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Apocalypse – No! Book Chapters
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- Culture War, Class War – Book 1
- Apocalypse Emergency – Book 3
- Apocalypse No – Book 4
- Ch 1 Strange Days
- Ch 2 "Ain't Born Typical"
- Ch 3 Perinatal Media
- Ch 4 – 21st Century, Its Discontents
- Ch 5 Birth Wars, World Woes
- Ch 6 Healing Crisis
- Ch 12 Through Gaia's Eyes
- Ch 8 Derailing War, Violence
- Ch 9 Regressions in the Service of Society
- Ch 10 Cultural Rebirthing, Where Lies Hope
- Ch 11 Control vs. Surrender
- Ch 12 Atman Projects vs. Surrender Solutions
- Ch 13 Peaceful Warriors, Silly Heroes
- Ch 14 To Move the World
- Afterword: Shamans … Scapegoats
- Wounded Deer and Centaurs – Book 5
- Prologue: For Earth's Sake, Get Real
- Chapter One: We Are a Fever
- Chapter Two: Ain't Born Typical
- Chapter Three: Projecting the Perinatal Zeitgeist
- Chapter Four: 21st Century and Its Discontents
- Chapter Five: Prenatal Imprints of Our Unnatural Self
- Chapter Six: Prenatal Oxygen Hunger and Fire
- Chapter Seven: Civilization and Apocalypse
- Chapter Eight: Return of the Centaur
- Chapter Nine: Prenatal Hunger Games
- Chapter Ten: "Bad Blood"
- Chapter Eleven: Prenatal Irritation-Revulsion
- Chapter Twelve: Toxic Womb ~ Toxic World
- Chapter Thirteen: Perinatal Printouts of Generations
- Chapter Fourteen: Birth Wars ~ World Woes
- Chapter Fifteen: The Unsung Consciousness Revolution
- Chapter Sixteen: Eden Arise, Call to Centaurs
- The Great Reveal – Book 6
- Experience Is Divinity – Book 7
- Falls from Grace – Book 8
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- *Apocalypse NO: Apocalypse or Earth Rebirth & the Emerging Perinatal Unconscious* (2013) by Michael Adzema. (complete book, with my compliments)
- belief/religion/ritual *keep real* feeling *from happening*. They also keep truth from happening. They keep spontaneity and authenticity from happening. Therefore, when religion breaks down, all truth is liable to break loose.
- "your position on the abortion issue is the closest thing to a military uniform indicating on which side of the culture war you have enlisted" and what generation you are most likely from: Sixties & Millennial Generations Versus Gen X, and WWII and Fifties Gens
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- We learned, early in our lives, the world could not be relied on. We began an ever-increasing mistrust of it, which manifested, critically, in our relation to Nature. Control came in to fill the gap of mistrust that lay between need and satisfaction.
- the Universe has already experienced such apocalypse, now just a red planet…. It was much more fun, filled with life, creative divine noises, and manic whacky Chaplinesque movements, sounds, color, laughter… Instead,why not a hero's tale, billions of heroes…
- Republicans' intention is to cobble the ordinary person's power to get out from under the inexorable increase in their clearly felt suffering as the years go by. For this suffering and the helplessness about it is crucial to the directors' success.
- And so it began, with the blissful knowledge of Unity with All That Is turning psychotically into "I AM the Unity, I am all that is." So it went. I don't know why. But then there is that thing about it all being about greater wisdom…
- People *Are* Dying from Oxygen Deprivation … even the minute changes in our global atmosphere on the whole are having pervasive and dire consequences…
- this idea of getting more power at the cost of others' suffering — whether a "beast," an enemy, a slave, a prisoner of war … or one's own son — is rooted deeply in our cultural practices from the times of early civilization.
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We need help with some documentation and video training for end users as we will be migrating them from windows 7. Does anyone have any official videos and/or "cheat sheets" from MS? All i could find was random youtube videos and they aren't really appropriate for the workplace because they're asking for subs and all these silly photos, commentary making jokes, etc. It would be really nice to just have something official from Microsoft.
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Urolithiasis (Cystine) in Cats
Urolithiasis is described as the presence of stones or crystals in the urinary tract. When these stones are made of cystine -- a normal compound found in the body -- they are referred to as cystine stones. These stones can also be found in the kidneys and in the tubes connecting the kidneys to the animal's bladder (ureters).
Urolithiasis is primarily found in adult cats, and the Siamese and Domestic Shorthair breeds show the highest likelihood for cystine stone formation. Fortunately, the stones can be dissolved and removed without surgery in most cases, giving the animal a positive prognosis.
The condition described in this medical article can affect both dogs and cats. If you would like to learn more about how this disease affects dogs, please visit this page in the PetMD pet health library.
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Typical symptoms can include pollakiuria, dysuria, and an abnormal flow of urine (post-renal uremia).
The exact cause for urolithiasis is not currently known. In some cats, however, the inability to process proteins or amino acids has led to the development of cystine stones.
Ultrasounds and X-rays are often performed to determine the size, shape, and location of the stones, helping the veterinarian come up with an appropriate treatment regimen. A urine test can also detect the presence of stones.
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RTB: It's not about a Race To the Bottom
RTB has been at the centre of many digital and programmatic conversations over the past 12-18 months.
Fundamentally, most people in media, when thinking or speaking about RTB, focus on the 'B', the 'bid' or the 'buy'. This reduces the concept to simply being about the price that advertiser pays for each impression.
In this scenario, we are presented with an auction, where the buyer simply tries to pay as little as possible per impression. The practice of buying media in an auction has become defined by the transaction.
The net result is that the goals of everyone that participates – buyer, seller, content owner – have become secondary in importance to the pricing of the impression. In this environment you can empathise with the premium publisher perspective who, in the main, see programmatic buying as simply a Race To the Bottom. .
My view of RTB is that the buying bit is the least important part of the equation. Yes, every impression needs a price, (that's media folks) but the really powerful element in programmatic buying is the real time element.
