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House Move!
Finally got round to updating some basic info, like where I'm now living! After many, many years in London, and especially in the lovely East Dulwich, we made the move to Bristol last month. So far, everything has been going really well, despite a chaotic move and ruthlessly throwing out bags of stuff from our last place. Massively pleased we finally got out, and loving our area, as well as all the beautiful countryside within short driving and even walking distances. The one thing driving me mad about London was getting up so early to beat the traffic in order to get out somewhere for a decent country walk! Took my easel out in the garden yesterday, and hopefully I'll be cracking on with some new work very soon...
Artists Open House / Instagram
Big thanks to everyone who came to the first week of the Open House exhibition. A few things sold to very nice people, although for some reason not as crazily busy as last year. Saturday's rain was definitely a factor! It will be on again this weekend (19-20 May). Royal wedding might keep things a bit quiet on Saturday, but I'm sure there will be plenty of people like myself, for whom it holds zero interest!
I've not really been keeping the blog up recently, as people seem to go a bit more on Instagram, Facebook, etc... Probably won't do too much in future here, so don't worry if the news feed looks a bit behind!
If you want to check out my Instagram page (as I have recently joined the 21st century!), just type 'edbaylissart' and you should find me. Likewise with Facebook, although apparently less and less people are using it... Seems to be a much better way of getting people to the site and engaging interest.
Plenty more new things on the site to look at!
Nunhead Art Trail
I can now confirm another forthcoming show as part of the Nunhead Art Trail, on the 23rd and 24th September. I will be exhibiting solo at The Waverley Arms, 202 Ivydale Rd, London SE15 3BU. Looks like a great place, and they regularly have resident monthly artists. Although the trail will be that weekend, my work will be up for a bit longer.
Hope a few of you can make it along! I'll put out another reminder nearer the time...
Many thanks - Ed
Open House
Thanks again to everyone who came to the exhibition this year and made it my most successful event so far!
November 12th, 2015
October 29th, 2015
Sorry for the lack of new artwork and general updates recently. This is largely due to the USB ports on my computer having a fault, so unable to transfer and edit images to put on here and the website. Major pain in the arse, but getting it sorted in a week or so.
Other news is that I'm filling in on running a life drawing class at the Islington Arts Factory on Wednesday 16th November. I did this class a couple of weeks ago, and it's a nice space and a good crowd, if anyone is interested. It's from 6.30-9pm and costs £10. It will be officially untutored, but if you're a complete beginner and fancy a go at life drawing, I will be there to help and generally give some tips and advice:
Here's the website with directions:
There may even be two models there, like last time, so good value for money! Please drop me a message if you need any more information.
More art to come soon - promise!
Info on the upcoming show with members of the Dulwich Art Group. Great night last year and it promises to be another corker! All welcome to come along, and please feel free to pass the invite on to anyone you may know who might like to pop along and see some great art.
First Updates for a While!
Almost time for the Dulwich Open House exhibition, which will be taking place at the Sea Scout Hut here in East Dulwich, same as last year. Great experience last time, and fantastic work all round from members of the group. It will be opening 9th May 2015 .Location: The Old Scout Hut, Greendale, Dulwich SE22 8TX.
Will probably be exhibiting some new smaller things, as they seemed to get sold last time. Larger nudes weren't really massively successful, so more trees and hills!
December 04th, 2014
Some info on a small exhibition I'm taking part in, as mentioned a couple of weeks back. The 'opening' (although it's at a pub, so you can come anytime!) is 7.30pm this Saturday (6th December). I will be putting 3 of my recent drawings up for anyone who wants to pop down. No doubt there will be some very nice work on display from other members of the group, so if you're in the area… It will be up for a couple of weeks, if you can't make it this Saturday. Cheers!
Some nice photographs, courtesy of Veronika Starsky (firstname.lastname@example.com or www.flickr.com/photos/misspitzygallery. Taken April 2nd at the opening night
General news on new paintings and daft musings...
August 2018


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Hundreds of children and adults throughout the region will be among the best customers in Britain for the latest JK Rowling book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
The surefire bestseller becomes available at bookstores opening especially for crowds of customers at one minute past midnight.
A spokesman for Waterstones, in Captain Cook Square, Middlesbrough, said the store was in the top 15 out of 200 bookshops nationally for pre-orders of the latest part of the smash-hit sequel.
He said: "Teesside is definitely one of the most popular regions in the country for Harry Potter books."
A spokeswoman at Guisborough Book Shop agreed and they are also open at the witching hour of midnight tonight, with hundreds of pre-orders already taken.
But spare a thought for Northallerton pensioner Harold "Harry" Potter who often gets mixed up with his famous namesake.
He said: "I get postal offers twice a day sometimes."
However, he has had a brilliant piece of luck purely through betting on the Harry Potter name.
"I placed a bet on a horse called Harry Potter and won at 20-1 on a round robin bet. It won me £650!"
He added: "I have never seen the Harry Potter films or read one of the books - but children love them."

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You may be asking yourself at this point if a College Admissions Coach is really worth the money? Aren't there guidance counselors available for that? Can't I do it myself?
Even at the most prestigious and well-endowed private schools, guidance counselors cannot provide personalized, intensive, one-on-one college admissions coaching to all, or even to most, students. There are simply not enough hours in the day, too few counselors, and too many students.
It is estimated that today, nearly 10% of all public and 20% of all private high school students have employed a College Admissions Coach to assist them with the college admissions/application process and that figure is growing.
It would be misleading to suggest that College Admissions Coaches can significantly increase any student's chances of entry into top institutions. College acceptance is based on a lifetime of test scores, high school curriculum, grades, extracurricular involvement, service to the community, legacy, the particular needs of an institution, well---you get the idea.
What a College Admissions Coach can do is assist the student expand upon and, in some cases, narrow down, the field of choices. Special emphasis is placed on career goals and how a particular institution can be of service in that regard.
When a student's career aspirations are accurately assessed, a fair determination of one's academic record and extracurricular/work activities made, and personal preferences taken into account, college selections can be more accurately made. This means that time, energy, and money is not expended applying to inappropriate institutions and the field of appropriate choices is greatly increased.
A College Admissions Coach can save time, money, and undue stress by identifying great college choices, supervising the writing of powerful and persuasive college essays/applications, and coaching a student through the entire applications process.
Even the most gifted and accomplished students can benefit from a qualified College Admissions Counselor who provides individualized, sustained attention tailored to keeping busy students on track in today's distracted world.
Too often, students are so overwhelmed with the demands of coursework, outside pursuits, and family obligations, that fully exploring colleges and applying to an adequate number of them, gets pushed aside and becomes a last-minute, rushed affair. Structured meeting times with a College Admissions Coach can motivate students to stay on track with regard to timetables/deadlines and motivate them to put their very best foot forward.
Specialists abound who assist us with financial planning, home-buying decisions, and even decorating and weight-loss plans. Why not give the college admissions process at least equal importance? Given all of the time and resources spent in preparation for college entry, shouldn't the execution of college admissions garner equal importance?
So how much will this cost? The cost should be contingent upon the duration as well as the quality of the counseling. Given that the standard counseling rate is about $200/hr. and most coaches offer year-round, unlimited in-person meetings, it is reasonable to expect that a student who meets with a counselor for 25 hours in a given year will spend around $5,000. Of course, for that same $5,000, savvy students will take full advantage of unlimited sessions (if they are made available) and will meet with their coach for many hours beyond that.
College admissions counseling is a process, and most students will require numerous hours of sustained thought and effort in not only choosing and applying to colleges, but defining and refining their career goals. This makes sense. After all, there are myriad factors to consider and lots of pieces to just one fully completed application!


