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It is a world of limitless impossibilities and with technology by our side more and more amazing innovations and advancement in various fields are inevitable. When we carry out an investigative gaze into banking services, over the years we have seen their creativity increasing daily from credit cards to digital banking and now to a whole new level that seems unbelievable that is contactless and cashless; all you need is a watch, a ring, a bangle, wristband or any jewelry and you will be good to carry out your transaction. Ask PSI-Pay, they are not joking when they say that soon we will not require those wallets and plastic money.
PSI-Pay in partnership with Kerv Wearables which is a Fintech Company, is slowly transforming the world of banking into a magic like a world where you can settle for your bills on the counter using contactless means. The world is changing and you don't have to be left behind. The payment ring is being used in the European market and soon it will spread like wildfire when people get to know it better.
The possibility of PSI-Pay being the future mode of payment is high and almost guaranteed because the world is becoming more technologically advanced daily. But why will these Kerv Wearables dominate over the rest payment modes? For one, many people prefer not to carry a lot of money in their wallets and this ring will carry more yet no weight will be felt. Secondly, the trend of cashless is increasing and this consequently means people don't want to be carrying wallets around; hence the best option is PSI-Pay. Thirdly, consumers are becoming more impatient in our millennial age, hence no one wants to stay in a queue for hours to make payment and again they are worried about the security of their account when it comes to contact payment; this is definitely a call that they want a better payment means which apparently happens to be PSI Pay.
If this contactless payment mode will address the core consumer challenges then it means it will be the most convenient to many people. By 2020, there is an estimation of having more than 600 million usable wearable devices. The future is here, will you embrace it.
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Abercrombie and Fitch: What Really Fits?
January 13, 2012
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The preferred answer, for me, is "no". Abercrombie & Fitch is one of the top brand stores in America, and the reason behind this is because the majority of people who shop there have a sense of style. With negative feedback, they're still able to be successful and take pride in their brand. It's not that both men and women have "model" bodies who wear that apparel; the clothing is made to define a woman and a man's body shape in a certain type of way.
Abercrombie & Fitch has been well-known for its expensive merchandise. The clothing material is very flexible and long-lasting. Many people prefer shopping at this store because their shirts, jeans, shoes (etc.) are categorized under different names, which is part of its success.
From California to New York, Abercrombie & Fitch stands proudly beside its logo: The moose. Not too long ago, they opened up a children's version of this clothing store: Abercrombie, or Abercrombie Kids. This invented a whole new dimension of fashion in the world of youth apparel. Most people became shocked and even confused when this had occurred because people aren't used to children wearing this type of clothing, typically intended for adults.
Abercrombie's motto is "cool, but classy" and this basically means that what they provide can make a statement whether it's in-style or looking-the-part. This store is a name-brand store, so its job is to make sizes that range from tiny to fairly large. There is a reason why Abercrombie & Fitch has become what it is today. Consumers usually put a high standard toward stores like this, which makes the store look even more powerful.
It is true that some oversized costumers cannot buy clothes from there because the store does not carry their size, but people have to remember that the store's intentions are not to discriminate against a person's body type, and this store isn't made just for thin people.
Some counterclaims for this are how workers who attend Abercrombie & Fitch are mainly fit and hire some models of both genders to come and stay grounded. Guys who come to work topless are "ready freddy" for a picture with costumers and girls also pose along, but their main goal is to make them happy about their purchase and come again soon. They even started handing out discount cards and coupons. I strongly agree that what this store is doing is perfectly normal. Just like any other store, Abercrombie & Fitch is trying to make a living. According to the website of Abercrombie & Fitch, I believe that both the women's and the men's bottom clothing such as jeans and pants are for the more thinner side of both genders. However, the top portion of the clothing is actually not as bad. The sizes range from an extra small (XS) between an extra, extra large (XXL) (according to the Men's department). As for the women's section, I must say the sizes are focused mainly on the ability of the person's body shape including the bust and waist. Every store has this envision that they are willing to expose and share with their costumers. Abercrombie & Fitch obviously has a message they are trying to point out to us which is, their manufacturing and clothing quality isn't to be neglected from just anyone, and the purchase will be worth every cent.
Abercrombie & Fitch may not be made for just anyone, although almost any store out there has a limit to what size it carries. Yet most may think that this store has so many factors to try to work up to, however it's all in your head as to whether or not you personally think this store has this criterion that needs to be met. The vast majority of people who scroll along the mall pass by stores that can be quite alluring in a different way. And by different, I mean it in a devastating way. Trying to fit in a pair of 0 jeans can be utterly impossible to do, but for the need of buying a pair of pretty jeans isn't going to be worth it. Clothes can only do so much, but it's the people behind it all. If Abercrombie & Fitch and abercrombie really do encourage skinny people to wear their clothes, then so be it. I, however, disagree with this claim due to several reasons. Every clothing store in the world has a certain purpose that is met by the community; people who buy their clothing are not all the same in body size. People support various styles of clothing and do develop a certain respect for it.
Most people like to think that the most people dislike skinny stores, but there is no such thing as a "skinny store" because sooner or later you will have a tendency to choose a store that suits you to shop at or not. Clothing brands have a specific factor that they always reach to maintain their overall judgment. Especially one successful store: Abercrombie & Fitch. It isn't a definite fact that Abercrombie & Fitch only allows thin people to shop at their store, but it would be a bit odd if stores worldwide didn't allow a variety of different people to enter their store. After all, money is making the world spin faster.
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Blizzards. Tornados. Hurricanes. Floods. Riots and acts of terror. The unexpected can leave small-business owners floundering – often for much longer than necessary. In fact, many businesses forced to short their doors temporarily during such times of crisis never reopen. From dealing with simple hurdles (cell phone dead and power out) to major problems ("I've been meaning to start regular computer back-ups…"), getting prepared can mean the difference between long-term success and failure. And, being able to say you have such a plan goes a long way to showing clients and potential investors of your long-term stability.