It's the ability to layer data, and hence insight and value, onto each and every impression before determining which is the most appropriate ad to be served. This is transformational for not only RTB, but how we can assess, decision and execute in all media.
By adding 'understanding' to the equation, we turn the answer from one of price, into a question of value because not only are we able to better decision which consumer is served which ad (based on their interests), but also that the publisher gets the maximum value (based on the quality of their audience) and the advertiser gets the best possible return (by reaching the right type of person).
By layering data and insight, at both an impression and publisher level, we also have a powerful argument against the accusations that RTB is all algorithm and no emotion. Effective deployment of RTB should include data that helps us to determine not only characteristics pertaining to the viewer, but also editorial context and content semantics, thereby ensuring that the correct ads will appear in the correct editorial environments for the most effective outcome.
The key to delivering this effectively is to be able to manage all of this insight and data to real time decision.
Additionally, and specifically addressing a point that was raised in a conversation I was involved in last week, RTB is not a 'dumb' function that blindly pursues impressions in isolation. It is very simple to establish campaign rules in RTB, ensuring that campaign flight weights are delivered, that daily weights are managed, that day-part requirements are fulfilled.
In many respects RTB is the pinnacle of campaign control, assuming of course that human inputs that establish the campaign parameters are error free in the first instance.
If we continue simply to focus on the 'B', then we will understandably fail to encourage premium publishers to participate, and as such, market growth will be inhibited, largely restricted to remnant and the preserve of those few publishers with an abundance of supply.
The damage that this misconception creates applies to video, display and rich media but is particularly pronounced in the video space due to restraint on good quality supply. Programmatic buying has the potential to allow us to add understanding at scale for the first time to the way we reach consumers.
The "decisioning" bit is the crucial bit, because that's what adds value for consumers, publishers and advertisers.
By focusing purely on the B in RTB we are failing to correctly articulate the benefits for everyone in the system that programmatic can enable.


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Oregon, June 2017
Seven sets of Oregon parents who believe in faith-healing have faced criminal charges in the death or illness of their children in the last decade, but the most recent case carries the harshest accusation yet: murder.
Sarah, 24, and Travis Mitchell, 21, have been held in jail without bail since June 5 pending trial on charges of murder and first-degree criminal mistreatment. Their twin daughter, Ginnifer, died in March. The other twin girl survived after a medical examiner and Oregon City police officers urged family members to take her to the hospital.
The couple could face life in prison if convicted. They have pleaded not guilty to their charges.
The circumstances of their daughter's death parallel what happened eight years earlier when Sarah Mitchell's sister also gave birth and her son died. […]
Oregon once had broad faith-healing exemptions, said James Oleske, an associate law professor at Lewis & Clark Law School and an expert on religion and law. But lawmakers have since cracked down, including removing spiritual treatment as a defense for all homicide charges in 2011.
– Source: Murder case against faith-healing parents hinges on question of 'recklessness', The Oregonian, July 2, 2017
Idaho, February 2017
In Idaho, parents are allowed by law to shield their children from medical care, even when faced with potentially life-threatening illnesses or injuries, in lieu of prayer or faith-healing.
Idaho is one of six states in the U.S. where religious exemptions are allowed in the deaths of minor children, protecting parents from possible negligent homicide charges. This means if a child dies because they weren't treated with medicine, the parents are not legally held responsible.
One local religious group that eschews most forms of modern medicine is the Followers of Christ.
A former member of the church tells KTVB that because prayer is the only remedy used in the church, children are suffering and dying of preventable and curable ailments.
KTVB obtained over a dozen autopsy reports from children of Followers of Christ members that have died since the early 2000s. Causes of death in those reports included flu-like symptoms, food poisoning, pneumonia, and still births. […]
The Idaho Legislature has been challenged on the issue of faith-healing since passing religious shield laws that protected parents who objected to medical treatment in the early 1970's.
Over the last decade bills have been drafted to repeal those laws by several state senators and representatives, but none of them ultimately received hearings. […]
– Source: Joe Parris, KTVB, Canyon County sheriff, coroner bring opposing views to faith-healing debate, February 26, 2017
Followers of Christ Church
The majority of Followers of Christ members are located in Oregon, a state that did eventually take legislative action to prevent faith healing-related child abuse.
On March 10, 2011, the Oregon House approved a bill that would remove legal protection for parents who choose faith healing over medical intervention when treating their children. [The bill was signed by the Governor, and went into effect, on June 9, 2011]
The legislation comes in response to an Oregon City church, the Followers of Christ, that has a long history of child deaths even though the conditions from which the children died were medically treatable.
The 'Followers of Christ Church' (sometimes referred to in the media as 'Followers of Christ' or 'Followers of Christ church'), is located in a suburb of Portland, Oregon. The church has branches in other states as well. The ones in Idaho are frequently in the news regarding preventable child deaths.
The church's extreme faith healing beliefs and practices have left a trail of dead children in its wake.
Members who — usually in secret — see a physician or use medicines are shunned.
A Cult, both theologically and sociologically
The church is considered to be a cult, both theologically and sociologically. Theologically Followers of Christ Church is a cult of Christianity.
The church was founded in the early 20th century by the Reverend Walter White, a preacher who led a congregation which broke away from a Kansas church of the same name in the 1940s. White died in 1969, and the church has functioned without a minister since then.
Former church members say White was a prophet with a tyrannical side. From his pulpit he would rebuke congregation members, often making them stand and confess their misdeeds to the entire group. He captivated his congregation with powerful sermons, often slamming his Bible to the floor, shaking and clapping, and speaking in tongues.
"Walter became a Christlike figure," said one former member who asked not to be identified. "People believed the only way to get to God was through Walter White."
– Source: Followers' roots reveal numerous splinters, Mark Larabee and Peter D. Sleeth, The Oregonian, July 6, 1998
The Followers of Christ Church is not affiliated with other churches that use the same name. But splinter groups of the church are found in Oklahoma and Idaho.
In 1998 the church was believed to have some 1.200 members.