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Auto insurance fraud is becoming a great problem in the United States. Auto insurance agencies are paying billions of dollars each year to cover them, that leads to increased premiums even for those who didn't commit fraud.
Auto insurance fraud is committed against an insurance company in order to receive financial gain. According to the National Insurance Crime Prevention bureau auto insurance fraud costs Americans $20 to $30 billion annually.
Auto insurance fraud can be "hard" if it consists of an intentional set up of a situation such as car theft or an automobile accident. Soft insurance fraud is regarded as a minor offense, when a person takes advantage of a situation that has already occurred by pretending that the injuries were more serious that they actually were.
The following actions are fraudulent and may lead to serious penalties. It is illegal to:
- register your car in the place different from where you live because of the lower insurance costs
- exaggerate repair costs
- exaggerate injuries from an accident
- get rid of the car
- stage accidents
- cause intentional damage to your car
Sometimes unintentionally people commit soft fraud. It is very important to remain honest and report damages or injuries to auto insurance companies the way they are. If you've been charged with auto insurance fraud, you should contact an experienced attorney who can provide you with all legal information and defend you aggressively.


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Have the day off today - unlike what seems like the rest of Europe, the UK has it's May Day holiday this coming Monday (the 7th) as opposed to the actual day, so I decided to make a four day weekend of it.
So what have I been up to on my day off?? Quite a lot actually - my other half is at work, and the little'uns are at school so it was a chance to get on and do some stuff... J
First thing this morning I pawned the cats (*) in order to fill up with petrol for a trip to London, or at least the outskirts of the city anyway. I recently bid for, and won, a large number of "Practical Wargamer" magazines on eBay - 26 of them for only a pound, which kind of made me feel really guilty at paying so little for what was/is an excellent (and sadly missed) magazine. The only thing to offset the guilt was the fact that they were "pick up only" (due to the weight), so it cost me a tenner to collect them given they were in London! When I got there the seller had also thrown in some freebies (a few copies of "Military Illustrated" and "Military Modelling") which was much appreciated.. nice guy, and relevant feedback was left.
On the way back I stopped off at a little pub I know called "The Harrow Inn" (this is it on the left), at a little out of the way place called Steep. Well worth a visit anyway, but given I had to come back almost through the back garden on the way home it seemed churlish not to visit... a very pleasant hour then ensued eating rare roast beef sandwiches (with home made horseradish) and drinking Bowman's "Swift One" which at 3.8% was nice refreshing ale on a warm spring day - and went with the sandwiches a treat!
Having arrived home, I then completed the varnish coat on the latest figures to leave the painting table which are some Essex Gatling Guns for the Sudan forces - I've painted two, one with a regular army crew, and one with naval crew. Pictures soon..
* We have two - and I wouldn't be parted from them really...!


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Is it love when it is more than friendship but less than love?
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Ranjini Mukherjee
June 7, 2017
Is it love when it is more than friendship but less than love?
Sometimes new friendships with the opposite sex gives us a thrill that we can easily mistake for something else. With time, if this feeling doesn't weather away then maybe its worth pursuing.
I would agree… it is love when it is love… no thing like "less than love"
It might be 'Confusion'.
There aren't any scales to measure love and friendship and the points in between.
It might be anything other than love.
If you define it as something "less than love" then obviously it cant be entirely love! Besides Love is a very generic term. If you mean opposite sex love – then anything more than friendship has definite potential to bloom into love!
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Angela Bischoff —
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) wants to increase the rate it receives for power from its nuclear units by a whopping 30% next year. OPG is basically asking to dig into electricity ratepayer pockets at the rate of $755 million a year to pre-pay for rebuilding its aging Darlington Nuclear Station.
OPG is also asking for a significant increase in the rate it receives for power from its heritage hydro projects—dams and power plants that were built many, many decades ago. Some of this money may be used to update these facilities, but it is just as likely to be used to subsidize the rebuilding of the Darlington plant given the rock bottom costs of operating 60- or 70-year-old water power plants.
According to OPG, its rate increases will raise the average residential customers' electricity bill by $183 per year.
In other words, OPG is building up a war chest at the expense of ratepayers to pay for a project where costs are simply guesstimates and the chances that the final price tag will soar into the stratosphere are high. Already, OPG has spent almost a billion dollars to re-build Darlington and plans to spend another $1.5 billion over the next two years—and that's just the start.
Ontario has many lower cost and safer options for meeting its electricity needs, everything from ramping up efficiency and conservation at a cost of about 3 cents a kilowatt-hour (kWh) to importing power from Quebec at a cost of 4 cents a kWh, less than half what even OPG is optimistically promising power from a re-built Darlington Station will cost.
With demand for electricity in Ontario falling—and projected to continue to fall for the foreseeable future—and new technologies rapidly improving both our energy efficiency and the economics of renewable power generation, nuclear is essentially obsolete. And just as you likely wouldn't try to rebuild your 20-year-old car when you saw the greater reliability and lower operating costs of a new vehicle, we shouldn't be wasting money re-building outdated reactors.


