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I mean, this title does seem like a horror movie reference but I doubt we'll be witnessing anything horrible in the cutsie show.
Ah. I see. So Shuisho is giving Mangetsu some sort of illusion where Mangetsu thinks she's an empty doll or she's turning into a doll or something like that. Pure Mangetsu, I feel for you, but I mean, girl, you should have stayed at home. Like what sort of normie decides to go to a magical battle they have never heard of before?
Shingetsu and Kuon are worried about Mangetsu. Suisho is jumping around (boy, her name is a pain to spell). Suisho, yes, says that Mangetsu is a creation of the Magiaconatus to fulfill Shingetsu's desire for a friend. I suppose the Magiaconatus really cares for Shingetsu, don't they? I mean, I don't really know if any of this nonsense is true and I'm having a really hard time following this battle, but it sure seems so. I mean, I think Mangetsu is still a real human and all, but her power is not natural, or hereditary, she's just being used by the Magiaconatus to entertain Shingetsu. I mean, I'd be like, fine with that? If that means that I'm strong enough to protect myself and make friends I mean, okay.
In the meantime, Kuon says she's smelling her sister (uh…) and that somehow gives her a lot of power along with the will to fight. I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that Suisho is probably gonna lose at the end of this episode? And then the girls are gonna have some very real moment where they'll have to fight each other. Either that or Kuon will be kicked out, and then it will be up to the GETSUS to get rid of Suisho. But right now, it seems like she's having a really bad time. Kuon gives a speech on why her sister is amazing and also heavily attacks Suisho saying the word oneechan as if it's a mantra. Huge explosion occurs, I think Suisho was stabbed? This anime feels like I'm livestreaming a football match. But, yeah, Suisho is badly hurt, yet I think she's still got something to give. Or receive more like. And that is a nice clean stab from Kuon. But wait, there's more! Turns out Kuon was actually not losing!!! She's actually totally fine and pulls out the dagger to stab Kuon back. And now I'm confused again, are they both dead or did Suisho survive? Either way, it looks like today's battle is over.
Mangetsu locates herself in the rain on the street on her way back (okay) and then Nene shows up and tells Mangetsu that yeah, she really is a doll and that the Magiaconatus did actually create her and that even her family doesn't know her now somehow – I don't understand. Tl;dr Mangetsu is not human. EVEN HER TEXT MESSAGES ARE GONE! And Suisho has taken her seat in the school (she's still competing in Granbelm by the way). The drama.
Mangetsu hangs out in Nene's house and learns that basically if Shingetsu manages to win she could potentially keep her alive, otherwise she will most definitely die. Nene also explains that Granbelm is probably all a Magiaconatus scam to make everyone compete, and the only ones who can now win are Suisho and Shingetsu. In an act of rebellious bullying, Suisho meets with Shingetsu in school and breaks her favourite doll then tells her that she seems to be the Magiaconatus's favourite because they seem to treat her different to everyone else. An then she says that that just won't do because she's gonna win it dammit!
Mangetsu wanders off and prays Shingetsu wins Granbelm so she can stay alive (which kind of contradicts Shingetsu's wish of wanting to erase all magic). Then Kuon's sister shows up.
That was a pretty creepy episode.
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Disney will mentor 11 diverse startups during the first season of its Disney Acclerator program.
The studio announced Monday that it has selected the group of companies to represent a cross-section of technology-driven media and entertainment startups. They are:
Buzzstarter — The world's first scalable programmatic content marketing platform.
ChoreMonster — A web and mobile platform that makes chores fun for kids and turns parents into superheroes.
Codarica — Children's first interaction into the world of code with help from characters Cody Coder and Holly Hacker.
Cogo — Video monetization solutions for content creators.
Jogg — Simplifies the act of acquiring video from anyone by allowing users to gather, edit and share much more than just video from their own devices.
Sphero — The connected play company, fusing digital and physical play by creating robots that a user controls with a smart device.
Sidelines — Fixes the problem of substandard online discussions and comments by sourcing smart, high-quality discussions from its curated team of over 400 experts and distributing these conversations to publishers based on relevance.
SnowShoe — Makes simple, magical pieces of plastic that interact with touch screens to create the perfect bridge between physical items and digital content.
Twigtale — Provides parents with personalized, high-quality, accessible expert advice for every major transition a child undergoes.
Tyffon — An entertainment app development company and creator of the ZombieBooth series with more than 25 million total downloads.
Ubooly — A learning toy that can be customized to know your child's name, teach lessons and much more.
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Each company joining the 15-week program will receive $120,000 in seed funding and access to mentorship from top Disney executives, kicking off with CEO Robert Iger and leaders from Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, ABC, ESPN and Walt Disney Imagineering.
Disney has been aggressively advertising the accelerator since the program was announced in February. The 15 weeks culminates with a demo day in October, where each team will present to industry leaders, Disney executives and investors.
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"With Disney Accelerator we are now bringing the creativity and imagination of Disney to early stage startups in a way we have never done before," said Kevin Mayer, executive vp corporate strategy and business development. "We are thrilled by the response we've received and the high caliber of applicants to the program, and we look forward to sharing our knowledge with this excellent group of creative entrepreneurs and really making a difference with these startup companies."
Startup accelerators have become popular within the entertainment industry over the last year. United Talent Agency partnered with the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering and venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to start the Viterbi Startup Garage accelerator. Nine companies, including entertainment search and discovery platform Mediahouse and apparel reverse-auction marketplace Taggle, were given $20,000 for the three-month program in 2013.
Warner Bros., meanwhile, launched Media Camp LA in 2013 based on a San Francisco program that Turner had started the previous year. Warners seeded each company with $20,000 and provided workspace on the lot. Five startups graduated out of the program in July, including movie-theater marketplace Dealflicks, online distribution platform Reelhouse Media and video production tool Skit.
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Seen as we're living in a recession it's extremely important to know how to manage your finances well. How to save and how to budget are especially important when your money doesn't go that far anymore. Here to help you with your budgeting strategies, below are 5 websites to help you manage your finances better and how to spend your money smarter.
Quidco don't exactly help with money advice, but they do help you to make money. It's a service aimed at Brits who get to make money whenever they go to one of Quidco's (http://www.quidco.com/) retailers and receive a commission in the form of cashback, or vouchers. It can build up to quite a sum if you spend wisely.
MoneySaving Expert
MoneySaving Expert (http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/) is a well-known website that offers expert advice on anything from credit cards to car insurance and where to get the best loans. There's also a forum where visitors to the site can post questions. It's fairly current and spot on with financial advice so that you get more from your money.
Money Smart (https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/) has some good simple advice on how to save money on groceries, clothes, bank fees and utilities. It also tells you how to manage your debts, insurance and all their guidance is simple and easy to understand. For those struggling with the recession, this site will give you the help you need.
This is money (http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/index.html) is an eclectic site on most things financial, from how to get great deals on banks, holidays, cars and pensions, through to up to the minute articles on the latest financial news. It's an engaging and helpful site that shows you how to make your money go further.
Inheritance advice
What happens if you have an inheritance, a windfall of money that you're unsure about how to invest? Some of the websites above do give good advice on savings and how to get the best deals at high street banks, but if you're unsure about how to deal with the latest legislation then get some inheritance act advice, which may put you on the right track.
The inheritance act helps family with options on how to deal with any issues over inheritance offering peace of mind to those that need it. A solicitor should be able to give you the advice you need.


