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Each course is taught in one day. To receive a Certificate of Completion, you must attend each course, pass the examination at the end of each day, and complete and pass the assigned homework within a 24-month period. For those who take the course days separately, homework will be assigned after the final course is completed.
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Dirty Work
Pan Macmillan, Sep 4, 2008 - Juvenile Fiction
Hope has everything that money can buy . . . except happiness. She may be spoilt but Hope's sure that as far as her preoccupied parents are concerned, she's hopeless.
Oksana doesn't even have a mum. And her dad and brother are miles away, left behind in Russia. She thought Europe would offer a better life – instead, bought and sold into prostitution, she feels dirty and used.
Then Oksana and Hope are thrown together in the most terrifying circumstances imaginable. Their only real chance of escape lies with each other, but how do two teenagers with so little in common find the way . . . ?
A tense, shocking novel – with a hint of hope.
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EL SEGUNDO, CA YMT Vacations, the leading provider of affordable group travel packages to older Americans, has just released its 2014-2015 Hawaii brochure that features the first announcement of 2015 prices for its popular Hawaii land and cruise itineraries, including an agricultural tour that highlights farming practices across the islands with departures in January.
2014 has been a banner year for Hawaii as bookings are up over 30% from the prior year with the largest gains for our popular Four-Island itinerary and the unique Agricultural tour, stated YMT President Jerre Fuqua. Our guests responded extremely well to both land tours in 2014 and we are pleased to announce our 2015 prices that include very modest increases on these weekly departures. YMT is fortunate because of our long-standing relationships with key suppliers to be able to mitigate price increases. We still believe that we offer the best value to Hawaii and that 2015 will be an even bigger year!
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The fall is just around the corner, and August, a good memory. Kudos to this month. For most of my life, I didn't have a good relationship with it. Or August didn't want a relationship with me.
Do you want the truth? The saddest events in my life happened in August — in different years, different days, but same month. I'm referring to deaths of beloved people, news about illnesses and a house intrusion that showed me how it is to have a gun pointed to my head.
Enough. As Eckhart Tolle writes in A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, the primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but our thoughts about it. It is what it is, so I'll accept it instead of dwelling on it.
I have strong reasons to change my perception about August. It was also when I embraced a huge challenge: quit a job after 11 years because it no longer made me happy, moved to another country, went back to school, received a few awards and started a career abroad.
It was in a month of August that I went vegan as well. Overnight. This is my first anniversary. One full year with no meat, no dairy, no eggs and a lot of veggies, seeds and nuts. I'm enjoying it.
When August arrived this year, I woke up without the sadness that came from my losses and noticed a natural detachment from my sad past. I'm at peace. I learned to trust that the best always happens, even when we can't see it. And quoting Eckhart Tolle again, "the past has no power over the present moment."
I'm not religious and am very curious about different faiths and beliefs. Some of my favourite lines are included in A Time for Everything (from the Christian Bible's Ecclesiastes 3). Besides representing a wonderful way to look at life, this passage is a beautiful piece of writing.
Here's a segment: there's "a time to tear down and a time to build up, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance." (The movie Footloose also borrowed this. Remember?)
This message confirms how I've felt inspired to trust the Universe. I trust my inner peace, which has helped me choose the people I want around me, the causes I want to fight for and the activities I want to get involved in.
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ATLANTA — Cuban inmates released four hostages early Sunday from the federal prison here after a frenetic day in which the detainees also set three major fires and broadcast demands for the release of the 90 remaining hostages.
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Finding a restaurant is always lots of challenge for those, who are planning for a date with his or her partner on a nice as well as a posh restaurant. A good restaurant must have a few important attributes. The first thing has good ambiance. It must have a fresh and comfortable atmosphere, featuring meticulous sitting arrangements. Today, many restaurants offer theme based environment. For example, a restaurant featuring Italian cuisine may have a vintage Italian theme. There would be slow music, cheering ambiance and much more. Overall, it is a complicated thing to choose a restaurant. In the following section, you can find a guide on this matter.
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If you want to know something, the internet definitely has the most satisfactory answers to furnish. You simply need to search on Google to see the restaurants near to you. The search can be customised as per your liking. If you want to date your partner at a restaurant, then you need to find the most romantic restaurants near to you. If you are looking for particular type of cuisine, you need to search restaurants according to that. For example, search restaurants with Thai cuisine, if you wish to have Thai food. People also search for restaurants as per their budgets. You shall get adequate factory guidance and information on the internet. Find more information at https://www.gourmetguide.co.uk/restaurants-near-me/romantic-restaur....
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Many restaurant finding applications have started becoming quite famous these days. Find an application to locate the best restaurants in your locality. This will help you to find the best restaurant, and you can also have a sneak peek at the menu list of the restaurant through these apps. Most importantly, you shall come across pictures as well as reviews of the restaurants. This will help you in a better way to find a perfect restaurant for spending a romantic evening with delicious foods with your partner.
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If you are traveling to a new place or a new country, you have to rely on the information that you get from the locals. Local residents generally guide the tourists with precision when it comes to finding a hotel or restaurant or a major traveling place. So, you should not hesitate to find a local person and discuss finding the best restaurants in the town with that person. Local residents help the tourists in a friendly way.
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Research activity: Novel magnetic systems for sensors, actuators and medicine.
People involved: Giovanni Ausanio, Vincenzo Iannotti, Luciano Lanotte;
Topics: Elasto- and nano-structured magnetic materials for sensing and actuating systems
Description: Production and characterization of innovative elasto-magnetic composites with high piezo-resistive and magneto-mechanical sensitivity. They consist of ferromagnetic and conductive micro- or nano-particles homogeneously dispersed in an elastic matrix. The studies are aimed to understand the main physical mechanisms that are the basis of the coupling of these properties in the same material, to optimize the piezo-resistive and elasto-magnetic coupling. The final goal is to produce innovative elasto-magnetic composites, conceived in such a way us to have a deformation following an applied magnetic field and consequently a giant resistivity change, for applications as core materials in sensors of deformation, displacement and local magnetic field.
G. Ausanio, V. Iannotti, V. Guarino, L. Ambrosio, L. Lanotte, "Magneto-piezoresistive elastomers optimization and sensitivity in prospect of MEMS using magnetization direction reading", Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical 265, pp. 253-260, (2017);
V. Iannotti, G. Ausanio, L. Lanotte, "Magneto-piezoresistivity in iron particle-filled silicone: An alternative outlook for reading magnetic field intensity and direction", eXPRESS Polymer Letters 10, pp. 65-71, (2016).
Prototype of a position (or low displacement) sensor
Prototype of a position (or low displacement) sensor: Calibration curve of a magneto-piezoresistive position sensor.
(M) Cylindrical Magnet; (S) magneto-piezoresitive sample; From Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 205, 235-239 (2014).
