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Sexual Harassment Allegations, the "Me Too" Movement and Portfolio Company Derailment
The escalation of litigation surrounding the "Me Too" movement has quickly lead to a barrage of lawsuits involving allegations of sexual harassment. Defending and settling this type of litigation is always expensive and disruptive for any company and its management. And, as outlined in the Bloomberg article below in which I'm featured, such litigation can derail a company. Reputational harm from actual or perceived corporate inaction can serve as the catalyst for internal dysfunction, lack of financial performance and inability to raise additional funding. Not a good recipe for startups and the venture firms that fund them.

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When I began writing my novel, Summoned, I gave little thought about the intended audience. I merely wrote a story that I would like to read. I made my main character eighteen because I needed a protagonist that was young and perhaps a bit naïve or unworldly.
In my story, Lina is compelled to leave her home by an unknown, magical force. Her naiveté and her youth play a large role into her journey. It would have been a whole different story if my main character had been older, perhaps with a husband and children.
I did not write novel with young adults as my target audience. I didn't even consider marketing it to this group but after two reviewers called it a "young adult" book that got me wondering where they came up that this is geared to "young adults."
What really defines a "young adult" novel? Is it the age of the protagonist? Or is it that the subject matter is aimed at teenagers? Or maybe something else totally?
So I decided to look around the Internet for an answer. Most often, people seem to categorize a book as young adult when the protagonist is a teenager. But really, just because a teenager or even a child is the main character doesn't make the book a "young adult" or "juvenile fiction" book.
Take Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Even though the protagonist is twelve through part of the book, the subject matters (genocide and war) are not aimed at a young audience.
In my opinion, the key here is subject matter. A book about a middle or high school student with typical school type problems is clearly a teen/juvenile type novel. The problems and situations are geared toward those readers. Many young adult novels have teen angst – the woe is me syndrome of most teenagers. No matter what else is going on, a large part of the story tends to be about a teenager's struggle between childhood and adulthood.
And then there is the consideration of what a "young adult" really is. When I hear that, I am thinking high school through college age. But the American Library Association defines Young Adult as 12-18 years old. Many publishers list it as either 10-14 or 12 and up. No matter how you look at it that is a wide range of people to market a book to. There is a big difference between the maturity of a twelve-year-old and a college freshman.
Of course, just because something is written for teenagers (or "young adults") doesn't mean it doesn't hold merit. I know that there are some readers out there that would not consider reading a book intended for teens. But the success of the Harry Potter series shows that this isn't true for everyone.
Perhaps, the "young adult" label is more of a marketing strategy. I know quite a few authors that didn't strive to write a book for teens but have found success marketing their books to them. If you want to read a good article on "What is Young Adult Fiction," check out this website.


