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8 Best Kayak Compass In 2022 [Top Reviews And Buying Guide]
For the past several years, GPS navigation has slowly inserted itself into the navigation space, and many people now pick them over compasses. But, global positioning systems are not infallible. They can die, malfunction, or get weak signals, which can leave you stranded in the middle of nowhere. Compasses, on the other hand, are way more reliable, and they won't malfunction unless north stops being north.
Seasoned seafarers always use a compass even with a GPS because compasses work well during adverse weather conditions, and they are easy to use. If you're a regular seaman, then you know that a reliable compass is matchless when you're working in less than ideal conditions because of their readability and reliability. This article lists out some of the best kayak compass available and also a buying guide to help you choose the best one for your lifestyle and boat.
8 Best Kayak Compass Reviewed
1. Ritchie XP-99 Surface Mount Compass – Top Pick
If your priorities as a kayaker are readability and easy mounting, then the Ritchie XP-99 might be the best model for you. This compass has two mounting alternatives you can pick from a tie-down mount and direct deck mount. This makes the compass easy to remove and mount, and the front dial of the compass is black with bright white notches that are easy to see from almost any direction.
The Ritchie XP-99 also comes with an additional 12V battery kit for use at night or in low-light conditions. It has a revolving dial head, so any angle you read from is the direction you are currently on. This compass is known for its reliability and readability, and it is easy enough for anyone to use.
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2. Brunton Dash Mount Compass – Premium Pick
Brunton Dash Mount Compasses fit fluidly into pre-built recesses in the decks of most kayaks because they are the preferred compasses by many kayak owners and manufacturers. This brand produces compasses with accurate readings by 5-degree graduations, and easy to read dials. The dial is also a direct reading disc, so you get a correct reading from most angles.
This compass also comes with a reciprocal bearing on the bulkhead mount. You can easily mount this compass if your boat comes with the deck recess, but if it doesn't, you need a few power tools to install the compass. Unfortunately, the compass doesn't come with night vision dials, but it can be used in different rough conditions without fail.
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3. Seattle Sports Sea Rover Deck Compass – Best Value Pick
This portable compass from Seattle Sports is perfect for kayakers that need easy to mount and remove compasses. It attaches to its clear case, which in turn is attached to the kayak's deck with two buckles that keep it in place during use. The compass has a black face, and the graduations are marked with white for easy readings.
Some users complain about the direction of the heading because it works oppositely from regular hiking compasses, but this design makes it easy to read, especially in rough conditions. You are sure to get accurate measurements with this compass as well as an interactive user experience.
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4. Sun Company SeaTurtl Kayak Compass
The SeaTurtl compass is a tough compass designed to take a lot of hits and abuse without getting bad. It has foam padding underneath its rubber case, which secures it properly to your kayak even when it gets wet. The large dial of the Sea Turtl is easy to read, and it is quite easy to see, and it comes with an adjustable hood that can protect it from sunlight.
With its elastic mount cables, the Sea Turtl is made for different deck sizes, although it only fits snugly if your deck is flat so you can adjust it to fit different boats.
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5. Silva 58 Kayak Compass
Silva is known for its quality compasses, both marine, and hiking, and the Silva 58 compass model is no different. It is a compact compass with a small dial and firm plastic holding clips to attach it to whatever surface is most convenient for you. The dial face has clear white notches to show the graduations and a big yellow marker that shows the bearing from whatever angle you face.
It is easy to remove and mount, and it is protected from impact by a hard plastic cover. This cover makes it a perfect match for rough nautical journeys. The compass is reliable and durable, which makes it a favorite for a lot of kayakers.
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6. Ritchie Navigation X-11Y Kayak Compass
Ritchie compasses are known for their resilience and durability, and the Ritchie Navigation X-11 model is one of their smaller models. Its dial face is small and black with white marks for contrast to read during use. The compass comes with a bulkhead deck mount and has a direct reading dial, which means that the bearing facing you is the one you're on.
Unfortunately, due to the small size of the compass, reading it may be a pain for some people, but it is still legible enough for most people to read. You can get an additional night use kit that has some chemically illuminated stickers to help you see better at night.
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7. Ritchie Navigation X-10W-M Sport Marine Compass
The Ritchie Navigation X-10W-M sports compass is yet another compass from the Ritchie brand. This model is compact and portable, and very easy to mount on your kayak. With its 2-inch direct reading dial, it is easy to read, especially in bad weather conditions. It also has a glow-in-the-dark dial for low-light/night conditions.
If you are a frequent kayaker, then you should like this compass because of its durable build and casing, which helps it withstand tough conditions and impact. This compass is very affordable, and it works well and gives accurate readings, similar to the others in this article.
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8. Suunto Orca/Pioneer Compass
The Suunto Orca compass comes in 2 different mounting options, depending on which style you prefer. The bulkhead mount is for a more stable attachment, and the tie-down mount is for easy removal. However, the tie-down method is not as secure as the bulkhead mount. The dial is a dark black with white luminescent notches that make the night view easy.
This compass has an accurate reading of up to 25° from a level position, which makes it easy to read at a glance. You can also use this compass easily on land and in rough conditions. Its thermoplastic casing protects it from damage, but in some cases, it can get detached.
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Things to Consider Before Purchasing a Kayak Compass
Before you go shopping for a compass for your kayak, you need to do some research that will help you choose the most suitable model for your lifestyle. Different brands come up with different types of compasses, sometimes with one brand having many models, and this can make buying a good compass difficult.
However, there are certain factors that you need to keep in mind before buying one. These factors are the same regardless of what brand or model you buy and they can help you avoid a lot of issues.
Durability is a requirement for most products, but for compasses, it is especially important. Compasses are required to give accurate readings at all times, so a little malfunction can throw off the reading of your compass and leave you stranded. So, always look out for compasses that have sturdy designs and good track records.
The material used in making the compass plays a major role in how long the compass will last. Always look out for tough and wear-resistant materials that are suited for the occasional rough use.
If you pick a compass with fluid, make sure it doesn't leak after some time; the fluid doesn't freeze in subzero temperatures, and that the fluid remains clear at all times. These can affect the accuracy of the compass' reading, and also your ability to read it.
You need a compass you can read in a split second, especially in bad weather conditions. The two factors that affect readability are the reading angle and the dial markings. You need a compass that maintains a correct reading, and that has a large enough dial that you can read at a glance.
This is one factor that a lot of kayakers prioritize, primarily if they use more than one kayak. Removable kayaks save you some money since you can use one for multiple boats, and you can also remove it when transporting the kayak to protect it from harm. However, you have to consider that removable compasses aren't always as strong as fixed ones, so they probably won't last as long.
Declination adjustment
This topic has sparked an argument amongst compass users, but it is mostly due to a misunderstanding. The misunderstanding comes from the position of true north and magnetic north. Now, due to Earth's magnetic pull, true north and magnetic north can differ, so compasses usually require a type of adjustment to be able to locate true north.
While the above is true, especially for hiking compasses, the same is not precisely applicable to marine compasses because nautical charts usually indicate both true north and magnetic north. So, if you use charts, you don't need to adjust your compass. Instead, you'll use the magnetic north indicated on the chart. If you don't use nautical charts, then you might need to adjust your compass.
Mounting options
Marine compasses come with several mounting options, but for kayaks, these options are more limited. A kayak needs a compass that fits properly and can be viewed from the keel. There are a couple of mounting options you can choose from, depending on the size and fit of your kayak and compass.
Avoid bracket mounts, dash mounts, binnacle mounts, and flush mounts because they are not designed to work well with kayaks and other smaller boats. If you use one of them, they may fit, but your compass will be in a bad position that can expose it to impact, which can damage it easily.
Compasses come with different features that can make your experience better. Some are made of materials that make them better to use during adverse weather conditions and cold temperatures. Others come with additional features and stylish designs. Ensure that you pick a compass that comes with the correct features that match your lifestyle and frequency of use.
As a kayaker, you know that kayaking requires a lot of gear that can cost a pretty sum. Keep in mind that a well-made compass from a well-known brand will most likely cost more than one from a lesser-known brand.
After a thorough and detailed analysis of the kayak compasses on the market, we narrowed the list down to 8 of the best kayak compass available. Our top pick from the compasses on this list is the Ritchie XP-99 Surface Mount Compass. This compass has all the elements and features you need in a compass with its two mount options, accurate direct-reading dial, and additional night view option. You cannot go wrong with this compass, and it comes at a mid-range price.
Our premium pick is the Brunton Dash Mount Compass. This model gives you great value for its price, which is quite higher than that of other compasses in this list. The compass is legible from whatever angle, dependable, accurate, and durable. There is no doubt why many boats come with a custom deck recess that fits this compass perfectly.
Lastly, if you're on a budget, but you still want a compass you can rely on, the Seattle Sports Sea Rover Deck Compass is our best value pick. It comes at a more affordable price, but it delivers excellent quality and accuracy.
All the compasses in this list are excellent choices; you just need to pick the one that suits you best.


