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It's only February and some of our resolutions have already crumbled and we're back to our old habits and routines that have kept us exactly where we are. But we don't have to wait 'till next year to try again or to set goals that will get us back on track, that will keep us on the path to becoming the best version of ourselves. We just need to formulate a plan and begin the journey right now!
Our habits are perfectly formed to get the results they're getting. I say this often in the studio rooms of Melt because it's one of the most powerful and accurate things I've ever heard. It came from my banking career and it has stuck with me. It truly applies to every aspect of life. We all have desires and dreams. We can easily ramble off a long list of things we think we need to have to be happy… Losing 15 pounds, sculpting lean, visible muscles, paying off our debt, buying a bigger home or a vacation home, having more meaningful relationships, better skin, better sex, whatever it is, none of it is possible without first formulating a plan. We can't just want these things, throw a dart in the dark and hope it hits the bulls eye. We need a plan. For each desire, for each dream we have, we need to map out the steps that we need to take to get there. If it's weight-loss, what does our daily fuel need to look like and have we put the proper steps in place to make that happen? If we're going to prepare more of our meals from home, did we set aside a day each week to plan our meals and shop for what we need? If it's paying off our debt, did we establish a budget and are we sticking to it?
Research states that it takes 21 days to form a habit. Okay, so 3 weeks. That's no time at all when we think about changing those behaviors that are going to lead to true happiness, yet we often can't seem to get past the first week.
Forming a habit means changing existing behaviors, and change is just really uncomfortable. We tend to do what we do because it's easy, it's the path of least resistance and it works for us. Stepping out of that ease, takes effort and here's where the cycle begins. We want something, we want to fulfill that dream or desire, but we don't want to change the behaviors that are keeping us stuck or we don't want to formulate new behaviors that will get us unstuck, so we just stay in this land of mediocrity and unhappiness, we just stay STUCK!
This happens because as humans , we have an innate protective mechanism to be comfortable. To settle into a place where everything is rainbows and unicorns. Unfortunately, nothing new happens in that space. It's a nice easy place to visit, but it's stagnant… Zero growth happens in comfort land.
Then, the whole thing gets even more complicated because as humans, we have this strong desire to tell other humans about our desires and dreams and what our plan is to get there. This can make the other person feel some kind of way. Maybe they have the same desire or dream but they are afraid of the work involved to accomplish the goal and witnessing someone else achieve something they want makes them feel uncomfortable and envious. So instead, they discourage the behavior because discouraging the behaviors that are going to lead to achievement of the goal eliminates their fear that you're going to be successful in achieving something they know they can't.
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Limit what you tell others, unless of course, you have someone willing to take the same journey with you and you can truly support one another and lift one another up. Otherwise, stick to your plan. Keep moving forward. If you don't reach your goal after your allotted timeline, and by following the set plan, then change the plan, not the goal. Stay committed. Remember, you determined that this is what you want. That this will bring you happiness. Now, go do it and don't stop until you get there!


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THIRD CIRCULAR FOR ICES20 – Extension of Deadline for Call for Panels
15 May 2017
Dear Potential Participants of ICES20,
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Bespoke Concrete is committed to reducing their own carbon footprint in-house working within the guidelines of ISO14001 and contributing on a grander scale with the Research and Development team actively looking to develop new products which are more environmentally sustainable. One such product patent pending is Nitecrete™. This eco-friendly product offers a renewable light source that emits no carbon emissions.
Bespoke Concrete are continuously looking at ways of improving standards in our products and our working environment. Therefore, we are proud to have achieved the ISO 14001 accreditation. This International Standard relates to environmental management which exists to help businesses minimise waste and reduce energy consumption. Helping them to comply with environmental laws and regulations and continually improve upon these standards. Environmental management representative, Peter Redman, said "We are delighted to have received this accreditation. Everyone has worked really hard to ensure that they are doing all they can in the workplace to reduce our carbon footprint. It is the culmination of over a year of working towards recognition and proves that we are committed to manufacturing innovative products in an environmentally-responsible way." Martin Kay, Managing Director, added "It's another great achievement for our team and I am very proud of the way our Company is embracing the environmental agenda".
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What's your sign? Best hobbies
Ruined the cake at the weekend bake workshop, dropped out of pottery class or yawned away at the gardening meetup? We understand that selecting an activity class can often be very confusing. Let's find out the right hobby that suits your personality based on your zodiac sign. Read on for your hobby horoscope.
Aries (21st March – 19th April): Curious, energetic and enthusiastic, you want to make things happen than being mere spectators. This makes you extremely action-oriented. A born explorer, you are always ready for new ideas and activities.
Suggested Hobbies: Outdoor games, Adventure sports, Video games, Music, Motorbike riding, Energetic dance forms
Taurus (20th April – 20th May): Practical, ambitious and packaged with a creative flair, you get regular compliments for your sketches, painting abilities and even your handwriting. Quiet and methodical, you love being around the garden.
Suggested Hobbies: Gardening, Painting, Music, Singing, Reading Sculpting
Gemini (21st May – 20th June): Communicative, adaptable, witty and intellectual, you are quick to grasp anything new and love experimenting. The twins in you get bored easily though and love to take up new activities at the drop of a hat, leaving several unfinished projects in your wake.
Suggested Hobbies: Solving puzzles, Writing, Learning languages, Table tennis, Badminton, Adventure sports
Cancer (21st June – 22nd July): You are excellent at scrapbook ideas. Loyal and emotional you'll enjoy reliving good memories and love to express these creatively. You are into collecting mementos and keepsakes from holidays.
Suggested Hobbies: Gardening, Interior decoration, Cooking, Travelling, Reading, Collecting antiques-coins-postcards
Leo (23rd July – 22nd August): You are action-oriented and driven by the desire to be loved and admired. You have an air of royalty and love to be in the limelight. A flair for drama makes you born for the stage.
