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Author: Yogesh Agarwal, CEO at Applane Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Migration to the Cloud Sphere is a current trend for enterprises. New startups are in a hurry to set their bases in Cloud domain, while massive investment for infrastructure, both in terms of IT and office spaces are cut short substantially. According to Gartner Inc, by 2016 roughly a third of world's digital contents will be stored in the Cloud. One of the greatest advantages of Cloud services for entrepreneurs is; they can instantly organize their business to provide globally standardized services. The best contributions of this technology are the reduction of cost and providing a flexible platform for innovation and collaborated research.
A poignant effect of Cloud Computing is the dynamic transformation of the workplaces. Cloud services have brought new trends in enterprises adding more productive features to the working environment. In fact, the advent of trends such as BYOD has changed the very concept of "office space", reducing them to just interconnected mobile devices, which can be operated from anywhere and anytime.
Apart from being cost effective, cloud services makes operations much easier to manage and organize. These are simpler compared to the arcane models of operations where, paper based documents were more prevalent. The recent trends have even surpassed the former PC or desktop oriented work places. This gradual prominence of mobile devices has made operation processes agile. This mode of operation is flexible and scalable. An extreme advantage for enterprises using this service is their great adaptability to changing business scenarios or the ever changing market demands. Any business can act effectively in accordance to sudden market changes aided by this technology. Risk management, a crucial aspect affecting the decision making procedures in enterprises, have become easier with cloud computing.
An operation domain that is largely leveraged by Cloud Computing is Human Resource management. Human resource management software needs to be customized with multiple functionalities. These applications are developed to fulfill the requirements of some unique aspects of an enterprise. The Cloud platform accelerates the system of HR recruitment and the process of approval of candidates. A human resource system is not only responsible for the process of recruitment alone; this system manages complete record and information about each employee. Management and approval of leave, payroll management and employee information are managed in the same system. This application and software also needs to be integrated with the administrative system of an enterprise.
Every record of purchase or inventories managed by an enterprise, the lists of office requirements and expenses on overall employees are integrated to the database of HR management. Cloud based HR management software amplifies the overall reach-out of these systems by turning their processes agile. Authorization and approval process can be completed quickly without any delay. Mobile based document management system has made the process more dynamic because, now, authorized personals could access any document and approve them from anywhere and anytime.
Cloud computing is constantly changing the working environment in enterprises. Integrating new facets to a work environment, the increasing use of technology has unified the office space with dynamic factors such as globalization, collaborations and inception of new possibilities to improve the overall workplace. The employees are constantly adapting to the new work patterns and operation modes.
Cloud computing has elevated the global presence of any enterprise. This has enabled teams and business across the globe to connect and collaborated forming a working group of people with a similar objective, dispersed in several locations. Thus, geographical barriers to workplace have being made limited with the advent of the cloud structure. One may work from home with a complete flexibility of timing and association with the business. Virtual office and virtual teams have become an emerging trend in the modern work culture. According to a survey by Organization Solutions, on 30 MNCs in Asia, 75% have been reported to involve virtual office and virtual work force over last two years. Among them, 69% for the organizations reported the increase in the trend of employees associated with leads abroad. There are both pros and cons about these aspects. However, the gradual increase of such trends proves their influence on the changing work culture. The concept of "managing by seeing" has transformed to managements based on end results. Cross cultural perspectives are becoming more apparent in current workplaces.
Technology such as Cloud computing has transformed the concept of presence. Now, processes, information and communications have become so pervasive that employees do not even need to be present physically in offices. This aspect has actually increased the engagement of employees with work from a few hours of the day to by almost 24 by 7. People have empowered themselves to utilize their capabilities without a requirement to move from a place to other.
The cost of maintaining workplaces have is being abated to a large extent by Cloud infrastructure. The concept of office has changed from a "place to work" to a place to meet other employees personally. Cost cutting through bypassing the need of an on-premise server, as well as the lessening dependency on electricity or power supply in offices has become an emerging quirk, breaking away from these traditional requirements. This also has a beneficial implication in the environment as carbon emission can be reduced substantially through such re-structured offices.
Disclaimer: This is a guest post. The statements, opinions and data contained in these publications are solely those of the individual authors and contributors and not of iamWire and the editor(s).

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Here's the finished product of the frames I was making for our dining area. It's really simple. I just painted the frames that I bought from Michaels (These were unpainted square without glass) with white acrylic paint. The paint is only from the dollar store and I used three coats. Still, I did not empty the whole thingy. Happy me! Then, I applied the gloss Varnish (make sure it is non-yellowing).
For the photos, I asked my husband to edit all the pictures I found in the web. Most of these pictures were the fruits and flowers that I liked. Fruits are mostly tropical except for oranges. Delicious!!! My favorite flowers are Hydrangeas and Gerbera.
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The team at Flavell Plumbing are fully licensed to undertake a variety of new plumbing installations, testing and certifications. For safe, efficient and compliant gasfitting, plumbing and drainage, you can trust Flavell Plumbing.
- Advanced Tradesman's Licence No. LPD1281 (Plumbing & Drainage)
- Gasfitter licence issued from Work Health Authority Northern Territory No. 56582 (including domestic/commercial gas installation, Natural gas & Liquified Petroleum Gas)
- CAL Accredited
- Certificate of Attainment in Thermostatic Mixing Valves
- Certificate of Completion to Install & Test Backflow Prevention Systems
Working Mission Statement
- Exceeding customers expectations every time they deal with us
- Providing the highest quality workmanship
- Displaying a courteous & professional approach by our team members
- Providing / Undertaking continual training of our team
- Abiding by all OH&S requirements
Flavell Plumbing are acknowledged as the best providers in our industry within the Central Australia region.
Our Working Environment
Team members are an integral part of the business and will benefit as the business grows. We provide an excellent working environment with the opportunity:
- To improve skills
- To enjoy their work
- To keep abreast of new technologies
- To receive professional development.
The owners of the business are committed to grow the business and will involvestakeholders in this process. However, it will always be understood that the owners can expect to receive fair compensation reflecting the value of their contribution and the capital they have invested.


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Yes, currently we are able to provide access to rebates on your sessions through the following Health Funds:
- Australian Unity (AU)
- Australian Health Management (AHM)
- BUPA Australia
- Commonwealth Bank Health Service (CBHS)
- CUA Health
- Defence Health
- Fit Health Insurance
- GMF Health
- Grand United (GU) Health
- HCF/Manchester Unity
- Health Partners
- Health Insurance Fund of Australia (HIF)
- Medibank Private
- Mildura District Health Fund
- Mutual Community
- Navy Health
- onemedifund
- Peoplecare
- Phoenix Health
- Police Heatlth
- Queensland Country Health
- Reserve Bank Health Society
- rt Health Fund
- St Lukes Health
- Teachers Union Health
- Teachers Health Fund (THF)
- Transport Health Pty Ltd
Please check with your Health Fund to confirm your entitlement to Health Fund Rebates based their policies and your level of cover.
Living Energy Australia accepts no responsibility for any changes made by the Health Funds listed regarding rebates.
We do not provide Hicaps – all sessions must be paid for in full and a receipt with our provider number will be provided to you to claim your rebate. Please advise reception which health fund your are with at time of payment.
We run morning classes from Monday to Saturday and evening classes from Monday to Thursday. Please note we are closed in the afternoon. You are most welcome to leave a telephone message any time and your call will be returned as soon as possible. Our class timetables can viewed via the Online Booking system (see main menu above)
Our opening hours are:
Mondays & Wednesdays: 7am – 12.30pm & 5pm – 9pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 8am – 12pm & 5pm – 9pm
Fridays: 9.30am – 12pm
Saturdays: 8am – 12pm
Other times and private class bookings available by appointment outside of these times too.
Yes, absolutely! We assist our clients to lose weight all the time. Please read my article Weight Loss with Pilates for more information.
The duration required to overcome a back injury depends on a couple of factors:
- The age and relative fitness of the individual
- The severity of the injury
- Your willingness to avoid movements which aggravate the injury
- The level of recovery required
Generally speaking however most people should be pain free within the first two to four weeks, and back to their previous movement levels within 8 to 12 week, and then completely recovered in 3 to 6 months. A suitable Studio Pilates program can speed this recovery and significantly reduce the risk of re-injury by ensuring that the muscles that support the spine, our core muscles, are healthy, strong and active.
