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Tom Odell
Lucie Silvas
9:30 Club
815 V St. NW
Washington, DC, 20001
Doors 6:00 PM
Tom Odell – Ivor Novello-winning songwriting sensation, precocious master of the ivories – is at the very top of his game. It's not as if, with multiple awards and 1.8 million sales under his belt, the Chichester-born prodigy has anything to prove. His debut album, 2013's Long Way Down, topped the charts in the UK, on the back of breakthrough smash, 'Another Love', and by late '14 he was in the Top Ten again with a cover of The Beatles' 'Real Love', recorded for John Lewis' Christmas ad campaign. Alongside standout tracks such as 'Grow Old With Me', 'Heal' and 'Can't Pretend', public affection for Tom and his quaveringly emotional way with a tune was only deepend.
Odell's second long-player, Wrong Crowd, pretty much replicated its predecessor's success, hitting No. 2 in '16, with another biggie aboard in 'Magnetised'. Still only 27, he quickly strikes back with his third, Jubilee Road – a career-defining record, which saw the multi-talented young artist take full control of his music, not only writing, singing, and vamping up his vibrant piano style on all ten songs, but also self-producing them, providing horn arrangements on three tracks, and layering up his trademark backing choir largely out of multi-tracks of his own voice.
Packed with grandstanding melodies and scintillating performances, it is, its auteur proudly declares, his bravest outing so far, and also his most honest and personal. It features ten songs each in their own way destined for classic status, rivalling Tom's own heroes Elton John and Billy Joel (who now count amongst Odell's most vocal fans) for sheer imagination and quality. Leading the charge, the terrifically catchy, gospel-soaked 'If You Wanna Love Somebody' may just be his highlight so far.
"I wrote the album in a house on a quiet terraced street in East London," he explains. The lyrics are inspired by the lives of the friends I made whilst living there. I recorded most of the songs in the living room of the house, and if I listen back closely, I can still hear the sound of the old man's television shows coming through the walls from next door, the kids from the house opposite playing football in the street below, and the sound of my girlfriend's footsteps on the wooden floorboards above."
The listener can't help but be drawn into the affecting real-life dramas that Odell paints, from opener 'Jubilee Road''s scene-setting of the street's colourful community, through the kids playing outside ('Son Of An Only Child') and the whiskey-shaking gamblers in the local betting shop ('Queen Of Diamonds'), to the almost unbearably bittersweet celebration of 'Wedding Day'.
If you search Google Maps or an A-Z for Jubilee Road's titular thoroughfare, however, you won't find it. To preserve his erstwhile neighbours' privacy (and peace and quiet!), Odell has chosen to fictionalize the street name. As he balefully explains: "I don't live there anymore – my life has changed somewhat", so his short-term occupancy there was, for him, "a time, and a moment, all about the people there, and the experiences, and the feelings I had, more than the exact geography of where the road is". The album is about capturing that moment, with all the thoughts it provoked about his own life thus far, and as a microcosm of trends he perceives in wider society right now.
Odell first moved into the house shortly after completing Wrong Crowd, but the ensuing blur of Transatlantic touring meant he hardly saw the place until New Year 2017. It had been a non-stop, four-year upward climb since he'd secured the coveted Brits' Critics Choice award at the turn of 2013, which culminated in a "toxic" final stretch of touring. "I'm surprised I didn't ever have a flip-out," he says today. "I mean, I'm sure I had my moments. You're being given the keys to the kingdom, and suddenly you've got money, and you're travelling around the world – you can see how it all goes wrong for some people".
Finally landing up at the house on the real "Jubilee Road" was, it transpired, just what he needed to level him out. "My girlfriend at the time," he recalls, "who I was completely in love with, moved in, and I went out and bought the furniture, and got a new piano, and just sort of settled in. It didn't take very long before it really felt, for the first time since I left home when I was 17, 18, that I finally had a home."
On top of vibing about the sense of community there, Odell reconnected with the instinctive pleasure he gets from sitting at a piano and playing recreationally. "I'm unquenchably obsessed with the piano," he says. "I always have been, and it never goes away. The only way I can describe it is, I can feel all this confusion, but then I sit at a piano, and as soon as I feel my knees under the keyboard and I play a chord, and I feel the music come up, suddenly there is just utter calm. Everything seems to make sense, and there is possibility."
Initially, he didn't want to write songs. He needed a break, but, he says, "my piano was in the living room, and every night I'd see this family who lived exactly opposite on the same level sit down for dinner, and that just set me off thinking about my own family. Then there were all these different characters, like the old man at the end of the road, who ended up becoming a dear friend and used to come over the whole time.
"There was this couple that were about to get married, who I got really friendly with. My sister was getting married at the same time, and me and my girlfriend were just getting quite serious as well, so we were having this moment, where we bought a cat and stuff, and I was just experiencing these things for the first time. Through all these other people's lives, I saw stories, even more clearly than I would about my own life. So I pretty much wrote the whole album there in this house, through the year."
With so much going on around him, Odell wasn't short of material. In the past he says he's always needed to write 60-odd songs, in order to nail an album's worth of killer tunes. This time, there were only 15 or 18 – he had a much clearer idea of what he wanted to say, and do musically, and spent his time editing and honing those.
"Most of the time went on the piano parts," he reveals. "Working with the producers on my first two albums, whilst I learnt so much from them, they would always tell me to play less piano". With Jubilee Road, because I was running the show, I would spend hours doing the piano parts. I play more than I've ever played, and it was so liberating.
"I was obsessed with doing this call-and-response thing, where you embellish the vocal melodies with responses on the piano – just constantly trying to find ways of doing that, this classic blues/jazz thing where you're never playing over your vocal, just in between, and there was a lot more space to do it, because we'd stripped away a lot of the instrumentation, particularly from Wrong Crowd, which was pretty dense."
For Jubilee Road, Odell corralled a small, close-knit team, which befits its themes of meaningful community. His backing trio included Max Goff, who has been his bassist since he first formed a backing band eight years ago, on moving from Brighton to London's Goldsmiths college. Guitarist Max Clilverd also predates his major-label signing, and the three have developped a telepathic understanding across three albums, and some 500-plus gigs. On drums, their buddy and sometime live companion Andy Burrows (Razorlight, We Are Scientists) ably synced in with the kind of loose spontaneous playing they were after, while engineer Ben Baptie was so down with their programme, that Odell ended up giving him a co-production credit.
After recording mostly in London, the finishing touches on the album were achieved in New York, where the horn section (which included one member of the Dap Kings) played on three-tracks in an exhausting one-day session.
Odell rightly makes no bones about his pride in Jubilee Road, and its completion according to his own vision is all the validation he needs. "I never got into this to be the biggest and best. I just love making music and I love jamming with my band, and I hope I get to do it forever. I feel like for the last ten years I've been working towards making this album. Every gig, every song has been pointing towards this. It's the body of work I'm most proud of."