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Friday, May 7, 2010
While I was waiting, there was one of those Health magazines in the lobby. It was a slim magazine. It had a short article on Michael J. Fox and an excerpt from his book. He has been living with Parkinson's for 19 years now. The excerpt was fairly short and his spirit (now) is amazing. I tried to imagine what it must have been like in the beginning when his career was still "on top." Who didn't love Michael J. Fox? If you didn't love him from FAMILY TIES, then he grabbed you with the BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY, and if he missed you there, he got you with SPIN CITY. And there were lots of other movies thrown in, if none of those managed to snag you. He was on top with SPIN CITY when the Parkinson's just made it impossible for him to maintain that pace.
I remember reading that it started out with trigger finger. I'd never heard of it before I read that. What is that I thought? Your finger just gets stuck. Non- bendy. First symptom of Parkinson's for him was trigger finger. He was 29 years old and the world was his oyster, except that he had trigger finger. Of course, other symptoms slowly revealed themselves, and eventually he had to quit SPIN CITY and Charlie Sheen took it over. Charlie Sheen isn't Michael J. Fox. To be fair, no one is Michael J. Fox but the man himself.
I could be wrong, but I bet he spent some time engaged in some anger about having Parkinson's and questioning God and fate about the why of it all.
"It may seem hard to believe, but it's catastrophe that offers the most promise for an even richer life. This is the gateway to the good stuff. In other words, you never truly know which way the wind is blowing until the shit hits the fan."
— Michael J. Fox
Then, he dug in and learned all he could (he said that in the excerpt) because you can't conquer something you don't understand.
This might sound crazy to you, but I believe that Parkinson's needed Michael J. Fox. Parkinson's needed a Face. Michael J. Fox has raised more money for Parkinson's than anyone else (as an individual). He has also promoted more awareness, understanding, and compassion of this disease than there was before. And Michael J. Fox remains optimistic. I think it is inherent to his personality, which is all part of the Grand Design, and I think that Mr. Fox is starting to see how important his role in this thing is. I don't think he's asking "why" anymore. I think he knows.
At the end of the excerpt he quoted Christopher Reeve, and it drove the feeling home for me.
"Chris[topher] Reeve wisely parsed the difference between optimism and hope. Unlike optimism, he said, 'Hope is the product of knowledge and the projection of where the knowledge can take us."
— Michael J. Fox (Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist)
Sometimes an illness, a disease, or a debilitation needs a Face in order for people to feel compassion. Superman had to become a paraplegic in order for us as people to look at people in wheelchairs differently. It changed his life journey. And, in turn, he changed the lives of so many others for the better. I wonder when his internal switch flipped to know that he wasn't cursed, he was one of the chosen ones?
You can click here to see an interview with Michael J. Fox about Parkinson's and his new book.
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Thank you for this inspiring look from the positive side of life's challenges. You know I needed that today.ReplyDelete
No worries, I haven't managed to blog about your award yet either! :)ReplyDelete
Keep on being awesome!
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Following you back! Thanks to Miss Angie! Glad you like my "Italian Ice" post..hehe...now I have to go and read your posts...they look awesome so far!!
Nice to meet you!!
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 10:53 PM
He is a pretty amazing man.ReplyDelete
I really want to read more of what he writes...it sounds like he had very similar attitudes to you and I. I have not posted this on my blog and do not plan to, but I have been out of commission with another herniated disc. I have been thinking about you a lot and I know how hard it is to be in pain so frequently. Take care honey.ReplyDelete
Nice post..much deeper than mine.ReplyDelete
As Nancy REagan once said...A Woman is like a tea bag, you don't know how strong she is till you put her in hot water..
i agree.
What an inspiring post. I always adored Michael J. Fox...and indeed, what you say is true, sometimes illnesses need a "face". As you know, my husband has MS and sometimes the way he appears to the world (brave, stoic, a real fighter) is a different story to the pain and suffering inside.ReplyDelete
Michael is a hero, as are all the other chronic sufferers who put up with their lot in life so bravely. An example to us all I guess!
Take care of yourself.
PS sorry haven't got round to your award yet (but I've been having a "riot" if you know what I mean). I wanna do a mother's day thingy and then straight to your award.
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Breaking the Idol of Certainty. Bestselling author counters the unbiblical notion that faith means lack of doubt, offering practical ways to live as disciples in a world of uncertainty. Influential theologian, pastor, and bestselling author Gregory Boyd invites readers to embrace a faith that doesn't strive for certainty, but rather for commitment in the midst of uncertainty. Boyd rejects the idea that a person's faith is as strong as it is certain. In fact, he makes the case that doubt can enhance faith and that seeking certainty is harming many in today's church. Readers who wrestle with their faith will welcome Boyd's message that experiencing a life-transforming relationship with Christ is possible, even with unresolved questions about the Bible, theology, and ethics. Boyd shares stories of his own painful journey, and stories of those to whom he has ministered, with a poignant honesty that will resonate with readers of all ages.
""Even when certainty is inaccessible, commitment remains an option." Greg Boyd is incapable of uninteresting thoughts. And this book is not merely thoughtful; it will be a tremendous help to doubters (and non-doubters) everywhere." --John Ortberg, author of "Who Is This Man?"; pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church
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Is Jeff Koons' Art Pornography? (18+)
Jeff Koons has been controversial from the very beginning of his career, which began around 1979. Having experimented with inflatable bunnies, sculptures of cheesy angels and a lot of pink, he challenged us and our pre-conceptions of art and kitsch, of what is acceptable and what is simply tasteless. In 1989 he crossed a yet another line by producing a series of very sexual posters and sculptures, making us question whether…
Is this art or is it pornography?
The series "Made in Heaven" features Koons himself and the Italian porn-star Ilona Staller, also known as Cicciolina. Koons felt that in order to make the works more credible, they should be married, so they did. He employed Ilona's regular photographer and backdrops to make the posters fit to the distinctive aesthetic associated with 'glamour' imagery and advertising.
Koons tries to reference other provocative paintings, such as Edouard Manet's Olympia, and by blurring the boundaries between fine art and pornography, to examine the place of sexuality in contemporary visual culture.
Koons produced not only posters but also a series of glass sculptures depicting him and Ilona in various sexual poses. Doesn't it remind you of the erotic Japanese prints we wrote about? Want to give them a closer look? Visit Koon's website.
The story of their marriage does not have a happy, post-modern end. Koons expected Cicciolina to stop working in her industry after the marriage, but she didn't want to. The couple split up and began a strenuous fight for the rights of custody to their son. Cicciolina won and moved with the boy to Italy where she kept on working.
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Lagos Releases N466.855m to 187 Retirees in July
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode
PRESS RELEASE—The Lagos State Government has again credited N466.855m to the Retirement Savings Accounts of 187 of its retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme for the month of July. More retirees from the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) benefitted from this batch of payment.
The Presentation took place on Monday, 30th and Tuesday, 31st July, 2018 at the Office Complex. The Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, Dr. Akintola Benson Oke stated that despite the scarcity of funds, His Excellency, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode still holds the pensioners in high esteem by making sure he releases funds every month for the payment of their entitlements. He said that 9,401 retirees have been paid under the present administration a huge amount of money which is approximately N38.5 billion.
The Director-General, LASPEC, Mrs. Folasade Onanuga in her welcome address said that the Lagos State Government will continue to play the Mother-hen role.
She also used the medium to advice retirees amongst others on the importance of putting their houses in order for any eventuality by making sure they write their Wills whilst they are still active.
In addition, she said that they should be active in retirement, because the more they move around, the better for their health.
In appreciation, two of the retirees, Mr. Orisayomi Olafemi and Mrs. Adewole C.B commended the effort of the Governor in accelerating the process of payment of retiree entitlements, which they said could not be compared with what obtained in other States.
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Things have been extremely hectic in the e-learning office recently due to staff being absent and the unrelenting stream of jobs coming in. This has meant that I haven't been able to concentrate on the Panopto trial as much as I would have liked, but I will jot down some more scraps of info to keep this record alive.
More issues with recordings struggling to upload. We're monitoring from the e-learning office but the discrepancy between what's shown at a remote PC to the PC doing the uploading is irritating. so is the fact that sometimes people switch the PC off despite notices telling them not to.
The part time technician we employed a week ago, who was to start yesterday, changed her mind. Luckily another candidate was able to start immediately so I have been trying to bring him up to speed.
Having a new pair of eyes on what we're doing and on Panopto itself is very useful. Why, he wanted to know, have we only got one upload licence yet unlimited user licences, all of whom can upload via the Recorder. I don't know, but it does seem odd. I'll have to ask. We've even 'lost' it before now. We have to pass it around so people can upload video not made with the Recorder and once we were unable to discover who had it! (we searching on Panopto not just phoning each other up).
He also thought there must be a way of automating the process by which we email out a feedback form (online with Survey Monkey) to anyone who creates a new recording on Panopto. I'm sure there must be, but I haven't thought of a way yet. Maybe he will. I mentioned it in the first tech session of the afternoon at the recent Panopto Conference in London as something I'd like on my Panopto wish list.
That last point reminds me that once we recorded something on an iPad and the quality was fantastic but when we uploaded it the quality in the Panopto Viewer was appalling. We uploaded it to youtube and it was perfect. We were using standard settings on the iPad and concluded that we should use the iPad Recorder app in future rather than simply making a video. My experiments with the iPAd since then have been to try to join an existing session that had been started on a PC. So far we have not been able to see the results in the Viewer and I suspect (as I mentioned before, I now realise) a block on our wifi system. Another thing to investigate when time allows.
Students uploading
We have a class of about 30 students whose tutor wants them to record themselves doing presentations. Their Panopto user accounts were created via the Moodle Panopto Focus block. This gives them Viewer permission on Panopto. I needed them to have creator rights. I edited their roles on the Panopto server but this has not resulted in them being able to see a link to download Recorder when they access our Panopto media server. Odd and frustrating. I thought about making another Moodle course – making it a meta course that takes its enrolment from the original course but making the students all tutors on it, then adding a Focus block. This would work, but it would still not be ideal since the tutor does not want them to be able to see each other's recordings without granting permission. So to share a folder in Panopto isn't ideal anyway. I'm hoping the Panopto dropbox will provide the solution but haven't played with it yet.
Users Group
Last week I publicised an online meeting for staff using Panopto. I was prompted to do this by one of the main users who wanted to share experiences with others. Despite having lots of academics using the system only six have signed up for the meeting and three of those do not actually use it. Communicating the possibilities that are afforded by Panopto and good practice in using it is difficult when everyone is busy teaching or doing research. It's the same everywhere I know but frustrating nevertheless.
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I'm aware of lots of emails in my inbox coming out of the jiscmail list firstname.lastname@example.com about the problem of the "Stream Fails to Load" in the editing window. I haven't had a chance to look at them yet but am hoping for an explanation if not a solution.
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I also have a couple of jobs in the official Panopto Help Desk which need my attention and will get to these asap. I've been very impressed with the support offered by Panopto though sometimes things haven't been resolved as they are bugs or things that cannot be explained. This means that customer satisfaction with Support is recorded as 100% in my case, but with the product it is not quite as high though this is not recorded. A new interface is expected later this month or early December, which I hope will be more than skin deep.


