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Fiber Optics Part 2: Single-Mode Fiber vs. Multi-Mode-Fiber
Written by Priya Maratukulam, Product Manager, Transceiver Modules Group, Cisco
In our previous post we described the phenomenon of total internal reflection and how it enables light to travel long distances down optical fibers. In this post we will discuss different types of optical fiber. The two main types are single-mode and multi-mode fiber.
As described in our previous post, optical fiber has the structure of a core surrounded by cladding. The core and cladding are both glass with different indices of refraction. The core of single-mode fiber is much smaller than that of multi-mode but the cladding diameters of both are the same.
Fiber optic transmission occurs because optical fiber acts as a waveguide. The light signals that are transmitted down the fiber create modes, or stable patterns, in which a wave can travel down the waveguide. The number of possible modes that can be transmitted by the waveguide, for a given wavelength of light, increases as the core diameter of the fiber increases.
Single-mode fiber has a core that is sized so that it only propagates one mode for a given wavelength of light. The maximum core diameter for single-mode transmission depends on the wavelength of the light the fiber is transmitting. For a given core diameter of fiber there is a cutoff wavelength below which the fiber will carry more than one mode, and above which the fiber will be single-mode. Typical single-mode fiber has a core diameter of 9 microns and operates at 1310 and 1550nm wavelengths of light.
When the wavelength of the light propagating down the fiber is shorter than the cutoff wavelength for a given core diameter of fiber, multiple modes can be transmitted. Multi-mode fiber has a larger core size than single-mode fiber. Typical cores sizes are 50 microns and 62.5 microns and a typical operating wavelength for multi-mode fiber is 850nm.
Older multi-mode fiber used low-cost light emitting diodes (LEDs) to transmit their light signals. One of the earliest multi-mode fibers, Optical Multi-mode 1 (OM1), has a larger core diameter of 62.5 microns. Optical Multi-mode 2 (OM2) has a smaller core size of 50 microns and a higher bandwidth. LED light sources cannot be modulated quickly, so in order to reach higher data rates, laser sources were required. Optical Multi-mode 3 (OM3) was developed to work with vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) that operate at 750- 850nm. Optical Multi-mode 4 (OM4) is also laser optimized but has a longer reach than OM3. Single-mode fibers require longer wavelength, 1300nm or 1550nm laser sources. These lasers are either Fabry-Perot (FP) or Distributed Feedback (DFB) type lasers.
Contrary to what you might think, the larger core size of multi-mode fiber does not carry as much data as single-mode fiber. We tend to think of larger pipes carrying more material than smaller pipes, but in the case of optical fiber the opposite is true. Multi-mode fiber has lower bandwidth than single-mode fiber. Effects such as modal dispersion and modal noise limit the amount of data the multi-mode fiber can carry.
Modal dispersion spreads an initial near-instantaneous edge of a pulse out over time when the light signal gets to its destination. This limits how quickly the light can be turned on and off and thus limits the bandwidth of the fiber. These effects also limit how far the light signal can travel down the fiber before neighboring pulses bleed into each other.
Cisco has transceivers that use both multi-mode and single-mode fiber. Some common transceivers that employ multi-mode fiber are SFP-10G-SR or SFP-GE-S. Some common transceivers that employ single-mode fiber are SFP-10G-LR and GLC-LH-SMD. In general, the transceivers whose reach is 1 km or less employ multi-mode fiber and transceivers whose reach is greater than 1 km employ single-mode fiber. This is due to the modal dispersion in multi-mode fiber described above. At higher data rates, the reach of multi-mode transceivers is less than 1km.
In our next post we will go into more detail about modal dispersion in multi-mode fiber.
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Vincent R Surillo
This is a great post that includes not just the multi-mode and single-mode fiber concepts, but also includes the fiber type specifics such as OM2 and OS2. All great information to have available, especially when attending Cisco Live and speaking with various vendors concerning fiber, TAPs, and transceivers.
Vincent R Surillo
Thanks Priya Maratukulam!
I've bookmarked this post for future reference. Again, great information!!
Pat Chou — thanks for the follow-up and all the responses to the questions regarding this post!
I have been promoting transceivers for quite some time. But i am still not sure, which kind of Cisco transceiver is going to be good for my system. Is Cisco Glc-sx-mm good or you can suggest some other one.
 Monika@cisco-glc-sx-mm
Thank you for an excellent post! Would you be able provide an example, or better yet, an analogy that explains modal dispersion?
One way to think about modal dispersion is using the ray model of light, since each mode has a characteristic velocity in step index multi-mode fiber, it's like different modes are distinct rays of light entering the fiber at different angles. Since each ray is traveling a different path this causes the instantaneous pulse to spread out over time. A good analogy is that of runners in a marathon race. At the start of the race the runners are tightly packed together crossing the start line. By the end of the race runners are widely dispersed and the gap between the winner and the last runner can be an hour or more. Here is a wikipedia article on modal dispersion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_dispersion
Vincent R Surillo
Excellent analogy!!
Very informative!


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The following update comes from Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO).
Conservationists are continuing to blockade an old growth forest logging operation at Granite Mountain in remote East Gippsland today. The blockade was established on Monday January 22nd, and has halted logging in the contentious area for seven consecutive days. Fifteen people are maintaining a presence on the site today, one person is positioned in a hammock suspended from a tripod structure that is blocking the access road to logging operation.
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One of the most fundamental behaviors that he picked up while he was there was the use of mental certainty.
He found that the athletes training there would put themselves into a state of absolute certainty before they performed their sport.
This internal certainty would help them overcome obstacles, plow through fearful situations and give them an edge while they were executing difficult maneuvers.
Certainty Is a Powerful Tool You Can Use
My coach learned how to create his own mental routines of certainty and then shared that knowledge with me.
But being in a state of internal certainty isn't only useful for high-performance athletes.
I use these learned routines of certainty anytime I need to perform — from speaking in front of large audiences to preparing myself for tough conversations with friends and family members.
If you have internal certainty, you'll become better at everything in your life.
You'll be more willing to take a stand when you're confronted with obstacles.
You'll take bigger risks when you need to because you'll no longer allow fear in your environment to dictate your actions.
When you become certain within yourself, you'll influence the people around you much more readily.
I have a friend who always says, "She who is most certain always wins."
This describes how she sells people on the ideas and programs that she's a part of. And she's VERY good at it.
How to Immediately Become Confidently Certain
The great thing is, you don't have to be born with internal certainty in order to have it in your life. Like a performance athlete, you can actually create it, anytime that you need or want it.
The skill of creating certainty within yourself can actually be learned. And, over time, it can become your dominant state of mind.
So how do you create a routine for internal certainty? I'm glad you asked.
Here's how I learned to become instantly certain of myself:
This needs to be a specific event. Even if it was a really long time ago, recall a time when you were supremely confident. It could be anything. As long as you felt confident and certain, it will work. Usually, the best situations to use are when you were prepared for something and new you were going to do well and did so. Even better are ones when you were performing really well at a sport or an instrument or on a stage.
