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Showing That Water is a Polar Molecule
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Let's start off with the theory. Water has more of a positive charge on one side and a negative charge on the other. This is because of the way the molecules bond. The picture on the right shows the Mickey Mouse structure of water molecules. Oxygen has six electrons on the outer shell and wants to have eight. So it uses the electrons from the Hydrogen atoms to complete its shell. I'm not a chemist, I don't know why the molecules make a Mickey Mouse and don't spread out onto opposite sides, but they don't. The result is a net positive charge near the ears and a negative charge on the other side.
There is a really cool and simple demonstration to show the polar nature of water. Turn on the faucet so that you have a laminar stream of water coming out. Alternatively, you could set up a simple apparatus that controls the flow of water from a flask. You want the stream to be a small as possible but still laminar (flowing in a parallel stream with no turbulence). Now charge up a plastic rod or a comb or anything that will hold a static charge (even a balloon rubbed on your hair will work. Put the charged object near the water and the stream will deflect. This freaks the kids out. I love freaking the kids out.
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I did this demo last year in class but refused to tell them (at first) how it worked. We got a really good discussion going about how it could possibly be doing what looked like a trick. The kids can surprise you sometimes with how creative and innovative they can be. It felt a lot more useful to use this as a jumping off point for the lesson rather than just showing it to them and explaining it away. I've been trying, lately, to get the kids more excited about this stuff. They get uncomfortable when you don't just tell them the answer right away and it can wake them up. Though, admittedly, I have also had classes where that fails completely and they just sit staring at you.
Excellent example! Thank you !!
stream of warm water or cool water and expierment???????
Water has more of a positive charge on one side and a negative charge on the other.This is because of the way the molecules bond. In the above picture of water molecule, it has net positive charge near the ears and a negative charge on the other side. This is your statement
Now I have a very simple question to put here. the oxygen atom in water molecule, is bigger and negatively charged, Now can you please explain because of which charging on water molecule, the deflection in water stream is occuring, after the charged up comb or plastic is brought near to stream, Because of positive charge near ears or negative charge on oxygen atom.
I referred to mr. trefor's comments above , september, 07, and really wanna discuss this issue that what is the appropriate time for kids to start having an idea about atom and molecule. I guess at the age of 14 years in school, the children should be told about natural chemistry i.e. the natural things happening around them. For instance in the above demo, we are seeing water being attracted to charged up comb or plastic, after studying the water in molecular form. now if a kid asks " what is a molecule " we say " it is the minust particle of a compound. so I guess, at schools we must design courses, so that a school student must have complete idea about atoms and molecules, now to introduce an atom, which element occuring naturally should be made an example for kids to understand atom, , that it is made up of minute particles called atoms, but not molecules.
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I have used this demo to show polarization when doing electrostatics by showing the students the demo with a negativing charged rod and then asking "what will happen with a positively charged rod?" Of course most students immediately respond with "REPEL!!!" but then seeing that it also attracts helps them visualize how molecules orient themselves when an objected is polarized.
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25/12/2015 APP TOUR YOU - Accessible Tourism Training and Information for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
APP TOUR YOU is an European project funded by the Erasmus plus programme, strategic partnerships for Vocational and Educational Training (VET). It experiments with new models of training on accessible tourism and information targeted to SMEs and entrepreneurs in the field of tourism. 0 comments
29/11/2015 Facilitating Low Season Tourism Exchanges in Europe. Encouraging Senior Citizens to Travel: SENTOUR CONNECT
Facilitating Low Season Tourism Exchanges in Europe; Encouraging Senior Citizens to Travel: SENTOUR CONNECT EU project. 0 comments
29/11/2015 SENIOR Train: European Senior Tourism Project
The project is about fostering Senior travel throughout Europe by train, offering innovative dynamic tourism packages that include all transportation related services as well as necessary information, accommodation and value added services. 0 comments
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A bottom-up, stakeholder-driven product for individual senior off-season travel to rural Micro-, Small or Medium sized Enterprises, established and managed through corporate agreements. 0 comments
27/11/2015 European Senior Citizens' Actions to Promote Exchange in Tourism - ESCAPE
The ESCAPE project brings together 8 partners who have joined forces with the view to work on the enhancement of the existing tourist infrastructure and staff in the low season, facilitating as such transnational exchanges off-season by concentrating on the senior citizens market. 0 comments
03/11/2015 ELEVATOR - Efficient movement to the higher quality staff and services in tourism for all
The project focuses on adult education and business development (business competencies) in the field of accessible tourism for all. The name of the project "Elevator" represents the effort to raise the quality of human resources and services in tourism to a higher, more competitive level. 0 comments
30/10/2015 NATIVE Hotels: Charming Hotels and Accessible Tourism
NATIVE Hotels was set up by a group of journalists from various European countries, specialized in tourism and hotels with character. They are motivated by the desire to ensure that all visitors should have equal access to the enjoyment of their favourite hotels. The NATIVE Hotels Web site is accessible to millions of people, who because of physical or sensorial reasons do not have the possibility of accessing conventional web sites. 0 comments
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THE PROJECT N.O. BARRIER, funded within the ETCP Programme Greece – Italy 2007 - 2013 Axis III Measure 3.3, has been created with the overall objective to increase accessible tourism in the Region of Puglia (Italy) and Region of Western Greece and the Ionaian Islands (Greece). 0 comments
21/07/2015 Těšín Silesia for All
Těšín Silesia for All was a small Czech-Polish cross-border project focused on accessible tourism. It was co-financed under the Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme between Czech Republic and Poland – Microprojects Fund of Euroregion Těšín Silesia - Cieszyn Silesia. The project was successfully completed in June 2015. 0 comments
09/07/2015 FastPass - EU project on e-gates for passenger transport
The European Union funded project, FastPass, aims to develop and demonstrate a harmonized, modular reference system for European automated border crossing points or "e-gates". 0 comments
17/03/2015 The History For You And For Me
Although historical heritage buildings undoubtedly are an important part of many touristic routes, provision of accessibility to them often is a technically complex process. This is a real challenge - the desire to preserve the visual appearance of historic buildings and hence their value, but at the same time making them accessible to everyone. This European Lifelong Learning "Grundtvig" adult learning project addressed these issues. 0 comments
17/02/2015 Tourist Environment Accessibility for Disability (TEAD)
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Encouraged by the fact that the nation is hungry for "better and faster Internet access," Google's product manager James Kelly wrote in a blog post that the super-fast network will expand into more communities in 2010:
Over the coming months, we'll be reviewing the responses to determine where to build. As we narrow down our choices, we'll be conducting site visits, meeting with local officials and consulting with third-party organizations. Based on a rigorous review of the data, we will announce our target community or communities by the end of the year.