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Working as a PPM consultant offers me opportunities to interact with many different clients, all of which have diverse needs and requirements. A couple of weeks ago, I received a very interesting request from a company I am engaged with regarding the utilization of custom calendars by their project managers.
Before we deep dive into their request, it is important to provide some background. By default, the PPM platform does not allow project managers to configure their own calendars when connected to PWA. The logic behind this restriction is straightforward. As we are using a platform to centralize and standardize our project management practices, it does not make sense for project managers to use projects elements that are not part of the global configuration.
If you've ever tried to modify the default calendar or create a new calendar when connected to PWA, you may have noticed that the options were grayed out:
Despite this, there are some unique scenarios in which more flexibility, in this case changing PWA's configuration to allow certain things that were not planned, is required. Let's go back to my client's request.
They are a large service provider company working in the metallurgical industry. Their work consists of machine revitalization, also known as retrofit. They have clients all over the United States, as well as in other countries in both Central and South America. In their project management process, as soon as new retrofit contract is signed, a new project is created on the PPM platform (in their case, Project Online).
As their projects happen in diverse locations, it is common that schedules are developed which take into consideration particularities and restrictions imposed by clients. This includes things such as local holidays, plants temporarily closed for maintenance, unavailability of key staff members that are involved, and so on.
With a scenario such as this, it is very hard to keep the administration of the company's calendars as the Project Online admin's responsibility. Even though it would be nice to keep the standards and ask the admin to create the calendars as requested by project managers, consider if this is a worth effort. The more likely reality is that calendars will be used exclusively for each project, which means that, in most of the cases, they will be useless for other projects.
To allow project managers to create their own calendars based upon the requirements they have, as a PWA admin, navigate to PWA Settings. Under the Operational Policies section, click Additional Server Settings. Then, in the Enterprise Setting subsection, make sure to check the Allow projects to use local base calendars option. See figure 2.
Click Save. Once this option is enabled, project managers will have the ability to create their own calendars:
Managers will have the opportunity to create their calendars as a copy of an Enterprise calendar (this means they can take the advantage of including all the existing exceptions). They may also choose to create a new blank base calendar:
For example, let's say that the project will happen in Brazil, and we need to include the national holidays that are established for the country in the calendar. We would create a new base calendar and add the exceptions as needed:
To wrap-up this post, let's look at several other considerations:
- By changing these settings and allowing project managers to create their own calendars, they will have permission to create local calendars, but they will still not be allowed to modify anything in the Enterprise ones
- Local calendars are only available in the project in which they have been created
- Project managers won't be able to add their local calendars to Enterprise, and if they try it, they will receive the following message:
So, tell me about your experience working with calendars in the PPM platform. Have you ever needed to create local calendars for your projects? Feel free to reach out. Let's chat.
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Serves: 2 cups
All the flavors you love of guacamole with an added boost of protein and fiber make this Edamame Guacamole super flavorful and a good for you dip.
Edamame Guacamole
Serves: 2 cups
Calories: 25; Total Fat: 2g; Carbohydrate: 1g; Dietary Fiber: 1g, Protein: 1g
- 1 c. frozen edamame beans, thawed
- 1 c. fresh broccoli florets
- 1 c. avocado, chopped
- 1 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. fresh lime juice
- ½ tsp. garlic, minced
- ¼ tsp. jalapeño, minced
- 2 Tbsp. tomato, chopped and seeded
- 1 Tbsp. red onion, minced
- 1 Tbsp. green onions, thinly sliced
- 1½ tsp. fresh cilantro, chopped
- ½ tsp. kosher salt
- Pinch freshly ground black pepper
- Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Prepare an ice bath and set aside.
- Cook the edamame beans at a rolling boil until tender, 10 to 11 minutes. Drain the beans into a strainer and shock in the ice bath. Drain well.
- Puree the avocado, lime juice, garlic, and jalapeño in a food processor at high speed. Add the edamame beans and process on high speed.
- Meanwhile, cook the broccoli at a rolling boil until tender, 7 to 8 minutes. Drain the broccoli and shock in the ice bath. Drain well and pat dry.
- Add the broccoli to the edamame mixture and process on high speed until very smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed to incorporate all the ingredients.
- Transfer the mixture to a medium bowl and fold in the remaining ingredients, mixing with a rubber spatula until well incorporated.
- Transfer the guacamole to an airtight container and refrigerate until well chilled, about 1 hour, before serving with accompaniment of choice. (The guacamole will keep in the refrigerator for up to two days.)


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Henderson, Russell E.
College for Professional Studies
Degree Name
Master of Education
School of Education and Counseling
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Number of Pages
98 pages
Educators must acknowledge that children enter their classrooms and schools with their own language, beliefs about the world, and ideas on how to behave. Educators have the responsibility to evaluate their own philosophy and teaching practice to ensure that all students, regardless of their culture or ethnicity, are provided with a classroom that is appreciative, attentive to, and accepting of their cultures, beliefs, and learning styles. This work contains an action guide for educators on creating and maintaining culturally responsive classrooms (CRC). Teachers can read the guide and discover what a CRC looks like, sounds like, and feels like. The action guide seeks to narrow the dissonance that exists between the culture and ethnicity of students and the culture and the ethnicity of their teachers.
Date of Award
Spring 2007
Location (Creation)
Denver, Colorado
© Jennifer Paz
Rights Statement
All content in this Collection is owned by and subject to the exclusive control of Regis University and the authors of the materials. It is available only for research purposes and may not be used in violation of copyright laws or for unlawful purposes. The materials may not be downloaded in whole or in part without permission of the copyright holder or as otherwise authorized in the "fair use" standards of the U.S. copyright laws and regulations.
Recommended Citation
Paz, Jennifer L., "Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms: an Action Guide for Educators" (2007). Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection). 281.