So today, we offer a few ideas to get you thinking about emergency preparedness for your own business … Make 2013 your year of being prepared!
Go old school.
Keep an inexpensive plug-in phone in your supply cabinet. When power is out, none of your cordless phones around the office will work – so you want to be able to plug directly into the phone line.
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More dissected lenses
I guess it's kind of a thing, but I never cease to be amazed by the complexity and mechanical grace of lenses. This is a disassembled 17-85mm lens for a DSLR. This is rather more what the average consumer would expect the item to look like.
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With an unbeaten record in tow, the PCM football team enters tonight's Class 2A Playoffs with high expectations for the postseason. It won't be an easy road, though, as the Mustangs are paired up with a very strong field from Class 2A District 8, beginning with Collins-Maxwell-Baxter tonight.
Mustangs' head coach Greg Bonnett says he expects the Raiders to be a wide-open, athletic team.
"I know Coach [Rob] Luther, and I know his style of offense. It's going to be gun or spread, five-wide [receivers] sometimes or one [running] back a lot of times," says Bonnett.
"They've got a good team, I know they do. I've watched them on film a little bit and I think their quarterback is a heck of a player. I think they can make plays. We're just going to have to go out there, play for six seconds a pop, and see where it lines up."
CMB is 6-3 entering the playoffs. Tonight's game will be streamed live at kniakrls.com with David Hecht and Mark Amadeo providing the call. Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. tonight. The game will also be featured in a delayed broadcast this Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. on 92.1 fm KRLS.


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Philadelphia Just Opened Up a Vegan Donut Shop!
Vegans in West Philadelphia have a new reason to wake up in the morning: the promise of fresh donuts in an all-vegan shop. Dottie's Donuts has been serving patrons their delectable bakery goods through area cafes and shops and finally has a place to call home. The shop opened up on Springfield Avenue last week and hopes to draw in its loyal customers to its brick and mortar location.
Owners Jeff Poleon and Matt Quinn report using coconut milk and powdered egg replacer in their pastries. Check out some of the flavors they are proud to feature:
"Raspberry lemon, we've got a powdered sugar, we've got a classic vanilla bean glaze, cinnamon sugar, coconut milk chocolate, lemon poppy, Earl Grey, milk chocolate with roasted cacao. The green one is matcha pistachio."
As if there isn't enough reason to visit the growing vegan destination Philadelphia, the addition of a vegan donut shop makes a visit even sweeter.
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The Incinerator Mirror
Today is burning day.
The incinerator will lift
its hat for cardboard, paper,
letters, newspapers and magazines.
Sometimes political leaflets
will be pushed in via the spout.
The smoke bellows then drinks
itself to a thinness only smoke
can explain. Near white exhaust before
limestone, then pigeon grey.
A breeze will pat it either way
as it doesn't want any straightness
to come out of it. Ash builds up
at the bottom, a month's worth
of pointless knees bends, dry oven
food and wasted words. The bin
changes complexion as the flames
go by. The steel bin becomes a mirror
and the time wasted on the unremarkable
ages my skin like sea salt on brinks of land.
It's my time now, picking up,
wiping clean, mopping yesterday.
Opening out, locking in
bringing the sun to the door
as and when. They sit
watching the photo albums
fall from their minds. Voices
been and gone, their lives
falling back down their throat
into a pit of darkness that they
are trying to stay away from.
It's my time now, picking up
the dead skin that has built
and hid in the corners of settees
thickened on window sills
greyed the in between on remote
control buttons. Clouded the light
bulbs that hang and sit.
It's my time now, picking up
the timeline they have seeded
and I ready myself to walk alone,
until the next time.
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SEASON 7, 2012 Olate Dogs, dog act
Season 7 went straight to the dogs – literally! Nick Olate, 20, his father Richard, 57, and their team of well-trained pooches flipped and tumbled their way into America's hearts. After earning the top-dog spot, the family celebrated by purchasing a new truck and a super-size trailer to transport their growing family of pups, many of which have been rescued from shelters. The Olate Dogs recently headlined a show at The Palazzo in Las Vegas, and they also perform at NBA halftime shows around the country. Budding pop singer Nick recently completed his debut album, which is scheduled to be released this fall.
SEASON 6, 2011 Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., crooner, 39
Landau used his incredible voice to propel him from car-washer to world-class crooner. Raised on welfare and homeless at the age of 19, the West Virginia native was overcome with emotion when host Nick Cannon announced he'd won the show's million-dollar prize. But the father of four couldn't rush out and spend his winnings – he was behind on child support and needed to pay up. Since winning "AGT," he's performed to packed houses across the country. He also released his first album, "That's Life," two years ago and hopes to have a compilation of Christmas songs out before the holidays.
SEASON 5, 2010 Michael Grimm, singer, 33
Michael made good on his promise to build a new home for his grandparents after he took the million-dollar prize on "AGT." He's grateful he was able to help them, as his grandmother is now battling colon cancer and his grandfather is suffering from dementia. But it hasn't all been grim for Grimm! Michael and his longtime girlfriend, Lucie Zolcerova, married less than a year after the "AGT" finale (below). He's also released a critically praised solo CD and toured as an opening act for Stevie Nicks.
SEASON 4, 2009 Kevin Skinner, country singer, 39
Judge Sharon Osbourne didn't have high hopes for the unemployed chicken farmer the first time he walked out onto the "AGT" stage, but his heartfelt performance of Garth Brooks' "If Tomorrow Never Comes" changed her mind. Maybe Sharon's first impression was right! Although Kevin's toured clubs and casinos over the past few years, things have "slowed down" this year, he says. The father of two from Mayfield, Ky., is "taking some time off" to focus on writing and to care for his elderly parents, Jackie and Joe.
