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Square Leg
- Square leg is also a fielding position in cricket; see Fielding (cricket).
Square Leg was a 1980 British government home defence Command Post and field exercise, which tested the Transition to War and Home Defence roles of the Ministry of Defence and British government. Part of the exercise involved a mock nuclear attack on Britain. It was assumed that 131 nuclear weapons would fall on Britain with a total yield of 205 megatons (69 ground burst; 62 air burst)[1] with yields of 500 KT to 3 MT [2] That was felt to be a reasonably realistic scenario, but the report stated that a total strike in excess of 1,000 megatons would be likely.
Mortality was estimated at 29 million (53 percent of the population); serious injuries at 7 million (12 percent); short-term survivors at 19 million (35 percent).
Square Leg was criticised for a number of reasons: the weapons used were exclusively in the high-yield megaton range, with an average of 1.5 megatons per bomb, but a realistic attack based on known Soviet capabilities would have seen mixed weapons yields, including many missile-based warheads in the low hundred kiloton range. Also, no targets in Inner London are attacked (for example, Whitehall, the centre of British government); towns such as Eastbourne are hit for no obvious reason.[3]
Operation Square Leg was one of the exercises used to estimate the destructiveness of a Soviet nuclear attack in the 1984 BBC production Threads.
See alsoEdit
- Doomsday, Britain after Nuclear Attack, Stan Openshaw, Philip Steadman and Owen Greene, Basil Blackwell, 1983 ISBN 0-631-13394-1
- War Plan UK, Duncan Campbell, ISBN 0-09-150671-9
- The National Archives, FCO 46/2446, 2447, 2448
- ^ Doomsday, Britain after Nuclear Attack, p. 102
- ^ https://falloutwarning.wordpress.com/category/uk/
- ^ Doomsday, Britain after Nuclear Attack, p. 105

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Not only is it a cool saying but it's indicative of life - there are ups and downs and they kind of balance each other out. The caveat is that what you choose to focus on determines how you perceive the varied terrain of life. I started doing the 365 grateful photo project a couple weeks ago and feel like it is already changing my perspective. Living in America you would think it to be an easy task to find something to be grateful for every day but I've found it takes a unique attentiveness to find something to celebrate each day. Obviously this is partially due to not wanting to be redundant and repeat the same thing over and over but it shouldn't be very difficult to find a plenitude of things to be thankful for in each and every day.
Sure bad shit happens but that's why there are toilets - so you can flush it and move on. It's swings and roundabouts my friends and has been forever.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Santa Clara softball head coach Lisa Mize signed three recruits to National Letters of Intent. The three early-period signees will make up part of the SCU class of 2014 and will start their collegiate careers in the 2011 season.
Joining the Broncos will be Jessica Turner (Broken Arrow, Okla.), Stephanie Fisher (Tracy, Calif.), and Laura Luther (Vancouver, Wash.), and each will fill a different need on the field.
Turner, a pitcher for Broken Arrow H.S. (Okla.) and the Tulsa Shootout Gold club team, helped her school win back-to-back Oklahoma 6A State Championships in 2008 and 2009. In her final season this fall, she was named the Conference Pitcher of the Year for the third time in her career, all-region, and all-state, and set her school's single season strikeout record with 208 Ks. Turner also competed in basketball.
In the classroom, Turner has also been outstanding. Her class rank of 60 has put her in the top 3-6% for all four years of high school, she is a member of the National Honor Society, was named academic all-conference four times, and twice was selected as the Tulsa Area Alliance of Black School Educators' Student of the Year. In 2009, she was also honored at the Warren Spahn Awards and was selected as the Ferguson Jenkins Outstanding Student Athlete Recipient.
"We are thrilled to have Jessica be part of our Bronco family and can not wait to get her to Santa Clara," said Mize. "Jessica is an extremely talented power pitcher and has both speed and movement in repertoire. Her softball accomplishments are endless and she will make an immediate impact to our program. I believe Jessica has the ability to take us to the next level."
Luther joins Turner as the only other out-of-state signee, hailing from Pacific Northwest. Luther played for Columbia River High School and Washington Eruption Gold. The right-hander has the ability to play both the corners and the outfield and is widely regarded as a power-hitter. At Columbia River, she was selected first-team Greater St. Helens League her freshman, sophomore, and junior seasons, and has led the team in batting average each year. At the club level, she has been a part of four state champion teams. The high school scholar-athlete also competed in basketball.
Off the field, Luther is involved in a number of charitable and academic programs, including the National Honor Society, Key Club, Oregon Humane Society, and Key Club.
"We were so happy when Laura accepted the offer to play for Santa Clara," said Mize. "Laura is someone who can change the game with one swing of the bat and is a definite impact hitter. Laura is an extremely hard worker on the field and in the classroom and will help elevate our team as a whole."
Fisher, the only Californian in the group, is a left-handed outfielder from Tracy High School and the RR Gold Regapala club. Mize believes Fisher, like Luther, will also be a presence at the plate with the ability to frequently clear the fence. In 2009 she was an all-league outfielder for her high school and was named the team's MVP in 2008 and 2007. Fisher is also a scholar-athlete and in addition to playing softball, ran cross country in high school.
"Stephanie will be an awesome addition to the Bronco program as she is a finessed outfielder and left handed power hitter. She has a great sense for the game and does a great job running balls down in the outfield and makes the difficult plays look easy. She will add speed and power from the left side to our offense and I am so proud to have Stephanie be a part of our Bronco Family."
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1. I LOVE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL! I am a teacher and I just love all the excitement of kids and parents planning for a new school year. Everybody gets new clothes and backpacks and lunch pails (who doesn't remember their first Barbie or Hot Wheels Lunch Pail?), a new haircut and shoes, and we get to meet our students for the year and decorate up our classrooms. It is a lot of fun for a teacher to do Back to School.
|Back to School Buses with some of our school rules....
|Balloon Festival at the park down the street from us...her's the hubs taking pics
2.HARVEST FESTIVALS! I love the harvest time. Up here in Utah at the end of summer there are lots and lots of festivals celebrating the harvest. We have Peach Days, Onion Days, Scarecrow Festival, Lavender Days, Raspberry Days at our Bear Lake cabin and many others. Each and every festival is unique and lots of fun. Some of them people dress up for too like Swiss Days in Heber and the Witch Scavenger Hunt at Gardner Village. I love to go to a pumpkin patch or pick cherries or apples from an orchard with family members too. I like to then go make things out of my fruit like cherry crisp or fresh peach pies. I enjoy going to a pumpkin patch too. Do you have to be a little kid to enjoy it? Nope. You can just smile at little kids enjoying it. :D
|Raspberry Days at Bear Lake where we have a cabin. It's a blast.
Here are my cute little granddaughters at one of the festival picture booths.
|Fall Festivals are so much fun in Utah. I love them!!
And who doesn't love getting a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch? We love it!
|The Band Perry Concert - I got tickets for the Hub's birthday!
|Hiking Dog Lake above Brighten Ski Resort in Utah
|The hubs and I at Mary's Lake above Brighton Ski Resort.
|Grandpa's 87th Birthday Party at my house in September.
|Hanging out with some of the great-grandkids
|Singing Happy Birthday with about 30 of the family gathered. Family is so fun.
Here he is with one of his youngest great-grandsons, my only grandson, Dylan.
4. HALLOWEEN PARTIES AND DECORATIONS! I just love seeing black and orange and purple and lime green decorations all over the stores right now. I love a cute witch or frankie and I love to see Jack o lanterns decorated in all sorts of ways. My favorite time to decorate my house is Halloween time. I have almost more decorations for Halloween than I do for Christmas! EEK! I know, it is an illness.
|Drink station at a Halloween Decorated Dinner Party I had recently.
|Entry table all in orange and black.
I love me a good Halloween Party. Add some dry ice and bobbing for apples and a pumpking carving contest and a bunch of weirdos in costume and you can't help but have fun. And add some little smokies pigs-in-a-blanket that look like mummies and some green jello and some kind of meat on a stick and you've got it made!
|My favorite holiday and some of my favorite decorations are at Halloween time.
|Getting ready for trick or treaters.
|Fun treats for the kids made from rice crispie treats and M & Ms.
|Halloween Party in my classroom with my grandkids and I as ladybugs and bees.
|My daughter and her 2 oldest kiddos.
|Trick or Treat! My first Granddaughter Marisa.
|Entry tables and coffee tables are so pretty in the fall! I love the rustic colors.
|I love Thanksgiving almost as much as Halloween Decor.
|Fall picture wall....I change out the flowers and ribbon color and usually put a new swag of beads along the wrought iron picture holder.
|Thanksgiving table decor
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|I have lots of end tables I decorate for each season.....I get carried away....
|Pilgrims and Indians....
|Thanksgiving decorating
|Kiddie table I decorate for Thanksgiving every year.
|Hiking Minnetonka Caves in Idaho with my sis.
|Hiking around Sundance Ski Resort in Utah. We didn't see Robert Redford though...sigh....
|Bridal Veil Falls hike on a pretty October day with the grandkids.....
|Just above ALTA Ski Resort look what we saw hiking....it doesn't get any better than this!
|Hiking in October is really the very best weather.....
|We are surrounded by a dozen lakes and reservoirs to hike around-- this was Bell Canyon Reservoir in October.
|Fun Football Snacks
Football starts in the fall....Sunday Night Football is fun to look forward to!
Lots of the kids do fantasy teams and that adds to the fun. I love watching my little grandkids playing sports too. Have you ever watched 4 year olds playing sports? It's a HOOT.
Love the football snacks too.
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Or some football cookies or Pigs in a Blanket!
.And who doesn't love a good, rough, hockey game in person? I love to go see the Utah Grizzlies and watch the clown shoot hot dogs up in the stands and stand up to dance to YMCA. And have you ever done "Chuck a Puck"? Well you haven't lived then. It's a fun sport, hockey is. My son Danny loved it and we loved watching him play and end up in the penalty box. It makes me smile thinking about it. We've got tickets for November already!
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8. FAMILY QUAD RIDING AT THE CABIN in the mountains during the Fall season. It is one of the most fun family outings a family can have. We take the little ones and put them on the back of the 4 wheelers in their own little helmets and go tour the national forests around our cabin. The weather is nice and crisp and breathing fresh air when you are doing something physical and beautiful at the same time is a rush. I love it!
|Fall Family photos and quad riding....
|The beauty of nature on display.....
|Some of the most fun times we've had are riding the quads as a family up in the mountains above Bear Lake.
|I'm always at the end of the pack...lol....
I love coming in half warm half cold to get by the fire and drink some hot chocolate and grab some BBQ chips after riding quads or hiking out in the mountains of Utah. It's just so neat. My hubs is a biker and he loves that too. I love watching the pelaton of bike racers whizzing around a curve at the mountain bike races they have right near our cabin too. But I just take the pictures. I don't bike.
|I love quad riding out in nature.
|Fall gardening...when the deer don't eat the lilies I am a happy camper.
|I have 4 fruit trees and lots of veggie gardens......and 2 ponds.
|Some of the fruits of my labor.....
Even though I love Christmas in the winter and Easter in the Spring, and a good, long, summer vacation, I've always loved fall the best. I remember skating down my street, my cheeks flushed and pink, panting and happy with my new, red, birthday skates, loving the weather and being outdoors. And here I am 50 years later and I still feel exactly the same way. FALL ROCKS!


