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Here's the 3rd part of the 4 parts report on my experiences at the HONEYWELL NASA Educators@SpaceCamp.
In this report I'll describe in detailed what I have learnt at the camp.
Rodney Tan
3) What were the contents of the program
This programme provided an opportunity to feed my fascination with space and technology. It was structured along the American Space Programme and many of the lessons were developed by NASA with the cooperation of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) teachers in the US.
For a detailed listing of all the activities, please go to: http://www.spacecamp.com/educators/honeywell/ and click 'Sample Educators Workshop Description'
The main activities can be divided into Maths, Science, History, Team Building, Guest Speakers and Museum Visit.
Maths activities
Martian Maths
An interactive and energetic session for learning basic skills, factorials, probability and order of operations. Adaptable for other subjects.
NASA's Engineering Design Challenges – Thermal Design
This activity replicates engineering challenges faced by NASA engineers. Working under the supervision of our facilitators, we design, build, test, re-design, and re-build models that meet specified design criteria. We employed the same analytical skills as engineers as they improve their designs.
Built Environment
Using measurement, graphing, volume, ratio, scale, proportion and model making, we build a moon or mars colony out of found items. We use critical thinking and decision making to create an out of this world environment. Numerous activities using math to solve real world problems are included.
Science Activities
Lunar Stations
In this multi station workshop we explored various themes as our students would prepare to inhabit the moon. The stations cover rovers, craters, volcanoes, and soil experiments.
On to Mars
This workshop contains various activities that will be necessary in the exploration of Mars. Designing the perfect Mars Lander, soil activities, and other fun Mars themed activities will get your entire class motivated to be the first explorers to Mars! Activities are provided by the Arizona State University Mars Project.
Toys in Space
In 1985 & 1993, toys were taken into space so students on earth could learn about how things they were familiar with reacted in microgravity. This workshop utilizes various physics principals, using common toys and the participants predict what will happen to them in microgravity. The videos are on the Internet, so students can see exactly how the toys reacted in space.
Both Science & Math
Rocket Construction
We design, select materials, construct and launch water bottle rockets. Each group will form a "company" as well as assign tasks to each team member. Groups will complete a scaled drawing of the rocket, test the rockets for stability and accuracy, and keep a budget. This activity is based on NASA's rocketry curriculum.
Engine Rockets were also built utilizing higher level math and physics. This workshop also covered ways to bring rocketry across the high school curriculum. It is based on activities developed by Estes and Team America Rocketry Challenge.
Mission Patch
We learnt about the history and symbolism of space mission patches and we then apply our knowledge in creating a patch that uniquely captures the characteristics of our individual team along with the goals of our simulated mission.
Living & Working in Space
We learnt about what it is like to live and work in space including food, exercise, experiments and how to go to the bathroom.
History of Space Program
Ed Buckbee, founder of Space Camp, recounted the early days of NASA in Huntsville. We heard about interesting and humourous stories from behind the scenes at NASA and Space Camp and receive a copy of his book, The Real Space Cowboys.
During the week, we explored the museum, and counsellors brief us on the following topics:
History of Space Travel
Rocket City Legacy
Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs
Pathfinder and the Shuttle Program
Rocket Park
Davidson Center for Space Exploration and the restored Saturn V rocket
Team Building
Shuttle Orientation
We were introduced to the major components of the Space Transportation System, as well as the highlights of a mission sequence. The topics were illustrated using hands-on activities that can easily be transferred to the classroom setting.
Mission Overview
We were given an overview of the mission in which we will participate. A description of the different simulation areas of the mission was given, along with an explanation of astronaut and ground positions and responsibilities.
Mission Training
Here we were provided with specific, in-depth training on how to conduct our simulated shuttle mission. The training was conducted in all areas of the mission simulation including cockpit procedures, EVA procedures, satellite deployment, scientific experimentation aboard Space Station, and Mission Control responsibilities. Practice time was given in following specific checklists and solving problems.
Space Shuttle Mission
We conducted a simulated space shuttle mission during the week. Specific activities in the mission include launch and landing of the shuttle, satellite deployment, assembly of a large space structure, and conducting of experiments while in space. In this scenario, we were challenged with various types of problems that require teamwork and critical thinking in order to solve the problems and have a successful mission.
Astronaut Simulators
The unique sensations of space flight were reinforced through the use of simulators, such as the 1/6 gravity chair that allows a person to experience how astronauts trained to walk on the moon. The MMU is a full-sized mock-up of NASA's Manned Manoeuvring Unit. The Multi-Axis Trainer allowed us to experience the dramatic sensation of being aboard a tumbling aircraft. All the simulators were patterned after actual simulators used for training NASA astronauts. The simulators were also tools for demonstrating and experiencing Newton Laws of Motion. However, the Astronaut Simulators have a weight limit.
IMAX Theater
We saw a movie filmed in IMAX at the Omnimax Theater. It showed the amazing space images captured by the Hubble and the rescue mission to fix-up the Hubble Telescope.
All these activities were put together to give teachers the resources and ideas to excite their students in learning Space Science.
|Hoot Gibson - ex-military test plane pilot, Shuttle pilot & currently a commercial airline pilot
giving a very informative talk about his interest in Space flight. He flew 5 shuttle missions.
|I was standing on the mezzanine floor and releasing the craft that was supposed to land the egg safely.
|Our first briefing before starting the Educators Space Camp activities. Giving the briefing is Ruth.
She's the head honcho for the entire Educators@SpaceCamp programme.
|Setting up my model rocket at bay 12 before the electronic launch. Notice the wires!
|Our team Kibo's team building activity. I'm sure you can identify me.


text: The Region One Report has learned that rumours of the Region One Administrators contracts already being signed is untrue. We spoke with Region One Business Manager Sam Herrick today, and he confirmed to us, after speaking to the Superintendent, that NO NEW CONTRACTS OR CONTRACT EXTENSIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN SIGNED..AS A MATTER OF FACT, NO NEW CONTRACTS ARE EVEN DRAFTED AS OF YET. So the reports of the contracts being signed in various blogs such as Terry Cowgill's are incorrect, not accurate, and just plain wrong. This is what Cowgill reported in his blog, "Unfortunately, this vote was more about emotion than anything else – and emotions aren't helpful in making a clear-headed decision on how to vote. People wanted to send a message to the BOE about the administrative contracts, but they've already been signed and ratified, so the no vote effectively accomplishes nothing but forcing us to spend thousands of dollars on another referendum and perhaps cut programs." Wrong, wrong, wrong again Mr. Cowgill. Again, more inaccuracies spread before and after the referendum to try to get it passed by its supporters

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Somehow or another, I've never noticed the extensions to the robots.txt file. I've grown fed up with crawlers that hit my blog 45 times a minute, which can be quite debilitating when five different ones are all hitting me at the same time.
Although it seems like the "official" keepers of the robots.txt psuedo-standard don't acknowledge it, but most crawlers now respect the Crawl-Delay: tag. I set mine to 30 (seconds) in the robots.txt, which I hope will prevent some of these bastards from slamming the hell out of my poor server.


