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The Web Hosting is a quite common term for all of us as it drives the today's IT world! Not only IT, but almost every business takes its support to grow to the next level. Be it grocery shop or garments retail, the easier exposure is gained through the web hosting. The question here is how does the Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting help us differently? It does help us by allowing even to handle the operating system of the hosted server. Not only that you can also take control of the resources on the server. Let us discuss more of it in this article. Read here to know How a Website Works and Why Do I Need Web Hosting?
What is Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting and how it works?
The virtual private server (VPS) is a part of the web server, where the client can have their own copy of operating system and can handle the allocated server resources as well. It means that the client gets more control over the server and can even install whatever software or hardware components that he or she requires for the business. Well, there are some extra costs to do all that but just imagine that it is for our business expansion! Such a fine-tuning can bring us a great reach or pull still more traffic to our business.
How does it work?
The Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting is more like the Shared hosting but it has its own bandwidth, memory, processor, and disk space independent for each client. You can have a look at the below picture for a better understanding.
You can notice the fact that the Shared hosting servers share the same CPU, bandwidth, memory, etc and this leads to lesser resource availability when the server is busy. So there are chances that your website utilizes inadequate resources at times of need. But this problem can never arise in Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting as each client is allocated with individual CPU, Memory, bandwidth, etc on the same server. Hence no other client can utilize your own resources and you can even install software of your choice on your part.
How is it better?
The Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting is really a better option for those websites with huge traffic and when you need a special set up for your business. We are well aware that there are different types of web hosting servers and they are Shared hosting, dedicated hosting, VPS hosting, and Cloud hosting. Before we proceed to analyze how this VPS hosting is better than the others, it is important to compare the same with the rest. Let us compare them to get a better idea about it.
VPS vs. Shared Hosting
The Shared Hosting is more or like renting a flat and sharing the other areas such as car parking, lift, playing area, etc. So here you are paying for what you are using. But you do not have the authority to change the interior or the exterior f the place. In this case, the flat accounts to the web server, and the other surrounding places accounts to the resources. Therefore it is clear that in a shared hosting, you have a limited access to your resources. Also, when there is a large crowd in the swimming pool, then you need to bear with that or you cannot even swim at that time. This happens with Shared hosting when the websites use the resources more. Read here to know What Shared Web Hosting is All About?
This won't happen in the virtual private server (VPS) hosting as the client owns the resources. Each resource is allocated exclusively to them, whether they use it or not it. So you need not bother about the traffic of other websites. This is extremely useful in conditions where you have huge traffic and your customers do not need to wait for the website to open.
VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting
The dedicated hosting is something like owning an individual home and you are responsible for cleaning, interior, exterior area, etc. Similarly, being a dedicated server client, you need to take care of the server resources completely. It needs extreme expertise to handle by your own. Anyhow, it gives the freedom of changing anything on it as per your requirements.
Types of Virtual Private Hosting (VPS) Servers
Based on how you use the server, the VPS can be further classified into managed VPS or unmanaged VPS. In the former, there should be someone taking care of the server on the whole as you are responsible for its performance and not the service provider. In the unmanaged VPS, the server management is handled by the service provider. So, comparatively the latter reduces your burden but the former gives more flexibility in usage.
Pros of VPS Hosting
- The resources such as memory, CPU, bandwidth, etc are exclusively available for the each client.
- Lesser cost when compared to dedicated server hosting but it provides similar functionality.
- Allows full control over the software and hardware.
Cons of VPS Hosting
- The maintenance of resources and other hardware is on our side.
- You should have some technical knowledge to deploy the Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting.
- It is costlier than the shared web hosting servers.
- You need to monitor and maintain the server to ensure its reliability.
When to Switch to Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting?
The following factors determine the right time for a switch to VPS hosting.
Huge Traffic:
When you are on a shared hosting server and if your traffic is huge, then it is obvious that you need a better server to handle the situation. Otherwise, your customers may need to wait for a longer time to access your website and it may even lead to a drop in your business. Most of the times, you would get a message from the shared server that your website is using more resources. It is the right time that you need a switch! Just move onto the VPS hosting to handle such a huge traffic at a lesser price than the dedicated hosting.
Access to Server Resources:
There are situations when you need to install your own software on the server and this point in time is right for you to switch to the Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting. This can help you treat your customers with special access permissions as well.
When your business grows, so is your website should be. So the server should also be capable of handling such a growth to ensure reliability in accesses. It means that none of your customers face the server down issues at any point in time. This is possible with a VPS hosting and just switch to it!
For a better security of your software, hardware, and database, you may need to install various shell components. This is possible only when you have the access permissions on the server. To gain that permission, it is better that you use the VPS hosting. For more information read here – How to Switch From One Web Host to Another (Step-by-step Guide).
Few Tips on selecting the Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting
Managed or Unmanaged VPS Server:
We have already discussed the managed and unmanaged VPS servers and it is important to decide which one that you are going to use. If you really think that your team lacks the technical expertise to handle the server components, and then just go ahead with the unmanaged VPS servers. Otherwise, it is better to use the managed VPS server as it gives more usability. Read here to know The Top 10 best website builders for small businesses.
Windows or Linux?
The next step is to decide on the kind of platform that your server uses. This is usually chosen on the basis of the programming language of the websites. If your website is developed in ASP.net or ASP, then Windows is a good option.
If your server needs a good backup as it carries more important information that cannot be lost at any cost, then you need to arrange better backups. For example, you should use a generator in the case of power failures, etc. It is important to handle the load of the server in the case of server failures. It means that there should be some alternate arrangements to replace the server until it gets ready.
When your server faces huge sudden traffic, it should be able to handle it. Otherwise, server crashes may happen and it is a huge loss! Therefore, the server should be kept ready to be scaled to higher values.
It is, of course, one of the important factors that decide our Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting. The cost may vary on the basis of customization, hardware requirement, and the expected level of service. As a general rule, you need to spend in the range of $8 – $15 for a VPS hosting with 20 GB storage and 1 GB RAM.
Conclusion- What is Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting?
The Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting is better than the dedicated hosting with respect to the cost and it is better than the shared hosting with respect to the resource utilization. Also, with a VPS hosting in place, you need not worry about even the huge traffic associated with your website. But be prepared to maintain the hardware and software by you! Read here to know Best Web Hosting Services 2017.


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What is teaser Tuesday? It's a meme hosted by The Purple Booker (previously by Books and a Beat).
Grab your current read, flip to a random page, share two teaser sentences, don't include spoilers.
Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab
Series: Monsters of Verity #2
Hardcover: 510 pages
Publication date: June 13th 2017
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Add on: Goodreads
"What happened to him? Tell me. What happened to the August who wanted to feel human? The one would rather burn alive than let himself go dark?"
Are you afraid of your own shadow?
I really wanted to like this series, but in the end it just didn't work out.

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Since the Guidelines debuted, we have collected and specifically solicited feedback from the field. These comments were then used to revise and edit the content and form of the UDL Guidelines Version 2.0. The following highlight some of the changes we have made.
We made this change because we felt that the term student was too narrow. Student implies someone who is in the classroom, but we realized that learning happens in many different learning environments where the term student might not be traditionally applied (e.g. museums, after school programs, adult learning). The word learner was therefore chosen because of the range of situations to which it could apply.