Ex-member Suzi Shumaker — who was born into the Followers of Christ Church in 1973 and was an active member until 1994 — writes in her blog:
Nobody can join our church; the way in is through the direct descent of one of the people the church's primary prophet, Walter White, had baptized before his death in the 1960's.
There is no way into heaven for those not baptized by Walter. The older ones tell us that we may have a chance to get in since our parents or grandparents were baptized by Walter. But for us, there is no assurance of salvation.
I don't know the reason for most of the rules and practices, except that we are God's chosen people. We are the only people on the planet who follow God's word. Every other church is practicing "false prophesy."
In 2008 an ex-member who remained in touch with some of the church members estimated membership to be at 2,300.
In a 1998 article titled, "Faith or Healing?", TIME magazine said:
A series by the Oregonian newspaper announced that of 78 minors buried in the graveyard over 35 years, 21 "probably would have lived with medical intervention, often as simple as antibiotics." If so, the cemetery may represent one of the largest concentrations of faith-healing-related fatalities in decades.
– Source: Faith Or Healing? David van Biema and Dan Kray, TIME, Aug. 31, 2998
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Micheál Donoghue hails Galway's composure and resilience
The myth and the truth of Galway hurling combine as Tribesmen sink Waterford
Micheál Donoghue celebrates with Galway supporters after his side beat Waterford to win the All-Ireland SHC. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
So this is what happens when all the myth and the truth about Galway hurling combines. An All-Ireland title to finally close that gaping hole in the generation and yet won by players and management chasing no other destiny except their own.
After days like this, the only team they should be measured against is themselves, and still it's impossible to separate them from those 29 years of teams of in between. A title for the here and now, and also the there and then.
In a game that ran from trap to line, came down to the proverbial wire, Galway were nothing but deserving winners – kicking inside the homestretch like a dream miler, without even a parting glance over the shoulders. It was a perfectly judged act and performance, the only doubt about the end result now was how Waterford stayed in it for so long.
In keeping with that – the here, and there – manager Micheál Donoghue paid immediate tribute to the players and management that came before him, as well he might: only when history judges this team on their own merits only his name will be attached to it.
"It's an absolutely unbelievable feeling," said Donogue, realising more emotion, and certainly joy, than at any point in his now two years in charge.
"And I said it for the last couple of months, I am in a privileged position here today, being the manager. It would be very remiss of me not to mention all the previous managers that have gone before me, that have helped nurture and develop these players."
(Okay, he didn't actually mention them): anyway.
"And it's similar for the players, who have represented Galway since 1988 and particularly in the last few years, some great players have gone through.
"It has been a huge collective effort, but the squad that we have presently, we have been saying it for the last couple of months, since the Wexford game, these boys have taken huge ownership and I think any management team that is in situ is trying to develop a team and a squad that take ownership and they have done it for the last couple of months.
"They have been questioned and doubted so many times, even in the build-up to the game, there were still references that they were chokers. Nobody came out and said these boys showed huge resilience and today, we knew coming up that we were in with a serious chance.
"And I think preparation from the semi-final to today couldn't have gone any better for us. And I said it the last number of weeks to the lads, their experience was shining through."
Experience counted though, especially when Waterford managed to steal an advantage early in the second half: other Galway teams might have doubted themselves, but not this one.
"We had a few setbacks in the first-half but the character and unity and everything that is built in this squad was shown in abundance," added Donoghue.
"I thought we started pretty well, we went four or five up and then Kevin (Moran) got their first goal. But we still showed a lot of composure, where we a point up at half-time? The message at half-time was that we were doing okay, we knew that we could always increase the work-rate and our shape against their puck-outs. Any message or any direction we gave the players, they took it on board.
"They took huge ownership themselves in the dressing-room, at half time, and showed a huge desire to finish the job. And thankfully, they did."
It was said, astutely so, that Galway would probably need goals to win this: instead 26 points, 19 from play, sufficed: "Look, that's down to the quality of players that we have. Throughout the whole year, we have encountered different systems and different sweepers and the lads always had the capability of shooting from outside. It was about ensuring that we had the right lads out the field that were very capable of taking scores. Thankfully, that paid off.
"But I think we got a great start and once the confidence starts growing, and the belief gets bigger and bigger in the players, they are not afraid to shoot. But to shoot, you have to capable and we certainly have those players.
"Ah yeah, obviously they went ahead but I think the game at that stage was nip-and-tuck. We were still in it and we got one massive turnover down the Davin End. And the biggest thing from my perspective is the leadership and the character that these boys showed when the game was there to be won, and the desire they showed. The ownership they took, I can't speak highly enough of them and today they got the just reward."
Family success
For Joseph Cooney, who now matches the feat of his father before him, helping Galway to only a fifth All-Ireland, the spirit of the team went far beyond the 26-matchday panel, but rather the 34-strong panel, all of whom were brought onto the field for the pre-match photograph.
"Huge credit to Michael, and the lads, I was delighted to see those 34 lads come out for the team photo, fully togged. That's a huge mantra for me in the GAA. I've never experienced that before, with previous managers, and I suppose that's what we brought. We were in a bubble, all 34 of us in the one direction, and only for that I don't think we would have got over the line.
"They've put the trust in us. We've been calling the shots since early in the league, the boys put huge ownership on the players on the field, and we said look, we have to drive this. So every training session everyone is going in the same direction, keep going, full belief in one another, grind it out.
"This is everything I've ever dreamed of, the joy, this group of lads, put everything on the line, see each other at the finish and just embrace each other, a feeling we will never forget. Over-riding joy, hard to describe."
Two last words, to Tony Keady, their 1988 All-Ireland winner who died last month, and to Niall Donohue, Cooney's former team-mate who took his own life in 2013: "They gave us an extra boost," he said, "I'm sure they were looking down."
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Cats Are the New Dogs — Two Years Later
Two years and four months ago, I posted this article on my blog, stating "Cats Are the New Dogs." Now it seems as if my prophetic words are finally coming true. Both The Cut and style.com have declared cats to be in style.
