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About CompuServe
CompuServe: The Value Leader in Cyberspace
CompuServe Interactive Services provides complete and comprehensive products and access for Internet online users at home, in the workplace and around the globe. With the launch of CompuServe 7.0 in 2001, CompuServe reached a new milestone by making the gathering of information and exploring the Internet faster, easier and more convenient than ever before for its worldwide membership. Since its acquisition by AOL in 1998, CompuServe has continued to enhance its core service to meet the needs of one of the fastest-growing segments of the Internet: value-driven adults going online for the first time.
An Internet Pioneer
Founded in 1969 as a computer time-sharing service, Columbus, Ohio-based CompuServe drove the initial emergence of the online service industry. In 1979, CompuServe became the first service to offer electronic mail capabilities and technical support to personal computer users. CompuServe broke new ground again in 1980 as the first online service to offer real-time chat online with its CB Simulator. By 1982, the company had formed its Network Services Division to provide wide-area networking capabilities to corporate clients.
CompuServe also led the interactive services industry overseas, entering the international arena in Japan in 1986 with Fujitsu and Nisso Iwai, developing a Japanese-language version of CompuServe called NIFTYSERVE. In 1989, the company expanded into Europe where it grew to be a leading Internet service provider.
A Key Brand
Since February 1998, CompuServe has been a wholly owned subsidiary of America Online, Inc. As part of the AOL Web Properties group, CompuServe plays an important role by providing Internet connectivity for value-minded consumers seeking both a dependable connection to the Internet and all the features and power of an online service.
CompuServe 7.0
The newest version of CompuServe, CompuServe 7.0, delivers a new-look homepage, better ways to organize e-mail, updated Channels, an improved toolbar, better search, a new media player, and easier access to a customized Web page. Each enhancement is designed to make members' online and Internet experiences more relevant and convenient than ever before. Other key features of CompuServe 7.0 include:
- A new Main Menu with rotating feature blocks that bring the best of CompuServe and Internet content to members' fingertips;
- Broad integration of exclusive Time Warner content from great brands such as CNN, CNNSI, People, Fortune, InStyle, Entertainment Weekly, and more;
- Updated CompuServe Channels and Toolbar offering members broader features, better functionality, and easier navigation around the service and the Internet;
- E-mail and buddy list enhancements that offer members more convenient ways to organize personal information and contacts;
- An improved search function that allows members to find what they're looking for faster and more effectively;
- An all-new My Custom Page that provides greater convenience by allowing members to access and manage their personal information (weather, horoscopes, portfolios, sports teams, news, and more) from any computer;
- Support for the latest Windows operating system, Windows XP, for greater compatibility, an;
- An improved CompuServe Radio and a new media player (with CD playback) that make spending time online more fun and entertaining;


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Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
The following Terms of Service ("Terms") and privacy policy ("Policy") governs the information practices used on www.somersetparkva.com (the "Website") operated by the Jefferson Apartment Group and its subsidiaries, affiliates and related entities (referred to herein as "JAG", "we", "us", or "our") and applies to information, products and services (collectively, "Services") provided by JAG in the U.S. and any videos, information, text, graphics, photos or other materials uploaded, downloaded or appearing on the Services (collectively referred to as "Content") as set forth in the Terms for the Website. Throughout the terms and this Policy, we refer to information that personally identifies you as "personal information". All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Policy shall be as set forth in the above Terms for the website.
READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY. THEY ARE A LEGAL CONTRACT GOVERNING YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY US THROUGH THE WEBSITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES. We may modify these Terms from time to time and your continued use of the Services following such change shall signify your agreement to be bound by the modified Terms.
I. Terms of Service
You are responsible for your use of the Services, and for any Content you provide to the Services, and for any consequences thereof. The Content you submit will be viewed by us and through third party services and websites. You should only provide Content that you are comfortable sharing with others under these Terms. JAG will not be responsible or liable for any use of your Content by JAG in accordance with these Terms. You represent and warrant that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein to any Content that you submit. You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and otherwise hold us harmless from any and all demands, claims and actions by third parties (individually and collectively, "Claims"), and all liabilities, judgments, damages, fines, penalties, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred by such third parties in connection therewith (individually and collectively, "Liabilities"), resulting from any Claim that your Content infringes on the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any third party, including any right of privacy.
You may use the Services only if you can form a binding contract with us and are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction. If you are accepting these Terms and using the Services on behalf of a company, organization, government, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so. You may use the Services only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations.
The Services may include advertisements, which may be targeted to queries made through the Services, or other information. The types and extent of advertising by us on the Services are subject to change, and are governed by our Privacy Policy set forth below.
You are responsible for safeguarding the password or credentials that you use to access the Services and for any activities or actions under your account. We encourage you to use "strong" passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols) with your account. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above requirements.
Our Rights
All right, title, and interest in and to the Services (excluding Content provided by users) are and will remain the exclusive property of JAG and its licensors. The Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. JAG reserves all rights not expressly granted in these Terms. You acknowledge and agree that any feedback, comments, or suggestions you may provide regarding JAG, or the Services is entirely voluntary and we will be free to use such feedback, comments or suggestions as we see fit and without any obligation to you.
Copyright Policy
JAG honors the requirements set forth in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. We respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect users of the Services to do the same. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law and are properly provided to us.
Our designated copyright agent for notice of alleged copyright infringement appearing on the Services is:
Copyright Agent – JAG
Email: email@example.com
If you believe that your Content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with the following information:
(i) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf;
(ii) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
(iii) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
(iv) your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and an email address;
(v) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
(vi) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
We reserve the right to remove Content alleged to be infringing without prior notice and at our sole discretion. In appropriate circumstances, we will also terminate a user's account if the user is determined to be an infringer.
Disclaimers & Limitations of Liability
Please read this section carefully since it limits the liability of JAG and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, related companies, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, partners, and licensors (collectively, the JAG Entities"). Each of the subsections below only applies up to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties or the limitation of liability in contracts, and as a result the contents of this section may not apply to you. Nothing in this section is intended to limit any rights you may have which may not be lawfully limited.
Your access to and use of the Services or any Content is at your own risk. You understand and agree that the Services are provided to you on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. Without limiting the foregoing, THE JAG ENTITIES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
The JAG Entities make no warranty and disclaim all responsibility and liability for:
(i) the completeness, accuracy, availability, timeliness, security or reliability of the Services or any Content;
(ii) any harm to your computer system, loss of data, or other harm that results from your access to or use of the Services, or any Content;
(iii) the deletion of, or the failure to store or to transmit, any Content and other communications maintained by the Services;
(iv) whether the Services will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from the JAG Entities or through the Services, will create any warranty not expressly made herein.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE JAG ENTITIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOOD-WILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM (i) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES; (ii) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES; (iii) ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICES; OR (iv) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE JAG ENTITIES EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (U.S. $100.00).