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Walton Family Foundation continues Helen Walton's legacy of giving
Helen and Sam Walton worked to improve the lives of others and that spirit of giving continues today through their grandchildren and nieces and nephews, Kyle Peterson, executive director of the Walton Family Foundation told a crowd of 250 at the 13th annual Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Benton County (SPSFBC) Corporate Luncheon on Tuesday (May 1).
Peterson told the story of how Marjorie Wolfe, founder of the SPSFBC, visited with Walton 30 years ago at home in Bentonville with Walton's grandchildren playing around them. That day Wolfe shared with Walton the struggle single parents have as they try to balance finances, work and raise children while going to college. She left that day with a commitment of $10,000 from Walton to help with administrative costs in setting up a scholarship fund.
"The donation set off a chain reaction in Benton County and signaled that this organization was doing a great work early on," Peterson said. "Together Marjorie and Miss Helen started a program that has touched all 75 counties here in Arkansas and inspired work in Missouri and Oklahoma as well."
Not only did she write a check, but Walton also came to the annual luncheons, even as her health declined. She also wrote personal congratulatory letters to the scholarship recipients, until her death in 2007.
"I see this every day at the Foundation as we are led by those grandkids who were probably crawling around on the floor during those early days," Peterson said. "It's a 30 year old organization, but it feels like a younger one because of all the involvement of the grandchildren and the nieces and nephews that make up the Walton Family Foundation and the Walton family."
A year and a half ago, when Peterson joined the organization, he led it to write a mission statement, which had never been done. That mission, to address social and environmental problems in order to "create access and opportunity for people and communities," is the same mission of the SPSFBC, he said.
That mission is also reflected in the other work the Foundation does in Northwest Arkansas and beyond. Peterson said it's evident in the miles of bike paths in the area and in Crystal Bridges, the world class art museum that Alice Walton brought to the area.
"She (Walton) felt everyone should have access to great art, should have the opportunity to actually see it and sample it, not just the people that lived in big cities or lived on the coast," Peterson said.
The Foundation is also actively working in education across the country in cities like Washington, D.C.; New Orleans; Indianapolis; Los Angeles and San Antonio.
"We're very involved in helping to build vibrant schools across the country, because we believe that your zip code should not determine the education you get," he said.
The Foundation's work also includes environmental issues, such as the quality of water in the Mississippi River and quantity of water in the Colorado River, he said. Work in Indonesia, Peru, Mexico and Chile helps small fishermen make sure they have sustainable sources of fish for decades to come. Peterson said that in carrying out their mission, "the best ideas come from people who are closest to the problem and we learn from them. "
Peterson ended with a quote from Helen Walton that he said expresses the mission of the Walton family and the Foundation – "It's not what you gather in life, it's what you scatter that tells the kind of life you've lived."
"So together the Walton Family Foundation and the scholarship fund have been sowing seeds and scattering opportunity for 30 years. The impact has been profound," he said.
In addition to Peterson, Keri Ledbetter, a single parent scholarship fund recipient, spoke at the luncheon. She told her story of growing up in an abusive home and becoming a single parent of two children while she was in high school. With the help of the SPSFBC she graduated from NWACC with distinction and then earned a bachelor's degree from John Brown University in organizational management. She works as a grants administrator at the Walton Family Foundation.
Jack Eaton, SPSFBC executive director, said most of the recipient families are living at poverty level with an annual income of $10,000 when the parent enters the program. However, upon graduation, the parent takes a job earning an average of $40,000 a year.
"All 31 of our 2016 graduates are out of poverty and off of government assistance and other community resources," Eaton said.
Over the last 34 years the organization has given out more than 8,000 scholarships in Benton County, totaling over $7 million. The Walton Family Foundation underwrites all administrative costs for the SPSFBC and so all donations go directly to student programs and scholarships.
SPSFBC's stated mission is to enable single parents to attain self-sufficiency through post-secondary education. In addition to providing tuition, recipients also can get help with rent, utilities, transportation, counseling and other critical needs. New applicants are currently being interviewed for the 2018 fall semester and can apply at the organization's website.
Walmart/Sam's Club, Colgate-Palmolive, Greenwood Gearhart, Inc. and the Bank of Arkansas were some of the main sponsors of the luncheon.


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Can Fitbit Keep Going After Last Week's 9% Pop?
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TheFitbit(NYSE: FIT)rally continues. Shares of the leading maker of fitness trackers soared 9.47% last week, following a bullish analyst note and growing buzz about new products. Mizuho Securities analyst Betty Chen stuck to her earlier buy rating and $20 price target after hosting investors meetings with Fitbit's CFO.
Chen is walking away from the conversations convinced that Fitbit has a good chance to maintain its global market leadership position in wearables, with new opportunities arising in the healthcare realm. She is upbeat about the prospects for the new products that will carry Fitbit's fortunes through the next few quarters, starting with the Charge 2 that hit the market earlier this month and the Flex 2 that is now two to three weeks from wrapping around wrists.
Pair up the two new products with the Alta fitness bracelet and Blaze smartwatch that Fitbit introduced this year -- two products that have accounted for roughly half of its sales through the first half of 2016 -- and the consumer electronics company will have put out four significant products this year.
Miles to go before it reaps
Fitbit's now at its highest weekly close in more than four months, but this doesn't mean that it's anywhere to close to its all-time highs. The stock has actually shed nearly half of its value year to date. Fitbit stock was a market darling when it went public last summer, but the shares are now 69% below that summertime peak.
Its recovery is naturally riding on the success of Charge 2 and Flex 2. Charge 2 -- Fitbit's update to its top-selling Charge HR -- hit the market earlier this month at $149. The device is resonating with initial buyers, scoring better than a four-star rating on the leading online shopping site.
It's still too early to tell if the $99 Flex 2 will be a big winner. It should start shipping by the end of the month. Updating the original Fitbit Flex by making it nearly a third smaller and marketing it as its first swimproof tracker should make it a hot holiday gift at a compelling price point.
Year-over-year revenue growth has decelerating sharply in each of the past four quarters, going from 253% top-line growth five quarters ago to 47% today according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.Most companies would love to be growing at a 47% clip, but Fitbit's prospects have been complicated by contracting margins.
Flex 2's initial strong reviews and management talking up its bullish prospects are boosting Fitbit's stock to four-month highs, but keeping those upticks will require brisk sales of the new products. The third quarter will give us an early read on Flex's 2's success, but the ultimate report card will be the upcoming holiday quarter when the Charge 2 and Flex 2 will both be readily available.
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Arriving in the first village on our Laos trek, we enter animal theater. The livestock is in continuous motion, each actor antagonizing the next. Pigs, dogs and chickens chase each other from trough to trough and fight for anything vaguely edible in the dust. With disbelief, we learn that there is no specific customary latrine place in this village — the animals eagerly consume all human waste wherever it falls with sickening zeal.
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In this setting, the brandy flows much less freely. A comical disparity emerges between the nearly full pegs poured for these local teachers and the painstakingly miniscule sips offered to each of us farangs. Each time he comes to us in the circle, the host fills the small glass and then carefully pours most of the nectar back into the bottle, better to waste as little as possible on us. Perhaps this is indicative of a need recognized across cultures for young people to maximize the return on their booze budgets, hospitality be damned.
Next we know, dinner has ended, but a village gathering is underway in our host hut. A few feet from our beds, distinguished men and women of the village are talking, singing, and passing around single shots of lao-lao and cheap Chinese beer. We are ready to turn in, but no, we must first participate further in this village's favorite pastime. As our guide has by now become too drunk to be of much use, we are more or less on our own interpreting the meaning of this party that stands between us and our hard-earned sleep.
We are told that the meeting is to celebrate a new village headman, and district officials are visiting to set things off smoothly. Who is the headman? The older man sitting on the floor? Can it be the rubber-faced man who earlier today was dispensing us medicine from his gallon engine oil jug? Or perhaps this gentleman on the left is the new chief, the one in shirtsleeves forcing beer upon a younger woman who protests with the dismay of one who knows she is powerless. This is a bit of a weird scene, and our guide is not making it better by obliquely encouraging us to purchase more booze for the gathering, referencing vague exigencies of cultural sensitivity.
Having finally reached our beds, we awaken early to the racket of livestock feeding time. Recognizing our guide still comatose, we realize it will not be an early start on the trail. Before long, we are ushered into yet another lao-lao session, this one an early morning acknowledgment of a new motorbike purchase.
Our familiar friend with the oil jug perches in the middle of the room, pressing shots on groggy-looking Laotian men who protest adamantly before finally succumbing and downing each offered shot.
This is too much for us. Do they think this is why we came here? Are we being used as an excuse to drink, if not by the villagers then by our guide, who keeps inventing reasons why we can not yet depart? In this place, the highland rice cultivation schedule leaves months of idle time, encouraging a laid back society that backpackers love to rave about. But am I really to believe that these Laotians are so laid back that their alcoholism doesn't correlate with domestic violence or depression, as it does everywhere else in the world? Is this kind of cultural experience a fun that I should criticize?
These are questions that could just as soon be asked as I walk down a street full of bars in Washington, DC on a weekend night, watching the locals (mostly interns) through the simplified eyes of a traveler. Perhaps de-centering my perceptions in this way is a skill I should carry with me beyond the end of this journey.