Please read my article on Reduce Back Pain with Pilates for more information.
In short, "Yes". Pilates is excellent for managing and overcoming back pain. An effective Studio Pilates program can stabilize the injured segments of the spine, and gradually introduce movement as the injury heals and stabilizes. Our Studio Pilates sessions work the body, integrating and strengthening the core muscles with each movement. Core strength provides support to the injured area enabling it to heal and reduces the likelihood of recurring injury.
Please read my article on Reduce Back Pain with Pilates for more information.


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Weekly Fatality/Catastrophe Report
This table contains the weekly summaries of fatalities and catastrophes resulting in the hospitalization of three or more workers. Employers must report these incidents to OSHA within eight hours. The summaries below include only preliminary information, as reported to OSHA Area Offices or to States which operate OSHA-approved State Plans. The fatalities listed here include only those that initially appear to be work-related, but exclude fatalities that do not appear to be work-related, such as an apparent heart attack of a sedentary worker. OSHA investigates all work-related fatalities and catastrophes. After OSHA's investigation is complete, these reports will be updated with inspection results and citation information.
|Weekly Summary (Federal and State data tabulated week ending July 14, 2012)
|Date of Incident
|Company and Location
|Preliminary Description of Incident
|Scruggs Equipment Company, Memphis, TN 38113
|Worker performing maintenance on a front end garbage truck loader was crushed between the driver's side lifting arm and the debris body of the truck.
|Green Mountain Tree Service, Detroit, MI 48223
|Worker was crushed by a branch that was cut from a large oak tree.
|Plaska Transmission Line Construction LLC, Eunice, NM 88231
|One worker died, another injured after suffering electrical burns when the boom truck they were inside touched a power line.
|R.G. Lumber Corp., Jackman, MA 04945
|A worker moving a logging machine died when the machine struck him.
|Oakland Timberjax LLC, Oakland, MD 21550
|Worker cutting down trees after storm damage died after falling more than 50 feet to the ground.
|R.G. Lumber Corp., Jackman, MA 04945
|A worker moving a logging machine died when the machine struck him.
|W.W. Landscaping Inc., Pinetops, NC 27864
|Worker cutting down a nearly 100-foot-high pine tree was struck and killed by another falling tree.
|Escoe Industrial, Jefferson, GA 30549
|Worker was electrocuted after falling onto a 4,100-volt switch gear.
|Laning's Dairy Supply, Rosendale, WI 54974
|Worker installing a cattle spraying apparatus was struck by a cattle gate carriage, pinning worker between the carriage and a post.
|Mail Contractors of America, Urbandale, IA 50322
|Worker was run over and killed when he tried to stop a moving tractor.
|Spancrete, Oshkosh, WI 54901
|Worker was struck and killed by a crane boom.
|Brookside Farms Inc., West Townsend, MA 01474
|Worker loading a hay trailer was killed when the trailer rolled backwards, crushing him.
|Customs and Border Protection, Fort Hancock, TX 79839
|Worker operating an all-terrain vehicle was crushed when the vehicle rolled down an embankment, landing on top of him.
|Findlay Roofing, Atlanta, GA 30316
|Worker making roofing repairs was electrocuted after touching a power line.
|West Alabama Mechanical, Inc., Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
|Worker operating a crane was struck by the machine's gear box and pump when crane tipped over.
|Jose Galtan, Machesney Park, IL 61115
|Worker loading appliances onto a delivery truck collapsed and died. Cause of death unknown.
|Owens Coming, Newark, OH 43055
|Worker for an insulation manufacturer was found dead from possible heat stress.
|Coastal Parasail, Inc., Panama City Beach, FL 32408
|Worker collecting trash was run over by a trash truck.
|Consumers Cooperative Society, Kalona, IA 52247
|Worker cleaning out a grain bin was found unresponsive on ground near bin.
|Knife River Corporation - Northwest, Canby, OR 97013
|Worker placing roadway signs at an intersection was struck and killed by a vehicle.
|Pioneers International, Inc., Orlando, FL 32832
|Worker operating a riding lawn mower was found in a canal pinned underneath the mower.
|State Farm, Oshkosh, WI 54904
|Worker fell off an extension ladder, suffering fatal head trauma.
|Joyce Fisher Limited Partnership, Mentone, TX 79754
|Worker loading a machine into the bucket of a backhoe died after being caught between the backhoe's bucket and the outrigger.
|L & C Exteriors, Overland, MO 63114
|Worker pulling a roller on a flat roof died after falling through a skylight.
|Windsor Fuel Company, Pittsburg, CA 94565
|Worker shifting traffic control cones was struck and killed by a vehicle.
|Hearthside Food Solutions LLC, McComb, OH 45858
|Worker died after experiencing shortness of breath while packaging cookies on a production line.
|Thomas Logging LLC, Climax Twp, MI 49034
|Worker was crushed by a tree while cutting timber.
|Dillard Smith Crossville, TN 38572
|Worker replacing broken electric poles was electrocuted after touching a live power line.
|RM Walsdorf Inc., Brownsville, TX 78521
|Worker performing maintenance work on a paving machine was crushed when the hydraulic line gave way, causing the machine to fall.
|CATASTROPHES (Non-Fatalities)
|Lava River Forestry Inc., Prineville, OR 97754
|Ten firefighters were hospitalized when the van they were riding in collided with another vehicle.


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OOPS, a couple of messages didn't cc to webont -- bringing the discussion back to the list... >Subject: Re: Comment on non-global keys >From: Dan Connolly <email@example.com> >To: Jim Hendler <email@example.com> >Cc: Ian Horrocks <email@example.com>, Guus Schreiber <email@example.com>, > Sandro Hawke <firstname.lastname@example.com> >Organization: World Wide Web Consortium (http://www.w3.org/) >Date: 07 May 2003 10:30:34 -0500 >X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-33.0 required=5.0 > tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, > QUOTE_TWICE_1,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, > USER_AGENT_XIMIAN > autolearn=ham version=2.53 >X-Spam-Level: >X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (22.214.171.124-2003-03-30-exp) > >[+cc sandro, who's now helping me with WG stuff... >Sandro, we're working on our response to >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webont-comments/2003May/0019.html >] > >On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 09:58, Jim Hendler wrote: >> Ian - >> I am okay with the content of this reply -- but I'm a little >> concerned about the tone > >Umm... I'm not sure it's the tone that bothers me, but it >seems to just say "that's the way it is" without saying >why. If we're to decline his request for this feature, >we owe him a rationale that we think might reasonably >satisfy him. And I'd like to see more connect to >the WG proceedings. > >The first bit is quite good... > >[...] >> >Asserting that F is an InverseFunctionalProperty is just syntactic >> >sugar for an assertion that Thing is a subclass of restriction(inv-F >> >maxCardinality(1)), where the property inv-F is the inverse of >> >F. > >... but it would be much better if the connection between >InverseFunctionalProperty and maxCardinality were excerpted >from the spec. > >It's *almost* explained in reference: > http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/#InverseFunctionalProperty-def >but not quite. > >So I suggest that our reply should say "here's the text >we're adding to reference to make this more explict..." > > >> Using such an assertion with classes other than Thing gives the >> >ability to "localise" the inverse functionality to particular classes, >> >and thus to provide a form of localised keys. E.g., >> >subClassOf(Employee restriction(inv-hasSSN maxCardinality(1))) would >> >make hasSSN a key for instances of Employee. >> > >> >Of course all these forms (including the use of >> >InverseFunctionalProperty) are in OWL Full if >> >InverseFunctionalProperty is a DatatypeProperty. >> > >> > >> >> The property we have in mind for specifying a key >> >> would have domain Class and range Property. One >> >> might call it something like 'hasKey' or 'classHasKey'. >> >> However, if we are broad-minded, we will recognize >> >> that sooner or later we will also want to support >> >> compound keys. So perhaps it could be called >> >> 'hasSimpleKey' or 'hasAtomicKey'. >> > >> >In an effort to avoid syntax "bloat" in OWL, the working group have >> >deliberately avoided trying to provide dedicated syntax for idioms >> >that can already be expressed using the language primitives. The >> >thinking is that tools will provide idioms appropriate to the >> >applications for which they are designed and generate the relevant OWL >> >syntax. > >When speaking for the WG, *always* use the WG's words; >i.e. cite the record and excerpt from it. > >The record of this "thinking" is >http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/webont-issues.html#I5.16-Feature-decision-for-CL1-cardinality > >-> > >shorthand notation for OWL Lite constraints >From: Christopher Welty (email@example.com) >Date: Thu, Oct 10 2002 >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-webont-wg/2002Oct/0063.html > >> > >> >> When n-ary relational tables are converted into RDF >> >> format, each table maps to a class and each of a table's >> >> columns maps to a property. If a table has >> >> a compound key (a rather common-place