We may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally and may not be able to provide you with prior notice. We may cease providing you with all or part of the Services at any time for any reason, including, but not limited to, if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated these Terms, (ii) you create risk or possible legal exposure for us; or (iii) our provision of the Services to you is no longer commercially viable. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you by the email address associated with your account or through the Services the next time you attempt to access your account. In all such cases, the Terms shall terminate, including, without limitation, your license to use the Services, except that the following sections shall continue to apply: "General", "Our Rights", Copyright Policy", "Disclaimer & Limitation of Liability" and "Termination".
Nothing in this section shall affect JAG's rights to change, limit or stop the provision of the Services without prior notice.
II. Privacy Policy
Our Commitment to Privacy
We at JAG respect the privacy of your personal information. We provide this explanation about our online information practices regarding our Website as a show of our commitment to protect your privacy.
We do not sell or rent individual identification information collected during your use of our Website without your permission.
The Information We Collect
At the time you send us a communication through our Website, we collect and store such information as you may provide, which (depending on the circumstances) can include your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address. We may also collect other individual non-personal information, such as the date of your move and size of apartment desired.
In addition, we may automatically gather general statistical information about our Website and visitors, such as IP addresses, browsers, computer operating system, pages viewed, number of visitors, but in doing so we do not reference you by individual name, e-mail address, home address, or telephone number. We use this data in the aggregate to determine how much our customers use parts of our site so we can improve our site.
The Way We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect about you for the following purposes:
· to send you personalized information about our properties or services that we believe may be of interest to you such as through e-mail alerts and news updates;
· to process your rental application or your request for payment;
· to respond to your feedback or requests for information about our properties;
· to communicate to you important information regarding the site, changes to our Privacy Policy, and/or other administrative information;
· to statistically analyze site usage, to improve our content and to customize our site's content, layout, and services.
· for risk control, to enforce our terms of use, to comply with laws and regulations and to comply with other legal process and law enforcement requirements. We may disclose or access information whenever we believe in good faith that the law so requires or if we otherwise consider it necessary to do so to maintain service and improve our products and services.
We may also ask you to provide us voluntarily with additional information regarding your interests, experience or requests which we may use to customize our service to you.
We may provide this statistical information to third parties, but when we do so we do not provide individual identification information without your permission.
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to manage our Website and to enhance our site based on the usage pattern data we receive.
Disclosure of Your Personal information to Third Parties
We do not sell or trade your personal information to third parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this personal information confidential. We may also release your personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. In the event of a sale, purchase, merger, or other reorganization of any business or property owned by any entity affiliated with JAG, personal or other information may be among the assets transferred to the purchaser(s) of such business or property.
Your Choices Concerning Our Use of Your Personal information
Outside of information we send to you at your request, we may use your personal information to deliver information to you that, in some cases, is targeted to your interests through promotional offers. If you do not wish to receive such communications, you can opt out by following the unsubscribe instructions at the end of our e-mail communications or by contacting us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The accuracy of the personal information we collect about you is important to us. To review, update, correct or delete this personal information, you can contact us at: firstname.lastname@example.com. We reserve the right not to allow access to your personal information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is prohibited by law or if the rights of another individual might be violated.
Your account can be deleted or deactivated but doing so will result in your not being able to access member services. Should you choose to cancel your account registration to our site, you may also request the deletion of your personal information by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. After we remove your personal information, some residual information may remain in our archives and records, but this information will not be used for any commercial purpose. We reserve the right to maintain information on registered visitors who have violated any of our policies or who have had their access to the site blocked.
If our site requests your consent to receive text messages on your telephone(s), you can manage all such notifications by signing into your account. You may opt-out of receiving further messages at any time by following the instructions provided within the resident portal. Standard message and data rates may apply to these messages. Your wireless carrier and other service providers also collect data about your text message usage, and their practices are governed by their own privacy policies.
Security of Your Personal information
We employ reasonable and current security methods to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure correct use of personal information. [IF APPLICABLE: We employ encryption technology, protecting data at each point of transfer. Data is collected on our site using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) security.]
We restrict access to personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to you. Our employees maintain appropriate physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your personal information.
Whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on message boards, through e-mail or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. Although we may or may not provide such functionality through our Website, you should be aware of these risks.
No data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure. As a result, while we try to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
Third Party Websites and Their Practices
This Policy only applies to JAG and our Website. Our Website has links to other websites for associated apartment properties including, by way of illustration and not limitation, properties available for lease, to assist us in processing apartment lease applications and to facilitate payment of rent (each, a "Third-Party Website"). The privacy policy of any Third-Party Website, or that of an advertiser or promotional service appearing at our Website, may differ from this Policy. We strongly encourage you to read that policy before responding to the offer or otherwise providing any personal information.
As we do not manage or control any Third-Party Websites, we are not responsible for and do not endorse the informational content or any products or services available on any Third-Party Website and do not make any representations regarding such content or accuracy whatsoever. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any content in such sites, or for any mistakes, defamation, libel, slander, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography, or profanity contained on such sites. We are not liable for any technological, legal, or other consequences that arise out of your visit or transactions on any third-party sites. Your use of Third-Party Websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such sites. This means that we are not your agent and will not be a party to any contract you enter on such Third-Party Websites.
How We Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. We use cookies in a variety of ways, such as to compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.
You may set your browser not to accept cookies or to notify you when you receive cookies, giving you the opportunity to decide whether to accept cookies, but if you do not accept cookies, your experience at this site may be degraded.
We may also use pixel tags (also known as "clear gifs," "web beacons" or "1-by-1 gifs"). These may be used in connection with certain pages of our site or with email messages to measure the effectiveness of our communications, to compile statistics about usage and response rates, and to assist us in resolving issues that may arise on this site.
An IP address is an identifier for a computer or device on a Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol ("TCP/IP") network, such as the World Wide Web. We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the website, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
We Do Not Target Children Under 13
Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 18 years old or older. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we have no way of distinguishing the age of individuals who access our Website, and so we carry out the same Policy for individuals of all ages. Our services are not directed to children under the age of 13. If a child has provided us with individual identification information without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian should contact us to remove the information and opt out of promotional opportunities (if any).
Changes to Our Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time. Your continued use of this Website after any such updates shall be subject to the revised Policy, but information collected before changes are made will be secured according to the previous Policy. We encourage you to periodically visit our Website to review this Policy to review any changes of our Privacy Policy.