(C) Contact Cu Capillary Wires; (E) Clamped Extremity.
Topics: New magnetic nano-structures and composites for medical therapies
Description: Characterization and study of magnetic nanoparticles, core/shell heterostructures and nanostructured composite materials with specific magnetic properties, drastically altered with respect to their bulk counterparts, for their fundamental-scientific and technological-commercial interest. The studies, carried out by using vibrating sample magnetometry, atomic and magnetic force microscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy and the synchrotron radiation facilities, are aimed to link structural-morphological features to physical response and to conceive materials with new peculiar and tunable properties for biomedical applications.
V. Iannotti, A. Adamiano, G. Ausanio, L. Lanotte, G. Acquilanti, J.M.D. Coey, M. Lantieri, G. Spina, M. Fittipaldi, G. Margaris, K. Trohidou, S. Sprio, M. Montesi, S. Panseri, M. Sandri, M. Iafisco, A. Tampieri, "Fe-Doping-Induced Magnetism in Nano-Hydroxyapatites", Inorg. Chem. 56, pp. 4446-4458, (2017).
The oxidation induced by the synthesis process is fundamental for the arising of FeHA magnetic properties, determining the arrangement of Fe2+/3+ ions that can adopt(i) the hydroxyapatite lattice as isolated ions, (ii) the nonapatitic domain as interacting paramagnetic ions, or (iii) segregation into external interacting superparamagnetic maghemite nanoparticles. From Inorg. Chem. 56, pp. 4446-4458, (2017).
Research activity: ORGANIC ELECTRONICS
People involved: Mario Barra, Antonio Cassinese, Federico Chianese, Fabio Chiarella, Ciro Nappi, Loredana Parlato, Ettore Sarnelli.
Description: This research activity deals with the study of the charge transport phenomena in conjugated organic materials and related systems for the development of innovative electronics and sensors. The compounds of interest are deposited mainly in form of thin films using physical vapor deposition techniques (i.e. joule evaporation by Knudsen cells, supersonic molecular beam evaporation) while their structural and morphological properties are carefully analyzed by AFM microscopy and X-ray diffractometry. The electrical features of the deposited layers are characterized at both micro and nanoscale using DC and AC techniques. Particular attention is also given to the analysis of the electronic properties of organic-inorganic or organic-organic interfaces through advanced experimental approaches such as Kelvin Probe microscopy or Synchrotron-light-based techniques.
At the present, main research topics are:
Vapour-based deposition of new organic semiconductors and fabrication of highly performing organic field-effect transistors and related circuits;
Characterization and modeling of the charge transport in organic nano-devices and nano-structures;
New functional electronic systems combining 2D (i.e. Graphene, MoS2) materials and organic molecules;
Deposition and characterization of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite films;
Ionic/electronic transduction effects in organic field-effect and electrochemical transistors.
Selected papers:
M. Barra, F.V. Di Girolamo, F.Chiarella, M.Salluzzo, Z.Chen, A. Facchetti, L. Anderson, and A. Cassinese, Transport Property and Charge Trap Comparison for N-Channel Perylene Diimide Transistors with Different Air-Stability, Journal of physical chemistry C 114, (2010) 20387-20393;
M. Barra, F. V. Di Girolamo, N. A. Minder, I. Gutierrez Lezama, Z. Chen, A. Facchetti, A. F. Morpurgo, A. Cassinese, Very low bias stress in n-type organic single-crystal transistors, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, (2012) 133301;
F. V. Di Girolamo, M. Barra, F. Chiarella, S. Lettieri, M. Salluzzo, A. Cassinese, Ambipolar transport and charge transfer at the interface between sexithiophene and N,N-bis(n-octyl)-dicyanoperylenediimide films, Phys. Rev. B .85, (2012) 125310;
M. Barra, D. Viggiano, P. Ambrosino, F. Bloisi, F.V. D Girolamo, M. V. Soldovieri, M. Taglialatela, A. Cassinese, Addressing the use of PDIF-CN2 molecules in the development of n-type organic field-effect transistors for biosensing applications, Biophisica et Biochima Acta – General Subjects 1830, (2013) 4365-4373;
F. Chiarella, T. Toccoli, M. Barra, L. Aversa, F. Ciccullo, R. Tatti, R. Verucchi, S. Iannotta, A. Cassinese, High mobility n-type organic thin-film transistors deposited at room temperature by supersonic molecular beam deposition, Applied. Physics. Letters 104, (2014) 143302;
F. Chiarella, M. Barra, A. Carella, L. Parlato, E. Sarnelli, A. Cassinese, Contact-resistance effects in PDI8-CN2 n-type thin-film transistors investigated by Kelvin-probe potentiometry Organic Electronics 28, (2016) 299-305, DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2015.11.009;
F.Chiarella, F. Chianese, M. Barra, L. Parlato, T. Toccoli, A. Cassinese, Spontaneous Wetting Dynamics in Perylene Diimide n-Type Thin Films Deposited at Room Temperature by Supersonic Molecular Beam, Journal of physical chemistry C 120, (2016) 26076-26082, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b07310;
F. Chianese, F. Chiarella, M. Barra, A. Carella, A. Cassinese Scanning Kelvin Probe Microscopy investigation of the contact resistances and charge mobility in n-type PDIF-CN2 thin-film transistors vol. 52, (2018), 206-212. DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2017.10.021


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Nanomedicine research in the spotlight
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4 October 2016
CAI's Assoc Prof Thurecht recently appeared on ABC Radio National's 'Future Tense' to discuss his group's research developing novel nanomedicines for targeting tumours.
CAI RHD Publication Competition Winner
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16 September 2016
Congratulations to CAI RHD student Surabhi Sood whose recent publication in the journal Magnetic Resonance in Medicine was selected as winner of Round 3 of the CAI RHD publication competition.
CAI Annual Symposium co-hosted with the Singapore Bioimaging Consortium
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21 June 2016
The Centre for Advanced Imaging's 3rd Annual Symposium, co-hosted with the Singapore Bioimaging Consortium. The symposium will be held at UQ on the 19th and 20th October 2016.
CAI 3 Minute Thesis- results
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20 June 2016
The CAI 3 Minute Thesis competition was held on Friday 29th July at 3:00 pm in the Level 2 Seminar room.
CAI publication in top 5%
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20 May 2016
A 2015 research paper by Farshid Sepehrband and colleagues has been nominated for the Human Brain Mapping Editor's Choice Award which places their paper in the top 5% of all Human Brain Mapping papers for 2015.
ISMRM Abstract Award for Abdullah Asiri
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12 May 2016
Congratulations to CAI RHD student Abdullah Asiri who has been awarded a Summa Cum Laude Merit Award at the 24th Annual Meeting of the ISMRM in Singapore (7th-13th May) for his abstract.
