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MEG cookie cutters
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Made of PLA plastic which is environmentally friendly and approved for food contact by the FDA.
PLA is biodegradable, derived from natural resources such as: corn starch, tapioca roots or sugarcane. Thank you for considering our 3D Printed Cookie / Fondant cutters, our cutter will help you give your cakes, cookies, cupcakes and more an amazing look! . Colour may vary from Photo.
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After thousands of suggestions from across the world, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has named its baby hippo Fritz.
Fritz's sister is Fiona, who caught the world's attention in 2017 after she was born six weeks premature. Fans have continually supported the 5-year-old hippo, who became the Cincinnati Zoo's star animal ever since.
After Fritz was born, the zoo said they received over 90,000 submissions of name suggestions from all 50 U.S. states and over 60 different countries.
The zoo narrowed down the two name options to Fritz and Ferguson. Fritz received 56% of the over 200,000 votes cast, according to the zoo.
Say hello to Fritz! More than 200,000 votes were received via a Jotform poll, and 56% preferred Fritz over Ferguson. The hippo keepers love the name and think it's fitting since Bibi's birth control was apparently on the fritz. 😂 It also sounds good with Fiona! @Jotform pic.twitter.com/jNr0PhhmLi
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) August 15, 2022
"We would have been happy with either name, but we really think the name Fritz fits this spunky little guy's personality," Wendy Rice, the Cincinnati Zoo's head hippo keeper, said in a news release Monday.
The pregnancy of Fiona's mom, Bibi, was a happy surprise for the zoo. In April, it announcedthat despite taking doses of contraceptives, Bibi was expecting. And that makes the name even more fitting.
"We also thought it was funny that it was suggested because 'Fritz' is here due to Bibi's birth control being 'on the fritz,' " Rice said.
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Do you need Deck Repairs in Simpsonville SC?
Call to schedule and appointment 864-329-5810
Decks, just like our roof, siding and windows bear the brunt of the extreme ice, snow and cold temperatures during the winter and driving rain during the spring. Deck repair and maintenance is critical to ensure the longevity and safety of your deck. Now that spring is here, the following article will help you determine if your deck is fit for service this season or is in need of repair and routine maintenance.
With the following tips, homeowners can quickly spot and diagnose some common problems associated with their deck's exposure to the harsh winter weather. Taking action to resolve these issues quickly will help prevent premature failure and costly replacement of your deck and increase its function and longevity. Whether you decide to hire a professional to maintain or repair the deck, or do the work yourself, here are some common problems you should be looking for this spring.
Deck Repair in Simpsonville and Maintenance Inspection Tips
Referencing the North American Deck & Railing Association's Consumer Checklist, here are four problem areas I believe every homeowner can easily spot on their home's deck.
- Decayed or Rotted Wood: Pay particular attention to areas that appear to remain wet. You want to find any wood that is rotted or decayed. If such an area has splintered, attempt to pull a piece off. Or, use a screwdriver to poke and pick at the wood. If it feels soft or spongy, that is a tell-tale sign that the wood must be replaced, indicating it is time to call a deck repair professional.
- Deck Fasteners: Fasteners include nails, screws and anchors. If you see a lot of nails sticking out, or screws that have corroded, this could be a sign of a bigger problem. Corroded, loose, or missing fasteners can continue to damage the wood around them and undermine the structural integrity of the deck, railings and stairs. If you spot such damage, consider calling a deck repair professional to further evaluate the problem.
- Railings, Banisters and Stairs: Push on the railing and banisters to make sure they are secure. Examine the deck surface and stair treads to make sure there is no sagging or cracked boards. Stand on the deck surface and deck stairs and shift your weight back and forth to see if there is any sway or excessive bounce. If you note any of these problems, this could be a sign that a deck repair is necessary.
- Cleaning and Maintenance: Mold, moss and discoloration all can damage the deck wood quickly if not quickly removed and properly sealed. Deck cleaning and maintenance is an entire topic in and of itself-so if you're not comfortable cleaning and sealing your own deck, it is time to call a deck repair professional.


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From Krakow: Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Tour & Pickup Options
Pay your respects at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. Make use of transportation from Krakow, and take a guided tour of the historical landmark. Benefit from pick-up at your accommodation in Krakow, and journey by air-conditioned vehicle to Oświęcim. Enter the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum for a 3.5-hour guided tour of the former Nazi concentration camps. Hear how 1.3 million Jews, along with prisoners from Poland, France and Italy were murdered there during World War II. See the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate and learn the origins of the camp and what life was like for the prisoners. Visit the original barracks and gas chambers, along with platforms and other sites, and take a poignant trip through history via period photos and personal artifacts that bring the past to life.


