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The illegal wildlife trade in Viet Nam is governed and regulated by a number of different legislative instruments and decisions. These legislative instruments are presented in the below structure for ease of access by relevant ministries and local authorities in Viet Nam.
Key Laws, Regulations and Guidelines
Operation in respect of wildlife
Law on Forestry 2017
Law on Forestry No. 16/2017/QH14
Provides general provisions on management and protection of forests; and trading and processing of forest products
Law on Biodiversity
Law No. 20/2008/QH12
Biodiversity Law, dated 13 November 2008
Sets out provisions in relation to sustainable development and conservation.
Law on Environment Protection
Law 55/2014/QH13
Law on Environmental Protection, dated 23 June 2014
Provides statutory provisions on environmental protection activities; measures and resources used for the purpose of environmental protection; rights, powers, duties and obligations of regulatory bodies, agencies, organizations, households and individuals who are tasked with the environmental protection task.
Penal Code 2015 (amended in 2017)
Criminal Code No.100/2015/QH13
Adopted 27 November 2015, amended by Law No 12//2017/QH14 dated 20 June 2017. Entry into force expected for early 2018.
Sets out criminal penalties for violations of the key wildlife protection laws
Decree 32/2006/ND-CP
On Management of Endangered, Precious and Rare Species of Wild Plants and Animals, dated 30 March 2006
Regulates permitted commercial exploitation, transport and possession of Protected Animals, subject to certain exceptions
Decree 82/2006/ND-CP
On Management of Export, Import, Re-Export and Introduction from the Sea, Transit, Breeding, Rearing and Artificial Propagation of Rare, Endangered and Precious Wild Animals and Plants, dated 10 August 2006
This decree covers export, import, re-export, introduction from the sea and breeding responsibilities of species on both CITES Appendices I, II and III, as well as species listed in Groups I and II in Decree 32/2006/ND-CP.
Decree No.157/2013/ND-CP
Decree 157/2013/ND-CP
On Administrative Penalties in Respect of Forest Control, Forest Development, Forest Protection and Forest Product Management, dated 11 November 2013
Provides administrative penalties towards acts of illegal hunting, trapping, captive breeding, transporting, buying, selling, trading, storing, and processing forest products.
Decree No. 40/2015/ND-CP
Decree 40/2015/ND-CP
Amending and supplementing Decree 157/2013, dated 27 April 2015
Amends Art. 22 and 23 of Decree No.157/2013/ND-CP
Decree No. 41/2017/ND-CP-CP
Decree No. 41/2017/ND-CP
Dated 05 April 2017 on amendment and supplementation to a number of articles of the decree on administrative penalties for violations in fields of aquaculture, veterinary , animal breeds, animal feed; forest management, development and protection, and forestry product management
Amends articles 21, 22, 23, 25, 29 of Decree No.157/2013/ND-CP
Decree 160/2013
Decree 160/2013/ND-CP
On the criteria to determine species and the regime of managing species under list of endangered, precious and rare species prioritized protection, dated 12 November 2013
Sets out MONRE's conservation functions in respect of Species for Prioritized Protection.Corresponds and overlaps with Decree 32/2006 and Decree 82/2006.
Decree 155/2016
Decree 155/2016/ND-CP
On Penalties Imposed on Administrative Penalties in Respect of Environmental Protection, dated 18 November 2016
Sets out administrative penalties for certain breaches of Decree 160/2013.
Circular 90/2008/TT-BNN
On Guidance on Settlement of Confiscated Wildlife, dated 28 August 2008
Sets out a mandatory procedure for preservation, release or treatment of wildlife confiscated under Decree 32/2006 or Decree 82/2006
Decision No. 95/2008
Decision No. 95/2008/QD-BNN
On Management and Conservation of Captive Bears, dated 29 September 2008
Regulates treatment of captive bears in Viet Nam
The Decision was based on Decrees 82/2006 and 32/2006, and was made in consideration of requests by the chief of the National FPD
Prime Minister Decision 11/2013
Decision11/2013/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister
Prohibition on export, import, selling and buying of specimens of some wild animals listed under Appendices of CITES
On Rhinoceros and African elephant
Prohibits the import, export, buying and selling of:
1. The specimens of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) and the products made from white rhinoceros.
2. The specimens of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and the products made from black rhinoceros.
3. The specimens of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the products made from African elephant.


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AUO Crystal Sets Up Solar Wafer Fab to Provide a Wide Variety of Products and Services
Feb 11, 2011, 04:15 ET
HSINCHU, Taiwan, Feb. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409;NYSE: AUO) announced today that AUO Crystal Corp. ("ACC"), one of AUO's subsidiary companies, will establish a solar wafer plant in Taiwan's Chungkang Export Processing Zone, under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), to strengthen its strategic position for solar materials in the upstream and enhance technological developments. The groundbreaking ceremony of the first-phase construction was held today. The equipments are expected to be moved in this August, with mass production planned in the fourth quarter. The first-phase capacity of multicrystalline ingots and wafers is expected to achieve 300 megawatts (MW). In the future, ACC will play a critical role in providing stable supplies of upstream solar materials to secure its proprietary R&D and smelting technologies of polysilicon, and offer high-quality and high-efficiency materials to solar cell makers.
AUO Chairman Mr. K.Y. Lee and ACC Chairman Mr. Max Cheng attended ACC's groundbreaking ceremony today with Director Mau-Shin Hsiu of MOEA's Chungkang Export Processing Zone Administration. "ACC is one of the few manufacturers in the solar industrial chain equipped with M.Setek's high-quality polysilicon manufacturing technology, which can provide the total solution including polysilicon, ingot, and wafer to customers. Incorporating M.Setek's high-quality technology and solar talents from the upstream in Taiwan, ACC not only secures the high-end technology of producing monocrystalline ingots and wafers but also develops high-quality multicrystalline ingots and wafers with its own technologies. ACC will provide customers with even more diverse products and better services in the coming future," said Chairman Lee.
Mr. Lee also pointed out, while establishing its global presence, AUO also commits itself to long-term investment in Taiwan. In addition to its plan of building Taichung to become AUO's solar business operation center, with continuous investments in new facilities, the Company focuses even more on the cultivation of local talents and local industry development. ACC's presence in the Chungkang Export Processing Zone is estimated to create 1,000 job opportunities in the next three years.
The first phase construction of the ACC facility in Chungkang Export Processing Zone is around three hectares, and the total area after expansion will be 8.5 hectares. The equipment move-in is scheduled to take place this August with mass production planned in the fourth quarter. The initial capacity of multicrystalline ingots and wafers is estimated to reach 300 MW and will be increased gradually based on market demands. ACC will integrate R&D resources and technologies in the upstream of the solar industry to provide stable solar materials. It will also devise mid- to long-term marketing strategies to meet the demands of the global solar market. Through the vertical integration of the solar supply chain, ACC will be able to provide customers with a full line of products and better services and support.
AUO photos can be downloaded at the Company's website: http://auo.com/?sn=479&lang=en-US
Any use of photographs must cite the source thereof is from AU Optronics Corporation
AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) is a global leader of thin film transistor liquid crystal display panels (TFT-LCD). AUO is able to provide customers with a full range of panel sizes and comprehensive applications, offering TFT-LCD panels in sizes ranging from 1.2 inches to greater than 71 inches. AUO generated NT$467.2 billion in sales revenue in 2010 (US$16 billion) with global operations in Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the U.S., and Europe. Additionally, AUO is the first pure TFT-LCD manufacturer to be successfully listed at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). AUO extended its market to the green energy industry in late 2008. The Display and Solar businesses were established respectively as the Company's two core businesses in October, 2010. For more information, please visit AUO.com.
* 2010 year end revenue converted at an exchange rate of NTD29.14:USD1.
ABOUT AUO Crystal Corporation
AUO Crystal Corporation (ACC), a subsidiary company of AU Optronics, is a solar material provider. ACC incorporates M.Setek's 28 years of experience manufacturing silicon wafers and its unique technology. ACC posses the strength of manufacturing of polysilicon, ingot, and wafer products so that owns the key to producing high-efficiency solar cell.
Safe Harbour Notice
AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409;NYSE: AUO), a global leader of TFT-LCD panels, today announced the above news. Except for statements in respect of historical matters, the statements contained in this Release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements were based on our management's expectations, projections and beliefs at the time regarding matters including, among other things, future revenues and costs, financial performance, technology changes, capacity, utilization rates, yields, process and geographical diversification, future expansion plans and business strategy. Such forward looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements, including risks related to the flat panel display industry, the TFT-LCD market, acceptance of and demand for our products, technological and development risks, competitive factors, and other risks described in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in our Form 20-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11th, 2010.
SOURCE AU Optronics Corporation