The UDL framework is based around individual variability. It can be seen across all three principles (representation, action and expression, and engagement), and there are many sources for this. In this revision we tried to emphasize variability where ever we could.
In Guidelines Version 1.0 we included a series of questions to help readers understand the concept of UDL. We have extended that work and added three new questions, how has UDL been defined; is technology necessary for the implementation of UDL; and how can you use the Guidelines? These questions were added based on feedback we received from the field to clarify and further define what the UDL framework is and how it relates to technology.
We also focused on revising and expanding the question, what evidence supports the practices of UDL? Though it is certainly not comprehensive in its scope, we broke down this question into five primary areas of research; foundational research on UDL, principle level research, promising practices research, implementation research, and additional research questions. It is important to note that we are now beginning the process of further revisions to the research that supports the Guidelines. This work will be debuted at a later point.
We decided that using "provide options that" at the beginning of each checkpoint was too redundant. To fix this problem, while retaining the idea that each checkpoint still implies providing options, we made each guideline end with "that…" with the intention that the checkpoint is what is needed to finish the guideline.
There were quite a few checkpoints that we needed to clarify to more accurately reflect our intended meaning. For instance, one checkpoint now reads "optimize individual choice and autonomy". The purpose behind this was to emphasize that many of the options are bidirectional in the sense that simply increasing or decreasing is not ideal. In the case of choice, too much choice can actually hinder the ability to choose, while too little choice can result in disengagement. In other words optimize implies working towards an ideal level.
In this version of the Guidelines we have made the effort to include more content domains. Admittedly, Version 1.0 focused too much on Language Arts, so in Version 2.0 we tried to include more language from math, science, art, and social studies. We also tried to add more examples for the checkpoints. When possible we added examples from different content areas with the hope that these are more relevant for a variety of teachers.
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Supporters of a penny sales tax hike to pay for roads and bridges in Missouri, stiffed by the legislature, now aim to put the question on the statewide ballot themselves.
If they succeed, voters will decide in November 2014 whether to increase the sales tax for the next 10 years to rebuild a 200-mile stretch of Interstate 70 and fix hundreds of bridges, off-ramps and smaller highways around the state.
Getting on the statewide ballot can prove long, difficult and costly. Even a measure that isn't particularly controversial can end up costing millions.
Convincing Missourians to sign off on a tax increase is even tougher.
But supporters of the tax — from highway contractors and the state's Chamber of Commerce to labor unions and the Missouri Farm Bureau — promise an aggressive effort to sell voters on a road-building and repair plan that rivals the Dwight Eisenhower age of interstate highway construction.
And while the final price tag of the campaign could be hefty, it will pale in comparison to the payoff if supporters succeed: roughly $8 billion in additional infrastructure funding over the next decade and an estimated 270,000 construction jobs.
"I hate taxes as much as the next guy," said Sen. Mike Kehoe, a Jefferson City Republican who has championed the idea of increased transportation funding for years. "But we have to look at this as an investment. This would be a tremendous economic boost for the next decade while rebuilding an aging transportation system."
If approved by voters, the state sales tax rate would climb to 5.225 percent from 4.225 percent for 10 years. The state transportation commission would have to develop and publish a list of specific projects that would be funded by the tax increase before any ballots are cast.
Of the additional revenue, 5 percent would be designated for cities and counties to pay for local transportation needs. That money could be used for any transportation project, including mass transit.
Supporters say Missouri can't take care of its 33,000 miles of highways without an infusion of money. The national economic recession devastated the state's transportation budget, with construction funding falling from $1.2 billion to less than $700 million in recent years.
In pushing their plan, however, supporters acknowledge they face an electorate in Missouri loathe to raise taxes of any kind. Just last year, voters resoundingly rejected raising the state's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax to boost education programs.
Advocates for the transportation sales tax got a glimpse of that opposition earlier this year. Bipartisan majorities in the Missouri House and Senate approved a version of the idea, but with only one roll-call vote in the Senate to go, a handful of conservative Republicans began a filibuster that ultimately killed the bill.
Opponents complained that voters didn't give Republicans a supermajority in the Missouri General Assembly to pass the largest tax increase in the state's history.
"A one cent sales tax is a huge tax increase for Missourians," Rep. Andrew Koenig, a Manchester Republican, said in a recent interview with Missouri Digital News. "That's something I'm going to be opposed to."
While any tax increase faces an uphill fight in Missouri, Kehoe said voters can take solace in the fact that the sales tax hike will expire in 10 years, and during that time the gas tax would be frozen and toll roads would be prohibited.
Meanwhile, numerous Democrats openly criticized the plan over the potential impact of a sales tax increase on those living in poverty. While the state sales tax is currently only 4.225 percent, they point out that in some parts of Jackson County, for example, the tax is already higher than 10 percent.
"There's no doubt we need to increase funding for infrastructure projects. It's a good, smart government investment," said Rep. Jon Carpenter, a Gladstone Democrat. "But there are more equitable ways to pay for it that wouldn't hit low-income folks as hard as a sales tax, which most agree is a regressive form of taxation."
Instead, Carpenter suggested restructuring the state's tax code and reining in tax credits that cost the state more than $600 million last year — fully one-twelfth of the state budget.
If lawmakers had placed the issue on the ballot, it would have saved proponents a lot of money. At the very least, it would have allowed them to focus fundraising efforts on building a campaign war chest to convince voters of the value of the sales tax increase.
Now, they'll have to spend some of that money just to get on the ballot — collecting signatures and, potentially, fending off any legal challenges that usually emerge with high-profile initiative petitions.
Another attempt could be made at swaying the General Assembly, Kehoe said, but "opposition in the Senate isn't going anywhere, so the legislative avenue is likely closed."
If supporters want to get on the November 2014 ballot, there likely isn't enough time to wait on lawmakers anyway, said Bill McKenna, a former Democratic lawmaker and spokesman for the not-for-profit Missouri Transportation Alliance.
"The roads are just getting worse, and we need jobs so bad that we can't wait any longer," he said. "If the legislature wants to pass their own ballot measure, that's fine with us. But we're going to continue to work on our own in the meantime."
The proposed initiative petition has been submitted to the Missouri secretary of state's office, which will write a summary to appear on the ballot. After that, supporters can begin collecting signatures — they'll likely need about 160,000 — to put the measure before voters.
A political action committee called "Missourians for Safe Transportation and New Jobs" has already raised $63,000 for the effort in a little less than a month.
For comparison, the committee advocating for last year's cigarette tax hike raised roughly $5 million for the unsuccessful campaign. In 2010, retired financier Rex Sinquefield spent $11.2 million on the successful ballot initiative that forced a vote on earnings taxes in Kansas City and St. Louis.
Kehoe points out, however, that unlike those campaigns, there has thus far been no organized opposition to the proposed sales tax increase.
While nothing is set in stone, both Kehoe and McKenna agreed that rebuilding I-70 would assuredly be among the top projects funded by an increased sales tax. State transportation officials have warned that the road will be a "gravel parking lot" in less than 20 years if the state doesn't make improvements.
"I don't think it's going to make it 20 years," Kehoe said.
