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I love a good TV series and Netflix is amazing, there are so many series on there I want to watch, in fact my list is so long I feel like I won't get through it all, especially as I'm always adding to it.
I did a post like this before way back in 2015, it's amazing looking back on it how far this list has come and how much it's changed. If you want to check that post out, you can find it here.
Number of season's in total 2 | Number of season's on Netflix 1
I wanted to watch this purely because I have read the book and loved it, though it is hard to find a James Patterson book that is bad.
Violent animal attacks are starting to happen all over the world, it is the job of Jackson, Abraham, Chloe, Jamie and Mitch to find why it's happening and stop it before it gets more co-ordinated and ferocious.
If you haven't watched this yet, give it a go! The reviews weren't great but I ignored them and watched it anyway and I'm glad I did, it really has me hooked and wanting to know what happens next. To be fair the reviews were only slating it because they said some of the science wouldn't/couldn't happen the way it does but hey, it's fiction!
Number of season's in total 1 | Number of season's on Netflix 1
This may be one I watched a little while ago but I feel it's an insult not to put it on the list.
On his way home from a friend's house, young Will see's something terrifying. Nearby, a sinister secret lurks in the depth's of a government lab.
This was amazing, really kept me hooked all through out and I can not wait till season 2 comes out.
Total number of season's 3 | Number of season's on Netflix 2
A tough criminal law professor challenges her brightest students to solve thorny cases, but five scholars soon learn the high price of impressing her.
Again this one kept me hooked, you just find yourself wanting to know what they are going to do next, how they will solve the case and the lengths they will all go to, not only to impress the professor but to out do each other and also protect each other when it is needed.
Total number of season's 1 | Number of season's on Netflix 1
At Riverdale High Betty, Archie, Jughead and new girl Veronica wrestle with clashing desires while coping with a fellow student's tragic death.
OMG how amazing is this? No-one seems to be who they seem to be, they are all wrestling with demons or hiding something. It's been a great who done it series so far. The only bad thing is having to wait for a new episode each week, damn you Netflix Originals!
Total number of season's 2 | Number of season's on Netflix 2
Trouble starts when oldest son Danny Rayburn comes back home for the 45th anniversary celebrations of his parents hotel in the Florida Keys Islamorada. An accident exposes old wounds, complicating the already difficult situation between Danny and his family.
This has been really good to watch as you start to find out what happened in the past to put a wedge in the family, how they deal with things happening now and how they get over it. I am currently watching the second season and it hasn't lost any of the quality or suspense at all.
So those were my five shows I am watching right now.So now you know mine why not share yours? I love new recommendations and would love to know if you have watched any of these and what your thoughts are on them. Let me know in the comments below.


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At Sanitov Bicycles we are international in our outlook; a fact that manifests itself in our designs and in our operations. The internationalist outlook goes back to our foundation. The first Sanitov bicycle was conceived by our founder – a Dane – on a research trip to China. Initial design sketches produced during this trip were later developed while he studied at the prestigious Central Saint Martins college of Art and Design in London. In this way, different cultural and aesthetic strands were brought together and allowed to cross-pollinate. The result of this process was our cargo bike. But the approach is characteristic for all our designs. Each Sanitov bicycle therefore incorporates aspects of many cultures and styles in its own original mix.
As a company, Sanitov Bicycles is rooted in the world of design. A strict attention to detail – whether in the improvement of a line or aspect, or a holistic understanding of individual components' integration in a whole – therefore is a matter of course. However, we also draw on the countercultural energies of skateboarding. A former semi-professional skater, our founder is an active part of the skate culture; a fact that he draws on in the design process and his conceptualization of urban mobility. All our products therefore try to rethink what urban mobility is and how it can be improved. They take a narrative approach to urban movement, weaving atmospheres of the poetic and the expressive into the phenomenon of mobility. This narrative way of thinking about space is what drives us forward and what ensures the continued relevance of our products.
Sanitov bicycles are designed to precipitate a new kind of urban mobility. One that emphasizes personal expression and freedom. One that goes against cultural conformity. However, it also is our goal to deliver good, functional and aesthetically pleasing design at a democratic price point. Good design should never be the preserve of the well-to-do alone. We believe in bringing good design to the people. And in delivering a better urban future to all.


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When Bank of America announced that it will start imposing a $5 monthly fee for debit card use on a big chunk of its customers, we heard the comments—from consumers, the press, and even the president of the United States.
We also heard this refrain from some credit union advocates: This is the time for credit unions.
What they mean is, quite simply, developments such as this can help greatly to differentiate credit unions from all the rest of the financial institutions.
The bank's new fee may simply come down to a business decision aimed at countering the loss of interchange revenue forced by a new law and its rules.
"Don't the banks have a right to charge for the convenience they provide to customers who don't want the burden of carrying around cash or a checkbook?" asks The Wash-ington Post's Michelle Singletary.
Others have pointed out that the megabank is simply attempting to keep the money flowing in. Bank of America isn't saying it will lose money by collecting less in interchange fees, writes David Lazurus of the Los Angeles Times.
"What it's actually saying is that it will make less money" by being forced to charge a lower rate as a result of the law and rules, he points out.
But, regardless of where you come down on the wisdom of Bank of America's decision, the fact is—perhaps intuitively—consumers looked to credit unions in response to the new fee.
It's as if they understood: A credit union will give you a better deal.
And we have some data to back that up: Traffic on our consumer website, aSmarterChoice.org, "has jumped eightfold since news of Bank of America's fee," reports Ylan Mui of The Washington Post.
That translates into 24,000 visitors during the four-day period after the bank announced its new fee. Most of those visitors were searching for a credit union to join.
(Note: aSmarterChoice.org helps consumers find a credit union to join. It features the only online credit union locater that includes all U.S. credit unions. And it tells the credit union story in simple, consumer-friendly terms.)
As I told Mui in her story, "our point is, if you're upset, you should do something about it." Joining a credit union seems like a good way to vent, and save money.
There's a caveat in some of this as well: Mui also notes that credit unions and small "community" banks must walk a fine line.
She says that smaller institutions, like credit unions, opposed the new interchange law and rules even though they're technically exempt.
Our concern remains that the market might eventually force smaller institutions to accept lower debit card revenue anyway, pressuring them to impose bank-like fees.