Some may be tempted to scour Odell's lyrics for salacious implications about his private life; others may be hellbent on finding the 'real' Jubilee Road. Interviewers might better deploy their face time with this perceptive, well-travelled songsmith by asking him how he sees the world: about the generational tensions between the baby boomers, on whose watch the world heedlessly plunged into debt crisis, and the youth now left relatively impoverished and downtrodden; about the debilitating effects of Instagram, and the soullessness of post-millennial "quantized" pop; and of course about the greats of piano, ranging from Nina Simone and Oscar Peterson, through to Shostakovich and Liszt.
Most of all, though, Jubilee Road itself is something to shout about: a fabulously cohesive collection which makes a mockery of the supposed 'death of the album' with its artful weaving of themes, and rollercoaster emotions. It confirms, if confirmation were needed, that the voting academy at the Ivors know their onions: Tom Odell is a songwriter from the very top drawer.
Born in the UK and raised part of her life in New Zealand by her Kiwi dad and Scottish mother, Lucie Silvas grew up listening to her parents favourites from Ray Charles to Nat King Cole to James Taylor and Roberta Flack. She started playing the piano and writing songs at age 10 but wasn't exposed to the music industry until she was 17 when she went out on the road as a backing singer for British singer/songwriter Judie Tzuke.
A few years later she released her debut album on Mercury Records, "Breathe In," and toured extensively around Europe for the following years with both her debut and second album. She went on to sell well over a million albums in Europe, alone. Lucie worked and toured with many artists throughout Europe including the likes of Elton John, Jamie Cullum, Macy Gray, and Jamiroquai.
After achieving massive success for both her own music as well as songs she had written for other artists, Lucie packed up and moved to Nashville, TN. where she has now written and performed with some of the biggest and the best in their fields. Still without having released a single recording yet in the U.S., she started sowing the seeds of this new chapter and hit the road with a vast array of artists ranging from Kasey Musgraves to Tom Jones (yes, Tom Jones) to Daughtry to James Bey and shared the stage at Bonnaroo with Skrillex and Ms. Lauryn Hill. She will also be direct support on the road this coming Fall for Little Big Town.
Lucie has just released her long-awaited and much anticipated album, "Letters To Ghosts" for Caroline Records. This was a fully self-financed endeavor and one that came from sheer passion, drive and a slew of generosity and favors from some of the greatest players in and out of the Nashville market who all saw the raw talent and amazing body of work in the making. The album features the first hit, "Letters To Ghosts," which continues to rear its head at new radio stations each week all over the country. All the songs on the album were co-written and co-produced by Lucie with several tracks already having been licensed for major network television.
Along with the release of this album, Lucie wrote and produced the first two storyline videos – "Letters To Ghosts" and "Villain" – which will lead into a third video, "Smoke," that will close the book on this much lauded trilogy.
She recently received massive accolades for her acclaimed performance on BBC Sessions "60th Anniversary of Elvis Presley's Sun Sessions." Her live show continues to wow critics and fans alike and will propel her to stay out on the road through all of next year supporting this incredible first U.S. release.
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Spheres are special shapes for nuclear weapons designers. Most nuclear weapons have, somewhere in them, that spheres-within-spheres arrangement of the implosion nuclear weapon design. You don't have to use spheres -- cylinders can be made to work, and there are lots of rumblings and rumors about non-spherical implosion designs around these here Internets -- but spheres are pretty common.
Imagine the scenario: you're a security officer working at Los Alamos. You know that spheres are weapon parts. You walk into a technical area, and you see spheres all around! Is that an ashtray, or it is a model of a plutonium pit? Anxiety mounts -- does the ashtray go into a safe at the end of the day, or does it stay out on the desk? (Has someone been tapping their cigarettes out into the pit model?)
All of this anxiety can be gone -- gone! -- by simply banning all non-nuclear spheres! That way you can effectively treat all spheres as sensitive shapes.
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Beyond the scores of continuity references, crossover appearances, and, of course, the massive action set-pieces that have come to dominate the comic book genre, one of the items that audiences most anticipate in every new Marvel Cinematic Universe release is, actually, the after-credit scenes.
And it's easy to see why – these one or two minutes of screen time act like the ultimate surprise Christmas present, providing shocks, laughs, and excitement in unexpected combinations that only serve to fuel fans' thirst for the next installment.
Now that Captain America: Civil War is here and the number of post-credit scenes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has jumped to an unbelievable 19, it's time to sit back and take stock of them all, to rank the Top 10 Best Marvel Post-Credits Scenes. Just like one of these tags themselves, we think you'll be surprised at – and, hopefully, delighted by – what you find on this list.
(Before we get started, though, a quick word on terminology: while some of these sequences are, in fact, more accurately labeled as "mid-credit" scenes, we're not going to get bogged down in semantics and will, instead, use "after-credit" as a generic catch-all.)
WARNING: the following post contains SPOILERS for Captain America: Civil War
10 Welcome to Wakanda - Captain America: Civil War (2016)
The most recent after-credits scene (one of them, anyway) serves as audience's very first look at the fictional African country of Wakanda, which has been built up in Marvel mythology across the past year, starting with The Avengers: Age of Ultron. The stinger is very effective at painting King T'Challa's (Chadwick Boseman) country as being both grand and mysterious, futuristic and ancient; its hi-tech interiors look like something out of Star Wars, while its lush jungle exteriors feel like Indiana Jones.
But while Civil War's button scene is very good at building anticipation for the upcoming Black Panther film – as well as providing some degree of closure for Steve Rogers' (Chris Evans) Secret Avengers – it's less skillful at being an overtly memorable addition to the Marvel pantheon of after-credits sequences; it has neither the humor nor the sheer excitement that its brethren on this list possess.
9 You always wear such nice suits - The Incredible Hulk (2008)
The second Marvel Studios release, The Incredible Hulk, actually had a lot riding on its shoulders: it had to develop its own voice and identity separate from Iron Man's, which released just a month earlier, but it also had to further establish the continuity that all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has since come to be built upon. While having references to both Stark Industries and S.H.I.E.L.D. comprised the film's main thrust at crossing over, it wasn't until the post-credits scene (which, okay – yes – technically takes place before the credits, due to marketing considerations) that its world-building took front and center stage, with Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.) himself literally entering the picture.
The scene is only a brief one – approximately one minute long – but it ended up being the foundation of all future crossovers. It's also, strangely, one of the most long-lived tags: the after-effects of Tony Stark's conversation with General Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt) wouldn't be fully disclosed until nearly three-and-a-half years later, in the short film The Consultant, and the strained relationship between the two characters wouldn't enter the narrative spotlight again until just this month's Captain America: Civil War.
8 I'm not that kind of doctor - Iron Man 3 (2013)
Iron Man 3's concluding bit of footage is a rather unique entry in the lineup, as it is both played for laughs and serves to affect the entire narrative structure of its film.