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Founded in 1989, AG Hair Cosmetics was founded with a simple vision – "to create superior hair products." Nineteen years later, the company is thriving. And, in 2008, CEOs and co-founders John and Lotte Davis were recipients of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.
AG Hair Cosmetics began in the basement of the Davis home. Focused on providing high-quality hair products, the Davis's were intimately involved in the manufacturing process. Products were created after researching ingredients for their potential benefits. The first shampoo bottles were hand-filled and labeled by the Davis' themselves. From there, they delivered products to local salons.
AG Hair Cosmetics produces shampoos, conditioners, styling products, finishing products, and two unique lotions. These products are made with the highest quality ingredients that work to enhance your hair's natural beauty. Products are developed by an in-house chemist and then tested on human hair mannequin heads. The company has a strict anti-cruelty policy. They are recognized by PETA's as a company that does not test its products on animals.
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In a five-year period, I was elected president of a state society, earned my master's degree, and earned my CAE. But I knew I wasn't done. Today, I'm in my second year as an examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, and I've gained a tremendous amount of education and experience in this position. I've kept digging and learning to ensure that I provide value while maximizing my portability in my career.
In my first executive director position at an association, I worked with older and "wiser" professionals who attacked my credibility because of my age. They didn't know I had significant business experience in Asia and Europe. You cannot fight or argue the fact that you are a younger professional, but you can arm yourself with education.
Leadership has brought me to where I am today as a successful owner of a company dedicated to addressing nonprofit issues. That work has led me to increasingly complex projects with complex demands. I have gone beyond the corner office to a global office. But my goal has remained the same: Lead with humility and follow with urgency.
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Bill Pawlucy, MPA, CAE, IOM, is founder of Association Options, Inc. a company that focuses on practical strategic planning (corporate and nonprofit), management assessments, Baldrige Award process implementation, AMC search and evaluation, facilitation, and governance modeling. He is also the executive director of the International Association of Interviewers and is an appointee to the U.S. Department of Commerce Board of Examiners for the Baldrige Presidential Award.


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Going back to the original post of the thread, which I always do for really old threads like this, it looks like becoming POTUS was important enough for Trump to spend a ton of his cash to first buy the GOP nomination and then to hold rallies all over the countryside to energize his base. He did have a message. The message was essentially that he was a deal maker and saw himself as better qualified to be POTUS than anybody else.Ormond wrote: ↑June 24th, 2016, 10:20 amThis thread will examine whether Donald Trump actually wants to be President. I will start by listing some arguments against, feel free to counter with the opposing case.
1) Trump is not doing the serious fund raising which is usually the backbone of a Presidential campaign.
2) Trump is not the building the nation wide organization necessary to identify swing voters and craft messages necessary to win them over.
3) Trump appears not to be modifying his message from the primary to the general election, as is standard in all other campaigns.
4) The salary of President wouldn't motivate Trump given he's already a billionaire.
5) Ideology doesn't seem to motivate Trump given his loose relationship with any stated position.
6) The Washington press corp will have a gotcha field day with Trump given how often he shifts his positions. In addition, they will dig their way in to the nitty gritty details of Trumps personal and business life, in the endless search for dirt.
7) Democrats will of course demonize Trump in a manner that will make their relationship with George Bush look like a love affair.
8) The last thing the Republican leaders want is for a President Trump to hang around, be successful and take over the party. Expect lots of quiet back stabbing behind the scenes.
9) Trump voters are not really loyal to Trump personally, they are just using him to make a larger point. If Trump should experience failures, I predict they will abandon him as quickly as they adopted him. Trump without the "we are winners!" message is nothing.
10) Actually being President is a huge pain in the butt, with seemingly insolvable problems being shoved in one's face on a daily basis. Is this really want Trump wants to do with the rest of his life?
Given the above, a theory to explain Trump.
Trump is a business man. His business is his brand, his name, himself. I think he entered the race to build his brand, and so far it's going great.
But what happens to his brand if he wins and then has a failed Presidency, due to a lack of support from all established power blocks?
I predict Trump's goal is to lose the race in a narrow vote so he can get out of all this Presidential hassle still claiming a triumph of sorts, and then carry on with the business of renting his now enhanced brand to the highest bidder.
It turns out he was very lucky to be running against such a financially corrupt opponent. The election turned out to me more of a referendum against Hillary than a vote for anybody in particular.


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Running over 18 tropical days from 10-27 August, the 2017 Darwin Festival is set to be the festival's biggest and brightest event yet. With an announced program of over 80 events, all jam-packed with breathtaking performances, laugh out loud shows and immersive experiences, the Darwin Festival is set to provide unprecedented family fun.
The Northern Territory's biggest cultural celebration brings together the very best in local, national and international talent for an action-packed season of performance and play.
Highlights of the 2017 season include: Rock legends You am I, who will open the Festival; The Project's resident funny man Tommy Little with his new show, Good Talk; the powerful new theatre piece, HART, detailing Australia's treatment of the First People; A Beyoncé dance workshop and stellar music line-up that includes indie-darlings Dappled Cities and Felix Riebl, as well as award winning hip-hop duo A.B. Original.
Following sold out seasons at London's West End, Brisbane Festival, Adelaide Fringe and the Sydney Opera House, 2017 Darwin Festival will also play host to Strut & Fret's saucy new production BLANC de BLANC. Featuring the finest cabaret and acrobatic talent from around the world, BLANC de BLANC will play for the duration of the Festival in The Aurora Spiegeltent on Darwin's Parliament Lawns.
Acting Artistic Director Felix Preval said, "We know people come to the Festival because they're looking for experiences that are unusual and that they won't find anywhere else. From intimate circus works to large cultural experiences, the programming for this year's Darwin Festival is a reflection of the spirit of the Territory and the people who live here: cheeky, challenging and inventive."
The Minister for Tourism and Culture, The Hon Lauren Moss said, "The Northern Territory Government is proud to support Darwin's premier festival.
"The program this year is exciting and demonstrates the Festival's broad appeal, and I encourage all Territorians to book their tickets without delay.
"Darwin Festival is a highlight on the annual major events calendar and always brings in large numbers of interstate and international visitors, providing a windfall for the tourism industry.
"I look forward to attending as much of the program as I can"
Tickets for the Darwin Festival are on sale now. For a ticketing details and program information log on to darwinfestival.org.au.


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Francis is a graduate student at UNC Charlotte who works as an unpaid intern at the hospital. David retired from a stressful company in Ohio. Natalie is a stay-at-home mom whose daughter's competitive cheerleading expenses were getting too costly. Sam is in between jobs due to some health issues. These people are all drivers I've met through ride sharing.
The first time I took an Uber was in NYC. My partner and I had traveled to the city for another one of his work gigs and friends had advised us that scheduled transportation was the way to travel.
It was hard to believe that not even the spirit of Christmas kept people from stealing the taxis we hailed. The most surprising were two seemingly innocent, older women who had just left Macy's on 34th St. They smiled as Jim stood in the street waving his hand in the air. When he came back to the sidewalk to help with my bags, they scrambled into the backseat. I couldn't believe how ruthless they were, as they grinned and waved "good-bye" to our novice selves. We finally decided to brave the Metro system where we proceeded to go in the wrong direction and ended up calling the hotel for assistance.
Uber seemed like a luxurious idea after our not-so-merry Christmas encounter; we learned big city transportation lessons the hard way during the cold. We took our friends' advice the following year and ordered rides. Our first Uber ride was smooth and affordable. We knew the name of the driver, the make and model of her car, her rating and the price. It was better than a taxi. Plus, we learned that the ride-share feature could allow friends, family and business associates to follow our travels (important if you have safety concerns).
I started with Uber but Lyft has been just as sweet. As far as differences go, Uber is the bigger company, which means that Uber is available in many more states (and countries) than Lyft. It's a "no-brainer" when going to the airport or train station. Since then, I have taken dozens of Uber and Lyft rides in North Carolina. Raleigh, Charlotte and High Point have dozens of accessible drivers, but in Davidson County they seem few and far between. A few years ago, Lyft gave discounts to riders and incentives to drivers during Barbecue Festival weekend. It was a great idea that few people took advantage of, but I am sure they would come back if drivers and riders would respond to the demand.
In the thousands of rides, people bring up concerns about safety, security and price. Here's what I know:
Both Lyft and Uber allow a person to hail a ride from her phone. They screen drivers (which is more than I can say for taxi companies). Although the criterion for background checks varies by state, Uber mostly conducts digital background checks via a startup called Checkr. Lyft contracts with Sterling Talent Solutions for screenings. The Uber background check will look into the last seven years of one's criminal history, whereas Uber will look for serious infractions like excessive speeding, driving while intoxicated, sex crimes or other criminal offenses.
They also have car requirements based on vehicle age, in-state plates, current registration; Uber additionally requires mentors and that new drivers pass a special car requirement's test before they can be used.
When Lyft introduces a new driver promotion, Uber does the same. Some driver friends in the Charlotte area have confided that they are making $400 to $600 a week. When Lyft offers new users huge amounts of free ride credit, Uber also gives their riders account credit.
Both companies charge around $1 to start a ride and then $1.50 per mile, roughly 25 cents per minute. When we think about the average cost per mile, it lands at approximately $2 per mile, which is much more cost-effective when compared to taxis. Note: Both companies use some form of price surging – meaning fares increase when rider demand is greater than usual.
Lyft and Uber have a personable and friendly culture and encourage passengers to rate drivers. This system is another option that makes it better than a taxi. If you give a driver a bad rating, you will never have another ride scheduled with this person. In all of my rides, I've only had to give drivers less than stellar rankings for stinky cigarette smells in the vehicle.
So, this is my plug for ride sharing in hopes that a few locals consider driving or riding in Davidson County. Share a ride, share your car and meet a friend along the way.
Antionette Kerr is a news contributor, freelance writer, author and lake enthusiast.