RHD Publication Competition Winners
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24 February 2016
Congratulations to CAI RHD students Thomas Bennet and Baptiste Couvy-Duschene for their success in the first round of the 2016 RHD publication competition. The second round of the competition is now open and all RHD candidates are encouraged to submit their published /accepted first author paper by 31st May.
Old magnet attracted to new discoveries
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23 February 2016
The magnet from CAI's decommisioned 4T MRI is on its way to a new life at CERN in Switzerland.
2016 Funding Success for CAI Researchers
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10 November 2015
Congratulations to all the CAI researchers who were successful in the latest Australian Research Council and National Health and Medical Research Council funding rounds:
CAI celebrates 15 years of resonating moments!
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1 October 2015
The Centre for Advanced Imaging celebrated the 15th anniversary of its Master in Magnetic Resonance Technology program at the UQ Art Museum on the 30th September.
CAI Under 'The Scope'
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29 September 2015
CAI's state-of-the-art imaging equipment and research featured in the latest episode of Channel Eleven children's science series 'Scope'.
2nd CAI Annual Symposium
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13 August 2015
We are delighted to announce the 2nd Annual Centre for Advanced Imaging symposium which will be held on Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd October 2015 in the Level 7 Auditorium at the Queensland Brain Institute.
Polymer Award for CAI's Dr Kris Thurecht
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31 July 2015
Congratulations to Dr Kris Thurecht who was awarded the David Sangster Polymer Science and Technology Achievement Award at the 35th Australasian Polymer Symposium, held on the Gold Coast on the 12th-15th July.
CAI 3 minute thesis competition
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31 July 2015
CAI held its first 3 minute thesis competition on Friday 24th July
In vivo imaging of white matter at ultra-high field
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15 July 2015
A recent paper published in PLoS ONE (Alomair et al., PLoS ONE, 2015) describes an optimised protocol for in vivo imaging of white matter at ultra-high field strength. Read more about the study
2015 ARC Linkage success
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8 July 2015
Congratulations to CAI researcher Dr Kris Thurecht and collaborators from UQ, QUT and partner organisation Minomic International Ltd who were successful in the latest round of the ARC linkage projects. Read more about their project "Next generation hybrid nanomaterials: bispecific antibody-targeted polymers"
Professor Graeme Hanson 16th July 1955 - 25th February 2015
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15 March 2015
The Centre for Advanced Imaging acknowledges the passing of Professor Graeme Hanson on 25th February 2015. His family, colleagues and the science community have lost a passionate researcher who is internationally recognised for excellence in his chosen field.
Structural clue to spider toxin activity
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12 February 2015
A paper recently published in FEBS Letters by Dr Mehdi Mobli and coworkers has provided new insights into the mechanism of action of the insecticidal spider toxin Sf1a.
Shut Your Sash win for CAI
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23 January 2015
CAI has won the prize for the lab that reduced its fume cupboard sash heights the most in the UQ Shut your Sash Competition.
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As the healthcare industry rapidly migrates to a paperless future in which individual health information is recorded, maintained, and transmitted electronically, the need to secure that information grows. Because unauthorized access to private health information could have dangerous ramifications for individuals, healthcare professionals, and many businesses, Congress enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in 1996 with the goal of protecting such information. One of HIPAA's main provisions, the Security Rule, outlines the standards for protecting electronic protected health information that health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and many healthcare providers are required to follow. As of 2006, all entities that fall under the law's purview must be in compliance with these standards and their accompanying implementation specifications. HIPAA is designed to protect a covered entity's Electronic Protected Health Information from unauthorized access and use. Severe consequences await those organizations found guilty of frustrating these objectives. The only way Insurance and Risk Management Professionals can adequately assist an organization in controlling, mitigating and insuring against these consequences, is to understand what HIPAA's Security Rule requires, permits, and prohibits.TARGET AUDIENCEManagers, Supervisors, Risk Managers and Human Resources ProfessionalsPROGRAM LEVELBasicPROGRAM PREREQUISITESNone DELIVERY METHODSelf-Study OnlineTIME TO COMPLETE240-280 minutesPURPOSETo provide an overview of HIPAA's Security Rule, including the standards and implementation specifications included therein, to ensure the security of a covered entity's Electronic Protected Health Information and to avoid the liability resulting from HIPAA violations.LEARNING OBJECTIVESAfter completing this course, the learner will be able to:
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Proponents of the proposed "California civil rights initiative" are correct that affirmative action has gone too far. The time for reassessment, they properly conclude, has come.
The problem, though, is not that we pay too much attention to racial categories, but that we pay too little. We lose sight of why race looms as such an ominous cloud over our society.
Most current applications of affirmative action represent a dramatic expansion of the policy's original impetus and stray from its most compelling rationale. In the process, affirmative action has alienated the public on whose support it depends. Indeed, affirmative action has lost its way.
The most compelling reason for affirmative action is to address the legacy of our nation's greatest shame: slavery and its aftermath, the black-white racial hierarchy that has most marked this country. As the condition of a large segment of black America attests, slavery's legacy has never been undone; its harms never redressed. The litany of woes verges on cliche: more black men in prison than in college, more black children with one parent than two, homicide the leading cause of death for young black men, and so on.


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September 30, 2009
Time to jinx myself
I quietly had the best week ever of my poker career last week. I really don't know what PTR says about it because a lot was at other games and I don't know if they track that but I just wanted to get that out there so i can stop trying to avoid it and officially jinx myself. Obvs kidding.
It is amazing how bad this site is for action though as I got amazing action @ 5/10nl HU, the type of action I never see my friends who are regs in the games get.
I got a dog recently and it has helped me a lot with poker. I can't just sit and play anymore, all my sessions are planned and I actually take a walk to clear my head (my dog's bladder) before every session.
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Three-Tier Static Content in ExpressionEngine: Approach C
This is the fourth installment in a series on building static content areas using the native functionality in ExpressionEngine.
In this post I'll show an alternate method of presenting three-level content in EE. The navigation model in this approach is less like traditional navigation and more like a weblog in that the category (2nd) level pages uses the main content area for blurbs with "Read More >>" links to the detail (3rd) level content. I use this approach sometimes because I like how it gives the user more detail as you move through the site. It's also a nice way to get around needing category-index level content that often times says nothing more than "below this page are three more pages".
Implementation Note
I've been thinking all along that this is a "3-template" approach, but I've realized that if I created a new template group for this example it could remain a two-template approach. If you watch the urls used in the working examples you'll note this example is now in it's own "static-c" template group.
I've again posted both a working example of this approach.