Here's how it works: after spending the entire movie speaking in voiceover – a first for a Marvel Studios production – it is revealed after the last credit has rolled that Tony Stark has not been breaking the fourth wall and narrating to the disembodied audience but, rather, speaking to another character: Dr. Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), his newfound buddy from the previous Marvel Cinematic Universe installment, The Avengers. Only, of course, Banner has fallen asleep, and when Stark protests, he replies, "I'm not that kind of doctor."
It's funny, it helps establish the relationship between the two characters that will play such a monumental role in Age of Ultron, and it also adds a much-needed bit of crossover into a film that was (and still is) the most self-contained episode of the Marvel lineup – not too shabby for two minutes of screen time.
7 I know a guy - Ant-Man (2015)
With 16 tags already under its belt, Marvel Studios decided to change things up a bit with Ant-Man's second stinger, setting up the next film in the series – Captain America: Civil War – in a way that is wholly unique but is also appropriate to the titular protagonist.
Viewers are treated to a cold-open in a scene that takes place after the opening act of the next movie, showing Captain America, Falcon (Anthony Mackie), and the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) engaged in some type of storyline – and dropping references to some type of Accords – that is clearly more involved than what we can possibly hope to understand in just the space of a few moments. It's as if audiences were able to waltz right into the editing suite at Marvel headquarters and sneak a peek at Civil War's turning point (when Captain Rogers realizes the complicity of Helmut Zemo [Daniel Bruhl] in the whole storyline) – and walk away knowing that their beloved Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) would have a larger role to play in the cinematic universe's future.
6 Reveal of the Infinity Stones - Thor: The Dark World (2013)
On the one hand, Thor: The Dark World's first after-credits scene plays out like some kind of bizarre, classic '60s Star Trek throwback, showing Volstagg (Ray Stevenson) and Lady Sif (Jaimie Alexander) paying the Collector (Benicio del Toro) a visit. It's a nice bit of exoticness in the collection of stingers, and it also helps to establish the character of the Collector, who will play a small-but-vital role in the next cosmic follow-up, Guardians of the Galaxy.
The scene has actually gone on to become one of the most narratively important in the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe, as it casually – almost accidentally – introduces the concept of the Infinity Stones to movie audiences, which have since become the cornerstone of the entire overarching story. Even better, it simultaneously drops the revelation that two items we've already been introduced to – the Tesseract from the original Thor and this film's Aether – are actually these all-powerful items.
5 Loki Lives - Thor (2011)
Dr. Erik Selvig (Stellan Skarsgard) is summoned to some mysterious corridor of some mysterious S.H.I.E.L.D. compound, afraid that he's going to be clipped by Director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). Instead, he's shown the Tesseract, providing viewers' first introduction to the otherworldly MacGuffin. Meanwhile, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) invisibly looks on over Selvig's shoulder, whispering sweet nothings into his ear – which he has no choice but to repeat.
What's great about Thor's tag is not only that it seems to have a bit of everything going for it – suspense, humor, foreshadowing, revelation (Loki's not dead!) – but it's the first out-and-out introduction of major new narrative elements that will pay off in an installment down the line (in this case, the first Avengers). It's hard not to watch this scene, even five years and nine movies later, and still not get excited for all the adventure that is lurking just around the corner.
4 The Age of Miracles - Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
If Thor's after-credits button directly led up to The Avengers and was well rewarded for it narratively, then Captain America: The Winter Soldier's sequence ramps up to The Avengers: Age of Ultron and does so even better, with more dramatics, exposition, excitement, and characters.
Hydra's hidden existence within S.H.I.E.L.D. has been exposed, and one of the shadow organization's greatest leaders, Baron Wolfgang von Strucker (Thomas Kretschmann) makes contingency plans to keep the Avengers busy until he can finish his shady work that utilizes Loki's scepter as its basis. His assistant, Dr. List (Henry Goodman), meanwhile, continues his experiments on Pietro (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), who are two "miracles" that will change the face of the battlefield forever.
Seeing this connection between Captain America and The Avengers is, of course, immensely exciting, but the real draw for true Marvel fans comes in the form of what such material would do on the television side of the aisle. Agents of SHIELD would devote a good chunk of its second season to fully disclosing the true nature of Hydra's organization, experiments, and plans, including several appearances by List.
3 Avengers Initiative - Iron Man (2008)
This is it: the very first after-credits scene, the one that would not only start the now-hallowed tradition, but also the one that would literally make the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe's overarching mythology possible.
The addition of S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury at the end of the film was an afterthought by the filmmakers and Marvel Studios, just a fun little Easter egg for comics fans. It quickly mushroomed during development of Iron Man 2 and almost instantly became the main throughline of Phase 1: Fury's pet project of acquiring enhanced individuals in order to create a team so powerful, they would be able to stand as Earth's last line of defense against any possible invader placed the initial run of (origin) movies in a context that gave them even more narrative drive and purpose. This Avengers Initiative has continued through all these years to this day, even if most of the team members (and S.H.I.E.L.D. itself) haven't.
2 Hi, Thanos! - The Avengers (2012)
The Avengers' first tag works eerily similarly to Iron Man's, having the same impact on the story up until that point and establishing a whole new direction for the following slate of films to follow.
After making an alliance with an unknown interstellar power broker of some sort, Loki is given a scepter of unimaginable power and is told to conquer the Earth and secure the Tesseract. The would-be god fails on both accounts, and the emissary that he had been treating with the entire film, known only as the Other (Alexis Denisof), is forced to relay the bad news to the unnamed cosmic warlord. When that massive figure turns around and faces the camera, revealing himself to be none other than Thanos (who will come to be played by Josh Brolin) and displaying that wicked smile, comic nerds swooned and cinematic fans were intrigued by this new player's identity and game plan.
That Marvel Studios has opted to only slowly dribble out pieces of information on the Mad Titan in the four years since only adds to the mystique and grandeur of this scene instead of detracting from it. Yes, it's that classic in the list of classic Marvel filmic iconography.
1 Shawarma - The Avengers (2012)
How do you top surprise guest appearances, sneak peeks at future story arcs, and grand introductions to expansive new locations? Easy – shawarma.
Writer/director Joss Whedon's impeccable use of levity in The Avengers is a testament not only to his storytelling instincts, but also to providing a complete package that viewers can feel satisfied leaving the movie theater with. Showing all six Avengers silently, exhaustedly trying out the Arabic dish, still in costume having just saved the entire world, might be the punchline to a gag that Tony Stark (but of course) delivers in the film proper, but it also serves as the ultimate exclamation point to the characters' journey so far – across both the dramatic hell that was The Avengers for them and the entirety of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase 1.
It's also the single funniest gag yet seen in any Marvel film, throwing down a gauntlet that no other director (including Whedon himself) has yet been able to match, let alone surpass.
