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I'm an experienced commercial photographer ideally located on the A34 / M4 junction in Newbury, Berkshire, giving easy access to Oxford, Swindon, London & the south coast
I'm an experienced commercial photographer ideally located on the A34 / M4 junction in Newbury, Berkshire, giving easy access to Oxford, Swindon, London & the south coast
Headshots should be exactly that, intensely expressive, attention grabbing photos focused on your head, well face. No distracting backgrounds & only enough of shoulders to give your face some grounding. Typically shot in my studio with the most beautiful, flattering lighting I'll create you headshots that really stand out find out more ➔
Portraits are different from headshots in that they are supposed to encompass as much of the subject as required and incorporating the scene/location/environment to add to the story. Therefore portraits tend to always be shot on location, professionally lit and focused on conveying so much about each and every person find out more ➔
Having an event, then let me document it with my true documentary / journalistic style. I aim on capturing the real sense of being there, those involved, all of the action, the details, people's reactions. There are so many different types of events, that all require great planning to ensure a great collection of images that capsulate an event find out more ➔
I have worked with many high profile chefs over the years, they all agree with one phrase, "you initially taste with your eyes". A creative food image really brings a description to life, I want to make the viewer hungry, to think they can smell what they are seeing. Food photography is a unique art, skilled lighting, food prep, accessorising & plenty of tricks to create images of food that tingle the senses find out more ➔
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Never has imagery been so important as it is now within fashion & retail. Whether you need photos for advertising a shop, a shopping centre, one product or a range of products. Maybe you are selling online, and need great imagery to help your product(s) sell. Great images reassure a viewer/customer, creative images engage a viewer & make you unique - perfect in these competitive times find out more ➔
Holding a conference or award ceremony, the presence of a professional photographer adds to the event. With me you can be confident that I know how to be unobtrusive yet be in the right place at the right time to get the shots. A combination of my documentary photography & my portraiture skills really come together here find out more ➔
I'm fortunate to work with many great hotels & restaurants, providing a range of photos designed to showcase their environments, spaces, the comfort, the atmosphere & the vibe. I want images that capture the experience & feeling of actually being there. Whether that be dining rooms, bedrooms, facilities, food, drinks etc find out more ➔
Every business always needs photographs. Whether for your website, marketing, advertising, selling, documenting etc the list goes on. With Google now "frowning" upon the use of stock photography its great to own your own photographs that are perfect for you. Work with me, over time, to create your own photo library find out more ➔
Adam Hillier at AHP Photography is an absolute pleasure to work with and has helped us with great images for books, portraits of guests and our web site
He responds quickly and efficiently to briefs sometimes at very short notice, understating our objectives whilst continuing to add his own style and personality.Nothing phases Adam and he continues - despite British weather - and working with our menagerie of animals. We are looking forward to our next projects together!
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He adapts quickly and seamlessly to any situation and is an absolute pleasure to work with, I enjoy every minute and look forward to working onfuture projects with him"
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We've used AHP Photography on a number of occasions, each time Adam followed the brief to the letter and the photographs Adam produced were of the highest quality and we've used them for both our Corporate brochures, Business posters and Website.
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2018 conferences now open on Tech Comm on a Map
The Tech Comm on a Map application now caters for 2018 conferences. This week I updated both the web app and the Android app to accept data for 2018. I also archived the 2016 conferences.
Tech Comm on a Map is an interactive map showing items of interest to technical communicators around the world: conferences, groups, businesses, societies, courses, and other things we find interesting. Tech Comm on a Map is available as a web app (see the previous link) and an Android app.
Highlights of the latest update:
- I've added a option, which you can click to add items to the map (new in the web app only; the Android app already has an Add event option in the menu).
- I've added a data type for 2018 conferences, and archived the 2016 conferences (web and Android).
Each coloured dot on the map represents a conference, business, society, group, course, or something else. Click a dot to see what it's about.
Adding 2018 conferences and more
The map is now able to accept 2018 conferences, but there's not much data on the map for 2018 yet. At this point I've added just two 2018 conferences. I'll add more over the next few weeks.
If you have time, please do add items to the map: 2018 conferences, groups, societies, educational courses, and more. It's also fun to add tidbits that you think are of interest to tech writers and have a geographical relevance. For example, the Other item type includes the birthplace of Ada Lovelace. Try de-selecting all event types except Other, and see what's there now.
To add an item:
If you'd like to know more about the apps, how they work, and where the data comes from, take a look at the page about Tech Comm on a Map.
Doc sprint at Write the Docs day Australia
Yesterday was the very first full-day event held by Write the Docs Australia. In the morning we hosted a writing sprint, featuring five open source projects. The afternoon was devoted to five presentations. Of course, coffee and conversation happened throughout the day.
Although short, the writing sprint was fun and productive. Participants learned about open source, fixed doc bugs, discussed information architecture, and got to know some style guides.
At the start of the day, we invited people to pitch for their projects. Then each of the pitchers chose a table in the room. The other attendees decided which sprint to take part in, and joined the relevant table. These were the five sprints:
- Dart, led by Sarah Maddox
- Kubernetes, led by Jared Bhatti
- Cyrus (email), led by Nicola Nye
- webpack (JavaScript module bundler), led by Chris
- ReactiveUI.net, led by Geoff
What happened in the sprints
We had four contributors taking part in the Dart sprint. Our focus was to update selected pages to match the Google style guide. We produced the following pull requests:
The Kubernetes sprint closed a number of issues, pretty much all those that had been allocated to the sprint!
At one of the tables, people spent much of their time discussing information architecture and doc design, using the open source project as the basis for the discussion. The project leader collected two pages of useful feedback as a result.
Things people learned
For many participants, the sprints were their first venture into the world of open source. A participant asked me, "So, after today, can I continue contributing to the docs? How would I do it?" She was pleased to hear that she could continue participating, and she'd do it in the same way as during the sprint. Our table also discussed contributing to open source projects in general: read the contributors' guide for each project, be aware that pull requests do require work from the repository owners.
Participants needed a basic knowledge of Markdown. I gave a quick overview of the syntax, to get them started.
For the Dart sprint in particular, it was useful to learn a bit about the language. The sprinters' guide included a quick introduction, and we ran a sample in Dartpad, to watch the code in action.
The open source projects we focused on are hosted on GitHub. Participants learned the GitHub workflow: how to edit files in a GitHub repo, submit a pull request (PR), receive feedback on the PR, make changes to the files in the PR, and re-submit the PR.
For the Dart sprint, our task was to update pages to follow the Google Developer Documentation Style Guide. One contributor was delighted to note that the style guide agrees with her tech writer intuition, overall. Another contributor reviewed a very long page, checking the style guide when in doubt. She found that, in most cases, the page did follow the style guidelines. I suggested that she add this information in the comment when she sent her pull request, as it would be useful information for the repo owners.
It was hard work
It's hard work editing pages to follow a style guide. The Dart table stood out as being the quiet, focused area of the room. We were all deeply in the zone.
There came a touch of humour to dilute the hard work: a comment from one of the sprinters to Swapnil Ogale, Write the Docs organiser, after he'd been chatting with our table for a while.
Swapnil: "Good, OK, I'll leave you to it."
Sprinter, with a smile: "Yes, leave me alone. I've got a lot of work to do." 🙂
Difficulties people encountered
People had trouble with the GitHub workflow at the start of the sprint. For example, when a sprinter first tried to enter a comment on an issue, an email verification request popped up. The experience was confusing.