Google debuted its fiber-to-the-home network last month on a limited basis. The company explained it was conducting the experiment that should give it a better understanding of how people might take advantage of a super-fast 1Gbps network connection.
However, some industry watchers argued that we're witnessing the first step of a staged roll-out that will turn the search firm into an Internet service provider. The idea of hooking up to a 1Gbps fiber broadband connection wired directly into your home has struck a chord with lots of people. According to Google, they received more than 600 community responses to their request for information (RFI) and more than 190,000 responses from individuals, and counting.
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There is a lot of great discussion in the Canadian film, television and screen media industry right now about "discoverability." A report was just published by the CMF on the topic, and there is a Discoverability Summit happening in Toronto right now co-hosted by the CRTC and the NFB. I am watching the livestream of the two days and following along on Twitter.
The CanCon Question(s)
Our Canadian government financing and programming for this industry has been about supporting our creative storytellers and getting their CanCon (Canadian Content) out into the world, whether it has been television series or movies. For the past year, the CRTC has been exploring the issue of discoverability and the challenges CanCon faces in the digital space. It's huge. The online world is truly global (despite the artificial boundaries of geo-blocking). Do we still want to nurture CanCon? If we do, how do we do it? If we thought being cultural neighbours to the blockbuster that is the US, how can CanCon fare well in the wild west of the Internet? How do we help people discover CanCon? The answer lies in those very people. We cannot have discoverability without the discoverers.
The Audience & Discovery
While it is still very important to understand the landscape of online discovery, the mechanisms (search engines, algorithms, social media recommendations, online reviews & suggestion lists, etc) and on-demand delivery systems (Netflix, YouTube, iTunes, etc), there can be nothing discovered without people to discover it. I am more than halfway through the livestream of the Discovery Summit and am happy to hear lots of comments about niche audiences and audience behaviour (especially when it comes to those troublesome teens and millennials). However, a lot of these comments seem to be in passing. There's no dedicated deep dive into this topic. This is worrisome to me as audience should be front and centre, and at the heart of everything when we are talking about discoverabilty.
3 Reasons to Focus on Audience First
Here are just three reasons to think about audience first for your CanCon story, cultural product or company/brand, especially in an online context:
- We create to connect to an audience. Everyone creates to eventually connect with other people, to have them react to our work.
- Audiences can be activated. If your work moves and connects to people, they can be inspired to some kind of action. It might be as little as a recommendation to a friend and as big as taking action to effect change in the world. Stories and cultural product have great power in this regard.
- Audiences can be monetized. Without an audience you have no opportunity for revenue. Although it sounds crass, it is true that an audience provides eyeballs to look at ads and wallets to pay for that cool T-shirt or digital download.
And never before have creators been more empowered to build their own audience, to create an appetite for discovery of all you have to offer, to leverage those online mechanisms and platforms for discoverability.
5 Truths About Your Audience
In the online context, all of these things are true:
- Your audience is niche. Everything CanCon is going to be niche, we just don't have the time, resources or local population to be of mass appeal. The good news is that this is very powerful. Niche audiences require niche targeting, speaking to people's passions and to their hearts. These is so much strength in this kind of connection.
- Your audience already exists. You do not have to build an audience from nothing. Any kind of interest has a community around it already online. And once you know WHO your niches are then you just have to find WHERE they already exist and get to know them. What do they care about? What devices do they use? How do they consume content? Where do they spend there time? Answers to all of these questions are available to you online (often for free).
- Your audience can be grown before you have work to share or sell. Because these communities exist online already, all you have to do is join those communities. Become a valuable and welcome member. Participate in conversations. Spread the word about the things they care about. All this can (and I would argue, should) be done long before you start talking about your work.
- Your audience wants connection. The reason communities grow is because people want to find other people just like them. They also want stories and other creative works that reflect their experience. Connection is key and the digital world provides many tools for connection, for helping you to build the necessary trust to grow an audience for your work.
- Your audience wants to discover. The audience has become empowered like never before. They have so much choice and control. They want more of the stuff they love (in fact, they often cannot get enough). You just need to tap into this desire in an authentic, trusted way. This is the foundation of being successful in the discoverabilty game.
Those are a few of my thoughts on the relationship between discoverability and audience. Did you go to the Discoverabilty Summit? I would love to hear your thoughts. Share your below or send them to me at annelise (at) veria.ca or on Twitter @veriatweet.


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I have to go for another surgery in May 2018, this time it is to remove a tumor from my cervical spinal cord. It is compressing the cord so much so that the left side of my body from shoulder to toes is numb with tingling sensations. It is also tight so my arm and leg movements have become rigid and quite limited.
They are also weaker than before so I can do the less physical task now or make me also slower. Body coordination is also harder. I can not do much now to raise funds for surgery, luckily I have a new book released recently so I can depend on the sale of my books to generate funds required to pay for the surgery. I am also blessed with volunteers and personal assistant to assist me in achieving my goal.
Yet, the symptoms of my cervical spinal cord tumor affecting my daily life so much. It's testing my faith every day. So I recite the Lord's prayer and Psalm 23 to renew my faith and hope in the Lord.I realized when I can do little to help myself is when my faith in God can grow the most because when I can still help myself I would focus on doing things myself. The need to rely on is lesser so maybe this trial is not entirely a bad thing.