The cost of rebuilding I-70 would depend on the scale of the project. The most likely plan could cost around $1.8 billion and include replacing the pavement along the entire interstate and adding a third lane in each direction.
"It's the main street of our state," McKenna said. "There have been lots of ideas about how to fund it over the years, but right now this ballot measure is probably the only thing on the table."


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The Dairy Farmers of Washington (DFW) are offering a statewide scholarship for high school seniors involved in 4-H or FFA dairy programs. This scholarship will recognize two class of 2017 graduating seniors who exhibit excellence in academics, leadership, passion for the dairy community and commitment to community service.
Two scholarships are available, $1,000 and $500.
Scholarship applicants will be asked to write an essay on their experiences involved with dairy cattle as well as submit photos with their animal. To be eligible for this scholarship the applicant must meet the following requirements:
- Active member of a 4-H or FFA dairy cattle program
- WA high school senior graduating class of 2017
The Dairy Farmers of Washington staff will be attending youth, county and state fairs across Washington this summer to support dairy youth and dairy programs making an impact on the future of leaders in agriculture.
Scott Kinney, DFW CEO, credits his time in 4-H for the values and lessons he still holds to this day. 4-H and FFA youth have a special place in his heart.
"4-H and FFA were important influencers in my life. Both programs offer life-shaping leadership skills and opportunities that I carry with me to this day," said Kinney. "The values of these two organizations run parallel with the heart and soul of our community. I can't imagine a better way to encourage, honor and support young people in Washington state than with the dairy farmer's new scholarship program."
Completed scholarship applications are due by July, 15, 2017 and should be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com. Winners will be announced on August 1, 2017.
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People suffer from various types of eating disorders because of the emotions that they harbor. The mind is directly connected to all the other body functions, and therefore, you can expect it to control everything that you do. These eating disorders can be caused by lifestyle problems too. If you look at a website, you will notice that the problems can be caused by both positive and negative things in your life.
Therefore, you have to know what they are, and how they affect your life so that you can avoid them. Nobody wants to have a bad relationship with food. No matter what you want to achieve in life, it is important to always remember that eating healthily is an important aspect of it. Read these types to know more.
Types of eating disorders
Anorexia nervosa
People who suffer from this disorder do not like the size of their bodies. Most of them think that they are too big and therefore, they should lose weight. They even have a specific number of pounds that they want to shed and go ahead to put in place a weight loss program. Unfortunately, most of them believe that their excessive weight is because of food and so, they try to minimize their eating. These are the kinds of people who will go for an entire day without food. They also will shun specific types of foods with the hope that it will help them to become slimmer. Unknown to them, this could just be the reason why they are still too big.
Bulimia nervosa
Those that suffer from this disorder are the ones that are too much in love with their weight. They like everything about their body, and they would not like it to change. Because of this, they become picky with foods. They want to avoid any food that will make them slim or add weight. This becomes a dangerous trend when it gets so much into their system because sometimes they may fail to eat anything at all because they have not found the kinds of foods that they prefer. Extreme cases are those of people who end up becoming unhealthy because they just stick to a few types of food.
Binge Eating Disorder
This one is the complete opposite of the other two. With this disorder, people tend to eat too much without purging. They just cannot walk past food without taking a bite. Some of them keep making several trips to the fridge to find something to eat when they are at home. This is more of an overindulgence disorder and can lead to obesity or other weight-related problems. These people end up with too many calories in their body because usually, they are not too good at physical exercises.
If you have the symptoms of any of these eating disorders, www.choicesretreats.com/eating-disorders recommends that you should reevaluate your lifestyle. You need to change your mindset too because you should understand the importance of food. Eating a balanced diet, and taking the right portions is what will help you to live that healthy life that everyone yearns for.


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SHOULD a child murderer be tried only as a child in juvenile court or can he be tried as an "adult" in an adult court? Put differently, should a country have two distinct and separate justice systems — one for a child offender, and another for an adult? It is a question that has preoccupied jurists since ancient times.
In 1995, a 15-year-old boy from Somerville, Massachusetts, Edward O'Brien Jr, was accused of murdering a friend's mother by stabbing her 60 times. He pleaded not guilty. The case became the start of a new practice by the state prosecutor — trying young children for murder "as adults in an adult court".
In 1996, a new law was passed in Massachusetts, stating that any person of 14 years of age and above accused of murder would be tried as an adult. The media described this new legal principle as "adult time for adult crime." In jurisdictions where the death penalty has been abolished, conviction for murder means a life sentence without parole. However, in the summer of 2013, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a mandatory life sentence without parole for children is unconstitutional.
Michael O'Keefe, president of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association, wants to retain the prosecutorial discretion to charge young children as adults for murder in appropriate cases. "We need a system where young juveniles who commit very sophisticated murders are not beyond the reach of the law," he said. He wants to have "the flexibility" of charging young children for murder as adults.
In 2013, a Wisconsin judge ruled that two 13-year-old girls accused of attempting to murder a classmate be tried as adults. Under state law, if they are tried and convicted in juvenile court, the two girls will face detention until the age of 18 and then subjected to intense supervision and community services, before they are allowed to return to society. On the other hand, if they are tried and convicted as adults, they face a prison sentence of up to 65 years.
Under Wisconsin state law, any juvenile over 10 years old charged with homicide or attempted homicide is automatically tried in adult court, but defence lawyers may still request a trial in juvenile court if the accused is still under 16 years of age.
Many state jurisdictions in the US allow young children murderers to be tried as adults, including Michigan, Colorado, Missouri, Montana and Ohio. These states allow 12-year-olds charged with serious crimes to be tried in adult court. In other states such as Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Vermont and Wisconsin, children as young as 10 years old can be tried as adults.
In England and Wales, juveniles can be tried as adults in the Crown Court for serious offences such as homicide, certain firearms offences, and grave crimes (including sexual assault and child sex offences).
In June 2017, in the aftermath of the arrest of several individuals suspected of causing the death of bully-victim T. Nhaveen, a senior Malaysian cabinet minister pleaded with the authorities to charge the accused (youths aged between 16 and 18) under the Penal Code and not the Child Act.
In the recent fire tragedy involving a tahfiz school in Kampung Datuk Keramat, where 21 pupils and two wardens perished, two juveniles, both aged 16, were charged on Sept 28, 2017, with 23 counts of murder in a magistrate's court in Kuala Lumpur. The charges, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, carry a mandatory death penalty. No plea was taken and the next mention date was fixed on Nov 28.
As a follow-up to the earlier question, if a juvenile or a child can be tried as an adult in an adult court, can he then be imposed a death sentence like an adult?
In short, should civil societies tolerate the spectacle of execution of children?
In Roper v Simmons (2005), the US Supreme Court held (in a 5:4 majority decision) that it was unconstitutional to impose the death sentence on an individual who was still a minor when he committed the offence. As a result of the Roper decision, 72 juvenile offenders in 12 states on death row were given a new sentence. Prior to that decision, 22 convicted prisoners were executed for crimes committed before they reached 18.