Some people found it difficult to concentrate in the noisy environment of a sprint, and they felt stressed that they wouldn't have time to achieve anything in the short time frame of the half-day sprint.
Three hours is a very short time for a doc sprint, particularly when the sprinters are new to the environment and the docs.
Feedback and thanks
If you were at the Write the Docs day, I'd love your comments and feedback on the writing sprints. I'm sure readers of this blog would be interested to know what you learned from the sprints. The owners of the open source repositories would like to know how they can make it easier for people to contribute to the doc sets.
A big thank you to everyone who took part in the writing day and contributed to the docs!
Technical Communicators Conference 2017 wrapup
This week I attended the Technical Communicators Conference 2017, the annual conference of the Australian Society for Technical Communication (ASTC). This post is a summary of my impressions of the conference, with links to the posts I've written about each session.
I thoroughly enjoyed this conference, with its atmosphere of dedicated professionalism mixed with warm friendliness. The event took place in Sydney, Australia, filling two days with 14 technical sessions. By my rough estimate (I counted the tables at lunch) there were around 60 attendees. Most were from Melbourne and Sydney. A few people flew in from New Zealand, one from the west coast of Australia, and one from the US. Let me know if I've missed out any other travellers from far-flung places!
As is often the case with conferences, one of the best parts was meeting and talking to people face to face. Many were old friends whom I've met at other gatherings over the years. It was also great to make new friends.
A common theme arose in my conversations with the other writers. Those who have a role in a company or organisation find that there's way to much work for them to handle. Even if they're lucky enough to work with one or more other writers, there's still a firehose of work pouring down on them. (This wasn't so much the case with the writers who run their own businesses.) The people I spoke to said it was a good position to be in, yet at the same time they wished the organisations would allocate more budget and/or make more tech writing positions available. The writers feel strongly that they're making a large contribution to the customer experience or process efficiency of their organisation, and could improve things even more if there were more writers around.
I think this sentiment is a very positive trend. Tech writers recognise their worth and feel that they're doing valuable work. There was no frustration in the way people spoke. No-one said that their work went unrecognised within the organisation. They just wished there were more of them around.
The nice thing about a smallish conference is that you meet the same people more than once during the course of the two days, and can build up a relationship with them over that time. Most people attended all the sessions (there was only one track). People exchanged opinions enthusiastically during and after the sessions. During some sessions there were even jokes flying around between presenter and audience members.
Here are my posts about the sessions, in reverse chronological order, with the conference's last session at the top of the list:
- Yes but I have my phone by Grant Mackenzie
- The vibe of XSL-T by Tony Self
- Writing micro-content by Margaret Hassall
- Documenting the tools you use by Swapnil Ogale
- The wonder of walkthroughs by Sonja McShane
- CSS Variables by Dave Gash
- Framework for evaluating communication by Neil James
- A tech writer, a map, and an app by Sarah Maddox (that's me)
- Customising Microsoft Word by Rhonda Bracey
- Collaborating with developers by Dash Gash
- Get your words in order by Sonja McShane
- Bootstrap by Grant Noble
- Structuring content by Margaret Hassall
- Ten terms you thought you understood by Tony Self
Thank you so much to the ASTC committee and the conference organisers, for all the hard work you've put into this conference. It was excellent. Thanks also to the presenters who put so much time and energy into preparing and presenting the talks.
Yes but I have my phone – ASTC 2017
I'm attending the Technical Communicators Conference 2017, the annual conference of the Australian Society for Technical Communication (ASTC). This post is a live blog of a session at the conference. In other words, I'm writing as the presenter speaks. Any mistakes are mine, and all credit goes to the presenter.
Grant Mackenzie presented a session with the enticing title of Yes but I have my phone. I didn't take any notes during this talk, as the conference organiser asked us to put away all pens and laptops. The point of the session was that you can do everything with a mobile device. I guess I could have taken notes on my phone, but somehow that seems to me like I'm paying less attention to the speaker than when I'm using my laptop. Something to do with the focus of attention and the posture required to take notes on a tiny screen. Entering text on a mobile screen also takes more time than typing, even though I'm an adept swiper. In fact, I'm writing this post on my mobile device, while on the bus on the way home from the conference. So, for me anyway, this is one use case when a laptop, or at least a keyboard, is better than a mobile screen.
Back to Grant's presentation, which was lively and packed with information. The main thrust of the talk was that you can use a mobile device to create engaging, informative content. In particular, Grant demonstrated the use of various apps to create professional videos and photo-based art, complete with green screen effects and good audio.
Release notes came up again – they've been popular in this year's conference. Grant's approach is to have two important people in the company talk through the items in the release notes, while illustrating the features on screen, either behind the speakers by use of the green screen, or fullscreen using the speakers' words as voice over.
We also saw some cat videos. 🙂
Thanks Grant. Your presentation was a thing of beauty.
The vibe of XSL-T at ASTC 2017
I'm attending the Technical Communicators Conference 2017, the annual conference of the Australian Society for Technical Communication (ASTC). This post is a live blog of a session at the conference. In other words, I'm writing as the presenter speaks. Any mistakes are mine, and all credit goes to the presenter.
Tony Self presented a session called The Vibe of XSL-T. Tony's plan is to show us where XSL fits in the XML universe, and then where XSL-T fits in and where it's useful. He demonstrated, by asking the audience, that most of us were using XML to store at least some of our content. Another of Tony's goals is to discuss the level of expertise we need, to use XSL-T.
What is XML?
XML is a format for storing information.
XML tags are generally semantic, which means a human being can generally understand its purpose by reading it. Unfortunately, some designers of XML documents don't necessarily follow that best practice.
Tony edited a
.pptx file (a PowerPoint presentation) in a text editor, and demonstrated that you can change the content of a presentation by editing the XML as a text format. Understanding that Office documents are essentially XML underneath gives you some power.
The help format known as
.chm is also an XML-based format. Internet Explorer, which has been able to render XML for years, can therefore render the content.
XML is a common way of storing information. A useful ramification is that you can write reports based on the XML.
XML is more like a family of languages rather than a specific language. It's a set of rules for creating a language. Most XML languages are semantic in nature, in that they define concepts such as dogs, breeds, height, weight, and so on. There are standards for creating XML languages, and strict validation rules to enforce them. The rules are stored in a DTD (document type definition) or an XSD (schema definition). XML is Internet-friendly. The XSD, XSL, and XML files can all be stored in different location.
The rules and standard patterns mean that all tools that understand XML can also understand all forms of XML. For example, editors, browsers, VCRs.
What is XSL?
There are a few types of XSL:
- XSL-T: transforms a document from one format to another, where the format is some form of text-based content. XSL-T determines how the data is arranged, which data is omitted, and so on.
- XSL-FO: transforms a document to some type of page-oriented medium, such as PDF. For example, you can convert a file to Apache-FOP and then PDF, using a process controlled by Ant.
- XPath: finds information in an XML document. You use it to navigate through elements and attributes in an XML document, and retrieve the part of the document that matches your search criteria.
More about XML
XML is beautifully organised, making it simple to use. Most of the XML standards are still in version 1, a testament to the care taken with the original design.
Tony walked us through some examples of XML, and of using XSL-T to transform a document into an HTML page.
Thank you Tony for a good overview of XML technology.


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In New York this week, the Korean Dry Cleaners Association has donated 2,000 pieces of unclaimed clothing to the homeless people of the city.
Homelessness in New York is currently the highest since the 1930s after the Great Depression. The city, which is often known ads the city of dreams among those who flock to it, is also home to the largest population of billionaires in the world.
