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A practical experience report by Christian Kowalczyk
Christian Kowalczyk is the manager of R.L. Bryansk in Russia. Since this spring, he has also an AEROSTAR 1200 in his fleet. He explained us his experience after the first season with our tined weeder and he gave us a brief introduction about the R.L. Bryansk Company. For sure the insights into your operation will be very interesting and informative for our clients and business partners – Thank you very much, therefore!
The friendship between Christian Kowalczyk and the company Einböck is the result of Mr. Kowalczyk `s former activity at Eko Niva – because of several visits in Russia, but also because of meetings at various fairs and events the contact was intensified and a business relationship became a friendship.
The friendship between Christian Kowalczyk and the company Einböck is the result of Mr. Kowalczyk `s former activity at Eko Niva – because of several visits in Russia, but also because of meetings at various fairs and events the contact was intensified and a business relationship became a friendship.We are therefore all the more delighted that since this spring also Christian has been one of our clients. He purchased an AEROSTAR 1200 from our dealer Agrozentr Liski (branch in Bryansk) for the R.L. Bryansk Company.Mainly the tined weeder was used in winter wheat to support tillering and to break hard soil crusts. Thus, the evaporation of valuable soil water is prevented. The use of the weeder in spring barley was unfortunately only possible for a short time, due to the weather conditions, the weeding season was relatively short this year. However, the experiments showed that the final effect on the control of mustard and cruciferous plants was very satisfactory.
The AEROSTAR 1200 was in 10 days only able to cultivate 1,500 ha of the planned 2,200 ha – which are still impressive 150 ha per day. Unfortunately the weather did not allow a longer use of the tined weeder.The R.L. Bryansk Company is located in the region of Bryansk in western Russia – directly on the border to the Ukraine. Currently 20,000 ha of total 24,000 ha are used as farm land, the remaining 4,000 ha is fallow land which is currently being re-cultivated.As main crops winter wheat, spring barley, spring rape and peas are grown, lupines and sunflower complete the crop rotation.Particularly impressive is the machinery of the plough-less tillage farm – per 1.800 ha the farm has only one high-horsepower tractor (i.e. 2 x 430 hp, 11 x 320 hp) in operation. The shallow tillage is done by three 12 m wide short disc harrows (up to 15,000 ha / unit / year). For the deep soil cultivation two 7 m wide cultivators are used (up to 8,000 ha / unit / year). The main focus of the cultivation is placed on the regulation of the water balance (an annual precipitation of 600 mm makes water to a rare commodity), which is why the decision was made for a mulch-till system. Furthermore, currently it is also important to level the fields to reduce soil erosion.
As far as possible after the harvest is done a shallow tillage to make volunteer grain sprout and to keep the residual moisture in the soil. The fields which are not flat enough are, of necessity, tilled 15 -20 cm deep with the cultivator. Efforts are made to finish the seedbed of crops, which are sow in spring, already in autumn, as far as possible. A shallow tillage is needed for spring rape because of its late seed-time – for this operation leveling the surface, disrupting of the capillary attraction and mechanical weed control.