Online Privacy Policy Only This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
Your Consent
By using our Website, you consent to the collection and use of this information in the manner we describe.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Policy, please contact
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Termos e condições
*Offer starts on August 17, 2020, and expires on August 28, 2020. Eligible students 13 and older and teachers can purchase an annual membership to Adobe® Creative Cloud™ for a reduced price of 19,99 €/mês (plus applicable taxes) for the first year. At the end of your offer term, your subscription will be automatically billed at the standard subscription rate, currently at 36,16 €/mês (plus applicable taxes), unless you elect to change or cancel your subscription. This pricing is available for first time membership only and limited to eligible education customers who purchase directly from the Adobe Store or by calling Adobe Sales. This pricing is not available to OEM, commercial or volume licensing customers. This pricing is limited to one (1) purchase of one (1) Creative Cloud annual membership per customer. Offer may not be assigned, exchanged, sold, transferred, or combined with any other discount or offer, or redeemed for cash or other goods and services. This pricing is subject to change without notice. Void where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law.
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Subject: Smoking in the movies affects children and youth
PDF attachment: what the US Surgeon General just said about the R-rating in movies
Watching Movie Stars Light Up May Spur Kids to Smoke
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WEDNESDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) — The more smoking they see in movies, the more likely young adolescents are to start smoking, according to a new study.
Researchers analyzed data from more than 2,000 public-school students in Vermont and New Hampshire who were not regular smokers at the start of the study.
The students provided information about their background, movies watched and use of tobacco in 1999 when they were aged 9 to 14 (early exposure). Follow-up interviews were conducted in 2006 and 2007 when the participants were aged 16 to 22 (late exposure).
The study authors found that students aged 9 to 14 who saw more smoking scenes in movies were 73 percent more likely to become regular smokers than those who saw fewer smoking scenes.
Students aged 16 to 22 who saw more smoking scenes in movies, however, did not have a greater risk of smoking than those who saw fewer smoking scenes, according to the study published March 14 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
"These results indicate that early exposure to smoking depicted in movies is associated with established smoking in adolescents, whereas late exposure is not," Dr. Brian Primack, of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and colleagues said in a journal news release. "These findings suggest that prevention efforts should focus on the reduction of exposure to smoking depicted in movies when children are at a young age."
Although the study uncovered an association between high exposure to smoking scenes in movies at a young age and becoming a regular smoker, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship. The authors also noted that the study was limited in that it focused only on white students enrolled in Vermont and New Hampshire public schools.
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Weekly Linkfest
- Aurasma took DEMO by a storm, winning both DEMOgod and people's choice award, a $1M prize (not in cash), and showcasing their new gesture feature. Congrats!
- New Scientist reports on a mobile app that harnesses machine vision to detect crosswalks and help the blind safely cross streets.
- Not one but two augmented fitting rooms - one in China that helps you find the perfect wedding dress, the other from Russia, that neatly tracks your joints.
- Business Insider on the three issues augmented reality has to resolve in order to become the next big thing. No surprises there, but isn't AR already the next big thing, and it should rather try to become the current big thing?
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Note: GitHub-hosted runners are not currently supported on GitHub Enterprise Server. You can see more information about planned future support on the GitHub public roadmap.
About YAML syntax for GitHub Actions
All actions require a metadata file. The metadata filename must be either action.yml
or action.yaml
. The data in the metadata file defines the inputs, outputs, and runs configuration for your action.
Action metadata files use YAML syntax. If you're new to YAML, you can read "Learn YAML in five minutes."
Required The name of your action. GitHub displays the name
in the Actions tab to help visually identify actions in each job.
Optional The name of the action's author.
Required A short description of the action.
Optional Input parameters allow you to specify data that the action expects to use during runtime. GitHub stores input parameters as environment variables. Input ids with uppercase letters are converted to lowercase during runtime. We recommend using lowercase input ids.
Example: Specifying inputs
This example configures two inputs: num-octocats
and octocat-eye-color
. The num-octocats
input is not required and will default to a value of 1
. octocat-eye-color
is required and has no default value.
Note: workflows using required: true
will not automatically return an error if the input is not specified for events that automatically trigger workflow runs. If you set required: true
in your workflow file and are using workflow_dispatch
to manually run the workflow, you will be required to specify inputs on GitHub.com. For more information, see "Events that trigger workflows."
Workflow files that use this action can use the with
keyword to set an input value for octocat-eye-color
. For more information about the with
syntax, see "Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions."
description: 'Number of Octocats'
required: false
default: '1'
description: 'Eye color of the Octocats'
required: true
When you specify an input in a workflow file or use a default input value, GitHub creates an environment variable for the input with the name INPUT_<VARIABLE_NAME>
. The environment variable created converts input names to uppercase letters and replaces spaces with _
If the action is written using a composite, then it will not automatically get INPUT_<VARIABLE_NAME>
. If the conversion doesn't occur, you can change these inputs manually.
To access the environment variable in a Docker container action, you must pass the input using the args
keyword in the action metadata file. For more information about the action metadata file for Docker container actions, see "Creating a Docker container action."
For example, if a workflow defined the num-octocats
and octocat-eye-color
inputs, the action code could read the values of the inputs using the INPUT_NUM-OCTOCATS
and INPUT_OCTOCAT-EYE-COLOR
environment variables.
Required A string
identifier to associate with the input. The value of <input_id>
is a map of the input's metadata. The <input_id>
must be a unique identifier within the inputs
object. The <input_id>
must start with a letter or _
and contain only alphanumeric characters, -
, or _
Required A string
description of the input parameter.
Optional A boolean
to indicate whether the action requires the input parameter. Set to true
when the parameter is required.
Optional A string
representing the default value. The default value is used when an input parameter isn't specified in a workflow file.
Optional If the input parameter is used, this string
is logged as a warning message. You can use this warning to notify users that the input is deprecated and mention any alternatives.
for Docker container and JavaScript actions
Optional Output parameters allow you to declare data that an action sets. Actions that run later in a workflow can use the output data set in previously run actions. For example, if you had an action that performed the addition of two inputs (x + y = z), the action could output the sum (z) for other actions to use as an input.
Outputs are Unicode strings, and can be a maximum of 1 MB. The total of all outputs in a workflow run can be a maximum of 50 MB.
If you don't declare an output in your action metadata file, you can still set outputs and use them in a workflow. For more information on setting outputs in an action, see "Workflow commands for GitHub Actions."