SEASON 3, 2008 Neal E. Boyd, opera singer, 37
Neal's rendition of "Nessun Dorma" had all three judges – and the audience – on their feet at his audition. So it was no surprise when he went on to win the competition. But despite his booming voice, Neal's back to a 9-to-5 life in the insurance business as co-owner of Cox & Boyd insurance brokerage in Eureka, Mo. He ran for a seat in the Missouri House of Representatives in 2012, but lost by a large margin. He recently announced he intends to run again (as a Republican) in 2014. Neal still performs a few times a month and is currently in the studio working on an album of Christmas music.
SEASON 2, 2007 Terry Fator, ventriloquist, 48
Prior to his big win on "AGT," Texan Terry Fator was told that he would never be good enough for Vegas. Boy, did he show them! Terry, a singing ventriloquist/comedian, now has a long-term contract with The Mirage Hotel in Sin City that's reportedly worth $100 million. But Terry took some heat when he dumped his wife of nearly 20 years, Melinda (pictured above), not long after hitting it big. Just hours after their bitter divorce was final in November 2010, Terry raced to the altar with his Hawaiian honey – his onstage assistant Taylor Makakoa (left), who was then just 22 years old. Calling Taylor his "soul mate," Terry said: "We are so happy and looking forward to spending the rest of our lives together."
SEASON 1, 2006 Bianca Ryan, singer, then 11 years old
This little firecracker wowed judges and viewers when she belted out her soulful rendition of the "Dreamgirls" anthem, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," at her audition. From there, it was smooth sailing as she easily took the million-dollar prize. Simon Cowell signed the redheaded wunderkind to a multiyear recording deal in 2006. She's cut a CD, holiday recordings and, now 19, is working on another CD.


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I am currently working as Conservation Assistant for BirdLife Malta and, thanks to this experience, I become strongly dedicated to seabirds. In Malta, I gained experience in terms of handling and working with resident seabirds (Yelkouan Shearwater, Scopoli's Shearwater and Mediterranean Storm Petrel) in the context of two LIFE projects (EU LIFE+ Malta Seabird and LIFE Arċipelagu Garnija). Through this work, I have been monitoring seabird colonies of the three species, searching for nests in remote and scarcely accessible burrows on cliffs, gaining experience on GPS, GLS and radio tracking of shearwaters and monitoring and ringing Mediterranean Storm Petrels. I also helped with the translocation of two Yelkouan's Shearwater chicks that we raised and they fledged successfully in nest boxes. I was carrying on the operations for the rat populations' control in the main Maltese Yelkouan Shearwater colony, by distributing and monitoring of bait stations with rodenticide. In addition, I recently attended, an assessment of the feasibility of a rat eradication program in the island of Comino in Malta. Therefore, I am resolute to carry on my career with seabirds; an authentic passion I raised working in the last years in conservation.


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Happy Thursday everyone.
So, I officially hit the ground running with my weight loss (after some travel) on Monday. I am doing something new to my routine. My WONDERFUL friend and mentor is a distributer for Arbonne (Pam Skaar). She and her daughter Melissa Theilig did the 30 day to healthy living and beyond and had amazing results. It's not a weight loss program, it's a healthier eating program....which results in weight loss.
I decided to bite the bullet (It is an investment). So, I started my Belviq to help me with this transition. I did the math. As a "preferred customer", I paid around $250 for a 30 day routine. You eat a shake in the morning, one at lunch and then a healthy clean dinner (with healthy snacks in between). Look, I eat out every day for lunch. I was spending a min of $10 a work day. So minimally, I would spend about $200 eating out. So, I am saving that much money right there.
For those that know me will remember I had complete jaw reconstruction in 1998 where I lived on shakes for about 6 months. To this date, I have a hard time tolerating them. I have tried many other programs out there, and after 1 or 2, I would quit. The chocolate shake is DELICIOUS!!! I only mix mine with water and it tastes sooooo good. Some mix theirs with almond milk. I am afraid to try it because I don't want to be hooked on that HAHA
There are many other steps to the routine. Between Monday and Wednesday, I lost 1.8 pounds!!! I am PUMPED UP again. I found my MOJO like I did in 2013.
If you want more information, you can visit the Arbonne website of Pam Skaar at Pamelaskaar.arbonne.com. She is a truly AMAZING person. Her husband was my hometown pastor. They now live in Grand Prairie, Texas. She cares about everyone!!


text: On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 09:52:20PM +0000, Robert Swain wrote: > 2009/1/26 Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at>: > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 04:22:02PM +0000, Robert Swain wrote: > > [...] > >> because its API examples are unclear and > >> monolithic rather than modular (I have had to implement swscale in a > >> separate program and it took a lot of prodding and guess work to make > >> it not crash and function properly as I had to use ffplay.c and > >> ffmpeg.c as reference points at the time) and so on, and it has no > > > > what was wrong with libswscale/swscale-example.c ? > > Note that I was working on it back in July of 2007, so I was looking at: > http://svn.ffmpeg.org/mplayer/trunk/libswscale/swscale-example.c?revision=23722&view=markup > *Looks at the file.* > > As a code example, it lacks detailed comments of what each line does. > In my opinion, code examples should be like tutorials in that they > explain what the goal of the code is, what each bit does, the > functions used, maybe which headers they're from, the arguments of the > functions etc etc. It should be very explicit and informative about > how all the code works so that a reader can very easily understand the > meaning of all the significant bits of the API and how they can be > applied to achieve something useful. > > A coder will come in with a problem they want to solve. They want to > convert an image buffer from one colour space to another, or they want > to scale it, or both. They've found out that libswscale does this. How > do they use the API to do it? What format do their buffers have to be? > What initialisation needs to be done? What actually conducts the > scaling/conversion? What needs clearing up afterwards? What > performance/quality related flags can be passed through the API that > may be of interest? What other concerns might I have when using the > API? > > For someone coming from the API user side with no knowledge of FFmpeg > or MPlayer but just having found libswscale, swscale-example.c did not > at that time really answer too many of those questions. One has to > (know to!) dig around in the header files for more API information and > then play around to figure out what is needed for a simple application > like those proposed above or what to change from pre-existing code to > make it work for their application. > > *Looks at the file that currently exists to see if any of his > complaints have been addressed.* > Doesn't look like it. This isn't meant to be a dig at anyone for not > doing it. I'm just pointing out what I perceive to be a good quality, > easy to use code example and for what we should aim. > > Michael: what do you think of what I've said? i fully agree but i am too lazy to write anything ATM, a commit (no patch needed) to swscale-example / doxy in *.h and README in libswscale is welcome [...] -- Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. -- Aristotle -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/attachments/20090126/a0aac4d0/attachment.pgp>


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The Sugar Land Democrats Club was one of many sponsors of the Fort Bend County Democratic Party Winter Retreat held on February 23, at the T.E. Harman Center in Sugar Land. Over 200 participants from Sugar Land and Fort Bend County attended the event. Kate Mitchell, 2012 national delegate to the Democratic National Convention was the leader of the Winter Retreat Steering Committee.
