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BEFORE WINDRUSH West Indians in BritainProduct no.: HP241
Asher and Martin Hoyles
West Indians have been coming to Britain for over 300 years, so the arrival of around 500 Caribbean passengers on the Empire Windrush in 1948 was not new. This book records twenty-eight early West Indian immigrants, such as Norman Manley, Learie Constantine, Una Marson and C.L.R. James, but also less well-known figures like the model Fanny Eaton, nurse Annie Brewster, footballer Andrew Watson and airman Billy Strachan. Their stories are interspersed with Asher's passionate poems.
"People of West Indian descent are often reduced to one single word: Windrush. This crushes their individuality and is historically inaccurate. Asher and Martin Hoyles truthfully and poetically tell the stories of those who came to Britain much earlier. Embedding the Windrush Scandal in a much deeper history of debt that we owe to those who came to Britain, the authors don't weaken the case for justice for Windrush citizens, they fortify it."
David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, north London
"A useful reminder that the arrival of Empire Windrush into Tilbury Docks in June 1948 was not the start of migration from the Caribbean to Britain. This book contains fascinating portraits of the lives of the pre-Windrush arrivals."
Amelia Gentleman, author of The Windrush Betrayal, 2019
"A selection of important Caribbean men and women whose contributions to Britain brought about positive changes. They arrived on ships many years before the Empire Windrush. The individuals are role-models and their lives will inspire readers. Before Windrush should be in every home and library."
Arthur Torrington CBE, Director, Windrush Foundation
"This book must be welcomed for drawing attention to the historical contributions made by a range of remarkable women and men, who have impacted on so many spheres of British life."
Asher Hoyles works as a Learning Support Practitioner at NewVic Sixth Form College in East London. She has a BA in Education & Community Studies from the University of East London, is a qualified teacher and has a Postgraduate Certificate in Dyslexia from University College London. For over 25 years Asher has been writing poetry which she has performed in many venues around the UK. She has run poetry workshops in schools, colleges and prisons, and at Clean Break Theatre Company in Kentish Town. Asher is the author of Raise Up the Low, Bring Down the Mighty: Performance Poetry (Hansib, 2018), and co-authored Dyslexia from a Cultural Perspective (Hansib, 2007).
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Boston College has one major missing from its arsenal that is common at other universities around the U.S.: engineering.
Among the universities BC tends to compare itself to, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Tufts, Boston University, Michigan, USC, UVA, and the entire Ivy League all have an engineering program.
But BC may not be the exception to the rule for long. In April 2017, The Heights reported on University plans to construct a state-of-the-art Institute for Integrated Sciences and Society. Last November, BC announced that University Trustee and Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller, BC '82, and his wife, Kim Gassett-Schiller, pledged a $25 million multi-year gift to the construction of the Institute, which will be named in their honor.
The Schiller Institute is part of a $300 million investment that BC plans to make in the sciences, including the hiring of 22 new faculty and new courses in applied sciences, data science, and global public health. The institute will facilitate an interdisciplinary approach to the sciences, with the goal of integrating science, entrepreneurship, and other fields to help solve global problems in health, the environment, and energy. The building itself will contain new laboratories, maker spaces—a type of collaboration room that will give students "hands-on experiences in prototyping research" according to BC's website—and some classrooms.
Thanks to these resources, an engineering program could become a reality. Vice Provost for Research and Academic Planning Thomas Chiles told The Heights last April that the creation of an engineering program was one of the end goals for the institute, but offered no time table on when that program might come into existence. Boston College's website Q&A with Chiles explains how the engineering program will be housed within Schiller.
"Housed within the new space will be state-of-the-art laboratories supporting integrated natural and applied science research; the Shea Center for Entrepreneurship; dynamic student maker spaces; classrooms serving students in the Core Curriculum and from across the University's academic programs; teaching and research space for computer science; and the new engineering programming," Chiles wrote.
To get a better sense of what it would take to introduce an engineering program to the University, parallels can be drawn between BC and Wake Forest University, which launched its engineering program for the fall 2017 semester under a liberal arts ethos similar to BC's and may offer some hints as to how BC's program could take shape.
There are 55 students in the initial class of engineers, and the university retained 90 percent of the class from the fall 2017 semester to the spring 2018 semester. Wake Forest's program requires 120 credit hours: 45 in engineering classes, a combined 30 between mathematics and science, and the rest in a core curriculum with free elective options.
Olga Pierrakos, founding chair of the engineering program at Wake Forest, believes that one of the best qualities of the college's program is that its engineering team boasts far more diversity than others do, as 40 percent of the students in the initial class are women and three of the four founding faculty members are female according to Wake's engineering department website.
Wake Forest's initiative was a part of a $1 billion capital campaign called "Wake Will Lead," which targeted improvements such as an enhanced career development program, philosophy based research initiatives, and improving Wake Downtown, the buildings housing the medical center and the new engineering program.
Brett Eaton, senior associate vice president of communications and external relations at Wake Forest, explained in an email that donors have given $825 million to the campaign so far, and that it aims to reach $1 billion by 2020.
"Integrating a new engineering program into Wake Forest's undergraduate college maintains the primacy of our liberal arts tradition, while anchoring the engineering program in the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, a hub for research and entrepreneurial development in downtown Winston-Salem, is radically innovative," Eaton said in an email.
According to Katie Neal, executive director of Wake Forest's news and communications department, Wake Forest's Innovation Quarter is one of the fastest growing innovation parks in the country. Winston-Salem, the town where Wake Forest is located, made a transition over the past several decades from tobacco and textiles into a tech and knowledge economy, and had tax credits with an expiration date available to use. Wake Forest took advantage of these factors to create a distinguished STEM-centric campus that could house an engineering program.
"[This] created an awesome opportunity for synergy with our faculty, with our students, with our researchers, and others who are on our campus," Neal said.
Neal said that renovating the building which the engineering program now calls home amounted to $50 million, $24 million of which was covered by state tax credits. The university also invested $10 million to refashion the building as a science, teaching, and research space.
According to Neal and Pierrakos, creating an engineering program at the university is part of a conversation spanning 20 years. Pierrakos mentioned that multiple departments, the school's administration, and undergraduates had been pushing for engineering to arrive on campus.
"I think how it finally became real for Wake Forest to get engineering here is they had done studies in the admissions office, and they realized that we're losing out top students because they want to come to Wake Forest and do engineering, but engineering is not available to them," Pierrakos said.
The other issue standing in the way of the university was bringing in a chair for the program who identified with the priorities Wake assigns itself: holding true to the liberal arts values that define it as an institution. As such, Pierrakos, who previously had experience founding an engineering program with a liberal arts emphasis at James Madison University alongside more practical experience during her two-year stint at the National Science Foundation, would be a perfect fit.
At the NSF, Pierrakos worked to create innovation out of the portfolio she managed, and called her work there a transformative experience—she was not looking to leave when Wake came calling with an opportunity she couldn't pass up: engineering in a liberal arts environment at a research university. Integrating all those pieces at once is Pierrakos' primary goal.
"What are those pieces that show equal value to both the engineering knowledge that you gain as well as that broader knowledge from humanities, from philosophy, from social science, from economics, from every other field that is critical, and how we're able to approach it is from the lense of practice," Pierrakos said. "So we're building a curriculum that's project-based and problem-based, and so when you offer authentic, real experiences to students at that learning environment, it's very easy to connect those dots."
An emphasis on practice and product alongside managing to balance the liberal arts education Wake Forest resonated with and worked for the vast majority of the new students.
"We very clearly sent a message to the students in how we do things: You are welcome here, and you belong here," Pierrakos said.
Pierrakos believes that Wake Forest's greatest challenge moving forward goes back to the initial sentiment—radical innovation—that fueled the creation of the engineering program. When she looks at other engineering programs, she notices that they can become reliant on curriculums that can become irrelevant quickly due to the rapid pace at which new innovations come out. She doesn't want Wake to fall victim to that sort of mindset. Instead, she hopes to prioritize an idea she coins "sustaining agility," which emphasizes staying on top of the most prevalent innovations.
In the end, though, the success of the program is dependent on blending Wake Forest's liberal arts values within it.
"I truly believe that engineering is the ultimate liberal art," Pierrakos said in an email. "For engineers to tackle the challenges that they will face and for those solutions to be sustainable and positively impact our societies, they truly have to embrace all facets technical, humanistic, societal, environmental, business, philosophical, ethical, political, cultural, aesthetic considerations to succeed. Our world/society truly needs 'liberal art' engineers to lead with character and technical acumen."