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archiving my first summer in new york city with the music that took my from my homey florida bedroom to a high-rise in manhattan, and now to a tiny residential brooklyn apartment.
listen to the tunes that shaped my excitement upon uprooting from home and kept me company along the cityscapes and sunsets and streets of people (it's pretty good).
see you in the music.
xx, nicole


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Photolytic City
Dafna Gazit
Curator: Noa Lieberman
08.06.2017 - 07.07.2017
On Thursday June 8, 2017, Alfred – A Cooperative Institute for Arts and Culture will open a solo exhibition titled Photolytic city, which will feature the works of artist Dafna Gazit, curated by Noa Lieberman, both members of the Alfred artists collective.
In the exhibition, *Photolytic City, artist Dafna Gazit displays a panoramic view of the urban landscape that can be seen from the roof of the Alfred Institute building. The image is printed directly on the walls of the gallery using photographic techniques and photographic printing techniques of the 19th century. The Alfred Institute is located exactly at the intersection of Tel Aviv and Jaffa. This is not only a geographical point, but also a location with cultural and political significance. Through the photographic process, Gazit brings in the view from the roof and "descends" it into the gallery space located on the ground floor, while ensuring its relative location.
In recent years, Gazit has been researching various photographic and printing methods from the 19th century, and her works derive from the encounter with the photographic matter. By using a traditional 19th-century printing technique based on a precise compound of various chemicals, Gazit turns the gallery's walls into a platform for her work. Thus, she is released from the boundaries of the framed photograph, and prints the photograph directly on the walls of the gallery, using natural daylight.
Another motive for Gazit's work in this exhibition is the attempt to break through the mechanical limitations of the camera and create an image that contains even more than the eye can see. With digital means, Gazit produces the panoramic image and composes it from a number of photographs created at different times: different hours of day and different seasons. She assembles the photographic strip according to the specific display space, so it is subject to the structure, size and location of the wall.
Unlike digital photography today, which is printed in printers, where the "hand of the photographer" is absent, Gazit's photographic practice involves matter, rather than digital media, and literally leaves her mark on the wall. However, at the end of the exhibition, the images will be painted over, returning the gallery's wall to their original state. Gazit's unique work will disappear under layers of color.
"The geography of a city preserves what history tells it to remember and erases what it tells it to forget" (from Sharon Rotbard, "White City, Black City"). The process of erasure that characterizes the urban landscape is like a continuous process of death. Each building contains the hidden remains of the building on which it was built.
The exhibition, like the city, bears the inevitable process of erasure.
* Photolysis is chemical process by which molecules are broken down into smaller units through the absorption of light.
Dafna Gazit, 1971, lives and works in Tel Aviv. Graduate of the Hadassah College of Photography, Jerusalem, and 'Hamidrasha' school of Art at Beit Berl. Co-founder and an active member of the Alfred Cooperative Institute.
Website: dafnagazit.co.il