occurrence), >> >> then one would like to be able to map its key >> >> restriction to RDF as well. That would require >> >> that we support the notion of a compound key. For >> >> example, the class EmployeeHistory might have the >> >> key <hasSSN, historyDate>. >> >> >> >> A property representing a compound key declaration >> >> might map a Class to a List. Perhaps this property >> >> could be called 'hasCompoundKey'. >> > >> >Compound keys cannot be represented in OWL, and the ability to do so >> >would require a significant extension to the existing language. > >I assume you're right, but let's see if we can connect that >to the proceedings of the WG better. > >Comments of the form "your design doesn't let me do X" fit >best into the WG process as "please add X to your requirements". > >With a bit of a stretch, compound keys can be connected >to objective 015. Complex data types >http://www.w3.org/TR/webont-req/#obj-complex-data-types > >so I think this shows that the WG has considered this requirements >and not accepted it. > >Or is that too much of a stretch? > >I don't see much in the way of new information, so I think the >chairs should decide that this doesn't merit re-opening that decision. > >Moreover, in the status section, we see: > >"Requests for significant changes to the requirements are not >anticipated and will be evaluated in the context of the scope and >schedule of the Web Ontology Working Group charter and other plans for >the W3C Semantic Web Activity (Activity Statement)." > -- http://www.w3.org/TR/webont-req/ > > > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> Provisions for supporting key declarations appear >> >> in the OWL "wish list". Given how fundamental they >> >> are in real-world modelling, they ought to become >> >> more than that. >> > >> >As discussed above, keys can be defined in OWL full. Support for >> >compound keys is the subject of ongoing research (see [1]) and it is >> >not planned to include them in the current version of OWL. >> > >> >Regards, Ian >> > >> >[1] >>http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~horrocks/Publications/download/2003/LAHS03a.pdf >> > >> >> >> >> Cheers, Bob >-- >Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ >office: tel:+1-617-395-0241 (new VoIP phone Mar 2003) >mobile: tel:+1-816-616-6576 >mobile: mailto:email@example.com > -- Professor James Hendler email@example.com Director, Semantic Web and Agent Technologies 301-405-2696 Maryland Information and Network Dynamics Lab. 301-405-6707 (Fax) Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 240-731-3822 (Cell) http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/hendlerReceived on Wednesday, 7 May 2003 11:52:34 UTC
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OSLO, July 17 (Reuters) - The spot price for farmed salmon fell by 4.27 Norwegian crowns to an average of 51.75 Norwegian crowns ($6.39) per kilo last week, according to statistics from the Nasdaq Salmon Index.
The price is for producers and applies to freshly sliced salmon for delivery in Oslo.
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text: André Gingerich Stoner is director of holistic witness and interchurch relations for Mennonite Church USA. He was born in Luxembourg, the son of Mennonite mission workers. After attending Mennonite high schools, he received a B.A. from Swarthmore College and earned a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Ind., Indiana. He served for nearly seven years with Mennonite Central Committee in West Germany, 1984-91, first with Church and Peace, an ecumenical peace church network, and then in the Hünsruck relating to U.S. military personnel. Some of those experiences are recounted in an MCC Occasional Paper entitled "Entering Samaria: Peace Ministry Among U.S. Military Personnel in West Germany." André served as pastor of missions at Kern Road Mennonite Church in South Bend, Ind., until 2010. He and his wife, Cathy Stoner, and their four children live as intentional neighbors with three other households in the Near Northwest neighborhood of South Bend, Ind.


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The Joy of Online Friendship/
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Have a look at all the different kinds of OF possibilities:
Did you meet your OF on Skout? Please tell us at email@example.com.
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108 Nash Street
Fountain Inn, SC 29644-2121
Filed under: Laurens Co., SC, South Carolina | Tagged: LaurenCoSC, Resource Material, South Carolina | 2 Comments »
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Another To Do:
1. Read Williams Graves' "James Williams, An American Patriot in the Carolina Backcountry"; 2002.
2. Copy the following article which can be found at the NC Genealogy Library (or the Olivia Raney History Library – closed stacks): Madge C. Frink. "Colonel James Williams: A Sketch of a Patriot and the Events Leading to the Battle of King's Mountain." Daughter's of the American Revolution Magazine 118 (1984): 644-6.
Update: I could not find this article by Madge C. Frink in volume 118. This source has been cited for other family pages, so this is kind of strange. I did find another volume with an article about James Williams, but MY LIBRARY IS MISSING THAT VOLUME.
Too bad I can't remember where I saw this source cited. I guess I need to keep better blogs 🙂
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In my previous post, I mentioned that my ancestor, Henry Williams of Caswell Co., NC had a brother, Colonel James Williams of the 96th District, SC who died in the Revolutionary War. I received the book I ordered "James Williams: An American Patriot in the Carolina Backcountry" by William Graves in the mail this week to confirm this relationship. Graves' book gives an excellent account of the life of Colonel James Williams and includes familial activities and history based on primary sources of letters, wills, estate, and court records.
The author of this book confirms that my ancestor, Henry Williams, was in deed the brother of Colonel James Williams and says that Colonel James Williams transferred much of his assets, including his slaves, to his brother's house for safe keeping from the Tories shortly before he died (p. 25-27).
Details of his whole estate were recorded in both Caswell Co., NC and in the 96th District, SC. This was a great find. As a side, my ancestor, Henry Williams, was also a Colonel in the Revolutionary War; Henry Williams' great-grandson, Iverson Lea Brooks later became a General in the War between the States.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry meets Chinese counterpart in Beijing
US Secretary of State John Kerry meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing amid growing tensions on territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) U.S. Secretary John Kerry is greeted by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Saturday ahead of meetings likely to include discussion of territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Kerry is on a two day visit for previously scheduled talks to prepare for the annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue next month in Washington. Instead, Kerry's agenda will be heavily focused on Chinese land reclamations and rapidly growing Chinese-made artificial islands in the South China Sea that could be used to deploy radar and missile systems. Kerry is expected to meet with President Xi Jinping and other senior officials. Beijing claims sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei have overlapping claims.


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Sheriff's Message, Week of May 14th
Community Friends,
There is an old saying, "The good Lord willing, and the Creeks don't rise." And while several classic songs helped to immortalize saying into our culture, it had nothing to do water and flooding. Ironically, it originated with the 1813 Creek Nation uprising in the Mississippi Territory.
This week, the LCSO's focus was on flood preparation as an Incident Action Plan was issued to our critical leaders. Additionally, SAR completed their boat rescue training this weekend. It is a rare occasion to issue an order ahead of any incident, but we felt it necessary to have our staff knowing future expectations. In excess of 600,000 acre feet of water will eventually move through the Walker River and in excess of 700,000 acre feet of water through the Carson River. For reference, an acre foot of water is 325,851 gallons. The water will not come down all at once, but we will continue to experience high rivers flows during the next 4-8 weeks as high mountain snow continues to melt.
The LCSO divided our incident management plan into three Emergency Operational Areas (EOAs): EOA Walker, EOA Carson East (Silver Springs), and EOA Carson West (Dayton). Tomorrow (Monday), we intent to send out a Code Red TEST message to those registered phones within the affected areas. We want you to see a test message, before any actual emergency notification has to be sent. If you don't get a test message, you are not within the area. If you are in the area and didn't get a message, then your registration failed, so please attempt to register again.
We don't expect any issues on the Carson River in Dayton this week; however we will continue to monitor its river flow. Our main focus next week is on the Walker River in Smith and Mason Valleys, which includes the City of Yerington and the Lyon County Detention Facility. And while we believe the jail is on high ground, it is the waste water treatment plant that has to stay operational for us to keep prisoners there. If necessary, we are prepared to move them to another county jail.