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What I Wore in Budapest
My final post from my trip to Budapest is here! Here are all the outfits I wore while I was in Hungary.
Day One
The first outfit was my travel outfit and was perfect for walking around the city. I also adapted it for a more 'dressy' evening look.
Cardigan – Zara | Top – Zara | Bag – Olivias Sales | Trousers – Warehouse | Trainers – Nike
Jacket – Whistles | Hair Clips – Amazon | Phone Case – Wildflower | Shoes – Comme des Garcon Play
Day Two
The second day was our main exploring and walking around day so I went for a warm and comfortable look.
Scarf – Asos | Jacket – Whistles | Hoodie – Stradivarius | Jeans – Topshop | Shoes – Nike | Bag – Olivias Sales
Day Three
Day three was a short day and the warmest. I was so happy I got to wear my new dress while I was there. I did change before we headed to the airport into something more comfortable and ready for the cold English weather.
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Well, after hearing the album a couple of more times in recent days and then listening to the individual tracks on YouTube, I finally decided to write about the entire album known as "Timely!!", Anri's(杏里)6th album from December 1983, after having already written about a few of its other tracks over the years, such as "Windy Summer" and my recent "Remember Summer Days" which was added onto a remastered version of the album.
City Pop maestro (and all you Vaporwave/Future Funk fans out there, track him down and kiss his ring!) Toshiki Kadomatsu(角松敏生)produced "Timely!!". In "Japanese City Pop", Kadomatsu had given full kudos and recommendations to the album "Awakenings" by the late Hiroshi Sato(佐藤博)as one of the quintessential City Pop albums of the decade. However, I think he shouldn't sell himself short here since I think this particular project by him and Anri also deserves to stand along "Awakenings" in terms of the genre. Despite its release date near Xmas, the title "Timely!!" seems quite worthy as a happy reminder of the summer that passed and the one to come.
The relaxing and reassuring "You Are Not Alone" was most likely the last song on Side A of the original LP. Written by Chinfa Kan(康珍化)and composed by Tetsuji Hayashi(林哲司), I'm starting to get the feeling that Hayashi loved that flugelhorn back then in his ballads. Anri's vocals soar nicely here alongside Matsubara's guitar solo at the end. A very nice sunset song.
Grammar aside, "Shyness Boy" is the one song out of the album that really stands out for me. For a tune about falling in love with that bashful guy, Kadomatsu's creation has got a lot of soaring brass oomph, those bright Anri vocals, and even a tribute to the Doobie Brothers in the arrangement. And it also sounds as if it just incorporates a lot of daytime and nighttime feelings into its short 3-minute-and-change time.
The final track on the original LP "Good Night For You" (before the addition of "Remember Summer Days" in the remastered edition) is a wonderful way to finish up the album. Starting off with a gospel blues piano riff, it goes off into a dreamy direction as Anri gets everyone to turn off the lights and turn down the bed after a worthy day (or album). Some nice guitar work here too by Tsunehide Matsuki. The chorus consisting of Kadomatsu (words and music), Yurie Kokubu and Yoshihiko Kadomatsu (a relative?) sends everyone gently off into that good night.
I still have a couple of more songs on the tracks left before considering "Timely!!" complete but I'll leave those as a follow-up. Anyways, the album is one of my personal City Pop favourites. Plus, it did hit No. 1 on Oricon and what I didn't get on J-Wiki was that it was also the 10th-ranked album of 1984, according to entamedata. Listening to this one, I can remind myself of how wonderful those Anri-Kadomatsu collaborations were back in the day.
Then again, with a very pretty young lady from Kanagawa Prefecture with a fine voice, some great album photography and splendid songs by one of the City Pop princes, how could it lose? :)


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Hello Basketball Parents,
The date has been set for Parent Night. Please save the date – Friday, Jan 26th (North Shore).
For those of you who are new to Parent's Night, the players will be giving you a small gift and thank you card showing their appreciation for all you do for them. This takes place BEFORE their games so please arrive early so you don't miss it. Hope to see everyone there!!
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Frederick Carl Huckfeldt, 92, of Cheyenne passed away November 8, 2016. Fred was born on February 2, 1924, in Eustis, Nebraska to Charlotte (Moritz) and Frederick Henry Huckfeldt, was raised on the family farm in Nebraska until 1929 when his family moved to Veteran. Helping on the farm until December 7, 1941, on the Monday following the Pearl Harbor attack, he enlisted in the Army and served 2½ years overseas in a Searchlight Battery in Africa, Italy and finally the 78th Infantry Division in Germany.
Fred married Doris Edna Klemke of Lusk September 11, 1945, after asking her to wait for him to return from World War II. They were married for 69 years and lived in numerous towns throughout Wyoming. Fred was an active member of several Lutheran Church Missouri Synod churches.
Following the war, Fred farmed in the Veteran area; was a partner in Huckfeldt Livestock Trucking Company in Torrington; managed a ranch at Rock River; ran heavy equipment for the Albany County Road and Bridge; partnered with his son in an automotive repair business; and then drove truck until his retirement.
After retiring, Fred and Doris worked on seven different projects with Laborers for Christ building churches all over the United States. They spent several winters travelling the Southwest.
Fred was preceded in death by his wife, parents, and seven siblings.
He is survived by daughters Angela (Ken) Macy of Pine Bluffs; Joyce (Francis) Menke of Elk Mountain; and son, Matt (Linda) Huckfeldt of Cheyenne. Fred has eight grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Cremation has taken place. A Memorial Service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, November 11, 2016, at King of Glory Lutheran Church, 8806 Yellowstone Ave., Cheyenne, WY. The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to King of Glory Lutheran Church or Grace English Lutheran Church in Pine Bluffs.