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Potty Training joys and woes all parents will have them. No one child is alike. Potty training styles differ from family to family and child to child. My purpose for sharing what helped my husband and I potty train our children is to help those parents that are clueless as to where to begin and how to stick with it when the frustration sets in. I will not tell you the perfect age to begin potty training because it is different for each child. I believe that each parent will know the right time for their child based on their ability to verbalize or express their needs and wants. In Part 1, I shared how we introduced potty training to our children. Can you successfully potty train your toddler in 3 days? Yes, you can. Should that be your goal? No! Potty training your toddler is the goal, not a time frame. This is the fastest way to set up disappointment with yourself and will cause frustration for your child.
You can successfully potty train your child in 3 days if and only if you have already started practicing potty training with your child consistently for weeks or months and I do mean consistently and if your child doesn't have any physical limitations that may prevent him/her from being able to verbally or physically express their need to use the potty. Each child is unique and that's what makes them all beautiful.
If you are using consistency with your child in potty training they have already gained the skill of sitting on the potty, getting a reward if he/she uses the potty, they are familiar with the routine and may even have a potty schedule. With this routine, you are now attempting to teach the child to acknowledge the physical sensation of having to poop or pee with the action of actually taking that poop or pee to the potty seat. This doesn't happen in 3 days. I'm sorry, it just doesn't. Not without some yelling or a parent stressed out from so much cleaning. Don't subject yourself or your child to that type of torture.
If your toddler has been going to the potty consistently, has more moments of dry pull-ups versus wet pull-ups you can safely use the 3-day potty training approach without the fear of losing your mind. The goal now is to remove the pull-ups and only use undies. By this point, your child is familiar with your expectation of them staying dry and can express to you verbally or with body language that they need to use the potty. You need to stay as close to your child as possible to watch their body language as they may run and hide to poop or pee outside of the potty. With a schedule or consistency of taking them to potty after drinking or eating you can prevent accidents and they will be more prone to using the potty. Do not limit drinks, meals, or snacks to prevent accidents. Implement a reward each time there is a success on the potty. Make it a really big deal!
Transitioning to night time potty training should not be any different than daytime potty training. Toddlers should be allowed to have a drink if this is what they are familiar with at bedtime. My daughter enjoys drinking a small cup of juice before bed. Instead of giving her the normal serving size that she gets during the day I cut it in half. I encourage her to drink what she wants and then we take one last trip to the potty after we brush her teeth. Expect them to wake frequently during the night. Yes, it's uncomfortable for your sleep schedule, but it will pay off in the long run. During our 3-day potty training, my daughter went to sleep in her new undies. I gently slipped a pull-up on her once she was fully asleep. I only did this during bedtime, not naptime. With our consistent schedule, she was able to stay dry during naptime and bedtime. If your toddler does have an accident during bedtime or naptime, don't assume that they are regressing. Potty training and sleep are difficult for toddlers and it takes some getting used to. Stay calm and do a small, but quiet cheer even when they awake and potty at 2 a.m.
During your potty training efforts limit trips outside of the house to the store, activities, etc. This will help you and your child avoid not being able to get to the potty in time and it limits the stress that already comes with potty training. You should expect your toddler to make an accident in their undies a few times during this 3-day training. Use these moments to explain to them that they are big boys and girls now and that big boys and girls only pee or poop in the potty. It's okay to have a stern voice instead of a passive voice. Toddlers need to know that you are serious and that potty training is a requirement for them even though there should be no physical punishment. You can also express to them that their favorite characters on their undies get sad when they mess them up with poop or pee. This is a personal choice, but it worked with my children.
1. Stay Consistent with Potty Times and after any meal or snack.
2. Do not revert back to pull-ups after an accident. Keep pushing, rewarding, encouraging, demonstrating, and trying.
3. Tell them that they can be like you or a big brother/sister when they use the potty and stay dry.
4. Remind them that pee and poop are gross and goes in the potty instead of our clothes, toys, or floors.
5. Remind them of how brave, smart, and special they are for going to the potty to pee and poop. Cheer them on and make it a big deal.
With my son, there was no hesitation or resistance, but with my daughter, it was totally different. She was just not into learning, practicing, nothing! If your toddler is responding similarly to how my daughter was with no interest in potty training keep reading, as these tips to get him/her interested and keeping them interested may help your toddler.
Maintain your calm. This is new for both of you even if you have done it with an older sibling. This child has his/her own unique abilities and should be treated as such. Instilling fear or threats to your child is off the table and so is physical punishment due to accidents or stubbornness. Just be patient, it's not a race.
Have potty conversations, all the time and everywhere. Make them up as you go. Ex. When you start using the potty you can get new stickers (or any reward that your child will enjoy). With my son, it was Hot Wheel cars and for my daughter is was pink cupcakes. Building them up with anticipation of a surprise is the goal. It can also be anything that they enjoy doing at home as a special privilege.
Take them with you to purchase potty training underwear. It builds excitement for them and gives them so much to look forward to with potty training.
Create stories about their favorite characters using the potty. Make it believable.
Read stories about potty training. The book that we chose for our son was "The Potty Book for Boys". In all honesty, I also read this book to my daughter by changing the words boy to girl. The character Henry became Henrietta. It worked! She didn't know the difference and you can do the same. Ha!
Take them with you to purchase a potty seat or toilet. This will give them something to look forward to and it seems more real for everyone. I originally purchased a potty seat that goes on our toilet and my daughter was simply like "blah", about it! I took her on a special trip with me to buy a new potty with all of the bells and whistles just for her and she was so excited. It motivated her. I'll share the details of the one that we chose in Part 3.
Tell them what the plan is. Ex. "After snack time we are going to use the potty." As the parent, you have to be excited about it…really excited about it!
If possible, begin to change their diaper or pull-up in the bathroom. You can immediately ask them to try and use the potty once it is removed.
Always, always share the good news of potty training successes and efforts with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and preschool teachers. Encourage them to celebrate with your baby girl or boy.
Watch videos about potty training. Here is our favorite, Elmo Potty Time
Allow your child to see you use the potty. Talk to them about why you potty in the toilet instead of your undies and how they can do it just like you.
I truly hope all of these tips that we used to introduce potty training to our children and to get and keep them interested in potty training will help you and your children. Please come back next Thursday for Part 3 where I will share all of our potty training goodies that will not only help you with potty training and toileting at home but also with potty training and toileting in public places with toddlers. Trust me, you don't want to miss these tips!

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Diets. Counting calories. We have all been there.
We all want to look good in that cute swimsuit this summer, so we plan (a lot of soul-sucking planning) a diet and how many calories we can have in a day. I have spent many of hours planning what my diet will be and how many calories I can have for each meal, then by dinner I only have 200 calories left so I am left feeling hungry. However, I only ate the number of calories I was supposed to have! We all think that keeping track of how many calories we consume is key for weight loss. Well, sad news - not all those calories may be beneficial to my body if I want to lose weight and look great in that cute swimsuit at the beach.
Calories are how much "energy" a food contains. Calories do not show you the entire picture of food; they are only a small portion of the equation. Most of the time you cannot cut out 100 calories a day and expect to lose 10 lbs. Let's say you go to a restaurant, they have this menu item, let us call it green goo, that contains high fructose corn syrup, MSG, and sulfites, and it only has 100 calories. They may claim the food as "healthy" because it "only has 100 calories!"
Is it healthy for your body to have those ingredients? It's important to read labels and see what all you are putting into your body. I know I know, reading labels is annoying, but if you are wishing for that rocking body for the summer, it's important and beneficial.
Dieting only handles the symptoms rather than the cause. Let's say that you have a clogged toilet and the plumber comes and says, "Ok, ma'am, you need to stop using your toilet, which will help the clog." See, the plumber did not really fix the clogged toilet, only the symptoms. Eating poor quality foods may throw your fat-burning, appetite-taming hormones out of sync. We as people need to look at the long-term solution instead of a short term. If you eat healthy, whole foods, you do not have to count calories.
Think quality over quantity. It is also important to look at how much you are exercising, how much sleep you are getting and how stressed you are. Losing weight is an individual process; you need to do what is best for you. People always tell me, "Oh, you should try this awesome diet! I lost 20 lbs in 2 weeks!." So I try this "awesome" diet, and I only lose 1 lb in 2 weeks. Just because that "awesome" diet worked for that person, does not mean that my body will react the same way.
Your body does not treat all calories the same. If you eat high-quality foods that are rich in nutrients, like leafy greens, nuts and chicken, you will fill up quickly and it will keep you full longer. It can also trigger the release of hormones that tell your body to burn fat (yay!). If you are eating processed foods or foods with added sugar and refined grains, they may not be inherently satisfying and you may end up overeating.
These foods may prompt your body to store fat (boo). Sometimes counting calories may have you ignoring hunger cues. I have 400 calories left for the day, I need to use them all, but I am not hungry. Guess I will eat anyways. I am 300 calories over for the day! I cannot eat anything else, but I am so hungry. It's important to listen to your body, it usually knows what is best for you. In the past, I have been able to get away with eating low-quality food and lose some weight, but I did not feel as energetic and not as satisfied. So, I always end up eating more than I should and then feeling more tired.
If you overeat one day, do not freak out and continue to overeat because you feel you have ruined your diet - that makes you gain weight. One cheat meal (meal, not day, very important) is not going to ruin everything that you have done. Your body can handle the extra food without making you gain weight. It is healthy to keep your mind sane and happy; there is no use in completely punishing yourself. Just do not make a habit of eating like that every day. I know when I have focused on how many calories I have left, I am not enjoying myself or the food I am eating. Why punish yourself when you can eat delicious healthy food?
When I have counted calories, I feel so restricted, out of control and not enjoying myself as much. I was worried about what I could eat at my next meal and if I was going to stay within my calories for the day. I have tried so many diets and failed at so many diets.
I decided in January of this year that I was finally going to listen to my body. I am now eating whole and high-quality foods. I find recipes that I enjoy and that my body enjoys as well. My body has told me that I do not react to grains and dairy that well. I have more energy now that I have decreased those items (plus items such as soy, beans, and alcohol) from my diet. I am enjoying myself so much more and I am not spending so much time trying to do math with how many calories I can have. I am exercising more and my performance in my workouts has increased. I feel more energetic and not wanting to take as many naps, (I still love naps).
As of today, I have lost 30 pounds just by choosing to eat whole and healthy foods (like Taziki's!) and watching my portion control. I was able to run a half marathon (not running the entire time, let us be real). Now, I still have my cheat meal every now and then, but I am not feeling as guilty when I treat myself to a sweet treat. So, listen to your body and live the good life!
About Sam:
Samantha was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama and has worked for Taziki's for 11 years and started out as a cashier at the Taziki's Lee Branch location. She is now a Training Specialist and support for online ordering. She does CrossFit at a local gym (CrossFit Gardendale), loves Disney and loves to cook. In February she completed her first half marathon, the Disney Princess Half Marathon. She will be doing the Tough Mudder in Nashville later in the year.