Suggested Hobbies: Dancing, Painting, Theatre, Reading, Adventure sports, Interior decoration, Music
Virgo (23rd August – 22nd September): You have an affinity for learning new things and an excellent memory for remembering what you learnt. You also get a kick out of sharing knowledge.
Suggested Hobbies: Gaming, Solving puzzles, Making handicrafts, Writing, Learning languages
Libra (23rd September – 22nd October): You are great thinkers and attach high value to intellect. Librans are therefore natural communicators and engaging talkers.
Suggested Hobbies: Reading, Travelling, Meeting new people, Painting, Music, other Fine arts
Scorpio (23rd October – 21st November): You are focused, brave, ambitious and intuitive. You are also aware and perceptive with an innate curiosity for life's mysteries and are often drawn to spirituality.
Suggested Hobbies: Yoga, Meditation, Religion, Philosophy, Music, Reading
Sagittarius (22nd November – 21st December): You are deeply involved in culture, intellectual and creative pursuits and travel. You tend to be self-dependent and are extremely confident.
Suggested Hobbies: Travelling, Writing, Reading, Camping, Adventure sports, Philosophy
Capricorn (22nd December – 19th January): Ambitious, conservative, determined and practical, you have a single-minded focus on work, a sense of responsibility and sincerity. Take time to balance work and play as you make a steady climb to the top.
Suggested Hobbies: Team Leaders, Organizers, Reading, Gardening, Artistic projects, Painting, Making useful crafts
Aquarius (20th January – 18th February): Progressive, modern, broad-minded and creative you are born to be popular. Your ideal hobby ranges from music to fashion to electronics. Anything that's constantly changing will hold your interest.
Suggested Hobbies: Inventing new things, Outdoor activities, Socializing, Adventure sports, Computer games
Pisces (19th February – 20th March): Observant, keenly intuitive and receptive, your creativity lends itself to writing, poetry, music and art. You may also be drawn to the imaginary world of dramatic arts.
Suggested Hobbies: Reading, Writing, Music, Dancing, Watching movies, Water sports, Cooking
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This three-day Fiber Optics Technology & Applications Training is designed for technical people with a wide variety of backgrounds who wish to enhance their understanding of Fiber-Optics or become familiar with the applications of FO. The various properties of Fibers of a wide variety of types will be discussed along with applications for which they can be used. Special emphasis will be put on using fibers for Laser Power Delivery, a subject not found in textbooks.
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Monday March 21, 2016
Check out a video walk-through tour of this beautiful model home! This is the Laurel, which features a stunning exterior, gorgeous kitchen and luxury master suite. At 2,020 square feet, this home delivers tons of big features in a small package! The openness of the plan design makes the home feel much larger than it is. My favorite space of all is the beautiful kitchen that opens up to those large archways into the living area. I also love the rotunda entry…so grand! The floor plan does offer an optional 2nd story, for those that need a bit more room or want an upstairs media room, so there are plenty of ways to personalize this home!
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What a great morning we had at the paperarts open day after a very rainy drive to stroud. I bought just a few things I was very good!
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO) announced its intention to shortly launch a site that will rival the famous cartographic resource is Google Earth.
According to Sify News, head of the organization Madhavan Nair says that after six months on the Internet, you will see ... However, he said, all sorts of sensitive sites or in general will not be published or will be ' smeared '.
In what form will appear before the service users, and what will be the purpose of its existence, it is unclear. To compete with Google Earth it will be quite difficult - especially because the U.S. share of any offers users a lot of nice features like fishechek add photos and notes.
Recall that the Indians themselves have had problems with Google Earth, which is laid out in the open access photographs of government buildings and military facilities that could, according to the military, ' to ensure the enemy an advantage '. Soon after, the administration overstepped the resource to the retouching of satellite imagery.
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I decided semi-last minute to play the 2500 LHE tourney and got 2nd place for 30k. First was supposed to pay 42 and 2nd 23 but men the master and I decided to each take 30 and play for 6.5 for first. He ran super hot and got real lucky to beat me but that's heads up limit holdem for ya. I definitely ran hot myself in the tourney.
I wasn't able to wire money out before coming out so I didn't have a ton of money and was starting to really feel short which I think makes me play worse so before the tourney I took a cab to Wells fargo to get a cashiers check. Good thing I wasted time and energy with that.
The $400/800 games have been sick good the last few days. I broke evenish the first night and picked up a nice win last night, playing one of my longest live sessions ever of 17 hours.
Given that session I don't really feel like playing anything meaningful today and right now I just started watching Jerico on Itunes. I'll probably go down and play some 10/20nl and get some food cause I don't get to play live NL very often and no matter what happens it can't hurt bad. I heard there's another good 400/800 game but I'm not feelin it right now.
I'm going back tomorrow night and get back into MN monday morning. Kels is in town for some training so that'll be nice then I think towards the end of the week Dave P and I are going to Snowbird in utah. Man I'm pumped, the weather is looking great!
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Wordy Wednesday
You remember I told you that Bug and Kara ended up getting separated? Well, it wasn't to be so. Bug was sposed to stay with a family friend who was close to the hospital where he has to go to have his wound checked out, but what with one thing and another, he couldn't stay there in the end. It was then decided that he should go and stay with his daddypeople at least until the end of the week. Well, that's Kara's new home too! So Bug is getting to see her settle in, and has extended cuddle time with her. He's sleeping a lot because of the pain killers they have him on, so Kara's loving it as it means she gets to sprawl out with him. Bug goes back for another check on Friday, so let's hope there's more good news for him too!
In the battle of the sneezes, I might be losing again, but I'm not sure. Ever since I stopped the mucolytics my nose has gotten a bit dry. This isn't a good sign. It's what happened last time before I got real bad and was struggling to breathe propperly. I had my last antibiotics yesterday, so we're just gonna have to wait and see what happens. Keep those paws crossed for me, eh?