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For gardeners, the good thing about this time of year is that there's not much to do outside so there's plenty of time to plan. If a part of the garden didn't quite work out as well as you hoped last year – perhaps it was a one-season wonder, or full of shade-loving plants and then the neighbour cut down his overhanging tree – it's time for a rethink.
Start off with some squared paper and draw a plan of the patch to scale. Indicate north and south, fences and overhanging trees and anything that you want to keep. Think about a theme for your border, and what kind of planting you prefer – contemporary, cottage-garden, urban, formal, wildlife-friendly or perhaps mediterranean. These days there's a wealth of ideas just a few keystrokes away.
A bed and border planning book will be a great help in deciding which plants look good together, and help you to visualise how big they will grow. You will need to decide if you want some plants at their best all year round (a mixed border of bulbs, shrubs, evergreens and perennials), or if you're happy with a blaze of glory in the summer months. An easy to care for family-friendly border should major on resilient shrubs and weed-smothering ground cover, or if your priority is butterflies and bees plan for sedums, buddleia, herbs and lavender with some hardy annuals. If you want to bring birds to your garden make sure you include fruit and berries, with twiggy trees and dense bird-hiding shrubs.
If you'd like some help the RHS have lots of inspirational photographs and key plants to choose to bring different styles to life. Or consider bringing the professionals in – the Society of Garden Designers offers a search facility to find the perfect designer for you.


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This was passed along to us, though it is dated it is very revealing. This chart demonstrates that the DPD has been brutal not just over the past decade, but rather decade after decade year after year. The most telling figure is that from 1990-2000 Denver had the 6th highest number of fatal shootings per 100.000 residents. This is some well cited shit too considering it comes from the Washington Post
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Xiaomi has started rolling the stable MIUI 9.6.24 update to Poco F1. The update is released via OTA and bears V18.104.22.168.OEJMIFD as the build number. Currently, the update is being rolled out the only randomly selected users.
Last time, the Poco F1 received the MIUI v184.108.40.206.OEJMIFD update that came with system improvements and the face unlock feature in some regions. It also brought the August security patch.
At the time of covering the news, there was no changelog issued by the company. The Android Soul which reported the update noted that you may or may not get the changelog with the update.
Since the launch of Poco F1, there were several issues such as the Asphalt 9 issue, Idea Network issue, etc. Some of them are now fixed with a series of updates and the company is releasing more updates.
There are still a lot of details to be taken care of that we hope that future updates will do. The owners of the Poco F1 can expect the solution for some if not all the errors/problems.
Xiaomi is also working on MIUI 10 based on Android 9.0 Pie update, but currently, there is no information when it will start arriving.


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Information obtained from government aviation agencies and airline operators has revealed that the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration spends an estimated N9.08bn annually to maintain the Presidential Air Fleet.
PAF has the third largest fleet of aircraft in the country. According to findings, the PAF contains a total of 10 aircraft, coming closely behind Aero Contractors Airlines, which has a total of 14 aircraft.
Arik Air, the largest commercial airline in the country, has a fleet of 23 aircraft.
Figures obtained from the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority revealed that N9.08bn is spent to maintain the 10 presidential jets every year.
The PAF include two Falcon 7X jets, two Falcon 900 jets, Gulfstream 550, one Boeing 737 BBJ (Nigerian Air Force 001 or Eagle One), and Gulfstream IVSP.
Others are one Gulfstream V, Cessna Citation 2 aircraft and Hawker Siddley 125-800 jet.
According to a former Minister of Information, Professor, Dora Akunyili, each of the two Falcon 7X jets purchased in 2010 cost $51.1m, while the Gulfstream 550 costs $53.3m.
The factory price of other aircraft in the fleet could not be easily obtained online. However, airline CEOs put the average price of Falcon 900 at $35m, Gulfstream IVSP as $40m, Gulfstream V at $45m, Boeing 737 BBJ at $58m, Cessna Citation is $7m and Hawker Siddley 125-800 at $15m.
This brings a combined estimated value of Nigeria's PAF to $390.5m (N60.53bn).
According to airline chief executives and industry experts, airlines spend between 15 and 20 per cent of the cost of an aircraft on its operation yearly. They say that averagely, a little less than one-fifth of the cost of the plane is spent every year on insurance, flight and cabin crew, maintenance, fuelling, catering and training.
Going by the fact that at least 15 per cent of this amount is spent annually on operating the PAF, it means about $58.57m (N9.08bn) is spent annually on running the planes .
Nigeria happens to be one of few countries of the world with a large PAF.


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Log in as administrator in a pre-Kingston instance.
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On the Service Portal, open a session using the Edge Encryption proxy.
Note that you can add attachments. Also, the generated [sys_attachment] records are not encrypted, and can be accessed in a session not using the Edge Encryption proxy.
Create an Incident record invoking a preprogrammed REST API (JS or C#NET) with a POST action and JSON format towards the Incident table.
Note that the call is unsuccessful and throws a Gateway Timeout error. The REST API call with the GET action to the Incident table might be successful and return records.
The workaround on pre-Kingston instances is to use POST requests to sys_attachment.do for REST attachments.
Headers needed: Content-Type and Authorization
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My daughter finally got me to hospital.
She had rushed up from London to Gateshead to be met by her father, a quivering wreck, and a gaggle of police hovering around me in the kitchen.
They were ever watchful after my bungled suicide attempt. I was curled up in the corner. Hardly able to speak.
We'd already waited two hours for an ambulance, but one had still not been mobilised, my daughter was told. And the police were, understandably, losing patience with their unscripted role as mental health nurses.
So my daughter finally agreed with them that we should get a taxi to hospital.
I was triaged for the fourth time. Or was it the third? I'd lost count... I didn't care anymore.
Then a mental health assessor met me. I talked to her for two hours. She was lovely too.
She assessed me and wrote up a report.
I went home, to be safe with my daughter and son, who had now joined us from London.
A Mental Health Crisis team came to see me that night. Lovely again.
They told us they were trying to find a safe place for me, to stay. But it might not be local.
"What, in Warrington?" I asked, randomly.
Black humour was always just under the surface, waiting to breakthrough. Everybody laughed. Little did we know.
The next day, Saturday, my son spoke to an emergency doctor who prescribed three sleeping tablets to kick away the insomnia that had haunted me for months.
Then later, the Crisis Team rang to offer a safe place.
Just outside Brighton. 240 miles away.
There was much discussion. Traumatic, confusing, my mind racing. Overwhelming.
"Dad, the most important thing," my sane, incredibly sensible daughter said: "is that you are somewhere safe, where you can get help as soon as possible."
Brighton it was then.
We set off the next day, Sunday.
240 miles.
Seven hours driving through traffic jam after traffic jam, the rain hammering down on the car.
Too slow, too fast, too close, too far.
The windscreen wipers hypnotising me, then irritating me. The waves of thought crashing into the car now, too. Total nightmare.
Stupidly, an a vain attempt to try and take my mind off all the other things, I read the assessment report that had been written about me.
There were understandable mistakes of fact and detail and mis-reporting what I had said.
Forgivable. I scrawled corrections on the envelope.
But what was not forgivable was this: It omitted any reference whatsoever to my earlier experiences at my local hospital.
The very experiences which had merely increased my feelings of rejection and abandonment.
My issues, admittedly. But it was these which had finally sent me over the edge. The final straw.
Three times.
Yet no recognition in the official report. My mental health assessor had put the service before the patient. Being political. Hiding the truth.
It was these experiences which had finally broken my spirit.
But why no mention? Was it not relevant to my current mental health?
I felt that my trust had been betrayed. My confidence in the system was now utterly broken.
I sobbed silently in the car. Hopeless.
Finally, as dusk came, we arrived just outside Brighton exhausted, fearful, anxious. All of us.
But the nightmare was only just beginning


