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RETURNING World Cup captain Colin Charvis must stay in Wales.
That is the message from one of the trio of ex-rugby and soccer internationals who enabled Charvis to lead Wales in Australia.
Former Wales centre Mark Ring was one of the partners of a Cardiff restaurant who sponsored Charvis after the British Lions flanker failed to seal a regional contract with the Neath Swansea Ospreys or any other Welsh side.
The backing of Ring, Glenn Webbe and David Giles, co-owners of Belgian restaurant Zero Zero 32, allowed Charvis to travel Down Under as Welsh captain and lead his country to the quarter-finals and two gallant displays against New Zealand and England.
Charvis flies back with the Welsh squad today with his agent Peter Underhill confirming a move to French Division Two side Tarbes is the likely outcome.
Underhill has indicated he is still looking for interest from Welsh sides, although they would have to be quick because the squads for this season's Heineken Cup are due to be finalised tomorrow.
Ring has called for one of the regions to come in for Charvis.
"How can the Welsh captain, who has just led his country in an encouraging World Cup campaign, then be allowed to go and play his club rugby in France?" asked former Cardiff and Pontypool star Ring.
"We're trying to promote the idea of regional rugby and if we are to embrace it, it is vital we've somebody like Colin playing.
"We can't have him travelling back from France to link up with the squad.
"When we sponsored Colin we'd no idea he'd be captain.
"A lot of people questioned our decision, but Colin's performances vindicated it and exceeded our expectations.
"The defining moment for me is the reaction of Colin and the team after New Zealand took an early lead.
"It looked as if we could be on for a hiding, but Colin and the players took a step back and responded superbly."
Ring believes Wales' performances have transformed the feeling of the Welsh rugby public.
"The team's performances against England and New Zealand have restored the faith in the Welsh game and put the smiles back on peoples' faces.
"It is ironic the Welsh team have managed to do this as well by losing both games.
"It was great to see them playing a traditional Welsh game without a rigid structure and, hopefully, they can continue that in the future."


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I came across this on another forum and thought I'd post it here since we are all active in and around Anza.
Here is the original article.
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcou ... c077d.html
October 17, 2012 11:51 am
Ocotillo Wells — The superintendent of the popular Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area has been placed on paid administrative leave while an investigation is conducted concerning shredded documents found behind the park's headquarters.
Superintendent Kathy Dolinar was placed on "administrative time off" on Oct. 4.
California Department of Parks and Recreation spokesman Roy Stearns confirmed a report in the Sacramento Bee that the investigation revolves around documents that were found to have been shredded last month after a department wide directive went out this summer not to destroy any paperwork.
In July, park's department director Ruth Coleman resigned after $54 million were found in two park operating funds, including nearly $33.5 in the department's Off Highway Vehicle fund. Officials said it appears the department kept the funds secret for years by reporting false balances to the state Department of Finance.
The state auditor's office and the attorney general's office are now investigating the unreported money. The order not to shred documents was directly related to those investigations, Sterns said.
Ocotillo Wells is the largest of eight off-roading parks operated by the state and is frequented by thousands of San Diego County residents every year. It is roughly 15 miles southeast of Borrego Springs near the Imperial County line.
Crediting an unidentified park's source, the Bee reported the investigation began in late September when custodial staff at the Ocotillo Wells headquarters found bags of shredded documents in a trash bin.
Stearns did not confirm those specifics but said the investigation does concern recently found shredded documents at Ocotillo Wells.
"It's an active investigation," Sterns said. "We don't want to prejudge. We don't know if what's in those shredded documents is of importance. ... We don't know if anybody did anything wrong."
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Oh, there's a place you can do,
Do whatever you want to.
Just take a step inside your mind.
Open up the door, walk on through,
You'll be singing, "Whoop-boop-de-doo!"
When you take a step inside your mind.
Oh, make up stuff that you wanna see,
Like a psychedelic bumblebee.
Do some things you want to try,
Like flying up in the sky,
When you take a step inside your mind.
Sylvia: Wander! Wander! Whichever of these yous is you, I think you should maybe take five, pal!
Wander: Aw, you should join us!
Sylvia: Uh, no, thanks, I'm fine.
Wander: Come on, it'll be fun!
(Dance break)
Wander: Ooh, there's a spot where all is fine.
You'll be happy all the time,
Just take a step inside your mind.
Don't be sad, don't be blue,
You'll find endless things to do,
When you take a step inside your mind.
It's a place for you to grow,
By knowing things you've never known.
Got a problem you need solved?
Use your noodle and evolve!
Take it, Syl!
Sylvia: Uh, no, thanks, I really wanna go –
Wander and Sylvia Dummy: Oh, just take a step inside...
Wander Audience: Take a step inside your...
All: Take a step inside your...
Sylvia Dummy: Yep-a-dep-a-dep-ba-ba-da-bow!
- This is the second song Sylvia sings ("Your Happy Birthday Song"), although she sings it involuntarily.
- The song starts out with a slow intro, but becomes faster when it's sung.
- For the jug band intro, no real jugs were used. Andy Bean simply made some jug sounds with his mouth.[1]
- A total of 133 Wanders were seen throughout the song.
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text: To apply for a building permit, you must fill out a building permit application. This application is not available online because the application is a two-part form. You can either stop in to Maquoketa City Hall to pick up a building permit application or contact us and we can mail you a building permit application. Although the time it takes to get a building permit approved may vary, please allow up to one week for the approval process. Also, please keep in mind that a building permit must be approved before any work can begin.


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Aside from the two DT announcements I have below, November is also the month I'm guest designing on Webster's Pages! Talk about a fantastic opportunity. Webster's Pages is one of my all-time favourite manufacturers and getting a box full of the newest goodies to play with just had me smiling all day the last couple of weeks.
Here's the link to Webster's Pages and the sweet and most flattering feature Dena wrote up: Webster's Pages Guest Designer. Thanks so much Dena!
Here's one of the layouts I created using the gorgeous WonderFall collection.
I cut along the details on the main die cut paper and inserted my photo under the details, creating a frame for the photo. I then cut out more flowers from another patterned paper and used that to frame the photo.
More close-ups:
Complementary Prima flowers and vine in yellow and white complete the layout.
Thanks so much for dropping by. :)
Patterned Paper - Webster's Pages WonderFall collection
Alphas - Webster's Pages
Lace trim - Webster's Pages
Flowers - Prima Marketing


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text: Diamond Select Toys releases an awesome Marvel Select action figure of the Amazing Spider-man just in time for the 2012 movie. Articulation is awesome and is very similar to the Marvel Legends in that respect. The sculpting is phenomenal with well proportioned body parts, impressive suit texturing, and descent paint job, this figure will definitely please Spidey fans. Sells for about $20 and is available through most local US comic shops