Example: Declaring outputs for Docker container and JavaScript actions
sum: # id of the output
description: 'The sum of the inputs'
Required A string
identifier to associate with the output. The value of <output_id>
is a map of the output's metadata. The <output_id>
must be a unique identifier within the outputs
object. The <output_id>
must start with a letter or _
and contain only alphanumeric characters, -
, or _
Required A string
description of the output parameter.
for composite actions
Optional outputs
use the same parameters as outputs.<output_id>
and outputs.<output_id>.description
(see "outputs
for Docker container and JavaScript actions"), but also includes the value
Outputs are Unicode strings, and can be a maximum of 1 MB. The total of all outputs in a workflow run can be a maximum of 50 MB.
Example: Declaring outputs for composite actions
description: "Random number"
value: ${{ steps.random-number-generator.outputs.random-id }}
using: "composite"
- id: random-number-generator
run: echo "::set-output name=random-id::$(echo $RANDOM)"
shell: bash
Required The value that the output parameter will be mapped to. You can set this to a string
or an expression with context. For example, you can use the steps
context to set the value
of an output to the output value of a step.
For more information on how to use context syntax, see "Contexts."
for JavaScript actions
Required Configures the path to the action's code and the runtime used to execute the code.
Example: Using Node.js v20
using: 'node20'
main: 'main.js'
for JavaScript actions
Required The runtime used to execute the code specified in main
- Use
for Node.js v20.
Required The file that contains your action code. The runtime specified in using
executes this file.
Optional Allows you to run a script at the start of a job, before the main:
action begins. For example, you can use pre:
to run a prerequisite setup script. The runtime specified with the using
syntax will execute this file. The pre:
action always runs by default but you can override this using runs.pre-if
In this example, the pre:
action runs a script called setup.js
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Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be
More brilliance from The Onion:
ESCONDIDO, CA—Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and principles that brave men have fought and died for solely in his head.
"Our very way of life is under siege," said Mortensen, whose understanding of the Constitution derives not from a close reading of the document but from talk-show pundits, books by television personalities, and the limitless expanse of his own colorful imagination. "It's time for true Americans to stand up and protect the values that make us who we are."
According to Mortensen—an otherwise mild-mannered husband, father, and small-business owner—the most serious threat to his fanciful version of the 222-year-old Constitution is the attempt by far-left "traitors" to strip it of its religious foundation.
"Right there in the preamble, the authors make their priorities clear: 'one nation under God,'" said Mortensen, attributing to the Constitution a line from the Pledge of Allegiance, which itself did not include any reference to a deity until 1954. "Well, there's a reason they put that right at the top."
"Men like Madison and Jefferson were moved by the ideals of Christianity, and wanted the United States to reflect those values as a Christian nation," continued Mortensen, referring to the "Father of the Constitution," James Madison, considered by many historians to be an atheist, and Thomas Jefferson, an Enlightenment-era thinker who rejected the divinity of Christ and was in France at the time the document was written. "The words on the page speak for themselves."
According to sources who have read the nation's charter, the U.S. Constitution and its 27 amendments do not contain the word "God" or "Christ."
Mortensen said his admiration for the loose assemblage of vague half-notions he calls the Constitution has only grown over time. He believes that each detail he has pulled from thin air—from prohibitions on sodomy and flag-burning, to mandatory crackdowns on immigrants, to the right of citizens not to have their hard-earned income confiscated in the form of taxes—has contributed to making it the best framework for governance "since the Ten Commandments."
"And let's not forget that when the Constitution was ratified it brought freedom to every single American," Mortensen said.
Mortensen's passion for safeguarding the elaborate fantasy world in which his conception of the Constitution resides is greatly respected by his likeminded friends and relatives, many of whom have been known to repeat his unfounded assertions verbatim when angered. Still, some friends and family members remain critical.
"Dad's great, but listening to all that talk radio has put some weird ideas into his head," said daughter Samantha, a freshman at Reed College in Portland, OR. "He believes the Constitution allows the government to torture people and ban gay marriage, yet he doesn't even know that it guarantees universal health care."
Mortensen told reporters that he'll fight until the bitter end for what he roughly supposes the Constitution to be. He acknowledged, however, that it might already be too late to win the battle.
"The freedoms our Founding Fathers spilled their blood for are vanishing before our eyes," Mortensen said. "In under a year, a fascist, socialist regime has turned a proud democracy into a totalitarian state that will soon control every facet of American life."
"Don't just take my word for it," Mortensen added. "Try reading a newspaper or watching the news sometime."


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No Bullying
This page provides resources for parents, administrators, and students on how bullying can be prevented and addressed. Resources include publications, sample policies, and frequently asked questions.
Bullying is a form of violence. It can be physical, verbal, psychological, or sexual. Here are some examples of bullying:
- Physical: hitting, kicking, spitting, pushing
- Verbal: teasing, threatening, name-calling
- Psychological: excluding someone, spreading rumors, intimidating
- Sexual: touching, assault, exhibitionism, and many of the actions listed above
Bullying may also occur through the Internet or other forms of technology. This is known as cyberbullying. It is sending or posting hurtful material.
Bullying is common, but it should not be viewed as a normal part of growing up. It is more damaging to children than previously thought. Bullying has a negative effect on a student's ability to learn.
Schools are responsible for creating safe environments for all students. They must work to prevent bullying, and they must respond to it when it happens.
The California Department of Education offers information and resources for parents, administrators, and students about bullying.
Information and Resources
Bullying Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions based on the Bullying at School publication.
Bullying at School (PDF)
This California Department of Education publication discusses methods for determining whether or not bullying behavior and/or hate-motivated behavior is present.
Prevention of Bullying: A Community Responsibility
Provides key elements of a bullying prevention program.
Publications and Resources (Updated Jul-2012)
Publications and resources, including community-based resources, for educators, parents, and community members with tools for recognizing bullying behavior and approaches for determining how to respond.
Sample Policies and Implementation Plans (Updated Jul-2012)
Model policies and plans for the prevention of bullying and on conflict resolution that were developed by the California Department of Education as resources to help California schools address these vital school safety concerns.
Suggestions for Parents When Dealing with Bullying
Available Translations of Suggestions for Parents When Dealing with Bullying
Suggestions provided by Brenda High, Director, Bullying Police USA.


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Rejection/Feedback: A play in three acts
Act 1
Dear XXXX,
Thank you for coming in to interview with the team last week. Everyone enjoyed speaking with you, but unfortunately it was decided that your background and experience is not an ideal fit for the position. Please be assured that this decision was arrived at after careful and thorough deliberation.
Again, we appreciate your time, and wish you the best of success in your job search.
Bea Pearson-Handler Recruiting FourPaws.com (FourSquare for your Dog!)