In other good news, I actually found my catnip chicken or duck or whatever it is last night! The human found it stuffed in behind a cabinet and she got him out for me. I loved him for a good five minutes, and when I left him to keep company with the human instead, I cuddled him right up against the edge of a tiny track I have that has a ball in it. I like that track even though it's small, so I knew Mr Chicken would too, and when I wanted him again, he'd be easy to find. Have I mentioned I love him? cuz I do!
Hmmmm, now what else to tell? I can't really think of much. Everything's on target for our big move next week, and the last bit of the paperwork for the human's new work hunt was sent in today. That means that we'll have a start date agreed very, very soon. Isn't it exciting? I sure think so. It means that the human will be out of the house for longer each day, but I've got to put my own needs aside. I know this work hunt will make her much, much happier than the one she's doing now, so it's worth it. Anyway, when the kittens are born this year, we'll be getting one of those to come live with us, so I'll have somebody to keep me company in the day time.
Ah, life is good at the moment. Let's hope it stays that way and that the horrible snotty thing doesn't come back again! I'm done with being sick, believe me!
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- Hannah and Lucy said...
We hope that snotty doesn't come back too Tia. We hope your mum can start her new job very soon - we are sure she will love it and you will soon get used to her new hours. We hope Bug gets good news when he goes for his check on Friday.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
- 16 February 2011 at 14:55
- Katnip Lounge said...
We have our many paws and toes crossed that your pretty nose stays healthy and the snotty boogers don't come back.
Hurrah for Bug and Kara, this will make it easier for Bug's heart when he moves.
And Mr. Chicken? TRUE LOVE!
- 16 February 2011 at 16:38
- The Lee County Clowder said...
We're sending healing purrrrsss to Tia and Bug. We've been off-line for a while (hardware problems) and we just found out about your troubles.
- 17 February 2011 at 22:39
- Au and Target said...
We're purring the nose will be purrfect, Tia. Thanks for dropping by and your words of comfort. Au ate a little so we're hopeful. If only he'll keep eating, he should be OK.
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Abu Ahmed brings in a small amount of prepared clay from the courtyard. He works it in preparation for the wheel in an activity that potters call "wedging." The clay is rolled, folded, and rolled repeatedly on the low table. He seeks to make the lump homogeneous, to remove any large inclusions, and to pound out air bubbles. His tactic appears to be a modified "spiral wedging" as a way to prepare a larger amount of clay in a single effort.
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CSPI to Drop Litigation Over Coke's Faded "Enviga"
Sales Reportedly Plummeted After State Attorneys General Won Labeling Concessions
WASHINGTON—The Center for Science in the Public Interest will not appeal a federal appeals court decision blocking a New Jersey woman's lawsuit over false weight-loss claims made by Coca-Cola for Enviga. Enviga is a line of artificially sweetened green tea-based soft drinks whose labeling and advertising claims that the drink "burns calories." Launched with considerable fanfare in 2006, Enviga has since faded into obscurity.
Under a February 2009 settlement agreement reached with 27 states and the District of Columbia, Coca-Cola agreed to pay $650,000 and to stop making overt weight-loss claims for Enviga. Coke (and partner Nestlé) agreed to add language to labels and marketing materials stating that the product will not promote weight loss without diet and exercise. Three months later, the trade publication New Nutrition Business reported an Enviga "sales collapse." The Court of Appeals decision this week hinged on whether the plaintiff had documented her weight loss or gain, and not on the merits of CSPI's allegations about Enviga's deceptive claims.
"We believe that the Court of Appeals erred in not letting a consumer pursue her claim about the demonstrably false advertising and labeling on these expensive and fraudulent drinks," said CSPI litigation director Steve Gardner. "But since the attorneys general cracked down and have since won modest labeling concessions, we won't appeal. Consumers seem to have gotten the message that Coca-Cola does not have the science to back up its laughable 'calorie burning' claims for Enviga."
The taste of Enviga might also be partly to blame for its decline. Tasters at Bevnet.com, an online site that covers the beverage industry, were generally unkind. The Wild Berry flavored Enviga "tastes pretty artificial and saccharine." The Peach flavor, now discontinued, "is a bit too acidic, and allows some of the chemical sweeteners to intervene, creating something of an unpleasantly fuzzy mouthfeel." The Green Tea flavor fared better but Bevnet wondered whether its "strong, tangy flavor" is "going to be too much" for dieting consumers.
CSPI's lawsuit sought an injunction barring Enviga from making deceptive claims.
"It's ironic that Coke, a company that has been a major promoter of weight gain, is now pretending that it is coming to the rescue of overweight people," said CSPI executive director Michael F. Jacobson when the lawsuit was filed in 2006. "They should have called this drink 'Fleece,' since that's what they're trying to do to consumers. Plain old tap water has zero calories, five calories fewer than Enviga, but unlike Enviga, tap water doesn't cost 15 bucks a gallon."
Besides maintaining the Enviga doesn't contain "negative calories," CSPI is concerned about the caffeine levels in Enviga. The marketing materials urged consumers to drink three cans a day to achieve a maximum calorie burning effect. At 100 milligrams per can, three cans of Enviga would have the caffeine of nine cans of Coke. And that is at the upper limit of what experts consider safe for pregnant women or women who may become pregnant.
"If you want to lose weight, drink less Coke, not more Enviga," said Jacobson.
Enviga aside, CSPI is moving full-speed ahead with a class action lawsuit against Coca-Cola over deceptive claims associated with its Vitaminwater line of drinks. The company makes a wide range of dramatic—and according to CSPI, false—claims, including that its drinks variously reduce the risk of chronic disease, reduce the risk of eye disease, promote healthy joints, and support optimal immune function. Vitaminwater has 33 grams of sugar per bottle, but no juice from any of the fruits mentioned on the labels of its several flavors. The names of the drinks, along with other statements on the label, "have the potential to reinforce a consumer's mistaken belief that the product is comprised of only vitamins and water," wrote U.S. District Court Judge John Gleeson, denying Coca-Cola's motion to dismiss.
