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Nvidia Claims PS4 Is Only as Good as a "Low-End" PC
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Look what developers have done with the current gen technology. We've seen some remarkable stuff and games from 2006 (bioshock/oblivion) are still playable today. We've arrived at a technological position where most graphics are "good enough" to not be jarring or even quite beautiful.
The ps4 may not be a powerhouse in terms of hardware, but it is a significant step over the ps3 and the 360 and that's saying a LOT considering what we've already been getting this year. But I tell you what, I already have a powerhouse computer, I don't want to spend $1000+ on a ps4 to have two powerhouses and I'm guessing the average console gamer doesn't either. Also, the ps4 is a console and is optimised for that hardware in ways that PCs are absolutely not. Nvidia (my favorite graphics company) is just being dumb if they're treating a console like they are a pc. In reality, we're looking at a middle level console and that will serve us well for what it's for. It will also make all those high end pcs we own a little more worth it.
Whether we like it or not, consoles determine the game market. What does it matter if you have the top of the line pc if games are still going to be made for the consoles? I don't expect Microsoft or Sony to be at the top, but I'm just glad they're both taking a positive step in the right direction.
Take a look at the ps3 vs. ps4. It's a world of difference:
Again, keep in mind the kind of games that the ps3 is already capable of and then imagine that kind of hardware upgrade. Also, look at the ps3's specs and realise what it can do despite being nothing compared to today's market. That should show you what kind of a difference console optimization can make when the PS3 can play something like Skyrim on 512Mbs of RAM and a 7 year-old cpu (the problem it had at launch was the processor's division of asset categories rather than a hardware quality failure, something they're moving away from this generation).
Man I got a xbox 360 and honestly its shit.
I used to play at 5760x1080 and currently 2560x1440 so when a console cant even handle 720p its embarrassing.
Yes I know ps4 will be more powerful then ps3 (Otherwise it would be even more of a failure) but if they are already making a pretty weak console, then I cant imagine how weak it will be in 5 years, or in 8 years and its sad ps4 will not have a ssd imo.
And yes I have really noticed that consoles is dragging pc gaming down just compare Crysis 1/Warhead compared to Crysis 2.
Well think of it this way... the Xbox 360 is running 512 mb of RAM and a modified Radeon x1900, which, if put in a PC, would not render games at the same levels as the console, yet was able to run games having them look almost the same as their PC version counterparts (if you discount the whole FPS gap). How many PCs do you know of that are "low-end" that can run Just Cause 2 consistently at 720p at the same graphics settings as on the Xbox? And the PS4 will have 16x the RAM that is GDDR5 memory type (so very high memory bandwith and all dedicated to graphics) when there are some PC graphics cards that can run games at 1080p at 40+ FPS with 1 to 1.5 gb DDR3 (GTX 295, GTX 280) and a MUCH lower clock speed. So imagine just what the PS4 can do since it is DEDICATED to games (mostly) and will probably render them at 720p. Just think of the implications of this! They say the GPU power of the PS3 is about on par with a 7850, and that's enough to run any game now at 1080p with high to max settings with fluid FPS. So how is it a lie that the PS4 is anything but at least CLOSE to high end?
It is, now. Back then it was amazing. They've needed this upgrade for some time now.
Who says it won't have an SSD? I already have one in my ps3. It just won't be sold with one because that would add a lot of cash for less storage space. Price control is pretty strong on their mind.
Yeah, it's been rough knowing that they were holding things back. But this jump in technology is significant and will really show. I don't think we'll notice it being as weak in 5 years as we noticed with the ps3. That's simply because a lot of the technologies they were experimenting in were new back then but well established now. Even the Bluray player is becoming better and that was infuriatingly necessary.
"if put in a PC, would not render games at the same levels as the console, yet was able to run games having them look almost the same as their PC version counterparts" Thats not even close to true considering most people are not even playing at 720p on pc.
And the ps4 will share the ram so no it will not 8gb dedicated to vram since that would be so overkill. Do you even know what vram does? (Hint if the gpu is lagging having 8gb vram will not help at all.)¨
And if they ps4 will render games at 720p then Im going to be a bit sick since that will affect pc games.
And most low end computers have no problem running Just cause 2 at 720p 30fps.
And no I do not think it was amazing when they released xbox 360.
Except in 5-8 years we will be using dx12/13/14 so yeah it will affect pc gaming, the same way that most games still uses dx9 since thats what the xbox 360 can handle.
And a weak cpu will affect so many things so yay for bad AI and shit.
I know what Vram does. Like having a 4 gb gt 630 will make no difference from a gt 630 with 1 gb (except at higher resolutions/AF, but the difference in FPS will be marginal at best because of their clock speed). But the fact remains that the 8 gigs will be helpful to rendering games and the power is said to be on par with a 7850 (which can, as stated, run games at 1080p at max or near max settings at fluid FPS levels). The 8 gigs must be for 4k video because that much resolution would need it, but having extra memory can't be HARMFUL to games can it? No it can't. And the fact is that 8 gigs is still 16x more than 512 mb, so it will be able to handle more tasks and handle MUCH more high-resolution textures.
Again, it's not 8gb vram. It's 8gb RAM that will be split.
Do you honestly expect them to play at 4k resolution?
About your edit. I never said anything about using xbox 360 gpu to play game on computer so I do not really understand your edit since I said low spec comps, not pc with xbox 360 gpu.
So if you ignore the almost flat 2x higher performance + higher resolution settings? Other factors such as reduced load times, greater draw-distance capabilities and running other programs simultaneously.
The 'power' of the console isn't in its sleek streamlined design, it's in how the games for it are designed specifically with that console's capabilities in mind. This does allow designers to maximize the console's potential but the maximum of a console is 'average' (at best) to current gaming PCs.
This is also combined with the accelerated improvements in technology. I imagine it has a lot to do with the console companies faffing about with motion sensor hardware, blowing all their R&D budget on something that their most profitable and long-term consumers saw resulting in a flop (which it has).
It's sad that he has to tell this to people who won't do research themselves. No wait, it's just sad that those people exist, I remember the twitter feed during the conference
"PC is finished!"
I never said GAMES will be at 4k, I said VIDEOS. And "low-spec" is very subjective. I could say a computer with an i5, 16 gigs of ram and a gtx 580 is low spec because there are computers out there with 4 gtx titans, an overclocked i7 and 64+ gigs of ram. When I say "low-spec" i'm referring to pre-made standard computers most families and offices buy. They MAY run Just Cause 2, but not even at 720p resolution could they match the settings on the Xbox 360, and what I was saying was that you need to take into account that since a PS4 will not have an OS hogging up resources the things it can do will WELL exceed a typical low-end PC and even mid-to-high end systems with i3s and slower-clocked i5s with radeon hd 7750s/7850s/gtx 650s/gtx 650 tis because of how much the games can be optimized for the specs provided (and they are high even by PC standards). This guy from Nvidia obviously thinks anything below a GTX 680 is low-end.
well your sort of wrong actually. bad hardware doesn't only limit graphics, but also how manny objects you can have on screen. by putting everything in corridors it's easier to run it. I'm kinda upset with how bad the specs are, not because i care about graphics, but because i care about games.
did that guy just say the PS4 is at best a low end PC?
things just got heated!
But seriously, So what if the PS4 is going to be qualified as a "low to mid" PC, When I want to play games on my computer I play them on my computer. If my computer can't handle it or run it smoothly to point it's playable that's when I bust out the console.
I don't care WHAT plays the game as long it can play it wither it's a console or PC.
It's simple as that.
What I mean is with the shaders, dynamic shadows, and motion blur, the games on xbox 360 and a PC look about the same in terms of screenshots. I've seen plenty of videos pitting PC with max settings against console quality and even side-by-side the way they look in terms of picture is not that much different from each other. I can tell the difference, as I can see by comparing Borderlands 2 on highest settings to the console counterpart, but the difference isn't some HUGE, CAVERNOUS gap that some people make it out to be.
But what I am saying is that with rendering at 720p with a gpu about on par with a 7850, games will look better than they do on current high-end (meaning stuff running 650ti's and up) PCs due to the optimization we will see. The optimization will make games look really great. So it's innacurate to say that the ps4 is on par with a low end PC (I'm pretty sure it can out-perform anything you can get at Fry's for less than $1000) it's about on par with a high-end PC because its GPU specs are on par with a GPU that can render games at 1080p with fluid FPS. So imagine how much fancy graphics they'd be able to pack into a game when they don't even HAVE to go to 1080p when they easily can with today's games.
Most consoles are low end gamer PCs, only through intense optimization can they do what they do. A shame the PC has less than half that optimization focus...
Fair enough, "amazing" was a bit too strong. It was quite good and jettisoned gaming forward by a fair margin over the ps2 and the 360. Am I the only person who played bioshock and was like, "Well, damn, we're really getting somewhere now"?
I didn't say it wouldn't affect pc gaming. Of course it will. My comment is that this current generation was already getting remarkable but hit a wall somewhere (I'd say Bethesda's Skyrim showed us the bottom of the PS3's barrel). These systems may be a large enough step in the right direction to start getting to a point where a new console would have a significantly diminished return. In five years we will see the same sort of thing, yes, but it hopefully won't be nearly as bad as this time around. We're talking about a system that is already several TIMES better than the ps3 on paper.
We should also be more excited about Steam and its foray into home console's. I mean, that x13 is a joke (high price for a middle/low machine with severe storage limitations), but it looks like Steam may have other things in mind that could give pc a real competitive edge in the living room. We don't even need just one big player to get in the game to help with competition, a lot of small ones would serve that purpose.
This is why I'm an advocate for making the major components of consoles upgradeable. It would seriously extend their console lifespan and help prevent these major console launches from breaking their bank and being so risky. We'll see though.
As for bad AI, some interesting AI has already been done in this generation, do you honestly have a firm grasp on what these kinds of specs are capable of? I can't say I really do because we're still in a generation tethered to the ps3 and 360, but if you really know what it can handle then please divulge.
this guy does know that the people that want a PS4 don't care right?
I'm sorry but I'm saving this bear pic. *puts in pocket
But yes, if anyone needs me, I'll be in mai flame bunker
PC pros:
More open platform
PC cons:
Console pros:
Ease of access
Console cons:
Hardware becomes dated
Bam, argument done.
They both have pros and cons, and many game on both. Can we just end this please?
In the early days of gaming, consoles were compared to arcade machines. So if a console delivered an arcade-like experience into your living room, it was considered a great console.
Today, many of the console games play like PC games. The comparison is no longer with arcade games, but PC games.
I miss arcade-style gameplay and there's no reason why the PS4 won't be able to deliver this. However, the price is always the caveat - I can't see paying 600 when I can pay someone else 600 and have them make a PC that would outdo the PS4.
Very interesting times we live in for sure. I can give a 1000 to one of my in-laws and have him design me a machine that would destroy the PS4 and PS5 (if that ever happened).
He's just butthurt because of this
Besides, consoles aren't supposed to be on par with PCs, that's why they cost so much less. And it's ridiculous that this guy would expect them to be on the same level.
The holster problem in ME games is a limit of the game engine, a little extra time could have solved that problem. The player cap is more to do with server bandwidth, fixed limit ensures a smoother game for all. I'm sure that if CCP's deadlines permitted it, they could have made lava work. The PC's then equivalent video card could do lava. Maybe their (CCP) coders weren't up to snuff.
Id say more like mid-range PC than low-end one, but the PCs will continue to go ahead while PS4 wont.
He works for Nvidia. He is Elite.
No. they explicitly said they had to remove a already made lava and gas environment because PS3 couldnt handle it. SUre, you can optimize to eternity, but the gain/time spent is really turning impossible there. some people that worked on it for 5 years + (naughty dog) already know most of the tricks and thats the only reason thier games look good - they have been optimizing for 5 years. how many games have 5 years now?
Absolute nonsense. Engines don't have the same limits hardware does, and certainly not these frivolous limits of 256mb system memory or anything like that, which is what directly limits developers' ability to put in animations/textures/objects/whatever.
