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ACT-ICU Study: Activity and Cognitive Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit (ACT-ICU)
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School district ignores good business model
The New Berlin School District made headlines last fall when it unveiled its post-Act 10 staff handbook, a lengthy document that etched out an unforgiving landscape of employment terms. Many of the tenets were perceived by staff as over-reaching and punitive in nature.
Given the long history of contentious contract negotiations between the district and the teachers union, it wasn't entirely surprising that the administration seized the opportunity to impose sanctions upon its workforce.
Not every district chose to follow New Berlin's lead. Many school boards and administrations sought to preserve positive employer-employee relationships as they implemented the sweeping changes initiated by Act 10.
School districts that wisely recognized the role that workplace satisfaction plays in productivity found ways to demonstrate empathy and respect for staff members, even as the districts instituted cost-cutting measures.
New Berlin's strong-arm tactics have generated an unintended consequence: a sudden hemorrhage of high-caliber employees. An estimated one-third of this year's staff will be elsewhere when school resumes in September.
At a recent School Board meeting, when departing staff members took the floor to explain their resignations, a common theme emerged. Guess what? The mass exodus is not about money or benefits.
No, the reason employees are leaving in droves is they feel disenfranchised and devalued by the district. They're willing to take a cut in pay to work for employers who will listen to them, include them in decision-making and treat them as assets, not liabilities.
New Berlin's district leadership is enamored with what it terms a "business model" of operation. Perhaps the leadership team would benefit from some research on the human resource habits of effective corporations.
Skilled human resource managers know that as imperative as it is to toe the fiscal bottom line, it's equally important to ensure that employees feel appreciated and respected. When employee morale falters, productivity suffers and the end result is bad for business.
In the private sector, high rates of attrition are not a badge of honor; they're indicators of organizational dysfunction. If one-third of a company's workforce resigned en masse, it would be calamitous enough to prompt an involuntary turnover of corporate leadership.
A revolving employee door comes with a steep price, as every dollar invested in the professional development of exiting staff leaves with them.
That's not to say that workers aren't replaceable. They are. But new hires need training and time to learn the job. Inexperience impedes optimal performance.
Successful businesses are built on the talents, education, experience and dedication of their workforce. So are high-achieving school districts.
The wealth of skills and experience walking out of New Berlin's public schools should be a wake-up call for the district.
Laura Schubert of New Berlin is a mother, teacher and two-time breast cancer survivor. Email firstname.lastname@example.com
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In Seth Dickinson's highly anticipated debut The Traitor Baru Cormorant, a richly imagined geopolitical fantasy, a young woman from a conquered people tries to transform an empire. Baru Cormorant believes any price is worth paying to liberate her people - even her soul.
When the Empire of Masks conquers her island home, overwrites her culture, criminalizes her customs, and murders one of her fathers, Baru vows to swallow her hate, join the empire's civil service, and claw her way high enough to set her people free. Sent as an imperial agent to distant Aurdwynn, another conquered country, Baru discovers it's on the brink of rebellion. Drawn by the intriguing duchess Tain Hu into a circle of seditious dukes, Baru may be able to use her position to help. As she pursues a precarious balance between the rebels and a shadowy cabal within the empire, she orchestrates a do-or-die gambit with freedom as the prize.
But the cost of winning the long game of saving her people may be far greater than Baru imagines.
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"A triumph of a debut!"
A terribly cunning display of the untrustworthy narrator (it's in the title, after all!) Baru is an incredibly engaging protagonist, and this fantastical political thriller keeps you guessing about loyalties, love, and what drives a person to ultimate treachery. This narrative weaves a spectacular warning to the readers: of social injustice, imperialism and the profound danger and power that comes from being truly alone in your mind. Machiavellian machinations in a spectacular feat of world building. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
"Read for detail explainations, skip otherwise"
This is a hard one to recommend as it really depends on your taste. Especially since it's a long book, make sure you know what your getting into before starting.
As a child Baru Cormorant witness the Empire of Masks conquer her homeland. Not through war but with economics, trade policies and cultural assimilation. Baru vows to tear down this empire from the inside by pretending to be loyal to gain power. Will Baru be able to avoid corruption that comes with power, can she stand by and not only watch, but be the instrument of the empire in conquering another culture, or join their rebellion at the cost of her revenge. Will her outlawed secret desires be discovered?
It reads like a text book on colonialism. It covers in extreme details everything from economics, taxes & trade policies, cultural assimilation, diplomacy, naval & land battles, and family lineage. Often times it feels like the narrative is secondary to allow the author to show us the vast world his has created.
Personally, while I found most of the technical details interesting, and presented with purpose, it started to bog me down and become tiring the last third or quarter. I really liked the ending, I can't say anything about it without spoiling it but it reminded me of a classic story whose ending I also really liked. I can't say which classic without spoiling.
Read if you're REALLY into world building, how things work behind the scenes in terms of politics, bureaucracy and economics. If you read all the in game lore you can find in video games, then give this a read.
"Great story, terrible reader"
This is an incredibly incentive and gripping story. The audio book narrator, however, seems not to have been familiar with the English words "duchy" and "elided," which was frustrating and distracting.
"Fantastic story, robotic narrator"
Really enjoyed the story but the narrator sounds like a computer program and offers very little variance between character voices.