Contact Jeff Cronin (jcronin[at]cspinet.org) or Ariana Stone (astone[at]cspinet.org).


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System Level Benchmarking Analysis of the Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ John Goodacre Director, Program Management ARM Processor Division October 2009 Anirban Lahiri Technology Researcher Adya Shrotriya, Nicolas Zea Interns This project in ARM is in part funded by ICT-eMuCo, a European project supported under the Seventh Framework Programme (7FP) for research and technological development
2 Agenda Look at leading ARM platforms – PBX-A9, V2-A9 Observe and analyse phenomena related to execution behaviour – especially related to memory bandwidth and latency Understand the benefits offered by ARM MPCore technology Strategies for optimization
3 Cortex-A8: Mainstream Technology Fully implements ARM architecture v7A instruction set Dual Instruction Issue a NEON pipeline for executing Advanced SIMD and VFP instruction sets Memory Management Unit (MMU) Separate instruction and data Translation Look- aside Buffers (TLBs)
4 Superscalar out-of-order instruction execution Register renaming for speculative execution and loop unrolling Small loop mode for energy efficiency PTM interface for tracing Counters for performance monitoring Support for multicore configurations Cortex-A9: Technology Leadership
5 ARM Versatile PBXCortex-A9 Platform Dual core ARM Cortex A9 70-140MHz 32KB I&D L1 caches 128K L2 cache 1GB RAM – split in two blocks of 512MB ( DDR1 & DDR2) Memory runs at CPU frequency File-system on Compact Flash VGA / DVI out
6 ARM Versatile2-A9 Platform (V2) ARM-NEC Cortex-A9 test-chip ~400MHz Cortex A9 x 4 4x NEON/FPU 32KB I&D invidual L1 caches 512K L2 cache 1GB RAM (32b DDR2) ARM recently announced a 2GHz dualcore implementation
7 Software Framework Linux - Kernel 2.6.28 Debian 5.0 "Lenny" Linux file-system compiled for ARMv4T LMBench 3.0a9 Includes STREAM benchmarks Single instance and multiple instances
8 Memory Bandwidth – PBX-A9 Single Instance2 Instances Consider a 2 core platform Knees indicate cache sizes (small [128k] L2 RAM for PBX-A9) Increased effective memory bandwidth for multicore (2 cores) Cache bandwidth – doubles DDR2 memory bandwidth – doubles Agnostic to alignment Note: Pre-fetching disabled for normalization
9 Memory Bandwidth – V2-A9 Single Instance4 Instances Consider 4 core platform - running 4 concurrent benchmarks (instead of 2) Also at 4 times the frequency of the PBX-A9 b/w showing good 4 cores scalability Increased effective memory bandwidth for higher parallel load L1 Cache bandwidths – becomes 4 times DDR2 Memory bandwidth – is only showing a doubling…. Note: Pre-fetching disabled for normalization
10 Example Misconfigured System !!! Write bandwidth greatly affected if caches are configured as write-through Remember to configure caches as write-back, with allocate-on -write
11 Bandwidth-Latency Relation Latency determines the response time for applications on a multicore Applications requiring short bursts of memory accesses can run concurrently with bandwidth heavy applications without any observable degradation – if latency remains constant Core0Core1 Internet Browser Video / Image Processing
12 Memory Latency – PBX-A9 Similar latencies for Single(S) and Two (M) Instances of LMBench running concurrently Memory latency almost unaffected by presence of multiple (2) cores Stride of 16 acting like automatic prefetching for 32 byte cache lines LMBench tries to use backward striding to 'defeat' prefetching Cortex A9 supports prefetching for both forward and backward striding – disabled in these test for result normalization Backward striding is less common for real-life applications Small but visible L2
13 Memory Latency – V2 4 Instances of LMBench running - 4 times the application load Memory latency goes up only by about 20% Application on one CPU mostly unaffected by execution on other CPUs Within the limits of memory bandwidth to DDR Memory Single Instance4 Instances
14 Summary and Recommendations Running multiple memory intensive applications on a single CPU can be detrimental – cache conflicts Spreading Memory and CPU intensive applications over the multiple cores provides better performance
15 STREAM Benchmarks – PBX-A9 Bandwidth almost doubles for multiple (2) instances compared to the execution of a single instance Corresponding penalty on latency is marginal Good for streaming, data-intensive applications
16 L2 Latency Configuration PL310 allows configuring the latencies for the L2 cache data & tag RAMs Optimization: Find the minimal latency value for which the system would still work The difference in performance can be double or more Remember DDR memory controllers (PL34x) have similar setting Additional Latency (cycles)
17 Memory Load Parallelism Indicates the number possible outstanding reads Memory system design determines the ability of the processor to hide memory latency Support for number of outstanding read/writes essential for multicores – fully supported by PL310 / PL34x L1 supports 4 linefill requests on average while the implemented DDR2 memory system 2 Systems should support as much memory parallelization as possible
18 Context Switch Time – PBX A9 When all the processes fit in the cache the context switch time remains relatively low Beyond this it approaches a saturation determined by available main memory bandwidth Keeping the number of active processes low on a processor vastly improves the response time Response time for an application Number of active processes * context switch time
19 Context Switching Time – PBX A9 Peak context switch time increases by a small fraction ( < 20%) Indicates that context switches on separate processors are almost mutually orthogonal and enables the MPCore to support more active tasks than a single core time-sliced processor before the system becomes unresponsive Single Instance2 Instances
20 Cache lines can migrate between L1 caches belonging to different cores without involving the L2 Clean lines – DDI (Direct Data Intervention ) Dirty Lines – ML (Migratory Lines) ARM MPCore: Cache-to-Cache Transfers
21 Cache to Cache Latency Significant benefits achievable if the working set of the application partitioned between the cores can be contained within the sum of their caches Helpful for streaming data between cores may be used in conjunction with interrupts between cores Though dirty lines have higher latency they still have 50% performance benefit
22 Illustration of typical system behaviours for Multi-cores Explored the potential benefits of multi- cores Insights to avoid common system bottlenecks and pitfalls Optimization strategies for system designers and OS architects Conclusion
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Drones and Gadflies: Framing the Debate on War by Remote Control
Published on ZNet, by Brian Terrell, September 14, 2013.