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Automatic Drilling Page Report Data
Automatic drilling enables you to switch from the current group to another group using system-defined commands on the shortcut menu. This topic describes how you can drill to, drill to by value, drill up, and drill down groups in page reports.
Drilling is only available when a data component bases on a business view or has been converted to use a business view. Otherwise you will see Going instead of Drilling actions.
You need a Logi Report Live license for Server to perform drilling on data components in Page Report Studio. For more product information, including new purchases and upgrades, contact US Sales or UK Sales.
Automatic drilling is divided into four types:
- Drill-To
It enables you to obtain a different view of data by switching among groups.
- Drill-to-by-Value
It enables you to filter data based on a drill-to action so as to obtain a more detailed view of the data.
- Drill-Down
It enables you to drill data to lower groups according to predefined hierarchies. For more information about hierarchies, refer to Defining Hierarchies in a Business View in the Logi Report Designer Guide.
- Drill-Up
It enables you to drill data to higher groups according to predefined hierarchies.
You can perform these drill actions on crosstabs, charts, grouped tables, and banded objects, whose data bases on business views or if on queries, data fields of which can be converted to corresponding view elements. After drilling, you can analyze the new component in the same way as you do to the original one.
Assume you have created a crosstab report on the business view WorldWideSalesBV in Data Source 1 of the SampleReports catalog showing product sales information with Region as the column field, Sales Year as the row field, and Total Sales as the summary field, and applied the Classic style to the crosstab. The crosstab shows as follows:
We will now take the crosstab as an instance to illustrate the automatic drilling functions.
- Right-click any value of Region, Asia-Pacific for example, and choose Drill To from the shortcut menu. The list of groups available for Drill To will appear on the submenu.
- Select Product Type on the submenu, then in the regenerated report, we can see that Sales Year remains the group for rows and Product Type becomes the group for columns.
- Repeat Steps 1 and 2 to drill the data to other groups. Row field can also be drilled freely.
- To go back to the original report, right-click any value of Product Type, choose Drill To > Region from the shortcut menu.
- Go back to the original report in the preceding example.
- Right-click the value Asia-Pacific of the Region group, and select Drill to by Value on the shortcut menu. Server displays a submenu for the command and lists the same items as those of Drill To.
- Select Product Type too. Server regenerates the report.
We can see that the report is different from that of drill-to. This is because that, for the drill-to-by-value action, the group of columns changes to Product Type by the Region value Asia-Pacific. That is, on the basis of the drill-to action, Server further performs a filtering action where Region = Asia-Pacific, and thus generates the report of drill-to-by-value.In addition, when you perform a drill-to-by-value action, Server displays the Drill Filter panel on the left of the Page Report Studio, which shows the group and the value the filter is based on.
- To go back to the original report, first delete the drill filter in the Drill Filter panel by selecting X next to the group name, then right-click any value of Product Type and select Drill To > Region from the shortcut menu.
Drill-down actions are based on predefined business view hierarchies. The WorldWideSalesBV contains a hierarchy Geography, which enables you to drill a group (corresponding to a high level) down to the one-level-lower group.
- Go back to the original report in the preceding example, right-click the value North America, then select Drill Down on the shortcut menu. We can see that Country is the submenu item.
- Select Country to see the report. It displays the data about countries in the North America region.
- The one-level-lower group for Country defined in the hierarchy is State. Now select Canada directly and Server also drills it down to State.
After these two drill-down actions, we can see two filters in the Drill Filter panel, Region = North America and Country = Canada.
This is because, when you perform a drill-down action, Server creates a filter based on the value you select on. In this example, we first select the North America region, so Server drills this region to the lower level to display countries in North America, and thus creates the filter Region = North America. If you want to display all data in the one-level-lower group when you drill down a group, you can remove the corresponding filter from the Drill Filter panel.
Drill-up actions enable you to drill a group (corresponding to a low level) up to the one-level-higher group.
- Based on the report after drill-down, right-click any value of State, BC for example, then select Drill Up on the shortcut menu. We can see that Country is the submenu item.
- Select Country to see the report. The group goes to the higher level. Country is now the group for columns.
- The one-level-higher group for Country defined in the hierarchy is Region. Now right-click any value of Country, Canada for example, then select Drill Up > Region on the shortcut menu. Server drills it up to Region.
- For a banded object or table, you can right-click its group header/footer to show the shortcut menu so as to use the automatic drilling functions. You can also right-click field values in the group header/footer to achieve this.
- For group objects that are not used as group fields in a banded object or table, automatic drilling does not take effect.
- For page reports created in Logi Report Designer, if you want to directly select the group objects to perform the drill-down action, the report designer must have given the "Drill-down" action the highest Click Priority at report design time. Otherwise, you have to use the Drill Down command on the objects' shortcut menu to perform the action.

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I finally finished this book, and as I expected it was really worth the wordiness. The book is a story revolving around a family, in particular the father, and his day - Saturday. The entirety of the book is set in one day. It touches on many things, medical, societal, but mainly political (Westerners point of view post 9/11). I found my thoughts about it arranged in neat bullet points in my head, and thus my review shall follow suit.
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- McEwan's style is the epitome of writing finesse. Poetic is an understatement.
- Politically sound.
- A wonderful insight on individuality and culture
- Gripping, especially at the end. I finished the last third of the book all in one go, I couldn't put it down.
- Biased, but in a logical non offensive way. The main figure is clearly brainwashed but recognizes it.
- Has lots of details about neurosurgery (the lead's profession), which I found very interesting.
- I found it a bit dated (released in 2006). Lots of issues discussed were about Saddam, Iraq, Cheney etc.
- Maybe for some readers, McEwan's style of writing might be tedious. He tends to start very very slow and detailed, and leaves the climax at the very end.
I definitely recommend it.
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Even though it's just our first year trying to call the Academy Awards race for best animated feature, we're getting pretty strong signals that the Oscar will go to "Zootopia." The Annie awards, given by the Hollywood branch of the International Animated Film Society, will be awarded this weekend — the second-to-last animation prize we're tracking this year. If they crown "Zootopia" the winner, this thing is pretty much sealed up.
Over the 15 years that the Oscars have had an animation award, the film that won at the Annies also won the Oscar 10 times, a strong batting average. But more importantly, it's the award with the best data. The Annies are one of the few animation awards that precede the Oscars, and even though the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and American Cinema Editors awards have better track records in matching the Oscars winner, both those groups' animation awards have been around a decade or less.
"Zootopia" has won at multiple critics awards and at insider guilds, including the American Cinema Editors and Producers Guild. It's usually here where I'd have to say something like "FiveThirtyEight is owned by the Walt Disney Company, which made both 'Zootopia' and 'Moana,'" but I'm actually incredibly biased toward rival "Kubo and the Two Strings" because I am a Laika Entertainment fanboy and it's a visually stunning movie that filled my miserable heart with joy. So, you know, full disclosure.
Anyway, Oscar season hasn't been great for "Kubo," but it won the National Board of Review animation award and the Chicago Critics award, and with the other nominees — "Moana," "The Red Turtle" and "My Life as a Zucchini" — winless so far, it's the main competition for "Zootopia." It's possible that late-breaking wins at the Annies this weekend and the BAFTAs on Feb. 12 could move the needle, but without a "Kubo" sweep, "Zootopia" will go into the Oscars as the favorite.
We're tracking which nominees are favored in the race for eight major Academy Awards. Read now »
The animators, then, will tell us if this race is truly over. If they pick "Zootopia" — a movie that is "Crash" (2004) with animals but actually really good — we're probably going to get a good Oscar speech about how the movie is more relevant than ever or some tasteful pseudo-political-but-not-divisive chunk like that. Or they could go with "Kubo," and they very well might. Laika won a technical Oscar last year for the technology it uses in the movie, and that's the kind of thing an animation guild may recognize. A win at the Annies would be a sign that Laika still has a chance in this.


