T18:40:03Z
https://quiveringexuberance.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/saying-good-bye-to-ban-lac-mai-chau-as-the-village-readies-for-reunification-day-celebrations/
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Densification agent and oil treated cellulose fibers exhibit densification properties that are superior to oil treated fibers that have not been treated with a densification agent and cellulose fibers that have not been treated with oil or a densification agent. The densification agent and oil treated cellulose fibers are useful in absorbent articles that may contain superabsorbent materials. The present invention relates to cellulose fibers that have been treated with an oil and a densification agent to modify the properties of the cellulose fibers and to methods for producing such modified cellulose fibers. In the production of absorbent articles, such as diapers and incontinent devices, it is known to combine superabsorbent materials and cellulose fibers to form an absorbent core. The absorbent core receives fluid to be absorbed and retains the fluid. When superabsorbent materials are in the form of powder or small particles, it is a challenge to retain the superabsorbent material in the absorbent core which comprises a matrix of fibers, commonly cellulose fibers. Various methods of retaining superabsorbent material in an absorbent core have been described. For example, it has been proposed that the cellulose fibers be embedded within the surface of the superabsorbent material. Another approach described in International Publication Nos. WO 94/04352 and WO 94/04351 assigned to the assignee of the present application provides polymeric or non-polymeric binders between the superabsorbent material and the fiber. The binder is described as binding the superabsorbent material to the fiber through hydrogen or coordinate covalent bonds. The noted international publications describe that the addition of small amounts of moisture to the particles or fibers is desirable to promote binding between the superabsorbent material and the fibers. The moisture is described as being provided naturally by the ambient environment such as when the relative humidity of the environment where the superabsorbent material, binder and fibers are combined is approximately 60% to 75%, or higher. In instances where it is determined that the moisture is necessary and the relative humidity is below a desired level, capital equipment can be used in order to humidify the manufacturing location where the superabsorbent material, binder and fibers are contacted. While humidifying the manufacturing location is effective, it requires a capital investment and increases the costs of production. Retaining the superabsorbent material in an absorbent core over an extended period of time is another challenge that faces manufacturers. The retention of superabsorbent materials in the absorbent core may fail over time for a number of reasons such as vigorous handling of the absorbent core which results in dislodgment of the superabsorbent material or a reduction in the moisture content of the absorbent core. Diapers including an absorbent core of superabsorbent material and cellulose fibers are typically manufactured by a process that combines cellulose fibers and superabsorbent material. In such a process, rolls or bales of cellulose fibers without superabsorbent material are fiberized by a fiberizing apparatus such as a hammermill. These fiberized cellulose fibers are entrained in air and superabsorbent material is introduced to the air entrained fibers. The air entrained combination of cellulose fibers and superabsorbent material is delivered to an air lay device such as a pad former, which draws the fibers and superabsorbent material onto a screen and forms the fibers and superabsorbent material into a particular shape. These formed pads are then removed from the pad former for further processing, including subjecting the formed pads to compression in order to densify the pad by decreasing its thickness. Reducing the thickness of the formed pads which are used in diapers is important to diaper manufacturers so that they can reduce the size of packaging which allows them to ship more diapers per volume and to display a larger number of diapers in a limited amount of shelf space. In addition, consumers find thinner diapers more desirable. The inventors of the subject application have described in their prior application Ser. No. 10/635,062, filed on Aug. 5, 2003, the use of oil applied to fibers or superabsorbent material to achieve attachment of superabsorbent material to fibers. The inventors' additional work in this area has led them to observe that when oil is applied to fibers and pads are formed from such oil treated fibers, the pads when compressed to increase their density do not densify to as great a degree as pads that include fibers that have not been treated with an oil. With this background, the present inventors have worked to address the challenges above and have developed compositions and methods that employ oil to assist in the retention of superabsorbent materials and which can be compressed to achieve articles of desirable densities. The present invention provides fibers treated with oil and a densification agent that are useful in absorbent cores formed from the treated fibers and superabsorbent materials. The compositions of the present invention can be formed into absorbent articles for absorbing fluids such as aqueous fluids like urine or blood. The compositions are useful in methods for retaining superabsorbent materials in webs or masses of fibers commonly used as absorbent structures in absorbent articles such as diapers, incontinent devices and feminine hygiene products. The methods provide absorbent structures that are able to retain superabsorbent materials at a level that manufacturers of absorbent articles should find desirable. The compositions of the present invention can be compressed to densities that manufacturers of absorbent articles should find desirable. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a cellulose pulp sheet that includes cellulose fibers, an oil applied to the cellulose fibers, and a densification agent applied to the cellulose fibers. The cellulose pulp sheet can be fiberized into individualized fibers, laid into a pad, and then compressed. The invention also relates to a method for producing a cellulose pulp sheet which includes the steps of providing a cellulose pulp sheet, applying an oil to the cellulose pulp sheet, and applying a densification agent to the cellulose pulp sheet. In another aspect, the present invention relates to a method for producing a densified web of cellulose fibers that includes the step of providing cellulose fibers. The cellulose fibers are treated with an oil and a densification agent before being fiberized. The fiberized cellulose fibers are compressed to form a densified web. In yet another aspect, the present invention relates to a method for modifying the densification properties of cellulose fibers treated with an oil. In this aspect, the fibers before treatment with the oil, and after application and removal of a compression load, can be densified to a first density. The oil treated fibers when subjected to the same compression load and release can be densified to a second density wherein the first density is greater than the second density. The method of this aspect of the present invention includes applying a densification agent to the oil treated fibers. The densification agent is applied to the oil treated fibers in an amount that results in the fibers treated with the oil and the densification agent densifying to a third density when subjected to and released from the compression load. The third density being greater than the first density. Manufacturers of absorbent articles will find the oil and densification agent treated fibers of the present invention useful in their absorbent products due to the densification properties of cellulose pulp fibers treated in accordance with the present invention. The methods of the present invention provide suitable means for producing the cellulose pulp fibers that exhibit superabsorbent retention properties and densification properties that absorbent article manufacturers should find desirable. FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of a wet laid web manufacturing line illustrating the application of a densification agent to a wet laid web of cellulose fibers in accordance with the present invention. As used herein, the term “fiber” refers to natural or synthetic fibers. Such fibers may be physically pretreated, e.g., by subjecting the fibers to steam, or chemically treated, e.g., by crosslinking the fibers. The fibers may also be twisted or crimped as desired. A particular type of fiber are cellulose fibers. A particular example of a cellulose fiber is wood pulp fiber. Wood pulp fibers can be hardwood pulp fibers or softwood pulp fibers. The pulp fibers may be chemical, thermomechanical, chemithermomechanical or combinations thereof. Such wood pulp fibers can be obtained from well known chemical processes such as the kraft or sulfite processes. Other cellulose fibers include lyocell, linen, chopped silk fibers, bagasse, hemp, jute, rice, wheat, bamboo, corn, sisal, cotton, flax, kenaf, peat moss, and mixtures thereof. When the fibers are cellulose fibers, they may be pretreated with chemicals to result in lignin or cellulose-rich fiber surfaces. In addition, the fibers may be bleached. Examples of synthetic fibers include acrylic, polyester, carboxylated polyolefin, and polyamine fibers. As used herein, the term “superabsorbent material” refers to polymers that swell on exposure to water and form a hydrated gel (hydrogel) by absorbing large amounts of water. Superabsorbent materials exhibit the ability to absorb large quantities of liquid, i.e., in excess of 10 to 15 parts of liquid per part thereof. These superabsorbent materials generally fall into three classes, namely starch graft copolymers, crosslinked carboxymethylcellulose derivatives and modified hydrophilic polyacrylates. Examples of such absorbent polymers are hydrolyzed starch-acrylonitrile graft copolymer, a neutralized starch-acrylic acid graft copolymer, a saponified acrylic acid ester-vinyl acetate copolymer, a hydrolyzed acrylonitrile copolymer or acrylamide copolymer, a modified crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol, a neutralized self-crosslinking polyacrylic acid, a crosslinked polyacrylate salt, carboxylated cellulose, and a neutralized crosslinked isobutylene-maleic anhydride copolymer. Superabsorbent particles are available commercially, for example starch graft polyacrylate hydrogel fines (IM 1000F) from Hoechst-Celanese of Portsmouth, Va., or larger particles such as granules. Other superabsorbent particles are marketed under the trademarks SANWET (supplied by Sanyo Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha), SUMIKA GEL (supplied by Sumitomo Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha and which is emulsion polymerized and spherical as opposed to solution polymerized ground particles), FAVOR (supplied by Stockhausen of Greensboro, N.C.), and NORSOCRYL (supplied by Atochem). The term oil as used generally applies to a wide range of substances. Oils may be derived from animals or from plant seeds or nuts, and these types of oils tend to be chemically identical with fats, with the only difference being one of consistency at room temperature. Animal and plant oils are composed largely of triglycerides of the fatty acids, oleic, palmitic, stearic, and linolenic acid. Oils may also be derived from petroleum sources. Petroleum-based oils generally include a mixture of hydrocarbons. As used herein, the term “oil” refers to oils that have melting points below the temperature at which the oil is applied to the fibers as described below in more detail. Such temperature will generally be below 25° C., but could be higher. If the melting point of the oil is greater than the ambient temperature at which the oil is applied to the fibers, the oil can be heated to liquefy it. This ensures that the oils remain liquid during their application to the fibers. Oils useful in the present invention should also have a vapor pressure sufficiently low to prevent evaporation either during their application or during use. The oil should not penetrate the walls of the fibers so rapidly that it becomes unavailable to retain the superabsorbent material when superabsorbent material is contacted with the oil treated fibers. The oil preferably resides on the surface of the fibers during the useful life of the absorbent article made from the fibers. To that end, oils of higher molecular weight penetrate the fiber wall more slowly than oils of a lower molecular weight. Examples of “oils” as that term is used herein include fats and their component fatty acids. As described above, fats are naturally occurring esters of long chain carboxylic acids and the triol glycerol. These esters are also referred to as triglycerides. The hydrolysis of fats yields glycerol and three component carboxylic acids. These straight chain carboxylic acids which may be obtained from the hydrolysis of fats are called fatty acids and include one carboxylic acid group. Fatty acids may be saturated or unsaturated. The most common saturated fatty acids are lauric acid, myristic acid, paimitic acid, and stearic acid. Other fatty acids include oleic acid, linoleic acid, and linolenic acid. Generally, the melting point of a fat depends on the amount of unsaturation in the fatty acids. Fats with a preponderance of unsaturated fatty acids generally have melting points below about 25° C. Specific examples of oils as that term is used herein include soybean oil, cottonseed oil, linseed oil, tung oil, castor oil, coconut oil, olive oil, canola oil, safflower oil, corn oil or jojoba oil. Jojoba oil is a light yellow liquid at room temperature that is not technically an oil or fat, but rather is a wax. A wax is an ester of fatty acids with long chain monohydric alcohols. The term oil as used herein is intended to include jojoba oil and other waxes that are liquid at temperatures that they are applied to fibers. It should be understood that the foregoing is a list of exemplary oils and that oils useful in the context of the present invention are not necessarily limited to the foregoing oils. It should be understood that use of the term “oil” in this application refers not only to the oil itself comprising a mixture of various fat and fatty acid components, but also includes the individual isolated fats, and the isolated fatty acids that result when the fats are hydrolyzed. For example, the term “oil” as used herein also refers to the fatty acids oleic, palmitic, stearic, and linolenic, that form the most common triglycerides in many oils derived from animals and plants and would be useful to retain superabsorbent material in an absorbent structure comprising oil-treated fibers and superabsorbent material. The term “oil” as used herein also refers to unsubstituted alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, cycloalkanes, cycloalkenes, cycloalkynes, aromatics, and mixtures thereof derived from petroleum or animal sources that have melting points below the temperature at which the oil is applied to the fibers, e.g., about 25° C. Such oils are generally derived from petroleum sources, but may also be derived from animal sources. Oils of this type useful in the present invention should have vapor pressure sufficiently low to prevent evaporation of the oil during application or use. Specific examples of these types of oils include mineral oil, paraffin oil, hexadecane, squalane, and squalene. As used herein, mineral oil is an example of a highly refined liquid petroleum derivative. Mineral oil is light, clear, colorless, and odorless and is also referred to as medicinal oil. Mineral oil is used medicinally as an internal lubricant and for the manufacture of salves and ointments. Paraffin oil is an example of an oil that is either pressed or dry distilled from paraffin distillate obtained from the distillation of petroleum. Squalane is an example of an alkane derived from animal sources, such as the sebum. Squalene is an example of an alkene; more specifically, a terpene derived from animal sources, such as the human sebum or shark liver oil. Squalene may also be isolated from oils derived from plants, such as olive oil, wheat germ oil, rice bran oil, and yeast. As used herein, the term saccharide refers to mono-, di-, oligo-, and polysaccharides. Monosaccharides are carbohydrates that cannot be hydrolyzed into smaller, simpler carbohydrates. Examples of monosaccharides include glucose, fructose, glyceraldehyde, dihydroxyacetone, erythrose, threose, ribose, deoxyribose, galactose, and the like. Disaccharides are carbohydrates that on a molar basis undergo hydrolysis to produce only two moles of a monosaccharide. Examples of disaccharides include maltose, sucrose, cellobiose, lactose, and the like. Oligosaccharides are carbohydrates that on a molar basis undergo hydrolysis to produce 3 to 10 moles of a monosaccharide. Examples of oligosaccharides include those found in corn syrups and other mixtures of breakdown products from polysaccharides, and the like. Polysaccharides are carbohydrates that on a molar basis undergo hydrolysis to produce more than ten moles of a monosaccharide. Examples of polysaccharides include starch, chitin, hemicelluloses such as galactomannan, other polysaccharides found in seaweed, and the like. Active(s) as that term is used herein refers to the non-water components of a composition. For instance, for high fructose corn syrup the term “actives” refers to the solids content of the high fructose corn syrup. It should be understood that the term saccharide as used herein not only refers to individual saccharides such as glucose, fructose, or lactose, but also includes mixtures of monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and/or polysaccharides. Examples of saccharides that include a mixture of monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, or polysaccharides include corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, and honey. Corn syrup is generally a mixture of dextrose (glucose), maltose, and maltodextrines and is available from numerous commercial sources. High fructose corn syrup generally includes fructose, dextrose, disaccharides, and other saccharides. Corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup typically are available as aqueous solutions and have a solids content that ranges from 70 to 85 wt. %. An exemplary high fructose corn syrup is available from Archer-Daniels Midland Company under the trademark Corn Sweet® 42. It should be understood that other high fructose corn syrups that are available from Archer-Daniels Midland Company and other commercial sources are useful in the present invention. Honey useful in accordance with the present invention contains fructose and glucose as the predominate carbohydrates, with maltose and sucrose present in small percentages. Honey is available from numerous commercial sources. In accordance with the present invention, the oil can be applied to the fiber in a number of different ways. The particular way that oil is applied to the fibers is not critical. Examples of techniques for applying oil to the fibers include the use of a gravure-type roll coater to coat a web of the fibers. Alternatively, oil can be sprayed onto a web of the fibers or the fibers can be immersed in a bath of oil. The oil may also be added to the fibers as a web of the fibers is being broken up, such as in a hammermill. The amount of oil applied to the fibers should be sufficient to achieve retention of superabsorbent material, but not so much as to have a significant adverse affect on the fluid absorption properties of the fibers, such as the fluid acquisition rate or the amount of fluid absorbed by a web of the fibers. Manufacturers of absorbent articles that include absorbent structures containing oil-treated fibers desire that the fluid absorption properties of such structures be similar to or superior to the fluid absorption properties of the absorbent structures that the manufacturer is considering replacing. Ideally, the absorbent structures would exhibit fluid acquisition properties that are at least as desirable as the fluid acquisition properties of similar absorbent structures manufactured from untreated fibers. The amount of oil applied to the fibers should also not be so great that it adversely impacts the fiberization of the web of oil-treated fibers. Suitable amounts of oil applied to the fibers include about 0.5 wt. % to about 20 wt. % oil based on the weight of oven dried fibers. A narrower range is 1.0 wt. % to about 15 wt. % oil based on the weight of oven dried fibers and an even narrower range is 1.0 wt. % to about 10 wt. % oil based on the weight of oven dried fibers. The form of the fibers to which the oil is applied can vary. If a roll coater is used, the fibers can be in the form of a sheet of fibers. For example, the oil can be applied to a wet laid sheet of fibers having a basis weight of at least 350 grams per meter2 and a density of at least about 400 kg/meter3. The oil may be added neat, or it may be diluted with solvent that evaporates after application of the oil to the fibers. The solvent should not adversely affect the attachment of superabsorbent material to the fibers or the fluid acquisition and fluid retention properties of an absorbent article that contains the treated fibers. In accordance with the present invention, a densification agent is applied to the oil treated fibers in order to modify the densification properties of the oil treated fibers. As discussed above, and as illustrated in the examples in this application, fibers treated with oils as described above, when subjected to and released from a compression load, do not densify to as high a density as fibers that have not been treated with an oil when they are subjected to the same compression load. When the oil treated fibers are treated with densification agent in accordance with the present invention, the oil and densification agent treated fibers when subjected to and released from a compression load densify to a density that is higher than the density that is achieved when fibers that have not been treated with oil and a densification agent are subjected to the same compression loading and releasing. Densification agents useful in accordance with the present invention include saccharides, agents having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality and saccharides in combination with at least one agent having hydrogen bonding functionality. Useful saccharides have been described above. The solids content of the saccharide applied to the cellulose pulp sheet as a densification agent is preferably less than about 65 wt. %. When corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, honey, or sucrose is used as the source of saccharide, they can be diluted with water in order to reduce the solids content to below about 65 wt. %. The following description of the application of the densification agent proceeds with reference to a cellulose pulp sheet. It should be understood that the densification agents can be applied to fibers that are in forms other than a cellulose pulp sheet, for example, fibers that have been separated from a pulp sheet. In accordance with the present invention, the amount of densification agent added to the cellulose pulp sheet can vary over a wide range. Lower amounts of densification agent actives in the treated cellulose sheets are within the present invention; for example, amounts down to about 0.5 wt. % based on the dry fiber content of the cellulose pulp sheet are within the scope of the present invention. On the upper end, the amount of densification agent added to the cellulose pulp sheet is generally limited to an amount that maintains the water content of the cellulose pulp sheet below about 20 wt. %. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, the densification agent is added to the cellulose pulp sheet in an amount that results in an actives content of less than about 20 wt. % based on the weight of dry cellulose fiber in the treated cellulose pulp sheet and more preferably less than about 10 wt. %. Useful results are achieved with actives loading ranging from about 3 to about 8 wt. % based on dry fiber. Sufficient amounts of densification agent actives should be added to the cellulose pulp sheet so that when the cellulose pulp sheet is fiberized the resulting fibers exhibit densification properties that are superior to the densification properties of fibers that have been treated with an oil, but not been treated with a densification agent. As noted above, such actives content can be achieved using a densification agent that has been diluted with water. The extent of the dilution of the densification agent, and therefore the ratio of water to densification agent actives, should be selected so that the desired degree of densification agent actives can be achieved without introducing so much water to the pulp sheet that the pulp sheet becomes difficult to fiberize due to the addition of excess water. It is well known that pulp which is too wet is difficult to fiberize. The dilution should not be so great that when the densification agent solution is added to the cellulose pulp sheet to achieve the desired densification agent active content, the densification agent and oil treated cellulose pulp sheet does not exhibit the desired densification properties. A water content of the cellulose pulp sheet after being treated with densification agent of about 10 wt. % based on the weight of the total product is exemplary. Lower water contents are contemplated with an upper limit of about 15-20 wt. % based on the need to avoid poor fiberization. The densification agent is applied to the cellulose pulp sheet in a number of different ways. The present invention is not limited to any particular application technique. Examples of suitable application techniques include spraying, rolling, dipping, and the like. The densification agent can be applied to one or both sides of the cellulose pulp sheet. Alternatively, the densification agent can be applied to fibers that are not in sheet form, e.g., individualized fibers. The densification agent can be heated prior to its application, although this is not required. For example, when the densification agent includes only a saccharide as described below in more detail, heating the densification agent before application and/or applying it to fibers at a temperature above about 20° C. promotes the objectives of improving the densification properties of the fibers in accordance with the present invention. As noted above, the densification agents of the present invention can include a saccharide as described above, or they can include a saccharide in combination with an agent that has at least one hydrogen bonding functionality, or they can include an agent that has at least one hydrogen bonding functionality. Useful saccharides have been described above. Suitable agents having hydrogen bonding functionality are described below in more detail. Useful agents having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality can be either polymeric or nonpolymeric chemicals. A plurality of suitable agents having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,641,561; U.S. Pat. No. 5,789,326; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,547,541 with reference to various polymeric binders and nonpolymeric binders. These discussions regarding the polymeric binders and nonpolymeric binders and their ability to effect the densification properties of cellulose are expressly incorporated herein by reference. Such agents have a volatility less than water. The vapor pressure of the agent may, for example, be less than 10 mm Hg at 25° C., and more preferably less than 1 mm Hg at 25° C. The agents include molecules that have at least one functional group capable of forming a hydrogen bond. Suitable densification agents include non-polymeric materials that have a functional group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl, a carboxylate, a carbonyl, a sulfonic acid, a sulfonate, a phosphate, a phosphoric acid, a hydroxyl, an amide, an amine, and combinations thereof. As used herein, the term “non-polymeric” refers to a monomer, a dimer, a trimer, tetramer, and oligomers. Examples of agents having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality useful as a component of the densification agents of the present invention that include the functional groups set forth above include carboxylic acids, alcohols, amino acids, amino alcohols, hydroxy acids, sulfonic acids, sulfonates, amino-sulfonic acids, non-polymeric polyamides, and non-polymeric polyamines. Suitable carboxylic acids include non-polymeric polycarboxylic acids that contain more than one carboxylic acid functional group such as citric acid, propane tricarboxylic acid, maleic acid, butane tetracarboxylic acid, cyclopentane tetracarboxylic acid, benzene tetracarboxylic acid, tartaric acid, and ascorbic acid. Exemplary alcohols include polyols, primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, or tertiary alcohols. A polyol is an alcohol that contains a plurality of hydroxyl groups, and includes diols such as the glycols (dihydric alcohols), ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, trimethylene glycol; and triols such as glycerin. Other useful polyols include pentaerythritol and sorbitol. Esters of hydroxyl containing binders also may be used with mono- and diesters of glycerin, such as monoglycerides and diglycerides, being particular examples. Useful amino acids include glycine, alanine, valine, serine, threonine, cysteine, glutamic acid, lysine, or beta-alanine. Exemplary amino alcohols are alcohols that contain an amino group (—NR2), and include ethanolamine (2-aminoethanol) and diglycolamine (2-(2-aminoethoxy) ethanol). Useful hydroxy acids are acids that contain a hydroxyl group, including hydroxy acetic acid, lactic acid, tartaric acid, ascorbic acid, citric acid, and salicylic acid. Useful sulfonic acids and sulfonates contain a sulfonic acid group (—SO3H) or a sulfonate (—SO− 3). Useful amino sulfonic acids include taurine, which is 2-aminoethane sulfonic acid. Useful non-polymeric polyamides have more than one amide group, such as oxamide, urea, and biuret. Useful non-polymeric polyamines include amines that have more than one amine group, such as ethylenediamine, ethylenldiaminetetraacetic acid, or the amino acids asparagine or glutamine. Other useful agents having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality include glyoxal, phosphates and phosphoric acids. Each of the agents described above is capable of forming hydrogen bonds because it has a functional group that contains electronegative atoms, particularly oxygens or nitrogens, or has electronegative groups, particularly groups containing oxygens or nitrogens and that also includes a hydrogen. The amino alcohols, amino acids, carboxylic acids, alcohols and hydroxy acids all have a hydroxyl group in which a hydrogen is bound to an electronegative oxygen, creating a dipole that leaves the hydrogen partially positively charged. The amino alcohols, amino acids, amides, and amines all have an NR group in which a hydrogen may be bound to an electronegative nitrogen that also leaves the hydrogen partially positively charged. The partially positively charged hydrogen in both cases can interact with an electronegative element, such as oxygen or nitrogen, to form hydrogen bonds. The polycarboxylic acids, hydroxy acids, amino acids, and amines also have a carboxyl group with an electronegative oxygen that can interact with hydrogen atoms. Similarly, hydrogen atoms that have positive dipoles can interact with electronegative atoms such as oxygen or nitrogen to form hydrogen bonds. Particular families of agents having hydrogen bonding functionality useful as a component in the densification agents of the present invention include alcohols, hydroxy acids, and polycarboxylic acids. These families of agents having hydrogen bonding functionality are desirable due to their general acceptance by customers of the products into which the fibers of the present invention are incorporated. The following discussion proceeds with reference to these specific examples of agents having hydrogen bonding functionality, however, it should be understood that the present invention is not so limited. The following description also discusses the present invention with reference to the specific saccharide high fructose corn syrup; however, it should be understood that the present invention is not so limited. The following description is equally applicable to a densification agent that includes only a saccharide or one that includes only an agent having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality. As noted above, a densification agent that includes a saccharide and at least one material having hydrogen bonding functionality can be applied to cellulose fibers that have been treated with an oil to produce fibers that exhibit desirable densification properties. The densification agents can be formed by mixing saccharide(s) with the agent(s) having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality. Water may be added to the mixture depending on the water content of the various components. In particular embodiments, the weight ratio of the saccharide to the agent(s) having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality in the densification agent ranges from 100:0, that is, saccharide only to about 0:100, that is, no saccharide present, only the non-saccharide densification agent. A narrower range for the ratio of saccharide to non-saccharide actives component in the densification agent ranges from about 70:30 to about 85:15. An exemplary ratio is 80:20 saccharide: other agent. The foregoing weight ratios are based on the weight of the actives in the components making up the densification agent. It should be understood that as the amount of the densification agent applied varies, the amount of the various components in the densification agent can change in order to achieve the desired levels of agent loading described above. FIG. 3 illustrates a wet laid sheet manufacturing line such as a wood cellulose pulp sheet manufacturing line 10. In this manufacturing line, a pulp slurry 12 is delivered from a headbox 14 through a slice 16 and onto a Fourdrinier wire 18. The pulp slurry 12 typically includes wood pulp fibers and may also include synthetic or other non-cellulose fibers as part of the slurry. Water is drawn from the pulp deposited on wire 18 by a conventional vacuum system, not shown, leaving a deposited pulp sheet 20 which is carried through a dewatering station 22, illustrated in this case as two sets of calendar rolls 24, 26 each defining a respective nip through which the pulp sheet or mat 20 passes. From the dewatering station, the pulp sheet 20 enters a drying section 30. In a conventional pulp sheet manufacturing line, drying section 30 may include multiple canister dryers with the pulp mat 20 following a serpentine path around the respective canister dryers and emerging as a dried sheet or mat 32 from the outlet of the drying section 30. Other alternate drying mechanisms, alone or in addition to canister dryers, may be included in the drying stage 30. The dried pulp sheet 32 has a maximum moisture content pursuant to the manufacturer's specifications. Typically, the maximum moisture content is no more than 10% by weight of the fibers and most preferably no more than about 6% to 8% by weight. Unless overly damp fibers are immediately used these fibers are subject to degradation by, for example, mold or the like. The dried sheet 32 is taken up on a roll 40 for transportation to a remote location, that is, one separate from the pulp sheet manufacturing line, such as at a user's plant for use in manufacturing products. The dried pulp sheets have a basis weight of about 200 g/m2 to about 1000 g/m2 or more and a density on the order of at least about 0.5 g/cm3 to about 1.2 g/cm3. Dried pulp sheets having the foregoing basis weights are structurally distinct form lighter basis weight sheets of wet laid or airlaid wood pulp fibers such as tissue paper, paper towels, or other types of paper-like wet laid or airlaid webs of cellulose fibers. Alternatively, the dried sheet 32 is collected in a baling apparatus 42 from which bales of the pulp 44 are obtained for transport to a remote location. The oil and densification agents of the present invention can be applied to the pulp sheet from one or more applying devices, one of which is indicated at 50 in FIG. 3. Any applying device may be used, such as streamers, sprayers, roll coaters, curtain coaters, immersion applicators, or the like. Sprayers are typically easier to utilize and incorporate into a pulp-sheet manufacturing line. As indicated by the arrows 52, 54, and 56, the oil and densification agents may be applied at various locations or at multiple locations on the pulp sheet manufacturing line, such as ahead of the drying stage 30 (indicated by line 52), intermediate the drying stage 30 (as indicated by line 54), or downstream from the drying stage 30 (as indicated by the line 56). At location 52, the water remaining in the sheet or mat 20 at this stage tends to interfere with the penetration of the materials into the sheet. Consequently, application of the oil and densification agent after some drying has taken place, for example at location 54, is preferable. If the oil and densification agent is applied at location 56 in an amount which would cause the moisture content of the sheet to exceed the desired maximum level, an additional drying stage (not shown) may be included in the pulp manufacturing line to bring the moisture content down to the desired level. The rolls 40 or bales 44 of the treated wet laid web of fibers may be transported to a remote location for use by a user. These rolls or bales are then refiberized by a fiberizing device, such as a hammermill which may be used alone or in conjunction with other devices such as picker rolls or the like for breaking up the sheet 32 or bales 42 into individual fibers. Depending on the end use, the individualized fibers may be combined with particulate material, such as superabsorbent particles, and/or airlaid into a web and densified. With this approach, the end user of the treated fibers may readily select particles to be combined with the fibers. The user has flexibility in air laying or otherwise processing the treated fibers of the present invention into a finished product. The oil and densification agent treated fibers and superabsorbent material can be combined and then formed into an absorbent structure in the following manner. Rolls or bales of treated fibers, without particles, are fiberized by a fiberizing device such as a hammermill. The individualized fibers are air entrained during which time the superabsorbent material can be added thereto. The air entrained fibers and superabsorbent material are then delivered to an air laying device, such as a pocket former, and formed into a desired shape. The formed pad is removed from the air laying device for further processing, including subjecting the pad to a compression load to reduce the thickness of the pad and increase its density. The formed pads are in the form of a web or mass of fibers used as absorbent structures in absorbent articles such as the ones discussed above. The webs or masses of fibers have basis weights ranging from about 100 to about 1000 grams per square meter (gsm), thicknesses ranging from about 1-6.66 millimeters and densities ranging from 0.15 to about 1 g/cm3. It should be understood that in an alternative embodiment, the oil and densification agent can be applied to the fibers while they are air entrained. As illustrated in the examples that follow, the addition of densification agents to oil treated fibers in accordance with the present invention does not significantly affect the superabsorbent retention properties of the oil treated fibers. As illustrated in the examples that follow, oil treated fibers treated with a densification agent in accordance with the present invention exhibit desirable densification properties. The following examples are intended to illustrate certain embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Two 100-foot rolls of Southern Pine fluff in sheet form available from Weyerhaeuser Company under the designation NB 416 from New Bern, N.C. with a starting moisture content of 6% by weight (based on total sheet weight) were coated in a Black Brothers gravure-type roll coater with a solution of high fructose corn syrup. The gravure coater results in the application of a uniform coating of the high fructose corn syrup solution over one entire surface of the pulp sheet from where it is rapidly soaked up by the sheet. The high fructose corn syrup was obtained from Archer-Daniels Midland Company of Decatur, Ill. under the trademark CORN SWEET® 42. The high fructose corn syrup had an actives content of 71% with the balance being water. The high fructose corn syrup was diluted with water to an active content of 48.6 wt. % based on total solution weight and applied to the wood pulp sheet to achieve a loading of actives on a dry basis (i.e., corn syrup solids) of 5 wt. % based on the dry fiber content of the pulp sheet. After application of the high fructose corn syrup, the opposite side of the sheets were coated with an oil using a Black Brothers gravure-type roll coater. The oil was a mineral oil obtained from Chevron Texaco Corporation under the designation Superla 35. The mineral oil was applied to a loading of 3 wt. % oil based on the dry fiber content of the sheet. The resulting sheets were fiberized and formed into pads using a Fitz hammermill feeding an M&J continuous air lay pad forming device. Pads were formed comprising treated fibers only, having a basis weight of 300 grams per square meter, and pads comprising 60 wt. % treated fibers and 40 wt. % superabsorbent material for a total basis weight of 500 grams per square meter. Three 10 cm×10 cm pads were cut from the larger formed pads and conditioned for at least two hours at 50% relative humidity. Each pad was then subjected to a compression load sequentially of 50 psi, 100 psi, and 150 psi, using a platen press. The pressure applied by the platen press was relieved immediately upon reaching the target pressure value. The density of each pad at each pressure increment was measured within 5 seconds of relieving the pressure. The density of the pad was determined by measuring pad thickness by using a device that does not materially compress the sample, weighing the pad, and calculating density as Density=Weight/(10 cm×10 cm×Thickness), where the units of thickness are cm, weight is grams, and density is grams/cubic centimeter. The results are expressed as Sample 2 in Table 1 below as a percentage of the density achieved when a control comprising untreated wood pulp fiber was processed as described above. The foregoing procedure was repeated with the exception that the oil loading was 5 wt. % on dry fiber. The results for this sample are summarized in Table 1 below under the designation Sample 3. The above procedure for Sample 3 was repeated, substituting an 80/20 wt. to weight percent blend of actives from the high fructose corn syrup and propylene glycol. The propylene glycol was obtained from Integra Chemical of Renton, Wash., and had a water content of less than one percent. The resulting high fructose corn syrup and propylene glycol solution was 52.7 wt. % actives, the balance water. This composition was applied to the pulp sheets to a loading of 6 wt. % actives based on the weight of dry fibers. The results for this sample are summarized in Table 1 below under Sample 4. The procedure above for Sample 2 was repeated on a single 100-foot roll of pulp. For this sample, no high fructose corn syrup or propylene glycol was applied and only mineral oil was applied to a loading of 10.6 wt. % on dry fiber. When this pulp sample was fiberized, it was fed to the hammermill device along with a roll of untreated pulp. This combination of two sheets feeding the hammermill, one coated and the other not, lead to a final oil loading of 5.3 wt. % on dry fiber. The results for this sample are summarized in Table 1 below under Sample 5 as a comparative example. The information set forth in Table 1 is graphically illustrated in FIG. 1 (no sap) and FIG. 2 (40 wt. % superabsorbent material). The reference numbers in FIGS. 1 and 2 correspond to the Sample Nos. in Table 1. The examples above illustrate that the application of high fructose corn syrup alone or in combination with an agent having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality to wood pulp cellulose fibers treated with an oil improves the densification properties of the oil-treated fibers. a densification agent applied to the cellulose fibers. 2. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 1, wherein the cellulose fibers are wood pulp fibers. 3. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 1, wherein the oil has a melting point below about 25° C. 4. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 1, wherein the oil comprises a triglyceride. 5. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 1, wherein the oil is a fatty acid. 6. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 1, wherein the oil is olive oil, soybean oil, safflower oil, cottonseed oil, linseed oil, tung oil, castor oil, coconut oil, canola oil, corn oil, or jojoba oil. 7. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 1, wherein the oil is saturated or unsaturated alkane, alkene, alkyne, cycloalkane, cycloalkene, cycloalkyne, or combinations thereof. 8. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 1, wherein the oil is petroleum derived. 9. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 8, wherein the oil is selected from the group consisting of mineral oil, hexadecane, squalane, and squalene. 10. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 1, wherein the oil is present on the fibers in an amount ranging from about 0.5 to 20 wt. % based on the weight of dry fibers. 11. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 1, wherein the densification agent comprises an agent having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality. 12. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 1, wherein the densification agent comprises a saccharide. 13. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 12, wherein the densification agent further comprises at least one agent having hydrogen bonding functionality. 14. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 11 or 13, wherein the agent having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality is selected from the group consisting of alcohols, hydroxy acids, and polycarboxylic acids. 15. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 14, wherein the alcohols are selected from the group consisting of polyols and glycols. 16. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 13, wherein the weight ratio of saccharide actives to actives in the at least one agent having a hydrogen bonding functionality in the densification agent ranges from about 70:30 to about 85:15. 17. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 11 or 13, wherein the densification agent is present in an amount ranging from about 0.5 to about 20 wt. % actives based on dry weight of the fibers. 18. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 14, wherein hydroxy acid is lactic acid. 19. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 12, wherein the saccharide is a high fructose corn syrup. 20. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 19 having a densification agent actives content ranging from about 3 to about 8 wt. %. 21. The cellulose pulp sheet of claim 11, wherein the agent having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality is propylene glycol. applying a densification agent to the cellulose pulp sheet. 23. The method of claim 22, wherein the oil and the densification agent are applied to the cellulose pulp sheet simultaneously. 24. The method of claim 20, wherein the oil is applied to a first side of the cellulose pulp sheet and the densification agent is applied to a second side of the cellulose pulp sheet, the first side being opposite the second side. 25. The method of claim 22, wherein the densification agent comprises an agent having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality. 26. The method of claim 22, wherein the densification agent comprises a saccharide. 27. The method of claim 26, wherein the densification agent further comprises an agent having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality. 28. The method of claim 22, wherein the densification agent is applied in an amount resulting in the application of about 0.5 to about 20 wt. % actives based on dry weight of the fibers. 30. The method of claim 29, wherein the densification agent comprises an agent having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality. 31. The method of claim 29, wherein the densification agent comprises a saccharide. 32. The method of claim 31, wherein the densification agent further comprises an agent having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality. 33. The method of claim 29, wherein the cellulose fibers treated with an oil and a densification agent contain about 0.5 to about 20 wt. % actives based on dry weight of the cellulose fibers. applying a densification agent to the oil treated fibers, the densification agent applied to the oil treated fibers in an amount that results in the fibers treated with the oil and the densification agent densifying to a third density after application and removal of the compression load, the third density being greater than the first density. 35. The method of claim 34, wherein the third density is at least 2% greater than the first density when the compression load is 150 psi or less. 36. The method of claim 34, wherein the densification agent comprises an agent having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality. 37. The method of claim 34, wherein the densification agent comprises a saccharide. 38. The method of claim 37, wherein the densification agent further comprises an agent having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality. 39. The method of claim 34, wherein the densification agent is applied to the cellulose fibers in an amount resulting in the application of about 0.5 to about 20 wt. % actives based on dry weight of the cellulose fibers. an oil and a densification agent applied to the cellulose fibers. 41. The article of claim 40, wherein the densification agent comprises an agent having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality. 42. The article of claim 40, wherein the densification agent comprises a saccharide. 43. The article of claim 42, wherein the densification agent further comprises an agent having at least one hydrogen bonding functionality. 44. The article of claim 40, wherein the densification agent is present in an amount such that about 0.5 to about 20 wt. % actives based on dry weight of the cellulose fibers is present on the cellulose fibers.
2019-04-21T01:09:40Z
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The Wood County Courthouse in Quitman. Quitman is a city in the state of Texas in the United States. It is the county seat of Wood County. About 1,811 people lived there in 2013. It was named for John A. Quitman, a governor of Mississippi. Sissy Spacek was born in Quitman. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 David W. Gilbreath (June 15, 2010). "QUITMAN, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 13 May 2015. ↑ "Quitman, Texas". City data. Onboard Informatics. Retrieved 13 May 2015. This page was last changed on 20 April 2018, at 20:43.