In Malaysia, the Child Act 2001 (Act 611) defines a "child" as any person under 18 years old. If a child has been convicted of an offence carrying the death penalty, the act prohibits the imposition of that penalty if at the time the crime was committed, the accused was still a child. Under Section 97, the child can only detained "at the pleasure" of the king (if the offence was committed in the federal territory) or the ruler of the state (where the offence was committed). Criminal proceedings involving a "child" are regulated under Part X of Act 611.
To sum up, whilst a "child" in Malaysia can be charged as an adult for a serious crime, it would appear that both the procedure and the venue for the ensuing trial will be different from those of an adult, and if at the conclusion of the criminal proceeding, the gravity of the offence requires the imposition of a capital punishment, that, too, cannot be imposed on the child.
Verily, we have two distinct justice systems — one for the adult and another for the child.
Salleh Buang formerly served the Attorney-General's Chambers before he left for practice, the corporate sector and, then, the academia. He can be reached via email@example.com


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Saturday's Reflex Reaction
My friend Mike Gillis at Radio Vs. The Martians dared me to write this one. So blame him.
It started when we were talking about this particular upcoming project.
We were agreed that it would either be genius or it would be terrible, and we were also certain that somehow, some way, it would involve ripped-shirt Kirk.
Then I confessed, "My first reaction– well, current, I'm still having it– was to freeze up in a nerd crisis trying to work out the timeline. Which is sort of pathetic really. I was okay till I got to the part of the synopsis where it mentions Taylor and Nova, and then suddenly my brain went into its ridiculous continuity nerd thing where it goes BUT WAIT– BUT WAIT, THAT CAN'T– NOOOO—" I added, "I don't care exactly, but it's a reflex I don't seem to have any control over."
This led to a conversation about involuntary nerd reflexes and an effort to list examples. At some point I speculated that there was probably a column in that idea and Mike said, "You should totally do that." So here we are.
To expand on the idea I started with, let's talk about the compulsive need that many nerdy types have for continuity-mapping. I suppose there might have been medieval fans arguing over whether or not Shakespeare's plays took place in the same universe or exactly how Merlin's power set differed from Morgan Le Fay's, but really this didn't get formalized until the Baker Street Irregulars. So if continuity nerds irritate you, well, it's the fault of Sherlock Holmes fans, because they started it.
Here's what makes it a reflex. Even those fans– and I'm one of them– who often proclaim that continuity concerns should not drive a story… nevertheless, we all know instantly when someone gets it wrong. The Wrath of Khan is one of my favorite movies, but when Khan says "I never forget a face," I can't help thinking, He never SAW that face. Chekov never met Khan Noonien Singh. "Space Seed" was a first-season episode and Chekov joined the show in Star Trek's second season.
I don't condemn the movie over it, I know it's not important, I forgive this minor gaffe and move on…. but every time, there is that mental moment of NO THAT'S WRONG. It's hard-wired, apparently.
Of course, this leads to another fan reflex. The need to point out the mistake.
In comics this began with the letters pages. For those of you too young to remember back when comic books had letter columns, a recurring feature of them was the smug kid that wrote in to point out an editorial mistake. Here's a typical letters page from that era. Of the nine letters printed, six of them are demanding explanations for various plot holes.
DC Comics editors Julius Schwartz and Mort Weisinger were the most frequent targets of these neener-neener gotcha missives, and as a result there were a lot of pre-emptive explanations of things shoe-horned into DC comics back then (as he found himself being enlarged to giant-size, Jimmy Olsen would blurt, "Good thing that my suit is made of expandable fabric!" That kind of thing.) Weisinger eventually published a Superman story filled with "boo-boos" and dared fans to find all of them.
But there was still something adversarial about it, it was always a bit of a duel. (This is probably due to Mort Weisinger's personality– by all reports, the man had an adversarial approach to everyone he ever met.)
However, Stan Lee over at Marvel had a different notion for dealing with this swarm of youthful pedants that were ready to pounce on any perceived mistake. He hit on the genius idea of enlisting those fans to explain these mistakes with some sort of in-story rationalization and the best explanation got a "no-prize." For a few years there, the winner even got an actual envelope from Marvel filled with…. nothing.
There were a few winners that wrote in after to complain that someone forgot to put the prize in the envelope, since– despite their eagle-eyed examination of everything else in a given Marvel comic book– they'd somehow missed the fact that the thing was named a "NO-prize." But most fans got the joke and it became quite a coveted thing to be a winner of this ephemeral honor.
Marvel doesn't give out no-prizes any more. For that matter, letter columns themselves have largely disappeared. But the impulse to find that in-story explanation for a plot hole remains. Just a few days ago this Gandalf thing popped up all over social media.
The explanation itself is really quite clever– you can find the whole thing here– but the drive that led to that person not only figuring it out but creating the graphic and putting it up on the internet? That's clearly the work of a fan with a burning need to explain these 'seeming' gaffes and make it all work out. Since this really got formalized in the Marvel comics letter columns of the sixties, let's call this particular involuntary reaction the no-prize compulsion.
Here's one anyone on the comics internet will recognize: instant contempt. It's the default reaction for many of us to… well, anything. Before the thing has ever actually materialized, I mean; it happens the second it's announced. Barry Allen returns as the Flash. Marvel's Superior Spider-Man arc. Ben Affleck is cast as Batman. And this has been going on for decades. (I'm old enough to remember the rage that accompanied the announcement of Michael Keaton as Batman.)
In fact, I remember the rage that has accompanied every single casting announcement for every superhero movie ever. (With one exception; no one ever seemed to mind Patrick Stewart as Professor X.) And pretty much every new casting of James Bond is greeted with disgust, as is each new Doctor Who. It goes beyond movies; in comics especially, the announcement of any new anything is greeted with a dour, "It's gonna suck."
The weird part is that I can't figure out where this comes from, because the flip side of this is that fans will forgive anything, a compulsion that seems to go hand-in-hand with the contempt. Star Trek: The Next Generation was a pretty terrible show for its first couple of seasons, with episodes crippled by arbitrary decrees from the producers and incoherent plotting. But we all hung in there with it and persuaded ourselves that it was almost good, there were good parts, it would get better. Well, it took two and a half years, and eventually, yeah, they pulled it out. But nerd forgiveness is what kept that show on the air the first two seasons, because normal people don't do that. Usually, when a viewer decides a series is bad, they don't argue that it has potential and come back week after week anyway. For years.
Only fans do this. Comics, TV, movies, doesn't matter. We can't help ourselves. The wonderful webcomic Our Valued Customers sums it up beautifully with this actual quote:
(By the way, there is now a trade collection of Our Valued Customers with a lot of never-before-seen material that will leave you helpless with laughter; you can find it on Amazon for a very reasonable price.)
But the point is, even if we hate it, we can't walk away. We have to know what's going on. The need to know seems to be hardwired into fan DNA right along with the contempt, which may explain why so many of us are so crabby all the time.
Understand, when I say these things, I don't exclude myself. I bought Batman comics month in and month out for over four decades, and when I finally owned up to the fact that it was absurd to keep spending the money on something I didn't enjoy any longer and it wasn't like I didn't have a houseful of the things already, I still felt ridiculously sad over it. But I resolved then, and I have kept to it, that I'm not going to buy books or go to movies any more that I know going in that I probably will not enjoy. Everyone in the world seems to love Scott Snyder's take on Batman and good for him on doing so well with it. But it's just not for me. Likewise I probably won't be going to see Batman vs. Superman and it's got nothing to do with Ben Affleck: I just don't have any interest in a film building on the version of Superman from Man of Steel. And so on. (I should add that this is not 'instant contempt' as described above– I read Snyder's Batman faithfully up through Night of the Owls and I saw Man of Steel, the Dark Knight trilogy, and Watchmen before making up my mind about Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder.)