Act 2
Hi Bea,
Thank you for the e-mail. I enjoyed meeting with everyone and I'm very sorry to hear the news.
If it would be at all possible, it would be very helpful to me if you could provide me with any feedback regarding my interview or the hiring decision. Really, anything at all would be helpful ...


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To post this Grand Finale (we'll send you the HTML code) and add your Social Media to the Rafflecopter,
email us at PrismBookTours(at)gmail.com with "Cinderella Theorem GF" in the subject line.
A themed book tour through Prism Book Tours.
It's the tour Grand Finale for
The Cinderella Theorem
By Kristee Ravan
Did you enjoy this logical fairy tale journey? If you missed any posts, go back and check them out now! Be sure to enter the giveaway as well!!
Launch with Excerpt (click on the link to read the full excerpt)
"Right. Well," she took a breath. "To begin, I should say that your father is not dead."
"But, he is dead. You told me that he died–that the train he was on hit a cow."
"No, Sweetie." She patted my knee. "He's not dead. He is alive and he's coming to dinner."
"I don't understand. The train wrecked, the cow died, Dad died. You showed me the news story."
Mom sighed. (Why is she sighing? Did she think that I would automatically understand? Did I miss the Lily, your dad is not dead memo?) "There was a train wreck, a cow did die. And it was on the news. But your father was not on the train."
[i] If I seem a little slow to understand what my mom is telling me, keep in mind that fifteen years of believing my dad is dead is greater than 3 minutes of hearing he is alive.
Kelly P's Blog - Inspiration for The Cinderella TheoremOnce upon a time, in a library far, far away, I discovered the fairy tale shelf. I remember it was in a sunny area. The books were smaller than normal and were a part of a set. I checked them out over and over again. I'm sure my seven-year-old self had heard or had all these fairy tales read to her before, but this was the first time, I was able to read them for myself. This began a life-long love for fairy tales...
Coffee Books & Art - Anatomy of a Good Bad GuyConfession: I love to write Levi, the evil villain in The Cinderella Theorem. He's to develop, he makes Lily (and everyone else) squirm and lose their cool, plus he's greasy. Let's explore the qualities that make up a good bad guy...
The Wonderings of One Person - InterviewIs there a singular character that really touched your heart and why?Lily has to make a couple of choices to be brave in the story. One of those is when she decides that she'd rather face facts and get to know her (previously believed dead) father than hold on to the nice, neat "story" of what she believed happened. I'm not always best at making hard choices, or being willing to do what is hard, so that aspect of Lily inspired me.
Bookworm Lisa - A Book About Math? Really??I need to let you in on a little secret. There's math in my book. Probably an above average amount. It's not a math book, but there is way more math in it than you would find in a regular book. And while I don't think I'm BFFs with math, I do think I'm friendly with math. Which is interesting because there was a time in my life that math and I were not friendly at all...
Shannon's Blog - Review"I liked the first-person writing style of The Cinderella Theorem; I thought Lily had a good voice. The characters were quirky and likable, and the ideas and world itself were delightful. The Cinderella Theorem is an enjoyable book, a fun play on the old fairy tales. Recommended."
Simplistic Reviews - Promo
Skye Malone's Blog - Fairy Tales You Aren't Reading — But Should (Part One)In my book, The Cinderella Theorem, a lot of the fairy tale world's usual subjects show up: Cinderella, the Gingerbread Man, Sleeping Beauty. But I also got to shed some light on some of the rarer tales around, like the Erlking...
Wonderous Reviews - InterviewWhat is your favorite thing about writing a book partly set in a fairy-tale world?Thinking up things like Marvelous Midas Creme—magical ice cream made by King Midas. From one carton, everyone will magically have whatever flavor is their favorite in their bowl. Creating the structure for HEA (The Office of Happily Ever After Affairs) was a lot of fun too!
Mythical Books - Why I Heart Beauty and the Beast Everyone's got a favorite fairy tale and mine is Beauty and the Beast. There are a lot of reasons this tale could be my favorite, but the truth is there's only one reason that it is my favorite...
Rockin' Book Reviews - Interview2. This not only has a mathematical twist but a comical twist to the Cinderella theme? Will this become a series? If so, what type of theme will follow? If not, what will be your next project?I am working on a sequel called Calculating Christmas. It will be a Christmas theme as Lily and her friends try to save Christmas. I also know what the third book will be about, but haven't really planned it yet.
Sarah's StoryLines - The Shocking Truth About Fairy TalesThey start with once upon a time and end with everyone living happily ever after and in between those two things there is singing, talking woodland animals and a good deal of magic. Everyone knows that's how fairy tales go. But do we really know these tales?
Katy's Krazy Books - Review"I absolutely loved The Cinderella Theorem!! It was amazing. I thought it was so cool how Lily grew as a character and learned all these different lessons. The footnotes that the author added at the bottom of the pages were so great and helpful."
Letters from Annie (Douglass) Lima - Review"This is definitely the most unique fantasy novel I've read in a long time (and I read a lot of fantasy)! I love the main character and the way she views the world in terms of math."
My Devotional Thoughts - InterviewWhat kind of research (if any) do you do for your books?Because math and fairy tales are so important in these books, I try to keep them in my mind by following blogs about fairy tales and math. I also read books about math and fairy tales. (Women in Mathematics and The Witch Must Die are what I'm working through now.) I've found that I'm faster at writing if I don't stop to research in the moment, so I've started jotting down post-it notes of things to look up later. I've got some math friends that I ask questions of when needed. My friend, Kelly, helped me think of a math poster to be in Lily's bedroom. I also use the internet quite a bit.
The Written Adventure - A Deleted SceneMom hadn't mentioned what I was supposed to wear for the interview, but then again, Mom hadn't mentioned the interview either. There were a lot of things going unmentioned in the Sparrow family these days. Like my dad isn't really dead, like I'm a princess, like I'm having a ball in my honor. So in the grand scheme of things unmentioned by my mother, what was one reporter, showing up unannounced, knocking on my bedroom door...
Tween 2 Teen Book Reviews - Review"I expected it to be okay, but it far surpassed my expectations. I picked it up and couldn't stop! I was laughing out loud the entire time!... This book was SO much fun! I honestly loved every minute of it. The romance was fleeting, but promised more. I can't wait for the next book!"
Mel's Shelves - Review"I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am looking forward to reading more! I felt that I learned more about both fairytales and math while reading it so I feel smarter now than I was before I started. The ending was great and left me wanting more, so I was glad to get a sneak peek into the next book, Calculating Christmas (which is hopefully coming soon). If you or someone you know loves math, this book is a no brainer! If you don't enjoy math, you will still find plenty about it to love, so give it a chance!!"