As before, this tutorial assumes you've created the ExpressionEngine weblog, category group, and field group used in the previous tutorials and will cover the incremental differences only. To build off Approach B to Approach C we need to:
- Add a field to the Static Weblog
- Change how the left-navigation is built on both templates
- Modify the category template to bring in the blurbs for each detail page
Adding a New Field
The category pages in this approach will feature "blurb" or "page summary" type content for each detail page. To hold that new content we need to add a field to the Static Weblog:
- In the EE Control Panel, navigate to Admin > Weblog Administration > Field Groups
- Choose your "StaticPage" field group, and click the "Add/Edit Custom Fields" link next to it's name.
- Click the "Create a New Custom Field" button at the upper left of your screen.
- Fill in the details for the new field. I've called mine "page_summary" and made it a textarea with 6 rows, with the formatting set to "None".
- Save your new field
Changing the Left Nav
For this approach, since we're moving the links to 3rd level pages into the content area of the second-level pages, we need to change the EE tag used to build the left navigation. We'll now use the exp:weblog:categories tag - download the text version of new Index template to get the EE code. Copy/paste this into your EE index template, and make sure to change things where appropriate for different weblog, template, or field names.
Changing the Category template
Now we need to modify the Category template - we'll leave the exp:weblog:category_heading tag in place to bring in the Category Name and Description, but you can also get rid of this if it doesn't suit your purpose. Download the text version of the revised Category template, and paste it into as your category template in EE. You'll see where there is now a exp:weblog:entries tag that brings in the Page Summary and a "Read More" link for each page in this category. A few notes about what's going on here:
- You don't need to add a category parameter to the weblog:entries tag - EE will do this automatically since we are on a category page.
- Our Index entry should never show on a category page because it's not assigned to a category.
- The "Read More" links are pointing back to the Index template - which will load the Page Content for whatever entry you click on.
With the new field and revised EE templates in place, you should have a working static section with categories for subnav, and links to the detail pages on the Category templates.
- Left navigation stays simpler
- Category pages are more detailed
- Visitors get more info about a detail page than what just a navigation link can provide
- Works well for presenting content that breaks up into a categorized "summary/detail" structure
- Could be extended if necessary to use a 3rd template for the lowest-level detail
- Still simple in that only two templates are required
- Left navigation isn't all-inclusive—you can't jump directly from a 3rd-level page in one category to a 3rd-level page in another category
- Category pages have a different content structure than detail pages—may not work for all content types
Extending This Approach
I've purposefully kept things simple here just for the sake of the tutorial, but I'm can already see where this approach could be improved upon - and that's adding "sideways" navigation to other pages in the same category when you're on a detail page. That would be easily do-able using another exp:weblog:entries tag on the Index template, configured to use the Related Categories Mode. Since the Index content doesn't have a category assigned this tag would not return anything, but while viewing an entry that's been assigned to a category it would return links to the other pages in that category. You can see an example of this approach in action on this Client site - the second-level navigation are all EE categories, and the links on the bottom of the page are to other pages in the current category.
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Rev. Barry Lynn Challenges AU Members to Proudly Defend Our Secular Constitution
The Fourth Annual Meeting of The Great Plains Chapter of AU was brought to order by President Vickie Sandell Stangl, on Friday evening, September 21st, 2012
Another record crowd of members and supporters filled the Fellowship Hall at College Hill United Methodist Church in Wichita Kansas anxious to see and hear the Executive Director of AU, Rev. Barry Lynn.
It was exciting to see so many new faces and old friends come together to demonstrate the growing number of citizens supporting the work of AU. Stangl reminded those in attendance that four years ago there were a total of 4 members - excluding at-large members. Today there are over 90 members in Wichita. If at-large members are included in the total (those who joined National before the Great Plains chapter was created) membership increases to nearly 120 members.
Wichita is part of the Bible-belt where fundamentalist ministers and politicians work together to impose their worldview on Kansans. And yet, the Great Plains chapter is growing, which is phenomenal when one considers how joining AU was once seen as a personal and professional hazard. It was not unusual in 2009 when the local chapter first formed to hear sympathetic friends remark: "I would like to join AU but I'm afraid of jeopardizing my position at school.", or "I would be ostracized by my neighbors."
But the sun is still coming up and more and more citizens are tired of living in the shadows of a community that has for too long shown little regard for upholding the principle of church and state separation.
We grow because the stakes are too high to stay silent and that was essentially the message of Rev. Lynn. Lynn began his remarks by explaining his experiences at the recent Faith and Values Summit held in Washington DC.
Listening to his description of the speakers at the Summit (Michele Bachmann to Paul Ryan) was the realization that this fringe group of politicians and speakers are desperate to discredit the very principle that has prevented sectarian violence in America. The vehicle to discredit church and state separation begins with spreading a false history of America. Yes, thanks to such people as pseudo-historian David Barton, more and more Americans have no idea how crucial it was that the founders established a secular government and refused to allow religion and government to rule together as one. Unfortunately, the false history of David Barton has been spreading for years and has absorbed into the American culture as if it is a certifiable fact.
During the Q & A session, this very point was illustrated perfectly when one audience member remarked to Rev. Lynn: "My Dad thinks church and state means the government has to stay out of religion and not the other way around." Immediately Rev Lynn pointed out that this fabrication of the 1st Amendment was spread by Barton and is totally untrue.
Think about it. How would the government be stable and free of sectarian violence if religion could promote or established itself within government? Which religion? How much religious intrusion? Thus, why would the founders not make separation of church and state a two way street to ensure that each has their own sphere and not establish itself over the other?
Rev. Lynn also discussed the challenge by fundamentalist minsters to buck the prohibition of electioneering in church as a restriction on their freedom of speech. The problem with this mindset is that people go to church for spiritual reasons and not for political rallies. Another audience member expressed frustration that Wichita pastors, such as Terry Fox use their pulpit to encourage their flock to vote for specific candidates, and yet the IRS does not shut them down. This growing problem could jeopardize the very essence of religious worship in America, and it will take outspoken leaders from the faith community to stand against such action. Electioneering may also cause a backlash against those ministers wanting to turn churches into political houses of ideological worship. Citizens will stay home and refuse to attend a church that is more concerned with temporal matters rather than spiritual affairs of humankind.
It was a banner evening to have such a great turnout, as well as an honor for the chapter to have the Executive Director of AU visit Wichita. Rev. Lynn reminded friends and supporters that now is not the time to sit down or sit back. More than ever, we must speak out in support of our secular government and keep the wall high for separation of church and state.
The Great Plains Chapter of AU is ready to keep that wall strong and tall. Let's get to work!


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Buy.com has a decent deal today on a Playstation Move bundle. This deal redirects to their Ebay store, so do be aware of that.
It's $80 for the bundle, which includes a motion controller, the Sony Eye camera, and the game "Sports Champions."
Might make a nice gift for someone.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Playstation Move bundle, $80 at Buy.com
Posted by flashhy at 6:13 AM
7 comments:
- Mike said...
That seems really cheap. A very good deal you've come across here.