But I should also add that it's going to be difficult to skip the new stuff. The itch to know is going to be there despite the common-sense certainty that there's no reason in the world to expect that Batman vs. Superman will make an abrupt left turn into something I'll like a lot.
And that applies to all the reactions I've talked about. Continuity mapping, relentlessly pointing out errors (and then devising fixes for them), constantly skeptical of new things but nevertheless driven to investigate all of them… absolutely, I've experienced every one of those compulsions, reflexes, whatever you want to call them, and often behaved foolishly as a result. I'll own up.
What I'm learning is that I may have involuntary fan reactions like these and others, but I don't have to be ruled by them. I can shake them off and approach my hobbies rationally. Just because I observe some sort of comics-related phenomenon doesn't mean that I have to compulsively pontificate about it and categorize it and overthink it and…
…uh, that is…
….Oh, hell.
Look, Rome wasn't built in a day, okay? I'm getting better about this stuff. I cling to that.
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My aunt died last month. She was only in late fifties, suffering from unknown serious disease after her knee replacement surgery. It was detected, after her death, that it was some unknown type of infection that infected her operated part of the body which could not be detected easily and she suffered a lot and then died. The infection came from Operation Theater.
This incident gave a deep impact in my mind which forces me to probe into the matter. To my surprise according to a study: in Delhi hospitals one in ten patients admitted for serious surgical condition and died , many suffered severe harm due to preventable errors. When I studied further about such type of incident (call it preventable hospital errors), I could find a study says Health care related errors are real and proven in numerous cases continuing their silent killings.
Such errors are not just not doctors and nurses committing mistakes but safe health care are more an administrative and hospital system related issue, hardly any individual doctor or nursing staff is involved in such type of health care errors. Poorly designed, poorly maintained, poorly sanitized hospitals and lack of culture of safety are the main reasons for such deaths. Purchase of substandard or faulty equipments and counterfeit medicines, poor infection control system, lack of communication to patients and their attendants, outdated knowledge of doctors and nursing staff add to it.
Other than this, system related harm is much magnified in India due to its unique, unflattering aspects. For example many private medical colleges, nursing institutions, granting degrees (means license to practice) simply by taking huge sum of money as "fees". Hence hundreds and thousands of health professionals, with lack of basic knowledge of handling patients, are working in hospitals and naturally medical errors happening day in and day out.
Safety in health care became a big issue only after it came under consumer protection act. Which took hospitals, doctors and other staffs legally accountable for their faults? This topic "safety in hospitals" came into focus only in early 2000. Hospitals started getting accreditations, after giving rigorous training of health professionals and staffs. Still there is no serious political commitment at the national or state level for the safety of health care till to date. These are stories of big cities but in small town, block hospitals people have never even heard the word "safe health care".
Culture of quality control and safety are really very challenging. More difficult is to implement it in generally crowded, cramped hospitals. People who suffer most are the poor people of India who get treatment in Government hospitals. They are the worst sufferer of preventable health care errors. To improve the Indian healthcare system a strong political will is needed, generous funds has to be allocated in public health system.
To address the issue of safety health care, we the people of India, have to raise our voice against corruption that sparked the global interest in the rampant practices of kickbacks for referrals, revenue target in corporate hospitals and the capitation fees in private medical colleges in India. Medical Council of India (MCI) was established under the Medical Council Act in 1933 which has the responsibility of maintaining the standard of medical education providing ethical oversight. Later MCI became inactive with the vested interest of politicians, many of whom own private medical colleges. These politicians hounded the whistleblowers who have attempted to raise the question of sanctity of such private medical colleges, leading to mushrooming substandard medical colleges everywhere in India. Result is seen now in hospitals that have become breeding house of death instead of giving life. Study says about five million people suffer every year due to unsafe medical care , although this is only an average data, actual magnitude of data may be many fold than this.
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We live in an old, small house, pretty much in the middle of downtown. Right across from our front yard there's a beautiful park where most of the spring and summer events happen.
We can sit on our front porch and appreciate the music every Wednesday evening, during the spring time. We're also just a few steps away from the two major art fairs that happen in town every year. This is the perfect set up for us, since we don't like to plan things ahead of time, specially on weekends – to me, weekends are meant to be spent with a go with the flow attitude: do whatever we feel like doing, without having to plan ahead for it.
When I came downstairs yesterday morning, I noticed that the park's parking lot (did I mention that the park is across the street from us?) was full. Lots of cars, some with trailers attached. That meant something was going on. So I got closer to the window and from there I could see a few tents set up.
Since the weather was still nice (it wouldn't last, though. It got to 103F in the afternoon), we decided to go check it out. It turns out that the Fall Art Fest(? Fair?) was going on. The first booth we saw, as soon as we got there, was from a couple who sells iron work – garden decor and sculptures.
They had an amazing kinetic sculpture at the front, so we decided to look at the other things they had. That's when I saw her, standing by the side of the booth, almost hidden amongst all the other cool stuff they had – the perfect prop for displaying my shawls when doing a photo shoot: my new model.
I checked the price tag and couldn't believe my eyes. She was being sold for a third of the price of similar ones I've seen before! And I had the money :D! She came home with me and in a few hours she'll be housed upstairs in the one-day-this-will-be-a-studio-room.
I'd like to introduce you to my new model. Seen here displaying Verão, my latest design (soon to be released).
She does an amazing job at modeling, doesn't she? On the next photo we can see her back, and how well she displays the stole.


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If I understand things correctly the ability to link an IFC-file only came around a few years back. Until then you had to open the IFC-file and have Revit generate an rvt-file from it which you then linked to your model (correct me if I'm wrong). So far linking the IFC directly has given me more issues than the "old" way, but I might not be doing it right yet. I would just like to hear peoples opinion on the pros and cons of each - and what method most people prefer. Thank you
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IFC linking does not exist, just like DWG linking does not what you think it does. All it does is convert it to rvt in the background, behind the scenes. The 'ifc' You 'linked' is a rvt with the same name in your project folder. You can open and adjust the rvt like you would do it manually. IFC is hard to work with, even harder to work with that Revit. If your business is geometry i would stick to dwg any day of the week. Export your rvt amd ifc models to 3d dwg to begin with. My humble cent.
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I am a conservative professor, which is almost an oxymoron (no, not a "moron" but an "oxymoron"), so, even if I were not so inclined, I have to be cordial to those with whom I disagree.
The vast majority of professors classify themselves as liberal. In a survey of 1,643 at 183 American universities, 72 percent labeled themselves as "liberal" and 15 percent "conservative." Fifty percent labeled themselves as Democrat and 11 percent Republican.
I could not survive as a university employee if I began calling my colleagues foul names any more than a liberal could survive in most business environments flinging similar language toward his conservative colleagues.