2019-04-23T04:02:36Z
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Do you remember seeing your dad’s calculator that had that strange strip which powered it? Remember how you were playing with it when you asked him to help you solve your maths problem? Wasn’t it fun to keep your finger over the strip and after a time to see the calculator shut down? That was a photovoltaic cell, the thing that makes solar energy possible. What does photovoltaic cell mean? Look at the word photovoltaic and you may be able to guess its meaning. Give it a try. Photo means light, while voltaic means electricity. So how do you think they work? These cells work on the photovoltaic principle, converting light energy into electricity. The sun delivers more energy to the earth in one hour than we currently use from fossil fuels, nuclear power and all renewable energy sources combined in a year. Its potential as a renewable energy source, therefore, is vast. Photovoltaic cells allow us to use the solar energy of the sun to provide electric power. The sun is like a never-ending battery. It provides an important source of clean and renewable energy that is an alternate to polluting fossil fuels like coal. It is the world’s fastest growing technology with the amount of photovoltaic energy doubling every year. In 1839 a French Scientist, Edmund Bequerel discovered that some materials produced small amounts of electricity whenever exposed to sunlight. Think if you were to go camping somewhere. You will find that there are no power sockets to recharge anything! In such remote places a photovoltaic cells come in handy. You can use them in solar panels and also as solar modules. A solar module is when these cells are grouped together and connected in a package in one frame. You might be wondering what the difference between a solar cell and a photovoltaic cell is. Well a solar cell is designed to work in sunlight while a photovoltaic cell can use any form of light to generate electricity. Did you know that the first photovoltaic cell was made to provide power to space satellites. The Russians used them for their Sputnik 3 satellite back in 1957. But even before that, way back in 1839 a French Scientist, Edmund Bequerel discovered that some materials produced small amounts of electricity whenever exposed to sunlight. It was Einstein’s discoveries in 1905 that was the basis of all photo electric technology. Now that we know what a photovoltaic cell is, let us try to understand how these marvellous little things work. These cells are made of a special material called a semiconductor. Silicon is one of the most popular materials used as a semiconductor in these cells. A thin wafer of silicon is specially treated so that it forms an electric field. This field is positive on one side and negative on the other. The photovoltaic material absorbs light rays. These light rays knock loose electrons from the atoms in the silicon releasing electrons in the process. These electrons are captured to release electricity. Two conductors are attached to the positive and negative sides. This completes the circuit and you can tap the electricity created. This is just like how you get electricity when you attach wires to the positive and negative terminal of a battery. A solar cell is, in principle, a simple semiconductor device that converts light into electric energy. The conversion is accomplished by absorbing light and ionizing crystal atoms, thereby creating free, negatively charged electrons and positively charged ions. If these ions are created from the basic crystal atoms, then their ionized state can be exchanged readily to a neighbor from which it can be exchanged to another neighbor and so forth; that is, this ionized state is mobile; it behaves like an electron, and it is called a hole. It has properties similar to a free electron except that it has the opposite charge. Solar cells can be made from single crystals, crystalline and amorphous semiconductors. For simplicity this article begins with a description of crystalline material. Each photon of the light that has a high enough energy to be absorbed by the crystal’s atoms will set free an electron hole pair. The electron and hole are free to move through the lattice in a Brownian motion ; however, on average they will never move too far from each other. When the electron comes too close to a hole during their Brownian motion, they will recombine. On the other hand, when they experience an electric field, this will tend to separate the electrons from the holes; the electrons will drift toward the positive pole (the anode), and the positively charged holes will drift toward the cathode. Recombination will then take place in the external circuit (within the electric wires). Consequently a current will flow. Since it is generated by photons, one speaks of a photo current. And the semiconductor that performs this effect is called a photo conductor. Photo conductors are passive devices. They react to light by changing their electric conductivity. In order to activate them an external electric power source, such as a battery, needs to be supplied to draw a current that increases with increasing light intensity. There are many photo conductor devices in our surroundings; as for example, in cameras, in streetlight controls to switch the lights off at dawn and on at dusk, or for light barriers in garage door safety controls. However, if an electric field is incorporated into the semiconductor, it will separate the electrons and holes. The part of the crystal that accumulates the electrons will be negatively charged; the part that accumulates the holes will be positively charged. The resulting potential difference, referred to as an open circuit, can be picked up by an electrometer. When electrodes are provided at both sides, a current can flow between them. The crystal, when exposed to sunlight, acts as a battery and becomes a solar cell. In order to make maximum use of the impinging photons and obtain maximum solar cell output, one has to maximize surface penetration, minimize reflection, and reduce obstacles, such as electrodes. Solar cell efficiency is a most valuable measure of its performance. With sunlight impinging from the zenith on a sunny day, a surface perpendicular to the light receives about 1 kW/m 2 . When converted by a solar cell of 10 percent efficiency (presently reached or exceeded by most commercially available solar panels), this means that 100 W/m 2 in electrical energy can be harvested. This is sufficient if surface areas are ample and the panels are relatively inexpensive. However, where surface areas are at a premium—e.g., on top of a solar car or in some satellites—it is essential to use more efficient solar cells. These are available from carefully engineered Si cells or from GaAs, reaching efficiencies close to 25 percent. As a result, the conversion of inexhaustible solar energy into electrical energy using PhotoVoltaic (PV) devices is one of the most attractive solutions to clean, renewable energy and will transform our future energy options. Photovoltaic power generation is currently dominated by photovoltaic cells that are based on inorganic materials such as polycrystalline silicon, cadmium telluride and copper indium selenide. To make power from photovoltaics truly competitive with fossil-fuel technologies the cost needs to be reduced. New Photovoltaic technologies, such as organic and dye-sensitised solar cells, are emerging from active research and development. Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs) are a promising cost-effective alternative to inorganic-based PV; and possess low cost, light-weight, and flexibility advantages. Organic molecules such as the polymer have high optical absorption coefficients compared to their inorganic counterparts, and incorporation of polymers of this type into photovoltaic cells offers an attractive alternative to current technology. Creation of complex organic polymers relies on innovative synthetic organic chemistry. In the case illustrated above, the polymer was synthesised from its monomer using a palladium-catalysed coupling procedure. This method of carbon-carbon bond-formation was recognised for its contribution to the construction of complex organic molecules by the 2010 Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to Professors Heck, Negishi and Suzuki. Cells based on OPVs are currently relatively inefficient due to energy leakage problems and it is estimated that improvements in cell performance, operational stability and fabrication methods are needed to take power conversion efficiencies from the current levels of around 6-8% to a competitive 15%. Organic chemistry provides an opportunity to address this challenge at the molecular level, but it is recognised that the vast parameter space available will necessitate the definition and use of inspired molecular design guidelines. Success will provide significantly lower cost/higher volume manufacturing procedures of flexible devices that in turn will provide opportunities for the production of a wide range of new applications. There is already significant research related to enhancing the efficiency of solar conversion. Solar energy through photovoltaics will be a part of the energy mix of the future. This will require an interdisciplinary approach to generate novel photovoltaic materials and new advanced device concepts that will lead to commercialisation of high-efficiency and low-cost solar cells. Criminals have a taste for Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich. People with devices using the Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich versions of Google’s Android operating systems are popular targets for cyber criminals according to Kaspersky. The security company said in its latest analysis of malware targeting Android, that there had been “a rapid growth” in the number of programs – especially money-stealing Trojans – infecting these operating systems in the third quarter of this year. Yuri Namestnikov, senior malware analyst at Kaspersky Lab said: “Although Gingerbread was released back in September 2011, due to the segmentation of the Android device market it still remains one of the most popular versions, which, in turn, attracts increased interest from cybercriminals. Google’s Android OS has always been a popular target for cyber criminals. The “IT Threat Evolution: Q3 2012” report shows that Gingerbread (Android 2.3.6) accounted for 28 per cent of all blocked attempts to install malware, while Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.4) accounted for 22 per cent of attempts. More than half of all malware detected on users smartphones turned out to be SMS Trojans. This malware drains money from victims’ mobile accounts by sending SMS messages to premium rate numbers. Of these programs the OpFake family has become the most widespread – 38.3 per cent of all the malicious programs detected for Android – all of which disguise themselves as the OperaMini browser. The Plangton Trojan family accounted for a fifth of all attacks. The malware collects service data on the phone, sends it to the command server and waits for the cyber criminals’ commands. Specifically, malicious programs in this family can stealthily change bookmarks and the home page. The third most widespread malware was the FakeInst family, which mimics installers for popular programs (17 per cent). These two types of malware are mostly distributed via so-called alternative app stores created by cyber criminals. Why I will not go back to Android. Apple’s iPhone 4 and Google’s Nexus One Android phone face off in a battle of apps. The iPhone may be tops on gaming and entertainment, but Android’s social-networking and location-based skills help even the score. Apple has a commanding lead over all other smart phone platforms with 230,000 and counting in the App Store. But Google’s Android platform now claims 70,000. There may be a big difference between the two, but it’s not felt in all categories. In 10 of the most important app categories, iPhone and Android duke it out. Surprisingly, it’s not a total rout, not on either side. Each platform takes its fair share of victories. The iPhone’s huge app count doesn’t help it in certain situations. After all, Apple only just bestowed multitasking to its development community, something programmers have been working with on Android for a couple of years. Also, iPhones don’t run widgets — an extension of an app that appears on an Android phone’s home screen. When it comes to music and social networking, widgets mean a huge advantage. But Android suffers in other ways. Because the OS is freely available to anyone who builds hardware, carriers sell Android phones with a variety of screen sizes and processor speeds. This makes game designers in particular kinda twitchy, especially since they know that a new iPhone will only come out once a year, setting a new top-bar standard when it does. Another developer concern is the overwhelming number of free apps in Google’s disorganized Android Market. According to the mobile apps firm Distino, free downloads account for well over half the apps, including nice ones made by Google itself. If you’re trying to convince people to pay actual money for your apps, it’s better to flaunt wares in the iPhone App Store, where freebies only account for just over a quarter of listed apps. The iPhone has a huge lead here, and most game developers appear to be hanging back from committing to Android for the time being. The biggest exception is Gameloft, which has already published a considerable lineup of Android games including the platformer “Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles,” and the first-person shooter “NOVA.” Ironically, Gameloft said last fall that it wasscaling back on Android development, and still refuses to sell apps through Google’s embarrassingly chaotic Android Market, opting to sell through its own website instead. Perceptive reviewers have taken the iPhone to task for not being a very friendly social networking platform. You can set up your phone to get alerts from Facebook and Twitter — sometimes through third-party apps that charge money, like Boxcar — but you can’t really browse your feeds in a comfortable way without diving deep into the apps. Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 is built around the idea that your feeds should be visible as soon as possible, with panels that you can assign to your friends, that will aggregate each person’s updates across multiple social media services into one easy-to-find square. As a parent, I have come to think of the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad as very expensive pacifiers. There are some phenomenal books and educational games being developed for these devices, and anyone who knows they’ll be stuck in a car with a 3-year-old for more than 11 minutes will happily pay for every last one. On the iPlatform, kids’ apps are very high quality — and in the Android Market they’re almost totally nonexistent. Seriously, I can’t find any of my favorite kids’ apps for Android. When it comes to basic media playback, the iPhone still is what Steve Jobs called his “best iPod yet.” Syncing songs, playlists, TV and movies — even rented movies — through iTunes is easy despite the program’s famous bloat. And once the media is on the iPhone, it’s easy to access and manage (as you can see in the presumably familiar image at right). For people who own their own music and movies, it’s unparalleled. Though photo syncing is best performed through Apple’s iPhoto, another bulky Mac program, it too provides unparalleled organization. When it comes to streaming music and new music-on-demand services, Android suffers no disadvantage. All the popular iPhone music apps — Pandora, Slacker, Rhapsody, Mog, and even utilities like SoundHound and Shazam — they’re all available on Android too. The difference is, most of them get widgets in Android. Pop open your phone and flip through tunes, ditch one service for another, hell, play two or three songs at the same time from the same screen in some freaky mashup performance piece, all without dipping into an app. You can’t do that on an iPhone, but if you’re half crazy, you’d definitely do it on an Android phone. I read every night on my iPad, but I’ve never read more than a page of a real book on any phone. Still, the arrival of e-book apps on smart phones is a big buzz maker, and Android is, as of this week, essentially caught up to iPhone. When it comes to marquee e-book apps, both platforms have Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s Nook (at right) and Kobo, which is supported by Borders. Android doesn’t have Apple’s iBooks, obviously, and Apple is bound to grow it and possibly even release it for other platforms. Still, you’d be out of your mind to spend money on iBooks now, when the other services are accessible from such a broad variety of gadgets, including iPad, iPod and iPhone.
2019-04-19T02:22:52Z
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Clay Scroggins began with the idea that uncommon fellowship rarely happens with unhealthy people. This doesn’t mean that we should only be in relationship with healthy people, but it does acknowledge the fact that people who aren’t emotionally healthy are unable to build truly healthy relationships. This is why, as a leader, the best thing that we can actually do for our team is to work on our own health. Unhealthiness is a barrier, and we witness that in teams all the time. He joked that, if you don’t know who the person on your team is that has a toxic attitude, it’s very likely that it is you (maybe not so much of a joke). This is why, for leaders, EQ is more important than IQ. We are the emotional guide for our team, and it’s HARD to do for others what you cannot do for yourself. Emotional health is the ability to recognize and manasge our emotions as well as control our own emotions. In order to become emotionally healthy, you must first become aware. You can’t grow if you don’t know. And nothing distracts us from trending toward emotional health than white noise. White noise is a tool to mask unwanted sound and we all use white noise to mask unwanted emotion. This can look like disengaging and retreating to your phone, being more of a presence online than in life, earbuds being a permanent fixture in your attire, or maybe it’s even pills, or a few glasses of wine, etc. This masking of our emotions numbs our senses and disconnects us from reality. Turn the white noise down low enough, long enough, to be ruthlessly curious of our own emotions. Recognize that your emotions are messengers. When did I first notice this emotion? What exactly is driving this emotion? How should I respond to this emotion? What is ultimately at stake if we fail to turn down the white noise? Uncommon fellowship, marriages, friendships, partnerships and transformation. The more emotionally healthy we become, the more uncommon the fellowship we will experience.
2019-04-19T20:19:12Z
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I’ve had sweet potato fries on my mind for the past couple days, and for two reasons. First, I bought a blue sweet potato at the local farmer’s market on Saturday morning and really wanted to cut it open to see the color (it looks like a regular orange sweet potato from the outside). The second reason is that I was told french fries are not “sophisticated” earlier this week, and I wanted to redeem the American classic in my mind. This past weekend at work, I hosted a group of 100 or so teenage boys that were visiting for three athletics-filled days. My main job was to feed them, hydrate them, and ensure that they felt at home. These boys were from all over — Oregon, Canada, New York, Arkansas. Most of them seemed perfectly fine being away from their parents for a few days, but a few didn’t seem as comfortable (such as the one who asked how he could get a new key to his room after he lost it within an hour). My job has taught me a lot about different types of people and groups, and I think I’m a pretty good judge of knowing what people need once I observe them and determine why they’re staying at the hotel. With these young men, I knew that having food they felt comfortable with (and lots of it) was going to be key to keeping them happy. For this reason, I was pretty happy with the menu that the chefs created for the group. It featured a taco bar for dinner the first night, a build-your-own deli sandwich buffet for lunch, and burgers with fries for dinner the second night. It wasn’t necessarily food that I would choose for myself, but I was certain that no complaints would be heard. Unfortunately, the teenagers did not judge the menus. On Friday morning (the day before the group arrived) the leaders of the group deemed the lunch and dinner menus “unsophisticated.” To them, tacos and french fries were not good enough food to serve to these young men. While I agree that those items are not the most refined, I laugh just thinking of the disconnect that happens between adults and kids sometimes. These boys did not care about sophistication. That doesn’t mean they were barbaric (they were actually very polite), but I knew before I even met them that I would end up having a huge mess to clean in the dining room after every meal because they would spill their food, drinks, and do other “unsophisticated” things. However, the goal is to make the client happy, and the menus were changed to include roasted chicken, spaghetti Bolognese, and tiramisu. It went over well; so well that 30 pounds of pasta disappeared within 45 minutes flat. But, I was not surprised when I received 10 room service orders later on for club sandwiches and cheeseburgers. Sophisticated, indeed. Anyway, back to fries. I don’t usually order french fries at restaurants because I would rather make my own at home in the oven. It’s so easy to do with regular white potatoes or the sweet variety. The pretty blue sweet potato gave me the perfect opportunity to fulfill my urge, plus the chance to try out a new vegetable. I hope you enjoy and revel in your unsophistication. I know I did. Heat oven to 400 F. Cut sweet potato in half, then cut each part in half again to creat quarters. Slice potato into 1/2″ thick slices. Try to make them of uniform thickness so that they all cook equally. Cover a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and put potato slices in the center of the sheet in a pile. Pour olive oil over the slices and toss with your hands to coat. Then, spread the slices out so that none are lying on top of other pieces and add seasonings. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, turning fries once half-way through cooking. Remove, and enjoy with a nice side of ketchup! I hope you’re not sick of reading about my work. Because I’m not going to stop writing about it. Sometimes the things that happen to me at work are just so absurd that I can’t help but want to share. Take yesterday…. I get in at 6:30am to make sure that breakfast kicked off well and that meeting break areas (which include a lot of food and beverage offerings) are set up appropriately. All is well until about 8:30am when I notice one of the engineering workers at the hotel bar with his toolkit. I walk on over and discover a nice spray of water coming out of a line to the soda machine. He explains that the tube is old, but that he would patch the hole as long as I could get the water cleaned up. Not a problemwith me — my knowledge of tools is quite limited. Almost four hours pass, and I’m in the middle of lunch service for 100 meeting participants. All of a sudden, one of my dining room servers frantically runs over from behind the bar and tells me that water is everywhere. I groan, walk over to check it out, and immediately see that the situation is now five times worse than it was before. The “nice spray” is now Old Faithful, and I have full-blown flooding behind the bar that’s also seeping onto the carpet in the bar area. Fabulous. Unfortunately the only credit card machine for the dining room is located behind the bar, and I had two cards to swipe. So I decide to take a half-shower on the lower part of my body, process the payments and then call the Engineering Department again. I think they’re going to stop answering my calls soon. The problem was fixed by turning the water off and placing a maintenance call to Coca-Cola. They’ll be out to fix things on Monday, but the carpet’s another story. Just another day!