I can not deny that I am worried and scared of what if I don't raise enough funds for surgery. So every day I pray withmy rosary to renew my faith in the Lord. In my 31 years of life so far, I have never experienced this much need to rely on the Lord before because of all those times, I did not want to just depend on Him wholely without doing anything myself.
I was being reminded a short story I once read not too long ago. Let me summarize, a grown man and a little girl were onboard a plane. The little girl feared to be traveling alone. Midway through the flight, the plane experience air turbulence. The grown man freaked out and prayed very hard, fearing for his life. The little girl on the other hand calmly fastened the seat belt and claps both her hands on her lap before leaning back and closing her eyes to rest. When the air turbulence stopped, the man had a big sigh of relieved and asked the little girl "wow you were so calm and not scared at all. What is your religion?"
The little girl replied, "My father is the pilot, he is taking us home."
I often remind myself of this story when I feel nervous for fundraising to stay calm and trust in the Lord.
It has been slowly leading good people to me to assist in my fundraising but it seems more difficult during this period of time. Probably because people have more worries themselves too. This teaches me to appreciate those who came forward in spite of their own life uncertainty. My friends and I made a video to spread the words about my current surgical needs.
You may share this video with people you know so that more people would consider coming to my aid. I still have almost 3000 copies of both my books in total. If I can sell all of them, I would have enough money to pay for this surgery already. So do buy some and encourage people you know to do the same.
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It's already being called "Juicegate."
On Wednesday, Bloomberg broke the news that Juicero, the high-end juicer backed by Silicon Valley's elite venture capitalists, wasn't even needed to squeeze out the juice.
When it was launched a year ago, the $700 machine touted the tons of force it generated to squeeze out every last drop of juice from the fresh fruits and vegetables.
Bloomberg found that squeezing the packets by hand yielded nearly the same result.
Now Juicero is on the defensive and is arguing that its juicer, whose price was cut to $400, is needed because "the value of Juicero is more than a glass of cold-pressed juice," says its CEO, Jeff Dunn. "Much more."
To Juicero, the value of the company is its connected juice press that can tell you when the juice is about to expire and saves you the two minutes you'd spend squeezing the packet by hand. Anyone who thinks otherwise can return their press for a full refund, Dunn says.
When Business Insider's Alyson Shontell tried the Juicero machine (pre-Juicegate) in April 2016, she found herself saying "Oh my God" as she put down her first glass of the pressed juice.
Whether a $400 juicer is worth saving two minutes is something you'll have to decide, but here's what it was like to use the Juicero machine when Business Insider visited last April.


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Driftwood is a part of sophistication nowadays, people love shelving through this versatile wood. There are lots of ways you can make and use these shelves. Below are given a few of the most amazing and easiest formulas to put together and enjoy inexpensive yet stylish shelving in your home.
With even a single plank of driftwood, you can complete a project of one shelf for either decoration pieces or books. Just use that plank with brackets easily available in the market. Only two brackets, a single plank of the wood and you are done.
If you have space enough to make more than one shelf, you can use more planks of the wood. You don't like brackets look ugly and spoil the look of the shelf? Just paint the brackets; it will be fun and time-killing task. Besides, your driftwood shelving idea will get sophistication and urban tinge.
To have short width for installing the project, you can cut one plank in the middle to create two short shelves to suffice the space. If you think brackets will become too much this way, minus them from the project and make the DIY driftwood shelves floating.
You can also make these driftwood shelves a part of your garden to put necessary items on it, and sometimes, little planters as well. The garden will perfectly match the original hue of driftwood to give extended natural warmth.
For room shelving, especially if you are trying to have DIY driftwood shelves for books, a simple idea is to wrap gift sheet around each plank that totally covers it. Lots of floral and starry gift sheets are available in the market, so you can easily pick up your favorite and complete the project.


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For the Balkans, peace is bad enough
Nationalist politics, separatist movements and organized crime groups plague the region. All that's missing is war.
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic listens to Bosnian Serb Commander Ratko Mladic during a meeting with the press in Pale, on August 5, 1993 | MIchael Evstafiev/AFP via Getty Images


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Science leaders urge diabetes patients to talk with doctor before making changes to medication use
The Endocrine Society, American Diabetes Association and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists issue joint statement in response to an FDA panel's recommendation to keep rosiglitazone (Avandia) on the market
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Joint Meeting of the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee has completed their evaluation of the scientific research available on the safety of rosiglitazone. The deliberations of the panel reflected the complexity of the issues, with several members voting to add additional warnings or to withdraw the drug from the U.S. market. Ultimately, the final recommendation was to allow Avandia to remain on the market. Now that the expert panel has concluded its meeting, the FDA will review their recommendations and make the final decision on whether the drug remains available to patients.
Even with the panel's recommendation, the amount of scrutiny the drug has received may lead some diabetes patients who currently take rosiglitazone to want to stop taking the drug. The Endocrine Society, American Diabetes Association and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists urge patients to not make any changes to their medication use without discussing their treatment with their physician.
"Patients should continue taking all currently prescribed medications unless instructed otherwise by their health care provider," said Dr. Robert A. Vigersky, immediate Past President of The Endocrine Society. "Stopping diabetes medications can cause significant harm and result in higher levels of blood glucose that may cause severe short term health problems and could increase the risk of diabetes-related complications in the long term."
"The worst outcome would be to not treat diabetes properly, thereby risking its complications," said Dr. Daniel Einhorn, President of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. "This unintended consequence has happened with past inquiries into diabetes medications, and we very much want to avoid it happening again."
Reports regarding the cardiovascular safety of rosiglitazone have not been definitive. While some analyses have suggested an increased cardiovascular risk with use of the diabetes drug others have not shown substantial evidence of such an association.