But, as I travel around the country, I hear credit unions say they hope—and intend—to stand fast. Absolutely, they say, resisting the temptation to impose such fees gives credit unions a solid marketing advantage over the big banks. They also point out it's their duty as cooperatives to place member service ahead of profits, and hold the line on fees.
But, more and more, I'm also hearing: This is the time for credit unions. This is where we show how we are, in fact, different from the other guys.
Last month, credit unions were basking in some favored media and consumer attention, as voices rose urging bank customers to find and join a credit union—because they would get a better deal, and a better shake.
Our challenge now is to make good on that expectation—for consumers and for our movement.
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With such an abundance of sights to see, it can be difficult to know where to start first - Donnafugata Castle is one possible starting point. Dating back to the 17th century, this exceptional Venetian style building is set amidst rolling countryside, and is the perfect place to get lost in history. Rent a car in Comiso and you can also see the Piazza Diana, a square named after the gorgeous neoclassic fountain in its centre. The water supply to the fountain is the same that the Roman spa used, which is the ruin across from the fountain; yet another worthwhile spot to visit during your time at the square.
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Last week I posted photographic evidence of the existence of Bigfoot. Today, courtesy of The Rock, I bring you video evidence as well.
Yes, the latest entry in Onnit's Legend Bells line is the Bigfoot kettlebell, and Onnit is sending it out to all the cool kids. First Brendan Schaub and Joe Rogan got theirs last week, and then The Rock got his today. Soon, former WWE wrestler and soon-to-be UFC fighter CM Punk will be getting a couple of Bigfoot Legend Bells as well.
Although the Bigfoot Legend Bell isn't available just yet, the Werewolf, Cyclops, and Harpy Legend Bells are in stock and ready to ship. Just head over to the Onnit Labs website and add one to your shopping cart before they're all scooped up.
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''The main thing is bring energy,'' he said. ''Just relax, play my game, use my instincts, and get in the mix. From the start of the game, just watching and see what's going on and try to apply what I saw from sitting once I get out there. I'm willing to do whatever. The main goal was just wanting to win."
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is giving nursing home providers the opportunity to participate in the development of a new quality improvement initiative that was mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While few people expected any issues with the implementation of the provisions in the ACA that affected long-term care providers, last week's Supreme Court decision removed any specter of doubt. One of those provisions was for CMS to establish standards related to Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) and provide technical assistance to facilities on the development of best QAPI practices. To best understand providers' issues with QAPI programs, CMS has decided to randomly select 4,200 nursing home providers in two waves.
The first wave will roll out this summer. The Nursing Home Quality Improvement Questionnaire (NHQIQ) will be submitted to randomly selected providers to help establish a baseline of QAPI practices in facilities and gather information on the challenges and barriers to the implementation of effective QAPI programs. The NHQIQ is estimated to take approximately twenty (20) minutes to complete, and the facilties' responses will remain anonymous.
The second wave of the survey will take place from 2013-2014 as an assessment of the development of QAPI programs. Additionally, the second NHQIQ wave will assist CMS with determining what types of technical assistance to make available to nursing homes in the future, and determine the potential impact of technical assistance in advancing QAPI programs in nursing homes.
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Last Thursday night, Le Poisson Rouge, a concert venue in lower Manhattan, hosted "The People's Bailout," a night of music and comedy performances to benefit an initiative called the Rolling Jubilee. The Rolling Jubilee, a project of Strike Debt, itself an arm of Occupy Wall Street, has been raising money from supporters to buy debt discounted by the original lenders to as little as two cents on the dollars—the kind of debt that's typically sold to collection agencies. Having bought the debt, Rolling Jubilee will then forgive it. It is, in Occupy parlance, "a bailout of the ninety-nine per-cent by the ninety-nine per-cent."
Ticket holders for the event donated twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, or as much as they were able. When they arrived at Le Poisson Rouge, they were offered a "My Name Is" sticker, on which they were invited to write a number representing the total value of their personal debt—to wear as an identifier, and to add to the collective chorus. A bouncer checking I.D.s at the door sported a sticker on his black bomber jacket that read "$27,000." A visitor asked what it referred to. He shrugged. "That's just me, baby."
Equating a name with a number might contradict the Rolling Jubilee ethos—the tagline for the event, and of the Strike Debt arm of Occupy, is "you are not a loan"—but when it comes to their messaging, Occupy and its offshoots have never prized unity or consistency. Even so, the Rolling Jubilee presents a disarmingly simple—and practical—concept: short-circuit the secondary-debt market by taking advantage of how cheaply lenders sell debt, disrupt it by cancelling the debt, and, in the process, demonstrate that lenders offload their debt at a loss, but are unwilling to forgive it for debtors. As David Graeber, an anthropologist and the author of "Debt: The First 5,000 Years," explained to Brian Lehrer on WNYC, "People who own that debt are willing to write it off for that much, they're just not willing to write it off for that much to you."
Still, there were some points that required clarification. Yes, Strike Debt can specify the kind of debt that will be purchased. (In this case, it will be medical debt, although Strike Debt argues that medical debt, student loan, and housing debt are so mixed up in each household's economics that it hardly matters.) No, individuals can't buy their own debt—at least not deliberately. (Debt collectors acquire contact information and Social Security numbers for debtors only after the purchase.) What about the moral hazard of releasing individuals from agreements they had knowingly entered into? Strike Debt organizers take the position that most debt arises from a combination of predatory lending practices—collusion between universities and banks and misleading information, for instance—and bad luck, such as medical emergencies or layoffs. Emancipated debtors would be notified of their "abolished" debt with a certified letter. The hope is that those debtors will pay their good luck forward.
Since Occupy set up camp in Zuccotti Park last fall, the movement has been criticized frequently for its lack of clear goals. It was dismissed as disorganized and ineffectual. Then it was evicted from Zuccotti Park, and for a time, fell out of sight.
But this fall, Occupy's diffuse but still active network has shown itself capable of real action and organization. That network allowed Occupy Sandy to be among the first organizations on the ground in Red Hook and the Rockaways, where, thanks in part to its put-everyone-to-work ethos of mutual aid, it has made substantial contributions to hurricane-relief efforts. Now Strike Debt has unveiled the Rolling Jubilee as its signature project, to great enthusiasm. Lizz Winstead, one of the emcees for "The People's Bailout" and a co-creator of "The Daily Show," told me how frustrating it was to be told, in response to her support of Occupy, that the movement had no agenda or tangible impact to speak of. "But did you ever think that maybe they needed a little more time, that they might be percolating on an idea? Yeah, well."