This separation between rich and poor has not gone unnoticed by city officials and advocates, and the Korean Dry Cleaners Association is part of a grassroots effort to decrease the impact homelessness has on individuals and the community.
Job recruiters, AnastasiaDate say that one of the main concerns about being homeless, aside from finding appropriate food and shelter, is finding clothing that is clean and appropriate. By donating these clothes, about six months worth of unclaimed dry cleaning, the Korean Dry Cleaners Association has a hand in helping the homeless people of the city dig a way out of poverty.


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Education Required: Bachelors Degree
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SEI is a leading global provider of outsourced asset management, investing processing and investment operations solutions. SEI Investment Manager Services, a division of SEI (www.seic.com), provides total operations outsourcing solutions to global investment managers and is a leading provider of accounting and administrative services to the investment management industry.
The Global Regulatory Risk and Compliance (GRRC) Specialist is responsible for ensuring the successful and accurate completion of certain compliance and administrative servicing requirements for investment manager products for assigned funds. This individual will operate in a team environment and rely heavily on the use of the micro-computer and various software packages.
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Manage various filing schedules in support of the regulatory filing process
Create and communicate timelines to the appropriate internal and external clients for each filing production cycle
Coordinate and facilitate kick-off meetings for each scheduled filing period so that internal and external clients are aware of expectations
Act as the liaison among the SEI s Internal Support teams to ensure efficient and timely reporting
Prepare ad-hoc regulatory reports and other deliverables
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Identify and resolve issues and errors on a timely basis with appropriate documentation and escalation
Review data being provided by SEI in order to complete regulatory filings and post-trade compliance notices
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BS/BA degree in accounting or finance
Minimum of 2 years of related work experience
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Experience with Sungard InvestOne, InvestTier, Investran and SS&C Advent Geneva systems a plus
Ability to understand and interpret regulations and regulatory guidance as it pertains to Investment Advisor compliance and apply knowledge in an operational environment
Ability to perform detailed reviews of financial data and detect inaccurate or missing items, and recognize potential problems and escalate them to the appropriate levels
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Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
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Ride in the Rain FAQs
How do I register for the challenge?
Click the "TAKE THE RIDE IN THE RAIN CHALLENGE. SIGN UP TODAY." link to take you to the platform site. Then click the "Overview" tab and then select the "Join Challenge" button. Follow the steps to complete the survey and registration. If you have registered on the Luum platform you do not need to re-register.
How do I reset my password?
To reset your password, visit this link and follow the steps to reset your Luum account password.
I did not receive an email when I reset password. (Or I did not receive other emails that I expect.)
It's likely that your company has blocked certain emails from @luum.com email addresses. Contact email@example.com for help with this issue. You can also contact your company's IT department and ask them to permit emails from luum.com to come through to your inbox.
How do I change my registration survey answers?
There is not a way to make changes to challenge registration answers on the website.
How do I create a team?
First, you need to fully register as an individual and join the Ride in the Rain Challenge. Then you will then have the option to join or create a team. After joining the challenge, click on the "Create Team" link on the Ride in the Rain Challenge overview page, or directly click here to create a team.
How do I invite people to my team?
People can join your team two ways, depending on how you mark 'Membership' when you create your team. If you choose 'Open (anyone can join)', then folks can find your team, or if you choose 'Private (password-protected), then a team captain must invite people to join the team.
To invite others to your team, navigate to the 'Invite' tab, type your teammates' email addresses under 'Send an invite email' and hit Send.
Can I edit my team after I create it?
Yes. When you create a team, you will automatically be identified as a team captain. As a captain, you can edit your team by clicking on the 'My Team' tab and then the 'Manage Team' sub-tab, or click here.
Do I have to recreate a team this year, or can I just have the team I had last year?
You'll need to recreate your team from scratch. The system is set up this way to encourage previous year's team members to branch out, form their own teams, and grow the challenge.
How do I join an existing team?
First, you need to fully register as an individual and join the Ride in the Rain Challenge. One you are registered, the easiest way to join a team is to have the captain invite you to the team using the green "Invite" tab in the main tool bar. You can also select "Find Team" in the "Challenge Actions" box on the right side of the Challenge Overview page.
What is an allowed team size for the Challenge?
Although you can form a smaller team, to be considered a complete team and to be eligible for prizes, a team must have 4 to 10 people.
Can an individual be a part of two or more teams?
Each user can only be on one team. If you wanted to work around this and be on two teams, you could technically create two Challenge accounts. Then you'd have to log trips twice on both accounts, so it might a bit of a hassle.
How do I delete a team?
There is currently not a way to delete a team. You can always rename a team that you've created or join a different team.
Can I be added as a team captain?
Yes. The captain of your team can promote you, or any other team members, to be co-captains. Ask your current captain open the challenge page, click the 'My Team' tab and then click the 'Manage Team' sub-tab. They can also click here They will find a table of team members where they can identify co-captains and Save.
How do I get my captain's packet?
To show our appreciation for their leadership, Washington Bikes offers captains some sweet perks like an invitation to the Team Captain's Bash on November 17, gear from SKS, Ride in the Rain beanie, and literature about safe biking.
You can pick up your packet in person for free or have it mailed to you for $6. To have it mailed, please fill out this mailing form.
In Person Pickups:
- Your organization might have captain's packets for you. Check with organizers for details.
- At Cascade Bicycle Club M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ( 7787 62nd Ave NE #MB-2 Seattle, WA 98115)
- At the Captain's Bash on November 17th at Cascade Bicycle Club
Are captain's packets required for participation?
No. Washington Bikes wants to reward team captains for their leadership during the Ride in the Rain Challenge, but they are not required for participation.
Can I purchase Ride in the Rain ear warmers?
No, the ear warmers not for sale. Washington bikes gives them away for free to team captains as a token of our appreciation for their leadership.
What is my organization?
An organization is often your employer, and there can be many teams affiliated with one organization. When you register for the Challenge, you have the option to affiliate yourself with your organization. If you affiliate with your organization, you'll be able to compare yourself against colleagues within your organization and also compare against other organizations in the inter-organizational leaderboard.
You do not need to affiliate yourself with an organization if you don't want to – this is optional. Simply select 'I am not participating as part of an organization.'
Are teams and organizations the same thing?
Not exactly – teams and organizations are a little different. An organization is often your employer, and there can be many teams affiliated with an organization. A team is a smaller group, ideally between 4 and 10 people.
When you registered for the Challenge, you had the option to affiliate yourself with your organization. If you affiliate with your organization you'll be able to compare yourself against colleagues within your organization (e.g. Seattle Children's intra-org leaderboard) and also compare against other organizations in the inter-organizational leaderboard.
Do I have to be part of an organization to participate?
No, you do not need to affiliate yourself with an organization if you don't want to–this is optional.
When you register for the challenge, you'll be asked to choose your organization or select 'I am not participating as part of an organization.'
What if I don't see my organization listed?
Email to get it added.
Is there a way to add our logo to our organization profile?
Email to get it added.
How do I join/change my organization after joining the challenge?
You cannot change your organization affiliation if you have already joined the challenge. Let us know which organization you are a part of, and we will add you to that organization.
What counts as a trip?
A bike trip in the Ride in the Rain Challenge is defined as a ride outside greater than or equal to 0.25 miles in distance. A commute trip is defined as a trip between home and the school or work. All other trips made during the workday or for getting around town should be designated as 'other.' If you are a multi-destination ride, you may count each leg (if each leg is more than 0.25 miles) as a trip. Sorry, but only outdoor bike trips (no spin or indoor biking miles) count in the contest. Also, electric assist bicycles are welcome but must be able to be operated without electricity. Please, no fully motorized bikes. Email firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions.