"All the charm of a Nazi collaborater"
This is the tale of a collaborator, told from her point of view. It tracks her journey throughout her "accomplishments" and betrayals in service of a political system which combines a Nazi like racial philosophy with a sexual one. In the end she becomes part of the system she continuously claims she is trying to subvert from within while becoming more like their ideal than them. It is only a few times that she shows any hint of humanity and her weaknesses are clearly paper tigers to be knocked over. Needless to say it becomes both highly predictable and unrealistic, which means it can only be a shadow of great works like 1984. At the end the author tries once again to excuse her loyalty to party over friends or family, even to ordering their death, but it rings hollow. Despite the hype, I suggest you skip this one.
"Blame the narrator?"
I read the first pages of this novel before I decided to buy the audiobook an I was really looking forward to listening to it. But Christine Marshall really took all joy out of listening. All I could think when I was listening was why she was in such a hurry. I actually couldn't finish the novel because of the bad narration. This is some of the worst case of a narrator massacring a novel.
"Worth the price"
as a good, but not great, read. The premise of the book is how a "good" person becomes evil as she works to avenge a real wrong done to her homeland by the empire. Well written with many twists (no spoiler here) it demonstrates how the "ends justify the means" approach destroys lives and damages the humanity of a person pursuing such a path.
A "low magic" and realistic setting (that allows the willing suspension of disbelief) the Traitor Baru Cormorant is a solid addition to the low fantasy genre that does not throw up one fantasy trope after another I have grown use to encountering but ploughs new ground. Yet I found I never really cared about her family and really about her, I am not sure why that is, but I suspect it is due to the author's focus on events and keeping Baru's inner thoughts hidden (because if he did not he would blow up the surprise ending). Having said that the story and writing were good enough (or great enough) to maintain my interest in the book and the coming sequel.
"couldn't finish"
This was on some list of best SF from last year. Why? Not only is it more of an extremely watered down fantasy world, but up to the half way point if there was anything SF oriented (perhaps some vague societal genetic reproductive restrictions and control) I missed it; and to top it off, little or nothing of interest had nor was happening. Bored and I didn't care about anyone or anything in it. There are a lot of characters with little to differentiate them in your mind so it all blends together. Surely by the halfway point of any novel you should be able to keep some characters straight in your mind, have an inkling of interactions of importance and implications for future of the story, and something, something of interest should have happened. A friend was listening too and he lost interest. Told him I was pulling the plug on it and he didn't care to finish it either. Maybe all the excitement is in last half, but I don't care, not worth my time when there are so many good things to get to. Will return it.
"A Dream worth having "
Seth Dickinson grabs your heart and enlightens your mind with language, wonder, & intrigue.
With expert construction, Dickinson will drag you deep into a web of loyalties all guided by one island girl.
The tale of Baru is something that everyone needs to hear to truly understand how far will you go for what you want.
"Phenomenal Story of Empire and Power"
Yes, the narrator adds a rich layer of character to the characters and makes them come alive.
Baru. Even though the story is told entirely from her perspective her actions still leave the reader guessing at every turn.
No, this is the first narration I've heard her give and will certainly keep an eye out for her in the future.
Baru Cormorant, a girl growing up in the Empire of Masks, must learn the pathways of power to stay alive and save her homeland.
"Listen hard to the sample before you buy"
The performance is awful. Actually, it's beyond awful. The narrator reads the entire book at the same plodding pace with no intonation, inflection or emotion. When there's no personal pronoun in the text, you'll have no idea if spoken text is by a man or a woman, let alone who they are. Improper annunciation left me really struggling with the fantasy-style names of people and places, many of which are very similar. Listen to the audio sample and decide if you can live with 14 hours of it.
The production isn't great either for not only are there some edit mid-sentence which are completely obvious, there are even a couple of bad splices causing a bit of a stutter.
I found it a painful listen which totally ruined the book for me.
"Best of the year"
The end,even though i worked it out it still had an impact.
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Mao Tse-tung, China's leader from 1950 until his death in 1976, had a passion for group sex and an interest in cannibalism, reports the Observer. His personal staff would provide him with women aged 16 to 20 for sex sessions most Saturday evenings, according to a BBC television programme to be broadcast next month. His interest in sex continued into his seventies. He is also said to have condoned cannibalism.
The News of the World claims that top jockeys were involved in a drug ring. Stables, it says, are being used to sell narcotics.
The newspaper also features a front-page picture of Bryce Taylor with his trousers pulled down. Mr Taylor took the secret photographs of the Princess of Wales in a gym.
The Sunday Mirror says that the Health Secretary, Virginia Bottomley, is to approve an increase in prescription charges from pounds 4.25 to pounds 5.
Any government plans to cut state benefits to single mothers would be opposed by two out of three people, according to an NOP poll in the Sunday Times. But only a third say unmarried mothers should have more state support.
Labour has a 20-point lead over the Tories, according to another poll in the newspaper. Labour has 47 per cent, the Conservatives 27 and Liberal Democrats 21.
The National Health Service is spending pounds 360,000 to buy leeches to suck blood after amputations, plastic or micro- surgery, according to the People.
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David Scott Palmer is Boston University's Founding Director of the Latin American Studies Program and Professor Emeritus of International Relations and Political Science. Before joining the Boston University faculty, he served as Chair of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Associate Dean of Area Studies at the U.S. State Department Foreign Service Institute.
Over the years, he has traveled widely throughout Central and South America. His experience in the region includes public diplomacy lecture tours in each of the countries and assessments of their diplomatic services for the U.N. Development Program (UNDP). He has also taught seminars at the Latin American Social Science Faculty (FLACSO) of Costa Rica and served on the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Observer Mission at the Central American Presidents negotiations in San José (which produced the Arias Peace Plan, for which Costa Rican President Oscar Arias was awarded the Nobel Prize.