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And if the average gun owner is less inclined to fire a gun – and less inclined to attend an NRA convention – perhaps that might explain some of the findings, he said. The research also shows that people who live in areas where NRA conventions are held, injury rates dropped around 50 percent. These tendencies, coupled with the NRA's voter mobilization machine, have long spurred Republican office seekers to make guns a centerpiece of their campaign platforms.
Conservative commentators immediately called for their listeners to boycott companies or products cutting ties with the NRA, framing it as a repression of free speech.
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We have a responsibility also, and can do our part by not voting for any politician backed by the NRA.
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In the immediate aftermath of the country's latest mass school shooting, companies that offered everything from NRA-emblazoned credit cards to hotel discounts pulled the plug on their partnerships with the more than 5 million-member group.
The NRA defended itself with a statement: "Since the tragedy in Parkland, Florida, a number of companies have made a decision to sever their relationship with the NRA, in an effort to punish our members who are doctors, farmers, law enforcement officers, fire fighters, nurses, shop owners and school teachers that live in every American community". Those customers include 86 firearms manufacturers and dealers, including almost every major company in the business, like Smith & Wesson, Colt, Glock, SIG Sauer, and the NRA itself.
Among automobile renters, Enterprise Holdings (parent company of Enterprise, Alamo, and National), as well as Hertz, Avis and Budget, have all bailed on the NRA.
Delta Air Lines: Delta said it's ending discounted flights for NRA members.
Lockton: The insurance company said it will "discontinue providing brokerage services for NRA-endorsed insurance programs". Companies have become more aware of public sentiment that can be amplified over Twitter and other platforms.
Monday, in a lengthy statement, FedEx said it opposes assault weapons but would not cave to political pressure and would not stop offering discounted shipping rates to NRA members.
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The vision of this thesis is to improve the machinability of workpiece steels. Workpiece material frequently transfers to the cutting tools during machining, and the transfer layers then forming on the tools may give both good and bad effects on machining performance and tool life. The objective of this work is to understand the effects of alloying element additions to workpiece steels on material transfer and the roles of the formed transfer layers on friction characteristics and wear of tools.
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Sliding between crossed cylinders, one large work material cylinder and one smaller coated tool cylinder, can be used to simulate the contact between a chip and the rake face of a cutting tool. However accurate simulations require the mode of material transfer in the test to match that in real machining. The mode is strongly dependent on normal load and sliding speed, and it is classified into four types; negligible oxide, only iron oxide, iron oxide and alloy oxide, and metallic transfer with coating cracking. A high load proved to be most important to accurately simulate the mode and area of material transfer occurring in milling. The diameter of the work material cylinder influences the shape of the contact mark, but has no influence on the mode of transfer. This means smaller work material diameters can favorably be used, reducing costs and facilitating handling during both tests and analysis.
A crossed cylinders sliding test, simulating the contact between the chip and the tool in machining, is used to evaluate material transfer and friction characteristics of a TiN coating against specifically designed model steels. These include one base reference, only alloyed with C (Base steel) and two alloyed also with 1 mass% Si or Cr. When sliding against the Base steel, an Fe-O layer is formed on the coating. Against the Si and Cr alloyed steels, Fe-Si-O and Fe-Cr-O layers are formed. In these oxides, Si and Cr are enriched, i.e. preferentially transferred from the steels. Compared to the Base steel, the friction coefficient is significantly lower against the Si alloyed steel and higher against the Cr alloyed steel.
A crossed cylinders sliding test, simulating the contact between the chip and the cutting tool, is used to evaluate material transfer, friction characteristics and coating damage of a TiN coated high speed steel against specifically designed model steels. These steels include one reference with C as the only alloy element (Base steel), and two alloyed also with 1 mass% Mn or Al. When sliding against the Base steel, an Fe–O layer forms on the coating and protects it from wear. Against the Mn alloyed steel, Fe–Mn–O forms, which has no protective effect. Against the Al alloyed steel, an almost pure Al–O layer forms. This leads to the highest friction, rapidly causing substrate softening and coating fracture.
Material transferred from steel work materials onto the cutting tools largely affects tool life and machining performance. This material transfer is strongly influenced by the steel composition, and different alloying can have very different effects. Crossed cylinders sliding tests can be used to simulate the contact between the chip and the tool in machining. In this work such a test is used to evaluate material transfer and friction characteristics of a TiN coated tool sliding against five model steels. These model steels are especially designed to study the effects from specific combination of alloy elements, i.e. the steels, containing 0.55 mass% C and 1 mass% Si, are alloyed with one or more of 1 mass% Mn, Cr and Al. When using the steels alloyed without Al, Si-rich oxide layers are formed on the coating, resulting in a low friction coefficient. When using the steels alloyed with Al, almost pure Al–O layers are formed, resulting in a higher friction coefficient and rapid coating cracking. Essentially, the most easily oxidized alloy element is most strongly enriched in the oxide and decides the main mechanism of the material transfer and friction behavior.
Material transfer from the work materials to the tools strongly influences machining performance and tool life. The influence of Si and Al additions to carbon steel on the material transfer and coating wear in turning with CVD coated carbide tools is investigated. Three model steels are specifically designed to separately study the effects of the individual alloying elements: one reference steel with C as the only alloying element (Base steel), and two steels alloyed also with 1 mass% Si or Al. In the region around the depth of cut on the rake face, where the outside edge of the chip passes over the tool surface, the coating is worn mainly by abrasion when cutting the Base steel. When cutting the Si alloyed steel, an almost pure Si–O transfer layer covers the coating surface, which protects it from wear. When cutting the Al alloyed steel, an almost pure Al–O transfer layer forms on the coating. This layer promotes steel transfer and associated adhesive wear of the coating, which rapidly results in coating detachment and eventually causes notch wear. In the crater region, only the Al alloyed steel results in a transfer layer, an AlN layer that reduces the crater wear.