My Life, Loves and Passion - Review"This is a very interesting spin on fairy tales. I did truly enjoy the story. It was fun to think how I would feel as a teenager in this situation. She uses math to rationalize life. For a 15 year old girl I did not find her annoying. Most of the time the female character can be whinny and boy crazy. Lily was not like that and I was glad for a change of pace. A great fun read."
Katie's Clean Book Collection - Review"I'm not into math, but I love fairy tales. I passed my math classes, but it's not my favorite subject, and I wasn't sure how a story about fairy tales could possibly tie into math. But it worked! I thought it was very creative and the story was even written in a math book-type of format--little side notes and footnotes. It was interesting to see the way a logical girl could come to accept a fantasy world--almost like right brain meets left brain."
Book Briefs - Review"The Cinderella Theorem overall was a really great read. I had a few small issues with the book early, but they were minor things and I am so glad that I didn't let them get in the way of enjoying the story, because this was a book that just kept getting better and better. I loved the concept of the story and the main character, Lily was a delight."
Deal Sharing Aunt - Review"What I liked the most is that the author had me laughing. A lot. I can not wait until the next book comes out and I read more about these characters!"
A Backwards Story - From The Fireland Flame From the Fireland Flame, the daily newspaper of EG Smythe's Salty Fire Land:Tybalt's Tales, Gossip from all the GenresAugust 19th has finally arrived! The day we've all been waiting for, Fireland! Princess Lily turns 15 today and finds out that she's really a princess. How will our secret Protector respond?
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The Book
The Cinderella Theorem
(The Lily Sparrow Chronicles #1)
(The Lily Sparrow Chronicles #1)
by Kristee Ravan
YA Urban Fantasy
Paperback, 367 pages
March 17th 2014
YA Urban Fantasy
Paperback, 367 pages
March 17th 2014
Fairy tales are naturally non-mathematical. That is a fact, and fifteen-year-old Lily Sparrow loves factual, mathematical logic. So when her mother confesses that Lily's deceased father is (a) not dead, (b) coming to dinner, and (c) the ruler of a fairy tale kingdom accessible through the upstairs bathtub, Lily clings to her math to help her make sense of this new double life (1 life in the real world + 1 secret life in the fairy tale world = a double life).
Even though it's not mathematical, Lily finds herself being pulled into a mystery involving an unhappy Cinderella, a greasy sycophant called Levi, and a slew of vanishing fairy tale characters. Racing against the clock, with a sound mathematical plan, Lily attempts to save her fairy tale friends while proving that normality = happiness.
Meet The Author
Kristee Ravan lives in Oklahoma with her husband, daughter, and pet fish, Val (short for Valentine). She wanted to be many things as she grew up including a general, an artist, and an architect. But she never bothered to say, "I want to be a writer when I grow up." She was always writing stories and thought of herself as a writer anyway. She sent her first story to a publisher in the sixth grade. (It was rejected - in a nice way.) When she is not making up stories in her head, she enjoys reading, juggling, green smoothies, playing dollhouse with her daughter, and hearing from her fans. You can contact Kristee at the facebook page for her Lily Sparrow books: The Lily Sparrow Chronicles.
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Google PageRank vs Alexa traffic rank
PageRank (PR for short) is the method by which Google evaluates the importance of any given site. Pagerank is Google's way of deciding a page's importance.
Google assigns a numeric weighting from 0-10 for each webpage on a logarithmic scale (like Richter scale), meaning that the gaps between the integers increase logarithmically the closer you get to 10. So, for example, the gap between the 2 and 3 is quite small, whereas the gap between 7 and 8 is huge in comparison. As such, boosting your PageRank from a 2 to 3 would be quite easy, and going from a 7 to 8 would be quite hard.
Does pagerank only matters for getting a high ranking?
No. pagerank is not the only thing that matters, things like keyword density, and the anchor text used to link to the site will also have varying degrees of effect on google.
But somehow pagerank matters because it is one of the factors that determine a page's ranking in the search results. It isn't the only factor that Google uses to rank pages, but it is an important one.
At one point, PageRank (PR) was a major factor in rankings. Today it is one of hundreds of factors in the algorithm that determines a page's rankings.
Google updates its algorithm regularly to keep its results relevant. So, the formula used to determine pagerank and google rankings is not constant.
Alexa Traffic Rank:
This is a ranking system set by alexa.com (a subsidiary of amazon.com). Alexa traffic rank gives rough indication of the traffic your website is getting. The traffic rank provides historical traffic data. The traffic rank number gives the three months aggregated data from millions of Alexa Toolbar users. And it is a combined measure of page views and users.
The lower your rating on Alexa the better. If you have a ranking under 100,000 then your website should be getting good traffic. 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 ratings are for new sites mostly, or sites with no traffic basically. While a rating of 1 will be for the website with the most traffic.
Alexa's objective is to show the actual traffic of a particular website, the number that it shows serves as only a random sample of the actual traffic of that website. This is because only a small percentage of internet users are using Alexa toolbar, where Alexa Traffic Ranking algorithm solely base its computation and ranking. In addition to this, Alexa Toolbar works only with the Internet Explorer browser and on Windows operating systems.
Thus, Alexa Traffic Rank has a considerable percentage of error and doesn't really reflect the exact and actual traffic of a website. But since the traffic was base on a random sample and assuming that the sampling is close to uniform, it could still be a good bases for giving idea of the amount of traffic and traffic ranking, just always remember that it has some percentage of error.
Google Pagerank and Alexa Traffic Rank though both attempted to rank the websites. On the other hand, they are entirely different in their objective, (Google rank web pages according to its popularity and importance based on inbound links while Alexa rank the websites according to its traffic, which is randomly sampled). That is why it is more often that they show a different and contradicting statistics, specially, for a relatively small and new websites.
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Is It Hemp Or Marijuana? Scanning Technology May Provide An Instant Answer
Hemp is technically legal in Texas, but proving that hemp is not marijuana can be a hurdle, requiring testing in a licensed laboratory. So, when a truck carrying thousands of pounds of hemp was recently detained by law enforcement near Amarillo, the driver spent weeks in jail awaiting confirmation that the cargo was legal.
Stories like that one inspired a team of Texas A&M AgriLife researchers to find a way to use a handheld spectrometer as a "hemp scanner" that could easily fit in a police cruiser and distinguish hemp and marijuana instantly, without damaging any of the product. The study was published in January in the scientific journal RSC Advances.
