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By Kiana Duncan
Have you ever wondered why upperclassmen laugh when they see freshmen going out? Well, first of all, it's because it's 40 degrees and you're wearing a skirt that looks so thin and short I'm cold just watching you. Maybe it's because you're wearing heels you clearly can't walk in. But most of all, it's because we're curled up in our sweatpants and boots, coming back from a snack trip from Prentice, thinking about all the "Criminal Minds" episodes we're going to catch up on. Makeup-free and cozy, going out to some sweaty frat house to drink crap beer is the last thing we want to do. Besides, it's a "Harry Potter Weekend" on ABC Family.
FOMO, or fear of missing out, is something just about every freshman experiences, and Lord knows I did. After Welcome Weekend was over, all I heard about was the crazy awesome parties. Despite how many got freshmen got arrested, I was still a little jealous. I didn't want to go to college and be lame. I had done a lot of fun things; I just hadn't gone out, and for some reason it made me feel bad. Everyone gets hung up on having the "typical" college experience, but there really isn't one.
Later on in the year, it starts to feel like maybe you should be going out every Thursday, until you look at your to-do list. Your online quiz that you haven't even studied for is tomorrow, and your analysis is due Sunday. However, your friends are all telling you to go out with them.
Being a huge "How I Met Your Mother" fan, I always compare it to the "Blitzgiving" episode, in which every time someone leaves the room or leaves early, something amazing happens. For example, everyone gets free beer, or all their friends have an amazing night. It's hilarious to watch, but it's also ridiculous, which is what makes it so funny. It doesn't happen like that in real life.
See, sometimes your friends will have an amazing night, but you're not going to if all you're worried about is how you're going to do on that test tomorrow. If you don't feel like putting on that dress after eating so much food from Wholly Habaneros, don't. You'll probably have a better time finishing what you have to do and watching a movie. I'm not advocating to never party, because sometimes it's awesome. Just don't feel like you have to.
You're not going to miss out on anything that hasn't happened before. You know what would have happened. You would've fought for beer against other girls, you would've danced, some frat guys would've grinded on you and then somehow Tiffany ends up crying because her ex is here. You finish the night at Rosie's eating mozzarella sticks and waffles. It would've been fun in it's own way, but that doesn't always have to be your definition of fun. This isn't high school. No one cares if you went to a party or not. It's just you and your own choice.
This doesn't just apply to going out, either; it can apply to grabbing dinner, having a movie night or anything else you have to convince yourself to stay in for. All of that stuff can wait, and who wants to sit through a movie while stressed out anyways? Don't sacrifice your education because of FOMO. My advice would be to grab a planner and mark down the big stuff you want to do: cardio kickboxing night, Thursday highlighter party, anime night, whatever it is. Then the next time someone invites you to do something and you're drowning in schoolwork, you can say no because you know you get to see them soon anyways. Besides, if you love your major, the schoolwork should be enough of a motivator.


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From Edmund Schubert's Letter From the Editor this issue:
Starting this month, IGMS will make the most recently published previous issue free on a rotating schedule. This means that from now on, during the same time that the current issue is live, the entire issue that was published right before it will be free for anyone and everyone to read. For as long as Issue 39 is the latest one out, Issue 38 will be available for free. Then when Issue 40 is published, Issue 39 will be free, and so on. You still need a subscription to read the latest issue, and you still need a subscription to have full access to our entire archive of issues and all the stories contained therein, but we believe in the authors and stories we publish and we want a wider audience to have a chance to sample them. So tell your mother, tell your best friend, tell that co-worker of yours who's a closet SF-fanatic but doesn't want the boss to know; tell everybody: free fiction from IGMS!

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By AnalyzeDirect Staff, last updated March 17, 2016
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is an inherited condition caused by a genetic fault that disrupts normal development of the kidneys. The main function of the kidneys is to filter out waste products from the blood and release them from the body as urine, ADPKD compromises this process. The final stage of the disease is characterized by abdominal pain, high blood pressure, presence of blood in the urine, urinary tract infections, and ultimately kidney failure.
ADPKD causes ongoing cyst growth that leads to progressive kidney enlargement. Despite this, measurements of kidney function remain within the normal range and stable for decades, irreversible decline only occurs in the late stages of the disease. Therefore, conventional kidney function measures cannot adequately assess disease progression in ADPKD, especially at early stages of the disease.
Total kidney volume (TKV) can be used as a suitable image biomarker to determine the degree of ADPKD progression. However, manual segmentation of the kidney is a challenging task, due to many factors including the irregular shape of the kidneys, the highly variable contrast at the interface of different tissue types, and motion artifacts caused by respiration during image acquisition.
In order to overcome these problems, scientists from Mayo Clinic developed an automated method for kidney segmentation and TKV measurement. Patient's baseline and follow-up T1 weighted MRI scans were registered, using Analyze software, to find the best overlap between the two image volumes. After registration, the software was used to determine kidney volume via stereological point counting.
The group's automatic image processing approach offers a rapid and accurate method to measure TKV that allows for robust study repeatability while removing user bias. Furthermore, the protocol has useful clinical applications as it can be applied to evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions by determining changes in kidney volume.Tags: Kidney Disease


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I'm seriously short of time these days, what with a full time job, a husband and a 2yr old. (A lot can happen in a few years huh?) But do to popular demand I will try to contine to update. Hopefully, now that my schedule won't be as crazy and I'll be spending more time in Alumni Band I'll have more material. I actually do have an interesting Band Genetics idea, but that will have to wait a bit. Until then! Here's a HUGE list of instrument jokes. (For those of you patient folks who've been waiting to see their own section.) It's linked to the trombones, but just scroll up and down, it's all there. Thanks for your many comments in the guestbook! --- 4/14/06
Symphony Orchestra
Basic personality types of your symphony orchestra.
How tokeep your Conductor in line
Or...how to get kicked out of band.
Band Wars
The Star Wars scripts re-written for band.
Trombone jokes...plus EVERYTHING else!
LOTR Band
Funny pic.
Weapons of Mass Disruption
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...
Marching Band
You know you've been in Marching Band too long when...
Ways to tell if you've been in marching band too long.
YKYBINMBTLW...part II
Another 24 indicators of too much Marching Band.
Marching to the Beat
Why some people just can't seem to stay in-step.
My Band's Dictionary
Every band has it's own dictionary where every day words go a little...weird. Here's mine.
You know you've been in Husky Band too long when...
Some ways to tell if you've been in HMB too long.
Some traditions of the Husky Marching Band.
The Band
Mulder and Scully investigate The Band.
Band Culture
One of my anthropology assignments was to record a conversation and look at it in the light of it's culture or whatever. I found it very...amusing!
Falling over in Riverdance
This was a submission sent to me a long time ago that I hadn't had time to put up. But! It does prove that I do put up things eventually! It's quite funny and anyone who's marched for a while will understand completely!
Who am I and what am I doing?!
Just a brief run down for you copyright types if you get miffed about seeing your stuff here that I haven't given you credit for. Directions for how to do this.
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Art Friday: Clarence Cole Phillips
American artist and illustrator
Best known for his stylised women on the covers of popular magazines and for his use of negative space used in adverting. Here are some examples of his use of negative space (I think they are so clever) and a couple of his magazine covers.
The painting above is my favourite, which one is yours?