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Well, I don't really have anything to post about today, so I'm going to just throw some random thoughts at you that might not seem to flow together very logically. ("How is that different than every other day?" you might ask. To which I might respond, "Oh, be quiet.")
Here's a link to a picture of what seems to be some sort of ghostly human head appearing in a photo of a shark tank at The Deep, an aquarium exhibit on the banks of the Humber estuary in England. The photo was taken by a dentistry student who was visiting the exhibit with her father, but she didn't spot the human-like head in the photo until she got home and was looking at the pictures. Attempts have been made to explain or recreate the image by way of reflections and so forth, but the efforts have been unsuccessful. Apparently the aquarium is built upon the site of a former isolation hospital where smallpox victims were once held, and aquarium staff have previously reported other shadowy figures appearing in the facility.
So I'm pretty sure that what we have there is a picture of an underwater sharkwatching ghost.
In other news, the upcoming election isn't only about McCain and Obama. For instance, one other item on the ballot is going to be Proposition 2, a referendum on whether the City of Austin should continue to give tax breaks to The Domain, a high end retail and residential center located in North Austin. The Domain supports (or has supported) a large number of upscale retail outlets (mostly non-local chains) such as Neiman Marcus, Macy's, Abercrombie & Fitch, Barney's, Tiffany, Victoria's Secret, Anne Fontaine, Lacoste, Apple, etc., and the Domain is expected, on the current tax incentive plan, to receive rebates of $30 to $60 million over the next 20 years.
Kids, it might not surprise you to hear that Steanso is for Proposition 2- meaning he thinks that the tax breaks for these already lucrative yuppie stores need to end. If we're going to give tax breaks, I think we ought to focus them on locally owned, developing businesses. Maybe we could find some businesses even more worthy and deserving of assistance than Abercrombie & Fitch!
Anyhoo, my main point is that these businesses are already well-established, and they're probably not going to pass on the chance to sell products to the relatively affluent citizens of Austin, even if we don't give them massive tax breaks. And frankly, if they're not willing to pay the same taxes that everyone else pays, I say we send them packing back to Dallas or California or wherever.
Get the message out- just because businesses strike up some kind of sweetheart deals with our city council members or other politicians doesn't mean that the citizens of this town are going to stand for it. If you want to do business in our town you need to contribute to our community in the same way that everyone else does. Expensive name brands shouldn't get you out of that obligation.
And... well... geez. I guess I don't have much more. Hope you guys are doing okay. We got a little rain here in Austin today, but not much. Hopefully we'll get more over the next few days.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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The Domain is so very, very un-Austin. It's a reminder that sometimes our City Council (those currently on the council, anyway) rush to support any and all growth without considering the needs of the city (do we need Tiffany's? No. Could we use the taxes of their sales? Sure.). This wasn't ever going to be the same as bringing in Samsung, AMD, Intel, etc... with the creation of well-paying, somewhat stable jobs and an expanding service economy to assist those businesses.
I'm sure there was also, as seems to so often be the case in real estate deals, some degree of greasing of palms and shadiness. So...
Forget it, Jase...
That's Chinatown
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Friday, April 25- 1913
Wednesday night I went to dine Laura Jean Libbey. She didn't know me from Adam's off ox and all the while (I went with a newspaper friend) called me Mr. Caeser, which I refused to correct or allow to be corrected. Short, stout, red headed (brick red), genial, skittish, 53,— that is Laura Jean. She lives in Brooklyn. Her house is a fright— stuffed with all the old dull stuff for which Brooklyn is noted. There is two billion dollars worth of junk masquerading as furniture and art in Brooklyn. I expected to see a landscape with a mother-of-pearl moon set in the sky (real mother of pearl) but I escaped that. Yet they had Champagne, $7,50 Victorola records, a library of dictionary sized volumes of history. Police!


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At 7 am it was a thumb cracking minus 10 degree Fs.
Thankfully, there was no wind or my nose would of fallen off.
Chores take place every single day regardless of weather, flu, other jobs or death.
I take personal satisfaction in a job well done and I also smile to myself knowing that millions of other farmers all over the world are also participating in the same ritual of feeding, watering and checking on their livestock on this very chilly January morning.
The cows were getting some solar warmth when I arrived to fill water tanks and roll out some hay.
After the last cow, my favorite cow, came to sip her share, I jumped in my truck and turned the heat on. That heat on my feet made my toes get more painful. Like needles being stuck in them.
I headed home to thaw out and have a "defrosting" breakfast of hot gravy and hot biscuits fresh from the oven.
What cold weather chores did you do today and what did you have for breakfast ?