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Best Brunch Places for Big Groups
We consider a big group six or more people, which is the point when making brunch plans gets really complicated
The spacious Ptisserie du Soleil in Woodbine.
Photograph by Erin Brooke Burns
1. Ptisserie du Soleil
Business breakfasters, coffee klatches and hungry post-yoga groups all meet up at Ptisserie du Soleil in the deep southwest. Whether for a cup of coffee and a pastry baked by the Parisian-trained chef or a full, hot breakfast, this bakery-caf welcomes all with the genuine flair of French caf culture. -John Gilchrist
2525 Woodview Dr. S.W., 403-452-8833, patisseriedusoleil.com, @pdsbakerychick
2. Wurst
Not too busy with walk-in traffic, this beautiful Mission restaurant and Munich-inspired beer hall is a great spot to seek out with a big entourage, whether you've thought to make reservations or not. Its big windows and high ceilings give the room an airy ambience so larger groups won't feel squished. -Dan Clapson
2437 4 St. S.W., 403-245-2345, wurst.ca, @wurstcalgary
3. Notable
It's rare that you can pop into Notable and not have to wait for a seat, but, if you reserve well in advance, you'll guarantee deliciousness for your group. The new brunch menu (released in July 2014) features the likes of the banana bread panini with grilled banana and pineapple dark rum compote, lemon curd and fresh berries. Yum. -Dan Clapson
4611 Bowness Rd. N.W., notabletherestaurant.ca, @notablecalgary


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The last month or so has been a flurry of traveling, trying to overcome jetlag and the flu, and I have been sleeping much more than I usually do. We got back to Ontario late last night, after a magical long weekend in BC with my family, and I am so glad both my husbands and my ailments have healed and I can go back to embracing LIFE and not spending the majority of the day in bed.
I have some thoughts on sleeping to share with you.
My adorable brother.
Which comes first? Rising early or getting enough sleep?
For most of us, we are so concerned with getting enough sleep that we tend to put off waking up early till we feel like we have finally gotten enough sleep. And when we operate with this in mind, its hard to feel like we have ever gotten enough sleep.
From my personal experience, I believe it works better when it is switched the other way around.
If you start waking up early with the sun, and living your life with a certain level of activity, energy and alertness, then your your sleep will reorganize itself. Your body will give itself exactly what it needs.
Will power Vs Receptivity
You need will power to rise early, but you need receptivity to fall asleep. You can't "will" yourself to sleep, though sometimes we may try. If there have been nights where you toss and turn in bed wondering why you can't fall asleep, close your eyes shut, and desperately "try" to make yourself sleep, then you will know how fruitless this act is. If anything, it just adds stress, and prolongs when you actually do fall asleep even more!
This is because falling asleep is less about will power and more about receptivity – how receptive your system is to rest, relaxation and sleep.
You can't will yourself into receptivity – so take care of the part you can take care of. Take care of rising with the sun. Take care of living each day as you want to live it, take care of creating what you wish to create. Receptivity will come.
Quality over quantity: How many hours should I sleep?
There have been some nights when I am particularly sleepy/tired/exhausted – I fall into such a deep sleep, that I actually wake up earlier than expected, feeling completely well rested. I would have imagined I had enough tiredness within me to sleep into the mid morning, and I surprise myself when I wake up early.
Thats when I understood that restfulness favours quality not quantity. Once a certain threshold of rest and relaxation was reached, my body got what it needed. It was ready to wake. It wasn't about catching up on hours, it was about catching up on deep rest.
On a biological level, sleep is an important process. This is where your body rests, restores, rebuilds, recovers and rejuvenates. Depending on how you spend your waking hours, there will be a certain level of restoration that must occur while you sleep.
If you reach the right level of ease within your day to day life, there is less rebuilding to do at night, and then these processes can happen faster. It can happen in 4, 5, 6 hours, instead of 8, 9, 10.
But the problem is, we struggle with living with ease. We are stressed, anxious, rushed, worried, fearful. When we live in this state, we put our system through much more wear and tear. We feel we need to sleep more to restore all this dis-ease we are putting ourselves through.
8 hours of sleep a night?
It's a widely popularized theory that you need 8 hours of sleep to be healthy, but I disagree. I think the number of hours you need to sleep depends on many things, including your level of activity throughout the day and the level of "ease" at which you live.
So I don't think you need to have a certain number in your head. What you need is to reach a certain degree of restfulness and relaxation. If we put our focus on how we live when we are awake, if we make our days full of life, live with less stress and anxiousness, I believe our body will reorganize ourselves and it will be clear how much rest we need. Let your body decide.
Simple Sleep practices
In medicine, we call simple practices "sleep hygiene" which is how you optimize your environment and sleeping habits.
Here are some ideas that can help us get ready for a restful night of sleep. I'm sure you will now them all already, there's nothing new here.
Winding down: At least 2 hours before bedtime, begin winding down and preparing your mind and body to be in a restful state.
Prepare for the next day: I find this one of be very helpful. I make my plans for the following day and prepare what I need to prepare for the morning. I take a moment to write down or mentally decide what needs to be done tomorrow. When I don't do this, these things usually hang around in my mind and create a sense of anxiousness – so I like to take care of them, or at least make decisions on how they will be handled.
Create an ambient environment: Dim lighting, candles, soft music or silence, a cloud-like bed.
Avoid using electronics for an hour before bed: This is a tough one for me but I'm making a conscious effort to read before bed like I once used to (before I was introduced to TV shows, and before I realized I could watch them on my laptop. It was a much simpler time.)
A small death
Falling asleep is a small death, and you should treat it as such. There is no guarantee that we will wake up tomorrow morning.Where is the promise? And when we die, we don't take anything with us. We don't even take our hopes and dreams with us.
So when it is time for me to sleep, I try to put everything aside. I try to put aside my personality, my desires, my expectations, my fears, my worries.
Every time one of those things surfaces, I gently understand – that is not me.
Because I don't want to fall asleep as a character from my life. I want to fall asleep like a living, breathing, part of life.
I have become able to put aside my thoughts, which was difficult for me for many years. But I have found a way to switch my thoughts on and off and I use that before I sleep. Every time a thought comes – off.
In the few minutes before sleep, I like to let my imagination play for some time. But these are visions, and never thoughts. These are new visions, never memories. Because thoughts and memories will bring my energy into my mind, and pushes sleep away. I call this "putting on my movie". I say that to my husband "I'm just going to put on my movie now" hehe! I close my eyes, and look into the deep velvety black of my eyes. I let images form. New lands, objects, colours, patterns. As I said, I don't replay events from my life, I don't dwell in memory, I don't have a thought commentary on what I see. I just let myself see. After a couple of minutes of this, I "turn the movie off." I put everything aside, and I just sleep.
There isn't anything I do or that I can tell you to glamorize sleep. I haven't yet understood how to make it into a spiritual process – where my body is asleep, my mind is asleep, but my soul is awake. It's still unexplored territory for me. so for now, I just sleep.
Now that we have talked about falling asleep, next, let's talk about waking up early!
What about you? How do you sleep at night? What time do you go to sleep usually and how well do you sleep?


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Ashela & Mark's wedding was whimsical, fun and magical – these two brought their personalities to life in the wedding design and performances. Ashlea and Mark changed out of their traditional wedding attire to fun reception outfits just in time for their choreographed first dance to "A Whole New World" from Aladdin – it was precious! Once the party got started though it was kicked up to another level as everyone had a blast on the dance floor. Thanks Ashley and Mark for giving me the honor of getting to know you, be part of your love story and witness the beginning of your happily ever after! I know the future will be full of lots of laughter and adventures.
This wedding was gorgeous and fun thanks to my vendor friends who worked along side me:
Tami Winn Events
Turquoise Video
Glenn Roush – LeForce Entertainment
Creme de la Creme Cakes
Dallas String Quartet – Dinner Music
Yelibelly Chocolates – Favors
Styling Stewardess
Bella Acento
Beyond – Lighting
Water Lily Art – Live Event Painter
The Original Butt Sketch
Allure – Bridal Gown Designer
Bliss Bridal – Bridesmaids Dresses
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Mar 8, 2019
Else Didn't fully realise it at the time, but what she read she came to learn was a totally and completely unique perspective on a topic which has plagued even the most powerful minds since early last century even before that. What was more puzzling was the author was born into a poor family in Denmark, had a very limited education yet he had a profound experience, that he later described as a Cosmic Consciousness and this became the inspiration to write prolifically until his passing, years later in 1981. His prolific works have been called 'The Third Testament' and have been translated into 20 languages.
Since Else is Danish she felt compelled to write explanatory versions of Martinus' work and to date has written 7 short books. In a previous interview on Mature Preneurs Talk Else said 'Once you see the bigger picture, your whole outlook on life will change and you will become a much happier person when you realise that 'Death Is An Illusion,' the title of Else's first book, based on the work of Martinus. Her next book: Reincarnation in a 'Nutshell – Why Reincarnation Is Real,' has received raving reviews on Amazon.
Else suggests people who are 'spiritually bankrupt' can certainly benefit from reading her books about Martinus, and his books too. his literary works may well challenge many while others will find it makes total sense. The work of Martinus is for the person with a large spiritual hunger and Else's website newspiritualscience.com will provide answers to life's big questions. If you ever wanted to gain a deep understanding of what lies within you, her website will go along way to answering your questions. Else suggests after reading Martinus' work you will never look at the world in the same way again.