Nonetheless, that is the kind of language frequently exchanged between so-called "friends" on Facebook and other social media. Recently, on the very same day that a liberal professorial friend lamented being called an insulting phrase by one of his online friends, a conservative Kennewick city councilman shared that he was receiving similarly abusive language from his "friends."
I exchanged some ideas as to why this is occurring with another professorial colleague. She conjectured that it is because social media shields us from immediate negative feedback (perhaps a punch in the nose). We aren't even looking someone in the eyes and seeing the hurt that such a statement causes. Perhaps online friendships are too cheap and easy to discard and replace.
I added my hypothesis that the fragmentation of large traditional media into millions of small, specialized information sources — including Facebook itself — has allowed people to mostly surround themselves with information sources with which they agree.
And it's never been easier to selectively expose ourselves primarily to sources that support our perspective of life. That does not seem like such a bad thing. Indeed, as a conservative I celebrated the growth of conservative talk shows and then Fox TV because previously there were very few conservative voices among the media.
However, sociological theory shows that when people are too insulated by a group of people who share their own ideas and perspectives, they can develop a problem called "group think," in which they perceive that almost everyone in the world whom they respect agrees with them. Therefore, anyone who disagrees with them must be an idiot, intellectually retarded, and lacking in common sense.
The rancor between the far left and the far right has spread more recently to include a much larger portion of the population. This has led to name-calling between candidates, violence between followers and hateful rhetoric between social media friends and even family members.
Jesus taught: "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire" (Matthew [KJV] 5:21-22).
Perhaps civil language and simple courtesies are not so simple or unimportant to the Lord.
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I'm still in NYC. My joints are sore, which usually means I'm not sleeping enough. However, I've slept in record amounts of late, so who knows. I'm so glad I brought my cat with me. It's amazing to me how much of a difference it makes to be able to cuddle her whenever I feel myself starting to get agitated. It helps more than I ever imagined. I'm also feeling the benefits of having a small bedroom with an enclosed bed. My room is what was once considered maids quarters, and the bed is embedded in the wall on 3 sides. I pull a curtain for even more privacy, and darkness. It's cozy, but I wish I had a weighted blanket here.
My PC doctor wants me to get my blood pressure checked as soon as I get home. I can tell it's way higher than it should be, and I suspect flying makes it worse. My blood pressure is a direct reflection of my stress levels, and even when I feel like I'm totally winning at a tough challenge, it'll clearly indicate that in reality, I'm suppressing, and paying for it. I burst the blood vessels in my left eye yesterday. That's a pretty clear signal that I need to address it. It's not something that happens often, but it's part of the cost of being black in America.
Being permanently on high alert internally is a low level pain that every person of color lives with in this country. We don't talk about it, but we all know it's there. We don't acknowledge it because it's an inescapable fact of life. We have no idea what it's like not to be on high alert 24/7. We can barely remember those few years of innocence in our childhoods where we were oblivious of institutional racism. We know everyone can relate to our invisible plight on some level, whether or not they choose to acknowledge it.
Gay people understand what it feels like. White people who live in areas of extreme diversity know what it feels like. Women who are afraid to even assess their exhaustion level from overachieving for minimal rewards know what it feels like. Fat people know what it feels like. Deaf people know what it feels like. Transgender people know what it feels like. Chronically ill people know what it feels like. Disabled people know what it feels like. Men who are overwhelmed by the sudden, generalized rage at their very existence know what it feels like. Autistic people know what it feels like. Adults who were interracially adopted as infants know what it feels like. Black people with dark skin know what it feels like. All who are actually living their lives know what it feels like.
What I don't understand, is why we don't embrace our struggles as a species, and hold each other up? Why am I expected to waste my strengths on building myself up in the eyes of an imaginary entity, when I could use them to compensate for a weakness in another? Is it not better that we are both lifted? I know the answer. I've known for some time now. I know that my strengths are nothing if not used to lift those around me. I know that my weaknesses are not my shame, but my connection to another with complementary strength. It's hard to recognize reality when others refuse to see it. But I see it. We are not meant to be so disconnected from each other. It hurts us as a whole. As a whole, we are.


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But unlike collagen, hyaluronic acid is a natural component of the skin -- so no pre-testing is needed and allergic reactions are rare. Patients can be treated on their very first doctor visit
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Restylane, a popular injectable anti-wrinkle treatment, appears to stimulate facial skin cells to make their own collagen, a basic skin protein. This new clinical study finding was reported in the Feb. 20 issue of the Archives of Dermatology, published by the American Medical Association.
The study's finding confirms what Allan Parungao, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon who administers Restylane and Juvéderm, a newer hyaluronic acid injectable facial filler, is seeing in his patients. "In my observation, the longer a patient continues with hyaluronic acid-based facial fillers, the longer the results seem to last," reports Dr. Parungao, author of A Woman's Guide to Cosmetic Breast Surgery and Body Contouring (Addicus Books, 2006).
The clinical study showed that Resytlane's initial anti-wrinkle effect is caused merely by the presence of the filler in the skin. But three or four weeks after treatment, the skin actually begins forming its own new collagen.
What is hyaluronic acid?
"Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring sugar in the skin that holds collagen and elastin together. This essentially provides a framework for the skin," Dr. Parungao explains.
"Injectable fillers such as Restylane and Juvéderm plump the facial skin, adding volume to minimize lines and wrinkles," says Dr. Parungao. "These hyaluronic acid fillers work by pulling water into the skin. Patients notice the results immediately."
"Since the clinical study on Restylane, the FDA has approved Juvéderm, another injectable hyaluronic acid filler," says Dr. Parungao, one of a small group of U.S. physicians chosen to participate in a Juvéderm experience trial before the product was introduced by Allergan in January.
Hyaluronic acid fillers surpass collagen injections.
Hyaluronic acid fillers are extremely popular among busy patients seeking less-invasive procedures to address the signs of aging. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), Americans received more than 1.2 million injectable hyaluronic acid treatments in 2005. Hyaluronic acid injections are normally given every six to 12 months.
Both Restylane and Juvéderm are available in several formulations to treat fine, medium and deep lines and wrinkles. "Hyaluronic acid fillers are commonly used to plump up the nasolabial folds, which extend from the nose to the corners of the mouth, as well as lines in the glabella, or the area between the eyebrows," Dr. Parungao explains.
Another reason for the rise in hyaluronic acid-based fillers: fewer allergic reactions. "Because earlier facial fillers such as collagen were derived from cows, patients had to undergo a pre-treatment skin test for allergies, then make a separate appointment for their first collagen treatment," says Dr. Parungao.
"But unlike collagen, hyaluronic acid is a natural component of the skin -- so no pre-testing is needed and allergic reactions are rare. Patients can be treated on their very first doctor visit," Dr. Parungao explains. And hyaluronic acid poses no risk of transmitting animal diseases by injection.
With the popularity and precision of hyaluronic acid facial fillers, the use of collagen injections has plummeted. The ASAPS reports that 220,000 collagen treatments were administered in 2005 - a 72% decrease from 2004 figures.
For more information on Restylane, visit http://www.parungao.com/restylane. Details on Juvéderm are available at http://www.parungao.com/juvederm.