Sugar Land Democrats Club Co-Founder Deron Patterson moderated the panel on "Branding and Messaging". Matt Glazer, Executive Director of Progress Texas, a panelist remarked, "Progress Texas conducted a poll of unlikely voters and the results of that poll demonstrated most clearly that we Democrats must directly engage the unlikely voters and move them to the polls if we want to have a Democratic majority in Texas."
Sugar Land Democrats Club Co-Founder Qaisar "Q" Imam moderated the panel on "Successful Candidates". The panelists emphasized the importance of starting early and staying true to the issues, message, and ultimately the constituents.
Fort Bend County Democratic Party Chairman Steve Brown surprised the audience when he announced the keynote speaker Jenn Brown, Executive Director of Battleground Texas www.battlegroundtexas.com. Jenn Brown was the Ohio Field Director for the 2012 Obama Election Campaign and is given credit for helping President Obama win the state of Ohio. Jenn Brown told the audience, "I am so excited to be in Texas and when I see a fired-up group of 200 plus Democrats in the month of February in a non-election year it gives me great confidence that we will turn Texas Blue."
Deron Patterson told the audience, "This young woman should never have to buy a meal or drink for the rest of her life!"


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May 2011 Archives
Our mini heat wave continues, with temperatures above 90 F - not ready for this fast forward to summer. I got some of my planned weekend projects completed, but much of the gardening will have to wait until I am used to the warmer weather.
Lauren Redniss's book, Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout, looks wonderful. Science, art, writing... I just read a review of it here, and then watched Redniss talk about her process in a TEDx East talk.
The scarf I started on Election day is now done, ends woven in, and given to youngest child. Finished length was about twenty-four inches when I ran out of the yarn. On to the next knitting project - not sure what, yet.
Looking forward to a long weekend - project time and time with family.
Amazing what new tools can let people create and capture... I read about George Lambro's video here, and am thinking about the fact that Garage Band for the iPad costs $4.99.
Awesome moment in class today when an entire roomful of students said, "Whoa," as each connected her LED and battery and saw the light glowing. Just remember that it can be as simple as that...
After taking Jet Townsend and Drue Miller's great EL Wire workshop at Hack Pittsburgh earlier this month, I made myself a light-up jacket. The jacket, a Goodwill find, had convenient pockets for the controller and battery, and an inner lining, so that the run of wire from pocket to start of question mark could be hidden. The controller also has a sound sensor built into it, so the question mark can flash in time to loud noises or music, if I like.
I've been off line for the past couple of days - no internet or cell phone in the mountains, but I did learn how one of these works.
Ronen's Adventure: Trapped in an iPhone from Ronen V on Vimeo.Clever video. (via The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
"Often difficulties are just opportunities in disguise."
Gary Starkweather, quoted by Malcolm Gladwell in "Creation Myth," an article about innovation in the May 16th issue of the New Yorker. (The article text is only online for subscribers, but it's worth tracking down a paper copy of the magazine or buying a digital copy - lots of interesting recollections of Xerox PARC and Apple.)
May 17 is Primary day in Pennsylvania. If you are a state resident, please don't forget to vote! Thanks.
I was out of town for Jet Townsend's talk on EL wire at Hack Pittsburgh back in April - so I was so happy when he offered a workshop.
I've wanted to know how to use electroluminescent wire since I first saw pictures of costumes and clothing incorporating it. You can buy it in pre-cut lengths, all soldered and ready to connect to a driver or sequencer, but it's just expensive enough that I wasn't ready to buy some until I knew more about it. After a great combination of lecture and demo and hands-on (where I soldered some to a connector), I've already got a project in mind for my aqua EL wire which now is ready to go, and I know where I can get whatever I need for anything I can imagine next.
Apparently you can dye plastic buttons. With Rit Dye. Not sure why I needed to know this, or when I will do something with the information, but I'm intrigued. (via craft)
From the description on YouTube:
Fifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating, and (seemingly) random motion.
Such a treat. (via kottke)
Nikki Rosato makes delicate portraits from cut highway maps.
Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have combined an EEG reader with a flight harness, letting people fly when they calm themselves sufficiently.
More new ideas - lots of things to read and think about in the week ahead.
Sometimes the best rest is found in a day of new ideas.
From an article on artists and creative routines:
If you want to develop your ability to enter the creative zone at will, you should know that there are three conditions for a really effective hypnotic trigger:
- Uniqueness - it should be something (or a combination of things) you don't associate with other activities, otherwise the effect will be diluted.
- Emotional intensity - the kind you experience when you're really immersed in creative work.
- Repetition - the more times you experience the unique trigger in association with the emotions, the stronger the association becomes.
If done is "the engine of more," as I so blithely posted last night, be careful what you finish.
(Various possible projects all seem to be taking shape at once - all good, but I'm going to be busy and working hard this summer.)
Bre Pettis published a 13-point Manifesto of Done, in collaboration with Kio Stark. My favorite points include:
2. Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.and:
13. Done is the engine of more.
You will want to go read the full Manifesto on Bre's site, though, so that you can see the two posters created by readers...