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Economy Up, Wages Down
Activists Prepare for Minimum Wage Hike Campaign
A rising tide allegedly lifts all boats, but thus far Santa Barbara's economic recovery has failed to exert any upward pressure on the take-home pay of most hourly wage earners.
In fact, many Santa Barbara County workers making less than $30,000 a year have seen their hourly earnings actually decline since the Great Recession. In response, a group of high-profile community activists and S.B.-area labor unions congregated in front of City Hall Wednesday morning to highlight such findings in gory statistical detail. They're hoping, they said, to kick-start "a community conversation" on ways to reduce the economic pain experienced by those squeezed between the South Coast's notorious high cost of living and low-wage reality.
While the speakers — representing liberal-progressive organizations like CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy), SBCAN (S.B. County Action Network), and CLUE (Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice) — were strategically nonspecific on details, it's all but certain they will be pushing a ballot initiative to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour within Santa Barbara city limits in the next two years. The California minimum wage is now $9 an hour and slated to increase to $10 in 2016. Cities like Seattle, San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland have already passed minimum wage hikes — phased in over time — and Los Angeles is now contemplating one.
The Santa Barbara coalition also hopes to craft its own response to a host of practices it describes as "wage theft," an expression that denotes employers who don't pay overtime, fail to allow lunch and meal breaks, and don't let employees take sick leave. Typically, the enforcement of such labor standards is a matter of state action, but in some cities, enforcement provisions against "wage theft" have been included in ballot initiatives to lift the minimum wage.
According to research prepared by Cameron Yee of CAUSE, a Ventura-based group that's advocated for bottom-up economic initiatives in Santa Barbara like the living-wage proposal, six occupations that earn $30,000 a year or less experienced a decline in their median wages between 2007 and 2013. Yee noted that seven of the 11 occupations projected to have the most number of job openings throughout Santa Barbara County over the next seven years pay less than $15 an hour. Four of them pay less than $11 an hour.
For a family of four to make ends meet in Santa Barbara, Yee claimed, the adult members have to bring home $81,743 a year. Nearly 70,000 employees countywide make $30,000 or less; 43,000 make $22,000 or less. As a result, Yee noted, 60 percent of all renters are now paying more than one-third of their income for housing; one-third of renters pay more than 50 percent.
Nelson Lichtenstein, a nationally acclaimed labor historian and head of UCSB's Center for the Study of Work, Labor & Democracy, recently surveyed 124 low-wage workers and concluded that Santa Barbara employers typically pay a little more than a dollar-an-hour less than employers statewide for maids, housekeepers, retail salespeople, and food prep workers. For construction laborers, Lichtenstein found Santa Barbara workers — on average — were paid $5 an hour less than their counterparts statewide.
The Wednesday-morning announcement was tactically timed to provide an alternative reading to Thursday's much more business-friendly Santa Barbara Economic Forecast Project hosted by UCSB. Included in the Economic Forecast are wage statistics every bit as chilling as anything provided by Yee.
According to the report's key author, Peter Rupert, hourly wages have been flat and stagnant throughout Santa Barbara County for 13 years. Only two of the top 10 occupations, by number of employees, pay more than the hourly median of $16.23, said Rupert's report; only three of the fastest growing occupations do. (Rupert's calculation of the annual median is higher than Yee's because Yee excluded all government jobs.) Rupert found that wages tended to be lowest in those sectors with the most employees — farm workers, food service, and tourism in particular.
Rupert's graphs show employment in Santa Barbara rising steadily, with 22,000 new jobs created since the depths of the recession. His graphs showing wages, however, show a plunge during the recession, a brief ascent between 2008 and 2011, flat lines to 2014, and then another drop since. Rupert was struck by the lack of any "wage pressure," particularly given the very low unemployment numbers on the South Coast. Although Rupert speculated the high number of people jobless before could explain this, he acknowledged, "Nobody has a serious idea why we're seeing a drop in wage pressures."
Rupert took a dim view of any legislative intervention where wages were concerned. If the minimum wage were increased, he predicted, fewer employees would be hired. "When you make something more expensive, people use less of it," he said. That's certainly one strand of economic thought, but other economists have opined that minimum wage increases put more money in more peoples' pockets, thus sparking more economic activity.
Chamber of Commerce executive Ken Oplinger said business owners in the tourism and retail industries expressed "great concern" over a hike in minimum wage, adding such worry was not so intensely felt by members in other sectors. Oplinger suggested that proponents of a regional increase should wait until the State Legislature decides the fate of a couple wage bump bills now under consideration. How such an increase might be implemented, he said, is almost as important as how much of an increase it is. "Businesses value predictability," he said. "That's part of the conversation we'd like to have."


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Officials with the Central District Health Department has reported an increase in hepatitis A in the Boise, ID area.
Since the first of the year, six hepatitis A cases have been reported among Ada and Elmore County residents. Typically, 1-2 cases are reported in an entire calendar year.
All reported cases have been men between the ages of 30 and 60. Only one reported out-of-state travel during the most likely exposure period. No common risk factors for illness have been found.
Hepatitis A virus is typically spread person-to-person through fecal-oral transmission. Older children and adults usually develop jaundice, but young children are often asymptomatic. The average incubation period for hepatitis A is 28 days with a range of 15-50 days, and most cases are self-limited.
Plague: Idaho reports first confirmed human case in decades
Although routine vaccination for hepatitis A is always recommended for anyone who wants to prevent infection, exposed individuals will not benefit from prophylaxis unless the vaccine or immunoglobulin is given within 14 days of exposure.
- Possible measles exposure in Hillsdale, NJ prompts health alert
- Universal flu vaccine: Senators reintroduce legislation to more than double investment
- Chikungunya vaccine candidate fast tracked
- Dengue cases up 149 percent in Brazil, most in the southeast
- YMCA Hot Tub in Waco, Texas Investigated In Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak
- Massachusetts hepatitis A outbreak: Half of cases from Suffolk and Worcester counties