The Rolling Jubilee campaign began earlier this month with a test run. Strike Debt organizers raised five thousand dollars among themselves, and used it to acquire a hundred thousand dollars of medical debt. News of the initiative went viral. Donations began pouring in. Soon there was a flurry of news coverage, both critical and laudatory, from both sides of the political spectrum. On Forbes's Web site, Tim Worstall ran a column titled "Finally, an Occupy Wall Street Idea We Can All Get Behind" and Business Insider called the idea "brilliant," while Doug Henwood, a contributing editor at The Nation, derided the effort as "purely symbolic" given the country's debt load, and wondered if a living-wage or labor strikes wouldn't be a better focus. Felix Salmon, who was otherwise mostly in favor of the plan, raised the question of the legitimacy of the distressed debt being targeted; buying fraudulent debt from banks, he pointed out, would only serve to encourage banks' dubious practices.
Whatever the opinions about it, the idea spread faster than any of the organizers had expected. Andrew Ross, a professor of social and cultural analysis at N.Y.U. and a founding member of Strike Debt, said that the enthusiastic response had been dramatic, though not surprising. "There's an incredible appetite for this," Ross told me. "People are at the end of their tether. Some have written that they are on a fixed income but still want to contribute; some say they are giving their last dollar. It's been very moving." "The People's Bailout" was intended to be a kickoff party to raise fifty thousand dollars, but before the event began, Strike Debt had already raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. "It's actually a victory party," Ross said. (At the time of writing, Rolling Jubilee had raised $368,428; enough, according to the organization, to buy over seven million dollars of debt.)
"The People's Bailout" itself was a three-hour variety show featuring a grab bag of comedians, musicians, and speakers. It was streamed live over the Internet as a "telethon" to invite online donations. Performers ranged in age from Ross's ten-year-old daughter, Zola—who recited lyrics from "Bohemian Rhapsody" while wearing a matador costume—to four nuns from Occupy Catholics who called for "Jubilee, not usury!" The celebrity comedians Winstead and Janeane Garofalo made appearances, as did the "Get Your War On" cartoonist David Rees and musicians from Fugazi, Das Racist, Sonic Youth, and TV on the Radio. Jeff Mangum, the publicity-averse talent behind Neutral Milk Hotel, played. Astra Taylor, a filmmaker, writer, and co-editor of n+1's Occupy! Gazette, who helped organize the event and is married to Mangum, told me that all of the performers were not more than one step removed from the movement. "This is very family," she said.
Though the initiative may have started with a festive bang, it won't continue indefinitely. "This isn't intended to be a solution to the debt problem, but a way of exposing how predatory the debt market is," Ross said. "It's a market where scammers and bottom feeders operate, and people are harassed within an inch of their life. The idea is to let people know just how venal it is." Strike Debt has raised ten times what it had hoped, but acknowledges that the Rolling Jubilee won't reach a scale where it can make a significant dent in the nation's total debt. Instead, they have other projects, including organizing a national debtor's union and collaborating with Occupy Sandy in areas affected by the storm to warn victims about shady lending practices. For now, Ross was satisfied. "We've made our point," he said. And the money keeps rolling in.
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Tomato Contest 2015Posted on : June 8, 2015
The Arbor Gate's 2015 Tomato Contest was a smashing success! The participants overcame some major weather challenges over the last several weeks, as the rain has made it tough on gardeners. Photos, recipes, and results from the event are below – please enjoy!
Prettiest single tomato: Poly Cline-Mortgage Lifter
Best Tasting Small: Katherine Kelton
Best Tasting Large: Shirley Frey-Big Boy
Largest by Weight: Poly Cline-Mortgage Lifter 1lb 11.3oz
Most Uniform Sample: Poly Cline-Cherokee Purple
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Marinara: Poly Cline-Oven Roasted – Download the recipe here
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That's one pretty palate, love the look you created! The shades all go so great together, it makes the palate so versatile!ReplyDelete
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So gutted I didn't get anything from this collection! The shades look lovely on xxReplyDelete
- MishMreow19 April 2015 at 22:55
I wanted to check out this palette in store but apparently the whole collection sold out in 20 mins! Crazy jealous you managed to get this. It looks lovely too.ReplyDelete
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Hannah | Heyitshannaah
I love the look you created! It looks so pretty :)ReplyDelete
such a pretty palette, you look great! xReplyDelete
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WELL! Don't you just looking bloomin' beautiful!!! So glad you got this palette, I actually think it was made for you!!!ReplyDelete
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Ahhhhh you look so pretttttyyyy!! I agree with Frankie below, this was made for you.ReplyDelete
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Your eyeshadow and mascara look beautiful! Your hair looks beautiful as well. You're very pretty.ReplyDelete
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Can hybrid cloud give higher learning a leg-up?Blog
Modernising tertiary education is crucial for any country
Every economy needs its people to flourish in the digital age. That means living in a connected, smart, helpful, and automated world. An education institution that's not able to offer this because its technologies, operations, or research lag, is holding society back. And no students also means no funds.
The game is on for colleges and unis
Higher learning institutions used to compete at academic level only. Now, they must also compete in new learning methods such as open online courses, 'anywhere, anytime' online access, and new fields of study. These depend on how available and secure its platforms are, and how well they perform.
Great platforms need powerful, resilient servers and big-load, low-latency storage. They also need large-bandwidth networks to carry rich media; and intelligent, automated, responsive security to deal with a barrage of threats.
Why as-a-service is a good idea
Bar a few, higher learning institutions don't have the budget to modernise their tech. They certainly can't afford the capex needed to rid them of constant upgrade cycles. These will only worsen thanks to technology's fast progress.
But looking at it with an opex view, IT budgets can future-proof them today. There's no need to replace legacy tech that still works and is close to showing a return. To extend its life easily, quickly, and cheaply, just serve all new or consumption-based functions from the cloud.
It's time to take the hybrid road
In future, most technologies will be offered as a service. Until then, going the hybrid route – with everyday functions onsite, and new, difference-making functions in the cloud – will help. This enables the institutions to compete for students, funds, and research projects without gutting themselves.