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SOURCE: IPS – In Haiti, Aid Dollars Corroded Social Fabric | Inter Press Service http://ht.ly/hheFz
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"94% of humanitarian funding went to donors' own civilian and military entities, UN agencies, international NGOs and private contractors."
"You can look at procurement databases to track primary contract recipients, but it is almost impossible to track the money further to identify the final recipients and the outcomes of projects."
"Breaking the figures down by donor isn't much better: 60% of US-disbursed recovery funding is "not specified" (pdf), as is 67% of Canada's aid to Haiti (pdf). Data for the European commission shows that 67% of humanitarian funding and 43% of recovery funding is to "other international NGOs" (pdf). Data reporting becomes even more opaque when one looks for the specific organisations, agencies, firms or individuals that have received grants or contracts in Haiti. Detailed financial reports and rigorous impact evaluations are hard to find."
"Of the thousands of projects being run in Haiti, we found only 45 organisation- or project-level evaluation reports at the end of 2011. A total of 23 reports do not have specific project data and only four have any specific detail about how the money was spent."
"The Government of Haiti has received just 1 percent of humanitarian aid and somewhere between 15 and 21 percent of longer-term relief aid."


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Cuusoo.com is the Japanese partner of the Lego Group. They work with Lego to produce community supported sets. If an idea submitted to the website gains 10,000 supporters, it stands a chance of being producded as a Lego Product.
Currently on Cuusoo, a person by the name of Addam has a MLP concept going over there, picture above shows one idea. I've included the pictures from the page (found here) which includes Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Big Macintosh. Its not a bad idea. I am not a person who owns a ton of merchandise (actually, all I own is a set of Derpy stamps that I framed), and if they actually made a Derpy Hooves figure, obviously I would buy it.
The down side of this of course is, MLP is Hasbro's property, and Lego isn't owned by Hasbro (yet…). But on the up side, Hasbro has recently re-entered the 'building block' toy market. It had a series that ran for about 5 years until 2005, but in the past year they have re-entered with the KRE-o line. Currently the Kre-o line is producing Transformers construction kits, but the one thing I did read is that Kre-o is designed to work with Legos. So in one hand you have tension between two toy companies since Hasbro is kind of stepping into their market, but on the other hand its a chance for both companies to get friendly, and maybe do some business.
At the time of this writing, the project has 545 votes for support. Feel free to drop by the page, take a look at the notes and what Addam has, and give'em a vote.
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This episode opens with Gong Myung at home eating, drinking sake and listening to Ha Na's lecture.
Ha Na can't sleep and thinks about what happened between Jung Suk and herself. She comes to the conclusion that Jung Suk said what he did because he was drunk.
The next morning, Jung Suk has acknowledged his feelings for Ha Na and wonders if Ha Na is feeling uncomfortable because she thinks he was drunk. He is certain that it's not the case and calls her. She picks up and wonders what he wants. He starts talking about last night and she promises to act like he didn't say anything because he was intoxicated He is surprised and expected her to react differently.
Ha Na wonders if he might have actually meant it and thinks about it. She tells herself no to think too hard into it. She decided to work on questions then realise that she needs to get something on her work computers. She decided to go to work before Jung Suk gets there. While going to work she notices Gong Myung who's studying and not really paying attention. She watches him get hit by a scooter.
Won Hae tells Jin Wong to take his time and that he's already told his students and can schedule a makeup class at another time. When they walk in, Jung Suk asks about Ha Na. He's told she doesn't have class and then Won Hae inquiries to his date. Jung Suk tells him that he doesn't need to report his reasoning to him.
Jung Suk wonders why Ha Na isn't there and then wonders if she's trying to play hard to get. He decides to plan a fancy date for her to make her feel better. He's all gung-ho about it.
Ha Na is told that Gong Myung will be fine after a days rest and she's relieved. She admits how worried she was and he tells her that he's fine. She suggests he call his family and he tells her that he doesn't have to call his mother since he's not living with her and the guy who caused the accident is paying the hospital bill anyways. She asks about his brother and he reminds her that he's a bit of a bastard. She goes to leave and he tries to trick her into staying but she sees through so he just asks her to stay.
Dong Young is in the bathroom when notices that there is toilet paper. He wonders what to do when someone comes in. Jung Suk tells him that is no toilet paper in the other stall or paper towel as he needs them. He refuses to go get tissues as he needs to go to class. Dong Young flips out.
Chae Yeon text Gong Myung and before going to class she puts on lip gloss. He texts her back and apologises for not being able to make it that day. She goes to Ki Bum whose on the phone with his mother and asks about Gong Myung. He makes up some odd reason for Gong Myung to not come and about how it would make sense he's worn out. Ki Bum asks if she put lipstick on and she refutes the claim and heads into class after Jung Suk. Ki Bum finds her pretty with lipstick on.
Dong Young arrives late much to Jung Suk's annoyance. He sets up the camera and Ki Bum asks what happened to his other shock. He admits he used it to wipe himself and tells a brief explanation of what happened.
Ha Na brings in Gong Myung's food and he offers to share. She tells him that she's nursing him and he should rest. She yawns and he admits he wants to eat something else.
When she returns with ginseng chicken soup he tells her that she needs to eat something nutritious if she's going to keep her energy up. She tells reminds him that he's the one who needs energy, but he tells her that he's working hard in hopes of being her boyfriend. She starts to worry but he tells her not to worry and that he knows that she only made the promise in hopes he'd study more. He tells her that he's studying for himself and it's the only way he can show her that he's serious about her.
Kwon, an old friend of trio arrives and is greeted by Ki Bum. They are what he's studying and is told that everyone is studying for the same civil servant exam. Kwon thought it was odd, but Dong Young tells him that more people go into admin and there is a 128.3 to 1 chance of passing. This seems to take the wind out of Kwon's sails.
Jin Yi, Won Hae and Jung Suk meet to discuss the schedule for the following month. Jung Suk isn't happy with his time slots and has them moved. Jin Yi asks if he's so picky why he doesn't plan it next time. Jung Suk thinks it's an excellent idea. He goes into his office and they start complaining about him. He comes out and they are worried that he's heard.
Gong Myung comes back with some drinks to find Ha Na asleep. He finds it cute that she's fallen asleep. He watches her sleep and lays his head next to her. He goes to kiss her but stops before sitting up. He tells himself that it's cheating and that he'll work hard to pass for her sake.
Ki Bum goes to buy some books and bumps into Kwon. He is surprised that he didn't as him for his exercise after 3 years of studies. He mentions that Kwon never liked competition which Kwon agrees. He goes to help him pick out a book but a bunch of books fall on him and he claims to be hurt and asks Kwon to help him back to the hostel. When they arrive Kwon complains about helping him and then Ki Bum reminds him what a social worker does.