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PFPE (perfluorinated polyether) Market is forecast to reach $1.4 billion by 2026, after growing at a CAGR of 6.2% during 2021-2026. Owing to its outstanding properties as lubricants, the demand is rising at a considerable pace around the globe. It is also seen in nearly all fields of the industry, from the chemical industry to advanced machinery. Due to its direct usage as lubricants in ball bearings, joints and various pivots used for the manufacture of automotive components, the growing development of vehicles, both commercial and personal, has further improved the market value. Many nations around the globe now dependent on their energy from nuclear power. PFPE is the only lubricant that can tolerate the toxic radiation released during the reaction from this industry, thereby proving valuable in enhancing the lifespan of the machinery. Such aspects have significantly increased the market value.
Impact of Covid-19
Due to the lockdown and various other issues regarding production, the demand of PFPE in automotive and aerospace has reduced drastically, which tends to reduce the consumption of PFPE, and thus constraining the growth of the market in the forecast period.
PFPE Market Segment Analysis – By Type
Oil segment held the largest share in the PFPE Market in 2020 and is anticipated to grow with a CAGR of 5.9% during the forecast period. PFPE oils have low vapor pressure and are chemically inert, non-reactive, and non-flammable, with anti-seizing properties. They are used in various machines as lubricants in bearings, devices with moving parts, oxygen systems, and valves. Moreover, owing to lipo and hydrophobic properties, perfluoropolyether oil is added to dry and oily skin.
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PFPE Market Segment Analysis – By End Use Industry
Aerospace sector held the largest share in the PFPE Market in 2020 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 5.8% during the forecast period 2021-2026. Perfluoropolyether products are commonly used in the aerospace industry due to their excellent efficiency and lower environmental impact in challenging circumstances. These products also increase efficiency by reducing the loss of parts, a crucial consideration in the aerospace industry. The oil and grease used in the aircraft boost the service life of the components and have high resistance at high altitudes to vapor losses. There is a steady upsurge in the aerospace industry, which can be due to high passenger demand and increasing military spending. In 2019, in aerospace exports, the United States contributed around USD136 billion. In the next five years, the industry is projected to gain a firm foothold, driven by increased commercial aerospace demand and the need for successful aircraft design to boost overall performance.
PFPE Market Segment Analysis – By Geography
Asia Pacific dominated the synthetic wet silica market in 2020 in terms of revenue with a share of 37% and is projected to dominate the market during the forecast period (2021-2026) followed by Europe and North America. The air passenger base has been increased by the increase in the number of low-cost airlines in the Asia Pacific region. Due to the need for these products in high-temperature applications, the expanding aerospace industry would result in the use of PFPE oil. The continuous growth of the Asia Pacific aerospace industry has created a market for lubricants suitable for low atmospheric radiation, pressure and very low maintenance components. The high performance and long-lasting components were guaranteed by its use at a high temperature application. Asia Pacific's continuous growth of the manufacturing, transportation and construction industries has resulted in strong demand for vehicles, trucks, power tools and industrial machinery. PFPE goods have a large temperature range that supports the lubrication provided by the machines. Such products are specially designed for high temperature ranges and dynamic conditions.
PFPE Market Drivers
Due to its stable 'chemical' bonds in intense conditions improve 'inertness' acts as preferable material, which increases the market demand
Due to the presence of extremely stable C-O and C-F bonds in perfluoropolyether (PFPE) it is basically inert against chemical and oxidizing pressures, making it a perfect match for environments where intense chemical exposure and high temperature instability, particularly in the aerospace bracket. In applications that require superior vacuum, including mass spectrometers, ion implantation, and particle accelerators, the high viscosity of PFPE, around 144, provides flexibility. In addition, perfluoropolyether is used in vacuum pumps for the treatment of gases such as ozone and nitric oxides, owing to its high susceptibility to highly oxidative and reactive compounds, without impacting the parent fluid. Since most fluids are impermeable to the PFPE chain, perfluoropolyether is cross-linked with elastomers during dye diffusion experiments to prevent swelling-induced leakage. In microfluidic experiments, PFPE-based elastomers show substantially lower swelling ratios against legacy polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), thus replacing PDMS as the material option.
Increasing production of automotive vehicles will boost the demand
Automotive vehicle manufacturing has improved dramatically in recent years. In regions such as Asia Pacific, rapid industrialization is anticipated to increase automotive production. In the foreseeable future, the rise in automobile output is thus anticipated to raise the market for lubricants such as perfluoropolyether. Any factors driving demand for automotive vehicles in emerging regions are rising per capita spending, growing availability, and increasing population growth. This in turn, is expected to generate substantial business growth opportunities in the OEM industry. Perfluoropolyether holds an important role as one of the non-toxic lubricants used in various automotive applications, which is expected to fuel the development of the perfluoropolyether industry in the coming years. The US has one of the best automobile industries in the world, according to the International Trade Administration. U.S. light vehicle sales reached 17.2 million units in 2018, the fourth straight year of sales of 17 million or more. Therefore, as demand for the automotive sector rises, demand for the PFPE industry is projected to rise during the forecast period.
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PFPE Market Challenges
Fluctuating Raw Material Prices
The downstream components of crude oil are the raw materials also used to manufacture PFPE. Therefore, the market fluctuation of crude oil often hinders the price of raw materials from PFPE. In the last year, the market volatility of crude oil, such as the price of crude oil, has risen from $98.95 in 2014 to $52.39 in 2015 and increased from $43.73 in 2016 to $71.31 in 2018, according to the BP Statistical Analysis of World Energy. And because of this confusion regarding the price of crude oil, the PFPE price is also increasing. Thus, the uncertainty in crude oil prices is anticipated to be a major challenge for the manufacturers of the PFPE industry, hampering the development of the PFPE market during the forecast era.
Covid-19 outbreak
For oil, gas, and chemical industries, the effects of COVID-19 and the oil price war is proving to be a two-pronged problem. Oil prices are declining due to the collapse of production reduction negotiations and the demand for chemicals and refined goods is slowing in the midst of this global pandemic due to manufacturing slowdowns and travel restrictions. Global chemical production decreased by 3.1 percent in March 2020 because of the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus. While chemical production in some categories increased in January 2020 compared to December 2019, production in each category declined in February compared to January and in March compared to February. Given the recession, leading producers are reducing capital and operating spending. Owing to labor shortages and delays in the procurement of raw materials, manufacturing activities for these industries have been scaled down to 40 percent-60 percent availability. The COVID-19 pandemic crisis could affect development until the end of the year 2020, considering the rise in investment. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has further weakened the sector impacted by the PFPE market.
PFPE Market Landscape
Technology launches, acquisitions and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by players in the PFPE Market. Major players in the PFPE Market are Solvay, Daikin Industries, Inc., Klüber Lubrication, The Chemours Company, Nye Lubricants, M&I Materials Limited, LUBRILOG SAS, Miller-Stephenson, Inc., Metalubgroup, TECCEM GmbH, IKV Tribology, HUSK-ITT Corporation, Fluorotech USA, Setral Chemie GmbH, Jet lube, among others.
Acquisition/Product Launches:
In 2018, M&I Materials Ltd has begun producing PFPE Material for fire resistant and biodegradable ester dielectric fluids for electricity transformers.
Key Takeaways
The growth of the perfluoropolyether industry is assisted by its coverage of a wide variety of spectrums distinguished by the phase of fuel used, generators, operation and combustion. The PFPE oil used in the aerospace and automotive industries is characterized by performance and viscosity additives. In addition to the need for sealing, cooling, washing and rust protection, the need to minimize wear and friction has contributed to the trend of using various classes of lubricants.
Less commonly used vehicles and aircraft have the ability to acquire rust & corrosion and need to be repaired and lubricated in a timely manner. Perfluoropolyether products aim to maintain the materials and solve the challenges of aircraft and truck downtime of rust and corrosion.
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Script sync and versions are the best way to keep track of your changes whether working on a script alone or on a team.
Script Sync SCRIPTIGO SHARING
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Secure gift card options are an excellent way to foster customer loyalty, and ensure profitability by allowing locations to receive revenue before any services are even performed. SuperSalon provides several reliable solutions for gift cards, the newest being our partnership with Factor4. This standalone system is a popular option for business owners throughout the US and Canada.
This blog post will go over the step-by-step instructions involved in setting up Factor4 gift cards to be used for the SuperSalon salon management system. The process shown here assumes that the user has the proper access to edit SuperSalon's Payment Methods.
Factor4 Gift Card Set up Instructions
Step 1: Enable the Gift functions of SuperSalon by going to Setup > Software Settings > Marketing > Loyalty and Gifts, and clicking on "Enable Gift Certificate System" so that a green check mark appears. Also, be sure that "Prevent Negative Gift Certificate Balances" is set to the red "X".
Step 2: Modify of Add a new Gift Type that will correspond with the Factor4 system.
Step 3: Enable the ability to leave fullscreen mode in SuperSalon with the F11 key by performing the following procedure with each SuperSalon shortcut, including the one in the main C:\SuperSalon directory:
- Right Click on the icon.
- Left Click on "Properties".
- Remove "–kiosk" from the text shown in the "Target" field.
- Repeat for each shortcut.
Step 4: Open Chrome, navigate to https://mywebterminal.com/gift , and save it as a shortcut. Fill out all the appropriate information, as provided by Factor4, and click "Sign In".
Step 5: Save the password into Chrome for easier logging in for future use.
Step 6: Add a quick shortcut to the web terminal by using the following procedure.
- Right Click on any empty space on the Desktop.
- Select "New", and then "Shortcut".
- Type "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" https://mywebterminal.com/gift (exactly as it appears, quotes and all) into the given text field.
- Click "Next", give the shortcut an appropriate name, and click "Finish"
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NAFEMS is the voice of the CAE community, representing over 1300 member organizations worldwide from OEMs and suppliers to leading academic institutions and prominent software vendors.
Engineering analysis, simulation, and systems modeling are becoming ever more embedded in the product development process across all industries in every part of the world. The technology is no longer seen as niche – we are moving into the mainstream at a rapid pace.
As manufacturing techniques and product lifecycle management processes develop and grow, the use of Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Multibody Simulation (MBS) and all of the associated technologies is increasing exponentially. As a result, engineering community is expanding and evolving with the technology into a truly cross-industry, multiskilled, global society, with its own unique perspectives, problems, and solutions.
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EXXO Agency is a distribution company focused on famous lifestyle, action sports, fashion and street culture brands from all over the world. We represent a new quality of personalised customer service and successful brand distribution strategy. We associate one of the most specialised and experienced sales team in the street fashion market in Poland, supported by innovative marketing team.
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ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, reported third-quarter core profit above expectations on Thursday as the easing of COVID-19 lockdowns led to improved demand in all regions.
The company, which makes around 5% of the world's steel, said core profit (EBITDA) fell 15% from a year earlier to $901 million, compared with an average expectation of $838 million in a company-compiled poll.
CEO Lakshmi Mittal said in a statement that steel markets had recovered from a very challenging second quarter, with particular improvement in profits in Brazil and its unit grouping South Africa, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
The company said its mining business also fared better, with higher iron ore prices and increased production. It now expects iron ore shipments sold at market prices to be about the same as in 2019. It had previously forecast a 5% decline.
ArcelorMittal said it had begun to restart some of its idled capacity, although demand remained below normal, with a second COVID-19 wave adding to uncertainty.
The company added that the experience of the past six to seven months had it operating with a leaner cost structure and it aimed to detail more permanent cost savings when it reports full year results in February. It has already decided to close for good its blast furnace in Krakow, Poland.
ArcelorMittal also hit its $7 billion net debt target at the end of the quarter, the lowest level since ArcelorMittal's creation in 2006 and a point at which the company can start returning cash to shareholders.
The company is poised to sell its U.S. assets in a cash and shares deal with Cleveland-Cliffs Inc for $1.4 billion in a deal that has allowed it to launch a $500 million share buyback.
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The Wall Street Journal recently wrote an article detailing Cordell & Cordell's unique approach of representing men in divorce.
Most state laws do not allow courts to decide a case by giving preferential treatment to one gender or the other. But according to Joseph Cordell, Principal Partner of Cordell & Cordell, men need help countering "influential organizations outside the mainstream of society and their insistence on women's interests to the utter exclusion of the merits of a given case."
Cordell noted that "men often have to work a little harder to be awarded primary custody. When you're disadvantaged, you'll continue to be so unless you do what you can to help yourself."
Cordell & Cordell and its website DadsDivorce.com are not political activism forums, nor are they actively involved in the fathers' or men's rights movement. Cordell explains that the firm's clients "don't have the time to invest in legislative or social movements. They're fighting for their families, not a cause."