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There's a slew of gorgeous new palettes out there that house everything from a dozen lip colors to a cornucopia of shadows, liners, blushes, and glosses. And while I'm tempted to buy one (or three) I know that I'll only use half of the stuff in them.
Do you buy makeup palettes and if so, how many of the colors do you actually end up wearing?


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By Stephen Russell-Lacy. 'Dick head' was what I thought when I indignantly watched a driver ahead of me at the traffic lights not moving forward when the signal changed to green. As a consequence of this, I and other drivers behind were held up and couldn't get through before the red light came on again. … Continue reading Judging people – Why so hard to stop?
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Unconditional love – Can it exist and if so is it desirable?
The idea of unconditional love sounds like caring for someone regardless of what might be in it for you. In other words loving others more than oneself. Giving generously with no conditions attached. But is this attitude possible? Can unconditional love exist? And if so is it desirable? Science Science can't fathom any such concept … Continue reading Unconditional love – Can it exist and if so is it desirable?
How bad a person am I?
You may feel undeserving of any happy destiny because you are fundamentally not okay with yourself. Well, for all I know you might well be consumed by a huge ego, be selfish, vain, bitchy, resentful, etc. But I would like to ask how do we really know when we are basically bad? That would be … Continue reading How bad a person am I?
Just how tolerant should I try to be?
The British live in a curiously tolerant country – one which allows a range of values, views about life, and philosophical and political beliefs. But one thing for which people are not tolerant is intolerance! The public see anyone as discriminatory, moralistic and rejecting who shows intolerance of diversity. And so to criticise the sex … Continue reading Just how tolerant should I try to be?
Gossip – Is it good for the soul?
Is it good to talk about the private lives of public figures? Like the sexual seductions of Dominique Straus-Khan, managing director of the IMF? This is someone who was heading for high political office. Or the widely reported affair of footballer Ryan Giggs with Big Brother star Imogen Thomas? What is more important — the human right to a private life or the media's freedom of expression? Can talking about people we know be a good thing?
Manipulative people – How to cope?
Some people are just harder to get on with than others. Obvious examples are those who are highly strung, aggressive or manipulative. They may need spiritual healing, but what do we need? What is the secret to avoiding unpleasant scenes with people who cause us a bit of grief from time to time? To better deal with the awkward mob?
A clue can be found in the study of social perception. Research psychologist Daniel T. Gilbert, University of Texas at Austin has pointed out:
"We may strive to see others as they really are, but all too often the charlatan wins our praise and the altruist our scorn. Juries misjudge defendants, voters misjudge candidates, lovers misjudge each other."
Social psychologists have researched the way we see others in terms of attribution theory. This is studying how people make inferences about the causes of a person's actions. One thing they have observed is how our expectations about how other people will behave can distort our interpretations. We may assume that the little old lady who bumps into us at the supermarket is someone with unintended poor balance whereas the tattooed hooded youth might be thought to be trying to pick our pockets. Mistaken perception can thus arise from social stereotypes, such as race, sex and age.


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I did search the MediaMonkey forum and didn't get any answer.
I installed MediaMonkey and QuickTime. Everything works except
.mov files. I installed K Lite 32-bit and 64-bit, but that did not not work. I did a lot of trial and error with installing/un-installing K Lite 32 / K Lite64 / QuickTime. Nothing worked.
I guess if I can somehow make MediaMonkey pick up the right MOV decoder, it will work. In that case, where do I get a decoder from?
Can I copy the DLLs from
C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\Plugins to
C:\Program Files (x86)\MediaMonkey\Plugins? Or is there any other place I can get
.mov DLLs from?