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I am not a rodeo clown, and yet, there are still times that I would like to jump in a barrel and hide. The difficulties and anxieties of life can take a toll and weigh me down. Although running away and hiding can seem appealing, it is generally not the most effective means of coping. There has to be a healthier and more productive manner in which to address the problems of day-to-day life.
One thing I was taught years ago was that I am responsible for my joy. If I believe that I am a child of God I should be filled with joy. If I allow my joy to be taken away by others or by the difficult circumstances of life, I am walking in the flesh and not in the Spirit. It took a lot of years before I started grasping the real depth behind that thinking. I finally started to understand a little bit of it when I distinguished the difference between happiness and joy. Problems may be filling my days and I find that I am not necessarily happy about the way things are going. However, I should still have the joy of the Lord despite the difficulties.
I am grateful for the gift of prayer. The older I get the more I realize that God really does speak to us in the depths of our being. There is grace; there is strength; there is peace and contentment when we engage in the act of prayer. Let us walk boldly in faith.
"For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control."
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First teased in January this year, Funcom's Conan Exiles now has an Early Access launch date: January 31, 2017.
To mark the occasion, the open world survival sandbox also has a new trailer which showcases combat, brief glimpses of crafting, and a huge terrain-smashing statue that has not only been mysteriously brought to life, but is also going toe-to-toe with a similarly sized and equally aggressive snake. Need to be seen to be believed? Please, be my guest:
As we noted last week, Funcom hasn't exactly inundated us with Conan Exiles information since its announcement earlier this year, however the developer suggests this "shows the results of the hard work [it] has put into both graphics and gameplay since June"—the last time it released anything in the way of footage.
According to game director Joel Bylos, the open-world survival genre is suited to the Conan the Barbarian universe and narrative. "If there ever was a world that can truly test your strength and skill, it is the brutal and savage world of Conan the Barbarian," he says. "Conan Exiles is not just an empty sandbox, it is a world rich in history where you must discover the secrets of ancient civilizations as you struggle to build your own."
Conan Exiles is due to enter Steam's Early Access initiative on January 31, 2017.


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O-Dawg (O-Dog? Oh-Dogg??) goes at it in this interview. Covers why fishing and hunting allows him his butt large watch. Sings Happy Birthday with a little R. Kelly mixed in with a little Brian McKnight mixed in with a little Smokey Robinson. Discusses Heath Bell's All-Star pop-up slide. Discusses Heath Bell not being right in the head. Talks about chicks digging the 3-ball. Discusses Heath Bell not wearing a shirt (3:25). Talks about throwing the ball into the stands before the third out.
I mean, goes at it like an O-Dawg.
On the short list for people FSN should go after as baseball analyst: Orlando Hudson and Orlando Hudson. All assuming that he'd go and that ESPN doesn't snatch him up. This is gold and diamonds.
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KY system upgrade causes angst among daycare providers
Daycare providers in Kentucky are suffering financially as a result of a glitch in processing government payments, reports the Lexington Herald Leader.
Some providers haven't been paid for children in subsidized care since June, due to a change in the payment system which has slowed payments in foster and daycare for low-income families. The providers are owed thousands of dollars and the problem has impended their cash flow.
"It's really put us in a hurt," said Coston, who is the child-care director at Virginia Place, a Lexington, Ky., program that provides housing and day care for single parents who are in college or vocational school.
A spokesperson for the director of the state's Division of Child Care, said the payment system is in an "interim process" while being upgraded. It is expected that it will take at least a month to get all the issues sorted on and have things running smoothly again.
In the past, referral agencies processed the payment paperwork and dispensed the payments. When the process was moved to Frankfort, Ky., the payments began to be delayed.
Some providers are critical of the new system for obvious reasons.
"Savola Marks, of Children's Tree House had to take out a line of credit due to the delays. She would like to see the old system should be reinstated. "The state just needs to do an immediate turnaround," Marks said. "If we don't get paid, no one else will get paid."


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In Idaho as in many places, a lot of conservative Republicans make a great sound about adhering to and upholding the constitution - as self-described "constitutionalists." So how does that work out in practice?
The House State Affairs Committee this morning introduced a measure (bill number yet to be assigned), by Republican Representatives Judy Boyle, Midvale, and Vito Barbieri, Dalton Gardens, which says (in Barbieri's paraphrase): "The federal health care laws recently passed by the U.S. Congress have invaded the traditional sovereign powers of the state. This bill declares that this intrusion by the federal government is … null and void." The vote to introduce was party-line, all Republicans in favor.
Democrats had a variety of issues to raise, though those evidently had little pull. After Barbieri offered an estimate of savings to the state of $228 million if the federal law were nullified (here's a good one for PolitiFact to check out), Representative Phylis King, D-Boise, had a more immediate query. She "said the state Department of Insurance already has received $2 million from the federal government to start setting up health care exchanges. "This is the law of the land. So are we going to give it back? Are those folks working on this, are they going to be fired?" she asked. Barbieri said, "It's inestimable, and that's the difficulty.""
Some difficulty.
Not all indicated they will necessarily support the measure later. At least one, Representative Lynn Luker of Boise, pointed out that as a legislator he swore to uphold the constitution of the United States, and this bill ... well, might run afoul of that.
Luker's concern is much more than just speculative. A state attorney general's opinion delivered on January 21 was conclusive: While federal laws can be challenged for constitutionality in the courts (and Idaho is among the state lawsuit challengers to the health care care law), state legislature have no authority to overrule a federal law.
From the AG's opinion: "Once Idaho was admitted as a State it acquired all of the privileges and immunities held by each of the other States, but as reflected above, the right of nullification, the right of secession, and the compact theory had all been rejected by the United States by the time of statehood. The framers of the Idaho Constitution were acutely aware of that fact. Article I, § 3 of our Constitution states: 'State inseparable part of Union.-The State of Idaho is an inseparable part of the American Union, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.' The framers therefore expressly recognized Idaho's status as a part of the United States and the supremacy of the United States Constitution. Consistent with this recognition, every legislator is required to affirm "that I will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of Idaho." Legislators and other state officials, in other words, pledge to carry out their duties in a fashion that directly conflicts with the second form of the nullification theory. The alpha and omega of the nullification theory, in sum, rest upon rejecting the principle that the United States Constitution as the supreme law of the land."
And here we thought Barbieri and Boyle, and many of the Republicans on the State Affairs Committee, were among the corps of self-described "constitutionalists." Or if they are, what could the term possibly mean?
UPDATE Noting reports about a book being delivered en masse to legislators, Nullification by Thomas Woods, a book cuirculated nationally among the networks of the right. (National Public Radio reports: "As a college student in 1994, Woods helped found the League of the South, an Alabama group the Southern Poverty Law Center says has become a "neo-Confederate group" seeking a second Southern secession. Woods told the AP last week he thinks states have a right of secession, but he doesn't support the Confederacy's return. He's no longer a member.")
A suggestion: Read Garry Wills' excellent A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government, a fine overview of the subject, with some concise but clear and ample discussion of the problem of nullification.


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Happy weekend, fellow NFL fans. I know, however, that it's not happy everywhere. People on the east coast, where many of you live and breathe and work, are suffering and without power and have extensive damage to their homes. I just want to say that, from me personally, my thoughts and prayers are with you all. And hopefully you are able to sneak away here to read about football for a few minutes. So let's see what is and has been happening around the NFL this week...
Can you guys believe how the Redskins suddenly had a case of the dropsies against Pittsburgh? A week after RG3 was 20 of 28 and converted three of three fourth downs and had receivers making great catches, he was 16 of 34 and had his receivers dropping passes like the ball was coated in butter. That prompted Mike Shanahan to say, ''I don't care where the (ball) placement is, as long as it hits your hand, you better catch it or else you won't be in the National Football League for very long.'' But seriously, Michael Vick has zero turnovers against us and then that? I know we're 6-2, but still.
Speaking of us being 6-2, I found myself fascinated by this Mike Pereira article that led with the explanation of the Dez Bryant near-touchdown call, and how having replay back in the day may have changed the course of NFL history. And that even if Bryant's palm his before his fingers, it would have still been incomplete. Then he goes on to talk about other games and situations and the effect of calls made in the games--and while Pereira annoys me sometimes on FOX, I came away after reading this like I learned something about NFL rules. So Kudos, Mike.