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5 Reasons Why Summer Research Internships are Important
Well from the title of this article you must have got an idea that today I am going to discuss about the importance of an internship. I felt the need of discussing about Internships because research institutes have started rolling out notifications for summer research fellowships and on our Facebook page so many queries are dropped on the daily basis asking about the importance of Internships and its benefits.
Why Are Internships important?
Well, Internships provide you valuable experience and expertise that can help you secure your dream (R&D) job in the biotechnology industry. Whether an Internships programme is paid or unpaid, it doesn't change its value. It is investments in your future.
Often, students are reluctant to pursue Internships because they worry they'll be stuck doing menial tasks like preparing media and autoclaving glassware in the lab and let's face it- no one wants to work for free. The truth is, although not all Internships programs pay in cash, they do pay in other ways.
Most important thing is whether you are from Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry or Bioinformatics background, you must understand that these courses are research oriented. Theory alone will not help you in fetching a good job.
1. Experience and Exposure
If you are lucky enough to grab an internship in top-class research institute or industry, it can be greatly valuable towards your career. You will be working with the top guns of biotechnology, which enables you to grab the knowledge and skills they have acquired during their research career.
The best part about internships is that it teaches students about the specific industries and institutes they are interested in.
2. Network Building
I have seen so many people stuck in same routines and in the same town for years, thus it will be a best opportunity for them to surround themselves with new people. By interacting with other professionals around, you will learn how to communicate and make connections in a professional manner.
Making professional connections could be beneficial to your career. Even if you believe you don't need it, it's always good to have a backup. Life is unpredictable and you never know when a network may come in handy.
Personally, my internship in Biological E introduced me to a lot of useful resources and has given me the opportunity to meet a lot of experts in my field.
3. Resume Building
When I was a college student during my Master's degree, I learned the importance of a strong resume. Without a solid resume, it's difficult to get a dream job.
You may get a second chance while talking to someone face to face but your resume will not get it. Think of your resume as a passport to enter the industry. Once you get an interview, then only you are able to elaborate on yourself and why you are a deserving candidate.
Just ask yourself how can you have a strong resume without experience and expertise in latest techniques?
Internships are the only solution for you and it's better to complete your internship during your summer break. To be honest, companies are much likely to hire a candidate having internships and practical knowledge rather than a candidate with generic resume, lacking experience.
4. Career Establishment
Internships provide you the base you need for your future. So it is very necessary to choose internships according to your interest. If you have interest in molecular biology then you must look for institutes/companies offering internships in the molecular biology field. You must take initiative to learn and ask your mentors for internships as this internship is the building block of your career.
While applying for internships just make sure to read the details of various labs/departments offering internship and their current on-going research. This will help you in choosing right opportunity of an internship.
5. Transition to a Full-Time Position
Well landing a job just after completing your degree has its own disadvantages. You will be the most vulnerable employee if you have never worked full time before. The transition from a student to a working employee is difficult because of not every boss intolerant of mistakes in a working environment.
When we all know that getting a job requires a lot of efforts and you can't lose your job, It can be devastating for you if you are unable to adapt.
Bottom Line
An internship will help you in building your stores so that when you're ready to go on job hunting, you have the skills, the experience, the desire, and the confidence to make it happen.
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text: Artifact Details Title Magic Brain calculator Catalog Number 102732461 Type Physical object Manufacturer Chadwick Company Place Manufactured Japan Dimensions overall: 3/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 5 5/8 in Description The object consists of a calulator with a removable metal stylus, that clips onto the side. On the face there are pull down racks, which change the indicator numbers. There is a metal pull handle at the top, which clears the indicator numbers. Category Calculator/mechanical Credit Gift of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Lot Number X4575.2008


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[To celebrate my first year of programming I will ask a 'stupid' questions daily on my blog for a year, to make sure I learn at least 365 new things during my second year as a developer]
If I have a value that will never change I've always used const (and if it is a value type), and I've used static readonly with complex types, although not to often. But, I will gladly admit that today I googled this to double check whether I've been thinking right or not- as I couldn't really remember where I first got my habits from 😀
A static readonly field is useful when a symbolic name for a constant value is desired, but when the type of the value is not permitted in a const declaration, or when the value cannot be computed at compile-time
public static readonly Color Black = new Color(0, 0, 0);
public const int c1 = 5.0;
The readonly keyword is different from the const keyword. A const field can only be initialized at the declaration of the field. A readonly field can be initialized either at the declaration or in a constructor. Therefore, readonly fields can have different values depending on the constructor used. Also, while a const field is a compile-time constant, the readonly field can be used for runtime constants, as in the following example: public static readonly uint l1 = (uint) DateTime.Now.Ticks;
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Const has to be set at the same time you declare it. Readonly if you want to set the value, at runtime, in the constructor. Static just makes it accessible outside the type in a shared variable.
Further: public const in assembly A might be seen from assembly B and optimized inline in assembly B.
If you then change the value in assembly A, and recompile and distribute that to theapplication using assembly B, then B will still contain the old value. That will not happen with static readonly.
Wow…. I didn't believe that at first, and actually looked it up in the C# specification. (It's not explicitly stated in the standard, but some clause suggest that it is possible)
I blogged about the difference a while ago: "static readonly" vs. "const" in c#.
One of the most obvious differences is that you can't use a static readonly in a
casestatement in a
There's also a difference in how these are stored / loaded.
const int y = 5;
The above will be represented like this with IL:
IL_0001: ldc.i4.5
IL_0002: call System.Console.WriteLine
Which basically means that it just loads it as a constant value (hence no variable/placeholder used).
Whereas a readonly field like this:
public readonly int X = 10;
Used in a context like this:
public readonly int X = 10;
void Main()
var x = X * 5;
Will result in the following IL:
IL_0001: ldarg.0
IL_0002: ldfld UserQuery.X
IL_0007: ldc.i4.5
IL_0008: mul
IL_0009: stloc.0
As you can see, it differes a bit on IL level as well, which can be important to understand as well.
Great post by the way!
Also of minor importance is the difference between initializing at declaration and in the constructor for a static readonly field.
Note that in the constructor – initialization is done when that class is used for the first time.
public class Foo
//As a field initializer ie
private static readonly List _yourList = new List;
public class Foo()
private static readonly List _yourList;
static Foo()
_yourList = new List;
The initialization on the first inline initializer will occur when YourList _yourList is first accessed. In the second case it is initialized when the type Foo is accessed.
Are you sure about that? From my experience, stepping through code with the debugger, the compiler appears to just translate the first form into the second.
Just a side note, if you have a constant string and you concatenate it with something, here how const vs non-const differs:
const string y = "Test";
var x = y + "1";
IL_0001: ldstr "Test1"
IL_0006: stloc.0
And the non-const version:
string y = "Test";
var x = y + "1";
IL_0001: ldstr "Test"
IL_0006: stloc.0
IL_0007: ldloc.0
IL_0008: ldstr "1"
IL_000D: call System.String.Concat
IL_0012: stloc.1
One thing to be aware of is that using readonly or static readonly with complex types doesn't make them immutable. Yes, the variable is immutable so you can't assign a different instance to it, but the instance it refers to is not and you can modify its properties.
To give a concrete example of that:
class Node
/// This is just an example, I wouldn't recommend a public field.
public readonly List Children = List();
// etc.
You can add and remove child nodes, you just can't replace the whole collection.
As always, there are also semantics involved:
A const is constantly the same thing, even bridging different instances of the application. A true *compile time constant*. Pi equals Pi tomorrow equals Pi yesterday: it'll never change.
A static readonly field is just that: a field that will be set once and remains the same. But different applications have different instances of the value. If decorated with [TreadStatic] it'll even have a new instance assigned per thread.
For the purists: yes this goes for the "const string" too. Even though a string seems like a reference object, the compile time constant is not one in a way. It actually points to a fixed offset in the assembly, not on the heap. At assignment of const string Foo = "Bar"; there will be no new instance of the string created. It already exists at compile time, and will never be garbage collected by the runtime, since the loaded assembly is in a readonly page.
That's the difference between a struct and a class, indeed. Where a struct (ValueType) is represented by an array of bytes containing the value, a class (ReferenceType) is represented deep down by just a pointer to a block of memory. That pointer is the one that gets to be readonly. The data it points to remains as it was, and might be mutable in itself.
That's why they had to make string a Pure type. You cannot change a string, because it points to a string of bytes somewhere that could be in protected memory. That, and of course this Pure approach solves all the terrible allocating and copying and terminating and cleaning you have to take care of in unmanaged code. It comes at a price though: every change of a string requires it to be copied. Even when the original string will be overwritten. That's something to keep in mind when you do a Trim or ToUpper on a 2GB string. Use MutableSting then, but don't be fooled: mutablestring.ToSting() still has to make a copy.
And so we arrive at Streams and undeterminated Enumerables. Totally off-topic now, but maybe a good topic for a future 'stupid question'…
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Start a post, and add the image as you normally would.
Then switch to the source or html view and copy the code.
Then navigate to the widgets (it will notify you that you're not saving your changes, but we don't want to).
Drag a text widget to your sidebar if you have not done so already. Paste that code into the text widget and click save.
Here is a quick video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCKLgt1sjH8&list=UUMmzF0F07MsauFO1k3ANgiA&index=2