"Patients should be aware that regardless of the opinion and decisions on rosiglitazone, there are numerous drugs available to maintain glucose control in people with type 2 diabetes. Patients should discuss these options with their health care providers," said Dr. Richard Bergenstal, President, Medicine and Science, American Diabetes Association.
Following any decision from the FDA, The Endocrine Society, The American Diabetes Association and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists will provide detailed information interpreting FDA action for both health care professionals and patients with diabetes.
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PORT JERVIS — City police, New Jersey State Police and New York State Police converged on a house on Second Street in Port Jervis Sunday and quickly captured a suspected fugitive from Montague, N.J.
PORT JERVIS — City police, New Jersey State Police and New York State Police converged on a house on Second Street in Port Jervis Sunday and quickly captured a suspected fugitive from Montague, N.J.
Port Jervis Police Chief William Worden said he was alerted at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday of the possible abduction of a 31-year-old female from New Jersey. A report by New Jersey State Police advised that a suspect identified as William Maloney, 32, of Montague, had allegedly abducted a woman and was headed to the Port Jervis area.
The suspect was located in a Second Street house about half an hour later, at 5 p.m.
Armed with shotguns and rifles, police ordered anyone within the house to come out. The suspect was taken into custody without incident. The woman had left the house and was located unharmed about a block away.
The incident caught the attention of curious residents on both sides of the Delaware River as a New Jersey State Police helicopter flew close to Port Jervis homes and several police units patrolled the city as part of the search.
One Port Jervis resident, who did not wish to have his name used, said he thought the hovering helicopter was about to land in front of his home as police cars from several agencies simultaneously blocked off a nearby street. A Matamoras woman, who also wished to remain unnamed, said it looked and sounded like a movie scene with armed policemen cautioning the suspect to come out with his hands up.
Maloney was arrested and charged with a bench warrant out of Port Jervis, arraigned in Port Jervis City Court, and incarcerated in Port Jervis and then Orange County Jail, where he is awaiting extradition as a fugitive from justice in New Jersey. Police said Maloney is also wanted on a parole violation in Pennsylvania.
Worden credited the joint cooperative investigation initiated by the New Jersey State Police and excellent teamwork of all involved with a speedy and safe outcome.
Photo by A.R. Bodon
New Jersey State Police, assisted by New York State Police and Port Jervis police, handcuff two men on Second Street in Port Jervis. One, identified as William Maloney of Montague, N.J., was taken to Orange County Jail to await extradition to New Jersey. The other man was released and was not charged.


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NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Coast Guard men's lacrosse team topped Emerson18-6 in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) action Saturday afternoon at Cadet Memorial Field.
With the win the Bears improve to 9-5 overall and 3-2 in the conference. The Lions falls to 4-6 on the season and 0-4 in the NEWMAC.
Coast Guard set a single game record with 35 combined points breaking the program record of 34 set earlier this season against Mitchell.
Sophomore Jack Pope had a game high six points with five goals and one assist. On his second goal of the game, Pope broke Justin Huemme's record of 49 career goals and took sole ownership of the top spot. Pope now has 53 career goals.
Freshman Riley McNulty also set a program record netting his 31st and 32nd goal of the season setting a program record for most goals in a single season. Sophomore Benner Geurtsen had four points with three assists and a goal while classmate Cole Hudson scored a hat trick with an assist. Sophomore Anthony Wyler, Matt Carmine and Matt Nagle each had a goal and an assist and senior Blaise Curtis and sophomore Ian Logan wrapped up the multi-point scorers for Coast Guard with a goal and two assists each.
Emerson was led by sophomore Cameron Radenberg who had three points with two goals and one assist. Freshman Paul Seguin also scored two goals while sophomore Jared Brush and senior Austin Max each had a goal. Freshman Sam Dearborn dished out one assist.
After a scoreless five minutes to start the game McNulty and Pope each scored a goal 20 seconds apart to take an early 2-0 with 10:37 to go in the opening period.
The Lions however answered as Radenberg and Max each scored goals around a Hudson tally for Coast Guard making the score 3-2 with 5:51 to play in the first quarter.
The Bears took control of the game from that point forwarder scoring six unanswered goals to finish the first period including a goal from Wyler with one second to go in the quarter.
After a quiet second quarter with only one Lions goal Coast Guard would out score Emerson 9-3 in the second half for the 18-6 conference win.
Freshman Charles McAllister (1-0) earns his first career win playing the middle two quarters, making four saves on seven shots and allowing three goals. Sophomore Trey Johnson started in goal allowing two goals on three shots and making one save. Sophomore Connor Hoehle played the final quarter making three saves on four shots and allowed one goal.
Sophomore Bailey Kennedy (4-6) made 15 saves on 33 shots allowing 18 goals.
The Bears defense caused a season high 19 turnovers which is second most in a single game in program history. Sophomore Connor Ellis had a game high five, freshman Justin Edwards had four and sophomores Tom Bleifuss and Ryland Chapman each had three.
Coast Guard also picked up 42 ground balls, which is their third highest total this season. Ellis led the way with a season high nine pick ups while Edwards, Bleifuss, sophomore Colin Cashin and senior Dan Fiorvanti each had three.
The Bears are back in action on Wednesday, April 26th, when they host Mass. Maritime in NEWMAC action. Opening face is 7:00 pm.


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Rock/Masonry Walls
Hours: 7:30 am to 5:30 pm – Please call prior to 4:30 pm for all inspection requests.
Phone: (801)446-5327
All properties are required to maintain drainage on their own property or to an approved drainage easement and to the public way. No water can find its way onto adjoining properties beyond the easement. Sloping lots will require special grading attention, including V-ditches, swales and rock/masonry walls. Slope cannot be greater than 2:1 (two horizontal to one vertical). Rock/masonry walls are required to be installed when slopes exceed 2:1.
If you are planning to add (or are required to add) a rock/masonry wall taller than 4′ to your property (whether built with rock, brick, block, masonry, concrete, railroad ties, etc.), or a wall less than 4′ tall that is holding a surcharge, a permit is required. Be aware that rock walls cannot be built in the front utility easement.