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After making stops at many of the industry's top agencies (Cliff Freeman, Saatchi, BBDO, Wieden & Kennedy, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners and 180), Ari Weiss joined BBH, New York, in 2011 as executive creative director and recently was named the agency's new chief creative officer.
Under his leadership along with John Patroulis, who was elevated to New York creative chairman, the agency has created award-winning work like Axe's "Susan Glenn," which brought a new, more thoughtful voice to the high testosterone brand, and Sony Playstation's "Greatness Awaits" campaign, a multiplatform effort that included not only standout films but innovative digital plays, including a gamers auction site devoted exclusively to the exchange of gear from the Playstation universe.
In the latest installment of Six Things, Mr. Weiss offers a closer look into his world, which includes tales of rejection, embarrassment and weed.
1. He sent his student book to BBH in 1999 and was never called back. In fact, he also had an interview in the London office in 2007. They never called back either. Reflecting back on it he says, "I guess the lesson here is be persistent."
2. He met his wife the night of a bachelor party. While entirely factual, it's not nearly as bad as it sounds. He left the bachelor party early because he was poor and couldn't afford the cover charge for the gentlemen's club.
3. His father encouraged him to grow weed in high school. A little context: Ari was born in Berkeley, Calif. in the '70s. That's probably all the context you need, but growing weed in Berkeley then was like growing kale anywhere else now. "My father thought it would teach me the responsibility of really looking after something and learn the value of keeping something alive," he said. "He was smart because there was also built-in incentive to keep it alive."
4. His middle name is either Shlomo, Menacham or Marnin. He won't tell you which one it really is but there is one thing he's certain of: "My parents very much wanted everyone to know that Ari Shlomo/Menacham/Marnin Weiss was Jewish."
5. He's the oldest and least talented of his three siblings. Going in order from youngest to oldest you'll find his brother killing it in finance living in the East Village of New York, a sister who is a super talented lawyer in Denver and a brother who writes, plays guitar and is the lead singer of Truest, a Brooklyn based band in New York. "I like to think of myself as being mediocrely good at all the things they're great at, which evidentially will get you by in advertising."
6. He's currently in the process of growing a beard. He knows he's already two years behind the trend, but his first child Layla just turned two and when he dove back into culture to see what had been going on he was bummed to find he had missed the beard trend. "I'm hoping if I start growing it out now it can be at a respectable length by the time beards become cool again," he said.


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Chandigarh: In an attempt to improve quality in school education, the Haryana government has come up with new rules for teachers in state-run schools.
The government has ordered installation of boards that will mark the attendance of teachers in all the government schools in the state. Name of the teachers, joining date, educational qualification and mobile numbers would also be mentioned on them. The step is expected to prevent absenteeism.
It would also keep the school management committees informed about the absence of teachers from the school and also the reason of absence, said Geeta Bhukkal, Education Minister, Haryana .
In addition to this, a list of schools that have not delivered results up to the expectations in the examinations is being prepared, and teachers of these schools have been issued notices to explain the reasons behind it.
(Source: PTI)


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Sunset In Bahia Honda Key
The Bahia Honda state park is a nice place near the Key West in Florida where many people visit to enjoy the beaches or just to walk around the park.
I've been there several times but never before sunset which is magic hour for any photographer. Even though the sunset that day wasn't the best one, the light was perfect to capture a truly memorable image.
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text: |The Clemson School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences (SMSS) seeks to fill SMSS Postdoctoral positions, starting in the Fall 2023 semester. This is a 9-month position (August 15-May 15) with job duties consisting of teaching two courses per semester, conducting research, and light service duties. The appointment is initially for two semesters (August 15, 2023 - May 15, 2024) but is renewable for two additional years contingent upon funding and performance. The targeted research areas are operations research, statistics, probability, and data science. Candidates with strong potential for successful collaboration with current faculty in the Division of Statistics and Operations Research will be given highest consideration. Applications must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research statement, teaching statement, unofficial graduate transcripts, and four letters of reference at least one of which addresses the applicant's teaching. Applicants must indicate in their cover letter which faculty their research overlaps with and who could serve as their research mentor. Applications must be completed through apply.interfolio.com/115865 and will be accepted until the position has been filled. Completed applications for the postdoctoral position received before April 1, 2023, will receive full consideration. The SMSS contains two divisions: Mathematics and Statistics & Operations Research. Teaching and research areas in the SMSS include algebra and discrete mathematics, data science, computational mathematics, operations research, probability and mathematical statistics, and pure and applied analysis. The school offers the full range of Baccalaureate, Master's, and Doctoral degrees. For further information regarding the school, its research areas and programs, please visit the web site http://www.math.clemson.edu. Clemson University has the highest Carnegie research designation (Very High, R1), and recently completed its Clemson Forward plan with strategic focus on advancing our doctoral programs and strengthening our research and scholarly impact while still preserving the outstanding signature undergraduate experience that is at the heart of Clemson. The Clemson Forward plan directed the building of a new world-class College of Science that harnesses the disciplines of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Genetics and Biochemistry, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, and Physics & Astronomy to solve tomorrow's greatest challenges. Clemson Forward has at its core the mission of inclusive excellence in our students and faculty that will help Clemson ascend to a top 20 public university and a model for the 21st Century land grant university. Moreover, the University, the College of Science, and the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences are committed to building a community of inclusive excellence, where faculty scholars are dedicated to working and teaching in a multi-cultural environment (http://www.clemson.edu/inclusion/). We are particularly interested in receiving applications from women, underrepresented minorities, and from those who have experience and/or a commitment toward mentoring students from diverse backgrounds, as well as those who have demonstrated a commitment to understanding the challenges in promoting diversity and inclusion. In addition, the college is supportive of the needs of dual career couples. South Carolina's highest-ranked national university is located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains and surrounded by Lake Hartwell and the Clemson Experimental Forest. A top-25 public university with a reputation for excellence, Clemson University provides a hands-on education — in the lab, in the classroom and in the field. Academic programs lay the groundwork for innovative research, and real-world experiences carry forward to rewarding careers. This strikingly beautiful campus enjoys a temperate and pleasant climate. We welcome applications and nominations of outstanding scholar-educators to come join the Clemson Family. The College of Science advances the life, physical, and mathematical sciences as it mobilizes curiosity-driven faculty and students through innovative academic programs and research, including transdisciplinary research at the intersection of many fields. Clemson University is an AA/EEO employer and does not discriminate against any person or group on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, pregnancy, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or genetic information.


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"I turned on the TV and I said, 'Oh shit, what did I get myself involved in?'" — Ashley Dupre
Tomorrow on Reliable Sources TVNewser's Gail Shister talks with Howie Kurtz about the Ashley Dupre / Diane Sawyer interview. That's tomorrow at 10amET on CNN.
We'll have the ratings for last night's 20/20 on Monday. Meanwhile, the Baltimore Sun's David Zurawik has some thoughts on the interview (written before it aired, which, we suspect, he didn't watch.)


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A 48-year-old Milwaukee man has been released from prison, after DNA evidence proved his innocence. Daryl Holloway spent 24 years in prison for a rape and armed burglary that he didn't commit. He was convicted in Milwaukee in 1993, and a judge sentenced him to 120 years in prison.
The Wisconsin Innocence Project pushed for new tests on the victim's underwear. The results showed Holloway couldn't have been the perpetrator.
Holloway called the Innocence Project staff "geniuses" and said that they saw what he was saying. He says they fought for him, and knew he didn't do it.
Milwaukee County Judge Jeffrey Wagner signed an order Tuesday to overturn Holloway's conviction, and he walked out the Green Bay Correctional Institution on Wednesday.