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On Monday afternoon a friend texted me that she was sick with nearly no voice and that she promised the tourism first year of our university to held a guest speech about things you face while being on an internship in a foreign country. She asked me if I could help her out because I travel a lot and I already gave a great presentation 3 years ago about my life in Australia.
This wasn't very difficult for me to answer but I am very busy these days with other presentations coming up and exams starting next week. Nevertheless I told her that she should rest and I would take over the presentation. That was a couple of hours before the actual presentation and I still had a course about Sustainability and Ethics before this.
I quickly had to get home and search my other computer for that presentation I gave 3 years ago and be on time for my lecture and then rush to the other presentation. Of course I had no time at all to prepare myself and I totally improvised.
I had to give 3 presentations to three groups. The University every year organizes an internship market where some students of the first year have to present to students of the first and second year possibilities of doing their internship or studying abroad in a foreign country.
Before they started I noticed two things, they were all dressed professional in dresses and suits and had a pretty good PowerPoint presentation. Me on the other hand, came in thongs, a shirt and a hat. While they opened the presentation and talked a little bit of things to keep in mind like visa, insurance etc, I figured out that my presentation was totally inadequate and spontaneously changed my plans a little bit.
My presentation consisted of pictures I took during the time I lived in Australia and I wanted to tell stories about the things I experienced there. I did this but included some facts and told stories about my personal experiences while living in different countries.
Like why a good insurance is so important. In Sydney some people spiked my drink and I got robbed before I got hit by a car. The insurance back then payed me everything and I even got a pay out later. Luckily I didn't took the cheapest one.
I also talked about culture shock. That's a very interesting topic and it's interesting that researchers found out that you can calculate the time when you get depressed (see picture) I think most of us who have traveled a lot and lived in other countries for some while went through this. I still recall the time when I moved to Australia and the same happened when I moved to the Netherlands. At the beginning I was feeling very good because everything was so interesting and new but after a while you got scared of anything and you thought you couldn't manage everything. I also remember that when I came back from Australia I was frustrated because nobody was interested in the stories I was telling or wanted to tell.
I also included some other things like natural hazards you gotta think of etc. At the end the group was very happy with my improvised presentation and the people and the audience later thanked me personally because it helped them clear their mind a little bit about their plans.
It was a good day!


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|Monkey loves his "special mommy quilt" and has started dragging it around the house this quarter.
Can you believe it is already October? I had fun getting out my Halloween quilts yesterday and realized that it is time for my quarterly stash report. I will start with a review of the first two quarters.
February: 46.5 yards used, 12.5 yards added
March: 28 yards used, 13 yards added
Quarter 1: 105.5 yards used, 101.5 yards added, 4 yards less
April: 6 yards used, 8 yards added
May: 24.25 yards used, 28.25 yards added
June: 15.5 yards used, 7 yards added, 100 yards donated (to quilt guild)*
Quarter 2: 45.75 yards used, 43.25 yards added, 100 yards donated, 102.5 yards less
July: 12 yards used, 8.5 yards added
Year to date: 258.75 yards used, 166 yards added, 104 yards gifted,* 196.75 yards less
|Stash Busting for Cheetah.
|"Spring Sorbet" a scrappy finish in August 2015.


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text: In the fall of last year, Chase Stone got an interesting commission to create an illustration for a TNT series pitch. At the time we didn't even know what the series was going to be called. We guess the pitch worked because now the new hospital drama (Monday Mornings) is out every monday at 10pm. To anyone who watches, Chase's illustration summarizes the mood of the show quite well:


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DOBES Archive
- In this session the consultants talk about Marquesan feasts and dances, in particular the putu dance. Other dances which are also discussed are the "ori pahaka", "ori manu" and the "tape'a". One consultant gives samples of how it should be sung or how one moves in a particular dance. She also contrasts it with today's modernised versions.
- In this session the consultants narrate about their life at Moto'ua (Hiva 'Oa) from the 1950s onwards before modernisation set in in the 1970s and 1980s. They talk about their self-sufficiant lives, their diets, school life, travelling on the island, and in particular about birth-giving, treatment with plant medicine after birth and the diets of infants. In the final part they depict life after the 1980s when modernisation set in with electricity, TV, fridges etc. available.
- In this session the consultant shows and explains one of the important locations of the Hina legend (see link). The location by sea is characterised by a crevice/fissure along the rocks. The place is called Mimi-o-Hina "urine of Hina" because according to the legend Hina had urinated at that place and the urine was so strong that it split the rock apart.
- In this session the local legend of the humpbacked full moon is told (cf. v.d.Steinen (1933), "Die buckelige Mondnacht"). It actually explains the existence of an islet in the bay of Hanaiapa on Hiva 'Oa island, called Fatutue, which resembles the form of a head named by the French "tête nègre" (> upo'onika in modern Marquesan) (cf. also v.d.Steinen 1933: 369) . It tells the story of a mother with her daughter and two sons. At night during low tide the children fetch crabs and other seafood. After having returned back home the children offer the mother the seafood which she refuses to take. When all the children are fast asleep, the mother, called Tuapu'u (lit. 'humpback'), opens her back through a magic spell and fills all the caught seafood into her back which she eats secretly the next day. The same thing happens the following night. One of her sons gets suspicious and catches eels in the third night which he keeps alive. When the mother follows the same procedure, her back and intestines are eaten up by the living eels and she dies. Before dying she makes her daughter promise to plant a Kehi'a/Kehika-apple tree (Eugenia malaccensis) on her grave and further assigns the uppermost fruit/apple in the tree-top only to her daughter. After five days the tree already carries fruits which can be picked, and being reminded by her promise the daughter picks the uppermost fruit. At the moment of picking the fruit the tree collapses and the mother resurrects. Furiously she pursuits her children to the cape of Hanaiapa which breaks off the main land. This broken off piece of land is the islet Fatutue, also called upo'onika or tête nègre (cf. above). The story ends in that the mother fails to rejoin her children and finally dies in the sea.


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More Resort Activities!
Yes, it's true. We now have a foosball table in the Lodge to add to our resort activities. Use it for free! We will see how it goes. It has been in the lodge for 2 days now. Barbara and Michelle (my sisters) and I loved playing foosball. I must say that I (Karen) was usually the best. They may disagree with me……. but I know the truth. Tim and I hope that our guests enjoy using it as well. It is a fun addition.
We also found a wheel for the pirate ship. It certainly looks complete with the wheel. Everyone knows that a pirate ship needs a wheel! Looking good…..


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recently joined the Illinois Natural History Survey at the University of
Illinois as a field herpetologist to help track and monitor Blanding's and
spotted turtles. I have an affinity for Ambystomatids and hope to begin
studying them more in the near future. My primary research interests revolve
around the conservation and ecology of herps, specifically amphibians.
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Author E. Davis will be visiting the library on August 1st from 12-4 pm for a book-signing and author chat. Her new novel is called A Period of Time.
Emerald Dixon, a successful writer, embodies a princess in this modern day fairy tale of a young woman who is wooed by her prince, a well established movie star, Richard DeMarco.
Recently Richard has become her acquaintance through his leading role in the movie version of Emerald's
latest work, "The Topaz Chronicle." But when Emerald's fairy tale comes true can the love of her life be too intoxicating? With her insecurities, can this young woman learn to succumb to true love once she has it? Will once upon a time lead to happily ever after?