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Variety Santa Fun Run: Canberra
Sunday, 7 December 2014
Acton Park, Canberra, ACT
The Variety Santa Fun Run in Canberra, ACT on Sunday, 7 December 2014 is a 6km fun run and walk to help raise money for sick, disadvantaged and special needs children.
Run, walk or roll from Westside at Acton Park around Lake Burley Griffith in Canberr'a most festive, inclusive fun run, for families and children of all abilities. Get in the Christmas spirit and fundraise for sick, disadvantaged and special needs kids who need your help!


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Hi-P – Did You See It?
An awesome performance by Hi-P this morning where STI and most stocks are in the red!
It just shot up 6.3% swiftly from $2.21 to $2.35 after the market opens.
As the move is pretty fast and the profit is decent, I closed my position and use the fast cash earned to pay for the expenses I incurred during last week Chinese New Year Celebration.


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Shins Announce 'Port of Morrow' for March 2012, Release Album Art.... Meh
REVIEWING THE MUSIC-RELEASE NEWS: The Shins are back. Meh.
By Kenny Herzog
Shins frontman James Mercer's a bit like the indie rock Adam Levine. Assuming by indie rock, we mean bands that actually perform as well commercially as Maroon 5 (and more power to them). He's reasonably attractive, makes music that ladies (and sensitive men) can swoon and has fancied himself something of an adventurous multi-talent in the wake of his primary group's success.
Thing is, that whole Broken Bells project with Danger Mouse didn't leave much of an impression. On anyone. So, back to one's roots we go. After a half-decade layoff since their nearly Billboard-topping Wincing the Night Away, the Shins will release the daftly titled Port of Morrow in March 2012. Meh.
Oh, and the guys have split with longtime label Sub Pop, and will be releasing Morrow jointly via Columbia and Mecer's own imprint (whatever that means), the ridiculously dubbed Aural Apothecary. Double meh.
Here's a tracklist, and above is the twinly album art. No word on whether future Apothecary releases will come with sea salts and facial tone.
Meh-seeming Port of Morrow tracklist:
1. The Rifle's Spiral
2. Simple Song
3. It's Only Life
4. No Way Down
5. September
6. Bait and Switch
7. Fall of '82
8. For A Fool
9. 40 Mark Strasse
10. Port of Morrow
IN OTHER WORDS: Meh.
MEH RATING: Meh/10
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The HOA Detective recently returned from an extended visit to the Aloha state where condominium development is booming. Many prospective buyers in vacation destination markets such as Hawaii and Florida are looking at condominiums as an alternative to detached single-family home ownership. Whether you are a year-round resident or a buyer who is looking for a second home, the choice of a condominium offers a low maintenance lifestyle for homeowners who would rather spend their free time enjoying all that these resort locations have to offer, rather than spending it maintaining a home.
For unwary buyers who do not undertake pre-purchase financial due diligence before finalizing an offer on a condominium it can mean trouble in paradise. Due diligence is particularly important when purchasing a condominium as it allows a buyer to gain insight into the fiscal stability of the homeowners association that is responsible for maintaining the common areas of the condominium, which in most instances includes critical components like roofing, exterior cladding, elevators and HVAC equipment, all of which can be very expensive to replace .
Simply put, if the Association lacks adequate financial resources to maintain the facilities under its control, maintenance will be deferred; the physical condition of the condominium will deteriorate and property values will decline.
If you are attracted to the low maintenance lifestyle often associated with condominium living then it only makes sense that the Association you are buying into must be financially prepared to perform the maintenance needed to maintain your investment.
Condominiums in locations such as Hawaii, Florida or any coastal region present additional challenges for a variety of reasons. Among the issues that condominium buyers in these areas should consider are:
- The age of the condominium development. Hawaii and Florida are home to some of the oldest condominium developments in the country. As any community ages, the maintenance of common area improvements will become more frequent and costly. If the building you are buying into is more than 20 years old it is highly likely that major maintenance and replacement of common area improvements will occur within ten years. If the Association doesn't have a well-funded reserve account it is possible that maintenance will be deferred or a special assessment will be required.
- The large number of high-rise condominium developments in these areas. High-rise buildings are expensive to build; expensive to operate and expensive to maintain. With few exceptions high-rise structures that house residential dwelling space are the most expensive form of housing you can own. If you are purchasing a condominium in a high-rise it is all the more important that you perform adequate financial due diligence to ensure that the HOA is financially sound.
- The orientation of the property to salt water. Most people who dream of owning a home in a place like Florida or Hawaii are motivated at least in part by the desire to own a home that is close to the beach. However, the fact is that salt water and the salt which is present in the air are extremely hard on most exterior building components; as are the wind-driven sand and rain that are inevitable when you are close to the beach. If the Association you are buying into doesn't have a firm grasp of the cost and importance of preventive maintenance in such situations then the dream of maintenance-free home ownership could end up being a nightmare instead.
- The high percentage of absentee owners typical of many condominiums in vacation destinations. Absentee ownership can create problems that a new buyer should consider before purchasing a home in any homeowners association. One of the biggest concerns when there are a high percentage of absentee owners in an association is: who is going to govern the community?
Successful homeowners associations begin and end with good governance and good governance requires that owners participate in the governance process by serving on the Board. If half the members of the HOA live hundreds or even thousands of miles away and are only in-residence a few weeks or months out of the year it can be very difficult to achieve the continuity in the long-term financial planning process that is critical to the success of every HOA.
Failure to plan is planning to fail and long-range planning efforts are often compromised when there is no one to attend to the business of the Association. If you are considering the purchase of a condominium as a second home it is all the more important for you to perform proper due diligence before you finalize an offer. If you are not well-versed in terms of how to proceed with this due diligence process then you should hire an expert like the HOA Detective to prepare a CRC REPORT for the homeowners association where your dream vacation home is located.
To learn more about the CRC REPORT please visit our website at: http://www.crcreport.com/. Or you may call our offices at 800-218-0302 to speak with the HOA Detective directly.


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Is there a better way to taste wine?
Most people learn about wine in the same way - especially how to taste. For professionals, that almost always means the WSET Systematic Approach, and increasing numbers of consumers are taking these courses as well. Many others attend less formal courses at one of the many wine schools that have sprung up around the country in recent years.
The basic method of wine tasting hasn't changed for decades. Like terroir, it's something we are taught to accept at face value; like terroir, it's something we should question rather than take for granted.
After all, for many years it was believed that there were only four tastes, sensed by specific and separate parts of the tongue. Nowadays we accept five basic tastes, and the tongue map concept has been firmly abandoned. What if the way we taste wine has other inbuilt fallacies? Then again, the standard way of tasting has evolved over many years and it has a proven track record of introducing thousands of people to wine appreciation - so surely it can't be wrong?
It would be interesting to scrutinise each part of the tasting process and re-evaluate its worth. For example:
- Does swirling really increase flavour concentration?
- What is the optimal volume for a tasting sample? What about temperature?
- Is tannin best described by levels, textures or shapes?
- Are we simply parroting fruit flavours according to our expectations of what we know about the wine? (Jamie Goode has written about this)
- How should balance be assessed, especially in wines which are deemed too young?
Tasting wine for educational purposes will always be imperfect, because it is attempting to deconstruct and analyse the quality of something which is usually enjoyed holistically and which depends strongly on context. Even so, the wine industry should beware of complacency and bad habits.