If you live in the region of Western Pennsylvania and are working on a project where art and technology meet, visit the Sprout Fund's website. They make grants to individual artists...
From magnetic gel to conductive thread to translucent concrete - Inventables sells unusual materials in small quantities for art or prototyping. I can easily spend hours dreaming of possibilities here... (via cool tools)
"The best thing a child can do with a toy is to break it." - Arvind Gupta
I thought I had posted about Arvind Gupta's work on this blog, but I guess not. He is totally inspiring - the kind of speaker who helps you see the world differently. His web site, "Toys from Trash" is an encyclopedia of inventive and delightful things - all easy to make with materials you might find for nothing in the street or around the house.
The video above shows him demonstrating just a few of his projects in a talk he gave at the INK conference in December 2010. If you like what he has to say, be sure to explore his site, where you will find many, many more ideas...


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Some difficult problems cannot be solved in the life of the universe on a traditional Von Neumann computer, but can be solved in a heartbeat on a quantum one.I suspect the NSA has half a dozen real quantum computers in a basement somewhere, now those of us without billion dollar budgets can have a chance to play with the quantum world. Thanks Google!
I'm blogging about programming, but ... hey look over there - it's something shiny!
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Quantum Computing Playground - Thanks Google!
Monday, May 12, 2014
Goodbye Tilade
Alas this happy affair ended in Montreal - with the Montreal Protocol. In order to rid the planet of ozone-eating freon propellents, the world agreed to stop production of CFCs. Many asthma inhalers were reformulated to use CFC-free propellents, but not Tilade. It was not deemed profitable enough to reformulate.
So for the last decade I've used my stock of 10-year old inhalers, and finally decided to, in the words of Idina Menzel, "Let It Go". I plan to throw them all away. I can see using medicines a few years out-of-date, but a decade is probably too long.
So join me in shedding a tear for my departed friends.
But I as I was pondering this unhappy turn of events, I found that Aventis in New Zealand is making Tilade again.
O rejoice! O happy day!
But not so fast.
It's available in Canada and the UK, but not here in the US. Bitter tear.
Thursday, May 08, 2014
Backing up a 10yr old XP Machine
But I'm reminded of the ancient Archimedes manuscript. A medieval monk needed some vellum to write his thoughts, and instead of going to get his own new vellum (here, little sheepy ...), he just erased the ink from an existing, but not very interesting text. Through modern multi-spectral scanning, scientist were able to recreate much of the ancient document. But that's the problem with USB drives - they are just to tempting to pull out and overwrite.
So I decided to use the trusty old DVD-R format. But if I want these photos of our family to last 100 years, beyond the coming economic Apocalypse, which disks to use? After more research I settled on the new JVC J-DMR-ISO-WPY25-HC. They are insanely expensive and only hold 4.7 Gig, but if you have documents to pass on to your great-grandchildren, a few more bucks to make sure the DVDs survives is worth it.
Note to grandchildren: In 2114, please try to read the "Sony 2014" backup disks and add a comment to this post if you can read the disk.


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Sunday, 15 January 2012
Crunching the numbers
The estate agents have been round this week, three local agents and now we have three valuations, one high , one medium and one low. To be fair, the lowest one is probably the most accurate and interestingly that agent has the lowest fees, which are less than half of the other two. It is also an independent family owned business as opposed to the other two which are part of national chains. I think that the family business would work harder for the customer. So now we have figures to work with. I am going to ask for a redemption statement as well this week from the bank to see what the mortgage balance is. We have been on the variable rate for a few years so we won't have any redemption penalties to pay for paying the loan off early.
I think I'm going to have to get a bigger notepad for all the sums we will be doing !
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Has anything similar to yours sold recently in the local area? If so, you could search online to find the actual price that it achieved. We did that before moving- it confirmed what we thought was a reasonable price for ours, and gave us an idea of the prices achieved in the area we wanted to buy. Deciding on an agent is difficult, so I wish you good luck.ReplyDelete
This is very exciting and I do hope you soon have some good news.ReplyDelete
You deserve it.
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Hi Pinky Fairy Vicky!
Hi Scarlet, yes we look on the internet so have an idea . I really don;t like estate agents, my experience of them has always been bad. I know i shouldnt tar them all with the same brush.ReplyDelete
Hi SFT, I hope I have good news as well. I really want to be moving on. Hope this year is 'our' year :-)
Awwww Thanks for the welcome and Hi SFT!ReplyDelete
The sale of my flat is just going through and the lowest valuation was, in truth, the most accurate. I tried it on the market for a month at the mid valuation and didnt get a viewing. I would say its worth going with the mid one and seeing how it goes, you can always lower it.
- Anonymous15 January 2012 at 19:27
You might find as well that the family firm will have better knowledge of the local market. When we sold our last house two national chains gave high valuations to get our business. The local agent advised us what to put the house on the market for, and what we were likely to get - he was right and we sold relatively quickly. Good luck!ReplyDelete
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The EDA Industry Macro Projections for 2016
Gabe Moretti, Senior Editor
How the EDA industry will fare in 2016 will be influenced by the worldwide financial climate. Instability in oil prices, the Middle East wars and the unpredictability of the Chinese market will indirectly influence the EDA industry. EDA has seen significant growth since 1996, but the growth is indirectly influenced by the overall health of the financial community (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. EDA Quarterly Revenue Report from EDA Consortium
China has been a growing market for EDA tools and Chinese consumers have purchased a significant number of semiconductors based products in the recent past. Consumer products demand is slowing, and China's financial health is being questioned. The result is that demand for EDA tools may be less than in 2015. I have received so many forecasts for 2016 that I have decided to brake the subject into two articles. The first article will cover the macro aspects, while the second will focus more on specific tools and market segments.