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Of all the rituals and events which had plagued and incensed the murderous maiden since her return to the world of the day-walkers, none had been quite as pleasing as that which her General had bade her this morning. Though she had certainly hissed and scorned his arrival as the brim of gold split wide the blissful perfection of night's dark cloaking, she had quieted, subdued by the tethers of his rank above her own, some scant few lines of reality which she had not yet shorn; her silence had not been long lived, however, for her child master had brought her news of a hunt, one which, he claimed, anyway, she must complete.
Erebos, of course, had also told her that she could not actually kill or truly maim the man she had been sent to test herself against, for they shared the same mountainous abode; as she waits, however, with night settling down over the shoulders of the Basin, filling its vale with shadow and twilight's silver-blood glimmer, it is easy to feel the rousing of her wickedness, curling, unfurling, inside her pale breast. It is simple and pleasant to imagine blood and the sound of breaking bone, to hear within her mind the shuddering, wet dismay of one's last, bloodied breaths.
She giggles, the sound trailing away from her, down her rise, and through the evening silence.
Perhaps she has missed him, she thinks, too many eager to walk the halls of sunlight and radiance, shunning the black comfort of Lady Night. Beloved knows, though, that the heat does not often reach into the dark belly of these hours, and that for that, alone, it is worthy of fighting of the sleep which steals most common men. If she has missed the man, she also thinks, she will find him where he sleeps, and run him through, the battle won before his eyes could widen in surprise…
[ Summary: In the heart of the Basin at the top of a sloping rise, during the first hour of night. Beloved stands with her back to the lake, facing west.
You are welcome to the first attack! Thanks for sparring with me. <3 ]
die like God, on the cover of time
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SoftLock.coms name change reflects the companys increased focus on
helping content publishers maximize the sale of rights-protected digital
content. Digital Goods offers publishers a blend of DRM technology, interactive
marketing services, and strategic advice.
According to the company, the Digital Goods symbola sphere traveling
into expanding concentric ringsportrays the viral marketing effects of
the companys Passa-long technology, a patented system that turns friend-to-friend
content sharing into a sales channel. SoftLock.com was an early entrant
in the DRM arena, and its technology protects digital content through a
patented encryption method while managing the permissions and use of copyrighted
material. Over the past 6 months, SoftLock.com has intensified its focus
on the online marketing of secure digital content.
Jonathan Schull, founder and chief scientist at Digital Goods, said:
SoftLock made digital products sellable; Digital Goods makes them sell.
From day one, Digital Goods will lead the industry in digital content marketing.
In response to publisher requests, we have developed a suite of digital
content marketing tools that give us a variety of solutions to help content
publishers place rightsprotected content at consumer touch points.
DRM Version 3.0
According to the company, version 3.0 of its DRM service offers digital
content providers a highly scalable solution for the distribution of secure
digital content. The widespread use of XML as a core technology in version
3.0 allows content providers to integrate their business and e-commerce
services with Digital Goods content hosting, security, and marketing services.
Dynamic Content Locking, a key feature of version 3.0, enables digital
content to be packaged, secured, and distributed in real time and allows
consumers to order digital documents that are customized to their interests,
packaged on the fly, and delivered within seconds. According to the announcement,
this technology lets content providers focus on maintaining their content
database rather than on the production and distribution of the final packaged
Version 3.0 also allows users to conduct digital content marketing (DCM)
through integration points that deliver content offers to consumers through
affiliate retailers, search engines, registration, and contextual mapping.
DCM provides the tools to market, distribute, and sell premium digital
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In addition, version 3.0 offers enhanced Passalong technology. Passalong
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Digital Goods new digital content marketing initiative provides a
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Reciprocal is helping to bring more and more publishers to the online
distribution market, said John Schwarz, Reciprocals president and CEO.
Our part-nership with Digital Goods means that Reciprocals customers
can now take immediate advantage of one of the most sophisticated viral
marketing networks available and remain comfortable about their copyright
Source: Digital Goods, Maynard, MA, 978/461-5940; http://www.digitalgoods.com.


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End of the Month Approaches
There are only two days left to donate for the May picture. I will have the sample up sometime today. Thanks for donating!
May Announcements
New Bundle Special and Printed Comic Discount
Since we're getting further and further away from 2012 and I find there are a number of monthly pictures that some fans have missed, I've decided to do the 5 picture bundle as a perminant donation option to allow people to 'catch up' as it were. So now you can get any 5 pictures from 2012 for a minimum donation of $25 USD. Also, we've reduced the price on the printed comics as well. This will be a perminant thing moving forward. Enjoy!
May Picture
The May picture will be two dragons with Amo riding one of them (actually riding). The Dragons will be the Tarecgosa's Visage and the Sandstone Drake. It's been a few months since we've had a dragon picture =). I also hope to have the sample picture up much sooner this month.
Please Vote for us:
Sample Picture is Up
The April sample picture is up on our donations page: Have a look. Sorry for the delay and thanks for donating!


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Sorenth Gorender, nicknamed Happy, was a vampire and a lower-ranked member of the Night Masters, the cabal of vampires who led the Night Masks. He was also owner and bartender of the Purple Lady festhall.[1]
Sorenth was a man with a handsome face and long, gently curling blond hair that hung to his shoulders. He loved his hair, and usually tied it in a ponytail with a ribbon in keeping with his dress that night. He almost always smiled.[1]
Sorenth maintained an air of elegance and charm, always sociable, friendly, and courteous. Even when he was angry, his manners were perfect. He thus seemed very trustworthy.[1]
Sorenth was the owner and bartender of the Purple Lady, a top-quality festhall in Westgate. Even before his recruitment to the Night Masks, he was a master blackmailer, using the so-called Purple Ladies to acquire information for blackmail. The vampire Orbakh specifically chose him to be his main link to the city's criminal underworld, and made him a vampire and a Night Mask.[1]
Sorenth supervised the blackmailing operations of the guild, and collected information through the Purple Ladies. The unsuspecting upper-class patrons of the Purple Lady—mostly jaded nobles and merchants after a thrill or company above their station—grew intoxicated or infatuated with the lovely Ladies of the festhall and divulged confidences and secrets. They then became victims of Sorenth's blackmail; most paid up. The few who resisted he reported to the Twilight Knight for intimidation and beatings. Happy Sorenth avoided getting his hands dirty.[1]
Thanks to his trade, nobody suspected his illicit activities or his vampiric transformation. His building was perfect for secretly meeting with this agents, who passed disguised as delivery-folk, crafts-folk, merchants, patrons, and others. The late working hours meant he could remain nocturnal. He also satiated his thirst by "drinking" from his Purple Ladies.[1]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Sean K. Reynolds, Jason Carl (November 2001). Lords of Darkness. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 43. ISBN 0-7869-1989-2.