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'Glorious John' in New York
'Barbirolli's appointment was announced by the New York Philharmonic Society's directorial board on 7th April 1936. The musical world rubbed incredulous eyes. Barbirolli, said the announcement, was to open the forthcoming season, conducting twenty-six concerts out of a season's total of eighty-four. In much newspaper comment the following day surprise verged on perplexity. Nobody had heard of John Barbirolli. The official statement carried a hundred or two words of biographical matter which fed without satisfying. Not a line in the newspaper morgues. Not a word in the New York Times' elephantine index, a fact about which the New York Times did not omit to exclaim.
The New York Philharmonic was the greatest orchestra in the world. Every New Yorker knew that. There were people in Vienna, Berlin, London and Milan who knew it as well. What sense was there in giving the New York Philharmonic to a man who had never been on an American front page before or, so far as could be made out, on any front page of moment anywhere?' From John Barbirolli by Charles Read, published 1971
John Giovanni Batista Barbirolli was born in London in 1899 to a musical family. His father and grandfather were leading Italian violinists, and his mother was French. After studying at the Royal Academy of Music he started his career as a cellist with leading London orchestras, and was the soloist in an early performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto. He was also an acclaimed opera conductor who worked with the British National Opera and Covent Garden Companies. In 1933 he was appointed permanent conductor of the Scottish National Orchestra, and it was while holding this position that he received a cablegram from Arthur Judson, manager of the New York Philharmonic, inviting him to a ten week try out for the permanent conductor's position in succession to the legendary Toscanini.
Money was the main reason for Toscanini's departure from the Philharmonic, and his re-emergence in the same city with the reconstituted NBC Orchestra. The depression had hit America hard, and the New York Philharmonic had run up a quarter of a million dollar deficit in their 1935-36 season. They had been unable to reach an acceptable financial agreeement with Toscanini for 1936-37, so the search had started for an alternative. Stokowski was unwilling to make the time available, Fritz Busch had commitments in Denmark and London. Furtwängler was favoured, but made a politic withdrawal after his Nazi connections prompted major protests. Finding themselves between a rock and a hard place the board of the Philharmonic announced Barbirolli's probationary appointment in April 1936.
The programme for Barbirolli's first ever concert in New York on 5th November, 1936 was Berlioz, Bax (The Tale the Pines Knew - unknown in America), Mozart, and concluded with Brahms' Fourth Symphony. In his probationary season there were three works from American composers not previously performed by the Philharmonic, Charles Martin Loeffler's tonepoem Memories of my Childhood, a symphony by Anis Fuleihan, and Philip James' Bret Harte overture. He also performed Koussevitzky's Double Bass Concerto.
Barbirolli was an immediate success with both players and audience. Soon after an acclaimed Tchaikosky Fifth a deputation of players told the Philharmoic management that they would be happy for Barbirolli to be appointed to a permanent position. The outcome of this was an invitation to him to become Music Director and Permanent Conductor for three years starting with the 1937-38 season. In fact he spent a total of seven seasons in New York.
The early years were a honeymoon period. Barbirolli's main strength was in the romantic repertoire. In his first season he performed 183 works by seventy-five composers. Wagner was most frequent with sixty performances, Beethoven second with thirty-nine, followed by Brahms, Berlioz, Richard Strauss, Weber and Mendelssohn. This programming did not please all his New York audiences, where for instance was crowd pleaser Tchaikovsky? Thus at this early stage were the small seeds of discontent sowed that were ultimately to cause his departure. But overall the early seasons were a triumph. The 1937-38 season was one of the most successful in the Philharmonic's history. Average attendances reached almost two and a half thousand, and critic Olin Downes, of whom we shall hear more later, wrote "Nearly every performance of the evening, good or bad, was applauded with practically equal fervour and tumult".
New music was a central feature of Barbirolli's New York programmes. During his first season he read through more than fifty new scores from American resident composer's. Subsequently he programmed works from Daniel Gregory Mason, Joseph Deems Taylor (excerpts from his comic opera Peter Ibbetson), Abram Chasins, Samuel Barber, Ernst Toch, Arkady Dubensky, Charles Wakefield Cadman, Quinto Maganini, Gardner Read, Charles Griffes and Quincy Porter. Among the works from American based composers that he premiered were Lucien Cailliet's fantasia and fugue on O Susanna, and Paul Creston's Threnody.
Barbirollis exploration of new music ranged wider than North America. His programmes also included Ibert's Chamber Concertino, Eugene Goosen's Concertina for double string orchestra, Bliss' Double Piano Concerto, and two important works from Britten, the Violin Concerto and Sinfonia da Requiem. But his championing of contemporary music again brought him into conflict with the all important subscribers. He was told by an associate manager of the orchestra that when first performances were announced many subscribers asked to swap their tickets for other concerts which did not feature contemporary works. The evangelical Barbirolli was shocked by this, and concluded that the subscribers were ... "prepared to damn a new work before hearing it... If a person hears such a work and doesn't like it he is entitled to his opinion. But just to stay away when one is programmed certainly does not help the Society or the conductor in their efforts to give new music a proper chance." But the approbium of subscribers was not reserved exclusively for contemporary works. An inspired performance by Sergei Rachmaninov, no less, as soloist in Beethoven's First Piano Concerto was followed by an audience walk-out after the first movement of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony.
Ultimately it was the combination of New York critics and audiences that were Barbirolli's undoing. By the 1939-40 season Arthur Judson was becoming concerned about subscription sales. The critics started to turn, and the glowing reviews from his early years with the orchestra turned into what contemporary writer David Ewen called 'a rain of critical denunciation'. This was led by Olin Downes writing for the New York Times and Virgil Thomson in the Herald Tribune. The quality and insight of this 'criticism' can be guaged by quoting a contemporary review by Virgil Thomson, not of a Barbirolli performance, but of the work being performed...."Elgar's Enigma Variations are an academic effort not at all lacking in musical charm. I call them academic because the composer's interet in the musical devices he was employing was greater than his effort towards a direct and forceful expression of anything in particular......Mr. Elgar's variations are mostly a pretext for orchestration, a pretty pretext and a graceful one, not without charm and a modicum of sincerity but a pretext for fancy work all the same, for that massively frivolous patchwork in pastel shades of which one sees such quantities in any intellectual British suburban dwelling".
John Barbirolli's last concert as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic was on 7th March 1943. In April he sailed for a war torn Britain via Lisbon, and the position of permanent conductor of the Hallé Orchestra where he excelled. New York's loss was Manchester's gain, and Barbirolli was to continue his association with the Hallé until his death in 1970 (when he had the last laugh on Virgil Thomson by instructing that Nimrod from the Enigma Variations should be played at his funeral). From 1960-67 he was conductor-in-chief at the Houston Symphony. It is appropriate that when he first returned to guest conduct the New York Philharmonic in 1959 his opening concert included Vaughan Williams' Eighth Symphony which he had premiered in Manchester just three years earlier. This symphony is dedicated by the composer 'For glorious John, with love and admiration from Ralph'.
The New York critics played a major part in Glorious John's premature departure from the city. So it is fitting to give the last words to Harold C. Schonberg: - 'Barbirolli . . illuminated for us, incandescently the meaning of the notes that great men put on paper'.
If you enjoyed this post take An Overgrown Path to Furtwangler and the forgotten new music
Picture credits: Barbirolli header - Barbirolli Society, Statue of Liberty - South Georgia College, Barbirolli conducting - Bach Cantatas, Barbirolli sketch - Princeton images , Barbirolli footer - Manchester City Council .Please report any broken links, missing images, or other errors to overgrownpath at hotmail dot co dot uk


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Health Insurance Association of America defines health insurance as "coverage that provides for the payments of benefits as a result of sickness or injury" as well as "insurance for losses from accident, medical expense, disability, or accidental death and dismemberment." It is broken up into two main categories: Fee-for-Service and Managed Cared. Although both plans are not entirely like the other, they both can cover areas such as medical, surgical, and hospital expenses, as well as prescription drug and dental coverage.
As people, we are susceptible to accidents and illness whether we like it or not. Although it would be nice to plan for such instances, that is not always possible. When or if that moment comes and you find yourself without health insurance, you might be facing serious consequences on top of your pre-existing issues. However, with health insurance to help you, you don't have to have any more added stress and can instead feel relaxed knowing you will be taken care of.


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Hello and happy start of the week!
I finally took pictures of the cape, you know the one that was quite tedious because of the pattern, but when I finished it I just couldn't take my eyes off of it.
It is crocheted with a soft wool and acrylic blend. The puff stitch gives it an amazing texture and it looks as if taken out of a fairy tale. Seriously lovable!


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Synchronizing two batch files using WAITFOR.exe
I was writing some unit tests today where I wanted to start some process asynchronously, but have it automatically exit after a specified number of seconds. Preferably something that's available on a standard W2K3 box, so that I wouldn't be creating any additional prerequisites for other developer boxes or the build machine.
Usually I just use ping -t -n count host
for this, but I was also thinking that it would be nice to be able to terminate the process before the timeout. Not sure exactly how I came across it, but somehow I found waitfor.exe
lying around in my system32
uses a mailslot to wait on or send a signal to. The waiting and sending can happen on the same machine, or the signal can be sent across the network.
In one command prompt, you perform the wait:
C:\\> WAITFOR /T 42 SignalName
In another, you send the signal:
C:\\> WAITFOR /SI SignalName
Way nicer than the old-fashioned approach of having process A poll a directory until process B has created a particular file. And, no less important, if the signal is not received within the specified timeout, you get:
C:\\> WAITFOR /T 1 Godot ERROR: Timed out waiting for 'Godot'. C:\\>_


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Why give music away for free?
I had an email from a musician today who said he was struggling a little with the idea of giving away mp3s. It's a really common issue, and so I thought I'd share my response.
1) You're not giving away music, you're giving away RECORDINGS of your music;
2) Don't try to make money from your music, make money BECAUSE of your music;
3) Economics works differently for bits than it does for atoms.