Of course, it can't be the hardware. Because god knows, having bigger maps and more than twice the amount of players doesn't affect hardware performance, just bandwidth.
Well, I'm sure some form of it could be done (as "lava" has been "done" in Super Mario Bros), but certainly nothing that would be awesome, and I'm curious as to why you think it's better to waste developers' resources on optimization - which, by the way, you simply assume is going to do much - as opposed to have them move on to better hardware and do that shit in half the time, better, and move on to other stuff.
...What's that about the PC's "then equivalent video card"?
Did you miss the question I asked you? Is there a concept of limitations of hardware that you're actually using in opposition to design problems, or are you just going to say it's the developer's fault no matter what? Because the latter is what you seem to be doing right now, and not in a particularly sophisticated manner either, I might add.
Can you clarify exactly what you mean by "arcade-style"? Consoles have met and exceeded capabilities of arcades. I know it's hard to remember, but arcades used to be the biggest and best. Nowadays there's not much an arcade can do that a console can't blow out of the water with just a disk.
Good luck doing that. I assume that $600 is to pay a thief to steal over $1,000 in pc components? As I'll explain fully below, console specs are not the same as pc specs.
Consoles and PCs are not equivalent. You can slap the exact same hardware in both machines and would wind up with the console out-performing the pc by a fair margin because consoles are entirely optimized for gaming. It's why they don't have huge resource hogging operating systems and word processing and the like. So they aren't equivalent. Point and case, understand that the ps3 is currently capable of handling Skyrim on 512Mbs of RAM that is partitioned into two 256Mb sections, one that is 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz, mind you. Keep in mind that the minimum pc requirement for Skyrim is 2GBs of RAM and a dual core 2GHz processor and at least a (DX9c) 512Gb RAM video card.
I use Skyrim as the example because it was very popular and very pretty. It is also the reason why I turned to computer gaming and built my dream machine (Yes, for around $1,000). But it wasn't because the ps3 was weak, it was because Sony decided to use proprietary hardware that forced developers to break their game assets up in to categories and Skyrim is a game where these assets are liable to bloat. Problem is, if any one of those asset categories are bloated things start to go wrong and the system eventually crashes. This went on for six months after Skyrim's release and, being a software tester, I completely understood the problem before the developers announced it 4 months into the debacle (it was a former New Vegas developer, I believe). To the point where I stated the problem online within a month of launch and then advised players on how to avoid bloating if they want to play the game while waiting for a patch. The patches only got the assets squared away as best as possible to make the game entirely playable but this is likely why there will be no DLC for the ps3 because it would easily knock those categories out. That's a problem with design limitations rather than hardware power. They did not foresee a Skyrim or a Rage with files too big to fit into any one category. But, I guess no one's talking about that? Maybe they'll fully admit it after the PS4 is released with standard hardware that won't have that problem.
We use our ps3 for home entertainment (Netflix, movies, hulu plus), personal gaming, and group gaming with friends over. Those are things that my pc is able to handle (except group gaming), but that I wouldn't want it doing full-time like I do with a console. Let alone in the living room.
What's laughable is that NVidia completely understands the difference between consoles and pc's, they're just lashing out. They're not sounding elitist to me, they're sounding bitter.
If the PS4 doesn't make full use of my non existent 4K TV screen, then it is dead in the water.
System specs involve every element of gaming, not just graphics but the way objects behave. I think the listed specs will drastically improve games that rely heavily on physics, graphics, or AI as well as a few other components. The read speed of the bluray reader alone should make the experience better.
It is really flawed to reduce specs to just graphics or to call someone a graphiophile for wanting better specs. There are games it won't make any difference in but it will make a difference in nearly every AAA title.
I'm really not seeing the debate here.
A $400 black box is less powerful than a $600 computer.
... Surprise?!
Sony will likely continue the tradition of selling the Playstation for a loss, and making money on game licensing.
So, the "Parts cost" of the PS4 will likely be higher than it's retail price.
However, the games are more expensive. But, console users apparently regard $60 as a reasonable price to pay for a few hours of entertainment. So, no biggie there.
PC is always going to be more powerful.
There is absolutely no debate to that. If you think there is, you're simply not understanding the nature of hardware.
People who want to spend thousands of dollars on gaming are going to be into it more than those who are content to stick with their $400 boxes.
Is that such a bad thing?
It's like arguing that because you have an MP3 player and some cheap ear buds you should be getting as much out of it as a guy who has a several thousand dollar sound system.
That's like saying that yacht owners aren't élitists because anyone is free to buy a yacht. I don't know what money means to you, but for me, a €700 new laptop was a major investment.
Pretty much this. When AMD say that the PS4 is shit, I may listen. But disparaging remarks from the only competitor? Yeah, I'll take that crap about as seriously as a Boeing exec calling Airbus dodgy.
Didn't Jim already cover this in an Jimquisition episode?
When you don't get a solid 60 FPS, you are supposed turn down the settings until you do. Get your priorities straight! :P
For fuck's sake, people, stop saying 'VRAM'. VRAM hasn't been used for around 15 years.
Do not make me break out the Inigo Montoya pics.
So how can the PS3 do a game like Metal Gear Solid, but not have a few extra polys for a simple holster in ME3?
You know why multiplayer maps are small? To keep the action going at a steady pace so the customers attention spans don't force them to go do something else.
Aliens: Colonial Marines. They rushed it to get it out on time. As the recent patch proves, if they had more time they would have gotten it right.
I thought it was pretty self explanatory. A P.C video card that best matches the video card in the PS3.
When devs get the specs of the hardware they are dealing with, they will have had a general idea to what they can and can't do before they sit down to code the game. If they want to put something in they should figure out how to do it right or cut it out entirely.
As much as I would like to chalk this up to an employee of nVidia just making disparaging comments about a new system based on AMD/ATI technology he makes a valid point. The only things consoles have to offer these days is exclusive titles, which is a system I think should be done away with. My current PCs can do anything the the PS4 will do, the only difference being that I will not have all the systems made by one manufacturer and thus better integrated. On the plus side, with PS4 moving towards a more computer like architecture (as opposed to the cell processors) maybe it will make companies more interested in PC ports of popular games, due to reduced cost of production.
...A few extra polys? Polycounts apply to models and not animations, and as to why, an animation in an HD game can take anywhere up to a couple/several megabytes, which, when you're working with machines that have, say, 2x256mb RAM, that one animation for one model can literally take up 1% of its memory on its own. When you're working with dozens and dozens of models and animations, that is absolutely massive; the memory of these current gen consoles is simply pathetic.
I guess with loads more work being wasted, it could work. I don't know why the hell you'd want developers to waste their time having to cram in a single animation, though, never mind anything bigger.
At 64 players versus 24 players there is more action as the maps are more densely populated with players. Yes, even the ones that were cut down in size in the console version. Your posts have all been generic, vague and presumptuous, but you're just spewing nonsense at this point.
The fuck does that have to do with anything? "W-w-well this other game got a patch therefore all other games can be fixed by simply patching them"?
I will agree that some things can be patched, but there are hard limits to what the hardware can achieve, and the closer you get to that limit the less efficient development becomes as you get more and more bogged down in optimization.
And the point you were making was what, exactly?
O...Kay? Now that you finally acknowledge that the consoles aren't some limitless abstraction where only design is the problem with performance, let's go back to an earlier post of yours, please explain it to me.
Now I mentioned a whole bunch of things that are a result purely of the consoles' limited hardware power. You say that somehow that's a design problem. Explain the thought process to me.
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The most anxiously awaited election in Israel's history ended with an indecisiveness that has frustrated the public and will complicate solutions to pressing domestic, economic, and foreign-policy problems.
The outcome could mean new elections in a few months' time. It also leaves unresolved bitter ethnic and political splits revealed in a race that Israel's two big parties billed as crucial for the country's future.
Although a dramatic comeback netted the opposition Labor Party 49 seats in parliament (based on computer projections and as-yet incomplete results), analysts give Prime Minister Menachem Begin's Likud coalition, with 48 seats, the best chance to form a government in the 120- seat Knesset.
The most obvious coaliton partner, a bloc of two religious parties holding 11 seats, already serves in Mr. Begin's government. Begin can almost surely offer it -- along with a small breakaway ethnic-religious party with two seats -- a more tempting deal than can Labor, thus achieving a slim majority of 61 seats.
Coalition negotiations are likely to continue for about two weeks before Israeli President Yitzhak Navon calls on one major party leader to form a government. But Prime Minister Begin is pressing to close the deal with the religious parties as soon as possible in order to prove that he has the political situation under control. If he succeeds, he will become Israel's first minority prime minister.
The closeness of the race indicates the public's belief in the "critical" nature of the election. Third-party strength dropped sharply as voters heeded the two big parties' urgings to make their votes count.
The strong showing of the two major parties underlined a deepening split in the Israeli electorate. Labor, perceived as the bastion of middle-class Israelis of European origin, returned only to the number of seats it held in 1973. A post-1973-war antiestablishment back- lash dropped it down to 32 seats in 1977.
But the right-wing Likud, backed strongly by Israelis who came from arabic-speaking countries, continues an upward trend. It has gained 20 percent in strength since 1973 and gone from 43 seats in 1977 to 48 this time.
Whichever side is not requested to form the government will be deeply frustrated. However, Mr. Begin has made it clear that he would not regard a minority government as limited in its authority. He told reporters, "Such a government has full powers [according to] to Constitution . . . to do what is necessary for the welfare of the State of Israel."
Analysts here are divided, however, as to whether a government with a probable majority of one seat will be able to withstand internal and international pressures. (Two other small parties that might sympathize with the Likud on some issues -- Moshe Dayan's Telem with one seat, and the rignt-wing Tehiya, with two seats -- are unlikely to join a Likud coalition.)
Former Likud Justice Minister Shmuel Tamir, who served in the last Begin government when its majority fell to 61 seats -- necessitating new elections -- says such a situation is "not too stable. You are open to pressures from various groups within the coalition, especially on the economy and foreign affairs, where Israel will face very difficult problems in the months ahead."
Many Israeli economists believe that pre- election Likud policies will ultimately lead to an inflation explosion. They cite such policies as large-scale subsidies of basic commodities and gasoline to keep prices down, as well as cuts in taxes on luxury consumer goods.
This could cause tension within the liberal wing of the Likud coalition. Moreover, resumption of moribund talks with Egypt over autonomy for the Palestinians of the occupied West Bank and Gaza -- postpone until after the election -- could cause additional tension within the party.
However, other analysts note that the Likud has served almost four years after similar doubts were expressed about the party in 1977. They say the Likud's success will probably depend on Mr. Begin's health and determination -- both of which showed ups and downs in those four years. Some analysts believe the government's weakness would actually head off pressure from the US, for the fall of the government once again could delay diplomatic maneuvers over the occupied territory.
In the unlikely even Labor could win over one or both religious parties, its coalition -- which may have to depend on tacit support from the Israeli Communist Party -- would be even weaker than the Likud's. Many analysts believe that Labor will simply sit back and wait for economic or foreign policy issues to bring the Likud down.
There has been some talk of a national unity government embracing both large parties. But the acrimony between Mr. Peres and Mr. Begin, and the gulf dividing their respective parties' outlooks, makes this unlikely. However, when queried by reporters, Labor leader's Shimon Peres did not categorically rule this out.