Economy and Technology
EDA itself is changing. Here is what Bob Smith, executive director of the EDA consortium has to say:
"Cooperation and competition will be the watchwords for 2016 in our industry. The ecosystem and all the players are responsible for driving designs into the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Success is highly dependent on traditional EDA, but we are realizing that there are many other critical components, including semiconductor IP, embedded software and advanced packaging such as 3D-IC. In other words, our industry is a "design ecosystem" feeding the manufacturing sector. The various players in our ecosystem are realizing that we can and should work together to increase the collective growth of our industry. Expect to see industry organizations serving as the intermediaries to bring these various constituents together."
Bob Smith's words acknowledge that the term "system" has taken a new meaning in EDA. We are no longer talking about developing a hardware system, or even a hardware/software system. A system today includes digital and analog hardware, software both at the system and application level, MEMS, third party IP, and connectivity and co-execution with other systems. EDA vendors are morphing in order to accommodate these new requirements. Change is difficult because it implies error as well as successes, and 2016 will be a year of changes.
Lucio Lanza, managing director of Lanza techVentures and a recipient of the Phil Kaufman award, describes it this way:
"We've gone from computers talking to each other to an era of PCs connecting people using PCs. Today, the connections of people and devices seem irrelevant. As we move to the Internet of Things, things will get connected to other things and won't go through people. In fact, I call it the World of Things not IoT and the implications are vast for EDA, the semiconductor industry and society. The EDA community has been the enabler for this connected phenomenon. We now have a rare opportunity to be more creative in our thinking about where the technology is going and how we can assist in getting there in a positive and meaningful way."
Ranjit Adhikary, director of Marketing at Cliosoft acknowledges the growing need for tools integration in his remarks:
"The world is currently undergoing a quiet revolution akin to the dot com boom in the late 1990s. There has been a growing effort to slowly but surely provide connectivity between various physical objects and enable them to share and exchange data and manage the devices using smartphones. The labors of these efforts have started to bear fruit and we can see that in the automotive and consumables industries. What this implies from a semiconductor standpoint is that the number of shipments of analog and RF ICs will grow at a remarkable pace and there will be increased efforts from design companies to have digital, analog and RF components in the same SoC. From an EDA standpoint, different players will also collaborate to share the same databases. An example of this would be Keysight Technologies and Cadence Designs Systems on OpenAccess libraries. Design companies will seek to improve the design methodologies and increase the use of IPs to ensure a faster turnaround time for SoCs. From an infrastructure standpoint a growing number of design companies will invest more in the design data and IP management to ensure better design collaboration between design teams located at geographically dispersed locations as well as to maximize their resources."
Michiel Ligthart, president and chief operating officer at Verific Design Automation points to the need to integrate tools from various sources to achieve the most effective design flow:
"One of the more interesting trends Verific has observed over the last five years is the differentiation strategy adopted by a variety of large and small CAD departments. Single-vendor tool flows do not meet all requirements. Instead, IDMs outline their needs and devise their own design and verification flow to improve over their competition. That trend will only become more pronounced in 2016."
New and Expanding Markets
The focus toward IoT applications has opened up new markets as well as expanded existing ones. For example the automotive market is looking to new functionalities both in car and car-to-car applications.
Raik Brinkmann, president and chief executive officer at OneSpin Solutions wrote:
"OneSpin Solutions has witnessed the push toward automotive safety for more than two years. Demand will further increase as designers learn how to apply the ISO26262 standard. I'm not sure that security will come to the forefront in 2016 because there no standards as yet and ad hoc approaches will dominate. However, the pressure for security standards will be high, just as ISO26262 was for automotive."
Michael Buehler-Garcia, Mentor Graphics Calibre Design Solutions, Senior Director of Marketing notes that many of the established and thought of as obsolete process nodes will instead see increased volume due to the technologies required to implement IoT architectures.
"As cutting-edge process nodes entail ever higher non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs, 'More than Moore' technologies are moving from the "press release" stage to broader adoption. One consequence of this adoption has been a renewed interest in more established processes. Historical older process node users, such as analog design, RFCMOS, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), are now being joined by silicon photonics, standalone radios, and standalone memory controllers as part of a 3D-IC implementation. In addition, the Internet of Things (IoT) functionality we crave is being driven by a "milli-cents for nano-acres of silicon," which aligns with the increase in designs targeted for established nodes (130 nm and older). New physical verification techniques developed for advanced nodes can simplify life for design companies working at established nodes by reducing the dependency on human intervention. In 2016, we expect to see more adoption of advanced software solutions such as reliability checking, pattern matching, "smart" fill, advanced extraction solutions, "chip out" package assembly verification, and waiver processing to help IC designers implement more complex designs on established nodes. We also foresee this renewed interest in established nodes driving tighter capacity access, which in turn will drive increased use of design optimization techniques, such as DFM scoring, filling analysis, and critical area analysis, to help maximize the robustness of designs in established nodes."
Warren Kurisu, Director of Product Management, Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division points to wearables, another sector within the IoT market, as an opportunity for expansion.
"We are seeing multiple trends. Wearables are increasing in functionality and complexity enabled by the availability of advanced low-power heterogeneous multicore architectures and the availability of power management tools. The IoT continues to gain momentum as we are now seeing a heavier demand for intelligent, customizable IoT gateways. Further, the emergence of IoT 2.0 has placed a new emphasis on end-to-end security from the cloud and gateway right down to the edge device."
Power management is one of the areas that has seen significant concentration on the part of EDA vendors. But not much has been said about battery technology. Shreefal Mehta, president and CEO of Paper Battery Company offered the following observations.
"The year 2016 will be the year we see tremendous advances in energy storage and management. The gap between the rate of growth of our electronic devices and the battery energy that fuels them will increase to a tipping point. On average, battery energy density has only grown 12% while electronic capabilities have more than doubled annually. The need for increased energy and power density will be a major trend in 2016. More energy-efficient processors and sensors will be deployed into the market, requiring smaller, safer, longer-lasting and higher-performing energy sources. Today's batteries won't cut it.