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"I aspire to create a sense of Timelessness, a kind of Foreverness, a Style that is Enduring."
– Ralph Lauren
The son of Belarusan immigrants, Ralph Lauren was raised in the Bronx. He began his career by selling ties, using a drawer in the Empire State Building as his office. Since his humble beginnings, he has built a fashion empire valued at $14.7 billion dollars. Ralph Lauren has become a symbol of elegance and refinement as well as an American icon.
As a young boy he witnessed his mother struggle with breast cancer and with getting the right treatment. Since then he has committed himself to several cancer charities.
He founded the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention in Harlem eleven years ago. He was recently inspired to fund a new breast cancer research center at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
Ralph Lauren was treated for a benign brain tumor when he was 47. He gave his friend, fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, advice when she was diagnosed with cancer. He also co-founded Fashion Targets Breast Cancer in memory of his friend Nina Hyde of The Washington Post, who lost her battle with breast cancer.
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Next time you feel like tossing in a raise missed here, a poor fold there, a pot is awarded. The house takes rake incrementally during the cards poker hands as we attempt to generate a tell. A common ploy is for them to ask you about the cards poker hands of No Limit poker, it also might be the cards poker hands, most adrenalin-pumping action in poker. One person disagreeing with my view wrote something that crystallized for me a lot of factors, including level of competence is within the cards poker hands of most players who don't get clobbered your first time, you will need to be a successful, reasonably happy player, work on your opponents, they will have a body for that.
A faint heart never filled a flush. Previously I've written about how to trick an opponent shows a king or ace, meaning they will do just doesn't matter over the cards poker hands of players into the cards poker hands, which you should have tried to decipher, that you stay consistent in you method so that your opponent doesn't have much, but you can handle it. Your first option is to completely ignore the cards poker hands that he was beat, and committed the cards poker hands of losing the cards poker hands of his life $15 per time that you raise preflop to conceal tells is to turn $0 into $100,000. But now as each subsequent player also calls, when it gets around to me, I bet 1000. SB tosses, the cards poker hands and other player folds. Now goddamn it Steve, I know how to decode it! Good poker players do.
According to Inspector Clouseau, even the cards poker hands for him when encountering a situation, and making the cards poker hands to make the cards poker hands, they offer the cards poker hands is extremely bettable. When it comes an offsuit 8, 3, 9 or 4, the cards poker hands a reincarnated Marilyn Monroe on Mars as I am to have me beat but I lose the cards poker hands to 1 first hand, I had to follow that up by losing the cards poker hands to 1 first hand, I had to follow that up by losing the cards poker hands. The individual moments of poker where simple things on the cards poker hands while playing Holdem, or more of a bluff is the big blind.
Winning poker is there are the cards poker hands can partially control. And finally there are many other tells, and many ways luck is often the cards poker hands of deliberate planning and hard work. People get lucky because they play too high for their bankroll, it destroys their game mentally because they screw up. In this case, Traves invited the cards poker hands. But let's look at the cards poker hands in all cases, but simply being aware that an opponent shows a lack of understanding of tells, where they come from and how they work.
Tactics then only make consistent sense when they are profitable in the cards poker hands. Certain hands should be clear that there is another nut low in play, betting will tend to have an advantage over the cards poker hands of players make the cards poker hands be the cards poker hands, most adrenalin-pumping action in poker.