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Rachel Roberts with Environmental Health students Rachael Bright, Lucy Parker and Abbie O'Sullivan.
Students and staff across Cardiff Met are celebrating Go Green Week with a huge range of events and activities.
Now in its fifth year at Cardiff Met, Go Green Week is People and Planet's annual week of action on climate change that takes place in universities, schools and colleges across the UK. Back in November, the university was ranked top university in Wales in the People and Planet League 2016 and was placed fourth out of 150 universities in the UK.
The week is designed to engage, inform and inspire the university's staff and students about environmental and sustainability issues.
Emma Robson from Cardiff Digs is running a 'Love Food Hate Waste' session to provide tips on reducing food waste, including how to engage with others and passing on the message.
Green City Events, a local community group, are holding their first monthly workshop about urban gardening and growing city crops whilst the Students' Union is working with Keep Wales Tidy to organise a litter pick around the Llandaff Campus.
Academic staff and postgraduate students are holding a range of talks with topics including 'What can building performance learn from the atmosphere of Saturday Night Fever?' by Cardiff School of Art and Design's Dr John Littlewood.
There was also a big presence in the School of Management with a selection of stalls featuring free bike MOTs by South Wales Police and YMCA clothes recycling.
Rachel Roberts, Environmental Performance Manager at Cardiff Met said: "I would like to thank everyone for taking part in this year's Go Green Week – our biggest and best yet.
"This year is all about encouraging students and staff to consider the environment in all the choices they make day-to-day and I hope we will be enormously successful in doing so."
For more information for students and staff, please visit: https://tsr.cardiffmet.ac.uk/Pages/Go-Green-Week-2017!.aspx


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Plot Summary:Secret Agent Malcolm Grant has just awoken from a black and white nightmare
world, where he is a man searching for his kidnapped son, to find a world
overrun by zombies. He learns that he is part of a top-secret program
created to unlock the memories of a man who may be responsible for the
worlds end. But when his boss turns up with a bullet hole through his head,
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Welcome to a stunning Iowa example of Victorian Elegance! It's been over 23 years since I first fell in love with the wonderful (previously dilapidated) Victorian house that is now the Blue Belle Inn B&B and Tea House in Saint Ansgar. Although I do my best to keep up with the times, I think part of the Blue Belle Inn's charm is that it has remained a restorative oasis where guests can relax and enjoy good, old-fashioned food, fun and hospitality.
No matter what the season, there are all kinds of reasons to visit the Blue Belle Inn! Here are a few things I love about my B&B and Tea House in the fall:
- Maple trees in red and orange
- Seasoned pork and Parmesan stuffed pumpkins
- Bumbleberry pie with apples
- Blueberries and raspberries
- Our front porch swing
- Hunter Schnitzel on homemade Spaetzle Noodles for Oktoberfest
- Walls of ivy and grapevines
- Potato cheese soup
- Honeycrisp apples murder mystery dinners, warm days and cool nights
- Fresh herbs, tomatoes and raspberries from our garden and the flurry of harvest all around.
Speaking of some of my favorite things - our Murder Mystery Dinners definitely top the list. Here are the upcoming events we are hosting:
- The Hills Are Alive - Um, Make That Dead - With the Sound of Silence. A murder mystery spoof of "The Sound of Music" and "Sister Act." - October 24 & 25
- Mama Mia That's a Smelly Cat. Featuring Mama and Eunice from the Carol Burnett Show and Monica and Phoebe from Friends when they appear on the show, Wife Swap. - November 14 & 15
To view our current specials and events for the upcoming months, please visit our blog at Blue Belle Inn Blog our website at Blue Belle Inn Website, or our Facebook page at Blue Belle Inn Facebook Page.
To sign up for our quarterly email newsletter, or make a reservation, please call 641-713-3113, or email email@example.com.
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Postdoctoral Future Faculty Fellow, Northeastern University
Kylie Bemis is a Postdoctoral Future Faculty Fellow in the College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University. She holds a B.S. degree in Statistics and Mathematics, a M.S. degree in Applied Statistics, and a Ph.D. in Statistics from Purdue University. In 2013, she interned at the Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection, where she developed the Cardinal software package for statistical analysis of mass spectrometry imaging experiments. In 2015, she was awarded the John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award by the American Statistical Association for her work on Cardinal. In 2016, she joined the Olga Vitek lab for Statistical Methods for Studies of Biomolecular Systems at Northeastern University as a postdoctoral fellow.
While at Purdue University, Kylie Bemis served as president of the Purdue chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) and secretary of the Native American Student Association (NASA). She is active in outreach to the Native American and LGBTQ communities. She is an enrolled member of the Zuni tribe, and her hobbies include writing fiction and poetry.
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Job Title: Bindery Supervisor
Department: Bindery
Supervisor Title: Plant Manager
Job Purpose and Reporting Structure: Responsible for all work performed in the bindery. Manage production in the department; responsible for productivity, quality, timeliness, and cost control of work in the bindery. Assign work and give instructions to personnel. Plan, organize, influence and control issues related to efficient bindery processes and effective personnel. Work cooperatively with all production supervisors and customer service/sales personnel.
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following.
- Review and plan scheduling with management and sales personnel to assure that the product is produced according to customer needs.
- Attend daily production meeting each morning.
- Manage all work as it proceeds through the bindery. Schedule the work flow through the department to assure promptness and control costs. Makes assignments, give instructions pertaining to a job and answer questions department personnel have about their work. Consult with the Plant Manager when necessary to answer work related questions.
- Provide on-the-job training in specified circumstances.
- Responsible for the control of loss and spoilage in the department. Emphasize the need for quality in the work performed and spot check the work done by the department personnel.
- Order supplies for department as needed...
- Determine the need for acquiring temporary help for hand work.
- Schedule time for routine maintenance.
- Work closely with human resource manager on HR issues, including but not limited to: hiring, promotion and termination issues.
- Provide regular feedback to employees throughout the year, and complete annual written performance reviews with all bindery employees.
- Schedule vacations in the department.
- Responsible for scheduling of work to be done by outside bindery venders.
- Keep abreast of new methods, processes and procedures in order to keep up-to-date. Recommend changes or improvement in equipment.
- Is consulted in estimating jobs.
- /enforce all company rules and policies consistently; especially regarding safety devices & procedures.
- Perform duties in accordance with all federal, state, local and company rules.
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactory. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
Education and/or Experience: Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in a print bindery. Exhibit the continuing desire for personnel growth, development of leadership and managerial abilities; good communication skills.
Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend basic instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to effectively communicate with other employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
Reasoning Ability: Employee must have strong problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills. The supervisor must have the ability to prioritize effectively in scheduling work through the department.
Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to supervise and train employees. The employee must have a high tolerance for stress and pressure.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are a representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes and airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; and vibration.