Wireless devices and sensors that need pulses of peak power to transmit compute and/or perform analog functions will continue to create a tension between the need for peak power pulses and long energy cycles. For example, cell phone transmission and Bluetooth peripherals are, as a whole, low power but the peak power requirements are several orders of magnitude greater than the average power consumption. Hence, new, hybrid power solutions will begin to emerge especially where energy-efficient delivery is needed with peak power and as the ratio of average to peak grows significantly.
Traditional batteries will continue to improve in offering higher energy at lower prices, but current lithium ion will reach a limit in the balance between energy and power in a single cell with new materials and nanostructure electrodes being needed to provide high power and energy. This situation is aggravated by the push towards physically smaller form factors where energy and power densities diverge significantly. Current efforts in various companies and universities are promising but will take a few more years to bring to market.
The Supercapacitor market is poised for growth in 2016 with an expected CAGR of 19% through 2020. Between the need for more efficient form factors, high energy density and peak power performance, a new form of supercapacitors will power the ever increasing demands of portable electronics. The Hybrid supercapacitor is the bridge between the high energy batteries and high power supercapacitors. Because these devices are higher energy than traditional supercapacitors and higher power than batteries they may either be used in conjunction with or completely replace battery systems. Due to the way we are using our smartphones, supercapacitors will find a good use model there as well as applications ranging from transportation to enterprise storage.
Memory in smartphones and tablets containing solid state drives (SSDs) will become more and more accustomed to architectures which manage non-volatile cache in a manner which preserves content in the event of power failure. These devices will use large swaths of video and the media data will be stored on RAM (backed with FLASH) which can allow frequent overwrites in these mobile devices without the wear-out degradation that would significantly reduce the life of the FLASH memory if used for all storage. To meet the data integrity concerns of this shadowed memory, supercapacitors will take a prominent role in supplying bridge power in the event of an energy-depleted battery, thereby adding significant value and performance to mobile entertainment and computing devices.
Finally, safety issues with lithium ion batteries have just become front and center and will continue to plague the industry and manufacturing environments. Flaming hoverboards, shipment and air travel restrictions on lithium batteries render the future of personal battery power questionable. Improved testing and more regulations will come to pass, however because of the widespread use of battery-powered devices safety will become a key factor. What we will see in 2016 is the emergence of the hybrid supercapacitor, which offers a high-capacity alternative to Lithium batteries in terms of power efficiency. This alternative can operate over a wide temperature range, have long cycle lives and – most importantly are safe. "
Greg Schmergel, CEO, Founder and President of memory-maker Nantero, Inc points out that just as new power storage devices will open new opportunities so will new memory devices.
"With the traditional memories, DRAM and flash, nearing the end of the scaling roadmap, new memories will emerge and change memory from a standard commodity to a potentially powerful competitive advantage. As an example, NRAM products such as multi-GB high-speed DDR4-compatible nonvolatile standalone memories are already being designed, giving new options to designers who can take advantage of the combination of nonvolatility, high speed, high density and low power. The emergence of next-generation nonvolatile memory which is faster than flash will enable new and creative systems architectures to be created which will provide substantial customer value."
Jin Zhang, Vice President of Marketing and Customer Relations at Oski Technology is of the opinion that the formal methods sector is an excellent prospect to increase the EDA market.
"Formal verification adoption is growing rapidly worldwide and that will continue into 2016. Not surprisingly, the U.S. market leads the way, with China following a close second. Usage is especially apparent in China where a heavy investment has been made in the semiconductor industry, particularly in CPU designs. Many companies are starting to build internal formal groups. Chinese project teams are discovering the benefits of improving design qualities using Formal Sign-off Methodology."
These market forces are fueling the growth of specific design areas that are supported by EDA tools. In the companion article some of these areas will be discussed.
Tags: analog, Automotive, Battery, China, Cliosoft, EDA, EDA Consortium, formal, IOT, MEMS, Mentor Graphics, NRAM, OneSpin Solutions, Oski Technologies, Paper Battery, power, Supercapacitor, techVentures, Verific, wearables


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At his accustomed hour Mr. Sedley began to doze in his chair, and then it was Amelia's opportunity to commence her conversation, which she did with great eagerness — it related exclusively to Georgy. She did not talk at all about her own sufferings at breaking from him, for indeed, this worthy woman, though she was half-killed by the separation from the child, yet thought it was very wicked in her to repine at losing him; but everything concerning him, his virtues, talents, and prospects, she poured out. She described his angelic beauty; narrated a hundred instances of his generosity and greatness of mind whilst living with her; how a Royal Duchess had stopped and admired him in Kensington Gardens; how splendidly he was cared for now, and how he had a groom and a pony; what quickness and cleverness he had, and what a prodigiously well-read and delightful person the Reverend Lawrence Veal was, George's master. "He knows EVERYTHING," Amelia said. "He has the most delightful parties. You who are so learned yourself, and have read so much, and are so clever and accomplished — don't shake your head and say no — HE always used to say you were — you will be charmed with Mr. Veal's parties. The last Tuesday in every month. He says there is no place in the bar or the senate that Georgy may not aspire to. Look here," and she went to the piano-drawer and drew out a theme of Georgy's composition. This great effort of genius, which is still in the possession of George's mother, is as follows:
On Selfishness — Of all the vices which degrade the human character, Selfishness is the most odious and contemptible. An undue love of Self leads to the most monstrous crimes and occasions the greatest misfortunes both in States and Families. As a selfish man will impoverish his family and often bring them to ruin, so a selfish king brings ruin on his people and often plunges them into war.
Example: The selfishness of Achilles, as remarked by the poet Homer, occasioned a thousand woes to the Greeks — muri Achaiois alge etheke — (Hom. Il. A. 2). The selfishness of the late Napoleon Bonaparte occasioned innumerable wars in Europe and caused him to perish, himself, in a miserable island — that of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
We see by these examples that we are not to consult our own interest and ambition, but that we are to consider the interests of others as well as our own.