During the past two weeks, Dustin Cooper was bound into District Court for the March 2016 murder of his wife Johnie Shadden; Shiloh Waver was bound into District Court for the May 2015 death of two year old Rueben; and James Hamrick's District Court trial for the May 2016 murder of his sister-in-law Toni Davis is scheduled this fall. Many times, the majority of the public forgets about crime victims, but we don't. We are making progress on the WigWam robbery, but will not release any information until all the evidence has been processed through the laboratory and the District Attorney's Office has reviewed it.
Deputies Shanleigh Brethauer and Andrew Bronk graduated from the POST Academy (Cat I). Shanleigh will begin patrol training while Andrew will return to the Detention Facility until another patrol position opens.
And finally, a plea for common sense and respect for the current state of the Cason and Walker Rivers, and any secondary river channels that may develop. When an individual goes into the river, we are generally doing body recovery and not a rescue mission. The force and power of the river will pin a person under rocks, undercuts in the embankment, and in brush and trees. Please stay off embankments, off bridges covered with moving water, and out of any river channel. The safety and well-being of you and your family is important to us, everything else can be repaired or replaced.
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Globalisation has meant that many businesses operate in jurisdictions that present a high risk from a legal, political and commercial perspective. This has been accompanied by an increased 'internationalisation' of the law relating to these risks. Consequently, companies operating multi-nationally are now required to meet certain new legal obligations.
Allens' International Business Obligations team has the experience and expertise to advise you on how to manage these legal obligations and risks. Our team of experts will work with you to minimise the legal, and related commercial and reputational, risks that may arise from operating in these high-risk jurisdictions. We also assist clients to establish and maintain their commercial and social licences to operate in these markets.
More detail on the issues on which we can advise and assist our clients are set out below:
Anti bribery and anti-money laundering
- Design and implementation of global anti-bribery and anti-money laundering policy and compliance programs, including due diligence tools, face-to-face training and tailored online training programs.
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- Regulatory investigations and litigation commenced in Australia and other jurisdictions; in particular, in Asia, the US and the UK.
- Design and implementation of global policies and compliance programs to ensure compliance with United Nations and unilateral domestic sanctions laws.
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- Regulatory investigations and litigation commenced in Australia and other jurisdictions in connection with alleged or proven breaches of sanctions laws.
Disaster management
- Minimising and managing legal and litigation risk, as well as reputational risk, associated with unexpected natural or man-made events.
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International trade and investment laws
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Independent Glass Company Ltd
Established in 1987, IGC are one of the largest independent toughened glass manufacturers and glass merchants in the UK, and are a long standing customer of Glaston Bavelloni and now Glass Machinery Solutions.
As part of a continual improvement programme to ensure that their customers receive glass of the highest quality, IGC have invested in 3 new Bavelloni Alpa 315/323 N multi-functional CNC machines and a New Forza G water treatment unit. The new CNC machines encompass the latest technology from Glaston Bavelloni, and ensure that IGC stay ahead of the competition by offering services that the competition cannot.
Managing Director Mr John Devine says: - "I have always been happy with the Bavelloni machines and the excellent service that they provide. We have worked together for many years now and we at Independent Glass look forward to working with Glass Machinery Solutions and Bavelloni in the future".
Independent Glass group now have 10 Bavelloni CNC machines, giving them huge processing capacity. A total of 13 Bavelloni machines including bevelling and straight line edging are installed across the Groups sites. All of these machines are covered by Glaston Bavelloni Service Care, meaning they are maintained to the highest standards, and that any down time is minimised due to the fast response Glass Machinery Solutions offers to Service Care customers.
Independent Glass have also invested in a FORZA G water treatment unit, to keep clean water that that is used for processing. This unit fits in nicely with IGC's ethics, as they strongly believe in caring for the environment and saving a precious commodity such as water.
Toughglaze (UK) Ltd
Toughglaze (UK) Ltd was formed in 1993, with a clear vision: to become the only supplier of toughened and laminated glass products that their customers will want to do business with. They are a long-standing customer of Glaston Bavelloni and have several Bavelloni machines installed at their sites, including cutting, double-edging and CNC machines.
Toughglaze have invested in a second Glaston Bavelloni Syncro cutting line to give them even more cutting capacity to keep up with the demands of their very busy factory and order book. Toughglaze invested a large Jumbo cutting line back in 2009/2010, which they say more than doubled their production due to the speed of the machine.
Bhavik Varsani for Toughglaze comments: "Glaston Bavelloni has always been very good to us and we have received the very best of service from them. We have worked with Glass Machinery Solutions since they took over the Bavelloni operation in the UK in January 2010 and I am pleased to say they have carried on the excellent level of service. This is why we have had the confidence to invest in more machinery with Glass Machinery Solutions and Glaston Bavelloni".


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The last stalwart defender of the original British garrison, Nigel has grown from a typical sized English Bulldog into a raging beast by feeding on V Serum-entrained foodstuff. But he still remains loyal to his master's people.
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Our investment approach combines more than eight decades of market data, Nobel Prize-winning academic research and the latest discoveries in behavioral finance. The main objective is reducing risk through diversification, which we call asset allocation. We consider risk to be another word for volatility, the likelihood of a given investment fluctuating in value from year to year. Diversification is intended to reduce volatility.
To achieve diversification that reduces risk, we recommend allocating assets among the major classes of stocks, bonds, and real estate (and to a limited degree, cash, commodities and other alternative investments). Stocks are further divided between U.S. and foreign, large and small companies, and growth and value styles. We do not "time the market". Rather, we follow the discipline of "staying the course" through both the ups and downs of the financial markets (studies show, even in a declining market, it is risky to engage in "timing", as an investor who has stepped out of the market is likely to miss the opportunity to reenter in time to participate in the rebound). In addition, we exercise care to minimize income taxes and investments' expenses so that more of what is earned is retained in the account.


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He was so excited to pick out all of his blue clothing the night before. And he wanted just two of his fingernails painted blue.
For breakfast, I made a "blue plate special" complete with blue scrambled eggs, blue-dotted toast (thanks Sunday Hot Pants!) and blueberries.
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"Everyone Needs an Epiphany"
Mary Helen Tucker, Director of Youth and Children's Ministries
William Regan, Director of Music
William Regan became Director of Music at EUMC in December 2014. He studied piano performance at the University of New Orleans and is furthering his education in Business Finance at Liberty University. He is currently the Controller at a beverage wholesaler in Sterling, VA. He has an extensive and diverse background in music, and has served in the UMC for 25 years. He has two sons, Charlie and Bradley, and his first grandchild on the way. He enjoys sports, movies, theme parks, and baking cheesecakes.


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Thursday, November 17, 2016
Student and faculty news
YoungArts Awards, GSA news, Minnesota State Arts Board grants and Minnesota History Center exhibit
Photo: Lucy Boyum (visual) and Izzy Bailey-Seiler (literary), Perpich GSA leaders and GSA Network Leadership Council members
YoungArts Award winners
Nina Afremov, literary arts senior, received a 2017 YoungArts Honorable Mention Award for her "Writing/Selection from a Novel."
Visual arts graduate Sherrill Zhang (2016) is a 2017 Visual Arts Finalist, the highest award in the program.
This national competition is one of the most prestigious for high school students and less than 700 are chosen out of more than 11,000 entries. Out of the 691 honorees, only 166 receive Finalist designation. The awards can include financial prices up to $10,000, mentorships with renowned artists and opportunities to perform and exhibit at some of the nation's leading cultural institutions. Big congrats to Nina and Sherrill!
Perpich GSA representing
Perpich Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) leaders and GSA Network Leadership Council members Lucy Boyum (visual arts) and Izzy Bailey-Seiler (literary arts) sat on a panel and led an LGBTQ+ Art workshop at this year's queer youth conference, Q-Quest. Perpich GSA members attended the conference Nov. 1 at Coffman Memorial Union on the University of Minnesota campus.
Sun Yung Shin wins grant
English instructor Sun Yung Shin is one of 10 poets who have received Minnesota Arts Board Grants. Sun Yung plans to complete her manuscript for a fourth book of poetry with images, and purchase projection equipment to create innovative readings and events with the $10,000 award. Congratulations, Sun Yung!