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The next step in the MMS Photo-inator project is to design a circuit to switch the light bulbs in the buttons on an off using transistors. The Raspberry Pi 2 can't provide enough power to make the lights bright enough but it can control electronic switches that allow a higher powered power source to turn the lights on.
Using transistors turned out to be very difficult to me. The concept of a transistor is pretty simple but actually getting a circuit working is not. I burned out several transistors trying different things. I have also read various sources to learn more about transistors but it does not seem to help. Last weekend, Royce from the Milwaukee Makerspace helped me build a circuit that worked. I'll try to document what I learned for my own edification.
Learn About Transistors (good luck)
Here are some links to learn more about how to use NPN transistors as a switch:
- https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/transistors
- http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/electronics-components-use-a-transistor-as-a-switc.html
- https://www.techhouse.org/~dmorris/projects/tutorials/transistor.switches.pdf
Transistorized Switching Circuit
The objective is to turn three individual light bulbs on and off from my Raspberry Pi using transistors. The basic circuit is shown below. Note that everything, 12v PSU, RPi, and lights share the same ground. This is important.
Transistors will be used as electronic switches to allow current from the 12v, 1.8A power supply to flow through the light bulbs. The Pi will send a 3.3v signal to the base pin on the transistor. This is the signal that tells the transistor to turn on the light bulb.
According to this site, the Raspberry Pi can safely put out a maximum of 16 mA per GPIO pin and a total of 50 mA on all GPIO pins. So, I have to be careful and limit the current from the Raspberry Pi to the base of the transistor to 16mA per transistor.
Transistor Specifications
The first thing to do was to determine the characteristics of the transistor my project needed. This site was helpful to determine what transistor to use.
The transistor has to handle the output from the power supply I will use -- 12v and 1.8A (max) -- to power the lights. Even though the lights only draw 0.25A, the PSU can put out 1.8A. I think it is possible for the transistor to draw the full current in some circumstances so I need a transistor that can handle the maximum current from the PSU. The parameter for current is called Ic(max) on the datasheets. The parameter for voltage is called VCEO (max). When I look at the datasheet for a transistor, it has to have characteristics that fall within these two specifications.
Finally, the amount of current that the base needs must be <= 16mA. This parameter is called IB. To determine the IB parameter, you have to find the formula on the datasheet. It is usually something like IC = X * IB. Basically, divide the current for the load by X to find the current to send to the base. In my case, the load current is 1.8A maximum. If, for example, a particular transistor has a formula of IC = 100IB, IB would be equal to 1.8A / 100 or 18mA.
Finding a Transistor
Next, I had to find a transistor that meets the specifications. The Milwaukee Makerspace has several NPN transistors in bulk. I looked up the specifications for each one on the http://www.datasheets360.com/ website. Unfortunately, none of the NPN transistors on-hand matched the requirements. It seemed like I was going to have to buy a MOSFET transistor like this one on SparkFun. On a hunch, I looked through the hack rack at the 'space for any parts that may have transistors and found a circuit board that had sixteen 2N6045 NPN transistors. According to the datasheet, these transistors have an IC (max) of 10A, and a VCEO (max) of 100V. Both of these are sufficient for this project. The IB formula for this transistor is IC/100 or 18mA in my case. This is just a bit higher than the Pi would like but, the load should not draw that many amperes. The nominal current that the lights will draw is 0.25A. This means that the base current needs to be 2.5mA under normal load--well within the Pi's capacity. Finding the circuit board was an unexpected blessing. Thanks, Big Guy.
I was able to remove a couple of transistors from the circuit board using a soldering iron.
Resistor for the Base
Its important to prevent the transistor from pulling too much current from the Pi and damaging it. The Pi can be protected from this by placing a resistor between the Pi and the base pin. Determining the size resistor that is needed was a bit complicated.
First, we made a circuit with one resistor and one 12v lamp. A regulated power supply was used to determine the minimum current that would turn on the 2N6045 transistor. To find the exact current level that the circuit was pulling, I unplugged the positive cable from the PSU, connected the red cable from the multimeter to the positive out on the PSU, then, connected the black lead on the multimeter to the circuit. The minimum current required to activate the transistor turned out to be 8mA. Finally, using a multimeter to measure the volts from the base to the emitter while the light bulb was on, showed that the PSU was supplying about 1.4v at this current level.
This means that the voltage from the pin on the Pi needs to be lowered from 3.3v to 1.4v at 10mA (rounded up from 8 just to be safe). The resistor has to remove 3.3-1.4 or 1.9 volts. Using Ohm's law to calculate the resistance works like this:
R = V/I or
R = 1.9/0.01A or
R = 190 ohms.
Putting a 190 ohm resistor between the Pi GPIO pins and the base pins of the transistors should keep the Pi safe from pushing out too much current, while providing enough volts to activate the transistor.
I put a 180 ohm resistor (the 'space had a 180 or 220 ohm but no 190) in the circuit and connected the Pi's 3.3v output pin to the base. The light turned on!
That was a lot of work and very frustrating at times. I would have never made it this far without Royce. That is what is so great about the Milwaukee Makerspace. There is usually someone around who can help you through the rough spots.
Next, I need to remove some more resistors from the board and build a prototype of the complete MMS Photo-inator project.


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Archaeology Fascinates in Second Messiah
- Kelley Mathews kelleymathews.com
- 2011 27 Jul
Author: Glenn Meade
Title: The Second Messiah
Publisher: Howard Books
Glenn Meade's latest offering is a modern geopolitical thriller that mixes ancient beliefs, historic texts, and age-old power struggles, reflecting recent headlines and tapping political and religious hot buttons.
Archeologist Jack Crane is working at a Qumran dig, near the site where his late parents worked twenty years earlier, when his team discovers a 2,000-year-old parchment. Initial translations suggest potentially scandalous inscriptions regarding an imposter Jesus Christ—a second messiah. Before the document can be completely translated, the head archaeologist is murdered and the parchment stolen. Investigators name Jack the primary suspect.
Despite having Israeli policewoman Lela Raul, an old friend who also knew his parents, questioning him in the murder investigation, Jack pursues the manuscript from Qumran to Syria to Rome and back to Israel. His search for the scroll—and for truth—takes him into ancient Roman catacombs and secret Vatican libraries. It also places him in the crosshairs of dangerous men with much to lose should he recover and publicize the scroll.
Weeks before Jack's surreptitious journey takes him to Rome, the Eternal City had celebrated the election of a new pope. Formerly the American priest John Becket, Pope Celestine VI seeks a new era of honesty, openness, and confession within the Catholic Church. He proposes, to the horror of many church leaders, to open the vaults containing both ancient and recent records—financial, theological, and historical alike. If he is successful in this quest, he risks revealing his own secrets, ones that have haunted him for twenty years. But the behind-the-scenes powerbrokers don't want any secrets revealed, personal or private, and newly discovered scrolls that might cast doubt on foundational doctrines of the church are fair game in this deadly winner-take-all.
Meade knows how to entangle, and untangle, an exciting array of characters and plots guaranteed to keep the reader hooked. What does the scroll really say? How exactly did Jack's parents die? How does the new pope connect to them? Will this controversy truly threaten a worldwide, 2,000-year-old institution?
The mysterious, fascinating realm of biblical archaeology invites the reader into a wilderness simmering with anticipation and possibilities. Meade successfully paints a sunny, hot, and dusty desert that, despite its inherent discomforts, captivates lovers of antiquity for all the treasures it hides beneath its sandy surface. A talented storyteller, he sets the scene quickly before taking off on a rollicking ride that keeps the pages turning. It's a hard book to put down. Seamlessly mixing fact with fiction, Meade leaves the reader wondering how much of the story could possibly be true. His author's note reveals surprising and extensive research.
Characters and their motives are well developed. The romance, not so much. While he lays the foundation for Jack and Lela to move beyond mere friendship, Meade's attempts at romantic dialogue and emotion are stilted at best. The characters' relationship disappoints in the end. But individually, they shine. The story doesn't need romance anyway—it stands beautifully on the tension that fairly twangs as Jack races to mediate between truth and power.