When I log a trip, what does 'round-trip' and 'commute trip' mean?
When logging a trip, you can check the boxes for both 'round-trip' and 'commute' to identify when you took the same trip to and from work as your commute. You can also check only one of these options, or neither option. For example, to log a one-way, non-commute trip, uncheck both 'round-trip' and 'commute'.
Do only rides in the rain count?
No, any ride during the month of November counts, regardless of the weather.
How do I edit an existing trip? ( e.g., to change the distance.)
You cannot currently edit existing trips. Instead, you'll want to delete and re-add trips with the correct distance value.
To delete a trip, click on the date in the calendar and view the trip details in the list below the calendar. Click on the link for "delete trip(s)". You can also click on the "x" icon within the cell of the calendar date to delete all of the trips on that date.
This is a free event but donations are welcome.
Anyone can participate for free, and any donations go to support Washington Bikes efforts across our great state.
I'm interested in Ride in the Rain graphics to promote this event. Where can I find these?
You can find downloadable Ride in the Rain graphics here – logo and poster. Thanks for promoting Ride in the Rain!
How do I use activity trackers to log trips in Luum?
To log trips from an activity tracker, you can connect your Luum account with either Strava or MapMyRide.
To connect your Luum account to an activity tracker, you will first need to set up an account with either Strava or MapMyRide.
Then in Luum, open your account settings, select the 'Activity Trackers' tab, or click here. Click the 'Connect' button next to the activity tracker of your choice. You'll be asked to enter your login information for your activity tracker account and give Luum permission to sync trips.
After you connect your Luum account to an activity tracker, new trips will automatically sync. Please note that trips logged prior to connecting your account will not sync. Additionally, any edits to an already synced trip will not sync between your accounts.
How can I see my stats from last year?
If you participated in the 2017 Ride in the Rain Challenge, you can view your past stats by going to your profile on Lovetoride.net/washington. From there you can see your individual, team, league, and organizations stats from years past.
How can I see my commute rate? How can I mark work vs. non work days?
This year's challenge is not commute-specific –we're tracking all types of bike trips– so the system does not track commute rate. The primary metrics of individual competition this year are number of total bike trips, number of commute trips (you'll be able to specify on your trip log whether or not a bike trip was a commute trip), and miles. For teams and organizations, the main metrics will be average trips or miles per rider and average commute trips per rider.
Why isn't the challenge ran by Cascade this year?
Earlier this year Cascade and Washington Bikes merged and the challenge was handed over to Washington Bikes. Basically everything is the same as last year but the challenge is now poised to go statewide!
Have any more questions or issues? Get in touch with us at email@example.com.


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If the ignition switch starts to have issues, such as difficulty in turning or fitting in the slot, it is best to call in the professionals. It rarely helps to use force because this can cause more problems. If you aren't able to call a dedicated roadside service when stuck in the middle of nowhere with the broken ignition switch, it is possible to use the mobile locksmith.
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The name of this organization shall be United Chapters of Alpha Kappa Delta: International Sociology Honor Society, hereafter referred to as the Society.
Section 1. Description. This organization shall be a non-secret, democratic, international society of scholars dedicated to the ideal of Anthropon Katamanthanein Diakonesein or "to investigate humanity for the purpose of service."
Section 2. Purpose. It shall be the purpose of this Society to promote excellence in scholarship in the study of sociology, research of social problems, and such other social and intellectual activities as will lead to improvement in the human condition.
Section 3. Dissolution. The tax exempt status of this Society shall be maintained by strict adherence to the following procedures:
Section 1. Life Members. Life Members shall be those persons who have been initiated into membership by a chartered chapter of this Society and who have paid the initiation fee for membership.
Section 2. Voting Members. Voting Members shall be those Life Members who pay dues and fees as determined by Council.
Section 3. Eligibility. Eligibility for membership in this Society will be determined by the chapters according to criteria that meet or exceed the following minimum requirements or their equivalent:
a. For students classified as undergraduate students:
(1) Shall be an officially declared sociology major or demonstrate a serious interest in sociology within an official program of the host institution.
(2) Shall be at least a junior (third year) by standards of the host institution.
(3) Shall rank in the top 35% of their class in general scholarship. If class rank is not readily available to a chapter representative, in lieu of class rank, students shall have accumulated the equivalent of an overall grade point average of at least 3.3 by a four point scale where: A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0.
(4) Shall have maintained the equivalent of a 3.0 grade point average in sociology courses taken at the host institution prior to initiation.
(5) Shall have completed at least four regular courses (the equivalent of 12 semester hours) in sociology prior to initiation.
b. For students classified as graduate students (those officially admitted to graduate study in sociology at the host institution), the following specific requirements shall have been met prior to the time of initiation: completion of one-half year of graduate study in sociology (i.e., one semester, two quarters, or the equivalent academic unit) with a graduate grade point average of 'B' or better, and continued matriculation in a program of study leading toward a graduate degree in sociology at the host institution.
c. For staff members of the host institution, formal conferral of the Ph.D. in sociology or employment as a sociologist are required prior to initiation, provided they meet the other requirements set forth above.Section 4. Nondiscrimination. Neither the United Chapters of Alpha Kappa Delta nor any of its affiliated chapters on any campus are in any way permitted to impose any other than purely academic performance criteria for selection of new members. All who meet approved academic criteria and exhibit high personal and professional standards are cordially and enthusiastically encouraged to join this academic honor society without regard to race, national origin, sex, physical or economic characteristics, nor with regard to any religious, ideological, or theoretical orientation.
Section 5. Resignation. A member desiring to resign from the Society shall submit such resignation in writing to the Secretary-Treasurer.
Section 6. Reinstatement. Any member having resigned from membership may be reinstated upon application to the Secretary-Treasurer and upon meeting such uniform terms and conditions as may be established by Council.
Section 7. Transfers. Members of any chapter may transfer affiliation from that chapter to another only by approval of the receiving chapter.
Section 8. Dues and Fees. The amount of any national fees or dues for any class of membership in the Society shall be established by Council.
Section 1. Officers. The officers of this Society shall be the President, President-elect, Past-President, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer, Editor(s) of Sociological Inquiry, and Representative to the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS).
Section 2. Eligibility. Officers of this Society shall be Voting Members at the time of their nomination and during their terms of office. No member may be a candidate for more than one office at a time. Candidates shall be proposed by the Nominating Committee.
Section 3. Terms. The terms of office for all officers of this Society, except Secretary-Treasurer, ACHS Representative, and Editor(s) of Sociological Inquiry, shall be two years or until their successors are elected or appointed. The President-elect and Vice-President shall be elected in even-numbered years by e-mail ballot of the voting members. The Editor(s) of Sociological Inquiry shall be appointed by Council in odd-numbered years. The Editor(s) of Sociological Inquiry shall be appointed for one four-year term. The Secretary-Treasurer and the ACHS Representative shall be appointed by Council to three-year terms.
Section 7. Removal of Officers. Any elected or appointed officer or representative may be removed for just cause. Sufficient cause for such removal may be violation of this Constitution and Bylaws or any lawful rule, practice, or procedure adopted by the Society or other conduct deemed by the Council to be prejudicial to the best interest of the Society. For removal for cause, it shall be necessary for the Council to hold a formal hearing. A statement of the charges shall be sent by registered mail to the last recorded address of the Officer/Representative, accompanied by notice of the time and place of the meeting at which the charges are to be considered. At least thirty days notice shall be given, and the Officer/Representative shall have the opportunity to appear in person or to be represented by counsel and to present any defense to such charges before action is taken. Council shall adopt such rules as may be necessary to assure due process to the Officer/Representative. The decision for removal shall be by a three-fourths vote of Council.