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Challenge students to express the results of their experiments in mathematical terms.
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Electric Power: Extending the Gradient Concept to a New Context
The gradients (or slopes) of graph lines can generally describe the rate of change of any variable plotted on a y-axis with respect to the change in a related variable plotted on the x-axis. Speed and acceleration are only two of the many kinds of rates that can be determined in this way. Ask your students to use the gradient concept to answer the following questions in a totally different context: The power (P) that we buy from our local electric company is defined as the rate of change of energy (E) with respect to a change in time (T). How many kilowatts of power, therefore, are needed to run your hair dryer if it uses energy at a rate suggested by the following set of data: (E1 = 150 j, T1 = 30 sec), (E2 = 300 j, T2 = 60 sec), (E3 = 450 j, T3 = 90 sec), (E4 = 600 j, T4 = 120 sec), and (E5 = 750 j, T5 = 150 sec). Students should use these figures to create a graph with energy (E) represented on the y-axis and time (T) represented on the x-axis. Then they should calculate the gradient of the resulting line to determine the power (P). Note: Power is measured in kilowatts, energy in joules (j), and time in seconds (sec).
Defining Terms
Have your students write definitions for the following terms and explain how they are related to each other: acceleration, constant speed, terminal speed, balanced forces, unbalanced forces, force, opposing force.
Experiments with Motion
Robert Gardner. Enslow, 1995.
Easy-to-do experiments better illustrate the text and allow a student to understand Newton's Laws of Motion and their application to space flight as well as to the movement of animals and vehicles. Diagrams, explicit lists of materials needed, answers to puzzles, and a bibliography contribute to the usefulness of this work.
Mechanics Fundamentals
Robert W. Wood. Learning Triangle Press/McGraw-Hill, 1996.
Important principles of physics, specifically relating to the effect of forces on objects at rest or in motion, are explained through the simple-to-perform experiments in this book. Line drawings illustrate all experiments and a glossary explains new terms.
Describing Motion with Position vs. Time Graphs
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Describing Motion with Velocity vs. Time Graphs
The next step to understanding the study of moving things ("kinematics") is a tour of the chapter on Velocity to Time graphs at Tom Henderson's multimedia physics text web site.
Virtual Motion Graphs Lab
An interactive virtual graphing lab includes a printable guide that allows the student to vary the magnitude and direction of velocity data and instantly see what happens to the shapes of the position to time and acceleration to time graphs.
Free Body Diagrams or FBD's
Learn to predict whether or not a body will move with constant velocity or acceleration, by constructing Free Body Diagrams that identify of all the forces acting on the body and their net effect on motion.
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Context: A car will accelerate when the forces propelling it forward are stronger than the forces attempting to slow it down.
Context: On a distance-versus-time graph for a moving object, the gradient is equal to the speed of the object.
Context: The motion of a car can be represented on a graph with position plotted on the y-axis and time on the x-axis.
Context: Not long after she jumped out of the airplane, the skydiver reached her terminal speed.
This lesson plan may be used to address the academic standards listed below. These standards are drawn from Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education: 2nd Edition and have been provided courtesy of theMid-continent Research for Education and Learningin Aurora, Colorado.
Grade level: 6-8, 9-12
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Understands motion and the principles that explain it.
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Knows that an object's motion can be described and represented graphically according to its position, direction of motion, and speed.
Benchmark 6-8:
Understands effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on an object's motion (e.g., if more than one force acts on an object along a straight line, then the forces will reinforce or cancel one another, depending on their direction and magnitude; unbalanced forces such as friction will cause changes in the speed or direction on an object's motion).
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Knows that laws of motion can be used to determine the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
Grade level: 9-12
Subject area: mathematics
Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of functions and algebra.
Understands properties of graphs and the relationship between a graph and its corresponding expression (e.g., maximum and minimum points).
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Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of measurement.
Solves problems involving rate as a measure (e.g., velocity, acceleration).
Grade level: 9-12
Subject area: mathematics
Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of geometry.
Uses synthetic (i.e., pictorial) representations and analytic (i.e., coordinate) methods to solve problems involving symmetry and transformations of figures (e.g., problems involving distance, midpoint, and slope; determination of symmetry with respect to a point or line).
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I recently compiled a small survey to try and find out a bit more about how people book their self catering holidays as obviously this affects how and where we advertise Eco-Gites of Lenault. It also came on the back of big changes taking place at one of the main booking sites we use, Owners Direct. Whilst some improvements will benefit owners like us many others will not. We are particularly unhappy with:
Instant QuotesOwners Direct will soon be giving Instant Quotes to holiday makers based on the information we input onto our site. However this will not be able to take account of variations in price based on so many factors such as different rates for short breaks, special offers and different prices for different numbers of people staying. We simply cannot understand why Owners Direct want to do this. The whole ethos of Owners Direct is that holiday makers deal directly with the owner without any middle man. In the past this has worked very well for holiday makers and owners alike.
Book Now ButtonsHoliday makers will be able to hit a book now button and book their holiday without any contact first with the owner. This may involve a booking fee/commission added on to this price.
Tiered advertising feesAt the moment when a holiday maker puts in their search criteria to Owners Direct a random list of suitable properties comes up but soon this list will be affected by a number of things. Some make sense i.e. the quality of the advert, whether the availability calendar is regularly updated and properties with good reviews appearing higher up lists (although the latter is unfair if you are just starting out and have no reviews). Some are less fair and/or it is less clear if they will be used i.e. properties that allow credit card payments may appear higher up the lists. There is, however, one factor that is completely unfair - owners will be able to pay for 5 levels of advertisement from the current classic listing (just under £300 per year) through bronze, silver, gold and up to platinum. The more you pay, the higher you appear in the listings. A platinum listing will cost just short of £900 per year. This amount is completely beyond the reach of most owners like us but is within the budget of the agencies who are now also allowed to advertise on Owners Direct.
With these changes afoot I compiled the survey to try and glean a bit more information about how people like to book their self catering holidays. Thank you to everyone who kindly filled it in. Some results really jumped out at me:
Book Now ButtonsWe are on one site with a book now button and have just, last night, received our first booking through the site. I do, however, wonder if people actually don't like this method and do like to talk to the owner before parting with what can be a considerable sum of money.
Would you use a Book Now button?
36.1% - No
32.3% -Maybe
31.9% - Yes
What attracts holiday makers to a particular holiday rental site?What do people like about the particular sites they use to book a holiday?
Thinking about the rental site you go to first when looking for a holiday, why do you choose this site?
50.6% - Deal direct with the owner
30.5% - Do not pay commission
22.5% - Other
19.5% - My payment is protected
Finding propertiesHow do holiday makers like their search results to be listed?
By what method do you like your searches to appear on a holiday rental site after you have clicked on your criteria? (Multiple choice)
72.2% - Random list
69.1% - Those with better reviews at the top
5.6% - Those which accept credit/debit card payments at the top
1.9% - Those properties where owners have paid more to be listed higher at the top
Which of the above points do you most like?
50.6% - Reviews
48.8% - Random
0.6% - Credit/debit card
0% - Tiered
CommissionIn these financially hard times would people prefer to pay commission and in doing so protect their holiday from, for example, scammers or misrepresented properties?
How do you feel about paying commission on your holiday?
63.9% - I dislike paying commission
36.1% - I don't mind paying it if it gives my booking security
SummaryFrom my (probably not at all statistically significant) survey I can conclude that:
- There are mixed views on using a book now button
- Over 50% of respondents want to deal direct with the owner
- Having lists of properties appear either randomly or those with good reviews first are preferred and NO-ONE wanted them according to how much the advertiser had paid
- Almost 2/3 of holiday makers do not like paying commission.
All in all then, Owners Direct are not heading in a direction that suits many holiday makers and owners like us. We have until our subscription runs out at the end of the year to see how they perform for us but in the meantime, myself a group of friends are getting together to offer a new way to book your holiday - via Facebook.
We have created a Group where owners can promote their properties and holiday makers can search through the properties, which are grouped according to location and type. They can also put a call out on the group for a particular type of holiday. It's called "Book your Holiday Direct with the Owner". Do head on over and join if you either book self catering/B&B holidays or provide these in the UK or France. All holidays advertised will be commission free and you'll get to talk directly with the owner before making you final decision.