Spanish students' work was at Minnesota History Center
The ofrenda made by Perpich Spanish students to honor the victims at the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Florida was on exhibit at the Minnesota History Center as part of its Day of the Dead activities.
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The Shops at Clearfork open! With more coming in 2018
Just a few short paces into any stroll around the newly opened Shops at Clearfork and a witty remark about it resonates loud and clear: It's Rodeo Drive arriving in the city of rodeos.
The Shops at Clearfork already is being lauded as the crown jewel shopping and entertainment destination of southwest Fort Worth. It's earning such lofty kudos by effortlessly striking that delicate balance between expanse and coziness. The "expanse" part is how it will eventually spread out over 500,000 square feet, nestled on 270 acres. But because it is that rare open-air, cutting-edge quilt of retail, restaurants and entertainment choices, Clearfork achieves a kind of urban energy and coddling luxurious intimacy all at once.
Balance very much governs how this gleaming new shopping and entertainment complex has been assembled. Its retail stores — which will boast 44 opening by the holiday season, and 53 by the first quarter of 2018 — are already anchored by a spectacular new branch of Neiman Marcus, which debuted in February.
If ever the adjective "curated" could appropriately describe the finely tuned mix of high-end home-furnishing and refined fashion retailers, along with restaurants, plus a special contingent of 120,000 square feet of office space, the Shops at Clearfork certainly deserves that description.
The Clearfork experience is as much about strolling around, absorbing the entirety of the complex as it is about the individual stores. There are plenty of park benches, tables with chairs, and cruise ship-worthy deck chairs to rest weary shopping bones. Music, emitted by speakers discreetly hidden in lush flower beds, fills the air. Nudging up to the sidewalk curbs is a flotilla of BMWs, Mercedes SUVs, Lexuses and Range Rovers.
Part and parcel of the Clearfork shopping experience is its panoply of dining options. Between the fall of this year and early 2018, no less than 12 restaurants will open, purveying everything from healthful juices (Clean Juice Bar) and luscious macaroons (Joy Macarons) to the freshest shrimp ceviche (Mesero) or crispy catfish (Fixe).
Indeed, the restaurants' opening schedule has Joy Macarons, Malai Kitchen (contemporary Southeast Asian cuisine) and Rise n°3, specializing in cloudlike, savory and sweet soufflés, up and running in September; B&B Butchers & Restaurant, City Works Eatery and Pour House, Clean Juice Bar, Cru Food & Wine Bar, Fixe and Twigs Bistro and Martini Bar all debuting by the holidays; and Doc B's Fresh Kitchen, Luna Grill and Mesero, opening in 2018.
After a fulfilling meal at one of these culinary temples, more entertainment unfolds at an eight-screen, luxury AMC movie theater, or at Pinstripes, the 30,000-square foot, high-end bowling and bocce center that borders a fire pit-accented, Italian-American restaurant and craft beer-heavy bar.
A snapshot of some of Clearfork's shops
1. Arhaus Furniture: Offers a global perspective, from a worldwide roster of artisans, in its eclectic offerings.
2. Everything But Water: This boutique is all about the latest in swim and resort wear – from bikinis to sandals.
3. Evereve: When it comes to "Mom" flaunting her power and beauty through smart clothing choices, Evereve is just the emporium for her.
4. Alex and Ani: Combine ecological consciousness with eye-catching jewelry and accessories design, and you have Alex & Ani.
5. Tiffany & Co.: Indisputably the world's first and last name in luxury jewelry. The diamond creations alone might dazzle one into a shopping stupor.
6. Mizzen + Main: In the market for the globe's most comfy dress shirt, look no further than Mizzen + Main.
7. Out on a Limb: Eclectic and stylish fashions are the watchword at Out on a Limb – along with must have accessories and gifts.
8. Climate: Whether the conditions are beach-scape aquatic or a winter wonderland, Climate stocks all manner of winning lifestyle brands as North Face, UGG and Patagonia.
9. Tumi: Around since 1975, Tumi's line of travel-ready luggage, backpacks and bags are synonymous with great style and carefree durability.
10. Hemline: With its 20 branches in the Southeast, Hemline's reputation has always rested on its brand-name accessories, clothing and shoes.
11. Louis Vuitton: Around since 1854, Louis Vuitton is synonymous with innovation and style, fused together in a stellar line of luggage, shoes, watches and fragrances.
12. Tesla Motors: Take one step into the Tesla showroom and you'll immediately understand why most refer to it as a "gallery." This is where the art of electric cars and sustainable energy products is truly on full display.
13. Mitchell Gold & Bob Williams: Starting in 1989, Mitchell Gold & Bob Williams has grown into a globally recognized home furnishings phenom.
14. Burberry: Established in 1856, this iconic British luxury name is rooted in its founder's original invention of gabardine, the kind of fabric known for its lightweight and weatherproof qualities.
15. Double R: Think of Texas and the specialty niche of custom-made clothes for women and Double R comes swiftly to mind.
16. Neiman Marcus: Measuring a jaw-dropping 90,000 square feet, Neiman Marcus is Clearfork's principal anchor store. This newly minted Fort Worth branch offers extra special amenities such as the Beauty Boardroom, The Girlfriend Room and The Club Room.
17. NuVitrum: When it comes to artistically driven, cutting-edge lighting design, NuVitrum is that art form's go to destination. For NuVitrum, it's all about the "hard-to-find," luxurious lighting possibilities, created by global artisans.
The public art at The Shops at Clearfork
Inside and outside are 14 pieces of artwork by 10 different artists, five of them native to Texas. While nine artworks are smartly scattered throughout the Clearfork grounds, five of them have been placed inside the nearby two office building lobbies.
Margery Gossett, owner of Fort Worth's Artspace 111, is Clearfork's chief art curator.
"The developers wanted really discoverable pieces for those shoppers walking through the space who might stop to appreciate the art work as part of the overall space," says Gossett.
Several of the artworks stand out for their sheer uniqueness in size, scope, and thematic allusions to the singular landscape of Fort Worth.
Owing to its unmissable stature, "Windmill," by Brooklyn-based artist Tom Fruin, was wrought from steel and acrylic panels, while following the artist's habitual practice of repurposing forgotten materials. The 40-foot-high, 10-foot-wide work is so commanding that it is visible from the second floor of Neiman Marcus. With its Crayola crayon-tinted feature of stained glass panels, there's something childlike about the entire work.
Directly in front of Burberry's is Barbara Dybala's "Nature of Three Orbs." Dybala, based out of Rockwall, crafted three different circular full and half globes — ranging from 46 inches in diameter down to 12 inches — from the unassuming materials of fiberglass and glass. Their strongly mosaic pattern is meant to evoke the world's animals, plants and the surrounding cosmos.
You'll never enter any prosaic parking garage lobby again and not think of Migrating Cranes that float above you in Kevin Box and Robert J. Lang's work. Hovering overhead in the lobby of the blue parking garage, the 15 larger cranes measure 26 inches long, with 30 birds measuring 18 inches long, while 20 are eight inches long.
Though inspired by Japanese paper origami forms, these birds are done in cast aluminum and tinted varying shades of sand and cream, and hung like classic mobiles.


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Benefits to being a Circle Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture Member
Website Listing & Links:
Your business will be listed as a Chamber Member on this page with updated hyperlinks
to connect potential customers directly to you.
Business Referrals:
The Chamber receives inquiries from people wishing to visit our area, your active membership ensures that
your business will be referred and properly represented.
Advertising Opportunities:
On the Circle Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture home page, you have the opportunity to advertise
your upcoming events, sales, open house or other items for a fee.
See the banner ad at the bottom of any page, or the featured ad on the home page.
Meeting Reminders:
via e-mail or telephone as requested.
Circle Chamber Change:
Circle Chamber Change serves as a gift certificate for anyone to use for local purchases.
Chamber change can be purchased by contacting Jana Hance at 485-4782 or Emily Guldborg at 485-2288.