In fact, a hybrid cloud – and, in some cases, an education community cloud – can put money back into their pockets. They can then keep innovating to stay relevant to the economy it serves.
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I just got back from a three day seminar on how to build a speaking business. It covered everything from discovering your own personal passions to creating products to augment your topics. The best part of the whole event though was the people. Ever since I started down this path of self-employment, I've discovered that these are my kind of people. People with a passion and a purpose. People who are choosing their own destiny. People who don't accept failure and don't cry every time they don't get things handed to them on a silver platter.
How about you? Have you discovered "your kind of people"? Are you associating with people that bring you up, or tear you down? Are they speaking into your life, or are they sucking the life out of you? Personally, I've never been happier with any group I've ever associated with. I hope you can find people like this to surround yourself with as well.


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EDITOR'S NOTE: RV Life magazine, now the nation's only regional RV consumer publication, wound up with a visible role in the movies recently, much to the enjoyment of Publisher Toni Knudsen. The movie, "Rudderless," with actor William H. Macy, took center stage recently at the Sundance Film Festival. Knudsen and her husband, Diesel, reside in an RV Park where the event is held. This column appeared in the March issue of RV Life.
I'd like to share a fun story with you about RV Life magazine. Last spring we received an e-mail from Anne Stimac of A-MAC Placement, who handles product and brand placement in movies ready to be filmed. She had googled "RV magazines" and RVLife.com showed up at the top of the search results. Anne checked out our website and went through the digital edition of the magazine. She then contacted us for a few back copies of RV Life to use in a movie being filmed in Oklahoma called "Rudderless."
The director of the movie is the well-known actor William H. Macy, who also helped pen it with seasoned screenwriters Jeff Robison and Casey Twenter. It stars Billy Crudup as a grieving father who forms a band using his deceased son's original music in an attempt to find peace after his tragic death.
Anne said there would be a few scenes in a music store owned by Del, played by Laurence Fishburne. Anne explained, "He's always dreaming of going RVing with his wife after he sells the music store, so he likes reading RV magazines." We sent Anne eight different issues for the scenes and crossed our fingers that RV Life might make it into the movie. Anne mentioned that it would probably be late 2013 before she had information about when and where the movie was coming out, so we resigned ourselves to being patient (kind of).
Let me shift gears a little bit. My husband, Diesel, and I live in Park City, Utah, where the Sundance Film Festival takes place every January for 10 days. Over 12,000 independent films are submitted to the festival, but fewer than 200 are chosen to be shown. In late December, I was looking through the 2014 festival program to review the movies we wanted to see. Imagine my surprise to see that "Rudderless" was chosen as the festival's closing film, which is quite an honor.
Luckily, Diesel and I were able to buy tickets to see "Rudderless" on January 25 and we looked forward to finding out if RV Life had made the "cut." The film was shown in Park City's largest venue, The Eccles Center, holding 1,200 film lovers. We sat in the second row — great seats — and planned to keep a sharp eye out for the music store scenes with Laurence Fishburne as Del. The first scene in the music store showed the back of Del's head. Sitting comfortably on a huge sofa in the middle of the store, he was holding up a copy of RV Life and reading the Yellow Pages, circling different things. The magazine was easily recognizable!
The next scene had a copy of the September 2012 issue on the counter next to the cash register. The camera zoomed in on the cover, which took up the whole screen. It had a beautiful Haulmark Class C motorhome on the front. The lead actor, Billy Crudup, touched it and said to Del, "Is this your dream?" I was so shocked, I didn't hear what Del said in response, but it was something like, "I'm going to take my wife RVing when I sell the music store."
And the last scene showed a copy of our 30th anniversary issue (January 2013) sitting on the counter. RV Life was even listed in the credits at the end of the movie. Needless to say, we were thrilled with the exposure for RV Life, but what was even more thrilling was having the RV lifestyle play a small part in the story. Hollywood is starting to take notice — finally.
Without giving away the plot, the music performed in the film was all original; the performances of Billy's band were excellent, and there was humor, drama and great acting. I'd definitely put it on your list of "Things to Do" when it comes to the big screen. I'll keep you posted as soon as we hear the news of a release date. In the meantime, stay safe on the roads and keep RVing!


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My husband took our vehicle in for an oil change. On the way home from this oil change, the vehicle died while he was driving it. The mechanic determined that something went wrong during the oil change, and the filter came off, emptying all the oil out. It completely blew the engine. The place that performed the oil change is blaming the filter manufacturer, and not taking any of the blame. They are willing to work with us minimally, but are saying we're lucky they are doing so. We want the cost of the engine replacement, plus a few weeks worth of car rental to be covered by them. They are giving us such a hard time about this, and are not claiming any responsibility for whatever went wrong. Do we talk to a lawyer about this? My husband could have been seriously injured when the car died. I don't know whether to take the little bit the oil change place is offering, or to contact a lawyer ourselves.


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A brief introduction to 3D
With WebGL and Molehill around there is a new playground for us flash developers. First I felt a bit stressed over the fact that I have to compete with people doing this for years on the desktop, consoles, mobiles and with plugins like Unity. But it's just a good thing. There is loads of information and knowledge around waiting for us to consume. We can cut to the chase and use the techniques developed by people before us. We are also several years left behind cutting edge 3D regarding performance and features, so the 3D community have produced loads of forum-threads, tutorials and papers. It will be interesting to see how the flash community will embrace this "new" technique. Games is a obvious field, but what about campaigns and microsites?
Some days ago I had the opportunity to hold a presentation about 3D basics. My goal was to give a overview of topics that could be good to look into as a starter. I have tried to pick them from the perspective of a "online developer", with Molehill, WebGL and Unity as a foundation. The word-cloud above show some of the words I put into context. It's basic stuff, in keywords and bullet-lists, so think of this as a dictionary of topics to find more information about on your own. There is some cool demos and resources in there as well. If you are into 3D programming already, this is probably not so interesting for you though, instead you can help me review the slides and point out possible improvements ;).
Here is the presentation as PowerPoint (16 MB, with fancy transitions and animations) and pdf (6 MB, not so fancy but comments are more visible). If you don't have PowerPoint installed you can just download PowerPoint viewer here instead.