Section 6. Resignation. Any officer may resign by submitting that resignation in writing to the Council. If any officer is unable or unwilling to perform the duties of office, he or she shall be deemed to have resigned, and the vacancy shall be filled as specified above.
Section 1. Management of Funds. Funds of this Society shall be managed in such a manner as to provide the most secure protection reasonably to be expected consistent with standard business practices. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible for fiscal management consistent with policies of Council.
Section 1. Composition. Council shall be composed of the President, President-elect, Past-President, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer, Editor(s) of Sociological Inquiry, Representative to the Association of College Honor Societies, one Regional Representative for each of ten regions of the United States.
Section 2. Powers and Duties. The governing body of this Society shall be known as Council. Council is vested with full power to conduct all business of the Society. The duties of Council shall include: provide for and maintain office facilities for the Society; be responsible for all property, real and personal, owned or held by the Society and cause to be bonded all officers and employees entrusted with such property; cause the financial reports of the Society to be examined annually and at the time shall determine what level of examination is needed; adopt a budget and report budget policy and financial status to the members; review the reports of officers and committees and any recommendations or resolutions; and adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of the affairs of the Society.
Section 3. Meetings. Meetings of Council shall be held annually in connection with meetings of the American Sociological Association. Special meetings of the Council may be called by the President. Three days notice shall be given and business shall be limited to that which is stated in the call. Special meetings may be conducted via electronic media and actions may be taken via electronic ballot.
Section 4. Open Meetings. Meetings of the Council shall be open to all Voting Members of this Society who shall have the privilege of speaking on any topic properly under discussion. Only members of Council shall have a vote.
Section 5. Voting. Official actions and policies of this Society shall be set by a plurality vote of the Council at annual meetings or at special meetings or electronically except as otherwise specified in this Constitution and the Bylaws.
Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the voting members of Council shall constitute a quorum.
Section 1. Executive Committee. This Committee shall consist of the President, President-elect, Vice-President, Past-President, Secretary-Treasurer, ACHS Representative, and Editor(s) of Sociological Inquiry. The President shall Chair the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall be empowered to act for this Society between meetings of Council; such actions shall be ratified by a plurality of Council at its next meeting in order to remain in force beyond that time.
Section 1. Eligibility. A charter for a chapter of this Society may be established and maintained only in colleges and universities that are accredited by regional accrediting bodies as listed in Alpha Kappa Delta's Bylaws and that offer a program or coursework leading to baccalaureate and/or graduate degrees in sociology, provided that the following standards are maintained:
Section 2. Chapter Charter. Charters for new chapters shall be granted on a three- fourths affirmative vote of Council voting in a meeting or in an e-mail ballot distributed by the Executive Office.
Section 3. Revocation of Chapter Charters. An institution failing to maintain the above standards may have its chapter charter revoked by a two-thirds vote of Council at an annual meeting.
Section 4. Annual Reports. Each chapter shall make an annual report to Council.
Section 5. Chapter Representatives. Each chapter of this Society shall have at least one chapter Representative who shall be both a faculty member of the host academic institution and a Voting Member of this Society and who has been approved by Council.
Section 1. Regions.The Society shall be divided into regions. Regions shall be defined by the Council by a two-thirds vote.
Section 2. Regional Representative. A Regional Representative shall be elected from among the Chapter Representatives in each region.
Section 1. Establishment of Standing Committees. Standing Committees of the Society shall be established by the Council. The Chair and members shall be appointed by the President unless otherwise specified in the Constitution and Bylaws. The President shall be an ex-officio member of all standing committees except the Nominating Committee.
Section 2. Standing Committees. The Standing Committees of the Society shall be:
g. Distinguished Lecture Committee. The Distinguished Lecture Committee shall consist of five voting members, all of whom shall be Council members. This Committee shall select the speaker for the Distinguished Lecture Series and make recommendations to Council.
h. Finance Committee. The Finance Committee shall consist of the President, President-Elect, and Secretary-Treasurer. This Committee shall manage the funds of the Society in such a manner as to provide the most secure protection reasonably to be expected consistent with standard business practices and make recommendations to Council.
Section 3. Special Committees. Special committees shall be established by the President. The Chair and members shall be appointed by the President.
Section 4. Vacancy. A vacancy in any committee shall be filled by the President.
Section 2. Procedures. Specific procedures not in conflict with this Article for conducting any voting by e-mail shall be determined by the Council.
Section 1. Proposal of Amendments. Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in writing to the Secretary-Treasurer by members of Council, the Executive Committee, or by a petition from at least three chapters acting jointly. The petition shall be endorsed by two-thirds of the Voting Members affiliated with each of the petitioning chapters.Section 2. Council Action. Proposed amendments approved by a two-thirds vote of Council shall be submitted by e-mail ballot to the Chapter Representatives for adoption.


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The BT Tower is one of the few buildings left in London that I've always wanted to get inside. Today I was finally able to do so, thanks to a rare public open day. Proceeds from ticket sales were being donated to the Ellen Macarthur Cancer Trust, which is a very worthy cause.
The tower was built by the General Post Office (GPO) between 1961-64, and for years after opening it was referred to as the Post Office Tower. In the pre-British Telecom era, the GPO was the nation's leading telecommunications organisation, and used the tower to house aerials and other equipment related to communication.
It opened in May 1966, with office space, a viewing gallery and a rotating restaurant. An IRA bomb planted inside the tower exploded in 1971, and as a result the building has been closed to the general public ever since. There were several rumours in the lead-up to the 2012 Olympic Games that the restaurant would re-open, but nothing ever came of it.
The building is still used for telecommunication purposes today, although several of the old and defunct aerials have been removed in recent years. It has been Grade II listed since 2003. Amazingly, despite being a famous landmark and one of the tallest structures in London, it was offically a 'secret' until the 1990s, and as such did not appear on Ordinance Survey maps.
Today's trip started with a ride in the lift. Considering the age of the tower in comparison to some of London's other tallest buildings, I expected the lift to be fairly slow. In fact it took just 25 seconds to get from ground floor to level 34, with the sound of wind rushing through the lift shaft to accompany us on the journey up there.
The view is perhaps the best I have ever seen in London. This is because being up here allows you to see all of London's other famous buildings. I've been to the top of Tower 42 and others, but their location in the heart of the City of London means you don't get to appreciate other buildings close by. The Shard is better, but when you are up The Shard, your view doesn't include The Shard itself.
BT Tower gives you the full 360 degree panorama. You can see all of the famous landmarks and structures in central London, but it's position slightly away from the centre also allows you to see further, including everything from the telecommunication masts at Crystal Palace and Croydon to the south, the gasometer tower at Southall to the west, and Alexandra Palace to the north.
It took most of us on the tour a while to realise that the rotating gear had been turned on. It can make one full rotation every 22 minutes, so it was possible to simply sit there and take in the entire view as it passed by. Chances to get inside this building don't come around very often, and while the ticket price wasn't cheap, it was worth it. It being for charity also makes it worthwhile.


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Lourdes earned a bachelor's degree in business administration, with a focus in accounting from Stetson University, Deland, FL.