- May 3, 2011 at 6:22 AM
- mindph said...
Might be worth looking into this more often
- May 3, 2011 at 6:28 AM
- ffej_$ said...
sweet price, more of a pcgame myself though!
- May 3, 2011 at 6:50 AM
Sounds like a good deal. Too bad PSN is down :(
- May 3, 2011 at 7:21 AM
- Bob said...
Awesome. I was looking to buy one of these. I traded an old xbox I had on craigslist for a PS3, and was wanting to check out the move stuff. For this price I think ill check it out.
- May 3, 2011 at 9:57 AM
- My Personal Projects said...
Is this just the move, or does it come with the PS as well?
- May 3, 2011 at 1:22 PM
- flashhy said...
MPP, it's just the Move and related items - but I occationally see deals for the PS3 also. I'll throw one up when I find it!
- May 3, 2011 at 1:27 PM
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Classic Moment in Modern Wrestling
On the "Old School" edition of RAW a couple of weeks ago, Rowdy Roddy Piper cut one of the most emotional and heart felt promos that I've ever heard. I felt the subliminal messages Piper was sending. WWE just gives the world title away these days. "If you do what I think you're gonna do and you give that S.O.B. Wade Barrett the title without deserving it, then what you're doing... is you're spitting in the face of all these legends that you say you respect.... don't you spit in my face John Cena."
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I don't know what my life would be like without you. Thank you for everything you have done.
Læffy is my long lost BF4L.
If anyone seriously knows this guy or has his contact information, please let him know that his long lost best friend forever is here waiting for him. K THX BAI!
If Google was a Guy.
College Humor was nice enough to create a couple videos touching on the satire of Google being a real person.
Seems pretty spot on.
My favorite is the reference to Bing in the second video.
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Every 7 Seconds: The Date
This is pretty funny.
Birthday's suck.
Recently, it was my birthday. Despite how attached I had become to being 25, I had to make the tragic leap towards getting THAT much closer to 30. In attempts to ring it in on a positive note, I tried to organize some events to ensure a good time. However, this year proved to be the same as every year in the assumption that having a birthday in general just really sucks.
- They are too stressful to plan. Whether it's a dinner, a party, or a bar gathering, it still takes a significant amount of time to plan out. Invitations have to be made and sent out. If you forget to invite someone, you're all of a sudden a terrible person who is malicious. Sometimes the reservation is wrong, dropped, or messed up severely in one way or another. People get lost and blow your phone up all evening trying to find you. Bottom line, you are not allowed to enjoy your evening; stress will always prevail!
- Someone else has to make it about them. Sometimes it's a bar fight, or someone just got dumped two minutes before your party, or maybe someone is angry at the world. Regardless, there is always that one person (sometimes more) who wants to redirect the attention on to them. Even if it's negative, they thrive on being in the spotlight. Simply put, there are enough pitiful souls out there who are unable to grasp that everyone deserves a time to feel special and will find a way to ruin your birthday.
- You put too much importance on this day. Expectations have been set, and they were not met. This results in you getting understandably upset. But maybe the expectations were set to high. Maybe it's best assume that NOTHING special will happen on that day. Yes, today is day that you were born. Clearly this is a significant moment in history, but just keep in mind that not everyone cares as much as you do.
- The people you truly want to spend it with can't make it. It is heartbreaking when the ones you care about the most are not near you. Even if long distance family and friends send their thoughts to you, you can't help but feel a little lonely.
- Something else "just came up." It could be an act of terrorism, a natural disaster, or some other bitch throwing a party the same day as you. No matter what it is, when something else comes up it is beyond annoying. What's wrong with everyone coming to your event and not having to choose between various functions? Don't people know that this should be the only thing happening today? Jeeze.
- You're becoming old as hell. You are now another year older, and it shows. Cheers to aging!
Even though some things mentioned above happened on my birthday, in all seriousness I still had a good one. To all the people who came out and celebrated with me, thank you. To all the people who went of their way to make sure I had a great time, thank you. To the people who gave me wonderful gifts, thank you so much. And to the people who tried to one up me on my birthday, thanks for being more of a diva. I appreciate all of it. 🙂
My failed business ventures and the lessons I've learned.
Success: it's hard to come by. Being an accomplished entrepreneur is something that I have attempted to achieve for nearly my entire existence. The business ventures I looked into beginning have all varied, and failed. Though some of these have been more difficult to move past than others, I have still gained valuable life lessons. I wanted to share with you my failures, why they failed, and what I had gained in return.
1) "Poo Poo Coffee" — Age 4-5
As many children enjoy doing, I wanted to run my own beverage stand. Instead of going the typical lemonade and coffee route, I wanted to do something "revolutionary" and introduce the public to a new refreshing drink. Thus, came the birth of Poo Poo Coffee.
What it was.
Unlike most cold, carbonated sodas, Poo Poo coffee was created by shaking a Diet Coke can, dumping it into a cup in which it sat there for a few hours and occasionally adding some water or other beverages to it. The idea of this came to me from being a curious child who enjoy making disgusting concoctions. Before setting up a stand, I forced my family to try it. Though they apparently looked like they were going to throw up, all I was told was that it "tasted good."
Why it failed.
Poo Poo Coffee tasted just like what it's called, absolute shit. Not to mention, this was not an original product. I did not create the formula, but rather destroyed a perfectly fine tasting one instead. Also when the "business" was up and running, I failed to take into consideration how necessary things such as cups are. I had only one massive glass that I assumed was good for everyone to drink out of. Surprisingly, I only had one customer who I did pull from the streets. The (obviously) confused woman paid me 25 cents, drank from the cup, and went along her way. Needless to say, Poo Poo Coffee did not stay open after that.
What I learned.
Poo Poo Coffee is disgusting and no one wants it.
2) "Summer Camp for Kids Younger Than Me" — Age 8
During a summer spent at my father's house, I came up with the idea to open a summer camp for kids who were younger than me. I honestly believed that I was not only responsible enough, but would have been able to provided all the needed services to keep a group of small children occupied and entertained.
What it was.
Honestly, I had just dragged a table out in the front yard, had a few pieces of paper, and my younger brother playing next to me to start the "registration process." The idea was to have parents leave their children with me, I would read to the kids and provide other educational services, take the children on walks to the playground nearby, and share my toys with them. After informing my dad of what I wanted to do, he sarcastically approved of me making handwritten signs with his address and phone number to be posted all over the neighborhood (which I in fact did).
Why it failed.
I was an eight year old child, not an adult. I'm also fairly certain that it would have been very illegal for me to have even tried doing something like this. Not to mention, I definitely was not responsible enough to feed, care, or even try to "teach" children younger than me.
What I learned.
Children shouldn't open up summer camps, but rather attend them instead. Handwritten signs lose almost all validity, and it's probably not a good idea to put my dad's address and phone number up everywhere.