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DETROIT (AP) — New vehicles and lower prices helped Volkswagen AG to its best U.S. sales year ever in 2012. But it has even bigger plans.
Volkswagen — which is made up of the Volkswagen, Audi and ultra-luxury Bentley, Lamborghini and Bugatti brands — wants to nearly double its U.S. sales to 1 million by 2018, as part of a larger plan to reach 10 million sales worldwide.
Auto companies are often reluctant to set public sales targets for fear they won't meet them. But Volkswagen Group of America chief Jonathan Browning said Volkswagen made its growth plan public in 2007 so employees would feel accountable and speed up plans for new products and factories.
It worked. The Volkswagen brand is seeing its biggest U.S. sales since the early 1970s after reengineering its products for the U.S. market and lowering prices by a few thousand dollars. Volkswagen opened a new factory in Tennessee in 2011 and will open a new engine plant in Mexico this week to meet demand.
"The major motivation was to really give a very, very clear signal to the internal organization that business as usual won't deliver that sort of sales," Browning said. "We couldn't carry on as we had been at that time and expect the results to flow."
Browning talked with The Associated Press this week at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Here are three questions and his answers.
Q. Critics complained that Volkswagen used cheaper materials and changed the driving feel when it released the latest, lower-priced Jetta and Passat for the U.S. market. But sales are way up. What do you say to that?
Browning: "I think first of all, when you look at Jetta, people tended to focus on a singular part of the plan, which was a new entry price, and maybe focused too much on the price point as opposed to what the entire vehicle lineup represented. We always were going to introduce the GLI, the top of the Jetta lineup, which is the enthusiast's vehicle.
There is an array of customers in the marketplace, some of whom want basic transportation for the everyday commute, some who are more active drivers, more enthusiastic. And so what we were doing was opening up the brand to a broader community of customers. And I think that's what we've really seen play out.
VW is a brand is very well accepted by many, many American customers. What was happening, though, was a lot of people were not putting VW on their shopping lists when it came to going to look for a vehicle because there was a perception that it was somehow out of reach from either a cost or an ability to fund ongoing cost of ownership. And I think what we've done it taken the VW brand as being perceived as something that's out of reach to something that is accessible and affordable to many, many more people.
I think there's no better example than the prior generation of the Passat. The price range that we operated in, we only competed in about 10 percent of the segment. With the new structure of the lineup, we increased our coverage of the segment to over 80 percent. So it's not something for a small community of enthusiasts. It's really available to mainstream customers."
Q. About 20 percent of Volkswagen's U.S. sales are now diesels. Are you surprised by that rate, and do you anticipate diesel sales will continue to grow in the U.S.?
Browning: "I think we'll see it continue to grow. Obviously some of that is sensitive to the price differentials between gas and diesel. But assuming that those prices remain in the bands that we see today, I expect diesel to continue to grow.
This was the one area where we were pleasantly surprised, because with Passat, we were bringing the first clean diesel into the midsize sedan segment. We thought it may take quite a while for people to adjust to the notion of a TDI (turbodiesel) in a Passat, because most of those customers were coming from gas. So you're switching from your brand that you owned previously, so then to switch again from your own brand to a different powertrain, to a different fuel type. It was two steps of conversion. But we've seen the Passat customers really accept the clean diesel technology very quickly.
And it is just such a compelling proposition. We talked a lot about the range: 800 miles potential between refills. And just the sense of convenience that that provides customers. Especially someone who does a significant amount of highway driving. You cannot beat the diesel technology."
Q. What do you expect U.S. sales to look like in 2013? And what other brands will VW take customers from?
Browning: "We think it'll be around 15 million. An increase (from 14.5 million in 2012), not a spectacular increase, but an increase. U.S. customers are remarkably resilient given the noise in terms of public spending, in terms of the debt ceiling. We see ourselves working through that as an industry. But we're pegging our forecast at a relatively cautious level.
It is important that the manufacturers don't get ahead of themselves in terms of the production planning and build rates ahead of the industry, because those are the conditions that trigger the behaviors that I think weren't terribly healthy in the run-up to the recession. From our point of view, we think selling 15 million in the short term and around 16 million in the mid-term is a sustainable level for the industry. We don't envisage going up to 17 million on a sustained basis. So we're getting back to relatively healthy levels of the U.S. industry.
We do believe VW will grow faster than the industry. Traditionally we've seen a lot of interaction with Toyota, Nissan, Honda. Over the last 18 months, we've seen — particularly with Jetta — a lot of cross-shopping with Ford and Chevrolet. So whether it be the Focus or the Cruze, you see some of the domestic customers cross-shopping against those more traditionally import-oriented products. I think some of those old divisions of import and domestic have really been left in the past.