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Hiking Hailstone Butte, South Kananaskis
Hailstone Butte is a short but strenuous hike in the Highwood region of Kananaskis that offers amazing views of Plateau Mountain, Windy Peak, and beyond. Carry a good topographic map as signage is limited.
|Hailstone Butte, Kananaskis
Hiking Hailstone ButtePark at The Hump, the pass on Highway 532 / Johnson Creek Trail (directions below). After crossing the road, you will find a well beaten path lined with lupines and sunbleached dead trees. As we hiked Hailstone Butte in late July, bighorn sheep patrolled the ridge above us while a few stragglers in the valley clattered to catch up to the herd.
|The Hump - park here
|Hailstone Butte Trail - your objective is to the right of the ridge in front of you
|Bighorn sheep on Hailstone Butte
|Hailstone Butte Scramble Route
|Go left here and scramble over the cliff band
|Hailstone Butte Scramble
|Hailstone Butte Scramble - almost at the top!
|Hailstone Butte Fire Lookout
|Looking south from Hailstone Butte Fire Lookout
|Looking west to Plateau Mountain
|Descending Hailstone Butte
Hailstone Butte At a GlanceDistance: 3.2 km round trip
Elevation Gain: 330 m
Stroller Friendly? No.
Distance from Calgary: 144 km
Directions from Calgary: Take Hwy 2 south to AB-540. Go west (left) until you reach Hwy 22 and turn left (south). Turn right onto AB-532 (gravel road) and go southwest for 21.7 km to The Hump - a pass at the top of a steep hill. Note that Hwy 532 is closed from December 1 - April 30.
Parking: Park at the unmarked parking area at The Hump - on the left side of the road beside a small pond.
Trailhead: The unmarked trailhead is across the street. The path goes straight, then curves to the rights and parallels the ridge before going left and uphill.
|Lupines line the Hailstone Butte Trail
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This short hike may be combined with a jaunt to Bear Pond (400 m one way, 60 m elevation gain) while visiting the Highwood area of Kananaskis. Go 2.8 km east on Hwy 532 to the Bear Pond turnoff.
Stay at Indian Graves Campground, only 9 km from The Hump. For more information, read our story: Camping at Indian Graves Campground, South Kananaskis.
For more things to do along The Cowboy Trail (Highway 22), see our story: Exploring Alberta's Cowboy Trail.
What's your favorite hike in south Kananaskis?
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If you were to describe what it means to be a man in one word, what would if be and why?
"I would choose vulnerable.
Who you truly are, whatever your emotions are whatever you are dealing with you are able to express that in a way that you are able to touch move and inspire another human being instead of making them wrong or making them feel belittled or wronged or any of the emotions that we want to tie our ego."
Word: Vulnerable
Occupation: Department Manager
Age: 42
From: Kansas City, Kansas
Who is the manliest person you know and why?
"My mom is the manliest person I know because she is the very definition of what a man is supposed to be. What I mean by that is being of African American descent I got ahold of something called the "Willie Lynch Letters." I think all men should read this because it really puts in perspective how we have been indoctrinated to be something we truly are not. In those letters, Willie talks about how you take civilized negro you tar and feather him, you quarter him up by the horse and you pull him apart and whip him, in front of the mother, the children, and the uncivilized negro. What happens from this is there is a paradigm shift that occurs between the men and the women.
What happens is the woman will put herself out front to protect their sons, they will have their sons be physically strong yet mentally weak. So, I feel like part of what is happening to not only men in particular but to our generation of human beings as it stands right now. Is that we have a civilization of people who have gotten behind the woman and is listening to the lead of the women instead of being who they naturally are...
Until we get to the point where we are mentally strong and we are aware of who we are, especially as men and we start being the leaders that women need us to be instead of them being out front and sheltering and protecting us."
Do you think masculinity has an impact on society? Why or why not?
"It does and it has a negative effect on society. Uhm... why I say that is because the masculine nature is that of conquering and that of conflict, that of one upping someone else. It is like this constant pissing battle, it really is..."
What advice would you give your younger self about masculinity?
"You are not your circumstances, you are not the events that took place in your life and you don't have to be what you've seen on television. It is okay to be who you authentically are whether you like Jimmy Hendrix, the Doors, or whatever. Stand in who you are and be proud of that, and never ever sell yourself short for who you really are or who you could be, and love everyone."