Hemp's heyday
In 2019, Texas lawmakers made a distinction between hemp and marijuana based on the level of THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, in a plant. THC is the major psychoactive agent in marijuana. If a plant has less than 0.3% THC, it is designated hemp.
Both federal and state restrictions on hemp have loosened in recent years. As a result, the value of hemp has skyrocketed, said Dmitry Kurouski, assistant professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, who led the study. Hemp is rich in compounds that are prized for their medicinal properties and flavor. The most well-known is CBD, or cannabidiol, which is thought to help with pain, anxiety and depression.
But farmers wanting to grow valuable hemp plants need a way to know that the plants contain little to no THC. When hemp can be legally grown in Texas later this year, producers will want to know if their plants' THC levels are approaching 0.3%, which would classify the plants as marijuana and therefore illegal to have and grow. An easy test for THC would be a boon for farmers as well as for law enforcement.
Could an existing scanner work?
Kurouski said that the catalyst for using the portable scanner was his colleague David Baltensperger, professor of soil and crop sciences at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Baltensperger had worked with both farmers and police officers and knew about the demand for a better test for THC, Kurouski said.
Kurouski's lab was experienced in using a technique called Raman spectroscopy to create quick and noninvasive tests for plant diseases and foods' nutritional content. The technique uses harmless laser light to illuminate structures within materials. Each material's scan is unique, akin to a fingerprint.
Kurouski had a hunch that Raman could be used to create a quick and accurate test for THC. A portable Raman scanner had been utilized for previous studies by lab members Lee Sanchez, a research assistant, and Charles Farber, a graduate student.
What was then needed was a way to scan many marijuana and hemp plants in order to search for patterns in how their Raman spectra differed.
Fingerprinting THC
Testing dozens of samples of marijuana and hemp fell to Sanchez. The testing needed to happen near Denver, where recreational marijuana is legal.
"Lee Sanchez was the hero who was traveling to Colorado three times, staying there in hotels and driving from one location to another. Most of those locations are old fire stations. They are not fancy greenhouses but old, shaky buildings with plants inside," Kurouski said.
Back in Texas, Sanchez and Kurouski analyzed the collected spectra. A statistical analysis method found seven regions in the spectra that differed slightly among marijuana and hemp varieties tested, a high-tech version of the "spot the difference" brain teaser. Taken together, the readout in these seven regions distinguished the hemp and marijuana varieties tested with 100% accuracy.
"We know plants from A to Z in terms of their spectroscopic signature," Kurouski said. "But when we saw such a crystal-clear picture of THC that appeared in one second of spectral acquisition, that was mind-blowing."
What's next?
Now that Kurouski's team has demonstrated its quick, noninvasive test for THC, it is looking to collaborate with industry to make their test available to the public.
The team also aims to create a similar test for CBD. Farmers looking to grow hemp may want to know the amount of CBD in their plants to better estimate their value.
The study also demonstrated the ability to use the scanner to differentiate varieties of marijuana. In the changing legal landscape, there are thousands of varieties of cannabis, many of questionable quality.
"Our colleagues, the farmers, were positively surprised that we could identify the variety with 98% accuracy," Kurouski said. "That blew them away."
This article by Olga Kuchment originally appeared on AgriLife Today.


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The Lovable Rogue's Guide to Building a Home Gym
Two years ago, I went rogue. I quit the gym. Now I work out at home in my garage. With the spiders.
And I love it.
7 Things to Consider When Building a Home or Garage Gym
1. Space – The amount of space you have will determine the type of equipement you can use to build your home gym. Don't let a small space get in the way of your home fitness goals. There are plenty of options that don't take up much room. In fact, some of the best fitness tools (kettlebells…ahem) hardly take up any space at all. Bands, adjustable dumbbells, suspension systems, pull up bars, and medicine balls don't require a large area.
2. Others – Don't let your "me time" turn into "ME time". So you decided to turn that extra room into a home gym but maybe putting the treadmill on the other side of the master bedroom wall wasn't such a great idea. Your early morning runs on the treadmill are now turning your sleeping beauty of a husband into Hank the Crank. Or maybe your once friendly neighbors are giving you dirty looks because they don't like the sound of clanging plates and Metallica blasting out of the garage at 6 am.
3. Climate – You can't give up your morning runs but you can't live with Hank the Crank either so you decide to move your treadmill into the basement. Unfortunately you forgot not only does your basement feel like the Artic in the dead of winter but it floods in the springtime. For some, working out is already a discomfort. Don't make it more uncomfortable by building a home gym in the old barn behind your house if you live inTexas and hate humidity. That said, I've known people who put on gloves and jackets to workout in their unheated basements or garages in the middle of a midwestern winter. (Those are the same kind of people who move to the desert because it's "dry heat".) If you live in a more temperate climate you'll be able to use mother nature as a regular part of your routine and may not need machines like a gigantic hamster wheel treadmill. Consider what you consistently can (or will) and cannot (will not) do or tolerate climate wise.
4. Budget – Now you know where you are going to put your gym but what can you afford? If the sky is the limit enjoy your 360º views while using your shiny new commercial grade equipment. For the rest of us on a budget, I have two words. Craigslist. Wait. That's one word. When I building my home gym I got everything, aside from my kettlebells, from Craigslist at a fraction of the price of retail. I even got some dumbbells off of a local Freecycle group and my husband built us a pull up bar for less than $10 with a galvanized steel pipe and a 2×4.
5. Knowledge – You can afford it (or make it) but can you use it? Sure Olympic bars are bad azz but can you use it effectively without sending yourself to the chiropracter or worse? If your fitness newbie it's probably best to stick with bands, dumbbells, and basic barbell moves. Or better yet, hire a personal trainer to teach you how to get the most out of your home gym.
6. Frequency – Is this going to be your main gym or is this a "back up gym" reserved for nights you "can't make it to the gym". If it's a back up gym one or two pieces of equipment should be plenty. In fact, maybe you should consider saving some money and using a bodyweight workout as a back up plan.
7. Motivation – The most important question of all, will you use your home or garage gym? If not, it's…say it with me…worthless. For some people, a gym membership provides motivation and community. Those two things alone may make a gym membership worth the cost and worth wiping up other people's sweat.
Now for a brief tour of my garage gym.
Dumbbells and barbells (on the floor in front of them).
Squat rack, olympics bar, and bench with a lat pulldown bar that you can't see in the picture. This has become my least used piece of equipement unless you count using the bench to step up to my …
…pull up bar. Love it. It's so sturdy a gorilla could swing from it.
10 lb medicine ball
..and bands.