Of course, this probably all comes back to me and my tremendous influence on fashion and popular culture. It just takes everyone else a while to come around to what I've been saying all along. I can oraculate all day long, but until someone has become a devoted disciple of mine, I can understand why they would be reluctant to take my advice. Nevertheless, they should take my advice. You should take my advice.
As this episode proves, I'm waaaaaaaay ahead of my time.
Is Canadian TV Going to Get Any Better Any Time Soon?
A little bird wrote me the other day to point out that "Project Runway Canada" would not be coming back to Global. I already knew that, having read the TV Guide article linked above back in May. However, three weeks before that article ran, Shaw Communications Inc. announced that they were purchasing CanWest Global's television assets.
This week, an Ontario judge approved the sale. Following some hearings set to begin in September, it looks as if the Canadian television industry is going to have a new kid on the block.
What does this mean for Canadian TV? Hopefully it means that someone with a little creativity and vision is entering the market. Global has had a stranglehold on many of my favorite reality television programs. Those programs have national versions in countries where rabbit-eared televisions are probably run on electrity provided by burros walking on treadmills connected to makeshift generators. Yet we have almost nothing.
CanWest Global has shamed all of Canada with its lack of creative content. Satisfied to sit on a pile of money that their father left them, the Asper family barely capitalized on the reality show trend at all. I'm sure they cited "budgetary considerations," but reality TV has reshaped the television landscape and created media empires that actually make money. Simon Cowell, Nigel Lythgoe and Mark Burnett were virtual nobodies just a decade ago. Now they could buy and sell the Aspers a dozen times over.
Where was Canada's version of "Big Brother" during the Asper's reign? Where was "Survivor"? "The Apprentice"? What about original content? I remember a two-bit station in Edmonton in 1979 that was producing episodes of "SCTV," a show that would go on to win Emmy Awards. What happened to that station? Well, it stopped producing creative content when it became part of the Asper's empire.
In my opinion, the Aspers singlehandedly ruined the Canadian television industry. Hopefully, Shaw can bring it back to life. And if they do, there may be hope for another season of "Project Runway Canada." Don't count it out just yet.
April 1997
Cover: April 1997
Context: "Anaconda" starring Jennifer Lopez premieres on April 11. On April 27, Andrew Cunanan begins a killing spree which would culminate in July with the murder of Gianni Versace. "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" by Puff Daddy featuring Mase spends the entire month atop the Billboard Hot 100. On April 30, Ellen Degeneres' character comes out of the closet on her sitcom "Ellen" with an audience of 42 million viewers.
Points of Interest: Cover model Leanne Spencer was Ford's Supermodel of the World in 1996. Previous winners had included Monika Schnarre and Tricia Helfer.
What Tyra Would Say: "Leanne's eyebrown arch reminds me a lot of Christy Turlington, who probably learned her signature move from watching me."
What Auntie Fashion Says: A supermodel of the world, Tom Ford for Gucci, an economically-designed, arresting cover — what's not to love? I'll put this one in my top five "FASHION" covers of all time.
Grade: A+.
Happy Birthday, Dean Cain
Happy birthday, Dean Cain. I've decided to launch my own spandex unitard line, and I'm looking for a celebrity spokesman. Can I count you in?
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Mariska Hargitay & Hilary Swank
Happy birthday, Hilary Swank. I like to spend my birthday with a rich friend, too, walking down the street and laughing at the poor people.
Bring Back American Style!
I watched "Network" last night for the umpteenth time. It's one of my favorite movies and it never gets old. In fact, it gets more relevant every day.
What I noticed last night that I've never really noticed before is what a breath of fresh air Faye Dunaway's wardrobe is. For the last decade or so, fashion has been influenced mostly by Milan and Paris. Dolce & Gabbana, Roberto Cavalli and DSquared's over-the-top dresses on Brazilian bombshells defined the first half of the past decade, while the forced French chic of Lanvin, Louis Vuitton and YSL has defined the second half.
While the excess of the previous decade has many editor-types praising the sort of minimalism being presented on the runway by Phoebe Philo at Chloé, I'm not completely buying into her vision of the future. Yet there were notes in her recent resort collection that had me singing her tune. Was she getting her head out of Paris and coming back to New York for inspiration?
Perhaps she was. New York in the late 70s was the place to be. There was not only Faye Dunaway, but also Diane Keaton in "Annie Hall." Everyone seems to return to Studio 54 for 70s inspiration while the classic sportswear of the time gets passed over. But there was a lot more to New York in the 70s than Bianca Jagger in Halston, including easy proportions and 24/7 wearability that provides a perfect counterpoint to all the idiotic cocktail dresses that have defined the past few years in fashion.
I'm ready for the return of simpler, occasion-appropriate clothes, even though I don't want to see anything resembling 90s minimalism. 70s-style sportswear, on the other hand, would be wonderfully refreshing — like that first breath of air when you get off the plane in New York City. Okay, maybe that's not the best example.
Happy Birthday, Martina McBride
Happy birthday, Martina McBride. Your Wikipedia page calls you the "Céline Dion of Country Music." I also know what's it like to be constantly compared to others. Some people call me the "Vikki Carr of Fashion Blogging."


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Release Notes - ARCHICAD 13 Hotfix -Build 3835
for BIM Server and ARCHICAD
This Hotfix includes important fixes for bugs discovered since the original release of ARCHICAD 13 (Build 3000). It also includes a BIM Server fix that is important for avoiding a problem of BIM Server not starting after applying hotfixes of any modules. This hotfix is required for an ARCHICAD 13 BIM Server to coexist on the same machine as a multi modular ARCHICAD 14 BIM Server. If you have a BIM Server carefully read the installation recommendations in the appropriate section.
It applies to all components: ARCHICAD, BIM Server, BIM Serve Manager, EcoDesigner, Virtual Building Explorer, MEP Modeler and all other GRAPHISOFT-distributed Add-Ons and Goodies. It applies to all (Commercial, Educational and Trial) license types.