3) "University of Oregon House Party" — Age 21-22
After "becoming of age," I found myself more drawn to house music and wanted to go dancing constantly. I also discovered the amazing power of social media websites such as Twitter, and used it to talk to some of my favorite musicians. With the guidance of a mentor, I felt inspired to create a "house party" at the Univeristy of Oregon.
What it was.
The idea was to have a massive dance party in one of the biggest lawns on campus. With the help and support of some non-profits, internationally recognized performers were going to be flown out for a show that was going to be free for the general public. Some local performers were going to open, and booths were to be surrounding the venue for people to shop and eat at. It was going to happen at night on a weekend towards the very end of the year so that students would have been able to attend.
Why it failed.
I was able to get everything donated to me (including the performer's time) except for the flights. Though the "house party" was aimed to raise awareness for a good cause along with offering entertainment, not one airline cared to donate to it. Thus, it never happened.
What I learned.
This was possibly the biggest heartbreak for me. More than anything, I wanted this event to happen. I had worked and stressed so long on it, only to have it all blow up in my face. I learned how to cope with not succeeding like this. This failure also showed me that I am capable to achieving a lot in a small amount of time, regardless if it was fully executed or not. I also learned that I have the ability to pitch and sell musicians to perspective clients without ever having them listen to one song.
4) "ENTILT" — Age 23-24
After graduating from college and being continously rejected from perspective jobs, I felt inclined to try and start my very own business. "ENTILT" was crafted from an original idea of mine, and expanded with the help of a couple partners.
What it was.
The idea behind "ENTILT," was that it was an entertainment based company that offered various services, a publication, and a clothing line. With the help of my partners, we all were able to provide a multitude of options to help with branding and expanding the growth of potential clients. My partners and I decided it was best to list our previous clients to others to help develop a strong portfolio of our work.
Why it failed.
Though we met often to discuss what we wanted to do, I felt that I was the only one putting in work behind the company. I had created a decent website, was the only one to list my past clients, and created presentations to send to potential sponsors. My partners didn't contribute as much simply because it was a bad time for them to do so. And I suppose it was for me as well. Not to mention, we had too many ideas and didn't create a simple enough plan to initially start off with. It would have been wise for us to have focused on only one aspect of the company, rather than three at once.
What I learned.
Simplify. Simplify. Simplify. Do not take on too many obstacles at once. It's also important to team up with people who are on the same page and who are ready to take on such a commitment. And I'm sure it wouldn't have hurt to have worked somewhere else first in order to gain more experience before creating my own company.
I have faith that in some point and time in my life, I will be a successful entrepreneur. I believe that I will be able to finally craft up the perfect idea and be able to find the sponsors needed to make it flourish. Though it may take some time, I'm greatful for everything I have experienced professionally while growing up. Sometimes failure is necessary so that we can learn how to avoid it in the future. With that in mind, stay tuned as I'm sure I'll have another "brillant" start-up idea here soon.
Stories with friends: the Nic and Lauren version.
As mentioned in a previous post, my friends and I enjoy writing stories together. My dear friend Nic Brown and I decided to write one together at our typical spot, Scandals. Together, and with the influence of a few greyhounds, we created a very interesting story (with illustrations). Though it's apparent when we may have had too many and the story doesn't make much sense towards the end, it was still a lot of fun to make. Enjoy.
"Hail Satan!" She yelled.
Helen slammed the last of her flask down as she picked up her bible. With trembling fingers, Helen thumbled through the pages until she came to Leviticus.
"Fuck yer all! Satan never dun meh wrong! Cletus?! Where you at? Mama's hungry."
Sadly for Helen, "Mama" was gon' be hungry for a long time. Unbeknownst to Helen and her southern drawl, Cletus was lying dead in the basement. She also failed to remember the events of the night before.
After watching her nightly episode of Wheel of Fortune, Helen entered what she referred to as her "umbrella stage."
Helen. Helen. Helen. She repeated the name to herself to try and find some sort of familiarity in her surroundings. She set her bible down on the arm of her La-Z-Boy and looked out the window. She felt herself get dizzy as the remaining parts of the McDonald's chicken nuggets fell, cascading from the velvet to the cold, hardwood floor.
–FLASHBACK– Knoxville, TN. 1864
Loretta licked her lips. Timothy had just made her the finest potato dinner a girl could ever hope to have.
"Who the fuck are you?" Helen screamed as she swung violently with her eyes closed. Loretta isn't real. Neither is Timothy. Yet, she still thought of them as if they were family. They were the only family Helen had. She had lost her true, blood family in a terrible fishing accident in 1923. It wasn't Helen's fault at all, but she always blamed herself for letting the fishing line go. "Loretta," "Timothy," and the "umbrella stage" (the name of the fishing vessel that claimed the lives of her family) were the only comfort (albeit imaginary) that she had left. Except for Cletus.
What a fucking mistake. Cletus. He was never supposed to happen. Who would of thought that after a man got hit in the head with a 2×4, that he would of fucked that vilal cow. But none of that mattered now. Cletus was dead in the basement, and Helen was non the wiser. She was still passed out in a religion-and-Wheel-of-Fortune-and-self-denial coma when she woke to a knock on the door.
Ring. Ring. Ring. A small, sweet little girl rang the bell. Every fifteenth of a second, she knocked. Her name was Panther, or that's what her foster parents called her. She was 8 years old and always sported a charming (if slightly out-of-fashion) gold-sequined hair bow. She was in the neighborhood going door-to-door to raise money for her foster mother Memphis' Memphis Getaway Extravaganza.
All the mother's were known for taking their tops off during the festivities. And they sat in a circle 'round the fire, chanting "PENIS PENIS PENIS, BUTT BUTT BUTT! Hail Satan."
Following that memories flash back, Helen vaguely remembered the death of Cletus. All he wanted was to sleep. As the persistant pound of the rocking La-Z-Boy pounded the floor, Cletus laid in bed thinking of a better future. Though at the age of 31, unemployed, uninterested, Cletus still held hope for a better tomorrow.
"Dating" in Portland is such a waste of time.
When it comes to "dating" in Portland, I really haven't had too much luck. I put "dating" in quotations, because I honestly feel that it's something that truly doesn't happen here much at all. What is considered a date is apparently exchanging a few messages on OkCupid, meeting up at a bar, getting wasted, hooking up, and somehow turning that into a relationship. Or maybe there will be that rarity where you meet someone at a bar, through a friend, what have you. Even still, the date sucks.
In the time I have spent here, I have came across a few things that make dating someone in Portland a terrible idea. Here are a few issues I have ran into with some of the past individuals I have spent time with.
He doesn't shut the fuck up about his ex-girlfriend(s).