Important topics missing? Thing I got wrong? I would love to hear some feedback on things to improve.
Off-piste simulator: Part 3
Time for one more step in this snowy experiment. I can't help feeling like I'm dropped of the wagon right now with all kick-ass 3D demos around for the upcoming flash 3D API molehill. Of course, it's not just about the amount of triangles, but also the creativity and love put into those you got. Anyway, I hope that you will like this piece while we all waiting for the salvation. Just put a smooth-modifier in your mental stack.
To mention some of the additions to this version, I have added collada-animations, a background view, different camera-angles including the typical fish-eye lens seen in many snowboard-videos. But the main feature is that you now can control it and make nice bezier curves in the snow yourself. You have three different inputs to play with:
Steer with the arrow-keys. Press down-arrow to bend your knees and push the snow a little harder. With this input-method it's simple to keep a continuous pace, but it feels a little static.
In my opinion a more dynamic way to get smoother turns and more control. Until you found your pace it can look a little funny, because the engine need a previous turn to calculate the leaning angle. Try to move the mouse back and fourth as an arc across the slope to get a balance of speed and pressure, simulating the g-force when surfing through the snow.
This is quite fun to play with. I like the idea of moving your own body to control the movement. The face-detection-algorithm steals some CPU, so it's maybe not the best choice. Use the same technique as with the mouse. Y-axis controls the pressure. Calibrate yourself against the webcam preview image to find a good position.
Now, lets make some turns.
Alternative controls
I don't have a multi-touch trackpad, otherwise that would have been cool to control each foot with a finger, like a finger board. Or a wacom-board, with different levels of pressure.
Would be even cooler to control the board in 3D. Or maybe connect a wii-control to it?
To get a natural and correct looking turn, the character have to lean the body through to whole turn, almost before the turn even starting. So how do we know which phase of the turn we're in? We could "record" the position and interploate and adjust it afterwards, like a bezier-drawing application. But I do not want this delay as it's affect the response and feeling of riding in real-time. I came up with a different approach. I have two markers, xMin and xMax. Each time a the turn reach it's maximum or minimum position the values are updated. I then have an estimated range of the next turn (if I assume that the next turn will be the same length). The current x-position is then compared with the estimate range and I got a normalized value between 0-1. Now I can ease that value with a Sine.easeInOut-function. That eased value is then used for the leaning angle. If you do a shorter or longer turn than expected it will of course look different, or before you find your pace, but it is still looking ok.
That's all for now. Thanks for reading!
Off-piste simulator: Part 2
I have some improvements for you since last time! New stuff in this version is terrain, a rider and some snow-particles. In this demo, try to combine different values to see how the rider and the snow is affected. All parameters is connected together, so you can get pretty cool results.
I mentioned that I could add effects to each layer in the heightmap/texture-comp. I now added perlin noise to the base-layer. The offset for each octave is the same as the track-layer-scroll so they are in sync with each other. By resizing the y-scale of the noise the terrain got more stretched look, like ridges, or dunes, created by the wind. It's a simple example of distortion and more parameters and effects will be added to create different slopes. I also read out the height-value at the snowboarders position. Notice how the rider floats on top of the terrain minus the snow-depth and depending on the current pressure.
The rider
The guy is a fully rigged model imported from 3d studio max. I have just begun to test the bone-support in Away3D, that is way he is looking like a rookie. For now I just control joint rotations, but later on I will try to add bones-animations and poses, especially if I add jumps and tricks. I tried to move the joints up and down, but I could not sort that out with correct IK and without destroying the mesh. I'm sure that method would be pretty CPU-intensive as well with all the recursive translations going on in IK. I have to dig deeper into that later.
Just for the record, I'm in fact a skier, so maybe the movements are completely wrong since I never even tried a snowboard 🙂
I also added some snow-particles, or animated sprites to be more specific. The animation is dynamic depending on the speed and the pressure. If more pressure and the snow is deep, the particle will fly longer.
I guess next time I will try to make the rider controllable.
Off-piste simulator: Tracks
The winter is just around the corner. If you, as myself, enjoying alpine winter sports, this little toy will get you into the mood. Imagine that you have climbed all the way up the mountain, before the lifts starts feeding the mountain with people. You want to be sure that you get a ride on fresh untouched snow all the way down. You now standing on the top and watching the sun rise behind a nearby peak. Googles on. Gears on the back. It's you and the mountain… I love that feeling!
This is the first part of this experiment of making a off-piste simulator/game in Away3D. The first step is to create the slope and generate tracks in the snow. Check it out the first test
I got inspired by @tonylukasavage and his morphing mesh experiments with HeightMapModifier in Away3D.
Some notes about the texture; I start of with a bitmap filled with the color-value 0x80000. That fill represents the center of the offset. I then draw the track to another BitmapData ranging from black to red. To make the scrolling effect I found a method that I'm never used before: BitmapData.scroll(x,y). The two layers is comped together to a single bitmap. One advantage of using layers is that I can add noise, shadows and other effects to each layer. The heightmap is then converted to a normalmap with NormalMapUtil and a texture with paletteMap. Now I got what I need to create a nice phong-shaded Pixelbender material. The grid has very few triangles (25×25 segments), I have to save some cpu for the character and the other stuff. I'm not doing any real-time triangulations either, so in some cases the vertices starts to jump around. I have to accept that for now.
I don't really know the outcome of all the future parts yet, but next up is to add a character and some controls.
I realize all my posts so far has one thing in common. Perlin noise. So why make an exception this time. Remember the post about fire? Make the animation go in the opposite direction, change the colors and some parameters, put in on a texture and mix with blendmodes and filters and you got yourself another element of nature. Water.
When I play first-person-shooters like Just Cause, Far Cry or Uncharted 2 there is one thing that I always remember most. Water-effects. I forget about the story and just play around with it. I hope you will remember this one 😉
The cliff and water is simple models created in 3D Studio Max, then imported as a scene into Away3D with the Loader3D. The materials are converted to PhongMaterials. I tried to use a normal-map and a pixelbender-material on the cliff to get a wet look, but it was to CPU-intense together with the other effects, so that had to go.
The trick to make the water refract the light was to render the view twice. One with the waterfall alone and with just black and red colors. And another pass with the final result. Then the first pass is used to create a displacementMapFilter on the view. It's quite slow, but I couldn't resist to activate it by default when the visual result is much better. Try to switch it off to see the difference in quality and speed.