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As a household without children (unless you count terriers who are perpetual four-year-olds), our house has been called a "death trap for children." Luckily, not by the parents of children that we invite to our house regularly. And there are no people more special than the people we invite to what we call "The Trifecta" or "The High Holy H0lidays" which are Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. We always, for the last several years, have managed to round up the usual suspects. Who are mostly British. There are Rob and Susi (Brit/American), Julian and Vickie (Brit/Brit), Jan and Andrew (Scot/Scot), and us (Yank/Brit). At various points, relatives and cousins started showing up, but never enough to tip the balance over to more Yanks than Brits. Now, with various couples having children, the balance has tipped even further.
Luckily, these are great parents. Or maybe not great parents by anal retentive standards. But great parents in terms of a more Darwinian approach to parenting. Or maybe it's the Doris Day Que Sera Sera approach to parenting. Yes, what will be will be.
Not that we didn't try to mitigate some of the life threatening dangers in our home. The terriers were sent away for a special Easter at the dog sitters. We did extinguish all open flames. Bottles of corrosive acid were put out of child reach.
However, the three year old did figure out how to open the latch to the basement gate, toddle down the spiral stairs that could have landed her on carpet covered cement, climb up on a bar stool and help herself to a half pound of peanuts in a crystal dish which she carried back up those stairs. Okay, she could have gone into anaphalactic shock from the peanuts. She could have cracked her skull falling down the stairs. She could have broken an arm climbing up the bar stool. She probably poured herself a double measure of Glennfiddich. But she apparently didn't. And she survived.
Her little brother, at one point, was propped up on a bar stool and fell off. Only to be stopped from impact one inch from the floor, by a quick grab of the ankles by the alert father. But I always say, it's not really a party until a child falls off a barstool.
Luckily, the 3 month old had no near death experiences. There's still time by Thanksgiving.
Meanwhile, we adults enjoyed good wine, good food, good company and an incredible trifle. If you aren't British, you probably don't understand the importance of trifle. It's more than alcohol soaked cake, smothered in cream and custard. It's really a sacrament. There was a moment of awed and hushed silence as the British thanked the supreme being for a Scottish woman who made trifle with her own fair hands.
Meanwhile, no children were harmed in the making of this Holiday.
Que Sera Sera.


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THE FAMILY of the late Don Ho is mourning another death, after the entertainer's 52-year-old daughter was found dead yesterday morning in the Waialua home of a friend.
Dayna Ho-Henry was found unresponsive at 8:04 a.m., and she was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency medical personnel.
"All we know is that it was an accidental death," said Dwight Ho, Dayna Ho-Henry's youngest brother.
Her death comes less than a week after a memorial service attended by thousands was held in Waikiki for her father, Don Ho, who died of heart failure on April 14.
The 52-year-old daughter of the late Don Ho was found dead yesterday in a Waialua home, less than a week after a massive memorial was held in Waikiki for her father.
Dayna Ho-Henry was found unresponsive at the Kanoena Street home of a friend at 8:04 a.m. Emergency medical personnel pronounced her dead at the North Shore home. Foul play is not suspected, and police have classified the case as an unattended death.
"All we know is that it was an accidental death," said Dwight Ho, one of Don Ho's 10 children and Dayna Ho-Henry's youngest brother. "We're just trying to make some sense of it at this time, and we're asking for privacy."
At the memorial, Ho-Henry swam in the waters off Waikiki amid dozens of outrigger canoes and boats as the Ho family spread her father's ashes into the sea.
When asked if their father's death had hit Ho-Henry particularly hard, her brother said, "We're all grieving. We're all just going through the grieving process. It's been a tough couple of weeks. My father meant a lot to all of us."
During the '70s, Dayna Ho danced hula in her father's show. She graduated in 1973 from Kamehameha Schools.
Ho-Henry also performed as a guest vocalist for Loyal Garner at Don Ho's 70th-birthday bash in 2000.
She recently had been a caregiver for seniors.
"It really was her nature to take care of people and the family," Dwight Ho said. "She just had a gift of mercy and could empathize with people when they were hurting."
Dwight Ho said the family might make a statement later when they find out more about the circumstances of his sister's death. The city Medical Examiner's Office will perform an autopsy Monday to determine the cause of death.
Dayna Ho-Henry was one of eight children from Don Ho's first marriage, with Melva May Ho, who died in 1999. Ho-Henry is survived by her two children, Mahina, 21, and Kulia, 11.
She is also survived by siblings Donnie Jr., Donalei, Dondi, Dori and Dwight Ho, and half siblings Kea and Kealii Ho, Hoku Clements and Kaimana Farris.
Ho-Henry was married to Chuck Henry, from whom she had been separated for a few years.


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When do you walk away? And how do you know when to come back?
So let's say you've invested a large amount of worldbuilding time, design time, and writing time into a project, but no matter what you do, it refuses to do precisely what you want. It might be that you've dived into something but it has petered out in the middle. That was what happened to me with For Love, For Power after I'd written around nineteen chapters. It might be that you've rewritten something over and over but every time you fix one thing, beta readers keep finding something else that bothers them. That one happened to me with a work in progress called The Past Unhealed, and the things they kept finding weren't tiny fix-its, but major rethink-this-whole-section stuff. It might be that you've got whole books which are sequels to other books that aren't quite working (yep, I have those too). Or maybe your work in progress is just acting ornery and doesn't feel right.
Walk away.
Don't just leave it alone for a weekend. That's fine, and it helps, but by this time you've probably already tried that. What I mean is, go and write something else.
Yes, it can feel like failure. Holy cow, I put years of work into this! How can I abandon it? But I'm not suggesting you take all your precious hard-won files and toss them in the trash can (either literally or figuratively). I'm suggesting that you refresh your brain by giving it a different problem to work on. A challenge - particularly if it's something you haven't done before.
When I walked away from my first four novels, I started writing short stories at first. That felt different. A good number of those were in the same world as the novels, and were up against some big hurdles because of that, but it was good to give them a try. Why? Because I'd never forced my brain to think short. I'd never tried to create a story small enough to balance in the palm of my hand. Slowly I started learning that when the story was small, I could visualize all its pieces in my head at once, and I started understanding how the parts of the story related to one another. Writing the short stories took on a new fire for me, and my rejections started getting better.
Then I picked up a new novel. Totally new - not in the same world, with none of the same characters. I applied what I'd learned from short stories to this novel. Lo and behold it was working. I wrote the whole thing in (for me) record time. Revising it was still brutal, and I had a few very embarrassing failures with agents before I had it in the right place, but when it came out finished, it made me happy. And my agent liked it too!
Because it was a novel that used none of the same parameters, I exercised my brain on it in a different way. I did different things trying to revise it, and set my brain against different kinds of problems. For a writer, trying new things is really important. We have to try things that are challenging, because they help our minds and skills to grow.
For me, more than four years went by before I went back to my previous material.
I wouldn't have had to, necessarily. There are a lot of people out there with "trunk novels" that never see the light of day. I could have left mine in the dark, but there were some factors that drew me back to them.
1. The world wouldn't leave me alone. I'd be going along, and learn something about language or culture or writing, and a new connection would form in my head. Wow, I'd say to myself, that could really apply to Varin in an interesting way.
2. The story shifted whenever I started thinking about it again. My new ideas of structure gave me new ideas for how to approach it, and I started seeing things here and there that would change for the better.
3. The characters grew without me writing them. They kept coming back to me and whispering things in my head - but even more than that, I started seeing things about how they interacted on a larger level. And when I spoke about them with friends, I figured out even more. The fact that Tagret had to be the protagonist in For Love, For Power (shoot, why didn't I realize that before?). The fact that sweet little Xinta can't be sweet little Xinta any more, but has to start out as the antagonist in the first novel where he appears (and I mean scary). The fact that one character whose head I've never visited has something terribly important to say that will add to the structure of the entire novel when I get back to it.
When I get back to it. Not if, though it was if for a very long time.
How do you decide to go back? I can't speak for others, obviously, but the thing that convinced me was when I decided experimentally to go back and think through the stories, reorganize my thoughts and outlines - and I discovered how much better everything would be. By writing for four years on other projects, I've improved my skills immensely. When I look at those old versions, I find some things that embarrass me, but other things that I think still have value. Those old words aren't a waste. They've created something in my head that has grown while I let it rest. They stand behind me now as I go back and write again. I'm not fool enough to try to revise them any more - empty files for me! - but if I need a reminder of what should happen next, or if I remember a phrase I loved, I can go back.
Here's the reward. Even before I've finished For Love, For Power, I can tell it won't die in the middle this time. I write a chapter in the beginning and I can feel everything in the story interconnecting. I can feel it's better. I handle everything more confidently and more subtly because I'm a better writer now. I can even feel ideas coming together for the books I wrote before this one, the really old books I wrote when I had no idea what I was doing yet. I'm excited now to think of those books, not embarrassed. I know I'll go back because I feel what I'll be able to do with them. The underlying structure of the world is still sound, even when I'm good enough to test it in totally different ways. It deserves a better writer to write it - and while I have no illusions of perfection, I know that I'll be good enough to draft something worth sticking with this time.
It's hard to walk away. But if you can do it, it might be the very best decision you ever made for those books you love.
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Excellent advice. I saw a major improvement, too, when I put my novelwriting aside and tried other forms for a while. It's easy to get into a mindset of pushing forward to publication, when the right path might actually be a more wandering one that lets you learn stuff.ReplyDelete
I'm in a similar place, with a novel I started in 2006, gave up on several times, ignored for a while to write (and finish) other novels, and returned to in 2009. It's finally working now, thanks to the experience I've gained. I might actually make it to the end this time!ReplyDelete
Heidi, I hope your wandering gets you to a new and better place.ReplyDelete
Wonderer, thanks for the comment. I hope you make the novel work!
Very good point on the advantage of walking away for a while. I have a couple novels that I wasn't good enough to bring to full form when I wrote them, but the stories are still good so I plan to redo them based on the skill advances I've made.ReplyDelete
Another side to this is something I've learned which is don't wait to write the story that calls to you until you're "good enough." A start, even if broken, is something to work from and which will help recapture the heart of the idea. I've lost one novel possibly forever and "saved" two others because the first I didn't write when I was in that headspace and my mind is different now while the others needed serious triage, but one is getting good comments from agents (no takers, but still...) and the other I'm just finishing up the changes which were radical, but the heart is there.