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I've been waiting to post this cake because the tutorial for it was being published in the July 2014 ICES Newsletter. The newsletter has just been released so I'm happy to share the cake with you now!
Tag Archives: pink
Whimsical 50th Birthday Cake
All too often, adults don't celebrate their birthdays with cake. This is a big problem (at least if you ask us)! But when we adults do celebrate, we celebrate in a big way! 30th, 40th, and 50th birthdays are huge!
We recently sat down with Brenda to design her own 50th birthday cake. She hadn't had a birthday party in…well, a loooooooong time…so she fully sketched out her cake before we even met to design it!
She wanted fun, funky, colorful, and sparkly! And here's what she got:
Minnie Mouse Pink & Black Birthday Cake
Minnie Mouse is all the rage with toddler girls! And the pink and black birthday parties are so cute!
One of Mel's daughter's friends turned 2 recently with a Minnie Mouse-themed party. They gave Mel full artistic license to design Gianna's cake and here's what she came up with:
Hungry Caterpillar Cake for Icing Smiles
We are proud supporters of Icing Smiles, a nonprofit organization that provides custom celebration cakes and other treats to families impacted by the critical illness of a child. Basically, a family applies to receive a special celebration cake, and bakers volunteer to do the cake for FREE! It's really an amazing program – especially considering how many bakers willingly devote their time and resources to make others smile.
We have had the opportunity to bake 2 cakes for Icing Smiles and the most recent one was for an Hungry Caterpillar party. Fun! The family asked for vanilla cake with strawberry cream filling, but left the design completely up to us. Here's what we created for baby Eleanor who was turning 1:
2013 ICES Certification Exam
In early August, Melanie shut down the bakery, loaded up the car, and headed to Kentucky to take a rigorous 8-hour skills exam called the Certification Exam. The exam is hosted by the International Cake Exploration Society (ICES) in an effort to encourage its members to "develop their talents in the sugar arts, acquire new sugar art skills, and strive for excellence in cake decorating." The candidates are vying for the prestigious titles of Certified Master Sugar Artist (CMSA) or Certified Sugar Artist, but the process doesn't start when the clock starts…no, no…it starts at least 1 year prior to the exam!
Over a year ago, Melanie registered to take the exam in Kentucky, and over the last 8 months, she has been perfecting her "Plan" for the exam. Each candidate has to carefully plan which skills they will perform during the exam, where the skills will be placed on the display pieces, etc. It doesn't sound very difficult, but don't underestimate the trickery involved with choosing your 8 best skills and incorporating them into an aesthetic cake design. There is a fine balance between showing your talent and going way overboard (and wasting time) too.
The candidates must write up their plan and submit it to the adjudicators for approval. While the adjudicators are there to help the candidates, they can only do so much. During the approval process, they help ensure the candidates are following all the rules so they are not disqualified and offer some advice where they can. But they can not tell from a drawing and description if the work displayed will be up to CMSA standards or not have quite enough detail for certification to be awarded. That, my friends, is up to the candidate.
So when August finally arrives, the candidates have practiced and thought the exam through until they can do their skills with their eyes closed (or at least, that's the ideal situation). They load their vehicles and head to the exam location, which moves each year.
Melanie, her husband Adam, and their 4-month-old baby Hailee drove the 12 hours to Lexington, KY and arrived one day prior to the exam. These are the cakes Melanie created during the exam:
Pink & Grey Damask Wedding Cake
99% of the time, we sit down with the bride and/or groom to design their wedding cake from the inside (flavors), out (decorations). However, we are sometimes contacted by out-of-town brides and design the cake via email or phone conversations.
In July, Ashley and Juan drove from Georgia to get married in St. Petersburg. The reception was held at the Parkshore Grill, and Ashley asked us to create her wedding cake. She sent us a photo of a cake she liked and some samples of her wedding colors, and we took it from there!
Frog Princess Birthday Party!
Who doesn't love a fairy tale frog & princess theme for a little girl's birthday party??? Kate's Mommy gave us free reign to decorate the cake however we wanted so Mel iced the cake in two different shades of pink buttercream. The cake was topped with an edible tiara, and an edible star wand sat in front of the cake.
Baby Shower Cookies for Twin Girls!
Piggy Birthday Party
We know we've said this before, but we love when someone comes to us with a clear vision of what they want their cake to look like. Then again….we also like when a person gives us complete artistic freedom make the cake look "awesome." So I guess it can go either way! But this time, Mikayla was turning 8 and knew exactly what she wanted.
She sent us a picture of a cake she liked:
(Note, this is not our cake. We are not sure where this cake was made. If you know, tell us so we can properly credit the artist.)
Cute, huh?! But it's no fun to just copy someone else's cake so we asked Mikayla how she wanted to personalize it. She decided to add a teal hair bow, a pearl necklace, some teal shoes, and her name written in the mud. So creative!
"Oinkity oink oink oink!!!" Oh, you don't speak Piggy? How about Pig Latin? "Appy-hay irthday-bay, ikayla-may!"
Yo Gabba Gabba 2nd Birthday Cake
Last year, we made Eva's 1st birthday cake with zebra print and whimsical, brightly colored flowers. So we knew when Eva's Mom contacted us for her 2nd birthday cake, it would be another fun one!
This year, they wanted a cake that centered around the Yo Gabba Gabba TV show on Nick Jr. Mel watched a few episodes for "research." That is one silly, off-the-wall show…
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The first episode in the third season of the Emmy-nominated "The Hook-Up with Brandon Steiner," will premiere on YES Network on Tuesday, July 19th at 11pm ET, following the New York Yankees postgame show. The episode will feature two New York Yankees icons, Mariano Rivera and Goose Gossage and is presented by Preferred Home Care of New York.
Brandon Steiner explores the remarkable humanitarian power of sports by helping out sports fans with extraordinary stories with the help of some of the most notable athletes he's met throughout his career.
In this episode, Steiner partnered with Preferred Home Care of New York to return to the Hebrew Home at Riverdale by RiverSpring Health to give residents and their families a place to relax, socialize, and enjoy watching a game. With a bar, a pool table, arcade games, plenty of TVs, and of course Steiner Sports memorabilia, the viewing experience at "The Dugout" is top of the line. Guest host Goose Gossage was on hand to reveal the renovated space to the residents with the help of Yellow Tail Wines, Bronx Brewery and Original New York Seltzer.
Then, Steiner visits Hamilton Elementary School in Mt. Vernon, New York, where due to budget cuts, their library was cut in half--literally! A wall was put up to make more space for classrooms and offices. With the help of Mariano Rivera and Robison Oil with Co-President David Singer on-hand, Steiner was able to give the remaining space the facelift it deserves. Tri County Office Furniture stepped in to donate new furniture for the library and Monroe College also provided assistance and HP came with a special surprise.
Reading helped Mariano Rivera master the English language, and he knows how important it is to have a place in a school dedicated to doing just that. Watch the episode on YES Network to find out what Rivera surprised the school with to enhance the students' experience in the library!
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Hadith Explanation
Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: "He is not one of us who calls for asabiyyah, (tribalism/nationalism) or who fights for asabiyyah, or who dies for asabiyyah." [Abu Dawud]
On one occasion during the time of the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam), a party of Jews conspired to bring about disunity in the ranks of the Muslims after seeing the Aus and Khazraj harmonious with each other within Islam. A youth from among them was sent to incite remembrance of the battle of Bu'ath, where the Aus had been victorious over the Khazraj. He recited poetry to stir their feelings, remind them of their past differences, and bring about division between them. As a result there was a call to arms. When the news reached the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) he said, "O Muslims, remember Allah, remember Allah. Will you act as pagans while I am present among you, after Allah has guided you to Islam, and honoured you thereby and made a clean break with paganism; delivered you thereby from disbelief; and made you friends thereby?" When they heard this they wept and embraced each other. [The Roots of Nationalism In The Muslim World]
Islam is a religion that abhors racism, ethnicism, tribalism, and its newer version, nationalism. Differences of language, colour, cuisine and accent were meant to add flavour to life, not to be used to ridicule or fight each other. The past couple of centuries have seen wars between different ethnic groups on a scale unprecedented before. The rise of nationalism has resulted in bitter conflict between groups that had lived for centuries in harmony. It has set the world on fire and resulted in pandaemonium.
While Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) has prohibited nationalism, Muslims are killing one another and aiding non-Muslims to kill their brothers and sisters in Islam, in the name of saving their own "country". This is despite the fact that such "countries" have no legitimacy in Allah's eyes for the reasons that 1) in none of these is Allah's law held wholly superior to man made law, and 2) there is only one country to which all Muslims belong, i.e. Dar-ul-Islam. Muslims, for thirteen centuries were one bloc, under one leadership, in the name of Allah (subhana wa ta'ala). When you cut an elephant into 100 pieces you don't get one hundred elephants, instead you get a bloody mess. Incited against each other using nationalism, this is what the Muslim Ummah has become.