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tl;dr: Android is pretty good - definitely up to iOS quality. The hardware is pretty solid, but lacks a lot of finesse. If I switch back to an iPhone, it will be because of the physical build quality, but I'm not likely to do that at least until this phone dies.
Android has gotten a lot better. The user experience is a lot more consistent and a lot less flaky than it used to be. I've only had Google Play Services crash once. The permissions model is a lot cleaner (you can deny specific permissions to specific apps, though more on that later). In the past, when I've switched from an iPhone to an Android phone, I've instantly felt painful regressions, and they wouldn't go away no matter how much I got used to the operating system. This time, while there are things I prefer about each system, I can't obviously point at one and say "I strongly prefer this one". I don't really have any major complaints about the core Android operating system any more. But there are some things I really like about it:
- ChromeView integration. If I open a link in the Twitter app, I can select "Open in Chrome" from the drop-down menu, and my exact screen will be preserved, scroll-location and all, just in a standalone Chrome tab. This is amazing.
- Chrome tabs are preserved offline a lot more than I saw on my iPhone, and the "download when next online" feature is pretty swanky too.
- Gboard (Google's swipe keyboard) is really nice (and because it's better system-wide supported, works in most apps, unlike on iOS). Nonetheless, every now and then an app appears to use its own custom keyboard, or something, and I find that my attempts to swipe to type fail randomly.
- Sharing intents work a lot nicer than iOS's half-baked copy of them.
I still don't understand why Phone and Contacts are separate apps, or when I'm meant to use each of them.
Region-locked app-store
My one big complaint, which I'm aware is a little niche, is around region locking in the Play store. For weird historical reasons, my Google account is US-based rather than UK-based. Accordingly, I cannot install the apps for one of my banks, or one of my credit cards, and the BBC iPlayer and iPlayer Radio apps don't let me download content. On iOS, I could switch the country in which my account is registered through an official process, by entering a billing address and card in that country, which would let me download apps from the other country, and then switch back. On Android, I can only emulate this by signing in as a second user, which is a generally poorly supported flow. For one thing, it means I need to switch accounts to get to the apps, and for another, storage doesn't really work properly (downloads from the BBC apps fail in obscure ways, for instance).
The workaround here would be to side-load the apps, but that's kind of sketchy security-wise.
If you want to install apps from multiple regions, I recommend an iPhone.
- "All files and photos". Oh god. If you want to give an app permission to save any files or photos or data, you need to give it permission to read, write, or delete all files and/or photos on your phone. This is very alarming! Please please please let apps have a private sandbox, and a separate permission for some kind of global storage!
- Notifications are on by default. Accordingly, my notifications are super spammy, until I manually tweak them down. This is pretty annoying; I suspect that one of the reasons that iOS is less spammy notification-wise is that there's a user prompt before notifications can ever be sent, and so app developers need to convince people to enable notifications with some good reason before they can spam.
- Each bank / credit card app on my phone told me it needed permission to make and manage phone calls, and promised me it wouldn't ever actually use it, but it needed to use it to verify security somehow. Weird.
The Photos app doesn't appear to have a way to let me scroll through all of my taken photos, received photos from WhatsApp, received photos from each other app, screenshots, etc, in one view; I need to remember which one of the above the photo I'm looking for was, and open the correct folder. Not the end of the world, but a little annoying.
Android Pay
Android Pay appears to have less broad adoption from credit card companies and banks than Apple Pay does. But I don't really use either, so it doesn't matter to me that much.
WiFi Connections
My iPhone was pretty sluggish to connect to wifi, and often needed prompting, particularly when on the tube. My Pixel 2 appears to join wifi networks really quickly, and without prompting, which gives a much smoother experience on the tube.
Automatic re-enabling of Wifi
I found out about this feature yesterday! If you've disabled wifi, and Android detects that you're near a wifi network which it thinks is good, it will turn your wifi back on! This is a terrible feature to enable by default! Firstly, if I've disabled my wifi, it's for a reason, and you shouldn't assume to know better. Secondly, I can only assume that it does this detection by probing, which means that 1) it's using my battery to do so, and 2) it's broadcasting my MAC address when I may have asked it not to.
The back button
I find it pretty hard to predict what the back button will do at any time. If I open a link from an email, and press back, it closes the Chrome tab and takes me back to my email. If I click a Twitter link from Signal, and press back, it takes me to the most recent Tweet before that which I opened from a link in Signal. What?
The camera is pretty good. A similar quality to what I'd expect on an iPhone (though slightly worse in low-light conditions). It takes "motion images" by default, which are kind of fun (they give a 1-3 second animation around the frame you're actually taking), but a little annoying to share (if I try to email them to myself, they're about 8MB each, and there doesn't appear to be an easy way to just send one frame).
Pixel 2 software
This is something I'm actually really disappointed about. One of the joys of getting a Google experience phone is that vendors don't mess with the UI, bundle in un-removable apps, etc. And yet, on my homescreen I cannot move or remove the search bar at the bottom of the screen (which I never use, but frequently accidentally tap on when I'm trying to open one of my pinned apps), and I cannot move or remove the "At a glance" display at the top of the screen. I really wish I could actually configure my device as I want to, without rooting it.
Pixel 2 hardware
Weirdly, this is my area where I have the most complaints. Which I wasn't expecting, considering the price tag and marketing of the phone.
My screen is covered in scratches. I have no idea what from; I've not had any incidents which should have scratched it. I've used it exactly the same as my iPhone; keeping it in the same pocket with the same things, putting it on my same bed-side table. I can only assume the iPhone screen is made of a tougher material, or has a coating, or something. I'm actually pretty disappointed that my phone has several noticeable scratches six weeks in.
Fingerprint sensor
I really dislike the location of the fingerprint sensor. It's on the back, just above where your index finger rests on the back of the phone. With my iPhone, if I had the phone on my desk, I could tap the sensor with my index finger, and interact with my phone. With my Pixel 2, I need to pick up the phone, and poke the back of it; this is a surprisingly much higher friction activity to do something like glance at a message I've received.
I also accidentally press the fingerprint sensor a lot when my phone is in my pocket when fumbling for my phone, or wallet, or whatever, which necessitates putting in my PIN to unlock (because it hits the fingerprint attempt limit). Minor, but annoying.
Speaker location
At night, I leave my phone face-down because it has a flashy light on it. The speaker appears to be on the front of the phone. So if I want to settle down with a podcast or music or something, I can't really hear it. My iPhone didn't suffer from this problem, as the speaker is at the bottom.
One USB-C port is awful
My biggest wish is that my phone had either a 3.5mm headphone jack, or two USB-C ports, so that I can plug in both a charger and headphones. I have some good bluetooth headphones, but sometimes I want to use cheap earphones, so I've bought a bluetooth receiver (which is excellent, for the record) that I can plug my earphones into, but I need to carry it around, and charge it, and just ugh.
I looked at getting a splitter which allows you to plug both headphones and power into one end, and plugs into the USB-C port on the phone. As far as I can tell, there are several available, but most of them probably don't work with any particular phone. Ugh.
The bundled USB-C -> 3.5mm adapter is awful
You need to jiggle it around before it actually works. And there's no indication on the phone anywhere that headphones are plugged in, so reliably I will start playing music out of the phone speaker, and then keep jiggling the adapter until it plays through the earphones. This is simply not acceptable.
USB-C is far from ubiquitous
I bought a set of USB-C - USB-A cables, so that I can plug my phone into existing chargers, or my laptop, or whatever, to charge. Bundling one of these would have been nice.
The phone is big. Bigger than I'd like. I can just about use it with one hand (I have pretty big hands). But most annoying, big without it being for the screen. About 1.3cm are added at both the top and bottom around the screen for… Black plastic. Seems annoying. I'd love my phone to just be 2.5cm shorter.
Sharing by Bluetooth
I miss Airdrop. I've tried sharing images over bluetooth from my phone several times, both to other phones and computers. It's failed 100% of the time. I just email stuff now, but I'd rather not have to.