Oh really, Packers? You're pissed about questionable penalties? Maybe go back and watch the two games we played against you last year.
Which coaches should be canned first? I like what Jason Whitlock of FOX Sports says, that Jason Garrett and Andy Reid should top the list. Wow. Weren't the Eagles supposed to win the NFC East and weren't the Giants supposed to finish third? I know we're only halfway through the season, but the cushion and implosion of those teams feels good.
Part of me feels guilty that the Giants' home game against the Steelers will be played on Sunday as planned, but part of me is, well, happy about it. And it seems like there are a lot of decisions being made about New Jersey/New York sporting events, most of which are still taking place.
Jay Cutler master of the fourth quarter? Um, huh? I know the numbers are the numbers, but let me see him do something big in a big game in the fourth quarter the way Eli does it.
Do you get the feeling Tim Tebow is going to play for every NFL team before all is said and done? Well, I know one team that would never sign a splashy player like this. The New York Football Giants. In this really great article by our own Ed Valentine, the Giants' knack for finding quality players amid the scrap heaps of the NFL is a big reason for their perennial contention.
Dallas offensive lineman Tyron Smith has family members, including his mom, trying to extort him for money to the point that he needs police protection? Wow, what a weird and crazy story that is.
Unless I'm missing something, this article that classifies Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch as throwbacks doesn't compare them to any, well, throwbacks. They are throwbacks to a single back era, but who do their running styles remind you guys of? Barry Sanders? Walter Payton? I don't know if I know the answer to that, but it's fun to debate. And those two guys are the tackle-breaking, hard-nose runners that really are more of a rarity these days.
Every time the Giants play the Steelers or Chargers--which is every four years--the 2004 draft day is brought up, and how the Giants traded Philip Rivers for Eli Manning and where Ben Roethlisberger was chosen by the Steelers at the top of the same draft. But it's interesting to consider that the G-men almost drafted Big Ben.
Pete Carroll shoots down the notion that the Alabama Crimson Tide, ranked No. 1 in college ball, could beat an NFL team. This will likely be a debate we have forever, unless they do this in the preseason at some point.
We often read and hear and write about parity and mediocrity in the NFL. This is a funny take on that and more from Cameron Martin, but I had to do a double take at one thing he wrote--that there are only two 4-4 teams right now. Arizona and Seattle. A few weeks back, there were like entire conferences at 3-3. Well, the Chargers are also 4-4 now after playing Thursday, and many teams have only played seven games, but it's still interesting. Well, maybe not. I need more coffee.
A lot of teams are in desperation mode at this point in the season, including our beloved Cowboys and Eagles. I'm just sort of glad the Giants are not in that category. But let's always keep things in perspective. Our team starts off just about every season 6-2 before having mediocre second halves. Let's hope that doesn't happen again, and let's hope our Giants don't give us more near-heart-attacks this Sunday.
Thanks to all of you who entered to win a New York Giants' official Crock Pot earlier this week. The winner of our caption contest is Larry Colkin, who offered this beauty of the photo of Tom Coughlin:v "Awwww, Boothe has been eating that damn chili again." Nicely done, Larry, and enjoy your Crock Pot!
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Masters Countdown: Clifford Roberts and the range balls
Clifford Roberts was the co-founder, with Bobby Jones, of Augusta National Golf Club, and he served as its chairman from the club's founding until his death, in 1977. For many years, the only golf balls Roberts used were Spalding Dots, which had balata covers and were used by many tour pros.
The golf shop would order six dozen before each season -- all with Roberts's name printed on them -- and he would send his caddie to the shop whenever he needed a new sleeve. The first balls with Surlyn covers were introduced in the mid-1960s, and at some point Roberts played a round with a member who was using one of them. "They're longer than the old balls," the member said, "and you can't cut them."
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Roberts told his caddie to go back to the shop and return immediately with one of the club's two head pros. "These balls I've got are no goddamned good," he said when the pro had hurried over to see what was the matter. Roberts switched to the new balls, and liked them -- a change that left the golf shop with six dozen Spalding Dots that had CLIFFORD ROBERTS printed on them. "There was nothing else to do with them," Bob Kletcke, one of the pros, told me years later, "so I put them in my shag bag." A short time later, Roberts borrowed Kletcke's shag balls to practice with. (He always said that using striped range balls made him dizzy.) "Well, I'll be goddamned," he said as he teed one up. "These balls have my name on them." And he loaded them all into his golf bag.
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"Holy Trinity" Monastery is located 8 km south east from Topolovgrad in the area of village of Ustrem. It is situated at the foot of a steep and goes the small river called the Monastery.
According to Ottoman documents the Monastery originated from the Second Bulgarian State. In XI-XII century, about 500 meters above the monastery existed rock church called "The Old Church", for whose relationship with the monastery there is the following legend. During the iconoclasm in Byzantium (725-843) the cave secretly gathered for prayer Christians from the area and hid in her two icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul and the Holy Trinity. One day old goatherd dreamed that he is visited by St. Peter, carrying in hands the keys and asked him why he kept the icons in the cave.
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When assessing your various options for countertops on the market, natural stone options may jump to the top of your list. Although many types of engineered stone can attempt to replicate the look of natural stones, there is no true replacement for the actual thing. Choosing natural stone will give you many options for a beautiful new countertop. This guide will focus on what your options are, how much each type of natural stone costs and additional information that will be helpful to know during the buying process.
What Are Your Natural Stone Countertop Options?
There are many options to choose from for natural stone countertops. Below is a list of what your options are, as well as a thorough analysis of each.
Granite Countertops
Granite is one of the most popular natural stones used for countertops. There is a seemingly endless amount of types that you can choose from. Whether you are looking for something that is light or dark, or something that is calm or flashy, you will be able to find it with granite. Another benefit of granite is the natural stone's durability; it is one of the strongest and most durable surfaces you can choose for a countertop. Granite countertops are very easy to clean and maintain. All you will need is soap and warm water to clean. You will have to re-seal the surface once every year for maintenance.
How Much Do Granite Countertops Cost?
Granite countertops are among the less expensive options on this list. You can typically find granite priced around $35 to $75 per square foot.
Marble Countertops
Marble is one of the most beautiful stone surfaces you can ever have in your home. The various types of the stone feature a wide range of colors and veining patterns. Marble has been used as a building material for everything from countertops in homes to famous structures and statues. The most popular types come from Italy, but marble is quarried in many places throughout the world. One thing to note about marble countertops is that you must put in the necessary effort to maintain them. Since the stone is very porous, you will have to be extra cautious with spills, especially if you are handling an acidic substance such as orange juice or coffee. Spilling liquids such as those on marble can permanently damage the stone. To clean marble, you must use cleaner that is specifically designed for use with marble. Never use any abrasive cleaners, such as Windex or bleach. You will need to re-seal your marble countertop every few months to protect against damage.
How Much Do Marble Countertops Cost?
Marble countertops can range from relatively affordable to expensive based on what type you choose. The countertops typically cost between $40 to $100 per square foot.
Quartzite Countertops
Quartzite is a magnificent natural stone countertop option. It is often compared to marble due to the similarity in appearance. Much like marble, quartzite can feature stunning colors and veining patterns. One advantage that quartzite has over marble, however, is that the stone is much stronger and more durable than marble. This is why many homeowners choose quartzite – you will get the high-quality looks that marble offers, but with increased strength and durability. However, in some cases, this will come at a little bit more of a cost. In general, there is not so much of a cost difference between marble and quartzite countertops, and there is overlap in pricing for many types of each stone.
How Much Do Quartzite Countertops Cost?
Quartzite countertops can be moderately expensive. You can expect to pay between $60 to $100 per square foot for the material.
Onyx Countertops
If you are looking for a natural stone countertop that is truly unique and gorgeous, onyx will perfectly suit your needs. This exotic natural stone will add a touch of beauty to any room you install it in. You will have to make sure you keep up on maintenance to have your onyx countertops in good shape. One of the interesting features of the stone that you will not get with other countertops is the ability to be backlit. Because onyx is translucent, it allows for some light to come through, which will only enhance its beauty. Onyx countertops can typically be found in the mid to high price range.
How Much Do Onyx Countertops Cost?
Onyx countertops have a wide range of costs. The countertops can be found anywhere from $75 to $250 per square foot.