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Pepper plants are a warm season crop that grow well in containers due to the plant's compact size. Gardeners can choose heirloom pepper varieties or stick with common bell, jalapeno or cayenne peppers. Start your pepper container garden when frost danger passes for your area, since these plants can be damaged by cold weather.
All vegetables should be planted in a container with drainage holes at the bottom, which allow excess water to flow out of the container. Planting in containers that lack drainage holes encourages root rot, which will kill the pepper plant. Texas A & M suggests a 5-gallon container for peppers.
Container grown vegetables fare best when grown in a potting mix, rather than soil. Ohio State University suggests 1 part each of compost, perlite, sphagnum peat moss and potting soil as a good potting mix for vegetables.
Types of Pepper
Gardeners can choose either sweet or hot peppers for container growing. Since pepper plants don't sprawl, they are better suited to pots than trellising or sprawling vegetables. Texas A & M recommends jalapeno, hot red cherry, Canape and Yolo Wonder, although any type of pepper can fare well.
Fill your container one-half to three-fourths full with potting mix. Then pull your pepper plants from their containers and break apart the root ball by squeezing it. Plant the peppers in the container, leaving 14 inches in between plants. When all plants are in the container, fill the pot the rest of the way with potting mix, leaving 1 inch of space at the top. Gently firm the potting mix around the pepper plants. Water the newly planted container garden until the soil compresses around the plants and water flows out the drainage holes at the bottom.
Place the container where it receives full sun. Prepare a master fertilizer by mixing 1 gallon of water with 2 cups of 10-20-10 fertilizer until the fertilizer dissolves. Then mix 2 tbsp. of this master fertilizer with 1 gallon of water, and water the pepper plants with this mix once a day. If the container receives rain, skip watering until the soil becomes barely moist (almost dry) to the touch.
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Apple did one thing right when it comes to Touch ID biometrics. They made it cheap. Or at least, they made it cheap enough to fit into a smartphone while keeping the cost down – for Apple, that is. Of course, I've already talked at length about Apple's Touch ID and whether or not it's a good idea or not (Spolier alert, it's not). But it occurs to me, maybe we're all just not used to this new fangled technology, and perhaps what we need to make this technology a part of our lives is ubiquity.
Now that Apple has brought the price of biometric technology to the smartphone level, maybe it's time for some other variations of finger print unlocking to join this love milkshake. Maybe now it can be more wide spread in our daily lives and it can be more successful.
In the public mind
The main problem with fingerprint scanning, aside from its hackability, is there is no universal implementation of fingerprint scanning technology – outside of military facilities or JJ Abrams movies, that is. The iPhone 5s could be the very thing biometric security needs to thrive.
You can get fingerprint scanners on Amazon. They're not uncommon. Most of the finger print scanners on there are for PCs/laptops and for security locking purposes, not unlike Touch ID. The problem is that these are peripheral devices you can purchase from anywhere between ten to seventy dollars. My argument for this is the same as it is for wireless charging – people won't use something unless it's included in a device and they're practically forced to.
It's out there
Of course, some laptops have had fingerprint scanners built in. HP has a feature called "SimplePass" on it's Envy line of laptops. Of course, SimplePass is only included in the high-end laptops, but it is there. Then again, those are HP laptops. They're not exactly a huge crowd pleaser. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it's a quality laptop and all, but we're talking about the freakin' iPhone here.
Maybe an insanely popular product like the iPhone is what we need to bring fingerprint scanning into the public mind. Granted, for many, scanning a finger print to start your car is just as scary a prospect as stealth videos/snapshots shot with Google Glass. After all, if an iPhone can be hacked, what about your house? Sure your iPhone carries your entire Justin Beiber collection, but your house carries your life and loved ones. Are we ready to entrust our homes to a $7.00 fingerprint scanner just because it's on your phone?
Are we there yet?
Well, maybe not. But now that the technology stands to potentially become mainstream, it's not a crazy thought. Touch ID could very well define where the technology goes in the future. Before, biometric scanning was reserved for high security facilities, and highly sensitive data. Now that any grandma can walk into a Verizon store and pick up a device that will use her fingerprint on the daily, that could be a game changer.
Don't get me wrong. I am not changing my stance on fingerprint scanners. I still think it's not a compelling feature to have on a smartphone. It's hackable, not entirely secure, and permanent. It's just not quite ready for prime time, and certainly not reliable enough to rely on it for anything beyond the Beib. But it could drive the technology forward so that someday, and someday soon, it is reliable enough to do so.
Once the tech is being used by millions of smartphone users across the industry (for example the iPhone, HTC One Max, and the Samsung GalaxyWhateverHasIt) there could come a strong demand for it. That would mean the technology would have to become faster, cheaper, and far more reliable. But it could get there, and nothing drives innovation quite like consumer demand.
At least, I hope that's what happens. Because, at the end of the day, I'm a technology buff. I would love biometric scanning to become a standard in today's society. I'd love to leave my key ring at home. It scratches up my phones anyway. I would love to see this tech implemented in a wide variety of areas. The aforementioned door locks, and car ignition systems, but also computers on a wide scale, even the doors at work. I'm not saying we want to go all Gattaca here and start scanning hair follicles before first dates, but there is potential here.
What about you? Do you feel the fingerprint scanning on smartphones could lead to bigger and better things? Will it be a gimmick or passing fad and never gain any traction? What would you like to start/turn on/open/lock with your pinky? Sound off below in the comments and let us know.


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Commonly associated with tornadoes and severe thunderstorms, hailstorms rain balls of ice in varying sizes to the ground, damaging cars, houses, buildings, and people. The damage can vary from negligible to severe. If you're unsure about what exactly to do when a hailstorm strikes, this article offers some tips to help.
1Keep an eye on the weather before a hailstorm strikes. While it is difficult to accurately predict a hailstorm, they are most commonly associated with severe weather such as tornadoes and thunderstorms. Check your local newspaper or weather channel for the daily forecast, and plan your schedules accordingly in the event of severe weather.
2Take shelter indoors. Get inside a sturdy house or other building. As soon as you hear thunder and lightning, the threat for hail is possible. Open-sided structures such as bus stops and baseball dugouts are not safe as they are completely exposed to the elements. Being caught outdoors is extremely dangerous during a hailstorm, as you could be struck with or bludgeoned by falling hailstones.
3Protect yourself if you are driving. Motorists should pull off to the side of the road, away from trees or other areas where debris could fall, and stay undercover until the storm has passed. Hailstones, especially large ones, can easily crack or shatter a car windshield. If you can get to a nearby parking garage or other sturdy, covered structure, do so.
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- If you are outdoors during a hailstorm and have no shelter to seek, lie flat in a low ditch with your hands protecting your head. It may be a very unpleasant experience, but it may help save you from injury.
- Have up-to-date homeowners and automobile insurance in the event that your house or vehicle is damaged by the storm. Hailstorms cost millions of dollars in damage each year.
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2013-04-08 - ABB and Fortum, an energy company operating in the Nordic countries, Russia, Poland and the Baltics have taken an important step towards self-healing grids with a pilot installation in a grid area in Southern-Finland. With ABB's innovative solution virtually all earth faults could be located in extensive field tests. Earlier it was impossible.
ABB's fault detection technology and applications are now in test use in the Masala substation. The tests have indicated that with the integrated grid automation and substation automation solution most of the grid faults can now be located and isolated and power quickly restored into the operable parts of the grid.
"This unique smart grid solution is a big step towards a self-healing grid" says development manager Antti Kostiainen from ABB.
"Earlier it has not been possible to locate earth faults in isolated networks in real time. Instead they have been located through manual sectionalizing. According to the field tests, the new system finds faults with a probability of almost 100%," says development manager Dick Kronman from ABB. Almost 70% of distribution grid faults are caused by earth faults.
Control for transient earth faults
Earth faults in overhead lines are electric discharges or arcs between the conductor and the ground, typically caused by a fallen tree, an animal or a lightning.
According to Kronman, ABB's solution is unique in the sense that it can also locate short transient faults, which are most commonly caused by a tree branch, which has dropped on the conductor or is touching the conductor due to wind or snowfall. Transient earth faults are typically cleared by reclosings, ie, power is cut for less than half a second and is then automatically reconnected. In a society full of electronic devices the reclosings cause a lot of harm and damage.
Previously it has been very difficult to locate transient earth faults, and if repeated, they usually cause a permanent tripping of the feeder. Thus they also decreased the power quality.
"Ideally the fault can be located even before the outage and even before the transient fault can be noticed. Permanent faults can therefore be effectively predicted," says Kronman.
Large field tests
ABB's latest technology and applications were tested in Fortum's substation in Masala. The relays of the substation have been completely renewed with the latest 615 series in the Relion family. In addition, the automated grid utilizes wireless communication from Viola Systems.
The new solution was extensively field tested in June, with 100 different types of faults induced in the Masala grid area, 97 percent of them being earth faults. Faults were induced in four places: near the substation, in the midway of the feeder and at the far ends of the feeder.
"We can now locate the fault with the accuracy of 1-2 kilometers, which is sufficient for grid operators to find the right isolation zone," says Kostiainen.
The Porkkalanniemi grid area in Kirkkonummi is demanding: the area is windy and vulnerable to storms, and it is not easy to install underground cables in the rocky terrain. The goal of Fortum and ABB is to significantly improve electricity quality in comparison to the current situation.
From research to products
According to Dick Kronman, the success of the Masala field tests is a remarkable step towards a self-healing grid, and it proves that smart grid deployment is proceeding. The system is now in test use and the long-term goal is that the system will automatically locate the faults, isolate them and restore power to the remaining grid.
The system is based on the IEC61850 standard and the network is isolated without earth fault compensation. In the next step ABB will pilot a solution for compensated networks together with Fortum.
This pilot is part of a five year research program called "Smart Grids and Energy Market, SGEM" funded by TEKES, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation and coordinated by CLEEN Oy, the smart research and technology network.
"The field test proved that the system and the new algorithms are really working. ABB has decided to productize the technologies used in the pilot. In the future we will offer them as commercial products which can clearly improve network solutions," says Kronman.
The pressure from society to enhance the reliability of electricity distribution has constantly increased. Regulator authorities are developing models, which incentivize grid operators to reduce the outages.


