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Rishabh Chandrayan
SUMO, L10n
I am a screenager. Hardcore FOSS Fan. Ilike share knowledge and love to gain the same from people. The main areas of my contribution are SUMO, Webmaker, Geo Stumbling, L10n and Evangelism.
Skillsc and c++ language, code in html css jquery
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
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- Facebook: rishabh.chandrayan
- Mozilla Support: rishabhlavi
- Twitter: rishabhlavi
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Aditya Shah
Rishabh is a kickass Mozillian, and an open source enthusiast, do gooder in general. I personally worked with Rishabh in some events. He codes, he talks, he hosts awesome events and is a budding leader from Mozilla Madhya Pradesh community. I wish him best for a long long journey as a Mozillian!
April Morone
Because Rishabh has done so much for Mozilla (Teach the Web, Firefox Hindi Download Campaign, Army of Awesome contribution, Geolocation, MakerParty, Privacy campaign meetup), and because Rishabh is a FSA senior, a club founder and a club lead of Truba Firefox Club, and because he was was on the 4th place last year in the top contribuors in SUMO, I vouch for Rishabh. He has done a lot of work and a lot of hard work for Mozilla that I feel should be recognised via a vouch.
Rahul Talreja
Rishab is a great leader and a strong contributor from Mozilla Madhya Pradesh, India. He is not only leading the club in his university but he has also inspired many FSA's to contribute to Mozilla Project from his institution. Also because of his active presence in MakerParty and FoxYeah Campaign i am vouching him.


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Kr0noZ wrote:Well, adding new stuff isn't helping much at this point, there's so many units in the mod already that it's been difficult finding reasonable placements, let alone balance all of them againts each other.
Yes. Sometimes i think we already have too many with lots of them being not really used. I can remember there were times where it was worse. Many units got changed to a degree that they became usefull (eg M20 compared to old BK versions, M15A1, CW basic sherman, Stugs) due to cost adjustments or ability changes.
Reworks are large projects because they impact a lot more than just the doctrine being reworked; specifically, you have to keep in mind that the doctrines are meant to be played in combination
Yes. But thats in my opinion one problem. Axis (esspecially WH) are sort of selfish doctrines with little harmony because everybody does what he wants because he can. And often enough thats waiting, artying to get CP´s, going for tanks with big guns and thick armor.
So on the very long term i think we should at least talk about how to make WH docs more being played in harmony instead having them all as "late igniting jack of all trade docs". And more defined roles.
- messing with one means thinking about what it should bring to the table in small games as well as larger ones. A doctrine that does well on it's own in early but complete falls off in lategame is useless in larger games because the player now can't support his mates properly anymore; a doctrine that only starts rolling after 30 minutes but gets wrecked by anything in early is even worse because it leaves the team fighting alone vs superior numbers in early and in smaller games it's completely unusable because you just won't survive long enough.
I think that cant be repeated often enough. I tried to explain such things but people kept comparing docs 1 on 1 on often small maps not noticig that docs reach their potential at different times. And that some docs are not so good on their own but very good in support.
Because of that full reworks are currently talked about not not fixed on the agenda, and the current patch will not have any of that as it's almost done by now and has a massive changelog already.
You somewhere said that you might take a look at def doc. Even though there is nothing on the agenda it would be nice if you would someday share your ideas

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Harmony Meteor archtop fits the bill quite nicely, and I'm always happy to find something interesting for my Southpaw friends who all too often have the fuzzy end of the lollipop when it comes to guitar choice.
Its inspirations are all too obvious, but it has a number of features of its own that characterize it as something more individual, such as that big ol' Harmony headstock, the stencil-like f-holes, the bolt-on neck, and those DeArmond Gold Tone pickups.
Strangely, there's a strap button mounted on the lower horn, so I guess some right-handed person (a Northpaw?) has previously been playing this. Somehow there seems something wrong about that; lefties don't get enough choice of guitars as it is, without the righties taking their instruments.
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Dude dre great job so far,The heavy gunner is especialy weathered maybe tone it down a bit.
You know everyone's gonna go looking for that gauntlet now right?
Oh, if you don't want that gunship or Scorch, feel free to send either one my way.
Why does everyone have to talk about that book. I could've gotten it on Friday, but I didn't, and now I keep regretting my decision whenever I read someone talking about how good of a book it is. Arrrgh.
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Running a small business can be fulfilling: you get to pursue your passion, be in control and be your own boss. However, it can also be incredibly frustrating. When you decided to start your own business you probably did not imagine that most of your time would be hijacked by mundane routine tasks such as bookkeeping, making appointments, writing PR materials and so on. If you are inundated with back office tasks that can really throw a spanner in the expansion of your brilliant innovating business. Instead of trying to do it all yourself, you can get easy affordable help by outsourcing.
Outsourcing seems like something big businesses need to do. Thanks to the innovations in technology, however, any and all manner of tasks can be effectively outsourced. There is an entire global workforce online who are qualified in various skills but do want the flexibility for working from home, or from working from other countries, and are therefore freelancing online. These include everything from executive assistants who will answer you mail and set up your appointments, to writers who will create effective copy for your marketing, to graphic designers, PR managers, graphic designers, IT consultants; the list is endless.
Here are some things you can and should outsource, without hampering your progress:
- Any job that requires highly skilled expertise, such as finance management. If you are not from a finance background, it would be a good idea to have a finance expert step in and take a look at your books to make sure things are in ordering. Also, a brand consultant can help you create a brand and comprehensive marketing strategy that you can then deploy;
- Any job that is routine and mechanical, such as data entry, bookkeeping, inventory and so forth;
- Jobs that require specific technical expertise such as IT support for your business, or graphic design and search engine optimized copywriting for your marketing materials.
- Another area that could easily be outsourced is your payroll and HR functions. HR and Payroll can be confusing and could cost you a ton in fines. Team up with a qualified payroll management comapny to complte your HR functions the right way.
To figure out who the right contractor is for you to get your job done right, you will need to do some research. The best way as usual is to go through personal recommendations from people in your business network. However, you can also get referrals and ratings on contractors on websites that connect freelancers to businesses who need them. Once you have figured out what exactly you need from your contractor, communicate it clearly to the contractor, and make sure you understand each other before embarking on work together.
Finally, although you should keep some focus on following up with your contractor to ensure your work is done according to your needs and specifications, do not get so involved that you are not able to effectively use all the time you freed up by outsourcing in the first place. Outsourcing gives you the chance to focus on the things that really matter to your business, such as research and development to improve the quality of your product and service, and expanding your business.
Shawn Wise is the Director of Marketing at Contractors1stInsurance.org. CFI provides Employee Leasing, Payroll Management, and other affordable contractors insurance services to help small business owners outsource time consuming parts of their company and get back to the more important operations.


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Hey hey hey! We're back with another episode of The (title pending) Movie Podcast with Tank and Fogs!
In this week's episode we review the two big new releases out this week – "Project X", the found footage teen party movie, and "The Lorax", the animated offering with the environmentalist bent. Both did surprisingly well at the Box Office, but how did our hosts feel about them?
Then in our feature discussion – in keeping with the spirit of "The Lorax" – Tank and I discuss our top five animated movies of all time. Which are our favorites? Will it be a Pixar fest?
Tune in to find out! As always, you can download or listen to this episode directly here, or search us out on iTunes. Please remember to stop by and give our Facebook page a like, Tank has been doing a great job of keeping it filled with good stuff!


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Retro, arcade-style video games can be found in various homes, bars, restaurants, 24-7's and clothes shops across Vice City (both unplayable) in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, San Andreas in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto IV, and San Andreas in Grand Theft Auto V.
Arcade games provide the player with small minigames that are usually based on real video games. They feature basic objectives, simple graphics, and a high score list that the player can get on.
The high scores of playable games will be saved to every machine of the same game, even though this obviously wouldn't happen in real life, unless the arcade machines are connected to each other through their own proprietary network.