His most recent book, co-authored with David Mares, deals with the almost 200-year struggle between Ecuador and Peru to resolve the Western Hemisphere's longest running border dispute (Power, Institutions, and Leadership in War and Peace: Lessons from Peru and Ecuador, 1995-1998; Texas, 2013 paperback edition).


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Javier Zanetti looks back over his best and worst Juventus-Inter moments and reveals the secret to his amazing longevity. "I want to play until I'm 40."
The captain is not too far off that now, as he turned 39 in August and is already older than Coach Andrea Stramaccioni.
"My objective is to play until I'm 40 years old and I certainly think I can do it," he told Radio 105 this afternoon.
"Are there too many games in quick succession nowadays? To recover quickly from one match to the next you have to immerse yourself in ice. It really helps."
El Tractor was also asked about his best and worst moments of tonight's fixture, which sees Inter travel to Turin.
"Certainly the happiest moment was on April 16 2010, when Douglas Maicon scored a wonderful goal to break the deadlock.
"The worst memory is that of 1998. I think the key to tonight's game will be the duel between Andrea Pirlo and Esteban Cambiasso in midfield."
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Kids Reenact 2014 Oscar Nominees – AMAZING VIDEO
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Little kids act out scenes from the 2014 Oscar Best Picture nominees in an adorable parody by CineFix and Mom.me. Check out the video below!
In the video, the children dress up in character and perform scenes from American Hustle, Her, Gravity and more.
The kids only acted out a short snippet from 12 Years a Slave, with one of the child actors explaining, "This is the only scene the producers were shooting with kids."
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Under Technology Resources you will find help for scout leaders to utilize the tools we have in place to communicate with the pack. Please choose an activity from the left and follow the step by step instructions. To obtain the leader username and password for the various tools, please contact Dan Flippo.
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- 1 satisfy somebody (not used in the progressive tenses) to make somebody pleased by doing or giving them what they want Nothing satisfies him—he's always complaining. The proposed plan will not satisfy everyone. See related entries: Happiness
- 2 satisfy something to provide what is wanted, needed or asked for The food wasn't enough to satisfy his hunger. to satisfy somebody's curiosity The education system must satisfy the needs of all children. We cannot satisfy demand for the product. She failed to satisfy all the requirements for entry to the college.
- 3 (not used in the progressive tenses) (formal) to make somebody certain something is true or has been done satisfy somebody Her explanation did not satisfy the teacher. satisfy somebody of something People need to be satisfied of the need for a new system. satisfy somebody/yourself (that)… Once I had satisfied myself (that) it was the right decision, we went ahead. Word Familysatisfaction noun (≠dissatisfaction)satisfactory adjective (≠unsatisfactory)satisfy verbsatisfying adjective (≠unsatisfying)satisfied adjective (≠dissatisfied) (≠unsatisfied) Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French satisfier, formed irregularly from Latin satisfacere
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Yesterday, Russia
detonated the largest non-nuclear weapon in history. The bomb is currently dubbed the "Father
of all Bombs" as a play on the American Massive Ordnance Air
Burst or "Mother of all
Bombs." Russia has not cited an official designation for the
bomb, but it has already solidified its nickname.
The American MOAB is air dropped from
the back of a C-130 cargo plane. MOAB uses 8 tons of high explosive
to produce an explosion of roughly 11 tons of TNT. This was up until
yesterday the most powerful conventional bomb in the world. Today it
looks like Russia now holds that title.
The "FOAB" is dropped
from a Tu-160 Strategic Bomber and uses just 7.8 tons of a new high
explosive that produces an explosion equivalent to 44 tons of TNT.
That is 4 times that of the American MOAB. The Tu-160 Strategic
Bombers are the same ones that Russia restarted last month.
Both bombs are Thermobaric based. They
use a "Fuel air burst" to scatter a cloud of fine explosive
particles and then using a super heated explosion in the center cause
a massive detonation in mid air. This process causes a massive
shockwave that can destroy roughly 9 city blocks on the MOAB. The
Russian "FOAB" has roughly twice the blast radius at 990 feet.
Both bombs consume all oxygen in the area during detonation, ensuring
that even if you survived the blast, you will likely die from oxygen
deprivation before the oxygen can fill the gaping space left by the
bombs. Russia quotes the "FOAB" as environmentally friendly
as it does not leave any fall out or radiation, but the explosion
still would surely decimate the area it is dropped in.
Televised remarks from a Russian
General state the new "FOAB" is comparable
to a nuclear weapon in efficiency and capability. By comparison, the nuclear device dropped on Hiroshima had an explosion
rated at 13,000 tons of TNT. Nevertheless, as far as anyone has
confirmed, Russia now has the largest and most powerful air burst
weapon in the world.
The U.S. military claims to possess several larger
air burst weapons but none have been demonstrated publicly.


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Independent Villa.Private Pool,air Conditioning And WiFi. 10 Sleeps
Detached villa with private pool, perfect combination of elements of the classic Tuscan tradition and the new more refined design, which makes it unique in its kind. Located in the heart of the Tuscan countryside, in a context completely surrounded by 'green' and tranquility, is at the same time equipped with all modern comforts such as air conditioning, wireless internet access, TV + DVD, underfloor heating, which will guarantee you a memorable stay with the maximum comfort and privacy.