Allan Parungao, MD, is an Oak Park, Illinois plastic surgeon board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. On Saturday and Sunday, March 3-4, he will offer complimentary five-minute mini-consultations at the Chicagoland Health & Beauty Expo at the Renaissance Convention Center in Schaumburg, Ill. For more information, visit http://www.parungao.com.


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BehavioSense Dashboard
Behavioral Biometric intelligence can be used in different ways.
Policy Overview - last 100 000 sessions
Recent profile activity. Shows the summary status of behavioral policy outcomes for the last 100 000 sessions.
Latest sessions - plot
A plot of the latest sessions, by behavioral score and data confidence. Details can be filtered by tag, date ranges, policies etc.
Session filter
Here you can filter the sessions by tag, date ranges, policies etc.
User ID - Actions
List user centric actions available.
Transaction timeline
Show the ratio of Score / Confidence / Recognition Level overtime. Each dot represents a transaction or a page.
Flag panel indicating if any of the contextual and circumstantial flags are activated.
Session ID actions
List session centric actions available.
Session Details
Detailed view of Device type, Browser, IP-address etc.
Transaction Details
Detailed view of transaction specific Device type, Browser, IP-address etc.
Target Overview
Lists the targets where behavioral biometrics are gathered and individual Score /Confidence / Recognition Ratio results. Additional information contains number of updates and profile training iterations completed.
Target Radar plot
A 2D graphical representation of the statistical scores. Click to view.
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Outsourcing Threat Detection Keeps Corporate Networks Up and Running | Article
This is the second story in a series on data security. Data threats can cripple any network in virtually the blink of an eye. To protect its network, Swift Energy outsources its network monitoring. It didn't take long to discover what a wise decision that was.


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I like these cards...are the letters stickers or stamps? (the different colored ones)ReplyDeleteReplies
Debbie, it was printed on the paper. So I used the card base in the similar tone of light yellow. I think you can stamp the sentiment with any alphabet stamp set in different colors of embossing powder.Delete
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CHATSWORTH, Calif. — New Sensations announced today that it will give away posters and DVD copies of its "Big Lebowski" spoof at this year's Lebowski Fest in Los Angeles.
The annual event, now in its 11th year, takes place March 22 and 23 at the Saban Theater and Fountain Bowl. Information and tickets can be found at LebowskiFest.com.
"'The Big Lebowski' spawned one of the most eccentric and passionate fan bases of any movie produced in the last fifty years," New Sensations President Scott Taylor said. "They were exactly the kind of people we knew would embrace an adult version of the beloved movie."
EntertainmentWeekly.com recently included the porn parody's trailer on its site as part of a special tribute to the Coen brother's classic on its 15th anniversary.
New Sensations released "The Big Lebowski: A XXX Parody" in 2010 to big sales and critical acclaim. The spoof, which starred Tom Byron as the iconic "Dude," was named Parody Release of the Year at the 2011 XBIZ Awards.
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The women have proved in every field of life that they also have the capabilities to fight with the men at the same level. There are some fields where women are playing a better role than men. The only field left was the field of sports and athletics because women are considered to be weaker than men when it comes to talking about the physical sports. But in the recent years, the women have proven that they can even beat the men in the world of sports and athletics.
Today, we are going to talk about the female sports athletes that are known for their strength and conditioning. If you don't have any information about these women, you'll become shocked to see that how well they are doing in the world of sports and athletics. The strength and conditioning is the most amazing thing about these women that will leave you amazed.
If you want to see that how these women made their dreams come true, check out some of their fitness routines. We are sure that you'd find a lot of informational stuff there. Till then, you may take a look at the famous female sports athletes that are known for their strength and conditioning.
Serena Williams
One of the most popular and most beautiful tennis stars. This gorgeous tennis star will dominate your heart when you see her for the first time but when you'd see her performing in the tennis court, you'd become amazed to see the strength and conditioning that she has. Serena Williams has an ideal body and she has struggled a lot in order to build such an incredible body. She has won many women championships as a tennis star. Everyone who has some information about the tennis must have seen this beauty performing on the tennis court.
Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova is another gorgeous and incredible tennis player. She belongs to Russia and she has participated in many tennis championships. She always gives a tough time to the Serena Williams whenever they are both competing with each other. Although she has beautiful eyes, the reason behind her popularity is still her strength and conditioning.
Ronda Rousey
This dangerous lady can take you down within a few seconds. She is a popular wrestler and she has participated in many other sports like judo and martial arts. This lady can break your neck within a few seconds with her strong arms. The muscles she has are not only for show off. Just see her participating in the wrestling show and you'd never dare to say that women can't compete men in wrestling or other relevant sports. Here is the list of female sports athletes known for their strength and conditioning.


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This view of a portion of the Eridania region of Mars shows blocks of deep-basin deposits that have been surrounded and partially buried by younger volcanic deposits.
Ancient Mars may have harbored deep-sea hydrothermal vents, the same type of environment where many scientists think life on Earth got its start, a recent study suggests.
Observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) show evidence of ancient sea-floor hydrothermal deposits within the Eridania basin — a region in the southern hemisphere where some of the Red Planet's most ancient crust is exposed.
The deposits are believed to have formed due to volcanic activity in the planet's crust at the bottom of the basin. Study team members therefore think that hot, mineral-laden water pumped directly into the ancient Martian sea, which probably held 10 times more water than all of North America's Great Lakes combined, NASA officials said. [The Search for Life on Mars (A Photo Timeline) ]
"Even if we never find evidence that there's been life on Mars, this site can tell us about the type of environment where life may have begun on Earth," co-author Paul Niles, a planetary scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, said in a statement . "Volcanic activity combined with standing water provided conditions that were likely similar to conditions that existed on Earth at about the same time — when early life was evolving here."
The Eridania basin of southern Mars is believed to have held a sea about 3.7 billion years ago, with seafloor deposits likely resulting from underwater hydrothermal activity.
Credit: NASA
Researchers estimate that the hydrothermal deposits found within the Eridania basin are approximately 3.7 billion years old. Life got its start on Earth at about that time, and deep-sea hydrothermal environments may have been the cradle. (Although many different life-forms continue to thrive in these environments on Earth today, we are unable to find direct geological evidence preserved from the time when life began because of our planet's active crust, study team members said.)
Similar deep-sea hydrothermal environments found on other worlds — possibly beneath the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus — could facilitate the evolution of extraterrestrial life, according to the statement.
Using data from MRO's Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars instrument, the researchers were able to identify the mix of minerals contained in the deposits , as well as the shape and texture of the thick bedrock layers. Also, the observations show that lava flows buried some of the deposits after the ancient Eridania sea disappeared, which further supports the idea that this region was volcanically active.
As scientists continue to search for signs of past life on Mars, the recent study highlights yet another type of wet environment that may have once existed on Mars.
This diagram illustrates an interpretation for the origin of some deposits in the Eridania basin of southern Mars as resulting from seafloor hydrothermal activity more than 3 billion years ago.
Credit: NASA
"Ancient, deep-water hydrothermal deposits in Eridania basin represent a new category of astrobiological target on Mars," researchers said in the statement. "Eridania seafloor deposits are not only of interest for Mars exploration, they represent a window into early Earth."
Their findings were published online July 10 in the journal Nature Communications .