List of arcade games
GTA Vice City
- Pogo the Monkey
- Degenatron
GTA San Andreas
- Go Go Space Monkey
- Let's Get Ready to Bumble (Alternate title: Bee Bee Gone)
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We are delighted to invite you to our event on Treating GAD and Panic Attacks (Limited places)
(Now running as an online workshop. You will receive a webinar link to join from home a few days before the event date.)
Certificate of attendance will be issued (up to 6 CPD hours). Everyone interested in the subject is welcome.
How Much Does a Ticket Cost?
Early bird registrations from £37+vat (you save £63). It will go up to £74 if you book late (normally £100)). Group, circumstantial and students discounts are also available starting from £15 per person (subject to places availability). Click the tickets button on the top right to see the prices.
Please see the details of the course below...
Permanent recovery from anxiety-related disorders often escape the sufferer for three main reasons:
1. The root causes of anxiety disorders are not always adequately treated or even identified.
2. The perpetuating intrusive thoughts and inner critical voice which sustain the anxiety disorder are not effectively dealt with.
3. The brain wiring that constantly reinforces the habits of anxiety and worry are often overlooked and left un-dislodged.
Please see the full details of the course below.
Your learning outcomes for this training are:
Learn how to apply the FEAR Model Recovery Steps to transform GAD and panic attacks.
5 Crucial Building Blocks for anxiety disorder and recovery (The FEAR Cycle). These building blocks are essential for long-lasting transformation.
Understand the Amygdala paradox and the bio-chemistry of recovery.
Lean about the region of the brain implicated in GAD and Panic and how to calm it down.
Using brain science, learn the most effective way to rewire the brain for calm and confidence and dislodge the wiring of anxiety in the brain.
Learn how to break the underlying compulsive habits that threaten full recovery.
Learn how to effectively manage any counterproductive response of the emotional brain as it tries to regain control during the recovery process.
Understand the crucial roles of brain science and genetics in the transformation of generalised anxiety disorder and panic.
Learn the most effective coping strategies for managing GAD and panic attacks.
Keys to assisting sufferers protect their transformation post-therapy.
Q & A session.
Other focuses for the day:
• How to avoid the typical mistakes made in treating anxiety-related disorders.
• How to help clients with past traumas without triggering overwhelming negative emotions which often result in major relapses.
• How to manage major relapses with new clients.
For Professionals, as Well as Sufferers...
This course attracts both professionals and sufferers who are interested in mental health, continuing professional development, and effective anxiety recovery techniques.
Professionals: The models and techniques you will learn in this workshop is integrative and are now being used around the world in more than 30 countries by mental health professionals, counsellors, therapists, support workers, teachers, coaches, and other agencies who care about the mental wellbeing of their communities. Many UK therapists, mental health nurses, teachers, health professionals and counsellors who have been through this course in the past have found it very useful to their work and personal development. You can read some of their testimonials below. The course is quality-checked by the National Counselling Society and can count towards your CPD requirements. CPD certificate will be issued on the day.
Sufferers: If you are a sufferer, you can also attend for this course. As an ex-anxiety sufferer myself, the course is designed not only to help the professionals sharpen their skills but also to enable sufferers to get their hands on a simple but effective recovery model to achieve personal transformation. You will learn about the steps that helped me transform my anxiety disorder, allowing me to start helping others around the world achieve similar life-changing transformation. The course environment is relaxed and reassuring, and you will be able to share your story with me if you want to, and ask questions.
4 Noted Benefits of Using the F.E.A.R Model
The following benefits have been gathered from both the sufferers and professionals who have used the F.E.A.R model either as a self-help tool or as a model for helping clients:
- Health and fitness. The FEAR Model helps restore the body to function as intended. Emotional stress and anxiety messes up the nervous system, increases emotional fatigue and degenerates the body quickly. By using the FEAR model steps regularly, you'll achieve heightened emotional well-being , a higher level of energy, creativity, and greater life satisfaction. A sufferer who recently went through the course wrote the following feedback, "Very good, informative, eye and mind opening. I wish I had known all that 20 years ago. It would have made my life much easier and successful." Also, since anxiety and stress often speed up body degeneration, looking a lot younger has also been noted among regular users of the FEAR model steps. The FEAR Model steps can also be adapted to bring about natural weight loss by transforming the emotional and mental pathways that reinforce weight-gain in the brain.
- Personal transformation. The FEAR model takes you or your client to a new, higher level regarding emotional wellbeing, work, relationship and makes you a different person in many ways. We become what we think about all the time. Once your thought-life has been transformed, life transformation is inevitable. A course attendee shared this testimonial recently. "I am a mum of an anxious teenager (OCD). I now have a few more tools in my kit bag. Thought provoking. Simple techniques for what may be complex problems, but doable steps to recovery."
- Personal Growth, Influence and Recognition. If you are a therapist in practice, most clients that will come to you are more likely to have received two or more therapy interventions in the past. They have come to you to see if you offer anything different and long-lasting from what they have experienced in the past. Mastering The FEAR model sets you apart from the pack by offering your clients a simple system that offers transformation and long-lasting effect than they have experienced in the past. This builds credibility, recognition and expands your practice, as a very happy client often tells as least 3 other prospects. Your clients will value and respect you more for your helpful insight and attention to details. All of these benefits come as a result of your desire for personal growth to explore the FEAR model. "The course was extremely helpful and informative. Interesting, excellent and enjoyable. It enables me to help so many adults and children within the support groups I run," J. Morgan, Parent Rep and Support Group Facilitator
- It saves money and increases practice turn-over. Many sufferers who have gone through the FEAR model course wished they had attended the course many years ago, as this would have saved them not just a lot of money but also time and a lot of emotional and physical pain. As a therapist in practice, we know that word of mouth is the most effective advertising tool especially for therapists in practice. This can translate to more organic referrals from transformed and happy clients, leading to the increase in your turn-over as a practitioner.