It amazes me how men in Portland don't seem to get over a failed relationship. Face it, it's over. It ended for a reason, now MOVE ON. Sure, people remain friends with their ex's for various reasons. But the way that I look at the situation is that you are presented with a new opportunity, why taint it by talking about someone that I don't care to hear about? Actually, no one cares about your ex-girlfriend so please just shut up. This really makes me miss dating in college where the mind set of "hit it and quit it" was always in play. Then, it seemed like everyone moved on from each other quickly and brought no baggage with them. In the full spectrum of it all, men need to realize that there are so many amazing things to talk about for someone to get to know you better without having to hear about past relationships. The second a guy brings up an ex-girlfriend, I start to mentally check out. It's a massive red flag that is difficult to ignore.
One individual I was with felt the need to tell me about all of his past online dating experiences within the first hour of being together. After the story about the date he had with an "adult baby," I decided it would be best to never see him again. Another person felt the need to not only tell me about all of his ex-girlfriends, but also show me their pictures. After hearing what seemed like an eternity of "she broke my heart" stories, I ran away and never looked back. But the winner was the individual who talked on the phone with his ex-girlfriend with me sitting next to him. Charming, really.
Maybe I'm just becoming too hardened, but I really don't understand why people cling to memories like this. I also truly feel that it is not a matter of the ex-girlfriend being that interesting, but rather that the man is too pathetic to move on. Personally, when I end a relationship it has been finalized. I see no need to relive it or keep constant communication with that person. Sometimes I will remain friends with that person, but for the most part I won't. The thrill of meeting someone new (and better) is exciting enough for me. It's too bad more people aren't on the same wavelength.
He is way too physically aggressive and/or insulting.
Some men believe that being forceful with a woman is a sure way to win over their heart. Now, I'm not talking about being punched or slapped but rather very firm grasps on the arm and such. Or if that tactic doesn't seem to work, some men love to lay it on thick with belittling comments and unnecessary insults (because mental abuse is just so sexy). Obviously, these are MASSIVE red flags screaming "this person is mentally unstable and probably angry all the time!"
I find it very troubling that I can say that I have had multiple men come up and grab me by the back of the neck to get my attention or me to like them. Thankfully in those situations, bartenders were quick to help me get out. I have also had men grab my arms as I am walking home at night, who then refuse to let go. Again, someone has been there to help me or I've had to hit them off. It's just amazing how it never seemed to cross the minds of any of these men that maybe if they just tried to talk to me rather than being forceful, that maybe things would have been perceived better.
"Stupid bitch," "slut," "fat whore" are just a few of the pet names I have picked up since living in Portland. These endearing nicknames came from men who I apparently ignored or deemed unfit for any sort of romantic connection (for obvious reasons). I've also had men who honestly believed that if they say things like "no one is ever going to love you" it is the equilivant as a compliment. A very fond memory of mine is a time when a man invited me out for dinner, told me about how he took another girl out to dinner the night before, and then "couldn't believe" he was paying for my food. It was so sweet.
Oh! I definitely can't forget about the lectures on how I am to forever be "single and alone." Granted, these would have been much more effective if I wasn't a competent and confident woman. Not to mention that I see nothing wrong with being single. In fact, I enjoy it. I currently have the wonderful power of being able to do whatever I want, with whoever I want, whenever I want. By no means does this make me "alone" either. Thanks to the fine company of all my amazing friends, I rarely go a day without any sort of social interaction.
Personally, nothing gets me going more than when a man walks up and tries to touch my hair. Excuse me, I am not your pet and please get your disgusting hands off my clean hair. I mean, obviously I want you to wipe whatever nastiness you have on my head MORE THAN ANYTHING. Just step back dude, not working.
He is a raging moron who is incredibly insecure.
Honey, I am not your mother nor your kindergarten teacher. I am not here to give you continous confirmation that you have a great personality. I mean, I have no problem giving out compliments but I certainly do not (and should not) want to be your only source of confidence. Learn to love yourself a little more and don't have so many doubts. However if you fail to carry yourself in a conversation or only want to talk about bubbles and dirt, I don't think this will work out very well either.
It's very entertaining, actually, to have a conversation with someone who is hell-bent on convincing you that his idiotic ideas are in fact truth. As amazing as it is to hear that you know that cats control the weather or that eating Lay's potato chips is an excellent source of calcium, I'd rather we never talk again.
Maybe I'm not as great of a catch as I thought, or maybe I'm just selecting all the wrong ones. Or maybe it's just I'm hoping and expecting too much out of guys. Regardless, I still believe that it is a waste of time to "date" in Portland. Even though everyone else in relationships here seems to disagree with me, I don't think that there is much to choose from that is worthwhile. I'm not saying that I've reached a noteworthy level of success right now in my life or anything, but I'd rather not date someone who is capable of bringing my stock down. Not to mention some basic respect and proper attention would be nice to have. To those of you who have better luck than me or are remaining openminded to some sort of perfect romance here, I wish you nothing but the best.
Stories with friends: the Stephen, Xel, and Lauren version.
Recently, some friends and I decided it would be fun to write stories together. This genius idea overcame us during a drunken stupor at one of our new favorite hang outs, the Nest. As we slammed back PBR after PBR, we created one of the greatest short stories ever told. The rules were that one person wrote one sentence/statement at a time. You were only allowed to read the last post, not the entire story, to help influence your turn. The authors for this story are none other than the amazing Xel Moore, the charming Stephen Tobias,
some random girl and myself.
Qnce apon a time… [sidenote: Xel decided to really switch things up with "qnce" instead of "once."] a beast named sally grew a garden of tomatoes…
to her surprise not only tomatoes grew… but something else…
but a massive dick hit me in the face!
I didn't know Lauren had a dick!?
But she did! It got me, I couldn't ignore it once it had entered me…
and then I was happy.
But that was short-lived.
And when she woke up, she couldn't remember what happened. She cried, and then she ate a sandwich. After the sandwich she had to poo. When she pooed, she cried more. Then she realized lesbians always carried baggage… THE END!


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You can't go to Spain and not indulge yourself. It is just not possible to do so. Think about the gym when the holiday is over as for now, when in Madrid it is all about what your palate can savour!
A foodie's torturous trip through Madrid
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Archive for category Environment
The risks of poor diet
The risks of poor diet
If you have bad eating habits, you are susceptible to health complications, some of which can be fatal. One of the reasons that they continue with their bad habits, because most complications occur over time, not overnight. Eating habits are hard to change, but with a little discipline and consistent effort, you can do. There are many diseases and conditions associated with poor eating habits. A poor diet can lead to the following conditions:
If your body mass index (BMI) greater than 40, so you are overweight and are subject to problems ranging from the restriction of the movement of the race. Obesity also puts a strain on the joints and the pain experience rather uncomfortable. Obesity also causes the breakdown of cartilage in the joints that can lead to diseases such as osteoarthritis. The inactivity caused by obesity can also be a disturbing symptom.