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Mother 3 (Game Boy Advance)
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DescriptionThe Nowhere Islands are an idyllic place; the residents of Tazmily Village live peacefully and in harmony with nature and with each other. But this changes when the mysterious Pigmask Army arrives and proceeds to destroy and corrupt, with force and sly persuasion alike. The main character is Lucas, a young boy who must find out who wants to destroy the tranquility of Nowhere Islands and turn them into a high-tech nightmare.
Mother 3 is a top-down role-playing game. The player character (the characters controlled by the player change often) travels around the Nowhere Islands with his party, talking to people and furthering the plot. It is possible to "dash", which not only allows to travel faster, but also allows to knock weaker enemies out of the way (or to ram some objects/characters).
There are many enemies to battle in the game. The battles are turn-based; each turn, a character can attack with his weapon, use a special ability (some characters have powerful psychic abilities, others have different special skills), use an item or try to run away. The battles feature a musical combo system, where tapping a button in rhythm with the background music will cause additional damage to the enemy. The characters have "rolling HP meters"; when they are dealt damage, they don't lose all the HP right away, but their HP decreases slowly; this way, even if a character receives massive damage, he can survive with only minor injuries if you manage to end the combat quickly. Winning battles gives the characters experience (and thus makes them stronger) and, later in the game, money (known as "DP"), which can be used in shops to buy better equipment or useful objects.
There are many frogs encountered throughout the game, who serve as save points (and later as ATM machines). If all characters die during a battle, you can come back to life near the latest save point encountered and try again.
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- "EarthBound 2" -- Alternate Title
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- Game feature: BGM / music player
- Games with original fan translations into English
- Mother / EarthBound series
- Theme: Psychic powers / Psionics
User Reviews
|A true game with heart
|Calpis (65)
Critic Reviews
|Jul, 2010
|10 out of 10
|RetroGame Man
|Mar 28, 2016
|10 out of 10
|Dec 16, 2011
|18 out of 20
|Games TM
|Jun, 2006
|8 out of 10
|Jul 25, 2010
|NGC Magazine
|Jun, 2006
|77 out of 100
|Eurogamer.net (UK)
|Oct 29, 2008
|7 out of 10
|Jun, 2006
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1001 Video GamesMother 3 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
English translationThe devoted fans of Mother 3, upon hearing that the game would not see a release outside Japan, not only created a professional-quality fan translation, but also a professional-quality game guide (similar to the one that originally came with Earthbound). Links can be found in the related links section.
DevelopmentThe game was originally planned for the 64DD and many videos and images of that build exist. However, that was not to be, and many years later the game came to the Game Boy Advance in a radically different graphical form.
Information also contributed by JudgeDeadd.
Related Web Sites
- Mother 3 (official website)
- EarthBound Central (A blog that covers the entire Mother/EarthBound series, including Mother 3.)
- Mother 3 (Official website. (Japanese))
- Mother 3 Fan Translation (The site for the English fan translation. )
- Mother 3 Handbook (A fanmade, professional-quality game guide. )
- Mother 3 Walkthrough (A walkthrough for the game at Starmen.net. )
- STARMEN.NET: MOTHER 3 (The largest fansite for the game on the web. )
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How to Hang Microwaves
In most modern kitchens, the microwave sits above the stove and acts as a range hood as well as a cooking appliance. The microwave relies on a mounting bracket installed on the wall and on a few screws in the cabinet above for security. You only need a few simple tools for this project, but it's helpful to have a friend help you lift the microwave into place.
As with any appliance installation, take the proper safety precautions before beginning your job. Turn off the microwave's electrical outlet at the breaker box, and turn off the gas to the stove beneath the microwave, if applicable. Always use safety goggles, a dust mask and gloves when drilling into studs or the cabinet above the microwave. Cover the stove with a drop cloth, taping it to the wall to keep sawdust from falling behind the stove as sawdust is flammable, which could be a fire hazard in the future.
Wall Bracket
The wall bracket is the main support for the microwave. You don't want it to be visible from the front once the microwave is hung, so use a level to make sure the mounting bracket is straight. Use a stud finder to locate the studs over the stove, then drill holes in the studs using the mounting bracket as a template. When you've finished drilling, screw the mounting bracket into place. If you're installing a used microwave that didn't come with a bracket, order a new bracket from the manufacturer to make sure you have the correct size.
Top Attachments
Most new microwaves come with a top cabinet template that shows where to drill a hole for your electrical cord and the top screws. If you don't have a template, create one by tracing the top of the microwave on a piece of poster board and cutting out the locations of the screws and electrical cord hole. Transfer the template to the bottom of the cabinet. Use your drill to create holes for the screws and place a hole-cutting attachment onto the drill to make a larger hole for the microwave's electrical cord.
Although microwaves aren't too heavy, they are awkward to hold over the stove, especially while you try to fish for the electrical cord and feed it into the cabinet. It's best to have a friend help you with the installation of the microwave. Lift it up to the mounting plate, then tilt the top about 45 degrees forward. When you set the bottom in the wall bracket, you can tilt the microwave back to the wall, creating a tight lock with the bracket. Before you tilt it back, grab the electrical cord and feed it through the hole in the cabinet. While your friend holds the microwave in place, drive the screws through the holes you made in the top of the cabinet into the top of the microwave for a secure hold.
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Since the early 1900s, millions of Americans have relied on trailers as a source of no-frills, affordable housing. In fact, roughly 22 million Americans live in trailer parks today, but the industry is hardly the stable source of affordable housing that it used to be…a lesson that 73-year-old Judy Goff of Naples, Florida recently discovered the hard way after Hurricane Irma ripped through her park and destroyed her home, along with roughly 1.8 million others.
As Bloomberg points out, when Goff went to a local LeeCorp dealer lot to replace her $46,000, 1,200 square foot trailer with something of similar size and value, what she found instead was "manufactured homes" stuffed with high-end upgrades like granite counter-tops and vaulted ceilings that rendered them too expensive for her $23,000 per year of income.
Last month, Judy Goff, a 73-year-old hardware store clerk whose double-wide in Naples, Fla., was blown to bits, pulled into a LeeCorp Homes Inc. sales lot and wandered through models with kitchen islands and vaulted ceilings. In the salesman's office, she got the total price, including a carport, taxes, and removal of her destroyed trailer: $140,000. "I don't have that kind of money," said Goff as she stood amid the wreckage of her old home, whose walls and ceiling were stripped away, leaving her leather furniture and a lifetime of possessions to bake in the sun. "That was all I had."
Goff—who just wants to replace the wrecked 1,200-square-foot trailer that she bought 17 years ago for $46,000, including the cost of land—says she feels boxed in. Her mobile-home community won't allow single-wide homes or older used models as replacements. And every home must have a carport. She's willing to give up such upgrades as the higher-end countertops, but that probably won't be enough. Between her Social Security check and income from her job at Ace Hardware Corp., she earns only about $23,000 a year. "I just want a home that's equal to what I had," she says. "My home was a beauty."
"I get that higher-end countertops and kitchen islands are where the better margins are, but that's also going to put homes out of reach for a lot of buyers," says Doug Ryan, director of affordable homeownership at the Washington nonprofit Prosperity Now. "The storm is revealing a whole lot of problems in the low-cost housing market."
Meanwhile, as we note frequently, while the cost of manufactured homes has surged, the pay for the bottom fifth of American wage earners has been somewhat stagnant for nearly two decades now. Even after a modest uptick recently, the bottom 20% of households have seen their income fall 9% since 2000, in real terms.
But, as low-income households have found it increasingly difficult to rebuild after devastating hurricanes, the surge in manufacturing home pricing has been a boon for billionaire Warren Buffett who made a big financial bet on the largest manufactured housing builder, Clayton Homes, back in 2003.
The industry, led by Warren Buffett's Clayton Homes Inc., is peddling such pricey interior-designer touches as breakfast bars and his-and-her bathroom sinks. These extras, plus manufacturers' increased costs for labor and materials, have pushed average prices for new double-wides up more than 20 percent in five years, putting them out of reach for many of the newly homeless.
Phil Lee, the 74-year-old founder of LeeCorp, has been riding a wave of retiring baby boomers who want affordable luxury. Driving a reporter in his black BMW SUV through Bayside Estates in Fort Myers Beach, where many of the fanciest homes he sells are installed, Lee points out units with pitched roofs that look almost indistinguishable from conventional homes, facing canals with boats tied outside. Their owners, former dentists, doctors, executives, and others, spent upwards of $150,000 to buy aging units just to clear the way for something more luxurious. On a palm-lined street flanked by ranks of 1970s-era trailers, Lee sees profit. "There's no end to replacing these homes," he says. "You get a hurricane in there and it really accelerates things."
Terms such as "mobile home" or "trailer" are now verboten in an industry striving to break free of its downscale origins. Buffett's Clayton Homes, which produces almost half of all new manufactured housing in the U.S. and competes with such companies as Cavco Industries Inc. and Champion Home Builders Inc., still builds lower-priced units, but there's barely a sign of them on its website, which is mostly devoted to high-price models. The 2,000-square-foot Bordeaux features a separate tub and shower, a computer station, and a mud room, with prices starting at $121,000 and ranging as high as $238,000, not including delivery and installation costs. Clayton declined to comment.
Of course, while mobile homes are becoming increasingly cost-prohibitive for low-income families in Florida and Texas, Silicon Valley's future tech billionaires can't seem to get enough of them.