What Previous Attendees Were Saying:
"Very good...informative, useful - well worth attending." -- Dr C. Fiddler, Social Psychologist/Hypnotherapist
"Very useful course and informative. Fitted well with my practice. Will be useful to me and I will use the F.E.A.R. Model with clients in combination with hypnotherapy." -- J. Fox. Clinical Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapist
"Very insightful, hope to use the FEAR model in practice." Dr Vishal Banypersad, GP
" A great refresher workshop for the therapeutic intervention I provide in my clinical area. A hunger to develop a deeper understanding." S. Doyle, Community Psychiatric Nurse
"This course has helped me to normalise my intrusive thoughts. I would recommend this workshop to others." J. D, Sufferer
"Inspiring and motivational. The 5 building blocks will be hugely helpful. Really resonated with the topics and subjects. Really feel that I can apply the model straight away with clients." T. Sharpe, Trainee Integrative Counsellor
"Useful tool for working with traumatised clients." L. Allen, Brain Injury Case manager - Children and Young People
"Insightful. Informative. Enjoyable and very applicable to my work. S. Collins, Doctor of Chiropractic & Master of Psychology
"A wealth of knowledge and interactive tools which can be applied with ease with oneself/family/clients." L. Sharpe, Metaphysical teacher/Mindfulness
"Positive and motivating. Information in a simplistic form. A good use of a mix of tools from a range of relevant therapies." S. Roberts, Clinical Complementary Therapist
"Very interesting and I will be applying this work in my counselling role." K. Cofax, trainee counsellor
"Enjoyed learning from a structured model in order to work with anxiety and negative intrusive thoughts." L. Turner, Trainee Integrative Counsellor
"Very useful content for client work. I would recommend this workshop to others." M. Mottram, Student Counsellor
"I really enjoyed this course and the trainer's style was brilliant as he was very inspiring." -- N. Kheirkhah, Arts Facilitator
"Well delivered and very informative. useful tips for those in practice and for personal development." -- D. Daltrey, Clinical Hypnotherapist
"Thoroughly enjoyed it. Interesting and informative - allowed me to revisit my previous study. Focus on a different approach with clients." -- J. Webster, Counsellor
"Informative. Enjoyed the workshop." -- M. Hall, Hypnotherapist/Complementary Therapist
"It was very informative and works with my other therapies." -- A. Crothers, Hypnotherapist/Counsellor/Healing & Massage
The workshop was really interesting fro me and I will be able to apply the information I gained in this workshop into my practice." -- Sith Ndlov , Social Worker
Great day. Vert interesting...This course information will be useful in therapy." -- Catherine Wallace, Teacher/hypnotherapist
"Enjoyed thoroughly...Many thanks." --Michael Ritchie, CBT Addictions
"The workshop was very insightful and informative." -- Sundeep Kaur, Recruitment and Inclusion Manager
"This will be a great help with supporting children in primary school." Learning Mentor, K. Willis
"Good, you can tell Wale knows his subject very well." -- Anonymous
"Good training, enjoyed the session." J. Leigh, Homeless Housing Advocate
"Very enjoyable. Valuable opportunity CPD and concept accessible." -- Anonymous
"Good training - Will use in my practice with most people I work with that are experiencing homelessness and anxiety." -- Anonymous, Homelessness Housing Advocate
"Very useful skills and knowledge to have - very interesting and informative." L. Morrison
"Lots of good information. Interesting afternoon. Many thanks." -- J. Collie, CAMH's Counsellor
"Useful tool." -- NHS (Adolescents)
"Excellent. Really opened my mind." -- Anonymous, sufferer
"Excellent, really easy explained." - J. Flower, Counsellor
"I found the course very informative. Excellent! -- S. White, Integrative Counsellor
"Very well delivered and easy to understand." -- Anonymous, Counsellor
"Very informative, very interesting and well presented." -- Anonymous, Psychotherapist
"Inspired." "Thought-provoking." -- F. Astbury, Counsellor
"Very good, informative, eye and mind opening. I wish I had known all that 20 years ago. It would have made my life much easier and successful." --- Anonymous, Sufferer
"Excellent course, delivered interestingly. Covered the facts and very informative. Would highly recommend. D. Bedford, Trainee Counsellor
Really helped me and I know others who would like to learn the FEAR Model. Great. Enthusiastic. Easy going. Nerve calming delivery. Really friendly. Clear points. Felt really inspired." -- A. Price, Sufferer
"Very interesting - brings together aspects of other intervention for GAD and Panic into an easy to use and understand formula" -- M. Parry, Occupational Therapists
"Excellent! I will be able to apply the knowledge gained personally first, and also to counter guilt, negativity and fears in patients. Very practical and realistic." Anonymous, Counsellor
"The course was extremely helpful and informative. Interesting, excellent and enjoyable. It will enable me to help so many adults and children within the support groups I run." -- J. Morgan, Parent Rep and Support Group Facilitator
"Thoroughly enjoyed this course. It has encouraged me to continue in my path to my personal goal." K. Blake, Employment Consultant/Life & Career Coach
"Clarity of thoughts and layout. Good to see key knowledge applied systematically." Anonymous, Counsellor
"Useful and easy to follow - transferable skills. Delivery was excellent - always good to do activities and humour is always a nice touch." L. Cook, Trainee counsellor
"Very useable. I will be using this for clients." D. Harley, Systemic Therapist - Family Institute
"Friendly, relatable, funny tutor, confidence delivery. Practical tips and approaches. Very pleased with the course overall. Gained practical knowledge. Will recommend to others." A. Baglow, Bereavement Support Worker/ Associate Counsellor
"Very encouraging, very articulate, funny, confident, passionate. Good use of diagrams. Style of teaching was very encouraging and motivating. Good use of group work exercises rattan than just sticking to powerpoint. Relaxing environment." Anonymous, Counsellor
"Very interesting. Very informative. Well presented. Wale is passionate about his subject and this is conveyed in this presentation." D. Davies, Registered Mental Health Nurse
"Good information that can be used with clients. Good delivery of course." J. Davies, Counsellor
"Informative. Trainer delivered the course at a nice pace. K. O'Connor, Counsellor
"F.E.A.R. Model - easy to understand. Structuring of the course was really good and well presented. I liked the building blocks. Fits the way I think." D. Ryalls, Trainee Counsellor
"Easy to use intervention model. I liked how this works with the structures of thoughts and not the content, so that client does not have to go into details over content if they don't want to or do not feel ready to. Having studied Humanistic-Existential Counselling more recently, could make a lot of connection with this course." E. Ross, Counsellor
"It was useful and enjoyable. Great integration of tools e.g, CBT, Biology of belief, Body-Mind Work etc. Great integration of theories for practical application. Wale made the event fun and relaxed." A. Hunt, Counsellor/ Project Co-ordinator
"Sense of humour - well run." P. Mitra, Counsellor
"Lovely facilitator. Used real examples and some humour." H.Russo, Volunteer Counsellor
"Good introductory workshop. Would be interested to pursue further. Clear teaching." J. Hooper, Counsellor
"Very useful model. I can use this personally and with clients. A lot of people need to learn that they have this power. L. Fletcher, Trainee Counsellor
"Useful for clients. Excellent presentation. Steps broken down into meaningful bite size pieces." J. Smith, Counsellor
"A very good useful technology, making accessible to humanity. It aligns with my thinking. Sharing the good work in the highest content to make an improved human social world. The more the better." Martin, Systemic-Centered Counsellor
" Liked the style of presentation." L. Barkley, Counsellor
"For specific use with anxiety-related disorders. Something that I can incorporate into elements of the work that I do." Anonymous, Psychotherapist
"Interesting and something that I can consider using with clients who are determined by their thoughts. Helps understand how thoughts affect our physical and psychological health." Anonymous, Counsellor
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WHEN: (We have two dates to choose from) 28th August and 17th November
TIME: 10h00 - 16h30 / 13h00 - 18h30
WHERE: Hilton Belfast 4 Lanyon Place, Belfast, Antrim, BT1 3LP, Northern Ireland
PARKING: Onsite paid parking available (nearby paid parking might be cheaper)
Discover the simple and effective model (The FEAR Model) to transform anxiety-related disorders which many professionals and sufferers are already using to effect positive and long-lasting changes in themselves and others...
The FEAR model works for children, teenagers, adults, as well as the elderly, and you can start using the recovery steps immediately the course is over (In fact, some people experience noticeable positive transformation during the course of the workshop itself)...
Already being used in over 30 countries around the world by therapists, coaches, teachers, carers, social workers, company executives, athletes and various individuals, the model does not only transform anxiety-related disorder, it also eliminates irrational fears ( that breed anxiety and depression), transforms limiting beliefs ( which often contribute to low-self esteem ad underachievement), and builds self-confidence to achieve goals in spite of obstacles and limitations...
Why don't you come and judge for yourself?
If you feel this course can benefit you or any of your family members, friends or colleagues, why don't you let them know about the event and give it a try?
Those who have attended the event in the past always said that they were glad they made the investment even though they were a little bit unsure at the start (See previous attendees feedback below)...
The first reason this course is subsidised is networking. Relationships are very important. In a live event like this, there is ample opportunity to connect with like-minded people, share experiences, get motivated and discover what is working for others. I have been able to meet and connect with some amazing people in events such as this one.
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Generalised anxiety and panic disorder are often two of the easily noticeable signs of deep-seated issues. And if not treated properly, more complicated anxiety disorder outlets are inevitable.
Studies have shown that nearly a quarter of the adult population will suffer from an anxiety disorder at some point in their life. Yet only a small percentage of these people actually receive effective treatments that deal with the root causes of anxiety and panic disorders.
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Pharmacists, CDC say flu vaccine protects from H1N1
The nationwide flu epidemic is prompting many in Wisconsin to search out the flu vaccine.
Pharmacists like Erin Sharp at a Milwaukee Walgreens said they're seeing an increase in people looking for protection from what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said is an epidemic.
VIDEO: Pharmacist says it's not too late for a flu vaccine
"At the beginning, we thought that there wasn't going to be very much of a peak, and it looks like since the end of December, early January time, this peak has really taken over our population of people," Sharp said.
Just about every state in the country, including Wisconsin, is reporting widespread cases of the flu.
"Right now, the big spikes are the H1N1 virus. That is the correct strain that's in the flu vaccine. So they are saying right now, the CDC is saying right now if you are getting vaccinated, you should be protected from at least the H1N1 swine flu version of this," Sharp said.