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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
'Shopping Mall Therapy' works!
TAG: Verses, Reverses
'Shopping Mall Therapy' works!
Binging on McD's - CHICKEN INSIDE,
Browsing books and mags in book BARS!
MAGAZING at Vidya Balan in some hot attire...
Green shiny blouse, lovely white saree. Heartthrob!
Gaping wide eyed at Apple showroom goodies,
SO MANY movies and movie tickets...
Guzaarish - Aish looks cool, smoking hot!
And then there's a LOT :D
And I remember once
We had done 'observation studies'
At a nearby mall,
Part of some design project:
People checking out stuff,
Shopping, Window shopping, yakking...
Queues, Queue lengths, Consumer behaviour!!
Glazed looks, hyper kids.
New age thrill. Shiny lights.
Couples walking around like zombies,
Airtel promoting its new logo with RED colored contests ...
Had fun, have fun! Go again.
It's the sensory experience stupid!
And the glassy plastic, metallic energy!
That's why
'Shopping Mall Therapy' works!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Reliance: Anil Ambani group got undue benefits: CAG report
Nothing new about Reliance - I just wonder when big money and financial gobbledygook (err policy) is involved anything is possible/things just go haywire - remember sub-prime crisis? Mr Anil looks so thoughtful in this pic! Where's the money - honey? CORPORATE INDIA under the scanner now!! Still utilizing pre-liberalization core competencies and institutional voids?
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India on the 2G spectrum allocation indicates that it was the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) that benefited the most from the arbitrary and unfair manner in which licences were given in 2008.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Some thoughts...
Every human being is like some stage of a budding lotus! May they bloom and blossom into their full blown potential! May nothing hinder them...
A series of tough hurdles, masquerading as failures and even near destructive events are thrown at you in life - you got to survive them all with equanimity! And then you are there. An unforgettable day today!!
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My birthday party
We have been very lucky to have such a healthy & happy little boy for the first 12 months of his life. Everyone tells you how fast they grow and you don't believe it until you experience it yourself. We can't wait to keep on celebrating the coming years with this little bundle of joy. Here are some pictures from the birthday party.
famous for 3 seconds on TV show.
Welcome to the party.
Welcome to the party.
candy, candy, and candy.
Zabryn, Aunt Jaime, and Saydra.
Davis loved the balloons.
Grandma & Grandpa Jaeger
Grandma & Grandpa Reeder
My birthday cake.


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Name any type of film, genre, or sub-genre and you can be sure that someone is going to find a way to satirize or lampoon it. Results vary of course, and while most recent attempts (especially those found under the " A ____ Movie" moniker) end up as total duds, they're still fun checking out to see if one of them become the next, "Shaun of the Dead".
This time, director Steven DeGennaro (First Date) attempts to comedically and ironically deconstruct the found footage sub-genre, made famous by "The Blair Witch Project" and run into the ground by a million other copy-cats. Here's to hoping Steven and crew pull it off, the trailer looks promising at the very least, check it out (in 2D) below.
You can watch the trailer in 3D as well by clicking the official site link at the bottom of this page and signing up.


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Politics & Government
Readers stick with Trump in post-debate poll
Bad headlines and a heated debate performance haven't dented Donald Trump's support among respondents to The State's unscientific online post-debate survey.
Despite taking heat over comments in which Trump seemed to brag about groping women, the GOP candidate's standing is undiminished among voters in the Buzz's Twitter poll.
Like others in the Palmetto State, 58 percent judged Trump the winner of Sunday's debate, which, at times, centered on sex and included a promise from Trump to jail his opponent. Thirty percent said Clinton won, and 12 percent said neither candidate came out looking good.
POLL: Who won the 2nd presidential #debate?— The Buzz (@BuzzAtTheState) October 10, 2016
Those numbers aren't much different from the findings of The State's online survey after the first debate. It's unclear if Trump met the bar needed to reverse his slide in the polls among the general electorate.
Seventy percent of the 10,035 people responding to The State's online survey said Trump's debate performance made them more likely to vote for him, while 24 percent said the same of Clinton. Only 3 percent for each candidate came away from the debate less committed to their candidate.
POLL: Did the #debate affect your vote?— The Buzz (@BuzzAtTheState) October 10, 2016
Like many this election year, some did not appreciate having to choose between the two candidates and asked for other options.
@BuzzAtTheState you should add an option for "more likely to write in vote"— ashley felkel (@ashleyfelkel) October 10, 2016
A follow-up tweet asking if readers were looking for a third option got a few retweets and some interesting responses.
#debate asked wife if she wanted me to vote for #HillaryClinton. My wife said no. She'd prefer I vote for @DrJillStein.— /^$/ (@dontfup) October 10, 2016
Overall, viewers of the second debate seemed dissatisfied, with 45 percent saying they were unhappy with the outcome.
POLL: Are you satisfied with how the 2nd presidential #debate went?— The Buzz (@BuzzAtTheState) October 10, 2016
Those results are emblematic of an election year when many voters on social media seem exasperated with the political process as a whole.
RT @carllentzNYC: People who are searching for hope in politics BE LIKE... pic.twitter.com/ihq84C6gyC— J.D. Greear (@jdgreear) October 10, 2016
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Ann talks very concretely, knows how to captivate your attention with a combination of her own experience, well-founded theory and many practical tips that you can apply immediately after your session. Highly recommended!
An inspiring keynote speaker who, through her simplicity and sincerity, is able to inspire her audience, she is a woman with a mission. She acts and communicates in a very result-oriented and pragmatic way. She embodies what she preaches.
It was a very interesting and inspiring keynote. The enthusiasm and practical experience of Ann made it a fascinating session. With the tips that we got, I immediately went to work. Very nice and positive experience!
Ann really inspired everyone at the HR Magazine Congress in Berlin. She puts each employee in the center and bases her policy on 3 pillars, a mental balance, a good physical health and a healthy diet. I am sure you will be inspired!
I found Ann her book very practical, concrete and interesting. And also very diverse. Ann worked with the expertise of twelve experts, so the book consists of twelve parts and actually even consists of twelve separate books. Or simply put: twelve books for the price of one.
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Anyone who follows climate change politics knows that China's coal consumption is a huge concern. As this chart from the U.S. Department of Energy reveals, Chinese production has doubled in the last decade (click to see full-size image).
In addition to the implications for global warming, that increased production is associated with all sorts of other negative externalities. For example, Chinese coal mining is an incredibly dangerous occupation:
5,000 of China's 5 million coal miners are killed on the job each year, a death rate of one in 1,000 on average. By comparison, an average of nine of the 83,000 miners in the U.S. die each year, a death rate of one in 10,000.
Jasper Becker, an award-winning journalist and consultant who has covered China for many years, says that even this estimate is wildly off-the-mark:
Chinese coal is cheap to buy but the human cost is high. Officially, China has three million coal miners who mostly work in 580 big state mines. But in reality, China probably has 6.6 million miners. The rest work in 70,000 mines run by villages and local governments where equipment and working conditions are extremely primitive. Most are local peasants who earn low wages and whose lives are worth little. As a result, about six thousand die every year, a death rate that is 100 times the rate in America or Australia . China , which produces a third of the world's coal, therefore accounts for 80 percent of the mining industry's fatalities. In addition, some 600,000 miners suffer from pneumoconiosis, a number grows by 70,000 a year. Some estimate that perhaps the real death toll from mining, if the deaths from lung diseases are included, is around 20,000 lives a year.
The conventional wisdom suggests that China needs this coal to maintain its remarkable economic growth rates (9.5% annual average for 26 years). And, of course, the Chinese government is said to need this truly impressive economic growth to maintain its political legitimacy and power.
Interestingly, however, China's government is actually making significant investments in green alternative energy technologies — and at a rate much greater than the U.S.
A new Pew study estimates that $162 billion was invested globally in renewable energy and biofuels last year, up 230 percent from 2005, despite the weak economy. Given their financial heft, the G-20 countries dominated clean energy investments. And who was number 1? China, with $34.6 billion invested. The U.S. was second, at only $18.6 billion. If you count the European Union's 27 countries as one bloc, the EU was tops at $41.1 billion, making the U.S. a distant third.
Eventually, China's investments in green energy might make a major dent in its substantial coal expansion plans.
From the U.S. point of view, this news about China could surely be used more frequently in domestic debates to spur far more green energy research — and purchasing. The U.S. spent much of the past 15 years arguing that it would not agree to act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions because nations like China and India would make those reductions moot — and the policies would create an unfair economic burden on U.S. businesses.
It looks like China is now determined to blast by the U.S. on green energy and make Washington's past decisions seem very short-sighted. Unfortunately, the present and immediate future appears to look like the past — with slightly different political calculations at work. The climate change legislation is officially dead in the current Congress, which means activists are focused on a waterer-down replacement "clean energy" bill. It is not certain to pass this year given the looming November elections.
In a future post, I'll revisit the notion that autocratic states like China might have an advantage in environmental decision-making.