Ha Na wakes up in bed to find Gong Myung working. She wonders how she got there and he mentioned that she must have been tired so he put her there. She goes to get water and across her cheeks are scrawled Super Radiant Super Teacher. As soon as she's out of the room Gong Myung breaks out laughing.
Kwon meets up with Dong Young and Ki Bum. Dong Young tells him that he heard that he switched to social work. but Kwon switched again to real estate because all he has to do is show clients around here and there. He is super excited to go to the hostel to study. He ends up back at the hostel with police officers and Ki Bum as if he was in trouble. He admits that he got lost and suddenly all the memories of him getting lost came back to the 2 men. Kwon decided to switch to being a police officer. Ki Bum pushes him and takes him for a jog but he gets winded and he asks if he can really make it as a police officer. Finally, they sit down and try to figure out something he can go. He thanks them but leaves for the hostel. While thinking over Kwon, Dong Young gets a call from Gong Myung asking for his notes. Only then does he find out Gong Myung was in the hospital.
Gong Myung tells his friend not to come visit and hangs up just as Ha Na comes in with the humidifier. Gong Myung tells her to rest while he's in the washroom but when his mother calls she picks up.
Jin Yi wonders if Min Ho is actually thinking about breaking up with her as he hasn't called her. Jung Suk sees her leaves and mimics her asks who would like a man like that. He reminds himself that Ha Na does, then wonders why she hasn't called him back. He texts her and when he puts his phone and is surprised by a call. He expects Ha Na but when his mother calls, he's told that Gong Myung is in the hospital she reminds him to be mindful of the people around him. He promises to talk with him.
Ha Na is happy that Gong Myung's brother is coming and he admits that he rather not see him. She admits that she's curious as to how her brother is. They get into the elevator and Gong Myung walks her out. She tells him to go in and she can't believe that he's walking her out. He thanks her for being there with her and she admits she feels embarrassed that he took care of her all day. She goes to leave and he runs over to her and pulls her into a hug. He thanks her and admits that he was happy with her. He goes inside and she tells herself that she could be happy with someone like him because he's nothing like Jung Suk.
Gong Myung gets back to the room to find Jung Suk there. Jung Suk acts the way he always in, telling him to rest and he can't believe that he got into an accident. He was studying so well but then he had to cause trouble. Gong Myung tells him that they're parents named him well and runs around to the other side of the bed. He tells Jung Suk that if he can't be nice to the patient he should pay his allowance and leave. He goes to grab hi bag but Jung Suk pulls it away. Just then Ki Bum comes in.
Gong Myung tells him that Jung Suk is his brother and Ki Bum asks why he kept it a secret and he tells him that his brother didn't want anyone finding out. Ki Bum agrees and tells him that it's unfair that his brother got all the studying genes.
They are sitting in the waiting room when Dong Young comes. He complains about seeing premium trash. Ki Bum tries to shut Dong Young up but he doesn't listen and tells Gong Myung all about Jung Suk. finally Ki Bum tells Dong Young that Jung Suk is Gong Myung's brother and that shuts him up. Gong Myung tells him not to worry.
They got and bid farewell to Jung Suk. Jung Suk asks him not to call him brother and to not tells anyone about his being his brother they agree and when Ki Bum starts being rude he's ushered out by Gong Myung. Jung Suk notices Ha Na's watch and when Gong Myung comes back he asks about it. Gong Myung mentions that it's his girlfriends and Jung Suk can't believe it. He reminds him that he should be studying and it makes him pathetic. Gong Myung retorts that he's certain that he's never liked anyone and that's why everyone calls him premium trash. He explains the idea behind it and it cuts Jung Suk hard. He tells him that since he's premium trash then he should leave and not care about his brother. His brother agrees and Jung Suk leaves in a daze.
Chae Yeon continues thinking about Gong Myung all evening. Finally, she calls him and tells him that she's going to stop tutoring him. She gives him a poor reason but once she's hung up Ki Bum gets mad. Dong Young tells him not to tell her, Ki Bum doesn't know what it would hurt. He tells her that Gong Myung got into a car accident because he was studying while walking.
Chae Yeon is on the roof thinking when Gong Myung calls her. He asks if she's mad and she admits she heard everything. She blames herself for him getting hurt, but he tells her not to worry and he's fine. He tells her that he's studying and she makes sure that he's ok and agrees to meet with him the following day. Once she hangs up she breaks down crying and apologises to Gong Myung.
Dong Young notices and wonders why she's crying. He heads downstairs and bumps into Ki Bum. He asks if Chae Yeon was on the terrace because he heard she might be. Dong Young tells him no and ushers her away.
Gong Myung is studying when he notices Ha Na's watch. He takes a moment to stare at it.
Ha Na is working hard but she keeps getting distracted . Gong Myung ends up texting Ha Na about the watch and promises to take care of it. He asks if she managed to remove the ring and she admits that she hadn't been able too. He takes a picture and shows her his copy of the ring and tells her that it's their couple ring. Ha Na gets up and goes to grab a beer. She smiles at the picture. When she backs out of her messages she notices Jung Suk contacted her.
Jung Suk is irritated that she didn't contact him again and she texts him that she hasn't heard his confession and to not contact her.
The next morning Jung Suk goes to fly his drone but Gong Myung's words run through his head. He's determined to not care what people think about him but once he lands his drone he thinks of Ha Na. He re-reads that texts and comes to the conclusion that he used to be ok being alone but now he wants to be with Ha Na. He wonders what he did to cause her to go cold and then he remembers everything. He suddenly is determined to win her back.
Ha Na is ready to start her day like nothing happened however Jung Suk is waiting for her.
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There has been much discussion about the various technologies used to provide broadband access in Australia; FTTN, FTTP, FTTdp, HFC etc. However, there has not been much discussion about solving the practical problems in providing these services to end-users.
This paper addresses the limitations of the Australian government's new NBN policy (11 December 2014) and proposes some changes in approach which share the objectives of the policy but without compromising access speed. The changes will eliminate the lead-in cost entirely and will introduce infrastructure competition in the long-term interests of end-users. They will accelerate the NBN roll-out and ensure that the national infrastructure is responsive to future technologies, market demands and business opportunities.
In this paper we outline a number of matters that have been raised in relation to Deep-fibre Fibre-to-the-Distribution-Point (FTTdp), and address practical ways that FTTdp can be expected to deliver a maximum overall cost-benefit outcome for the Australian NBN. We conclude that FTTdp must be honestly evaluated if the nation is to achieve a maximal NBN capability outcome.
Fibre to the Distribution Point (FTTdp) has received relatively little national attention to date as a serious technology option for the Australian NBN. In recent months there has been further publication of difficulties of FTTP (Fibre to the Premises) connections, with fibre cabling failure rates of the order of 30%.
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Q: How do I connect to my Java server with a socket when the client applet/application runs behind a proxy/firewall?
A: I tried it with an applet, but it throws the "host unreachable" exception, among others.