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By this point, we assume you would have heard about the fierce competition between two new apps on the social media scene: Periscope and Meerkat.
At first glance, these iPhone apps will look incredibly similar.
Both are only available on iOS, they connect to Twitter, and they allow users to take video on their phones and live-stream the footage to their Twitter followers (who follow the link provided by the app).
In truth, there are some major differences between Periscope and Meerkat that have left these two in a tight race for users. But before we talk about those differences, let's dive into why these apps could be important for your business in the first place…
If you have a small business or agency, this technology can give you a new marketing outlet through to connect with your audience.
You have taken the time to procure a flock of Twitter followers, and continually work to bring them original and visual content. And with the newest Twitter updates, you have found yourself working even harder to bring your followers content that they can actively engage with – like the new native video feature.
But let's be honest, producing or curating powerful and engaging videos is not usually within the small brand's budget.
So how can you boost your Twitter game AND stay under budget?
This is where Periscope and Meerkat can bridge the gap.
As live-streaming video apps, these companies provide a more spontaneous marketing medium to share videos that are in-the-moment and give your brand personality. For example, if you took the time to live stream a portion of an event at which you spoke locally, or streamed a team workshop where you were sharpening your company's own skill set, you would show expertise in your industry and provide engaging content to your followers!
So which app should you invest time in downloading and learning? Here are the key differences between the two apps:
Launch Date
- Meerkat launched February 27, 2015 and gained a $14 million round of funding on March 26, 2015.
- Twitter launched a rival app named Periscope on March 26, 2015.
Tweets Tweeted
- Both apps send a tweet through your Twitter account providing people a link to your live-broadcasted video
- Meerkat will also send a tweet as a reply to the original tweeted link on Twitter when viewers comment on your broadcast.
- Periscope will not send any subsequent tweets in response to the original tweeted link in an effort to cut down on the noise produced by their app.
User Discovery
- Twitter blocked integration with Meerkat to prevent Meerkat users from discovering which of their Twitter followers were also on Meerkat
- Periscope has a "People" tab to allow you to find your Twitter followers who are also using Periscope to connect and engage.
- Meerkat displays a "Leaderboard" with a ranking of the most-followed users. This is an attempt to combat the blocked integration from Twitter for discovering new users, so that Meerkat users can discover who to follow within the app.
- Periscope displays a "Most-Loved" users tab with a showcase of which users get the most engagement for their video streams.
On-Demand Video Streams
- Meerkat allows you to view video streams ONLY as they are occurring.
- Periscope saves live streams so that viewers can watch them later. This feature can also be turned off in user settings.
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Deciding which app to download and proactively use is up to you. Despite the inherit advantages Periscope has as a result of being backed by Twitter, the race between the two apps is closer than it seems.
Personally, we find the fact you can save live broadcasts to view later in Periscope most appealing; but we recommend if you're interested in experimenting with this type of marketing to test out both apps.
Chances are that in the next month we will see a clear winner and if you have had experience using each one, you will be ahead of the game when it matters most.
Have you already worked with either of these apps? What was your engagement experience? Do you recommend it to other small businesses or agencies? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!
About the Author: Deanna Zaucha is the Content Marketing Coordinator for Webs and Pagemodo, and also manages our social media presence. She can be found on a dance floor, or on her iPhone keeping up with trends in marketing and tech. Get more from Deanna on Pagemodo's Blog and Twitter.


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Friday Book News Roundup, April 9, 2010
Here are some book related stories that have been in the news this week:
– Read a very brief excerpt from the bonus chapter of The Host by Stephenie Meyer. (Wall Street Journal)
– Last week at WonderCon, IDW announced that they are working with HBO on a comic book based on the show True Blood. It will revolve around characters on the show and it doesn't appear as if Charlaine Harris is involved. (IGN)
– In other Charlaine Harris news, she has the first chapter of Dead in the Family available on her website. There's also information about the new Harper Connelly comic book that's in the works.
– Entertainment Weekly has a great interview with Ann M. Martin, author of the Babysitter's Club books. (EW)
– After you read Martin's interview, check out Jezebel's hilarious response. (Jezebel)
– A small publisher came really close to publishing a new book by J. D. Salinger before his death. (NY Magazine)
– Keith Richards harbors a secret desire to be a librarian. Seriously. (Times Online)
– iPad owners are noticing that Apple's ebook store is censoring certain words. (Boing Boing)
– The top 5 books on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction bestseller list:
CAUGHT, by Harlan Coben
THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett
HOUSE RULES, by Jodi Picoult
THE SILENT SEA, by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul