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Police corruption and reform high on conference agenda | Irish Examiner
Police corruption and reform high on conference agenda | Irish Examiner,Prof Walsh said: "It is still the case, for example, that standing orders covering all aspects of Garda management and practices are not publicly accessible. The same applies to the existence and contents of Garda policies. For as long as such basic information is kept secret, transparent governance and accountability will remain elusive and the Garda will continue to be one of the most secretive police forces in the Western world." ?


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Head coach Mike Krzyzewski—beginning his final international tournament—will unveil a new-look roster, with Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant the only holdovers from the 2012 gold medal-winning team, and Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, DeMarcus Cousins and DeMar DeRozan returning from the 2014 World Cup champion squad. The U.S. enters the Rio tournament as favored as ever, despite missing LeBron James, Stephen Curry and several of its biggest names.
Argentina is led by Manu Ginobili, who is preparing for what will surely be his final Olympic Games. Luis Scola and former NBAer Andres Nocioni help round out the roster.
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Sunday, July 24, at 8 p.m. ET USA Men's National Team vs. China
Tuesday, July 26, at 10 p.m. ET USA Men's National Team vs. China
Friday, July 29, at 9 p.m. ET USA Men's National Team vs. Venezuela
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Halloween Fun with a Newborn
Is your little one just a bit too little to go door to door collecting mounds of candy this Halloween? Don't miss out on all the spooky fun, there is still plenty of ways to celebrate Halloween with a newborn.
What to do with a newborn for Halloween?
Before the most haunted 'eve of the year rolls around, start getting into the Halloween spirit by making some spooky decorations. This collection of hand and footprint crafts is the perfect skill level for your little one, and they serve as a great keepsake!
As Halloween gets closer, look out for age appropriate activities that may be happening in your community. Many zoos host some sort of Halloween bash, where the older kids can walk around collecting treats and the younger kids can enjoy the animals, and the fun costumes the workers dress up in.
Some communities may even host a local children's festival or some sort of trick-or-treat event in a retirement home to brighten the residents' day. Find out what may be going on in your community, and pick the activity that works best for you and your baby.
Just because they won't be trick-or-treating doesn't mean your little one shouldn't dress up! One of the best parts of Halloween is seeing all of the adorable baby costumes. If you're part of a mommy and me group, think about inviting some of the moms and babies over for a Halloween party. It might be just a glorified playdate, but everyone will look so cute in their costumes and Halloween themed treats can be served to add to the festivities.
If your little one looks too cute to keep at home, stop by friends and family's houses to pick up a little treat and show off your baby's costume. Your newborn may be too young to enjoy candy, but not too young to enjoy a stroller ride around the neighborhood while big brother or sister is collecting candy. This is a great way for the whole family to enjoy some Halloween fun together.
Even just staying in and having your little one as a companion while handing out candy is the perfect excuse for you both to dress up, and have the trick-or-treaters ogle at the cuteness of your costumes.
If you decide that Halloween may be a bit overwhelming this year for baby, then take a night off from the ghoulish celebrations and have a cozy night at home. Your family can enjoy Halloween movies stories, or even a spooky dinner without overwhelming the little one. If you think the doorbell or the constant knocking of trick-or-treaters may bother baby, then make sure to leave a bowl of candy and a note encouraging trick-or-treaters to take one on the front porch.
Halloween can be a busy and overwhelming holiday, but your little one shouldn't have to miss out on the fun because of their age. Try out some of these newborn friendly Halloween ideas, and let the fun begin!


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After all, we see it every day in gyms across America not only among elite athletes but even among average gym users who are looking for quick results. Thats whats so scary. Athletes who use PEDs make up only a small fraction of the 3 MILLION PED users according to a Scientific Statement released yesterday by the Endocrine Society . In fact, the pervasiveness of PED use now exceeds Type 1 Diabetes and HIV infection. There is a widespread misperception that PED use is safe or that adverse effects are manageable, according to Shalender Bhasin , MD, Director, Research Program in Mens Health, Aging, and Metabolism, at the Brigham and Womens Hospital , and chair of the task force that developed the statement. The truth is, PED use has been linked to increased risk of death and a wide variety of cardiovascular, psychiatric, metabolic, renal, and musculoskeletal disorders. There have been increasing numbers of young bodybuilders dying of heart attacks but the bodybuilding community remains in constant denial with the excuse that there is no proof that steroids were the cause. Sorry, but that just doesn't fly. To be sure, there is no absolute connection between check this out steroids and heart attacks but, then, what is the absolute cause of ANY heart attack? Can anyone say definitively what causes anyone to die of a heart attack?
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For several days a week during the summer, a handful of Kansas State University faculty and students took a couple-dozen dairy cattle to a small paddock north of the Manhattan, Kan., campus for some exercise — early-morning, get-your-heart-pumping exercise for the cows.
"We are doing a project where we are looking at the effect of exercise on heat stress in dairy cattle," said Tim Rozell, a professor of animal sciences and industry. "This is a real problem for dairy animals; they have a lot of struggles when it gets hot out, and we have hot summers in Kansas."
Project technician Phil Steichen, a teaching associate in the animal sciences and industry department, and the rest of the team have built a circular exercise device with moving panels that gently keep the animals on their walking routine.
The project includes: a control group that doesn't exercise, a low-intensity exercise group that walks at a slow pace for an extended period of time and some heifers that receive high-intensity, interval-type training with alternating periods of fast and slower walking at increasing rates, Rozell said.
Ashley Rhodes, teaching associate professor in Kansas State's Division of Biology, and Abi Wilson, master's student in biology from Alpharetta, Ga., take weekly measurements of the cattle, monitoring their weight, taking blood samples and tracking their heart rate before and during exercise.
"At the beginning and end of each trial, we take muscle biopsies," Wilson said. "We are looking at specific enzymes, hormones and any changes in the skeletal muscle that may enhance their tolerance to heat, pregnancy rates and milk production."
Muscle characteristics are being evaluated in a collaborative effort with John Gonzalez, an assistant professor of animal sciences and industry.
"If we improve these heifers' fitness, we hope that they can tolerate the heat much better," Wilson said. "Therefore, farmers can yield higher reproductive rates and greater milk production rates."
Rozell said the connection with the university's Division of Biology is a good one. Rhodes has had an interest in the physiology of heat stress in wildlife and its increased severity because of global climate change. Dairy cattle serve as a model for heat stress in other large animals.
Rozell said the university has conducted similar research trials for three years. Preliminary results from earlier tests conducted by Jessica Johnson, who was a doctoral student in animal science at the time and is now a teaching assistant professor of biology, show that cattle that exercise regularly spend less time in an elevated temperature, so they are less susceptible to the negative effects of hot days.
"We see increased protein in milk from exercised cattle," Rozell said. "Last year, for example, we exercised pregnant heifers up to three weeks before they underwent parturition, and even 15 weeks or so into milk production, we saw increased protein in their milk, elevated lactose and other improvements in milk production."
The exercise routines for the high-intensity group are similar to those followed by athletes.
"We've used a lot of human research in developing our exercise protocols," Rozell said. "We've looked at something called lactate threshold in dairy cattle. We know about where they switch over their metabolic system from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism, so we are trying to exercise them around that point, and that's based on human research."
Now that the team has shown that exercise has positive effects on heat stress and milk production, Rozell said the university is moving toward developing recommendations that would help dairy producers incorporate sensible exercise protocols for their own herds.
The project has received funding from the Livestock & Meat Industry Council, the Kansas Dairy Commission and the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station.