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The information technology in business practices develop so rapidly that the business person must be able to respond as well as become the subject in the management of information technology in building a sustainable competitive advantage. This perspective is delivered by the Director of Master of Management in Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Prof. Dr. Heru Kurnianto Tjahjono when discussing about the importance of the concentration of Operations Management and Information Technology in the Master of Management program.
One of the strategic follow-up is that MM UMY should always perform up-date development of knowledge and global information technology. According to Prof. Heru, Taiwan is one of the outstanding countries in the development of today's world of information technology so that it can be used as an important reference for the development of IT in the global business for students of MM UMY.


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Confession time: we've definitely made cookie dough just to eat said dough without the intention of actually baking cookies. Who hasn't?
If you've ever found yourself in the situation above—so, every Saturday in front of Netflix basically—you'll be over to the moon to know that you can now buy cookie dough by the tub in Auckland!
Already a huge hit in London and New York, the edible cookie dough craze has FINALLY hit our stores thanks to Moustache Milk & Cookie.
Moustache's unique cookie dough (aka Mo Dough) is completely safe to eat raw but can also be baked into cookies. But, let's be honest, you would've polish that tub off before there's a chance to think about turning on the oven.
Each tub of Mo Dough is packed with six scoops of three different flavours. You'll find yourself devouring chocolate chunk, Oreo marshmallow and Snickers bar cookie dough—get in my belly!
While the first batch sold out in 15 minutes flat, keep your eyes peeled on Moustache's Facebook page for details on the next drop. One thing's for certain: these insane morsels are worth ditching the diet for!
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What: Mo Dough Edible Cookie Dough
Where: Moustache Milk & Cookie Bar, 309 K' Road, Auckland City
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Recipe of the week
Dark chocolate avocado tart
Avocados aren't just for avocado toast and guacamole, said Charlotte March in Sunset. "Rich, creamy, and gorgeous," this chocolate tart is "sure to make you an avocado-dessert convert." It's perfect with pistachios, but almonds can be substituted.
Dark chocolate avocado tart
• ½ cup shelled, unsalted roasted pistachios
• 6 oz dark chocolate wafer cookies such as Famous
• 2 tsp granulated sugar
• kosher salt
• 5 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
• 2 medium soft-ripe avocados
• 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
• 6 tbsp powdered sugar
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 oz dark chocolate (60 to 64 percent cacao)
• ½ cup whipping cream
• Preheat oven to 350. Pulse pistachios in a food processor until coarsely ground; reserve 1 tbsp. Add cookies, granulated sugar, and a pinch of salt to remaining nuts and whirl until finely ground. Add butter and whirl until mixture is just combined. Press into bottom and sides of a 9- to 10-inch tart pan with a removable rim. Bake until fragrant, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool completely on a rack.
• Scoop avocados into food processor. Add cream cheese, powdered sugar, lemon juice, vanilla, and a pinch of salt; whirl until smooth. Spread filling in crust. Chill while making ganache.
• Put chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Heat cream in a saucepan until bubbles form at edge. Pour cream over chocolate and let stand 1 minute; whisk until smooth. Cool ganache until just warm, 5 to 6 minutes. Pour ganache over avocado filling and spread to cover. Sprinkle with reserved pistachios. Chill uncut 2 to 8 hours. Wrap airtight after 2. ■