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Horror is best served cold. Especially when it's a cold tasty push pop. You taste what you think is a tasty treat only to find that its made all your teeth fall out of your mouth. Now you're eating your teeth along with the ice cream. Yummy, right? Decayed, delectable death is yours to enjoy when you read W. Maxwell Prince's Ice Cream Man for Image Comics, and artist Martin Morazzo spills his guts on what makes the book so much fun, and such a terrifying treat that gives you a permanent brain freeze.
Vince Brusio: For those unfamiliar with the series, tell us about your new book Ice Cream Man. Describe its odor. Reveal its decay.
Martin Morazzo: Ice Cream Man is a series of one-shot stories, in the way of The Twilight Zone or Tales from the Crypt, but with a dark tone of suffering! Each story has its own cast of characters and amongst them all, it's the Ice Cream Man! A mysterious figure moving around in his truck, playing his jingle music, and changing lives with the snap of his fingers!
"Chocolate, vanilla, existential horror, drug addiction, musical fantasy...there's a flavor for everyone's misery." It's the tagline of the series and sums it up pretty well!
Vince Brusio: On the periodic table of comic book elements, this book probably has the chemical properties of plutonium. It is toxic to the skin, and highly radioactive. There is no joy in Ice Cream Man, to put it lightly. So what makes it such fun during production?
Martin Morazzo: We have common people on an everyday suburb, but everything with a strange, unsettling feeling, and then something weird happens! That's the part I enjoy the most, when things are taken to the extreme, when things turn dark! In some issues it's just a scene, on others, it's the whole book!
On the other hand, the sad part of Ice Cream Man, you know the "there's a flavor for everyone's misery" part, it's always hard to draw! Emotionally it's difficult to portray such feelings, sometimes I end up exhausted! But even if it's hard, I find it cathartic!
Will has taken the whole team to some really dark corners but everybody seems to be having fun with it!
Vince Brusio: What kind of rainbow sprinkles does writer W. Maxwell Prince ask for when you draw your layouts? Does he ask you to accentuate any particular perspectives or characteristics for each issue's puppets of pain? How do you two see the same skull for public consumption?
Martin Morazzo: Will pictures each story and gives us guidelines to produce it. Sometimes he doesn't specify much about the visuals, and sometimes he thinks of a layout grid or a particular panel distribution or camera placement. The same goes with characters, sometimes he describes them down to the exact detail, and sometimes he leaves that to me and Chris. Beyond that, each one of us works with total freedom, trying to achieve the general mood of the story, and we're in some sort of synchronicity because, I guess, there's not much back and forth. Now, that we're working on issue #7, even less! It's like everybody knows exactly what to do!
Vince Brusio: What if any personal experiences do you bring to this story? Does Prince alone drive the truck along the highway to hell, or do you like to take the wheel sometimes to do donuts on spilled gasoline? You know, make a bigger mess despite cars overturned and burning?
Martin Morazzo: We work to Will's script and ideas, and I usually don't add or change the story. I probably bring my personal experiences, mostly some extreme situations I've lived throughout my life, at the moment of crafting something similar on the paper. Maybe it's not that direct, but if I draw something sad I will definitely end up sad. If I draw people smiling, I'll end up smiling. It's a bit sinister.
Vince Brusio: What's the most rewarding part of your work in producing Ice Cream Man? What makes your job more exciting than a tornado in a trailer park? How does it complete you?
Martin Morazzo: Besides the stories and those extreme weird things I get to draw every month, I think the fact is that it's an anthology series, and I find that to be the most appealing! Each issue comes with new characters, settings, and situations. It's definitely fun and dynamic.
See a preview below of Ice Cream Man Volume 2 below! Availalble December 2018
Vince Brusio writes about comics, and writes comics. He is the long-serving Editor of PREVIEWSworld.com, the creator of PUSSYCATS, and encourages everyone to keep the faith...and keep reading comics.


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It was the summer vacation of third grade, and I was out with my friends. Our mothers were safely at home, relieved that we had chosen to take our shrieking play outdoors. Running down the sun-warmed streets, little feet flapping in plastic slippers, we were the flower robber barons of Kathmandu. Afternoon after sunny afternoon, we climbed furtively over the back walls of homes at rest in the peaceful stillness, their mistresses unaware that a few cute little bandits were denuding their best rose bushes. We made friends with guard dogs. We filled our arms with flowers, that we would later take home to our poor unsuspecting mothers, with perfect sugar-would-not-melt-in-my-mouth faces . Those looted roses smelt sweeter by far than the most expensive hothouse bouquets I have been given in later years.
Please share your favorite childhood memory in the Comments below! For the curious, here is the link to Happy Memories, Part 1.


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Josh Mather conductor
Tessa Vermeulen flute
Wagner: Prelude from Tristan und Isolde
Nielsen: Flute Concerto, I. Allegro moderato
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 continues our 5th Anniversary Season and Tessa Vermeulen, winner of our 2018 Concerto Competition, will perform the first movement of Nielsen's spectacular Flute Concerto.
This concert will last approximately 80 minutes, including one intermission.


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Fatteh - baked aubergine and garlic yoghurt with roasted chickpeas
Soft aubergine, garlicky lemon yoghurt, crunchy chickpeas.......flavour and texture combinations are top notch in a fatteh!
Fatteh is a class of recipes that all include toasted or stale broken bread...fatteh literally means 'to crumble'. Various toppings are then added. Fatteh also refers to a more specific recipe, although with many versions depending on location and which family are making it. This is an amalgam of the recipes I have tried and tested to create my perfect fatteh.......
This recipe make 2 portions
2 pitta (I used gluten free pitta from BFree)
1 large aubergine, cut into rounds 1.5cm thick
Extra virgin olive oil
1/2 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
A handful of flat parsley, roughly chopped
100g dairy free sugar free yoghurt, this should be at room temp not cold so remove it from the fridge a little while before you intend to use it
1/2 a clove of garlic (this is down to personal preference, the garlic is raw so much more potent than if cooked, start by adding a small amount to your yoghurt, blend, taste and then add more if needed)
The juice of 1/2 a lemon
1 tablespoon tahini
2 teaspoons toasted and ground cumin (you can also use pre ground cumin but the flavour won't be as punchy)
A little sumac
Pre heat your oven to 200c.
Toast the pitta in the oven or in a toaster until it is firm and crisp, set aside to cool.
Drizzle a little oil on a baking tray. Add the aubergine slices and then flip them over, this ensures they have oil on both sides.
Bake the aubergine slices till soft and browned, this should take around 15 minutes. You can grill them if you prefer.
Mix the chickpeas with a drizzle of oil and a good dash of salt, put them onto a baking tray and roast for around 15 minutes.
Make the yoghurt sauce by blending the yoghurt, garlic, lemon juice, tahini and salt.
Get all of the composite parts in bowls and around your serving plate. Tear the pitta into pieces and scatter on the plate, then add the toppings in this order - aubergine, chickpeas, yoghurt, cumin, parsley, sumac. Serve and eat immediately.


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text: Professor of Psychology Gabrielle Principe has a "back to school" column in Psychology Today. Read what she suggests as five "must-haves" for every student. The author of Your Brain on Childhood: The Unexpected Side Effects of Classrooms, Ballparks, Family Rooms, and the Minivan (Prometheus, 2011), advocates, among other things, less homework and more recess as steps toward success in school.


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Liz a Pavel
Svatba Stylove helped my fiance and me to plan a fairy tale wedding. As an expat and newcomer to Prague, I couldn't have planned all of this without their help. Michaela and her team brought our dream to life and we trusted them completely with all of the big and little details of our big day. I can't imagine more professional and personalized care. Our guests were wowed by our wedding and we owe it all to Svatba Stylově.