2019-04-24T04:26:27Z
https://joiedemeg.wordpress.com/tag/ranting-and-raving/
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The Place Dauphine is a public square located near the western end of the Île de la Cité in the first arrondissement of Paris. It was initiated by Henry IV in 1607, the second of his projects for public squares in Paris, the first being the Place Royale (now the Place des Vosges). He named it for his son, the Dauphin of France and future Louis XIII, who had been born in 1601. From the "square", actually triangular in shape, one can access the middle of the Pont Neuf, a bridge which connects the left and right banks of the Seine by passing over the Île de la Cité. A street called, since 1948, Rue Henri-Robert, forty metres long, connects the Place Dauphine and the bridge. Where they meet, there are two other named places, the Place du Pont-Neuf and the Square du Vert-Galant. The Place Dauphine was laid out in 1607–10, when the Place Royale was still under construction. It was among the earliest city-planning projects of Henri IV, and was on a site created from part of the western garden of the walled enclave known as the Palais de la Cité (because the Capetian kings had lived there long ago, before the Louvre was built). There had been a pavilion, the Maison des Etuves, located in the garden's western wall which overlooked two riverine islets, scarcely more than mudbanks at the time. One islet was incorporated into filled land which extended the Île de la Cité to the west to form the middle section, the terre-plein, of the Pont Neuf (completed in 1606) and, on the downstream side of the bridge, a platform supporting an equestrian statue of Henri IV (installed in 1614). The second islet was removed. The Place Dauphine was to occupy the western part of the garden and the vacant land which had been created between it and the bridge. Approximately 3 acres of land was conveyed to Achille de Harlay [fr] on 10 March 1607 with instructions to execute a project according to a general plan in which the houses would adhere to a specified and repetitious facade. The development consisted of two components: a triangular square and a row of houses across from the base of the triangle on the eastern side of the rue de Harlay, with returns extending further east along the quais. There were two entrances to the square: one in the middle of the eastern range and the second at the western point, opening onto the Pont Neuf. The western ("downstream") gateway was formed by paired pavilions facing the bridge and the statue of Henri IV on its other side. The last of the houses to be constructed (at the southeast corner of the square) was finished in 1616. Originally all were built with more or less the specified facades, which were similar to those at the Place Royale, although the houses were more modest. Each repeating unit comprised on the ground floor two arcaded shopfronts dressed with stone between which a narrow door opened into a passage to an interior court with a steep staircase leading to two residential floors above. These were faced with brick and limestone quoins, chaînes, and tablets. At the top was an attic floor with a steep slate roof and dormers, similar to the Place Royale, except that each range at the Place Dauphine was covered by a single roof, and the dormers "gave no hint of separate houses". In fact, behind the facades, the houses themselves, built by separate buyers, varied with regard to plan and area. Since its construction, almost all of the houses surrounding the square have been raised in height, given new facades, rebuilt, or replaced with imitations of the originals. Only two retain their original appearance, those flanking the entrance facing the Pont Neuf. In 1792 during the Revolution the Place Dauphine was renamed Place Thionville, a name it retained until 1814. The former eastern range, heavily damaged by fire during the fighting of the Paris Commune of 1871, was swept aside to open the view toward the Palais de Justice. Located near the Métro stations: Pont Neuf and Cité. It is served by lines 4 and 7. ^ According to Ballon 1991, pp. 125, 155, Henry IV approved the name and the design of the square in May 1607, and the last house was completed in 1616. ^ Place is feminine, not dauphin. ^ Ballon 1991, pp. 114–117, 122, 124. ^ Ballon 1991, p. 155. ^ Blunt 1999, p. 104, states that these features were made of stucco, while Ayers 2004, p. 27, and Ballon 1991, p. 144, say they were stone. ^ Ballon 1991, p. 152. ^ Ballon 1991, p. 154–157. ^ a b Ayers 2004, 27. ^ Boursin & Challamel 1893, p. 822.
2019-04-21T16:29:07Z
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_Dauphine
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My experience in addressing my own Complex PTSD has been that these six (seven, actually) aspects of recovery are relevant to the whole of the process. I have had to go back through each of these over and over, correcting and reframing as I uncover new complications, new memories or previously unaddressed triggers. You can recover from Complex Trauma or Complex PTSD. Complex Trauma or Complex PTSD is the result of repeated injuries, each of which creates additional trauma. Complex Trauma frequently arises in children who are abused or neglected over long periods of time or survivors of sexual assaults who are re-assaulted. Being injured once is bad enough but repeated traumatization can result in problems far in excess of those caused by a single trauma. People who were traumatized in childhood and then retraumatize in later life are likely to develop severe and debilitating symptoms. Some researchers have suggested the name of Complex Trauma or Complex PTSD for this condition. Thanks for the visit to my blog and the Reblog. Best wishes on your blog.
2019-04-24T08:23:51Z
https://stoningdemons.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/6-ways-to-recover-from-complex-trauma-or-complex-ptsd/
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Doing it for Pie. Well Done Mr Froome. My drawing for today has been done by my fellow teacher friend Mr David Vernon Lane.The man who put the metal work bricks into my bike panniers as a jolly jape a few years back.
2019-04-22T06:27:39Z
https://fastrunrobbie.wordpress.com/2016/07/
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Two years after birthing the timeless adventure classic that is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, a game that defined and brought maturity to many of the franchise’s main traits following two NES installments that struggled to thrive thoroughly, Nintendo was faced with yet another challenge. That test involved finding a way to bring what was arguably the biggest of its properties to the smallest of its systems, the Game Boy. From a modern perspective, and contemplating the considerable success The Legend of Zelda has achieved on the company’s handheld systems, it is easy to take such a task for granted and look at Link’s Awakening, the saga’s first portable effort, as a natural and inevitable consequence of the nearly inherent greatness contained within the series’ formula. Furthermore, given A Link to the Past excelled on pretty much all fronts, the translation of its structure and qualities to a simpler hardware may be seen as an easy endeavor. However, history indicates the undertaking was not that simple. And that is because other established Nintendo franchises that tried, both before and after Link’s Awakening, to make their first leap from home consoles to handhelds were not exactly fortunate. Rather than coming off as respectable reproductions of the original material, titles such as Super Mario Land, Donkey Kong Land, and Metroid II – all of which were released on the Game Boy – felt like uninspired, blatantly inferior, and somewhat limited takes on the gameplay of their console counterparts, failing to flourish either because they were unable to handle the humbler technology properly or because they lost sight of what made those series so great in the first place. Link’s Awakening is an exception to that rule. It goes without saying that, in terms of scope, it is certainly – though not as visibly as one would expect – far more straightforward than A Link to the Past. Yet, even when compared to what many consider to be one of the best games of all time, it leaves absolutely nothing to be desired in terms of general enjoyment and content. Perhaps understanding that an adventure that is smaller by nature needs a simpler and more self-contained setting, Link’s Awakening marks the first time the hero garbed in green moves out of Hyrule. After having defeated Ganon in A Link to the Past, the character chooses to travel with the goal of training to better defend the kingdom from future threats. Unfortunately, while sailing through the open sea on his boat, a vicious storm strikes and, unable to fight against the elements, Link’s vessel is destroyed and he ends up washing ashore on Koholint Island, where he is rescued by a young girl named Tarin. He quickly learns, from a mysterious talking owl, that the only way to leave the island is by waking up the Wind Fish, a mythical creature that sleeps atop a mountain inside an egg. And, as it turns out, that ritual of awakening can only be performed by gathering the eight Instruments of the Sirens, which are – as expected – locked inside the place’s dungeons protected by mean bosses that are dubbed Nightmares. Koholint Island carries many of the nice characteristics of A Link to the Past’s reproduction of Hyrule. The overworld is pleasantly big without being overwhelming; it does not take too long to travel between its edges, but its 256 squares – each having the exact size of the Game Boy’s screen – open the way for nice scenario variety. Moreover, inside those confines Nintendo is able to come up with a whole lot of value, as the terrain is densely populated with caves, secrets, and interesting islanders to talk to. To top it all off, the map system itself is marvelous, as it presents in impressive detail all pieces of the land Link has visited, even allowing players to get extra intel on what each square contains by selecting it. As far as navigation is concerned, the only point where Link’s Awakening could have done better is in its warp system, which is much less effective than that of A Link to the Past. Instead of allowing one to, from anywhere on the map, teleport to specific points, fast-traveling can only be done by actually going to one of the few warp holes and entering it. Even if Koholint Island is not that big, the walking and backtracking can get a bit tiring after a while. The biggest gift that a simpler setting gives to Link’s Awakening is certainly its looser tone. Being away from Hyrule means that the grand, yet a bit repetitive, battle of good versus evil is left behind and replaced with a lighter objective. And that feature has a number of intriguing ramifications. Firstly, and also stemming from the constraints of the hardware as well as from its lean plot, Link’s Awakening is obviously less cinematic than A Link to the Past, completely directing the spotlight towards its gameplay. Secondly, dialogues with most sidecharacters will usually take delightful humorous turns. Naturally, those quirks mean that this Game Boy effort does not carry the epic value and grandeur of its Super Nintendo predecessor. However, not only is Link’s Awakening pretty comfortable inside those shoes, as it seems to understand those design traits make it alluringly different instead of mathematically inferior, but it also knows how to conjure some mystery. And that happens thanks to how both the bosses of the dungeons and Link’s guiding owl constantly give the hero cryptic messages signaling there is more to the Wind Fish and Koholint Island than it seems, as the waking of the former may have implications on the existence of the latter and all its inhabitants. The impacts of Link’s Awakening lighter atmosphere can also be felt in other areas. Throughout Koholint Island, for example, players will come across amusing cameos of characters taken straight from other popular franchises, such as Goombas and a Kirby-like being showing up as enemies, a Chain Chomp that is the star of one of the game’s most notable sequences, a wacky man who looks a whole lot like Luigi, statues that resemble bowser, and more. In relation to the gameplay, meanwhile, as Link encounters very early on an item that lets him, for the first time ever, jump, Nintendo takes advantage of that asset by weaving small and relatively simple sidescrolling segments into the overworld and, especially, into the dungeons. Although their design is, for the most part, pretty standard, they are fun and add unique flavor to the quest, showing Link’s Awakening trying to build its character by moving out of the framework put in place during A Link to the Past. As to the its overall progression, save – obviously – for the absence of an alternate dimension, Link’s Awakening does not attempt to get too far away from what the Super Nintendo game did. And that ends up being a very sensible choice, because it all works quite well. Given the dungeons need to be tackled in a predetermined order, and since all of them have to be unlocked in some way (usually via the collection of its respective key), Link will always be told by his owl companion the general direction in which he needs to go. The instructions are specific enough not to leave any doubts regarding the intended destination, but – at the same time – they are not exaggeratedly obvious in relation of what exactly needs to be done to find the unlocking mechanism and the maze’s building itself. As such, Link’s Awakening – like a A Link to the Past – strikes a perfect balance between offering guidance, and forcing players to explore the world and figure it all out for themselves. It is worth noting, however, that such compliment does not apply to the journey’s entirety, as there are moments that visibly work as exceptions to that rule. Truth be told, Link’s Awakening does implement a pretty cool hint system that has Link entering one of many houses set up with a telephone line inside in order to call the village’s wise old man to get some intel on his next task, a feature that will be received as a blessing to those who want to streamline exploration and go straight to exactly where they need to be. Still, even armed with that extra layer of information, there are points in the game when what has to be done will not be sufficiently clear, forcing some to look for the aid of a guide. The dungeons of Link’s Awakening, unsurprisingly, borrow a lot of ideas from those of A Link to the Past, which means that – individually – their rooms are somewhat simple, offering puzzles that involve the pressing of switches, the killing of all enemies, or the execution of an action that is not too hard to figure out. The brilliancy of their design, which is overall quite good, lies – instead – in their structure, as they will often present quite a challenge when it comes to finding a way to advance. Although nearly all of the mazes abandon the multi-floored configuration that the palaces of A Link to the Past brought to the table, most of them are still satisfyingly complex and will certainly have gamers backtracking through their rooms multiple times as players look at their map and analyze the places that should be visited. Given all the borrowing that they do, sometimes even going as far as copying bosses and puzzles, it is to be expected that the dungeons of Link’s Awakening also share some of the shortcomings displayed by those of A Link to the Past. Namely, the backtracking can get annoying due to how the enemies of many rooms respawn as soon as the hero leaves them; as such, since at times the doors only open when all bad guys are eliminated, gamers struggling to advance will have to deal with some foes over and over again. Additionally, other minor frustrating moments, such as a couple of ridiculous riddles that involve bombing walls that are not visibly cracked or design choices that force players to backtrack through multiple rooms if they make a wrong turn also reappear. On the other hand, and as proof the team behind the game learned some lessons, two welcome improvements do show up: as a nice helping hand, the compass now makes a noise whenever Link enters a room where a key can be acquired; and after the dungeon’s mini-boss is defeated, a warp point is created linking the place’s entrance to the room where bad guy was killed, effectively making trips through the maze faster and reducing the need to backtrack. Sadly, though, as it happened in A Link to the Past, there is no warp point that leads directly to the main boss’ room; and since being killed means being sent back to the dungeon’s start, walking all the way back to the big bad guys, even with the shortcut to the mini-boss’ room, can get annoying. With eight dungeons, a great overworld, an amusing tone that fits its simplicity like a glove, a plot that can be mysterious and touching, a couple of sidequests (including a mandatory trade sequence), and collectibles (such as the traditional heart pieces as well as equipment upgrades), Link’s Awakening is unquestionably a worthy portable reproduction – one that cannot be missed – of The Legend of Zelda experience found on consoles. And it achieves such while sporting visuals and music that, easily ranking among the system’s best, are worthy of the franchise, especially if one goes through the title’s DX version released for the Game Boy Color, which other than offering colorful graphics also boasts an optional dungeon. In fact, Link’s Awakening is so impressive in its handling of the constraints of the system that the hardware limitations of the Game Boy are hardly felt at all. They only surface in how there are only two buttons to assign equipment to, including the shield and the sword, which makes switching between items a constant action that disrupts the game’s flow. However, despite the resounding and undeniable conquest of marking the first time ever a Nintendo franchise was effectively and greatly translated to a handheld, Link’s Awakening fails to reach the same stature of the saga’s most remarkable installments for the simple reason that it lacks a truly defining trait. Sure, here and there, such as it does in its tone, straightforward storyline, sidescrolling segments, and cameos, it shows lovable sprinkles of character, but none of those feels significant enough. The array of equipment acquired by Link, for instance, is – with the exception of Roc’s Feather, which allows him to jump – pretty much the same as the one from A Link to the Past. And, differently from what would happen in future portable The Legend of Zelda games, Link’s Awakening lacks a gameplay-changing item that plays a major role in the way Link progresses through the quest and interacts with the world around him. Therefore, more than any other entry in the series, Link’s Awakening could be seen as The Legend of Zelda by the numbers; it is, though, expertly designed, very engaging, and a huge technological feat. I have to admit I don’t really consider Link’s Awakening among the stronger games in the series. There were a lot of growing pains involved with this particular installment – it’s not really a story that benefits from having a silent protagonist and I wasn’t a fan of the two-button gameplay when I was revisiting it. That being said, I do appreciate it for being such a good precedent for the future installments. Yeah, I remember your review for it, and I do agree it’s not among the best Zelda games. In fact, among the 2-D ones I would probably put it ahead of just the NES titles and Four Swords Adventures. But, as we were just discussing a few weeks ago, the Zelda franchise has so many excellent games that even those that do not rank really high in the series still put up quite a fight against other franchises’ best efforts, and I feel this is one of those cases. Certainly, it has been improved upon by many of the portable releases that followed it, but it is as good as a GB title can get. They did an awesome job with it. I absolutely love Link’s Awakening and it remains one of my favourites from the series. Worth a Game Boy alone for this son of a gun. THIEF! And the folks back in Koholint Island seem to have a hard time forgiving Link for the mistakes he has made.