In 1996, Don Britton had the idea to make technology simple. Realizing that technology often made work more complicated and difficult for most people, he set out to prove that it didn't have to be that way.
So, he and a core team set up shop and developed what evolved to eCAP, Network Alliance's answer to a better way of providing technology solutions for small businesses. Network Alliance made it possible for small businesses to benefit from technology that is simple, reliable and affordable. Simply stated, worry-free technology.
Prior to founding Network Alliance, Don was the controller and director of operations for Mario Morino, where he managed accounting and operational services, as well as developed and implemented managerial applications for use throughout the Morino Group, the Morino Institute and its affiliated partners.
Don believes strongly in giving back to the community and donates his time to various nonprofit organizations and serves on the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He established and currently manages the Network Alliance Foundation Fund.
Ted Brown currently oversees Network Alliance's production support and engineering groups, as well as the implementation group. His experience includes implementing technologies such as Citrix, VoIP, virtualization, remote desktop technologies and storage solutions. He also has extensive experience in system design, network security, web services, software interoperability, virtualization and IP technology.
Ted has worked in the IT industry for more than 10 years developing and implementing innovative solutions to satisfy the needs of Network Alliance's distinguished and diverse client base, including privately-held finance and consulting companies, nonprofit organizations, and large government services firms. He began his career with Network Alliance as a support analyst after graduating with a bachelor's degree in management science and information systems from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Ben Martin has more than 20 years of business and information technology experience working with both large and small organizations. Currently, Ben directs IT support operations for Network Alliance.
Prior to joining the Network Alliance team, Ben served as vice president of customer care at Parature, a leading provider of cloud-based customer service and support software. He was the senior executive responsible for directing the preeminent technical support that Parature provides to its global client base and leading the development of new support offerings for clients and partners.
Before working with Parature, Ben was the director of investor services at Morino Institute Netpreneur Program, an organization dedicated to helping entrepreneurs in the Greater Washington, DC area grow their technology businesses. At Netpreneur, he worked with investors and entrepreneurs to identify early-stage funding opportunities within the Mid-Atlantic region.
Earlier in his career, Ben served as a technology analyst with the Advanced Technology Department of the American Chemical Society.
Ben earned an MBA in corporate finance and an MS in information systems from George Washington University in Washington, DC. He also holds a BS in corporate finance and a BA in philosophy from West Virginia University.
Byron Patrick, CPA has more than 15 years working in the information technology industry. He started his career as a public practicing CPA. He eventually embraced his passion for technology and merged it with his experiences in public accounting and transitioned to the IT Director of a mid-sized CPA firm in 2004. Later, in July of 2008, Byron lead his own IT services business focusing on servicing the needs of CPA Firms, which he sold in 2016. He joined Network Alliance to lead their business development in the CPA industry.
Byron is known nationally as an industry thought leader and is a multi-year recipient of the CPA Practice Advisor's 40 under 40 award. Additionally, Byron is a frequent speaker at many State and National conferences regarding various topics relating to technology in the accounting industry. He has contributed to many industry publications over the years.
Byron has been an active member of the Maryland Association of CPA's since the beginning of his career. He is one of the founding members and past Chair of the MACPA's New/Young Professionals Network (NYPN). Byron is a previous Chairman of the Board of Directors for the MACPA. In addition, Byron is a member of the technology committee and has participated in a number other taskforces and initiatives over the years.
Byron has also been actively involved on a national level with the American Institute of CPA's. He earned the Certified Information Technology Professional credential in 2006 and is currently a member of AICPA Council.
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Gabe Battista's long and distinguished business career in high technology areas such as software development and implementation, telecommunications and the Internet has spanned more than 40 years. During his tenure as chairman and chief executive officer of Talk America, the company successfully changed its strategy and repositioned itself as a successful CLEC providing local and long distance services to residential and small business customers. The company became profitable and enjoyed significant growth. In 2006, he led the effort to consider new strategic options for the company which resulted in the sale of Talk America to Cavalier Telephone, LLC, in December of 2006.
Previously, Gabe was chief executive officer of Network Solutions, Inc. which, under his leadership, became a public company on the NASDAQ in September 1997.
Gabe also held the top leadership positions in Cable & Wireless, Inc., National Telephone Services, US Sprint's Eastern Group, General Electric Company and GTE (now a part of Verizon). He has also served as a board member for six publicly traded companies. Four of the companies started as second- or third-round-funded companies that ultimately went public successfully. He currently serves as on the boards of Sentrillion, Network Alliance, TEOCO and NeuLion, Inc.
Active in philanthropic efforts with a focus on promoting Italian culture and heritage, he serves as vice chairman of the American University of Rome and treasurer of the National Italian American Foundation and a member of the Advisory Board for Italian Studies at Clemson University. He is chairman of the Capitol College Board of Trustees and chair of the Advisory Board of the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at Temple University.
Gabe was named the 2004 Greater Washington Area Communications Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young. He received a BSEE from Villanova University, an MSEE from Drexel University and an MBA from Temple University. He is also a registered professional engineer in the state of Pennsylvania
Phil Carrai is president, technology & training solutions, of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc. Previously, he was the CEO of Ai Metrix, Inc., an innovator in network management software for government, telecommunication, and large-scale enterprise installations, before its acquisition by SYS Technologies, and then Kratos. He has 25 years experience in software, services and media businesses, holding executive management and board positions in public, private and early-stage companies. Phil has served as a board member for Ai Metrix, Internosis, Ztango, Network Alliance, and Alabanza, and has been an advisor to many emerging technology companies in the National Capital Region. He received his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and undergraduate degrees in Information Systems and Accounting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Mario Morino is co-founder and chairman of Venture Philanthropy Partners and chairman of the Morino Institute. His career spans more than 45 years as entrepreneur, technologist, and civic and business leader. He also has a long history of civic engagement and philanthropy in the National Capital Region and Northeast Ohio.
In the early 1970s, Mario co-founded and helped build the LEGENT Corporation, a software and services firm that became a market leader and one of the industry's 10 largest firms by the early 1990s. He retired from the private sector in 1992. Since then, he has sought to "level the playing field" for children of low-income families focusing almost exclusively on economic, social, and educational issues.
Mario founded the Morino Institute in 1994 to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship, advance a more effective philanthropy, close social divides, and understand the relationship and impact of the Internet on our society. In 2000, Mario co-founded Venture Philanthropy Partners as a philanthropic investment organization that concentrates investments of money, expertise, and contacts to improve the lives and boost the opportunities of children of low-income families in the National Capital Region.
In addition to his roles with Venture Philanthropy Partners and the Morino Institute, Mario serves as an advisor to General Atlantic, LLC; a member of the board of directors of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and the advisory board of the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Institute; an honorary trustee of The Brookings Institution; an Emeritus Trustee of Case Western Reserve University; and on the boards of the Lawrence School and Saint Joseph Academy. He is an advisor to Echoing Green, Within3, PEACE X PEACE, The Fuqua School of Business Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University, and the Partnership for Public Service. Mario also informally advises scores of organizations and individuals across a range of areas.
He lives in greater Cleveland with his wife and three children.
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Kudos Global has launched a competition to design a day bed for the luxury hotel industry, with the winner to be decided by 600 top hoteliers attending the Hotelier Middle East Awards on October 30 in Dubai.
In partnership with Hotelier Middle East, over the next two months Kudos will invite interior designers and hoteliers to submit designs for a day bed for pool, beach, relaxing and lounging.
In August, an expert panel of hoteliers and designers will shortlist the entries, leaving just three finalists to be voted upon at the Hotelier Middle East Awards, being held at JW Marriott Marquis Dubai.
