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Earlier this month the United Nations warned that the world population–at least 6.7 billion–would double in the next 40 years if growth rates remain unchecked. The UN specifically singled out India, where the number of people–1.17 billion–is increasing by 1.6 a year, and said that population explosion could exacerbate problems such as famine, disease and struggles over resources.
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Each object has a meta object which can be used to describe and sometimes alter the object. This is for things which are common to *all* objects. For example, "$obj->mc->class" to get the object's class. "@ISA = $obj->mc->ISA" to get an object's parents. And so on. Why a meta object? Why not just stick these methods in UNIVERSAL? They'd clash with user-space methods. For example, if an existing class has its own "id()" method it would likely clash with what our "id()" method does. You want to guarantee that every object responds to these meta methods the same way so there's no second-guessing. Meta Instance vs Meta Class Each object has a meta object for their instance, accessible with "$obj->mo" and also a meta object for their class, accessible with "$obj->mc". The meta instance can do most everything the meta class can, mc is provided mostly for disambiguation. The problem is this: my $thing = "Foo"; say $thing->mo->class; In perl5i, everything is an object. Do you want the class of $thing or do you want to treat $thing as a class name? Its ambiguous. So to disambiguate, use "$thing->mc" when you mean $thing to be a class name and "$thing->mo" when you mean it to be an object. For example, when writing a method which could be a class or could be an object be sure to use "$proto->mc->class" to get the class name. sub my_method { my $proto = shift; # could be an object, could be a class name my $class = $proto->mc->class; .... }
id my $id = $object->mo->id; Returns an identifier for $object. The identifier is guaranteed to be: * unique to the object for the life of the process * a true value * independent of changes to the object's contents class my $class = $object->mo->class; my $class = $class->mc->class; Returns the class of the $object or $class. ISA my @ISA = $object->mo->ISA; my @ISA = $class->mc->ISA; Returns the immediate parents of the $class or $object. Essentially equivalent to: no strict 'refs'; my @ISA = @{$class.'::ISA'}; linear_isa my @isa = $class->mc->linear_isa(); my @isa = $object->mo->linear_isa(); Returns the entire inheritance tree of the $class or $object as a list in the order it will be searched for method inheritance. This list includes the $class itself and includes UNIVERSAL. For example: package Child; use parent qw(Parent); # Child, Parent, UNIVERSAL my @isa = Child->mo->linear_isa(); methods my @methods = $class->mc->methods; my $methods = $class->mc->methods; my @methods = $object->mo->methods; my $methods = $object->mo->methods; my $methods = $object->mo->methods({ with_UNIVERSAL => 0, just_mine => 1, }); Returns the methods available to a $class or $object. By default it returns all the methods available except those inherited from UNIVERSAL because you usually don't want to know that. "with_UNIVERSAL", if true, makes it include methods inherited from UNIVERSAL. It defaults to false. "just_mine", if true, returns only methods defined in the $class. It defaults to false. symbol_table my $table = $class->mc->symbol_table; my $table = $obj->mo->symbol_table; Returns the symbol table for the given $class or class of the $object. If you don't know what a symbol table is... good. 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If you have spent an appreciable amount of time using an iPhone the chances are good that you have interacted with a UIKit Table View object. Table Views are the cornerstone of the navigation system for many iOS iPhone applications. For example, both the iPhone Mail and Settings applications make extensive use of Table Views to present information to users in a list format and to enable users to drill down to more detailed information by selecting a particular list item.
Whilst most implementations of table views involve the use of navigation, this chapter is intended to focus entirely on just the table view, including the creation of a very simple example. This will provide a good understanding of table views in general before moving on to a more complex navigation based example in Creating a Navigation based iOS 4 iPhone Application using TableViews.
An Overview of the Table View
Table Views present the user with data in a list format and are represented by the UITableView class of the UIKit framework. The data is presented in rows, whereby the content of each row is implemented in the form of a UITableViewCell object. Each table cell can display a text label (textLabel), a subtitle (detailedTextLabel) and an image (imageView). More complex cells can be created by either adding subviews to the cell, or sub classing UITableViewCell and adding your own custom functionality.
The Table View Delegate and dataSource
Each table view in an application needs to have a delegate and a dataSource associated with it. The dataSource implements the UITableViewDataSource protocol, which basically consists of a number of methods that define title information, how many rows of data are to be displayed, how the data is divided into different sections and, most importantly, supplies the table view with the cell objects to be displayed. The delegate implements the UITableViewDelegate protocol and provides additional control over the appearance and functionality of the table view including detecting when a user touches a specific row, defining custom row heights and indentations and also implementation of row deletion and editing functions.
Table View Styles
Table views can be configured to use either plain or grouped style. In the grouped style, the rows are grouped together in sections that are represented by rounded rectangles. For example, the following figure shows a table view configured to use the grouped style:
In the case of the plain style, the items are listed using the full width of the display:
Table Views using plain style can also be indexed, whereby rows are organized into groups according to specified criteria, such as alphabetical or numerical sorting.
Table View Cell Styles
<google>IOSBOX</google> In addition to the style of the Table View itself, different styles may also be specified for the individual table cells. The iOS 4 SDK currently supports four different cell styles:
- UITableViewCellStyleDefault – only the labelText in black and left aligned.
- UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle – labelText in black and left aligned with the detailLabeltext positioned beneath it in a smaller font using a gray foreground.
- UITableViewCellStyleValue1 – labelText in black left aligned and the smaller detailLabelText in blue, on the same line and right aligned.
- UITableViewCellStyleValue2 – labelText in blue on left side of cell, right aligned and detailedLabelText on right of cell, left aligned and black.
The style of a particular cell is specified when the cell object is created and will be covered in detail in a later section.
Setting up the Project
For the purposes of this chapter we will be creating a very simple iOS 4 iPhone application that contains a single Table View.
Begin by launching Xcode and selecting the option to Create a new Xcode Project. In the New Project window, select View-based application, make sure that the Product selection is set to iPhone, click Choose… and name the project TableExample.