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Porsche have released their highly anticipated Panamera sedan which has been in development for the past four years. The Porsche Panamera is the first sedan made by Porsche and the second four door car after their Cayenne SUV. The Panamera will feature Porsche's newly developed PDK dual clutch transmission which makes shifting much more comfortable. The Panamera will be available in several models with the Panamera Turbo at the top, the exact specifications have yet to be announced, the Porsche Panamera goes on sale in the Spring.
Porsche Presents First Photos of Four-Door Panamera Gran Turismo
Stuttgart. Roughly nine months before the actual market launch, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has released the first official photos of the Panamera in its final look. In its design, profile and silhouette, Porsche's unique four-seater stands out clearly as a new member of the Porsche family. Conceived and designed as a four-door grand touring sports car, the Panamera combines numerous talents in typical Porsche style: sporting driving dynamics, a generous and variable interior, and the supreme driving comfort of a Gran Turismo. Joining the 911, Boxster and Cayman sports cars as well as the sporty SUV Cayenne, the Panamera is Porsche's fourth model series.
The designers of the Panamera have succeeded in positioning this unique car as a brand-new and truly different model while nevertheless retaining the looks of a typical Porsche. Through its proportions alone, the Panamera stands out clearly in its market segment: measuring 1931 millimetres or 76.0 inches in width, the Panamera is wider, and measuring 1418 millimetres or 55.8 inches in height, lower than comparable four-door models. The unmistakable, sleek GT silhouette is created by the car's overall length of 4970 millimetres or 195.7 inches and short, sporting overhangs front and rear. In its styling and details, the Panamera follows the design philosophy refined over decades on the 911 and successfully implemented also on the Boxster, Cayman and Cayenne.
Through its design language alone, the Panamera will establish a new segment versus the competition. The symbiosis of sports car DNA derived from the looks of a coupé, the unique interpretation of the classical saloon body and the benefits of a variable space concept give the new Porsche its truly unmistakable appearance. As an example, the Panamera comes with highly individual, strongly contoured air intakes instead of a conventional radiator grille. Striking wheel arches and the long and sleek engine compartment lid create that typical 911 "landscape" at the front end of the car the Porsche customer has appreciated for no less than 45 years, with the distinctly contoured wings as flanks bordering on the flat front lid. The V-shaped seams along the engine compartment lid and the rear window tapering out like an arrow to the rear convey the features characteristic of a sports car to the new, highly individual Panamera class. The striking, muscular shoulders over the rear wheels, the dynamic sweep of the coupé-like roofline, and the visible tailpipes again bear out all the DNA so typical of a thoroughbred Porsche.
The elegant roof arch extends stylishly over the generous interior, simply begging the beholder to get inside. Like all Porsche models, the Panamera is oriented in every respect to the needs and wishes of the driver. But now, thanks to the new concept of space and the sporting architecture of the interior, the car's occupants are also able to experience this special "pilot feeling" on all four seats. All four occupants enjoy supreme ergonomic comfort on both the front seats and the two firmly contoured single seats at the rear. The luggage compartment easily takes up all the passengers' luggage. The variable space concept with its folding rear seat backrests enables the driver and passengers to adjust the luggage space individually to their personal requirements. And last but not least, the coupé tailgate in the sporting rear end combines superior suitability for daily use with stylish elegance.
Porsche has developed superior and up-to-date power units for the Panamera again reflecting all the qualities typical of the brand – the V-engines within the engine compartment come with six and eight cylinders and range in power from 300 to 500 bhp. Some of the engines use turbocharger technology, Direct Fuel Injection making them both fuel-efficient and powerful all in one. The flow of power to the wheels goes either through a manual six-speed gearbox or the new seven-speed Double-Clutch Gearbox, the so called Porsche-Doppelkupplung (PDK).
In addition to sporting rear-wheel drive, the top version of the Panamera comes with even more sophisticated all-wheel drive, which is also available for the other versions as an option. As a further highlight, Porsche is preparing a particularly fuel-efficient version of the Panamera with hybrid drive. Further details on the engines, transmissions, performance, prices and equipment will be disclosed next spring.The Porsche Panamera will be built at Porsche's Leipzig Plant, where a production hall measuring some 22,000 square metres or almost 237,000 square feet and a logistics centre are currently under construction. While the engines featured in the Panamera are built at Porsche's Main Plant in Zuffenhausen, the painted bodyshells will be supplied by the Volkswagen Plant in Hanover. The Leipzig Plant will then assemble the Panamera for final delivery, with an annual sales target of some 20,000 units. Porsche is once again cooperating largely with German suppliers in the production of the Panamera, with some 70 per cent of the car's overall value being created domestically. Hence, the Panamera is most definitely a car "Made in Germany".
The Panamera will be making its world debut in spring 2009 and the first models will be at dealers worldwide in late summer of next year.


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Chukka Low Sidestripe Green Gables True White
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The Chukka Low Sidestripe, a vulcanised shoe designed by the Vans skate team and inspired by classics like the Authentic and the Chukka Boot, brings a new heritage aesthetic to this old school skate shoe. Featuring our iconic Sidestripe, this low top silhouette blends classic materials like suede and canvas with the best in boardfeel, flex, and traction.
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Play Rating Guide
This rating chart is a guide to determining your play level. For more information, please consult with the club staff.
Rating | Ground Strokes(forehand and backhand) | Return of Serve | Net Play(volleys and overheads) | Serve |
1.0 | This player is just starting to play tennis | |||
1.5 | This player has been introduced to the game, however has difficulty playing the game due to a lack of consistency rallying and serving. | |||
2.0 | - Can get the ball in play but lacks control, resulting in inconsistent rallies. - Often chooses to hit forehands instead of backhands. |
- Tends to position in a manner to protect weaknesses. - Inconsistent return. |
- In singles, reluctant to come to the net. - In doubles, understands the basic positioning - Comfortable only with the forehand volley; avoids backhand volley and overhead. |
- Incomplete service motion. - Toss is inconsistent. - Double faults are common. |
2.5 | - Can rally consistently 10 balls in a row, especially on the forehand, with an arched trajectory over the net when the objective is to hit to a partner at moderate speed. | - In singles, consistent when returning towards the middle of the court. - In doubles, difficulty returning cross-court to start the point. |
- Becoming at ease at the net in practice but uncomfortable in a game situation. | - Attempting a full service motion on the first serve. - First serve in inconsistent (less than 50%). - Uses an incomplete motion to ensure a steady second serve. |
3.0 | - Able to rally consistently 10 balls in a row on forehands and backhands. - Able to maintain the rally when receiving high, short or wide balls, assuming the ball is received at a moderate pace, especially on the forehand stroke. |
- Can control the direction of the ball in both singles and doubles, when receiving a serve of moderate pace. | - Very consistent on forehand volley with easy balls, inconsistent on backhand volley. - Overall has difficulty with low and wide balls. - Can smash easy lobs. |
- Full motion on both serves. - Able to achieve more than 50% success on first serve. - Second serve much slower than first serve. |
3.5 | - Able to move the opponent around the court or hit harder when receiving easier balls. - Can execute approach shots with some consistency (more than 50%). |
- Can return fast serves or well-placed serves with defensive actions. - On easy second serve, can return with pace or directional control. - Can approach the net in doubles. |
- Becoming confident at net play; can direct FH volleys; controls BH volley but with little offense. - general difficulty in putting volleys away. - Can handle volleys and overheads that require moderate movement. |
- Can vary the speed or direction of first serve. - Can direct second serve to opponent's weakness without double faulting on a regular basis. |
4.0 | - Able to develop points with some consistency by using a reliable combination of shots. - Erratic when attempting a quality shot, when receiving fast or wide balls, and when attempting passing shots. |
- Difficulty in returning spin serves and very fast serves. - On moderately paced serves, can construct the point through hitting a good shot or exploiting an opponent's weakness. - In doubles, can vary returns effectively on moderately paced serves. |
- In singles, comfortable at following an approach shot to the net. - In doubles, comfortable receiving a variety of balls and converting to offensive positioning. - Can poach on weak returns of serve. - Able to put away easy overheads. |
- Can vary the speed and direction of the first serve. - Uses spin. |
4.5 | - Can use a variety of spins. - Beginning to develop a dominant shot or good steadiness. - Erratic when attempting a quality shot in two of the following situations: receiving fastballs, wide balls, and in passing shot situations. |
- Off first serves, can defend consistently but very inconsistent (less than 30%) when attempting an aggressive return. - In doubles, has difficulty (less than 50%) returning a first serve at the feet of the incoming serve and volleyer. |
- When coming to the net after serving, consistently able to put the first volley in play but without pace or depth; however, inconsistent when trying to volley powerful or angled returns. - Close to the net, can finish a point using various options including drop volley, angle volley, punch volley. |
- Aggressive first serve with power and spin. - On second serve frequently hits with good depth and placement without double faults. - Can serve and volley off first serves in doubles, but experiences some inconsistency. |
5.0 | - Able to maintain a consistent rally, 10 balls in a row on faster balls. - Very steady strokes or has a dominant shot. - Periodically succeeds (50%) when attempting a quality shot when receiving fast or wide balls, and in passing shot situations. |
- Periodically succeeds (50%) at aggressive return off fast first serves using dominant shot (forehand or backhand). - In doubles can return at the feet of serve and volleyer. |
- In doubles, after the serve, has a good, deep crosscourt volley. - Overhead can be hit from almost any position. |
- First serve can win points outright, or force a weak return. - Second serve can prevent the opponent from attacking. - Serve and volleys on first serves in doubles with consistency. |
5.5 | This player has developed a game style, which is recognizable as either an all court player, an aggressive baseliner, a serve and volleyer, or a retriever. Has developed good anticipation either technically (can read toss on serve, body position…) or tactically (can read opponents tendencies in specific situations). Has no major weaknesses and can counterattack effectively against a hard ball, wide ball or in passing shot situations. Capable of competing in "open" category provincial level tournaments. Ability to use specific shots in order to exploit opponent's weakness: drop-shot, lob, angle, moonball… | |||
6.0 & 7.0 |
These players will generally not need a rating. Rankings or past rankings will speak for themselves. The 6.0 player typically has had intensive training for national tournament competition at the junior level and collegiate levels and has obtained a provincial and/or national "open" ranking. The 6.5 player has extensive international "open" level tournament experience at the entry professional level (challenger or satellite experience). The 7.0 is a world class professional tennis player. |