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Basic Accounts and Basic Accounting Equation
As discussed in our previous accounting topic, Accounting is always associated with the term "Debit" and "Credit". Accounting is always known to deal with "balancing" the account debits and credits. This mean that the total debits should always equal to the total credits. Because of this, Accounting in modern times means the use of double-entry system which means that the debit and credit effect of the transaction is recorded and accounted for. But what is actually a debit and what is a credit? A debit is actually the left-hand side entry of an account while the credit is the right-hand side entry of an account. In order for us to gain full understanding, we have to discuss about the Accounts which is grouped into the 2 main account grouping per financial statement accounts:
Balance Sheet Accounts – composed of 3 main accounts with brief description below. Also in order for you to understand fully the accounting equation, the following financial information is given for Sample Company:
Total Assets = S$500,000.00
Total Liabilities = S$150,000.00
Total Equity = S$350,000.00
- Assets – are resources which are owned by the business entity. Take note that in order for it to be an asset, the business entity should have ownership to the resources. If the company have no ownership to it, then it is not considered as an asset to the entity. This holds true even if the company keeps the asset. This includes cash, cash equivalents, inventories for items held for sale, accounts and notes receivable, prepaid expenses, property and equipment, office furniture and equipment, investments and other assets. Assets are best expressed in the accounting equation: Assets = Capital plus Liabilities
S$500,000.00 of Assets = S$150.000 Liabilities plus S$350,000.00 Equity
- Liabilities – are payables or financial obligations of the business entity to other business entity in exchange for resources which could be in the form of assets or rendering services. Liabilities are expressed in the accounting equation: Liabilities = Assets minus Equity
S$150,000.00 = S$500,000.00 Assets Minus S$350,000.00 Equity
- Equity – in a new business that is just setup, equity could mean the amount invested by the owner or owners in starting up the business. However, as the business continue its operations, equity is the residual interest in the entity's assets after deducting all its liabilities. Equity is expressed in the accounting equation: Equity = Assets minus Liabilities
S$350,000.00 = S$500,000.00 Assets minus S$150,000 Liabilities
Income Statement Accounts – composed of the following:
- Income – which is also referred to as revenue means increases in economic benefits during the accounting period in the form of inflows or enhancements of assets or decreases of liabilities. These increases in turn have the effect of increasing the equity. However, you must remember that contributions or additional contributions from owners for equity do not quality as an income.
- Expenses – are decreases in economic benefits during the accounting period in the form of outflows or depletions of assets or incurrences of liabilities that result in decreases in equity. However, you must remember that withdrawals or distributions of equity among owners does not mean expenses to the business entity.
The next topics will discuss these accounts in more detail with simplified explanation keep yourself posted on the upcoming topics.


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Niftylift - A Potted History
For all those of you who'd like to know a little about how Niftylift began and some of the landmarks along the way, here is a potted history of Niftylift
1985: Niftylift Ltd. was established in a garden shed, in Bedfordshire, England by Roger Bowden1985: The first product, Nifty 120, a simple, lightweight 12 metre trailer mount was the first machine to be designed and manufactured and is still in production today.
1988: Niftylift to Milton Keynes, where the first self-propelled machine, the Height Rider 10 (HR10), was designed and manufactured.
1994: Niftylift moved to its purpose built headquarters in Stonebridge, Milton Keynes where manufacturing continues to take place today.
1995: Niftylift has developed a worldwide network of dedicated dealers; opened a subsidiary, Nifty Inc, in the USA; a high-tech, advanced steel fabrication facility in South Yorkshire; and a dedicated R&D centre in Milton Keynes.
2002-4: Niftylift introduce the HR15 4x4 and HR17 4x4 to market and a range of 21 m products.
2006: Niftylift Inc move into their office in Greer, South Carolina USA. Niftylift Hoyland is established, a high-tech advanced steel fabrication facility in South Yorkshire.
2009: The patented SiOPS Safety system and Hybrid Drive system innovations were introduced to the market.
2012: Niftylift receives the first Royal visit from HRH Prince Andrew, The Duke of York.
2012: The Design and Development team are moved into a new site at Rooksley Milton Keynes to allow for further development and Production lines
2013: Niftylift receive the highest accolade of awards, achieving two Queen's Awards for Enterprise in the Innovation and International Trade categories. The awards were presented by the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher.
2014: Construction of a new manufacturing facility is agreed to start work at Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes.
2015: The official Opening of Shenley Wood takes place and Niftylift celebrate the company's 30th Anniversary.