Adding the Table View Component
Not surprisingly, the application we are creating is going to require an instance of the Table View component. Double click on the TableExampleViewController.xib file to launch the Interface Builder tool and drag a Table View instance from the Data Views section of the Library window (Tools -> Library or Command + L) onto the View window:
Making the Delegate and dataSource Connections
For the sake of simplicity, we are going to use our view controller class as both the dataSource and delegate for our application. This means that in our view controller we are going to need to implement the numberofRowsInSection and cellForRowAtIndexPath methods of the UITableViewDataSource protocol in the view controller. Before doing so, however, we need to connect the dataSource and delegate outlets of the Table View component to the view controller. To achieve this, make sure that the Table View component is selected in the Interface Builder View window and open the Connections Inspector (Tools -> Connections Inspector or Command + 2). In the Connections Inspector window, click in the small circle to the right of the dataSource outlet and drag the blue line to the File's Owner icon located in the TableExampleViewController.xib document window. Once the connection is established, repeat this task for the delegate outlet. The connections should now be displayed as follows:
Now that the connections have been established, save the file and exit from Interface Builder.
Implementing the dataSource
In order to bring our table view application to life we need to implement two dataSource methods in our view controller. Before doing so, however, we need to create the data itself. In this example, we are going to create an NSArray object and initialize it with some strings. In the main Xcode project window, select the TableExampleViewController.h file and modify it in the editing pane to declare the array:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h> @interface TableExampleViewController : UIViewController <UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource> { NSArray *colorNames; } @property (nonatomic, retain) NSArray *colorNames; @end
Note the references to UITableViewDelegate and UITableViewDataSource in the above code. These are included to notify the Objective-C compiler that the class implements these two protocols. Consequently, if we fail to implement the mandatory methods required by these protocols the compiler will notify us with a warning. If this line is omitted from the class declaration the code will still compile, but we will not be warned if we have failed to implement any methods. The only indication we will get will the application crashing at run time. For this reason, including these declarations is generally considered to be good programming practice.
Next, edit the TableExampleViewController.m class implementation file to synthesize access to the array:
#import "TableExampleViewController.h" @implementation TableExampleViewController @synthesize colorNames; . . . @end
Now that we have declared our array we need to initialize it with some data when the view is loaded. In order to achieve this we will override the viewDidLoad method. Scroll down the TableExampleViewController.m file until you find the template method, uncomment it by removing the /* and */ markers and modify the method as follows:
// Implement viewDidLoad to do additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib. - (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; self.colorNames = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"Red", @"Green", @"Blue", @"Indigo", @"Violet", nil]; }
Having allocated memory to our array and initialized it, the next task is to make sure the memory gets released when the array is no longer required. To do so it is necessary to add code to the viewDidUnload and dealloc methods:
- (void)viewDidUnload { // Release any retained subviews of the main view. // e.g. self.myOutlet = nil; self.colorNames = nil; } - (void)dealloc { [colorNames release]; [super dealloc]; }
With our data constructed all we need to do now is implement the numberOfRowsInSection and cellForRowAtIndexPath methods in order to conform to the minimum requirements of the UITableViewDataSource protocol. We will begin by implementing the numberOfRowsInSection method which is called by the Table View to identify how many rows are to be displayed. Since our data is held in an array we can simply return the number of array elements to satisfy this requirement, so add the following method to your TableExampleViewController.m file:
// Customize the number of rows in the table view. - (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section { return [self.colorNames count]; }
Next, the cellForRowAtIndexPath method needs to be implemented:
// Customize the appearance of table view cells. - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell"; UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier]; if (cell == nil) { cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease]; } // Configure the cell. cell.textLabel.text = [self.colorNames objectAtIndex: [indexPath row]]; return cell; }
In the above method everything, with the exception of the following line, is standard boilerplate code that you can reuse every time you need to implement this particular method:
cell.textLabel.text = [self.colorNames objectAtIndex: [indexPath row]];
The method begins by creating a cell identifier. Next, an attempt is made to reuse an existing cell that may have scrolled off the screen and is therefore available for use as the currently requested cell. If no previous cell is available for use then a new one is created using the UITableViewCellStyleDefault style. The cellForRowAtIndexPath method is passed as an argument an object of type NSIndexPath from which we are able to extract the row number for which the cell is being requested by the table view. This row number is used, in turn, to extract the corresponding element from our colorNames array and assign it to the textLabel property of the cell object.
Building and Running the Application
Once the code has been implemented for the application, build and run it by clicking on the Build and Run button located in the toolbar of the Xcode main project window. Once compiled the application should run in the simulator and appear as illustrated in the following figure:
Adding Table View Images and Changing Cell Styles
Now that we have created a simple table view example we can look at extending our code to change the cell style. In so doing we will make use of the image and detailed text properties of the cell object to add images and subtitles to each row of the view. The first step is to add an image to the resources of our project. If you already have an image file that is suitable for this purpose feel free to use it in this example. Alternatively, we can pick up an image from the Mac OS X system on which Xcode is running. To add an image file to the application resources, right click on the Resources entry in the Groups and Files panel of the main Xcode project window. From the resulting menu, select the Add -> Existing Files… option. In the resulting file selection panel navigate to and select your pre-existing image file. Alternatively, enter apple.png into the search field and press Enter. The apple.png file should appear in the file list from where it can be selected:
Once the appropriate image file has been selected, click on the Add button to add the image to the resources. On the following panel accept the default settings and click Add once again.