Top Traveller Review
Excellent Villa in a beautiful location!
Giuseppe is very helpful, he quickly answered any query and was at the villa to meet us upon arrival, where he recommended restaurants and suggested places to visit.
Six of us (across three generations) spent a thoroughly enjoyable two weeks at Villa Caterina, we will be returning next year and none of us will hesitate in recommending Giuseppe and his villas to our family and friends.
About the Owner
About Giuseppe Attilieni
My name is Giuseppe Attilieni. I live in Lucca and I like very much to travel. My passion for tourism has completely involved me since 2008, and now I am working full time both as a property manager and property owner.I am also the owner of a company specialized in tourist services which relies on the collaboration of skilled suppliers ,so I can fulfill the following requests of my guests : - Tuscan cooking classes - Transfers from/to Pisa and Florence airports - Wine tasting tours - Guided tours of Lucca, Florence, Siena, Pisa and 5 terre
I hope to have the opportunity to meet you and make your holiday a wonderful Tuscan experience.
Giuseppe Attilieni purchased this villa in 2009
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Excellent Villa in a beautiful location!
Villa Caterina is very comfortable, well equipped and immaculately maintained in a beautiful, peaceful location. Relaxing in the garden by the pool is idyllic, but at the same time the location of the villa means visits to places such as Lucca, Florence and Pisa are all within easy reach, as well as the beautiful hilltop villages of Montecarlo and Montecatini Alto.
Giuseppe is very helpful, he quickly answered any query and was at the villa to meet us upon arrival, where he recommended restaurants and suggested places to visit.
Six of us (across three generations) spent a thoroughly enjoyable two weeks at Villa Caterina, we will be returning next year and none of us will hesitate in recommending Giuseppe and his villas to our family and friends.
Excellant Villa!
This villa was more than we expected! A very nice lay out with plenty of room for all. Very clean. The location is a country scene centrally located so visiting other areas is very convenient. The owner was there to greet us and show us around. His hospitality was wonderful and greatly appreciated. If you're looking for a charming villa - this is it!! I highly recommend this villa.
Beautiful Villa in a Great Location
We had a fantastic week staying at Villa Caterina. The villa was roomy, spotlessly clean and comfortable and the garden and swimming pool were beautiful. Giuseppe was friendly and helpful and met us personally at the villa to show us round. He always answered emails promptly and gave us tips on what to see and do. The property was well positioned to visit Lucca, Florence, Montecatini Alto and Pisa. We had a truly relaxing week and would definitely recommend Giuseppe and his properties. Giuseppe's secret weapon though is his dad Antonio who used to be a chef and delivered freshly baked cakes and pies to our villa every other day....fabulous! Our one very slight criticism was that the two upstairs bedrooms were hot, we did have an exceptionally hot week, maybe more fans or air con there! Otherwise a beautiful, tranquil and restful place, thanks Giuseppe!
Excellent host and villa
Me including my family of nine members stayed at Villa Caterina for five nights. The villa is beautiful and well maintained with all the facilities needed for a family including children. All the house rules are properly documented and displayed. Its location is very convenient to travel other parts within two hours including Florence, Siena, Lucca, Cinque Terre (in Liguria), Saint Gimignano, Volteraa, Pisa, Como and many other beautiful places.
Giuseppe is a very good host . He comes personally to the villa to welcome and answers any queries with patience and details. His communication through email, SMS and phone calls are promptly answered.
In future, we will definitely like to stay again at Villa Caternia.
We had a wonderful stay at Villa Caterina! The villa is immaculate and spacious and Giuseppe was incredibly helpful.
We loved it so much we're looking at staying again next year.
What a lovely location!
I have been in this wonderful Villa one week in May, with a group of 8 people, and we had an unforgettable holiday! The house is spacious and Elegant; when you are outside in the garden, at the poolside, it seems you have found the heaven on earth! What a marvellous experience to have breakfast in the veranda, fully immersed in nature!
We also had a winetour organized by the owner, Giuseppe, and it was a very nice experience!
I hope to come back again very soon!
Activity and Interests
The villa is located in the hearth of the typical Tuscan countryside, characterized by olive groves and vineyards that you can visit with a short walk. The marvellous private park is full of flowers and trees
Prices and Availability
Rental rates
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Low season
1 Oct 2016 - 26 May 2017
3 night minimum stay
for 3 nights
Mid season
27 May 2017 - 23 Jun 2017
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
High season
24 Jun 2017 - 25 Aug 2017
Changeover Day: Saturday
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Mid season
26 Aug 2017 - 29 Sep 2017
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Low season
30 Sep 2017 - 25 Dec 2017
3 night minimum stay
for 3 nights
My Standard Rate
3 night minimum stay
for 3 nights
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Extra services available on request:
- Cook
- Tuscan cooking classes
- Wine tasting classes
- Transfers from/to Pisa and Florence airports
- Wine tasting tours
- Guided tours of Lucca , Florence, Pisa, Siena and 5 terre
- Midweek cleanings
Pets considered: if present, pets must be declared with the first enquiry
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Manager's Cancellation Policy
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Property Type
- villa
- Away From It All
- Family
- Historic
- Romantic
- Spa
- Sports & Activities
- Tourist Attractions
- Air Conditioning
- Fireplace
- Hair Dryer
- Heating
- Internet ...