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Last New Year's, my husband Art and I were fortunate to be able---and wise enough---to go to a seminar by Byron Katie. (and if we had the disposable income right now, you better believe i would be right back there again this year, paying for anyone and everyone who wanted to join the party!) The first day began with a welcome and a worksheet, asking us to write down the name of someone who had "wronged" us, how they had wronged us, and what we wanted to say to them that would most certainly make them understand how wrong they had been to wrong us in the first place! before i even started writing, i was laughing...if this was the first exercise of the 4-day seminar, i was certain the name i wrote down would NOT be the one "wrong" by the end of the seminar! I was right about that...that person wasn't even "wrong" 10 minutes later!
Byron Katie is someone who has "been there," struggling with insecurity, depression, and dwelling on harmful, toxic perceptions of herself, the world and the people in it...she has been paralyzed by guilt and shame and fear...and she learned---and practices regularly---and teaches others how---to turn those life-destroying thoughts around, to give LIFE-GIVING thoughts a throne's seat i her mind and spirit...what we THINK of everything and everyone is our only ONE, TRUE REALITY...and we have a choice about how and what we are going to think...
Byron Katie has free worksheets and videos on her website, she has downloadable sessions with people there, too, they will make you laugh and cry and celebrate life and others! she has videos on YOUTUBE as well...one of her refrains "is it true?" As we close out 2012, i encourage you to check out her story and her philosophy and her practice, and to find your own life-giving answers to the question "is it true?" about the life-destroying thoughts we can think each and everyday without even being aware that is what they are, living unaware of their grave ripple through our lives...below is one of Byron Katie's blogposts...i am so happy to share her with you...i am so grateful she is on the planet sharing LIFE with others...
"Become mindful of how often your conversations focus on the past or future.
Be aware of the verbs you use: was, did, will, are going to, etc. To speak of the past in the present is to reawaken and recreate it fully in the present, if only in our minds, and then we are lost to what is present for us now. To speak of the future is to create and live with a fantasy.
If you want to experience fear, think of the future.
If you want to experience shame and guilt, think of the past.
Just focus on the dishes in front of you.
"Doing the dishes" is a practice of learning to love the action that is in front of you. Your inner voice or intuition guides you all day long to do simple things such as doing the dishes, driving to work, or sweeping the floor. Allow the sanctity of simplicity. Listening to your inner voice and then acting on its suggestions with implicit trust creates a life that is more graceful, effortless, and miraculous.
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Cherished Memory #23 – Being in my sister, JoAnne's wedding.
It was July 1963. I was eight. My sister, JoAnne was getting married and she asked me to be her flower girl! I was SO excited. I got to have my own bouquet and had shoes dyed to match my dress. I had some dorky bow in my hair but that didn't matter. I'm the little one right in front!


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The Best Wollongong Catering Companies
There are many people out there that would benefit from Wollongong catering. For those who may not know, Wollongong catering is a professional service that will see a company provide chef-prepared foods for a function, party, or event. It is not uncommon to see some companies offer additional services such as desserts, drinks, and party equipment hire. Organisers who implement these kinds of services are able to kick back and enjoy their own party while having peace of mind knowing that their guests are well-fed. They are able to impress guests with the delicious food that is provided while also ensuring that people are receiving necessary sustenance. This can be especially important for events that can run for many hours or even all day such as training or networking events. Organisers are able to save on setting-up and packing-down time because a professional Wollongong catering company is able to do this for them. Furthermore, it can be vital for everything to be just perfect at certain events such as a wedding, and so leaving the food in the hands of the professionals can often be a wise move. As there are so many benefits to implementing professional catering services, this website was designed to act as a comprehensive guide to all of the amazing choices of catering services in the Wollongong area. Let's dive in.
How to choose the best Wollongong catering company for your needs
The truth is that every event will be a little different. One person may be organising an opulent wedding with many guests whereas another person may be having a casual backyard wedding. While both events will be just as important as one another, both will be completely different. They will likely have different music and different decorations and so will require different foods. Because of this, different people will need to find different Wollongong catering companies to match their needs. To make life easier for those who are searching for the best company possible, they can simply visit this website and browse through the different options in the Wollongong area. What each option will have in common, however, is that all of their offerings will be of high-quality, their services will help organisers save time and money, and they will be offering a completely professional service. This means that not only will the food be great but also the customer service and experience overall.
Why food is so important
While, of course, food is only truly necessary for nutrients, there are traditions and celebrations that have included food for literally thousands of years. Almost everyone has a fond memory associated with food whether that be trying something fantastic on a holiday or cooking scones with a grandparent. Food can elicit a sense of comfort, socialness, belonging, and joy. Furthermore, chef-prepared food can make a great conversation starter as people love to share their positive experiences with other people (which is why there are so many food bloggers out there). As different foods can elicit different feelings and senses in people, it only makes sense to find the perfect food choices for any special event. And as all of the information that you need can now be found in one handy place, there is no reason to not look into professional Wollongong catering today.