Jump Rope
Gymboss (for intervals and tabata training)
Hamster Wheel
Kicking Bag (I LOVE this thing and would recommend one over a treadmill. Way less expensive and a killer cardio workout.)
And because I'm soo HARD CORE….
…a hula hoop.
What about you? Where do you workout? Do you have any tips or other things to consider when building a home or garage gym that you could share? How do you feel about spiders?
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Gas welding / oxyacetylene welding
The manual oxyacetylene welding process is one of the oldest joining procedures. It involves heating the metal to be joined to melting temperature in the joining area using a fuel gas/oxygen flame. The addition of a filler metal (welding wire) causes the components that are to be joined to melt and a strongly coalesced joint to be formed. Only acetylene is used as fuel gas. This process is still popular today in assembly and maintenance work.
The advantage of oxyacetylene welding is the fact that it has a reducing flame and that this flame can be adjusted to suit the particular welding requirements. Further benefits include good gap bridging, minimal groove preparation and the fact that the process can be used anywhere. This process can be used to weld steel as well as non-ferrous metals.
Flame brazing, too, involves the use of a fuel gas/oxygen flame. However, the surfaces of the parts to be joined are not themselves melted but heated to just above the melting temperature of the solder material. The solder, which is usually in the form of a wire, is added while the joint is being continuously heated so that it melts. A small gap must be maintained between the parts to be joined, into which the solder can flow by capillary action. The use of a flux improves the adhesion of the components with the solder. This also results in the formation of a strongly coalesced joint.
Soldering and brazing are among the oldest and, at the same time, most modern joining processes. Technological progress and its demands as well as cost-conscious production planning have led to the use of all common hydrocarbons and hydrogen as fuel gases.
By adding a flux to the fuel gas flow (flux brazing), the process can also be automated in either linear or rotary brazing machines.
GMA weldingGMA welding is the most popular welding process. Depending on the material to be welded and the shielding gases that are used, the processes are divided into the following categories:
Both processes are similarly structured. An endless wire electrode is supplied to the arc by a wire transport device and melted away under a shielding gas. The image shows the structure of a GMA welding process. |
The shielding gases have different properties depending on their composition and therefore influence the welding result in different ways. The main task is to shield the liquid melt from the atmosphere, which contains nitrogen, oxygen and moisture. Depending on the material to be welded, these can have an adverse effect on the weld or even result in the failure of the welding process.
Shielding gases influence the following aspects:
- Metal transfer
- Flow behaviour of the melt
- Ignition behaviour of the arc
- Stability of the arc
- Heat transfer
- Penetration profile
- Chemical composition of the weld
- Spatter frequency and size
For the joining of thin galvanised sheet metal (up to approx. 40 µm thickness), gas metal arc brazing, or GMA brazing for short, has important advantages compared with metal active gas (MAG) welding. It has a high level of process reliability, better quality of seams, very good joint strength and very good corrosion resistance. For this reason, GMA brazing has become firmly established in car manufacturing.
Gas metal arc brazing is similar to MAG welding. The only difference is that the filler metal is replaced by a wire consisting of suitable solder. Selecting the right parameters – current, voltage, wire feed – prevents melting of the surfaces of the components to be joined. A joint is formed in the same way as with flame brazing. Frequently used brazing materials include the following:
Name | Melting range [°C] | Yield point [N/mm²] | Tensile strength [N/mm²] | Expansion [%] |
CuSi3 | 900 - 1025 | 250>120 | 340 - 460 | 40-46 |
CuAl8 | 1030 - 1040 | 180 | 380 - 450 | 40 |
CuAl8Ni2 | 1030 - 1050 | 290 | 530 - 590 | >30 |
CuAl5Mn1Ni1 | 1043 - 1074 | - | 430 | 35 |
The standard shielding gas used in GMA brazing is argon. But this does not always lead to optimum results. Based on extensive experience, Messer recommends using a shielding gas mixture consisting of argon and small quantities of active gas for GMA brazing. This will result in seams with a smooth surface and good transitions between the seams and the base metal.
TIG welding
The main difference between TIG welding and GMA welding lies in the addition of the filler material, which is not continuously supplied to the process as an electrode, as it is with GMA welding. With TIG welding, the arc burns between the workpiece and a non-melting tungsten electrode. As with oxyacetylene welding, the filler material is added manually. The role of the shielding gas is to protect the electrode and the molten pool from the negative effects of the atmosphere. Oxygen, in particular, would lead to a deterioration of the electrode.
TIG welding is particularly well suited for welding high-alloy steels, aluminium and other non-ferrous metals. For high-alloy steels and nickel-based materials, a small amount (2% to 7.5%) of hydrogen is added as a reducing component. For light metals and copper, the addition of helium (up to 90%) has proved effective, depending on the thickness of the workpiece. The process can be operated with direct current as well as alternating current. Direct current with a positive electrode is generally used for welding steels, copper, nickel alloys, titanium and zirconium. Alternating current is used for aluminium.
Plasma welding
Plasma welding is similar to TIG welding. With this type of welding, the arc is covered by a narrow nozzle and constricted by the small aperture and the high outflow velocity of the gases.
Plasma welding differs from TIG welding by virtue of the arc that is constricted by a water-cooled nozzle. This arc exits the nozzle as a plasma jet with a high temperature and power density. An additional shielding gas layer surrounds the plasma jet and protects the melt from the surrounding air. In most cases, the gas surrounding the electrode is argon. In addition to this plasma gas, you also need a shielding gas to prevent oxidation of the weld pool (usually argon with 5% of hydrogen). Plasma welding is mostly used for butt welding of sheet metal and pipes. Its main advantages are controlled penetration and high weld quality.
When welding high-alloy steels, the root must also be protected against contact with atmospheric oxygen. Root protection is often used in MAG welding too. Generally, a residual oxygen content of less than 20 ppm is required at the root. The amount discoloration to be permitted depends on the intended use of the component in question. In the case of small pipes, the weld root is protected by passing shielding gas through them. The important thing here is the adjusted outlet opening. In the case of larger pipes, the backing gas is targeted at the weld with special equipment. The gas flow has to be applied for a sufficiently long period before welding is started.
Generally, so-called forming gases – nitrogen/hydrogen mixtures – are used. The hydrogen component provides greater security against residues of atmospheric oxygen. For this reason hydrogen content is always higher in building site applications than in workshops. Previous tests have shown that the presence of hydrogen in the backing gas has no negative effects, even on duplex steels.
Precise measurements can be carried out to check that conditions are oxygen-free. It is important to follow the correct procedure here.
Forming can also be used for welding plain steels or aluminium, where it produces an even, oxide-free root. The forming gas used here is welding argon.


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