However, there are ways to connect your Java applications to Java servers through HTTP. This is sometimes called firewall tunneling. To do this easily, create servlets on the server side and wrap all client messages in HTTP requests.
On the client side, your code should use the
URLConnection to send data to the server:
//connect URL url = new URL("http://www.myserver.com/servlets/myservlet"); URLConnection conn = url.openConnection(); conn.setDoOutput(true); conn.setUseCaches(false); conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream"); //Open output stream and send some data. OutputStream out = conn.getOutputStream(); //I am not going to send anything on "out," but you can fill this in. out.flush(); out.close(); //Open input stream and read the data back. InputStream in = conn.getInputStream(); //Here you would read the data back. in.close()
On the server side, when the client says
openConnection(), the servlet's
doPost() method will be called. In that method, you can read the data and write back to the client.


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Edward "Chip" Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor of Doctoral Studies in Education
February 15, 1942 - July 5, 2005
On July 5, 2005, our beloved professor, mentor, colleague, and friend Chip went home to the Lord he loved, after spending his life "being where God wanted him to be and doing what God wanted him to do." Born in 1942 to Grace and Eddie Anderson, Chip and his family moved to Riverside, California during his early high school years. He graduated from Pasadena Nazarene College, now Point Loma University, then went on to earn his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of California - Los Angeles. Chip came to Azusa Pacific University in 1999 as a professor in the Doctoral Studies in Education program, after spending 28 years at UCLA in capacities as varied as veterans' services, retention, counseling psychology, and the Graduate School of Education.
A leading authority in retention and advising, Chip has been a passionate and committed advocate of a strengths-based approach to education, and his influence has been felt in hundreds of high schools, community colleges, universities, churches, and organizations. Co-author with Don Clifton of StrengthsQuest: Discover and Develop Your Strengths in Academics, Career, and Beyond, Chip was instrumental in igniting the "strengths revolution" -- the commitment to changing the paradigm in higher education from deficit-remediation to strengths development.
He believed that the key to student success was already within the student, and that by encouraging students to "become the persons God created them to be" they could achieve excellence and complete the work that God had designed them to do. Students responded to this call on their lives, hungry for the sense of meaning, purpose, and direction that an appreciation of their strengths gave them. Chip often spoke of seeing people through "strengths-colored glasses," and this is perhaps his most lasting legacy that inspires his students to continue his work: Chip tried to see people the way Jesus saw them-and he loved people the way he knew Jesus would love them.
As someone who lived his life around the strengths God gave him, perhaps the best tribute we could give Chip are to use his own words to create a visual image for you of this remarkable man who has impacted so many lives:
"I have Belief, Strategic, Activator, Achiever and Connectedness as my Signature Themes. My visual image of how my talents in these themes work together is of a rocket standing upright on a launch pad. My Belief talents form a giant foundational launch pad. The meaning, purpose and direction stemming from my core beliefs generate a tremendous amount of power that enables me to impact people. The fuselage of my rocket stands upright on the middle of the launch pad. This is my Activator theme that enables me to turn ideas into actions that generate revolutionary changes. On each side of the fuselage are two booster rockets. One I call Strategic and the other Achiever. The Strategic helps me see multiple alternatives to reaching a goal, and the Achiever means I am in constant motion to reach my goals-I have daily goals on pieces of paper stuck in my shirt pocket that keep me focused on what God wants me to do that day, but I also have ultimate goals, and those are always tied to excellence-to being the person God wants me to be. The nose cone on top of the main fuselage is Connectedness. With Connectedness, I realize there is a "Master plan" that brings each person into my life, and I know that what I do with my life will have a "ripple effect" long after I am gone."
In honor of Chip's desire for the "ripple effect" to continue long after he is gone, the Chip Anderson Strengths Legacy, a memorial fund to continue the work in strengths-based education that was so important to Chip, has been established at Azusa Pacific University through the Center for Strengths-Based Education. Donations can be made to Azusa Pacific University, Center for Strengths-Based Education, 901 E. Alosta Ave., Azusa, CA 91702-7000.
We covet your prayers for the Anderson family as they mourn their loss and we rejoice with them in the sure knowledge that Chip has completed the work God has called him to do and is now in the presence of the One whom he loved first and best.


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The INSIDER Summary:
- St. Paul's school in Concord, New Hampshire, is reportedly under investigation for allegedly concealing a sexually exploitative student "ritual" called the "Senior Salute."
- The alleged "ritual" calls for seniors to have sex with as many of the younger students as possible before graduation, keeping a tally in the yearbook.
- St. Paul's has been accused of concealing this "ritual" and other sexual assault allegations involving students and teachers.
- If this is true, it is extremely upsetting and the students at St. Paul's deserve better.
Men are taught to treat their sexual exploits as achievements from a young age. For many, seeing women as a means to achieve "status" starts in high school.
This is what perpetuates toxic masculinity, and it's what prompted a group of seniors at St. Paul's School, an elite private high school in Concord, New Hampshire, to don cardboard crowns tallying their sexual exploits in a yearbook photo.
According to The Cut, an investigation by the New Hampshire attorney general revealed claims that it's a "ritual" for seniors at St. Paul's to attempt to have sex with as many of the younger students at the school as they can before graduation. This predatory behavior is referred to as the "Senior Salute."
Five of these high school seniors were found guilty for violating school rules. They were apparently "disciplined" by the school. However, none of them are considered to have broken any New Hampshire state laws.
In response to the students' reprehensible actions, the rector of the school sent a letter to parents referring to the situation as a "game," and condemned these students for participating in it.
It's nowhere near enough, though.
Sexual misconduct has been a recurring issue at the boarding school. In May, St. Paul's School admitted that over the course of four decades, 13 of its staffers had engaged in sexual misconduct with students. According to the Boston Globe, the report accused administrators at the school of ignoring "and even concealing" the abuse.
And in 2015, Owen Labrie, a St. Paul's senior, allegedly sexually assaulted Chessy Prout, a 15-year-old freshman at the school. When Prout caught wind of these yearbook photos, she had this to say:
"St. Paul's School is operating in a bubble of denial, and their students are paying the consequences," she told The Cut. "The adults at the school are allowing this predatory behavior to happen, and the best they can do is try to cover it up with stickers in the yearbook. Real people are being harmed because of the students' irresponsible and damaging actions and the administration's inaction."
Prout, and all the students of St. Paul's, deserve much better.
If you are a survivor of sexual assault, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800.656.HOPE (4673) or visit their website to receive confidential support.