2019-04-20T10:26:08Z
https://nintendobound.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening/
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A data communications architecture employing serializers and deserializers that reduces data communications latency. In an illustrative implementation, the data communications architecture communicates data across communications links. The architecture maintains various mechanisms to promote data communications speed and to avoid communication link down time. These mechanisms perform the functions including but not limited to handling uncertain data arrival times, detecting single bit and multi-bit errors, handling communications link failures, addressing failed link training, identifying and marking data as corrupt, and identifying and processing successful data transactions across the communications link. This application is related in whole or in part to the following U.S. patent applications, Ser. Nos. 10/756,441, 10/756,439, 10/756,685, 10/756,530, 10/756,529, 10/756,667, and cross references such applications. The present invention relates to data communications architectures for computer processors and, more particularly, to communications architectures for computer processors employing serializers and deserializers. Computing architectures that operate efficiently and that can process data quickly are generally preferred over their counterparts. The speed at which these computing architectures process data may be limited by a number of factors that include the design of the architecture, operating conditions, quality of utilized components, and the protocols, logic, and methodologies employed by the computer architecture when processing data. Latencies in the communication of data across components arising from data communications architectures and protocols of a computing architecture may also impact the speed at which data may be processed. A number of data communications architectures are currently employed to communicate data between cooperating components of a computer architecture (e.g. computer processors within a computing environment's processing unit or between a computer processor and peripheral component such as a data storage drive). For example, IDE/ATA (Integrated Drive Electronics/Advanced Technology Attachment) and SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface) are both common interfaces to hard drives (as well as some other devices, such as CD-ROM and DVD drives), and there are several flavors of each. Other data communications architectures include PCI (Peripheral Components Interconnect), AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port), USB (Universal Serial Bus), serial data communications ports, and parallel data communications ports. Although each of the above data communications architectures are effective in transmitting data between cooperating components, each of these architectures have drawbacks and performance limitations. Specifically, such data communication architectures are not designed to handle voluminous amounts of data communications, which are communicated at high clock frequencies (e.g. several Giga Hertz). Additionally, the PCI, IDE, and SCSI data communication architectures generally require overhead processing calculations when communicating data that impacts overall data communications speed. Stated differently, in addition to the desired data being communicated additional overhead processing data must be communicated. As such, less overall data is processed during each clock cycle. Responsive to the need for higher bandwidth data communications architectures, the SERDES (serializer/deserializer) data communications architecture was developed. SERDES operates to encode and decode data according to a predefined scheme (e.g. eight-bit/ten-bit—8 b10 b encoding). The encoded data is communicated over one or more communication channels from the serializer to a corresponding deserializer for decoding. The SERDES data communication architecture has been shown to increase data communications bandwidth between cooperating components. In this context, SERDES data communication architectures are deployed as data buses operating to carry data between cooperating components. A data communications architecture employing serializers and deserializers for use in communicating data between computer processing components of a computing environment to reduce latency is provided. In an illustrative implementation, a data communications architecture comprises a data interface, a serializer, and a deserializer. In operation, data from computer processing components is received by the serializer. The serializer cooperating with the data interface encodes the data for communication to the deserializer according to a selected encoding protocol. Operationally, the serializer and deserializer (SERDES) cooperate to form a communications link or communications channel. The data interface, among other things, allows for the collection of data to be transferred across the link from each end of the link, provides link management and control information, encodes error protection and provides logic for processing the data across the communications channel. Further to the exemplary implementation, the illustrative data communications architecture further comprises a link training status monitor, a link training module, a monitoring module, data buffer, a link training module, a parity bit module, a data transmission acknowledgement module, and a data buffer. These modules comprise a portion of the serializer and the deserializer. In operation, these modules cooperate with the data interface and instruction sets contained in the serializer and deserializer to realize functions including, but not limited to, handling uncertain data arrival times, detection of single bit and multi-bit errors, handling communications link failures, addressing failed link training, identifying and marking data as corrupt, and identifying and processing successful data transactions across the communications link. FIG. 12 is a flowchart diagram showing the processing performed by an exemplary data communications architecture to acknowledge successful data communications. To provide the infrastructure bandwidth required computing environments, implementations have turned to utilizing serializers/deserializers (SERDES) point to point data communications architectures operating at high frequencies. In applying the SERDES data communications architecture to a computing environment's internal data communications infrastructure, a number of limitations come to light. In general terms, latency in data communications arise from inefficient data communications architecture management. The management of the SERDES data communications architecture may be performed by a data interface that, among other things, collects data for communication along the SERDES communication links and provides error detection and handling instructions for errant data. The present invention provides a data interface for use by SERDES link channels that support operations occurring bi-directionally between data communications architecture components. In an illustrative implementation, a mechanism is provided to collect data for transfer across a SERDES link from each end of the link. Additionally the mechanism may operate to provide overlay link management information, to encode error protection, and to encode the data into the proper format. The data interface of the herein described illustrative implementation also maintains logic that accepts to direct SERDES components to collect and communicate data between SERDES link components and to check that such data is correctly collected and communicated. The illustrative SERDES data communications architecture may also employ a data buffer to store data. In operation, the data buffer may be used to store data until correct receipt is confirmed by a response from the receiving end of a SERDES communications link. In such case, an acknowledgement may be embedded as part of data communicated between cooperating components of the SERDES data communications architecture. When an error is detected by SERDES components, the data buffer may be used to resend the data to correct the error. Furthermore, the illustrative implementation may orchestrate the use of multiple parallel SERDES communications channels. A SERDES communications channel may comprise a logical communications link operating on a physical link (e.g. wires) between SERDES components (e.g. serializers and deserializers). When performing error detection, training, and other operations, the illustrative SERDES data communications architecture may employ a spare channel. Additionally, such spare channel may be used to maintain communication availability even in the event of a hard failure of one of the channels. The illustrative implementation provides the flexibility to drive various media—cable, PC trace, or though an appropriate buffer fiber and supports a variety of link frequencies to work best with the chosen media. FIG. 1 depicts an exemplary computing system 100 in accordance with herein described system and methods. Computing system 100 is capable of executing a variety of computing applications 180. Exemplary computing system 100 is controlled primarily by computer readable instructions, which may be in the form of software, where and how such software is stored or accessed. Such software may be executed within central processing unit (CPU) 110 to cause data processing system 100 to do work. In many known computer servers, workstations and personal computers central processing unit 110 is implemented by a micro-electronic chips CPUs called microprocessors. Coprocessor 115 is an optional processor, distinct from main CPU 110, that performs additional functions or assists CPU 110. One common type of coprocessor is the floating-point coprocessor, also called a numeric or math coprocessor, which is designed to perform numeric calculations faster and better than general-purpose CPU 110. It is appreciated that although illustrative computing environment is shown to comprise a single CPU 110 that such description is merely illustrative as computing environment 100 may comprises a number of CPUs 110. Additionally computing environment 100 may exploit the resources of remote CPUs (not shown) through communications network 160 or some other data communications means (not shown). Memory devices coupled to system bus 105 include random access memory (RAM) 110 and read only memory (ROM) 130. Such memories include circuitry that allows information to be stored and retrieved. ROMs 130 generally contain stored data that cannot be modified. Data stored in RAM 125 can be read or changed by CPU 110 or other hardware devices. Access to RAM 125 and/or ROM 130 may be controlled by memory controller 120. Memory controller 105 may provide an address translation function that translates virtual addresses into physical addresses as instructions are executed. Memory controller 120 may also provide a memory protection function that isolates processes within the system and isolates system processes from user processes. Thus, a program running in user mode can normally access only memory mapped by its own process virtual address space; it cannot access memory within another process's virtual address space unless memory sharing between the processes has been set up. Display 165, which is controlled by display controller 163, is used to display visual output generated by computing system 100. Such visual output may include text, graphics, animated graphics, and video. Display 165 may be implemented with a CRT-based video display, an LCD-based flat-panel display, gas plasma-based flat-panel display, or a touch-panel, or other display forms. Display controller 163 includes electronic components required to generate a video signal that is sent to display 165. Further, computing system 100 may contain network adaptor 170 which may be used to connect computing system 100 to an external communication network 160. Communications network 160 may provide computer users with means of communicating and transferring software and information electronically. Additionally, communications network 185 may provide distributed processing, which involves several computers and the sharing of workloads or cooperative efforts in performing a task. It will be appreciated that the network connections shown are exemplary and other means of establishing a communications link between the computers may be used. FIGS. 2-4 depict block diagrams of an illustrative data communications architecture for use in an exemplary computing environment. The illustrative data communications architecture may be implemented as components of the computing environment and may employ SERDES components. Specifically, FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of illustrative data communications architecture 200. As is shown in FIG. 2, data communications architecture 200 comprises data communications interface cards 205 and 210 cooperating to communicate data 230 over physical links 220. Data interface communications cards 205 and 210 comprise at least one transmit core and at least one receiving core. Physical links 220 attach to data communications interface cards 205 and 210 through physical connectors 225. In operation, exemplary computing environment (not shown) cooperates with data communications interface cards 205 and 210 to communicate data between data communications interface cards 205 and 210. In the illustrative implementation, data communication interface cards may reside in disparate geographic locations within exemplary computing environment (not shown) or may reside as part of one of exemplary computing environment's (not shown) printed circuit boards (PCB). As is shown, data may be communicated in a selected direction or bi-directionally, as indicated by the arrows on physical links 220 and data 230, between transmit cores and receiving cores of data communications interfaces 205 and 210. Also, it is appreciated that physical links 220 are depicted having differing line thickness to indicate different physical link 220 media. Furthermore, as is shown, dashed box 215 shows the components of an exemplary data communications back plane. In the implementation provided, back plane 215 is shown to have a pair of transmit-receive cores operating to communicate data. Specifically, data is processed by transmit core 235 of data communications interface 205 for communication through physical connector 225 and physical links 220 to receiving core 245 of data communications interface 210. Similarly, data may be processed for communication by transmit core 250 of data communications interface 210 to receiving core 240 of data communications interface 205. Moreover, transmit-receiving core pairs 235, 240 and 245, 250 may cooperate to form a communications channel. As a communications channel the transmit-receive core pairs may be aligned and trained to process data according to a selected encoding protocol such as eight-bit-ten-bit (8 b10 b) encoding. Further, as is shown in FIG. 2, data 230 may comprise a number of packets. Specifically, data 230 may contain a header portion and data packet portion. The data packet portion may further contain small data packets. It is appreciated that in the illustrative implementation provided, a small packet may be considered a data packet that is smaller in size than a normal, full sized data packet. In operation, various data, control, training, and channel management information may be communicated over exemplary data communications architecture 200 as data 230. FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of exemplary transmit core environment 300 depicting its components and their cooperation. As is shown in FIG. 3, exemplary transmit core environment 300 comprises a plurality of transmit cores ranging from transmit core 300-1 to transmit core 300-n. Transmit core 300-1 is shown to comprise logic block a plurality of serializers and drivers from serializer 1 to serializer n, and from driver 1 to driver n, respectively. Additionally, transmit core 300-1 cooperates with an external data communications component (not shown) to obtain clock signal CLK. Also, as is shown, transmit core 300-1 comprises logic which maintains instruction sets to instruct the components of transmit core 300-1 (e.g. serializer 1) to perform functions in accordance with data communications operations. The logic of transmit core 300-1 may also act to maintain one ore more modules and mechanisms for use during data communications operations including, but not limited to, a link training status monitor, a link training module, a monitoring module, data buffer, a link training module, a parity bit module, and a data transmission acknowledgement module. In operation, data is provided as input to one of transmit core 300-1's serializers. The data is encoded according to a selected encoding protocol and is prepared for communication by one of the transmit core's drivers to a cooperating data communications component at one of the transmit core's output channels. The encoding protocol may employ CLK signal to encode a number of bits within a selected cycle(s) of the CLK signal. For example, Data A may be encoded by serializer 1 of transmit core 300-1 according to a selected encoding protocol and prepared for communication by driver 1 to produce Encoded Data at channel A output as per instructions provided by transmit core 300-1's logic. Similarly, Data B may be encoded by serializer 2 of transmit core 300-1 according to a selected encoding protocol and prepared for communication by driver 2 to produce Encoded Data at channel B. Such encoding process and data communication preparation is performed across the remaining serializers and drivers of transmit core 300-1 and the other transmit cores of transmit core environment 300. FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of exemplary receiving core environment 400 depicting its components and their cooperation. As is shown in FIG. 4, exemplary receiving core 400 comprises a plurality of receiving cores ranging from receiving core 400-1 to receiving core 400-n. Receiving core 400-1 is shown to comprise logic block a plurality of deserializers and drivers from deserializer 1 to deserializer n, and from driver 1 to driver n, respectively. Additionally, receiving core 400-1 cooperates with an external data communications component (not shown) to obtain clock signal CLK. Also, as is shown, receiving core 400-1 comprises logic which maintains instruction sets to instruct the components of receiving core 400-1 (e.g. deserializer 1) to perform functions in accordance with data communications operations. The logic of receiving core 400-1 may also act to maintain one ore more modules and mechanisms for use during data communications operations including, but not limited to, a link training status monitor, a link training module, a monitoring module, data buffer, a link training module, a parity bit module, and a data transmission acknowledgement module. In operation, encoded data is provided as input to one of receiving core 400-1's deserializers. The data is decoded according to a selected decoding protocol and is prepared for communication by one of the receiving core's drivers to a cooperating data communications component at one of the receiving core's deserializer's outputs. The decoding protocol may employ CLK signal to decode a number of bits within a selected cycle(s) of the CLK signal. For example, Encoded Data A may be decoded by deserializer 1 of receiving core 400-1 according to a selected decoding protocol and prepared for communication by driver 1 to produce Data A as per instructions provided by receiving core 400-1's logic. Similarly, Encoded Data B may be decoded by deserializer 2 of receiving core 400-1 according to a selected decoding protocol and prepared for communication by driver 2 to produce Data B. Such decoding process and data communication preparation is performed across the remaining deserializers and drivers of receiving core 400-1 and the other receiving cores of transmit core environment 400. Taken together FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 describe an exemplary communications channel environment such that data is encoded for communication by one or more transmit cores for decoding and subsequent processing by one or more receiving cores. Although described as separate components, it is appreciated that transmit cores and receiving cores may reside on a single communications component (See data communications interface 205 of FIG. 2). Moreover, transmit cores and receiving cores may operate as pairs to form one or more bi-directional data communications channels. FIG. 5 shows the processing performed by exemplary data communications architecture 200 when establishing a communications channel. As is shown, processing begins at block 500 and proceeds to block 505 where the communications components are powered up for operation. From there, processing proceeds to block 510 where communications links are established between the data communication architecture components. The communications links are then trained at block 515 to form a communications channel. Training data is then sent over the communications channel at block 520 to test the communications channel. A check is then performed at block 525 to determine if the communications channel test was successful. If it was successful, processing proceeds to block 540 where a check is performed to determine if there is data to communicate over the successfully tested communications channel. If at block 540 it is determined that there is no data to communicate, processing reverts to block 525. However, if there is data to communicate over the successfully tested and trained communications channel, processing proceeds to block 545 where the data is encoded by serializers. The encoded data is then communicated over the communications channel to cooperating deserializers at block 550. The data is then decoded by the deserializers at block 555. A check is then performed at block 560 to determine if the data was successfully communicated. If the data was successfully transmitted, processing reverts to block 540 and proceeds there from. However, if the data was not successfully communicated, processing proceeds to block 565 where the deserializers request the data to be resent by the serializers. From there processing reverts back to block 550 and proceeds there from. However, if at block 525 it is determined that the communications channel test was not successful, processing proceeds to block 530 where the communications links are retrained. From there processing proceeds to block 535 where control information is communicated between the communications link components. From there, processing reverts to block 520 and proceeds there from. In operation, the illustrative implementation, provides that the training sequence is governed by the deserializers of a communications link. Specifically, initial training is deemed completed upon the recognition of an indication of the writing of a selected software type register on the deserializer. At such time, data is driven onto the link by the serializers of the communications channel. In the context of deserializer operations, the deserializers maintain one or more instructions sets which direct the deserializers to detect activity on the link to signal cooperating serializers to begin initialization. The deserializers and serializers of the communications channels maintain at least one instruction set to direct the channels to power up. Upon successful power up, a per channel self test is performed from which the results are collected and compared. The instruction set then directs the serializers and deserializers to communicate a selected data pattern which is expected by the deserializers which allow the deserializers to determine bit units grouping for use by the encoding and decoding protocols utilized by the serializers and deserializers. Additionally, a second recognizable data pattern is communicated to the deserializers which the deserializers attribute as the small packet data communications. By setting the small packet data communications the deserializers can operate to match small packets together in groupings consisted with how they were originally communicated. Once the second data pattern is successfully communicated and processed, a control signal is sent from the deserializers to the serializers of the communications links indicating that training has been completed. At this point data packets may be communicated across the trained channels. Moreover, the illustrative implementation provides that should an error occur over the communications link, the link may perform a retraining process. Link retraining is similar to the above-described link training outside of foregoing the powering up the communication channel components. Retraining may be triggered by a number of events, including but not limited to, the recognition of an error across the communications link or by reception of an error signal on the link generated by the receiving end of the communications link. The illustrative data communications architecture is capable of handling uncertain data arrival times between cooperating components. In the context of a SERDES data communications architecture, data extracted from the receiving end of a SERDES link may not be tightly synchronized to a local clock. Stated differently, in any given cycle of the local clock, the link may or may not have new valid data to present. In the illustrative implementation, and as described above, data transactions are passed across the links in a “packet” format. Each packet is formed from one or more small packets, depending on the amount of information and the data that the transaction includes. A small packet may be considered a unit of payload that the link transfers during a given time period. A packet may comprise a header packet followed by some number of small data packets to fill out the transaction. The header might include information describing the type of packet, and other information to handle the packet, such as its destination address. To traverse an exemplary computing environment's data communications infrastructure, it can be the case that a transaction passed across a SERDES link is routed to another SERDES link on the way to its final destination. In such context, a data transaction may take several cycles on the SERDES link to complete transfer of all of its small packets. Unwanted latency may result if a full transaction is buffered up before it is forwarded to the next communications link. Also, it might be the case that a link can fail its initial attempt to transmit part of a packet creating a long pause between the beginning and end of the packet. Furthermore, the frequency operation of different links may be different which can cause gaps in the flow of small packets onto a faster link if the data is coming from a slower link. The illustrative data communications architecture handles such cases by providing a mechanism to allow correct operation of the SERDES link for this application in the presence of gaps in the flow of the small and normal sized packets. In operation, the SERDES link interface at the transmitting end of the link (See transmit core 235 of FIG. 2) utilizes a selected encoded or control value to be sent across the link if it does not have the next valid small packet for transmitting. Furthermore, the receiving end of the link (See receiving core 245 of FIG. 2) generates an outgoing control small packet when it does not find newly received data at its link interface at the beginning of its clock cycle or if it finds an encoded small packet. Control small packets are ignored during data processing. FIG. 6 shows a the processing performed when handling data communications gaps for data being communicated across exemplary data communications architecture 200 of FIG. 2. As is shown, processing begins at block 600 and proceeds to block 605 where a check is performed to determine if there is data to communicate across the communication channels of the exemplary data communications architecture. If there is no data to communicate, processing reverts to block 600 and proceeds there from. However, if there is data to communicate, processing proceeds to block 610 where the data to be communicated is monitored for communications gaps. In operation, data may be buffered in a data buffer prior to being encoded by a serializer of the data communications architecture. It is in the data buffer that data is processed for gaps. A check is then performed at block 615 to determine if there was a data communications gap. If there is no data communications gaps, processing proceeds to block 620 where the data is communicated by the serializer to a cooperating deserializer. Form there processing proceeds to block 605 and proceeds there from. However, if at block 615 it is determined that there is a data gap processing proceeds to block 625 where a control small packet is generated. The control small packet is then communicated to the cooperating deserializer at block 630 to notify the cooperating deserializer of the communications gap. The deserializer processes the control small packet at block 635 and propagates the control small packet throughout the data communications architecture at block 640. Processing then terminates at block 645. Exemplary data communications architecture 200 of FIG. 2 is also capable of performing error detection on the data that is being communicated between its components. In the context of a SERDES data communications architecture, the retrying of data transfers may be necessary to communicate data that fail to accurately pass across the link. To retry a transmission, an error is first detected. The error is detectable to properly identify the first small packet that is retried to continue with data communications operations. In the implementation provided, the encoding standard that may be used to format data for a SERDES link may be designed to follow electrical characteristics required for the SERDES link to be able to transmit data at high frequencies it utilizes. Additionally, enough transitions may be performed on the channel such that a clock can be extracted from the bit stream at the receiving end of the link. Furthermore, for the bit pattern may have a neutral disparity. Stated differently, any time the number of ones and zeros transmitted might be equal, or at most differ by one. The exemplary encoding protocol operates such that single bit errors will result in illegal encoding. It might be the case, however, that in some instances, the illegal encoding may look legal but generate the wrong expected disparity. When the error is of this type, the error will not be detected until the subsequent data patterns push the disparity at the receiving end of the link to ±2. In SERDES data communications architecture, a single link may operate to pass large volumes of information quickly across its channel. As such, errors may be bounded by sending special “end packet” control characters on the link. These would ensure that an error was recognized before the data block was released. This approach adds the overhead of needing to send the special control character and may provide inefficiencies in the data communications process adding latency. In practice, it might take one encoding cycle to send a control character. It is appreciated that for a data communications architecture having a plurality of SERDES links, a significant amount of time would be required to process control characters leading to substantial inefficiencies in data communications. The illustrative implementation provides an alternate approach where the data communications architecture recognizes that the encoding standard's first symptom of error can be determined by the a comparison of the receiving end (see receiving core 245 of data communications interface 210 of FIG. 2) and transmitting end (see transmit core 235 of data communications interface 205 of FIG. 2) disparity of the data being communicated. If the disparity used to transmit the data is known at the receiver, an error could be detected immediately. To achieve this, the disparity of the links used to send a small packet are gathered up and used to generate a five bit error code. This five bit value is then passed to the receiving end of the link. In the illustrative implementation, such error code may be communicated to the receiving end of the link using one additional SERDES link channel. This value can then be used on the receiving end of the link to check the disparities at the receiving end of the link, and to immediately request a resending of data from the transmitting end of the communications channel if the disparities are not the expected values. In operation, the illustrative implementation employs a five-bit to ten-bit encoding when communicating the error code. The five bits are sent twice, once as positive true, and once as negative true. In this way, the ten bit pattern will include five ones and five zeros, achieving neutral disparity. Such processing is also efficient