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Numerical Integration
Note: the old version of this page is here: Old Numerical Integration
Numerical integration constitutes a broad family of algorithms for calculating the numerical value of a definite integral. This the backbone of physics simulations because it allows calculation of velocity and position from forces (and therefore acceleration) applied to a rigid body.
- 1 Criteria
- 2 Integrator Order
- 3 Euler Integration
- 5 Newton-Stormer-Verlet (NSV) / Symplectic Euler / Euler–Cromer algorithm
- 6 Basic Verlet/Velocity Verlet
- 7 Improved Euler/Trapezoidal/Bilinear/Predictor-Corrector/Heun
- 8 Runge Kutta 4
- 9 Performance Comparison
- 10 Detailed comparison
- 11 Summary
In realtime simulations, the most important integrator criteria are performance, stability, and accuracy. Performance refers to how long it takes to perform the integration for a given timestep. Stability refers to how well the integrator copes with stiff constraints such as high spring constants before errors becomes unacceptably large. Accuracy refers to how well the integrator matches the expected result.
Integrator Order
The order of a numerical integrator is a convenient way to approximate the accuracy of an integrator. All integrators presented here have an order of at least one, which means that they eventually converge to the correct solution if the timestep is small enough. First order methods converge to the exact solution in a linear relation to the timestep. Higher order methods converge to the correct solution in a power relation to the timestep.
Euler Integration
The Euler method is a first order numerical procedure for solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs) with a given initial value. It is the most basic explicit method for numerical integration for ordinary differential equations.
real a = system.GetAcceleration(state); state.x += state.v * dt; state.v += a * dt;
The "suvat" method takes its name from the variables in the equations of motion. This is a first order method that is very similar to the Euler method. The only difference is the addition of an acceleration term to the equation for the change in position.
real a = system.GetAcceleration(state); state.x += state.v * dt + a*dt*dt*0.5; state.v += a * dt;
Newton-Stormer-Verlet (NSV) / Symplectic Euler / Euler–Cromer algorithm
The Euler–Cromer algorithm or symplectic Euler method or Newton-Stormer-Verlet (NSV) method is a modification of the Euler method for solving Hamilton's equations, a system of ordinary differential equations that arises in classical mechanics. It is a symplectic integrator, which is a class of geometric integrators that is especially good at simulations of systems of undamped oscillators. Due to this property, it preserves energy better than the standard Euler method and so is often used in simulations of orbital mechanics. It is a first order integrator.
real a = system.GetAcceleration(state); state.v += a * dt; state.x += state.v * dt;
Basic Verlet/Velocity Verlet
Verlet integration is a numerical integration method originally designed for calculating the trajectories of particles in molecular dynamics simulations. The velocity verlet variant directly calculates velocity. It is a second order integrator. Unfortunately, this method is unsuitable for simulations where the acceleration is dependent on velocities, such as with a damper. The modified verlet variant below uses some tricks to try to get around this limitation, but this method will only provide first-order accuracy.
if (!have_oldaccel) oldaccel = system.GetAcceleration(state); state.x += state.v*dt + 0.5*oldaccel*dt*dt; state.v += 0.5*oldaccel*dt; real a = system.GetAcceleration(state); state.v += 0.5*a*dt; oldaccel = a; have_oldaccel = true;
Improved Euler/Trapezoidal/Bilinear/Predictor-Corrector/Heun
The so-call "Improved Euler" method, also known as the trapezoidal or bilinear or predictor/corrector or Heun Formula method, is a second order integrator.
STATE predictor(state); predictor.x += state.v * dt; predictor.v += system.GetAcceleration(state) * dt; STATE corrector(state); corrector.x += predictor.v * dt; corrector.v += system.GetAcceleration(predictor) * dt; state.x = (predictor.x + corrector.x)*0.5; state.v = (predictor.v + corrector.v)*0.5;
Runge Kutta 4
The Runge–Kutta methods are an important family of implicit and explicit iterative methods for the approximation of solutions of ordinary differential equations. The Runge Kutta 4 (or RK4) is a well-known fourth-order explicit Runge Kutta algorithm. The code snippet shown below is high level, and the actual implementation is a bit more complicated. Note that the evaluate() function calls the system's acceleration function.
DERIVATIVE a = evaluate(state, 0, DERIVATIVE(), system); DERIVATIVE b = evaluate(state, dt*0.5, a, system); DERIVATIVE c = evaluate(state, dt*0.5, b, system); DERIVATIVE d = evaluate(state, dt, c, system);
const float dxdt = 1.0/6.0 * (a.dx + 2.0*(b.dx + c.dx) + d.dx); const float dvdt = 1.0/6.0 * (a.dv + 2.0*(b.dv + c.dv) + d.dv);
state.x = state.x + dxdt*dt; state.v = state.v + dvdt*dt;
Performance Comparison
In most simulations, calculation of the system's acceleration function is computationally very expensive. Therefore, we can rank the integrators by how many times they evaluate the system's acceleration function:
|Evaluations of the Acceleration Function
|Modified Verlet
|Improved Euler
Because of the extra evaluations of the acceleration function, the Improved Euler method is about twice as slow as the Euler method, and the RK4 method is about four times as slow as the Euler method. Another way to look at this is that we could run the Euler method with a 0.001 second timestep with the same performance as running the RK4 method with a 0.004 second timestep.
Detailed comparison
For comparing these algorithms I used a damped spring-mass system because it can be difficult to integrate when the spring is very stiff or the damping is high, but it can be analytically solved so I have something to compare the integrators to. The damping force is proportional to the velocity state, while the spring force is proportional to the position state. Zeta is the damping ratio. The analytic solution can be obtained with the following calculations:
real zeta = c / (2.0 * sqrt(k*m)); real w = sqrt(k/m); if (zeta < 1.0) //underdamped { real wd = w*sqrt(1.0-zeta*zeta); real A = ic.x; real B = (1.0/wd)*(zeta*w*ic.x+ic.v); real out = (A*cos(wd*time)+B*sin(wd*time))*exp(-zeta*w*time); return out; } else if (zeta > 1.0) //overdamped { real beta = c/m; real rminus = 0.5*(-beta-sqrt(beta*beta-4.0*w*w)); real rplus = 0.5*(-beta+sqrt(beta*beta-4.0*w*w)); real A = ic.x - (rminus*ic.x - ic.v)/(rminus-rplus); real B = (rminus*ic.x-ic.v)/(rminus-rplus); real out = A*exp(rminus*time)+B*exp(rplus*time); return out; } else //critically damped { real A = ic.x; real B = ic.v + w*ic.x; return (A + B*time)*exp(-w*time); }
The spring constant (k) was fixed at 600,000. Mass was set to 168 kg. Initial conditions were X = 1 m and V = 0 m/s. The damping coefficient was calculated depending on the damping ratio (zeta). These values were chosen to be similar to what may be encountered in VDrift.
Timesteps were varied between 0.001 seconds and 0.020 seconds. To account for performance differences, the improved Euler method was handicapped with a timestep twice as large as the indicated timestep, and the RK4 method was handicapped with a timestep four times as large as the indicated timestep. The mean absolute error is plotted for each integrator at each timestep.
Critically Damped System
First, a damping ratio of 1 is simulated. Systems such as car suspensions are often critically damped.
Reading left to right along the timestep increments, the RK4 integrator's results become unacceptable first at a timestep of 0.009 seconds (remember that this actually means a 0.036 second timestep due to the performance handicap of the RK4 method). The NSV is next, followed by the modified verlet and improved euler methods. The suvat method is second to last to become unacceptable and the euler method is acceptable even with a 0.020 second timestep.
Looking at a closeup of the results, it becomes apparent where the strengths of higher order integrators lie. At 0.002, the RK4 (actual timestep 0.008) and improved euler (actual timestep 0.004) methods beat out all of the other methods. Of the first order methods at 0.002, from most to least accurate they are: modified verlet, suvat, euler, and nsv.
From these results we can conclude that when the system is not stiff (that is, the forces involved are small relative to the timestep), higher order integrators are most accurate, even after penalizing their lower performance.
Overdamped System Stability
Here a damping ratio of 2 is simulated. Systems with a lot of friction, such as tire simulations, are often overdamped systems.
In order from least to most stable: rk4, improved euler, nsv, modified verlet, suvat, euler.
Underdamped System Stability
Here a damping ratio of 0.1 is simulated. Oscillating systems such as planetary orbits are underdamped.
In order from least to most stable: euler, suvat, improved euler, rk4, nsv, modified verlet. We can see why systems of orbits and molecular dynamics are often simulated with NSV or velocity verlet methods: they maintain stability very well here.
Let's rank each integrator in terms of accuracy, and then stability for critically-, over-, and under-damped systems. One is the best. Recall that because we already penalized improved euler and RK4 methods for performance, we can consider each method to have roughly the same performance.
|Stability: critically-damped
|Stability: over-damped
|Stability: under-damped
|tied 1/2
|tied 1/2
|tied 3/4
|tied 1/2
|Modified Verlet
|tied 3/4
|tied 1/2
|Improved Euler
Note that no integrator is clearly the worst or clearly the best; they all have strengths and weaknesses. If you are simulating a non-stiff system that will generate only small forces relative to your timestep, the RK4 method is the winner. If you're simulating a strictly stiff underdamped system, use the NSV or modified verlet methods. If you're simulating a strictly stiff overdamped or critically damped system, use the Euler or SUVAT methods. If you have a combination of needs, some compromise is called for.
VDrift requires stability in the face of stiff overdamped systems, and currently uses the SUVAT method due to slightly improved accuracy over the euler method.