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BEng Mining Engineering
|UCAS code
|3 Years
|Typical offer
|Mining and Mineral Engineering
|Cornwall (Penryn Campus)
Our BEng Mining Engineering degree programme is taught by the University of Exeter's Camborne School of Mines (CSM), which has been training mining engineers for more than a century and has an international reputation.
Many extractive industry operations around the world will have a CSM mining engineer somewhere within their staff and there is an active network of more than 1,000 graduates.
CSM is one of the best equipped departments of its kind in Europe. Our staff are actively involved in research and you will benefit from their cutting-edge knowledge and our research facilities.
The Mining Engineering degree programme provides the knowledge and understanding of geology, rock mechanics, engineering design, economics, surveying, management and associated practical skills that will enable you to make a valuable contribution as soon as you are employed. In addition to lecture-based study, the programme includes field trips, tours, a summer industrial placement and practical classes in surveying.
The BEng Mining Engineering degree programme is professionally accredited by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partly meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. Visit the Careers tab for further information.
£200,000 of scholarships available for 2019
The Camborne School of Mines Trust is awarding scholarships to exceptional applicants to Mining and Geology programmes. Read more »
Programme structure
The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.
Year 1
The first year of the programme is mainly devoted to general engineering principles together with geology and surveying and an introduction to mining and minerals engineering. At the end of the first year a three-week surface surveying field course is held on campus.
Year 2
In year two more emphasis is placed on mining subjects and management whilst the engineering and geology topics from the first year are further developed. In the summer vacation between the second and third years you will work in the extractive industry for at least eight weeks. Most students work overseas during this period. The onus is on you to find a placement, although the Department can help by providing contact details and suggesting companies which suit your interests. Companies with close ties to the Department also provide placements for a number of students. Most students receive a wage during their placement and some companies provide other support such as accommodation and travel allowances. Following the work placement and prior to the beginning of Year 3, we undertake a week long industrial tour, normally overseas.
Year 3
In the third year all subjects are very closely connected with mining. Mine design, geotechnical engineering, mining geology and minerals management are developed further. You will also carry out a mining feasibility study where you will work in small groups to design and cost a mining project. Throughout the third year you will work on an individual research project in your area of interest, under the supervision of a member of academic staff. Previous research projects have included:
- Blast vibration analysis
- Gyrotheodolite surveys
- Orebody modelling
- Computer modelling of rock slope failure
- Health and safety in mines and quarries
- Mine and tunnel design
- Quarry product evaluation
Entry requirements 2020
Typical offer
A levels: AAB–ABB;
Required subjects
A Level
GCE AL grade B in two science** subjects including either Physics or Chemistry; or GCE AL Mathematics grade B and GCSE science
GCE AL/AS science includes: Biology/Human Biology*; Chemistry; Computing; Design and Technology; Electronics; Environmental Studies; Geography; Geology; Maths/Pure Maths/Further Maths*; Physical Education; Physics; Psychology; Science (applied); Statistics.
*If more than one of these is taken they would only count as one 'science' but could count as two A-levels towards our general requirements.
IB HL5 in two science subjects including either Physics or Chemistry or HL Mathematics and GCSE Mathematics grade C or 4.
BTEC Extended Diploma (2010)
Applicants studying the following BTEC Extended Diploma will be considered without GCE AL requirements: Engineering.
BTEC Extended Diploma (2016)
Applicants studying one of the following new BTEC Extended Diplomas will be considered without GCE AL requirements: Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering.
For any questions relating to entry requirements please contact the team via our online form or 01392 724061
International students
International students should check details of our English language requirements
If your academic qualifications or English language skills do not meet our entry requirements our INTO University of Exeter centre offers a range of courses to help you reach the required language and academic standards.
International Foundation programmes
Preparation for entry to Year 1 of an undergraduate degree:
Further information
Please read the important information about our Typical offer.
For full and up-to-date information on applying to Exeter and entry requirements, including requirements for other types of qualification, please see the Applying section.
Learning and teaching
Teaching methods include a combination of formal lectures, 'hands on' practical classes and field-based teaching. Laboratory classes using our extensive teaching collections and petrographic microscopes develop your understanding of the major groups of rocks, minerals and fossils. Project work often involves use of our world-class analytical mineralogical facilities.
On average you will spend 20 hours per week in taught activities at the University and will be expected to carry out a further 20 hours per week in independent study.
During the second and third year of your programme, you will complete a major project, which forms an important component of the third year of the degree programme. This project may involve geological mapping, a research project or a company placement, which is sometimes paid. You'll have a personal tutor who is available for advice and support throughout your studies.
Assessment is undertaken throughout each term via a combination of formal exams and associated coursework. You will have to pass the assessment in the first year in order to progress, but the marks do not contribute to your final degree classification.
The overall mark for your degree is calculated from your second and third-year assessments.
An industrial tour takes place during mid-September preceding the final year. Visits are made to mine sites both on the surface and underground, along with mill visits and visits to waste treatment/recycling plants. These visits develop additional learning skills and awareness of the minerals/extraction industry.
Global economic growth and increased demand for natural resources means there has been significant expansion of the minerals industry and there is now a significant worldwide shortage of new Mining Engineering graduates. Therefore, career opportunities for mining engineers are extremely good with extensive opportunities overseas particularly Australia, South America and Africa.
In addition there are opportunities in the UK varying from the quarrying industry through to tunnelling companies and the financial sector. Naturally, this comes with a very good salary which would typically be higher than that of its competitor sectors.
Some graduates opt to continue their training by undertaking taught postgraduate (MSc) courses in geotechnical engineering or computing or undertake research degrees (MPhil/PhD).
A rich curriculum enhanced by strong links with industry
A strong emphasis is placed on your personal and professional development with degree programmes specially designed to develop academic, personal and professional skills that will prepare you for employment or future study. You will develop the essential skills valued by employers, such as problem-solving, teamwork, decision-making, communication, planning and organising, time management, presentation and leadership.
Our undergraduates directly benefit from the hundreds of links with industry we have established through collaborative research and consultation. Student projects are usually industrially driven and often directly involve a company. This provides an opportunity for you to undertake commercially important projects at the forefront of technology, gain invaluable experience and enhance your employability.
Dedicated careers advice
The Employability Officer is active in developing aspects of our courses and services that improve the employability of our students. Potential employers make regular visits to the campus, helping students to decide on modules, industry placements and career paths, and sometimes holding interviews.
There is also a dedicated Careers Adviser who provides specific services such as workshops tailored to careers in Mining and Minerals Engineering and support in matters such as job applications and interview skills. The University's Career Zone will help you to write your CV and prepare for interviews.
Professional accreditation
Accredited by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partly meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. A programme of accredited further learning will be required to complete the educational base for CEng.
Accreditation is a mark of assurance that the degree meets the standards set by the Engineering Council in the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC). An accredited degree will provide you with some or all of the underpinning knowledge, understanding and skills for eventual registration as an Incorporated (IEng) or Chartered Engineer (CEng). Some employers recruit preferentially from accredited degrees, and an accredited degree is likely to be recognised by other countries that are signatories to international accords.
The Engineering Council provide an accredited course search web page and further information for prospective students where you can find a list of all our accredited degree programmes.
Work experience
You will generally spend your second year summer vacation gaining work experience anywhere from Australia to the UK and will often be paid for doing so. This will be for a minimum of eight weeks.
Most students work overseas during this period. The onus is on you to find a placement, although the department can help by providing contact details and suggesting companies which suit your interests.
Companies with close ties to the department also provide placements for a number of students. Most students receive a wage during their placement, and some companies provide other support such as accommodation and travel allowances.
In your final year, you will work on an individual research project in your area of interest throughout the year. The year finishes with a three-week mining feasibility study where you will work in small groups to design and cost a mining project.
Contact us
Penryn Campus, Cornwall
Web: Enquire online
Phone: +44 (0)1326 371801
Website: Visit the Camborne School of Mines website.
Professional accreditation
Accredited under license from the UK regulator, the Engineering Council. Visit the Careers tab for more information.


text: Apron (early work) more from Elizabeth Barber: APRON 23"w x 51"h Date: 2006 I found an old apron (probably from the 1950's) at a garage sale, and embellished it with some of the items used to decorate European fringed aprons: coins, shells and beads. As ancient crafts workers used the elements available to them, I added in domestic elements found today: cooking tools, buttons and zippers. The top of the apron has photo transfers of ancient apron images. When I made this apron, around 2006, I found very few images when I googled "Mordvinian bride apron" or "Eastern European String skirt". The figure on the left is from Women's Work, and it was the only (relatively) modern one I saw. Now, ten years later, I found the woman on the right, and many others. Where did they all come from? Are traditional Eastern European garments now....trendy? Can't be. No idea why there are so many more photos available, and even aprons for sale: I see these young ladies wearing elements of traditional costumes, and my first reaction is WTF?? But hey, however history is preserved, and honored, even with stiletto heels, well, why not? As for me, I decided to create this: A DRESS FOR ELIZABETH BARBER Size: 24"w x 51" 2006 In her studies of ancient sites, Elizabeth Barber notes that the textiles themselves have usually disintegrated: the only evidence of their existence is the tools used to make them (such as clay loom weights) and sometimes their fossilized imprints in clay. For this piece, I made clay weights, which I imprinted with the names of ancient textile sites (using loose keys from an old typewriter). I pressed small crocheted doilies into clay, then cut away the excessto form ceramic doilies. These were fired in a kiln, then hand sewn onto the dress, along with old buttons, beads, bones and cotton doilies. The dress was found at an estate sale in Nutley, NJ.