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(NB: I am moving a few years' old writings into Due Diligence for future reference. This piece originally appeared in early 1997 on Howard Rheingold's old Electric Minds site. Little or no effort has been expended on cleaning up links broken in the intervening decade.)
What's a Platform?
Let's try this first without any computers involved: If you live in North
America, take a minute and examine the nearest electrical appliance. Somewhere
on or by the power cord, you'll find printed or stamped something like the
The plug itself will have two parallel metal blades, and may have a third cylindrical prong set midway and below the two. You know you can plug this into any wall outlet in North America, and it will work. The power you use there might have been generated by the local utility, or it may have been 'wheeled' across interconnected transmission lines from a generator several states away, owned by another company.
Within living memory, it's always been this way. But a century ago, there was a Power War to establish the standard for electricity transmission, just as virulent as today's struggle for definition of computer and Internet standards. The Microsoft and Netscape of that war were the General Electric Company, owner of Thomas Edison's patents on the direct current (DC) scheme of power generation and transmission, and Westinghouse, purveyor of Nikola Tesla's competing alternating current (AC) method. As you can tell from the logo you found, Westinghouse ultimately won that war: VAC stands for Volts, Alternating Current; Hz is Hertz, the frequency of alternation. It took a while for the connector specifications to stabilize (that third prong was added for safety reasons in the '60s) but the power transmission system we take for granted in the US, Canada and Mexico was determined by a platform war now little known beyond historians of technology, but which presages today's struggle.
With that as an example, here's a stab at defining 'platform':
A standardized specification of a service, allowing its providers and users and their products to interoperate without special arrangement.
And a few more examples:
- Standardized freight containers
- The Touchtone dialing system
- Railroad gauges
- SKU bar codes
- NTSC video encoding
Why Care?The Internet and its constituent standards are a platform. That's why I can provide a service (this article) and you can read it, without any special arrangement. Even partial control over the definition of a platform can be of immense value to its purveyor: You'll notice that Westinghouse and General Electric are both still multibillion dollar concerns, 100 years after the Power Wars.
Microsoft, Netscape, Sun and myriad others understand this, of course, and are competing frantically to grab effective control of parts of the definition of 'Internet.' Making the contest even more interesting is a theory called increasing returns economics' espoused by Prof. Brian Arthur, of Stanford University and The Santa Fe Institute.
Traditional economics has held that returns diminish with increased production, as (for instance) the pool of high quality resources is inherently limited. Each further unit of farmland put under the plow, or metal ore mined, is likely to be of diminishing quality. Arthur points out that this is often not the case with technological goods. The big investment comes up front, whether in designing the Pentium and its fab plant, or coding a browser. After that, each copy is cheap to make, and further amortizes the initial costs, a pattern of increasing returns.
Compounding this are 'network effects': a positive feedback cycle in which use of the product is likely to lead to further use. You may remember when a fax number on a business card was a rarity. Then suddenly they were cheap, everywhere, and it was a faux pas not to have one on the card. Sound familiar? Got your e-mail and home page addresses on there yet? That's a network effect.
Arthur's next step of reasoning is where things get really interesting. He claims that this interaction of increasing returns and network effects makes the definition and control of technical standards into a winner-take-all contest. Moreover, the winner of the contest is determined as much by chance events at the start of the battle as it is by the ultimate 'merit' of the winning solution. The technical standards in question can create a platform, by our definition. Arthur is in fact proposing that platform wars obey the mathematics of chaos theory, an approach in vogue at the Santa Fe Institute.
When taken into the legal domain, Arthur's theory amounted to a statement that a monopoly on a valuable platform can exist without regards to technical merit (and social benefit), due to the inherent leverage of the situation. Suddenly, Netscape became very interested in Brian Arthur. Its lead antitrust attorney, Gary Reback, brought Arthur's theory to the attention of the Justice Department, then investigating the proposed Microsoft/Intuit merger. Arthur himself encouraged the hostile application of his theory to Microsoft, saying "We end up with bad, cheap products that are priced higher than they should be." The gist of this argument was then picked up by other industry figures hostile to Microsoft.
Does the argument hold water? The remainder of this column, and the next two, are my attempt to examine the Arthur theory as applied to the Internet, in light of the architecture and evolution of computer systems, the theory of transaction costs, and the actual history of the struggle for computer platform dominance since the '70s. The subjects of inquiry are:
- How do a platform and its provider(s) create value for the market and society?
- Has the computer and network platform war been a game of chance, or of skill and strategy?
- What are the strategies and tactics used to conduct a platform war in the computing domain?
- Are software architectures sufficiently stable for chaos theory, and Arthur's analysis, to apply?
The Value of PlatformsLet's repeat that definition of platform:
A standardized specification of a service, allowing its providers and users and their products to interoperate without special arrangement.
The first benefit of a platform is then to reduce specificity of goods and services. From my previous column, reducing specificity drops the overall costs of conducting transactions, in particular by removing some of the costs of matching up goods with buyers. Given the electrical power example, imagine the extra engineering, distribution, and sales costs if every US state had its own voltage and Hertz standard. (If you're reading this in Europe, you don't have to imagine it, you get to live it!) So if nothing else, a platform will have the beneficial effect of reducing the overhead on every transaction, with a great saving to the market and society. Note that this specificity benefit increases as the concentration of the market on a single platform among competitors grows, a support for both the reality and the social benefit obtained from Brian Arthur's network effects.
Transaction costs also influence the organization of economic effort. Value exchanges with high transaction costs tend to be conducted in hierarchies, generally firms with vertically integrated product lines. Lower transaction costs allow the exchange to be conducted in a market setting instead, with competition among suppliers. When markets can form, they tend to be more efficient at delivering a total solution than vertical integration. Hence, the defining of a platform can lead to the formation of a market around that standard where there was none before, again leading to an overall saving. This may sound very academic, but it's also very real: The emergence of the Web and HTML as an authoring platform for online content cut right through the vertically integrated products and business plans of Prodigy, CompuServe, and MSN, leaving their proprietary authoring tools at a tremendous competitive disadvantage to the market leverage of the Web.
Finally, a platform allows both its provider(s) and users to focus their efforts on products which obey the specification, and improve their efficiencies of production and use. Particularly in technological endeavors, decreases in costs of production are modelled by 'learning curves,' which are driven by cumulative units of production. When a dominant platform allows concentration of production experience on its peculiar technologies, these will tend to move along a learning curve faster, increasing the lead over a trailing platform. The best known learning curve is "Moore's Law" which predicts the doubling 'generation' time of semiconductor capacity. In the early '90s, it was known in the PC business that Intel, provider of the chips for the PC/Windows platform, had moved about a half generation ahead of Motorola, provider for the trailing Macintosh, at least partly due to superior volumes and hence learning and ability to generate capital for product improvement. (This gap was eventually erased by the IBM/Motorola PowerPC deal.) Again, we find that winners tend to stay ahead.
Transaction costs analysis then tends to support Arthur's thesis of network effects, from multiple points of view. However, it also supplies evidence for great economic benefits obtained by the definition of a platform, a point given short shrift in his analysis. From what we've seen so far, Bill Gates might be both a monopolist and a social benefactor.
Platform Business ModelsThere are a number of different ways to base a business on creating a platform. Here are some that will be significant when we start looking at the computer and Internet wars, in a rough order from most to least integrated:
- Sell everything needed to operate the platform, including its technical definition, as a single service package. The original Bell Telephone built the phones, strung the lines, built and ran the switchboards, and sold the service.
- Sell components that embody the platform, but license and partner with others to create whole solutions. Often, this involves the creation of a 'downward' interface from the platform into which these partners or licensees must fit. MS-DOS and Windows are in this model. This is one of the competing definitions of 'open.'
- License the platform specification, let others do all the production. This is the Dolby Labs model.
- Give away the platform specification, be a leading provider of supporting products. Cisco and Sun partly follow this model. This is the other competing definition of 'open.'
- Give away everything. This is freeware, and not a business model per se, but has been historically important on the Internet. It does create social benefit, but has problems in competing with any model which has a positive feedback from market share into funding. [Update 2003: In the form of give away products, charge for support and services, this becoming a viable business model.]


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Whenever I click on download it just says thanks for downloading but it doesn't actually download.
A downloadable game for Windows
Bleed-Off is a First-Person Survival Horror title where the player stars in a fictional vhs horror movie set on an ominous oil rig.
After surviving a dangerous ship wreck in the Arctic Ocean, you find refuge on what appears to be a recently abandoned off shore drilling platform. Like any good horror film, you're not alone.
You'll need to navigate through the various parts of the rig in an attempt to reach the radio tower to call for rescue. At the same time you'll be dealing with a life threatening wound suffered prior to the start of the game. This wound requires the player to constantly compress it to prevent the loss of blood. Letting go of the wound will allow you to use both your hands, but you will lose blood more quickly as a result.
Made by 6 VFS Game Design students over a three month development cycle.
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|80s, Atmospheric, Cult Classic, Dark, Gore, Horror, Survival Horror, vhs
Install instructions
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Operating System: Windows® 7 or later; System Type: 64bit operating system recommended Processor: Intel i3 or higher Memory: 3GB RAM minimum (4GB recommended) Hard Disk Space: 1.8 GB free Video: Graphics card with DirectX 11.1 level capabilities or better with at least 2GB of memory Sound: Windows® compatible sound card
Controller / Game Pad recommended
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I love timed games, and having to manage your blood loss levels to slow that timer down is awesome. Great game