If it was a time when you played a musical instrument, recall playing it as if you're doing it right now. Visual the whole experience in your mind and try to recreate the same level of thought and emotion. How did you feel? What emotions were you experiencing? You want to do this until you are in the exact same frame of mind as you were when you were performing so confidently. Relive that state of certainty in as much detail as possible.
You need some type of physical action that will remind you of this emotional state — a trigger to help you quickly replicate this internal level of certainty. A very simple one would be clenching your fist. All you need is something that will remind you. Some people have natural triggers that already represent this emotion for them. These sometimes consist of things like throwing their arms in the air or jumping up and down. Find one that you like to use and stick with just that one.
The key here is to repeatedly practice using your trigger to instantly recreate your emotional state of certainty. So, you'll want to visualize the event, feel the emotion, and perform the physical action over and over until your mind links them together. This could take you five minutes, fifteen minutes or a lot longer, depending on how good you are at getting yourself to reach the emotional state of certainty that you desire.
My suggestion is that you practice this every morning for five minutes. That will start your day off with some certainty. If you get into the habit of it, creating internal certainty will be as easy as performing the physical action that servers as your trigger.
Improve Your Life With Absolute Certainty
Imagine how much more success you will create in your life when you know you can instantly become absolutely certain of yourself in any circumstance.
- How much better will your relationships be if know you can be confident when it matters?
- How many more opportunities will you jump at knowing you can be perfectly confident when faced with a tough situation?
Trust me, you can do this. Follow the steps above and choose to win more often at the game of life. It worked for me and it can work for you too.
When you decide to live your life with certainty, what will you create?


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Abby's Story
Abby Rose's passion for art began as soon as she could hold a pencil. Her love for animals, particularly horses, inspired her to spend hours every day penciling in her sketch book. Shortly after turning fourteen, Abby attended her first pastel class with renowned artist, Leslie Harrison in 2010. She took to the medium instantly, thrilled with just how much detail the pastels allowed her to place into her work. It didn't take long before Abby's unique skill set began attracting attention from the public.
Her career as an artist began in 2011 when she was asked to paint her first commission; henceforth, her work has been steadily increasing in demand.
In 2016 Abby Rose was commissioned to paint the rodeo poster for Hollister's 84th Annual San Benito County Horse and Saddle Show. Her work has been spotlighted in Hollister magazines and newspapers.
The Heart Behind Heartworks
A perfectionist by nature, Abby Rose aspires to achieve excellence in all of her work; not only for her own name sake, but for the delight of her clients. Nothing excites Abby more than the opportunity to work with wonderful animals and their people to create a masterpiece.
As Abby likes to say, "I'm created to create".


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Stephanie at Just the 2 of Us tagged me for this one...so here goes:
You must share 10 honest things about yourself and then choose 7 other people to nominate this award to!
10. I am terrified I will never get married. People always tell me 'you are still SO young', however, at almost 27 that just isn't true anymore. And if I never get married....
9. I am concerned I will never have kids. I see all these celebrities pop out kiddos at ages well over 40, but I don't want my kids' friends to think I am grandma! I also know you get thrown into the 'high risk' category at 35...and that's just around the corner for me. YIKES!
8. I may have a touch of OCD. I check both locks on my back door and garage door, and the single deadbolt on my front door at least 8 times before I go to sleep. I have added opening the garage door to ensure the garage is closed all the way. It's bad...I will wake up in the middle of the night at least one time a night to check everything again.
7. I am extremely Liberal (not a very popular view for living in Texas). Extremely...here are some examples: I think drugs should be legal, I think prostitution should be legal, I am happy we don't have a Republican president. I think you get it so before I offend my few followers and readers I will stop.
6. I love my nieces as if they were my own children. Well, you know what I mean. Since I don't have human kids I can't really compare, but I do hope my sister and BIL have left the girls to me in their will. Of course I don't want anything to happen to them, but I would love raising the girls.
5. I have a crazy obsession/fondness/love for even numbers. And I often let it control my life. (Maybe I do have a full blown case of OCD.)
4. I love the students I teach. But, if given the opportunity, I would tell the majority of their parents how terrible they have done at raising them. (Again, since I don't have human kids I won't go in to detail, but manners, respect and common sense are often learned behaviors...I'm just saying!)
3. I let my heart influence too many important decisions. If you want examples, please ask, to me it's kind of sad and disappointing.
2. I insist that all closet doors and bedroom doors be closed. The only exception is when I sleep and I will not have the door closed when I sleep. (OCD is really looking serious now.)
1. I am blunt. If I don't like something I am going to say it...this especially applies at work!
I am going to tag as many people as I can for this, but since I don't have many followers I may duplicate what Stephanie did:
1. Krystyn @ Really, Are you Serious?
2. Papa Bear @ The Hall Family
3. Rachel @ Clumsy Me, Oddity
4. Stephanie @ A Little Bit of Sugar & a whole lot of Spice!
5. Tim (Yes, Tim. If Matt is doing it so can Tim!) @ Daugherty Family
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Stephanie at Just the 2 of Us tagged me for this one...so here goes:
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Wanna Win Something??????
Check out my amazing sister's blog for a chance to win!!!!!!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Explicit Material! Read with CAUTION!
Upon our return to work for the 09-10 school year, we were told paper would be very limited- it's expensive, and we waste too much of it. OK, no big deal. They will give us other tools/resources to use to teach. We get all these lovely, colorful, 'exciting' power-points that tell us how technology has changed over the years. While I am 26 years old (which most think is quite young) it made me feel old...I have no idea what the gray haired folks felt like. Anyway, we were told to you use our document cameras (ELMO) as often as possible in order to not use up the limited supply of paper we have. OK, no problem. Use the (ELMO) or make class sets...got it.
And that tailpipe is hard to get to..... I guess 'Tailpipe' loves a challenge!


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Traditional Sets
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Scholarship to Fusion Dance Fest 2018
With just two weeks until Worlds results, we have some exciting news...we have teamed up with our friends at Fusion Fighters to offer one lucky podium placer a scholarship to Fusion Dance Fest 2018!
All dancers who place in the top 5 of any Championship age group at the World Championships will be put in the draw to win this amazing prize (if you do not wish to be in the draw, please tell a stage helper as you leave the stage after results). Podium placers who do not win the Fusion Fest Scholarship will be offered a discount when signing up to Fusion Dance Fest 2018.
[Important] Kildare Open Feis Cancelled Due to Weather Conditions!
Dear Teacher & Dancers,
The Murphy Gray Academy of Irish Dance regret to announce that the upcoming WIDA Kildare Open due to take place this weekend has been CANCELLED due to severe weather warnings. This decision was not taken lightly. The safety of all dancers and their families is our highest priority.
All entry fees will be refunded as soon as possible.
Be safe, keep dancing and see you all soon.
Lisa Murphy & Laura Gray
Preliminary Schedule World and International Championships and International Grade Feis 2018
Please note that the final timetable may differ from schedule based on entries (as numbers will determine time required for each age group). We advise booking accordingly keeping in mind that timetable changes are possible.