Table of Contents
- About the installer
- Important Note for Teamwork users
- Installation steps
- Troubleshooting
- BIM Server installation recommendations and list of related changes
- List of bugs fixed in this Hotfix
- Download this Hotfix
- Download previous Hotfixes
About the installer:
the Hotfix process will automatically search your computer for instances of three applications (in this order):
- ARCHICAD 13 (including MEP Modeler, EcoDesigner, and all GRAPHISOFT add-ons)
- GRAPHISOFT BIM Server (including the BIM Server Manager, automatically installed along with the BIM Server)
- Standalone BIM Server Manager (This refers to the standalone BIM Server Manager, a separate application for remote-controlling a BIM Server from a computer where BIM Server is not installed. This application can be optionally installed from the ARCHICAD 13 DVD.)
If ARCHICAD 13 and/or the standalone BIM Server Manager are found to be installed on your machine, you can choose to either update it or not.
If the BIM Server is found to be installed on your machine, it will be automatically updated if it is not up-to-date.
If ARCHICAD 13 is already up-to-date, but one of the ARCHICAD components (e.g. MEP Modeler or EcoDesigner) is not, the installer will indicate this and you can choose to update it.
Important Note for Teamwork users:
Working in Teamwork requires that client ARCHICADs, the BIM Server Manager and the BIM Server all have the identical version number (or "build number").
If you are running a client ARCHICAD whose version number is different than that of the BIM Server, you cannot continue working in Teamwork until the same hotfix is installed for the BIM Server. (The same is true for all the other client ARCHICADs working from the same BIM Server.)
Therefore, if you decide to update either a client ARCHICAD or a BIM Server, be aware that you must update all clients and the BIM Server so that they share the identical version number.
For offices working in Teamwork, the hotfix process should be centrally managed by the CAD manager or other designated manager, to ensure that all components are updated in sync and that no Teamwork user is left with a program version having a different version number.
Installation steps:
- Make sure you have administrator rights on the computer. Make sure none of the ARCHICAD components are modified (e.g. renamed). If you are updating a BIM Server, also make sure that you are logged in as the user who installed it originally.
- When you run the hotfix package, the process will automatically search your computer for instances of the three applications listed above. For each of these applications found on your machine, you will be informed of its hotfix status (either "is up to date" or "can be updated").
For ARCHICAD or Standalone BIM Server Manager:
- If you have multiple copies of either ARCHICAD or the standalone BIM Server Manager on your machine, then the installer will automatically find one copy. If you want to update a different instance, you can use the "Browse" button to locate it. You will need to run the installer multiple times to update each copy of ARCHICAD / BIM Server Manager.
- If the installed ARCHICAD or standalone BIM Server Manager is found to be not up-to-date, you also have the option not to update it: click "Don't update [program] now."
The update of GRAPHISOFT BIM Server works a bit differently:
- If a BIM Server is found to be installed on your machine and is out of date, it will be updated; you have no option to skip the update, unless you cancel the entire Hotfix process.
- Only one BIM Server can be installed on a machine, so there is no option to browse to a different program location than the one identified by the program.
- Just before the hotfix is launched, the Summary Panel displays information on which programs, in which locations, will be updated.
- If the program to be updated (ARCHICAD 13 or BIM Server Manager) is running on your machine, you are prompted to leave the hotfix wizard and close the program before continuing. In contrast, during the BIM Server update, the process will automatically stop your BIM Server. Once the hotfix is complete, the BIM Server will again be started up. During this interval, users working on a Teamwork project housed on that BIM Server will be offline and cannot access the server; they cannot send and receive changes, until the BIM Server starts up again and the clients are once again online. If you want the BIM Server to start automatically with the operating system, check again the "Start BIM Server with Operating System" checkbox in the BIM Server Preferences dialog.
TroubleshootingInstaller is damaged and can't be opened on Mac OS X
In certain cases OS X will give the following error when you try to mount a GRAPHISOFT provided dmg downloaded from the Internet:
If you are upgrading from build 3000/3013, and you have manually installed the Artlantis 3 Add-On, then please remove it before installing this Hotfix - as this Hotfix will install the newest version of the Add-On.The file you need to remove is: 'Artlantis Render Studio 3 Out.apx in /Applications/GRAPHISOFT/ArchiCAD 13/Add-Ons/Import-Export folder, which is redundant.'
BIM Server installation recommendations and list of related changes:
If you are hotfixing a BIM Server, we highly recommend creating a complete backup of the current setup due to the underlying complexities of this particular hotfix to the BIM Server. In this hotfix the folder hierarchy will be changed and this could be interrupted by external programs like virus checkers or indexers and could irrevocably ruin an operating teamwork setup. For this reason it would be prudent to create a copy of the setup and if the Project and Library folder (named: Attachments) are located in non-default places, a copy of those too.
- Stop Server
- Copy GRAPHISOFT/Bim Server and all folders beneath this to a safe place
- Copy the Projects folder to a safe place – unless it was already copied in step 2
- Copy the Attachments folder (libraries) to a save place – unless it was already copied in step 2
- Restart Server
- Start Hotfix
Migration tool (new menu item):
As part of a two step process ARCHICAD 13 teamwork projects can be migrated to ARCHICAD 14. With the application of this Hotfix the Teamwork > Project > Prepare for Migration menu item will display. It will become active when the client connects with an ARCHICAD 14 multi modular BIM Server.
BIM Server Directory Hierarchy Changes
If hotfix build 3600 hasn't been previously applied to the ARCHICAD BIM server 13 then this hotfix will rearrange the directory tree of the BIM Server starting from GRAPHISOFT/BIM Server. This could affect any backup scripts that are dependent on a given file hierarchy. For instance, if the default BIM Server Project Database folder and library folder (Attachments) settings were taken when ARCHICAD 13 was first installed, those folders will be found in a new location. The new locations will be:
GRAPHISOFT/BIM Server/Attachments
GRAPHISOFT/BIM Server/Projects
Please check that your local backup scheme is not confused by the directory changes that will be made.