Now that the image is included in the project resources it is time to add some code to the cellForRowAtIndexPath method in the TableExampleViewCrontoller.m file. All we need to do in this file is add some code to create a UIImage object from the image file and assign it to the imageView property of the cell object. With these changes made, the method should read as follows:
// Customize the appearance of table view cells. - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell"; UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier]; if (cell == nil) { cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease]; } // Configure the cell. UIImage *cellImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"apple.png"]; cell.imageView.image = cellImage; cell.textLabel.text = [self.colorNames objectAtIndex: [indexPath row]]; return cell; }
Next, we want to add a subtitle to the text of each cell. This is achieved by assigning a string to the cell object's detailTextLabel text property. Note also that the code currently selects the UITableViewCellStyleDefault cell style which does not display the detailText. It will also be necessary, therefore to change the cell style to UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle . With all of these changes implemented, the method now reads as follows:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell"; UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier]; if (cell == nil) { cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease]; } // Configure the cell. UIImage *cellImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"apple.png"]; cell.imageView.image = cellImage; NSString *colorString = [self.colorNames objectAtIndex: [indexPath row]]; cell.textLabel.text = colorString; NSString *subtitle = [NSString stringWithString: @"All about the color "]; subtitle = [subtitle stringByAppendingString:colorString]; cell.detailTextLabel.text = subtitle; return cell; }
Once the changes have been made to the code, save the code file and build and run the application. When the simulator starts up the table view should appear with images and subtitles as shown in the following figure:
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Starting on Thursday, November 15th called Around the World which is sponsored by The Ego Co. The theme is great, bringing the cultures of the world to the grid for a grand event!
At Around The World, you can get this amazing sky-box from the talented team of 22769, as well as the shirt and pants I am wearing.
My pose is from ibang for Around the World and though it is pictured as a female set, it can definitely be used for the guys.
A list of participating designers can be found here.
What I Am Wearing:
Skin-NIVARO Crow Skin summertone
Hair-Redgrave Cruz Black
Facial Hair-Eddesign full beard – Black – More transparent Sideburn 26 & Tableau Vivant Vincent Beards – stubble
Eyes-.ID. Spark [Mens Dept.] / Mesh Eyes / Aqua (Available @ The Mens Dept-November 5th)
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Shirt-22769 ~ [homme] oversized shirt (Available @ Around The World November 15th)
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UNH students come out for bone marrow drive
Organizer: Every person who signs up could be match
Students of the University of New Hampshire came out Saturday to potentially help save lives.
The university's synchronized skating team put together a bone marrow donor drive to help the "Be the Match" program.
"It is really quick and really easy and they explain everything. She was explaining step by step, so it's nice," said UNH student Lauren Barbo.
The goal was to sign up potential donors for people across the nation with blood disorders.
The team said the effort was inspired by GMA anchor Robin Roberts, who recently returned to the anchor desk after battling a rare blood disease.
"If I were a match, I'd donate instantly. It would be awesome to know you could save someone's life," said UNH student Anna Oggeri.
Jackie McClune, of the RI Blood Center, said she understands the importance of donating because she's helped save someone's life.
"I matched a 9-year-old boy in 2000. (He's) now 22 out in the Midwest, and (it) was the most rewarding thing I got to do," said McClune.
The drive's organizer said every person who signs up could be a match.
"It's great that we can add, even if it were just us 20 girls being added to the registry, that would be incredible. Just 20 more people that can be there to help out, and it's so important to be added to the registry because it can save someone's life," said UNH student Nina Brofsky.


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Dell has introduced a series of new enterprise appliances and integrated systems to drive simplicity and ease of use across the data centre, and help customers achieve quicker business insights and agility. The new workload-specific infrastructure appliances and integrated systems dramatically speed deployment, management and time to results for companies of all sizes.
Dell is teaming up with leading enterprise software companies to integrate and optimise Dell infrastructure and management capabilities, with some of the most widely deployed applications and workloads in enterprises today. Dell is moving quickly to deliver appliances to accelerate the value customers get from their technology by simplifying the deployment and management of large-scale enterprise applications, while at the same time ensuring best-in-class performance, response times, and insights to critical business data.
In a recent report industry analyst firm IDC noted, the integrated systems and appliances market is one of the fastest-growing segments of the IT industry. As enterprises look to simplify and streamline IT capabilities, they will turn more and more toward these solution sets to help reduce the burden on their IT departments and provide a better SLA to their corporate users. Vendors will continue to develop more sophisticated tools to manage these stacks more efficiently and integrate more software packages for customers to choose from. In addition, they will continue to partner with one another to help bring these solution sets to fruition.
Dell Acceleration Appliance for Databases
Dell introduced the Dell Acceleration Appliance for Databases, a pre-built, pre-integrated appliance designed to accelerate leading database environments including MySQL, Sybase, Microsoft SQL and MongoDB. This solution includes Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell Storage and Dell Networking, with application acceleration technology from Fusion-io to improve database performance, enabling large and midsize customers to cost-effectively respond to business needs rapidly and reliably.
Dell also is shipping Fluid Cache for SAN, which brings data closer to the server while improving application performance and reducing response times for scale-out workloads that require high levels of concurrent usage.
Dell Integrated Systems for Oracle 12c Database
In addition to the Dell Application Acceleration for Databases appliance, Dell today announced a purpose-built appliance designed specifically for Oracle 12c database deployments. The Dell Integrated Systems for Oracle 12c Database appliance helps customers migrate to and accelerate current Oracle 12c environments. Now customers from small businesses to large enterprises can quickly stand up new Oracle database deployments with a high-performance appliance that meets their database management needs today, and can easily scale in the future.
Extending the base configuration available in the Dell Application Acceleration for Databases appliance with Oracle 12c database pre-installed customers will experience significant performance gains and cost savings over similar pre-packaged appliance solutions available today. The Dell Database Acceleration Appliance for Oracle pre-bundles Dell infrastructure, with Oracle Linux, Oracle VM, Oracle Enterprise Manager and Oracle Fusion Applications removing from customers the hassle of hardware integration and fine-tuning of applications.