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With the NBA draft just around the corner, this becomes the most important part of the year for the Bobcats. They have yet another top-five selection—the fifth in their ten-year history—and some key free agent decisions. Most notably former lottery pick Gerald Henderson.
It's impossible to deny that Henderson has been one of the most successful Bobcats draft picks to date. Which is to say, he's not a total, unparalleled failure.
Henderson came into the league as an elite athlete known for his defensive acumen. That much hasn't changed in his four years in the Association, but since he's been given solid playing time (a.k.a. when Larry Brown left), he's scored at a very respectable clip, too. He hasn't put up quite the scoring numbers Kemba Walker has (13.6 PPG vs. 15.2 PPG), but he closes that margin on a per-36 minute basis (16.0 vs. 17.4). Hendo's been particularly good in catch-and-shoot plays coming off screens—he was sixth in mid-range shooting among shooting guards last year at 43.4%.
But even though he'll never be a 20 PPG scorer, and his numbers are surely inflated since Kemba Walker is the only other semi-reliable scorer on the team, he's shown steady improvement each year in the league. From his freshman to his junior year at Duke, he improved his shooting line from .451/.320/.627 to .450/.336/.761, and he showed an even bigger improvement in his first four years in the pros (.356/.211/.745 to .447/.330/.824).
For how little love Henderson gets, he puts up top-15 numbers among shooting guards across the board, making him an above-average starter. 10th in PER (16.48). 11th in scoring (15.5 PPG). 7th in field goal percentage (.447). 14th in free throw percentage (.824). 10th in offensive rebounding (0.8 ORPG). 12th in blocks (0.50 BPG). He doesn't have a marquee name, and he isn't (yet) an elite long-range shooter, but you sure could do worse at the 2-guard.
Now, Henderson is a restricted free agent, and the upcoming NBA draft features two young shooting guards who may be available for Charlotte: Victor Oladipo and Ben McLemore. One who is very similar to Henderson and one who is completely different.
Oladipo Comparison
First let's take a look at Oladipo, who has a shockingly similar profile to Henderson.
Both are undersized but long juniors from major programs (6'5" 215 with a 6'10.5" wingspan and 8'6.5" standing reach for Henderson and 6'4" 213 with a 6'9" wingspan and 8'4.5" standing reach for Oladipo). Even Chad Ford's pre-draft notes on them are eerily similar:
- Versatile 2-guard, does almost everything well
- Plays the game very smoothly
- He's a great athlete, has NBA strength
- Has a very consistent midrange jump shot
- Is quick enough to take his man off the dribble
- Strong enough to post up guys
- Excellent rebounder for a guard
- Good basketball IQ
- Excellent perimeter defender
- Needs to increase his range
- Still not a consistent 3-point threat
- A bit undersized for his position
- Very inconsistent in his 2 years at Duke
- Crazy athletic swingman
- Explosive leaper
- Tough, physical player
- Excellent rebounder
- Tenacious defender
- Best motor in college basketball
- Improving jump shot
- A bit undersized for his position
- Can be turnover prone
That's two different ways of describing the same player. Why draft someone who resembles Gerald Henderson when you could have the actual Gerald Henderson and another player?
There are obviously some differences between them that favor Oladipo (42" vs. 35" vertical and .441 vs. .336 junior year 3-point percentage, although their .338 and .329 3-point percentage throughout college makes it closer). But drafting the Hoosier just seems redundant when there are other players on the board.
The good news (?), though, is that Oladipo probably won't be on the board when the Bobcats select fourth; Orlando reportedly has an eye on him with the second pick.
McLemore Comparison
Ben McLemore, on the other hand, is a completely different animal. His game is based on shooting instead of defensive intensity, something the Bobcats have been searching for ever since they traded Jason Richardson.
McLemore's redshirt freshman year was a mixed bag, since he shot 42% from beyond the arc and nearly joined the 50-40-90 club (.495/.420/.870) but also faded in the NCAA tournament and deferred to Elijah Johnson all year. He even had 11 20-point games, although he also had 12 games with 11 or less, including a 2-point performance in the Round of 32 against North Carolina.
McLemore has the raw tools to be an All-Star and a solid defender, but he hasn't shown the killer instinct of a superstar. Say what you want about intangibles, but McLemore does have one skill the Bobcats desperately need: shooting.
In a vacuum, I like McLemore. But the cost of drafting McLemore isn't just "missing out" on Anthony Bennett or Alex Len, it's losing Gerald Henderson, too. Charlotte wouldn't bring back Henderson after drafting McLemore because there simply aren't enough minutes for the development of Walker, Ramon Sessions, McLemore, Henderson, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and Jeff Taylor. McLemore will probably be a good player, but will he be better than whomever else the Bobcats would draft and Henderson? I'm guessing that's a no.
Gerald Henderson will never be Kobe Bryant, but the Bobcats, according to the Charlotte Observer's Rick Bonnell, understand his value. Three-and-D wings are becoming very important—look at Danny Green in these Finals—and Charlotte understands GH's value more than any other team.
Interestingly enough, Kemba's scoring (18.3 vs. 17.8), shooting (43% vs. 41%), three-point shooting (37% vs. 32%), assists (6.0 vs. 5.7), and rebounding (3.7 vs. 3.4) all tick up when Henderson is on the floor.
Gerald's Price
Henderson won't cost as much as DeMar DeRozan's leviathan 4-year $40 million deal—the Raptor was drafted three picks before Henderson in '09—he'll be more in the $5-6 million range, a bit above his $4.3 million qualifying offer. The Bobcats have the right to match any offer another team gives, but it's hard to imagine him getting an offer much higher than the mid-level exception. The market will likely dictate a four-year pact for about $22 million, although he's probably worth even more than that.
If the choice comes down to a rookie shooting guard (McLemore) or Henderson and a rookie big man (Bennett, Len, or even Noel), I'm taking the latter every time.
And if that doesn't convince you, Henderson has my favorite nickname in the NBA: The OG (The Other Gerald). That has to count for something, right?
– Ben


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Embedded below, video from last night's The Agenda. This was my third appearance (first one here, second one here) which makes it tempting to refer to myself as a regular, but that would probably jinx any chance I have at future appearances. (It's a privilege and a joy to be on The Agenda. It's a great show and Steve Paikin is a very impressive host.)
Get comfy before pushing play. It's a little over 50 minutes long.


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As you know doubt have heard by now, typing in oklahomacitythunder.com redirected the reader to a site devoted to two very nice ladies involved in some sort of decorating business. Deadspin spread the word about the humorous bit of misdirection and we all had a nice laugh.
So, imagine my surprise today when I typed in oklahomacitythunder.com, and this turned up. It's a video of the song Just Dreamin' from the group Harlequin Bureau.
The group's MySpace page notes that the band's influences include The Cure and New Order, which, ccoincidentally, are the same bands Clay Bennett took his wife to on their first date (and, yes, that's a joke).
Not sure what any of this discombobulation of websites means, but perhaps someone in the band's management company is just a frustrated Seattle Sonics fan like the rest of us.


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What are the health benefits of practicing yoga?
Practicing yoga has numerous health benefits. It can improve flexibility, build strength, enhance posture, reduce stress and anxiety, promote relaxation, and boost overall physical and mental well-being.
Do I need to be flexible to do yoga?
No, you don't need to be flexible to start practicing yoga. Yoga is suitable for all fitness levels and can help improve flexibility over time with regular practice.
What type of yoga is best for beginners?
Hatha yoga is often recommended for beginners as it focuses on basic poses and breathing techniques. It provides a gentle introduction to the practice and helps build a strong foundation.
How often should I practice yoga?
The frequency of yoga practice depends on individual preferences and goals. Ideally, practicing for at least 2-3 times a week can yield noticeable benefits. However, even a shorter practice session can be beneficial.
What should I wear for yoga?
Opt for comfortable and breathable clothing that allows you to move freely. Choose attire that doesn't restrict your movements and absorbs moisture to keep you dry and comfortable.
What accessories can enhance my yoga practice?
There are several accessories that can enhance your yoga practice. Yoga blocks, straps, and bolsters can aid in alignment and provide support, while yoga towels can offer better grip and absorb sweat.
Which yoga mat is suitable for hot yoga?
For hot yoga, look for a mat with excellent grip and moisture-wicking properties. Consider mats made of natural rubber or equipped with a microfiber top layer to provide superior traction during hot and sweaty sessions.
Are there any specific yoga styles for stress relief?
Yoga styles like Vinyasa, Restorative, and Yin Yoga are known for their stress-relieving properties. These styles focus on deep breathing, gentle movements, and extended relaxation, helping to calm the mind and release tension.