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"Economically, incremental innovation in the pharmaceutical industry delivers cost savings. Incremental innovations are usually launched at a discount and the resulting competition across drugs in a therapeutic class results in lower prices."
The United States is on the brink of making changes to the U.S. patent law that would be modeled on India's Patent Law. At a Senate Judiciary Committee markup scheduled for tomorrow, June 27, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reportedly plans to offer language as an amendment in the form of the No Combination Drug Patents Act. The language of the bill would prohibit the patenting of new forms, new uses and new methods of administration of new medicines unless the patent applicant can show "a statistically significant increase in efficacy".
India's Section 3(d)
This language is oddly similar to India's Section 3(d), something the Trump Administration's U.S. Trade Representative has complained "restricts patent eligible subject matter in a way that poses a major obstacle to innovators" (see here, page 49). Other Senators have also weighed in against "a generally deteriorating environment for intellectual property" in India (see here), including Judiciary Committee ranking member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Judiciary Committee members Mike Crapo (R-ID), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chris Coons (D-DE).
As described in a recent Geneva Network study (see here), section 3(d) of the Indian Patent Act requires a pharmaceutical invention related to a known substance to demonstrate heightened therapeutic efficacy in order to be eligible for a patent, a requirement that is inconsistent with India's international obligations. "This heightened requirement for patentability specifically precludes many categories of invention that allow follow-on innovation, including 'salts, esters, ethers, polymorphs, metabolites, pure form, particle size, isomers, mixtures of isomers, complexes, combinations and other derivatives of known substances.'"
A Blow to Innovation and a Violation of TRIPS
The Graham amendment would deal a devastating blow to medicines innovation in the United States, harming patients in this country and around the world. It would turn the United States into India—a country whose own innovators have to leave the country to patent new inventions (see here). In addition, the proposed amendment appears to violate basic provisions of international trade agreements the United States was instrumental in forging, including TRIPS Article 27.1.
Innovation, and pharmaceutical innovation in particular, is an inherently dynamic process; innovations build on one another and improvements draw from a long history of earlier technological advances. Sir Isaac Newton famously stated, "If I have seen far, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." In her classic paper on innovation (see here), Suzanne Scotchmer cites this quote and emphasizes that virtually all technical progress builds on a foundation provided by earlier innovators. Innovation is an undeniably cumulative event, and progress happens both in leaps and bounds (radical innovation) and in small steps (incremental innovation). In the context of the pharmaceutical industry, radical innovations encompass breakthrough discoveries of the 'first-in-class' medicine with a new mechanism of action. In contrast, incremental innovations may expand an existing therapeutic class through the development of a new drug based on differences in adverse effects, delivery systems, dosing schedules, or heat stability. All innovation is valuable and we reap the rewards – through health dividends – from both small steps and large leaps.
Cumulative innovation enriches our lives, improves our health, and is critical to successful innovative industries and thriving economies. Importantly, the majority of existing therapies currently in use are incremental innovations. As evidence of their therapeutic value, a recent study finds that 63% of the drugs on the World Health Organization's Essential Drug Lists are follow-on drugs, and close to one-quarter of the therapeutic indications described are treated by drugs initially indicated to treat a different disease or condition (see here).
Incremental Inventions are Innovative and Good for Public Health
The proposed Graham amendment is misguided from a legal perspective as well as from public health and economic standpoints. Legally, improvement innovations must meet all patentability standards. All patents require advances that are novel, useful and non-obvious, characteristics that may describe both incremental innovations as well as groundbreaking advances. From a public health perspective, incremental innovation ensures a variety of drugs are available within a therapeutic class, which provides physicians with the ability to treat the individual needs of diverse patients with precision. Innovative improvements have the potential to: increase the number of available dosing options, uncover new physiological interactions of known medicines, allow for reformulations to encourage children's compliance, increase the shelf-life or heat-stability of a given medicine to secure effectiveness in diverse environments, eliminate treatment-limiting drug reactions or side effects, enhance patient administration and improve patient compliance. According to Wertheimer, Levy and O'Connor (see here), drugs within a single therapeutic class differ in their therapeutic profile, metabolism, adverse effects, dosing schedules, delivery systems, and other features. These differences increase a patient's probability of finding a treatment that is both effective and tolerated. Moreover, multiple therapies ensure an uninterrupted supply and availability of vital medications if the initial drug fails in the development stage, in the market, or suffers from manufacturing interruptions. Finally, economically, incremental innovation in the pharmaceutical industry delivers cost savings. Incremental innovations are usually launched at a discount and the resulting competition across drugs in a therapeutic class results in lower prices. In a 2000 study (see here), DiMasi examines 20 new drugs, accounting for half of U.S. sales, launched between 1995 and 1999. The study shows that all but one of the follow-on drugs were discounted and sold at prices up to 70% lower than the pioneer drug. Incremental innovation does not stymie competition; instead it has the potential to enhance it.
Sacrificing the Future of Innovation
In 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set an all-time record for new drug approvals with 59 novel drugs and biologics approved by the agency's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). (see here) The number of new molecular entities (NMEs) and biologics approved by CDER surpassed the agency's previous record of 53 approvals in 1996 and is a significant jump over the 46 new drugs approved in 2017. The scientific and financial resources required for these advances are an investment worth making and an important precedent for global health. Patents encourage those innovations, making cutting-edge treatments a reality. Current efforts to "fix" the patent system by amending existing intellectual property legislation governing pharmaceutical inventions will only undermine the incentives that encourage innovation. All innovation, both breakthrough discoveries and incremental improvements, is valuable and should be protected and rewarded. It is essential to recognize the importance of these treatments and those that will build upon them in the future. If we reshape our patent laws based on India's distorted system, we will sacrifice future innovation and the global public health benefits that would result. This is not a model for a healthy pharmaceutical industry or a vibrant economy.
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Roak: Galactic Bounty Hunter
Series: Roak: Galactic Bounty Hunter
Author: Jake Bible
Narrated By: Andrew B. Wehrlen
Length: 7 hrs 16 mins
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There are thousands of bounty hunters across the galaxy. Solid professionals that take jobs based on the credits the bounties afford. They follow the letter of the law so they can maximize those credits.
Licensed, bonded, legal.
Then there's Roak.
Deadly, unstoppable, invisible.
No criminal or military records. No files or folders with his name on them. No cybernetic implants to track. No proof he even exists except for a reputation for getting the job done. Roak is the bounty hunter called when someone is looking for the opposite of licensed, bonded, legal.
Now someone has ignored his reputation and made a very big mistake.
Double-crossed and left to die, Roak survives and sets out to exact vengeance and get paid what he is owed.
But he's not unreasonable.
While his fee may have just gone up, the bloody, brutal revenge is on the house.