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Has Stress overtaken You?
Do you often feel nervous, worried, or scared?
Is it hard for you to concentrate and be present?
Everyone experiences stress—it's a normal part of life. A moderate level of stress can be helpful. If you have an exam and are not prepared, stress can motivate you to study. If you have an important presentation, low-level nervousness can increase adrenaline production, which helps to boost energy and improve focus. Anxiety can act as an alarm, alerting us in situations that require us to step up in some way.
But when we overreact internally to life events, anxiety can significantly affect our ability to feel good and function well. Sometimes our alarms go haywire, blaring when really there is nothing so threatening. It's a sustained false alarm that we can't find a way to shut off. What was once helpful becomes very unhelpful—and painful.
Excessive fear and worrying, self-doubt, racing thoughts or compulsive behaviors are signs that our internal alarms have veered out of control. Anxiety disorders such as phobias and panic attacks come from anxiety running too high for too long. Anxiety can also manifest physically as muscle tension, sleep problems, changes in appetite, and gastrointestinal problems.
Anxiety Has Many Causes, But Common Themes
We live in an extremely fast-paced world. We're inundated with information constantly. Our jobs are often very high-pressure. Relationships are complicated. Dating can be grueling and confusing. It's no wonder a lot of us are very anxious.
Regardless of the source of your anxiety, there are common themes, such as excessive worry, negative self-talk, and irrational fear. You may be overly critical of yourself and others. You may feel like you are losing the part of yourself that you like and respect. Or, you may feel disconnected from the people and world around you. Many people who suffer from anxiety report feeling like "someone else"—someone they don't like—when they become too stressed.
Hiding your anxiety by putting on a "happy face" can be exhausting. Or, you may have reached the point where you can't even do that anymore. Perhaps you have noticed yourself being snappish with friends and family. You may not like how you are behaving, but not know what to do about it.
Anxiety Treatment Can Help You Become More Present And Give You the Life You Want
We all have stories that we tell ourselves, especially about negative events that have happened to us. Anxiety comes from the story we tell, not the event itself. The trick to really treating anxiety is to change the story; it's an inside job. I employ a model of therapy that can go deep and get to the core layers of the story. We're not just talking about change or what you should be doing—but literally shifting the way you experience the world.
Excessive anxiety is a sign that you're stuck in negative and uncomfortable thoughts, feelings and body sensations. However, it is possible to free yourself and to feel and think differently. It is important to know that it's the way you are thinking about things that is causing your anxiety and that you can change the way you think.
Although you may be ready for change, you still may have questions or concerns about anxiety treatment…
I already know what I should be doing. I don't need someone to tell me.
Anxiety treatment is more of an experience than simply passing along information. There are a lot of emotional experiences and breakthroughs that occur in therapy; it's not purely intellectual. Also, a trusting and supportive therapeutic relationship brings a lot of comfort. It feels good to know that someone is on your side, working with and supporting you.
I don't want to talk about something so personal with someone I don't know.
Working with a therapist is unique and effective because it's set up to be safe. Therapy is completely confidential, and most people feel it is much easier to talk with a therapist than to friends or family. Anxiety treatment is designed to facilitate talking about deeply personal experiences and promote a safe and trusting place for healing.
Trying to fix yourself often is just digging you deeper and deeper into a hole.
Acknowledging you have an issue and admitting how bad things have gotten is the first step. Reaching for help can be difficult, but once you do, it becomes a lot easier to figure out a workable solution for your anxiety.


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Inspiration and Ideas
Tips & Tricks
Sweet Potato Pound Cake
"Absolutely wonderful! My family could not get enough. I baked it in a Bundt pan; wonderful golden-orange color. I highly recommend this recipe." – Rachael C.
Cinnamon Swirl Bundt Coffee Cake
"Great cake; very moist and packed with flavor. I made a cream cheese frosting that went perfectly with this cake." – Elaine
Lemon Fiesta Cake
"What a gem! The kind of cake that, when you taste that first bite, you close your eyes and sigh, 'Mmmmm.' (I'm not kidding.)" – naples34102


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Collection includes:
- 8x8 inch 3-Pack ($22 value)
- Snack Pack 3-Pack ($22 value)
- Teenies 5-Pack ($15 value)
Total value = $59 (savings of 10%)
Perfect collection for families on-the-go.
Wraps come in assorted colour/pattern so you can keep track of what is in each wrap, eliminating the need to unwrap just to see what's inside. This elongates the lifespan of the wraps, so you can enjoy them even longer.
Wrap it up / Wipe it down / Store & Reuse / Thank the bees
Not safe for the oven, microwave or dishwasher.


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I am getting more and more interested in finding solutions to make my house independent from energy suppliers. If you live in Europe you remember that just a short while ago Russia once again just shut off the gas supply for days.
In my on and off research into solutions I stumbled over a company based in Liechtenstein called Pure Wind Energy. They are about to ship their very cool looking home wind turbine Windcore.
The WindCore turbine is just mounted on the roof of your house and can generate 2.000 kWh of electricity per year at an average wind speed of 5m/s. WindCore starts to run at winds only 3m/s. The WindCore home wind turbine has a diameter of 1.5m, which is a size that most likely requires permission from the local bureaucrats to mount that baby on your roof.
WindCore is fully microprocessor controlled and is monitored via GSM network. Noise is a factor with wind turbines. The WindCore generates 35 db at night and 50 db during the day.
The first units are deployed in May and are supposed to sell for around $5k.
More details on tehe PWE site.


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Thirteen deputies to represent Taiwan at the upcoming plenary session of China`s top legislature were elected on Saturday via secret ballot. One hundred and twenty election committee members voted at a meeting held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Saturday afternoon.
Elected deputies of Taiwan to the 11th National People`s Congress (NPC), or the top legislature, are: Kong Lingzhi, Zhu Taiqing, He Daxin, Wu Qiongkai, Zhang Xiong, Chen Yunying, Chen Jun, Chen Qinghai, Chen Weiwen, Chen Yaozhong, Hu Youqing, Liang Guoyang and Wei Lihui.
The NPC is scheduled to convene its annual plenary session in early March.
Most of the 13 deputies, including three females, were born on the mainland and are second generation Taiwanese. They are either Party or government officials, or scholars making remarkable contributions to science and technology, education and medicine, or representatives of the economic sector, from both eastern and central-western China.
The NPC Standing Committee would examine their qualifications in line with the law and affirm the election result.
Vice chairman and secretary general of the NPC Standing Committee Sheng Huaren congratulated the newly elected deputies.
"NPC deputies have both honors and responsibilities. The newly elected will become members of the top state organ and will jointly execute the top state power," Sheng said.
He said previous Taiwan NPC deputies had made great contributions to the development of cross-Strait relations and the nation`s peace and reunification cause.
Sheng called on Taiwan deputies to bring their advantage and influence to a full play and play a greater role in promoting the mainland-Taiwan relations.
The electoral conference, composed of 122 members chosen from 33 electoral units nationwide, started on Jan. 8. It nominated 16 candidates via discussions and consultations.


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here's another car from the duke's show. i forget which car club (my bad). one of the many jammed in the back lot, this one up against the wall. this was a more typical model chevy there in abundance, but no two were exactly alike.
i liked the two-tone paint on this one, but especially liked the reflection of the sky in the fender. don't forget the hood ornament — don't know why i love those things. didn't notice the broiler sign in the shot until i got home and downloaded the pictures from the camera, so bonus. too bad downey still uses overhead lines...stupid telephone pole right in the way. oh well.