Travertine Countertops
Travertine is a beautiful natural stone material that is similar to limestone. These similarities are due to travertine being a form of limestone. Travertine countertops come in a range of colors, from shades of grey to gold. Be careful if you install these countertops in a high traffic area such as the kitchen, as the countertops require you to stay on top of maintenance. However, as long as you take proper care of them, they can stay in great shape for a long time.
How Much Do Travertine Countertops Cost?
Travertine countertops are in the mid to high price range. The stone can be found for between $50 to $100 per square foot.
Gemstone Countertops
If you truly want something that is outside the box, perhaps you should consider a gemstone countertop. The countertops are bold, colorful and stylish. You are sure to make a statement if you install gemstone countertops anywhere in your home. In terms of durability, gemstone is a great countertop option. The surfaces are resistant to heat and scratching and are very easy to clean. Although they are pricey, you very well may decide on a gemstone countertop, provided that your budget allows for it.
How Much Do Gemstone Countertops Cost?
Gemstone is your most expensive natural stone countertop option on the list. Prices start at around $100 per square foot, and often exceed that number.
Limestone Countertops
Installing limestone countertops will add a touch of light and life to your room. Whether the stone is utilized as a kitchen countertop, bathroom countertop or anywhere else in the house, it will look amazing. Limestone can be found in a range of colors from grey to gold, much like the similar stone travertine. One of the only downsides to limestone is that you must be careful around the countertops, as they can easily be damaged. If you take good care of them, limestone countertops can become a true fixture in your home.
How Much Do Limestone Countertops Cost?
Limestone is near the higher end of the price range, with costs ranging between $70 to $200 per square foot.
Slate Countertops
If you are looking for a countertop that is not flashy, yet still stylish, slate countertops are a great choice. The natural stone comes in many shades of grey, which is perfect if you are looking for a neutral colored countertop. Slate is also a very durable countertop material, so it is perfect for the kitchen, bathroom or anywhere else in the house. It will give your countertop a beautiful uniform look, and is resistant to stains, heat and water.
How Much Do Slate Countertops Cost?
Slate countertops are in the mid to high range of pricing. The natural stone can be found from $50 to $200 per square foot.
Soapstone Countertops
Much like slate, soapstone will give your countertops a pleasing neutral colored appearance. The stone comes in various shades of grey that feature blue, green and black. A unique feature that you will get with soapstone countertops is the ability of the stone to naturally darken over time. You can even treat the countertop with mineral oil to accelerate the process. If you choose to treat the countertop with mineral oil, note that you will have to wash the countertop using only soap and water. If you use harsh cleaners, they may remove the mineral oil and you will have to reapply it.
How Much Do Soapstone Countertops Cost?
Soapstone is in the mid to high range of pricing. The material typically goes for $55 to $100 per square foot.
Natural Stone Countertops Pricing Chart
Below is a table that ranks each of the options listed above by cost.
|$35 to $75 per square foot
|$40 to $100 per square foot
|$50 to $100 per square foot
|$50 to $200 per square foot
|$55 to $100 per square foot
|$60 to $100 per square foot
|$70 to $200 per square foot
|$75 to $250 per square foot
|Start at $100 per square foot
What Are the Benefits and Drawbacks of Natural Stone Countertops?
Every natural stone countertop will come with benefits and drawbacks. Below is a list and explanations of the general benefits and drawbacks of natural stone, followed by a list and explanations for each type of stone mentioned above.
|High Quality Looks
|Easy to Repair
|Need to Seal
High Quality Looks
One benefit you will receive from any type of natural stone is high quality looks. No matter what other material you can use, there is simply nothing that will quite match the beauty produced by nature. From stones with a uniform look, like slate and soapstone, to stones with elegant veining, like marble and quartzite, natural stone exudes pure beauty.
Easy to Repair
Most types of natural stone countertops are relatively easy to repair if they get damaged. Of course, it depends how bad the damages are, but in general, most small cracks or chips can be repaired.
Natural stone countertops make a statement wherever you use them. As mentioned with high quality looks, there is simply no material like natural stone.
While many forms of natural stone share benefits, many types also share the same drawback: Cost. While granite can be relatively inexpensive for a natural stone, natural stone countertops will cost more than some other options. However, the material is also of better quality than those that cost less.
Need to Seal
Most natural stone countertops require sealing. However, this is not as much of an inconvenience as it may seem, as many require re-sealing only once or twice every year.
Many types of natural stone are vulnerable, so you will have to be careful around the surfaces. For example, your marble countertop can be ruined if you spill coffee on it.
Benefits and Drawbacks: Granite
Granite is a beautiful natural stone to use in the home. Any type you choose will look fantastic on your countertop.
There are few countertop surfaces that rival the durability that granite will give you.
Easy to Clean
Granite is one of the easiest countertop surfaces to clean.
Can Be Expensive
Although it is not the most expensive on the list, it isn't your cheapest countertop option.
Benefits and Drawbacks: Marble
There is a reason that famous artists used marble to make some of the world's most iconic statues. The natural stone represents pure beauty.
Timeless Appeal
Marble is a stone that will never go out of style, evidenced by the fact that people have used it as a building material for centuries.
Can Be Expensive
You will have to pay more for marble than you would for a material like laminate.
Difficult to Maintain
You will really have to keep up on maintenance if you want your marble countertops to look good.
Benefits and Drawbacks: Quartzite
Quartzite can easily match the beauty of marble.
While the stone is beautiful, it is also very durable.
As is the case with any natural stone, quartzite can be expensive.
Benefits and Drawbacks: Onyx
Beautiful and Unique
Onyx is truly a unique natural stone that will beautify your home.
Can Be Backlit
Since onyx is translucent, it can be backlit.
While onyx is unique and beautiful, be prepared to pay for it.
Difficult to Maintain
You will have to be extra careful and stay on top of maintaining your onyx countertop.
Benefits and Drawbacks: Travertine
Brings Light to the Room
Travertine will brighten up any room you put it in.
Fits in Well with Many Styles
Since its colors are neutral, travertine fits in well with any décor.
Difficult to Maintain
Travertine is yet another stone that you will have to keep up on maintaining.
Not Recommended for High Traffic Areas
Since it is more porous than most stones, travertine is not recommended for high traffic areas of the home.
Benefits and Drawbacks: Gemstone
Beautiful and Unique
Gemstone is truly a stone unlike any other. It is perfect if you want a unique countertop surface for your home.
Not only is gemstone beautiful, it is also very durable.
Beauty and durability come at a price. Prepare to pay in the upper ranges for gemstone.
Benefits and Drawbacks: Limestone
Brings Light to the Room
Much like travertine, limestone will brighten up the room.
Fits in Well with Many Styles
Limestone comes in neutral colors, meaning it can work well with any décor.
Hard to Maintain
You will have to exercise caution around the surface and make sure that you keep up on maintenance.
Not Recommended for High Traffic Areas
Since it is hard to maintain, limestone is not your best choice for a high traffic area.
Benefits and Drawbacks: Slate
High Quality Looks
Slate will give your countertops a stunning uniform look. The stone comes in various shades of grey.
Heat and Stain Resistant
Slate is resistant to both heat and stains.
Limited Color Selection
If you are looking for a red, blue, green or white countertop, slate will not give you what you are looking for.
As with most other natural stones, slate can be pricey.
Benefits and Drawbacks: Soapstone
Beautiful Uniform Look
Similar to slate, soapstone also has a uniform look across the surface.
Can Darken Over Time
Soapstone naturally darkens over time. If you want to speed up the process, you can treat the countertop with mineral oil.
Be prepared to pay in the mid to high ranges for soapstone.
Can Be Prone to Scratching
Soapstone can scratch, but these scratches can easily be fixed.
Regardless of which type you choose, natural stone countertops will add beauty to your home. There is a good reason that many homeowners choose to go with natural stone countertops. With the help of this guide, you will be prepared to choose which natural stone countertops you want in your home.
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The player so often in front of the camera in America was behind it in Spain.
A Nikon DSLR camera hung from Jordan Poole's neck as the Michigan men's basketball team toured Madrid and Barcelona in August. At La Sagrada Familia, at two of the world's most famous soccer stadiums, in the middle of the city and on the Mediterranean Sea, there was Poole lifting his lens and snapping photographs.
"I wish we could take mental images but we can't," the sophomore said. "So I just take as many pictures as I can."
A couple of weeks before the team left on Aug. 17, Poole's mom visited him in Ann Arbor. Per his request, she brought her camera. She'd been out of the country a few times and taken photos she'd later show to her son. But she'd never been to Spain, and now Poole, on his first trip abroad, wanted to return the favor.