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Introduction: Eerie Glowing Blob Monster
This Instructable shows how to build a radioactive-looking, glowing goo monster that rises up, writhes and moves around of its own accord. It looks like the man-eating Blob from the horror movie by the same name, and makes a smashing Halloween decoration. The goo itself is an easy-to-make shear thickening fluid consisting of mainly cornstarch and water, with a speaker-driven membrane to provide the shear.
Supplies Needed:
Subwoofer / large speaker
Stiff 1/4" plastic / Plexiglass sheet
Large, transparent plastic container with lid (I used an empty Utz cheeseballs tub)
Heavy-duty trash bag
Yellow highlighter
Corn starch
Sinewave source with amplitude and frequency control (computer with soundcard, or a signal generator, etc.)
Stereo amplifier
Optional: Black fabric to cover up all your gear
How it works:
The cornstarch and water mixture, sometimes called oobleck, is a semifluid mixture with unusual properties. A normal fluid has a constant viscosity regardless of whether or how it is moving. But when the long, stringy starch molecules mix with water, they tend to become entangled, and resist pulling apart if pulled too quickly. So, the resulting mixture tends to stiffen up and become more like a solid when pushed around (that is, when a shear force is applied to it), and relaxes into a more liquid state when less force is applied. A fluid with this behavior is sometimes called a shear thickening fluid or more generally, non-Newtonian fluid.
As the membrane applies force nonuniformly, natural "harder" and "softer" spots will form in the mix. These will tend to be self-reinforcing as the hard spots provide more resistance against the membrane, pushing them to become harder still, while the surrounding softer material can flow underneath them, sending them essentially crowd surfing. These discontinuities are constantly dissipating and re-forming throughout the mix. The complex interaction of these areas produces a writhing mess that seems to have a mind of its own!
This project uses a speaker and flexible membrane (trash bag) to produce the shear. If you search the internet / youtube for things to do with Oobleck, one of the most popular is to put it directly into a speaker and watch it dance. This does work somewhat, but it is not ideal because a) Speaker cones are (by design!) rigid, so the cone does not so much impart shear as simply hop the mixture up and down, and b) putting wet stuff in speakers is really rough on speakers. Using the speaker to pump a flexible membrane sealed over it helps protect the speaker from damage, and by flexing at one of its resonant frequencies, the membrane imparts localized shear forces to give more angry, writing monsteriness and less vibration. By changing the frequency to hit a different resonance, the 'attitude' of the monster can be changed too.
The highlighter (or rather, the juice from it) is extremely UV-reactive and will make the Oobleck light up a bright radioactive yellow-green. Finally, the plastic jar helps minimize the acoustic noise from the speaker, deters kids from sticking their fingers in it (if you care), and helps keep the Oobleck from drying out.
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Step 1: Assembling the Container - Part 1
First, assemble together the parts you need for this step. They are:
Speaker - the bigger the better (those intended for use as woofer/subwoofers are ideal). It doesn't have to be pretty, high-quality or remotely good-sounding, as long as it moves a lot of air. Slightly damaged or overdriven ('blown', scratchy-sounding) ones are OK, as the container will muffle most of the sound. Overdriving a speaker (melting/deforming the voice coil, causing it to rub against the magnet) is a common cause of failure, so you can probably find one curbside that will work for this.
Plastic sheet - This will act as a coupling between the speaker, container and the active Oobleck well, which will probably be of different sizes. I used a piece of 1/4" thick plexiglass. It needs to be at least as large in diameter as both the speaker and the jar. The type of material is not important, as long as it is stiff enough not to resonate with the speaker, and thick enough to form a nice well for the Oobleck to sit in.
Plastic Jar - Again, whatever's handy, but it should be thick (again, so the speaker does not cause it to move) clear enough to get a good look at what's inside, and have enough air volume that putting the lid on will not make it impossible for the speaker to move against the air inside. The supermarket in my area sells Utz brand snack foods in large plastic tubs that are just about perfect.
Trash bag - The thicker the better - you don't want it to stretch excessively or tear when the speaker is cranked. This will form the membrane the Oobleck sits on.
Caulk (RTV silicone, etc.)
Remove any grills/covers and measure the diameter of the speaker. Cut a hole in the plastic sheet about 1/2 to 2/3 the diameter of the speaker. Keeping this opening smaller than the speaker itself will concentrate more force onto the membrane. This cut may be easier said than done...fortunately, the hole does not need to be perfectly round. In fact, an unusual shape may even create a more interesting resonance pattern on the membrane, changing the Oobleck's behavior - this needs some further study :-) Just be sure to take a file and smooth off any sharp edges so they don't nucleate tears in the membrane later. Unless you have a CNC machine or hole borer laying around, your best bet might be a jigsaw (slow - you want to cut, not melt it), or taking it outside and "cutting" with a hot knife. If you do decide to melt-cut the material, be careful not to inhale any vapors that result.
Step 2: Assembling the Container - Part 2
Cut a disc of trash bag at least 1 inch, ideally 2"+ larger than the hole diameter. This will be the membrane. Lay it out on your work table and ensure it is lying flat. Place a thick bead of caulk around the outside of the hole in the plastic sheet, center this side over the trash bag membrane, then press it over the membrane so that the caulk bonds them together. It's OK (and preferred!) if some excess caulk squishes out around the hole. Use your finger to smooth this excess into the edge of the hole.
You want a nice, thick bead of caulk around the inside edge of the hole. This, combined with the caulk on the backside between the membrane and plastic, will keep the membrane from pulling loose at high amplitudes and keep the Oobleck from leaking out into the speaker. So, if none or very little caulk squished out, place a fresh bead where the membrane meets the edge of the hole, and smooth in. Allow the caulk to cure.
Now, cut the bottom out of the plastic jar. The hole should be larger than the hole cut in the plastic sheet. Again, the cut need not be a perfect circle, as long as the jar can sit flush against the sheet when finished.
Once the plastic-and-membrane has cured, place a thin bead of caulk around the outside ring of the speaker and place the plastic, centered, flush against it. It's important to make an airtight seal to maximize the pressure delivered to the membrane and minimize noise.
Finally, place a bead of caulk around the bottom of the plastic jar. Center and place the jar atop the plastic sheet. Set this whole business aside and allow to cure.
Step 3: Make Waves
To make the Oobleck do something interesting, the membrane has to be flexed at a sufficient amplitude and at a relatively low frequency (20-200Hz). Ideally, the drive frequency should be at or near the natural (resonant) frequency of the speaker-membrane-jar combo. The exact frequency depends on factors such as the speaker diameter and volume of air between the speaker cone and membrane (the air acts as a spring), membrane thickness and stiffness, amount of Oobleck sitting on it, jar volume, etc., so it will be best just to experiment.
You will need some way of generating a pure tone (sinewave) and control its frequency and amplitude. If you have an analog waveform generator, your work here is done. Most people don't. But you can easily do the same thing with an old laptop. Music editing / tracker / softsynth software often has this feature, and there are programs specifically to generate signals with the sound card. Windows users can use the freeware SignalGen (http://www.dr-jordan-design.de/signalgen.htm).
Once a suitable signal source is up and running, connect the line-out to the aux input of the stereo amplifier, and the amplifier output to the speaker. (If you are using a speaker with its own amplifier built in, e.g. a powered subwoofer, skip this step and connect directly to the speaker line-in.)
Step 4: Make Oobleck and Finish
Now that the Oobleck jar has cured, it's time to place some Oobleck inside. Placing the membrane flush with the bottom of the plastic has created a shallow well that will help keep the Oobleck in place. Since the weight of the Oobleck sitting on the membrane will dampen its motion, you want to use only a small amount, just enough to cover the membrane and allow for some to rise up and dance.
Using pliers, remove the back of the highlighter so you can extract the juice. (If no pliers are handy, just cut it open). This irridescent juice is highly reactive to UV light and extremely concentrated. The juice is contained in a cellophane-wrapped sponge inside the highlighter, vaguely remeniscent of one of those cellophane-wrapped fake crab sticks. Squeeze its juice into the Oobleck well, along with a couple tablespoons of water.
With the tone generator set around 100Hz, turn on the speaker/amplifier with the volume at minimum, and slowly raise the volume until the liquid is slightly agitated. Keep the volume low so that the water doesn't splash. Now, slowly sift or spoon in cornstarch, distributing it evenly across the membrane, until the fluid begins to thicken. Visible lines, ridges or other patterns may start forming on the surface as it thickens; try playing with the frequency to help the cornstarch mix in. Continue adding cornstarch until the water is absorbed (i.e. won't splash out when the volume is increased). Increase the amplitude, start sweeping the frequency and see what happens. If water splashes out or the mixture flows freely, add more cornstarch. If the mixture is too thick and won't move at all, add a tiny bit more water. Experiment! At some point, the mixture should begin writhing around like a living being. Continue adding cornstarch and adjusting the mixture until the membrane is entirely covered. To increase the height your Oobleck monster can reach up, you may need to add a bit more.
Place the lid on the jar to reduce noise and limit evaporation. If the speaker cabinet has a port, stuffing a rag in it will help reduce noise further. Both will alter the resonant frequency of the system, so the frequency may need to be readjusted for maximum effect.
Place the blacklight so that it illuminates the Oobleck jar. For better visual effect, cut a large 'X' in a piece of opaque fabric (or the remainder of the garbage bag) and slip it over the jar to cover the speaker box and equipment.
Now, the only thing left to do is tell anyone who asks that you found the stuff in an unmarked toxic waste canister while digging in the backyard, and it nearly ate your arm off!
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Wonderful use of non-Newtonian fluids with respect to halloween!
How'd your crowd react?
You could add some sweet 'radioactive bars' (ie. fluorescent strips) or a spark-gap 'jail cell' to the inside jar to convince the little kiddies that it's safe to come look ;)
We set it out on the front porch a bit off to one side of the front door. Strangely, it was the adults that were all crowding around to play with it. The kids were much more goal-oriented (candycandycandycandycandy!) and tended to just beeline past it on their way to the door!
That looks really cool! What would it look like with a strobe blacklight?
Blacklight strobes exist? I bet that would look pretty awesome. Besides the haunted-hause appeal of strobe lights - the shear membrane takes out a lot of the 'bounce' vs. oobleck directly in a speaker, but if you adjust the strobe frequency to match the speaker frequency (or some exact division of it), you shouldn't see any bounce at all, and the 'monster' should be that much more natural-looking.


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Rumor has it, Microsoft is ready to release a Skype app for Amazon Echo devices. Reportedly, it will be coming to a number of Alexa-powered devices in the near future, not just those manufactured by Amazon. While fans of Skype may like this new feature, some analysts are wondering if Skype's marketshare is really worth going after. Are other messaging apps coming soon or is this just a flash in the pan?
Is Skype Coming To Amazon Echo Devices?
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