Please be aware that dumpsters and construction materials must not create an obstruction to the public.
Requirements for Submitting a Permit Application for a Rock/Masonry Wall
- Rock/Masonry Wall Permit Application
- Two (2) copies of your Site Plan (see sample Site Plan diagram) showing where on the property the wall will be placed using small circles. Note the type of wall(s), height and length of wall(s) and the valuation of the project. Show how drainage will flow with arrows. Also be sure to include drawings of any structures or other items on your lot or neighboring properties that may be within the surcharge area of a wall (see surcharge information below). SURCHARGES: Any structure (or other item in the list above) within the 45 degree plane of a rock wall causes a surcharge on that wall, which may cause the failure of the wall (as shown in the second diagram above). Any wall holding a surcharge, regardless of height, will require engineering to prevent failure (see item #3).
- Two (2) copies of wet stamped (original stamped) engineering from a Utah State Licensed Geotechnical (Soils) Engineer.
- Special Inspection Agreement.
- If wall(s) will be constructed in a public utility easement, first obtain easement waiver from all Utilities (see Public Utility Easements) and submit copies with your permit application.
Submit application, plans, and construction detail or engineering to the Building Department at the City Office Building at 5355 West Herriman Main Street during office hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Remember, the office is closed on State and Federal holidays.
Plan review will take approximately 10-15 business days, after which we may call for additional information or with corrections that need to be made to your plans. The permit fee is $94.47. After the plans have been approved, we will email an invoice with permit fees. Payments may be made by check (made payable to Herriman City) or by Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or American Express.
Remember to have the Geotechnical Engineer who designed the wall or the designated special inspector to inspect the wall and submit their certification letter or report to our office for final approval. this may be submitted in person or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com. The wall permit will remain open and non-compliant until we receive this letter or special inspection report.


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The Electric MINI Hatchback is Open For Orders
Could the electric MINI open the EV floodgates? We think so...
This could be a landmark date not only for MINI, but the whole motor industry. One of the worlds most popular hatchbacks is now open for order in all-electric form. If any car is able to stimulate mass-adoption of electric cars, the MINI stands a solid chance. It was 60 years ago, in 1959, that Sir Alex Issigonis' first Mini rolled off the production line as a car built to overcome the oil crisis. Now, over half a century later, the first all-electric MINI is available to order in the UK in an effort to overcome the ongoing climate crisis - and we're very, very excited.
Every electric MINI will possess roughly the same performance capabilities as the current MINI Cooper S hatchback. So you can expect 185 horsepower and a 0-60 mph time of just 7.3 seconds. Sounds like fun to us! Of course, you get all that performance without sneezing out a single pollutant into the atmosphere, which is always welcomed. On a single full battery, the electric MINI will return between 121 and 144 miles of real world driving. Ok, that's not quite as good as a Tesla, but it's extremely good for an electric car at this price point.
The best thing about the electric MINI has to be the fact that it looks like a regular MINI. From the outside, this is still the same adorable and characterful little hatchback that we have grown to love. While every other manufacturer seems to want to shape their electric cars into spaceships, this is an electric car that looks just like a normal car. Perfect. 80 per cent charge is reached from zero charge in just 35 minutes, at a 50kW DC fast-charging station. The MINI doesn't even compromise on boot space, unlike a lot of other electric cars. There is still 211 litres of room in the boot, which extends to 731 litres when the rear seats are folded down.
Don't go thinking that the electric MINI will lose the dynamic driving characteristics that the brand is famous for. If anything, the electric model will drive even better. New suspension technology has been designed especially for this model, which lowers the centre of gravity of the car by 30mm compared to the existing Cooper S. There is also less weight over the front wheels in the absence of an engine, which means there is near-perfect weight distribution.
There will be 4 different driving modes in the new electric MINI as standard, so buyers can quickly switch Sport, Mid, Green and Green+ depending on the conditions (and the distance to the nearest charger.) In Sport mode the motor is more aggressive, the steering is more direct and better weighted and the car will accelerate more impressively, alternatively, in the most economical 'Green+' mode, features like the air-con are switched off to ensure the maximum range from the battery.
The Electric MINI goes on sale with three trim levels, prices starting from £24,400 after the governments Plug-In Car Grant and the order books are already open. Lease deals have been announced too, with monthly prices starting from £299. This will land you an 'entry level' model that comes particularly well equipped, with MINIs new Digital Dashboard, Sat Nav, Real-Time Traffic info as well as LED headlights and taillights. Deliveries of the first models are expected to begin in the first few months of 2020. We simply cannot wait, but what do you make of the new electric MINI?