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Like many of his teammates, he did not purchase an international data plan for his cell phone. And while Wi-Fi was available in the hotels and other places, the team was busy touring and playing games. Factor in the seven-hour time difference between Spain and Poole's hometown in Milwaukee, and it wasn't possible for him to keep in touch with his mom at every stop on the trip.
Day 6 came & went in a flash!— Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) August 23, 2018
We started the day with a tour of @FCBarcelona stadium -- @CampNou_IG and ended with our game vs. KK Mega Bemax
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Indeed, the days rolled together. The team toured Madrid upon arrival; took a bus trip to Toledo; attended a Real Madrid soccer game one night and toured the stadium the next morning; rode a train to Barcelona and visited the major sights there, including F.C. Barcelona's stadium and Gaudi's famed church; went on a Catamaran cruise; and played three basketball games, all over eight consecutive days in Spain. The team returned home Aug. 26.
"It's really so much at once," Poole said during one of the stops on the tour. "It would be hard to remember everything."
The photos will make it impossible to forget.
Poole experimented with the camera's settings back in Ann Arbor and it appeared to pay off. He identifies himself as "a huge scenery guy," and Spain, with its vistas and architecture, does not disappoint there.
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"With a phone you can take as many pictures as you want and it's good quality, but it kind of just stays in your phone." Poole's plan with his photos is to move them to his laptop, identify the best, and have them printed.
We're on a boat! ⚓⛵#VamosAzul— Michigan Men's Basketball (@umichbball) August 24, 2018
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His mom is a scrapbooker, and he'll be giving her plenty of material to work with. He will keep some for himself in a notebook.
About 10 months ago, Poole first caught the eye of college basketball media members with his theatrical bench celebrations. It wasn't long before he was reveling in his own successes. And of course there was the legs-splayed, buzzer-beating 3-pointer in the NCAA Tournament and subsequent dash around the court.
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We know Poole can hit the shot. It appears he can capture one too.
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One of the reasons it's so difficult to study the relationship between diet and cancer is because many dietary behaviors are associated with non-dietary behaviors. For example, one of the reasons we used to think coffee-drinking caused cancer was because people who drink coffee are more likely to have a cigarette in the other hand, which led to spurious conclusions. When you factor in those considerations, we find that coffee consumption may actually decrease cancer risk, as I detailed in Coffee and Cancer.
The reason it was so difficult to study cancer among coffee-drinkers is the same reason it's so difficult to study cancer among meateaters. Historically, those eating vegetarian have been noted to have lower cancer rates, but maybe it's just because they exercise more, or smoke less, or inhale less diesel fumes because they all own a Prius :)
In my 3 min. video Vegetarians Versus Healthy Omnivores I profiled new data that attempts to control for non-dietary factors by effectively comparing vegetarians only to meateaters who are as slim as vegetarians, exercise as much, smoke as little, and even eat roughly the same amount of fruits and vegetables. After all, maybe the reason vegetarians have been shown to be healthier is less about eating less meat, and more about eating more plants. Though these rigorous controls undercut key vegetarian advantages, such as lower obesity rates, even when vegetarians were compared in effect only to healthy meateaters with healthier diets, researchers still found "the incidence of all cancers combined was lower among vegetarians."
The most striking difference between the dietary groups was in the risk for cancers of the blood and bone marrow, such as non-Hodgkins lymphoma, various leukemias, and myeloma (more details in my 2 min. video EPIC Findings on Lymphoma). Chicken consumption appeared the most hazardous, associated with up to triple the cancer rates for every 50 grams of daily poultry consumption—that's just a quarter of a chicken breast worth!
Why was there so much more lymphoma and leukemia risk among those eating just a small serving of chicken a day? As detailed in my 2 min. video Chicken Dioxins, Viruses, or Antibiotics?, the association between poultry and cancer may be explained by the presence in chickens' and turkeys' flesh of drugs that were fed to the birds, industrial carcinogens such as dioxins, and/or the presence of oncogenic (cancer-causing) viruses.
In Poultry and Penis Cancer I present the largest study to date on poultry workers and cancer mortality, which found a whopping 8-fold increased risk of dying from penile cancer compared to controls, a finding thought due to chicken virus exposure, raising broader food safety concerns. If chickens can be infected with viruses linked to cancer in consumers, then what about eggs? Find out in Carcinogenic Retrovirus Found in Eggs.
These cancer-causing viruses found in chicken and eggs are utterly destroyed by proper cooking, so the primary risk of infection would presumably be associated with cross-contamination, such as when mixing cake batter, handling raw poultry, or even just touching meat in the supermarket.
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An underused plant producing many, round, yellow, tufted flowers produced from mid to late-Spring on bright green. Winter attractive stems.
Leaves mid green, turning yellow in Autumn.
Plant as a specimen or enmasse.
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text: HEALTH: ENJOYING THE SUMMER DESPITE CORNS AND CALLUSES. Dr. Joshua Fox, leading dermatologist in the New York area, and founder and president of New Age Research Foundation: "Nearly 10 percent of American women and 5 percent of the population as a whole suffer from unsightly, often painful corns and calluses that make their feet best suited for boots and other winter shoe styles. But by taking care of these problems now, women and men can enjoy the summer in sandals or their bare feet. Corns and calluses are caused by friction and pressure on the feet, either from wearing shoes that don't fit properly or from conditions such as arthritis, trauma, bunions or various deformities. While most corns and calluses are unsightly, only some cause pain. If you are in good health, you don't have to see a professional for corns and calluses unless they hurt or bother your walking. But if you don't like the way your feet look, are having pain or have certain medical conditions — including diabetes, poor circulation or numbness in the feet — it's important that you see a doctor or podiatrist who can evaluate the problem and help you remove the corns and calluses."


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4-Output Video Interface for MBP?
Thanks for weighing in Fred. This is clearly more complex than it seems.You think 6 USB to HDMI dongles would be too much for my computer, even if the videos are Standard Definition? My computer has a 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 processor and 16GB of RAM by the way.What if instead of the USB 2.0 to HDMI adapters, I used [USB 2.0 to VGA adapters?](http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-USB-DH88-2048x1152-1920x1080-DisplayLink/dp/B001B7H39W/) Could my MBP then handle 6 outputs more easily?You are right; the Mac drivers for Sabrent adapters have unspecified "limitations", but many reviews say it works on their Mac.This USB hub:http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Port-USB-power-adapter/dp/B00DQFGJR4supports 5 Gbps. What's wrong with this?Wouldn't the RF modulator support both UHF and VHF?Aren't these DisplayPort hubs:http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Compliant-Multi-Stream-Displayport-200-DP-1301-L1/dp/B00HK8V5KE/http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-MSTMDP123DP-DisplayPort-Triple-Monitor/dp/B00JLRBC7Shttp://www.amazon.com/Accell-K088B-003B-Mini-DisplayPort-Multi-Display/dp/B00F90H98M/I tried reading a BrightSign manual but it didn't have a lot of information. If you could link me to an in-depth manual that would be great. My main question is what is the mechanism that syncs the units together? And how hard is it to program? Also, could I do this for 10 different 4-minute videos for a show?The Datapath X4 looks awesome but at $1400 for only 4 outputs, it's out of my budget.I really view external standalone hardware as a last resort. I know they're more reliable but ideally I would like to run everything from my MBP because this gives me the most control. Increasingly it looks like my only option then is the TripleHead2Go. Do you know the difference between the TripleHead2Go DP vs Digital SE?
Yes running 6 Sd displays is a lot of work for a CPU that is not design for such work, but it might be ok, you would be testing. As for whether 6 would be recognised by the driver is another thing.USB to HDMI or to VGA will make no difference, it is the same number of pixels.The USB hub says up to 480 mbps, sustained throughput is something you will have to test. I was using a system for a few years that required full bandwidth from USB hubs and very few made the grade.The things you found as display port hubs are essentially just like the dat path and the triplehead, but different brands, not hubs. One of them specifies mac compatibility, no idea what resolutions any of them will give you, probably 1024x768 will be the smallest, then you need to use scan converters to get to SD composite.Brightsign systems can be directly controlled from your computer, in different ways depending on the model. Check the forums for more infohttp://support.brightsign.biz/categories/20036772-ForumsYes, what you want to do will cost money, as I said above display walls are expensive, you could get the 6 going for 1500, this is very cheap.Matrox website has a good compatibility table of the different units, there are a few discussions on this forum as well.