- Iron & Board
- Linens Provided
- Living Room
- Parking
- Towels Provided
- Washing Machine
- Coffee Maker
- Dishes & Utensils
- Dishwasher
- Kitchen
- Microwave
- Oven
- Refrigerator
- Hob
- Toaster
- Child's Highchair
- Dining
- Dining Area
- DVD Player
- Ping Pong Table
- Satellite / Cable
- Television
Pool / Spa
- Private Pool
Onsite Services
- Car Available
- Chauffeur
- Private Chef
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- children welcome
- pets considered ...
Location Type
- rural
- autumn foliage
- churches
- forests
- playground
- recreation centre
- restaurants
- theme parks
- winery tours
Leisure Activities
- bird watching
- eco tourism
- horse riding
- scenic drives
- sight seeing
- walking
Local Services & Businesses
- ATM/bank
- groceries
- hospital
- laundrette - serviced
- medical services
Sports & Adventure Activities
- cycling
- equestrian events
- fishing
- golf
- mountain biking
- ski
- swimming
- tennis
Floor Area
- 270 m²
- Bathroom 2 - Toilet, Shower Enclosure, Bidet
- Bathroom 1 - Toilet, Bath with Shower, Bidet
- Bathroom 3 - Toilet, Jacuzzi, Bidet
- 4 Bedrooms, Sleeps 10
- Bedroom 1 - 1 Double Bed
- Bedroom 2 - 1 Double Bed
- Bedroom 3 - 1 Double Bed
- Bedroom 4 - 4 Single Bed
- 2 double bedrooms and 2 bathrooms are located in the ground floor. The other 2 bedrooms and the third bathroom are located in the taverna floor. 1 baby bed available on request free of charge
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Les Semaines
what I'm thinking and doing § what I'm listening to § what I'm reading
what I'm writing § retrospective: The Phonosnout
It feels very strange.
In fact, it has been rather a strange week. Leslie and I were in almost constant contact for most of it and then suddenly didn't need to be, and don't quite know how not to be.
And on Friday I was on strike. I even showed up and walked the picket lines for about 90 minutes before I got too cold and my back started to hurt from walking on concrete. We're striking because we've had lousy raises for the last ten years and they keep eroding whatever gains we get by raising the amounts we have to put in ourselves for our health insurance. Working for the state/university has some nice benefits--mostly working in the academic environment for me--but the raises are embarrassing, especially given that in the same time period rents in Seattle have doubled. I really don't know how most people get by, and I can't imagine being a single parent trying to make it on our pay scale. Graduate students get much more than us per hour. But of course we're wasting our time because the legislature isn't going to seriously consider raises for state employees. Not for a minute. They're just going to re-emphasize that it's illegal for us to go on strike in the first place.
I've been so busy and obsessed that I actually forgot that I was part of a group reading for the Pontoon anthology on Thursday night. It was bad because it was scheduled opposite Tamar's first gig in a long time, opening for a band at the Rendezvous. Jim went there to be our family emissary, while I went to the reading. It was at the Frye Art Museum, which is one of my favourite spaces to read in. They have good acoustics and a nice microphone. But partway through my second poem I started having a horrible tickle in my throat and had a coughing fit. Sigh. A reader's nightmare, which I hope guarantees that I don't have any such event in the reading tour in the fall, which is starting to get itself organized in the in-between moments.
As well as the chapbook we're trying to put together for the League of Canadian Poets.
As well as everything else.
What an odd, head-swimming week.
I'm very tired. And grateful for this quiet weekend. I could use another one before I have to go to work tomorrow.
Only had time to tinker with Bryony's Needle chapter 2, though, as far as working on the fiction goes. I just have to remember that as long as I keep going during hectic times like these I'm doing okay.
I remain terrified of stalling out again.
2. Both poets. Ann York no longer seems to be writing and I understand has moved back to Australia, but Rhonda Batchelor still lives in Victoria and recently had a book appear.
3. Well, I followed that advice for less than two years.
4. My first publication: "Voices from a New World" appeared in the 1979 issue of From an Island. I'm sure it wasn't the best poem, but I liked it enough that it appeared in Seven Robins.
5. Linda was a friend I lives with for several weeks the previous year. Russ was her jazz-bass-playing boyfriend.
6. John Barton, well-published Canadian poet and still a dear friend.
7. I still remember that moment of walking out into the dark rain after seeing that movie.
8. These lines became:
Lear Returns to the Empty Theatre
You have watched it all,
seen my children
tear at each other and die,
and still they bleed.
You have told me to present you
with my dead; they are here.
You cannot carry them
from the bare stage floor.
Now what can you take from me?
I am as exposed and transfigured
as a single tree spotlit
by a shift in cloud.
Take what you can
take my dead and my year.
Leave me nothing. I fade
as the clouds shift again.
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Does nuvi start normally? Does it work fine?
If yes probably Garmin support gave you the right info, it's probably a socket problem,it charges but a damaged pin might cause it doesn't connect USB into mass storage.
You can download from forum and load the new map and addition files to an sd and deselect the old one in internal memory or
better thing IMHO is to delete old files in internal memory using deleting commands loaded from an sd.
How to in this thread: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
I've a damaged socket pin nuvi and I update it this way.
PS. Try all the USB cable you have, sometimes it happens one of them might connect nuvi to pc even if a pin is a bit bent.


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When I load Yahoo in build 2000022508 and then click in the textbox to enter
some search text, all of the page's content above the textbox is shifted 8
pixels to the left as soon as that textbox receives focus.