so that system timing can be maintained when using a 10 bit encoding scheme. Additionally, the illustrative implementation provides that upon the completion of link training, data is communicable across the link. The data may comprise a header, small data packets, should they be available for communication, or control information such as small link management data packets. This data, regardless of type, when encoded produces a pattern of 1's and 0's having an associated disparity. FIG. 7 shows the processing performed by exemplary data communications architecture 200 when performing error detection. As is shown, processing begins at block 700 and proceeds to block 705 where a check is performed to determine if data is to be communicated across the components of exemplary data communications architecture 200 of FIG. 2. If the check at block 705 yields the determination that data is not to be communicated, processing reverts back to block 700 and proceeds there from. However, if at block 705 it is determined that data is to be communicated, processing proceeds to block 710 where the disparity for the data to be communicated is calculated. From there an error code for the data to be communicated is calculate using the calculated disparities by the serializer at block 715. The data along with the calculated error code are then communicated by the serializer to a cooperating deserializer at block 720. The deserializer receives the data and calculates the error code based on the communicated data at block 725. From there, a check is performed to determine if the error codes correspond at block 730. If the error codes do not correspond at block 730, processing proceeds to block 735 where a request to re-communicate the data is sent by the deserializer to the serializer. The serializer obtains the data for re-communication at block 740 and processing reverts to block 710 and proceeds there from. However, if at block 730 it is determined that the error codes generated by calculated by the serializer and the deserializer, respectively, do correspond, processing proceeds to block 745 where data transactions are continued. From there processing reverts to block 700 and proceeds there from. Exemplary data communications architecture 200 is also capable of handling link failures if the links fail during operation. The illustrative implementation operates to allow connection with the exemplary computing environment's infrastructure to remain active when a link fails and not force the computing environment to become unstable (e.g. crash). In the context of a SERDES data communications architecture, the point to point connections in the computer's infrastructure may be composed of several SERDES links operating in concert to provide increased data communications bandwidth. The illustrative implementation provides for the use of one additional SERDES link to be deployed over a “spare” link channel in the event that one of the other communications links have failed. Moreover, the illustrative implementation may detect that a link channel is not reliable and not use it. The implementation also provides a protocol by which the receiving end (see receiving core 245 of data communications interface 210 of FIG. 2) of the link can communicate with the transmitting end (see transmit core 235 of data communications interface 205 of FIG. 2) of the link which link channel should not be used. In operation, the illustrative implementation determines that a link has failed during the link training sequence. Link training will occur in response to a detected error on the normal transmission of data, or on initial link bring up. Recognition that a link has failed includes, among other events, loss of the presence detect signal for that link; failure of that link to pass link self test; failure of that link to signal proper alignment. In response to a link failing, logic on the receiving end of the link will shift logical link channels from the failing link to the last numbered link away from the failing physical link. Additionally, a new mapping is encoded in a 5-bit field and returned to the sending end of the link. There the new mapping is used to program the transmit logic to drive the links in the next training attempt onto the proper physical channels. FIG. 8 shows the processing performed by exemplary data communications architecture 200 when handling a link failure. As is shown, processing begins at block 800 and proceeds to block 805 where data communications architecture initiates training of the communications link. From there a serializer and deserializer of data communications architecture 200 are associated to create a logical communications link at block 810. The created logical communications link is then operated over a physical communications link at block 815. From there, processing proceeds to block 820 where the training of the communications link is monitored to identify any link failures. A check is then performed at block 825 to determine if there are failures on the link. If there are no failures as determined by the check at block 825, processing proceeds to block 845 where the training of the link is completed. Data communications transactions are then performed on the trained link at block 850. Processing then terminates at block 855. However, if at block 825 it is determined that a link failure has occurred, processing proceeds to block 830 where the logical communications link is shifted away from the failing physical communications link. A new mapping providing new logical and physical communication link arrangements is created at block 835 and the logical and physical communication links are aligned according to the new mapping at block 840. From there, processing reverts to block 815 to retest the newly mapped channels for proper operation. From there processing continues as shown. It is appreciated that after a selected number of failing attempts, a signal will be sent across the cooperating components of data communications architecture 200 to indicate that the link has failed. In such context, the link is not utilized for data communications transactions. Exemplary data communications architecture 200 is also capable of handling retraining of failed links. In the context of SERDES data communications architectures, the illustrative implementation employs a plurality of many SERDES links used together to provide high bandwidth and low latency. In practice, before the SERDES links can be used to transfer data, they are first “trained” by sending appropriate known data sequences which the receiving end of the link can use to properly align the links. Additionally, training also affords an opportunity to test that the links transmit other known data sequences accurately. Under some circumstances the link training may fail during a first attempt and be successful during a second attempt. In this context, the illustrative implementation operates to communicate from the transmitting end of the communications channel (see transmit core 235 of data communications interface 205 of FIG. 2) to the receiving end (see receiving core 245 of data communications interface 210 of FIG. 2) of the communications channel information that can enable training to be successful during a second attempt. The illustrative implementation further provides a mechanism to pass information across the link when link training has failed. In operation, data sequences to test the links are formatted before they are presented on the encoder in such a way that the same bit encoding will be generated regardless of the previous disparity of the encoding scheme, i.e. neutral disparity. On the receiving end of the link, the data from the SERDES interface is a static bit received pattern, since the data is formatted to maintain a neutral disparity. As such, even though the alignment between the links and each other of the receive logics clocks is not guaranteed, the provided data can be treated as a static value. Furthermore, in operation, the illustrative implementation provides that copies of the data sequences are compared to each other on the receiving end of the communications link to disqualify any one link that my be bad. Moreover, the information may then be used to reprogram each end of the link to change how the data is expected to arrive in order to retrain around any defect. FIG. 9 shows the processing performed by exemplary data communications architecture 200 when handling link training failures. As is shown, processing begins at block 900 and proceeds to block 905 where exemplary data communications architecture initiates training of the communications link. From there processing proceeds to block 910 where link management data is generated. The link management data is then communicated across the link management from the serializers and deserializers at block 915. The training is monitored at block 920 to identify link training failures. A check is then performed at block 925 to determine if there were any link training failures. If there are no link training failures, processing proceeds to block 950 where data communications transactions are performed. From there, processing terminates at block 955. However, if at block 925, it is determined that there are link training failures, processing proceeds to block 930 where the link management data is processed by the deserializers. The link management data is then compared across the cooperating deserializers to identify training failures at block 935. The serializers and deserializers are then reprogrammed to retrain around the link training failure at block 940. From there processing reverts to block 905 and continues as shown. It is appreciated that after a selected number of failures as determined at block 925, a determination is made that the link is failed and will not be used for data communications transactions. In this context, additional processing as described by FIG. 8 may be performed to re-map the logical and physical channels. Exemplary data communications architecture 200 is also capable of identifying and marking data as corrupt to increase data communications architecture robustness. In the context of SERDES data communications architectures, the illustrative implementation provides a mechanism to recognize when data is not successfully transmitted across the link and marks such data corrupt. This may occur when the small data packet is corrupted before it is transmitted. The illustrative implementation operates to allow the failing data to be accepted, so the link can proceed to transmitting data behind the failing small data packet. Furthermore, the failing small data packet is marked as corrupt and sent to its destination. Furthermore, the illustrative implementation allows for a link to accept a small data packet marked as corrupt and to complete any transaction that is in progress when the link it is currently traversing fails. This is accomplished by sending manufactured data to fill out the transaction, and marking the entire data, partial and filler, as corrupt. In doing so, partially transmitted transactions are prevented from clogging other link interfaces, enabling the infrastructure to contain the failure to processes that were actively using the failed link. FIG. 10 shows the processing performed when identifying and marking data as corrupt during data communications transactions. As is shown, processing begins at block 1000 and proceeds to block 1005 where a communications link is established between cooperating components of the exemplary data communications architecture 200. From there, processing proceeds to block 1010 where data transmission across the established communication link is monitored. Data which is not successfully transmitted across the communications link is identified at bock 1015. The identified unsuccessfully transmitted data is marked as corrupt at block 1020. From there a check is performed at block 1025 to determine if the corrupt data contains partial data. If the check at block 1025 yields that there is no partial data, processing proceeds to block 1040 where the data marked as corrupt is processed by the components of the data communications architecture. From there, the data marked as corrupt is propagated across the data communications architecture at block 1045. Data communications transactions are then performed at block 1050. Processing then terminates at block 1055. If, however, at block 1025 it is determined that there is partial data, processing proceeds to block 1030 where filler data is generated to append to the partial corrupt data. The filler data and partial corrupt data are then marked collectively as one piece of corrupt data at block 1035. From there processing proceeds to block 1040 and continues there from. Additionally, the illustrative implementation provides that the data is identified as corrupt as a result of one or more iterations of successful attempts of communications link training. Stated differently, if the communications link can ultimately be successfully trained, but the transmission of specific small data packet repeatedly fails, the problem is determined to be a problem with the data. Exemplary data communications architecture 200 of FIG. 2 is also capable of detecting errors efficiently across a plurality of is communications channels without performing extensive processing. In the context of a SERDES data communications architecture, the illustrative implementation provides an error encoding that operates using the encoding protocol of the data communications architecture. In operation, transactions (or data packets) are passed across a collection of several link channels in units called small data packets, each transaction requiring a number of small data packets according to its size. Each small data packet includes a number (e.g. 8) logical bits per channel that are transmitted in a numbered (e.g. 10) bit encoding protocol. This error detection scheme operates on one small data packet at a time. In practice, the standard 8 b10 b encoding used per channel is capable of detecting single bit errors within one channel. This detection is combined with logic to calculate eight parity bits across the channels carrying the small data packet. The parity bit is based off the 1,2,3, . . . 8th bit of the 8 bits of data sent on the channel. These 8 parity bits are then used as the data to be transmitted across one additional link channel. Errors may be detected by calculating the parity bits for the data transmitted over a communications channel on the receiving end. FIG. 11 shows the processing performed by exemplary data communications architecture 200 when detecting errors across a plurality of communications channels. As is shown, processing begins at block 1100 and proceeds to block 1105 where a communications link is established between components of exemplary data communications architecture 200. From there, processing proceeds to block 1110 where parity bits are calculate for data being communicated based on the encoding protocol having n bits. The parity bits are then communicated across the communications link at block 1115 from the serializers to the deserializers. The parity bits are then processed by the deserializers at block 1120. A check is then performed at block 1125 to determine if any errors were identified using the parity bits. If there are were no error identified at block 1125, processing proceeds to block 1135 where data communications transactions are performed. Processing then terminates at block 1140. However, if at block 1125, it is determined that here are errors identified, processing proceeds to block 1130 where the data is re-communicated from the serializer to the deserializer. From there processing reverts to block 1110 and continues as shown. It is appreciated that after a number of attempts to re-communicate the data from the serializer to the deserializer and the errors continue to be identified then such data may be marked as corrupt as per the processing described above in FIG. 10. Exemplary data communications architecture 200 of FIG. 2 is also capable of acknowledging successful transfer of data between its components. In the context of a SERDES data communications architecture, transactions may be passed across the links in “packet” format. A packet may be formed from one or more small packets depending on the amount of information and data that the transaction includes. A small data packet may be considered as the unit of payload that the link is designed to transfer at a time. The packet may comprise a header small packet followed by some number of small data packets to fill out the transaction. The header, among other things, may include information describing the type of packet, and other information to handle the packet, such as its destination address. In order to achieve the capability of resending, or retrying the transfer of small data packets across the link, the illustrative implementation holds substantially all small header and data packets transferred across the link in a data buffer until such a time as an acknowledgement signal is received from the opposite end of the link. Once acknowledgement of a successful transfer has been received, the data buffer entry containing that small header and data packet can be released to be used by another small data packet. In the implementation provided, generally no more small and header data packets can be sent across the link than there are link level retry buffer entries to hold them. If there is a failure to properly transfer a small data packet across the link then the first small header and data packet to be resent across the link is the oldest small data packet within the data buffer that has not been acknowledged. The illustrative implementation provides a mechanism and protocol that achieve the acknowledgement of a successful transfer of a small data packet. In practice, the small data packet transferred across the link has a tag associated with it that matches the entry address of the data buffer where the small data packet is being stored. The header small packet contains a field reserved for successful transfer acknowledgement. When a header is sent out across the link, this field is filled with the address of the last small data packet successfully received at that time. When sending the address, if an acknowledgement is lost, the next acknowledgement will self correct the mechanism. In the instance there is no valid header ready to carry the address acknowledgement across the link, the illustrative implementation creates an idle header to carry the acknowledgement back across the link. Lastly, after a link transfer failure has been corrected, but before normal operation is restarted, the address of the most recently successfully received small data packet is sent as a part of the link restart sequence to ensure that successfully received small data packets are appropriately acknowledged. FIG. 12 shows the processing performed by exemplary data communications architecture 200 of FIG. 2 when creating and transacting acknowledgements for successful data communications. As is shown, processing begins at block 1200 and proceeds to block 1205 where a communications link is established between cooperating components of data communications architecture 200 of FIG. 2. Small data packets are then stored in a cooperating data buffer at block 1210. From there processing proceeds to block 1215 where an address is generated for the small data packet. The data with the small data packet address are then communicated from a transmitting serializer at block 1220. A check is then performed at block 1225 to determine if the data was properly communicated to receiving deserializer. If the check at block 1225 indicates that the data was not properly communicated, processing proceeds to block 1230 where the data is requested to be resent by the transmitting end of communications link using most recent received small data packet address. From there processing reverts to block 1220 and continues as shown. However, if at block 1225, it is determined that the data was properly communicated processing proceeds to block 1235 where a check is performed to determine if a header is available to carry the acknowledgement from receiving end of the communications link to the transmitting end of the communications link. A time delay might occur before the acknowledgement is prepared as the small data packets are first sent to complete current outgoing packets. If the check at block 1235 indicates that there is a header available, processing proceeds to block 1255 where the small data packet address is communicated from the receiving end of the communications channel to the transmitting end of the communications channel as acknowledgement of a successful transfer using the available header. Processing proceeds to block 1260 where the small data packet address is released from the cooperating data buffer. Processing then terminates at block 1250. If, however, at block 1235 it is determined that there is no header available, an idle header is created to carry the acknowledgement of a successful transfer at block 1240. The idle header is communicated from the receiving end of the communications link to the transmitting end of the communications link at block 1245. Processing once gain proceeds to block 1260 where the small data packet address is released from the cooperating data buffer. Processing then terminates at block 1250. In sum, the herein described apparatus and methods provide a data communication architecture employing for use as a computing environments communication fabric that reduces data latency. It is understood, however, that the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative constructions. There is no intention to limit the invention to the specific constructions described herein. On the contrary, the invention is intended to cover all modifications, alternative constructions, and equivalents falling within the scope and spirit of the invention. It should also be noted that the present invention may be implemented in a variety of computer environments (including both non-wireless and wireless computer environments), partial computing environments, and real world environments. The various techniques described herein may be implemented in hardware or software, or a combination of both. Preferably, the techniques are implemented in computing environments maintaining programmable computers that include a processor, a storage medium readable by the processor (including volatile and non-volatile memory and/or storage elements), at least one input device, and at least one output device. Computing hardware logic cooperating with various instructions sets-are applied to data to perform the functions described above and to generate output information. The output information is applied to one or more output devices. Programs used by the exemplary computing hardware may be preferably implemented in various programming languages, including high level procedural or object oriented programming language to communicate with a computer system. Illustratively the herein described apparatus and methods may be implemented in assembly or machine language, if desired. In any case, the language may be a compiled or interpreted language. Each such computer program is preferably stored on a storage medium or device (e.g., ROM or magnetic disk) that is readable by a general or special purpose programmable computer for configuring and operating the computer when the storage medium or device is read by the computer to perform the procedures described above. The apparatus may also be considered to be implemented as a computer-readable storage medium, configured with a computer program, where the storage medium so configured causes a computer to operate in a specific and predefined manner. processing the encoded link management data by the deserializer upon observing a failure of the link training to identify a corrective action. 2. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising reprogramming the serializer and the deserializer to retrain the link around identified link failures. 3. The method as recited in claim 2 further comprising configuring the serializer and the deserializer to expect selected data packets. 4. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising formatting the link management data to have neutral disparity. 5. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the link management data to a plurality of selected deserializers by a plurality of serializers. 6. The method as recited in claim 5 wherein the link management data is compared across the plurality of deserializers. 7. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising communicating the link management data between the serializer and deserializer upon a link training event failure event. processing the encoded link management data by the deserializer upon observing a failure of a link to identify a corrective action. an instruction set providing link training instructions to the serializer and to the deserializer to handle links that fail training. 10. The system as recited in claim 9 wherein the link management data has a neutral disparity. 11. The system as recited in claim 9 wherein the link training module comprises a portion of the serializer and the deserializer. 12. The system as recited in claim 9 wherein the link training module formats link management data to have neutral disparity. 13. The system as recited in claim 12 wherein the link management data is received by a selected number of deserializers for processing. 14. The system as recited in claim 13 wherein a comparison is performed by the link training module to identify which of the selected number of deserializers properly processed the link management data. 15. The system as recited in claim 14 wherein the link training module reprograms the serializers and deserializers after identifying which links are not working. 16. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein the link training module retrains the failed links. upon the occurrence of a link failure, comparing how the link management data is being processed by the deserializers. 18. The method as recited in claim 17 further comprising formatting the link management data to ensure uniform processing by the deserializers. 19. The method as recited in claim 18 further comprising reprogramming the serializers and the deserializers according to a link training protocol upon the occurrence of a link failure. 20. The method as recited in claim 19 further comprising setting the serializers and the deserializers to expect data having a selected format. 21. The method as recited in claim 17 further comprising retraining the failed links. fourth means for comparing the communicated link management data at the deserializers to identify failed links. 23. The mechanism as recited in claim 22 wherein the link management data has a neutral disparity. IBM Corporation, "Blue Logic Ethernet Family of Cores", IBM Microelectronics Division, (2001), (located at www.ibm.com/chips). IBM Corporation, "Blue Logic Ethernet Family of Cores", IMB Microelectronics Division (2001), (located at www.imb.com/chips). IBM Corporation, "Blue Logic High-Speed SERDES Family of Cores", IBM Microelectronics Division, (2003), (located at www.ibm.com/chips). IBM Corporation, "Blue Logic High-Speed SERDES Family of Cores", IMB Microelectronics Division, 2003 (located at www.imb.com/chips).
2019-04-25T07:16:35Z
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If you follow this blog, you’ll notice that I haven’t posted anything since October 16th. Almost five months. So, this post and announcement shouldn’t come as any surprise. I’m retiring from book blogging. But I know that I won’t. I just don’t have the time or the energy or the desire to keep the blog up. I’m not reading a lot these days and I really want to get back to reading 100% for pleasure. I may some day get this blog up and running again, but for now it will stay dormant.
2019-04-21T20:58:39Z
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I first started paying attention to Natsuki Kiyoura after hearing her sing the OP to Sketchbook, and I haven’t gotten tired of her voice since then. Maybe because of that song itself, I like to think of her singing as soothing, regardless of how she’s been using it since, for power, for fun, or for awesome. That quality is something that I don’t usually hear in people who perform OP/EDs for anime, so it was captivating for me, especially after hearing the OP from Spice and Wolf for the first time. I also haven’t met a song of hers that I haven’t liked in some capacity from the singles that she’s released. So after hearing from omo that she recently released her first album which also happened to contain a lot of her singles from anime, I jumped at the chance, bought the album, and decided to write about it (or at least my fanboying of her). I also know that the people that composed or produced some of the songs were a big part of what made them special. But her voice was what got me more than anything else. It was definitely at least 40-something bucks worth my time. Not the best cover picture, but hey. Colors. A lilting trio in ¾ time with a piano starting things off, joined by a flute (played by the artist!) and finally Natsumi’s vocalizations that provides a solid intro to both Natsumi’s soft, flowing voice and the rest of the CD. I enjoyed how the contrasting melodies from each part built upon each other as the song progresses, growing in complexity only to fade of to the starting piano melody and Natsumi’s vocals. As the OP of Spice and Wolf, this is the song that I think put her on the map to many people, and my favorite OP/ED of 2008. From an earlier post: “It has a simple, waltz-like melody (helps that the song has a ¾ time signature, or so I’d like to think) that I usually catch myself singing along with as it plays, especially at the chorus with the male accompaniment.” Still going strong, and I still want to go on a journey with Horo and Lawrences because of it. A more pop-rockish song that had a “let’s get moving!” sort of feel to it, but it didn’t really do too much for me. Maybe it was the talking in the middle that did it. It was sad alright. AKA Keroro Gunsou (Sgt. Frog) ED 12 B-side. When I first heard the song when the single was released, I liked how simple the song was, with it’s soft rock feel, and I enjoyed the brief key change in her vocals some measures before you head to the refrain of the song, as well as the end of the refrain itself. The ending of Sasameki Koto. I think this is Natsumi at her playful best, and the music, starting off with what sounds like a childish march and continuing with fun strings, handclapping, the tambourine in the background and the electric guitar instrumental break, helps the same way. I especially enjoy the refrain with swinging violins and Natsumi singing the chorus in ascending and descending scales. It’s a jamming song, if that makes any sense. The opening of Sasameki Koto. Differs from the show version by starting Natsumi off with a just a piano background instead of the string one, before adding the instruments in. I prefer the latter, but it doesn’t change much of this song to me. This song has her at what I think is her best, with her vocals being relaxing, comforting and flowing with the music. I always love the brief instrumental break just before the end of the song, as well as right before Natsumi repeats the last line of the song with what I call a music “wait a minute, the song’s not over yet” two-measure set. Ristorante Paradiso theme song for episode 3. A jazzy piece in 6/8 time that reminds of something that say, Mio Isayama would sing, but Natsumi nicely works it. Another one that I think has her in a playful mood. The opening in Sketchbook, albeit if the instrumental during the chorus part was expanded to make the entire melody of the song. The original is my favorite of her songs, but this reworking of it takes the pace from just relaxing under the sun lying on the grass, but relaxing under the sun at the beach with not a care in the world, as does a fun job of it. Either way, it makes for some fun times to me. AKA Keroro Gunsou (Sgt. Frog) ED 12. A “having fun in the sun on the beach” type of song, and another playful type of song for 723. The handclaps and ukulele on the intro are infectious, and it’s hard not to get a good vibe from the song. The extra DVD with the studio performance from the Limited Edition version of the album featured “Kaze Sagashi”, “Tabi no Tochuu”, “Neverland” and “Bokura no Ai Kotoba” with Natsumi singing and playing the flute and piano with an acoustic guitar and one-man percussionist accompaniment. It was fun to hear alternate versions of some of my favorite songs from her, as well as to see a small figurine of Keroro on her piano as she played it while singing “Neverland”. That’s two opinions that give this album a strong recommendation to put on top of my backlog. Maybe I’ll follow through and make it three opinion data points. Maybe. I think “folksy” anison has been a sub-subgenre that is expanding in the past couple years. People like her, Suara, even people like Marble sometimes… Perhaps a niche carved out by Maaya Sakamoto?