… My own anti-drone activism began with protests at Creech Air Force Base in the Nevada desert in April, 2009. Even some otherwise well informed people were skeptical, back then, that such things were even possible, much less happening daily. Many who were aware accepted the simple and happy narrative of drone warfare as a precise new high-tech system in which soldiers from a safe distance of thousands of miles can pin point those who mean us imminent harm with little or no collateral damage.
Even some among our friends in the peace movement questioned the wisdom of focusing attention on drones. Must we protest every new advance in weaponry? Can't we allow for methods that are at least improvements on indiscriminate carnage? Is not a precisely aimed and delivered drone attack preferable to carpet bombing? Is it not preferable to invasion? Does it make a difference to the victims, in any case, whether there is a pilot in the plane that bombs them or not? … //
… We act against terrorists who pose a continuing and imminent threat to the American people. Formerly the word "imminent" referred to something about to happen at any moment and using the generally accepted definition of the word one might construe in the president's words a guarantee that drone strikes are used only to stop "terrorists" engaged in acts that would cause immediate harm to Americans. John Brennan, now director of the CIA, suggested in September 2011 that "a more flexible understanding of 'imminence' may be appropriate when dealing with terrorist groups." This more flexible understanding of imminence justifies the assassination not only of those caught in the act, but also of targets who are suspected of having written something or said something to make someone think that they might have something to do with an attack on the US someday. A person who is caught on the drone's video feed from 7,000 miles away as acting in a manner consistent with someone who might harm one day may now be eliminated as an imminent threat.
Drone technology is changing our language beyond redefining terms like "imminence" and "due process." We have progressed, too, beyond Orwellian euphemisms such as naming an intercontinental nuclear missile "Peacekeeper." These new "hunter-killer platforms" bear names like "Predators" and "Reapers" and may soon be supplanted by "Avengers" and "Stalkers." The ordinance they deliver is a missile named "Hellfire."
In Iowa where I live, the Air National Guard unit based in Des Moines has replaced its F-16 fighter planes with a Reaper drone control center. This transformation was marked by changing the unit's name from the "132nd Fighter Wing" to the "132nd Attack Wing." This change is more than symbolic- a "fight" by definition has two sides and the word implies some kind of parity. There is such a thing as a fair fight (of course the 132nd's F-16s were used only on all but disarmed populations in places like Iraq and Panama) and a fight usually has some kind of resolution. An "attack" however, is just that. An attack is one-sided, something that a perpetrator inflicts on a victim. A fighter might sometimes be justified, an attacker, never. There is no "just attack" theory. The parsing out of innocent and guilty drone victims is in a sense a waste of time. All alike are victims.
George Kennan, might have seen this coming in a policy paper he wrote for the State Department in 1948. In order to preserve the global disparity of wealth post World War II ("We have about 50% of the world's wealth, but only 6.3% of its population") he suggested that "we should cease to talk about vague and unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better." While the speech at the National Defense University was an embarrassment of idealistic slogans, it also used chilling pragmatism to deal with straight power concepts.
For me, the president said on May 23, "and those in my chain of command, those deaths will haunt us as long as we live." Those words had a truer ring a few days later spoken on NBC news by Brandon Bryant, an Air Force drone operator who confessed to being haunted by 1,600 deaths he took part in. Bryant admitted that his actions made him feel like a "heartless sociopath," and he described one of his first kills, sitting in a chair at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada when his team fired on three men walking down a road in Afghanistan. It was night in Afghanistan, and he remembers watching the thermal image of one victim on his computer screen: "I watch this guy bleed out and, I mean, the blood is hot." Bryant watched the man die and his image disappear as his body attained the ambient temperature of the ground. "I can see every little pixel, if I just close my eyes." The remoteness of the drone warrior is no protection from the moral damage of war, and these people are victims as well, and it is on their behalf as well that we protest … //
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forgotten how Govs have to be run? on Humanitarian Blog, August 12, 2011;
Drones, Sanctions and the Prison Industrial Complex, on AntiWar, by Brian Terrell, April 24, 2013;
Peace IOWA: scroll down to STOP THE REAPER! END THE WARS! Brian Terrell discusses his trip to Afghanistan and his nonviolent resistance to Predator and Reaper Drones. Over the past few years we have witnessed the increasing use of unmanned aerial vehicles, the MQ-1 Predator and the MQ-9 Reaper, to undertake armed attacks around the globe. Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia have all been subject to drone strikes by US drones remote controlled from bases in the US, many thousands of miles away …;


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THE WINDING WAYS QUILT - Jennifer Chiaverini
This is the 12th in this wonderful series. Two of the characters are leaving the circle of quilters for schools, one for more learning and one for teaching. Both will be missed to be sure. They were among the original founders of Elm Creek Quilt Camp and each has their specialty they have added to the group.
New members, which had their stories in CIRCLE OF QUILTERS, have been added to the fold. They are sort of mentioned in passing here. This story is about the past of each of the founding members and how they came to quilting and, more importantly, how they came to be best friends.
Very very enjoyable and Jennifer Chiaverini's cast of characters continues to make me want to go to the local quilt shop and take lessons.
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I've read all in this series except this one. Sounds good. I really liked the original members of the group, and it will be nice to read about them again. Though I enjoyed the books about the past, I've missed the teachers at the Quilt Camp.
- 24 July, 2008 19:19
- Mary said...