Dell In-Memory Appliances for Cloudera Enterprise
Dell is building on its deep expertise and relationship working with Cloudera and Intel to launch new Dell In-Memory Appliances for Cloudera Enterprise aimed at accelerating Hadoop deployments. The market for Hadoop is expected to grow to $50.2 billion by 2020[2], a compound annual growth rate of nearly 60 percent. Businesses of all sizes are using big data to inform and make business critical decisions, so they need access to effective real-time data analytics.
The appliances will bundle leading Dell technology with Cloudera Enterprise (Data Hub Edition including Apache Spark), and Intel's performance and security optimised chipset, to help organisations capitalise on high-performance data analysis. The solution represents a unique collaboration within the big data ecosystem to collectively deliver a solution that no single vendor can provide.
The Dell In-Memory Appliances for Cloudera Enterprise simplify and speed up otherwise complex Hadoop cluster deployments, enabling customers to gain critical business insights faster. It is also massively scalable, using an enterprise data hub to store and analyse any amount or type of data in its original form and for as long as desired or required. This ease of deployment and scalability meet the needs of small and medium businesses, all the way up to the largest enterprises.
It includes leading Dell hardware, Cloudera Enterprise (Data Hub Edition including Apache Spark) for easier management and compatibility within existing data centre environments, Intel Architecture for fast processing, and ScaleMP's Versatile SMP (vSMP) architecture to aggregate multiple x86 servers into a single virtual machine to create large memory pools for in-memory processing. The Dell In-Memory Appliances for Cloudera Enterprise will be available in pre-sized, pre-configured options so customers can choose and quickly deploy the version that is right for their deployment.
Dell XC Series of Web-scale Converged Appliances
Dell today also announced plans to deliver the Dell XC Series of Web-scale Converged Appliances powered by Nutanix. With the announcement, Dell extends its software defined storage portfolio with plans to offer customers a new series of appliances, which combine compute, storage and networking into a single offering. These new appliances will benefit customers seeking an integrated IT approach, offering simple deployment, management and scale as needed.
Dell Workload and Application Emphasis
Today's announcements of new engineered solutions from Dell represent the next step in the company's ongoing efforts to help businesses of all sizes realise greater returns on their investments in enterprise applications, and accelerate value from their technology. Dell recently introduced joint partner solutions, reference architectures and certifications with Oracle, SAP, Red Hat and Microsoft, and Scale Up Certifications for SAP HANA, for easy scaling of server memory capacity in deployments and helps reduce the need to "rip and replace" when systems are upgraded. And Dell has partnered with Red Hat to offer private cloud solutions based on OpenStack to help customers move to and deploy highly scalable cloud computing models.


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Supernova in M82 peaks at magnitude 10.5, nicely visible in amateur telescopes. Catch it before the waxing Moon starts brightening the sky after about February 3rd. See our updated article, Supernova in M82 Reaches Its Peak.
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Want to become a better astronomer? Learn your way around the constellations. They're the key to locating everything fainter and deeper to hunt with binoculars or a telescope.
This is an outdoor nature hobby. For an easy-to-use constellation guide covering the whole evening sky, use the big monthly map in the center of each issue of Sky & Telescope, the essential guide to astronomy. Or download our free Getting Started in Astronomy booklet (which only has bimonthly maps).
Once you get a telescope, to put it to good use you'll need a detailed, large-scale sky atlas (set of charts). The standards are the little Pocket Sky Atlas, which shows stars to magnitude 7.6; the larger and deeper Sky Atlas 2000.0 (stars to magnitude 8.5); and once you know your way around, the even larger Uranometria 2000.0 (stars to magnitude 9.75). And read how to use sky charts with a telescope.
You'll also want a good deep-sky guidebook, such as Sue French's Deep-Sky Wonders collection (which includes its own charts), Sky Atlas 2000.0 Companion by Strong and Sinnott, the bigger Night Sky Observer's Guide by Kepple and Sanner, or the beloved if dated Burnham's Celestial Handbook.
Can a computerized telescope replace charts? Not for beginners, I don't think, and not on mounts and tripods that are less than top-quality mechanically (able to point with better than 0.2° repeatability, which means fairly heavy and expensive). As Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer say in their invaluable Backyard Astronomer's Guide, "A full appreciation of the universe cannot come without developing the skills to find things in the sky and understanding how the sky works. This knowledge comes only by spending time under the stars with star maps in hand."
This Week's Planet Roundup
Mercury is visible in evening twilight, low in the west-southwest. It fades rapidly, from magnitude –0.6 to +0.7 this week.
Venus (magnitude –4.8) shines brightly in the dawn; look southeast. In a telescope Venus is a crescent, thickening from 14% to 19% sunlit this week.
Mars (magnitude +0.2, in Virgo) rises around 11 p.m. It's just 4° or 5° from lesser Spica to its lower right. Compare their colors. They're highest in the south around 4 a.m., with Spica now under Mars.
In a telescope Mars is about 9 arcseconds wide, big enough for telescopes to give glimpses of its surface features. Mars is on its way to an apparent diameter of 15.1″ when closest to Earth in mid-April.
Jupiter (magnitude –2.6, in Gemini) dominates the eastern sky in early evening. It crosses nearly overhead (for mid-northern observers) around 9 or 10 p.m.
In a telescope Jupiter remains a big 46 or 45 arcseconds wide. For lots about observing Jupiter see the January Sky & Telescope or our brief online article Jupiter: Big, Bright, and Beautiful.
Saturn (magnitude +0.5, in Libra) rises around 1 or 2 a.m. and is high in the south at dawn. By then it's far to the left of Mars and Spica, and less far to the upper right of Antares. Saturn is nearing western quadrature (90° west of the Sun).
Uranus (magnitude 5.9, in Pisces) can still be located in the west-southwest right after dark. Finder chart.
Neptune is disappearing into evening twilight.
All descriptions that relate to your horizon — including the words up, down, right, and left — are written for the world's mid-northern latitudes. Descriptions that also depend on longitude (mainly Moon positions) are for North America.
Eastern Standard Time (EST) is Universal Time (UT, UTC, or GMT) minus 5 hours.