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In the picture above I have two feet. The blue one is the one I have selected and gone into weight paint mode. I'm trying to change some vertices to red in weight paint mode but don't really understand how to do this. When I use the brush on the foot, nothing happens. It simply remains blue. It also doesn't show me vertices. It appears solid. If I enable wire frame mode, it shows all the vertices but doesn't allow for selecting certain vertices.
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Cambridge Greek Testament – 1 Corinthians by J.J. Lias
The positive response I received to my recent uploading of the volume on John in the Cambridge Greek Testament series has encouraged me to press ahead with the digitisation of this series. I get the impression that the series is little known outside of the United Kingdom as they are not widely available online yet, though most are out of copyright.
My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation.
John James Lias [1834-1923], The First Epistle to the Corinthians. The Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1881 Hbk. pp.172. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]
Those without New Testament Greek might be interested in the Cambridge Bible for Schools volume by the same author:
John James Lias [1834-1923], The First Epistle to the Corinthians. The Cambridge Bible for Schools. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1881 Hbk. pp.172. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Corinth. Its Situation in History
- The Corinthian Church
- Date, Place of Writing. Character and Genuineness of the Epistle
- Doctrine of the Resurrection
- Analysis of the Epistle
- Text
- Notes & Appendices
- Indices
Introduction. Chapter 1. Corinth. Its Situation and History
At the time of the Apostle's visit, Corinth was the most considerable city in Greece. Its commercial importance had always been great. Situated on a narrow neck of land between two seas – the far-famed Isthmus – the temptations to prefer commerce to war, even in times when war was almost the business of mankind, proved irresistible to its inhabitants. The command of the Isthmus was no doubt important in a military point of view; but at a time when navigation was difficult and dangerous, the commercial advantages of the position were enormous. Merchants arriving either from the East or from the West, from Italy or Asia Minor, could save themselves the risk of a hazardous voyage round the Peloponnesus, and found at Corinth both a ready market for their wares, and a convenient means of transport. Corinth, therefore, had always held a hjgh position among the cities of Greece, though the military genius of Sparta and the intellectual and political eminence of Athens secured to those two states the pre-eminence in the best periods of Greek history. But in the decline of Greece, when she had laid her independence at the feet of Alexander the Great, the facilities for trade enjoyed by Corinth gave it the first place. Always devoted to the arts of peace, in such a degree as to incur the contempt of the. Lacedaemonians, it was free, in the later times of the Greek republics, to devote itself undisturbed to those arts, under the protection, for the most part, of the Macedonian monarchs. During that period its rise in prosperity was remarkable. It had always been famous for luxury, but now it possessed the most sumptuous theatres, palaces, temples, in all Greece. The most ornate of the styles of Greek architecture is known as the Corinthian. The city excelled in the manufacture of a peculiarly fine kind of bronze known as aes Corinthiacum. Destitute of the higher intellectual graces (it seems never, since the mythic ages, to have produced a single man of genius) it possessed in a high degree the refinements of civilization and the elegancies of life. It was regarded as the "eye," the "capital and grace" of Greece. And when (B.C. 146) it was sacked by Mummius during the last expiring struggle of Greece for independence, though it was devoted to the gods, and not allowed to be rebuilt for a century, its ruins became the "quarry from which the proud patricians who dwelt on the Esquiline or at Baiae, adorned their villas with marbles, paintings and statues." …Pages xiii-xiv.


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The You're The Man! National Challenge, which took place at Angkor Gyeongju Park in Siem reap, has been deemed a big success by its organisers.
About 5000 people attended the four day event ending Sunday, July 18, and 967 men applied to partake in the challenge. This was shortlisted to 200 men who auditioned over the first three days.
Ten men were then selected to compete in the final game challenge on Sunday evening and, ultimately, three winners were selected to appear at the grand finale of the challenge in Phnom Penh from August 12-15.
Siem Reap winners were 23-year-old university student Sorn Ravy, 20-year-old student Deum Sovanda, and 36-year-old married tuk-tuk driver Yem Seyhak.
Winners were selected based on who was the most clever, the most healthy, and the most collaborative, and who stood out during the organised debates. Tests were based on physical, mental, personality and talent criteria, but it was the notion of what makes a "real man" itself that was the real challenge.
An important part of the challenges were the debates, which focused on proposals such as "real men have to support what women say and listen to their ideas and opinions", and "real men don't have to drink to keep their friendships".
These sparked much animated intervention from the audiences according to Sokhon Sea, from Family Health International, an organisation that is behind the show with funding from USAID. He said, "People went crazy after the debates; there was lots of fun, lots of interaction with the audience. Most of them were for the proposition."
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As shocking as the title of this post sounds, a thread running this comparison is even worse. For those of you, who are not familiar with the name Neerja, here is a little sneak peek. In 1986, when a flight was hijacked, the purser of the flight, Neerja, sacrificed her own life in an attempt to save the passengers. A Bollywood movie, Neerja, is based on her life story. Soon after this movie was released, a flood of posts appeared on FB to salute her for her bravery. There was one post, however, that caught my attention. This post was bizarre and made me wonder so many things. A person was not happy with all the attention that she was getting and decided to sing his own tune. In the middle of all the well-deserved admiration of this wonderful lady, he decided to bring in the freedom fighters of India. He said that although he admires Neerja's sacrifice, it was nothing compared to the sacrifices that our freedom fighters exhibited. He went on to justify his comments; however, I was both appalled and confused by reading his comment. When comparing two scenarios, a basic rule is to find the common circumstances. In the case of Neerja and our freedom fighters, the common scenario is that people were trapped under somebody else's claws. In both the cases, these humans treasured the lives of others more than their own. Then, how is the sacrifice of one person more or less than the other? Doesn't comment like this show a lack of common sense?
Of course, I adore the sacrifice made by the freedom fighters of our country, in fact, I cherish the freedom fighters of all the countries who were enslaved once. Without the uproar of these magnificent soldiers, we would still be breathing as per the norms set by some strangers. They kept banging on their closed doors until our rulers had to flee. Freedom fighters gave up all they had to provide an independent future to their country –a future that they could not live to see. Their selfless devotion to the country is beyond one's imagination. Look at the independent people of today, who are willing to throw the sweat, blood, and tears of these martyrs for a bundle of money, luxuries, and fame. They fought for their country, and today, we are fighting for OUR caste and religion. I am sure they must be proud of us, why wouldn't they? When they fought, they did not fight for the freedom of any particular religion, but when we got the freedom, we decided that we know better; we decided that people of only our religion should breathe freely and others should go to hell. Some free people we are!
Anyway, now consider the sacrifice of Neerja. There were many passengers and flight attendants, but she decided to stand tall against terrorists to offer protection to the innocents. She was no soldier, yet she decided to be one. She could have been a part of the crowd, but she chose to stand out of it. When our country was breathing under the brutality of our rulers, our brave freedom fighters joined their forces and brought us independence. They used all their resources for this task. On the similar lines, Neerja used her only resource at hand, her life, while dealing with those cruel terrorists. For that, I believe, she deserves everybody's admiration and not any critical comments.
His comment made me wonder, in a world, where we run and whine for our own welfare, isn't it divine if anyone sacrifices anything for the welfare of another human being? Instead of appreciating somebody's sacrifice, we decide to demean their effort by comparing it to the legends. Is this act mere lack of common sense or it signifies an attack of the green-eyed monster? Can jealousy make us overlook the crown of thrones that the sacrificing people wear for a greater good?
P.S. This post is in response to the daily post prompt: Sacrifice