Good review, Vickie. If it's a good as the cover art is beautiful, I know I'll like it! I'll look for the first in the series to load on the iPod.
- 24 July, 2008 19:40
- Vickie said...
Lynne: I am a bigger fan of the series' books that take place in current times. Not as fond of the ones in the past.
Mary: I love the cover art!! I really think you will like this series.
- 24 July, 2008 19:47
- Bobbi said...
Nice review! I've never heard of the Elm Creek Quilters - I'm going to check for them in the library. I love these types of books!
- 25 July, 2008 08:36
- Vickie said...
Bobbi: I rarely venture outside of my comfort zone of mysteries, thrillers, paranormal, etc, but this series is well worth the venture. I hope you enjoy them too.
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NTT DOCOMO and MediaTek announced successful field tests of an important new feature for ultra-high speed and high-capacity 5G communication. They combined Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) - a technology proposed by DOCOMO - and Multi-User Interference Cancellation (MUIC) - a technology proposed by MediaTek, on a test chipset which provided a 2.3x spectral efficiency improvement when compared with single user MIMO using the same transmit/receiver antenna configuration. With the NOMA and MUIC technologies proposed by DOCOMO and MediaTek, this experiment verifies the spectral efficiency improvement has potential for 5G standardization.
Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) is a technology that enables the base station to simultaneously transmit signals to multiple devices in the area at the same time and using the same frequency by controlling the transmission power to each device and making the interference cancellation process of other interfering signals easier by each device.
Multi-User Interference Cancellation (MUIC) is a technology to remove unwanted signals at device side when a base station simultaneously transmits multiple signals to a number of devices in an area.
In this experiment, three test devices were situated at different locations, with super-positioned signals transmitted from a base station, at the same frequency, for different devices at the same time. The test results confirm the interfered signal can be successfully recovered thanks to the interference cancellation technology implemented in the test chipset. This provided up to 2.3x spectral efficiency improvement compared with existing technologies.
MediaTek will continue R&D on its 5G platforms with technologies such as NOMA/MUIC that provide a better user experience, particularly in dense urban environments. MediaTek and DOCOMO are committed to promote global standardization and the commercial deployment of 5G by 2020.
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Suite and club floor guests of the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong can now look forward to a refreshed Grand Club Lounge where all-day dining options and free-flow champagne is served alongside other exclusive amenities.
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The first Indian architect to receive one of architecture's highest honour.
Balkrishna Doshi has always created an architecture that is serious and non-flashy, or has he been a follower of trends," said the Pritzker jury as they announced their decision to award B.V Doshi, the legendary Indian architect the highest honour in the field of Architecture, The Pritzker Prize. The award ceremony will take place at the Aga Khan museum in Toronto this May.
Over a career spanning six decades, Doshi has etched his name in post-independence India's architectural sphere. His style is a blend of modernist principles and local traditions.
Born in 1927 to a family of furniture makers in Pune, Doshi studied architecture in Sir JJ School of Art. He spent the 1950's shuttling between Paris and Ahmedabad working with the renowned 'Le Corbusier', who is the pioneer of what is now called modern architecture.
In 1956, he founded Vastu shilpa Consultants which has completed more than 100 projects since
its inception.
Doshi's works include; The IIM Bangalore, CEPT (Ahmedabad), The Indian Institute of Indology(Ahmedabad), Premabhai Hall (Ahmedabad), Tagore Hall (Ahmedabad) and the noteworthy work exhibited at the 'Amdavad ni Gufa', a subterranean museum with domed roofs.
Doshi also worked extensively with low cost housing projects. His Aranya low-cost housing project in Indore can accommodate almost 80,000 people even while incorporating stairwells, passageways and courtyards which are elemental to local families. One of his personal favourites is the low cost house for the life insurance corporation.
His approach is ethical, personal and is not confined to any particular socio-economic class or genre. "My works are an extension of my life, philosophy and dreams trying to create treasury of the architectural spirit. I owe this prestigious prize to my guru, Le Corbusier.
His teachings led me to question my identity and compelled me to discover a new regionally adopted contemporary expression for a sustainable holistic habitat," Mr. Doshi said.


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From what you described, it sound's like you are tight entering the corner. This will usually result in being tight through the middle, which makes you have to turn the car and break it loose to get it off the corner. Of course this result's in the lack of forward bite that you have, and the overall loose feeling.
Personally I would first do away with the 90/10 over the rear end. It is simply not needed since you have a 6th coil. You can then use the 6th coil spring as an added tuning devise for corner entry, as it should be used. Most commonly you would run a 400lb 6th coil spring. A 300lb spring can be used to tighten the car on entry, and a 600lb spring can be used to loosen the car. But 400 is a good starting point.
Some quick fixes that would also help (working around the spring's that you are running), without getting too technical, would be to 1st add more bite to the car. This will loosen corner entry, and tighten you up coming off. 2nd would be to put the dummy shock in front of the housing, and your valved shock on the spring, which will get you up on the bar's quicker, induce roll steer faster, and help you get through the middle and off the corner (you can use a 4/0 or a 6/0 in front of the housing to keep the car on the bar's longer as you exit the corner, and help to keep the car from dropping too quickly). 3rd would be to play with your bottom bar's, especially the RR bottom. Raising the RR bottom rod 1 hole will loosen entry, lowering it will tighten entry and plant the RR tire.
If you feel that you're real close, then ditch the 90/10 first and try it. Use the other suggestions to fine tune the car. Don't try everything at the same time though. Get a baseline on what each change does for you, then you gain knowledge from this and can apply each change at the right time.
Good luck!Steve
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As for the side to side measurement, I too would have no idea what this would be. And yes it would have a big affect on side bite, or lack of side bite.
As close as you think you are, I would "baby step" any changes that you might make. You don't want to dial yourself out of the ballpark. 2nd place money is still better than 5th ;-))
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PORTLAND -- At long last, the basketball world finally got a glimpse of James Harden and Chris Paul coexisting in crunch time.