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At first I was going to be all indignant about how no one
told me how easy Sticky Toffee Pudding was to make and how much better it was
Then I realized that I would look silly if I did that because many
people have said to me how easy and how good it is homemade!
When it comes to Christmas dinner I tend to cheat as much as
I can. I use anything that makes my life easier on the day, because the last
thing I want is to be banned to the kitchen by myself. Our kitchen and living
room are very separate.
In the past even though I like making desserts, I have tended to buy or use easily put together desserts. For various reasons like the one above also because we only have one oven and time management has never been my thing!
This year was going to be different. I was proud of myself
that I time managed just right and only after we finished our filling dinner I
started the dessert. By the time it was ready we were all had room for it and
as a bonus it was nice and hot! The best way to eat Sticky Toffee Pudding! I
mean is there any other way?
I generally think of Sticky Toffee Pudding as essentially
British. However there are rumors that it came originally from Canadian army
men stationed here in the UK during World War II. If it we are to believe this,
it makes me wonder what else they are lying to us about!
While I attempt to research that I will sit down with a bowl
of this pudding and realize I don't really care where it comes from because
it's so good!
Sticky Toffee Pudding
180g dates, chopped
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
200ml boiling water
75g butter, softened
100g light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
150g plain flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
2 tsp cocoa powder
100g pecans, chopped
Heat the oven to 160C fan/180F and line an 8x8 square cake
tin. Soak the dates in the boiling water with the teaspoon of bicarbonate of
Beat the butter until soft and creamy, add the sugar and
beat until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat for a few
seconds until combined. Then fold in the flour, baking powder, and cocoa powder
until just combined. Last but not least fold in the pecans.
Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 30-35
minutes. Use the skewer test if you are unsure.
While it's the oven make the
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toffee sauce
100g light brown sugar
150ml double cream
75g butter
1 tablespoon black treacle
pinch of salt
Place all the ingredients into a saucepan and heat until
they are all combined. Once the pudding is out of the oven serve it up and
cover each portion with enough toffee sauce to cover said portion.
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notes: Recipe is adapted from Crumb by Ruby Tandoh. If you liked this post you may be interested in the review of Crumb and Monkey Bread also from her book.


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getpriority, setpriority - get and set the nice value
[XSI] #include <sys/resource.h>
int getpriority(int which, id_t who);
int setpriority(int which, id_t who, int value);
The getpriority() function shall obtain the nice value of a process, process group, or user. The setpriority() function shall set the nice value of a process, process group, or user to value+ {NZERO}.
Target processes are specified by the values of the which and who arguments. The which argument may be one of the following values: PRIO_PROCESS, PRIO_PGRP, or PRIO_USER, indicating that the who argument is to be interpreted as a process ID, a process group ID, or an effective user ID, respectively. A 0 value for the who argument specifies the current process, process group, or user.
The nice value set with setpriority() shall be applied to the process. If the process is multi-threaded, the nice value shall affect all system scope threads in the process.
If more than one process is specified, getpriority() shall return value {NZERO} less than the lowest nice value pertaining to any of the specified processes, and setpriority() shall set the nice values of all of the specified processes to value+ {NZERO}.
The default nice value is {NZERO}; lower nice values shall cause more favorable scheduling. While the range of valid nice values is [0,{NZERO}*2-1], implementations may enforce more restrictive limits. If value+ {NZERO} is less than the system's lowest supported nice value, setpriority() shall set the nice value to the lowest supported value; if value+ {NZERO} is greater than the system's highest supported nice value, setpriority() shall set the nice value to the highest supported value.
Only a process with appropriate privileges can lower its nice value.
[PS|TPS] Any processes or threads using SCHED_FIFO or SCHED_RR shall be unaffected by a call to setpriority(). This is not considered an error. A process which subsequently reverts to SCHED_OTHER need not have its priority affected by such a setpriority() call.
The effect of changing the nice value may vary depending on the process-scheduling algorithm in effect.
Since getpriority() can return the value -1 upon successful completion, it is necessary to set errno to 0 prior to a call to getpriority(). If getpriority() returns the value -1, then errno can be checked to see if an error occurred or if the value is a legitimate nice value.
Upon successful completion, getpriority() shall return an integer in the range -{NZERO} to {NZERO}-1. Otherwise, -1 shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error.
Upon successful completion, setpriority() shall return 0; otherwise, -1 shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error.
The getpriority() and setpriority() functions shall fail if:
- No process could be located using the which and who argument values specified.
- The value of the which argument was not recognized, or the value of the who argument is not a valid process ID, process group ID, or user ID.
In addition, setpriority() may fail if:
- A process was located, but neither the real nor effective user ID of the executing process match the effective user ID of the process whose nice value is being changed.
- A request was made to change the nice value to a lower numeric value and the current process does not have appropriate privileges.
Using getpriority()
The following example returns the current scheduling priority for the process ID returned by the call to getpid().
#include <sys/resource.h> ... int which = PRIO_PROCESS; id_t pid; int ret;
pid = getpid(); ret = getpriority(which, pid);Using setpriority()
The following example sets the priority for the current process ID to -20.
#include <sys/resource.h> ... int which = PRIO_PROCESS; id_t pid; int priority = -20; int ret;
pid = getpid(); ret = setpriority(which, pid, priority);
The getpriority() and setpriority() functions work with an offset nice value (nice value -{NZERO}). The nice value is in the range [0,2*{NZERO} -1], while the return value for getpriority() and the third parameter for setpriority() are in the range [-{NZERO},{NZERO} -1].
nice , sched_get_priority_max , sched_setscheduler
XBD <sys/resource.h>
First released in Issue 4, Version 2.
Moved from X/OPEN UNIX extension to BASE.
The DESCRIPTION is reworded in terms of the nice value rather than priority to avoid confusion with functionality in the POSIX Realtime Extension.
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This article originally appeared on The Order of the Good Death. I have already written, here and here, about the death positive movement, to which this post is meant as a small contribution.
"As soon as the grave is filled in, acorns should be planted over it, so that new trees will grow out of it later, and the wood will be as thick as it was before. All traces of my grave shall vanish from the face of the earth, as I flatter myself that my memory will vanish from the minds of men".
This passage from the will of the Marquis de Sade has always struck a chord with me. Of course, he penned it as his last raging, disdainful grimace at mankind, but the very same thought can also be peaceful.
I have always been sensitive to the poetic, somewhat romantic fantasy of the taoist or buddhist monk retiring on his pretty little mountain, alone, to get ready for death. In my younger days, I thought dying meant leaving the world behind, and that it carried no responsibility. In fact, it was supposed to finally free me of all responsibility. My death belonged only to me.
An intimate, sacred, wondrous experience I would try my best to face with curiosity.
Impermanence? Vanishing "from the minds of men"? Who cares. If my ego is transient like everything else, that's actually no big deal. Let me go, people, once and for all.
In my mind, the important thing was focusing on my own death. To train. To prepare.
"I want my death to be delicate, quiet, discreet", I would write in my diary.
"I'd prefer to walk away tiptoe, as not to disturb anyone. Without leaving any trace of my passage".
Unfortunately, I am now well aware it won't happen this way, and I shall be denied the sweet comfort of being swiftly forgotten.
I have spent most of my time domesticating death – inviting it into my home, making friends with it, understanding it – and now I find the only thing I truly fear about my own demise is the heartbreak it will inevitably cause. It's the other side of loving and being loved: death will hurt, it will come at the cost of wounding and scarring the people I cherish the most.
Dying is never just a private thing, it's about others.
And you can feel comfortable, ready, at peace, but to look for a "good" death means to help your loved ones prepare too. If only there was a simple way.
The thing is, we all endure many little deaths.
Places can die: we come back to the playground we used to run around as kids, and now it's gone, swallowed up by a hideous gas station.
The melancholy of not being allowed to kiss for the first time once again.
We've ached for the death of our dreams, of our relationships, of our own youth, of the exciting time when every evening out with our best friends felt like a new adventure. All these things are gone forever.
And we have experienced even smaller deaths, like our favorite mug tumbling to the floor one day, and breaking into pieces.
It's the same feeling every time, as if something was irremediably lost. We look at the fragments of the broken mug, and we know that even if we tried to glue them together, it wouldn't be the same cup anymore. We can still see its image in our mind, remember what it was like, but know it will never be whole again.
I have sometimes come across the idea that when you lose someone, the pain can never go away; but if you learn to accept it you can still go on living. That's not enough, though.
I think we need to embrace grief, rather than just accepting it, we need to make it valuable. It sounds weird, because pain is a new taboo, and we live in a world that keeps on telling us that suffering has no value. We're always devising painkillers for any kind of aching. But sorrow is the other side of love, and it shapes us, defines us and makes us unique.
For centuries in Japan potters have been taking broken bowls and cups, just like our fallen mug, and mending them with lacquer and powdered gold, a technique called kintsugi. When the object is reassembled, the golden cracks – forming such a singular decoration, impossible to duplicate – become its real quality. Scars transform a common bowl into a treasure.
I would like my death to be delicate, quiet, discreet.
I would prefer to walk away tiptoe, as not to disturb anyone, and tell my dear ones: don't be afraid.
You think the cup is broken, but sorrow is the other side of love, it proves that you have loved. And it is a golden lacquer which can be used to put the pieces together.
Here, look at this splinter: this is that winter night we spent playing the blues before the fireplace, snow outside the window and mulled wine in our glasses.
Take this other one: this is when I told you I'd decided to quit my job, and you said go ahead, I'm on your side.
This piece is when you were depressed, and I dragged you out and took you down to the beach to see the eclipse.
This piece is when I told you I was in love with you.
We all have a kintsugi heart.
Grief is affection, we can use it to keep the splinters together, and turn them into a jewel. Even more beautiful than before.
As Tom Waits put it, "all that you've loved, is all you own".