Montana Chamber Choices:
An excellent program through the Montana Chamber of Commerce in which small
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PQP Public Health Doctoral Scholarship
Deadline: February 22, 2019
The Paul Q. Peterson Public Health Scholarship is provided to encourage and support outstanding students who are interested in the practical application of public health delivery and/or research. This encompasses access to or management of health care delivery systems, international or community application of public health practice, advocacy for socially or economically disadvantaged populations, epidemiological or environmental investigation, or biostatistical analysis. This scholarship was made possible by an endowment established by the Alumni Association of the School of Public Health (SPH) to honor Dr. Paul Q. Peterson, the first Dean and founding father of the UIC-SPH. It is awarded in special recognition of his efforts to improve the health of the community.
SPH students who meet the following criteria are eligible to apply for the scholarship:
- Admitted into an SPH doctoral degree program
- Completed at least one semester and a minimum of 12 hours toward a DrPH or PhD.
- Maintained a cumulative GPA at SPH of 3.0 or higher
- Expected graduation date is December 2019 or later
- Has not previously received a PQP Scholarship at the doctoral level.
Submit the following materials online at 'PQP Doctoral Form':
1) Completed Application Form by clicking the following link: PQP Doctorals Form
2) A concise (500 word) essay describing a recently completed (during the last two years) public health project, including its rationale, objectives, demonstrated or anticipated outcomes, and public health significance. The project may be undertaken by the applicant while a student, such as a funded or non-funded project, a research project, a project completed during independent study or practicum, or a volunteer project. The project may also be work-related if it goes beyond the basic job expectations of the position. Overall, the project should demonstrate leadership, commitment, and expertise in public health.
3) Resume or CV with education and professional experience, publications, awards, and honors.
4) Two completed Letter of Recommendation Forms at least one of which from an SPH faculty member who has first-hand knowledge of the applicant. Click the following link to submit the PQP Doctorals Letter of Recommendation Form.
The application and all supporting documents for the scholarship must be submitted online by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 22, 2019. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Applications will be reviewed by members of the Alumni Association Awards Committee. The Committee will select finalists who will be invited for a brief interview with the committee in February/March of 2019. The recipient will be notified in advance of the PQP Awards Ceremony that will be held at the Annual SPH Research and Awards Day April 2019.
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Dear stranger from Santiago de Compostela:
I took this picture of you a while ago. It was Sunday, April 8, 2007. Easter Sunday. I was on vacation in Spain. It was more by chance than anything else that I ended up spending most of the Holy Week in Sevilla and Easter Sunday in Galicia. I'm as religious as a napkin, but as a Catholic in recovery, I'm familiar with most of the rituals. Or I thought I did.
Sevilla was incredible. I had no idea of the magnitude of the celebrations that take place there. One night it took me a few hours to leave the hotel, walk around one of the plazas, and come back to the room. Galicia, on the other hand, was not as crowded. I drove north from Madrid to León, and then west towards Galicia.
Westbound, after crossing Astorga, everything changed. The scenery was different. The infrastructure was different. You could see the pilgrims on the road, on their way to Santiago. The Way of St. James. It's unbelievable that some people walk almost 500 miles (or more!), all the way from France, to complete their pilgrimage. They must be crazy.
Who are you, stranger? You must be crazy.
I saw you arriving at the Praza do Obradoiro, with your giant bag and belongings. You were alone, sunburnt, walking slowly, tired, with your eyes fixed on the Cathedral. I saw you sitting down on your bag, resting your elbows on your knees, and then your face on your hands. I could not see you crying, but I saw you wiping away some tears while looking at the the western façade.
Not counting board games, I've never been much of an athlete. But I'm a runner. I like to run long distances. I'm not fast, I have a bad knee, I don't train well... But I run. It's cathartic. Each race is a new goal. Pinning the bib number on the shirt sometimes is as emotional as crossing the finish line. For me it's 90% mental. The other 10% is in my head. But I do it. I like doing it.
And you did it. Whatever it was you were attempting to do, you did it. Were you one of those walking all the way from France? Farther away, perhaps? If your shoes could talk... How do you pack for a trip like that? How much weight were you carrying in that bag? How much weight were you carrying... inside?
The photograph is out of focus. It's grainy. The settings in my camera were all wrong. But I only had a second to capture (steal?) the moment. And after all these years, the memory is still vivid. I remember everything. A fleeting moment, like life itself.
If you ever read this and recognize yourself from the photo above, I'd love to know the real story. For now, nine years later: thank you for the inspiration.
Who are you, stranger? You must be sane.
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With the new Radiant Images' Novo camera, size matters
While mobile phones have not quite shrunk to the size of Zoolander's, cameras are not far away. The GoPro Hero 3 camera has been the market leader for a little bit, but it still has its limitations. The guys over at Radiant Images addressed those issues by stripping down a Hero 3 to it's basic elements and building it back from the ground up. The result is the Novo. It is smaller than the GoPro but has the same functionality. It also has a C-mount so you can use interchangeable lenses and you can manually control the exposure and focus. There are lots of other accessories that you can add on to the Novo, such as a large LCD touchscreen. Of course, then your palm-size camera turns into some weird Voltron behemoth.


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Depression May Be a Physical Illness Linked to Inflammation
Scientists are now calling the link between depression and inflammation caused by a faulty immune system definitive. Whether it's causal or not, the connection opens up new avenues for treatment, and new hope for sufferers.
Turn off, shut down, log out: the digital detox holiday is here.
People are getting away to relax, and leaving their phones and laptops behind. It's all about knowing when enough is enough. Are you ready to step away from it all and detox from the digital world?
You won't believe how many take prescription pain meds
A shocking statistic has emerged in the UK - you won't believe how many of us are regularly taking prescription drugs such as statins, anti-depressants or pills for pain relief! Experts suggest that a healthier lifestyle would reduce/negate the need for many of these prescriptions.
Exercise can ward off depression
A study published in JAMA Psychiatry has shown that people who are more active are less likely to be depressed. The team also discovered that if you were depressed, you were less likely to engage in exercise activity. Read more here
Is pain real or is it all in your head
"Pain feels like a fast stab wound to the heart. But then healing feels like the wind against your face when you are spreading your wings and flying through the air. We may not have wings growing out of our backs, but healing is the closest thing that will give us that wind against our faces." ~C. Joybell
First 3D Vertebra Implanted
A 3D printed vertebra has been successfully implanted into a 12 year-old boy in China! The precise size and shape required have been used to construct the vertebra, which replaced one following surgery to remove a cancerous tumour. See the full story here.
College of Chiropractors Given Royal Charter
At a meeting of the Privy Council on Wednesday, the Queen approved the grant of a Royal Charter to the College of Chiropractors, the first Royal Charter to be granted to a complementary medicine organisation in the UK.
Getting Whey Smart
The scoop on whey protein shakes: Who should use them, why, when, how much, and what to look for in a powder.
10 Things People Don't Know About Chiropractic
Pain is the last symptom of dysfunction.
A patient's back is often restricted or unstable for months or years before it presents as a problem and they show up in a chiropractor's office. In addition, the absence of pain is not health. While medication may be needed, if you take a pill and the pain goes away, the dysfunction that caused it still persists. Muscle, ligament and joint injuries often occur as a result of long-term biomechanical dysfunction, sometimes from past injuries, making the area more susceptible to future injury.
Confusion about how active we should be
New Year, new you. If you're at all typical, you might be thinking it's time to do a bit more exercise and lose a few pounds. But how much, and how often?


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Persephone Explains the Pomegranate
Anne Brannen
I was exhausted.
The flowers, the sun, the singing,
the abduction, Mom screaming
in the distance —
what an afternoon.
Even so, I refused,
adamantine. No crown, no
shadowed halls, no infinite
dark, no cushioned
throne. Then, the bowl,
heaped with ripeness.
In the dark the seeds shone
not like rubies or blood but
sun through red glass.
Lively creatures, in all this death.
I saw it all.
The grief, the rage, the
break, the bargain, beyond
compelling. Dark, peace,
quiet. The end of heat, of
singing, of sun; the harvest
of the relentless summer
of grain.
Anne Brannen currently makes her home in Albuquerque, to which she has returned after a decades long absence. She is a former professor of medieval literature and current mistress of herself. Her poetry has been published in such various journals as Cabinet des Fees, Literary Mamas, New Mexico Poetry Review, and Kestrel.