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dawn; when something (usu. desirable) comes true
Kanji 1174
dawn; when something (usu. desirable) comes true
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Extrapolation as an Art Form in the Lobby of the John Muir
Joshua Ferris
We open on Johnny Touchwood standing idle in his cap and overcoat in the doorway of the John Muir building. The John Muir is on Eighty-sixth Street just west of the Park. Johnny looks regal as a Cossack on horseback—even with his doughboy complexion and combover, his broken and rebroken schnoz. But let's be honest—all the doormen look regal in that coat: red epaulets and five gold buttons. Different doormen, same coat. When not in use, that coat hangs limp from an empty rack in the boiler room, not far from where all the guys eat their deli sandwiches.
Johnny's screenplay, or teleplay—or pilot, I suppose it's called—was a ripoff of Downton Abbey set in Manhattan and featuring doormen and the residents they served.
When he told me this, I thought I was getting the doorman's dream to write the Great American Pilot as the lawyer in apartment 8C might get Johnny's Supreme Court dream, and the hedge fund manager his dream of becoming a bond trader.
But in fact, Johnny Touchwood had only one dream.
He badgered me to see Downton Abbey. I took in every episode in a three-day binge, reporting back that it was indeed addictive.
"You serious, Mr. Barnes? All six seasons in three days?"
"That's right, Johnny," I said. "What have you accomplished?"
That night, Lizzy and I escaped into the city. We returned late, and I lingered in the lobby while Lizzy rode the elevator up to bed. I told Johnny all about our soiree. I'd drunk half the world's supply of a vintage Dom Perignon and made the acquaintance of a famous actress. Together in silence we chewed over her glamour. Then I forced one hundred dollars on him for having carried up, the week before, a crate of oranges from Tel Aviv and two royalty checks. He asked me to read his pilot.
Waking on the lobby bench the next morning, I found myself staring at the pale outline on the wall opposite where once hung a compelling still life of four nutty pears. I stood, said good morning to the day doorman (Carlos), and took the elevator up to bed.
In the early eighties, Johnny had had a promising boxing career. At thirteen, he knocked out sixteen-year-old Calvin Harris during a training match, causing such a stir in the gym that Boyd Bird, the trainer, looked up from his newspaper. Two years later, and with Bird now in his corner, Johnny knocked out Dennis "Blood" Rival in the New York Golden Gloves, becoming the youngest amateur boxer to have his picture taken with the mayor. Back-to-back championships followed. (Insert fight montage here.) In 1984, Johnny seemed to have met his match with Pablo Lark, a squat, baby-faced killer nicknamed Bam Bam for his left-hand jab. The two stayed locked in such vicious physical combat that, in photographs of the bout, their battered bodies look superimposed on one another, two parts of the same blob. The most memorable photograph, a washed-out black-and-white taken right after Bam Bam went down, shows Johnny snarling, beating his breast, as he turned toward the camera in the certainty of victory. Eight and a half minutes later, Bam Bam was declared dead, and Johnny Touchwood traded in his boxing gloves for those he wore late at night in the John Muir when he was waxing the marble floors and shining the brass fixtures.
"You see, Mr. Barnes, once you hurt a guy—"
"You mean kill him?"
"Hurt him, kill him. You don't want nothing bad like that happening again, so you start pulling your punches, and that's how you get hurt. You can never pull your punches, Mr. Barnes."
"Not even to save a guy from dying?"
"Not if you want to stay alive yourself," he said.
Just then the first of my guests arrived in the lobby. I handed them each a glittering mask on a long white stem and, pointing out the elevator, welcomed them to the party. I told Johnny to send up the rest, and to ignore any noise complaints from the neighbors.
"You can't be honest with him," Lizzy advised me.
I had just shared with her my low opinion of Johnny's terrible pilot—his awful, amateur, illiterate, illegible television scribblings.
"Why not be honest?" I asked.
"Because it will devastate him."
I had considered that. I also considered how little I wanted to be beaten to a pulp by the same man who killed Bam Bam Lark, if it turned out he had no real taste for criticism.
As a coward and a voyeur, I've been drawn to bloodsport all my life. I'm also a writer, and writers are obsessed with boxers for reasons we don't often claim to understand. Here's how I explained it one night to four gentlemen in black tie and the young Dior model in a strapless Marchesa: a writer spends an entire lifetime trying to claw through the shit to get at the truth, while it takes a boxer in the ring only eight and a half minutes.
"But he advised me personally never to pull any punches," I said to Lizzy.
"Who did?"
"The doorman," I said. "Johnny what's-his-name."
"Pull them anyway," she said.
So I avoided him. But how do you avoid your doorman? The most you can do is stay off topic while you buy a little time. Looking down one day at the gold band on Johnny's swollen finger, I said I saw he was a married man.
"Happily married, Mr. Barnes."
"Any kids?"
"Of course the wife wants kids, Mr. Barnes, but I told her, I said, 'Honey, no kids until I'm finished with this pilot.' It's my dream. I want to be a writer, like you. I want the chance to be famous, too. Everything else has got to wait. The wife's got to wait."
"You sure that's wise, Johnny? You're no spring chicken."
"Tell me what I'm supposed to do, Mr. Barnes," he said. "It's my dream."
I nodded, and looked away. "Do we have it?" I asked.
The cameraman looked up from the viewfinder. "I think that's enough," he said. He turned to the producer, who nodded.
"Great," she said. "Let's move on."
It was a day-in-the-life-of-the-writer sort of thing; they were looking for some local color. They gathered up their equipment and we hit the streets. Johnny put his hands in his pockets and shuffled out into the doorway to watch the traffic go by. I turned back. "Hey, Johnny," I hollered, "thanks!" He returned my wave with a little nod.
The first night we met Johnny, Lizzy jumped out into a terrible thunderstorm while I dismissed the driver. Torrents of rain were hitting the pavement like live sparks, and the few people caught out in it moved about in furtive little flashes. When I made it inside, I expected to find Lizzy shaking herself off, but was confronted instead by a large and lurching stranger in work grays unraveling the extension cord on the commercial floor polisher.
I happen to know that, at precisely two in the morning (as the soundtrack transitions into a melancholic jazz) the night doorman of the John Muir swaps out his corporate attire for a prisoner's jumpsuit. Returning from the basement, he spends the next hour polishing the shabby lobby before the building's early birds shuffle again across its marble floor. So here is our new night doorman, I thought to myself—and also that Lizzy and I had stayed out partying until morning once more.
As I swanned past him, loosening my tie, I wondered—should I introduce myself?
Another time. It was late, and I had to get to bed. Besides, with a new doorman, who can say what the protocol is?
It took me weeks to feel comfortable with Johnny as I came and went from the building. And even then it was a little weird, as no one had initiated a formal introduction.
It took Lizzy longer.
"What frightens you is just the man's resting face," I said to her. "What he has no more control over than how his toes arrange themselves on the other end."
"His face is just the half of it," she said. "It's his lurch I really don't like."
"That's just his resting lurch," I assured her. "Does he lurch?"