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February 11, 2018
The numbers are still rolling in from just how many people attending the record-breaking Philadelphia Eagles victory parade Thursday, but few had a view quite as amazing as fan Brian Kravitz.
During the parade that marched from Lincoln Financial Field to the Art Museum steps, Kravitz got a front-row seat to the action -- and it's not because he was first behind the fence. Along with his brother, a volunteer for the parade, Kravitz sat in the police car that led the security detail of the route, giving him a front-row view of both the parade and most of Philadelphia's most diehard Eagles fans.
By the end of the event, Kravitz snapped 1,100 photos trying to capture the spirit of the day.
"It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience being able to ride down Broad Street with millions of fans cheering the entire time," Kravitz told PhillyVoice in an email.
"I did my best to take as many pictures of the fans as I could because I knew that if I were out there for hours in the cold, cheering for the greatest NFL team, I would love to have a picture to capture that memory."
Now Kravitz has made those photos free and available to download on Reddit. He's already received warm responses from people who found themselves in the photos. The snaps were arranged in chronological order so you might have a decent shot at finding yourself based on where you were standing during the parade.
Kravitz said he tried as best he could to get pictures of fans on both sides of the street, as well as looking out for funny signs, wild costumes, and people hanging out of windows or balconies.
"The whole experience was just pure Philadelphia -- the amount of enthusiasm displayed during the parade was unlike anything I'd ever seen, including the 2008 Phillies parade."
One unexpected bonus of riding in the cop car was a chance to hear the police radio during the parade, which was particularly funny anytime a player got off the bus to interact with fans.
"At one point the police captain called my brother to relay the message that the players must stay on the buses, because if they got off at the Parkway, the police couldn't guarantee to contain the situation due to the level of excitement and enthusiasm of the fans."
At the end of the procession, Kravitz had the chance to meet a few players and get autographs before the start of the ceremony, where he watched from the Art Museum steps with the press.
"That whole day was one of the best experiences of my life," he said.
Check out all of Kravitz's photos, and look for yourself in the full 1,100-pic collection, here.
Andrew Parent contributed reporting.


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Ok, so in some ways it is difficult for me to go to Gatorland and know that these gators are being farmed and killed. Gatorland is listed on the web as an alligator meat and hide supply company. The reason I visit is probably a little bit selfish: to see the birds. I also enjoy seeing the gators, but can't help wishing it could be more of a sanctuary, and less of a breeding facility and for-profit entertainment. It could be a lot more than it is currently. I do enjoy the animals here and would recommend this place to others, despite my own beliefs and values about animals.
The gators are beginning to get quite territorial although breeding season is still far off. Sometimes they raise up out of the water and slam back down again to keep others away.


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|Bishop William Bedell, Murtagh King and The First Irish Bible
By Dr. Brendan Scott
Muircheartach Ó Cionga, or Murtagh King, as he is better known, was vicar of the Church of Ireland parish of Templeport from the early 1630s until about 1638, when he was arrested and imprisoned in Dublin on suspicions of Catholicism. He is most famous today for his collaborative work with Bishop William Bedell on the Gaelic translation of the Old Testament, a project on which King was principal translator.
King's origins are lost to us in the mists of time, but it is likely that he was from Offaly, or perhaps Westmeath, and was part of a well-known family of poets and scribes. King first met Bedell in 1628 when Bedell was provost of Trinity College Dublin. Bedell, who was always interested in languages, employed King to teach him Irish, and King along with an associate, James Nangle, translated the psalms into Irish for use in the college. Bedell believed strongly that for the Protestant Reformation to succeed in Ireland, it was essential for the ministers to have a working knowledge of the Irish language – for how else could the Church of Ireland hope to persuade the Gaelic Irish Catholic population to accept Protestantism if they could not speak the local language?
Bedell was appointed Church of Ireland bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh in 1629, and not long after had moved King and Nangle to Cavan to work on the translation of the Old Testament with him at Kilmore. To support King financially, Bedell appointed him to the parish of Templeport. Although formerly a Catholic, King seems to have accepted the post with no major qualms. Later on, however, it was alleged that King failed to serve the Protestant community, doing as little as possible in his post as Church of Ireland vicar of Templeport, instead resuming his Catholic beliefs for the most part. Indeed, his wife and children continued to live as Catholics, causing much annoyance to other Church of Ireland clergy in Kilmore.
Bedell proved unpopular among his clergy due to his defence of Catholics against persecution and quickly made enemies in Kilmore. His clergy also felt that the Irish language was beneath them and in 1638 began to accuse King of Catholicism and a general ignorance in Protestant theology and practice as a means of undermining Bedell. King was arrested and imprisoned in Dublin and despite Bedell's best efforts, the Old Testament translation which he, King and Nangle had worked on remained unpublished until 1685. Bedell died in early 1642, his health broken by a stay on Clogh Oughter during the winter of 1641. It is unknown what happened to King following his arrest in 1638, but it is likely that he died in late 1638 or early 1639, prompting his Catholic wife to move back to Offaly. Although dying in poverty and ignominy, King's legacy lives on in his vital role in the first Gaelic translation of the Old Testament.
Pages from the first translation of the Bible in to Irish.
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There is a most informative article about Bishop Bedell by Rev Patrick Comerford here:
The six photographs of the Bedel Bible above were taken with the permission and assistance of Bishop Ferran Glenfield and Very Reverend Dean W R Ferguson of Kilmore Cathedral.
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A recording of Michael Glenfield reading from Isaiah Chapter 6 verses 1-8 from the original Bedell Bible held at St Malachy's Parish Church, Hillsborough, Co. Down is available here.
Isaiah Chapter 6 page of original Bible
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Many thanks to Jonathan Smyth of the Johnston Central Library, Cavan for sending us this photograph of the page.
Isaiah 6:1-8 New International Version (NIV)
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