Update: I strongly recommend using Flash player 10.1 with this one, it's a huge difference in speed! And how come Chrome is so damn faster than the rest? I added a slider for the texture resolution as well, so that performance can be adjusted. Lame, I know…
I found the texture for the cliff over here.
Procedural eyes
Procedural graphics is surely my favorite. The concept of create visual things with just code. Really comes in handy when your a crappy designer and still want to do visual stuff. Here you can see the result of yet another experiment on this track. It's a eye-shader for generating procedural eyes. The 3D-engine of choice is Away3d. I use a CompositeMaterial consisting a PhongMultiPassMaterial and a SphericEnvMapPBMaterial (for the environment reflections). The bitmap that is used in the material is generated by a haxe-swf that is loaded in runtime. Just as previous experiments. The same bitmap is used as a base for the spherical normalmap. That adds a nice displacement to the surface. The iris is quite simple and could have more layers and complexity to get a more realistic pattern. Anyway, the texture looks something like this.
When wrapping this on a sphere it will fit seamlessly . I know, the blood-vessels aren't that great. Perhaps I should use lines with turbulence instead.
Design your own eye
Here is a tool where you can try the different settings and create a unique eye.
Open editor
This "mars-attacks"-demo follows the mouse. To get two eyes I duplicates the output from the view. Thats why he can't look at his nose (if existed). Notice that he is reacting to light, sort of…
There have been a lot of things to deal with lately so I have kept a low profile online. But last night I finally did a little experiment. It's a little toy to make models made of cubes in away3d. Or infact, there is just ordinary planes. I suspect that it should be much faster if I created the geometry inside i single object, but this was fast enough for this experiment.
The material of choice is a WhiteShadingBitmapMaterial. The shadows are baked into the bitmap depending on the surrounding nodes. To render the shadow I use fillRect-method on the BitmapData. To make the shadows more soft I use the diffuse-color, but with lower brightness. When all shadow-rectangles are drawn the bitmap is blurred with applyFilter. The shadows was added to get a kind of fake ambient occlusion. Each cube, or node, has it's own position in a 3d-grid (multidimensional array). When a plane is clicked a new node and its corresponding planes is created, animated and evaluated. If there is any doublets or planes inside the structure, it's removed.
Click on the some of the models for a closeup view. Or just try it out yourself: Extrude the cube, dude!
I have been a huge fan of voxels and voxel-engines lately. I know it's pretty big and few voxels, but let me call this a micro-voxel-editor please 😉
Knocking on procedural wood
My next track on my journey through procedural domains goes through the woods. Not so revolutionary maybe, but I haven't seen it in flash before and that's enough challenge for me. And it's a good way to learn the basics of textures. Here is the first tests:
For the sphere, I use the spherical mapping from the previous post. The cube has one texture for each side. One benefit if using a 3D procedural texture is that the wrapping is accurate and it looks like a block of massive wood. I can also use the optimized 3D Perlin noise as turbulence to make the grains look more natural.
Simple tree texture designer
I have added a few parameters to change, but several features could be added like: more object types, ring-types (tri,saw, sine), base texture blending.


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The VaporFi Pulse starter kits combine power with durability all at a very affordable price. The design is basically what keeps it ticking and a high level of functionality because you get a number of interesting and useful accessories which you would otherwise have needed to purchase on your own.
The Pulse Kit by VaporFI
Basically you get a few quality options when you talking about accessories and if you buy this kit you won't need to go shopping for parts anytime soon. You firstly get a set of batteries which are high –powered at 750mAh which is unbelievably high given the size of the vaporizer that you are working with. They are a high 3.7 volt and you get two of them which are interchangeable so that you can get one after the other if one stops working and so on.
There are a few different charging options as well. The entire idea behind this is to kickstart convenience of the highest order. The idea is to be able to charge no matter where you are, whether you are at home or in an airplane or in a car with a laptop.
The device is only super functional because you are able to charge it just about anywhere. There is a cordless charger which is round in shape and it is perfect for quick and high performance.
There are obviously cartomizers included as there would be with any e-cigarette or vaporizer but with this one there is a puff count which is futuristic and useful if you are into that gadgety kind of feel. There is a whole digital screen on the batteries and loads of fun features which are endless fun to play with and which add an extra level of experience to the vaporizer itself.
The rechargeable Pulse Advanced is state of the art which is probably the best way to describe it and it leaves nothing lacking. It has been made to impress with its pure black vaporizer at the heart of its impressive accessories pack.
At $119.99 it isn't the most affordable but it certainly is the most impressive. What's more is that you can add an extra 5 pack of atomizers if you wish as you have the option to do that. Having extra atomizers on hand is always advisable if you are a regular vaper.
What is in the starter pack is as follows:-
- 2 3.7volt batteries
- 2 clearomizers
- 1 USB charger
- 1 Wall adaptor
- 1 wireless charger
- 1 manual
The tank capacity you will find is considerable at 2.5mls which is not a feature in many vaporizers. The batteries you get with this starter kit cannot be used with other starter kits unless they are of the pro-l, pro-xl, clear, platinum, and premium line of kits. The tanks must also be used carefully as they cannot be interchanged with other tanks of other starter kits without checking prior for compatibility.
Anyone out there hookah smokers? If so, I just sampled the electronic hookah by VaporFI. My review is posted at that link!


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Young minds from both San Pedro Town and Caye Caulker Village are being tested at the 14th Annual Spelling Bee Zone 5 Elimination hosted by Bowen and Bowen Limited and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. The competition started at 9AM on Friday, February 21st at the San Pedro Lions Den. This year's Zone Elimination is being held under the theme "Go For The Goooal!" A total of 14 students are representing the islands seven primary schools. Contestants include Brandon Worthington and Yaire Castaneda from Ambergris Caye Elementary School (ACES), Jannelie Mas and Daniela Novelo from Caye Caulker Roman Catholic Primary School (CCRC), Jessica Saki and Kirany Caal from Holy Cross Anglican School (HCAS), Juliannie Rivero and Ashley Minott from Isla Bonita Elementary School (IBES), Derrick Clark and Elias Zetina from New Horizon Seventh Day Adventist School (NHSDA), Rachel Alamilla and Natalia Arias from San Pedro Roman Catholic Primary School (SPRC) and Nicole Ritchie and Jackson Leslie from The Island Academy. The two top winners of the competition will represent Zone 5 at the Belize District Finals.