Hi Fred. I've decided to give this route a try: 4 USB to VGA adapters + 2 Mini DisplayPort to RCA adapters. If this ends up not working well, I will have to try a more expensive set-up.Do you know if there is there a brand of USB adapters that are particularly fast on Macs? And do you think using USB 3.0 adapters instead of USB 2.0 adapters will result in a significantly better playback response? I ask because the USB 2.0 adapters can be found used for cheaper, while the USB 3.0 adapters I would have to buy new.
Re: TH2Go DP vs Digital SE_Basically..._TH2Go DP is 1x DP in, 3x DP out.TH2Go Digital SE is 1x DP in, 3x DVI out._Delving deeper into it for getting 6 outputs (running two matching units on same firmware)..._TH2Go DP can be doubled up, one on each Thunderbolt port, to give 2x triple output groups via mGXM.Digital SE can't. See output table yonder (bottom of page): http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/connect_multiple_gxms/
PS: Long term, you may be better off purchasing a ViDock (http://www.villagetronic.com/g4/expansion/shop) and suitable graphics card (which doesn't need to be anything massively meaty, just summat with enough outputs for you). I'd consider this the midway option between USB adapters and adding dedicated players to each screen. Probably doable for the cost of a pair of TH2Go or less.
Hi Marci. On the Matrox webpage you linked to, it says, "Multiple GXMs are supported under Windows only." So whether I use a DP or Digital SE, I can only use one TH2Go with my MBP at a time.Also, the ViDock looks like a great solution. However, it looks like each ViDock can support 2 graphics cards per Thunderbolt output, so I could get 4 outputs from my MBP at the maximum? I would be paying several hundreds of dollars for only 2 extra outputs then.
@Marci do these work with gfx cards on OSX? As far as I have heard there are no solutions for this on a rmbp (external video card) they work fine for other peripheral cards, but maybe things have changed since I last checked.@[ovrarrest](http://troikatronix.com/troikatronixforum/profile/6179/ovrarrest) where did you find mini display port to composite video? As far as I knew the displayport standard (mini display port is the same thing with a smaller plug) does not support this.As for the better performance in USB2 vs 3 it does not really work like that. When you plug in USB devices they use a subset of the controller which is limited to USB 2, when you use USB 3 devices it uses the USB 3 controller. The speed issue I mentioned was for hubs not controllers. You are still in unchartered territory trying to use 4 of these. If I am correct about the mini display port not having composite you still need to convert from VGA or HDMI to composite (also dont forget your macbook retina also has a dedicated HDMI). On the plus side, many of these USB adaptors do support multiple monitors on windows - you could run your patch on windows installed on your mbp. Here is a working setup that would be close to what you want https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYUdAWOGJ_Y
@Fred Here are some Mini DisplayPort to RCA (composite) converters I referenced earlier:http://www.amazon.com/DisplayPort-Composite-Video-S-Video-Converter/dp/B004VV8R86http://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Mini-DisplayPort-Converter/dp/B008CS0J9Ohttp://www.amazon.com/ViewHD-DisplayPort-Thunderbolt-Universal-Converter/dp/B00713AA5E/Isn't USB 3.0 faster than USB 2.0 though? That's why I might have thought USB 3.0 could handle 4 adapters better than USB 2.0 could?Yeah I've thought about running Windows on my Mac as there are many videos online with people using their Windows computers with multiple displays. I view this as a last resort since I'm not really comfortable in Windows.My rMBP has 2 Thunderbolt outs and 1 HDMI out, but keep in mind the computer only allows me to use a total of 2 of these outputs simultaneously.I do think the ViDock would work on Max OSX. From their [FAQ page](http://www.villagetronic.com/g4/expansion/products/nano/faq):_"Compatibility of ViDock to Mac OS__Apple and Intel officially do not support external GPU. This is why getting external GPU to work on Mac OS can be rough. Once it works, it works great. Instead Windows 7 / 8 support external GPU and the experience is great right from the start. This holds still true when running Windows OS on Mac hardware.__Back to ViDock on Mac OS:__- You need to use a GPU that has drivers built-into MacOS__- Better to choose a Mac that has no discrete graphics"_So it seems it is possible to use ViDock on Macs.
_My rMBP has 2 Thunderbolt outs and 1 HDMI out, but keep in mind the computer only allows me to use a total of 2 of these outputs simultaneously._I can use all three outputs simultaneously.
Yes, you can use all three at the same time on the rMBP.for vidock_- Better to choose a Mac that has no discrete graphics"__And your retina has discrete graphics so it is outside of the advice._As for the display port stuff, looks like these will be display port to VGA with a cheap scan convertor built in- that is what the USB is for- to power the scan convertor, otherwise composite, and the need for USB power are outside of the display port spec. As you are using old TVs you might not notice the image quality, but generally cheap scan converters don't look so good.I guess I have a different opinion on setups, for me possible to work is never good enough. My reputation is the reliability of my systems, I need them not to fail and not to be a pain to setup if I am not there. In this way I try to always use tested, supported and professional solutions. In the end if you are comfortable with un tested/unreliable/unsupported systems and can handle the risks then there are a lot more options to work with.
@Michel and @Fred Oh, wow, I didn't realize that the rMBP could output to three external displays simultaneously! Which means I only need 3 USB adapters to get 6 outputs going.@Fred I understand where you're coming from. What scan converter would you recommend to connect an old TV to a Mini DisplayPort? And do you recommend a specific RF modulator?
It has been a long time since I used composite video but I was using Kramer vp501 I think. But think about what you would use again from the setup. I would look for rental scan convertors instead of buying second rate ones. But maybe the old TVs won't see the difference... It is an even longer time since I used rf so not sure.
@ovrarrest - depends WHICH rMBP you've got. If memory serves, only the ones with nVidia GPU can drive all 3 outputs at once - the regular IRIS only chipset rMBPs can only drive 2. (I could be wrong tho).Yep, Vidock works on OSX with graphics cards, and their are single graphics cards out there that have up to 6x native outputs built in... therefore you could run 12x with 2 such cards in a ViDock - you just need to hunt further when it comes to the choice of graphics card.


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I figured out that we could dispose of much more if I emptied out the cans. Emptying out the cans involves poking a hole in them. Bullets make holes! I have a gun with a new spring kit that needs shooting. What do you think happened next?
I thought I had the spitback problem solved. Cans of baked beans seemed to be the worst actor. But I found out that they do not spit back if you shot them end-to-end rather than in the side.
I was having a blast.
And then.....
I shot one of those squeeze bottles of mayonnaise. I positioned it just like I positioned the cans...so I can hit it in the end. I hit it right in the cap. The 124 grain hollowpoint transferred some kinetic energy to the mayo, which in turn inflated the flexible polyester bottle.
Empirically, it can be proven that one needs only half of a converging-diverging nozzle when dealing with incompressible fluids. This "nozzle" was pointed slightly upward and straight back at me. Mrs ERJ, ever quick to put a positive spin on events, quipped "Well, at least you smell nice." Between the chortles, that is.
She volunteered to take a picture for the blog. And I might have let her if not for the fact that the ejectia had remained in one blob until it painted a bold, white stripe the length of my scalp. The stripe was one-and-a-half inches wide and ran front-to-rear.
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Any realtor will tell you that it is much cheaper to renovate a house and sell it later than building one. This is because there is a lot to consider when building. From securing land, house design, to logistics. At the end of it all, comparing time taken to do all that and cost, renovating will beat that hands down. This article looks at the benefits of website flipping and the various ways available to maximize your profits after selling.
As an investor, you must know how to flip sites before venturing into this business. You need to be smart before venturing into any business. I will compare the website flipping business with the stock market. Before investing, it is necessary to find out whether it has potential or no. Otherwise, you may run into losses. The good thing about this particular industry is that in web flipping, you don't need to be an expert in web designing. All you have to do is engage with an expert who will give you detailed information about a given website for a fee. Afterwards, you need to carry out extensive research on the website potential in the market.
What to consider before investing
1. Buying:
Have an eye on the website that is not only well established, but also has future prospects or potential to make a good impact. Don't be in a hurry to buy. This is the most important step in this venture and it will determine the end result. Websites will tend to give eye-catching offers but they may turn out to be otherwise. The best thing to do is seek professional advice.