"The man scuttles over to the corner the minute I walk in and bares his fangs. That's a hell of a thing in a doorman. I don't want him around the kids."
"They have to walk through the lobby, Lizzy. Or do you suggest the kids become shut-ins?"
"Shut-ins are preferable to unidentified human remains in the park."
That was two weeks into Johnny's tenure. What we discovered over the following year was the error of believing that only our most intimate relationships—husband and wife, parent and child—are capable of providing a comprehensive picture of another human being. Not so. It can be done with your doorman.
Johnny was a man of moods. Up, he was all hearty hellos. Down, he was as dour as a sack of potatoes in a damp storage room. He could hardly raise a mumble to those of us coming and going on those days.
But the days turned to weeks, and the weeks to months. Ironed out by the almanac, his moods became the man. Soon, he was just Johnny—moody, yes, and a simpleton, but an improvement in the end over Arthur and Carlos alike.
Arthur, the mid-shift man, had his apps and cigarettes, Carlos his bellhop cart. Who could use the bellhop cart, and when and for how long, were the by-laws of the lobby dearest to the daytime doorman's heart. One Christmas Eve, Lizzy made up a plate for poor Carlos with instructions that I should take it down to him. When I stepped off the elevator, I found him consumed, like Kennedy during the missile crisis, by a dispute with some guests of 9B; they were requesting the bellhop cart to haul up some presents. Santa Claus has come early for Carlos this year, I thought to myself, as he weighed what to do with these hopeless strangers. I set the plate of cookies down on a phone book, frowned sympathetically at the family in limbo, and returned to a dessert wine and a game of charades.
In 1912, the heir apparent to Downton Abbey is a lawyer from Manchester called Matthew Crowley. Crowley chafes against the customs of the aristocracy. When Molesley, his valet, attempts to help Crowley on with his cufflinks, Crowley objects. "Surely you have better things to do," he says.
"This is my job, sir," his wounded servant replies.
Crowley scoffs. "Seems a very silly occupation for a grown man," he says.
Crowley has done the unspeakable: he has destroyed the fiction Molesley requires to go on believing that his life as a man is a useful thing.
I thought of that scene after reading Johnny's pilot. I would not be able to give him my honest opinion. Sooner or later, I would have to lie.
One night, in bed early, I was chased awake by nightmares. I tried clearing my head by jumping rope in the kitchen but gave up when my downstairs neighbor banged again with his broom. I took the dog and a nightcap down to the lobby with me. "I haven't had a chance to read your screenplay yet," I lied to Johnny.
"I'll be here when you do, Mr. Barnes," he replied.
I tied Wolfer to the red leather bench. "Didion calls them pictures," I said, lying down on the bench and resting my eyes. "As in, 'John and I were staying at the Beverly Wilshire while we worked on a picture.'"
The next thing I knew, it was morning and Carlos was hovering over me with his Starbucks, not-so-gently nudging my shoulder. I sat up and stared at the wall opposite where the still life had been.
"Whatever happened to that painting, Carlos?" I asked him. "The one with the pears."
He declined to reply. Carlos—irked again. That's when I noticed Wolfer.
"Wolfer! What on earth are you doing here?"
I picked up my barware and returned us both to the penthouse.
Weeks passed, months maybe. Moving through the lobby, I feigned illnesses and irritations, and I pretended more than once to be drunk.
It was the night of the awards show, after dancing and the afterparty, when the limo hired by the publisher had returned us to the penthouse, and I needed help with the swag bags, and Lizzy, in a fit of laughter, could hardly make it through the front door. Laden with bags, and suffering in silence our punch-drunk delight, Johnny came up in the elevator with us. He had to steady Lizzy while I fumbled for my keys. The nanny opened the door from within.
"Do you need anything more, Mr. Barnes?" Johnny asked, after unburdening himself in our foyer.
"No, thank you, Johnny. Goodnight."
A minute later, I opened the door and stuck my head out. "Johnny," I said.
He turned.
"Never pull punches—is that what you're telling me?"
"Never," he said.
"A word of advice, then," I said. "Writing is hard. It takes years of frustration and failure, generally pays poorly, leaves you in a bad mood most days, and you're awful at it. Take my advice and find a better way to enjoy your weekends."
From deep inside the apartment, with colossally bad timing, Lizzy erupted in another fit of laughter.
"You read my pilot?" he said.
"It's no good," I said. "Give your wife what she wants and start a family. Live your life. Do it well. It will be more rewarding than spending your spare time cracking pencils in half over a blank page."
The elevator arrived. The doors opened. Johnny was staring just above my head, jingling the change in his pocket as the doors closed up again.
"Thank you, Mr. Barnes," he said. "Thanks for your honesty."
He was still staring into the distance as my door fell shut.
Two months later, on a sweltering June night, Johnny, drunk and (according to his wife) uncommunicative, climbed the fire escape to his roof and jumped off. Roll credits.
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Another morning, clear as mud. The wingtips of my terry cloth robe dragged along the floorboards, collecting cobwebs and dust bunnies on my way to start the coffee. The clock on the kitchen wall stated plainly that it wasn't morning at all, but two in the afternoon; the face leered at me as a human being never had. I took my coffee and Carlos's pilot back to bed.
I could dimly recall a doorman named Johnny, a large man with an unsettling presence. But I hadn't known that his name was Touchwood, nor that he was a boxer. I pulled jeans on under the robe and took the pages of his script down to the lobby.
Carlos stood with his back against the wall and was gently, rhythmically bouncing off of it, as school children will do when they're trapped in a holding pattern. He straightened up at the sight of me. I handed his pages back to him and told him they were good.
"You mean it?"
"They do everything they're supposed to do," I said. "Congratulations."
He beamed. He told me, not for the first time, of a connection he had through a friend of his to an agent in L.A. He hoped to engage her after he got my feedback.
"You like how it starts?"
"The big-shot writer in the penthouse apartment," I said, "befriends the doorman-artist who takes a header in the end. Very melodramatic."
"Downton Abbey," he said, "but with doormen."
"I think it's very good," I said.
What, he wanted to know, would I change? Oh, here and there he might make a tweak or two, I said, but I meant it. He'd done well.
I was returning to the third floor when I swiveled around. "Carlos," I said,"you know why I'm always falling asleep in the lobby?"
"Because you're an alcoholic?"
"Just kidding, Mr. Barnes. Tell me. Why you always falling asleep in my lobby?"
"Is that how you think of me, as you've written me? As a . . . grotesque?"
"Mr. Barnes," he said, "I'm extrapolating. It's fiction. You write fiction, you know how it works."
I nodded. "Seems a very silly occupation for a grown man," I said finally.
He laughed.
I didn't return to my room after all. There was an old coatrack sitting empty in that lobby. I parked my robe there and walked out. Just around the corner, there was one of those old-school joints with low lighting and red stools. At four on the dot they started selling two-dollar whiskeys. Lizzy was gone. There were never any children. There were no swag bags or costume parties. I hadn't written a book that connected with the public since 1984, the year Johnny Touchwood defeated Bam Bam Lark in the Golden Gloves. These days, I mostly just write reviews of affordable wines for the Wall Street Journal.