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The Christmas that made me cry - three times
It was going to be a memorable year for me, but I didn't know it yet. It was right after Thanksgiving.
I was eight years old and had heard a lot of talk at school that Santa Claus wasn't real. To be on the safe side, though, I wrote a letter to Santa during the first week of December. My dad mailed it for me, because there weren't any mailboxes we could walk to, and the post office was far away.
A few days later, I thought of something else I wanted to say. Can't remember what it was now, but it was one of those burning things that had to be conveyed. I went looking for a clean piece of paper in my sister's desk. She was fifteen years old and had stationery with roses on it and stamps in her desk. I intended to make off with a sheet of rose paper and only admit it if she noticed one was missing. (Did I mention we were sisters?)
Inside her desk drawer, I was shocked and surprised to find my opened letter to Santa, along with a half-written reply. How could she have my letter unless...? Crushed by the realization that the kids at school were right, I hid out for the rest of the day and cried myself to sleep that night. Dad caught the scent of trouble the next day, and after I blurted out my problem, he explained that Santa did exist, but not as the man in the red suit. Santa was the spirit of Christmas that made us glow when we gave presents to others and gave to charity. The letter-writing, reindeer, and all that? Something to help the "little kids" until they had grown up enough to understand. I took right to this explanation. After all, I wasn't a "little kid" anymore, and here was the proof! Eight years old might seem like an advanced age to be figuring all this out, but it was a more naive time then. When it came time to tell my sons about Santa Claus, I have to admit I went for the magic. But I talked about the way different people around the world envision Santa Claus, including some stories from other countries, so my kids wouldn't get too hung up on chimneys and reindeer. I actually think they knew at least a year before they asked me.
If only Santa revelations had been the worst that Christmas had in store for me that year! Two days before Christmas, my cat Sugar died. It was some disease; all I knew was that she had been feeling bad, went to the vet and didn't come home. Oh, Sugar! I miss her to this day. She was a sweet, tiger-striped cat with a red nose I'd loved all my short life. Tears poured from me and I couldn't be consoled. On Christmas morning I opened my presents without joy and thanked everyone in a dull voice. It was too soon to be happy. Then my mother brought something in from the kitchen, and I heard a tiny mew. I couldn't believe it when Mom settled a little gray ball of fluff into my lap. I loved Sugar Two from the instant I laid eyes on her. This time there were tears of joy.
The holidays tend to stir old memories and sometimes deep emotions. I'd love to hear one of your old holiday memories.
I've donated Mortal Path Books 1 & 2 for the Grand Giveaway at the end of this very special event. Right now, I'm giving away a signed copy of Sacrifice: Mortal Path Book 2, plus a $25 Amazon gift card so that you can enjoy even more books. I'll choose a random winner from those who comment by Friday, December 23rd. To make it easy to get in touch with you if you're the winner, please leave your email in some disguised form.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night.


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Sandy Richardson-Moose Kicking Tee
At Design Interviews
Interview with Sandy Richardson : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Sandy Richardson : To use the accurate drop punt kicking technique with a kicking tee to make place and goal kicking easier and more consistent in football codes using ovoid balls. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Sandy Richardson : The main focus has been to allow the foot to pass through underneath the ball completely unimpeded, but also have a product that could be easily carried in sport kit bags. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Sandy Richardson : Currently we are marketing in Australia for training and in-game use. We plan to make the product available in all countries that play Rugby Union and Rugby League. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Sandy Richardson : From initial idea to commencement of tooling was 8 months. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Sandy Richardson : The design development work, starting from the basic idea, was commissioned by our client. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Sandy Richardson : Our client is producing and distributing the product themselves. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Sandy Richardson : This was an exciting opportunity to work on innovative sports equipment. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Sandy Richardson : We looked at sporting goods in general, but there were no particular designs we referred to. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Sandy Richardson : Target customers are Rugby Union, Rugby League and Australian Rules Football League players, coaches, trainers and parents of junior players .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Sandy Richardson : There are no similar kicking tees. All other tees are various forms of a cone shape. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Sandy Richardson : The name MOOSE came from the visually strong antler form that we developed for the support arms holding the ball. The two antler forms strongly suggest a moose. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Sandy Richardson : Development was done using Siemens SolidEdge 3D modeling software and prototypes made from machining from solid plastic material. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Sandy Richardson : Kicking with the foot coming straight through underneath the ball. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Sandy Richardson : Regarding kicking, David MacKay, worked with coaches and players to test and refine the design. We worked very closely with our manufacturer in China who assisted in resolving difficulties in overmoulding the TPE over the polypropylene antlers. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Sandy Richardson : Overmoulding technology was critical to achieve a soft feel and to provide safety in use. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Sandy Richardson : Design development was verified with user testing and feedback from coaches and experienced older players. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Sandy Richardson : The design resolution of the antler to bridge clip assembly was challenging. The clipping needed to provide a good "click" sound on assembly so the user knew it was correctly assembled. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Sandy Richardson : We came across A Design Awards and thought that our design was worthy of an award. We want to promote the product into international markets. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Sandy Richardson : The design team learnt a lot more about designing for two shot mouldings and how to design a clipping assembly that is sufficiently strong for the use but also allows "popping" apart if the tee is fallen on as part of the safety strategy to prevent injuries. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Sandy Richardson : Combining all the functional features and achieving an exciting sporting look to the product. .
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Posted on 2013-08-23
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Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is the world's largest radio and outdoor advertising company with leading market positions in each of its two business segments: Radio and Outdoor. Clear Channel is also one of the most innovative media players in the market – a leader in the converging media space, developing the best-in-class integrated media offers (e.g. Radio/Web) and building significant positions in the HD arena.
The Account Executive is responsible for building relationships and selling Clear Channel assets as marketing solutions. The role objective is to achieve revenue targets and services goals while helping clients meet key business challenges. Successful candidates must be motivated, enthusiastic, self-starters who are able to work effectively both independently and in a team environment.