2019-04-23T06:17:01Z
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2019-04-22T13:15:42Z
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This 2019 downgrade puts Britain on course for its weakest economic growth in the 10 years since the global financial crisis. Brexit concerns have put a further drag on the UK economy since the November forecast, leading businesses to delay investment and purchases. Global trade tensions have also dampened worldwide business sentiment. “UK economic growth slowed in late 2018 and appears to have weakened further in early 2019. This slowdown mainly reflects softer activity abroad and the greater effects from Brexit uncertainties at home,” the BoE said in a written statement. The updated economic forecast comes just hours after the European Commission predicted the UK economy would grow by 1.3% annually in both 2019 and 2020, down from about 1.4% last year. The pound (GBPUSD=X, GBPEUR=X) dropped slightly versus the US dollar and euro in reaction to the latest BoE update. Britain’s central bank opted to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged as it waits for a resolution to the high-profile Brexit negotiations. The UK central bank left its key interest rate at 0.75%. This rate influences the interest rates banks charge for consumer loans and mortgages. When times are good, the BoE raises rates to stymie the amount of money sloshing through the economy. When times are bad, it lowers rates to encourage banks to lend more money and prompt consumers to go out and spend. The BoE’s ultimate goal is to keep inflation at 2%. Currently, UK inflation is hovering at 2.1%, down from a recent peak of 3.1% in late 2018. The bank said it plans to raise interest rates in the coming years “at a gradual pace and to a limited extent” if the economy develops in line with its expectations. The central bank warned last year that the country could be headed for an economic shock more severe than the global financial crisis if prime minister Theresa May’s government is unable to finalise a Brexit deal by the 29 March deadline. In this worst-case Brexit scenario, the central bank predicted the UK economy could shrink by about 8% within a year. That fall would be the worst the country has seen in nearly 100 years. The BoE has said it might raise rates due to the inflationary impact of a likely slump on the value of the pound, although most economists think it would cut rates to cushion the blow to the economy. The BoE is scheduled to make its final pre-Brexit decision on interest rates on 21 March.
2019-04-22T02:19:19Z
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2019-04-26T08:41:26Z
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2019-04-23T00:42:44Z
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Eating is a sensory experience. You should taste, smell, touch, see and (in some cases) hear your food. This is why I hate the word “foodie.” It’s an easy title to slap on someone that writes a food blog. As I’ve said before, I’m an eater. Eating is sensory. Eating is community. Foodies post pictures of their meal to Instagram, Facebook and Twitter in a “look at me” attention grab. An eater doesn’t just show you what they ate. They tell you about the smell of the smoke from the wood grill and how it permeated the tuna filet. Eaters tell you about the snap of the crab leg, the texture and taste of the slimy, briny oyster. They tell you that the head-on shrimp were some of the most beautiful pieces of seafood they ever encountered. Cochon Restaurant, New Orleans, La. Cochon is the French word for pig, an important fact when you tell your friend that you made reservations for eight, and she says that one of our dining companions is a vegetarian. Laci’s Tapas Bar, Syracuse, N.Y. Admittedly, I had been hesitant to try Laci’s Tapas Bar though I don’t know why. Small plates restaurants are either very good or very bad, with no middle ground. On one side there’s the Meddlesome Moth in Dallas, Tex., which was listed on Eater.com‘s lists of best and hottest restaurants in the metroplex when I visited last winter. On the other is a recently opened restaurant in Syracuse’s Armory Square that has received the same anecdotal review from everyone I have talked to: the food is ordinary and the service is terrible and borderline rude. Laci’s opened in its current location on Hawley Avenue in 2010, after its owners moved their operation from Eastwood’s Palace Theatre. The historic house it sits in is the former Pascale’s Bake House near Catherine Street. I’m glad I did make reservations for 6 p.m. on the evening of our visit, as the restaurant would be packed with a line by the time we walked out a couple of hours later. On my right wrist is a blue band. Ever the gadget guy, I took a dive on a Fitbit Force this week from Best Buy (Side note: I ordered it online and it arrived within 48 hours, which is pretty nice.). Fitbit makes a couple of these wearable fitness trackers. I chose the Force because it has a silent alarm built in, a visible screen, and allegedly measures floors climbed. I say “allegedly” because it measures your floors climbed much in the same way sports watches track altitude. It’s all based on atmospheric pressure changes, of which there does not seem to be in my house (I can’t wait to see what happens when I get on a plane in a couple of weeks.). Personally, I like this for two reasons: it measures the steps I take and my sleep, which I’ve suspected has been poor recently. Based on movement, it gives me a reading on how restless I am at night and how long I was awake. It’s all part of my technology-based plan to start living healthier. Actually, to call it a “plan” would be a overstatement. That would imply that I have a, you know, plan. I think I’m going to start by making a more concerted effort to live healthier before committing to a plan. We’ll see how that goes. On Friday night, The Wife and I had one of our best restaurant experiences. It marked our first visit to Laci’s Tapas Bar in Syracuse’s Hawley-Green neighborhood. The menu was very reminiscent of the Meddlesome Moth in Dallas — gastropub small plates — but that was not why. At every turn, someone was talking to us, asking us how we were, if we had ever been there before, what kind of food we like so that they could suggest something. Based on the roster of staff listed on the website, we talked to both owners, two hostesses and two servers. Now, some would find this annoying or overbearing. I see this as taking pride in the business, not unlike the experience we had in Rochester this past May. It’s not often in Syracuse that a restaurant owner walks through the dining room to check on the customers. It’s also not often that you see them bussing tables either, but they were knee deep in the operation. There is a fine line between micromanagement and being involved. It’s the idea that I would never ask someone to do something that I wouldn’t do. While there will be plenty more later on the food, I thought it was worth mentioning that the overall experience was among the best that Syracuse offers. I really only do two of these sorts of year-end posts. This one is the most fun, because it’s a wrap-up of all the places we ate this year. Of the 17 restaurants that I reviewed this year, more than half were in the Greater Syracuse/Central New York area. The rest are in cities that I had the chance to visit either for work — Washington, D.C. and Dallas, Tex. — or during our annual summer trip to Rehoboth Beach, Del. You can find these, and all of my restaurant visits, under the Dining Out heading. Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Syracuse, N.Y. Finbar’s Pub & Grill, Rehoboth Beach, Del. The Pig + Fish, Rehoboth Beach, Del. Sackets Harbor Brewing Company, Sackets Harbor, N.Y. Zabroso Restaurant and Lounge, Oneida, N.Y. We had childcare on Friday night, so The Wife was tasked with choosing a restaurant. A lousy week at work combined with the fear of selecting the wrong eatery (Side note: This has happened before. I give her the responsibility of picking a place and we end up at an overpriced establishment with below par food and watered-down drinks) left her rendered her decisionless and left me holding the clubs. And, since I was buying, I decided to go down the list of places I have wanted to go but, for whatever reason, have not tried. I read about Zabroso some years back in the dining section of The Post-Standard. Chef-owner Ruben Lopez came to Upstate New York to open Rodizio — the now-shuttered Brazilian steakhouse at the Turning Stone Resort Casino — before hanging out his own shingle with Zabroso. Spanish by birth, raised in Puerto Rico and educated at the Culinary Institute of America, Lopez focuses mainly on traditional Spanish dishes, fusing Latin American touches throughout the menu. Our 6 p.m. reservation was unnecessary as the crowd was fairly light on Friday evening. The host manning the door would end up being our server. He was nice enough, but had only a basic knowledge of the menu. He struggled to explain facets of our dishes and those at neighboring tables. Parker’s was not the plan. It was, however, the solution. The Wife, who also serves the CFO of our operations here at Al Dente HQ, said that dinner needed to be relatively inexpensive on Friday. I thought we would try The Bucket BBQ on the outskirts of Auburn. It had opened this year to some fanfare, and friend and fellow eater Margaret McCormick gave it thumbs up on her blog, Eat First. When we pulled into the parking lot around 6 p.m., we noticed something odd. It didn’t look open. The sign on the door welcomed customers. There seemed to be lights on inside, but the parking lot was empty. Friday night at 6 p.m. and no one is at your restaurant? Hmm. This scared The Wife away and, to be honest, did not instill a lot of confidence in me either. Since I wasn’t particularly committed to The Bucket, we moved on. But to where? I know Auburn about as well as I know facets of The Wife’s family: I see them occasionally, but I couldn’t actually pair their names with their faces. Al Dente knows and trusts two restaurants in Auburn. The first, Moro’s Table, doesn’t really fit in the “relatively inexpensive” range (at least not when I eat there). The second place does. Parker’s Grille is a family-owned chain of four restaurants in the Finger Lakes (in addition to Auburn, there are locations in Geneca, Newark and Seneca Falls). It’s a neighborhood bar and grill, in the way that Hullar’s, Riley’s, Jake Hafner’s and The Retreat do their jobs in the Syracuse area: burgers, steaks, fried stuff and a good beer selection. Yes, you can get all of that at Applebee’s or Ruby Tuesday, but you know that at places like these your burger was packed by hand, the onions and tomatoes were sliced on site and the kitchen staff tries different things. You know that the wait staff believes in the menu because they make recommendations and steer you away from things without the fear of management. If I wanted a regular burger, or a burger with a bunch of stuff on it, that was formed at a processing plant, I could go to Red Robin. (I like Red Robin as far as chains go. It’s certainly better than Applebee’s.) But it’s the little things that count, and places like Parker’s do the little things. I came to know of Parker’s through my co-worker Toni, who lived in, worked in and married a guy from Auburn. She had long raved about their honey mustard (Toni has simple needs in life. Honey mustard. Blue cheese. Rainbow cookies. Bud Light products flavored with lime.). The Wife and I first went there for dinner a few years ago while she was pregnant with The Kid. We made our return on Friday and were surprised that the wait was only 15 minutes. The first thing that catches your attention about Parker’s is that everyone who works there is happy. From the hostess, who looked like she was going to greet us with hugs, to our waitress to the bartender…everyone was smiling. It was a little unnerving in that sense, but as The Wife pointed out, it’s possible that these people enjoy their jobs. We spent our wait at the moderately-sized bar. It was full, but not packed and certainly not noisy. The restaurant and bar share one large space and there wasn’t a lot of spill over in between. Parker’s has an impressive draught beer selection, mixing in the big names along with choices from craft beer stalwarts like Dogfish Head, Great Lakes Brewing Company and Lagunitas. The menu at Parker’s is exactly what one would expect. Soups, salads, and hot and cold sandwiches lead up to a choice of nine different half-pound burger varieties, including The Dewey. The house favorite is described as a beer-drinking burger and comes with bacon, grilled mushrooms, Swiss cheese and mayonnaise. Burgers and sandwiches are served with steak fries, with curly and sweet potato fries available. The menu rounds out with steaks, fried seafood and a handful of Mexican dishes. The Wife and I started with pretzel sticks — a plate of four 8-inch soft pretzels that were oven fresh and hot. Served with foodservice nacho cheese and homemade honey mustard, they were a nice opener. The pretzels were baked to a deep brown, but not overly greasy or salty. Orange cheese from a #10 can is comforting, but disappointing from any restaurant that prides itself on homemade specialties. It’s disappointing at Boom Boom Mex Mex and was the only real disappointment at Parker’s. I opted for one of the night’s specials, a pork burger made with meat from Bostrom Farms. Bostrom is a favorite at Al Dente and a regular at the Central New York Regional Market. The 8 oz. burger was cooked medium well, with defined grill marks on the exterior, and served with chipotle mayo, lettuce, tomato and onion. The burger was very good and only a little bit of salt kept it from being excellent. I ate it with tomatoes only. The flavor reminded me how much I like Bostrom’s pork and how different factory-processed meats taste. It was juicy and tender for a medium-well burger. The Wife was less thrilled with her choice of a beef on a weck, but she admitted that it was her fault. “It’s not the Beef n Barrel, but it will do.” (The Beef is an Olean, N.Y. restaurant that was fine dining for St. Bonaventure students. Their specialty was thin-sliced roast beef and the beef on a weck — a regional favorite — was nothing short of an art form there. You want to order two of these at dinner — one to eat and the other to take home for later.) By all accounts, the sandwich was perfectly fine. The kimmelweck roll had a nice collection of caraway seeds and salt on top. The beef was razor thin and the horseradish was lethal. Served au jus, it was fine. It just wasn’t The Beef. The Wife later admitted that she should have known better. All the while, drink glasses never went dry, and everyone on staff smiled and was attentive to everything. From the hostess to the busser to the wait staff, things moved with precision to turn over covers and seat new customers. The bar never got loud or rowdy and the dining room was a steady mix of families and couples. It seems odd to drive nearly an hour to eat a hamburger, but the burger is more than just food at Parker’s. From the moment you walk in the door, you get the impression that they are working on how to get you to come back. A restaurant where good food is exceeded by excellent service. Imagine that? Parker’s Grille is located at 129 Genesee St. in Auburn. They also have locations in Geneva, Newark and Seneca Falls. Parking is on-street only. Reservations are not accepted. Dinner, with drinks and a generous (but deserved) tip, was $47.00. The photo I took before being sneered at by the snarly counter staffer. NOTE: I am expecting people to read the following entry and tell me that I am wrong, uninformed, missing the point, and/or a terrible human being who should spend his time eating at Applebee’s. I have braced for impact. I know nothing about how to run a restaurant. As someone who is particular about where he eats, though, there are certain things which separate good from the rest. The men from the boys. The lion from the rest of the jungle. A restaurant should aim for a particular demographic. A great restaurant aims for their demographic, but welcomes everyone else without pretense. A restaurant should have a basic theme or a hook that makes them unique. A great restaurant not only has a theme, but they also have personality and energy. A restaurant should have a menu. A great restaurant offers you an experience. So, what am I getting at? I went to LoFo. I ate at LoFo. Alas, I didn’t like LoFo. Its demographic seems pretty straightforward. LoFo aims right at the heart of the locavore movement. Heidelberg Baking Company and Harrison Bakery breads. Recess Coffee. Locally sourced foods prepared fresh. Very respectable. The menu shows a strong balance between vegan, vegetarian and carnivore. It also features a number of raw and gluten-free foods. Traffic in and out of the restaurant on Friday when I visited was decidedly female, between the ages of 25 and 40. There were some bearded and tattooed men that came in from the neighboring art spaces, but the professional women who work in Armory Square make this place tick. Again, this is all respectable and our market needs restaurants like these. Ordering was done at the counter with a paper menu placed in front of me by a rather disengaged staff member. She was not much for conversation, giving off the vibe that she could not be bothered to respond to my questions as if I should already know the answers. With two people at tables already eating and only me in line, I thought her impatience at my reading of the menu was a little much. The lunchtime menu is pretty basic: four sandwiches, two soups and a handful of salads, plus the daily specials. An extensive list of vegetable juices and almond milk smoothies highlight a drink menu that includes looseleaf teas and small batch sodas. A breakfast menu includes eggs, pancakes, and sides to satisfy carnivores and herbivores alike. After ordering, paying and being prompted to tip by the iPad screen used as a cash register, I grabbed a table and began scrolling through Twitter to pass the time. I popped my iPhone’s camera app open to take the above photo of the interior and got an “If you do that again, you will be asked to leave” look from the snarly counter staffer. Her icy glare continued until she was sure I was reading something on my iPhone and no longer using it to take a photo. The chicken and brie sandwich was, on the outset, what I would consider to be a perfect lunch-sized sandwich. Not too small, but not too big. Shredded chicken, pear slices and a creamy brie were served between two thick slices of Heidelberg Baking Company cracked wheat bread and grilled. The sandwich had a good flavor, thanks to the pear, but was mostly bread. A side salad of mixed greens with a mystery dressing (I asked the snarly counter staffer who told me that she would find out and tell me. She didn’t. I’m guessing miso and ginger.) filled the plate, but didn’t make up for the rather paltry portion of chicken. It made me wonder what the $9.50 was paying for. The chorus will say that I shouldn’t look at the price tag. They will say that I am supporting a local business that is supporting local businesses and, sometimes, that costs more. Trust me. I get it. The Honey Bear smoothie proved to be the highlight of the meal. Served in a pint-sized beer glass, the smoothie was a balanced blend of peanut butter, almond milk, banana, honey and cinnamon. It had bite. It had sweetness. It was creamy. It was $6. It was the best thing placed in front of me. A steady trickle of customers made their way into LoFo during the 30 or so minutes I was there. It was fun to watch the snarly counter staffer interact with the loyal regulars and treat the first-timers like, well, like she had treated me. As far as concepts go, LoFo is good. It could probably be strong. It joins local mainstays like Alto Cinco, Empire Brewing Company, Dinosaur Barbque, and Riley’s (among others) in promoting the idea of eating where you live. It has a loyal base of supporters and good for them. But, to me, it seems like it’s trying too hard. It wants to be the cool, different kid in the Armory Square mix of bar-restaurants and fine dining, but it doesn’t know how. It wants to be Open Face or the Beer Belly Deli but it’s still developing its niche. It wants to be in Syracuse, but it needs Syracuse to think more like Ithaca. It wants to branch out and spread its message, but it treats new customers like locavore luddites that take up space better suited to its wheatgrass slurping twentysomethings. Maybe LoFo isn’t for me and my ilk. Maybe it’s just for the people in their loyal fanbase who “get it.” And that might be why the crowd was cozy and small at LoFo, while the lines at other establishments in Armory Square were out their respective front doors. Maybe I am too old for LoFo. Maybe I’m just a cranky, curmudgeonly jerk. Maybe this was a snapshot of an off day at LoFo. Maybe I wanted a relaxed lunch and, instead, got a wheelbarrow of attitude. Maybe I’ll learn from my mistakes and go to one of my regular haunts next time. LoFo is located at 214 Walton St. in Syracuse’s Armory Square district near Onondaga Creek. It is open Monday through Saturday for breakfast and lunch. Lunch for one was $16.51.
2019-04-26T04:31:22Z
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So what does history really taste like? As you can read from Susan’s event preview blog post, this past week we hosted a 1860s MSU-inspired meal based on archival and archaeological research. This event took place through the collaboration of Campus Archaeology and the MSU Culinary Service, specifically Chef Kurt Kwiatkowski, Chef Jay Makowski, and MSU Baker Cindy Baswell. Our menu included codfish ball appetizers; main dishes of walleye, spiced beef, turkey with oyster dressing, and beef tongue; sides of chow-chow, graham bread, and potato croquettes; and desserts of ginger cake and raspberry charlotte russe. We also had ginger beer (non-alcoholic) as a beverage option. This was included because Campus Archaeology uncovered a ginger beer bottle during the excavation of Saint’s Rest dormitory in 2005 (read more about ginger beer here. About 25 guests attended the event, ranging from anthropology graduate students and faculty to college administrators. A little bit of everything from the nicely prepared meal. It was a wonderful meal recreation and I have created several videos below that give a view into what was put into the event, as well as the food that was created and some reactions to beef tongue! As the meal was finishing, we asked the other guests what dish was their favorite; it ranged from the codfish balls and potato croquettes (with a side of chow-chow!) to a surprising enjoyment of the beef tongue! Personally, I really enjoyed every dish but I was most surprised with how much I actually enjoyed the beef tongue (as long as I didn’t think about what I was eating too much!). Susan Kooiman and I are extremely proud of how this event came to fruition, and hope to continue researching the early foodways of MSU with Campus Archaeology! Later this week the website I have been building through MSU’s Cultural Heritage Informatics (CHI) Fellowship will be launched, which will detail the information that led us to create this event, an interactive map with interest points from historic MSU, and a designated page about the meal itself! Look for the announcement of the webpage on the CHI blog.
2019-04-23T08:51:29Z
http://campusarch.msu.edu/?p=5125
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The series centers on movie star Marcus Jackson (Bill Bellamy), who ends up getting sentenced to community service after engaging in an altercation with a paparazzo, forcing Marcus to put his film career on hold. Due to the fact that he has a teacher's license (since he originally aspired to work as a teacher), the judge presiding in his case orders him to serve a six-month stint as a teacher for underprivileged high school kids in Los Angeles' South Central neighborhood. In doing so, Marcus has to deal with his agent Bobby Gold (Jon Lovitz), who constantly attempts to get his client back into film, when he discovers that Marcus has decided that he wants to remain working at the school and help improve his students. Marcus also deals with the mishaps of his best friends and roommates Tony (Tony T. Roberts) and Jamal (Alex Thomas).