Some people said they don't get the vaccine because they believe it makes them sick.
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"Most of the vaccines, most are inactivated vaccines. The body cannot reactivate that disease," Sharp said.
For anybody who might be worried about getting the vaccine, the people WISN 12 News spoke with said it's the difference between a shot that's going to last five seconds or sickness that might last an entire week.
Health professionals said with the country in the midst of an epidemic, protecting yourself by getting a flu shot is their best advice.
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Dr. Artika R. Tyner, from Planting People Growing Justice LLC is pleased to announce they have received recognition as a 2017 American Small Business Champion by SCORE Mentors and Sam's Club. Planting People Growing Justice LLC is like no other organization out there. They were not formed to be a company to work hard to make a profit. Instead, the team at the award-winning organization are there to make a difference in the global community.
Literacy has become a serious problem around the world including the USA. 1 in 4 children in America have not learned how to read. Students who are not proficient with reading by 4th grade are four times more likely to drop out of school (WriteExpress Corp.; Annie E. Casey Foundation). Dr. Artika R. Tyner wants to change that and make illiteracy a thing of the past through the pursuit of academic excellence. Her dedication and her mission to succeed through her organization has started to make a real difference.
Planting People Growing Justice LLC aims to make a difference to the world we live in through their new youth education program and literacy campaign.
Dr. Artika R. Tyner, from Planting People Growing Justice LLC said of the award: "I am so pleased that we have been recognized for our commitment to making the world a better place. By training the next generation of leaders, we can plant seeds of change and reap a harvest of justice and freedom."
The organization will be releasing a new children's book in the fall entitled: Justice Makes a Difference: The Story of Miss Freedom Fighter, Esquire. Dr. Tyner, otherwise known as Miss Freedom Fighter, Esquire, will hand deliver 1,000 books to schools across the globe. She will start with her hometown of St. Paul, MN and end the tour with a special visit to schools in Ghana. With each visit, she will inspire young people to discover the leader within through the pursuit of academic excellence and the unveiling of each student's limitless potential.
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I understand how to calculate the frequencies of tangential standing waves using Rayleigh's equation but i'm confused about just about everything else on the topic.
In most textbooks the tangential standing wave is visualized as a ray tracing around a 2d space, hitting each wall once (in the case of 1 1 0 ). I'm not very strong in geometry, but isn't there an infinite amount of parallelograms you can fit into a rectangle? So how is there only a single 1 1 0? I understand that the sides of the parallelogram within the rectangle have to be integer multiples of each other... but surely there can be more than just one that satisfies the math.
And how does the fact that pressure maxima are always in the corners have to do with the ray tracing around (and never touching the corners).
I'm also confused by how the length/width of the sides of the standing wave parallelogram relate to the length/width of the sides of the room. In Rayleigh's equation we seem to be only plugging in numbers related to the room dimensions.
Anyone have a good animation of a tangential standing wave they can share?
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The following is a guest post by Sarah Quinn about the upcoming Sound of Things workshop on April 1st.
This April 1st, the Sensory Archive Project is delighted to present a hands-on workshop in 091 Labs connecting narrative concepts with practical skills in interactive technologies. Collaborating artists, Fabio Lattanzi Antinori and Alicja Pytlewska, will present the narrative inspiration and explain the inner workings of the 'Over Hear' installation which opens at Áras Éanna on Inis Oírr.
This workshop will include a short artist's talk by Fabio and Alicja, who both currently have work on display internationally. Check out the links of current work to get a little idea of the kinds of diverse projects Fabio and Alicja work on:
- Fabio's Kinetic Sculpture, has been on view since Saturday 16th of March, the Open Day of the 'Data as Culture' collection at the Open Data Institute (ODI). www.fabiolattanziantinori.com/news/FLA_News_160313.html
- Alicja's 'PlayFood' project is currently on show at MART (Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto) as a part of The Food Project. The Taste of Shape 09.02 — 02.06.2013 http://studioala.me/PlayFood-table
Over Hear – Opening on Inis Oirr 31st March 2013
Over Hear is an interactive audio installation taking place on the island of Inis Oirr, with the intent of creating a multilayered auditive experience built by merging elements of the folklore with soundscapes of the immediate environment. The audio recordings are composed into a new kind of melody, triggered by the movements of the audience interacting with the artwork.
Over Hear is the first undertaking by the Sensory Archive Project, which has been founded by interdisciplinary collaborators:
- Researcher and Educator – Sarah Quinn,
- Multidisciplinary Designer – Alicja Pytlewska,
- Artist – Fabio Lattanzi Antinori,
- and Textile Designer – Marie Molterer.
This project acts as a blueprint for the experimental creative platform we have begun to establish. SAP will support projects which result in works which features a sensory experience, contributing to the future online sensory library of data gathered for each project.
We believe in the promotion of artistic expression through creating works which in turn create opportunities for us to share our inspirations and skills through educational workshops. We promote interdisciplinary collaborations with an aim of breaking down boundaries and aiding unconventional expressions.
Over Hear – The Sound of Things series of workshops have been set up with the kind collaboration of the Galway Autism Partnership Project and 091 Labs in Galway, on 31 March and 1 April respectively.
To book or for more information please contact email@example.com or you can contact us via the Facebook page – http://www.facebook.com/SensoryArchiveProject
The participants will be required to bring their laptop and download the Arduino Software – http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
At the end of the workshop all participants will be given weblinks to on-line resources in order to keep analyzing issues related to interactivity, electronics, Arduino and MaxMSP.
The Sound of Things workshop is running from 6pm to 8pm in 091 Labs on Monday, April 1st and tickets are €20.
Note from Padraic: Only ten places are available for this event and half were already sold the last time I was talking to Sarah. Book soon!
Another note from Padraic: CapSense looks really cool! "Capacitive sensing may be used in any place where low to no force human touch sensing is desirable. An Arduino and the library may be used to sense human touch through more than a quarter of an inch of plastic, wood, ceramic or other insulating material (not any kind of metal though), enabling the sensor to be completely visually concealed." via Arduino


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Mother of Wisconsin victim reacts to Fort Hood sentence
The mother of a Wisconsin resident killed in the Fort Hood shooting says she cried tears of relief after the man responsible was sentenced to death.
Nidal Hasan was sentenced Wednesday to die for the November 2009 rampage that killed 13 people, including Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger of Kiel.
She was with the Madison-based 467th Medical Detachment at the time of the shooting.
Her mother, Jeri Krueger, told the Sheboygan Press that the sentencing was an emotional release after dealing with the shooting for the past 3½ years.
"Just a flood came over me," she said. "I cried just out of pure relief."
Jeri Krueger was one of the family members who testified during Hasan's court martial and sentencing in Texas.
"I thought it was going to be harder than it was," she said. "It was apprehension, until you see him. He doesn't even deserve my anger. You look over at him, and it's like, 'Nothing. You're just nothing.'"
Although she would have been satisfied with a sentence of life without parole for Hasan, she said she's pleased with the death sentence.
Pvt. Amber Bahr of Random Lake, now Amber Gadlin, was injured in the shooting and she testified against Hasan during the court martial.
She finally met Krueger when they were both in Texas.
"It was wonderful to see her, to finally meet her," Krueger said. "I got to meet a lot of the victims throughout this. It's been quite an emotional roller coaster."
Survivors are now battling the U.S. Department of Defense over its classification of the shooting. They say it should be classified as workplace violence instead of terrorism, which limits the services and benefits available to survivors. But Krueger is ready to put the whole situation behind her.
"It's done," she said. "It is over for me. There could be appeals, I don't care, I'm not going to listen to any of it. I know he's sitting in a four-by-eight cell, and that's all that matters to me."


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Two biological questions are presently under investigation in my laboratory. We are interested in the mechanism of L1 retrotransposition and its control in genetic and evolutionary time, as well as in the molecular events that determine the phenotype of a hibernating mammal. Answers to both questions will impact our understanding of genome evolution and the relationship between genotype and phenotype.