This occurs when the heart pumps blood in excess, which puts pressure on the artery walls. People can live without symptoms of high blood pressure for years, but can cause complications suddenly and unexpectedly. Hypertension is also a cause of kidney failure and heart disease.
A psychological condition caused by poor eating habits and obesity is depression. In some extreme cases, people with depression known to commit suicide. It also provides a state of inactivity and loss of interest in routine activities, such as going to work, doing household chores and lack of personal hygiene. Low self-esteem is one of the other symptoms that may be caused by this disease. Things like career and relationships education is largely preventable in that state. » Read more: The risks of poor diet


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We stayed in this apartment when visiting the astonishing town of Matera not to be missed if you are in the Sth of Italy. Although there are steps to negotiate stay here if you can 2 minutes from the Chiesa Dei Santi Pietro. No views...More
"Best views and a wonderful host"


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Good Signs: March for Science Statements
Posted by Stef McDonald on April 27, 2017
We hosted a sign-making event at our office the day before the March for Science.
Some favorites from the local marches:
And another #marchforscience pic.twitter.com/PgEutyys6o
— Robert Garcia (@RobertGarciaLB) April 22, 2017
So many creative signs at #MarchForScienceLA. This is a favorite so far. pic.twitter.com/ldQaGbTFXd
— RL Miller (@RL_Miller) April 22, 2017
Amazing turnout at #MarchForScienceLA – we are so thankful! Our science expo is still going on at Pershing Square! #marchforscience pic.twitter.com/GCzDlntlQw
— March for Science LA (@march4sciencela) April 22, 2017
My family is standing up for science at the LA #marchforscience #EarthDay #ScienceMarch pic.twitter.com/gAilaHjJkA
— Michael Swords (@m_swords) April 22, 2017


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It's been a very long time since my last post, but I thought I'd ressurect the blog with a post about NEX camera and the new Sony A7. Particularly whether using E-mount lenses on the A7 in low light brings any benefit over using the same lenses on the NEX6.
I've been using the Sony NEX system since 2011. It all started when I wanted a compact alternative to a DSLR to use on a long night-walk, and the NEX-5 had an APS-C sensor and a decent price (at the point I bought mine it had just been replaced by the NEX-5N). The results are here, and I loved using that camera on the walk and as a general walkaround camera.
A year or so later, I finally upgraded to the top-of-the-range NEX 7 with it's 24MP APS-C sensor, and loved the detail you could get from that sensor in good light. There were a couple of problems though. The lens range had grown to some extent by this point, but there still wasn't the choice that you could get for the established DSLRs. And when you turned down the light and pumped up the ISO, the noise started in abundance.
Add another year, and I acquired a new NEX - the NEX6. The pixel count dropped from 24 to 16MP with the same size APS-C sensor and this definitely improved the low light performance. I had got the 35/1.8 by this time and really loved the look of the images produced, but I did find 35mm on an APS-C sensor (about 50mm full-frame equivalent) a little long. And I refused to pay 800+GBP for the Zeiss 24/1.8!
While the user interface of the NEX6 was improved over the NEX7 and NEX5 it was still irritating (ask any NEX user!) and there were some basic usability issues with the camera. For example, I use Auto-ISO quite a bit and on the NEX series camera this will drop the shutter speed to a minimum 1/60s as soon as the light drops - there's no control over this. While this is enough to compensate for any hand-holding vibration on sub 50mm lenses, it just isn't fast enough to get rid of blur on subjects like moving children!
So, roll on the full-frame A7. I don't have a lot of time at the moment so I'll go into more detail in a post soon... but I love the A7. (Almost) all the irritations with the NEX system seem to be gone - the menu system is massively improved, you can use Auto ISO in Manual mode, there's lots more controlability over various aspects that were locked down in the NEX cameras. And it just feels really good without being significantly bigger. And the IQ... well, gut feeling and with a bit of new-gear love, I'd say it comes pretty damn close to my 5D3/6D/D800 for IQ - so much so that it makes no difference. The only issue still remaining is the lens choice, and right now it's far worse than even the E-mount choice (as I write this, there are 2 lenses available - the FE28-70/3.5-5.6 kit lens and the Zeiss FE35/2.8).
So there's a bit of an intro. Now to the point of this post...
I did a very basic comparison shot of the same subject under the same light with the NEX6, NEX7 and A7, cropped the same area of the image and exported with the same settings in Lightroom. This is an attempt to be a real-world test rather than anything too analytical, so it's not under typical lab conditions. As I explain below, some cameras get some significant noise-reduction benefits too as the final image is scaled to the same size for web viewing.
The camera settings for all cameras were as follows:
Here are the images with a bit of discussion below
A7 Full-Frame (53mm)
A7 (35mm E-mount lens, crop mode - 10 megapixel)
A7 Full-Frame (53mm)
A7 (35mm E-mount lens, crop mode - 10 megapixel)
The first thing to point out here is that this is not a level playing field from a per-pixel quality point of view. That's not the point of this exercise. What I'm trying to look at is what sort of quality you can end up with if you have a scene in front of you and you want to capture it in a certain way with any of the tested cameras.
All the images above are scaled to 940px across (view them full-size to see them at this resolution), but the source image was from many more pixels:
NEX6 - scaled to about 42%
NEX7 - scaled to about 34%
A7 (FF) - scaled to about 34%
A7 (crop) - scaled to about 45%
When the initial image is made smaller - as long as the downscaling is intelligent (as it will be in Lightroom) - the noise-per-pixel of the output image will be reduced. So the noise in the NEX7 and A7 (FF) images will have been reduced most in the downscaling for output, and least in the A7 (crop).
Well, at ISO 6400 and 12800, I think it's plain to see that the NEX7 doesn't perform that well. It's had the most help (noise reduction from downscaling) and still looks noisiest.
The full-frame A7 looks the best by a considerable amount - the full-frame 12800 ISO shots show a great control of noise and should give an idea of the performance of this camera.
Cropped A7 shots compared to NEX-6 shots take a bit more thinking about. Judging from the images above, I'd say the cropped A7 does take the prize but only marginally. This means that each pixel on the A7 is significantly better in lower light than the NEX6, but the extra 6MP of the NEX6 (16MP compared to the A7's cropped 10MP) do give the final output image a boost in quality when you downscale as you will in most screen and print situations.
The question I was trying to answer with this post is whether the cropped mode on the A7 brings any benefit over using the same lens on the NEX6 (particularly in low light), and I think it does... but only fractionally. However, stick a full frame (FE) lens on the A7, and you'll blow away any NEX camera.
So, don't buy an A7 if you only have E-mount lenses, but if you're planning on stumping up the notes for FE lenses then you won't be disappointed.
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