Thursday, April 5th 2018:
International Grade Feis and Premierships
Friday, April 6th 2018: Team Competitions
2-, 3- and 4- Hand competitions of International Grade Feis
4-Hand Championships
Ceili Championships
Figure Championships
Traditional Set Championships
Saturday, April 7th 2018:
International and World Solo Championships up to either under 14 or under 15 depending on entry
World Show Championship
Sunday, April 8th 2018:
World Solo Championships from either under 15 or under 16 to Senior depending on entry
Closing ceremony and announcement of 2019 venue
Syllabus World and International Championships 2018
Syllabus for the World and International Championships 2018: click here
Please note the new competitions at the end of the Syllabus.
World and International Championships 2018
The WIDA World Championships 2018 will be held in the city of Maastricht in the Netherlands from April 5th to 8th inclusive. WIDA has arranged a special website for hotel bookings at special rates: click here


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Please take a moment to read what's going on in Cambodia. The Church is doing alright and also our Children's Home, and school as well.
We are still waiting for the results of the election in order for us to get the permission for our building. Even though the politics are stuck, the word of God is free to everyone. We keep going out to see more people and pass out our flyers to many people around the church building. Also now, I have started an English class and welcomed everyone to study without charge.
The camp went well, as this year we had two camps; one is in Siem Reap and another one is in Leang Dai. We had about 80 people come to join the camp in Siem Reap and we had about 200 children come to Leang Dai camp.
The church in Phnom Penh invited me to preach in November from the 13th - 15th when they have the camp down to the beach at Sihanukville. I am ready to share the word of God with those brethren.
I also got a call last night from our Christian sister, Kunthea. She went a way from us for a long time, but she called me last night and asked me some questions from the Old Testament story but she forgot the passage that talked about that story.
We also have done some benevolence as I reported to you earlier.
All in all we are doing some good things and we ask you to continue to pray for our country and our work.
I am so grateful for your love and care for the work of God in my country. May God bless you all.
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Panida's Testimony
My name is Panida Mookdasnit, I am 41 years old. I was born in Las Angeles, CA. I lived in Thailand for 9 years. My Dad took me and brother away from our Mom and dropped us off in Thailand to live with our Grandmother. It was not his plan to leave us there for that long, but when you are in addiction you lose sight of a lot of what is important. I know this to be true, because I also have lived that life. I grew up with no Mom or Dad, no family to show me Gods love. I was abandon, physically and mentally abused and molested as child. From the age of 2 to the age of 7, my Grandmother physically abused and try to kill me. Although my Mother and Father have forsaken me, my Lord took me into His arms and carried me through those years.
Because I was never shown love, I grew up feeling unloved, unwanted, without self-worth. I was suicidal from the age of 14-37 years old. For years I allowed the enemy to tell me lie after lie as he tried to steal, kill and destroy my life. I was an enemy of God and even allowed my-self to be used by the devil. I really believed at one point of my life I was possessed by demons.
I came to Grace House on February 4th, 2015 from prison where I was incarcerated for eleven months. This was the first time I had ever been to prison and by the grace of God, also my last. Before I came to Grace House, I had no clue that it was possible to live a life with Christ, a life full of contentment, joy, peace and most of all a life full of so much love. Grace House through the Bible and Holy Spirit has shown me that Jesus is the truth, the way and the only life I want to live.
I have been delivered from alcoholism, drugs, pills, hate, depression and anxiety. I no longer have to live or conform to the pattern of this world, but I have learned to be transformed by the renewing of my mind and test and approve what God's will is His good and perfect will for my life. He has delivered me from the dominion of darkness and transferred me to the kingdom of His beloved son, Jesus Christ, my only hope of glory. I used to be bound by the things of the world and the kingdom of darkness. Today I choose to be with Jesus in the kingdom of light, because He is the light of the world. Instead of my shame, guilt, hurts pain from my past, He has given me a double portion of His Spirit. My body now belong to God, it is the Holy temple for the Lord and it no longer belongs to the enemy; I am covered by the blood of Jesus. He has been my place of refuge, even when I was a little girl, He was there. God has been my hiding place, my tree of life, my covering and the rock of my salvation.
I graduated from Grace House in December 2015 and after interning for couple of months, I became an assistance House Supervisor and now one of the House Supervisor where God continues the good work He has begun in me. The Lord continues to bless and teach me in a mighty way. He loves to show up and show out in my life all the time. He is the God that hears and see me, He is the God that speaks to me, the only one True God! The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because He has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and opening of the prison to those who are bound.
Since I've have received Jesus Christ as my Savior and Lord in 2014, I have learned who I am in Christ and no enemy in this world could ever separate me from the love of my Savior. I have learned that the will of God will not take me where the grace of God will not protect me. Thank you Jesus!!!


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Happy Sunday! Yesterday got a bit nutty with the torrential downpour, but we still sold out at both the South Lake Union Night Market, and the University Street Fair! Pam baked her heart out last night, and you can find us today at BOTH the Street Fair and the Sunday Market.
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Journal of Noncommutative Geometry
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Published online: 2016-06-28
Modular envelopes, OSFT and nonsymmetric (non-$\Sigma$) modular operadsMartin Markl[1] (1) Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Our aim is to introduce and advocate non-$\Sigma$ (non-symmetric) modular operads. While ordinary modular operads were inspired by the structure of the moduli space of stable complex curves, non-$\Sigma$ modular operads model surfaces with open strings outputs. An immediate application of our theory is a short proof that the modular envelope of the associative operad is the linearization of the terminal operad in the category of non-$\Sigma$ modular operads. This gives a succinct description of this object that plays an important rôle in open string field theory. We also sketch further perspectives of the presented approach.
Keywords: Open string, surface, modular completion, terminal object
Markl Martin: Modular envelopes, OSFT and nonsymmetric (non-$\Sigma$) modular operads. J. Noncommut. Geom. 10 (2016), 775-809. doi: 10.4171/JNCG/248


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In Her Element: Diana Zeng/
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I met Diana in a photography class during my senior year of college. I always thought she was kind and cool, but we never hung outmore than walking back from the art school together. It wasn't until after college, when we got together for a delicious meal at Everest Cafe, that we totally hit it off. I am pretty sure everyone in the restaurant heard our conversation because we both get progressively louder when we talk about things we're passionate about.
At the time, I was working on a non-profit project and she was working for start-up, figuring out what she wanted to do with her post-graduation life. Both Diana and I have change what we are working on a few times since graduating, but the beauty inside her has remained constant in whatever she's doing. She has a clear desire to understand, connect and bring out the beauty in those around her.
On our most recent food date, she told me she had been painting for about two hours every day and that it was bringing her so much joy and fulfillment. Immediately, I knew I wanted to take pictures of her while she worked. Though this is not surprising to me at all, she already has multiple commissions lined up after just a few months. I am pretty sure that is a huge sign in the world of art since many people are begging others to buy their work.
Here is my beautiful friend, Diana.


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On the eve of destiny, my dreams and hopes -stored in the souls of my ancestors- were smothered by a need to escape injustice; --but like you, my sister, my brother, I'm a stranger in a strange land.