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Closing the Gap
Between Hearing and Listening
|Dancing to the music in my heart
Several years ago, I suffered a rather serious head injury. Every day for two years, I was in constant pain. I was often confused, frustrated, dizzy and incapable of functioning at a level that was my norm.
One of the most difficult aspects of the aftermath of that injury was my inability to hear correctly.
For 24 hours a day, every day, awake or asleep (which I did very little of) the sound of a wailing siren rang loudly in my left ear.
To make matters even worse, every sound was heard at the same volume level. The sound of a pen scratching across a page or the whish and whirl of a ceiling fan were all as loud as the voice of one of my children.
I went from specialist to specialist looking for some kind of relief because when you speak for a living; you have to be able to hear.
One doctor, a Neurotologist, (Neurologist and Otolaryngologist) told me something that gave me no physical relief, but provided the key to my recovery.
"You listen with your ears, but you hear with your brain," he said.
I experienced a calm I hadn't felt since the injury occurred. In one sentence, I knew that there was something I could do.
I began to listen to books on tape (I had a very difficult time reading) and discovered the work of The HeartMath Institute. From their work I came to comprehend the fact that the heart also had a brain and I could use it to do my thinking.
This wonderful wisdom helped me to recover and I believe that I am even better than I was before.
Common sense is not about what we all should know; it's about using our senses to help us navigate this physical plane.
When I began to truly listen with my heart, I was able to recognize that prior to the head injury; I was not really hearing. Yes, I heard sounds and voices, but now, I hear inflection and breath. I hear pauses and can differentiate between chest breathing and the breathing that comes from the gut.
I can hear the music that jewelry makes and how the person wearing it speaks within the rhythm and tone of their jewelry.
Some days, when I am still and calm and open, my senses all merge and I smell and hear and see, feel and even taste the sunshine.
Listening is so much more than hearing sounds. It is about truly re-connecting to the world around you.
The way back to truly reengaging with the world around you is through your senses, and while it may be called "common," it is truly miraculous.
Be you, be well, be connected.
Bertice Berry, PhD.


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Book Review: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
"... life does not proceed by leaps and bounds. It unfolds. At any given moment, it is the manifestation of a thousand transitions. Our faculties wax and wane, our experiences accumulate, and our opinions evolve - if not glacially, then at least gradually."
What an incredible book. I am amazed at Amor Towles, not only for his incredible writing, but also for how he came up with the premise for A Gentleman in Moscow. It took me a while to get through A Gentleman in Moscow, not because it wasn't amazing, but because I wanted to take my time with Towles' writing. It did take me a few tries to really get into it, but once I did, I was hooked. A Gentleman in Moscow tells the story of Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov and his house arrest at the Metropol Hotel in Moscow. He wrote a poem that celebrated the lifestyles of the aristocracy in 1913, but following the Bolshevik Revolution, the Bolsheviks harped on the corruption of the aristocrats and upper class, really anyone living a leisurely life. So in 1922, a Bolshevik tribunal sentenced Count Rostov to live the rest of his life at the Metropol Hotel. He had lived there for a few years beforehand in a lovely suite, but now is forced to move to a tiny room in the attic of the hotel. However, Rostov makes the most of it and keeps to his routine. Over the years his closest friends become the staff at the Metropol.
When Rostov meets a little girl named Nina, his whole life changes. When Rostov first meets Nina, she is only nine years old, but already wildly precocious. Nina and Rostov strike up an unlikely friendship, often exploring the deepest bowels of the Metropol. Rostov also strikes up a friendship with Anna, a charming actress. Whenever Anna stays at the Metropol over the years, the two engage in a lovely affair that lasts for years. Rostov also becomes very close to Chef Emile and the maitre'd Andrey, as well as other long-term staff members Marina, the seamstress, and Arkady, the bartender.
When Rostov has been at the Metropol for about fifteen years, Nina returns with her daughter Sofia. Nina asks Rostov to look after Sofia for a few weeks while Nina goes to locate her husband who was sentenced to a labor camp. Rostov knows nothing of taking care of a child, so he enlists the help of his friends to help him take care of Sofia. As years pass, Rostov adopts Sofia, and they have just the sweetest relationship.
I loved that this story focused on the many different relationships in Rostov's life. My two favorite relationships were with Nina and then later Sofia. Rostov had a younger sister Helena who died before he was sentenced to life at the Metropol. He loved Helena more than anyone in the world, and he had a soft spot for both Nina and Sofia before he even really got to know them. He never treated either of them like a child; he treated them like adults and got to know their personalities. I especially adored how he took the time to play games with each of them. I also enjoyed Rostov's daily meetings with Emile and Andrey. The three of them went over the menu and the seating arrangements for the Boyarsky restaurant in the Metropol. After several years of Rostov's house arrest, he eventually became head waiter at the Boyarsky. After years spent living in a hotel, the head waiter position gave Rostov a sense of purpose and some much needed structure to his day. Emile and Andrey became Rostov's closest friends and even became loving uncles to Sofia.
I enjoyed Amor Towles' first novel Rules of Civility when I read it a few years ago, partly because of the storyline, but mostly because of Towles' writing. There were so many passages in A Gentleman in Moscow that I underlined because Towles has such an incredible way with words. I remember thinking the same thing in Rules of Civility, but I loved A Gentleman in Moscow more. I am very curious how Towles came up with the idea for this novel. It is such a fresh and novel concept, a Russian aristocrat sentenced to life in a luxury hotel in Moscow for the rest of his life; I wonder what the inspiration was. Towles is a master at using the setting of his novels to highlight the characters' relationships to one another, especially when almost all of the story happens in one place. The Metropol Hotel is its own character in the story. It grows and changes with the times, but remains a safe haven for Rostov, as well as for Nina and Sofia.
I thoroughly enjoyed A Gentleman in Moscow and think it was best to take my time reading it. I read really quickly and have to force myself to take my time with certain stories, and A Gentleman in Moscow definitely needs to be savored. If you are looking for a good story with well-developed characters, I cannot recommend A Gentleman in Moscow enough. I give it 4 stars.
What historical fiction books do you enjoy?