Created attachment 5815 [details]
Watch it for yourself
I see this happening on http://www.webcrawler.com also. The page loads and
then as soon as you click on the text box, the whole layout of the page shifts
over to the left. I assume it is the 8 pixels that Jerry is talking about.
Pierre, this sounds like an unnecessary reflow.
Adding top100 keyword.
I'm also seeing this on www.yahoo.com whenever I pass the mouse over the "Enter
Zip Code" button down at the bottom.
Changing summary field to fit newer cases.
Apologizing much for the spam. Forgot to set component when updating summary
I've seen this quite a bit too. Here's another example: http://www.slashdot.org
I'll try to start making note of other pages I find this on. I've also noticed
some pages that when clicking on a link, instead of following that link, part of
the page gets duplicated and laid over the existing page with a bit of an
offset. Clicking on the link again in the offset version would then take you to
the link. I'm not sure if this is related or not, but I saw it on a few
sites... once again, will try and start making notes.
I am the culprit for the reflow that is generated when there is a change in the
outline. Sorry: it's a very evil fix that meant to be temporary. Look for my
comment from 2000-01-24 00:24 in bug 9809.
Probably a dup. Reassigned to Vidur who was working on that this week.
I think I've found an example of the "offset" version of this that I mentioned
earlier (at least, I think it's a version of this bug... maybe this can allow
someone to confirm). Go to http://www.nai.com and click on of the 6 links in
the yellow box beneath "Latest Virus Info". Instead of taking you to the link,
the bottom part of the page shifts up (you'll notice the yellow box shrinks a
bit vertically). After the shift, you can now click the link again, and
actually be taken there.
Last time I remember seeing this (on a different site), the shift was
horizontal, and a copy of part of the page was superimposed again at an offset,
resulting in a corrupted display (unlike this example, where the page is intact
after the shift).
The real problem is related to incremental reflow in tables (email@example.com
will post a test case for that later). The problem occurs when clicking on links
because setting the outline property of the link correctly causes a reflow. I'm
marking this beta1 because I think this is a serious problem (you can make it
happen by right-clicking on one of the links on http://www.mozilla.org). I've
seen it on several pages both left and right clicking. We will get many reports
about this problem if it isn't fix.
I've included a simple patch that temporarily doesn't do reflows when setting
the outline property. If the table problem can't be fixed safely or in time, I
would recommend applying the patch.
Index: nsStyleContext.cpp
RCS file: /cvsroot/mozilla/layout/base/src/nsStyleContext.cpp,v
retrieving revision 3.115
diff -c -r3.115 nsStyleContext.cpp
*** nsStyleContext.cpp 2000/02/17 23:17:36 3.115
--- nsStyleContext.cpp 2000/03/06 19:50:37
*** 766,772 ****
(mOutlineStyle != aOther.mOutlineStyle) ||
(mOutlineColor != aOther.mOutlineColor) ||
(mOutlineRadius != aOther.mOutlineRadius)) {
! return NS_STYLE_HINT_REFLOW; // XXX: should be VISUAL: see bugs 9809
and 9816
return NS_STYLE_HINT_NONE;
--- 766,772 ----
(mOutlineStyle != aOther.mOutlineStyle) ||
(mOutlineColor != aOther.mOutlineColor) ||
(mOutlineRadius != aOther.mOutlineRadius)) {
! return NS_STYLE_HINT_VISUAL; // XXX: should be VISUAL: see bugs 9809
and 9816
return NS_STYLE_HINT_NONE;
Reassigning to karnaze to look at the incremental table reflow bug. If it can't
be fixed, Pierre should apply the style patch for the outline property.
Created attachment 6167 [details]
Simplified testcase...
The testcase I just attached shows how to reproduce this without having a link
even, clicking on the text below the table changes the class on a table cell,
this triggers a reflow and shows the same problem...
Putting on PDT+ radar for beta1.
Another real-world example: http://www.eudora.com/
Probably nothing else needed on this but this was one of the original places I
had seen it (severe horizontal shifting, more than 8 pixels, with copy overlaid
on top of original) so I wanted to get it documented... also maybe useful to
test fixes.
This could be a dup of bug 28553 since a reframe reflow is occuring. However,
the table code needs to be fixed to deal with these extra reflows in general, so
I'm not going to determine if it is a dup or mark it as such. Adding Buster to
CC list.
As noted by email@example.com, this bug appears to be the same as bug 7617,
which I first reported under M6. I just reopened that bug because I'm seeing
the behavior with middle/right click on links, although I haven't seen it happen
with a left-click for a while. So, for what it's worth, this is an old bug
rearing its head again. At least this bug (29429) has more investigation into
the problem. I just wanted to add a note to this bug to let everyone know that
this bug probably wasn't caused by recent code changes, but started when
incremental reflow was first released...
We should first fix the outline thing as described by vidur (I'll take care of
it). Then, as noted by deven, this is probably a dup of bug 7617 as well as bug
28212, more than a dup of bug 28553 as karnaze wrote.
My fix for 28553 does make many of these pages behave correctly. I agree with
chris that the fix for 28553 probably masks a serious table incremental reflow
problem, and that problem should be addressed separately. This is chris'
current plan, I'm just agreeing with it and verifying our belief about how the
two bugs are linked.
IT sounds like you folks have a plan... so please update the status whiteboard.
I'm adding a w/b minus 3/10 to the heading, as I think we will have to release
note this sort of bug if we can't resolve it by then.