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Written by Lora Brothers Matthews
How to Write for Money on Upwork! 5 Insider Tips
I've been freelance writing for the last seven years.
I started out doing articles for Demand Media for $5-$15 each. Those required research and citations and, frankly, nonfiction has never been my scene. I did like the extra income, though.
After a few years, I branched out and enrolled in the free version of Elance, which is now Upwork.
The set-up was different. Instead of choosing an available title and clicking "claim," I had to write a bid, quote a rate and time frame for the project and include work samples.
It was a more demanding process, but I learned the ins and outs of winning bids over time.
I wrote education and curriculum articles that were in my area of expertise, before moving on to jewelry descriptions for a retail site.
I wrote HUNDREDS of those things for five dollars apiece and, I can tell you, I know some seriously obscure facts about semi precious gems as a result. (Did you know that the relatively valueless lime-green peridot was once highly prized and known as "the evening emerald" in England? Did you NEED to know that? Yeah, didn't think so.)
I took a shot at writing fiction, bidding on a job for a paranormal romance short story about vampires. The price range was specified at $150 to $350. I bid at the lowest end, $150 and described in the bid both how much I've always liked to read romance in many subgenres and how I wanted to try this job for a fun change of pace. The client hired me and I wrote a story in less than a week. It was the most fun I'd ever had freelancing, and soon ghostwriting was my new side hustle!
The client hired me and I wrote a story in less than a week. It was the most fun I'd ever had freelancing, and soon ghostwriting was my new side hustle!
I learned to search the thousands of available jobs quickly using keywords like "novella," "romance" and "ghostwriting" so I didn't end up with page after page of results seeking someone to write their best man speech or an upcoming eulogy. ( Although if you're into that, there are totally jobs out there for you.)
In addition to my day job, which is not creative at all, I've done exclusively romance ghostwriting for the last three years. Last year I pulled in over $12,000 doing about one story every 4-6 weeks.
Last year I pulled in over $12,000 doing about one story every 4-6 weeks.
Here are the top 5 insider tips I can give you.
I learned these the hard way, by which I mean I wasted a lost of time and lost money screwing these up, so learn from my mistakes and start rocking your writing for cash!
1. Write up a standard proposal.
In most cases, you'll bid on several jobs before you even get a reply back from a client, so you need a quick and easy paragraph or two that you can customize to each job.
Something like,
"I work retail in real life, but I have a bachelor's degree in liberal arts and I made extra money editing people's term papers in college. I've always written for fun in (favorite genre) and I pride myself on creating engaging stories with exciting plots. Attached you'll find my work samples that relate to this project. Thank you for your consideration."
2. Bid low at the beginning.
For your first few jobs, bid at the low end of the range to rack up experience and good reviews. Then you have leverage to bid a little higher either with repeat clients or new ones.
3. Give yourself extra time.
I write fast. I can do 7000-10000 words in a day if I apply myself. By that token, I could crank out a novella of 30K words in a week easily.
I never, ever bid at less than three weeks. Life happens and computer glitches happen and I would rather underpromise and then surprise my client with a swift completion than have to beg for an extension on my deadline.
4. Define your terms.
I can't say this enough. This is the number one tip I can give you. And also the second and third because it's so important!
I have lost money and time on this more times than I care to admit.
Here's the thing: You have to state in your proposal what is included.
If you're going to include the outline, say so and charge for it. I used to do those for free. Mistake. Either specify that you'll write from their plot by creating an outline as your first milestone or else ask to write from an outline they provide.
List whether you're going to turn in one finished product by the deadline or if you're going to submit a chapter or three chapters at a time.
My preference is always to turn in the finished product only. In the past, I have written for clients who wanted three chapters turned in at a time, then wanted to critique them and have me make changes.
If I tried to stick to my timetable by going ahead on chapters 4-6 while they still had 1-3 in turnaround, I wound up having to revise 1-3 and then go change things in 4-6 and it was a massively inefficient pain in the writerly butt.
If you decide to submit in multiple milestones, allow extra time to complete the project because you will spend time waiting for your client's reply.
Here's the big one: Revisions.
I used to state that I would do one revision included in the price of the project. Which was fine because for like my first four novellas no one ever asked me to change anything.
Then I ran into trouble and wound up losing my favorite client.
Here's what happened: The client wanted a different ending. I had to do what amounted to a 3500-word rewrite on a 20000 word novella for zero extra dollars.
It took two weeks, I was crazed trying to make the mad-hatterish changes work in the narrative (they didn't) and I ended up saying something rather rude to my client about how in the future any revisions in excess of a page would cost him a certain percentage extra.
He never hired me again after that. But I learned an important lesson.
In every proposal I write, I include the statement:
"The price of this project includes one revision at client request not to exceed five hundred words. Any further revisions required by client will be prorated at a cost of $50/500 words."
5. These people are not your friends.
Just a word of advice, since freelancing does involve building client relationships. These clients are not your buddies. They are business people and will attempt to screw you in some cases, by saying they can't release funds due to car trouble or computer problems or something.
Nonsense. They don't tell the electric company or the Internet provider that they can't pay and you mustn't let them use that excuse with you. When someone tries to delay payment, and it will happen, here's what you do. In your most civil fashion, message them to say that if the fee for the completed work is not released within five business days from this message, you will void the contract, petition Upwork with a complaint and all rights to the work you produced will revert to you.
Part 2 of "they're not your friends" is: don't give discounts. I don't care how nice and complimentary and fun to work with your client is. Don't give it away. If your plumber is nice and you tell him you like his shoes, do you then tell him that you want a 30% discount? No, of course not.
You are selling your skill set to someone who needs it. Don't sell yourself short.
Best of luck and happy writing!
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Let's make flowers! Come join us at Mint Studio in Carmel Valley, CA as we teach a step by step class on how to make paper flowers with regular card stock paper. We will be showing you how to make different types of paper flowers along with different ways to incorporate them into your wedding, events, and your home! We will be supplying all the materials, which include, card stock paper, scissors, glue, and a packet of paper to take home for practice. #letsmakeflowers
- Location: Mint Studio 5965 Village Way #105 San Diego, CA 92130
- Date: Saturday, March 25, 2017
- Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Spotlight on the artist | Handmade by Sara Kim
Follow her @handmadebysarakim or visit her at www.handmadebysarakim.com