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A fracture wound, whether traumatic or surgical, that becomes infected almost always results in prolonged treatment and a suboptimal outcome.
Any surgeon who treats fractures should be aware of risk factors for infection. Every effort should be made to reduce the risk of infection by following the basic surgical principles of fracture care.
For more details see a synopsis of J. Wesley Alexander, MD, ScD; Joseph S. Solomkin, MD; Michael J. Edwards, MD (2011) Updated Recommendations for Control of Surgical Site Infections. Annals of Surgery. 253(6):1082-10


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Five Foot One – Iggy Pop
oktober 2, 2014 · by kranienomade · in Inspiration, playlist
"In 1962, during his final year at Tappan Junior High, Jim Osterberg was voted the boy 'most likely to suceed' by his classmates. He signed dozens of his friends' yearbooks, often with a joke, but the inscrpition on Ted Fosdicks' yearbook was serious. It was signed ' from the 43rd president of the United States: Jim Osterberg.'
Iggy Pop, Open up and bleed, Paul Trynka, 2007.…


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ISC President Jim Ritchie-Dunham, ISC Contributing Fellow Christoph Hinske, and World GBC senior advisor James Drinkwater were interviewed on the radio today about how to drive performance through vibrant agreements by Maureen Metcalf. You can access the 1-hour interview from Maureen's Internet-radio talk show "Innovative Leaders Driving Thriving Organizations" at (http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/86848/creating-vibrant-organizations-to-drive-performance-ecosynomics#.VcPBswmazIM.facebook).
Radio Interview on HV Survey Research
ISC President Jim Ritchie-Dunham was interviewed on the radio today about the harmonic vibrancy survey research by John Schmidt, of the Global Transforming Ensemble. You can download the 57-minute interview from John's Internet-radio talk show ZOOM'D Leadership at (http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/52588/harmonic-vibrancy).


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Dream as you listen to soft music or bring the party to boiling point with red-hot rhythms.
Dream as you listen to soft music or bring the party to boiling point with red-hot rhythms: no matter whether at low or high volumes, you can rely on ARGENTUM 590 to provide the right sound.
Equipped with a powerful double bass arrangement, acoustically neutral mid-range and the new fabric dome tweeter crafted from fine artificial silk, this unit makes for pure listening pleasure – even in very large rooms of up to 50 m2.
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|90 dB
|Impedance (Ohm)
|25 mm Ø silk dome
|135 mm Ø Titanium-PP
|2 x 180 mm Ø Titanium-PP
|Size (w x h x d) in cm
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|Weight in kg
"Sound-recommendation for price-conscious Heimkino magazine fans" – ARGENTUM 5.2 set in the Lite test
Great recommendation of Lite magazine for ARGENTUM 5.2 set, consisting of ARGENTUM 590, 520, 510 BASE and 2x QUBE 7. The result: "A full-grown surround set of a brand manufacturer, consisting of five loudspeakers and two subwoofers, which are suitable for the living room and on top also affordable. This does not only sound tempting on paper, but also in practice and is available at quadral. The tested quadral Argentum series has convinced with its excellent manufacturing, a refreshing dynamical and clear sound in stereo, a thrilling multi-channel performance, and large pressure and reserve capacity. In short: this 5.2 – setup is an unrestricted recommendation for price-conscious movie friends, who are looking for a full-grown and beautiful surround system for the living room. "Grade A+ (middleclass) and full 100% in terms of sound. More is not possible ... Read the complete test here.
ARGENTUM 590 got the title "price class reference" in the class of "floorstander up to 1,000 € a pair" with following result: "This three-way design could scare the competition in the class up to 500 €/piece. Argentum 590 knows everything: to step on the "gas", reinforce the bass area massively, and to render classical or jazz music very cultivated and with love for detail . Their high efficiency, excellent level stability, and a dense spatial presentation leave nothing to be desired. A really good and fair calculated loudspeaker also for higher standards."
Read the complete special about the ARGENTUM journey by AREA DVD (January, 28th 2016) here: www.areadvd.de/tests/xxl-quadral-argentum-special-tests-von-argentum-3-wege-lautsprechern-530550590/
Video, 03/2016
Spring of joy - ARGENTUM 5.1 set in the test at "video"
The current ARGENTUM series (4x ARGENTUM 590, 1x ARGENTUM 510, 1x QUBE 12) has left the "video" editorial with the title "must buy" joined by the test rating "good" (74%) and "very good" in terms of price/performance. Read more in the video issue 03/2016.