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Introductory Overview
A smartwatch is a wearable device which is designed in order to be worn on a wrist. Smartwatches possess many unique features and perform a variety of functions such as dialing and receiving calls, texting messages, e-mails, social media apps, music player and many others and can be used to sync up with a smartphone. The smartwatch is very compact and can be used with both cellular and GPS network. It consists of various sensors which help in providing details such as calories burnt, heart rate, distance travelled and many more. It contains a wireless chip and provides Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity. Smartwatches allows the users to use them without the need for holding on to their cell phones, wherever they are present. The users would be able to receive and view e-mails and other notifications through these smartwatches. The functions of these smartwatches are normally carried out through the usage of mobile apps of smartphones.
Smartwatches are equipped with different sensors and algorithms and also are capable of controlling and retrieving data from other instruments or computers. Besides, smartwatches also work as good fitness trackers. Some smartwatches can even record the heart rate of individuals throughout the day and the individuals can view the readings that will be displayed at their convenience. Additionally, the growing smart wearable device market which generated revenues of around USD 16.2 billion in the year 2016 and is estimated to reach a value of around USD 52.5 Billion by the end of 2024, is also estimated to contribute to the growth of the smartwatch market over the forecast period.
Market Size and Forecast
The growth of the global smartwatch market is driven by several factors such as increasing sales of smartphones worldwide, rising demand from consumers for wireless health and fitness devices, especially from among those individuals involved in sports activities that includes athletics, swimming, cycling and many more activities. According to International Monetary Fund (IMF), the global demand for smartphones had risen enormously and during the year 2016 alone, the global smartphone sales had touched a high of close to 1.5 billion devices.
The global smartwatch market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of around 17% over the forecast period i.e. 2020-2027. The market is segmented by operating system, product type, application and by wireless technology, out of which, the health and fitness segment forming part of application segment is anticipated to occupy the highest market share, on account of increased demand for fitness devices that can be connected wirelessly to a smartphone or computer for maintaining a track record of fitness of individuals. According to World Health Organization (WHO), about 17.9 million people die from cardiovascular diseases every year which accounts for an estimated 31% of all deaths worldwide. Considering the gravity of the situation, there is an increasing focus laid on maintaining the health and fitness by individuals who are taking up regular exercises and fitness regime on priority by regularly tracking their health and fitness levels which is estimated to aid the growth of the smartwatch market over the forecast period. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD SAMPLE
Growth Drivers
Rising Levels Of Health Awareness Among The Consumers Globally
There has been an increase in the spending by consumers globally on health and fitness gadgets that can continuously monitor their health and levels of physical activity every day. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services predicts that, by 2030, half of all adults in the United States will be obese. In view of insufficient physical activities that can create several risk factors for individuals in the form of non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes, several policies have been brought in by WHO member states and are currently put into operation to address insufficient physical activity. Through the use of smartwatches, individuals are able to perform self-monitoring of their physical activities and are able to communicate their health status with their doctors and family members. These factors are anticipated to drive the growth of the market over the forecast period.
Shift towards Wireless Electronic Devices by Individuals Followed by Better Internet Connectivity Across all Regions Globally
The demand for wireless electronic devices is rising, owing to shift towards digitalization and internet connectivity spreading across all regions globally and covering even remote locations globally. The presence of various apps which can be used for various purposes, some of them being playing music, games and several other applications are generating higher demand for smartwatches among consumers. These smartwatches offer wireless connectivity, besides allowing several fitness activities such as the distance travelled, calories burnt, number of steps taken per day and many more to be monitored and tracked by using them.
High Costs & Limited Battery Life
Smartwatches are expensive and are not affordable to an average individual, although they possess multiple features, apart from keeping time. Moreover, they have only a limited battery life and these watches may be able to last only for a day or two after they are fully charged and their battery life is primarily dependent upon the features of a smartphone. In some cases, the power consumption may be high when some features are being used frequently, which could bring down the battery levels of a smartwatch quickly.
Lack of Awareness & Smaller Memory Size
There is lack of sufficient awareness prevailing among the consumers about the working of smartwatches, its technology and its utility for individuals. Additionally, the data that is to be stored in the smartwatch is dependent on the memory size of the smartwatch. If huge volumes of data has to be stored, it is necessary to ensure the memory size is high, so that enough files can be stored.
Market Segmentation
Our-in depth analysis of the global smartwatch market includes the following segments:
By Operating System
- Android
- WatchOS
- Tizen
- Others
By Product Type
- Classic Smartwatch
- Standalone Smartwatch
- Companion Smartwatch
By Application
- Sports
- Health & Fitness
- Others
By Wireless Technology
- Bluetooth
- Wi-Fi
By Region
On the basis of regional analysis, the global smartwatch market is segmented into five major regions including North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middle East & Africa region. The market in North America is anticipated to occupy the highest market share, owing to the presence of major market players in the region as well as rapid technological innovations brought into these devices by several market players that make each of them unique in their own way. According to National Institutes of Health, USA, more than 35% of U.S. adults are suffering from obesity and more than 34% of adults are overweight. Obesity affects about 17% of all children and adolescents in the United States. High levels of obesity prevailing among the population in the USA and rising awareness among the American population about obesity and its ill effects on health of individuals is one of the major factors that is anticipated to generate the demand for smartwatches among the general population in the USA and is estimated to drive the growth of the market in the region over the forecast period. The market in Asia Pacific is estimated to grow rapidly, owing to the rising number of skilled tech-savvy professionals and rise in the number of individuals with higher disposable incomes in the region over the last decade.
The global smartwatch market is further classified on the basis of region as follows:
- North America (U.S. & Canada) Market size, Y-O-Y growth & Opportunity Analysis
- Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Rest of Latin America) Market size, Y-O-Y growth & Opportunity Analysis
- Europe (U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg, NORDIC, Poland, Turkey, Russia, Rest of Europe) Market size, Y-O-Y growth & Opportunity Analysis
- Asia-Pacific (China, India, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Rest of Asia-Pacific) Market size, Y-O-Y growth & Opportunity Analysis.
- Middle East and Africa (Israel, GCC (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman), North Africa, South Africa, Rest of Middle East and Africa) Market size, Y-O-Y growth & Opportunity Analysis
Top Featured Companies Dominating the Market
- Google, Inc.
- Company Overview
- Business Strategy
- Key Product Offerings
- Financial Performance
- Key Performance Indicators
- Risk Analysis
- Recent Development
- Regional Presence
- SWOT Analysis
- Apple, Inc.
- Fitbit, Inc.
- Motorola
- Garmin Ltd.
- Sony Corporation
- Fossil Group, Inc.
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Microsoft Corporation
- LG Corporation


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The Weather Outside Is Frightful But This Giveaway Is So Delightful!
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Keywords Everywhere – Keyword Tool
…is a free keyword research tool that shows you useful google keyword search volume and cost per click data on multiple websites. This tool saves you the hassle of copying data from various websites and using the google adwords keyword planner to see relevant search volume and cpc data.
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we built simple visualisations of the data. A one-pager that could be shared to prompt a conversation on how you could start answering your public better.


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LASIK Myths
Maybe you're tired of dealing with glasses and contact lenses and you're interested in pursuing a permanent solution to your vision problems. If this is the case, LASIK, a commonly performed procedure with an excellent safety record, could well be an option for you. But there's also a chance that you, like many patients, have certain worries about LASIK. Many patients report significant fears about the procedure.
These worries are understandable, and a little bit of skepticism is always a good thing. However, many of the commonly stated concerns about LASIK are based on misconceptions about the procedure and do not reflect reality. There a few common LASIK myths that should be addressed before you speak to a doctor about the procedure.
Myth One: It Will Hurt
No surgeon can guarantee that you won't experience any pain after a procedure, but LASIK surgery is about as close to pain-free as you can get from a surgical procedure. During the procedure, your eyes will be numbed with anesthetic drops that will prevent you from experiencing any discomfort.
Immediately after the LASIK procedure, you might feel a little bit of dryness and itchiness. A nap is usually enough to eliminate this. Long-term, you should not experience any noticeable pain or discomfort.
Myth Two: I Can Lose My Sight
Many patients worry about having a laser perform delicate work in their eyes. This is understandable. But fears of a surgical error leading to a dramatic loss of vision, or even blindness, are groundless. The odds of blindness resulting from LASIK surgery are literally less than one in a million.
Myth Three: LASIK Has No Safety Record
There was a point in the history of LASIK surgery when patients could reasonably say that they were worried about the unknown long-term effects of LASIK surgery. Fortunately, that day has passed. Surgeons have been performing LASIK since the mid-90's, and the best surgeons have performed the procedures thousands of times. We have a massive sample size and plenty of time with which to draw conclusions. We know that LASIK is safe.
If you're suffering from vision issues in the Greater Sacramento Area including Folsom and Rocklin and you want to know if LASIK is right for you, please visit the website of Wilmarth Eye Care today. Serving the Great Sacramento area with great care for over 20 years.