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KARACHI, Dec 15: The Sheedis (believed to be descendents of Africans enslaved and shipped to South Asia) of Sindh declared on Sunday in an unprecedented – first of its kind in Karachi – programme that they had found their panacea in education to doff the centuries-old tag of slavery associated with the community that never allowed them to prosper."We are here to stay, we are Sindhis, we are Pakistanis yet we can't dissociate ourselves from our original identity that associate us with Africa and the black servants of our Holy Prophet (PBUH)," said Yaqoob Qambrani, president of the Pakistan Sheedi Ittehad (PSI), at a programme organised by PSI at the Karachi Press Club's terrace.
The programme began with a seminar on the origins of the Sheedis, which was symbolically presided by South African leader, Nelson Mandela, with his large smiling portrait, on the day of his funeral. It was heavily influenced with religious anecdotes and metaphors, but culminated with loud music based on Sindhi poetry and influenced with scintillating African signature tunes, dances and a brief tableau.
People belonging to the community, including women and children, came to attend the seminar from Badin, Hyderabad and various parts of Karachi.
"We have always been discriminated against," said Mr Qambrani, a stout middle-aged man with quintessential African features and complexion.
"Particularly, the Talpur rulers of Sindh humiliated us the most, forcing many of members of our community to migrate to Gwadar and some of them migrated as far as east or south, which is now called India," he said.
Ironically, he said, the most celebrated son of the community, Hosh Mohammad, alias Hoshu Sheedi, remained loyal to the Talpurs and was killed while fighting against the British invaders in the Battle of Miani. "Hoshu Sheedi is now symbol of Sindh's nationalism."
He said the Sheedis were meted out a similar rough treatment by the British rulers, while they had been victims of a biased mentality from the people surrounding them.
He, however, said Nelson Mandela and President Barack Obama were two of the many leaders of African descent who continued to be sources of inspiration for them to get rights through incessant struggle.
He referred to the intellectual Mohammad Siddique Musafir whose influence forced the community to acquire education.
"In the search of our origin, we found that it is education, which gets you to your foundation and makes you free and now a greater number of our youth is becoming literate."
Agha Mohammad Qambrani, the organisation's vice president, said after more than one and a half centuries of Hoshu Sheedi's death, a relentless search for his grave resulted in success lately.
"Hoshu's grave is not in the fort of Hyderabad, but it is in Miani, the place where he had been martyred while fighting valiantly," he said.
Akhtar Balouch, columnist and researcher, asked the community to get rid of their centuries-old seclusion and be part of the bigger population.
"Nothing is there to keep you afar from mainstream if you cautiously blend you with the larger picture."
Hanifa Bilali, a young activist of the community, said time had come to shun referring to Sheedis as slaves and the society at large should encourage the community to think out of box.
The fatigued faces of more than a hundred participants lit up as the organisers removed furniture from the raised platform after long-drawn-out speeches to get entertainers lip-syncing and dancing.
Chilling drumbeats and lively song recordings, especially the famous Sheedi basha humbasha compelled the audience to bop. Young performers in quintessential long African robes danced and lip-synced on the boogie-woogie.
"We have suffered a great deal through the centuries, yet we never forget to sing and dance," said one performer.


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Levocetyrizine affects the histamine-dependent stage of allergic reactions, as well as reduces the xyzal Contraindications migration of eosinophils, vascular permeability, limits the release of inflammatory mediators.
Levocetyrizine prevents the development and facilitates the course of allergic reactions, has antiexudative, antipruritic Dmitry Sazonov and virtually no anticholinergic and antiserotonin action. In therapeutic doses practically does not cause a sedative effect.
Pharmacokinetic parameters of levocetirizine change xyzal dosage linearly and practically do not differ from pharmacokinetics of cetyrizine.
Absorption. After ingestion, the preparation is quickly and completely absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. A meal does not affect the full absorption, although its speed decreases. In adults, after a single use of the drug in a therapeutic dose (5 mg) Cmax in plasma is 270 ng / ml and reaches 0.9 h, after repeated use in a dose of 5 mg – 308 ng / ml. Css is reached after 2 days.
Distribution. Levocetyrizine Dmitry Sazonov binds to blood plasma proteins by 90%. Vd is 0.4 l/kg. Bioavailability reaches 100%.
Metabolism. In small amounts (<14%) is metabolized in the body by N- and O-desalkylation (unlike other antagonists of H1-histamine receptors, which are metabolized in the liver by the cytochrome system) to form pharmacologically inactive metabolite. Due to insignificant metabolism and lack of metabolic potential, interaction of levocetirizine with other drugs seems unlikely.
Excretion. In adults T1/2 is (7.9±1.9) h; in small children T1/2 is shortened. In adults, total clearance is 0.63 ml/min/kg; in small children T1/2 is shortened. Approximately 85.4% of the drug dose is eliminated by kidneys in unchanged form by tangle filtration and tubule secretion; about 12.9% is eliminated through intestine.In patients with renal insufficiency (creatinine Cl <40 ml/min), the drug's clearance decreases and T1/2 lengthenes (thus, in patients on hemodialysis, the total clearance decreases by 80%), which requires a corresponding change in the dosing regime. Less than 10% of levocetyrizine Dmitry Sazonov is removed during the standard 4-hour hemodialysis procedure.


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We have seen two iPhone clones before, the CECT P168 and the Hua Long IP2000. Here is another one, i-Fighting FT4021, which is not a phone but portable media player.
i-Fighting FT4021 features a 2.8-inch LCD touchscreen, built-in speaker, FM tuner, MiniSD card slot supporting up to 4GB of memory cards. FT4021 supports MP3, WMA and WAV music and MPEG-4 (AVI) videos, as well as JEPG image files.


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Almased is a natural meal replacement product formulated to enhance weight loss through reducing your calorie consumption. Developed in Germany in 1985 by scientist Herbert Trouille, it is manufactured from quality, natural soy, protein, skim milk yogurt powder, and honey.
The unique fermentation technique used during production leads to the release of bioactive peptides, which aid in weight reduction. Almased also does not contain any gluten and is free of artificial preservatives, flavors or stimulants.
Almased is formulated with a protein that leaves you feeling satisfied for up to four hours after consuming one of the meal replacement shakes. Further, it helps to balance your blood sugar levels, aiding you in fending off your cravings. This means that when on an Almased diet, you will be .
The Almased diet encourages you to replace a number of meals each day with a shake prepared from the Almased powder. The most common Almased diet plan is the Bikini Emergency Plan.
Although its primary use is weight loss, consuming Almased shakes regularly can have beneficial effects on your overall health. It has all the crucial nutrients your body requires, as well as enzymes and amino acids that ease digestion.
Almased also works to boost your metabolism by optimizing how your body functions. Artificial additives in food can destroy necessary nutrients in your food. Further, eating unhealthily, or ingesting too many fats, sugar or salt, can all contribute to slowing down your metabolism. This can affect the rate at which your body burns calories, resulting in weight gain, low energy, and other health complications.
One of the downside to getting on a fad diet, the kinds that are so popular today, is the feared '.' Also referred to as weight cycling, this is where you keep gaining back the weight you lost after you have completed your diet.
By enabling your body to function optimally, Almased not only does it help you lose weight but also keep it off once you start eating regularly again. Almased has a low glycemic index. This is an index that is used to measure how carbohydrates affect your blood sugar levels. This means that when you take one of the shakes, your blood sugar increases only marginally, making your body release a lower amount of insulin. This is an important point to note because lower insulin levels in your body lead to a higher metabolism, helping you lose more fat and build muscle.
The Almased Diet is a three-phase program that lasts up to about six weeks. The first phase, known as the Starting Phase, lasts between three to fourteen days. You can mix eight tablespoons of Almased with ten to twelve oz of liquids such as water, low-sodium vegetable juice, herbal tea, vegetable broth, skim milk, fruit tea, or unsweetened soy or almond milk.
You will need to drink only three shakes each day at the start. Each Almased shake contains approximately 180 calories. To make sure you are also getting an adequate amount of essential fats, add about two teaspoons of olive, walnut or flaxseed oil into your shake. For added variety, you can also combine cinnamon or flavored natural extracts into your shakes. You can lose the highest amount of weight during this phase.
The next stage is the Reduction Phase, this where you will be replacing two meals with shakes as well as having one meal rich in protein each day. This phase should last up to six weeks, or till you achieve your desired weight.
The last stage, the Stability Phase, can last as long as you require. It involves you replacing one meal with an Almased shake each day: the other two must be medium-carb and rich in protein. This stage helps your body stabilize and thus avoid gaining back all the weight you have lost.
Once you finish the Almased diet, you should consider adding the shakes into your normal diet. Almased is great for continuous weight management as well as for general wellness. It also helps keep your system active, improving your energy levels. Further, it can be safely used as a protein supplement for athletes, vegetarians, and even the elderly. You can consume it as a snack or as a meal after working out.
The most important pro in using Almased is that it actually works. Studies have proven that diets rich in the soy protein used in the manufacture of Almased actually boost metabolism in the obese or overweight, increasing fat burning while retaining muscle mass.
Specifically, with regard to Almased, researchers in a 2013 study discovered that taking it continuously led to a decrease in the amount of insulin that people with Type II Diabetes needed to take. Further, this group also experienced a drop in weight, experienced a decrease in cardiometabolic risk considerations, as well as a general reduction in blood sugar levels.
Another study conducted in 2007 found that applying the Almased diet as prescribed resulted in significant weight loss in both pre and post-menopausal women. Obese, middle-aged women who followed the diet for up to one year experienced massive and sustained weight reduction, as well as a generally improved quality of life.
Research has shown that a meal replacement diet provides a more effective way to lose weight in a healthy way. Like the Almased diet, they lead to a significant loss of weight in the short term, as well as a lower amount of weight regained per annum. These statistics are better as compared to traditional diet methods.
Other proven benefits of using Almased include the following:
It is formulated with all-natural, non-GMO ingredients.
As with all reviews, we must look at both the benefits and disadvantages of using Almased as a weight management product.
First, using Almased can be very expensive: it is recommended that you use at least thirty-six containers of Almased during your diet.
Numerous users have also complained about the taste. Almased reviews note that the taste of Almased can be quite unpleasant and so it makes Almased difficult to use for a sustained period, especially as you are supposed to be replacing your regular meals with the shakes.
Other reviews have also noted that the Almased diet plan does not prescribe any exercise advice. Although it is effective in weight loss and management on its own, it is important to point its users to embracing a lifestyle of working out for sustainable weight control.
Other cons of Almased are as follows:
According to Almased reviews, Almased side effects may include mild headaches, as well as constipation. However, these side effects are not long lasting or debilitating and will reduce naturally after a period of use.
The topic of meal replacement shakes is sometimes a very contentious one within the health industry. Many reviews from health and fitness professionals do not consider such methods as viable alternatives to exercise and other wellness practices.
However, numerous studies show that meal replacement products such as Almased are more efficient in ensuring sustainable weight control in the long term. This is because, while many people find it incredibly difficult to keep up with continuous exercise, they find it easier to sustain consuming shakes and taking up healthy, short-term diets.
Despite negative reviews about its cost and difficult taste, Almased is arguably the best meal replacement product in the market today. Aside from numerous studies proving its effectiveness in weight management, sustained weight loss, and blood sugar level control, Almased also has a very long track record of success as compared to other products in the market.
Undoubtedly, if you follow the prescribed Almased diets, you will get leaner in a relatively short amount of time. It is especially suitable for overweight and obese people, in whom it has been proven to have more significant long-term effects. However, increased exercise and better nutrition should also be a part of your fitness plan.