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How To Use Electronic-Cigarette-E-Cigarettes, Users Guide & Instruction Manual:
Updated 3/7/2014
CE5 & T3-Pro Tank-1100mA Starter Pro Kits Atomizer/ClearOmizers Notes and Break-in:
How to check and fill your CE5-Pro Tank atomizer:
Unscrew the mouth piece and diamond plate base from the tank, pull the base, intake pipe and coil assembly out of the tank and check to make sure the coil & wick are screwed into the intake pipe securely. This is how you will replace your coil & wick as well when needed. A loose connection at the coil and intake pipe will cause your battery button to blink and the coil will not fire up. Screw the base and coil back into the tank and snug it down tight. Hold the tank upright at about a 20 degree angle and slowly fill down the side of the tank to the top fill line. Take care to not get liquid down the intake pipe it will run straight through and spill out of the bottom. Carefully screw the mouth piece back on, be careful not to cross thread it and just snug it down on to the seal on the top of the coil.
Checking and filling a T3 Pro Tank is similar except you fill from the bottom, do not try to remove the mouth piece from a T3 bottom coil atomizer, you'll destroy it. To check the coil and fill simply hold the tank upside down, diamond plate base up and unscrew the base. Check to make sure the coil is securely screwed into the base. Fill the tank down the side, again try to avoid getting liquid down the intake pipe, fill to just below the top of the intake pipe and screw the coil and base into the tank. Just snug the coil & base to the tank intake pipe after filling. The nylon cap on top of the coil is your seal over tightening will crush the seal and may cause future leaking.
We recommend 2-3 primer draws without inhaling to prime the coil and allow the wicks to absorb your e-liquid. This will also get you into the practice of drawing into your mouth before inhaling. With any model e Cig this is our recommended draw. Pulling straight in, like breathing through a straw will most likely make you cough. A similar cough to your smokers cough is normal when you start vaping as your lungs start to clear so will the cough in most cases.
Good Luck! Go Vapordogs!!
The Classics Joye 510 & DSE 901: Mini Electronic Cigarettes, Getting Started:
When you receive your e-cig, you'll want to set it up properly for best performance. If this is your first e-cig and your batteries have not been pre-charged by us, get your batteries charging and when you have a few minutes sit down and read this users guide.
510, 901 and most electronic cigarette batteries are lithium ion. The initial charging cycle is very important. It is Vapordogs practice to pre charge batteries per manufactures specs prior to shipping. A note on your packing slip will confirm pre charge. Most chargers have advanced to USB connections at this point and are very simple to use. Take care not to cross thread when you screw the battery into the charger and the light should turn red. The light may stay green but continue to charge 8 hours per battery for the first charging cycle; eGo batteries have additional charging recommendations, please read the OEM instructions that come with your kit. Battery power is everything when you're e-smokin! If you don't have a USB port in your car we suggest you purchase a car lighter USB charger adapter.
Optional: hot water rinse and blow out your atomizers. Most atomizers come from the factory with a primer fluid to keep the coil moist. The taste of the primer liquid can be less than desirable and can affect the performance. Simply rinse under hot water from both ends and blow out the water from the open end / the barrel of the atomizer, try to blow the water through the barrel like a whistle, rinse and blow out 3-4 times. The water temperature should only be as hot as you are comfortable with, shower temp is fine. With manual batteries you can quick dry using the Highping method described below or use a blow dryer and let dry overnight. With Automatic batteries kits use a blow dryer and let dry overnight.
NOTE: After a dry burn the atomizer wick and coil will be dry, drip 2 or 3 drops of your favorite e liquid onto the atty coil and when you're ready to use it take a few puffs to prime the coil, 3-4 puffs is usually good. Dripping liquid onto the atty coil is a practice used by a lot of vapors. When I top off my liquid cartridge I usually drip a drop or two onto the coil. The practice is called dripping and does require atomizer cleaning more often.
Note: Keep your cart filler wet, add a few drops of juice regularly to keep the flavor up and atty coil moist. If you detect a burnt taste, top off your cart! Remember, that this is NOT a tobacco cigarette. You don't draw on it as you would a cigarette. You want to take it easy on the pull, draw long and slow, pull the vapor into your mouth before you inhale.
The cartridge that may come on the atomizer or atomizers in your kit is blank, No Filler. All kits come with 5 or more pre filled carts. The e-liquid that comes in a pre filled cartridge is usually a generic tobacco. The flavor of the cart can be changed by setting the cartridge filler end down on a napkin or paper towel, let it sit 5 -10 minutes, then drop your favorite flavor e-liquid into the cart as the filler will absorb it.
When you wake up, use some mouth wash or brush your teeth first thing, pick up your e-cig instead of the other and vape away. I used my trusty old ash tray as a holder. Make sure you have something to drink. Pull the vapor into your mouth before you inhale. Let the nicotine soak in, those Nicotine Receptors in your brain will never know what hit them! We recommend Vapordogs 36mg e-liquid to start, for anyone smoking a pack a day or more. A spare 24mg bottle isn't a bad idea ether, the 36mg maybe too strong for some.
E-Cigarette Components:
The atomizer (atty) is a heating element that heats up the liquid and turns it into vapor. One end screws into the battery and the other end fits the cartridge/cart. There is a metal mesh coil which draws in the liquid from the cartridge to the wick and turns it into vapor, which is then drawn back through the cart vent or vents to the mouthpiece. A fresh, well performing atomizer is the key to satisfactory vapor production. Please read the section on atomizer cleaning below. (The Highping Method)
Note: 901 users, the 901 atomizers are vented with a small hole at the bottom of the atty, just above the battery switch. Be careful not to cover this hole with your fingers.
Atomizers, like all electronics, do not last forever, in our experience 30-60 days if properly maintained. You may be able to extend the life of your atomizer and improve performance with occasional cleaning. There are many tried and un-proven methods for cleaning, some more successful than others. Most agree that occasionally blowing out the atomizer through the barrel/ the open end is a safe practice, as the liquid tends to build up in the atomizer.
Some signs that your atomizers may need cleaning are:
Reduced vapor production - Try topping off your cartridge first.
Hard or difficult draw - Try blowing out the atomizer from the open cartridge end - the barrel.
Burnt or harsh taste - Try topping off your cartridge first.
Atomizer Cleaning: The Highping Method: This is an unedited post from Highping. This method works really well with devices that have manual batteries or with a pass through!
Thanks Highping!!!
This is the only method I use, and I have attys that are 4-5 months old and still going strong. One in particular, I have vaped well over 300ml through and it hits like the day (after) I got it.
1. Blow out any excess juice.
2. Rinse with hot water and blow out thoroughly. No need to dry over night, or anything. They have a built in dryer.
3. Connect to a charged battery or pass through.
4. Push button until you see orange hot...carefully...not super bright (white hot).
5. Let off button and blow down the barrel (from a distance, not with your mouth actually on it), this kind of flash cools it and also gets some of the moist air out to speed the drying process.
6. Repeat (steps 4 and 5) 5-10 times... you will see that gradually (once you've got it dry) the glow will occur much quicker.
7. Once you have it to this point, press and release the button at a rate that just holds the orange glow (kind of a manual 'pulse width modulate'). Keep this glow going for 20-30 seconds, being very careful to maintain the glow at low orange (not bright red/white) or you'll pop it.