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MacCormack Selected for Prestigious Broad Superintendents Academy
Penny MacCormack, is an exceptionally talented and dedicated educator who has been a strong contributor to her doctoral cohort. Her commitment to Hartford's students is palpable. We in the Educational Leadership program are all very happy for her, and proud of her, for achieving this special accomplishment.
Donn Weinholtz, chair, Department of Educational Leadership, ENHP
The following is included with the permission of David Medina, Hartford Public Schools, February 2010.
Penny MacCormack, chief academic officer for Hartford Public Schools, has joined an elite and exclusive group of individuals who have been accepted into the Broad Superintendents Academy, an intensive executive management program run by the Broad Center for the Management of School Systems in Los Angeles.
The academy is the only program in the country that prepares talented executives with non-education backgrounds, as well as successful high-level educators to lead urban public school systems. Only 2 percent of the applicants were selected this year.
Ms. MacCormack will join seven other participants in the 2011 class - three high-ranking military officers, a telecommunications executive and three other educators.
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"I am truly honored to have been selected to participate in the Broad Superintendent Academy," Ms. MacCormack said. "I trust that the work I will do in the academy, and the people I will meet and work with, will allow me to further develop the skills and mindset necessary to lead an urban school district where all students are fully prepared for post secondary education. This is what I wanted for my own children and this is what I firmly believe must be available for all children."
Academy participants attend extended weekend training sessions at various locations across the country over a 10-month period. They are then placed in urban school districts and given extensive on-the-job support. Graduates of the program currently work as district or state superintendents in 43 cities across 25 states.
"We understand from the Broad Foundation that this is the first time that a traditional-route candidate has been selected from a district with fewer than 100,000 students," Superintendent Steven J. Adamowski said. "This is a great achievement for Penny and a great source of pride for Hartford Public Schools."
As chief academic officer for Hartford Public Schools, Ms. MacCormack has implemented several reform initiatives, including the adoption of a standards-based curriculum and intervention system with aligned assessments and a quality professional development program for teachers and administrators.
She also supervises services for English-language learners, technology, and the arts and oversees state and federal instructional budgets. In addition she oversaw the development of the district's Strategic Operating Plan and the Travelers Leadership Academy.
Prior to her role as chief academic officer, Ms. MacCormack served as assistant superintendent for secondary schools. Before coming to Hartford, she served as assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction in New Haven Public Schools, a high school principal, a middle school principal, an assistant principal and a science teacher.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Connecticut, a master's degree from Albertus Magnus College and is currently completing a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership at the University of Hartford.
The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems is funded by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to advance entrepreneurship for the public good in education, science and the arts.