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Once upon a time, I was a drama geek. No kidding. My husband still teases me about it to this day. My sophomore year of high school I got cast in my first murder mystery. I had a total of six lines and I died before the second act. It was enough to get me hooked. I had been dancing for years so I was already in love with performing, but acting was a whole different game. You got the opportunity to be a completely different person, and for anyone else who can sympathize with being an awkward teenager, that was very appealing. I jumped into every show I could manage and took any opportunity to be on stage even if it was only for a second or two. Fast forward a few years and the opportunity to perform like that is much more difficult to manage with life and a family, but I still look for any way to be involved especially if I can bring a camera. When my old dance company, Danson, the student run group at Idaho State University, approached me about a s special project they were doing, I immediately jumped on board. Chicago was going to be a collaboration between Danson and the Old Town Actor Studios. They wanted to garner as much community support as possible which meant they would need some publicity photos and I knew the perfect location. We started out with a solo studio shoot with the gorgeous and oh so talented Lindsay and then brought the entire cast together in the Historic Hotel Yellowstone for the group pictures. It was such a pleasure to be a part of this wonderful project. Enjoy!
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Psychological Well being America Of Central Carolinas, Charlotte, NC
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Immediately, 11 ministries across authorities ship a patchwork of programs and services for psychological health and addictions. In 1966 by the advice Mental Health Advisory Committee, Ministry of Health, Government of India, NIMHANS commenced Division of Psychiatric Social Work started and a two-yr Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatric Social Work was introduced in 1968.
This article focuses on the more common psychological diseases; illnesses like eating disorders and schizophrenia , which are less frequent but maybe fairly devastating to the life of the particular person with the situation, are omitted.
Communicates the vital message that psychological well being providers, treatment for substance use disorders, and recovery help companies make it possible for these with psychological and substance use disorders to lead healthy, rewarding, and productive lives.
The Psychological Health Review was led by a committee co-chaired by Dr. David Swann, Leader of the Alberta Liberal Occasion, and MLA for Calgary-Mountain View, and Honourable Danielle Larivee, now Minister of Youngsters's Providers, and MLA for Lesser Slave Lake.
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Every year google invite students from across the length and breadth of India to design their version of our logo. This year they give young doodlers the chance to be goodwill ambassadors representing India. lets the participants get creative in envisioning what they think would best describe 'India's gift to the world'.You have seen a number of doodles grace the Google India homepage, here's your chance to choose the next one. You can vote your favorite google doodle which will come to next home page of google.
- First go to this link and hit the Vote for Doodle buttons button. Next page will open to you and there are more google doodles designs waiting for your to vote.
- Select your favorite doodle and click the Vote for this doodle button.
- There are 45 finalist divided into 3 different types of category class1-3, class4-6, class7-10 you can vote 3 category
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I am very excited to announce the launch of a unique program and partnership between my alma mater, Columbia Business School, and Techstars NYC. This new program will take advantage of our organizations' shared home in New York City to provide students with a unique blend of world-class educational programming and real-world experience.
Managed by the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia Business School and with oversight provided by the center's Director, Vince Ponzo, the Lang Scholars Program embeds a second year Columbia Business School student in each of the incoming Techstars NYC 2015 Fall Class. A total of fourteen hand-picked, high caliber Columbia Business School students are matched with each of our equally high caliber 14 Techstars NYC Fall Class.
Participating Columbia Business School students benefit from this program by having a front row seat into the hectic and rapid pace of an early stage startup and in the process, determining if such a career path is for them. In addition, these MBAs are able to call upon their MBA caliber education and previous work experience to make a direct, tangible impact at their matched company. Finally, Lang Scholars have an unprecedented opportunity to build their networks by being members of the amazing Techstars programming, environment and ecosystem.
For our fourteen Fall Techstars NYC companies, the benefits of gaining an extra pair of hands and having access to the experience and education of world-class MBA students will no doubt be an added advantage to them as they continue to scale. And for many of these fast growing companies, the possibility of adding a Columbia Business School MBA to the team, one that can hit the ground running on day one, is another huge plus.
For us, this initiative allows Techstars to further its vision of making entrepreneurship more accessible by encouraging students to consider entrepreneurship as a viable career path.
I am so excited to see what this synergy brings over the next three months and look forward to keeping you updated on its progress.


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This headboard is stylish and sophisticated and looks fantastic in a Master Bedroom or Guest bedroom. The Damask shape gives it a classical look that is timeless and will certainly give your bedroom that the wow factor. This headboard looks fantastic in any of our velvets or cotton/linen fabrics. This headboard is 100% Irish made. The standard height of this headboard is 36". This headboard also has an additional 7" mattress panel. . Customers can request an additional 5 or 10 inches if desired when using one of our plain fabrics.


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It's Cinco de Mayo in the US and in Mexico it's May 5th and a Saturday. There are parades and taco eating contests in the states that border Mexico, but in Mexico - crickets, because it's not a holiday.
But I'll take the tacos, and enchiladas and the carne asada the guacamole, because I love all of that. There are parts of the US where finding quality Mexican food means you cook it yourself. When in Washington DC, I found that the Mexican restaurants were all populated by immigrants (legal/illegal) from El Salvador. And the Mexican food sucked because it was actually El Salvadorian food.


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By selecting the Runner Overview option on the left-side menu, you can compare the runners' total number of races run and total distance run in races, with an icon denoting the leading runner with the highest totals.
By selecting the Mutual Races option, you can compare the runners' results from one race in which they all participated. The leading runner, or the runner who finished first among the group, will have an icon denoting this next to their official time.
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Police authorities found over ten-million bahts worth of goods after raiding Klong Thom Centre shop in Bangkok, sex toys, vapors, electronic cigarettes and shisha pipes were among the illegal items seized
Illegal traders were arrested and taken to Plappla Chai police station for questioning, they could potentially face a five-hundred-thousand baht fine or up to five years in prison for selling illegal imports.
More than one-hundred police were involved in the raid, aswell as trading standards and consumer protection people.
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Over 50,000 #MyBritain Tags.
More than 6,000 Followers.
Almost 330 Posts.
It's been quite a year for The Brit Crowd's Instagram account!
So many fabulous photos by an incredible group of photographers – capturing Britain at its finest, from the beautiful white shores of Cornwall, all the way up to the stunning and rugged islands of Scotland.
But which photos of Great Britain did you like the best?
The Brit Crowd takes a look back at five of the most popular photos as voted by the Brit Crowd Instagram community.
Where: Holy island of Lindisfarne in Northumberland
Who: Nicole Coffee (@koheephoto)
Cool fact: Holy island has a history that goes back as far as the 6th century and is around 1 mile from the UK mainland and is accessible at low tide. However many ignore warnings of high and low tides, and on average 1 car a month has to be rescued from the causeway!
Story behind the photo:
"We spotted Lindisfarne from the motorway, stopped to take a look from the coast, and then continued on our journey.
A castle on a rock mound out in the North Sea makes for an interesting site! We made it one of our stops on our next visit up to Edinburgh and Glasgow.
"It's a beautiful and serene place with plenty of history and interesting bits to see and do".
Where: Castle Stalker, Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe, Argyll
Who: Dom Paul (@dominicbpaul)
Cool Fact: This beautiful castle is located 25 miles from Oban and is privately owned. If you fancy visiting this fort you will need to apply online for the trip on a boat to the island – with tours for up to 12 people limited to 1 a day.
Story behind the photo: "I was touring the Scottish Highlands for the first time and was keen to visit all the landmarks and historic castles. Castle Stalker stood out, quite surreal really, the way it is isolated on an island".
Where: Eilean Donan Castle, Loch Duich, Scotland
Who: Julie Campbell (@jules_c_70)
Cool Fact: It has been described as the romantic icon of Scotland. Eilean Donan Castle is situated on a small island in Loch Duich – and is one of the most photographed buildings in Scotland, if not the UK!
This shot is rather unusual as it's of the bridge leading to the castle, rather than the castle itself – but you can see that it's just as impressive!
Story behind the photo: "Eilean Donan Castle is one of me & my husband's favourite places to visit & quite often in the better weather we like to camp not far from it… you can't beat waking up to a view like that!"
Where: Canterbury, England
Who: Abdul Quayum (@monsurphotography)
Cool Fact: This rather famous and beautiful city is surrounded by stunning Roman walls and visitors to this city spend hours wondering the quaint cobbled streets and waterways that adorn this incredible place. The cathedral is one of the biggest draws for visitors – it's been on this site for over 1,400 years.
Story behind the photo: "As i was walking along the bridge i saw the river and boats which captured my eye and i knew it would be a great photo which captured everything what this city has to offer".
Where: Edinburgh, Scotland
Who: Josh Ahmed (@joshahmedphotography)
Cool fact: Did you know there are 5,000 listed buildings in Edinburgh? The architecture across this fascinating city is stunning. 2016 is the year of innovation, architecture and design in Scotland, and the perfect chance to explore the city's streets! From the medieval old town to the stunning modern Scottish Parliament.
Story behind the photo: "I took this photo as I was so drawn to the way the bridge framed the evening sun's rays.
I was on the way home from work and very much in a rush, I paused to enjoy the view for a moment before continuing to walk away.
As I walked away, I felt I had to turn back to take this photo on my phone. I couldn't let the moment pass without it being captured".