2. Value addition:
After purchasing a given website, now you must add value to it to maximize profits. Changes should be made to flawed areas. You will need to consider places as selling points on a specific website. This may be to increase traffic or income. Either way, it should have a positive impact on the original price of the product. You don't want to buy and sell for the same price or in the worst case scenario, at a lower price.
3. Selling:
After you are fully satisfied that you have done justice to the website and have achieved essential changes, you now need to sell it. Just like buying, you have to take time to realize a good bargain. Understand that selling the website at the same market you bought it from will probably fetch you the same amount, if not lower. The wise thing to do is research elsewhere and get advice from experts.
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Benefits of website flipping
You can get two major benefits from web flipping compared to other industries:
• Web flipping gives the amateur entrepreneur a chance to break. This is because the capital needed to start is relatively lower than the domain investment. Entering the market is a daunting task that needs good funds and expertise.
• Starting out a website means that at the beginning the sales may be slow or even dormant. This means that you will not have a stable income to push you through. On the other hand, site flipping gives you an opportunity to make a reasonable income while still enhancing the particular website. Either way, it's a win-win situation for you.
Types of Website Flipping
Three types of site flipping are available for you depending on how long you wish to invest.
1. Beginners flipping
This may not be regarded as flipping as such because you start the website from scratch, develop it, and later sell it as traffic. This type gives you greater control of the website on choosing a direction and the setup of the interest of the site. However, this option takes a lot of time.
Check out Quick video review of Website Flipping for Beginners
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2. Standard flipping
This is also known as a medium-term investment and a lot of investors prefer this type. In this option, you buy a website at a reasonable price, enhance it as fast as possible, and sell it to a buyer offering a good amount. What matters most is the choice of website.
3. Long-term investment flipping.
To manage this type of flipping, you need a lot of patience and time. This is where an individual may decide to buy a website simply for its monthly recurring income. During this period, he may slowly but steadily develop the website as a long-term investment. This type of clipping means that the investor will choose to hold on to the website while still profiting from it. This may take years. Finally, he will decide to sell it at its prime for maximum profit.
Transaction Tips
Here are actionable tips to help you carry out the process successfully.
• Start the bidding at a relatively low price. Many flippers start the bidding as low as 1$
• Get everyone involved in the bidding
• Put the buy instantly now (BIN) price high so that any
an interested party may buy the website immediately at a good price.
• Many website flippers prefer looking for buyers themselves because chances are that they may find buyers themselves rather than relying on auction.
• It is not advisable to sell your website to anonymous buyers. Chances of frauds are higher from anonymous transactions.
Our Verdict
From what I have gathered, I can comfortably say that the future of website flipping is getting brighter with every passing day. It is a fast-growing industry and many smart investors are getting on board. This means that the consumer gets value for their money because websites are enhanced to their maximum potential. Since domain names are getting more expensive and harder to acquire, the best alternative way is to settle for website flipping to go about it.
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Who should or should not be in your lineups this week? Find out in the Week 16 Fantasy Football Start/Sits article!
Week 16 is here, and hopefully, so are your team championship dreams!!!!! Most of your line-up is likely locked in at this point. But maybe someone got injured, or they put up a complete dud last week (looking at you, Jamaal Williams). Perhaps there is that one flex spot or that third WR slot that you can't decide who to throw in there. That's where this Week 16 Fantasy Football Start/Sits article comes in!
This is a weekly recurring article where I will go game by game, advising who is line-up worthy and who to fade.
PS: If you want personalized advice for a "my team specifically" scenario or have another question, please feel welcome to reach out. I can be reached via DM on Twitter @DynastyBison or tag me in the IDPguys subscriber Discord at the same handle.
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|These are your "if you have them, start them" players. They are typically either must-starts every week or solid players with a great match-up to exploit.
|These players may not be every-week starters, but there is something special this week to consider. It could be their match-up or that I think they are severely underrated. Keep these players in mind when those flex or injured starter decisions come around.
|Plain and simple, those that reside here are not ideal starters this week. They could be a good player in a bad matchup, a meh player in a good matchup, or a rookie I'm just not trusting yet. Pivot elsewhere when possible, but "if-you-must," they likely won't give you a goose egg either.
Avoid starting these players whenever possible. Their match-up may be terrible, they could be too unproven, or their talent level is equal to "never, even if there's a fire." Regardless of the reason, I do not recommend them.
Weekly Reminders
- All injury designations are as of Wednesday, a change in player health status can certainly change how you should feel about starting them.
- The order in which the players are listed within each rating IS NOT my preference order between them.
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- Jaguars at Jets
Saturday Games
- Falcons at Ravens
- Lions at Panthers
- Bills at Bears
- Saints at Browns
- Seahawks at Chiefs
- Giants at Vikings
- Bengals at Patriots
- Texans at Titans
Late Afternoon (4:05/4:25 pm EST)
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Saturday Night Football (8:20 pm EST)
- Raiders at Steelers
Christmas Sunday Games
- Packers at Dolphins
- Broncos at Rams
- Buccaneers at Cardinals
Monday Night Football (8:15 pm EST)
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Four daily newspapers (printed media) were selected for an in depth Human Assisted Content Analysis from all the selected article in the period 2004-2013. The newspapers published uninterruptedly in Slovakia at that time included (in alphabetical order) Hospodárske noviny (an economy daily), Nový Čas (a tabloid daily), Pravda (a quality daily), Sme (a quality daily), Šport- Niké (a sports daily), Új Szó (a daily in the Hungarian language) and a regional (eastern-Slovakian) daily Korzár. Of these, the first four were selected, based on a coordinated approach in consultation with other international teams. The underlying reason for the selection was to give a representation of two quality newspapers – ideally from different ideological backgrounds – plus one business newspaper, and one tabloid newspaper.


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Tomorrow morning I'll be partaking in a voluntary collection for Marie Curie cancer care. My presence a small contribution towards the raising of funds during the organisation's March Daffodil Appeal campaign.
I experience a great deal of satisfaction being a foot soldier in the battalions fundraising the fight on numerous fronts against cancer. An odious, unwanted part of my life since dusk started to fall on the year 2010.
For the overall war to be won, regiments of researchers, medical teams, pharmaceutical companies, palliative carers, voluntary workers need to prevail in their metaphorical battles against this rancid nemesis. Victory without all of the above firepower is unlikely. David is going to need more than a slingshot to overcome this spiteful Goliath,
It's a challenge where the opponent fights without boundaries, morals or the remotest bit of humanity. Cancer hasn't signed up to the Geneva Convention, there'll be no humane treatment of it's prisoners or food parcels from the Red Cross allowed. It concedes nothing; compromise isn't on it's agenda.
My wife Karen's battle has been nearly seven and a half years long. A seventh of her life has now been blighted by incurable illness; an unwanted 'gift' from an indiscriminate and incurable foe. In cahoots with karma, the big C (incidentally the C doesn't stand for cancer in this instance) cares not if this person is undeserving of such cruelty.
Similarly, it holds no remorse for torturing patient's families; individuals who are also 'put through the mill' as a consequence of the unwelcome presence of this canker. The mental torment bestowed without emotion – Cancer no doubt would argue it's workload is too overburdening to have space for sentiment – Little white space to review the consequence of it's actions. After all, families don't decimate themselves!
The day Karen was diagnosed with incurable cancer, 17th November 2010, is indelibly etched in my psyche as the day my life changed for ever. Nearly seven and a half years on from that day, I'm significantly angrier individual – Regularly bitter, cynical, frustrated and with infinitely less tolerance.
In my defence, though, I now exhibit more humanity, greater resilience, in addition to an unshakable desire to undertake voluntary work. In particular for the various splendid charities who support the fight against the odious disease that has blighted my family's recent existence. An example of which is my collecting for Marie Curie cancer care tomorrow at a Leeds supermarket.
I find personalising cancer into to a living, breathing entity helps me classify the illness as something that can eventually be overcome. True, it's a fanciful notion, but if I find it to be a useful coping mechanism surely it's not a completely fruitless strategy….. Is it?
Some may proffer that, if this narrative is anything to go by, my coping mechanism doesn't appear as robust as I paint it. Opining my musings are more like a cry for help. Rambles consequential of living with my wife's seven year fight, along with the loss of my father to the same disease at the end of last year.
I can assure you, though, this rant is cathartic. Offloading pent up emotions out in the open is something I find therapeutic. A recuperative strategy that my normal light hearted offerings can't match. Like voluntary work, a move I occasionally must undertake for the purposes of maintaining my sanity.