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We'd like to share with you, some of our graduates stories from the, Grad Cert NLP, the world's first government accredited postgraduate qualification, in NLP. You will learn to codify and express exceptional effectiveness in your life and to transform, your own and others' performance.
Geoff Wade, CEO of Onirik wholeheartedly believes that NLP has transformed the way he approaches life. Indeed, he claims that his exploration of NLP has taken him on a personal revolution, where he has transformed his attitude to life. He feels far more aware of and connected to his own self and others with whom he interacts on a personal and professional level. [read the interview with Geoff Wade]
Penny Bannister is the Principal/Owner of Self Determine, a business transformation consultancy that has expertise in delivering large-scale strategic programs that include and require cultural and organisational shifts to deliver sustainable long-term outcomes. Self Determine works with corporate clients across a number of sectors including Financial Services, Information Technology and Public Sector. [read the interview with Penny Bannister]
Peter Knight is a Master Professional with the PGA of Australia as well as the National Coach for Australia and Chinese Taipei. He also coaches all levels from beginner to professional at the Yarra Bend Golf Course in Melbourne. Instrumental to his phenomenal coaching success is his understanding and use of NLP in all of his coaching work. [read the interview with Peter Knight]
In many respects Melbourne-based business entrepreneur Jarett Lefers first became interested in NLP at a very young age. During his school years he was deeply passionate about sport and music and sought to emulate his favourite sportsmen and pianists by watching hours of video footage of them in action, observing their every move, mannerism and inflection. He'd then apply what he had observed to his own his sporting and musical endeavours and the results were phenomenal! [read the interview with Jarett Lefers]
Daniel Smith is a passionate advocate of NLP, having trained with major figures in the NLP world including Dr John Grinder, Richard Bandler, Robert Dilts and Anthony Robbins.
Currently based in China and the Chairman of The China NLP Society, Daniel is highly qualified as a multi-Certified Trainer of NLP, a Certified Trainer of New Code NLP and is an experienced NLP coach. He is also the leading trainer of New Code NLP in Asia. Daniel has also gained his Graduate Certificate in Neuro-Linguistic Programming through Inspiritive. Few trainers, world-wide, have his level of qualification, pedigree and experience. [read the interview with Daniel Smith]


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Welcome to the Madison County Mississippi Genealogy & History Network website providing free information to genealogical and historical researchers.
To share your Madison County, Mississippi genealogy or history information, send an email to email@example.com - we will be pleased to include it here. If you have information to share for other Mississippi Counties, visit the Mississippi Genealogy & History Network state website and choose the appropriate county.
Madison County, the 23rd county in Mississippi was named for fourth President James Madison, and was created in 1828 out of Yazoo and Hinds Counties. It incorporates lands between the Pearl and Big Black Rivers where General Andrew Jackson met with the Choctaw Chieftain, Pushmataha. That meeting resulted in the 1820 Treaty of Doak's Stand.
This area attracted large numbers of settlers from Virginia and the Carolinas who came to farm the lush, rolling hills, and fertile soil.
In 1833, the Madison County Board of Police (a governing body similar to today's supervisors) appointed surveyor John B. Peyton to select a geographical center for a new county seat (Canton) and to lay it out in blocks. In 1834, 40 acres of land belonging to Killis and Margaret Walton were deeded to the county for $100. The land was divided into square parcels with the plot nearest the center reserved for the public square.
In 1836, Canton was legally incorporated and boasted a population of 400. The first recorded ordinance made it a misdemeanor to gallop horse, mare, or mule on any street or alley.
By 1838, Canton boasted two banks, two hotels, ten dry goods stores, a drug store, three groceries, a bakery, a tin shop, three tailor shops, and two watchmakers. The public buildings were a courthouse, jail, church, and a female academy. The town enjoyed notoriety for having as visitors the celebrated original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng, who ordered two custom suits from Perlinsky's Tailor Shop.
There are two stories concerning the naming of Canton, and both attribute the name to Chinese origin. One states that Canton, Mississippi is the exact opposite side of the world as Canton, China, and was thus named. The other story states that the daughter of a Chinese family died in the area and the sympathetic community named the town for the family. There is really no more proof for one over the other, it's just which one you wish to believe.
The county has a total area of 741.97 square miles of which 717.11 square miles is land and 24.86 square miles (3.35%) is water. The population recorded in the 1830 Federal Census was 4,973. The 2010 census recorded 95,203 residents in the county.
Neighboring counties are Holmes County (north), Attala County (north), Leake County (east), Scott County (southeast), Rankin County (south), Hinds County (southwest), and Yazoo County (west). The city of Canton is the county seat. Other communities in the county include Jackson (mostly in Hinds County, small portion in Rankin County), Madison, Ridgeland, Flora, Camden, Farmhaven, Gluckstadt, Kearney Park, Sharon, and Way.
Madison County MSGHN has many records here on our website. Marriage Records, Cemetery listings, tombstone photos, and more. Look at the Madison County Data links for a list of available data.
Birth Records - The Mississippi Department of Health maintains records of births after November 1, 1912 on file. This was the year Mississippi began keeping official birth records. You can obtain official copies of birth certificates by mail by using this birth record application on their website. If you just have to order by internet or phone, or use a credit card, you can use VitalCheck, a third party records company recognized by the Mississippi Dept. of Health. Since there are no official birth records before November 1, 1912 for births prior to that date you will need to determine birth information from census records, bible records, baptismal records, cemetery tombstones, etc.
Death Records - The Mississippi Department of Health maintains births recorded after November 1, 1912 on file. This was the year Mississippi began keeping official death records. You can obtain official copies of death certificates by mail by using this death record application on their website. If you just have to order by internet or phone, or use a credit card, you can use VitalCheck, a third party records company recognized by the Mississippi Dept. of Health. Since there are no official death records before November 1, 1912 ...READ MORE
Madison County is located in the central portion of Mississippi.
Marriage information is an important part of any family genealogy. These dates may assist you in your Madison County, Mississippi research.
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The jokes and memes about Thanksgiving being overlooked circulate relentlessly this time of year and even though they are hilarious, do you know why they are everywhere? Because it is the absolute truth – Thanksgiving does get overlooked. How do we prevent this day from being overlooked? Start and continue conversations especially with the upcoming generations about this day of Thanksgiving and the vast importance of gratitude. Now is a better time than ever to sit children down and explain the extreme importance of honoring Thanksgiving and not just this day of thanks, but also an ongoing mindset of gratitude.
Whether you are a foster parent, an adoptive or biological parent, or a mentor of any capacity it is your obligation to help contribute knowledge and wisdom to the next generations. One imperative piece of wisdom that must be passed down from generation to generation is the value in developing and maintaining a mindset of gratitude. It seems simple enough to teach one to be grateful, but it goes deeper than saying "thank you." As adults we must make a conscious effort to teach and model to children that gratitude in itself is a conscious practice.
Due to the extremely fast-pace of modern society it can be a daunting task to stay in the moment and focus directly on who and what we should be grateful for. We must intentionally stay focused on the present to not lose sight of each moment we should be thankful for whether it is a seemingly meaningless moment or a monumental moment. Children look to us to guide them in the moments that adulthood can cause us to take for granted. If we are intentional about each moment and constantly practicing gratitude it will be evident in our words, our actions, and our relationships and the young people who look to us for guidance will follow that example.
While parents and mentors must set the example of practicing gratitude for upcoming generations, there are also questions that can be asked to kick start a young person's mindset of gratitude. Research indicates there are four essential components that help to create an experience of gratitude: notice-think-feel-do. To help children understand these four components and generate conversations about gratitude parents and mentors can ask questions like the ones from greatergood.berkeley.edu below:
NOTICE: What have you been given or what do you already have in your life for which you are grateful? Are there gifts behind the material gifts for which you are grateful, like someone thinking about you or caring about you enough to give you the gift?
THINK: Why do you think you received this gift? Do you think you owe the giver something in return? Do you think you earned the gift because of something you did yourself? Do you think the gift was something the giver had to give you? If you answered no to these questions, then you may be more likely to be grateful.
FEEL: Does it make you feel happy to get this gift? What does that feel like inside? What about the gift makes you feel happy? These questions help the child connect their positive feeling to the gifts that they receive in their lives.
DO: Is there a way you want to show how you feel about this gift? Does the feeling you have about this gift make you want to share that feeling by giving something to someone else? Prompting children after experiences of gratitude in order to motivate acts of gratitude, whether they be acts of appreciation or paying it forward, may help children connect their experiences and actions in the world.