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widelands <option0>=<value0> ... <optionN>=<valueN>
In this game, you start out on a small piece of land with nothing more than
a few of useful resources. Using those, you can build yourself an empire
with many thousands of inhabitants. On your way towards this goal, you will
have to build up an economic infrastructure, explore the lands around you
and face enemies who are trying to rule the world just like you do.
--<config-entry-name>=value overwrites a config file setting
- --record
- Record all events to the given filename for later playback
- --playback
- Playback given filename (see --record)
- --coredump
- Generates a core dump on segfaults instead of using the SDL
- --ggz
- Starts game as GGZ Gaming Zone client (don't use it yet!)
- --help
- Show a short help text
- --version
Show version
In Widelands, you are the regent of a small tribe. You start out with nothing but your headquarters, a kind of castle in which all your resources are stored. In the course of the game, you will build an ever growing settlement. Every member of your tribe will do his or her part to produce more resources - wood, food, iron, gold and more - to further this growth. But you are not alone in the world, and you will meet other tribes sooner or later. Some of them may be friendly and trade with you. However, if you want to rule the world, you will have to train soldiers and fight.
Widelands offers a unique style of play. For example, a system of roads plays the central role of your economy: all the goods that are harvested and processed by the tribe must be transported from one building to the next. This is done by carriers, and those carriers always walk along the roads. It is your job to lay out the roads as efficiently as possible.
Another refreshing aspect of the game is the way you command your tribe. There is no need to tell every single one of your subjects what to do - that would be impossible, because there can be thousands of them! Instead, all you've got to do is order them to build a building somewhere, and the builders will come. Similarly, whenever you want to attack an enemy, just place an order to attack one of their barracks, and your soldiers will march to fight. You're really a ruler: You delegate in times of war and in times of peace!
Widelands offers single-player mode with different campaigns; the campaigns all tell the story of a tribe and it's struggle in the Widelands universe! However, settling really starts when you unite with friends over the Internet or LAN to build up new empires together - or to crush each other in the dusts of war. Widelands also offers an Artifical Intelligent to challenge.
In the end, Widelands will be extensible, so that you can create your own type of tribe with their own sets of buildings. You can create new worlds to play in, and you could even create new types of worlds (who says you can't build a settlement on the moon?).
For more information and support you can find the website, the wiki, and the forum for quesions or general support at:You can also find the bug and translations trackers at:
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Signs That You May Need Root Canal Therapy
Whether you have a persistent toothache or prolonged sensitivity, root canal symptoms can be incredibly painful. A root canal becomes necessary when the pulp, or innermost portion of the tooth, becomes infected or inflamed. During treatment, the endodontist can carefully remove compromised tissue, clean and shape the canals, and fill the space to restore its structural integrity. If you are experiencing signs of an infection, contact your doctor as soon as possible. A root canal can save your tooth from extraction.
Common Symptoms
The pulp of a tooth can become infected or inflamed due to deep decay, trauma, or repeated dental work. There are several indications of an infection.
The most common symptom of an infected tooth is pain. Pain can come in the form of sensitivity to hot and cold temperatures, or a severe toothache prompted by actions like chewing or biting. The extent of pain can vary from patient to patient and may present itself consistently or intermittently. Sensations may be throbbing, dull, or sharp and they can affect an isolated area of the mouth or extend to larger stretches of the smile.
Pain can come in the form of sensitivity to hot and cold temperatures, or a severe toothache when biting or chewing.
Keep in mind that dental pain can be caused by one of many conditions, so the best course of action is to consult a dentist if you are experiencing discomfort.
Swelling can also be a telltale sign of an infection. Nearby gums can swell and become tender. In some cases, inflammation can extend to the face and neck. At times, swelling may be accompanied by pain or a bad taste in the mouth.
An infected tooth may appear dark or discolored. However, you should also keep an eye out for yellow, white, or gray spots on a tooth, as these can be signs of decay. When left untreated, decay can spread to the pulp chamber.
Pimple on the Gums
When a tooth is infected, a pimple-like growth can form on the gums. The technical term for this growth is a sinus tract, but you may also hear it called a fistula. The appearance of this pimple signifies that an infection is draining, and it may be accompanied by a bad odor or taste.
Diagnosing an Infection
Sometimes, an infection presents with no symptoms at all. However, your dentist would be able to identify an infection using x-rays or other advanced images. Most dentists take periodic x-rays as part of routine dental care. These images allow the dentist to see beneath the gums to the dental roots and jawbone. A dark spot around the root of a tooth, known as a radiolucency, could be a sign that the root is damaged or infected. An x-ray may also reveal decay, which appears as a dark spot within the tooth.
When Should You Contact the Dentist?
If you are experiencing signs of an infection, you should contact your doctor immediately. Whether a tooth is infected and needs root canal treatment or simply has a small cavity, it will not heal on its own. In fact, postponing professional dental care will only allow the condition to worsen, which could result in the need for more invasive and costly solutions. Seek a dentist's advice early, and attend biannual checkups and cleanings to ensure your teeth and gums remain healthy.


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It doesn't matter if we do things right, "doesn't matter if we do things according to the book or what we expect or what others expect. What matters is the quality of heart and integrity we bring to what we do. . . . What matters is remembering that we care about as many moments of our life as possible." -Tara Brach
So often I feel like I'm failing. Failing my family and friends by not keeping in touch, failing my husband by not being the equal partner I signed up to be, failing the folks I write for at Migraine.com by not submitting more posts. Failing you by not writing more often, by not responding to comments, by not updating my blogroll. Failing myself by not having a career, by not being able to support myself financially, by not doing more activities that nourish my soul.
The funny thing about these "failures" is that they are not my fault. I would participate in the world if migraine and chronic daily headache did not drag me down the way they do. This is not to say life would be cake and balloons if I didn't have migraine; I'd still have challenges and frustrations, but chronic illness has hijacked my personality. I am not the unproductive, antisocial being that illness has turned me into. And so I fret. Fret about the difference between who I am fundamentally and how I behave because of migraine.
What if, instead of dwelling on what I cannot achieve, I view my life the way Tara Brach describes? What if I see the quality of heart and integrity I bring to everything I do, the intense focus I give to even the most mundane day-to-day tasks? Then I am not failing at all. In fact, I am overflowing with love and purpose and gratitude.
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Never mind my complaints about travel, VERTEX 2012 was a very nice conference. There were a lot of interesting people there, mostly much more expert than me on the subject of vertex detectors. (I've written before about how tracking works and how a pixel detector works. In general, a vertex detector is a high-precision tracker designed to measure exactly where tracks come from; a pixel detector is one type of vertex detector.) My talk was about the current operations of the CMS pixel detector; you can see me giving the talk at right, and the (very technical) slides are here. Other talks were about future development in on-detector chip and sensor technology; this work is likely to affect the next detectors we build, and the upgrades of our current detectors as well.
The location of the conference — Jeju, Korea — was also very nice, and we got an afternoon off to see some of the island. The whole island is volcanic. The central mountain dominates the landscape, and there are lots of grass-covered craters. Sunrise peak, at left, erupted as recently as 5,000 years ago, but it seemed pretty quiet when we were there.
Overall, the conference was a great opportunity to meet people from all over the world and learn from them. And that's really why we have to travel so far for these things, because good people work everywhere.