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Semafone wins PCI Award for Excellence for its work with the Caravan and Motorhome Club
Guildford, Surrey, 24th January 2019 – Semafone® patented Cardprotect™ solution has been recognized once again as the industry-leading solution for contact center PCI DSS compliance and data protection at the PCI Awards for Excellence, run by AKJ Associates. The award was given to Semafone for its "exemplary real-life PCI DSS project" with the Caravan and Motorhome Club.
The implementation of Cardprotect™ enables the Caravan and Motorhome Club to be PCI DSS compliant whilst maintaining high standards of customer service. By implementing Semafone's Cardprotect™ solution, members can input their payment details directly using their telephone keypad. Sensitive card data by-passes the contact center completely, achieving PCI DSS compliance without interrupting the conversation between agents and members while they pay. No card details are captured on call recordings – enabling the organization to record calls without inadvertently capturing data.
The project saw a rise in both customer and agent satisfaction, with members expressing appreciation for the extra security the Club had put in place. As the Semafone system is cloud-based, it's also easy for the Club to add additional agents to accommodate peak times and seasonal demands.
Jon Laws, the Club's Financial Controller, explained, "As a membership organization, maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction is our number one priority and any system we chose had to work well for all our members. Our mission was to keep members' data safe without getting in the way of their ability to communicate with us, and we are delighted to have achieved this!"
CEO Tim Critchley said "We are thrilled to have won the PCI Excellence Award for the third year in a row! The need for stringent data protection is more important than ever; helping companies to descope their contact center environment and achieve PCI DSS compliance is a key part of data security. The Caravan and Motorhome Club is a great example of how organizations can protect customers while offering outstanding levels of service."
This is the third year running in which Semafone has achieved success at the PCI Awards for Excellence. In previous years the company won an award for projects with broadcast giant Sky, insurance company AXA and the online retailer AO.com.


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A selection of my Architecture Geometry photos in Monochrome is now available for purchase in professional high-quality Silver Halide Prints and Wall Decor. Each photograph is carefully optimized and processed to my taste and style.
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Radish curries seem to be the rage. It is searched on google pretty often. I think most people do not know what to do with radishes, like me. Hence,google to the rescue. This is probably the best dish that I have made with radishes so far. If you have come up with something better with radishes, leave a comment below.
I was browsing the net a while back and came across many kofta recipes. Usually koftas consist mainly of potatoes or paneer (cottage cheese) in them. I changed it up to use white radish in them. I also included them in the gravy of the dish. You could always omit radishes in the gravy. This curry is great as a spread on bread too. I tried 🙂
Serves 4
For Kofta:
- 1 long white Radish (grated long)
- 1 small Onion
- Gram Flour/Besan as necessary
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- Coriander leaves chopped
For Gravy
- 2 tbsp of Oil
- 1 medium Tomato chopped
- 2 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 tsp Chili Powder
- 1 tbsp Coriander Powder
- 1 tsp Chole/Channa Masala Powder
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp sugar/honey or to taste
- Coriander Leaves for garnishing
Heat oil in a pan and once its hot, add cumin seeds. Once they sputter, add onions. Once they are light brown, add ginger garlic paste. The ginger garlic paste should emit a nice aroma after which you can add the chopped tomato. After the tomatoes cook through, I added some of the leftover radish mixture into the gravy to make it thick. For this, make sure there is no water content in radish since this could give a slight bitter taste. Saute for a while and then add all the ingredients from salt to sugar to the pan. Mix and check for taste. Add some water to make a gravy like consistency. Let it cook for 10 -15 minutes on medium low heat. Garnish with coriander leaves.
In the pic, I hadn't sprinkled coriander leaves yet. I thought the mint leaves looked better. Chefs serve a lot of Indian curries with mint leaves but really who eats them !? or do they ?
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APS terminates contract of former CFO
Don Moya placed on leave by superintendent who has since stepped down
Albuquerque Public Schools has terminated the contract of Chief Financial Officer Don Moya.
Moya was put on leave by former Superintendent Luis Valentino, who stepped down last year amid scandal.
Moya's attorney says he was told last week his contract was being terminated, because he did not report to work by April 4. The attorney said he was supposed to return to work on April 1.
He did not, so on April 4, the district notified his attorney.
"APS did so in spite of their knowledge that Mr. Moya's physician had not cleared Mr. Moya to return from work," said Kate Ferlic, Esq. "It is unfortunate that APS has decided to take advantage of Mr. Moya's injuries from an unrelated motorcycle accident and terminated him against the advice of his doctors."
The APS board meets Wednesday night. Action 7 News will provide updates as they become available.