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Rich in Vitamin D
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The good news is that seafood is an excellent source of vitamin D, and you can thus improve your health through regular fish and seafood consumption. Vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids in fish products also help to improve sleep and help fight daytime fatigue. Three servings a week will thus help you get the sleep you deserve and need for proper functioning and health.
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Kayak Spearing in Shark Bay
With only 4 days off, Shark Bay is a pretty huge drive from Perth. 10 hours north lies a unique spearfishing destination, with no swell and only wind and visibility to worry about. For those with a boat, the bay offers some incredible spots with crystal water, big pelagic (like Julia's trip), but with the limitation of a Kayak, we made use of a drone to scout the headlands for any reefy looking spots.
Most of the terrain within paddling distance of the shore is shallow weed beds and largely devoid of life. The aerial view helped us find some reefy patches and send us in the right direction. We had some great diving off the kayak, landing coral trout, blue lined emperor, and nearly spearing a nice snapper when a big tiger shark turned up. The highlight of the trip was finding a huge school of mulloway with hundreds of fish, the biggest up to around 15kg. We took one around 5kg for the table, but mostly enjoyed just swimming with the school.


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mr95gst (03-21-2017), olderdan (03-21-2017), Paul Jones (03-21-2017), Seedtick (03-21-2017)
Note : Jon, could you change the title please ? : "Laser Compound-Slide Angle Setting", thx !
It's been a while I had in my drawer this little magnetic level, with a laser pointer.
While finding the gadget quite funny I didn't know exactly what to do with it, and I think I have found the good use for it :
It can be used as a laser pointer to precisely set up the angle of the compound slide of the lathe.
In my shop, just at the right hand of my lathe, I happen to have an old cabinet wall. I discovered I could use it as a kind of ruler to precisely mark some remarkable angles of my compound slide, if I simply attach the magnetic laser level to the side of the slide, and if I put my apron and cross slide at a reference location.
Here is the laser level with its magnetic base :
And here is where I install it : aligned just above the screw for setting up the gibs.
As a convention, I set up my reference location like so :
- For the Z axis, I stick my magnetic tool height gauge (see previous post) on the the side of the lathe head and use it as a stop for the apron.
- For the X axis, I set up my cross slide so that the table is just flush to the apron (see the red arrows on the picture).
(In above pic, please read Z instead of X and X instead of Y)
Here you can see the beam on the wall of my cabinet. Notice that the farthest the wall would be, the more precise the reference would be.
So I set up my compound angle to zero degree using a dial and thus I could mark on the wall the exact zero degree position.
Having measured the distance from the wall and the axis of the compound, I can then calculate and mark any remarkable angle I would like to quickly set up.
Offset = distance x tan(alpha)
Here for example I marked the famous 5.74°, which correspond to Arcsin(0.1), see this great post from tonyfoal
Of course, if I need wider angles, I could screw, maybe with an hinge to be able to fold it back, a kind of ruler extension to the wall of my cabinet.
Last edited by Christophe Mineau; 03-22-2017 at 06:48 AM. Reason: oups!! Changed X and Y axis by Z and X, thanks tonyfoal
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mr95gst (03-21-2017), olderdan (03-21-2017), Paul Jones (03-21-2017), Seedtick (03-21-2017)
Thanks Christophe Mineau! We've added your Compound Slide Angle Setting Tool to our Measuring and Marking category,
as well as to your builder page: Christophe Mineau's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:
mklotz (03-21-2017)
Establishing the null y-axis position by setting the cross-slide flush with the apron seems like it might be a bit difficult to reproduce accurately. Even a small error will cause your scale on the cabinet to have a translation error.
A more reproducible way to set the null would be to first mount the laser to the front edge of the cross-slide and adjust the cross-slide until the beam points to a reference mark on the cabinet. This would assure that the cross-slide is always in the same null location. Then proceed as you described to adjust the angle of the compound.
BTW, your lathe is insanely clean. If my lathe looked like that, I'd be afraid to touch it lest the fingerprints show. I'm thinking you have one of those lovely French maids come in to tidy up after every shop session. (Just joking, Christophe. I'm really envious of your tidiness.)
Regards, Marv
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I think that you are making a mountain out of a mole hill.
Just by feel you could repeat that setting probably to less than 0.1mm, definitely 0.2mm maximum. The translation error on the board would be the same as that error and compared to the ability to repeat the dot position on the drawn line it would be trivial.
If you held a small flat block against the saddle edge you could probably set the cross slide position to better than 0.05mm in seconds. Ones ability to set the cross slide position as per Christophe's method far exceeds ones ability to detect a tiny error between the laser dot and the drawn line. I fear that your method would be an order of magnitude less repeatable.
Christophe et al,
it is a convention that the spindle axis of a machine tool is designated as Z. On a lathe what you have called the X axis should be termed Z and your Y is generally called X. Personally I don't like it but that is the convention and less misunderstandings occur if we all use the same notation.
Christophe Mineau (03-21-2017), olderdan (03-21-2017)
Hi Marv, thanks for the comment
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Of course you are right, the convention falls down when you have multiple spindles. I do not know how you decide which axis has the priority. There is probably a rule but I don't know it. Basically, prior to NC and later CNC, nobody thought in terms of Cartesian coordinates for machining, but CNC has changed all that and I guess that the conventions were laid down before the advent of multi-spindle machines.
BTW I have exactly the same type of laser level as yours which I use for numerous alignment purposes but none the same as you. There is a focus adjustment on it and I think that if you play with that you might get a smaller dot, 10mm is way bigger than it could be. At the distance that you are talking about I can get a dot no more than 2mm diameter.
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This has been years in the making, and it is not the first time that those with walled up hearts have come to power, hiding behind masks of righteous indignation which are only thin disguises for hate.
This must be the last time. There is too much at stake. We must prepare for a change.
In the meantime, I propose that each day each of us commit to performing at least one act of kindness.
Not just to our family or friends.
But to the stranger, alien, and, yes, even the ones we disagree with.
And to the haters as well.
We shall call this the Reign of the Burning Coals.
We shall fill the streets, the chambers of power, the halls of education, the airports, train stations, and piers, with a people filled with fire.
There shall be no more enemies.
You will look out at night and see a million tongues of flame hovering in the air above our heads.
Pentacost will have come again.


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23rd April 2017 -Drive It Day
About this event:
Created by iceniminors
This year we will be joining with another group of classic cars when they all meet at the car park in Halesworth near the White Hart pub. We meet at 10am and will be driving off around 10-30am along a route around 40 miles, when we end up at Snape Maltings. Please let Tricia know if you would like to join us as we need to know numbers attending.


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Well me and my brother washed our cars on the weekend and seen as we have both recently fitted some 6000K HID's and he has put some 19 inch rims on we thought it a good oppertunity to take some pics.
Plus I just bought a new digital camera so was a good road test for it, i like the black / white some of the shots came up really well.
Even took some videos of both cars on the move if anyone knows somewhere to host them ?
For peoples info my brothers car is a 1999 B5 Audi A4 1.8T Quattro GP Edition and mine is a 1999 Honda Prelude VTiR