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Label: Deeply Rooted House
Catalog#: DRH 024
A: Bane
B: Plane
Francois X' release feels so fresh by doing so little. Building tracks that are as groovy as these are hard to find, especially since it's a ground that has been explored for quite some time. I love how he has created a sphere of extremely subtle variations that just goes by at a quick listen.
If you give the record a chance though, you'll hear how well constructed the tracks are – and especially get the feeling of the depth and soul of them both. The groove is pretty straight forward on both sides, some small changes in the percussion are placed perfectly and blend into the groove that changes the direction of the wall-of-sound. The focus is both in the foreground and background, but giving changes to the main melody and the backbone of the track at different times makes them feel as if new elements are introduced.
Great sounds, synths, basses and percussion makes this record something special. If you're looking for the next purchase at your local shop next time, be sure to give this one a listen.


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Cases of Salmonella linked to cucumbers top 800
A multistate outbreak of Salmonella Poona linked to cucumbers imported from Mexico has grown by 71 cases since Oct 14, to 838, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in an update.
In addition, Connecticut and New Hampshire were added to the list of states with cases, bringing the total number of affected states to 38. By far the most cases have occurred in California (232), followed by Arizona (129), Utah (58), Wisconsin (43), and Minnesota (40)—see interactive CDC map.
The pace of reported illnesses has dropped markedly since the outbreak's peak in August and September, but "it has not returned to the number of reported illnesses that we would expect to see (about 5 every month)" if the outbreak were over, the CDC said.
Patients tend to be young, ranging in age from less than 1 year to 99, but with a median age of 18, meaning half are children. Among 601 people with available information, 165 (27%) reported being hospitalized. Arizona, California, Oklahoma, and Texas have each reported an outbreak-related death.
Although the CDC said investigation into the source of the outbreak is ongoing it has identified cucumbers imported from Mexico and distributed by Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce of San Diego as a likely source of the infections.
Nov 18 CDC update
Study identifies optimal treatment for P knowlesi malaria infections
The first head-to-head trial of two different treatments for the most common type of malaria in Malaysia, also frequently found in other Southeast Asian countries, found that artesunate-mefloquine was highly effective with advantages over chloroquine.
A Malaysian research team reported its findings yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
The study is the first randomized control trial to determine the best treatment for malaria caused by the Plasmodium knowlesi parasite. The study took place at three district hospitals between Oct 2012 and Dec 2014 and involved 252 patients older than age 1 with uncomplicated P knowlesi infections.
Patients were randomly assigned to receive one of the two treatments. Researchers looked at parasite clearance parameters 24 hours after patients were treated and also monitored their symptoms and potential side effects.
Parasite and fever clearance were faster with the artesunate-mefloquine group, and anemia risk within 28 days was lower in those patients. In addition, bed occupancy rates were lower in the artesunate-mefloquine group: 2,426 days per 1,000 patients compared to 2,828 per 1,000 for the chloroquine group. One patient in that combo-drug group had a serious neuropsychiatric event that investigators thought was related to the therapy.
They concluded that artesunate-mefloquine is highly effective for uncomplicated P knowlesi malaria infections, with a rapid response that supports unified artemisinin-based combination treatment for all Plasmodium species in endemic areas.
Nov 18 LancetInfect Dis study
Nov 18 Lancet Infect Dis commentary
Hospital study details high rate of C difficile recurrence
A study designed to gauge the burden of recurrent Clostridium difficile infections found that about a third of patients required hospital readmission, about a fourth went on to have severe disease, and 4% developed complications.
The findings from the retrospective cohort study were from a single hospital in Quebec involving 1,527 adults who had infections from Jan 1998 to Dec 2013. Researchers published their findings Nov 17 in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Investigators found that the probability of an initial recurrent C diff infection was 25%, a second 38%, a third 29%, and a fourth or more 27%. They noted that the risk of the first recurrence fluctuated throughout the study period, but not for subsequent recurrences.
The proportion of severe cases declined with successive infections, as did the risk of complicated C diff infections. The overall pattern showed the severity and complication risk for first recurrent infections declined over time, which was paralleled by increased use of vancomycin.
Researchers concluded that the burden patterns could help guide best treatment strategies. "For novel therapeutic options to be cost-effective, they would need to reduce the risk of first and further recurrences and of hospital readmissions, rather than the risk of complications," they wrote.
Nov 17 Clin Infect Dis abstract
US data show three fourths of kids don't get vaccines at correct times
About 30% of US children have not received all doses of the six recommended vaccines by age 2, and 74% did not receive the recommended doses on time, according to a study yesterday in Vaccine.
US researchers analyzed data from the 2012 National Immunization Survey on 11,710 children aged 24 to 35 months and also conducted a state-specific examination of vaccine completion.
They found that about 70% of kids completed all doses of the six vaccines by age 2, with completion rates varying from 68% for rotavirus to 92% for polio vaccine. Only 26%, however, received all the vaccine doses as scheduled. Of the 74% who received at least one late dose, 39% had 7 months or more of undervaccination.
The authors concluded that, although completion of individual vaccines approached Healthy People 2020 targets, the vaccination gaps warrant additional interventions to increase vaccine receipt.
Nov 18 Vaccine study
Dengue fever cases in Hawaii increase by 23, to 79
The Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) said today that the number of locally acquired cases of dengue fever on the big island of Hawaii has increased by 23 in 3 days, to 79.
Of the confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne disease, 68 are in Hawaii residents and 11 are in visitors. Illness-onset dates range from Sep 11 to Nov 11. Five of the new cases involve children, raising that total to 20. The 59 other cases involve adults.
The agency yesterday updated a map that shows eight potential areas of infection on the island, including two areas said to be high risk. Officials are monitoring for dengue on all of the Hawaiian islands.
The HDOH said, "Dengue is not endemic to Hawaii. However, it is intermittently imported from endemic areas by infected travelers. This is the first cluster of locally-acquired dengue fever since the 2011 outbreak on Oahu."
Nov 19 HDOH update
Nov 17 CIDRAP News scan on previous update


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Welcome back to Soulful Conversations with Ash Grunwald. I'm so excited about part two of my interview with Ziggy Alberts and I'm just loving all your comments and feedback. Keep sharing and hope you enjoy the episode!
Here's what we chatted about:
Some of our favourite quotes from this Ziggy Alberts in this episode.
"I went to school with this idea that it was an experiment, how can I best play the game to get what I want"
"We need to be as well rounded as possible as that's the only chance we have of moving forward"
"Don't let the stigma prohibit or stop you from trying meditation"
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A friend was complaining today about how hard it is to get Golden Syrup here and how expensive it is when you can get it. Thought I'd pass on this simple recipe for making your own – works well and is great for cooking with.
200g sugar
50g water
1 kg sugar
600g boiling water
1 or 2 sliced lemons to taste – experiment a bit until you get it how you like it.
1. Pour 200g sugar and 50g water into a large saucepan. On medium heat, twirl the pot around and caramelise the sugar until a dark golden colour. Don't let it go black.
2. Add the boiling water, the kilo sugar and lemon slices.
3. On a very low heat boil for 45 minutes until thick – stir it ocassionally if you want to but there is no need (I am always convinced it will stick if I don't) Do not be tempted to boil it for longer – when I say 45 minutes that's what I mean – if you leave it for an hour it will look ok when you but it in jars but tomorrow it will be like concrete. You want syrup not lumps.
4. Cool and pour into sterilised jars. Store in a cool place. You can use it straight away. It keeps for ages but if this is too much you can always experiment with a half batch. Just halve all the ingredients and follow the recipe.