Each of the three finalists will have their design produced and one set presented to them to keep. The day bed will be included in the exclusive "Kudos Designer Collection", with the winner receiving royalties of 3% of the selling price on each product sold by Kudos.
The first place winner will also win a cash prize of US $3000, with the first runner-up netting $1500 and the second runner-up being awarded $750.
Dan Lacey, general manager, Kudos Global said the company launched the competition "to represent local design within our range and provide a local flavour to our forthcoming product collections."
"We would like the designs to be both innovative and original, whilst taking into account local market sensibilities and prevailing climatic conditions in the Middle East," said Lacey.
"The materials we would like to see used are aluminium tubing for the framing & All Weather Wicker weave material as Kudos has recently acquired our own All Weather Wicker factory in Cebu in the Philippines.
"The Day Beds are aimed at hotels, which are Kudos's main target customers, so they have to be comfortable and functional but aside from this the sky is the limit," he added.
Asked why he wanted the Hotelier Awards prestigious guest list to vote for the winners, Lacey added: " We feel very strongly that as the product is aimed at the hospitality sector, the industry should decide upon the winner!"
For more information on the Kudos and Hotelier Middle East Design Competition, email: email@example.com


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Just barely a week after we last snuck a peek at the Sprint-bound Motorola Admiral, the Push-to-Talk-enabled smartphone has made its way into the spotlight once again. Who's to blame for this latest leak? Why, Sprint itself! The carrier posted an short video showing off the Admiral on its official YouTube channel and, although the clip has since been made private, some still shots of the handset were able to be extracted before the video disappeared. Peep a couple of images of the Admiral's side and rear below.
As a quick recap, the still-not-official Motorola Admiral is packing a 3.1-inch display, 1.2GHz core, 5-megapixel shooter with dedicated camera key (woohoo!), 1,860mAh battery, Direct Connect support for all your Push-to-Talk needs, and Android 2.3 beneath Moto's custom UI. We're still waiting for word on when the Admiral will be launching and how much it'll cost when it does, but we'll keep you posted on the situation. Also, the Admiral's YouTube clip has been embedded below just in case Sprint slips up and activates the video again.
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In the early 1600's, two little known European scholars were on the verge of changing the course of human history forever - not through war or politics, but through scholarship.
Tycho Brahe, a rich Danish nobleman, was obsessed with observing the night sky. He built the most advanced telescope of his time and started recording the positions of heavenly bodies meticulously. He collected remarkably detailed tables of numbers describing the positions of planets; but they were just that - numbers with no physical meaning. He struggled with making sense of his data - as well as with a chronic weakness for alcohol, loose women, and partying… Brahe was the first experimental physicist of history - in the modern sense of this term.
Concurrently, a poor German scholar, Johannes Kepler, was incessantly trying to understand the rules by which the heavenly objects moved in the sky. But Kepler lacked data, numbers to look through, patterns to discover. He had already become famous for his mathematical skills, but he was dirt poor - with a mother in jail accused of witchcraft… Kepler was the first theoretical physicist of history...
Eventually fate brought Brahe and Kepler together. And after one night of heavy drinking, Brahe dropped dead and Kepler basically stole his data… he pondered over the long tables of numbers - positions of planets wandering the night sky. And from these numbers, Kepler's genius unraveled complex repeating patterns… he formulated his discoveries through three simple laws. And Physics had just been given birth to. As is typical of theoretical physicists, after this work Kepler got obsessed with some ill-conceived mathematical ideas; he eventually died as a war refugee… About a hundred years later, Isaac Newton was to finally see the big picture in an amazing work known as the Principia. Newton wrote: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" - referring to Brahe and Kepler.
Since then, Physics has been about observing Nature, measuring it, pondering over the measurements looking for patterns. And patterns are about symmetry. Think of a perfect sunflower, with a set of identical petals. If you rotate it around its stem by one petal, it does not change; it looks the same. We say the sunflower has a rotational symmetry. Since the beginning, physicists understood that symmetry was important for understanding the laws of Nature. After all, it's all about finding repeating patterns in measurements since Brahe's and Kepler's time. And when there's pattern, there's a symmetry: the elegant pattern of circling petals in the sunflower is a reflection of its rotational symmetry. But it was only in the 1900's when we finally understood the depth and importance of symmetry in Nature.
In 1918, a mathematician and physicist by the name of Emmy Noether was to change the way we think about Physics forever. While struggling to overcome discrimination against women, Noether focused on the role of symmetry in the natural laws. She managed to publish a seminal paper - while working from home: no institution would give her a job despite her fame simply because she wore a skirt… In this work, Noether stated and proved a remarkable theorem now named after her: every symmetry in Nature is associated with a quantity that remains constant in time. It is difficult to overstate the depth and beauty of this statement. Every observable that physicists measure and analyze arises from the fact that, in certain situations, the corresponding quantity can remain constant - and hence may be interesting. Noether was saying that Physics amounts to cataloguing the symmetries of Nature, and was providing a concrete prescription on how to proceed.
A table-top Physics experiment is performed at 2pm and leads to some measurements and results. It is then repeated at any later time, say 3pm; and it is found that the results have not changed. This implies that the laws of Physics governing the experiment are unchanged under a time shift or "time translation". There is then a symmetry at work in this setup - much like the case of rotating a sunflower without changing how it looked. Noether's theorem states that there must a quantity in this experiment that does not change in time, that remains constant. And the theorem identifies this quantity: we call it energy… Energy is constant by virtue of time translational invariance! The reason we talk about the concept of energy at all is simply traced back to a symmetry. Even when energy is not conserved because of a lack of the required symmetry in a situation, we learn to still measure it to explore the new physics responsible for its non-conversation.
If an experiment is performed in my office (not that that'll ever happen); and then repeated in an office nearby with no changes in the results, we say that the laws of Physics at work are unchanged under "space translation". This is then again a symmetry. According to Noether's theorem, there is a constant quantity that we can track and study: we call it momentum… Momentum conservation is a result of space translational invariance! Even when momentum is not conserved because of a lack of symmetry in a certain situation, we learn to still look at it to explore the new physics responsible for the non-conversation phenomenon: force!
Furthermore, every force of Nature discovered to date is now known to arise from a symmetry principle… The associated Noether constant is the charge of the force: for example, the electric charge for the electric force, mass for gravity. Hence, you quickly realize that Noether's theorem is very fundamental to the way we think in Physics and beyond. Noether's simple statement literally reorganizes the way we view Physics and the world; and provides a systematic tool for identifying patterns in Nature. Very few things in life get this beautiful and elegant.


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"Percy was born in England, met his first angel after his mother died when he was five, met the same angel again in 1917, was baptized "in tongues" in 1921, studied medicine on the Kaiser's former yacht in Sydney Harbour 1924-1927, spent four years in military school, served in the US navy, became a medical missionary in Brazil in 1933, served as a US army doctor in World War 2, and has been married for 60 years.
"I met the Devil alone in the jungle… I walked right over him."
"All the Bishops of Rome voted 100% for me to go to Rome to tell them about Heaven."
"I asked Abraham, "How long have you been here?", and he said: "A day or so"
"I've never begged a dime but rely only on faith."
"When people tell me to see a psychiatrist I tell them 'I am a psychiatrist'."
"I've been interrogated by 400 lawyers. But they couldn't shake my story."
For seven years in the 1970s Percy fasted and prayed: "Let me see your glory."