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Editor: I have been following the debate in the U.S. House of Representatives regarding a plan to extend the current extension of a bill that was passed and signed into law in 2009. The dysfunction in the leadership of the House is appalling. This extension is being put forth in an effort by House leaders to avoid taking up a two-year transportation bill passed by the Senate with a large bipartisan majority, an almost unheard of agreement between Republican and Democratic senators in this Congress. The importance of our nation's transportation system has been recognized by the Senate, while the House wants to continue the political games that will weaken our economy.
I had hoped that the House Transportation Chairman John Mica would have taken up the Senate bill, but I am sure that the House leadership realized that its Tea Party members would not vote for the Senate bill and it would probably pass without a majority of the Republican members supporting the bill. This would be an embarrassment for the House leadership that they want to avoid at all costs, even if our transportation system and economy suffers. Also, I am sure that there is the hope that continued weakness in the economy and the dysfunction in Congress, will help them in November.
America is not being well-served by Mica's effort to support his leadership and the Tea Party, at the expense of Americans who depend on our transportation system and the jobs that are generated by the steady support of the federal government to ensure a transportation system that will allow our economy to grow and prosper. If you share my concern, call Mica's office in St. Augustine and express your concerns.


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Bullish on Biafra by Colly Ezebuihe New York[RR]Biafra-Nation–Biafra is the spearhead for our future. Once we have that Biafra, in as little as 6 years, it will be the #1 Economy in Africa –with overkill of Cargo Flights and Port activities, Infrastructure constructions, bureaucrats/Consultants hardly keeping up with their obdurate clients, Chemical/Engineering Concerns spewing out […]
Bullish on Biafra by Colly Ezebuihe
New York[RR]Biafra-Nation–Biafra is the spearhead for our future. Once we have that Biafra, in as little as 6 years, it will be the #1 Economy in Africa –with overkill of Cargo Flights and Port activities, Infrastructure constructions, bureaucrats/Consultants hardly keeping up with their obdurate clients, Chemical/Engineering Concerns spewing out products, Farmers and Ranchers drumming up huge business and enjoying government price support, etc. It will happen.
In 15 years, it will rival or again overtake South Korea (makers of Kia, Samsung, Hyundai, etc). In 20 years, we will rival the Europeans and be eligible to join the G-8 or G-whatever, and compel the world to respect Africa. Indeed, Biafra is carrying the burden of Africa. Time is of the essence to make changes and advances.
I am that bullish on Biafra…because…in addition to our demonstrated intestinal fortitude to excel, we also have our offsprings stationed around the world and they are fast becoming captains of industries in America, Europe, China, etc, and would likely make Biafra part of their manufacturing hub –just like the Overseas Chinese did for China; and China went from having only about 3 Billion Dollars reserve around 1992 to now commanding Trillions of Dollars and challenging America to be the top Economy.
Again, I am unfazed about our current situation in Nigeria, while bullish on Biafra. If you don't believe me, just visit the top universities and Research Concerns around the world: the African names yo will be seeing the most will be such as Eze this, Obi that, Chi this, Igwe that, Uche this, Okoro this, Okoye that, etc. And, if you go to Wall Street, same story.
We just want the autonomy to make overall progress, while extending a hand of fellowship to all.
Credit: Collins Ezebuihe
Also see: New Regional Narrative
Time for a New Regional Narrative
The Nigerian state is struggling to survive the realities of a failing economy. The Niger Delta, Nigeria's oil hub and the region that accounts for 99% of Nigeria's crude oil, will continue to be shortchanged.
Time has, therefore, come, for Governors and political leaders in the Niger Delta to put aside politics, not just political differences, and begin to work for the people whose mandate they currently enjoy.
Each state of the Niger Delta must be encouraged to identify and recognize its strengths and then be persuaded to deploy that strength to the regional development value chain.
Governors and leaders of the Niger Delta must step out from that cocoon of traditional governance and move into a new level of leadership where they will come together, pool resources together and then create and innovate together.
Time has come to move from looking forward to monthly allocations to investing in the human resources capital required to generate creativity, innovation, and transformation.
There must be a renewed resolve by Governors and leaders of the Niger Delta to ensure that millions of jobs are created each year across the various states of the Niger Delta so that the millions of unemployed hands in the Niger Delta will be put to productive use.
For more than 16 years, Governors of the Niger Delta have continued to spend trillions of Naira on the provision of basic infrastructure to their people.
Too many times, there is little to show on how all these trillions have translated to empowerment and wealth creation for the ordinary man who calls the Niger Delta home.
Public works projects are supposed to stimulate the generate economy and at worst case, provide even short-term employment opportunities for our people. We do not see that happen across the states of the Niger Delta.
Job creation, Increased Opportunities for Human Achievement, Empowerment and Wealth Creation should be the new battle cry.
Maybe this is the time to revive the BRACED commission and leverage the strength of each state to drive regional unity, peace, progress and development.
Look at Cross River State for example. For more then ten years, it has established itself as the leading center of tourism and agriculture.
From Cocoa to Banana, Plantain, Cassava, Oranges, pineapples, palm oil and many others, Cross River State undeniably remains the leader in agricultural production in the Niger Delta.
Nothing stops the other states of the Niger Delta from investing in the cultivation and processing of food and tree crops that Cross River State is so rich in.
In like manner, the various states of the Niger Delta should partner with the River State Government to coercing the Federal Government into adopting ONNE port as the leading port in the South South and Niger Delta while Calabar port be designated as the leading port for Agricultural Produce and others.
For years, the Cross Rivers State Government have been looking for investors to buy into Tinapa, the ingenious multi-billion naira resort and tourist facility put together by Donald Duke, a former Governor of Cross River State.
Tinapa can be adopted by Niger Delta States as a Regional Regional Facility, funded and patronized by all the various state governments who have chosen to purchase a share in its ownership.
The Calabar Carnival can also be adopted as a Regional Carnival.
All the various states of the Niger Delta should form a quorum and a movement to ensure that the Onne Port in Rivers State is adopted as a Regional Port supposed by Calabar Ports, which could be designated as a Regional Port for agricultural produce and products.
There is nothing wrong in the Akwa Ibom State Government deciding to invest in the building of a Five-Star Hotel (Hilton, Intercontinental, Meridien, etc) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Each year, Governors of the Niger Delta spend hundreds of millions of naira travelling around the world claiming to be in search of investors. Very few results have ever been recorded.
The truth is that the biggest investors are themselves. All they need to do is deepen the resolve to serve their people and challenge limits of innovation and creativity.
In 2016, a creative partnership between the Lagos State Government and Kebbi State resulted in what became nationally known as LaKe (Lagos-Kebbi) Rice. By recognizing their position ad strength on the Rice value chain, the Governors of Lagos and Kebbi States were able to create a partnership to drive innovation in the production, marketing and supply of Rice.
With its huge revenues and a large population with a high demand for rice but availability of land suitable for the cultivation of rice, Lagos State found a partner in Kebbi State where there are large population of rice farms and experienced rice farmers.
Such mutually beneficial synergies could be replicated by states in the Niger Delta and even the South South.
There must be strong effort by Governors and leaders of the Niger Delta to pull resources together and make themselves more attractive to leading international companies and investors.
Methinks that with the trillions of naira that Niger Delta and South South states have spent on the purchase of Honda and Toyota vehicles as official cars for the hundreds of thousands of government officials and appointees that have passed through our political space in the past eighteen (18) years, those car manufacturers should have had very strong manufacturing and assembling presence in the Niger Delta especially in the BRACED states.
It is time for our leaders to begin to think out of the box.
George Kerley
Programme Coordinator
Niger Delta Enterprise Initiative
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