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Garmin Nuvi 760
Update: As is the case with most of our reviews, we purchased the 760 off the shelf, from a local retail store.
With the possible exception of the 770 which includes European maps, the Garmin Nuvi 760 is the flagship GPS of the Garmin auto line. It has nearly all of the advanced features GPS connoisseurs look for, a widescreen display, Bluetooth hands free calling, live traffic reporting, and an FM transmitter. It also comes with a hefty price tag. If the success of the Nuvi 660 is any indication, the 760 is almost certain to be a winner. We've dedicated a few full days of quality time with the new Nuvi 760, and here is what we found.
Physical Design
The Nuvi 760 is a beautiful GPS device. Maybe not quite as sexy as the TomTom 720, but we'll still take her out. A few immediate differences are seen from the previous top of the line 600 series. First, the face of the device is black. To me, this is an improvement over the previous Nuvi devices not simply from an aesthetic point of view, but it also makes the screen appear slightly easier to read against the high contrast surroundings. We've talked about the color of your GPS before and this is a tiny but welcome change.
Another improvement over the 600 series is that the flip-up antenna is gone. No more pulling up the antenna to activate the GPS chip. It does seem to take noticeably longer for the 760 to get a GPS signal each time we turn it on compared to our 300, and 600 series Nuvi devices. Across the top of the device is a slider which turns the 760 on and off, and can serve as a "hold" switch causing the device to ignore touch screen input. That feature can be especially handy for pedestrian use. On the left side is a headphone jack and SD card slot. The maps are loaded in an internal memory so the SD card slot is only needed for additional map coverage or multimedia files, should you desire. Along the bottom is a USB port for connections to your computer, as well as the power/mount connector. On the back is also a connector for an external GPS antenna, should you need one, but you probably won't.
Update: People have asked for a more specific definition of "noticeably longer" signal acquisition time compared to the 300 and 600 Nuvi series. My 300 and 600 series devices will typically connect within 10-20 seconds while the 760 typically takes 20-30 seconds. It is a noticeable difference, but not significant.
I've nocked countless devices in the past for having connectors on the bottom which tend to make it difficult to mount the GPS very low on your dash. However in this case the power connector (part of the mount) only sticks out about 1/4 of an inch, so this isn't much of an issue. While that bottom location also is where the "eject" button for the mount is, you can take advantage of the ball and socket joint in the mount to angle the GPS up to access the eject button if your GPS is mounted very low on the windshield.
In typical Garmin fashion, the mount and hardware design is nearly perfect. The mount is compact making it easy to stow, the ball and socket joint in the mount is perfectly tensioned for easy adjustability of screen angle, yet it holds tight enough to not bounce around on rough roads.
The power adapter for the car also serves double duty as the FM TMC traffic antenna. This is simply brilliant. The last thing I need is one more cord hanging around my dash… especially one with multiple suction cup mounts that just scream "Expensive GPS hidden in this car!". Integrating the traffic antenna with the power cord eliminates a dash full of spaghetti cable and one less accessory to forget taking with me. Before using one of these combo cords I was concerned that it might not have as good of reception as a separate cord stuck up on the windshield, but I've found with this and other Garmin combo power/antennas that the reception has been just fine.
Of course the only way to make the traffic receiver even better would be to incorporate it into the device itself so I could still get traffic on trips less than 4 hours (estimated battery life) without needing to take the traffic adapter. But still the traffic solution offered with the 760 does beat the competition when it comes to convenience and other devices that have built in traffic receivers haven't had great reception.
Perhaps the best part of the newer Nuvi devices is the screen. The screen is incredibly bright, brighter than just about any other GPS on the market. These newer screens (as compared to the early 300 series for example) are so bright it is the only GPS I've ever considered turning down the brightness from the maximum setting. Text is crisp, and extremely readable.
We would have liked if the Garmin 760 came with an AC adapter, but in all fairness most other GPS companies are skimping on this accessory as well. While most of my trips are short enough to do without a power cable, you may still want to take the power cable with you since it doubles as the traffic receiver.
Routing to an Address
As you can imagine, I frequently get friends, neighbors, and relatives asking to borrow GPS devices. When someone who has never used a GPS device asks for a loaner, I often (but not always) hand them a Garmin. The reason is that they are dead simple to operate.
Navigating to an address is really simple. Power on -> Where to -> Address -> State -> City -> Street Number -> Street Name -> Go. But to be picky, there are a few things I'd like to see changed. I prefer to enter the street name first, then number. And why, oh why, does nearly any GPS on the market today not know that I type "NY" in the state field I want…… you guess…. New York! Again, in fairness most other GPS devices on the market are equally dumb and don't understand state abbreviations. Instead I'll just keep having to type N-E-W-Y-space-Y before it knows what I'm taking about.
Again, being really picky, there are two other things I don't like about the Address entry feature. First, after selecting the city and town there is only one street in my town that begins with the letters "Mon", yet I need to enter two more characters "Montg" before it will show me that one result. The second is that it isn't at all accommodating if you make a spelling error. A few other devices on the market are much more elegant when it comes to spelling mistakes.
More people have recently begun to ask which GPS devices support QWERTY keyboards for address entry. The Garmin Nuvi 760 does offer a QWERTY option for you fast thumb keyboarders like myself.
Finding POIs
Finding POIs is just as simple. Where to -> Points of Interest -> select a category, a sub category if applicable, and then look through the resulting list. A nice bonus is that the list will tell you which direction the POI is in relative to your current location. The font size used is good and big, however we would prefer (again, being picky) that the address not be shown on this list instead making room for one more item on the list before you need to scroll. Once you click on a POI the address is shown, making it somewhat redundant in the POI list. Once you find the POI you are looking for, click 'Go' and you are on your way.
And we still would like to be able to view POI icons in the 3D map/navigation display, something that other devices have offered for quite a long time.
Multi Destination Routing
It took a few years, but Garmin finally heard the cry and has given us Multi Destination routing without the need for a big old bulky StreetPilot device. Thank you, thank you, thank you! To create a route with tons of points in it go to Tools -> Routes -> New. From here you can add a starting point, an end point, and lots of points in between. I haven't yet tried to hit the limit on how many points you can add to a single route, but I've been told it is 50. If you need more than 50 points you should probably look into some sort of commercial navigation system anyway. 🙂
After you've entered in your starting point, your ending points, and intermediate points you can calculate the route and go. You can manually reorder the points in the route, or have them "optimized" by using the 'Optimally Reorder Points' function. Yes, the Garmin Nuvi 700 series does include the highly sought after "route optimization" feature many people are looking for. I've always been upset with a few GPS manufacturers who offer a feature called "Route Optimization" but it is really "route sorting" where the list is sorted from closest to furthest away, which is often not the most efficient order. However once again, Garmin gets this right and the feature they call 'Optimally Reorder Points' is in fact true route optimization.
Note that through the Routes feature, you can now also plan routes in advance by setting a starting location other than your current location. In most other Nuvi devices you could only do that through a complex work around which involves disabling the GPS and then browsing the map to find your starting location. Not anymore! So when would you use this feature? Next week I'm going to a trade-show. I want to know now how far it is from the airport to my hotel. And I might want to plot out a route from the hotel to the convention center. With most of the other Nuvi devices it was an unbearable workaround to get that information. Now I can just take advantage of the Routes feature to set my starting location as a POI (the airport) and then my destination as another POI (the hotel) and preview the route.