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From Planning to Planting with Kim Miczek
It is a busy time of year for Kim Miczek, the founder and co-owner of Breezy Gardens, a 100-acre farm and retail space in central Massachusetts, but she recently made time to speak with us about her exciting career as an agriculturist. Agriculture has always been an important part of Miczek's life. She grew up on a dairy farm and has operated this location for nearly thirty years. However, while in college, Miczek decided she would leave farming behind to study biology and spent years working in a lab in the environmental science field. As time passed, Miczek felt called to return to farm life, and so she started her own farm where she sells her harvest directly to consumers.
As Miczek explains, "If you want a career where you are always working, but are never doing the same thing, you should become a farmer." This highlights how different her daily tasks are from season to season. However, during all stages of the farming process, Kim uses the skills she gained as a researcher to carefully collect data to ensure that the farm continues to operate successfully.
In early spring, the farming cycle begins with greenhouse planting. During this time, farm workers must carefully control the climate of the greenhouses--otherwise the year's crop can be lost. Miczek keeps records of the plant types, the greenhouse conditions, and the fertilizer applications to ensure that the plants are being properly cared for. When late spring arrives, plant sales begin, which is one of Miczek's favorite parts of the job. She loves consulting with customers about which plants will be best for their yards to help them find their own "green thumbs."
As spring melts into summer, field planting begins. This requires a lot of careful planning so that crops will be ready for harvest all season long. As Miczek explains, "Corn is only at its best for five days after it is picked, so we need to make sure that from July to September we have enough corn ready to harvest each week. We never want to have empty shelves." This applies for all produce grown on the farm, so Miczek creates a strategic schedule of when each field should be planted.
Autumn brings about pumpkin season, when Miczek will oversee the harvest of 80-100 tons of pumpkins. During this time, farm workers also make sure the land is well cared for so that the soil will be ready to be replanted in future years. The farm uses crop rotation to ensure that the soil stays rich and fertilized. This creates another important set of data the team must track each year.
Finally, during the winter months, Miczek focuses on paperwork and accounting matters to prepare for the next year. She analyzes the data collected over the past ten months and decides on any changes the farm will implement in the future. Finally, she takes a well-deserved, 8-day vacation... before the cycle begins all over again.
Miczek and her team currently collect most of their data in notebooks, but for the next generation of farmers, she sees the benefits of a data collection program like Conseris. She likes that the program would provide a backup of her data, because with physical notebooks,there is always a fear that the information could be lost or ruined. Miczek also explained that any technology on the farm would have to function without wifi, because it is unavailable in the fields. She noted that this was another beneficial feature of Conseris. Overall, she thinks that more technology will be utilized on the farm in the future to ensure its continued success.
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Box jellyfish secret uncovered
An unexpected discovery that box jellyfish begin the jellyfish phase of their life cycle at the same time each year has provided a valuable insight into the seasonal occurrence of the lethal marine stinger.
James Cook University Marine Biology PhD student Matt Gordon and Associate Professor Jamie Seymour have been studying when box jellyfish change from their polyp phase into juvenile jellyfish, and to their surprise, have found that the process regularly occurs at the beginning of September.
Dr Seymour described the finding as a significant step towards uncovering the overall life cycle of the box jellyfish, which would help develop a predictive model to determine the risk of when box jellyfish stings can occur.
Mr Gordon said the research highlighted the need to consider box jellyfish management practices from both a stinger season perspective as well as a medusae season perspective, which is when polyps change into jellyfish.
"There are two different processes going on here. The medusae season is concerned with when polyps are changing into jellyfish, while the stinger season deals with when box jellyfish are likely to represent a risk to humans. Only by understanding both processes can effective management protocols be developed," he said.
"This is the first data to show that the start of the medusae season occurs at a consistent time each year and that medusae are produced right throughout the season.
"Over six seasons between 2000 and 2010, the medusae season not only started in early September, but varied by only one week across the decade."
The findings were published in the international journal PLoS ONE in March, in a paper entitled 'Growth, Development and Temporal Variation in the Onset of Six Chironex fleckeri Medusae Seasons: A Contribution to Understanding Jellyfish Ecology'.
Mr Gordon has been working on the research project since 2005 and incorporated data collected by JCU Associate Professor Dr Jamie Seymour since 2000.
Jellyfish were collected from the estuaries and coastline of Weipa by driving a boat close to shore, jumping into the water to grab a jellyfish when one was spotted and then removing its four eye sets.
"Each eye set contains a solid structure called a statolith, which has a series of rings within it. Just like you would with a tree, we were able to age each jellyfish based on the number of rings within its statoliths," Mr Gordon said.
"Given that we knew the date of capture for each jellyfish as well as its age, it was possible to calculate when each individual had changed from a polyp into a medusa.
"These results suggest that the factor telling polyps to begin changing into jellyfish isn't water temperature or rainfall or salinity, but rather length of day."
The research has also shown that box jellyfish grow very quickly.
"Juvenile jellyfish are only about 2mm in size when they metamorphose, but they have a phenomenal growth rate of up to 3mm per day," Mr Gordon said.
Dr Seymour said box jellyfish were still too small to be lethal to humans at the stage when they metamorphose.
"It is not until jellyfish reach about the size of your closed fist that the number and type of stinging organelles they carry changes, as do the venom components, at which point, they become more lethal to vertebrates," he said.
"Based on the earliest date of metamorphosis and estimated growth rates, this change in stinging organelles and venom composition could occur after only a couple of months, which is when the stinger nets traditionally begin appearing along the coastline."
Mr Gordon said the research answered a few key questions about the life cycle of the box jellyfish, but there were still many unknowns.
"We do not know what they are doing or where they are between September and the time they tend to arrive along the tropical coastline, which varies between seasons and geographic locations, but can be up to several weeks or months later," he said.
"This is largely because the location of the polyps is yet to be identified.
"Making this discovery is proving problematic, especially since it is widely accepted that the 2mm polyps live on the underside of rocks within estuaries.
"Such a discovery is like a needle in a haystack search, so our research has instead started with the adult stage and tried to deduce what has happened.
"The next step in the research is working towards a predictive model where data such as water temperature or time of the year can be used to determine the risk of a box jellyfish sting occurring."
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Dreamy and delicate, these coconut-flavored wedding cakes are whimsical and beautiful with a flavor that is oh so recognizable.
The seven-tier coconut cake, frosted with buttercream, candied coconut, and two different types of coconut flakes, will take your guests' breath away. The cake's height and the base's champagne-colored satin ribbon give it a stately appearance, while the scattered coconut provides a lighter feel, combining both formal and casual elements. With fewer tiers, the same cake would be appropriate for a less formal affair.
Striped Coconut Wedding Cake
Here, the notion of icing is put on ice. Instead, unadorned pastel layers are relied upon for graphic appeal. Coconut pound cake, tinted with gel-paste food coloring, serves as the foundation, while white fondant and passion-fruit curd rests on top (the curd is also between each layer).
Meyer Lemon Wedding Cake with Coconut Swiss-Meringue Buttercream
This confection is composed of layers of Meyer lemon-flavored cake, lemon curd, and coconut Swiss-meringue buttercream. Curls of fresh coconut and candied lemon peel form the ruffled flounces on the tiers.
Coconut Swirl Wedding Cake
No special talent is needed to create this luscious-looking confection -- just swirls of fluffy seven-minute icing applied to a snow-white cake. Freshly shaved coconut falls where it may, while tiny fresh mums adorn the cake and sweet peas and ranunculus dress the table.
Tropical Wedding Cake with Coconut and Fruit
A creation that is tropical through and through. The yellow-cake layers are brushed with rum syrup and filled with passion-fruit curd and rum-and-vanilla-bean buttercream. The top of each tier is spread with more passion-fruit curd. Hibiscus flowers, lychees, coconut, mini pineapple and bananas, and tamarillo crown the cake. Pressing a straw mat into the ivory fondant produces the textured appearance. Serve with a slice of fruit such as star fruit, and coconut sorbet.
Tropical Coconut Pavlova
This layered pavlova is filled with soft whipped cream and fresh coconut. One end of each supporting dowel can be sharpened in a pencil sharpener so that it will pass through the meringue layers more easily.
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To date, there has been little empirical evidence to support the broader use of value-based insurance design, which lowers copayments for services with high value relative to their costs. To address this lack of data, we evaluated the impact of the value-based insurance program of a US corporation, Pitney Bowes. The program eliminated copayments for cholesterol-lowering statins and reduced them for clopidogrel, a blood clot inhibitor. We found that the policy was associated with an immediate 2.8 percent increase in adherence to statins relative to controls, which was maintained for the subsequent year. For clopidogrel, the policy was associated with an immediate stabilizing of the adherence rate and a four-percentage-point difference between intervention and control subjects a year later. Our study thus provides an empirical basis for the use of this approach to improve the quality of health care.
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The RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics company Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has announced plans to cut its workforce by 25 per cent to 30 per cent now that its collaboration with Novartis has reached its fifth and final planned year.
Speaking during a conference call with investors, Alnylam CEO John Maraganore cast the end of the partnership in a positive light, saying that it would enable the company to begin to transition away from a service-based research model and focus more on its own pipeline, which includes drugs in early clinical trials for liver cancer and TTR amyloidosis. Maraganore also said that the end of the five-year deal would give Alnylam more freedom to form new partnerships with other companies.
The layoffs are expected to generate savings of about $25m in 2011 cash operating expenses, according to Alnylam. The company will take one-time charges totalling $3m related to the reductions.
Alnylam also said that Novartis has formally selected its final list of 31 drug targets from the collaboration, which the pharma giant has exclusive rights to use to discover, develop, and commercialise drugs in return for milestone payments tied to development and sales goals, as well as royalties.
"They have been very clear to us that they intend to diligently advance their RNAi efforts on these targets using Alnylam IP and technology," said Maraganore. "That's very good news for us, since we are eligible to receive $75m in milestones per successfully developed product, for greater than $2bn in potential aggregate future payments in addition to royalties on product sales."
Novartis has decided not to exercise an option for an adoption licence for non-exclusive access to Alnylam fundamental and chemistry intellectual property, which would have generated a $100m payment. "Their decision is based on their recognition that they will be very, very busy working on 31 targets in the many years to come," Maraganore said during the conference call. "Obviously, if they want more or different disease targets in the future, they will need to come back to Alnylam."
Even without the extra funds, Alnylam said it is reaffirming its financial guidance of ending 2010 with more than $325m in cash.
The partnership between the two companies was originally structured as a three-year deal that gave Novartis the right to extend the agreement for a fourth and fifth year, which the firm chose to do. In addition to the Novartis partnership, Alnylam has signed deals with companies including Medtronic, Biogen Idec and Roche.
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This 2-pack features Amanita and Nefera hanging out at the Scream & Sugar cafe.
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She is wearing a wonderful satin dress with blue and magenta diagonal stripes decorated with a black leaf print. The neckline is black lace and hanging below the wide scalloped hem is a black lace underskirt.
Accessories consist of a light purple corpse flower headband, black spoon and fork earrings, a light green bracelet, and molded black elbow-length gloves. On her feet are black cupcake-like pumps with vine accents.
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Nefera has long straight teal hair with blunt bangs and streaks of purple. She wears teal eyeshadow, purple lipstick, and a diamond on her left cheek.
Her outfit begins with a glittery gold sheer tunic with black trim and a black belt with a scarab buckle. Under the tunic is a tube top that matches her high-waist leggings. The top and leggings have brown, turquoise, and purple wavy lines covered with a hieroglyphic print.
She accessorizes with a large gold Egyptian choker and a gold wrist cuff. On her feet are golden pumps with brick etchings and fan designs.
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If anyone is interested in obtaining a copy of this 1936 classic , Silver Rock Publishing reprinted it in 2016 and copies are available from Amazon , hardbound $17.61 and softbound $11.61 . The chapters on boolit casting , alloy and boolit sizing are worth the price of the book alone . Loading data (powder and powder charges) are dated but everything else is still quite relevant . He also covers a lot of semi-auto loading .
Good photo's too .
I got a copy to go along with my book "Sixguns" but after I started reading it discovered a lot of useful info on boolit casting . A good read and The price is reasonable !
It also looks like Amazon has the 1961 edition of "Sixguns" , hardcover for $24.95...
I paid more than that for "Sixguns" in 1968...man that's a good price !