Likewise, my hopes and dreams were limited, choked by the need to survive. --who wants to die at sixteen?
On the eve of the beginning of pain on these shores, ships holding stacked bodies of the strong, docked adrift from harbor. Unpacking men and women, strong and proud --shoving them onto soil sure to burn the soles of their feet, while catching their flowing tears. It was our own never-ending trail of tears.
On the eve of my so-called freedom, my ideas held my dreams and hopes, a gift from my forbearers. Not understanding my captors, I shared my ideas --at which time they were studied, critiqued and later labeled impossibility. O what defeat! My captors stole and implemented my ideas without my permission and that without compensation.
On the eve of this painful revelation, when I was old enough to understand, angry tears inched steadily down my war-torn face. I cupped my face in my hands and passionately asked, "Lord, how long?" Nobody was listening.--so I thought.
On the eve of hope, a gleam made its way from my soul and sparkled in my eyes. For a moment, I believed our condition would revert back to its ruling roots, revival in Judah. For that brief span, I thought I heard in my head an affirmation that said, "Not long".
My history is untold. It's ever-evolving, bigger than an eternity of Februaries. It will receive its proper due and applause in the end.
At present, my legacy -the legacy of a people once-enslaved, who yearn for freedom yet to be realized - that legacy rests yet in the hands of an oppressor who writes laws to replace the chains that once held my fathers...
...when bands of strangers who combed the night in search of prey to hang from a tree were replaced by armed men claiming to be 'the law'.
"Father, YAH, there's a target on my back!"
It would take an eternity to count the unjustly slain of mine. Therefore, assigning the shortest month for the telling of the longest history robs this barbaric humanity of its roots.
What's February got to do with my history? Who ordained such a sarcasm? My head falls back in laughter at this absurdity. My history is yet unfolding, being told with each breath I take. Away with this ignorance!
Once upon a time:
Our chains fell to the ground in Egypt, under the power of deliverance. We murmured and complained while in Exodus. As afore told, we turned our backs on our Deliverer. Having abandoned our Savior, our fate was sealed.
On a ship named 'Jesus', we came to this strange Babylonian land, wretched and abused, in subjugation.There's freedom in understanding why we're among strangers who despise us.
-From my collection of writings entitled "Feel My Pulse".


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Manchester Mortgages received a mortgage enquiry in April 2018 from a first time buyer living in Bury.
They have been renting for the past 4 years and felt that it was a good time to be looking to get on the property ladder.
They had been to their banks Santander and Lloyds to see what they were able to borrow but were advised that due to their past credit history they were not able to assist.
Our adviser was able to establish what the credit problems were and what potential lenders would be able to assist.
-Both applicants were in employment however one of the applicants had just started full time hours with their employer.
-The other applicant income was also made up of basic salary and a large amount of overtime.
-They had two children and about £7,000 outstanding on Credit cards.
-Part of the deposit was being provided by a family member with the remainder coming from their own savings.
-The clients had found a house that the liked and were keen to put in a offer.
Manchester Mortgages adviser was able to get the clients agreed with a lender and give them an idea of what the monthly payments would be.
The clients were happy with the monthly payments as it was slightly higher than their current rental payments.
One of the additional problems was that the clients were not always available during the day due to work commitments, so an appointment was made at their home address early evening and the adviser talked them through the whole mortgage and house buying process. They were also able to recommend a solicitor to help the with the legal work.
The mortgage application was submitted to the lender Aldermore and the Clients and the Estate Agent were kept fully informed about the progress of the Mortgage application.
The whole process from taking the enquiry to receiving a mortgage offer took 14 days.
Although the lender recommended may not be a recognised lender to most borrowers they were best suited to our clients circumstances today due to their past credit history.
The good news for the clients is that in 2 years time when their existing mortgage deal comes to an end Manchester Mortgages will be in contact with them to advise what is the best option for them. As long as they keep their finances in order they will probably be able to use a High Street lender.
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If you are a parent who sees your teenage child primarily as the embodiment of the youth you never had, as the realization of your unfulfilled dreams, as the carrier of your family's legacy, as a pawn in fights with your ex, as the justification for your enormous sacrifices, or as the validation of your parenting skills, read Getting In by Karen Stabiner. Your teen is primarily none of the above.
The book contains lots of angst. Probably too much. This engaging novel provides, however, a valuable, cautionary message for ambitious parents who identify with any of the descriptions at the beginning of this post.
I don't recommend Getting In for college applicants, because they will start to see all kinds of flaws that probably don't exist in their parents. And since most teens are keenly aware of their parents' real shortcomings, there is no benefit to providing fodder for imaginary ones. While I have met a few parents who remind me of the characters, or caricatures, in Getting In, they are thankfully rare.
- How to Write Great College Application Essays and Stay Sane, an ebook.
- "Surviving Each Other During the Senior Year"
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RxJava and Android: How to Develop on Android Without Losing Your Mind
RxJava and Android: How to Develop on Android Without Losing Your Mind
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A recent post from Mark Hudnall's blog discusses the purpose and implementation of RxJava, which is a Java implementation of FRP (Functional Reactive Programming). RxJava can do a lot to help manage user interaction, particularly while updating the UI during user interactions or working in the background. Hudnall's post covers the topic from a few different angles:
- The AsyncTask techniques of the past
- The RxJava alternative
- Composition of logically separated tasks
- Responding to user interaction
While there are a few pitfalls that Hudnall points out, RxJava looks, for the most part, like a promising alternative to Android's AsyncTask class. Check out Hudnall's full post for all the details, and maybe you can keep some of Android's less cooperative aspects from driving you crazy.
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A weekly roundup of helpful personal finance articles.
Perspective (Sound Mind Investing) Some helpful context for all the recent stock market volatility. Also see Never Waste a Downturn.
3 investing mistakes to avoid (Morningstar). Some good reminders for times like these.
5 reasons to ditch your car in 2018 (Magnify Money). If you're a two-car family and trying to save money or pay off debt, have you ever considered becoming a one-car family. I can be done!
Surrendering the golden fortress (Becoming Minimalist). Needs and wants. How easily we get them confused.
The money questions you should be asking your parents (Workable Wealth). Far better to open up these conversations while they're still alive and healthy.
Fewer than half of parents take advantage of this money-saving tax break (MarketWatch). Are you leaving money on the table?
Simple strategy for retirement (Chicago Tribune). Simple is good. What's your assumption about how long you'll work?
The wealth of sapiens (Daniel P. Egan). Every now and then it's helpful to remember what really matters.
What are your thoughts on any of the above? Let me know by leaving a comment below.
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Naomi Castillo of FSSI discusses the importance of transactional documents to a credit union's brand, and how innovation in that space can drive engagement and brand recognition.
We also talk about FSSI statement innovations, and how innovation provides credit unions with the ability to be flexible, dynamic and scalable with their member communications. Plus, big data, artificial intelligence and how they may relate to member statements in the future, and why mailed statements aren't going away.
It's a good podcast about the importance of branding and visually compelling communications, and I hope you enjoy it. You can listen to more episodes of BIGcast, and other fintech shows, on the BankNXT podcast page. Enjoy!