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NEW Lights! NEW displays! NEW experience!
The Great Christmas Light Show is a park-wide lighted celebration that is sure to capture the true spirit of the season! The drive through light show will feature over 2 million lights festively displayed along a 2-mile drive throughout the North Myrtle Beach Park & Sports Complex. Over 500 magical light displays, some up to 55 feet tall, have been custom made for The Great Christmas Light Show. Visitors will experience NEW enchanting animated figures and holiday scenes where the lights will come to life.
After journeying through the light show, we invite everyone to park their car and visit Santa's Village where they can enjoy hot chocolate and s'mores, get an up-close look at the lights on the Santa Express Train Ride, and, of course, meet Santa!
The Great Christmas Light Show, Drive Through Experience will be open November 20 through December 30*.
*Closed on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, and Christmas Day, December 25.
Gates open 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm.
Santa's Village is open Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday ONLY from November 24 through December 10. Open Nightly December 14 through 30 (Closed on Christmas Day).
* There are no online ticket sales or advanced ticket sales. Purchase tickets at the entrance gate before entry.
* Golf Carts, attached pull behind trailers, boats, and flatbeds are NOT allowed in the drive through light show.
The Great Christmas Light Show on Facebook.
Open Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday only from November 24 – December 10. Opens Nightly December 14-30 (closed Christmas Day).
Park your car and walk through our lighted boardwalk to Santa's Village where you'll find…
* Handicap parking and shuttles available.
North Myrtle Beach Park and Sports Complex
150 Citizens Circle
North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582
Get directions through Google Maps.
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A Luxury Condo in Singapore - Reflections at Keppel Bay
Reflections at Keppel Bay 吉宝湾映水苑 is Daniel Libeskind's first Asian residential masterpiece. An architectural feat, six glass towers at alternating heights of between 24 and 41 storeys rise like beacons of light at the water's edge. Along the extensive 2460-feet shoreline are 11 low-rise villa apartment blocks of 6 to 8 floors. Together, they make up the 1,129 meticulously designed luxury homes. A recipient of numerous international and local accolades, Reflections at Keppel Bay has also been awarded Gold at the prestigious FIABCI Prix d' Excellence Awards 2013.
Reflections at Keppel Bay is located just minutes away from the Central Business District and within walking distance to Singapore's largest shopping mall VivoCity and entertainment hot spot, St James Power Station. Homeowners can indulge in a variety of dining and leisure options. Across from Reflections at Keppel Bay is Sentosa Island, home to Resorts World Sentosa and Universal Studio Singapore theme park.
Numerous bus services are also available close to the development including the shuttle bus in the condominium. Several schools are located within reasonable driving distance, including some international schools like the ISS International School. Other recreational facilities nearby include the Marina at Keppel Bay and Keppel Club.
For vehicle owners, it takes 10-15 minutes to drive to the business hub and the vibrant Orchard Road shopping district via Henderson Road and Tanglin Road respectively.
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Property Name: REFLECTIONS AT KEPPEL BAY
Property Type: Condominium
Built Year: 2011
Developer: Keppel Bay Pte Ltd
Address: 33 KEPPEL BAY VIEW (98419)
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Tenure: 99 yrs
No. of Units: 1129
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Guanciale is made from a dry cured pig's cheek. We cure the cheek with salt, black pepper & fennel seed. When it is cured, it is washed & then left to dry for a few weeks. This is the real ingredient to use if you want to make a spaghetti carbonara (romana) – pasta, egg & guanciale.
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Raoul De Keyser: Hommage, review by Annelies Thoelen
'Hommage' at Zeno X Gallery in Antwerp pays tribute to the late Raoul De Keyser who passed away last year. The show honours De Keyser's work with an overview of 20 paintings representing about 35 years of his career. De Keyser and Zeno X Gallery started working together in 1988, launching the artist's international career, incuding ten solo shows for the gallery as well as shows in Germany, Switzerland, the UK, The Netherlands, the US and Portugal. De Keyser was also selected by Jan Hoet for Documenta IX in 1992 in Kassel (DE), and participated in the 2007 Venice Biennale.
As an autodidact, De Keyser was active since 1964. Born in Deinze, he was in his early career greatly influenced by Roger Raveel, with whom he started working on 'The New Vision', fundamental figurative painting. In the seventies De Keyser evolved to a very personal style, flirting with the grey zone between abstract and figurative art. His work showed influences of British pop art, often starting from real life experiences and recognizable motives reduced to a colourful abstraction. Later on, he gradually decided to put nothing more than the image's essence on the canvas, researching the possibilities of abstract art in creating a silenced motion and tangible depth.
The rather small-scaled show in Zeno X serves as a perfect introduction to the artist's considerable oeuvre. Upon entering the space, two works immediately draw the visitor's attention. The immense 'Krijtlijnen HV' (1976-1977), one of the milestones of De Keyser's early style, is based on the white lines on soccer fields and clearly shows the tensions between abstract and figurative painting by absorbing the spectator in its vast abstracted space. In paintings such as 'Untitled' (1983-1984) the grey background, and several touches of crackled thick layered bright paint, exemplifies De Keyser's interest in the materialisation of the painted surface.
Zeno X Gallery succeedes in paying a graceful tribute to the tactile and sensitive work of De Keyser, who was of great influence to other contemporary Belgian painters such as Luc Tuymans. It clearly shows the evolution in his work from abstract spaces derived from everyday life, to smaller works that are more bright and playful. Yet the De Keyser's signature style is constantly present, with its breathtaking attention for the tangibility and materiality of the surface through visible brushstrokes and layers of colourful paint, the experiments into abstract movement and formal depth and the critical, self-reflective undertone looking for the relationship between paint and canvas.


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This article is an edited version of part 13 of a series.
The curves for a capacitor are all markedly non-linear and this property can be used as an element in a circuit to modulate, demodulate and multiply frequency. This is non-linear reactance, rather than a resistance, however, and because of this, very little loss occurs.
The charge in a capacitor is equal to the capacitance multiplied by the voltage across the capacitor: Q = CV, and the capacitance/voltage curves above approximate very roughly to the reciprocal of the square root of the applied voltage. Combining Q = CV and C approx l/V*0.5, the charge on the capacitor can be seen to be proportional to the square root of the voltage. If an RF voltage is applied to a capacitative reactance which behaves in this manner, a heavily distorted charge, consisting mainly of the second harmonic of the input, is produced and can be tapped off using a tuned circuit. A diode used this way is called a varactor diode. This action can easily be demonstrated by using a zener diode as the non-linear element and a signal generator tuned to about 500 kHz giving an output of about 0.25 to 0.5V rms.
In diagrams (a) and (b) above the circuit is in two halves: the left-hand part is tuned to 500 kHz and the right-hand part to 1 MHz. RF current is passed through the diode at 500 kHz and, due to the non-linear reactance of the diode, a proportion of its second harmonic will (or should be) circulating in the right-hand part of the circuit. L1 and L2 are IF transformer coils: L1 could be two coils in series (aiding), tuned to resonate at 500kHz with the diode in circuit, and L2 one coil tuned to resonate at 1 MHz. Resonance can be measured across the complete coil with a low-capacitance, high-impedance RF probe. Having tuned each circuit, apply 500 kHz to L1 and measure the output across L2. Tune this coil up very carefully (the resonance peak is very sharp). To prove this frequency has been produced by the diode and is not just generator harmonics slipping through, apply 1 MHz from the generator to L1 and see how much of this gets through to the output. With any reasonable Q in the coils, it will not be very much. Another proof would be to replace the diode with an equivalent capacitance; the output will go down to a very low proportion of the previous value.
Other harmonics can be produced in a similar way. The second harmonic can mix with the fundamental and produce the third, and the second can produce its own distorted charge for the fourth harmonic, although the output of the fourth harmonic is improved if the third is produced as well. In all these circuits for multipliers, current must be allowed to circulate through the diode at all the respective frequencies by circuits that are tuned to those frequencies. These circuits, excepting the output circuit, are called idlers. All tuned circuits have to be of the maximum unloaded Q to minimize circuit loss and they can be considered either as parallel- or series-tuned, depending on which way one looks at them.
The diode average capacitance (at a certain voltage) is in series with the tuning capacitance and both of these tune the coil. A properly-designed doubler of this kind, using a diode specifically meant for this function, can give an output of about 90 per cent of the input, the rest being dissipated in circuit resistances. When multipliers of this sort were first used, some surprise was expressed that they could be fed with an AM input. This cannot normally be done with a frequency multiplier, at least to get a coherent output, but it seems that a non-linear reactance can demodulate at the input frequency and remodulate at the output frequency (with a little added harmonic distortion), to give an output which is at least intelligible.
Another use for varactor or charge-storage diodes is in, parametric amplification. If a certain charge is fed into the diode capacitance at the crest of an RF half-cycle and then the capacitance is suddenly decreased, the voltage associated with this charge becomes larger: Q = CV. With C reduced to half its original value, the voltage would double for the same charge. The potential energy of this charge, which is equivalent to ½CV*2, would double as well. Obviously this would need some form of outside energy to make up the difference. If the capacitance is suddenly returned to its original value when the RF voltage becomes zero between its positive and negative half-cycles, no additional energy is needed because the PD across the capacitor is zero. Some energy has to be supplied to the circuit twice every cycle: RF energy at double the frequency. This RF energy, which is called the pump frequency energy, must also be in phase with the original frequency wave crests. Part of this pump frequency energy is transferred to the original frequency and amplifies it. The processs is called parametric amplification. As it stands, it would be quite difficult to carry out in practice because of the necessary phase relationship, but this relationship can be obtained simply by letting the pump frequency beat with the original frequency and providing an idler circuit for the beat frequency to circulate as is shown below.
Of course, the idler circuit can provide a useful output of the difference frequency as a mixer, but care needs to be taken not to load the circuit too heavily. This method of amplification or mixing can, if done carefully, provide a really worthwhile gain and considerably less noise than most other methods but, as with all amplifiers, the parametric system can be considered to show negative resistance and can readily oscillate at the input or idler frequencies if given a chance: eg when the tuned circuit and diode losses are canceled by this negative resistance. It thus seems to be a matter of balancing Q values in the various circuits against each other to get the best results.
This negative resistance and amplification mentioned above has been obtained through energy supplied from an outside RF source.