PLEASE consider checking in the discussed hack/fix solution RSN ;-)
I am unable to click the mouse in the textfield on yahoo or webcrawler web site
using latest commercial build on windows. Probablythis is due to bug 31176 or
email@example.com: I'm not seeing the problem you reported about not being able
to click in text fields. Could you retest that with today's commercial
build and report back here (or directly to me?) thanks.
Verified with 2000-03-10-13.
*** Bug 30006 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I verified this one on 03-10 and seems like this problem is reoccured.
Instead of page content now text fields are moving.
Probably http://www.google.com is best site to reproduce this one.
1]Visit http://www.google.com
2] Type something in search textbox [As soon as you type textbox flickers and
appears to be moved on left side]
3] now after typing click on search button "Google Search". [Again textbox
4] On next page again click on button "Google search". [This time entire text
box moves to right.]
BUILDS TESTED: 03-13-18 [wINDOWS-95], Todays Mac commercial build.
Yes, I see this problem on today's windows and mac beta1 commercial bits.
The original reported problem is fixed (both the url and test case). I wish a
new bug had been submitted, because now web contributors might believe that
there is a test case for this bug, but there isn't.
I just tried to reproduce on Google with today's *beta branch* commercial build,
and I didn't see any movement. (which is what karnaze suggested in his
comments). Were you testing a branch build, or a trunk build?
Jim, I am using the beta branch commercial bits on all platforms. With today's
ie 03/16 beta bits on windows and linux, I still see the following :
1. Go to www.google.com
2. Type something in search textbox [As soon as you move mouse towards the
search button, textbox flickers and appears to be moved on left side]
3 Now, click on the search button "Google Search". [Again textbox
flickers and appears to move left and towards top also]
However, on today's beta branch builds on windows and linux, I do not see the
textbox move permamently to the right as was seen on yesterday's bits.
I can reproduce this problem easily. Please drop by if you would like to take a
look at this. Thanks !
I can
One more easily reproducible test is as follows:
1. Go to www.excite.com
2. Type some text in the textfield at the center of the page (on top).
3. Move mouse to the SEARCH button (observe that textfield flickers)
4. Press the SEARCH button.
5. Observe that a search results page opens up.
6. Now, just clicking the mouse in the textfield labled "SEARCH FOR" (wherein
your earlier search text is present) moves the entire row to the right by
say, two character widths.
I see this on both beta1 commercial branch bits for today (03/16) ie, windows
and linux. Will check mac build when it comes out.
marked worksforme per rickg and pdt
Ummm, guys I have the 2000031606 WinNT build (comm. beta branch build) and I see
this(on a different machine) EXACTLY as shrirang describes it in the above
comments. Seriously, it's really easy.
I just tried with RH6 Linux 2000031606 (comm. beta branch) and I see mostly the
same results. This is definetly not WFM.
Can you list the platforms for which this is still broken?
You mentioned Linux is broken. Our attempts to demonstrate the problem (at PDT)
were on Windows boxes (I think).
I should have also added...
We critically need test info for all platforms, on the *beta* branch.
Please focus on that for now.
Using the latest build from mozilla.org (non beta, I guess), I see some shifting
(about 10 pixels) of the text field on
http://search.excite.com/search.gw?search=travel when clicking into it. I'm not
seeing it on google. I'm not sure what is causing the text box flickering,
maybe buster or rods knows. Should this really be PDT+?
maybe a good time to learn how to use VerifyReflow, it might help you track down
what frames are misbehaving.
This seems to be working fine now. I'm not seeing any of the movement being
described in the original bug.
Karnaze, if you wanna set it to "Worksforme" I'll set it to verified...
Okay, Mr. Shrirang helped me out here.
It *is* still happening on today's builds. Sorry Chris. Please disregard my
last comments...
To be clear: The PDT+ was granted because the "shift" was roughly an inch, and
caused whole columns of content to be displayed "twice." If the problem is a 10
pixel shift, then we would not have IMO gone with the PDT+.
As it stands now, we are getting sooooo late in the beta1 game, that it may not
be possible to take any fix in this area. In genenal, the latest planned fixes
should be tested, approved, and landed by Sunday night. It will have to be an
incredibly terrible bug to get dispensation beyond that point.
I'd very much like to see info on this bug, and its status. I suspect we will
release note this item at this afternoon's PDT meeting, but we would like the
most up-to-date info.
Jar, I haven't spent time fixing this bug (a second time) because of the
confusion surronding it. I'm not sure that it deserves PDT+ status, just because
it used to be PDT+.
If you want me to fix this soon, then please tell me so. Otherwise, I may not
look at it for a few days.
No longer jumping on many top 100 sites with Mar20 builds. Setting to PDT-.
An incremental reflow problem.
I think this a table incremental reflow problem. Reassigning to myself.
Created attachment 8477 [details]
reduced from excite search
Buster, in the 3rd attachment the cell's block is being asked for the max
element size during an incremental reflow and it is larger than the first time
it was requested. I commented out the code in the row frame which does this and
the problem went away. Adding "block max size" to status whiteboard.
escalating based on number of effected sites.
fixed incremental calculation of preferred size in nsBlockFrame and
Marking VERIFIED FIXED on:
- MacOS9 2000-07-14-11-M17 Commercial
- Linux6 2000-07-14-21-M17 Commercial
- Win98 2000-07-14-09-M17 Commercial
Mass removing self from CC list.
Now I feel sumb because I have to add back. Sorry for the spam.