READ NEXT: Understanding millennials – why is it so difficult?
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We take our practice outside into nature for this full moon 🌕 . And know we are Mother Earth and drinking kava and cacao. Timed with the sunset and the moon rise! Moon 🌙 sun salutations! 7-9pm (check in start at 630 pm, class starts at 7pm. This full moon of June falls on a Thursday eve. We hope you can join us for this unforgettable evening with goddesses just like you :) ❤🔥🌷🌕
Questions or concerns? Email yoga mom of Open Minds, Koreen at email@example.com
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Earth Goddess Yoga presents our summer series that will be held outdoors to absorb the benefits of moonlight and soak in the splendor of yoga under the changing sky. Bask under the fully illuminated moon, breathe in the crisp night and and move with intention under the healing vibrations of kava and cacao in this special edition of Earth Goddess Yoga! We will connect to grandmother moon, brother sky and mother earth in this series to charge your intentions, body, mind and spirit with plant and movement medicine.
By many ancient traditions, the full moon is a sacred time for manifesting. Combining it with yoga and the healing vibrations of music and crystals, it creates a connection to the earth and sky that aligns your energies in the same way the moon, earth and sun do when the moon is full. Under this alignment, our intentions can be charged propelling our manifestations forward. Even if the full moon is behind clouds, her energies will be enjoyed by all.
We will begin with sacred smudging and kava/cacao ceremony. Explore our deepest desires for manifesting before moving into a vigorous Earth Goddess Yoga style tribal movement, yoga and dance to clear out energy, remove mental obstacles and be one with the energies under the full moon. Then we will move into a kind of special movement yoga that takes our individual bodies and moves them in Sync until we are one blossoming flower 🌸 .
A crystal charged, moon flow that will shift awareness into the higher vibrations with the aid of healing sounds, songs and finally surrendering to the wisdom within. We will end with a closing ceremony of deep gratitude and offering.
Event time 6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Cost of event: $ 45.00
Musicians (Drum Circle style - Drummers who will only participate / practice one yoga class and freestyle drum for the others. participate in Kava/Cacao ceremony and drum during yoga. Must bring own drum) : $ 30.00
Cost includes kava/cacao ceremony, 3 hrs of yoga + meditation, live music, refreshments and a crystal to be worn. Collect one crystal or all three, a different one will be selected carefully according to the energies of that particular full moon, just for you.
June 28th : At the Three Rivers Elm Creek Park Reserve in Maple Grove. Will meet in the Chalet for social hour first and then move outdoors for our practice. Full Moon in Capricorn.
July 27th : At the A-Mill Lofts in Minneapolis. Will meet in the performance hall for opening ceremony, practice and met for outdoor meditation and moonlit social hour on rooftop. Full Moon in Aquarius.
Bring your crystals to charge under the full moon!
Please bring: Yoga mat, large blanket such as mexican blanket or beach towel, water bottle, a light sweater and donation. (Please bring a donation of any value such as gift cards, cash or small token, to be given to a local women shelter, Caza de Esperanza). Rattles or Drums if you have them and would like to participate in drumming!
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We take our practice outside into nature for this full moon 🌕 . And know we are Mother Earth and drinking kava and cacao. Timed with the sunset and the moon rise! Moon 🌙 sun salutations! 7-9pm (check in start at 630 pm, class starts at 7pm. This full moon of June falls on a Thursday eve. We hope you can join us for this unforgettable evening with goddesses just like you :) ❤🔥🌷🌕


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Price: $1.99 Score: 8/10 Category: Games
SongPop, developed by FreshPlanet Inc., is a game which music fans will fall in love with. With a five star rating in the App Store and over 4,600 positive reviews, SongPop has comfortably secured its position as one of the App Store's top apps.
If you're the type of music listener who is able to guess a song just by listening to a short clip of the tune, then SongPop is for you. SongPop allows you to show off your fine-tuned talent by allowing you to challenge friends via Facebook. If you're not a Facebooker, fret not; you can create a SongPop account via your email address.
With 35 built-in playlists, there's something for even the pickiest listener. 6 playlists are immediately available, and if you want to unlock the rest you must use gold coins earned by playing or through purchasing coin packs in-game.
SongPop is visually appealing with lots of animations and easy navigation. As someone who has never played SongPop before, I was able to catch on fairly easily. One problem I experienced with SongPop was that it kept asking me to re-authenticate with Facebook after every match. Not so much a deal breaker as it is a nuisance.
Wait, did that song just bring back a flood of memories from "back in the day"? SongPop provides iTunes links for all songs played during a round. Another cool aspect of SongPop is that as you challenge other players on a certain playlist, you can unlock more music clips.
Also, you can earn achievements and share them with Facebook. If you're not into filling your Facebook timeline with scores and achievements, SongPop provides an option to keep it from posting to your Facebook timeline.
The premium (paid) version of SongPop offers a variety of features which aren't available to the free version. These features include high-quality audio clips with extended listening time, zero ads, and the ability to play with twice as many other SongPop-ers. SongPop features push notifications, so you'll never miss an opportunity to win a challenge.
I definitely recommend SongPop for music fans who love to compete with friends and strangers.
SongPop is compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later


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For the Birds (and Fish and Turtles and People and Plants…)
Located at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary is 3,700 acres of water, prairie and woodland managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' rivers project office. It is also home to a partnership with the Audubon Society and is HQ for the Audubon Center at the Riverlands, a flagship project of the National Audubon Society and Audubon Missouri. We learned about the partnership first-hand, as we headed out into the field to see current research and conservation efforts and get our own feet wet in the sanctuary.
There Goes the Neighborhood: How St. Louis Aims to Build Resilience with Wrecking Balls and Rain Gardens
St. Louis's population has fallen by nearly half over the last half century, sending the city scrambling to keep up with vacant properties. Some within the city see a silver lining to all this abandoned real estate – an opportunity to begin to address systemic flooding that occurs in many neighborhoods during heavy rains. Together, the city and the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, with funding from the Missouri Department of Conservation, have launched the Urban Greening Program, a plan to tear down 1,000 structures over the next five years and replace them with green infrastructure installations, like rain gardens, that will retain surface water runoff and, hopefully help keep basements dry in the houses that remain. Many residents wish the city were working on fixing up existing structures and getting people back into the neighborhoods, but the city counters that this is the first step in promoting new development and reinvestment.
A Big Picture View of Big Muddy, from Tiny River Towns to a Giant of Global Commerce
Before we put the notepads and recorders away and simply celebrate a successful expedition downriver, we took a stab at putting everything we'd heard in perspective. Where does the nation's largest river fit in the bigger picture of international commerce and the world's food supply? What challenges do the communities that line its banks share in common? Can a resource that runs the length of the country be managed in a way that's acceptable to all of its users?