This is a tough and demanding position where only the motivated succeed. One out of every three Account Executives hired will quit in their first year, but if you are motivated, have a strong desire to succeed and can adapt and overcome, then you are in for a successful and rewarding career with a global media leader.
Required Skills
- Develop new leads by cold calling and obtaining face to face appointments.
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- Establish, maintain and grow relationships with client base and agencies.
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- Solicit funding for broadcast and non-broadcast projects, special events, web streaming and other off-air projects.
- Develop presentations to corporations and agencies designed to sell marketing solutions.
- Maintain an organized format on each sales call, covering all important topics: client marketing analysis, target consumer needs, benefits sought, assignments and follow-up.
- 2+ years prior experience in successful sales role.
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- Superior written and verbal communication skills.
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- Proven track record of reaching sales targets and revenue goals.
Clear Channel is an equal opportunity employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.


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Blood pressure is a measure of how hard the blood pushes
against the walls of your arteries as it moves through your body. It's normal
for blood pressure to go up and down throughout the day, but if it stays up,
you have high blood pressure.
For your doctor
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least 140/90 on three or more separate occasions. It is usually measured 1 to 2
weeks apart.
Blood pressure is recorded as two measurements:
Blood pressures are measured in
millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). Systolic pressure, the higher of the two
readings, is measured first. Diastolic pressure is the lower reading. For
example, if your systolic pressure is 120 mm Hg and your diastolic pressure is
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Many people who have high blood pressure don't know
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When you take your own blood pressure, you can do it
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work, and when you travel. This helps your
doctor to:
When you have high blood pressure, taking your
own measurements can help you see how medicine
or lifestyle changes are helping to lower your blood pressure.
It can help you feel more involved in and more
in control of your own health care.
people have a big rise in blood
pressure only when they are in a doctor's office. This is called "white-coat
hypertension." It probably is caused by worry about the
doctor visit. By checking blood pressure at home, these
people can often find out whether their blood pressure readings generally are
lower when they are not in the doctor's office.
If I take my blood pressure at
home, I can help my doctor decide
whether I have high blood pressure and what effect my
medicines have.
By checking your blood
pressure at home, you can confirm whether you have high blood pressure. And you
can keep track of the effects of your medicine.
If you check your blood
pressure at home, you can help your doctor diagnose high
blood pressure and keep track of the effects of your
Continue to How?
There are two types of blood pressure
When you first get a blood pressure
device, check its accuracy. Do this by comparing
its readings with those you get at
the doctor's office. Ask your doctor or nurse to watch you
use your device to make sure that you are doing it right
and that it works right. It's a good idea to
have your device checked every year at the doctor's office.
The size of the
blood pressure cuff and where you place it can greatly
affect how accurate your device is. If the cuff is
too small or
too large, the results won't be right. You may have to measure your arm and choose a monitor that comes in the right size.
Measure blood pressure in your arm. Blood pressure monitors used on the wrist aren't as reliable as those that use arm cuffs. Wrist monitors should be used only by people who can't use arm cuffs for physical reasons. And devices that use finger monitors aren't recommended at all.2
Before you take your blood pressure:
Remember that blood pressure readings
vary throughout the day. They usually are highest in the morning after you wake
up and move around. They decrease throughout the day and
are lowest in the evening.
Everyone's blood pressure
changes from day to day and even from minute to minute sometimes. So taking
your own blood pressure works best when you also keep
a diary.
Your doctor may give you a form to use, or you
can use a
home blood pressure log(What is a PDF document?).
Write down
systolic and
diastolic pressures, the date, and time.
Also write down any medicine you take and
what time you take it. Record anything that causes you
stress. These records can help your doctor
make sure you get the right treatment.
The size and position of the blood pressure cuff can
affect the reading. I should check my blood pressure while I am seated in a
comfortable position.
The size and position of the blood pressure
cuff can affect the blood pressure reading. It is important that the cuff fits
right and is placed on the widest part of the upper arm. Check your blood
pressure while you are seated in a comfortable
Continue to Where?
If you have questions about this information,
print it out and take it with you when you visit your
doctor. You may want to use a highlighter to mark areas or make notes in the
margins of the pages where you have questions.
If you would like more information on taking your blood
pressure, see the topic
Home Blood Pressure Test.
If you would like more information on high blood pressure, the
following resources are available:
Visit the American Heart Association (AHA) website for information on
physical activity, diet, and various heart-related conditions. You can search for information on heart disease and stroke, share information with friends and family, and use tools to help you make heart-healthy goals and plans. Contact the AHA to find your
nearest local or state AHA group. The AHA provides brochures and information
about support groups and community programs, including Mended Hearts, a
nationwide organization whose members visit people with heart problems and
provide information and support.
CardioSmart is an online education and support program that can be your partner in heart health. This website engages, informs, and empowers people to take part in their own care and to work well with their health care teams. It has tools and resources to help you prevent, treat, and/or manage heart diseases.
You can set health and wellness goals and track your progress with online tools. You can track your weight, waist measurement, blood pressure, and activity. You can use calculators to help you find your body mass index (BMI) and check your risk for heart problems. You can search for a cardiologist. And you can find medicine information and prepare for your next appointment. Also, you can join online communities to connect with peers and take heart-healthy challenges.
CardioSmart was designed by cardiovascular professionals at the American College of Cardiology, a nonprofit medical society. Members include doctors, nurses, and surgeons.
The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
(NHLBI) information center offers information and publications about preventing
and treating:
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CitationsJoint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (2003). Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure JNC Express (NIH Publication No. 03–5233). Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.American Heart Association. (2005). Recommendations for blood pressure measurement in humans and experimental animals. Part 1: Blood pressure measurement in humans. AHA Scientific Statement. Hypertension, 45(1): 142–161.
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April 5, 2011
Healthwise Staff
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E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine & Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD - Cardiology
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Trouble not over for Jesse Jackson Jr.