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Unfortunately many press releases misses an important point. Mars Express is primarily an 'orbiter' mission with a wealth of instruments which will probe the planet around the pericentre of each elliptical orbit of the probe. The Beagle lander, added later to the mission, will have a much shorter mission than that of the orbiter. It may be noteworthy the fact that Mars Express hosts instruments which were lost during the Mars-96 Russian attempt. In addition to them there is the Italian/US radar sounder, MARSIS, which is the first planetary sounder radar launched since the experiment flown on Apollo 17. Aim of MARSIS is that to probe below the surface of Mars and try and discover deposits of water. This is one of the primary scientific objectives of the entire mission. Radioamateurs may be interested in knowing that MARSIS operates around 4 MHz and, therefore, it sports two very wide antennas: a 40 meters dipole (two 20m arms) and one 7 meters monopole. The antennas will be deployed after Mars orbit has been reached successfully. Please check the ESA Mars Express web page for more details on this very exciting mission, now on its way in interplanetary transfer orbit after a successful launch. 73s Fabrizio Bernardini, FBIS, I0QIT MARSIS Team On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Arthur Z Rowe wrote: > Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC > > Printed with previous permission of the Houston Chronicle > > 'Curse of Mars' casts shadow over new space mission > Reuters News Service > > BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A new Mars mission, touted as the most thorough > investigation yet of the Red Planet, is due to blast off on Monday, > battling against the bad luck that has dogged past missions to Earth's > neighbour. > > The $300 million euro Mars Express, the first fully European mission > sent to any planet, will try to find out if there is, or ever was, life > on Mars. > > But the European Space Agency's (ESA) mission at Russia's Baikonur > cosmodrome, on the arid steppes of the central Asian republic of > Kazakhstan, can hardly forget that 20 of the 30 missions to Mars have > been less than successful. > > "Mars is bad luck for space and a real difficulty for us," ESA's science > director David Southwood told Reuters. "If we were sailors, I think we > would be very superstitious about going to Mars." > > The Mars Express will carry Beagle 2, a space probe that looks like a > collection of dustbin lids but which packs a broad array of complex > scientific equipment that will burrow into Mars's surface, analysing > rock, and hunting for water. > > "Maybe there was life on Mars once in the past? We are going to seek > evidence of past life...or indeed, even micro-organisms that are alive > now," Southwood said. > > After a six-month journey to Mars, the British-built Beagle 2, named > after the ship that carried Charles Darwin on his voyage to the > Galapagos islands, will parachute down from the orbiting Express. > > Its fall will be broken by air balloons designed to let it bounce > harmlessly to a halt. When it has landed, it will signal the happy news > with a brief tune by British pop band Blur. > > If all goes well, the Beagle should be able to relay information back to > Earth through the orbiter for six months. > > THE BEAGLE HAS LANDED > > "In the worldwide effort to explore the Red Planet in recent years, the > European Mars Express mission represents the most throrough > investigation of Mars attempted so far," ESA said on its Web site. > > Science fiction fans can take heart that one of the main aims of the > mission will be to assess the chances of humans living on the planet. > > "For me as a scientist, it's important that this is the first step to > looking at the possible habitability of Mars," Southwood said, adding > that the first manned mission to Mars could be sent in the next 20 or 25 > years. > > The Mars Express will blast off atop a Russian Soyuz launcher around > 1745 GMT on Monday. It is one of three missions taking off this month to > exploit a period when Earth and Mars are closest together. > > > > ---- > Via the sarex mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe sarex" to email@example.com > ---- Via the sarex mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe sarex" to firstname.lastname@example.com
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Weston McKennie urges younger Americans to take chances in Europe
Weston McKennie believes that if the circumstances are right, young Americans should take chances with European moves.
The 19-year-old from Little Elm, Texas, has already made 12 appearances for Bundesliga side Schalke and recently earned his first cap with the United States after turning down FC Dallas and making a move to Germany in 2016.
McKennie, along with Christian Pulisic, is a shining example of an American teenager breaking into a top club in Europe, and while the transition has been smoother for him than for others in the past, the midfielder believes more young players should try their luck in Europe.
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"If you have the opportunity, I would say for me ... 100 percent take it," the McKennie told the Bundesliga's website. "If it's the right choice, if everything fits, if everything makes sense, I would say come. You don't want to start in MLS and always have the question in the back of your head if you could have made it over there? I didn't want that."
McKennie and Pulisic are two of the main reasons the future looks bright for U.S. Soccer despite a stunning failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
Other young players, like 17-year-old Josh Sargent, have also opted to take on playing in Europe rather than starting their careers in Major League Soccer.
That failure to qualify for the World Cup has sparked plenty of conversations about how best to develop talent while also costing U.S. manager Bruce Arena his job.
The U.S. national team will also have a new man at the top, with Sunil Gulati announcing that he will not run for re-election as U.S. Soccer president in February.