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Join Ranger's signature designer Claudine Hellmuth as she shares her vibrant talents and colorful creativity and discover over 18 fun-filled techniques using her Studio line of products. In this all day class we'll be creating a Maya Road chipboard mini idea book brimming with color, texture, paint and transfers. Class details and sign up information are on the The Scrapboodles blog. Spaces are limited so sign up soon!spaces still available!
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A full day of my my most popular collage class - Collage Discovery Workshop at the Mystic Paper store in Historic Downton Mesa! Call the store at 480-834-0286 to register!spaces still available!
May 22nd - mixed media class in Reston VA
Love adding new techniques to your repertoire? Join Claudine Hellmuth and discover over 14 fun-filled methods using the Claudine Hellmuth Studio product line. In this 5 hour class we'll be creating a swatch tag reference book brimming with color,texture,paint and various transfer techniques. Class details and sign up information are on the The Angela's Happy Stamper web site. Spaces are limited so sign up soon! class full - get on the waiting list and maybe we'll add another class!
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I'm back in town for a few days from Ranger U in New Jersey before I head to Lincoln Nebraska to teach. Ranger U was a lot of fun of course! Suze, always with her camera ready, was the default photojournalist during my workshop and did a wonderful blog post about my day of teaching which you can check out here!http://www.collageartist.com/workshops.htm
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Pioneering decentralized finance protocol, MakerDAO, has announced its foundation will formally dissolve in the coming months, marking one of the final milestones in the protocol's roadmap to decentralized governance.
A July 20 blog post describes Maker's decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, as now being "fully self-sufficient" — with its globally distributed community "now responsible for every aspect of the Maker protocol."
"Complete decentralization of Maker means that future development and operation of the Protocol and the DAO will be determined by thousands or perhaps millions of engaged, enthusiastic community members, all determined to extend the benefits of digital currency to people across the globe."
The post's author, Maker Foundation CEO, Rune Christensen recounts highlights from the project's six-year journey, with Christensen having first revealed his plans in a Reddit post detailing his vision for an Ethereum-back stable token dubbed "eDollar" during March 2015.
The Maker Foundation was created as a non-profit tasked with overseeing the project's development and funding in September 2018, reportedly at the behest of its early investors. While Christensen created the Foundation with the intention of dissolving it within two to three years, the move catalyzed internal tensions between supporters of the Foundation and those who saw the legal entity as at odds with crypto's fundamentally anarchic ethos.
He describes Maker as having "come a long way in a relatively short period," transitioning from a pioneering fledgling DAO, into a Foundation, and back to a DAO again.
"While the Foundation played a specific and important role in the further development of the Maker Protocol and the growth of a global team, it was designed to exist only temporarily," emphasized Christensen.
In May 2017, more than two years after Christensen revealed Maker on Reddit, the protocol conducted a limited release of ProtoSai — the precursor to Maker's first stablecoin, SAI, or Single-Collateral Dai.
SAI would enjoy a wholesale release in December of 2017 and circulate for nearly two years, with Maker introducing Multi-Collateral Dai (DAI) during November of 2019 — allowing DAI to be minted against a variety of digital assets approved by Maker governance.
Related: Australian digital finance industry wants to legally recognize DAOs
While Maker would emerge as a pioneering DeFi protocol perched at the top of the sector's rankings by total value locked, 2020 was not all smooth sailing for Maker, with users launching a class-action lawsuit against the foundation in the aftermath of "Black Thursday" in March. The incident saw Maker lose roughly $6.64 million DAI to cascading liquidations after the price of Ether crashed 50% over roughly 24 hours.
March 2020 would also see the Maker Foundation transfer the MKR token contract to community governance, marking the beginnings of the project's journey to reinstating decentralizing governance — with Christensen characterizing the foundation as "completely pointless."
The protocol would also add support for Circle's centralized stablecoin USDC that month, inflaming controversy regarding Maker's support for centralized crypto assets as collateral for its purported decentralized stable token.
In March of this year, "Core Units" were established to coordinate management across the protocol's various teams and activities. The foundation would also return development funds of 84,000 MKR to the Maker DAO in May, worth nearly $500 million at the time.
According to DeFi Llama, MakerDAO is currently the sixth-ranked decentralized finance protocol with a total value locked of $5.62 billion.