If the default project database folder and library (attachments) location settings were not taken during the installation of ARCHICAD 13 then the location you specified will be preserved during the application of this Hotfix.
After applying this hotfix you need to change service names you might have used in backup scripts:
TeamworkServerManager with TeamworkServerManager-v13.0
TeamworkMessagingServer with TeamworkMessagingServer-v13.0
TeamworkServerMonitorService with TeamworkServerMonitorService-v13.0
The server name is defined in the preferences panel of the Bim Server. If the computer's name is used as the server name then the Custom name will instead of being blank become filled in with the computer's name.
List of bugs fixed in this Hotfix:
- 115988 DOCUMENT: Associative dimensions are not up-to-date in the "auto-updated" drawings
- 108408 DOCUMENT: Publisher dialogue gets hidden behind the organizer window
- 116181 EDIT: Choose Story dialog does not display floor numbers lower than -99
- 116581 FILE/PROTECTION/CRASH: After Java update 3 for Mac OSX has been installed Saving XLS file from Interactive Scheduler, Publishing files to Internet, borrowing licenses from CodeMeter protection key, Saving/publishing to PDF format causes crash and crash report cannot be sent to GRAPHISOFT
- 116357 TEAMWORK: "Receive Error" message appears after particular steps of using grid lines in elevation by different teammates
- 113871 TEAMWORK: ARCHICAD crashes consistently if only one user logged in into a TW project
- 116072 TEAMWORK: BIM Server does not start properly after applying AC 14 Hotfix and manual start is needed
- 115271 TEAMWORK: In some situations BIM server uses more memory/disk space then absolutely needed
- 111901 TEAMWORK: Serious error occurs at Send and Receive with project containing nested hotlinks after a series of steps containing Breaking hotlink, Save, Updating hotlink and Undo
- 119499 TEAMWORK: Xref may disappear after Send and Receive
- 116417 TEAMWORK/CRASH: When opening particular project
- 116063, 115862 TEAMWORK/DOCUMENT: Dimension is misplaced in a drawing on a layout. Fixing it and S&R, a new user gets back the same wrong result


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This is a how-to-video which demonstrates techniques to find the median of number in a series. This demonstration takes the following example.
Example: 7 day forecast
SAT – 58, SUN – 61, MON – 61, TUE – 55, WED – 53, THU – 61, FRI – 54
The 7 day forecast example we will be finding the median of the forecast degrees. When we are looking for median of a series we are looking for the middle of the number. As in this example, 55 appear to be a median of in the series but it is not. To find the median in the series we have to rearrange the numbers from smallest to largest.
Median = number in the middle
53, 54, 55, 58, 61, 61, 61
Crossing out numbers from each side left to right until you are left out with one number in the middle.
This is the median of the series. In this case the median is 58.
To find the median of a set of numbers:
1) Put the numbers in order from least to greatest (small to large).
2) Take turns crossing out numbers from each side until you are left with one number in the middle.


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New FH-Series Vision System from Omron Introduces Unique Lighting Solution to Improve Defect Detection
Industry-leading automation solutions provider Omron announces the release of a brand-new lighting technology that automates advanced defect detection and uneven color inspection as part of the latest iteration of its powerful FH-series vision system.
Hoffman Estates, ILL., October 15, 2018 – Industry-leading automation solutions pioneer Omron Automation Americas has developed a unique technology that can automatically detect small defects and subtle changes in color with great sensitivity. It can also simultaneously detect defects with different characteristics.
One of the key technologies in this powerful vision solution is an advanced lighting technology that changes illumination angles, directions, and colors depending on the specific characteristics of the object under inspection. Known as "Multi-Direction Multi-Color" (MDMC) Light, this innovation takes the automation of quality inspections to a whole new level.
The new vision system is designed to meet the growing demands for exceptional quality that are putting pressure on manufacturers to detect all scratches and other defects on products, no matter how small. Furthermore, today's labor shortages are making it especially difficult to recruit enough visual inspectors to successfully complete all the necessary inspections without automating at least part of the process.
While conventional vision systems have typically been unable to match the capability of the human eye for certain defect detection tasks, the FH series has surpassed this performance threshold with the MDMC Light technology and Photometric Stereo Illumination. Manufacturers can take advantage of these solutions to see small and subtle defects and maintain a high level of inspection quality.
The illumination pattern of the MDMC Light is flexible using the "Scene Switch" functionality incorporated into the software. Even if inspection items are added or modified to meet changes in demand, there is no need to add or adjust illumination. All that is required is a simple change to the illumination pattern.
In addition to the introduction of the MDMC Light, controllers and cameras in the FH series have been upgraded to quantitatively detect and measure minute variances while managing the inspection results. The enhanced controller's processing speeds are twice as fast as conventional models.
To help with regulatory compliance in pharmaceutical and other industries, the FH-series vision system can store all inspection results without hampering productivity thanks to its fast processing speed and high degree of synchronization with automation systems via a communications network. The results can be stored directly to a database using the machine automation controller over EtherCAT® and can be output in combination with inspection image data and key inspection information.
Omron is committed to solving manufacturing issues with unique and comprehensive solutions, and the new FH-series vision system is designed to ensure stable manufacturing quality and boost productivity. By automating quality inspections with a system that can match and even exceed the capabilities of human vision, Omron makes it easier than ever before for manufacturers to pursue remarkable enhancements in productivity and quality control.
To learn more about the product, click here.
About Omron Automation
Omron Automation is an industrial automation partner that creates, sells and services fully integrated automation solutions that include robotics, sensing, motion, logic, safety, and more. Established in 1933 and currently headed by President Yoshihito Yamada, Omron's 36,000 employees help businesses solve problems with creativity in more than 110 countries. Learn more at omron247.com.
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The medical bill of Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke has been paid for by donors worldwide, according to a statement released by her family's publicist.
Following Burke's death on Thursday, two fundraising websites had been set up by the skier's agent, Michael Spencer, with the goal of raising $550,000 to help the family cover "the enormous cost of Sarah's recent medical care and to provide for other arrangements."