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How to have an uncomfortable conversation
How often do you put off or totally avoid having difficult conversations? Does the mere thought of speaking up or asking for what you want create a knot in your stomach?
Last week, I was working with Jill, who was furious with a friend,
"I can't believe she did it again. Doesn't she have any respect for my feelings? Do I even want to continue this friendship?"
I asked Jill if she spoke to her friend about the issue and she responded,
"I don't know what to say. What if I upset her or she gets really angry with me? Is there a nice way for me to phrase it?"
As she continued expressing her concerns, I pointed out they had little to do with her friend. Jill was simply looking for a way to avoid feeling uncomfortable.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
As we continued the conversation, Jill realized her number one discomfort is dealing with her friend not being happy with what she has to say. The conversation might also stir up anger or hurt feelings, and Jill may even be on the receiving end of criticism or judgment as well.
Jill's discomfort got even worse as she started questioning if expressing herself or asking for something is simply just wrong.
"Am I being overly sensitive? Is it selfish to ask her to do something differently? I should probably just let it go and get over it."
If you find yourself in this position – wanting to say something but feeling anxious and avoiding the conversation – realize the first step is getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Recognizing and accepting what you're feeling, versus running away and avoiding it, makes a big difference. These acknowledgments actually make a situation less uncomfortable.
Here are my top 10 tips to get you on the road to speaking up and pushing through the discomfort:
Don't put off the conversation. If you find yourself repeatedly promising you'll address it next time, now is the time to speak up. It's much easier to tackle conversations as situations present themselves. Not only can you resolve and move past the issue faster but you will also escape the inner chatter that continues as long as you stay silent.
Set up a time to have the conversation - no surprises. You could say, for example, "There's something important I wanted to discuss with you. Is now a good time or is there another time that works better for you?"
Be clear about your intention, concerns and feelings upfront. For example: "It's awkward to bring this up and I don't want to upset you, but I feel it's important to talk it through."
Set up the conversation to put the other person at ease from the start. You are setting the tone for the conversation so they are prepared and open to listening. For example: "I want to share with you what's on my mind and get your feedback. I realize you may have a different perspective and I want to hear that and understand.
It's important to be graceful in the conversation. If the other person gets defensive or upset when you speak to them, it probably means you are using too much wisdom. Qualify your statements with lines like, "I don't know if it's true, but this is how I perceived it."
Focus on speaking directly and put your feelings and requests on the table. If you leave the conversation feeling you didn't fully express yourself and ask for what you want, then you probably used too much grace.
When setting up the conversation start with assuming it's you. This has nothing to do with being right or wrong, but about never assuming you know what the other person is thinking or feeling. Come from a place of simply wanting to hear what they have to say so you have a better shot at being heard - it usually works.
When you communicate something difficult and it goes badly, it's usually because there is an accusation in it or an assumption about something they did. If you start with assuming it's you, it typically keeps the other person from getting defensive. For example, "I'm not sure if this is true but…"
Listen with an open mind, just as you'd want them to listen to you. Put yourself in their shoes and understand what they experienced. The point is to "get" their version. You don't have to agree, you just have to understand. Acknowledge (and if appropriate apologize) for your part in their negative experience.
This isn't about being perfect, being right, winning or avoiding a fight. It's about being mature, honest and building better relationships. It's about being a leader with your communication style.
Every conversation will not go as you planned or even as you wanted. It's also okay to make mistakes at this. It's okay to need more than one conversation to get it right. It's okay to be successful with some people and not so successful with others. Remember this is like building a muscle so start with conversations that are slightly uncomfortable for you and build to the harder ones.
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CONFECTIONERY and drinks giant Cadbury Schweppes today unveiled plans to split itself into two.
The move by Cadbury will involve the separation of its American beverages business from the rest of the company, which is best known for Dairy Milk chocolate and Bassett's sweets.
The FTSE 100 Index company, which is worth more than #12.5 billion, will provide further details in June on how it plans to carry out the split.
Today's announcement comes just two days after it was revealed that Nelson
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His presence on the shareholder register fuelled speculation that the Cadbury board was under pressure to consider a review of its business, including the possibility of a demerger of its beverages operation.
One option for the split could be to offer Cadbury Schweppes shareholders two shares for every one they hold - one in the confectionery arm and the other in the soft drinks business, which is best known in the United States for making the brands Snapple, 7Up and Dr Pepper.
The company said it would now evaluate the options for a separation, in a move designed to maximise shareholder value.
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Peach Raspberry Freezer Jam is going to be your new family favorite!
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- 1 1/2 cups fresh peaches
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- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 5 cups sugar
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- 3/4 C cold water
- Remove peach skin (I just pull them off with knife, if they're ripe enough they'll come right off).
- Cut peach in half and remove pit.
- Quarter each peach half and place in blender.
- Fill blender 1/3 the way full and hit pulse 2-3 times. (You still need chunks.. do not puree).
- Wash raspberries (takes about 2 pints) put in a large glass measure cup and mash down with fork.
- Put 5 cups sugar and 1 1/2 cups of each fruit in a large mixing bowl, stir, let sit for 10 minutes.
- In a small sauce pan add cold water, slowly sprinkle in pectin whisking until mixed and no lumps. Turn stove on high heat and watch for it to boil, stir, when it reaches a full rolling boil cook for 1 minute (I always set the timer).
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Mostly no-op - trying to get some consistency in style while going through a few files. Also some minor changes related to C->C++ (e.g. no need to copy vector to pass to functions etc.)
Bringing the changes from doubleplusgood branch. Can't merge directly because svn doesn't transfer changes to renamed files (mutter grumble).
Initial all c++ build. But ... there are now reinterpret_cast<>'s
Some simple experiments for c++ Finley
Round 1 of copyright fixes
First pass of updating copyright notices
Copyright changes
Assorted spelling fixes in finley C.
Don't panic. Updating copyright stamps
FunctionSpaces provide now some information about their approximation order.
Macro elements are implemented now. VTK writer for macro elements still needs testing.
Updating copyright notices
Finished wrapper script by setting PATH. The wrapper script reproduces the environment of the person who built the software + values specified in his hostname_options.py file. A user can run a python script without setting any environment variables or loading any SGI modules.
Copyright updated in all files
Can now read and MPI distribute a finley mesh including the tags.
Fixed nightly tests for savanna (no longer running in PBS cause can't compile on compute node). Modified domain.print_mesh_info() to tell how many elements are owned by a node and how many are in the overlap. Instrumented the preconditioner step.
And get the *(&(*&(* name right
Restore the trunk that existed before the windows changes were committed to the (now moved to branches) old trunk.
Make a temp copy of the trunk before checking in the windows changes
dump/LoadMesh methods work except for TagMap, Point elements probably OK but are untested.
Created LoadMesh to read a mesh from a distributed NetCDF file. Can read nodes but not elements yet.
First cut implementation of mesh.dump() using NetCDF. TagMap not saved yet. The code for Points probably works but has not been tested.
Modified scons target release_src to include lib/ and include/ since their presence is required for a build. Modified mydomain.print_mesh_info(True) to include more useful info about a distributed domain. Added mypde.getOperator().print_matrix_info(True) to tell about a distributed matrix.
Implemented domain.print_mesh_info() so we can see the distribution of elements & nodes. Implemented -DBOUNDS_CHECK to catch an error with periodicN=True.
The MPI branch is hereby closed. All future work should be in trunk. Previously in revision 1295 I merged the latest changes to trunk into trunk-mpi-branch. In this revision I copied all files from trunk-mpi-branch over the corresponding trunk files. I did not use 'svn merge', it was a copy.
clear name tagging is supported now.
Copyright added to more source files.
reorganise finley src tree to remove inc dir and src/finley directory
copy finleyC and CPPAdapter to finley and finley/CPPAdapter to facilitate scons builds
move all directories from trunk/esys2 into trunk and remove esys2
Merge of development branch dev-02 back to main trunk on 2005-09-15
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