Dr. Percy Collet prayed for 7 1/2 years to see heaven. He was a missionary to the Amazon jungle when God honored his request and took him to heaven for 5 and 1/2 days. Collett and 250 Indians and missionaries prayed for eight days to God to show them Heaven. On the 9th day everyone saw angels in the sky and on the 10th they were all "struck down by the glory of God". Then: "My soul came out of my body. Your soul is God's intelligence in you."
As my soul had left my body and my soul looked down at my own body, my guardian Angel, who had been with me for so many years, said to me: "We are going to take the Journey. I have not been in Heaven since you were born and at the time I appeared to you in Edgehill." My soul and the Angel stood there in expectation as everyone else was still lying on their backs under the power of THE LIVING GOD. We were the only ones standing.
An eight foot angel with a flaming sword took Percy's soul on a six hour journey through space to a great planet called Heaven. "It's over two trillion miles away. We passed two light years in one hour." After passing the sun at millions of miles a minute, we came to another sun and another solar system and planets all around it. Heaven is a real planet 80 times bigger than the earth and 2,000,000 miles around. LINK
Originally posted by Drewber
To say that "non existence is peaceful" is silly, your non existence is not peace to you, because you are not there to feel that peace. Actually that statement is a statement of belief in the souls immortality. Further....To come up with your own idea of heaven is like saying "mars is full of cats ", or " "China is so beautiful" when you havent been there, and have not even listened in the slightest way to someone who has. The best choice we can make here is by listening to Jesus who was sent to earth from God who is in heaven, and he rose to life and went back there. He tells us that heaven is two things, firstly an inward state that's achieved by the forgiveness of sins and the indwelling Holy Spirit thanks to his death and resurrection, and secondly it's an actual place, where those who have been acquitted of their sins and love God with all their hearts will go after this life is over. The clock is ticking, we don't have forever to accept Jesus, don't believe this world, or the media! Believe the bible, we will all end up with God in heaven or in hell, for lack of faith & foolishly following this worlds thinking if for nothing else.
Originally posted by yourmaker
...my heaven is simply a beautiful endless tropical beach on which my home resides,
that somehow connects to the ocean, with a beautiful friendly wife with whom I share it where we enjoy listening to Frank Sinatra, eating fine cuisine.
it will only last a few years but it's all need and really believe in.
Originally posted by Mickierocksman
My ideal heaven is what I term the 'truth'.
We die and there is nothing, no thought, no emotions, no spirit, no energy, just nothing as we have ceased to exist.
To think that there is 'something else' is only a way to cope with the fact that you don't like or are simply scared of the most logical & truthful answer.
I think ceasing to exist is more beautiful & peaceful than any imaginary heaven ever would be.
Originally posted by jiggerj
Yup. Many people have no concept of ETERNITY. Once you experience everything for the gazillionth time, once you have learned everything there is to learn, you still have all of ETERNITY!
Really, no thanks.
P.S. To the souls of our loved ones watching us while we're still on earth - stop it! What I do in the bathroom and how I explore my own naked body is NOT for your viewing pleasure! Just sayin'.


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Bills turn to QB Thad Lewis as interim starter
Bills turn to QB Thad Lewis as interim starter
Oct. 07, 2013
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — From practice squad to NFL starter: Quarterback Thad Lewis received the surprising news of his sudden promotion upon arriving at the Buffalo Bills facility for team meetings Monday.
Shortly before 8 a.m., coach Doug Marrone pulled Lewis aside to inform him to get ready to face the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.
"He just told me, 'You're starting,'" Lewis told The Associated Press. "He gave me the nod, so I have to go out and do my best with it."
A day after working out free agents Pat White and Dennis Dixon, and losing out to Minnesota in a bid to sign recently cut Tampa Bay starter Josh Freeman, the Bills (2-3) stayed in-house in finding an interim replacement for injured rookie starter EJ Manuel.
"We thought it was best for us to move on and play with Thaddeus," Marrone said. "With Thad, he knows the whole system inside out, so at least we can give him the things that we feel he's strong with, which gives us a better chance."
The scramble to find a starter began after Manuel sprained his right knee in a 37-24 loss to Cleveland on Thursday. The injury will not require surgery, but Manuel is expected to miss a few weeks, and potentially longer.
The Bills had only one other quarterback on their roster, undrafted rookie Jeff Tuel, who struggled in replacing Manuel on Thursday. Tuel completed 8 of 20 passes for 80 yards and an interception that was returned for a touchdown.
Lewis' promotion came as a surprise after Marrone indicated last week that the team intended to look outside the organization for a replacement. Those plans changed Sunday night, once Freeman announced he was signing with Minnesota.
Lewis has spent the past six weeks with the Bills. He was acquired in a trade with Detroit in late August, after Manuel was sidelined with a left knee injury and veteran Kevin Kolb sustained a concussion.
Marrone acknowledged the Bills are in a tough spot at quarterback.
"It's difficult when you get down to your third or fourth quarterback," Marrone said.
And he defended the decision to open the season without a veteran quarterback by noting the Bills had to commit roster spots to address injuries at defensive back and with rookie kicker Dustin Hopkins sidelined by a groin injury. In promoting Lewis, the Bills placed Hopkins on season-ending injured reserve.
"Now, if you would've said to me, 'Hey, you're going to have two injuries (at quarterback), should you have done something different?' Absolutely," Marrone said. "But that really wasn't the plan going in."
Lewis played college at Duke and split most of the past three seasons on the St. Louis Rams' and Browns' practice squads. He has played one game, a start in Cleveland's season finale against Pittsburgh last year, when he went 22 of 32 for 204 yards passing with a touchdown and interception.
Calling his excitement level as being "through the roof," Lewis is attempting to keep his emotions in check.
"A lot of people are like, 'Why aren't you happy and jumping for joy?'" Lewis said. "But I know it's a business. And I know I have to get ready to help this team go out and win."
Lewis appeared in the Bills' preseason finale, going 7 of 16 for 132 yards and a touchdown in a 35-13 loss to Detroit. The Bills thought enough of his performance to sign him to the practice squad and cut fellow newcomer Matt Leinart.
"I just have to go out and put my best foot forward," Lewis said. "Don't do too much because you've got playmakers around you. But do enough to put us in a good position to get this 'W.'"
Marrone said it was still too early to establish a timetable on Manuel's recovery.
He was able to provide more encouraging updates on the status of other injured players.
Starting safety Jairus Byrd is expected to play Sunday after missing the first five games with plantar fasciitis in both feet. Starting cornerback Stephon Gilmore (broken left hand) and backup Ron Brooks (broken right foot) are scheduled to practice this week.
Marrone listed receiver Stevie Johnson as day to day after the starter hurt his back against Cleveland.
NOTES: Marrone said the starting left guard is up for grabs now that Doug Legursky has returned from a left knee injury. Legursky will compete with Colin Brown. ... The Bills claimed OG Antoine McClain of waivers, two days after he was released by Oakland, and released backup OG Sam Young. ... Punter Brian Moorman, who re-signed with Buffalo on Sunday, has his old No. 8 back. Tuel gave up the number and will no wear No. 7.
AP NFL website: http://www.pro32.ap.org


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POTTSTOWN, Pa. - October 30, 2013 --Police say a woman pushing a baby carriage was struck by a vehicle in Pottstown, Pennsylvania Tuesday night.
The incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Route 100 and Shoemaker Road.
The woman was hit by a driver that did not stop.
Police say the baby in the carriage was not hurt.
The victim was taken to Pottstown Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police are investigating.