CHICAGO -- Jesse Jackson Jr.'s resignation from Congress might end his once-promising political career but it doesn't mark the end of troubles for the civil rights icon's son.
Just two weeks after voters re-elected him to a ninth full term, Jackson on Wednesday sent his resignation letter to House Speaker John Boehner, citing his ongoing treatment for bipolar disorder and admitting "my share of mistakes" while confirming publically for the first time that he's the subject of a federal probe and cooperating with investigators.
Federal authorities are reportedly investigating Jackson's possible misuse of campaign funds and the House Ethics Committee is investigating his dealings with imprisoned ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. It was unclear how the committee would proceed following Jackson's resignation. The committee could still decide to release a final report on him but it no longer has the power to punish Jasckson.
Jackson, 47, was never charged with wrongdoing and in his resignation letter wrote, "they are my mistakes and mine alone."
Jackson's attorneys offered few details of the reported probe into misuse of campaign funds.
"Mr. Jackson is cooperating with the investigation. We hope to negotiate a fair resolution of the matter but the process could take several months," according to a statement from Jackson's attorneys, including former U.S. Attorney in Chicago Dan Webb. "During that time, we will have no further comment and urge you to give Mr. Jackson the privacy he needs to heal and handle these issues responsibly."
Experts said Jackson's resignation and confirmation of the federal investigation signaled more details would likely follow.
"I think it won't be too long before we hear an announcement of a plea agreement," said Bruce Reinhart, a white-collar defense lawyer in West Palm Beach, Fla., who was a federal prosecutor for 19 years. "The government doesn't like people who are going to plead guilty to abusing public office to remain in a position of public trust. ... Resignation would be a significant bargaining chip for Congressman Jackson in order to get a better deal from the government."
Late Wednesday the longtime Chicago congressman's father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., told reporters his son resigned because he didn't believe he could continue to serve effectively while also trying to get well.
"He made the decision to choose his health," Jackson said.
He also said there is no way of knowing how long it will take for his son to recover from what he characterized as an "internal unresolved challenge."
"It's not the kind of illness you can put a timetable on," Jackson said, adding that he is confident his son "will get well in time."
Jackson first took office in 1995 after winning a special election in a Democratic district made up of South Side Chicago neighborhoods, several southern suburbs and rural areas.
He began his career in Washington with a star power and pedigree that set him apart from his hundreds of other House colleagues. But despite high expectations, Jackson largely went unnoticed as a policymaker.
He went on medical leave in June, though his office was never forthcoming about details about his condition, his whereabouts or if he would return.
It was later revealed that he was being treated at the Mayo Clinic for bipolar disorder and gastrointestinal issues. He returned to his Washington home in September but went back to the clinic the next month. His father said his son had not yet "regained his balance."
Jackson has not provided details of his treatment. Attempts by The Associated Press to locate Jackson were unsuccessful, and family members either declined to comment or could not be reached.
In the letter Jackson said he returned to Washington the first time against the recommendations of his doctor and that over the months as his health "deteriorated" his ability to serve his constituents had "diminished."
"My health issues and treatment regimen have been incompatible with service in the House of Representatives," he wrote.
Bipolar disorder used to be known as manic depression and it can cause severe mood swings that interfere with the ability to handle daily tasks. Prescription drugs including the mood stabilizer lithium and antidepressants can help manage the symptoms, but it often takes time to find the right drug, or combination of drugs, to take effect.
Fellow congressman said Jackson's resignation not been an easy decision.
Rep. Bobby Rush, a fellow Chicago Democrat, told reporters that he spoke to a melancholy Jackson on the phone early Wednesday morning -- hours before he submitted his resignation.
"He sounded very sorrowful -- in so much pain ... that he wouldn't be able to serve in Congress anymore," Rush said.
Voters in his Chicago area district have been largely supportive of Jackson, who easily won every election since 1995. But as his medical leave was prolonged and new details released, cracks started to appear in that support.
Voter Rodney Butler said Jackson did not handle his leave of absence well. The 62-year-old retiree described the congressman's approach as "hush-hush" and said it made it seem as though Jackson had done something wrong.
The timing of Jackson's leave and the way it was handled invited scrutiny. Jackson's leave was announced just after a former fundraiser connected to the Blagojevich corruption allegations was arrested on unrelated medical fraud charges.
The vacancy left by Jackson's departure creates a rare opportunity for someone else to represent his district.
Even before the resignation the gambit of potential successors floated around Chicago. Prominent Chicago attorney Sam Adam Jr., a onetime attorney for Blagojevich and R&B singer R. Kelly, said he'd be interested. Other names circulating are Chicago Aldermen Sandi Jackson and Anthony Beale, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and former one-term U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, will schedule a re-election in the coming days. He said he planned to set both a primary and a general election.


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Rested and refreshed, the U.S. women continue to dominate the Olympic basketball tournament.
Diana Taurasi scored 18 points and Tina Charles had a double-double to lead the Americans to an 88-61 win over the Czech Republic on Friday.
The Americans (4-0) have now won 37 straight games in the Olympics, including four straight gold medals. The U.S. started slow but looked fresh after its first day off since getting together on July 14 to start training for the London Games.
The U.S. had rolled through its first three opponents winning by 36 points a game and continued the onslaught against the Czechs (1-3), who will need to win their final game Sunday to possibly advance to the quarterfinals.
The Czechs jumped out to a quick lead scoring the first 10 points of the game in just two minutes. It was the Americans' biggest deficit in the Olympics since they trailed the Czechs 13-2 in the opener of the 2008 Beijing Games. They went on to win that game by 40 points.
"We had a little bit of a tough time getting shots to go in and the Czech Republic team did a great job of hitting their threes," U.S. forward Maya Moore said of the Americans' slow start. "We just try to stay agressive. It's about When the other team hits you, you gotta get back up and figure out a way to overcome it. And that's what we did."
The Czech Republic also played the U.S. tight for a half in the 2010 world championship gold medal game, trailing by five at the break. The U.S. won that contest by 20.