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"For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires" ~Hebrews 4:12
I am going to try and not come off too "preachy" in this post, but I can't make any promises. I feel so strongly about this topic that it will be hard for me not to "should" on you. I apologize, in advance if…wait – no, I don't apologize. I am not sorry for being passionate about this topic. I was raised in the church. My daddy is a preacher. I have always owned a Bible. (Back in the day – it was straight up KJV…but now I own several different translations.) Since I found my own relationship with Christ I feel like I'm pretty good. (Kind of funny since it doesn't really matter how good I am in God eyes, I don't have to earn his love – but that's another post.) I have listened to countless sermons that have to do with the Word of God and how it is his guidebook for us. It is divinely inspired. It has story after story that help us see how to live our lives. I even recently came to understand that some books of the Bible are prescriptive, while others are descriptive. (Thank you Matt Chandler for that lesson). But the biggest thing that I can say about the Bible, about this living document that speaks to us, is that is really "works" best if we spend time in it…DAILY. Notice, I did not just say it works if we "read" it daily. Or if we memorize verses from it daily. We have to spend time in it. Read, listen, pray, re-read, accept new ways to understand things we thought we already had figured out. Reading our Bibles should NOT feel like a chore that we have to check off our To-Do list every day so that we will make God happy. Spending time in God's word is something we GET to do – with our heavenly Father. And if we really clear our minds and our hearts and set aside time to dive into it, it is amazing the things that God reveals to us. I can honestly say that since I began devoting time every day to dwell in the scriptures, my life has drastically changed. I'm not talking changed like some of the false-teachers (Uh-hmm – Joel Osteen) claim – like I will get a new house or my dream job because of what I do for God). I'm talking about real, inside, to the depths of my soul changed. Like, I can feel the Spirit moving and guiding me through the passages as I read and ponder them. Each day when I open up the word, it is precious time spent with the Lord, and each day I gain wisdom and understanding of how much He loves me. I am his beloved. So much so that he left me a living word to guide me and reassure me, and inspire me, and correct me, and speak to me, and teach me, and to give me hope! I have read verses over and over – and then one day – one of those same verses will take on new life for me – based on what God wants me to hear. If you are a Christian and you are not spending time in the word (not just checking off your daily reading plan) you are missing out on ALL that God has for you. I passionately urge you to pray about it and try and read the Bible with the idea that you are listening for the Spirit to speak through the pages. There is so much to be learned from this gift from God. I have been thinking about this blog for a few weeks now and have just now gotten around to putting my thoughts out here. In the meantime, I just heard a sermon three days ago about this very subject (that was my "nudge" to go ahead and post this). In the sermon the Pastor used the illustration of when Jesus was in the desert and the devil was tempting him. Now, this is a relatable story – even if you don't think it is at first glance. We ALL face temptation every day of our lives. Some days it's every hour of our lives. How did Jesus face his temptation? He drew upon his knowledge of the scripture to combat the evil. Each time he told the devil, "It is written…" One thing I never thought about – Jesus reading scripture. He learned from the teachers in the temple. He read and studied and memorized scripture. So – if Jesus did it – read his scriptures – shouldn't that be a pretty good example for us?!? The other take away here is that we should respond to temptation like Jesus did…"It is written…" And if we are not spending time in the word – how do we even know WHAT is written. How often do you hear someone throw out a quote of some kind and claim its in the Bible? Do WE know what is written? When we face temptation do we use this powerful tool we have been given to run it off? I speak so passionately about this because I have seen the transformation in my own heart – from spending time with God in his word. I have seen it change my husband as he spends more and more time in the word. We are told in 1 John "But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in Him." We have to be IN the word in order to OBEY the word. This book gives light and life to me in my everyday walk with God. It is God's wisdom and his love given to us.
"The Word gave life to everything that was created , and his life brought light to everyone." ~John 1:4


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Since 1945, ECO FOOD DEALERS ASSOCIATION has been helping independent grocery retailers face the day to day challenges of operating a business with unique programs and individual attention. Today, ECO has more than 550 retail members and 70 Associate members representing manufacturers, wholesalers, brokers, and suppliers. These members are located throughout Ohio and neighboring States.
The association is a unique organization of business people with a Board of Trustees comprised of individuals from every avenue of the trade. They are intimately aware of the needs and concerns facing ECO members and serve in representation of all independent retailers in the ECO Association.
Over the past six decades, ECO has grown and changed in response to its members' demands. The association will continue to improve and prosper with its members. Today ECO members enjoy the benefits of some very unique programs.


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The Granite TorsJune 5th, 2008
This was an absolutely amazing hike, which no one had even recommended to us! Future visitors of Alaska, consider it recommended now. Perhaps it was just the weather that day, but it's one of my favorite hikes I've ever been on. It's a 15 mile loop that we read about in our handy Alaska Atlas and Gazetteer which leads to more tors like Angel Rocks, but much larger and more pronounced ones. The hike itself is fairly nondescript, up one burned ridge to the tundra, past the tors, and down another ridge back into the burn area. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, and highly recommend this hike anyone looking for a long day hike or an easy overnighter near Fairbanks.
One Response to "The Granite Tors"
I am the publisher of Bells Travel guides and would like to use one of your pictures from the Granite Tors Trail in my publication. I would give you photo credit if you are interested. Great hike and I would like more people toy see the area. Let me know.


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Sometimes you just need a quick getaway from town, a breath of fresh air, a place to stretch your legs without too many people around, and maybe a spot just to sit and be quiet for awhile. We have the perfect destination for you: The Randall Davey Audubon Center, just a couple of miles from the Inn on the Alameda, with good parking at either the Center itself, or just off Upper Canyon Road, at the Santa Fe River Canyon Nature Preserve. Both are free.
It's a lovely place to have a short hike:
There are a variety of paths in the Nature Preserve south of the Center, with interpretive signs here and there:
The "serious" birders are quick to post their sightings:
A friend and I love to stop by the River Preserve to see what the beavers have been up to. Lately they've been rearranging their dams – here's the newest one:
"Busy as a beaver" doesn't begin to describe these creatures. It's amazing what they can accomplish:
There are already plenty of birds to see, even 'tho it's still February, and more are no doubt on the way. The robins are back – that's always encouraging – and we also spotted mallards on the beaver ponds, scrub jays, white-breasted nutchatches, pine siskins, juncos, two kinds of towhees, and a pair of red-tailed hawks circling overhead, keeping everyone in line. The usual menagerie of reptiles is absent, since it's still winter, so for those of you averse to slithery things, this is a great time for a walk.
Getting There:
From the Inn on the Alameda, turn east on Alameda Street (toward the mountains) and follow it along the tree-lined Santa Fe River until it makes a sharp right turn. At the stop sign at the intersection with Upper Canyon Road, turn left and enjoy a slow drive through a very picturesque section of Old Santa Fe until the road makes an abrupt left turn. Here you have a couple of choices: you can turn left here and then immediately right into the parking area for the Nature Conservancy's Santa Fe River Preserve, or you can continue straight ahead, along a dirt road, about half a mile to the paved parking area at the Randall Davey Audubon Center itself. There's a great nature store here, and it's the meeting place for the Saturday morning bird walks. Check their website for the calendar of events.