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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
40 Days and Counting
It puzzles me that here I am, once again counting down the days until summer vacation. Time passes so quickly without even realizing it. But that's not what puzzles me. It's the fact that even though I'm looking forward to summer vacation and being a senior, I'm not looking forward to leave choir for three months or, with every event next year, thinking to myself, "This is the last time I'll do this." So why do I continue to count down the days until that comes? It's conflicting. I love family, I love summer, and freedom. But I love choir, too. It's my home away from home. We joke in my class that VE kids spend more time in the choir room than we do at home. It's nice, though, to be surrounded by like-minded people. I can't say that, when the time comes, I'll miss it, because I'll never be without it. Even when I go off to college, I'll be with people who are musically inclined like me, then I'll be a choir teacher and continue to be with those who think like I do. It's comforting, but I still do not look forward to the end of the school year. 39 days tomorrow.
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Your mom's best friend's son has an awesome job at your dream company. Or maybe your former co-worker just landed a position in a field you didn't even know people from your industry could transition into. Whatever the case, you know someone who can help you in your job search.
The catch?
You haven't seen this person in a while and don't have a super close relationship. In fact, you might not have any relationship at all. But if you can't find anyone to connect you two, or that just wouldn't make sense, you're going to have to send an email yourself—an email that would be out-of-the-blue at best.
Luckily, there's a way to do it both politely and genuinely (and without all the awkward!). And you can use this email template to get started.
Hi! It's [Name] from [how you know the person] looking for career advice
Hi [Contact Name],
How are you? I can't believe it's been so long since we [include a shared experience here].
I heard/saw that you're currently doing [job here]. I'm looking to transition from my job at [Company] to [new Company or field]. Since you've made a similar move/are currently working in a similar place, I thought you'd be the perfect person to talk to about this.
If you have 10 minutes, I'd love to send over a few questions. Or, if you're looking to get a break from the office, I'd definitely be up for grabbing coffee (my treat, of course!).
Thank you in advance for taking the time and I look forward to hearing from you,
[Your Name]
Now, of course this is just a template, and you're going to have to make changes according to who you're emailing. But regardless of the recipient, here are a few general networking email tips to keep in mind:
- Start your email with a short, specific tidbit about the last time you spoke or saw one another. It makes you sound more like a human and less like a cold caller.
- Keep the email as brief as possible—it increases the chances it will get read in full and get a response back.
- Emphasize that you're looking for advice—not for a job.
- Hold back from attaching your resume for now. If the person's interested, he or she will ask.
- Feel free to follow-up with a quick email if you don't hear back within a week or so—but don't be pushy. Remember, you're asking someone you haven't talked to in a long time to help you out.
- Write a thank you note if you end up talking. And definitely let the person know if his or her advice (or leads) helps you get an interview or land a job. This keeps the relationship open for the future and also makes the person feel good for giving you guidance!
You may not always get a response, especially if you have a very loose connection to this person. But often, people are more than willing to help others out. Be gracious, polite, and to-the-point, and it'll get you far.
Have another message you're struggling to write? Here are nine more email templates that'll make that easier.
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Previously an editor for The Muse, Alyse is proud to prove that yes, English majors can change the world. She's written almost 500 articles for The Muse on anything from productivity tips to cover letters to bad bosses to cool career changers, many of which have been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, Inc., CNBC's Make It, USA Today College, Lifehacker, Mashable, and more. She calls many places home, including Illinois where she grew up and the small town of Hamilton where she attended Colgate University, but she was born to be a New Yorker. In addition to being an avid writer and reader, Alyse loves to dance, both professionally and while waiting for the subway.More from this Author


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MP Steve Brine has thanked Southern Water and its supplier Clancy Docwra for helping care for a village's war memorial.
Southern Water is investing almost £1.5 million to improve the treatment processes at its Newhaven East Wastewater Treatment Works.
Greater protection will be offered to the Burgess Hill area during heavy rain when a multi-million pound scheme completes.
Southern Water's scheme to lay a new water main in Woolston, Southampton, is progressing well.
As people across the south get ready to celebrate all things spooky this Halloween, Southern Water is warning of a real horror lurking in people's homes.
Work to replace an old sewer in Ramsgate is underway.
Southern Water is investing almost £400,000 to improve the treatment processes at its Edenbridge Wastewater Treatment Works.
Southern Water's £300 million Cleaner Seas for Sussex environmental scheme has been officially opened on Monday, Oct 14.
Southern Water's Cleaner Seas for Sussex scheme has been named Major Civil Engineering Project of the Year, beating projects including The London 2012 Olympic Park Project.
Engineers uncovered a World War II bunker of "national significance" while digging a trench in a former airfield in Bursledon.
A charity race day at Fontwell Park Racecourse raised more than £35,000 for St Barnabas House and Chestnut Tree House hospices on Saturday.
Southern Water has submitted a planning application to Southampton City Council for the redevelopment of Woolston Wastewater Treatment Works in Victoria Road.
Southern Water has promised to improve the service it offers customers after receiving an unacceptable number of written complaints in 2012/13.
A scheme to replace eight kilometres of water main in Braishfield, Hampshire, is progressing well.
The team building a new pumping station in Stamshaw Park, Portsmouth, were put to work in a school's garden.
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review by Maryom
Samuel Galen is in a coma following a car accident and although unable
to communicate with anyone can still hear and understand what is happening around him. Slowly he
regains the use of some senses but what he sees may make him wish he
Meanwhile, in the dissection lab, anatomy students are cutting open cadavers....
Patrick has Asperger's syndrome and, following his father's untimely death, a desire to understand what happens after people die. Following a childhood spent in dissecting every dead mouse or bird he could find, he signs up for a university anatomy course in the hope of finding answers there. As his group work their way through the remains of their subject, cadaver No 19, Patrick begins to find that it's not what happens AFTER death that's so interesting as the circumstances that led to it. How can he hope to solve a possible murder that no one else believes has happened?
I've read Belinda Bauer's first two crime thrillers set on Dartmoor but Rubbernecker is even better. With a main character suffering from
Aspergers, there are obvious parallels to be drawn with Mark Haddon's
The Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night-time but the multiple points of
view and interlocking stories of the 'supporting cast' also reminded me of Kate Atkinson's Jackson
Brodie series. A couple of pages in, I was hooked and didn't want to stop reading!
The two focus points of the novel are Patrick and Samuel and for most part the reader is inside the head of one or the other of these two very contrasting characters. Patrick's tightly focussed view of the world means he doesn't understand people's motivations and interactions; the subtleties of facial expressions and body language are lost on him. Samuel understands all these things only too well but cannot act upon what he sees.
The minor characters are well fleshed out too - from Patrick's fellow students to the nurses working on the coma ward - and all of them have their part to play in the scheme of things.
As you might expect from a
story set largely in a dissection lab, there's a lot of gore and
grissly bits but it was Sam's situation, regaining consciousness but still trapped in an unresponsive body in the
coma ward, that I found more terrifying. There's also a lot of dark humour and I was surprised to find myself laughing out loud occasionally.
All in all a wonderful unputdownable crime thriller with twists and turns till the very end.