As of Friday evening, donors had raised $249,396.
"Because of the donations in the last day, it is now clear that Sarah's family will not have any financial burden related to her care," Nicole Wool, the Burke family's spokesperson, said in a statement issued Friday.
The fundraising goal appears to be significantly more than the actual medical costs.
"Based on early estimates, total charges for Sarah's care are expected to be approximately $200,000," Wool said in the statement.
According to the statement, the family has yet to receive a bill from the University of Utah Hospital, where Burke died following more than a week of intensive care.
Further contributions to the Burke fundraising websites will be "used to establish a foundation to honour Sarah's legacy and promote the ideals she valued and embodied," Wool said in the statement.
Burke, who was 29, crashed on Jan. 10 in Park City, Utah, while training in the halfpipe at a private event organized by Monster Energy Drink.
The Olympic gold-medal hopeful and four-time Winter X Games champion suffered irreversible brain damage after the fall because of a lack of oxygen and blood to the brain.
It's unclear what insurance coverage Burke had at the time of her death.
Wool was not available for comment and, when reached by phone, Spencer, her agent, declined to comment.
"I'm on the phone with my mom right now," he said. "I haven't had a chance to talk to my mom in three days."
He did not return calls.
David Pym, manager of the Canadian Snowsports Association, said any athlete competing in sanctioned activities has full out-of-country medical and disability insurance.
"We are an extremely safe sport because we are very anal about what we allow our athletes to do," said Pym. "What happened to Sarah is an absolute tragedy but an absolute rarity."
Burke's accident, however, happened at an unsanctioned event.
"This is the unfortunate part of this — it was third-party training activity that was being undertaken privately," said Peter Judge, CEO of the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association. "They have to ensure those mechanisms are in place for that time period and event."
Robert Hooper, director of client and financial services at Octagon, a management firm that represents athletes including swimmer Michael Phelps and halfpipe snowboarder Hannah Teter, said competitors in all major sports are usually required to carry their own personal disability insurance (to cover accidents) and life insurance (to cover death).
"When you look at someone's financial situation you want to make sure they have adequate disability coverage and adequate life insurance protection as part of their financial plan," said Hooper. "My take would be is that she (Burke) probably didn't have extensive insurance programs in place."
Some wondered whether Monster Energy Drink, which was hosting the private event, had any legal obligation to help Burke, one of their sponsored athletes.
Monster Energy Drink declined to comment.
"That's our policy for everything," said a Monster Energy Drink media relations agent who would give only her first name, Laura, for fear of being fired. "We don't talk to the media."
The company has yet to release an official statement.
With files from The Canadian Press


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IHAT believes that strengthening the existing health system is the best way to achieve sustained health outcomes at scale. It has develthese gapsoped a "theory of change" to guide its support to government in improving these health outcomes and providing techno-managerial support lies at the core of this approach.
IHAT transfers skills and knowledge to partners through embedded techno-managerial support, including hands-on orientation to gap analysis and prioritization; developing standards, systems and processes; monitoring and evaluation; and problem solving.
IHAT's specialists explain and demonstrate user- friendly solutions for technical challenges and impart innovative strategies and principles of programme design, implementation, and evaluation. Technical support is, thus, an advisory role and does not include direct involvement in programme implementation or execution.
Technical Managerial Support focuses on Identifying and prioritizing gaps in existing systems and practices, followed by providing hands-on support to health facility staff and frontline workers to resolve these gaps.


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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2004 there were over 4.2 million job related injuries and illnesses and over 5,700 on the job fatalities. The most common causes of work-related fatalities include highway incidents, falls, falling or moving objects. Common causes of non-fatal work-related injuries include falls and overexertion in lifting and moving objects.
If you are hurt while at work or on the job, you should notify your employer of your injury as soon as possible. In most instances, you should put the report in some type of writing and you should maintain a copy of the report for your records. You will also need to determine whether your employer has workers' compensation insurance. If so, you should report the injury to the insurance company. Sometimes an employer will ask you not to report the injury. This is a mistake and you should insist on reporting the injury. As with all injury claims, there are time limitations and filing requirements which need to be met if you are going to pursue a claim.
Often times these injuries an injured worker is covered by worker's compensation. Workers' compensation is typically provided by an employer to help an injured worker with his medical bills and lost wages. In Texas, absent special circumstances, an injured worker cannot sue his employer for its carelessness when the employer has purchased workers' compensation insurance.
Workers' compensation is often inadequate and does not provide the injured worker with enough benefits to fully compensate for the loss. However, in many situations, the injured worker's injury may have been caused by a third-party. In these situations, the injured worker can pursue both a workers' compensation claim and a lawsuit against the careless third-party (so long as the third-party is not the employer). Third-party claims allow the injured work to pursue his or her claims without the arbitrary caps set by the workers' compensation system.
Some employers chose not to purchase workers' compensation. In this situation, an injured worker has what is commonly referred to as a non-subscriber case. This means that the injured worker has a right to file a lawsuit against his or her employer (absent some type of binding arbitration agreement). The advantages to this type of case are that the injured worker will not be limited by the arbitrary caps established by the workers' compensation system. The disadvantage is that the injured worker will have to wait until the lawsuit is resolved in order to receive compensation.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a workplace accident, you should consult one of our experienced and aggressive workplace accident attorneys. In an effort to help you or your loved, the attorneys of Sutliff & Stout, PLLC are happy to speak with you free of charge to discuss your concerns and situation.


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Weather Reporting.
Read the attached document to see how to write your own weather report for Radio KPS.
You can also listen to a sample weather report read by Mr A.
Ideas welcome...
So you think you have an idea for some content on our radio station? GREAT!
Next step:
1. Share your idea with some friends and see what they think. Do they have any suggestions to make your idea even better?
2. Think through how you could make your idea happen. What planning would you need to do? What equipment would you need? How much time? Is it a 'one-off' production or a 'series' of programmes?