LINE-1, or L1, elements populate the genomes of all mammals and is the most significant dynamic force acting upon the human genome. Typically, L1 sequences comprise between 10 and 30% of a genome and are interspersed throughout all chromosomes. This highly repetitive L1 DNA family is comprised of a small number of active transposable elements and a large number of their truncated, defective progeny. Movement into new sites in nuclear DNA occurs via reverse transcription of an RNA intermediate, by a unique mechanism known as target primed reverse transcription, or tprt. Our long-range goal is to understand the retrotransposition process in detail, including the biochemical intermediates involved, as well as its control in genetic and evolutionary time.
LINE-1 retrotransposition begins with transcription of a full-length, sense-strand L1 RNA and requires two L1-encoded polypeptides. These proteins also catalyze the reverse transcription and integration of SINEs (short interspersed repeated sequences) and processed pseudogenes, thereby amplifying the effects of LINE-1 in mammalian genome dynamics. Our long-range goal is to understand the retrotransposition process in detail, including the biochemical intermediates involved as well as its control in genetic and evolutionary time. Specifically, ongoing experiments are designed to enhance understanding of the structure and function of the two essential L1-encoded proteins, ORF1p and ORF2p, and the details of their interaction with each other as well as with both RNA and DNA. We are also working to define the cis- and trans-acting components of translational control that operate upon the two L1-encoded proteins in the naturally-occurring dicistronic L1 mRNA, and how the L1 RNA transitions from its role as a translation template to that of a reverse transcriptase template.
LINEs in mammals belong to a much larger family of mobile elements that are widely distributed among eucaryotes and known as the non-LTR retrotransposons. These elements have been replicating in eucaryotic genomes since the origin of eucaryotes, in some cases remaining modest in copy number, other cases amplifying to very high copy numbers (e.g., humans), and some cases becoming extinct. These dynamics reinforce the idea of the genome as an ecosystem and offer unique opportunities for gaining insight into the competition for survival among rival forces within the genome.
We also study hibernation in mammals because two aspects of the hibernating phenotype offer extraordinary potential to make an enormous impact on medicine: first, hibernators orchestrate a profound protection against ischemia-reperfusion injury during their hibernation season; second, these animals reversibly drop their metabolism to 5% of basal metabolic rate. We hope that defining the mechanisms used in this natural model will reveal novel pathways and drug targets to mimic these responses in patients.
Mammals in deep hibernation exhibit profound reductions in their basal metabolic, heart and respiratory rates, along with core body temperature; the identical constellation of physiological parameters is inevitably lethal to a non-hibernating species. At present, very little is known about the mechanisms that permit hibernators to achieve, maintain and survive these overwhelming (to humans) physiological changes at the molecular level. Hibernating species are widely interspersed among monotremes, marsupials and placentals. This widespread phylogenetic distribution of hibernators suggests that hibernation is an ancestral trait that has been lost numerous times in mammalian evolution, and implies that all mammals share the genes that specify and permit the hibernating phenotype. Thus, our long term goal for this project is to understand how the mammalian genotype is expressed as a hibernating phenotype in some, but not all mammals. This project has two components: the first seeks to identify differentially expressed genes at the mRNA and protein level. The second component tests predictions that derive from the hypothesis that hibernators must rewarm periodically in order to replenish gene products that are catabolized, but not synthesized, at the low body temperatures of torpor.
We have implemented various approaches over the years to identify genes that are differentially expressed at the steady-state mRNA level. These have provided some interesting candidates for further work, but it is clear that present efforts have merely scratched the surface of what remains to be discovered. We are presently exploiting new proteomics screening methods to quantify and identify proteins that are differentially present or modified during the season of hibernation because these are likely responsible for the protection seen in the winter animals. Other experiments address the molecular mechanisms that control the reversible suppression of various biochemical processes during the torpor-arousal cycles of hibernation. The application of both protection and reversible hypometabolism in humans has tremendous potential to improve outcomes for victims of cardiac arrest, stroke and traumatic shock.
Martin, S.L. (1991) LINEs. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, 1, 505-508.
Martin, S.L. and Wichman, H.A. (1993) Molecular approaches to mammalian retrotransposon isolation. Meth. Enz. 224, 309-322.
van Breukelen, F. and Martin, S.L. (2002) Molecular adaptations in mammalian hibernators: unique adaptations or generalized responses? J. App. Physiol. 92, 2640-2647.
Carey, H.V., Andrews, M.T. and Martin, S.L. (2003) Mammalian hibernation: cellular and molecular responses to depressed metabolism and low temperature, Physiological Reviews, 83, 1153-1181.
Martin, S.L. and Garfinkel, D.J. (2003) Survival strategies for transposons and genomes, Genome Biology 4,313.
Martin, S.L. (2008) Mammalian hibernation: a naturally reversible model for insulin resistance in man? Diab Vasc Dis Res 5, 76-81. PMID: 18537093
Martin, S.L. (2009) Developmental biology: Jumping-gene roulette. Nature 460, 1087-1088.
Martin, S.L., Srere, H.K., Belke, D., Wang, L.C.H. and Carey, H.V. (1993) Differential gene expression in the liver during hibernation in ground squirrels, in Life in the Cold III: Ecological, Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms. Carey, C., Florant, G.L., Wunder, B.A. and Horwitz, B., eds. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 443-453.
Martin, S.L. Maniero, G.D. and Carey, C. (1996) Patterns of gene expression in the liver during hibernation in ground squirrels, in Adaptations to the Cold, Geiser, F., Hulbert, A.J. and Nicol, S.C. eds., University of New England Press, Armidale, NSW, 327-332.
Carey, H.V. and Martin, S.L. (1996) Hibernation and the stress response, in Adaptations to the Cold, Geiser, F., Hulbert, A.J. and Nicol, S.C. eds., University of New England Press, Armidale, NSW, 319-326.
Martin, S.L., Epperson, E. and van Breukelen, F. (2000) Quantitative and qualitative changes in gene expression during hibernation in golden-mantled ground squirrels, in Life in the Cold, Heldmaier, G. and Klingenspor, M. eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 315-324.
Martin, S.L., Dahl, T. and Epperson, L.E. (2004) Slow loss of protein integrity during torpor: a cause for arousal? in Life in the Cold: Evolution, Mechanisms, Adaptation, and Application, Barnes B.M. and Carey H.V. eds., Institute for Arctic Biology Press, Fairbanks, AK, 199-208.
Martin, S.L. and Epperson, L.E. (2008) A two-switch model for mammalian hibernation, in Hypometabolism in animals: torpor, hibernation and cryobiology. Lovegrove, B.G. and McKechnie, A.E. (eds.) University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 177-186.
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I just read an awesome story of a guy that saved a woman from getting hit by a bus, and then on the spot came up with the idea of pretending that he was from the future, and was sent back to prevent the grandmother of a famous man from getting killed in the past.
I'm totally going to do something like this myself next time I save someone's life. (Finally there's an upside!)


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On the occasion of Jane Jacobs' 100th birthday, we republish Phyllis Lambert's account of how they each forged their own career paths in architecture
In 1958, Jane Jacobs and I were both young and unknown women living in New York City and about to make a mark in the history of architecture and urbanism. It was in that year that Jane Jacobs received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to write her seminal The Death and Life of Great American Cities; in the same year, I was seeing to the completion of Mies van der Rohe's seminal Seagram Building and Plaza.
Both the book and the building changed public attitudes about the city. Book and building also characterised our future trajectories.
Receiving the Jane Jacobs Lifetime Achievement Award of the Canadian Urban Institute some years ago led me to reflect on her life's work, and consequently I recognised an intriguing resonance between my own path and hers. It seems pertinent to this issue of the Architects' Journal [the Women in Architecture issue of 2013].
By the early 1970s, Jacobs was in Toronto. An outspoken critic of top-down city planning, she helped to lead a campaign to stop a city cut-through highway, as well as other nefast projects. At the same time, after having received my degree in architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), and as architect of the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts in Montreal, I returned to my native city to take up the cause of heightening the quality of a place of distinct neighbourhoods.