Like seemingly everything else for the Houston Rockets these days, they made it look ridiculously easy.
The knee injury that sidelined Paul for a month and the Rockets' dominance since his return prevented the pair of All-Star playmakers from getting any clutch experience as a duo until Saturday night. They certainly aced their first test, as the Rockets rallied from 14 points down at the start of the fourth quarter to pull off a 124-117 road victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. It was the first victory of Houston's nine-game win streak that didn't come by a double-digit margin.
"Everybody's been talking about it, right? 'What they gonna do? What they gonna do?'" Paul said with a smile of the scrutiny regarding how Houston might execute with two superstars accustomed to having the ball in clutch situations. "We're still figuring it out. I think tonight we just showed a lot of grit."
Houston's headliners also showed a heckuva lot of skill down the stretch. Harden and Paul combined for 25 points and five assists in the fourth quarter, accounting for all but two of the Rockets' 40 points in the frame, as Houston spread the floor with a small-ball lineup and let the stars carve up the Portland defense.
"Once we did that, we had shooters on the court, the lane was wide open," said Harden, who finished with 48 points and single-handedly outscored the Trail Blazers 15-14 in the final 7:02. "Layup, layup, layup, 3-ball."
The first clutch possession -- using the NBA's official definition as occurring in the final five minutes with the score within five points -- was a Harden highlight. Dancing off the dribble, he made mismatched Portland power forward Noah Vonleh fall to the floor en route to an uncontested lefty layup.
Paul drove for a layup the next possession, blowing by Portland point guard Damian Lillard, who had a spectacular offensive performance (35 points and nine made 3-pointers, which tied a franchise record) but got picked on repeatedly on the other end of the floor. Paul dished out dimes the next three trips: a feed to P.J. Tucker for a fast-break layup off a steal, a bullet to Trevor Ariza for a transition 3 that gave the Rockets the lead for good and a drop-off to Tucker for a layup after driving past Lillard.
It was Harden's turn to attack Lillard the next trip, and it resulted in an and-1 lefty layup. He followed that by driving for yet another layup on a pick-and-roll, which made it seven straight possessions that the Rockets scored on in crunch time.
"Me and James was talking about how cool it was that I went a few times, he got to go a few times and got to play off each other like that," said Paul, who finished with 26 points and seven assists.
"We have a scoring anomaly over here and just a teacher over there," said Ariza, who along with Tucker keyed the Rockets' switch-everything defensive strategy down the stretch. "Watching them two play with everything we were doing defensively was just amazing."
How Houston's stars would share the ball in crunch time was perhaps the only remaining question about the Harden and Paul pairing, at least of those that can be answered during the regular season. "A little adversity, we needed it," Harden said after the Rockets won the previous eight games by an average margin of 20.3 points, in a streak that started with Paul's return.
"We've been talking about that we needed to get tested," Houston coach Mike D'Antoni said. "We needed to have a fourth quarter. We needed to go in the last five minutes ... But that's enough! We did, and now we'll work on it next month."


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Sketchup and Vray
Sketchup and Vray rendering. By AJ Sivakumar, Mary Kate Cassidy. download example files
compile image sequence into a video clip
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City Engine
Use city engine to create a 3D urban model based on 2D Rhino lines. ( note, in city engine, use "w" key to move node, lines and shapes. use "f" key to fit the view-port to selected object. ) You also need the rule files schematic_city zip Just past into the "rules" folder in the navigator window.


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I have a super easy card to show you today, and the best part is that it is as gorgeous as it is easy to make! I got the idea from these beautiful cards on Gretchen Barron's blog. These feature what may be my very favorite of the new In-Colors, Melon Mambo. One important thing to note is that the directions on the Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions embossing folder incorrectly state that it should be run through the Big Shot using Tab 2 on the multipurpose platform. You need to use Tab 1 on the multipurpose platform with this folder. If you use Tab 2, your sandwich will be too thick to run through the Big Shot.
Stamps: Sincere Salutations
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: Melon Mambo, Vellum Card Stock
Accessories: Melon Mambo Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions embossing folder, Big Shot
The trick with using vellum is to find a way to hide the adhesive. I used a strip of SNAIL down the left side of the vellum. It is hidden underneath the ribbon. We made this beautiful card at my last workshop at Paula's house. Everyone loved the simple elegance, and they were all amazed at how quick and easy it was to make!


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Wednesday, September 29, 1999
DOCS investigators played key role in breaking narcotics trafficking case
The Department of Correctional Services' six-month comprehensive investigation of illegal inmate activity became a pivotal tool in today's announcement by the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District that 27 people have been charged with narcotics trafficking violations, Commissioner Glenn S. Goord said today.
"It is another example of Governor George Pataki's assault on crime," Mr. Goord said, "to have state agencies coordinate their efforts with federal, state and local law enforcement officials in our joint battle against those who traffic in illegal drugs. The work of the DOCS Inspector General demonstrates that effort."
Officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Attorney's Office approached the Department's Inspector General's Office in March, seeking assistance in an ongoing investigation of drug trafficking and other criminal enterprise activities in Poughkeepsie. Over the next six months, investigators from the DOCS IG worked in excess of 400 hours on the case; taped and reviewed over 100 hours of inmate telephone calls from the Greene and Coxsackie correctional facilities to alleged street dealers and others in the Poughkeepsie area; utilized various informants to glean vital information from the inmate alleged to have presided over the narcotics trafficking ring; arranged for various drug buys in Poughkeepsie; purchased illegal drugs from several of those individuals now facing federal and state drug charges, and assisted in the actual arrests of several of those defendants.