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How to make PCBs home
in 1 hour & W I T H O U T special materials
If you take your electronics hobby seriously, I guess you already feel the need for a simple and fast technique for making your own printed-circuit boards (PCB). Here I'm going to show how to make simple single-sided PCBs in a snap, using widely available materials. This technique works reliably for thin tracks down to 10 mils, and is suitable for most surface-mount parts.
What you need
You need also: a blade cutter, scotch tape, sandpaper, kitchen paper, cotton wool, vice, hacksaw.
Required materials I used… Where to find Magazines or advertising brochures IEN magazine / TV programme magazine
Mail-order catalogue
Travel agent's brochures
Free in your mailbox Laser printer
Alternately, a photocopier should work
Samsung ML1710 with original toner cartridge.
Inkjet printers/copiers don't work.
Attached to your PC Household clothes iron Tefal Acquagliss 70s
(dismissed unit, vapour was broken)
Ask mummy Copper clad laminate FR4 laminate 1.6 mm thick (35um copper) Radio Shack Etching solution Ferric chloride solution,
about 1 liter/ 0,26 gallons
Radio Shack Kitchen scrubs Spontex "Azione Verde" Grocery store Thinner (e.g. acetone) Nail polish remover.
Most solvents used in painting will do.
Grocery store Plastic coated wire Plastic insulated copper wire, 1 mm diameter solid core (about 1 meter/3feet) Electrical store
How it works
Laser printers and photocopiers use plastic toner, not ink, to draw images. Toner is the black powder that ends up on your clothes and desk when replacing the printer cartridge. Being plastics, toner is resistant to etching solutions used for making PCBs - if only you could get it on copper!
Modifying a printer for working with copper is out of question, but you can work around it with the toner-transfer principle. Like most plastics, toner melts with heat, turning in a sticky, glue-like paste. So why not print on paper as usual, place the sheet face-down on PCB copper, and melt toner on copper applying heat and pressure?
Almost right. Right now you got paper toner-glued to PCB copper. Last step is to find a way to remove paper leaving toner on the copper, and you're done.
I must credit Thomas Gootee for finding a solution putting glossy, inkjet photo paper in his laser printer. He found that the glossy coating dissolves in water. As most of the toner does not penetrate the glossy surface, you can easily remove the paper support with water: the gloss dissolves and you can remove paper.
Clever, isn't it?
Unfortunately, the kind of paper used by Thomas is being replaced by new, improved, WATERPROOF (!) photo paper. This is good for your photo prints, but doesn't work anymore for PCBs.
While searching for more information on the subject, I found a newsgroup thread that suggested replacing expensive inkjet photo paper with glossy paper recycled from magazines. Magazines use ink, not toner, for printing, so previous printing shouldn't affect the process. Another great idea! I tried it and worked so well that I decided to spread the word. Read on for a complete tutorial and my hands-on tips.
Finding the right paper
The perfect paper should be: glossy, thin, and cheap. The kind of stuff that looks lustrous and shiny when new, but so cheap it quickly turns into pulp when wet. If you ever found a mailbox full of squashy mail on a rainy day, you already know the answer: paper used for most mail advertising and magazines fits perfectly the requisites. I tried pages from the free advertising magazine IEN,catalogues , travel agent's brochures, TV programme magazine, and all worked well. I don't expect great difference using paper from most magazines. As a rule of thumb, if humidity in your bathroom turns your magazine in bad shape, it should be OK. If the humidity on your fingertips is enough to feel a sticky sensation while touching its gloss coating, it should be OK. Feel free to experiment: almost any glossy magazine paper will work. I like thin paper over thick one, and prefer recycled paper over new paper.
Paper preparation
I discard pages heavily printed, preferring pages with normal-size text on white background. Although ink usually does not transfer on the PCB, heavy print of headlines sometimes accumulate so much ink that some gets on copper.
Cut the paper to a size suitable for your printer. Try to get straight, clean cuts, as jagged borders and paper dust are more prone to clog printer mechanism. An office cutter is ideal, but also a blade-cutter and a steady hand work well.
Be careful to remove all staples, bindings, gadget glue or similar stuff, as they can damage printer's drum and mechanisms.
Printer setup
Laser printers are not designed for handling thin, cheap paper, so we must help them feeding the sheets manually instead of using the paper tray. Selecting a straight paper path minimizes the chances of clogging. This is usually achieved setting the printer as if it were printing on envelopes.
You want to put as much toner on paper as possible, so disable "toner economy modes" and set printer properties to the maximum contrast and blackness possible. You want to print your PCB to exact size, so disable any form of scaling/resizing (e.g. "fit to page"). If your printer driver allows, set it to "center to page" as it helps to get the right position using a non-standard size sheet.
Disclaimer: your laser printer is not designed to handle this kind of paper. Feeding your printer with paper other than special laser printer paper could damage it and potentially voids the warranty. So you are warned: do it at your own risk.
Print your PCB layout as usual, except you must setup the printer as described above and you must print a mirrored layout.
This is my PC thermometer circuit printed on IEN magazine paper. Notice that it is a mirror image of the circuit (the word PCTHERM is reversed). Placing some text helps recognizing when the layout is mirrored. Text will read straight again once the image is transferred on copper. If you look it very closely, you can see that toner is not opaque enough to 100% cover the words underneath, but this won't affect etching.
How to cut raw material
PCB material is fibreglass like, and a trick to cut it effortlessly is to score a groove with a blade cutter or a glass cutter. The groove weakens the board to the point that bending it manually breaks it along the groove line. This method is applicable only when cutting the whole board along a line that goes from side to side, that is you can't cut a U or L shaped board with it.
For small boards, I lock the PCB material in a vice, aligning vice edge and cut line. I use an all-aluminium vice which is soft and doesn't scratch copper, if you use a steel vice protect copper surface with soft material.
Using the vice as a guide, I score BOTH board sides with a blade cutter (be careful) or another sharp, hardened tool (e.g. a small screwdriver tip). Ensure to scratch edge-to-edge. Repeat this step 5-6 times on each side.
Bend the board. If groove is deep enough, the board will break before reaching a 30 degrees bend. It will break quite abruptly so be prepared and protect your hands with gloves.
To make paper alignment easier, cut a piece of PCB material that is larger (at least 10mm/0,39 inch for each side) than the final PCB.
Cleaning the board for transfer
It is essential that the copper surface is spotlessly clean and free from grease that could adverse etching. To remove oxide from copper surface, I use the abrasive spongy scrubs sold for kitchen cleaning. It's cheaper than ultra-fine sandpaper and reusable many times. Metallic wool sold for kitchen cleaning purposes also works. Thoroughly scrub copper surface until really shiny. Rinse and dry with a clean cloth or kitchen paper.
TIP: "...I had a bar of "Solvol" soap in the kitchen cupboard, This stuff is like normal soap but with sand mixed in with it or something. Mechanics and so on often use it as its really good at cleaning the grease and stuff off your hands. It is like soap with built-in sandpaper. Not much effort with some Solvol soap cleaned copper right up..." Robert Davidson
Preparing for transfer
To make paper alignment easy, cut excess paper around one corner (leave a small margin though). Leave plenty of paper on the other sides to fix the paper to the desk. As the board is larger than the final PCB, there is large margin for easy placement of paper on copper.Turn the iron to its maximum heat (COTTON position) and turn off steam, if present. While the iron warms up, position the materials on the table. Don't work on an ironing board as its soft surface makes it difficult to apply pressure and keep the PCB in place. Protect table surface with flat, heat-resistant material (e.g. old magazines) and place the board on top, copper face up. Lock the board in place with double-adhesive tape. Position the PCB printout over the copper surface, toner down, and align paper and board corners. Lock the paper with scotch tape along one side only. This way, you can flip the paper in and out instantly.
Iron it!
Flip out the paper, and preheat copper surface placing the iron on top of it for 30 seconds. Remove the iron, flip back paper into its previous position over the copper. It is essential that paper does not slip from its position. You can also cover with a second sheet of blank paper to distribute pressure more evenly. Keep moving the iron, while pressing down as evenly as you can, for about one minute.
Remove the iron and let the board to cool down.
This is the fun part. When the board is cool enough to touch, trim excess paper and immerge in water. Let it soak for 1 minute, or until paper softens.
Cheap paper softens almost immediately, turning into a pulp that is easy to remove rubbing with your thumb. Keep rubbing until all paper dissolves (usually less than 1 minute). Don't be afraid to scratch toner, if it has transferred correctly it forms a very strong bond with copper.