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Listen to the GPTS Web-based radio broadcasts, with new interviews weekly! Several new programs are now available for listening or download.
- "Letters from the Front" — Barry Waugh was our guest as we discussed the book he edited titled Letters from the Front: J. Gresham Machen's Correspondence from World War 1
- "When a Pastor Leaves His Church" — What happens to a pastor when he believes that God is calling him to leave one congregation to pastor another congregation? What are some of the pitfalls and problems associated with it? Are there any fundamental processes that a pastor can use to help him determine if this is the will of God? Guest: Pastor Ryan McGraw
- "Finding Faithful Elders and Deacons" — Thabiti Anyabwile was our guest as we discussed his book Finding Faithful Elders and Deacons. This was a very informative and practical discussion on the topic.
- "Galatians in the Lectio Continua Commentary Series" — Dr. J.V. Fesko was our guest as we discussed his latest work on the book of Galatians in the Lectio Continua Commentary Series.


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Our Land Use Code specifies the type of development, called the use, allowed on property in different zones. It requires that all uses be established by permit. Examples of different types of uses are single-family homes, multifamily residences, office buildings, and warehouses.
A permit to establish use is needed to change the use on your property, for example, from an office to a retail space. You need an addition / alteration permit to open a new business even if you're not remodeling the space. If you're also renovating or remodeling your building, you can change your use as part of your addition / alteration permit without a separate permit to establish use. If the new use is not allowed outright under our Land Use Code, you need to apply for a conditional use permit.
You may also want to obtain a permit to establish a use that is not currently established by permit. You may want to do this if you have a use on your property that was legal when it started but is not permitted under current land use cod regulations or development standards. You will need to show that the use:
Our fees are based on the value of your project. You pay approximately 75 percent of your fees when you submit your plans and the rest when you pick up your permit. Use our fee estimator to calculate how much your permit will cost.
We try to finish our initial review of simple permit applications in 2-3 weeks and complex permits in 8 weeks. How long it takes to get the final permit depends on how complex your project is and how many corrections, if any, you need to make.
Get your property information. Find property information to help you plan your project.
Determine restrictions to your project. Research our codes to determine allowable uses and construction and life / safety requirements.
Find incentives for your project. Research the City's different incentives that might apply to your project.
Attend a coaching session. We offer 20 minutes of free coaching at the Applicant Services Center to answer drainage, land use, geotechnical or construction permit questions. If you need a longer coaching session, we offer one-hour sessions for a fee.
Start your application. Complete the Building & Land Use Pre-Application online using the Seattle Services Portal. You will need to upload a site plan and a complete legal description for your site.
Prepare your plans. Plans should be to scale and easy to read.
Fill out forms.
Coordinate with other agencies. You may need permits or approvals from other agencies. These are the most common agencies you may need to work with for your permit type:
Get your project screened. We screen your application to make sure it's ready to submit. Screening is available on a walk-in basis at the Applicant Services Center or through your Seattle Services Portal. You may schedule an appointment without screening if you are a consistently prepared applicant with a rating of 80 percent or better.
Schedule an intake appointment. Schedule an electronic intake appointment through your Seattle Services Portal. You must upload all application documents by 7:00 a.m. on the day of your appointment. We may contact you that day for more information.
Pay fees. Approximately 75 percent of your permit fees are due at intake. The fees are calculated based on your project value.
Make corrections and resubmit your plans. Once all of our reviews are done, you will receive an email telling you that corrected and/or additional documents can be uploaded into your portal. Your project may require multiple correction rounds before our reviews are complete.
Pay final fees. We will notify you to pay any final fees before we issue your permit.
Print your permit. We will notify you when we have issued your permit and the documents are available in your Seattle Services Portal. Print the permit and approved plan set and have it on site for our inspector.
Display your permit. Place your permit in a visible location on the project site.
Get related permits. You may need to get additional permits or approvals from other departments.
Request an inspection. See the construction inspections page for when to call us and how to schedule your inspection.
Receive your certificate of occupancy. You only need a certificate of occupancy if you have changed the use of, or number of residences in, your building. Single-family and duplex projects never need a certificate of occupancy; you just need a final "approved" inspection for your project.
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ive been bisexual since the age of 12, im now 19 and have had plenty of heterosexual relationships but they all ended quite badly as i find it extremely difficult to trust men.
ive never actually had a relationship with a woman before. ive always been attracted to females but have never done anything more than kissing and cuddling with them, untill now. i went to a party and met this fantastic girl, she's absolutely stunning and has a great personality, i can honestly see myself spending a lot of time with her. i am attracted to her but its so confusing. i would like to try and have a relationship with this girl but im so worried about what people are going to say.
to make things worse i have recently started a new job and there is a lesbian working there and all my workmates take the mickey out of her behind her back (not in a mean way, just calling her names and stuff) so i would hate to come out to them as i feel they would do the same to me.
another problem i have is with my friends and family, they have all seen my many boyfriends come and go so if i was to just come out and admit to being gay i think my friends and family would think i was doing it to get attention. only a few of my close friends know about me being bi and although my mum is a very open person im not sure how she would take it. this is really difficult for me, i dont feel like i can tell anyone about this just yet so i need an outside opinion, anyone with any advice would be much appreciated!


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Hello Everyone,
Our annual summer conference was magnificent this year! Lots of long-term friends and many new faces. Jesus showed up!
Papa Jack Taylor and his wife Frieda brought a father's blessing and authority. Martin Trench and Stan DeKoven shook the foundation. Linda and I got to release blessings and revelation. Plus about 30 leaders did snaptalks, which are much like "Tedtalks", only these leaders are preaching their passion for Jesus in rapid-fire 20 minutes sessions all day long. It was powerful.
At one meeting we took an offering for a building that Harry and Kathy McMichaels are building in Tanzania, Africa. They have been working there for many years and their work is reaching people that no one else is. Thanks to all who gave. We were able to pay for the floor, which is now completed as you can see in the photo below. Harry and Kathy are among my heroes.
Linda and I are leaving for Indonesia in the morning. We will be with our friend Samuel Suputra, ministering at churches and two pastors' seminars. Please keep us in prayer.
God bless you with peace and joy.
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Lepturinae, the lepturine beetles, is a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae), containing about 150 genera worldwide. This lineage is most diverse in the Northern Hemisphere. Until recently the subfamily Necydalinae was included within the lepturines, but this has been recently recognized as a separate subfamily. At least 5 tribes are usually recognized today; some authors have proposed additional ones, but at least some of them appear to be invalid. A few genera are of uncertain placement within the subfamily.
Usually among the smaller members of their family, these beetles are of a slender shape – particularly the thorax is markedly less wide than the wings, while the elytra tips are often pointed. They differ from most other longhorn beetles in that the antennae are not directly adjacent to the compound eyes. Hence, the latter are generally oval in outline, rather than having an indentation where the antennae originate, or even being divided by them. In addition, sexual dichromatism is not infrequently seen in lepturines; usually, longhorn beetles are not dimorphic or only have longer antennae in males.
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Lepturinae contains the following genera:[1][verification needed]
- Centrodera (Rhagiini or Xylosteini?)
- Cortodera (Lepturini or Rhagiini?)
- Grammoptera (Lepturini or Rhagiini?)
- Houzhenzia
- Sachalinobia (Rhagiini or distinct tribe Sachalinobiini?)
- Teledapus (distinct tribe Teledapini?)
- Media related to Lepturinae at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Lepturinae at Wikispecies
- ^ Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved on 22 May 2012. Wikispecies, version of 11 July 2010.
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Can you believe that we are already in full holiday season swing?! Well, believe it or not... It's true.!
Wether for work or play, you are probably finalizing designs and florals for events this week, in celebration of Thanksgiving.
Here is some holiday tablescape and tablesetting inspiration that we found unique and absolutely stunning, from Pinterest.


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Chace Nelson
I grew up west of Hodgeville Sk on our family grain and cattle operation. I attended the University of Saskatchewan's College of Agriculture and BioResources, convocating with a BSA in Agronomy in the spring of 2016. While attending university I stayed involved in my family farm renting land and helping run the operation. I started my position as Junior Sales Agronomist based out of Swift Current in May, 2016. I also enjoy playing Senior hockey and baseball on the local teams in Hodgeville.


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Published: January 7, 2016 11:54 pm ET
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Even the thoroughbred racing community has banded together in support of their fellow horsepeople affected by the tragic fire this week at Classy Lane Stables in Puslinch, Ontario.
Starquine.com has donated its services to handle a stallion auction, which is open to thoroughbred, standardbred and quarter horse stallions, and all farms are welcome to join. All proceeds will be donated to the Classy Lane Fire Relief Fund.
Listings will now be posted on Wednesday, January 13 at 1 p.m. with the auction ending on Friday, January 15 at 8 p.m.
Entries of stallion seasons will be accepted until Tuesday, January 12 at 1 p.m.
Stallions already donated include standardbreds Big Jim and Cash Register; thoroughbreds Big Screen, Conquest Curlinate, Due To You, Exhi, Frac Daddy, Milwaukee Brew, Nephrite (GB), Rookie Sensation, Silent Name (JPN), and Society's Chairman; and quarter horses Bar Frenchman and J L Bonanza.
All thoroughbred seasons are sold on a no guarantee basis, standardbred and quarter horse seasons are sold as specified in the individual listing.
To contribute seasons, please contact Warren Byrne at [email protected]