I began working with groups to stop demolition, then with residents, transforming threatened neighbourhoods into self-governing not-for-profit co-operative housing organisations, and instituting public hearings (now written into the city charter) as powerful tools of city planning.
Jane and I talked together from time to time. Jacobs continued to study the city, writing exceptional, influential books aimed at broad understanding of its theoretical basis, and always grounding her assertions on observation: The Economy of Cities, locating the city as the state's primary driver of economic development, was followed by Cities and the Wealth of Nations, which positioned the city as the principal player in macroeconomics.
Phyllis Lambert explaining Milton Park housing battle, Montreal, 1981
In these years, the 1970s to the 1990s, I was studying economic, cultural, and social aspects of the city, starting with photographic campaigns that documented its contemporary composition and then working backward to analyse historical records of land ownership, land use, and architectural intent, resulting in exhibitions and publications, for example, Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montreal in 1992. Two years later it was followed by my publication, Fortifications and the Synagogue, a record of the renovation and history of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in a complex millennial area in Cairo, which I had led.
Through all these years I had been shaping the Canadian Centre for Architecture or CCA, in Montreal, an institution I founded on the conviction that architecture is a public concern. Its extensive collections and research facilities were the source of many exhibitions, publications, conferences and photographic missions. The CCA is intent on addressing crucial themes in the culture of architecture and the city.
Jane Jacobs and I have also shared a deep concern for the environment of the city - Jacobs working from observation and proceeding to theory, and our team of researchers and curators at the CCA focusing on little-studied aspects of the urban environment. In The Nature of Economies, published in 2000, Jacobs advanced the fundamental understanding that 'human beings exist wholly within nature as part of the natural order in every respect', arguing that the same principles underlie both ecosystems and economies.
These have also been the concerns of the CCA in a series of recent exhibitions and publications that started in 2006 with Sense of the City, which proposed a rethinking of latent qualities of the city, offering complex analyses of the comforts, communication systems, and sensory dimensions of urban life. The exhibition 1973: Sorry out of Gas looked at architecture's response to the oil crisis of the 1970s, revealing how the same issues dating back 30 years are still with us - diminishing energy resources and our quest for sustainable modes of living in the city. Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture examined the complexity of today's interrelated and emerging health problems juxtaposed with a variety of proposed architectural and urban solutions, asking how architects are seeking a new moral and political agenda within these concerns.
There should be no question of the role of women in architecture now. Studying architecture at the end of the 1950s, I was one of two women at both Yale and IIT. Today more than 40 per cent of all students in the field are women. Many are at the leading edge of design.
The CCA exhibitions, like Jane Jacobs' publications, aimed at increasing public awareness and encouraging further research and practice, indicate some of the immensely rich and complex roles in architectural practice today.
Phyllis Lambert is an architect and founding director and chair of the board of trustees of the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, an international research centre and museum founded in 1979. She was the director of planning of the Seagram Building (1954-58) in New York City.
Her long and distinguished career includes founding Héritage Montréal in 1975; four years later she was instrumental in establishing the Société d'Amélioration de Milton-Parc, the largest non-profit co-operative housing renovation project in Canada. In 1996, she formed the Fonds d'Investissement de Montréal, the only private investment fund in Canada participating in the revitalisation of housing in low- and medium-income neighbourhoods.
Her writings include major essays and contributions to books such as: Court House: A Photographic Document; Canadian Centre for Architecture: Buildings and Gardens; and Mies in America. She is the recipient of many awards, including the Prix Gérard-Morisset; the World Monuments Fund's Hadrian Award; and the 2008 Jane Jacobs Lifetime Achievement Award of the Canadian Urban Institute, Toronto. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and of the American Institute of Architects
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My husband and I actually have 2 anniversaries. We had a civil wedding first and then did the proper church wedding later (which I blogged about a few months ago). Why the two weddings? An interesting story...
My husband and I were both in the Army and stationed in Hawaii. We knew that we were going to get married eventually and I was playing the good girlfriend and try not to ask every 5 minutes when it would happen. In September 1999 my husband and I took a trip to Maui. At his unit's last Christmas party he had won a trip for two so we decided that we'd go. Maui was gorgeous (naturally!), but our hotel room was not. No biggie. As my now husband said, "We'll only be sleeping there." So we spent the majority of our days there out and about, which is really what needed to be done anyway!
|The view from the top of Haleakala
We had decided that we'd stop and picnic on the way down and we did. Rick saw a farm that over-looked the lower "saddle" portion of Maui complete with ocean on both sides of the "saddle." We parked our bikes and climbed over the fence to the farm and sat down. I know...we were bad, sneaking onto someone farm, but that wasn't how we saw it. We just wanted the view. I don't remember what we ate. It was eclipsed by my husband taking a twist tie (like the ones on a loaf of bread) and fashioning it into an engagement ring and asking if I would marry him.
|Rick sitting where he asked me to marry him
I almost ruined the surprise and busted him that morning before we set off on our bike ride. He was wondering around wearing his Umbro shorts. The only pocket they have is one on the back. I noticed a big lump on his butt and reached out with a "What's in your pocket?" I really was dim. I never thought that an engagement ring was coming that day. He swatted my hand away and I still didn't figure it out. I suppose he moved the ring to a pocket in the backpack we took, which was probably a good thing. Could you imagine losing the ring on a 20 mile (ish) bike ride?
It was only a couple weeks later that we decided to get married. We'd been living together since I moved out to Hawaii about 4 months earlier and he was getting ready to go to a 2 month long military school. He thought it would be best to finalize the deal before he left. Now it was a rush. We got the marriage license and found someone to perform the ceremony. Where did we get married? On a beach at sunset of course! Diamond Head Beach Park (also known as Leahi Beach Park) to be exact. It was a small wedding, and it was the day before he was leaving for school! We had our 2 witnesses and that was that. My uncle Jeff was one of the two witnesses. The other was a friend stationed out there. I would have preferred to have had my Uncle Jeff and Aunt Cathy as witnesses, but because our wedding was so last minute, my aunt had to be back on the mainland that weekend for work.
Rick's family sometimes wondered if he was ever going to get married, so in true Rick form, he called them up the night before the wedding with a, "Hey, at whatever o'clock tomorrow (yes I don't remember the time we got married!) have a beer for me!" The response was always, "Why?" and the answer, "Because I'll be getting married." That's my hubby!
|Me being all girlie and crying
I get asked which anniversary we celebrate. Our civil wedding or our church wedding. My answer? Obviously the church wedding meant something very special to me or we wouldn't have had one, but when someone asks me how long we've been married I answer based on the civil wedding. Wouldn't you?
|Rick signing the marriage certificate
|The rings
|Rick putting on my ring
|Putting on my husband's ring
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Beach pollution is a persistant problem. Nearly 4000 beach closings and advisiories were issued by the state and local governments in 1995.
Studies have shown that beach pollution is usually infrequent and confined to local areas. Problems can develop in areas near pollution sources after a heavy rainfall or when a sewage treatment plant malfunctions. Pollution can also occur from disruption or damage to wastewater collection and treatment infrastructure due to severe natural events such as hurricances or floods, illegal dumping, accidental oil spills, and solid waste trash left behind by people.
Plastic, rubber, foam materials, and metals take hundreds of years to break down. Animals are sometimes killed by the ingestion of plastic, rubber, or foam that they have mistaken for food. Some animals drown from entanglement, others are choked by plastic rings.
A mixture of human generated waste is dumped into the oceans from sewage treatment plants that are not able to handle the load that is routed through them. This leads to partially treated or untreated sewage sludge being dumped into the water.
Sewage sludge is made up of organic waste containing bacteria, viruses, poisonous compounds, synthetic and organic chemicals, and an overabundance of nutrients.
The majority of the beach closings in the United States are due to indications of the presence of high levels of harmful microorganisms found in untreated or partially treated sewage.
Combined sewer systems are designed to carry both raw sewage and storm water runoff to sewage treatment plants. During heavy rainstorms, these systems can become hydraulically overloaded and discharge a mixture of raw sewage and polluted runoff into local waterways. The discharges pollute the water around the outfalls and downstream beaches.