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I have a lot of wildlife of all sorts here. Now and again I see a snake, usually a rattler, I see more lizards than can be counted and the occasional toad comes hopping by as well. However, one evening last week I walked the dogs down to the gate to check on the status of the driveway after the recent heavy rains and found this fellow:
The dogs and I skirted around so as to not bother him and I was not able to do a close inspection. I have never seen a turtle or a tortoise on my property and this did not look – to me at least – like a box turtle, the most common in my area, so I am wondering if he was a tortoise. I have not seen him since so I hope he found his way home again.


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The Department of English has achieved a renowned place for its past and present successes in the history of Rajshahi College. The inception of Rajshahi College widened an opportunity for higher studies in the field of English Literature and Language to the people of the Undivided Bengal. Due to the ever-expanding popularity of the college, many learned and reputed persons all over India were inspired to come and serve this institution. Moreover, the guardians also considered it prestigious to send their children to study here.
Since the establishment of Rajshahi College English had been taught at the F.A and B.A classes as a compulsory subject. Afterwards, in 1878 Honours course in English was introduced in the college and with that date the history of English Department started.
In 1910 Calcutta University affiliated the college for teaching the students of M.A class and only four departments including English had the prestige of being a department with post graduate students. However, from 1931-32 session the affiliation for the Masters Degree course in the college was withdrawn. Thus the department continued teaching the students of F.A (later Intermediate and presently known as HSC) and B.A classes.
The department had its office in the Fuller Hostel building and in 1964 it was shifted to the ground floor of the newly constructed Library and Auditorium building. The department stayed there till 1996 and with the rapid increase of the number of students after the re-introduction of Masters courses it was shifted to the ground floor of another newly constructed building (presently known as the 2nd Science building) where it continued functioning till 1999. As the space was not sufficient to manage everything smoothly, the college authority accepted the proposal of the department to work in the newly constructed Library building near the mosque. The two storied building houses the offices of the department, a seminar library, the staff room and three spacious class rooms. Presently the department teaches the students of HSC, Honours and Pass courses and Masters Degree courses under the affiliation and curriculum of the Board of Secondary and Higher Education, Rajshahi and the National University, Gazipur.
In different times the department was glorified with a number of internationally recognized English teachers whose reputation often crossed the national boundary. The catalogue of the excellent teachers in the department since the beginning includes the names like Prof. G.S Bhattachrya, Prof. Satyaprasad Sengupta, , Prof. Abu Hena Prof. Kabir Chowdhury, Professor A M M Azhar Hossain, Prof. Amanullah Ahmed, Professor Sadruddin Ahmed, Professor Md. Noman, Prof. Abu Mohammad, Prof. Abu Rushd Matinuddin, Prof. Mohamad Ali, Prof. Tahir Jamil, Prof. Maulavi Sirajur Rahman, Prof. Elias Ahmed, Prof. A.M.M. Azhar Hossain, , Prof. Golam Yahia Chowdhury, Prof. Mozibur Rahman Talukdar, Prof. Ayesa Khanum, Prof. Md. Abdul Jalil, Prof, A.S.M Muarraf, Mr. Md. Amir Ali Sardar, Prof. Abu Hena Jafar, Prof. Md. Abdur Rahman, Prof, Md. Abdul Khaleque, Prof. Sher Mohammad, Prof. Shaikh Din Mohammad, Prof. Ferdous Nigar Hossain, Prof. Abdur Noor, Prof. Suraiya Parveen, Prof. Mohammad Abdur Rab Choudhury, Professor M Alauddin and Professor Md. Mahfuzur Rahman. They served this department and other institutions successfully for many years.
At present the department is headed by Prof. Dr. Musammat Rokeya Begum. She tries her best to create a very friendly and supportive environment both for teachers and students. She strongly believes in team work and everything is done through a team. All the decisions in the department are taken in a democratic process. So all teachers can participate in decision making and they happily work hard to implement all the decisions. Students are encouraged to be open to their teachers so that they can share their academic difficulties as well as their personal problems. A team spirit always prevails and helps to do any work in the department.
The department aims at providing quality teaching and learning in English language and literature. It has an assembly of 15 qualified teachers and they are working hard and sincerely to develop the proficiency of the students. About 1100 students are presently enrolled with the department at the Honours and Masters Degree courses while other 2000 students are taught English at HSC and Pass course studies.
The seminar of English Department is rich with a wide variety of books, articles and criticism on language and literature. The department purchases books every year for the seminar library emphasising the needs of students. A teacher of the department is assigned the responsibility of issuing seminar cards, conducting needs assessment and updating the catalogue of the library. The positive thing is that the students borrow books from here quite frequently.
English department is playing a pivotal role in enhancing technology-friendly ambience by introducing multimedia in the teaching-learning process. Most of the teachers conduct powerpoint presentation basically in the language classes either to impart lesson or to give feedback. These classrooms can better be termed as technology-friendly as the main intention is to make lessons effective extracting the best out of modern equipments. To minimize shortcomings of a large classroom those language classes are often conducted by two teachers. The teachers are quite well aware of new techniques and strategies of teaching a language. Moreover, we have been able to develop the tradition of powerpoint presentation of students as we feel that the skill of presentation is one of the prerequisites to have an access in the job market.
The relationship between teachers and students is very sound and the teachers are always ready to respond to academic and cultural issues positively. Besides imparting lessons in the classroom, teachers invigorate students to arrange cultural programmes. Participation in cultural activities help students develop their confidence, necessary to meet challenges of modern life. Attaining skill in English language is not the solitary aim of this department, rather the teachers of this department envision their students to emerge as patriots by involving themselves in social service. Skills in language teach students to get jobs and withstand the difficulties of real life, while literature teaches them to implement their knowledge in a generous way. The students have spontaneously responded to the dream of the department by forming a debating club 'Mirror' and it has expedited the cultural activities of English Department as well. Debate teaches a person to adopt a confident and logical attitude towards life. That is why, the students expected to be imbued with the essence of efficiency and honesty.