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Life in the 21st century can be overwhelming. Busyness seems to be the buzzword of the day, attached often indirectly by a sense of lack, unfulfillment, anxiety, and fatigue. I've felt this strongly in the last year, transitioning fully (at last) out of graduate-student status and into the world of academic (and other) job-seeking, partial employment, travels, writing, moving -twice-, getting engaged -once-, and so on. And I've seen it in friends across the globe, whether caught up in personal successes and failings or local and global political issues, it seems impossible to avoid existential anxiety.
A typical response to anxiety today is to engross oneself in material comforts. Yet these quickly fall short, as the Dalai Lama recently pointed out:
Our overly materialistic lifestyles are wasteful and come at great environmental cost. If we don't change our 'advanced' patterns of consumption, humanity's thirst for natural resources will be unsustainable. Overexploitation of the natural environment is generating crises at local and global levels. Nations pursuing rapid economic growth must take the lead in finding new, more sustainable paths of development. ~H.H. Dalai Lama, April 22, 2018
As I wrote recently, I don't think Buddhist practice has ever been about escaping the world with all its messiness and busyness. Rather, the practices as I understand them direct us toward seeing the world and ourselves more clearly so that we can respond more fully and compassionately to suffering everywhere. But sometimes that can lead to getting bogged down and we need our time 'away', either in daily ritual or silent meditation or longer periods of retreat.
One long-standing go to for me is the metta sutta:
Buddha's Discourse on Loving-Kindness.
Nearly 10 years ago a good friend (kalyāṇa-mitta) and I sat down to learn Pali together and started by memorizing this sutta in full. I've forgotten much of it, but the opening lines still come back easily:
Karaṇīyam atthakusalena yaṃ taṃ santaṃ padaṃ abhisamecca,
Sakko ujū ca sūjū ca suvacocassa mudu anatimānī.
This is what ought to be done, by one who is skilled in goodness, and who knows the path of peace,
My they be able, upright, straight and not proud, gentle in speech, mild, without conceit.
In Winston King's words, "This is loving 'one's neighbor as oneself' with a universal vengeance!"
But getting to that universal love means dropping away some of the frantic busyness of life. The next lines of the sutta counsel us to be contented and easily supported, light in duties and frugal, senses calmed & wise, without arrogance or covetousness.
Thou shalt not covet, thou shalt be humble.
Go easy on the facebook both taking in with endless scrolling and giving out in the countless ways we can do this.
Instead, slow down.
Read a blog post in full.
Or better, a book.
Take the time to let go of the frantic meanderings of modern society (yes, sometimes we must be engaged with them, but this is best done with clarity and wisdom as opposed to reactivity) and politics. Contemplate frugality. In a world of overt materialism, how can we develop and support our own frugality? How about the frugality of artists and institutions we support?
Simple tasks, but difficult to maintain and dangerous to our personal wellbeing and the planet when forgotten.
And yet, the path of peace is right there.
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Does Your Place of Work Have a Fire Escape Plan?
Does Your Place of Work Have a Fire-Escape Plan?
In 2013, 3.4% of all fatal occupational deaths were caused by fire or explosion according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While it's common knowledge that every homeowner should have a fire escape plan, most people don't realize how important an escape plan is for the workplace.
A clear fire escape plan can be the difference between life and death during an office emergency. It is worth talking with coworkers and management about the office's fire escape plan, because a little bit of knowledge and preparation can make all the difference. Here's what you need to know about an emergency escape plan at the office.
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A safe exit route is the most important aspect of your fire escape plan. It's important to choose an exit route that is unlikely to be blocked in the case of an emergency. Exit routes consists of three parts according to OSHA, or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
(1) You'll need access to an exit that is a clear path from where you work to the exit. (2) The route should be separate from other areas and safely allow travel. (3) The route should lead outside or to a public area away from danger.
Usually, each office building should have at least two exit routes that everyone is familiar with in case of emergency. Depending on the number of people in your workplace, one route may suffice.
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Planning ahead goes a long way. If you work on the second or third story of a building, consider purchasing a fire escape ladder. A fire escape ladder is an affordable option that can be kept nearby and used in the event of an emergency. This additional option to get out of the building can save precious time by providing an additional exit route.
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David Ekinsmyth, Lib Dem Cornwall Councillor for the Illogan Division has appealed for interested individuals to join a group working on the Neighbourhood Plan.
David believes the plan, which would cover the Illogan, Park Bottom and West Tolgus areas, should directly reflect the needs and wishes of the wider local community rather than just those of elected officials.
Julia Goldsworthy, Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle has welcomed the announcement that the Liberal Democrats have fulfilled their commitment to start two million apprenticeships in this Parliament, over 20,000 of which are here in Cornwall.
Liberal Democrats in Government have prioritised creating jobs and apprenticeships. Two million people have now started an apprenticeship since 2010. Vince Cable, the Lib Dem Business Minister, has made it easier for businesses to take on apprentices. He has given 40,000 businesses grants of up to £1,500 for each young unemployed person they take on as an apprentice and put £550m into improving college facilities for apprentices.
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Having spent several days with World Taekwondo (WT) and the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) as they held a series of joint demonstrations in Lausanne and Geneva, I heard the phrase "peace is more precious than triumph" several times.
It was mainly uttered by the WT President, Choue Chung-won, but it is a mantra by which both the WT and ITF are operating.
The two federations, once rivals, are using their recent rapprochement to try to heal a greater divide. It will not be an easy task, for the divide in question is the one which exists between South and North Korea, originating from the Cold War.
Even those who have paid little attention to history books know relations between the two nations have been hostile for decades. In fact, the war which started on the Korean peninsula in 1950 is still technically ongoing, with neither side ever signing a peace treaty.
Relations have improved significantly in the past few years however, a few hiccups aside. This is particularly the case in the sporting world, which has led the way in bringing the two sides together.
The Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games was a watershed moment, with athletes from both nations walking in the Opening Ceremony under a united flag. The countries also fielded a joint women's hockey team.
Many are aware of this example of sports diplomacy, but less know of taekwondo's role in easing relations between the two Koreas. For those wondering why the Korean conflict even affects taekwondo, WT are based in the South Korean capital of Seoul, while the ITF are traditionally rooted in North Korea, despite their headquarters being in the Austrian capital of Vienna.
Having operated separately for more than 40 years, the two came together and signed a Protocol of Accord at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, under the guidance of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Thus began a series of joint demonstrations from a WT team made up of South Korean athletes and a ITF team of North Korean athletes. The most significant of these took place in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang in November last year. This occasion saw another agreement signed, which stipulated that both federations would work together more closely with the aim of eventually merging.
This week, the WT and ITF teams performed at Lausanne's Olympic Museum in front of IOC President Thomas Bach, before doing the same at the United Nations Office at Geneva for general secretary Michael Møller.
At both events, the significance of the joint demonstration was highlighted.
In Bach's opening speech at the Olympic Museum, he revealed the agreement signed between WT and ITF in 2014 had inspired the IOC to open dialogue with the North Korean Olympic Committee and organise the display of unity at Pyeongchang 2018.
So much of sports diplomacy can often be merely symbolic, often failing to bring about genuine change. Bach's comments, however, show the partnership between WT and ITF is partly responsible for one of the greatest examples of sporting diplomacy.
Møller's speech at the UN also applauded the organisations for their part in easing relations in Korea and the power of taekwondo in bringing about peace.
For fear of sounding too naive, I am not suggesting taekwondo will bring an end to a conflict which is too deep-rooted to be regarded in such idealistic terms.
Since the joint WT-ITF demonstrations have begun however, more and more sports are following suit and working with North and South Korea to create a united team. The IOC recently revealed the two countries wanted to send a unified team to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in women's basketball, women's field hockey, judo and rowing.
In addition, a joint South-North Korean bid for events such as the 2032 Olympic Games and 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup have been floated, with Bach meeting both National Olympic Committees together to discuss the possibility of the 2032 bid.
At the moment then, sports diplomacy between the two countries is proving fruitful. This owes a lot to the partnership between WT and ITF, which will continue in the same vein at an even closer proximity in the coming years.


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