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Originally part of an old course, these tools have been reopened for use by Life Coaches Toolbox clients... so that's why it says step 7, for example, or asks for two email addresses. Just use the same email address where necessary - or mail yourself a back up result on another email address.
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The Comrades Marathon
Flying home to New Zealand from South Africa after the race, the man beside me turned and asked - 'are you a writer?' I could understand why he asked. I had spent hours scrawling away in my black-bound book. 'No, no,' I replied. What follows may prove what the correct answer should have been.
As the aeroplane left the many lights of Swaziland behind and began descending across the darker landscape of the Free State towards Gauteng and the city of Johannesburg my mind was absorbed by the memory of a clipping from a July 1981 issue of the Christchurch Star. For some obscure reason that clipping is resting between the leaves of A Saint Companion for Each Day on the bookshelf in my parents' spare bedroom. The clipping has a large photograph accompanying the brief text. It shows a vast sea of people seen from a height – perhaps it was taken from a nearby building. Not yet does it show an angry mob rioting and battling police – that would come in later issues. The multitude stands in silence intent upon some distant speaker who may have been at that instant the Catholic bishop of Christchurch – certainly he spoke. The crowd is still. It was called the Day of Shame. It was the day that the South African rugby team arrived in New Zealand. No person in that photograph is more than a dot but somebody with a red felt pen has circled three of those dots. Could it be? Could that white dot be my mother's white head; the dark one next to it, my brother; the third one, me? Certainly we have long thought so. The history of the relationship between New Zealand and South Africa is a long one. The first time the colony of New Zealand sent troops overseas was to fight the so-called Boer War. Since then the relationship has revolved ever around the national obsession of both nations – the in my opinion absurd sport of rugby. The Gleneagles Agreement was signed by the nations of the Commonwealth in 1977: 'The member counties of the Commonwealth have long recognised racial prejudice and discrimination as a dangerous sickness and an unmitigated evil and are pledged to use all their efforts to foster human dignity everywhere … They reaffirm their full support for the international campaign against apartheid and welcome the efforts of the United Nations to reach universally accepted approaches to the question of sporting contacts within the framework of that campaign. Mindful of these and other considerations they accept it as the urgent duty of their Governments vigorously to combat the evil of apartheid by withholding any form of support for and by taking every practical step to discourage contact or competition by their nationals with sporting organizations, teams or sportsmen from South Africa.' In 1981 the New Zealand government, for its own reasons, chose to ignore its responsibilities under the Gleneagles Agreement and permitted the New Zealand Rugby Union, for its own reasons, to invite the South African rugby team to tour New Zealand. In that year, every unholy demon in the country was let loose in the name of 'sporting contacts with South Africa' as New Zealand tore itself apart in opposition to, or support of, what is still know as 'The Tour'.
The 'plane whacks down on the tarmac of Johannesburg airport and I am here. I am here in South Africa to compete in my sport. I offer up a silent prayer of gratitude that I who marched the streets of my home town, who did all I could at the age of 16 to pressure my government to halt all sporting contacts with South Africa, can, with a clear conscience and a joyous heart, touch down in South Africa; touch down at what was then called Jan Smuts International Airport but is now called OR Tambo International Airport for Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC; can be here in the rainbow nation to participate in the world's greatest ultra-marathon, the crown jewel of South African sport.
This journey began in the dense, wet bush of the Waitakere Ranges in New Zealand six years ago during a hard trail race. That race was 50 km long and over the roughest, wettest forest pathways. How many times did I fall in the mud, tripping on the twisted and tortuous roots that covered the narrow trail, or hit my head on overhanging branches? Only once did I fall in a river. Each competitor had been given a map of the course – a map which was somewhat less than easily followed. A few kilometres into the race several of the competitors found ourselves at a dead-end obviously well off the correct route. At that point Lilac Flay turned to me and suggested that we stick together – two heads being less likely to get lost than one. The trouble with that idea was that she was a national record-holder, and I was – not. I agreed to give it a try. In the end I was proud to keep up with her for over 40 km. Her theory about two people being less likely to get lost, however, proved false. We got spectacularly lost together, running down into and up, up, up out of a whole extra valley before, by some miracle, ending up back on the right route.
I ran doggedly and silently at her heels; she cruised effortlessly the rough hills – talking all the way.
It was there that she said those fateful words to me – 'There are two races in the world that you have run: the Kepler Challenge and the Comrades Marathon.'
Six years later here I am walking the gloomy corridors of OR Tambo International Airport.
I am fortunate to have two friends who live in Johannesburg. The next day we set out early, past the great miserable hills of tailings from the mines that made Johannesburg rich, out out across the high veldt – blonde with desiccated grass and a dusting of frost. Down we travel across 'big sky country', across the Mooi River, through Pietermaritzburg towards Durban 600 km away. We slurp rooibos tea. We eat sandwiches on the roadside at Peacevale.
At Durban we stroll along the seafront promenade like the men who broke the bank at Monte Carlo. I don't buy the supposedly crocodile-skin belt nor the supposedly buffalo-skin belt despite the best importuning of the hawker, but we do have an ice cream and admire the sand sculptures – but not too obviously in case their creators ask us for payment.
I pick up my race number and we head back up towards Pietermaritzburg.
There are t-shirts that one can buy in New Zealand that read – 'I support the All Blacks, and anyone playing Australia'.
We settle down in the booth at the Spurs Steakhouse in Pietermaritzburg for dinner. Around the room are televisions all showing the same thing: a rugby game between the South African Springboks and the Australian Wallabies. One could sense, as we entered, a certain gloom in the atmosphere but it soon turns to cheering jubilation as the Springboks score a drop goal. Here I sit in the heartland of Afrikaner rugby. In one corner a family is celebrating a birthday – the staff of the restaurant lined up singing some jubilant black African birthday song. Around the rest of the room people are cheering as the Boks score again as the game draws to a close. Final score: 22/19 to South Africa.
Despite the t-shirt, I feel a strange twinge of Pacific solidarity as the Wallabies go down, but we apply ourselves to our enormous meal and enjoy the buoyant mood.