During the initial stages of their investigation, DOCS investigators ascertained that an inmate at the Greene Correctional Facility, Lamar Johnson, was allegedly presiding over the narcotics trafficking ring from the medium-security prison in Greene County. The inmate's collect calls from the facility were subsequently monitored and taped. Through this process, investigators alleged that Johnson, who is from Poughkeepsie, would call various individuals in Poughkeepsie to discuss and coordinate the dates, times and locations of scheduled drug buys in the city; there also were discussions between Johnson and others on other alleged criminal activities in Poughkeepsie. The DOCS-generated tapes of these calls led to Johnson's arrest and the subsequent arrests of several of the other individuals now facing drug charges.
"We will not tolerate any inmate engaging in any criminal activity at any time," said Mr. Goord. "Those inmates who chose to break the law while they are in our custody can be assured that we will do everything in our power within the law to ensure that they are convicted of criminal charges and spend additional time in prison. They should be forewarned that we will continue to make available to police agencies across the state the demonstrated expertise and professionalism of our Inspector General's Office."
Johnson, 21, is serving a 6-12 year sentence for a 1997 first-degree burglary conviction out of Dutchess County. He was received into the state prison system on January 14, 1998, and was housed at Greene from February 9, 1998, to August 8 of this year; at that time, he was transferred to Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County. Johnson is not eligible for parole until September 13, 2003. He has a conditional release date of September 13, 2005, and his maximum term expires September 13, 2009.


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Summer was approaching and it was time for holidays. It is the best break of the year for any student. Like every one, I was too excited to go home, meet my friends, family, have mangoes and bathe in pools for long times. I used to share what I would do in holidays, with my roommate.He just nods his head in agreement to whatever I say. He was unlike my other friends, who used to give a long list of things to do done in holidays. One day, my roomie and me were going for dinner, it is were I asked him, '' dont you like going home? what's the problem?'' he just said, '' there is nothing like that.'' I cajoled him for long time, assured him my full support to his problems and promised not to share it with anyone. I got tired pursuing him for long time.
Finally after a silence of 10 times, he broke the ice, '' I don't feel like going to my home, I am not close to them. They don't understand me.I try to understand them but I loose my individuality if I have to listen to them. They always think I am good for nothing,everyone in this world is much better than me. I don't take life seriously and I am chilling all the time.'' he was continuing his problems. I understood his problem.It was really difficult for me to suggest any solutions to this but for the sake of formality I told him that, he should talk to their parents more. He just phewed the thought. That night, I talked to him for about 4 hours and learnt his family atmosphere at home, his family culture and in and out of him. it was hard for me to still suggest him a pragmatic solution to his problem.


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Student learning doesn't always end when the school bell rings. Afterschool and other expanded learning programs—whether offered before or after school, on Saturdays, or at other times—can help students develop skills and knowledge that may enhance school success.
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The practitioner's guide describes the practices of successful afterschool leaders in four key areas: program organization, academic programming, supportive relationships, and achieving program outcomes. The guide also provides two tools: the Quality-O-Meter to help readers reflect on and assess their program's practices, and the Planning for Action worksheet to help them plan and implement solutions. These tools enable practitioners to incorporate the research findings into their everyday operations.
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The Cockroach belongs to the order Dictyoptera (vein – winged). Cockroaches are omnivorous and can not only eat a wide range of foods but will also eat paper, animal faeces and can be cannibalistic. As well as eating and contaminating foodstuffs they are also capable of spreading diseases. Cockroaches exhibit incomplete metamorphosis with the juvenile stages, known as nymphs, resembling the adults apart from the wings. Cockroaches do not lay eggs singly but in a egg capsule known as a ootheca. The number of eggs inside each ootheca can vary between species and typically can be between 14 to 50. In the UK there are two major species with three other species which occasionally cause problems.
Oriental Cockroach (Blatta orientalis)
The adults are dark brown and about 20-25mm long. It is primary nocturnal,a pest of warm environments,but is tolerant of colder conditions. The ootheca is quite large and will contain 16-18 eggs. The female will carry the ootheca for about 12 hours before she deposits it in a warm, sheltered spot preferably near a food supply. The ootheca would normally hatch within 6-12 weeks depending on the temperature.Once hatched the nymphs slowly develop through a series of moults to adulthood. There are between 7-10 moults and this can take anything from 6 months to 2 years. Adults can live up to a further 6 months and females can produce 5-10 ootheca.
German Cockroach (Blattella germanica)
This cockroach is also known as the steam fly which aptly describes its preference for extremely warm, humid conditions. It originated in North Africa not as the name implies from Europe. It is a small cockroach at 12-16mm. It is a buff or dark yellow colour. They eventually produce sizeable population groups , that in turn, create a strong sour smell from aggregation pheromones and defecation. They are able to climb smooth surfaces such as ceramic tiles and they can be found inside hotplates and close to steam pipes.Warm conditions are required for optimum breeding, around 30 degrees centigrade. The ootheca of the german cockroach is quite small but can contain an average of 40 eggs though the range is between 28 and 56. The ootheca is carried by the female up until shortly before the eggs are hatched. The nymphs have 5-7 moults which can take as little as 1 month to reach adulthood, though 3 months is normal. This means that low numbers of German cockroaches can soon develop into significant infestations given the ideal conditions.
American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
The American cockroach is the largest of the cockroaches in the UK measuring up to 40mm in length. It is usually confined to port areas, but they can also be found in heated situations such as animal houses, zoos and even hospitals.
Australian Cockroach (Periplaneta australasiae)
Smaller than the American cockroach at between 25-35 mm. It is common outdoors in hot areas such as the West Indies and Florida but in more temperate climates can be found in heated greenhouses which create tropical conditions. In the UK this cockroach can be a serious pest in large tropical greenhouses where it can damage the plants growing there. It can be imported on the roots of tropical trees brought into enhance enclosed shopping centres or swimming pools.
Brown-Banded Cockroach (Supella longipalpa)
It is a small cockroach similar in size to the German cockroach. There have been a small number of cases where established infestations have been discovered in the UK.
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