2019-04-19T15:37:50Z
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is truth and life will be whether it produces an increasing humility in us. in him and shine through him. The chief mark of counterfeit holiness is lack of humility. The holiest will be the humblest. As I was reading a fellow bloggers post yesterday morning, this particular line jumped out at me. currently blanketing most of the landscape…. you don’t give much credence to the concept of either holiness or God. you don’t like just plain adequate. in front of one’s face, words like grasp don’t go far in your limited view. as in separate, as in secular….. Not being bothered with that which is greater than…. it is impossible to cut Him out of that which He belongs….
2019-04-25T10:56:03Z
https://cookiecrumbstoliveby.wordpress.com/tag/acceptance/
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To use the Google BigQuery API, you must first authenticate to verify your client's identity. BigQuery authorizes access to resources based on the verified identity. These how-to guides show how to authenticate your clients and access the BigQuery API. See the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) API authentication guide for more information about how to authenticate your clients to access GCP APIs. A service account is a Google account that is associated with your GCP project. Use a service account to access the BigQuery API if your application can run jobs associated with service credentials rather than an end-user's credentials, such as a batch processing pipeline. Use user credentials to ensure that your application has access only to BigQuery tables that are available to the end user. A user credential can run queries against only the end user's Cloud Platform project rather than the application's project, meaning the user is billed for queries instead of the application. Once you have authenticated your client, you must pass an access token to the BigQuery API so that it knows your client is authorized to access the requested resources. If you use the BigQuery client libraries, this is done for you automatically. If you are not using the client libraries, learn how to use access tokens in the authorization guide.
2019-04-19T15:03:23Z
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It is hard (for me) to call her. I am sometimes late for the meeting. I was late for the meeting. I will be late for the meeting. I may be late for the meeting. You must not be late for the meeting. Something dreadful was going to happen. (1) May I go to wash my hands? (2) You must be tired.
2019-04-19T10:58:17Z
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The Overdrive reunion seems to be an ongoing concern. And that’s a good thing. “Let The Metal Do The Talking” was a great album, and “Angelmaker” continues in the same vein. Solid, traditional heavy metal. Not power metal, not neoclassical, not medievalinspiredprogfolkspeed metal. HEAVY METAL!! Opening track “Signs All Over” is a plain kick in the teeth. Or what to think of Frieda’s “There’s Something Going On”, which is turned into a heavy bruiser. Not quite as extreme as Nevermore’s take on “Sound Of Silence” but equally crafty. “Under The Influence” owes more than a little to Iron Maiden’s glory years. Album closer “The Wavebreaker” runs an epic 10 minutes and is the most European sounding track on the CD. Overdrive’s brand of metal is refreshingly uncontrived. The band steers clear of banal chant-along choruses and doesn’t rely on triggered bass drums to create an impression of heaviness or urgency. Rather, they deliver finely crafted songs that rely on strong melodies, powerful riffing and spot on leads. This album will take you back in time without even trying to be retro. A killer heavy metal album. This may well be Overdrive’s strongest release so far. This entry was posted in Reviews and tagged Accept, Angelmaker, Iron Maiden, Janne Stark, Overdrive, review, Scorpions. Bookmark the permalink. A new Iron Maiden album. In the eighties that meant weeks of anticipation, and a near religious experience when I finally put the album on the turntable. Iron Maiden was synonymous to heavy metal as far as I was concerned. Those days are long gone unfortunately. Maiden toppled from their peak through a succession of ever more mediocre or downright appalling albums. This new album is touted as a step in a more progressive direction. The same was said about the atrocious A Matter Of Life And Death, so it was with trepidation I approached this newest epic. I’m glad to report that this time they’ve taken the progressive approach and made it stick. Instead of the endless intros (even if there’s still a more than healthy helping of them) and ad nauseam repetition that have marred most Maiden albums since Brave New World, the band offers up more intricate song structures and some more complex ideas. Title track “The Final Frontier” is a typical 21st century Maiden track. Including a chorus that is little more than repeating the title…“El Dorado” reminds me of the Powerslave era for some reason. “Mother Of Mercy” has Bruce straining in the chorus, but is a very well crafted song that builds to a nice climax. “Coming Home” sees the band branching out even more. An epic track with Bruce in fine form. Call me crazy, but “The Alchemist” has a whiff of “Spotlight Kid” about it. “Isle Of Avalon” is as epic as the title would have you believe. “Starblind” is a good example of the more proggy tendencies. A complex rhythm and no discernible chorus add up to a refreshing tune that brings something new to the Maiden catalog. By the time we reach “The Talisman” I’ve had my fill of intros. A more immediate song would have helped break up the monotony, which does begin to rear its head around this point. Once the song gets going things take a turn for the better. “The Man Who Would Be King” is a killer track where all the elements come together to near perfection. A track too many? “Where The Wild Wind Blows” offers yet another lengthy intro and may well be the least convincing track of the album. It’s not bad in itself, but it’s one in a series of three fairly similar tracks. Yes, another case of me bitching about an album being too long. Without “The Talisman” and “When The Wild Wind Blows” or even one of them this would have been a more balanced album. This is their first album in twenty years I’ve truly enjoyed. Even with most songs clocking in at over 7 minutes there are few dead spots and really no cause for boredom, even if it gets a bit samey towards the end. It has restored my belief in Maiden and the human race. Review by Stranger In A Belgian Land Sancho. This entry was posted in Reviews and tagged Adrian Smith, Brave New World, Final Frontier, Iron Maiden, Kevin Shirley, Martin Birch, Nicko McBrain, Steve Harris. Bookmark the permalink.
2019-04-22T00:50:15Z
https://virtuosityone.wordpress.com/tag/iron-maiden/
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Those perfectly placed, nice-looking landscape rocks might not look so nice in a couple of years. Caked-on mud, dirt, moss or bird droppings can transform what was an asset in your landscape to an eyesore. But with a bit of elbow grease and time, you can give the rocks in your landscape the makeover they need. Several cleaning methods can be used to clean landscape rocks, so select the one that best fits your situation. Hose off and scrub medium to large landscape rocks with a nylon, stiff-bristle brush. Use plain water and rinse the area well when finished. This is an excellent way to remove caked-on mud and bird droppings. Add a squirt of two of dish detergent to your bucket of water to help remove stubborn stains or dirt. Power wash medium to large landscape rocks with a pressure washer, starting with the lowest setting. Begin with plain water. If you add a cleaner to the pressure washer, use one that is biodegradable and safe for plants. Power washing is a less labor intensive method to clean landscape rocks; however, you must be careful not to chip the rocks in the process. Spray unwanted moss or algae with a solution of 1 part bleach and 1 part water in a spray bottle. If you accidentally spray wanted vegetation, rinse the foliage or grass blades with water. Then, flush the soil with 2 to 3 inches of water to send the bleach solution deep into the ground, past the root zone. In three or four days, scrub and rinse the dead moss and algae off the rocks and flush the soil with water again, if necessary. Gather and scrub small landscape rocks with soapy water made with dish soap or laundry detergent. Rinse well. Then, put the small rocks in a 5-gallon bucket or sink and add enough water to completely cover them. Add 1/4 cup of bleach and stir. Let the rocks soak for about two days. If stains, dirt or grit still remain on the rocks, apply denture cleaner or a paste made from baking soda and water and scrub them with a toothbrush or small nylon bristle brush. Rinse well and allow the rocks to dry completely before replacing them in the landscape. For easier cleaning, move medium to large rocks to a driveway or another area away from plants, if possible, especially if you are using bleach. Lewis, Melissa. "How to Clean Landscaping Rocks." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/clean-landscaping-rocks-36733.html. 28 December 2018.
2019-04-25T15:55:11Z
https://homeguides.sfgate.com/clean-landscaping-rocks-36733.html
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“You Rock My World” premiered in 2001 off of Michael Jackson’s final studio album, Invincible. The video is actually a short film written by Jackson and director Paul Hunter. Special guest appearances are made by Chris Tucker, Michael Madsen, Billy Drago, and Marlon Brando. This is the last video by Michael Jackson to feature his active participation; subsequent videos used archival footage. “You Rock My World” won an NAACP Image Award for Best Music Video in 2001.
2019-04-25T12:35:58Z
https://michael-jackson-music.blog4ever.com/you-rock-my-world-michael-jackson
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There have been calls for journals to publish the distribution of citations to the papers they publish (123). The idea is to turn the focus away from just one number – the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) – and to look at all the data. Some journals have responded by publishing the data that underlie the JIF (EMBO J, Peer J, Royal Soc, Nature Chem). It would be great if more journals did this. Recently, Stuart Cantrill from Nature Chemistry actually went one step further and compared the distribution of cites at his journal with other chemistry journals. I really liked this post and it made me think that I should just go ahead and harvest the data for cell biology journals and post it.
2019-04-22T02:00:42Z
https://telescoper.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/
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But what if God himself told you to do this? It has happened before in history. One of the first great examples comes from Abraham. One day God told him to leave his country and go to a land God promised to show him. The Bible shows us that Abraham obeyed, and he became the father of the Jews. It could happen to you today. Be listening. God is there, and he wants to use you to change his world. Prayer: Jesus, help me to listen for your voice. I want to follow you. Amen. Genesis 6:6: So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them. It broke his heart. Can people hurt God? Can God feel pain? According to this verse of the Bible, he can. Here, the world had turned into a murderous, lying, cheating, stealing mess. People destroyed others for their own gain. Sin happened everywhere. When God looked down and saw it, Genesis 6:6 says he “was grieved.” That means he mourned, he felt deep pain in his heart over the things people did. He couldn’t simply ignore it. He couldn’t go away for a rest and forget about it. He couldn’t start beating up on them as they sinned. No, God hurt and he had to do something. In this case, he would send a flood that would destroy the world. But what about you? What does God do when you sin? God probably won’t flood you out. But he will discipline you. He will convict you and tell you gently what you’re doing is wrong. He’ll try to get you to change and become a better person. Are you disobeying God? Have you hurt others? Stop! Today! Refuse to live an evil, hateful life, and go to God, asking him to help you live rightly. Prayer: Lord, keep me from sinning. I want to please you. Amen. Everyone gets angry sooner or later. Your friend steals one of your favorite paintings. You’re ready to punch her lights out. She said she only meant to borrow it. But then you saw it being sold on eBay. Your kids mess up the kitchen. You want to smack them upside the head. Anger can strike in an instant. One second we’re laughing, and the next we’re ready to kill. In this story about Cain in the Bible, we see a man who was angry. Why? Because God rejected the offering he brought (he gave God the shriveled, useless vegetables). God accepted his brother Abel’s offering, and that only made it worse. Cain’s anger would lead him to kill his brother. All through the world you’ll find angry people. Some commit horrendous acts like terrorists, murderers and abusers. Anger can be controlled, though, and overcome. How? With the help of God, a desire to obey him, and a commitment to his leadership. Ask God for his power, and God promises to give it. Prayer: Father, teach me to control my anger. Let me never hurt others. Amen. It’s a temptation. It’s the devil trying to get you to do something wrong. Satan has the power to plant thoughts in our minds, just like he did with Eve in Genesis 3. At the same time, he deceives us, tempts us, goads us, pushes us to do bad things. Eve should have realized the devil was lying to her. But she was deceived. Watch out! Satan will deceive you too. How do you stop him? By knowing the Bible and obeying it. By learning what God says. That way you’ll send the devil running. Prayer: Jesus, don’t let me give in to temptation. Help me obey your truth. Amen. Genesis 2:15: The LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and care for it. Sally sat in her adult small group listening intently. The teacher said that morning that God had a job for everyone. Everyone mattered to God. And he would use all who asked him about the work of his kingdom. It seemed incredible to Sally. What could she possibly do? “You bet,” the teacher said, and went to the cabinet for supplies. God has work for you to do. Not boring work. Not stupid work. But the work of his kingdom. Where do you think you could fit in this week? What is your talent? Prayer: Father, show me my talents, so I can use them for you. Amen. You are currently browsing the Marklittleton's Weblog blog archives for April, 2014.
2019-04-20T03:12:54Z
https://marklittleton.wordpress.com/2014/04/page/2/
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Today is my birthday! If you have been reading my blog for any length of time, then you know that I have recently looked up the name meanings of my children and when their birthdays roll around, I share it with you. So I thought for fun, that I would look up my name too. My name is Valerie Deaune (pronounced Dion…like the football player). Valerie means to be strong and Deaune means divine. When I first read ‘to be strong’ I thought, “that is so not me.” First of all I don’t look strong physically. Secondly, I am usually the girl that can’t hold it together when she hears something sad. I am a cry baby. Then I got to thinking about some of the things that I’ve been through in my 32 years and realized that I’m probably a lot stronger than I think. Strength doesn’t necessarily mean that you can handle whatever life throws at you without batting an eye. To me it means you get through the struggles and pains, complete with battle scars & war stories because strength means to endure and I have certainly done that. I have endured an absentee parent, emotionally abusive relationships, the loss of a child, the debilitating sickness of yet another child, fighting for my children when their BM broke their hearts…not to mention the daily battles that women face every. single. day. So, yeah, maybe I am kinda strong. Divine was what really threw me for a loop because it means to be “of, from or like God.” All I could see was the word ‘like’ and it was tripping me up! Zoom in on the middle word though…from. Now THAT I am! I am from God. That put a smile on my face! There is a mean girl living inside of me. She looks exactly like me…until she opens her mouth. The worst part about her is she tends to show herself to some of the most beloved people in my life, my children. It makes no sense, but sometimes I can be incredibly hateful and short with the biggest blessings God has ever given me. I sat and thought on it and realized that just maybe it’s because not every single moment of parenting screams “blessing”! I lectured my 2 year old with enough vehemence to make a military general retreat. Half a bottle of bleach & one bath later, the smoke clears and I realize just how foolish I would have sounded had anyone been listening in. My daughter didn’t do anything different than nearly every other child has done at some point. But I was so tired and frustrated from a very long morning and she made an easy target for me to unload on. However, I refused to let my mean girl win. Just because “she” felt justified in her response, didn’t make it right. So I used the best weapon I have to shut her up, the Bible. The book of Proverbs is full of wisdom when it comes to controlling our anger. The next time one of my children, or anyone else for that matter, throws a crick into my day, I have to choose to exercise understanding over acting a fool. When my knee-jerk reaction is to respond with a hot-temper, I am teaching my children to do the same. With every harsh word I speak, I’m stirring up the “mean girl/boy” inside of them just dying to come out. Some wrongs cannot be overlooked when it comes to parenting, but as a wise woman once said, “You have to pick your battles.” Thanks Mom, as always, you were right. Respect is something that everyone craves but few work to get. Granted it is a given that children should respect their elders, we make it far easier on them when we express grace & mercy rather than going off like a raving lunatic. Sometimes it is to my benefit to count to 100 before I open my mouth! There is a story floating around social media about a pastor who posed as a homeless man before beginning his job as the new pastor of a sizable church. Out of curiosity, I googled it to check the validity of the story. While I didn’t find any hard evidence to either validate or negate the story, what I did realize is that the point was not whether or not it was a true story, but the message of the story itself. I have shared the story below for those who feel compelled to read it. Maybe it is a farce meant to stir the hearts of complacent Christians everywhere. I’m ok with that. Didn’t Jesus tell “stories” in order to open our eyes and hearts to how we are to live as Christians? Pastor Jeremiah Steepek transformed himself into a homeless person and went to the 10,000 member church that he was to be introduced as the head pastor at that morning. He walked around his soon to be church for 30 minutes while it was filling with people for service, only 3 people out of the 7-10,000 people said hello to him. He asked people for change to buy food – NO ONE in the church gave him change. He went into the sanctuary to sit down in the front of the church and was asked by the ushers if he would please sit n the back. He greeted people to be greeted back with stares and dirty looks, with people looking down on him and judging him. Now, be honest with yourself, would you have been one of the 3? Just a little food for thought to inspire us all to do a little soul searching today. I pray we would all have a heart like Jesus, always ready and willing to serve those less fortunate than us. There is a reason why the Bible says we are not to live by feelings alone. Feelings are deceiving! Just because something feels good to the flesh, doesn’t automatically make it good for the soul. It has been my experience, that most of the time, what feels good to us is the opposite of what is best for us. Feelings are self-motivated. It’s all about me, who cares what everyone else thinks or how it’s going to affect my future? I want to do what makes me happy and gives me that sensation that I crave. Too often people base their decisions on emotions rather than what they know to be true. This can be incredibly reckless. A prime example would be when people divorce because “they’ve lost that loving feeling” so to speak. When you took your vows, did you say for better or worse? A big part of the “worse” is when your feelings falter so you think that means you no longer love that person you vowed to hold through thick and thin. Feelings are fickle. One day I may feel head-over-heels in love with my man. The next day he forgets to do some random thing I’ve asked of him and suddenly that swooning feeling is evaporating. Do I truly love him less because of his actions, nope. Love is more than how you feel, it’s a commitment that should not hinge on what the other person does for you. Now think of the same scenario as it pertains to your faith and relationship with God. One day you can sense God’s Spirit so strongly that you’re certain if you closed your eyes, when you opened them you’d see the Lord before you. He is answering your prayers, (the way you want them to play out), all is going great with everyone you love….you feel fully devoted to Him. Here comes the wrench. You are worshiping your heart out but you don’t get that goose bump feeling like you did last week so God’s presence must not be there. Your little one falls ill, a loved one dies, your finances crash…you don’t feel so close to God anymore because clearly He has removed His hand from your life. Oh that people would wake up and realize this is a trick of the enemy! Our feelings will mess with us at every turn. So it is vitally important that we base our lives around foundational truths rather than our roller-coaster feelings. Our emotions are not good indicators because they are ever changing. But God is always the same. His Word does not waver nor does His love for us. Faith comes by hearing, not experiencing a feeling….’nuff said. “A glimpse by definition is an impermanent thing.” A random movie quote that made me take pause and think, what if we were given a glimpse into Heaven? We’ve read the description and heard it preached numerous times on what it will be like in Heaven. Some of us are better visual learners, so we can’t quite grasp the gloriousness of it all. But what if we could have ourselves a little preview? We could catch a glimpse of the beauty of the city itself, the people all free from pain and sickness…LOVING each other, the Lord himself before our very eyes where we could worship Him face to face! Do you think that this impermanent opportunity would cause us to permanently adjust our behaviors? If we could get a visual of what our reward was going to be, would we stop placing so much emphasis on what was pleasing to us right now and shift our focus to laying up treasures in heaven? Now think on the opposite side of the spectrum, what if that glimpse was into the pits of hell? You could see the flames, feel the heat & see the endless suffering that would be your fate if you chose to reject the gospel. Hmmm…not so pleasant if you ask me. The truth of the matters is, both heaven and hell are real. Our belief or lack thereof doesn’t change that fact. Just as 2 + 2 has to equal 4, you will certainly spend eternity in one place or the other. I read this story on two separate blogs yesterday. It’s message is a reminder that I think we all need so I wanted to share with my friends! Why would the ‘world’ around us believe if we ourselves express doubt? Don’t be a hypocrite. If you say you believe in the power of prayer, then pray with expectancy and give God the credit when He comes through for you. In a small town in America, a person decided to open up a bar business, which was right opposite to a church. The church & its congregation started a campaign to block the bar from opening with petitions and prayed daily against his business. Work progressed. However, when it was almost complete and was about to open a few days later, a strong lightning bolt struck the bar and it was burnt to the ground. The church folk were rather smug in their outlook after that, till the bar owner sued the church authorities for $2 million on the grounds that the church through its congregation & prayers was ultimately responsible for the demise of the bar shop, either through direct or indirect actions or means.
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