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The Japanese group said yesterday that had fallen to a net loss of ¥2bn between April and September, worse than analysts had predicted and down from ¥69.5bn a year earlier.
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The festival will include more than 3,000 hands-on activities and more than 150 stage shows. Participants also can learn about scholarships, internships, and jobs in the science and engineering fields.
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Ok thank you just wanted to double check and do you know if these need massive amounts of burn in time?
I want to buy some tips cause I lost one of S tips. I heard that lostearbuds's sony hybrid clones are very good, but I don't know what should I buy from his store?
Similar in sound but not exactly like the vsd1s is the Westone UM3X.
The Vsonics are easily obtainable via ebay and Amazon and ship quickly from China. I had to get mine that way as well.
you never said it had to be similarly priced :)
I was curious and got a pair of VSD1S. Initial first impressions are a little bit too much midbass possibly but mostly maybe not enough attack / bite / honk / upper midrange / lower treble / something 2.5 kHz+ or so. I'm still trying out different tips. For now I'm just going with a relatively shallow seal using the largest Sony Hybrids tips (pale green).
Did some quick experimenting with EQ based on the InnerFidelity raw measurements and shooting for less than diffuse field on the midrange and treble (I tried something closer to DF, but that seemed a bit too bright). Anyway, it looks like this:
Actually, the reverse of the above. i.e. a ~4 dB boost in the 2.3-4.3 kHz range, not a 4 dB cut. Slight 3 dB boost at 20 Hz, not a cut. Not really trying for much after 10 kHz, not like that contributes all too much anyway. Note that everything was eyeballed and nothing is exact here and not directly supposed to be any particular target anyway. The above image is from fudging around with the Room EQ Wizard parametric equalizer without actually, you know, having any measurements to work off of myself other than what's at IF. I need to experiment later with the boost around 7.5 kHz—that range depends a lot on the depth and seal you get, so it could be way off for me. The ~5 kHz bump is clearly the resonant frequency though and should manifest regardless, seeing as it shows in the impedance graph too.
Characteristic in the treble should be mostly similar for VSD1 too.
I applied it throughout Windows with EqualizerAPO (<- clicky). Install. Go to where it's installed, into config, and change config.txt to this:
Preamp: -8 dB Include: vsd1s_v1.txt
The vsd1s_v1.txt file has my adjustments for the above. Put a file named that and containing all these lines in the same folder that has config.txt:
Filter Settings file Room EQ V5.00 Dated: Feb 21, 2014 10:57:33 PM Notes:vsd1s slight tone-down of 3k Equaliser: Generic No measurement Filter 1: ON PK Fc 20.0 Hz Gain 3.0 dB Q 1.50 Filter 2: ON PK Fc 200 Hz Gain -1.0 dB Q 2.64 Filter 3: ON PK Fc 1,306 Hz Gain -1.0 dB Q 2.83 Filter 4: ON PK Fc 2,000 Hz Gain -0.5 dB Q 1.89 Filter 5: ON PK Fc 2,193 Hz Gain 0.7 dB Q 5.00 Filter 6: ON PK Fc 2,405 Hz Gain 1.2 dB Q 5.00 Filter 7: ON PK Fc 2,793 Hz Gain 1.9 dB Q 2.83 Filter 8: ON PK Fc 3,250 Hz Gain 1.1 dB Q 2.00 Filter 9: ON PK Fc 4,500 Hz Gain 5.3 dB Q 1.60 Filter 10: ON PK Fc 5,200 Hz Gain -5.7 dB Q 3.00 Filter 11: ON PK Fc 7,000 Hz Gain 3.7 dB Q 4.00 Filter 12: ON PK Fc 8,000 Hz Gain 3.2 dB Q 4.00 Filter 13: ON PK Fc 10,000 Hz Gain -3.0 dB Q 6.00 Filter 14: ON PK Fc 20,000 Hz Gain 3.0 dB Q 0.50 Filter 15: ON None Filter 16: ON None Filter 17: ON None Filter 18: ON None Filter 19: ON None Filter 20: ON None
Something to try and then throw away in disgust perhaps.
nice work mikaj.
Have you run a freq sweep program by ear to seee where your ear canal resonance is?
I found mine at abot 6.8khz or so depending on iem and usually adjust since it is a pretty strong peak.
Nah, I haven't really messed with stuff above 5.5 kHz too much yet or really checked closely for this set. I'm still not through with experimenting on and off with tips.
On second thought, the 7-8 kHz stuff does seem a bit much upon a check now, so I turned that down some.
VSD1 just arrived. Putting it through its paces sourced from my 2011 Macbook Air. It is already giving my JVC HA-S500 a run for its money. Mine didn't come with any foam tips, which is rather disappointing but my Sony hybrid silicone tips aren't a bad match. The rotating nozzle is a bit weird to me, but I'm sure it will settle into a good position.
Song 1: Kalopsia - QOTSA
Lots of detail in this and I feel like I didn't miss any of the intricacies between the medical equipment sounds and the overlapping instruments/beats. Even the gritty disharmony portions were quite good which is something a lot of speakers/headphones struggle with.
Song 2: Shine On You Crazy diamond: Part VI-IX - Pink Floyd
Another piece full of details as most of you probably are well aware of. Here the bass is very impactful, with the details still coming through for the most part. This is the first song I saw some room for improvement, the bass can muddle up stuff a tad but that's as critical as I can be about it. Still reproduces it fantastically.
I'm so far impressed, thank you guys for persuading me to go with the VSD1. It shall do just fine for me