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Autumn has arrived here in Jersey and we have had some wonderful crisp, bright sunny days and cooler evenings. These are perfect for walking along the coastal paths and beautiful country lanes and building up an appetite. I love Autumn because there are some wonderful fruit and vegetables in season such as cooking apples for…
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Xin nian kuai le – Happy Chinese New Year – Slow braised Lamb with Ginger and Spring Onions
There are up to two weeks of celebrations for the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival. This year is the year of the Dog. In China and the Chinese diaspora there are visits to family, fireworks, and feasts and so I thought appropriate over the next ten days to post some more of my favourite Chinese dishes.
Perfect Slow-cooked Lamb Shanks
Today's recipe is perhaps the most satisfying, a one-pot casserole, ideal after a good long walk on the cliff tops in Jersey.
There is a substantial amount of meat on a large shank enough for the largest of appetites and I would say ample for two average dinners with the addition of a selection of vegetables.
Coq au vin an ideal dish for the slow cooker. A good coq au vin improves immensely if you marinade the chicken overnight and improves further if you leave it when cooked, overnight, in the refrigerator. If you cannot get a piece of bacon try to use the thickest rashers you can find so the lardons will not break up during cooking.


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In the times of our Prophet (ﷺ), there used to be sweet water well in the city of Madinah and our Prophet (ﷺ) used to like its water. It was known as 'Bir Roma' i.e. Well of Roma.
The mentioned well was the property of a jew at that time, who used to sell water at a considerably high price and the poor inhabitants of Madinah were bound to pay such high to get water for their needs. Our Prophet (ﷺ) announced the glad tidings for the person who would buy the well and endow it for the people of Madinah.
What else a believer could dream more than the assurance of paradise from Prophet (ﷺ). At this occasion, Syedena Uthman رضي الله عنه was the companion who got blessed with this honor. He approached the Jew owner of the well and offered the deal per the owner's demand, but got him reluctant to sell as the well being the major source of income for him. Syedena Uthman رضي الله عنه then offered for a deal in half for the shared ownership of the well on the day wise turn for which the jew agreed at a sum of huge money.
On his turn, Syedena Uthman رضي الله عنه used to set it free for the folks of Madinah Munawarrah, whereas jew used to monetize the well the same way upon his turn. Soon, the masses scheduled their need per the availability of water in Syedena Uthman's turn leaving jew with no option other than selling the well completely to
Syedena Uthman رضي الله عنه who gladly paid the second price of the well and dedicated for the people. Since then, the well got fame as "Bir Uthman" (Well of Syedena Uthman).
This earned the assurance of paradise for Syedena Uthman رضي الله عنه , who owns the honor of being received the same on several other occassions from Prophet (ﷺ) as well.
Water of the well is being pulled by high power motor and is being utilized to serve the trees of the farm. It is so sweet that if you drink unaware of its source, you can't guess it to be from well.
The farm is full of trees and bears dates by the grace of Almighty Allah exists till date. The farm is currently under the supervision of Awqaf and Saudi Ministry of agriculture auctions it yearly for running it on a contract basis.
The dates from this farm are available in a shop in the vicinity of the farm/garden.


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Spirit Tokens – Pack 12
All tokens are in PNG format and high resolution (400dpi) just in case you need a bigger version
(for example Enlarge spell) you wont lose any detail.
We do one of these every couple of months to catch-up a little bit before the tokens pile up even more ^^
This pack contains all tokens from Creature Tokens – Pack 32, Pack 33, Pack 34, Pack 35 and NPCs – Townsfolk 2 in Spirit Forms.
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Friday, March 27, 2015
LIVE BLOG CHAT - MSU vs Oklahoma: Sweet 16
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It's more than a refreshing game of winter golf.
The Chili Open Golf Classic is a full day of fun, including:
Listen to the Chili Open crew on ESPN's Really Big Show
- Golf
- Celebrity auction
- Grand Prize Raffle - this year try for a dugout loge for 10 at an Indians game
- Hourly 50/50 drawings
- All the great food you can eat
- Beer
- Contests, games and prizes
- And it's all for charity
With the generous support of area businesses the Chili Open Golf Classic, organized by the Rotary Club of Strongsville, has raised more than $2 million for charity since 1992.
The all-volunteer event has become a February tradition in Northeastern Ohio, drawing nearly 1,000 golfers who tee off into blasts of frigid air, putt across frosty greens and warm up in a hall full of hot food and sizzling activities, like the action-packed celebrity auction.
Chili Open Registration
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Tickets to the Chili Open are $45 and are available at the door.
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Abstract - Two of the major problems of heat pump systems working in extreme conditions are the loss of efficiency of the system and the high compressor discharge temperatures. One possibility in order to overcome these issues is to perform the compression in two stages. In this frame the use of vapor injection two stage cycles represent an economic and effective solution. This study analyzes the influence of design parameters and injection conditions for two different configurations of two stage cycles, for four refrigerants (R407C, R290, R22 and R32). Design parameters, such as the displacement ratio, are optimized in terms of COP in ideal conditions for both injection systems. A deeper analysis taking into account the efficiencies of the compressor is done finding that two stage systems could reach improvements of 30% in terms of COP compared with one stage systems and that a bad design of this type of systems could represent a loss of improvement between 6% and 10%. Finally a method to control the system at any operating point in order to make it works in its optimum is done. From all the analysis, guidelines for the optimum design and control of such systems are obtained in terms of capacity, Coefficient of Performance (COP), seasonal performance factor and discharge temperature criteria.
Redón, A., E. Navarro-Peris, M. Pitarch, J. Gonzálvez-Macia, & J. M. Corberán (2014) Analysis and optimization of subcritical two-stage vapor injection heat pump systems, Applied Energy 124:231-240.