POLLUTED RUNOFF FROM FARMS, ROADS, And CITIES
This is runoff that goes into sewer system or just makes its way directly into the water system. Much of the pollution comes from illegal dumping of household and industrial chemicals, automobile waste, and agricultural chemical and fertilizer usage.
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Electronic Arts will unveil Battlefield 3 this March.
The publisher confirmed to the media it will host an unveil event for the game on Mar. 1, 2011, taking placing during the week of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
I hope they don't fu*k it up... by dumbing down the PC version because of the console version. They should make a different version for the PC.
I cant wait to see this. Seeing what they did with BFBC2 and knowing what BF series has been in the past...this game could be one to topple the Call of Duty hysteria.
As a console gamer I realise the PC version of this pc born game will be better (graphics, server options, etc.) But I hope the fundamental game will be the same across all platforms.


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OpenGL Rendering Pipeline
Tessellation is the stage in the OpenGL rendering pipeline where patches of vertex data are subdivided into smaller Primitives. This process is governed by two shader stages and a fixed-function stage.
The tessellation process is divided into three stages which form an optional part of the rendering pipeline. Two of the stages are programmable; between them is a fixed function stage. They are described below, in the order they are processed.
Generally, the process of tessellation involves subdividing a patch of some type, then computing new vertex values (position, color, texture coordinates, etc) for each of the vertices generated by this process. Each stage of the tessellation pipeline performs part of this.
The Tessellation Control Shader (TCS) determines how much tessellation to do (it can also adjust the actual patch data, as well as feed additional patch data to later stages). Therefore, the TCS is primarily responsible for ensuring continuity across patches. So if you have two patches that need to have different levels of tessellation, the TCS invocations for the different patches need to use the proper tessellation controls to ensure that the interface between the patches uses the same amount of tessellation. Without this protection, gaps and breaks in what are supposed to be contiguous patches can occur.
The TCS is optional; default tessellation values can be used if no TCS is provided.
The tessellation primitive generator takes the input patch and subdivides it based on values computed by the TCS or provided as defaults.
The Tessellation Evaluation Shader (TES) takes the tessellated patch and computes the vertex values for each generated vertex.
Tessellation stages operate on patches, a primitive type denoted by the constant GL_PATCHES. A patch primitive is a general-purpose primitive, where every n vertices is a new patch primitive. The number of vertices per patch can be defined on the application-level using:
void glPatchParameteri(GLenum pname, GLint value);
with GL_PATCH_VERTICES as target and a value which has is on the half-open range [1, GL_MAX_PATCH_VERTICES]. The maximum number of patch vertices is implementation-dependent, but will never be less than 3.
Tessellation control shader
The first step of tessellation is the optional invocation of a tessellation control shader (TCS). The TCS has two jobs:
- Determine the amount of tessellation that a primitive should have.
- Perform any special transformations on the input patch data.
The TCS can change the size of a patch, adding more vertices per-patch or providing fewer. However, a TCS cannot discard a patch (directly; it can do so indirectly), nor can it write multiple patches. Therefore, for each patch provided by the application, one patch will be provided to the next tessellation stage.
The TCS is optional. If no TCS is active in the current program or program pipeline, then the patch data is passed directly from the Vertex Shader invocations to the tessellation primitive generation step. The amount of tessellation done in this case is taken from default values set into the context. These are defined by the following function:
void glPatchParameterfv(GLenum pname, const GLfloat *values);
When pname is GL_PATCH_DEFAULT_OUTER_LEVEL, values is a 4-element array of floats defining the four outer tessellation levels. When pname is GL_PATCH_DEFAULT_INNER_LEVEL, values is a 2-element array of floats defining the two inner tessellation levels.
These default values correspond to the TCS per-patch output variables gl_TessLevelOuter[4] and gl_TessLevelInner[2].
Tessellation primitive generation
Primitive generation is a fixed-function stage responsible for creating a set of new primitives from the input patch. This stage is only executed if a tessellation evaluation shader (TES) is active in the current program or program pipeline. Primitive generation is affected by the following factors:
- The tessellation levels, provided either by the TCS or the default values, as stated above.
- The spacing of the tessellated vertices, as defined by the subsequent TES stage. It may be equal_spacing, fractional_even_spacing, or fractional_odd_spacing.
- The input primitive type defined by the subsequent TES which may be one of triangles, quads or isolines. The TES can also force the generation of the tessellation as a series of points rather than triangles or lines by providing the point_mode primitive.
- The primitive generation order defined by the subsequent TES, which may be cw or ccw.
Abstract patch
Notice that the primitive generation is not affected by the outputs of the TCS, the TCS's output patch size, any per-patch TCS outputs (besides the tessellation levels), and so forth. The primitive generation part of the tessellation stage is completely blind to the actual vertex coordinates and other patch data.
The purpose of the primitive generation system is to determine how many vertices to generate, in which order to generate them, and what kind of primitives to build out of them. The actual per-vertex data for these vertices, such as position, color, etc, is to be generated by the TES, based on information provided by the primitive generator.
Because of this dichotomy, the primitive generator operates on what could be considered an "abstract patch". It doesn't look at the patch output from the TCS; it thinks only in terms of tessellating an abstract quad, triangle, or "isoline" block.
Depending on the abstract patch type, the primitive generator evaluates a different number of tessellation levels and applies different tessellation algorithms. Each generated vertex has a normalized position (i.e. the coordinates are on the range [0, 1]) within the abstract patch. This position has two or three components, depending on the type of the patch. The coordinates are provided to the TES via the built-in in vec3 gl_TessCoord input.
Tessellation levels
The amount of tessellation that is done over the abstract patch type is defined by inner and outer tessellation levels. These, as previously stated, are provided either by the TCS or by context parameters specified via glPatchParameter. They are a 4-vector of floats defining the "outer tessellation levels" and a 2-vector of floats defining the "inner tessellation levels."
The specific interpretation depends on the abstract patch type being used, but the general idea is this. In most cases, each tessellation level defines how many segments an edge is tessellated into; so a tessellation level of 4 means that an edge will become 4 edges (2 vertices become 5). The "outer" tessellation levels define the tessellation for the outer edges of the primitive. This makes it possible for two or more patches to properly connect, while still having different tessellation levels within the patch. The inner tessellation levels are for the number of tessellations within the abstract patch.
Not all abstract patches use the same number of values in the outer/inner tessellation levels data. For example, triangles only uses one inner level and 3 outer levels. The rest are ignored.
The tessellation levels specified in this way are not directly used. They go through a clamping process to generate the effective tessellation levels that are used to tessellate the primitive. This process depends on the TES's spacing parameter.
In the below discussion, max is the maximum allowed tessellation level, as defined by the GL_MAX_TESS_GEN_LEVEL. It must be at least 64, so you have some room to play with.
The spacing affects the effective tessellation level as follows:
- equal_spacing
- Each tessellation level is individually clamped to the closed range [1, max]. Then it is rounded up to the nearest integer to give the effective tessellation level.
- fractional_even_spacing
- Each tessellation level is individually clamped to the closed range [2, max]. Then it is rounded up to the nearest even integer to give the effective tessellation level.
- fractional_odd_spacing
- Each tessellation level is individually clamped to the closed range [1, max - 1]. Then it is rounded up to the nearest odd integer to give the effective tessellation level.
The patch can be discarded if any outer tessellation level that is used by the abstract patch type is 0 or less. It can also be discarded if it is a floating-point NaN. A patch that is discarded does not get tessellated, and no TES is invoked for it. It is simply swallowed by the system as though it never were.
This allows a TCS to effectively cull patches by passing 0 for a relevant outer tessellation level.
Edge tessellation spacing
At various points in the forthcoming discussion about tessellating the abstract patch, there will be statements that say to tessellate an edge of some primitive. This means to subdivide it into a series of segments according to some tessellation level. The total length of these segments is the length of the original segment. However, the length of individual segments depends on the spacing parameter specified in the TES.
Given an effective tessellation level, denoted by n, which applies to that edge, the vertices for an edge tessellated by n is defined as:
- equal_spacing
- The edge is divided into n segments. All segments will have equal length.