The slimmest Islamic crescent of African moon hangs over the dark waters of the Midmar Dam. By the time we find a campsite it is pitch dark – and very cold. As the two boy scouts pitch the tent I bumble up to the concrete building up the slope where a hot shower awaits. I prepare for the morning: running gear to hand; race number neatly pinned back and front of my new singlet; and on the back also pinned a small New Zealand flag; electronic chip laced neatly to one running shoe; hat, Band Aids and Vaseline in place for ease of access in the dark of morning. These are the regular pre-race rituals. The bullfighter does as the medieval knight did – spends the night prior to his ordeal, with his armour and weapons, in vigil before the altar.
I dreamed the previous night in Johannesburg that I met with some friends to begin our search for the Holy Grail. It wouldn't take us long – no more than two days I thought – for 'It's not out there,' I said, 'it's in here,' touching the centre of my chest.
We crawl into the small tent and lie still, like three chilly sardines on the African ground. Outside the frost settles on the grass and the crocodiles no doubt go hungry to their own cold beds.
At three the next morning we are up and away.
Continued here: part two
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
Regaining My Inner JoySujata Muto Kyoto, Japan
Learning to follow my intuitionSaranyu Pearson Geelong, Australia
Meditation: Touching The InfiniteJogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
My Life with Sri Chinmoy: a bookTejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom
Celestial experiencesAntaranga Gressenich Munich, Germany
The day when everything beganBhagavantee Paul Salzburg, Austria
My first GuruAdarini Inkei Geneva, Switzerland
Suggested videos
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Happy Monday, it's time for another challenge at Merry Monday, and Debbie is our Hostess and challenging us to use a Non-Evergreen Tree for our cards this week. The rest of the Design Team has some lovely card inspiration so do check them out on the Challenge blog.
Stamps: S/U's White Christmas, Papertrey Ink - Pom Pom Pals
Card: Soft Sky, Whisper White
Ink: Stazon Black, Real Red, Soft Sky, Smokey Slate, Black Artline Pen
Cool Tools: Masking Medium, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sponge, Aqua Painter, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals
Thanks for popping in today.


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Where did that year go! October 2015, saw John and Helen formally passed the baton on to brothers and second generation custodians, Marty and Ben. Much has changed and yet so much is the same. In 1992 when Helen and John discovered Ravenswood Lane, hidden away in the Adelaide Hills, they knew they had found more than a priceless view, they felt they were a world away and on the doorstep of a new beginning.
Taking in the view of Mount Lofty Ranges from an old farm gate, Hereford cattle eyed them with curiosity, while a solitary farm shed spoke of times gone by. They looked at each other and nodded, here was the place they had searched for, the place where they would grow grapes, make wine and share with friends and visitors the bounty of their vineyard.
"We wanted to create a truly Australian experience that people could immerse themselves in, one that would expand their world, broaden and deepen the reach of their senses and remind them that beauty exists in the moment.
Our story – to be more of a message about our spot of land and an irrepressible family passion for good food and great wine - would connect visitors with things they couldn't otherwise know so that when they open a bottle of our wine anywhere in the world, they would be reminded that life is pretty good and worth looking forward to."
Safe to say Ben and Marty are still on this course and look forward to welcoming you at the estate over the warmer months leading up to vintage. Ben's current favourite drink? 2015 Beginning Chardonnay and Marty? 2014 Gathering always!
Above image courtesy of SA Life.


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By Matt Reinstetle
Although each company is different, when it comes to industrial automation they all want the same thing – to get their finished products out the door quickly, accurately, and in the most cost-effective way possible.
One of the ways to do that is to have industrial automation equipment which is versatile so that instead of having three different encoder models to do three different jobs, have one model capable of doing all three jobs. That is what makes programmable encoders an enticing option for those in industrial automation looking to reduce costs, save time, increase flexibility and meet application needs.
What are Programmable Encoders?
An incremental rotary encoder is a sensor of rotational motion that outputs a digital pulse train in response to the motion of the shaft or attached measuring wheel. This allows the encoder to provide information concerning movement, speed, and position based on the CPR (counts per revolution) of the encoder. Most encoders are non-programmable and have a permanently fixed CPR. If that CPR proves not to be the correct or best one for your task, you would need to buy a new encoder with the correct CPR. This can result in delays and additional costs.
Programmable encoders, however, allow the user the flexibility to adjust the counts per revolution (CPR) as needed for each application. Install technicians and integrators can make adjustments to system performance on-the-fly during equipment install and qualification. These encoders are perfect for logistics and warehouse automation applications like conveying, sorting, and tracking packages; or anywhere flexibility of encoder resolution is required or beneficial.
Why Choose Programmable Encoders?
Using programmable encoders offers a number of benefits that reduce cost, increase flexibility to adapt, and meet customer needs and schedules in a timely manner. Our programmable encoders allow users to quickly set the output CPR via simple DIP switch settings. There is no need for a computer, programming software or special cabling. Here at TRI-TRONICS, we offer a wide variety of shaft, hollow shaft, and wheeled encoders in both programmable and non-programmable models.
Save on Inventory
Programmable encoders can allow one encoder model to work in many applications, reducing inventory quantities, ordering, and costs. By using one encoder model capable of performing different applications, companies do not have to stock four different models to complete four different types of tasks. This results in lower inventory costs for both the equipment original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and end user.
Save Time and Increase Flexibility
Different customers and different applications, often require different encoders with different resolutions to achieve the desired performance. Often, fine tuning and adjustment of system performance is done on-site during system install and qualification. Sometimes adjusting performance requires changing the encoder resolution (CPR) to meet the application need. Using a programmable encoder provides the flexibility to make this adjustment quickly on-site, thereby reducing costly delays and improving performance to schedule.
How Do I Find Out More?
Here at TRI-TRONICS, we specialize in making photoelectric sensors, rotary encoders, and elevator door protection systems. We manufacture a wide variety of encoders to meet your exact specifications. TRI-TRONICS has programmable encoders for shaft, hollow shaft, and wheeled encoders applications.
We understand that our customers have a job to do and have no time for issues. That is why every product TRI-TRONICS builds is made to be easy to use and durable enough to withstand the toughest environments. We also offer product customization and private labeling upon request.
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