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Musical Instrument Making and Repair
Level 5 QQI Award
One Year
Students on this course will be introduced to the fundamentals of making and repairing stringed and fretted musical instruments, both acoustic and electric. Students will make their own musical instrument for example a mandolin or a guitar. They will also learn specialist hand and machine craft skills in order to develop their creative abilities in this area. Students who have an interest in music will find that they can enhance their skills by learning the rudiments of how instruments are made, stringed and generate sound.
Entry Requirements
One of the following:
- Leaving Certificate Established/LCVP
- Leaving Certificate Applied
- Relevant Level 4 QQI Award
- Mature applicants are welcome
Course Modules
- Furniture Making
- Computer Aided Draughting
- Drawing
- Safety and Health at Work
- Wood Finishing
- Design Skills
- Combined Materials
- Communications
- Work Experience
- Information Technology
Module Information
No module information available at this time
Please contact us for more information
- Level 5 Award Creative Craft (5M1981)
- Safe Pass Certificate
Special Features
The following techniques will be used to assess the knowledge and skills that students will have achieved on successful completion of modules:
- Student Record
- Collection of Work
- Skills Demonstration
- Assignment
- Examinations (written)
- Project
Additional Information
- DFEi is one of the few colleges in Ireland where one can learn the highly specialist craft of making a musical instrument
- This is a practical course where learning takes place primarily in workshops, which are stacked with specialist craft tools and commercial equipment
- This course may include visits to auctions, museums and instrument collections to help build up ones knowledge on the development and history of instruments
- A Visual Design Exhibition of students' work from this course is held anually in DFEi, in May, providing an opportunity for students to showcase the skills and knowledge they have acquired.
Progression Opportunities
DFEi: Graduates may progress to the Level 6 QQI Advanced Certificate in Furniture Design and Making at DFEi.
Elsewhere: Graduates are eligible to apply through the CAO and/or the Higher Education Links Scheme to a range of higher certificate and degree programmes, at both Universities and Institutes of Technology.
Progression Examples
BA in Interior Design (DT544)
Dublin Institute of Technology
BA in Product Design Innovation (CW728)
Institute of Technology Carlow
BA in 3D Design, Model Making and Digital Art (DL828)
Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology
BSc in Furniture Design and Manufacture (GA981)
BSc in Furniture and Wood Technology (GA982)
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Career Paths
Successful completion of this course can lead to employment/self-employment opportunities in musical instrument repair and technology
Thank You
we will be in touch shortly
Shane Desmond
2016 graduate. Now employed with Alan Brown Kitchen Designs.
"I did furniture design and making as part of the course and I also got to make an acoustic guitar this year. I really liked wood work in school so wanted to continue learning. The…
Shane Desmond
2016 graduate. Now employed with Alan Brown Kitchen Designs.
"I did furniture design and making as part of the course and I also got to make an acoustic guitar this year. I really liked wood work in school so wanted to continue learning. The skills I learned on the course were invaluable. The furniture design has an excellent reputation so my new boss was confident taking me on. "


text: The EDS-G308 series are equipped with 8 Gigabit Ethernet ports and up to 2 fiber optic ports, making them ideal for applications that demand high bandwidth. The EDS-G308 switches provide an economical solution for your industrial Gigabit Ethernet connection, and the built-in relay warning function alerts network managers when power failures or port breaks occur. The EDS-G308 series includes 2 models: one with an operating temperature range of 0 to 60°C, and the other one with an extended operating temperature range of -40 to 75°C. Both models undergo a 100% burn-in test to ensure that they fulfill the special needs of industrial automation control applications. The EDS-G308 switches can be installed easily on a DIN-Rail or in distribution boxes.


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The Nauvoo Temple was finished in 1846, but later destroyed by an arsonist. The remaining stones were toppled by a tornado. The temple was re-built in 2002 with the same exterior design. I will not attempt to explain the symbolism here; rather, this post will include links to another blog that does an excellent job explaining the meaning behind the architecture.
The temple included "moonstones."
And "starstones..."
The tower once had an angel weather vane, but the re-designed temple replaced the weather vane with a classic Angel Moroni statue.
The five-pointed star was said to represent Venus: the Morning Star.
The outer gates.
Joseph and Hyrum Smith were said to have paused
near the temple before surrendering to arrest in Carthage.


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Master in Policy Management
Equipping current and emerging policy leaders with the essential management and analytical skills to advance their careers.
Important Dates
Applications are accepted from July 1 - April 1.
Those applying with a completed application by 1 December will be considered for scholarship and they will be notified of their decision by mid-January. The Priority Deadline for scholarship consideration is 15 January.
**International applicants are strongly encouraged to apply by the Early Action or Priority Deadlines.**
The Final Deadline for application submission is 1 April.
Connect with Admissions
To receive admissions information, ask questions concerning admission, attend an MPM class, or schedule a visit of the Georgetown campus, please contact the McCourt School Admissions Office.
Program Information
The MPM program strikes a balance among analytics, management, and substance within specific policy areas. The program includes four summer institutes, core courses, a capstone project and elective courses.
Course Sequence
Full-time students complete their degrees after one summer and two semesters. Part-time participants fulfill the requirements for their degrees over the course of two summers and four semesters.
How To Apply
The MPM is designed for both U.S. and international students who have at least five years of professional experience.
The McCourt Community
The McCourt School is a vibrant, engaged, and diverse community of students, scholars, and practitioners devoted to solving society's most pressing challenges through evidence-based policy.
Tuition & Financial Assistance
Two types of financial assistance are available at Georgetown University: merit-based assistance and need-based assistance.
Upcoming Events
There is a lot going on at McCourt- join us for an upcoming event.


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Eric Carle Songs
To Itsy Bitsy Spider The fuzzy caterpillar curled up on a leaf. Spun her little chrysalis and then fell fast asleep. While she was sleeping, she dreamed that she could fly. And later when she woke up, she was a butterfly.
This song can be used with the Eric Carle book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" The Little Caterpillar Sung to (Itsy, Bitsy Spider)
The little caterpillar crawled up into a tree,
Spun his cocoon and slept so quietly,
All through the winter he didn't make a sound,
He dreamt of his new life when he'd be flying all around.
While he was sleeping the snow did gently fall,
Winter came and went, then her heard the robin's call,
"Come on Mr. Butterfly, out of your cocoon
Spread your wings and fly for me, while I sing my tune.
Another song about caterpillars is Caterpillar (sung to Row, row your boat)
One caterpillar ,two caterpillars, three caterpillars today.
Four caterpillars, five caterpillars eating all the day.
One cocoon, two cocoons, three cocoons today.
Four cocoons, five cocoons sleeping all the day.
One butterfly, two butterflies, three butterflies today.
Four butterflies, five butterflies, flying, flying away.