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Who do you associate with? Who are your friends? Who are your business partners?
Your reputation, especially in business is so important. Your reputation usually precedes you. It should be guarded at all times. Just like you would review your financial position, or business plan throughout the year to make sure you are on track. You should review who you spend your time with, and maybe more importantly who you listen too.
Relationships are key in personal and professional settings. You will be measured by who you associate with. You should consider with care who you commit too in business. It's great when you are in a good and profitable business deal. But get into a bad deal, and it can be tough to get out.
How do people identify you? How is your customer service and first impressions? Do you get referrals from customers? How do they talk about you? This all is part of your character. The idea is to have your customers talking well of your service. This is the greatest of capital, as people that trust them with take their advice to work with you.
Do you want to be recognized with the people you currently do business with? It encompasses the whole business. It's your employees, partners, vendors, and even your customers. Would you introduce one customer to another? You should review your customers, to consider if these are the people you want to help and work with. Your career is 40 – 50 hours of your week. Spend that time wisely.
Always deal with people who respect you, and the relationships you have fostered with others. You would not want to refer a bad person to a business contact that may hurt your relationship with that contact. Your contacts are an extension of yourself, and should be respected also.
"The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people. As you grow, your associates will change. Some of your friends will not want you to go on. They will want you to stay where they are. Friends that don't help you climb will want you to crawl. Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream. Those that don't increase you will eventually decrease you. - Colin Powell
Learn the power of saying No. We all have limited time, and resources and should consider who we want to spend our time with thoughtfully. It is a combination of potential for a relationship, can it grow, can you learn from it? Then also whether you like the other person and have something to offer them in return. The key is value, and both sides need to bring it.
Relationships compound, in both directions. You ever notice in your life that good relationships you have with close friends just keep on giving more positive results. These good friends introduce you to other good people and so on. Well, bad relationships can have the reverse effect. You associate with one person of questionable reputation, and they just want to pair you up with other people you do want to spend time with.
This all applies to advice you receive, and mentors you listen too. Never take advice from someone you would not want to switch places with. If you do not want to be like someone, then you should not listen to them.
Find out what you want in life. Then find someone who has it, and emulate them. Ask them questions, to discover what they did to get there, get their success and learn from them. Many successful people have coaches, but are careful in selecting them.
"With few exceptions, when a manager with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for poor fundamental economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact." Warren Buffett - April 11, 1988: The inside story of Warren Buffett
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In the world of weight loss, there are plenty of great resources available to both new and experienced people. There are many diets, programs, e-guides, books, videos, and other resources available. This set of tips contains some of the best advice for helping you become a healthier person by losing weight safely.
One great tip for losing weight is to never let yourself go hungry. Eating small meals or snacks throughout the day will prevent you from eating too much at any given time. You can eat a variety of different things, as you would at a meal, just make sure it is a smaller portion each time you eat. Also, make sure your choices are relatively healthy.
Write down exactly what steps you are going to take to achieve your weight loss goal. Post the information in a highly visible place, such as your refrigerator, so that you are constantly reminded of what you are trying to do. Seeing that list provides you with a daily reminder of your goals and makes you much more likely to stick to your plan.
When you feel stressed, engage in an activity instead of relying on food as a source of comfort. Comfort food cannot take away your stress, but it can work against you later when you feel guilty about overeating and gaining those pounds. If you go out for a walk instead, it will curb your desire to seek comfort food, and you will work off calories at the same time.
Splurge once a week. That's right, order that pizza and eat that ice cream at least one time a week. Why? For two reasons: first, your body's metabolism will kick into high gear when it realizes that there will be fluctuations in what you're eating; and secondly, you'll discover that it doesn't taste as good to you as it once did, and you can't eat as much as you used to. You'll see how far you've come.
Because much of weight loss is mental, keeping your confidence boosted will help make your weight loss journey much easier to manage. Remember that weight fluctuates greatly throughout the day based on what you ate and when you ate it. Rather than weighing yourself every single day, weigh in every few days. You will still get an accurate read on your progress and it will keep you from getting discouraged if the day-to-day results tend to get you down.
Order a clear soup instead of a salad for your appetizer. It is a common misconception that salad is always the healthier choice. Sure, salads you prepare for yourself might be very healthy. Salads served in restaurants are often surprisingly unhealthy for you – especially if you slather them with dressing. To cut down on calories, order a clear soup instead.
After reading these tips, you can begin to understand what it takes to safely and successfully lose weight. There is a lot of information to be had and you need to know how to apply it. With this in mind, you can refine your own plan and goals to live happier and healthier at a better weight.


text: The City of Somerville and Cambridge Health Alliance have released a wide-ranging 175-page report on the health and wellbeing of Somerville residents that will kick off a public process to develop a long-range Community Health Improvement Plan as noted by the Mayor in this week's Somerville Times. The 2017 Wellbeing of Somerville Report covers things like demographics, public health, social wellbeing, economic stability, and scores of other factors that influence residents' lives. Mental health, smoking habits, alcohol consumption, job trends: It's all in the report. It covers all age groups, from prenatal infants to older adults, and identifies trends facing the community. For instance, unemployment in Somerville, at 3.7 percent in 2016, was the lowest since 2000, and consistently below the state average. However, the poverty rate in Somerville (in 2015) was higher than in Massachusetts as a whole. This followup to the 2011 Somerville Wellbeing study provides a current. detailed and multifaceted assessment of the community. You can read the full report at somervillema.gov/wellbeing.