Maryom's review - 5 stars
Publisher - Bantam Press
Genre - adult, thriller, crime
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This Week on Brink: Auto X Prize Contender Illuminati Motor Works
The guys at Illuminati say that this frame will be "elegantly covered with the composite body shell". Photo: IMW
In case you haven't yet tuned in to the Science Channel's new series Brink you should tune in this Friday, December 12th at 10 PM—this week's show will be of particular interest to those of you interested in improving the fuel economy of our cars. This week host Josh Zepps will be profiling Illuminati Motor Works , who are attempting to win the Automotive X Prize.
Here are some of the things which Illumanati are doing on their quest to make a practical and clean car which gets 100 miles per gallon:
Clay concept model, photo: IMW
On their website Illuminati describes their vehicle,
Illuminati Motor Works (IMW) "Seven" is a four seat, gasoline compound series hybrid. The vehicle has dual modular design enabling both its drive train and body components to be swapped out. This concept allows bolt on adaptation of Diesel, BioDiesel, Ethanol, and natural gas drive train and body styles including the four door sedan and truck versions. The design flexibility coupled with its other strengths will allow for quick market adoption of the vehicle.
Fuel Economy Tips That Don't Require You To Build a New Car
In the episode, however, Brink also talks to Illuminati's Kevin Smith about less radical but fuel-saving changes that can be done to stock cars: Items such as tinting the windows to reduce the amount of energy required to cool the car and moon eye hubcaps, which can improve gas mileage by reducing drag.
Background on the people of Illuminati Motor Works:
Illuminati Motor Works is a group of engineers, automotive technicians, graphic artists and car enthusiasts who have worked on alternative means of transport and alternative energy for many decades in their professional and personal lives. Our team members have built electric, solar electric, series hybrid mini Baja, natural gas fuel injected parallel hybrid, and stored are super charged fuel injected vehicles and have competed in the 1995 Hybrid Electric Vehicle and 1996 Future Car challenges. We have worked for a variety of companies including Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and GM where we did circuit and system design, programmed and completed prototyping for the EV and HEV programs.
Want to know more? Check out Brink on the Science Channel, Friday December 12 at 10 PM.
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Andy Rubin is one of the co-founders of the Android Operating System, which was purchased by Google in 2005. Back in October 2014, Andy left Google to pursue a new startup we have come to know as Essential.
This past March, Andy tweeted out the following teaser.
I'm really excited about how this is shaping up. Eager to get it in more people's hands… pic.twitter.com/LRzQCFSKTm
— Andy Rubin (@Arubin) March 27, 2017
Today, the @essential account tweeted this.
Hi, welcome to our Twitter page. We're here to let you know something big is coming May 30th! Stay tuned…
— Essential (@essential) May 25, 2017
Followed by…
We heard you @renan_batista – here's something to hold you over until next week: pic.twitter.com/QSIeXyjKNq
— Essential (@essential) May 25, 2017
The above image has been enhanced by others in an attempt to identify the top device sticking out the phone. Here's one representation.
Andy Rubin's Essential phone looks like it has some sort of rounded attachment for AR .. or a 360 camera? I lightened the image. pic.twitter.com/vWsr0lSqEG
— Todd Haselton (@robotodd) May 25, 2017
Augmented Reality and enhanced cameras are something the industry is pushing towards very rapidly, and the device sticking out of the phone definitely looks like it has something to do with a camera.
Not too much else is known about Essential or this new phone they are teasing, other than Eric Schmidt (Executive Chairman, Alphabet) essentially1 confirming it will run Android (see below). We also know it will have a rounded screen and small bezels, based on the first tweet above. This is definitely on par with the latest design trend (Samsung Galaxy S8 and the rumored iPhone 8).
It will be interesting to see if Essential will be able to differentiate themselves beyond the rounded-rectangle, glass, and aluminum standard that is the smartphone world.
One thing's for sure, though. I fully support the 'war on bezels', and 2017 is shaping up to be the year we make substantial progress.
Phenomenal new choices for Android users coming very soon. An example! https://t.co/3fwvYl6vlu
— Eric Schmidt (@ericschmidt) March 29, 2017
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Veteran OBGYNs Drs. Peter Weiss and Mickey Karram realized the power and potential of the MonaLisa Touch after more than 60 years of practice between them. The laser therapy is pain-free and there's no downtime. If you're suffering from symptoms like vaginal dryness, itching, burning, painful urination or pain with intercourse, call to set up a consultation with one of our doctors to learn more.
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emPOWER Equine Assisted Services is a leader in a unique therapy experience using horses as part of a team to help people find understanding, new solutions and empowerment.
We help children, adolescents, adults, families, and groups meet their therapy goals, just as they might in an office, but outside with horses. All activities are done on the ground and no horse experience is necessary.
Mission: emPOWER seeks to provide trauma-informed equine assisted services to the community, individuals, and families to empower, establish healthy relationships, and enhance self advocacy.
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) is a form of experiential psychotherapy to help promote emotional growth and learning. Sessions are done on the ground and are facilitated by a mental health practitioner, an equine specialist, and horse(s). EAP is effective with for a large variety of identified therapeutic goals. Sessions can be conducted with individuals, families or groups.
Equine Assisted Learning
Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) uses horses to promote learning to teams or individuals. EAL sessions are hands on and take place on the ground. The focus can be on learning, personal or professional development, and/or team building. Like EAP, all EAL sessions are facilitated by a mental health practitioner, an equine specialist, and horse(s).
The Eagala Model
Eagala is an international organization to train and support EAP/EAL professionals. The Eagala model is a team based approach between a mental health practitioner, equine specialist, and horse(s). Sessions are all ground based and participants are encouraged to be solution focused. Eagala practitioners follow a code of ethics to ensure quality services.
We are growing! emPOWER has a new location in Chesterfield and we need YOUR help to get our space ready. We are looking for sponsors for our fence.
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We supposedly have 70,00 to 80,000 thoughts per day, 80% of which are negative. Ninety-five percent of all those thoughts are said to be "rooftop chatter" - incoherent, idle thoughts that mindlessly skip across the top of the brain. For over 50% of the population, these incoherent thoughts take place even while a person is doing something. In other words, these people are not paying attention to whatever it is they're doing.
We have no control over these thoughts, however, until they are given substance by our feelings. And theses feelings come from one of two sources - fear or love. Thoughts that are given substance by fear-based feelings (such as anger, frustration and anxiety) will become physical life events that we experience as "negative" or "bad". Thoughts given substance with love-based feelings (such as gratitude, peace and happiness) will become events we experience as "positive" and "good".
But how do we control the feelings that give our thoughts substance? We now know that the average human brain has something on the order of 100 billion neurons. Neurons are cells that are specialized to pass electrical signals (information) to other neurons; synapses are the means by which the neurons pass information to one another. Each neuron is connected to up to 10,000 other neurons, which means that the number of synapses in the brain is between 100 trillion and 1,000 trillion; that's 100,000,000,000,000 to 1,000,000,000,000,000.
Over time, neurons "wire together", which means that synapses that repetitively fire simultaneously with each other create pathways of information that become solidified, or wired together. A neural pathway that is wired may consist of 100,000,000 neurons; when any one of the neurons in the pathway is stimulated, the information carried by the entire pathway will become activated and will produce a behavior corresponding to the dictates of the information carried by the neural pathway.