3. Write down your ideas to help you begin planning to make it happen
4. See Mr Ashcroft and tell him about it.
Ideas may include a 30 minute radio show that includes a few different things, or maybe a few short 1 minute recordings that can play at various times of the day. There are endless opportunities, so give it some thought, and give it a go!


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Assessing the present situation in Northern Ireland, David Stevens, the late leader of the Corrymeela community, noted that there is a prevalence of the peace of truce over the deeper peace of transformation where attitudes and relationships can be changed. The former is largely accomplished through the political means of the Peace Process, whereas faith and spirituality can help bring the shift from the peace of truce to a peace of transformation. The Rev. Dr. Ruth Patterson, the Director of Restoration Ministries, says how "any peace process will only become a reality when attitudes change". Attitudes can be changed gradually by building relationships with those who are different than us, by taking the risk to be open and vulnerable and by taking courage to inviting someone across the threshold of one's life or to risk stepping across theirs.
Dr. Patterson is a Presbyterian minister, the first woman ordained in any denomination on the island of Ireland, a woman of great depth and insight. Earlier this year she celebrated forty years in ministry. Northern Ireland, like many places around the world, has had a troubled past, but there have been people and organisations that have embodied hope and that have been instruments of healing.
One such person is Rev. Patterson, whose faith journey and calling were instrumental to the start of Restoration Ministries. Restoration Ministries is a Christian group in Northern Ireland that has been working for peace, restoration and healing since 1988. Before that, Rev. Ruth Patterson was a minister in a Presbyterian parish, and the decision to leave the parish in order to work full time in Restoration Ministries has been, as she says, the major crossroad in her life.
In Restoration Ministries there is a great emphasis on hospitality, prayer and listening, in other words, their approach is grounded in a deep Christian spiritual tradition. Public aspect of their ministry is reflected through Patterson's speaking engagements, and confidential aspect through listening ministry. Their listening and prayer ministry, where people can address painful memories in a confidential setting, has helped many to revisit and to an extent heal exiled parts of themselves. Their approach of listening, prayer and forgiveness fosters hope and nourishes inner life. As Ruth Patterson says, "people won't be able to move on until someone has listened to their story". The approach of Restoration Ministries is sensitive and not assertive, leaving each person to set the pace of how far and how deep they are ready to go on their journey of healing and reconciliation at a particular time.
The aim of Restoration Ministries is to help people to go at least one-step further and one-step deeper on their journey of life and faith. Ruth Patterson teaches that such going deeper is "an invitation to look at some of the things that prevent our journeying, our growth. It's an encouragement to dare to look at some broken places in our lives, at areas of hurt and disease, that is, places where we are not at ease". She explains, "it is in the area of the soul, that is, our minds, our emotions and our wills, that most of our difficulties arise". Patterson often speaks of the need for reconciliation between different communities in Northern Ireland. She says, "there are very few, if any, conflict situations in the world whose underlying cause stems from the present moment. Nearly always [it] comes from an ancestral drumbeat,where a sense of injury, injustice, or abuse, real or imagined, has lain unaddressed or repressed for a long time. In Northern Ireland and in this island as a whole, we are no strangers to such scenarios".
Lasting peace is the work of patience, and "also the fruit of love, for love goes beyond what justice can ensure" (Gaudium et spes). If, as Thomas Merton said, "the root of war is fear" then it is clear that long centuries of enmity cannot be mended quickly. Instead, it requires commitment to hope in furthering peace, which will ultimately promote and prepare a shared future for every citizen in the country. I think it would be fair to say that 99% of the people who come to see us in Restoration House have an issue with forgiveness".
Ruth Patterson has written a number of books. The commitment to reconciliation in Restoration Ministries is inspired by Jesus' own ministry of reconciliation. They embody a particular interdenominational spirituality. In order for an interdenominational meeting to be called 'ecumenical' there needs to be a reconciling intention present, and often that is implicit in what Rev. Ruth Patterson does and in what Restoration Ministries represent.
They foster a call to unity, not only through Patterson's speaking engagements and close cooperation with different churches, but also by the fact that Patterson's colleague in Restoration Ministries, Rose Ozo, is a Catholic. In all written documents Restoration Ministries state that they are non-denominational; this makes them an independent voice which aims to speak from a Christian perspective that is neither Catholic nor Protestant per se, but rather the one that embraces both by focusing on God instead.
In the journey of restoration and forgiveness, which are part of the reconciliation process, Patterson emphasises the importance of remembering. She explains that "to remember means 'to put flesh again on the past'. It is not that we should forget the hurt or the past, but that we honour it by a profound remembering". However, remembering itself cannot bring healing and is not sufficient in setting us free from being prisoners of the past. The means of healing and transformation is "the interpretative work a person does with memory".
Having skilled listeners to facilitate this process can help people heal and move on in life. Patterson recognises the need for inner reconciliation that each of us are invited to embark upon as we journey through life. She points out that "the biggest peace-making journey we will make is within ourselves". She Rev. Ruth Patterson says that "within most of us there is a desire, a hunger for meaning, for a deeper spirituality, for more of God. Ever so often on our earthly journey, we are gifted with moments of awareness, of recognition where the veil is lifted ...".
Memory often limits us to what we have experienced, good or bad, while hope focuses us on God and in Him we find limitless possibilities for ever new discoveries in life. The call to know ourselves as beloved of God is regularly emphasised by Ruth Patterson. She said, "if we would take that in", if we would really believe that we are deeply loved by God, "there would be no need for Restoration Ministries as we would know ourselves as loved, at peace with ourselves and with God". She states, "We are called in essence to be a bridge between the times. Between the world as it was and will be, between the Church as it was and will be, between Ireland as it was and will be.
Restoration Ministries through their work are also 'preparers of the way'. Their ministry while having a unique character with the focus on listening is grounded in the firm Christian Biblical tradition; they draw wisdom and encouragement from those who walked the path of faith before them. This is especially clear at the public gatherings where the Rev. Ruth Patterson shares reflections, usually illustrating some deep Christian values through unpacking the stories from the Scriptures.
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