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Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Get the Pumpkin Rolling!!!
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Scorpion (Penny Dreadful)
I hate admit it, but I like this show better than anything else on television right now. More than Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead. Penny Dreadful speaks to the heart of me. Vanessa Ives is played by the remarkable Eva green who makes the show spectacular. If you have a chance to see it, take it. It is rare for a show to inspire me to illustrate something connected while watching it, but this scorpion was very much the result of viewing the show.
The Babadook
The Babadook is one of the better horror films I have seen this year. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend giving it a go. I taught children's art classes this past few weeks and my students were big fans of all things spooky and monster. They asked me to make scary puppets, and so I did.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Vampire Lover
Last Halloween my beautiful girlfriend and I dressed as vampires and she was a knockout. Her look reminded me of the hammer film hotties of the Christopher Lee era. I love dressing as vampires, I know they get a bad rap and that they have been degraded my more modern films, but the old blood sucking fiends are a favorite of mine. Dracula, Nosferatu, Salem's lot, all did it right. Not all the modern films are bad. Let The Right One In, 30 days of night, Day Breakers are examples of some great vamp films.
My cousin and I heading to the Halloween party 2014
The Creature Feature gang and friends.
From left to right (Me, Linda Wylie, Larry Underwood aka Dr. Gangrene, Carrie Galloway, and Donnie Waddell)
Abigail and I at the epic Halloween party.
Halloween 2007 (Same year as 30 days of Night came out)
Creature Feature event, I don't recall the date.
Chuck Angel, Larry again, and myself.
12 year old me with the late great Sir Cecil Crape.
My family getting into the fun. I wish they were still cool enough to get dressed up like this. I was around seven when this photo was taken. I love this photo....But not the furniture.
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Labels: 30 days of Night, Carrie Galloway, Creature Feature, Donnie Waddell, Dr. Gangrene, Dracula, Halloween, Larry Underwood, Linda Wylie, Salems Lot, Sir Cecil Crape, Vampires
Monday, July 13, 2015
The Old Days
Way back in my early twenties, not all THAT long ago. I took some photos of my yard haunt and the film came out great. When I look at these images it takes me back.
The smake behind the house was from burning off the garden.
My parents weren't to fond of ole Scratch.
My vampire even gave me the creeps.
I love this picture, the ghost has long fallen to pieces.
Can't wait to make more memories this year.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Banshee (bean-sidhe)
Irish lore describes the Banshee as a weeping woman who is a kind of fairy folk. This is not to say that the Banshee is not also a kind of ghost or spirit as these things are all interconnected in Irish lore. Banshees have always been a favorite of mine, I love a keening spirit. The idea is very creepy to me.
This Banshee was drawn for my Dictionary of Mythological Creature, I hope to have it ready in the next year.
This Banshee was a digital painting project for a series of illustrations titled Thirteen Ghosts.
Last but not least is the Banshee I am building for my yard haunt. She is going to be very creepy. I can't wait.
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Labels: Banshee, bean-sidhe, creatures, dark, Ethan Black, folklore, ghosts, goth, haunted, horror, house, Irish, legends, Maker, Monster, monsters, myths, Penny Dreadful, undead
Friday, July 3, 2015
Howie's Haunted Halloween Nightmare
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Scary Face in the Window Trick
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This little plaything is something I've been working on a little while ago, and I was hoping to finish. Looking forward in my planning I think finishing it will take a while, so I'll post a quick WIP. It's really a work in progress, and it's really buggy, so consider it a proof of concept. It was nice to play around with papervision in a "maybe someday, when I get to finish it" kind of way. Since I posted this to the pv3d mailing list today, I thought I'd blog it too.
Displaying flickr image search results in 3d.
The bugs & to be done things in random order :
1. You have to wait until all images are loaded before you can freely click around the datagrid.
2. The 3d panes are not clickables, that's why that datagrid is there.
3. You can't clear the result set yet.
4. Clipping of on screen faces occure (this is actually related to pv3d clipping).
5. It's kind of slow…the loading of flickr images is being cached on my server.
6. It slows down. Rendering modes on the panes are not reset, the more you show, the heavier it gets.
Next to that, it's cool to see what pv3d will be able to bring very soon…the amount of work this has taken me is minimal. Really minimal. No sources here yet.


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This is part of a series of everyday Tips for your Internet Security.
Passwords are the keys of your Internet Security. Web 2.0 is characterized by the development of membership websites, where the content is dynamic and user driven and for using them you have to get the membership. And with every membership, you are required to maintain yet another set of username and password.
With so many usernames and passwords to remember, it becomes natural that you start compromising on the security of your passwords and start repeating them for different websites. Or you start making weak passwords like names of spouse, date of births, zip codes, telephone numbers, etc. etc. And if you do not do any of these two things, you start trusting your browser, and store your login and passwords in your browser.
I must say, all of these three situations are dangerous and jeopardize your online security.
So what is the solution
The solution lies in devising a way to manage passwords, without compromising on the strength of the passwords.
We will let you know about how to create strong passwords easily in a different article. We will also let you know how to manage your passwords easily. There are useful tools like Roboform for that (See the video below to understand how Roboform works). In this post we just wanted to let you know about a useful tool, which allows you to check the strength of your passwords.
After you have created a password, you can easily check about its strength on the Microsoft's Password Strength Checker. You can trust Microsoft not storing your password in any manner. When you are absolutely sure about your password strength, then only you start using it.
However, after extensive trial of this tool, I am not completely satisfied with the algorithm. It heavily relies on the use of different types of characters in the passwords. For instance, I tried to make a 40 character password, with all lower case letters, and it continued to tell me it is a weak password. Yes I know that using only lowercase letters in a password is not a good idea, but the 40 character length should have prompted it to give it at least a medium grade.
But still a useful tool, and I recommend it.
Remember, your Internet Security is too precious and spending a few moments here and there to fortify your online security, is better than repenting later.
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