The brain is neuroplastic. This means that neural pathways can be changed or modified by behavior, environment and newly acquired neural processes. A fundamental principle underlying neuroplasticity is that individual synaptic connections are constantly being removed or recreated, largely dependent upon behavior, repetitive thinking, environment and physical trauma.
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Fashion maven Dick is adjusting Walker Sandlin's shirt as Walker Allen looks on. This may be my first double Walker picture!
My and her mother Camilla seem to be enjoying the festivities, and no drink in their hands. Dick seems to be hogging the camera.
Mike is working hard to get the golf scores organized, and with as many strokes as our team had, that was a lot of work! The golf tournament was a lot of fun! Be sure to sign up next year.
Had some First Tee equipment set up along with some of President Mel's advertising. BTW, has he been fined yet?
This is what I meant about President Mel liking BIG trophies. His team won the golf tournament and this was the reward. Do they each get the trophy for 3 months?
One of President Mel's Best Buddies, Fred Couples; so it is no surprise that he might win the trophy.
President Mel's HS graduation picture for the before, with his current picture. BTW, has he been fined yet? I think the sales talent was real obvious in his graduation picture, especially with the hair style. Great that President Mel's Mother could be there. None of my pictures of her turned out unfortunately.
I guess with an attorney taking the Presidency, Mel administered an oath of office to incoming President Paul. That is a first for our Club. Some clubs to an oath of office for all incoming officers; glad we don't do it routinely, but with two more attorneys coming maybe it will happen again.
Here Dave is presenting a very elaborate gavel he has created for President Paul; complete with a cowbell.


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Teatro Camões is a very dependable place for modern dance, and in large part, it's because the people who come to perform here are rooted in tradition. Marius Petipa's ballet Don Quixote, based on Cervantes' great novel, premiered in 1869 at the Bolshoi in Moscow. It was then reinterpreted by Alexander Gorski in 1900, and 90 years later, Eric Volodine took a stab, premiering his version right here with Companhia Nacional de Bailado. Tickets are 9 to 19€ here.
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Eric Volodine – second choreography second • Alexander Gorski • Ludwig Minkus – Music • Inspired by Marius Petipa and Miguel de Cervantes • Alexandre Vassiliev – set design and costumes • Richard Caswell – Light design
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If you still don't think disc brakes are going to be big on road bikes in the next year or so, you might want to take a gander at this.
Yup, that's right. It's a Colnago C59, a bit like this one that we tested, only with disc brakes front and rear. According to Alessandro Colnago it'll be available from June… not sure if that applies to the UK though. The discs in question look like Colnago-branded Formula R1 units - a pretty sensible choice since they're the lightest MTB discs currently available. Going slightly against whet we've heard from other industry sources, Colnago clearly think that 140mm rotors front and rear will be plenty, since that's what they've specced for the C59.
The fork is entirely new, redesigned to cope with the twisting forces a disc brake imparts, and the stays at the rear are new too. The chainstays have a bulge on the inner face, increasing the cross-sectional area and adding stiffness. They've done the same to the fork; the inner face bulges towards the wheel for the same reason.
The dropouts are new and they accept a 135mm hub width. There's no brake calliper hole at the top of the seatstays or in the fork, and the frame will work with both mechanical and hydraulic discs. The disc mount sits between the chainstay and seatstay and inboard of the stays, and looks pretty neat. The C59 was always a good looking bike and we don't think this one - which we've seen at the Taipei International Cycle Show - is any exception. Except for the fact that it's grey.
"But what about hydraulic drop levers?", I hear you cry. Well, this bike is running Dura Ace Di2, which opens it up to options such as the third party Tektro levers that are knocking around at Taipei right now. They're not finished yet, but clearly Formula have been busy because their levers are.
We've never seen these levers before, and we didn't know they existed until today. They're a hydraulic Di2 lever from Formula, and they have a dual paddle behind the brake lever in the same sort of configuration as the Shimano ones. They look kinda classy to us. If you want to run mechanical gears and hydraulic discs you can do that too. At least you can when the SRAM Red hydraulic comes out in the summer...
The wheels are new too - Colnago Artemis Discs, they're called. You can't radially spoke a disc wheel so the Artemis Disc uses a two-cross lacing pattern at the front to handle the braking forces; there's 24 spokes front and rear. The wheel uses the same 50mm rim as the standard Artemis, just with two of the rear rims instead of the 20-hole front.
So how much does all this hydraulic gubbins add to the weight of the bike? About 200 grams, according to Alessandro Colnago who's been tweeting pics of the bike this morning (that's Ernesto Colnago posing for road.cc in the pic above). That doesn't seem like a huge weight penalty and it would still be possible to build the C59 up at around the UCI weight limit with some nice light handlebars. The bike will be available as a complete build and also as a frameset in the 2013 lineup. It'll cost lots and lots and lots of money.
Colnago have updated their cyclocross bike too with a new disc-brake version of the Prestige, an evolution of their current World Cup model. It's a shame they camouflaged it against that background in Taipei; they bolted it in place so there's not a lot we could do about that.
The disc brake version will come in one design that can be built up with either electronic or mechanical shifting. The rear brake cable will run internally, exiting the chainstay just ahead of the disc calliper.
Like the C59 Disc, the Prestige Disc will take a 135mm-width rear hub and run with 140mm rotors.
As well as taking disc brakes, the 2013 model will feature a tapered head tube for the first time; the current version uses 1 1/8in headset bearings top and bottom but the lower one will be increased to 1 1/2in for the new incarnation, allowing Colnago to beef up the front end stiffness.
Colnago reckon the Prestige Disc will be in the shops by June or July – certainly in plenty of time for the start of the next cross season.
The Taipei International Cycle Show has given us our first chance to see Colnago's new K.Zero time trial bike in the flesh too. We reported on it last week, so follow the link for our initial write up.
It's certainly a good looking bike with a super-deep section head tube and internal cabling throughout. The cables come back from the bars and travel underneath a cap on to of the stem and then into the frame.
We didn't know what brakes the K.Zero would be using before but they're V-style callipers from TRP, the front one hidden behind the fork legs. The rear brake sits behind/beneath the bottom bracket and, as you can just about see in the picture, it gets itsown little shroud over the top to smooth the airflow down there.
Rather than forming a smooth line from the seat tube to the dropouts, the chainstays kink out away from the rear wheel straightaway before heading south. Plenty of other time trial and triathlon bikes do something similar to manage airflow efficiently at the back end.
The handlebar and stem are one bespoke unit. Despite the minimalist looks, the aero extensions can be tuned for height and reach while the base bar remains fixed in its aerodynamic position.
The K.Zero will be available in Shimano, SRAM and Campag builds and one model will be compatible with both mechanical and electronic shifting setups. And, if it's a deal-breaker for you, the bike is fully UCI legal and it has the sticker to prove it.
Dave is a founding father of road.cc and responsible for kicking the server when it breaks. In a previous life he was a graphic designer but he's also a three-time Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling world champion, and remains unbeaten through the bog. Dave rides all sorts of bikes but tends to prefer metal ones. He's getting old is why.