A message of anger and defiance at the enemy who took up residence in my home in 2010, who I'm determined won't drive me into the gutter!
I know cancer cannot hear me……. But Jeez, I tell you what, that rant's done me a power of good!


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Artist Martijn Hendricks has recently released his work Give Us Today Our Daily Terror, in which he produced an exact copy of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963), from which all birds have been digitally removed. I took a peek at the video excerpts on his site and found (strangely enough) that these suspenseful scenes didn't lose as much of their terror or dramatic tension sans their avian antagonists as you might think. Chalk one up for Hitch's direction and Bernard Herrmann's musicless score.
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I will be presenting a day-long Introduction to Animal Reiki workshop in Davis, California next Saturday, August 6.
Elizabeth A Fulmer, RMT, KMT, HTP-A, a gifted teacher and healer, has created a wonderful healing and Reiki community in Davis, California. I am so excited to share Reiki for Animals there next weekend.
The meditations we will be practicing are from the work of Kathleen Prasad, Founder and Director of Animal Reiki Source and President of Shelter Animal Reiki Association (SARA). I will also speak about the fascinating research of her teacher, Frans Stiene and the extensive resource available at the International House of Reiki.
In this workshop, you will learn how to "be" Reiki with your animals and connect to that profoundly compassionate space where all is one. It is in this space of oneness that healing responses naturally arise. With these simple traditional Japanese Reiki techniques, you will learn how to meditate with your dogs, cats, horses, goldfish and hummingbird and include them in your daily Reiki self-care practice.
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Ryun Yu as David, a New York investment banker, talks on the phone with his sister, Esther played by Angela Yin in the Magic Theatre's world-premiere production of Lloyd Suh's American Hwangap. Photos by davidallenstudio.com
Mind the `Hwangap': Laughs, pain fill Magic's family drama
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To see simple, expert stagecraft at its very best, look no further than the Magic Theatre's world-premiere production of American Hwangap by Lloyd Suh.
The plot is your basic dysfunctional American family drama – immigrant parents, divorce, troubled kids – but made all the more interesting for an approach that is about as far away from TV sitcom land as possible. Director Trip Cullman could have anchored Suh's drama in a realistic Texas living room, couch and all. But the play is more interesting than that, and Cullman finds inspired ways to continuously offer surprises in his staging.
Erik Flatmo's set is essentially one carpeted room and what is probably the most versatile dining room table imaginable. That table occasionally serves as a table (in a diner, in the family home), but more often it's a basement fort of sorts, a climb-able tree in the yard, a car and even a fishing boat on a lake.
With York Kennedy's lights to help give a sense of place and mood, that extraordinary one-room set is alive with possibilities.
Suh's play aims to be both conventional – we all recognize parts of our family in this family no matter how different our backgrounds – and unconventional. He doesn't always tell his story in a linear way, and the stripped-down, non-naturalistic set helps amplify the emotion of certain scenes. When he exposes his need for psychological explanation, this child is messed up in this way because of this action by a parent, the writing is less interesting.
But mostly the play pops because Suh is a funny writer who knows just how powerfully humor resonates through deep pain.
By not choosing a specific point of view from which to tell his story, Suh shifts the emotional focus from scene to scene, and while that may cause some snags here and there, the overarching portrait of a broken family emerges slowly. We know that the Chun family suffered a big loss 15 years earlier, when patriarch Min Suk Chun (Keone Young, right), an immigrant to the U.S. from Korea, abandoned his wife and three children to return home.
That left mother Mary (Jodi Long, below left) to provide for elder son David (Ryun Yu), now a slick investment banker in New York, middle daughter Esther (Angela Lin), twice divorced and generally confused, and younger son Ralph (Jon Norman Schneider,right, with Young), who's approaching his 30s but living like he's 16 in his mother's basement, playing video games, sipping juice boxes and watching the world tread lightly around his "nervous condition."
The family is in a state of upset with the homecoming of Chun. He's returning from Korea to celebrate is "hwangap" (pronounced hwon-gap), a 60th birthday celebration that often inspires deep moral reflection amid much food, wine and conviviality. Though Mary is providing a bounteous feast, her children are having difficulty mustering gratitude and excitement at his pending arrival. Says David to his mother: "Just lemme understand what's expected here: are you planning on a series of weepy hugs? Is all forgotten? Or is there a recrimination involved, a little weekend of apologies and fistfights?"
Cullman's cast is incredibly appealing. Virtually all of the actors are adept at playing broad theatrical comedy and then pulling it all in for a tightly focused, emotionally true interaction. Each character emerges as more interesting and with more depth of feeling than we originally think as we initially navigate the familiar terrain of family drama.
The greatest surprise comes in the alliances – Mary with her aggressively contrite ex-husband, Ralph with the father who is surprisingly like him and, perhaps best of all, between distant brother David and lost sister Esther. There's a scene between the two siblings late in the 90-minute play that has them both on the phone yet connecting in a way that will have a life-altering effect on both of them. It's a gorgeous scene, beautifully written and played by Yu and Lin.
It's all about second chances in American Hwangap, an ultimately forgiving, even loving, drama. The contrast of eastern Korea with western Texas gives way to the complexities of family dynamics and the surprising strength of those tricky familial bonds.
American Hwangap continues through May 3 at the Magic Theatre, Building D, Fort Mason Center, Marina Boulevard at Buchanan Street, San Francisco. Tickets are $40-$45 (with student, senior and educator discounts). Rush tickets for students, seniors, educators and people younger than 30: $10 one half hour before performance. Call 415-441-8822 or visit www.magictheatre.org for information.
The Magic Theatre, after a rocky start to 2009 that almost capsized the theater, has announced its 2009-10 season: John Kolvenbach's Goldfish (in cooperation with South Coast Repertory); the world premiere of Luis Alfaro's Oedipus El Rey; Mark O'Rowe's Terminus and a fourth play yet to be named.


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Some examples of when the landlord may refuse to consent to a sublet or assignment is if they require the prospective subtenant to fill out an application form and the subtenant does not do so or refuses to do so. The landlord could also refuse to consent if the prospective subtenant does not have enough income to pay rent.
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San Francisco-based wearables company Osterhout Design Group has created two pairs of smart glasses -- the R-8 and R-9 -- that use Qualcomm's new, high-end Snapdragon 835 processor.
The R-9 glasses are geared toward business customers.
The R-9 glasses will go on sale in the second quarter and will cost $1,800.
The R-9 glasses feature a connector on the top for attaching business-focused modules.
Everything needed to run and navigate the glasses is included on the device, like volume keys and scroll wheels.
A big feature of both models is the high-definition displays. The R-9 includes two 1080p displays while the R-8 has two 720p displays.
Looking through the R-9 business version is like staring at a 120-inch TV, 10 feet in front of you. The R-8 is like looking at a 90-inch TV.
ODG has partnered with 21st Century Fox and China Mobile's content group, among others, to provide movies and TV shows for the glasses.
Because the glasses run Android, you can do things like play Pokemon Go.
You can even check your email on the glasses.
Cameras on the consumer version let you capture 3D video that you can stream to others.
The consumer version of the glasses, the R-8, will go on sale in the second half of the year for less than $1,000.
The consumer version of the glasses are lightweight at only 4.2 ounces -- less than most phones, like the 4.9-ounce iPhone 7. Microsoft's Hololens weighs a whopping 20.4 ounces.
Games and other apps can use both AR and VR, such as one ODG-designed app where you see a virtual door in the real world. When you walk through the door, you're in a virtual world, but you can look behind you and see the real world.


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Out-of-this-world luminaires by Studio Italia Design
Like something from a fairytale or from the bottom of the ocean here is Kapp So lamp series by Studio Italia Design. The high-end lighting fixtures series consists of 4 lamps – one adjustable suspension luminaire and 3 wall mounted luminaires with various shape and number of the diffusers. Each low-voltage lamp is made of a chrome frame with blown glass diffusers, resembling to a flame or to a sea creature's tentacle. These unique diffusers, hand-made by Murano Masters in transparent crystal come in two color options – in clear crystal or red. Although they look aerial, the luminaries are pretty heavy – physically and for the budget: the suspension luminaire weights about 40kg and is worth over $8,000. But it's worth every dollar, don't you think?
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February 7th, 2009 at 12:54 am
it doesnt look that fairytale looking to me…and it's way overpriced.