8. Once you have done that, repeat steps 2-7 one more time.
At this point you will have an atty that performs like (or better than) brand new. I have used this technique with 510, 801 and 901 attys and it always works for me. I like this method because it is quick and simple. No need for any cleaners or overnight soaking. Takes 2-3 minutes and you're back in business.
You do have to use some caution, as you can pop an atty pretty easily until you have the method down. I haven't popped one in quite some time though.
Also, no need to remove the wick (that's in there for a reason), as you are baking all the gunk out when you do this. This is the reason for the second rinse in the middle of the process. You basically turn the gunk to ash with the sustained orange glow, and then rinse the ash out.
Edit: (some tips on the "rinse, dry and burn" stages of the process)
Tips on the 'rinse' stage (step 2)
Step 2 is meant to get as much juice out of the atty as possible. The more juice you can get out with the water rinse, the faster you will get the atty dry in steps 4&5. (The water will evaporate off much quicker than juice.)
- Rinse by just running hot water from the tap first. Then once you have it somewhat clean, fill the atty barrel with water then (before all the water runs out), put it in your lips and blow the water through really hard. This will give all the nickel foam that's in the atty a kind of "power wash" and get most of any remaining juice out.
Tips on the 'dry' stage (steps 4 & 5):
Steps 4 and 5 are meant to get the atty 'bone dry', before you move on to step 6 and the button pulsing.
-The more water you can blow out before connecting to the batt, the better. Blow through the atty really hard from both ends (not at the same time)
- You can also blow gently down the barrel (from a distance), while holding the button in step 4 to speed the drying process. This will clear the hot moist air out of the atty and allow for a quicker drying time. The key in these steps is to get the atty dried out.
Component Basics:
With the introduction of 1100mAH batteries and even more powerful and compact batteries being tested, some of this is not as important as it use to be. The Key to transitioning from tobacco to e-cigarettes is power and a clean atty. If you run out of battery power while you're out and about you're screwed. Most chargers these days are USB powered and can be plugged into your cars USB port or cigarette lighter port with a USB adapter found in the Parts & Accessories section. An extended 8-10 blinking of your battery LED means it needs to be charged, 4-5 blinks means you're over heating the atomizer.
Automatic Batteries:
The automatic battery has a switch built into it that activates by the air that rushes through it when you draw on the mouth piece. They're great for hands-free use, however, they are very sensitive and are known to activate with light impact. This may cause it to turn on while in a pocket or purse. Automatic batteries also have an automatic shutoff built in that frustrates some users who want a longer, deeper draw. Automatic batteries have a hole in them to allow air flow for the switch; consequently, it is recommended that caution be used to not overfill the cartridge because e-liquid can get into the battery and switch.
When using an automatic battery, it is recommended you take a "primer puff" before you draw, to pre-heat the atomizer for optimal vapor production. This is taking a short puff, followed by the actual draw.
Manual Batteries:
The manual switch batteries are generally the more popular option with experienced Vapors because they allow more control over the draw.
When using a manual battery; a "primer puff" is not needed but works quite nicely producing big vapor draws. Simply press the button before you begin your draw, then release when you're done.
USB Pass-through:
This accessory allows for direct power from the USB port on your computer or Car Adapter. They also work great for dry burning your sluggish attys.
If you get a "gurgling" sound when you draw on your device, you have flooded the atomizer and/or the mouth piece "vapor chamber". This means that there is too much liquid in the atomizer for it to properly vaporize. Remove the atomizer from the battery and cartridge and blow out the excess liquid onto a paper towel from cartridge end also blow out the cartridge from the mouth piece.
The cartridge on 3 piece e-cigs is more complex than it seems at first glance. It is a combination of the mouthpiece, liquid chamber, vent system and vapor chamber. One end is open to the liquid chamber to add the filler material and liquid, the other end has another smaller chamber, which is closed off with a hole in the center. This end can be round or have a whistle tip. If you look closely, there are one or two vents on the sides of the liquid chamber going to the "vapor chamber". This is how the vapor gets from the atomizer to the mouthpiece. The vapor does not travel through the filler material; it travels around the liquid chamber into the mouthpiece.
The filler will eventually get gummy and affect the taste, vapor production and draw. Clean by soaking the cart in hot water and let dry 24-48 hours before re-use.
Some people new to e-smoking say that the flavors of the liquids are too faint or all taste the same give it some time. After being off tobacco cigarettes for a few days, your taste buds will start to recover and the flavors will become more distinct. After a while, you'll start to notice all of the subtle tastes and smells you've been missing all of this time! Switch up your flavors every 30mils or so for more taste.
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Management of the Irish Seal Sanctuary
The chief initiatory force of the Irish Seal Sanctuary is its Council. The Council currently consists of nine members. The Board of Directors oversees on an ongoing basis the implementation of the objectives of the Irish Seal Sanctuary and organisation. It meets regularly and contains the offices of Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer.
Listed below are the present members of the Board of Directors with a brief resume of their occupations.
|Brendan Price
|B.Ag.Sc., M.I.Biol.I.
|Brendan was trained as an agricultural Scientist and is a member of the Institute of Biology. He envisioned the Irish Seal Sanctuary and has been running it since 1986.
|Emma Higgs
|Emma is training to be a Veterinary nurse at UCD. She has worked with animals for more than ten years now. She has worked in a Wolf sanctuary in the USA, a Wooley Monkey sanctury in cornwall, the RSPCA in the UK, a Marine Sanctuary in New Jersey and has worked in the Irish Seal Sanctuary since 1998.
|Kevin Mac Cormick
|Kevin, a native of Rosslare Harbour Co. Wexford, "stumbled" upon the Irish Seal Sanctuary 3 years ago and is environmentally active in the South East. On the board of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group and a volunteer with the local lifeboat he is very active on the maritime front with keen interests in arts & craft.
|Pauline Beades
|Pauline worked in a veteninary research laboratory before becoming involved in the travel trade. Spent a lot of years travelling through Asia, Australia and South America before settling in Garristown, at which point she had no choice but get involved with the Irish seal sanctuary!
|Nuala Donlon
|BA, MA, H.Dip.
|Nuala is a political scientist and teacher. She is a founder member of the Alliance for Animal Rights. She is also an investigative journalist and musician in her spare time.
|Pat Walsh
|Pat currently works as a self-employed businessperson and is a quiet benefactor to the Irish Seal Sanctuary.
|Eric Cole
|Eric is our Canadian director. He works as a zoo keeper in Toronto Zoo. He has degrees from UCD and TCD in Zoology and English.He is also poet laureat to AZAK, the American professional organisation for zookeepers. He is a recognised birdwatcher in Ireland and Canada.
|Mary Price
|Mary Price has worked at the sanctuary for 15 years.
|Sean Eviston
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