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Join Timothy Sexton for an in-depth discussion in this video Converting from 16 bit to 8 bit, part of Photoshop Retouching: Beauty Portraits.
From the moment you open an image to process through Capture One or through Camera Raw, …you begin the process of setting up your image for retouching. …In this chapter, we will go over how I set up an image. …Setting up an image correctly is crucial in setting the tone of the image and its workability …as you go through rounds of revisions with your client. …These are the steps I take for introducing images to the world of high fashion and its …partner scrutiny. …As you can see here I have this image in 16-bit depth. …I process in 16-bit depth, because it gives us a much better starting point as opposed …to just starting an 8-bit.…
Although Photoshop is much more workable in 8-bit, and we will be converting to 8-bit, …the transitions between pixels are much smoother when you give yourself this starting point. …I also make a couple moves in 16-bit that help preserve the integrity of the pixels …such as unsharp mask, which I'm going to do right now. …So Filter, I go down to Sharpen and I go right to Unsharp Mask, and I start with this formula …
Next, Timothy delves into several core aspects of retouching—skin, hair, clothing, and body shaping—providing real-world insights and Adobe Photoshop techniques. The course describes ways to enhance eyes and lips, selectively sharpen portions of a photo to draw attention to them, use masks to change the color of clothing, and more. The course concludes with details on how to evaluate your work.
- Working on color, contrast, and tone
- Managing layers
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- Using soft and hard brushes to clean up hair
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Peel potatoes on the sides, leaving the ends with the skin on. Cut the potatoes into 1/3-inch slices and then slice into 1/3-inch sticks.
Fill a large bowl with water and soak potatoes, submerged, for at least 30 minutes up to 24 hours. This will help remove the excess starch from the potatoes and keep them from oxidizing.
Heat a heavy stock pot fitted with a deep-fry thermometer with oil to 325 degrees F.
Remove potatoes from the water, and pat dry to remove excess water. Add 2 handfuls of potatoes to hot oil. There should be at least 1-inch of oil above the potatoes. Par cook until potatoes are light brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove potatoes, gently shaking off excess oil and let drain on rack. Repeat until all of the potatoes are par cooked.
Raise heat of oil to 350 degrees F.
Cook potatoes again, 2 handfuls at a time, until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Remove from oil, shake off excess oil, and season lightly in a bowl with salt and pepper. Repeat until all potatoes are cooked.
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MicroStrategy Recognized as a Top Software Provider for Retailers by Retail Info Systems News
Eight of the Top Ten Global Retailers Use MicroStrategy for Reporting and Analytics
Dec 09, 2010, 05:30 EST
VIENNA, Va., Dec. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it was named by Retail Info Systems (RIS) News to its 2010 Software LeaderBoard, which highlights the top 20 software vendors for retailers.
The RIS Software LeaderBoard compares software companies serving the retail industry in a head-to-head ranking that is based largely on retailer evaluations. According to the RIS 2010 Software LeaderBoard report, the retail IT vendors that comprise the top 20 list have broad and deep strengths, including financial stability, domain experience, budgets for research and development, and a large pool of retail clients from which to determine best practices.
MicroStrategy was ranked in the top 10 in two other categories: Top Software Vendors for Tier One Retailers and Leaders in Product Reliability by Tier One Retailers. Tier One Retailers are defined as retailers with more than $1 billion in annual revenue.
MicroStrategy's business intelligence software is used by retailers worldwide, including Aeropostale, GUESS?, Limited Brands, Lowe's Companies, METRO Group, Pacific Sunwear, Starbucks, and Whole Foods Market. MicroStrategy provides retailers with detailed insight into business performance through user-friendly reports and at-a-glance dashboards that identify key trends and help retailers make data-driven business decisions. With MicroStrategy Mobile, retailers can access timely data on mobile devices, including the iPad and iPhone.
"This is the fourth consecutive year that MicroStrategy has been recognized in the RIS Software LeaderBoard," said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy Chief Operating Officer. "We are delighted that retailers have indicated their preference for MicroStrategy software. Many of the world's largest retailers are MicroStrategy customers, including 8 of the top 10 global retail companies."
To learn more about MicroStrategy for the retail industry, visit Booth #2177 at the National Retail Federation Annual Convention & EXPO, January 10-11, 2011, in New York City.
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Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its ease-of-use, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. MicroStrategy offers free reporting software that can be downloaded from its Website, http://www.microstrategy.com/freereportingsoftware. More information about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is available at www.microstrategy.com.
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As far as I know - there is no right or wrong answer.
This is just an idea to throw around and discuss and see how we feel.
I have been thinking. Based on musical notes having an energy, a feeling (a personality, if you like). Some notes are happy and bright. Some are sombre etc. Now, add to that, the discussion we had regarding Alice in Wonderland, and the signs of the zodiac. Okay... Still with me?
Here we go:
Let's think about the numbers 1 to 7. Let's think about the days of the week Monday to Sunday. Let's think about the seven colours of the rainbow.
Now -can we match them up?
Can we match numbers and days and colours?
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At Lincolnton High School (Lincolnton, NC), students in Ms. Kathy Bosiak's Environmental Science classes field-tested the Materials & the Environment Module. In preparation of their goal of designing a more environmentally-sound potato chip packaging, they investigated and assessed the effects of different materials, such as paper, plastics, steel, aluminum, and glass, on the human environment. Here are some snapshots of their experience:
What types of food packaging produce the least amount of waste?
With cereal, juice, popcorn, and other snacks strewn across their tables, students measure separately the mass of a variety of food products and the mass of the commercial packaging materials that hold them. They then compare the two. Using this kind of data, students can start to analyze and evaluate the impact of food packaging materials on the environment.
Designing better chip packaging
Students design biodegradable potato chip packaging prototypes for their design challenge. The package must protect the potato chips from physical damage and meet other criteria related to biodegradation, size, weight, and cost of materials. Students discuss in groups to decide how best to proceed with their design.
Students get creative in their marketing strategies for their "designer chip packaging" prototypes.
Some student groups pose with their creations.


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I'd like to provide the user with the option to drag an icon for launching the plugin to the Sketch toolbar. Runner has an icon like this, so it seems possible to do. Anyone has an idea how?
PEZ ping @RvRoo (but please note that what they're doing is a big hack and there's no promise it'll work forever )
@ale Forever is a mighty long time. I've actually suggested to @RvRoo to make Runner assist with the task.
And if Sketch would honor the Runner additions to the plugin manifest schema and expose the icons in the regular toolbar management window we wouldn't have to rely on big hacks.
PEZ you might not want to expose all your commands (some of them can be action listeners for example).
So I'm more thinking about exposing an API to be called on your script startup (or whenever really):
require('sketch/ui').registerToolbarAction(context, 'identifier-of-the-command', 'path-to-the-icon')
or similar
That's part of our reflections about "official" UI integrations: https://trello.com/c/SMj6bazu/16-set-of-official-ui-integrations-
mathieudutour Yeah, I shouldn't be suggesting about the API, since I am not knowledgeable enough about the platform. I am confident you will find the right way.
I am however pretty sure that the best user experience here is to let the user configure her toolbar and pick plugin commands the same way as she picks built in ones.
PEZ yep