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SINN FÉIN PRESIDENT Gerry Adams has said that voters should not be concerned about the possibility of a former IRA member holding a senior ministerial position.
Appearing on RTÉ's This Week radio programme, Adams was asked by host Richard Crowley if the public should be concerned about a former IRA member specifically holding the defence or justice ministries.
"No, [not] anymore than they would be concerned about it being Éamon de Valera," Adams responded.
Or Frank Aiken, or Sean Lemass. Or Gerry Kelly, or Martin McGuinness in their time in the North.
He went on to say that, like the other parties, there are people who will never vote for Sinn Féin regardless of their policies.
"There are people that would die before they would vote Fine Gael," he said, "There are people that would die before they would vote Fianna Fáil or Labour for that matter."
So there are people that won't ever vote for Sinn Féin.
"And that's their choice, I'm not arguing about that," he went on.
He concluded by saying that his loyalty was to "the Irish people" and that he didn't want to see a government that "thinks the North is a different country".
During the interview, Adams was also quizzed on his party's plans to introduce free universal free-GP care and abolishing Irish Water.
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Read: Fine Gael slumps as Sinn Féin rises in latest poll
Also: Sinn Féin candidate welcomes apology from former councillor over 'fake syringes' allegation


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SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Australian shares closed with modest gains Friday, with early optimism over developments in the U.S. and Europe tempered slightly after the release of Chinese and local economic data.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index (XJO) closed at 4,239.60, an advance of 0.6%.
The move today brought week-to-date gains to 1% and year-to-date gains to 4.5%. The index is currently hovering around levels last seen in the first half of December.
"The broader picture for shares is looking more favorable: valuations are attractive, particularly against very low bond yields, the risk of meltdown in Europe has receded, the global recovery looks like it will continue, monetary conditions are easing and there is lots of cash on the sidelines," said Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy at AMP Capital Investors.
With light sweet crude oil futures retaining a grip on the $100-a-barrel level, energy firms were among the best performers in Sydney trading. Petroleum giant Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (WPL) WOPEF, +1.76% gained 1.5%, while Beach Energy Ltd. (BPT) shares rose 5%.
Mining firms also gained a bit of ground, with Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (FMG) FSUMY up 2.6%.
European and U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the Stoxx 600 index (SXXP) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.33% reaching multi-month highs.
On Thursday, Spain and France successfully sold 14.6 billion euros ($18.2 billion) in government bonds, reports emerged Greece may be close to a deal with its creditors, U.S. jobless claims fell to their lowest level in almost four years and data showed a tame reading on U.S. inflation.
Several companies exposed to the U.S. economy were advancing, with building products group Boral Ltd. (BLD) up 2.6% and Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. (ALL) shares climbing 3.3%.
Macquarie Group Ltd. (MQG) MQBKY, -0.81% gained in the banking sector, with the investment banking firm rising 3.2%. U.S. banks Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch saw their shares rise notably in the U.S. trading day after reporting earnings.
However, Australian retail banks put in a weaker performance, with Westpac Banking Corp. (WBC) WEBNF, -3.15% shares up 0.4% and National Australia Bank Ltd. (NAB) NAUBF, -1.23% shares ending the session flat.
Data out today showed that Chinese manufacturing failed to grow in January, although contraction eased up a bit, according to HSBC's flash manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index. The survey showed a reading of 48.8, from 48.7 last month.
It's the third straight month of sub-50 reading for the index. A reading below 50 indicates contraction.
"It will be a tough first quarter in view of an ongoing slowdown of domestic demand and weakening external conditions," said Qu Hongbin, co-head of Asian economic research at HSBC, speaking about the prospects for the Chinese economy.
Additionally, data out from the Australian Bureau of Statistics out today showed that import prices rose 2.5% in the December quarter, while export prices fell 1.5%.
Annette Beacher, strategist at TD Securities, said that the "lethal combination" of export and import prices meant that the country's terms of trade fell by 3.8% in the December quarter and are now 9.1% higher than a year ago.
"A peak in the terms of trade was widely anticipated but this is a little harsher than expected," she said. "Historically, falling terms of trade implies shrinking company profits and lower inflation."


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Splicing a Power Cord
Power cords get damaged from all sorts of things; over-enthusiastic weed-whacking or hedge-trimming, forgetting that the car's battery warmer was still plugged in, even being chewed up by dogs and rodents! New cords aren't cheap as any hardware store patron knows. This task shows you how to make that cord almost as good as new for the cost of a little time and effort. It demonstrates repairing a 3-wire power cord but the same techniques apply to their smaller 2-wire power cord cousins.
To splice a power cord, you'll need the following tools: a sharp knife, wire cutters, wire strippers, and a soldering iron and solder. You'll also need a 3-wire power cord and heat shrink tubing — 1/4-inch diameter to fit the inner wires and a larger size 50% larger than the diameter of the cord.
This project should take less than an hour:
1. Trim the separated ends of the cord and remove any frayed, wet, or oxidized wire.
2. Cut a 6-inch piece of heat-shrink tubing with a diameter 50% greater than the cord's jacket.
3. Trim 4 inches of jacket from each piece of cord. Avoid nicking the inner wires or their insulation by scoring the jacket and flexing the cord until the jacket breaks away cleanly. Untwist and straighten each wire. Remove any string or filler material. Slide the heat shrink tubing over either piece of cord.
4. To separate the splices of each individual wire, perform the splice at a different point on each pair of wires. On the left-hand piece of cord, cut the wires as follows: hot — 2 inches from the jacket, neutral — 3 inches from the jacket, ground — do not cut.
On the right-hand piece of cord, cut the wires as follows:
• Hot: do not cut
• Neutral: 3 inches from jacket
• Ground: 2 inches from jacket
Strip each wire 1 inch. Each splice will be 1 inch apart, keeping plenty of insulation between the bare wires.
5. Cut three 1-1/2-inch pieces of 1⁄4-inch diameter heat shrink tubing. Slip one piece over each wire.
6. Starting with the neutral wire (it will be the easiest since both pieces are longer), cross the stripped wires at their midpoint and twist each around the other in opposite directions. This is a "Western Union" splice, originally invented for repairing telegraph lines in the mid-1800s! Continue twisting until the wires are snugly wrapped around each other.
7. Solder the wires together, center the heat-shrink tubing over the splice and shrink it.
8. Repeat Steps 6 and 7 for the hot and ground wires.
9. Center the large piece of heat-shrink tubing over the entire splice and shrink it.
10. Wrap the splice with good-quality electrical tape twice, once in each direction, overlapping each successive wrap at least 50%. At the end of the wrap, cut the tape and press it into place.
Do not pull the tape apart; that causes the top layer to begin to separate. Eventually pulled-apart tape comes completely loose (flagging).


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Not recommended or supported by Tableau in any way. Make a copy of all your original files and be ready to have any changes overwritten with every maintenance release.
One of the most obvious changes in Tableau Server 9.0 is the slick new UI. Under the hood it is called vizportal (replacing the old wgserver, which still lives on to serve a few other purposes). All of the web content for vizportal is stored in
C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\9.0\vizportalclient\public\
(or the equivalent if you installed to a non-default directory / 32-bit)
In this directory there are folders for each language supported by Tableau (these will be familiar if you've looked at the post on adding a new language). Inside each of those directories, you'll find identically named files that serve the same purpose — they are the raw content that gets transformed into the visible vizportal pages. Any change you make in one, you'll need to make in all of them.
Don't touch any of this stuff unless you have a good reason, are curious, and take enough care that you can recover if you break anything.
Why would you want to in the first place? Imagine your organization has password policy requirements — currently Tableau Server does not have a direct way to require anything from the user, and a user can always change their own password from their own settings page. The REST API has a method to update a user's password, so it is possible to build an alternate Tableau password change page that implements stricter requirements. But unless you restrict the user to only using the alternative page, they can always change it back to something ridiculously insecure like "password". How do you stop a user from changing their own password? By taking out the "Change Password" link.
In the language specific directories, there is a file called siteUserSettingsSubplace.html. Inside, there is one line that you can comment out :
<tb:change-password user-id="serverUser.id" username="serverUser.username"></tb:change-password>
<!-- <tb:change-password user-id="serverUser.id" username="serverUser.username"></tb:change-password> -->
Save the file, reload the page and see the Change Password link disappear!