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Date: Saturday February 24, 2018
Time: 9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate
We are excited to welcome Trevor MacKenzie as our special guest presenter to help us learn all about inquiry classrooms, the different types of student inquiry and how we can incorporate these into our classroom practices.
Webinar Description:
Please join us for a vibrant discussion all about inquiry-based learning and how teachers can powerfully personalize learning for students in their classrooms. Trevor MacKenzie, author of the best-selling book Dive into Inquiry: Amplify Learning and Empower Student Voice and forthcoming (and highly anticipated) follow-up Inquiry Mindset: Nurturing the Dreams, Wonders and Curiosities of Our Youngest Learners (co-authored with Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt) will share some tips, tricks and processes for teachers both new and well-versed to the inquiry classroom. These takeaways will be a mix of ideas and activities you can do tomorrow in your class as well as BIG ideas that will truly transform your teaching. Trevor will also share some exclusive content from Inquiry Mindset during the webinar that hasn't been released to the public yet - exciting! If you haven't heard Trevor speak you're in for a treat - he's passionate, informed, and an absolute sharer. He genuinely cares about impacting teaching and learning. You don't want to miss this webinar!
Have you seen this Sketchnote? It's gone viral and will be discussed during the webinar.
Trevor MacKenzie is an award winning English teacher, Instructional Coach (focusing on inquiry and technology), and graduate student from Victoria, BC, Canada who believes that it is a magical time to be an educator. By increasing student agency over learning, weaving in strong pedagogy, transformative tech use, and sharing learning to a public audience, Trevor's learners are ready to take on important roles in the 21st century. Trevor uses technology to enhance his teaching as he experiments with the flipped classroom, inquiry-based learning, iPad Ed, and exploring student blogging as a means to reflect on learning. He strives to make learning public and meaningful and support innovation and connection amongst educators.
Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
Tiny URL for Full Recording: https://tinyurl.com/TrevorMacKenzie-2-24-18
Recording Chat: https://goo.gl/xU4BB6
Audio Recording (mp3):
Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions: (links shared by participants during the session have been added to this list and also to the Livebinder)
Livebinder Link: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=2325678
(Note: Click on tab for "Dive into Inquiry-Trevor MacKenzie" in the Livebinder).
http://trevormackenzie.com/ (Trevor MacKenzie's website)
https://trevmackenzie.wordpress.com/ (Trevor's blog. Learn about #MeaningfulMonday)
http://trevormackenzie.com/about-trevor/ (About Trevor MacKenzie)
https://twitter.com/trev_mackenzie (Follow Trevor MacKenzie on Twitter)
https://oakbay.sd61.bc.ca/ (Oak Bay High School, Victoria, BC, Canada)
https://www.edutopia.org/article/bringing-inquiry-based-learning-into-your-class-trevor-mackenzie#comment-274881 (Trevor MacKenzie: Bringing Inquiry-based Learning into your Class)
https://letsrecap.com/2017/09/28/dive-inquiry-edchat/ (Recap: Dive into Inquiry edchat)
https://www.edutopia.org/topic/inquiry-based-learning (Dive into Inquiry)
https://www.edutopia.org/article/inquiry-based-learning-resources-downloads (Resources and Downloads to Facilitate Inquiry-Based Learning)
https://www.trevormackenzie.com/inquiry-mindset (Inquiry Mindset)
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/what-heck-inquiry-based-learning-heather-wolpert-gawron (Heather Wolpert-Gawron: What the Heck is Inquiry Based Learning?)
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html (WNET Concept to Classroom: Inquiry Learning Workshop resources)
https://trevmackenzie.wordpress.com/2018/01/10/guest-review-from-nate-gildart/ (Guest review by Nate Gildart of Trevor's book: Dive into Inquiry)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCyW1gLcwF0&list=PLlnprPsaC_NwaKCDUL2bgaF-lMroURFgj (YouTube playlist for Dive into Inquiry)
https://youtu.be/cDXP1SHkcaM (EdTechTeam Live YouTube video of interactive discussion with Trevor MacKenzie about Dive into Inquiry)
https://youtu.be/Rgj0Uu1BFZ8 (Jennie Magiera: Dive Into Inquiry - D62 Book Study Live HOA w/ the Author! Feb. 2017)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rw-oJpOknRQfBfHUFiMbbf_mzMhfRkm1/view (Sketchnote: Types of Student Inquiry)
https://vimeo.com/256615742 (Vimeo: Flipgrid Unplugged #8: Building an Inquiry Mindset with Trevor MacKenzie and Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt)
https://trevmackenzie.wordpress.com/2017/06/12/do-you-have-an-inquiry-classroom/ (Trevor MacKenzie: Do You Have an Inquiry Classroom?)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwtaLGfXAAAsbmc.jpg:large (Sylvia Duckworth Sketchnote: 10 Reasons to Use Inquiry Based Learning)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4HTnxJWcAAIGOU.jpg (Sylvia Duckworth Sketchnote: Ideas for Inquiry-Based Learning)
https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/10-benefits-of-inquiry-based-learning/ (10 Benefits of Inquiry Based Learning)
http://jcasatodd.com/?p=445 (Jennifer Casa-Todd: The Connected Student)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1I1xV1-YjaujVrHzsUxy6w_peO5-CLsPW26prQGnJM84/edit#slide=id.p (Presentation slides "Using Inquiry-based Learning Strategies to Foster Student Collaboration" by Daniel Ballantyne and Jamie Reaburn Weir)
https://www.slideshare.net/sajjadh/inquiry-based-learning-71017817 (Inquiry Based Learning Slideshare: Ideas shared by Trev Mackenzie & Syliva Duckworth converted into pictorials by Sajjad Hussain)
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/e238/ (Vicki Davis interview with a Seventh and Eighth Grade History Teacher from California, Joshua Eby. Inquiry-based Learning in the History Classroom)
https://www.prodigygame.com/blog/inquiry-based-learning-definition-benefits-strategies/ (Marcus Guido: All About Inquiry-Based Learning: Definition, Benefits and Strategies)
https://www.kidsdiscover.com/teacherresources/how-to-set-the-stage-for-inquiry-based-learning/ (Kristine Scharaldi: How to Set the Stage for Inquiry Based Learning)
http://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies-use-inquiry-based-learning (Janelle Cox: Teaching Strategies to Use Inquiry Based Learning)
http://www.globalonlineacademy.org/professional-learning/20-questions-that-promote-inquiry-based-learning/ (Kristin Daniel and Bonnie Lathram: 20 Questions that Promote Inquiry Based Learning)
http://winjigo.com/inquiry-based-learning-versus-project-based-learning-whats-the-difference/ (Inquiry based learning vs Project based Learning: What's the difference?)
https://cybraryman.com/questioning.html (Cybraryman: Inquiry-based learning and questioning resources)
Closing Slides:
http://learningrevolution.com (The Learning Revolution Network created by Steve Hargadon. We now have Host Your Own Webinars again! If you would like to schedule a free public webinar on Blackboard Collaborate sign up on this site.)
http://learningrevolution.com/page/host-your-own-webinar (Host Your Own Webinar
http://bit.ly/cr20liveitunesu (This link will open iTunes so you can subscribe to our video podcasts.)
https://www.youtube.com/user/Classroom20LIVE (Subscribe to Classroom 2.0 LIVE videos on YouTube)
http://tinyurl.com/CR20LIVEFeaturedTeacherNominat (Nominate a Featured Teacher for our shows--you can nominate yourself too if you'd like to present for us)
http://tinyurl.com/cr20livesurvey (Classroom 2.0 LIVE survey link to request PD certificates for live or recorded webinars)
Links added during chat have been added to the Livebinder:
http://oured-techtoolbox.weebly.com/ (Awesome resources in this Tech Toolbox for Trevor's High School!)
https://www.amazon.com/Computers-Secrets-Six-Year-Olds-Curiosity-Change-ebook/dp/B00E3CGPMS/ref=sr_1_1 (Peggy George: This is a book I love that will inspire you about curiosity! Can Computers Keep Secrets? How a Six-Year-Old's Curiosity Could Change the World by Tom Barrett!)
https://giphy.com/gifs/lava-volcano-eruption-VPQzACQ9WTeNy (animated gif example for volcano eruption. Gifs are great for provocations!)
https://giphy.com/explore/bacteria (animated gif examples for bacteria)
https://giphy.com/gifs/art-design-biology-Wk0f3Mri3iSVW (bacteria animated gif shared by Trevor in his presentation)
http://cainesarcade.com/ (Caine's Arcade: 9-year-old Caine Monroy spent his summer vacation building an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad's used auto parts store. Watch his inspiring videos!)
https://documentary.net/video/abus-story/ (Abu's Story: When Abu was 15, he discovered the potential of machine learning. Now what he's building could help doctors and patients all over the world.)
https://www.sunsationalsixthgraders.com/ (Marilyn Mcalister: I'm blogging our journey using Trevor's inquiry map.)
https://trevmackenzie.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/the-inquiry-process/ (Trevor MacKenzie: The Inquiry Process with his inquiry map)


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My wife and I are thinking of selling our house and buying something a bit bigger. The house we are in is a little small for our expanding family. It could be done, but not very comfortably. In that process, we started our research by visiting with a loan officer to run some numbers and make sure that we were shopping in a price range that we could afford.
One of the subjects that came up in the process is the subject of home owners insurance. As we discussed it, I mentioned what we were currently paying. And then the discussion really started. Turns out, our loan officer thinks that we are over paying by quite a bit. By about 40% if the loan officer is even close to correct. Ouch.
When we bought our house, the insurance was the last thing on my mind. When the day came to sign all the paperwork, the loan officer that we were using at the time (not the same one we saw the other day) asked for the proof of insurance. Which I did not have, because I had not gotten the insurance yet. I didn't see the purpose in insuring a house that I didn't technically own yet. I was wrong. I couldn't take ownership without proof of insurance. Two very quick trips to the insurance agent that has our car insurance account later, I had my home owners insurance, and was able to sign the paperwork and take ownership.
In my haste, I took what I could get and what the agent suggested. Because our house loan has an escrow account, I never really see the bill for the insurance. It never really got brought up, and it just continued on it's merry way. I fell prey to a common personal financial mistake. I didn't shop around. And I didn't revisit my policies to check for pricing and coverage.
Committing that mistake may only be costing me a few hundred dollars a year. I say only, because it could certainly be much worse. Now, as we begin shopping for a new house, we'll also be shopping for insurance. Depending on what we find, we may be changing agents. We may even change agents for the auto coverage as well since we'll be shopping that around as well. It doesn't hurt to look, right?
I know I'm not the only one to ever fall victim to this error. If you'd like to share your story, you can in the comments below.
I started this blog to share what I know and what I was learning about personal finance. Along the way I've met and found many blogging friends. Please feel free to connect with me on the Beating Broke accounts: Twitter and Facebook.
You can also connect with me personally at Novelnaut, Thatedeguy, Shane Ede, and my personal Twitter.


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One of the most useful tools that scientists have for exploring the deep sea is the Alvin research submersible. Here's a postcard showing the submersible just before it begins its dive.
The original Alvin was built in 1964, and since then different versions of the sub have completed over 4300 successful dives to the ocean floor all around the world. Alvin can take a pilot and two scientists to depths of 4500 meters (14,625 feet) a typical dive lasts eight hours, but at least half of that time can be spent just getting down to the bottom and back depending on the bottom depth. Once on the bottom, manipulator arms controlled by the pilot can collect samples of rocks and organisms to be brought back to the surface. Scientists also leave equipment and location markers on the seafloor to conduct experiments, and cameras on the sub collect photographs and video of each dive.
On this cruise, Alvin is being used to observe how the seafloor has changed since the January 2006 eruption, and to collect samples of the water, rocks and organisms found at the new vent sites. Be sure to check out our cruise log on the SEAS website.
For more information on the Alvin submersible visit http://www.whoi.edu/marops/vehicles/alvin/
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