George S. Osborne Athene House, 24 April, 1827
"Think of him writing such a hand, and quoting Greek too, at his age," the delighted mother said. "Oh, William," she added, holding out her hand to the Major, "what a treasure Heaven has given me in that boy! He is the comfort of my life — and he is the image of — of him that's gone!"
"Ought I to be angry with her for being faithful to him?" William thought. "Ought I to be jealous of my friend in the grave, or hurt that such a heart as Amelia's can love only once and for ever? Oh, George, George, how little you knew the prize you had, though." This sentiment passed rapidly through William's mind as he was holding Amelia's hand, whilst the handkerchief was veiling her eyes.
"Dear friend," she said, pressing the hand which held hers, "how good, how kind you always have been to me! See! Papa is stirring. You will go and see Georgy tomorrow, won't you?"
"Not to-morrow," said poor old Dobbin. "I have business." He did not like to own that he had not as yet been to his parents' and his dear sister Anne — a remissness for which I am sure every well- regulated person will blame the Major. And presently he took his leave, leaving his address behind him for Jos, against the latter's arrival. And so the first day was over, and he had seen her.
When he got back to the Slaughters', the roast fowl was of course cold, in which condition he ate it for supper. And knowing what early hours his family kept, and that it would be needless to disturb their slumbers at so late an hour, it is on record, that Major Dobbin treated himself to half-price at the Haymarket Theatre that evening, where let us hope he enjoyed himself.
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With Thursday's planned long run postponed till Friday I found myself at a bit of a loose end today.
We're having to stay in and around home awaiting delivery of a gas cannister for the fire. Still managed a quick 7 miles early on before the "delivery window" so at least I've had my daily fix.
Not too bad, if I say so myself.
I do like a bit of shortbread.
As well as baking, being at home has had other sources of amusement today. Next door are getting gas heating installed - a wise move indeed when you live in the middle of nowhere are are prone to electricity cuts (your only source of heating). But they have opted for the big tank at the foot of the garden approach as opposed to the "two hulkin' great orange canisters the size of WWII torpedoes chained to the wall" approach favoured by us. Anyway, it's been fun to watch their builder pootter about in his little digger as he dig, dig, digs his little trench from their house right over the road and down to the far end of their garden.
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Larson Electronics LLC Releases Explosion Proof 2-Pole 30 Amp Circuit Breaker
/EIN News/ -- KEMP, Texas, April 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Larson Electronics, a leading manufacturer of industrial lighting and equipment, has released a 30-amp rated circuit breaker designed for explosive environments and hazardous locations. This 2-pole circuit breaker has a maximum voltage of 240V and is NEMA 4 rated, UL listed, and CSA certified.
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"The educated physician will himself be an osteopath." -Mark Twain
Osteopathic medicine is a distinct form of medical practice in the United States. Quite often many wonder why there are some physicians that are M.D.s while others are D.O.s. Apart from extra training in musculoskeletal manipulation and emphasis on holistic preventative philosophy of treating the human body, both degrees are physicians that practice in all specialties. There is no difference in the scope of practice.
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Emily McGlohn has been experimenting with ways to introduce one of her research interests, the relationship between energy efficiency and the quality of construction, into the MSU's School of Architecture curriculum while helping out the state at the same time.
"Building performance is easily tested with building diagnostic tools such as a blower door and thermal imaging camera," said McGlohn.
So, the assistant professor used funds from her 2014 Schillig Grant, which she received for teaching excellence, to purchase the necessary testing equipment, and she secured a $500 Center for the Advancement of Service Learning Excellence (CASLE) mini grant to support travel.
McGlohn started an independent study course and recruited students interested in the topic. "The Audit Squad," as she has dubbed the group, has been working this year to collect and analyze data.
In the fall, the Audit Squad – which includes Ria Bennet, third-year architecture major; Cody Smith, fourth-year architecture major; and Bill Plot, fourth-year building construction science major – traveled to Greenwood to test air infiltration rates of the new Katrina cottages in the Baptist Town neighborhood.
"The best way to understand how a building performs is to actually test it with tools," said McGlohn, who explained that the lower the air infiltration rate, the better the envelope. "A high air infiltration rate signifies a leaky building."
The group also paid a visit to the Auburn University's Rural Studio to perform tests on some of their projects. While at the Rural Studio, McGlohn presented a lecture on air infiltration, and her Audit Squad shared what they had learned.
"The students loved it," she said. "It was a lot of fun."
After analyzing their results, the squad began working on their own independent research project, which they have submitted to the upcoming MSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. They used the newly purchased tools to test the air infiltration rates of a variety of student rental properties built in Starkville over the last 40 years to see if age has anything to do with the rates.
This summer, the research will continue in Greenwood.
Teaming up with the College of Architecture, Art and Design's Enterprise Rose Fellow, Emily Roush Elliott, the Audit Squad will test the air infiltration rates of a variety of low-income housing in the Greenwood area to compare the typical rental property with more modern low-incoming housing.
The data will be analyzed next fall to try to quantify the monetary and health burdens that can come from leaky, low-income housing. The findings and suggestions for improvement will be shared in a brochure for distribution to nonprofit organizations that could benefit from the data.
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The Apollo and Val-Mar busts by Grey & Kilroy III will be on display with the work of international artists including:
Norio Azuma | Helder Batista | Alexander Befelein | Heide Dobberkau | Robert Donahue | João Duarte | Max Ernst | Daniel Esquivia-Zapata | Tom Gasiewski | Kunio Iizuka | Naoko Ito | John Jacobsmeyer | Elsa Johnson | Masami Kodama | Oh Joon Kwon | Marie Jean Lederman | Mashiko | Henry Miller | T. Miyagawa | Henry Moore | Thomas Moser | Ryomei Murahashi | Tsutomu Ohmukai with Hideki Murayama | Kohjun Okamura | Tim Smith | Frances Smokowski | Shou Taisetsu | Tsutomu Tamura | Kurt Vonnegut | Mark Wallnock | Sohta Watanabe | Kazuo Yoshida
July 16th - August 20th, 2011
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