- fractional_even_spacing, fractional_odd_spacing
- If n is 1, then no subdivision occurs. Otherwise, the edge will be divided into n - 2 segments of equal length. There will also be 2 segments that have length equal to each other, but not necessarily to the first group. The length of these 2 segments, relative to the others, will be n - f, where f is the effective tessellation level value after clamping but before being rounded up.
- When n == f, the length of the 2 segments will be equal to the length of the other segments. As n - f approaches 2.0, the relative length of the 2 segments approaches 0.0.
- The exact location of the 2 shorter segments is not defined, but they should be placed symmetrically, on opposite sides of the subdivided edge. Also, the location must be invariant with the same f value (thus allowing tessellated edges to work together).
The purpose of the fractional spacing modes is to have smoother, more stable interpolation as tessellation levels change. This is best used if tessellation levels are based on the distance to the camera or something.
Tessellating primitives
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The abstract patch of the triangle tessellation is a triangle, naturally. Only the first three outer tessellation levels are used, and only the first inner tessellation level is used.
Each vertex generated and sent to the TES will be provided Barycentric coordinates as the gl_TessCoord input. This defines where this vertex is located within the abstract triangle. With this coordinate, it is possible to multiply any vertex attribute from 3 vertices to compute the appropriate value from the tessellation unit.
The abstract patch of a quad is a rectangle, naturally. All 4 outer and 2 inner tessellation levels are used.
Each vertex generated and sent to the TES will be provided a normalized 2D coordinate as the gl_TessCoord input, representing the location of that vertex within the abstract patch.
The abstract patch of isolines is a rectangle, oddly enough. Only the first two outer tessellation levels are used; none of the inner tessellation levels are used.
The rectangular abstract isolines patch represents a series of horizontal lines. The first outer tessellation level defines how many segments the lines are divided into, and the second outer level defines how many lines are in the patch. So if you want to tessellate a single line, you should pass 1 for gl_TessLevelOuter[1]. However, if you need more line tessellation than can be done in a single outer level value, the TES is perfectly capable of stitching multiple separate lines together. Remember: the abstract patch is abstract; the TES can position the vertices wherever it wants.
Each vertex generated and sent to the TES will be provided a normalized 2D coordinate as the gl_TessCoord input. The y component specifies which line (normalized to the half-open range [0, 1) ) is being generated. The x component defines how far along that line this vertex should be generated for.
|Isolines with tess levels (4,3)
|Isolines with tess levels (6,2)
Tessellation evaluation shader
The Tessellation Evaluation Shader (TES) is responsible for taking the abstract coordinates generated by the primitive generator, along with the outputs from the TCS (or vertex shader, if no TCS is used), and using them to compute the actual values for the vertices. This is where you code the algorithm that you actually use to compute the new positions/normal/texcoords/etc. The TES is a mandatory part of tessellation; if one is not present, then tessellation doesn't happen.
The TES is rather like a vertex shader, in that each invocation operates on a distinct vertex within the tessellated patch (though, as with a vertex shader, the system may call the TES more than once for the same vertex, so it should be deterministic). Also, the TES cannot cull vertices.


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Tagetik Showcases Its Visionary Financial Performance Platform Running on SAP HANA® at the SAPPHIRE® NOW Conference
Leading corporate performance management platform running on SAP HANA combines unified planning and forecasting, financial consolidation and close, and financial and disclosure reporting with the power and speed of best-in-class in-memory technology
Tagetik, a visionary leader in global performance management software solutions, today announced that it is participating in the SAPPHIRE NOW® conference being held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on May 5-7, 2015.
During the event, Tagetik will demonstrate the direct integration of its performance management software with the SAP HANA® platform. The Tagetik software provides the office of finance at mid-to-large-sized companies with a comprehensive, unified performance management solution running natively on SAP HANA.
"Our OEM partnership with SAP has been instrumental in helping us provide CFOs with a superior performance management solution that can take advantage of the cutting edge in-memory technology of SAP HANA," said Manuel Vellutini, co-CEO, Tagetik. "The powerful combination helps CFOs guide strategic direction, reduce risk, improve efficiency and drive better business results. Businesses trust Tagetik's unmatched proficiency in the office of finance, and with our OEM relationship, the CFO and financial professionals can use SAP HANA in a limited use environment to help develop the business case for enterprise-wide deployment in those companies still in the evaluation phase of their SAP HANA strategy."
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HOA management companies often work under a contract for a monthly fee. But how is that the amount calculated? In general, it is based on the estimated time needed to perform the tasks outlined in the Management Contract. There is often a workload of tasks that are not considered routine.
So what goes into the monthly management fee? There are fixed costs such as rent, phones, copiers, computers, insurance, and the internet. The workforce is based on the estimated time needed to perform the prescribed work. Total fixed costs and labor plus profit margin are equal to the monthly management fee. It is common to divide this number by the total number of units / lots. (In Georgia, the average is between $ 10-25/door for condominiums.) Size and staff required matters: HOA's pay less per home.
Typically, an Owners Association will be assigned a manager, an accountant, a maintenance supervisor, and possibly an administrative assistant to the account. The administrator can manage 10-15 accounts.
Staff salary levels can have a major impact on management fees. If a Homeowners Association wants experienced professionals, there is a price to pay. A qualified HOA manager attends seminars, has credentials and professional designations and focuses exclusively on HOA management. The Homeowners Association will benefit from this training and experience so expect to pay accordingly.
Managers spend much of their time to prepare and monitor Board and Annual meetings. For a typical board meeting, the manager gathers information and prepares reports, reviews the financial statements and relevant correspondence. The Board puts together packages or emails messages to each member.
Most Board and Annual meetings are held in the evenings from Monday to Friday at the Homeowners Association so that the manager is not required to work weekends; which costs money to Homeowners Association, this is incorporated into the contract. After the meeting, the Community Association Manager has a long list to follow-up on which occupies most of the following week. A manager can spend many hours on business related to the meeting.
Another cost savings is in charge of managing insurance claims and damage reconstruction. Insurance inquiries can take many hours of a manager's time. If the management contract specifically provides that the insurance claim work is an additional cost to the HOA, the management company can collect the insurance claim by the time it takes to manage a claim and the renovation work. A similar principle is the time spent on collections or legal action against a delinquent account. This time, management will be charged to the HOA.
Are disclosure statements provided to homeowners who are selling their homes and lenders to buyers? The management company bills owners and buyers so that the Homeowners' Association does not assume the costs.
These are just some ways that management costs can be cut. Be sensitive to the time of your manager and not pile on unnecessary tasks that ultimately increase the costs. While it is important to get what you pay for, it is equally important to pay extra for additional services. The best approach is to establish an alliance with the management company and adjust the time and workload demands.
HOA managers are dedicated and waiting to serve. Put them to work for your homeowners association and actually rejoice in the carefree lifestyle advertised in the brochure.


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In the latest installment of the NHLNumbers podcast, we start with a roundtable on the Stanley Cup Finals before getting to our three very important and higly informative guests (…seriously. Sorry if sounded sarcastic).
Our first VIP is probable first rounder Jacob Trouba, who was kind enough to take time out from helping out with national junior team goalie camp to talk to us about the US National Team Development Program, his skills and his plans after he goes in the first round of the draft this week.
Next we were joined by none other than Gabe Desjardins of Behind the Net fame. Our last guest was Dirk Hoag of the fine Nashville Predators blog On the Forecheck.
The whole thing.
As mentioned, Part 1 we break down the Stanley Cup Finals.
Next up, the interview with Jacob Trouba of the U.S. National Team Development Program and soon-to-be first-round draft pick.
Among other things, Gabe Desjardins talks to us about how he got into hockey analytics, how teams make decisions, changes he'd like to see in the media and data the NHL should make available.
Dirk Hoag breaks down the early offseason's most interesting team, the Nashville Predators. We discussed the Preds turbulent playoffs, trade-deadline moves, the Radulov affair, the Lindback trade, Shea Weber and, of course, the hottest commodity of this year: Ryan Suter.