The Czechs led 26-24 after the first quarter after hitting six of their first 10 3-point attempts. They didn't hit another 3-pointer the rest of the game, missing their final 11 attempts.
While the Czechs went cold, the Americans heated up behind Charles — who had 16 points and 14 rebounds — and Tamika Catchings.
Trailing 30-26, the Americans scored 22 of the next 28 points to go up 48-36 with 2:18 left in the half. Catchings and Charles each had six points during the burst. Catchings' layup off a fullcourt pass from Moore gave the U.S. a 31-30 lead. After a Czech basket, Charles scored six straight and the U.S. never trailed again.
The Americans led 48-38 at the half and put the game away with a 20-3 run to start the second half. Taurasi hit two 3-pointers during the spurt.
The Czechs couldn't get within 20 points of the U.S. the rest of the way.
"Throughout the whole game I think our defensive intensity picked up," Catchings said. "The third quarter was probably one of the best third quarters we've had since we've been playing together. Now we've just got it going in the first half, start the game off that way."
Michaela Zrustova scored 15 points to lead the Czech Republic.
Sylvia Fowles sat out her third consecutive game to rest a sore left foot. She did participate in pregame warmups for the first time.
Even without their 6-foot-5 center, the Americans controlled the boards, outrebounding the 61-40, including 27 on the offensive end.
While the U.S. has already clinched a spot in the quarterfinals, the Czechs (1-2) still are trying to advance.
They made a surprising run to the silver medal at the worlds, knocking off defending champion Australia in the quarterfinals before losing to the U.S. in the title game. The Czech Republic was definitely buoyed in that tournament by its home crowd that included President Vaclav Klaus for the championship game.
The Americans will close out pool play Sunday against China, which was routed by Turkey 82-55.
Also Friday, Australia's Liz Cambage had the play of the day — maybe of the Olympic women's basketball tournament when she dunked in the Aussies' 70-66 win over Russia. Canada advanced to the quarterfinals with a 79-73 victory over Brazil. Croatia routed Angola 75-56; and France edged Britain 80-77 in overtime.


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Vale Multishade/Duorol Blinds
Standard Specification:
- Cassetted Aluminium Head Rail in White
- Two Part Aluminium Bottom Rail in White
- Side Winder Chain on the Right Colour - Co-ordinated to your choice of Head Rail
- Top Fix Brackets
- Child Safe Tensioning Device
- Control length is determined by the Child Safety Legislation (see Child Safety Page)
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- Two Part Aluminium Bottom Rail in Silver, Anthracite, Black, Brown or Cream.
- Side Winder Chain on the Left
- Face Fix Brackets
- Battery operation with a hand held remote
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Contractors use it to validate tender material. Specifying engineers can use it to help define project and system demands early on, allowing them to start sizing.
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You want something fast? You want something basic that gets the job done? We have you covered. "Sometimes you need something at a good price that is 98 percent good enough instead of a custom solution with a longer delivery time," says Marcus Fich. Grundfos has its most popular variants (like CRs and boosters) on a fast track, meaning you get them shipped to your distributor within three days. Just look for the Fast Track icon under product results or on a product's specifications page.
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Step aside, 2-D and 3-D models. Building information modelling (BIM) is here, enriching product models with operation and maintenance data over time. Find and select your product, then look for the .rfa BIM model files under the product's CAD drawings.
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Ever heard the story about the girl who sleeps with this dude and ends up getting some weird, flesh-eating disease that the doctor tells her can only be contracted through sex with a corpse?
Every once in a while you hear a story of human sexual deviance so extremely left of centre that it literally blows your mind. It's even more disturbing when you're there at the source, and can see the corroborating evidence for yourself.
One of my best mates from Southend is the manager of a chain pub in Central London.
A few weeks ago, he's standing behind the bar when a guy comes up to him looking rather concerned.
– "Listen mate, this is gonna sound totally insane, but I've just gone for a piss in the urinal and I could've sworn I saw an eyeball looking up from the hole."
– "I'm sorry?" my mate replies.
– "Not just an eyeball, but like, an eyebrow as well. And the eye was looking around."
So the guy convinces him to let them have a look to put his mind at ease.
They both go to the toilets to check on the two adjoining rooms. As they go through the first door, they discover that the place is pretty much flooded with urine. My mate comments to the guy that obviously this is not usual.
Things get stranger still when they get to the door to the second back room, which is a fire exit and should be unlocked – it isn't.
My friend gets his keys out to unlock the door, and as he begins doing so, a frantic scuffle begins behind the door.
As he attempts to push it open, the handle is ripped out of his hand and a dude comes charging out of the room, soaked head to toe in piss.
He charges both my friend and the customer (who are too shocked to react) out of the way, screaming, "I didn't do anything!" as he goes.
By the time they regain their sense of reality, the guy has made his escape, leaving them to assess the scene of abject depravity he's left in his wake.
The plumbing for the urinal had been carefully removed and put to one side, leaving a hole in the masonry big enough for a head and shoulders to squeeze in. Tissue paper had been laid on the exposed brick-work to provide a comfortable head rest for what seemed to be a lengthy session of being pissed on. By men. In secret. In a pub belonging to pretty much the biggest pub chain in Britain. Oh, and did I mention the snorkel?
The police are called. Forensics scour the scene but no fingerprints can be found owing to the copious amounts of wee on every single surface.
I was told this story whilst incredibly stoned. I was utterly incredulous. I was even more incredulous when he showed me pictures of this makeshift piss dungeon on his phone, taken moments after the incident.
He said he was pretty disturbed by the fact that he had seen this utterly normal-looking middle-aged man at his lowest ebb. He had obviously done a recce on the place and put a fair amount of planning into finding, and locking himself into this room. All without arousing the suspicions of staff or punters before it was way too late.
There you go, then. Next time you go for a pee in a urinal, or anywhere for that matter, just remember that someone could be mere feet away bathing in your waste fluids.


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