As mentioned above, integrated into the power connector is a FM Traffic antenna. Here you can connect to The Clear Channel Total Traffic Network (TTN) to receive live traffic information as it pertains to your route. While we've put quite a few miles on our 760, we haven't yet spent a ton of time in traffic. While we've been in an area covered by the traffic service, we haven't been able to spend time in rush hour traffic to give it a run. However there are not too many unknowns here. The TTN is used on quite a few devices, so we know the service works fairly well. And we can say that we were able to get a connection to the traffic network where a few other devices had dropped in "fringe" areas, so the reception appears to be fantastic.
You don't need to turn anything on to activate the subscription. Once the GPS is plugged in and it finds a traffic report, the ticker starts on your three month trial subscription. After that the subscription costs $60 annually.
Detours, Excluding Specific Roads
The Detour function on the Nuvi 700 series unfortunately still leaves quite a bit to be desired. I don't think it does what most people would expect from a detour function. For example recently I was driving back home from a conference and the trip was about 150 miles. About five miles after leaving I came across an accident where the road was blocked. I wanted to know the best way to get around the block which I could see was about 1/4 – 1/2 mile in distance. With most other GPS devices if you use a detour function you can specify how far out you want to avoid. Hitting Detour on the Nuvi however will just create an entirely different route all the way to the destination. Not quite what I needed. 🙁
Note too that what I experienced seems to conflict with what the User Manual says what should happen:
The nuvi attempts to get you back on your original route as quickly as possible. If the route you are current taking is the only reasonable option, the nuvi might not calculate a detour.
What the manual seems to describe is what I wanted it to do. But instead it calculated a new route for the next 145 miles that didn't touch any of the previous roads in the all of the way to the destination. I also wish there was a way from the Maneuvers list to "exclude" one of the items in the route.
Update: Subsequent testing shows that what the Detour function is doing is in fact similar to the other Nuvi models. What it does is basically detour around the next road segment. When I was testing it I was on a long, limited access highway. I thought it would (and should) take me off at the next exit, and then get me back on one more exit further. However it excluded the entire highway. Still not what I'd hope for out of a Detour function, but it does seem to match what the manual suggests and previous Nuvi operation.
In the 'Next Turn' bar at the top of the screen gives you a list of all of the upcoming maneuvers in the current route. I really want a button on the right side of this list that says "exclude", "delete", or "remove" that would create a new route avoiding that road or intersection. Yes, I could accomplish the same thing with a via point or a Route, but it is nowhere near as convenient.
Where the hell did I park?
One of the other new features in the 700 series could only be called "Let me scratch my head look around and see nothing that resembles my car in this parking lot." Instead of getting out the remote on your keys and trying to "light up" your car, you can use your GPS to find your car. The premise is simple. When you remove your Nuvi from the mount it will remember the coordinates where it was when it was separated. Then later as you are looking for your car you can go to 'Where to' -> 'Favorites -> 'Last Position' and it will help you guide you to your car. Clever, simple, and only you will know how often you might use it.
The navigation screen hasn't changed much over prior Nuvi versions. The top still has a Green bar with the Next Turn information. At the bottom left is your estimated arrival time, bottom center takes you to the Menu, bottom right shows the distance to the next maneuver, and there are zoom buttons at the top left and top right. I still miss not being able to easily answer someone when they ask me "how long before we get there?" Of course I can look at the estimated arrival time and compare that to the current time. I also wished that the screen would zoom in a little more when there are side streets. Sometimes "straight ahead" isn't always obvious and in densely packed streets that are not always parallel and perpendicular it is sometimes necessary to zoom in to find which way I want to go. There are nice big zoom buttons though so it isn't too big of an issue.
Some of you older Nuvi users will notice something else on the screen, a speed limit graphic. When you are driving on a road where the Nuvi knows the current speed limit, that information will be displayed. Most of the limited access highways we drove included speed limit information while most of the city streets did not. But when driving in an unfamiliar area it is nice to just look down and see what the limit is rather than just wondering to yourself when it last was you saw a speed limit sign.
While looks aren't everything, the Nuvi series devices including the 760 have a beautiful, easy to read map. The colors are vivid, and the font anti-aliasing and shading of elements makes many other devices look like they were drawn by a kid with crayons. What we don't like as much is that those beautiful graphics seem to come at the expense of a slower screen refresh rate. In contrast to other devices on the market your car icon tends to "hop" down the street a bit more rather than gracefully slide. However you won't think much of that issue if you haven't compared it to other faster devices and I don't find that it inhibits on navigation.
Voice, TTS
As would be expected in a device of this caliber, Text to Speech is offered. The voices haven't changed that I can tell from previous Nuvi devices. I can hear them just find, however other people have complained to me that the TTS voices are difficult to understand and they end up using a non TTS (recorded) voice for their navigation. I didn't have any trouble with the TTS voice.
The voice prompting frequency and instruction types were similar to other Nuvi devices. In general we found the prompts to be frequent enough, yet not to chatty in most environments. At highway speeds however (say 55 mph and above) we would have liked to have had much more advance warning of upcoming turns and exits…. say once at 2 miles out and then again at 1/2 mile out. When not watching the map and relying on the voice prompts, you might not always have enough time to switch as many lanes as you need to at highway speeds.
There is also an FM transmitter in the Nuvi 760. You can select a station yourself or, in a leg up on the competition, you can have it scan through and try to pick the best station for you, then reporting back what station you should tune your stereo to.
While FM transmitters sound great on paper, be prepared that they don't always work well. Depending on where in your vehicle the antenna is, what type of an antenna it is, and the availability of "open" stations in your area– your results may vary. In my testing the FM transmitter worked on par, no better and no worse) than most other FM transmitters out there. This makes sense because the output power is regulated by the FCC and they are designed to put out as much power as possible. I've seen some FM transmitters underperform or outperform others, possibly due to the antenna location within the device, but the 760 appears to be on average with most devices.
In my car I needed to set the volume about twice has high in my stereo as I would ordinarily set it at and there was a bit of static I could hear while the Nuvi 760 wasn't speaking its sweet nothings to me. I was able to drown out some of that static by having the 760 sing some MP3 music files to be in between navigation instructions.
Don't believe what you hear salespeople say in stores about "Bluetooth is Bluetooth, if your phone has Bluetooth of course it will work with this GPS." Check the compatibility charts to make sure your phone is supported. Once paired, you can use the 760 to place calls to numbers in your Phone Book, POIs, or dial manual numbers. You can also receive calls through the 760. Like the FM transmitter, your results will vary depending on the phone you have.
We found that the phone book transfer option was much, much faster than on other competing devices, requiring no waiting at all. The same goes for the call history list. The phone call sound quality was marginal– which is about as good as can be said for most GPS devices unfortunately. The tiny speaker and tiny mic just never leads to outstanding sound quality. However the convenience of dialing through the GPS rather than the phone and being able to directly dial POIs as you navigate to them might outweigh the marginal sound quality.
Purchasing Guidance
Quite simply, it is really hard to go wrong with the Garmin Nuvi 760. It offers a great package of features including Bluetooth hands free calling, an FM transmitter, included and semi-integrated traffic receiver, Text to speech, and multi destination routing in a product that is physically very well designed and attached to a mount which is second to none. While we have a few gripes with the interface here and there, the issues are small and often amount to little more than personal preference. A product like this has great expectations and is held to a higher standard than many others.
As we mention with almost every Garmin product we talk about, the biggest thing that might cause someone to look to another product is the price. The MSRP price when announced was $857.13. You can find other GPS devices which offer similar features nearly half that amount in some cases. We've seen it advertised at around $700 in some places, however you can still find other devices with similar features for nearly a couple hundred dollars less. But you do get a product with a great set of features and few flaws.


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