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Summer Day Camps Types – Know Them Before You Pick Them
Vacation is something which is not just for kids. It is rather for the whole family. It is when each family member breaks his daily routine and gets ready to have some good time. There are many alternatives on how a person can enjoy himself. Summer day camps are one of the great options. You can attend these camps throughout the day and return to your homes at night. There are many summer camps, like sports camps, adventure camps and even health camps. Want to know about some rocking summer day camps types? Here are a few:
Rock Music Day Camp: Think your child can be a rock star? Why don't you enroll him in a rock music camp? These are camps where it is just singing and dancing all day long. The kids are educated in the rock music genre. They are allowed to learn any instrument that they want like the guitar, the drums or the keyboard. This is a great way to get a jump-start to your child's rocking dreams.
Kicking Day Camp: Your child shows signs of being a boxer? Let him learn martial arts at these camps. They not only teach kids to punch and kick but also help in their overall mental, physical and moral development. There are trained instructors at these camps and the safety of your child in ensured.
Actors Training Day Camp: Got a Brad Pitt or Julia Roberts in the making? Enroll your child in the actors training camp. This camp not only teaches them acting techniques but also helps develop a young actor's imagination in them.
Science Day Camps: Bring out the Einstein in your child through these camps. They will not only learn about Science but will also have fun in building or inventing something themselves. These camps help the children to make use of all the principles of Science to make different kinds of things. They learn to make use of Science for creative purposes rather than destructive ones.
Art Day Camps: These camps teach kids everything about art. They let their imaginations run wild and come up with masterpieces of their own.
With so much to do in summer, who would like to stay at home? These camps are for the young and the old. These summer day camps types are opportunities for you to grab and make the best you can.
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Right now, we're having a tough time thinking of a better time to buy a new graphics card, thanks in large part to the new Nvidia Super RTX graphics cards, and of course, AMD Navi. Why's that? Well, before the AMD Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT, we've never seen graphics cards this affordable that can provide such amazing performance in this price range.
But, no matter how awesome these graphics cards are, it can be hard to decide once and for all which AMD graphics card is best for you – especially when they're priced so closely together.
Luckily, here at TechRadar we've spent an inordinate amount of time obsessing over the best graphics card, so we can help you decide whether to go with the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or the Radeon RX 5700.
Price and specifications
The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700 are actually priced extremely close to one another – there's just a $50 (about £40, AU$70) difference between the two, at $399 (about £315, AU$580) and $349 (about £275, AU$500), respectively.
And, because the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT offers 4 more compute units, with just 256 more stream processors, you're paying 13% more for just 9% more raw horsepower. However, because the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT has a higher "game clock" at 1,755 MHz vs the 5700's 1,525MHz, you should be getting a bit more performance out of the more expensive graphics card.
However beyond clock speeds and stream processors, these two graphics cards are essentially the same.
On both the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700, you're getting 64 ROP units, 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM clocked at 14Gbps.
Just based on the specs, the AMD Radeon RX 5700 easily comes out on top – $50 might not seem like a lot, but that's most of a new PC game. Plus, you get the same bonus 3-month subscription to Xbox Games Pass on PC with either one.
In terms of raw performance, the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is definitely the winner… but not by much.
In our testing, the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is between 4-11% faster than the AMD Radeon RX 5700. Again, when you're paying 13% more for the faster card, that small of a delta in performance just doesn't make much sense.
For instance, in Metro Exodus at 4K Ultra settings, the AMD Radeon RX 5700 averaged 29 fps, compared to the Radeon RX 5700 XT's 30 fps. That's literally one frame more for $50.
In synthetic benchmarks the spread is a little more noticeable. In TimeSpy Extreme, for instance, the Radeon RX 5700 XT scored 4,119 points, compared to the 5700's 3,753. That's a 9% performance difference, but that's still a bit small for the price difference.
On the other side of things, that performance delta also comes with a difference in power draw and temperatures. The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT drew as much as 197 watts, while the RX 5700 topped out at 153W – 23% less power than the XT.
At the end of the day, the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is the more powerful graphics card, but for most people we'd recommend the AMD Radeon RX 5700 instead. That $50 price difference likely isn't worth that small of a performance uplift.
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 5700: which should you buy?
We couldn't be happier that AMD Navi has finally arrived, but in our eyes it's easy to see that the Radeon RX 5700 is simply the better value for most people. That said, both of these cards will get you absolutely amazing performance at 1440p, and both have the same amount of VRAM and memory speed.
If you're looking for the best possible performance out of the two, the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is the obvious winner – it's going to be around 10% faster most of the time. But, if you ask us, the best graphics card for most people is one that balances excellent performance with great value, and the winner there is easily the AMD Radeon RX 5700.
Still, either of these cards will give you a great 1440p PC gaming experience, so you really can't go wrong – it's just a question of what you want to spend that extra 50 bucks or quid on.
Source: techradar.com


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One of the challenges of remaining fit when it's difficult to stand or be active is being safe. You know you need to exercise to stay healthy, but you can't do it if the risk of a fall is too threatening. Fortunately, aquatic therapy solves this problem.
Aquatic therapy is the practice of exercising in a pool of water. The natural buoyancy of the water helps you balance and can cushion you if you fall. This allows you to get in some exercise and reduce the risk of harm from falling.
Unlike aquatic aerobics, aquatic therapy is led by a healthcare professional like a physical therapist. At Peak Performance Sports and Physical Therapy, our trained aquatic therapy specialists can guide you through the exercises and stretches that are best for your condition.
Strengthening the core with aquatic therapy
One of the goals in many aquatic therapies is to strengthen the core. Strengthening the core offers many daily benefits including:
- Improved balance
- Improved posture
- Reduced lower back pain
- Improved physical activity
A stronger core allows you to be able to accomplish more with less pain. As your core develops, you may find yourself extending fitness into other areas of your life outside of the pool.
Aquatic exercises that strengthen the core
The exercises your physical therapist will guide you through vary depending on your individual needs. Below are a few examples of exercises your physical therapist may have you complete for a stronger core:
- Planks — While holding a pool noodle or some other flotation device straight in front of you with both arms, you'll lean downward and hold that position against the resistance for a few seconds.
- One leg stand — Standing on one leg for about 30 seconds forces your core to engage for balance. You may do this a couple times on each leg during a session.
- Swiss ball sit — Sitting on a floating ball can force your core muscles to engage as you try to balance and keep the ball beneath you.
Contact Peak Performance Sports and Physical Therapy for aquatic therapy
If you want to improve your health and fitness but are unable to on dry land, you should talk to one of our team members about aquatic therapy. Contact our team today for more information or to schedule an initial appointment.