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Despite the, as yet, unbashed out backlog, I am determined to start to plan ahead and to actually publish some seasonal recipes. The general Fuss Free rule is to not even to start to think about Christmas until after my birthday (the exception to this is things seen in the sales). Birthday is done so time to think ahead.
This dish is in part inspired by the amazing Christmas produce box I received yesterday from Knorr (the majority of which has been stashed in the freezer).
In general I am a huge sprout fan, providing they are cooked properly. Institutional over boiled mushy soggy sprouts that squirt bitter water into your mouth are an abomination, and I can quite understand why one sprouty school dinner can put people off for life. I either shred and stir fry or roast them, both are quite delicious.
Matched with some tart cranberries, soft sweet chestnuts and creamy Stilton they make the perfect festive quartet. You could add some leftover bacon from your turkey, or if you do not eat diary, use some pine nuts in place of the Stilton and leave out the butter. Perfect seasonal pasta using leftovers to cater for omnivores, vegetarians or vegans. This was quite delicious, and possibly far too good to wait to be made from Christmas (or even Thanksgiving leftovers) leftovers!
Chestnut, Cranberry, Stilton & Sprout Pasta
- 4 or 5 Brussels sprouts (sliced)
- 0.5 tbsp oil
- 10 g butter
- 3 -4 Chestnuts (Ready cooked and sliced)
- 20 cranberries (A small handful, or a spoon of leftover cranberry sauce)
- 50 g pasta
- A slither of Stilton - crumbled
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- Finely shred the sprouts, if they have not been cooked place in a sieve and pour a kettle of boiling water over to soften them.
- Heat up the oil and butter and gently fry the sprouts, chestnuts and cranberries. Meanwhile boil the pasta.
- When the pasta is done, drain, stir into the sprout, chestnut and cranberry mix. Serve immediately topped with the crumbled Stilton.


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High-level interfaces for input, sound, graphics all using DirectX.
Input capabilities include mouse, keyboard (polled AND buffered), and
joystick (not perfect, but works well enough). I've written the
libraries with usability in mind ... you can write code that initializes
and uses the keyboard with less than a handful of lines of code (that
is, less than 10). Sorry, no 3D ... at least, not finished. You can
pretty much disregard GGraph3D, GOpenGL, and GWDirect3D8 unfortunately.
A full 2D graphics library for drawing simple primitives (lines,
circles) and full 2D sprite manipulation, the important parts of which
are written in assembler that uses MMX, SSE, 3DNow, etc. Whatever you
have (no SSE2 support). Alpha blending, masked blits, additive blending
(saturated) ... it's all there for the most part. The entire library is
based off working with surfaces (GImage) objects and is very flexible --
you can create surfaces that reference rectangular regions within other
surfaces (sub-images, Gimage::GetSubImage). Very helpful for clipping
and other purposes. All surfaces are 32-bit BGRA format, including the
framebuffer. What's convenient is that you can set the display to 16-bit
format while still drawing to your framebuffer in 32-bit ... the pixels
are downsampled at refresh time. Windowed mode is supported as well, in
16- and 32-bits per pixel.
There's a GUI system that renders itself to GImage surfaces.
Function guarding, including an unwind mechanism to obtain a function
call stack trace (if you've seen Unreal crash, you know what I mean ...
heck, I adopted it from their publicily available sources!)
TrueType font rendering to the built in 2D surface class (GImage).
This is based on the FreeType library.
MP3 decoding
CPU speed and feature detection up through the Pentium 4 (but not
including the Athlon XP ... that's an exercise for you to implement :)
Templated vector and matrix classes. The base "pixel" class
(GColorRGBA) is based off this, so you can actually work with "pixels"
just like vectors! The precision is, of course, limited to 8-bits per
component. There are vector templates available in 2-wide, 3-wide, and
4-wide (the traditional). There is also an SSE vector class for the
4-wide version (GVector4fSSE) and this can be used to instantiate an SSE
matrix class, which is predefined for convenience (GMatrix4fSSE).


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George P. Smith, II Distinguished Professor
Professor George P. Smith, II, a native of Wabash, Indiana, earned a bachelor's degree in business, economics, and public policy from Indiana University in 1961 and a JD from Indiana Law in 1964. In 1975, Professor Smith earned an LLM from Columbia University. From 1976 to 1977, he was a commonwealth fellow at Yale Law School's Program in Law and Medicine. Since 1977, he has been a professor of law at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Professor Smith was awarded an Australian-American Fulbright Foundation Award in 1984 and was appointed Fulbright Visiting Professor of Law and Medical Jurisprudence at the University of New South Wales. In 1985, he received the IU Distinguished Alumni Award and a citation of honor from the Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study (where he was a member) for "his path-breaking interdisciplinary research and writing on medical and biological issues as they relate to law and ethics." Professor Smith received an LLD from IU in 1998, and received the Law School's highest honor, induction into the Academy of Law Alumni Fellows, in spring 2007.
He is currently a member of the Law School's Board of Visitors.
A prolific author and leader in law reform, Smith's bibliography includes 13 books and more than 157 law review articles, monographs, book chapters, and essays.
He has held 70 academic fellowships at a variety of colleges, universities, institutes, and centers, including Cambridge University; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Dartmouth College; Duke University Medical Center; Georgetown University's Institute for Bioethics; the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, Germany; Princeton Theological Seminary; the Rockefeller Foundation; Trinity College in Dublin; Vanderbilt Divinity School; University of Virginia Medical School; and the Yale Divinity School.
A lifetime member of the American Law Institute, Professor Smith has been a consultant to UNESCO's International Bioethics Committee, the U.S. Congressional Committee on Science and Technology, and the New South Wales Law Reform Commission in Australia.
Robert Fischman, George P. Smith, II Distinguished Professor; Adjunct Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs


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Perth is not exactly the first place you think of when you imagine divine Autumn days, but if you head up into Perth Hills to Raeburn Orchards, that is exactly what you'll find.
Raeburn Orchards hold an annual Persimmon festival where you can walk through the orchard and bask in the glory of the persimmon trees, which are burning red and orange.
Take a picnic and make a day of it, like we did, or enjoy the festivities that Raeburn puts on: music, food trucks and kids activities.
Matt and I took a bottle of champagne and a cheese platter to celebrate our decision to travel the world. No better place to celebrate.
Where is your favourite place to watch the leaves change to Autumn colours?