The board with all paper removed. It is OK if some microscopic paper fibres remain on the toner (but remove any fibre from copper), giving it a silky feeling. It is normal that these fibres turn a little white when dry.
Magnified view of the tracks, these are 1206 pads and SO8 SMT pads, connected by 20 mils tracks. Some white fibres show up on the black toner surface.
The hanger tool
The optimal way to etch is keeping the PCB horizontal and face-down (and possibly stirring). This way dissolved copper gets rapidly dispersed in the solution by gravity. Stirring keeps its concentration even, so the solution close to the PCB does not saturate and etching proceeds quicker. Unfortunately it is not easy to keep the PCB in place in an highly corrosive acid. This hanger is my best attempt to solve the problem. I made it with plastic-insulated copper wire. The wire must have a rigid core, but must be also easy enough to adapt to the board by hand without tools. Core diameter of 1 to 2mm is fine. Give it the form of an "arm" (the handle) ending with 4 "fingers".Each finger has a ring tip that fits a corner of the board. Close fingers around board corners: now you can use the handle to splash the board into the etching solution, stir, and inspect how etching proceeds.
There are many alternatives for etching liquids, and you can use the one that suits your taste. I use ferric chloride (the brown stuff): it's cheap, can be reused many times, and doesn't require heating. Actually, moderate heating can speed up etching, but I find it reasonably fast also at room temperature (10…15 minutes).
The down side of this stuff is that it's incredibly messy. It permanently stains everything it gets in contact with: not only clothes or skin (never wear your best clothes when working with it!), but also furniture, floor tiles, tools, everything. It is concentrated enough to corrode any metal – including your chrome-plated sink accessories. Even vapours are highly corrosive: don't forget the container open or it will turn any tool or metallic shelf nearby into rust.
For etching, I place the container on the floor (some scrap cardboard or newspaper to protect the floor from drops). I fit the board on the hanger, and submerge the PCB. Stir occasionally by waving the hanger.
First impression may be that nothing happens, but in less than 10 minutes some copper is removed, making first tracks to appear. From now on, stir continuously and check often, as the process completes rather quickly. You don't want to overdo it, otherwise thinner tracks start being eroded sideways. As a rule of thumb, stop 30 seconds after you don't see any copper leftovers over large areas.Rinse the board with plenty, plenty, plenty of water
I store the etching solution in the same plastic box used for etching. When the job is done I just put the hermetic lid on. To further minimize risks of leakage, I put the container inside the bigger one I use for rinsing, put the second lid, and store it in a safe place.
Disclaimer: These are dangerous chemicals. Always read the labels that come with the solution, handle it wearing protective gloves and goggles, keep windows open, don't inhale the fumes.
Finishing touches
A few drops of thinner (nail polish remover works well) on a pinch of cotton wool will remove completely the toner, bringing back the copper surface. Rinse carefully and dry with a clean cloth or kitchen paper.
Trim to final size and refine edges with sandpaper.
You will like itThe best thing about this method is that it makes possible to start with a great idea at 11:00 pm and have your prototype working by midnight. It is so straightforward that you will use it more often than you think.
The second great thing is that this method is good enough for larger SMT parts. Actually, once you get some practice soldering, SMT parts are easier to work/experiment with, and don't require drilling the holes.
So far, results are comparable with what I was used to get with UV sensitive boards. The board in this tutorial had 20 mils wide tracks: the word "PCTHERM" is 40 mils high and made from 10 mils tracks, and the three pads in the middle are spaced only10 mils apart.
I don't know how the method scales to large board sizes, as I make only small boards.
A frequent question is how to make double-sided PCBs. I don't find practical ironing two sides at once, as it is difficult to get consistent temperature. Dal Wheeler uses a document laminator for the purpose, and has put together an excellent tutorial.
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I Made Autonomous Wall Following Robot Using Microcontroller Atmega16
Cellphone Operated Robot
Thursday, July 14, 2011 Posted by Unknown at 12:16 PM
Conventionally, wireless-controlled robots use RF circuits,which have the drawbacks of limited working range, limited frequency range and limited control. Use of a mobile phone for robotic control can overcome these limitations. It provides the advantages of robust control, working range as large as the coverage area of the service provider,no interference with other controllers and up to twelve controls.Although the appearance and capabilities of robots vary vastly, all robots share the features of a mechanical, movable structure under some form of control. The control of robot involves three distinct phases: reception, processing and action. Generally, the preceptors are sensors mounted on the robot, processing is done by the on-board microcontroller or processor, and the task (action) is performed using motors or with some other actuators.
In this project, the robot is controlled by a mobile phone that makes a call to the mobile phone attached to the robot. In the course of a call, if any button is pressed,a tone corresponding to the button pressed is heard at the other end of the call. This tone is called 'dual-tone multiple-frequency' (DTMF) tone. The robot perceives this DTMF tone with the help of the phone stacked in the robot. The received tone is processed by the ATmega16 microcontroller with the help of DTMF decoder MT8870. The decoder decodes the DTMF tone into its equivalent binary digit and this binary number is sent to the microcontroller.The microcontroller is preprogrammed to take a decision for any given input and outputs its decision to motor drivers in order to drive the motors for forward or backward motion or a turn. The mobile that makes a call to the mobile phone stacked in the robot acts as a remote. So this simple robotic project does not require the construction of receiver and transmitter units. DTMF signaling is used fr telephone signaling over the line in the voice-frequency band to the call switching centre. The version of DTMF used for telephone tone dialing is known as 'Touch-Tone.'DTMF assigns a specific frequency (consisting of two separatetones) to each key so that it can easily be identified by the electronic circuit. The signal generated by the DTMF encoder is a direct algebraic summation, in real time, of the amplitudes of two sine (cosine)waves of different frequencies, i.e., pressing '5' will send a tone made by adding 1336 Hz and 770 Hz to the other end of the line. The tones and assignments in a DTMF system are shown in Table I.
The software is written in 'C' language and compiled using CodeVision AVR 'C' compiler. The source program is ed into hex code by the compiler. Burn this hex code into ATmega16 AVR microcontroller.The source program is well commented and easy to understand. First include the register name defined specifically for ATmega16 and also declare the variable. Set port A as the input and port D as the output. The program
will run forever by using 'while' loop. Under 'while' loop, read port A and test the received input using 'switch' statement. The corresponding data will output at port D after testing of the received data.
In order to control the robot, you need to make a call to the cell phone attached to the robot (through head phone) from any phone, which sends DTMF tunes on pressing the numeric buttons. The cell phone in the robot is kept in 'auto answer' mode. (If the mobile does not have the auto answering facility, receive the call by 'OK' key on the rover-connected mobile and then made it in hands-free mode.) So after a ring, the cellphone accepts the call. Now you may press any button on your mobile to perform actions as listed in Table III. The DTMF tones thus produced are received by the cellphone in the robot. These tones are fed to the circuit by the headset of the
cellphone. The MT8870 decodes the received tone and sends the equivalent binary number to the microcontroller. According to the program in the microcontroller, the robot starts moving.When you press key '2' (binary equivalent 00000010) on your mobile phone, the microcontroller outputs '10001001' binary equivalent. Port pins PD0, PD3 and PD7 are high. The high output at PD7 of the microcontroller drives the motor driver (L293D). Port pins PD0 and PD3 drive motors M1 and M2 in forward direction (as per Table III). Similarly, motors M1 and M2 move for left turn, right turn, backward motion and stop condition as per Table III.
Download:Code Files
Component Required:
IC1 - MT8870 DTMF decoder
IC2 - ATmega16 AVR microcontroller
IC3 - L293D motor driver
IC4 - 74LS04 NOT gate
D1 - 1N4007 rectifier diode
R1, R2 - 100-kilo-ohm
R3 - 330-kilo-ohm
R4-R8 - 10-kilo-ohm
C1 - 0.47μF ceramic disk
C2, C3, C5, C6 - 22pF ceramic disk
C4 - 0.1μF ceramic disk
XTAL1 - 3.57MHz crystal
XTAL2 - 12MHz crystal
S1 - Push-to-on switch
M1, M2 - 6V, 50-rpm geared DC motor
Batt. - 6V, 4.5Ah battery
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