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# Exploit Title: CCH Wolters Kluwer PFX Engagement <= v7.1 Local Privilege Escalation # Date: 11/26/14 # Exploit Author: email@example.com # Vendor Homepage: www.cchgroup.com # Version: PFX Engagement <= v7.1 # Tested on: Windows XP -> Windows 8, 2003, 2008, 2012 # CVE : 2014-9113 Product Affected: CCH Wolters Kluwer PFX Engagement <= v7.1 This vulnerability has been reference checked this against multiple installs. This configuration was identical across all systems and each version encountered. Executables/Services: Pfx.Engagement.WcfServices PFXEngDesktopService PFXSYNPFTService P2EWinService Attack Detail: The PFX services for engagement install with LOCAL SYSTEM service credentials in the directory C:\PFX Engagement\ [image: Inline image 1] The executables that are installed, by default, allow AUTHENTICATED USERS to modify, replace or alter the file. This would allow an attacker to inject their code or replace the executable and have it run in the context of the system. [image: Inline image 2] This would allow complete compromise of a machine on which it was installed, giving the process LOCAL SYSTEM access to the machine in question. An attacker can replace the file or append code to the executable, reboot the system or restart the service and it would then compromise the machine. As LOCAL SYSTEM is the highest privilege level on a machine, this allows total control and access to all parts of the system. This affects both the server and workstation builds. Remediation: Remove the modify/write permissions on the executables to allow only privileged users to alter the files. Apply vendor patch when distributed. Vulnerability Discovered: 11/26/2014 Vendor Notified: 11/26/2014 Vendor states this will be patched with next software update. Website: www.information-paradox.net This vulnerability was discovered by email@example.com. Please credit the author in all references to this exploit.
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Several websites, including What Is That Song and Adtunes.com, identify songs that play in television commercials. Many companies post their commercials on YouTube, and information about the music in these ads may be provided in the ad description or in the viewer comments.
What Is That Song lists songs by advertiser and includes the song title, the artist and a description of the ad. The site also provides links to view the commercial on YouTube and to purchase a digital file of the music. Adtunes.com features user forums categorized by topic, such as TV Commercial Music and TV Soundtracks. A user can search these forums by keyword to find a specific commercial and its corresponding music.


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Number of bedrooms: 2 Bedrooms
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1. Download: Click the File tab to see the download link. Click the link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract: Use WinRAR (Windows) to extract the .bpi .trayitem and .blueprint file(s) from the .rar or .zip file(s).
3. Place in Tray Folder: Cut and paste all files into your Tray folder:
- Windows XP: Documents and Settings\(Current User Account)\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Tray\
- Windows Vista/7/8/8.1: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Tray\


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Set your sights on this classic and enthusiastic Chinese style dress that gleams with glamour. It's fully patterned with hibiscus which effortlessly highlights it with a distinct and glamorous look. Keyhole front matches with the ruffled high neck which compliments this short sheath style with a modern touch.


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The Mariners have lost 16 games in a row and now they're going to face CC Sabathia and an offense that has scored 37 runs in its last four games. Be thankful you're rooting for the good guys. Here's the lineup…
Brett Gardner, LF
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, CF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Jorge Posada, DH
Eric Chavez, 3B – yay
Frankie Cervelli, C
CC Sabathia, SP
Tonight's game starts a little after 7pm ET and can be seen on My9 locally or MLB Network nationally. Enjoy.


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Our humble abode has been turned into a creation station. I am trying to be patient while there is stuff EVERYWHERE taking up every inch of our tiny little loungeroom and kitchen. Because I know we will be moving soon I kind of don't care as everything will have a good clean up and sort out soon enough.
This is what we have been doing:
I covered these wooden letters in scrapbook paper for Jayne for her birthday...
Jaron has been busily making models for his final presentation next week.
Oscar has been having fun with play-dough - today he is wearing 3 different outfits...his trackies and jumper, over that his thomas pyjamas and over that his rashie!
Some pretty flowers...I spent all day yesterday in Launceston running around collecting things for Jaron's model and picking up assignments. It was pouring with rain, Lil and I got wet and waited around for hours for his assignments to be printed. When we got home flowers awaited us!
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
2 comments:
- Donna said...
WOW... what a busy family you are. LOVE the "HOME" project you did. Lost my last message, so I hope that this won't come through twice.. duh!
- 30 October 2007 at 16:03
- Simone Triffitt said...
Flowers!! What's going on with these Deloraine guys. I got home after seeing you at church last night and Simon had done the ironing!! A Meander miracle!! I have decided that you are not allowed to move :)
- 31 October 2007 at 17:26
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The role of hospice care and its potential benefits — in terms of quality of life and quality of death — for men who are actually dying of prostate cancer is theoretically well understood but relatively little studied. (It is important to appreciate that hospice care is often provided in the home and does not necessarily require that a patient be moved to an actual hospice facilty.)
Bergman et al. used Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results–Medicare data to identify a cohort of Medicare beneficiaries who died of prostate cancer between 1992 and 2005, characterize hospice use by these patients, and compare the use of high-intensity care between those who did or did not enroll in hospice.
Their top-line results were as follows:
- 14,521 men aged 66 years and older were identified as dying of prostate cancer.
- 7,646/14,521 patients (53 percent) used hospice care for an average (median) of 24 days.
- The following were associated with a lower likelihood of hospice use
- African American ethnicity (odds ratio [OR] = 0.78).
- A higher Charlson comorbidity index (OR = 0.49)
- The following were associated with a higher likelihood of hospice use
- Having a partner (OR = 1.23)
- A more recent year of death (OR = 1.12)
- Men dying of prostate cancer and enrolled in hospice were less likely to receive high-intensity care (OR = 0.82), including intensive care unit admissions, inpatient stays, and multiple emergency department visits.
The authors conclude that, although more individuals are receiving the benefits of hospice care, the timing of hospice referral remains poor — even though men who enroll in hospice are significantly less likely to need high-intensity, acute, end-of-life care.
In a HealthDay report on Bloomberg Businessweek, it further states that "the study team found that most wait until the very end — often just a week or two before their death — before enrolling in a hospice program." Indeed, more than 20 percent weren't enrolled in hospice care until the very last week of their life.
Dr. Mark Litwin, the study's senior author stated that, "It's important that we maximize quality of life when quantity of life cannot be changed," in a media release from the University of California, Los Angeles' Jonsson Cancer Center. "Most men are being referred to hospice too late and that timing hasn't changed in the last 20 years, which is unfortunate," he added. "As cancer specialists, we should offer these patients the best quality of life that we can, and that often means offering them the best quality of death that we can give them."
The physical and psychosocial support offered by hospice care is designed to ease the experience of dying, rather than to prolong life. However, as demonstrated in a recent study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine (albeit not specific to prostate cancer patients), hospice care may actually be associated with a survival benefit as well as quality of life benefits in some cancer patients.
Indeed, appropriate hospice use (usually over a period of rather more than 7 days) may be able to improve the quality of the last months of a patient's life, minimize the need for high-intensity, high-cost, acute intensive care, and reduce stress on the patient and other family members. There is a significant cultural prejudice today that tells us to prolong life at all costs. This is not always in the best interests of the patient or the family once a patient is in a terminal condition. This cultural predjudice is common even among the medical profession.
"As doctors, we often don't want to give up," said Litwin. "We've sworn to help our patients and a death is a failure to us, but the optimization of life should be our goal. Sometimes survival is of such poor quality that it should not be our primary goal."
Mark Litwin, MD, is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of The "New" Prostate Cancer InfoLink.
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management | Tagged: death, dying, hospice, mortality, quality of death, quality of life |


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HOUSTON — Charlie Morton addressed a meaty matter before his World Series debut: No, he does not own Morton's The Steakhouse.
During the AL Championship Series, someone added to his Wikipedia page that the family of the Houston Astros pitcher owned the chain of about 75 restaurants.
That was deleted, and this week a new sentence was inserted this week that proclaimed he is "infamous for owning a steakhouse and is a steak connoisseur. It is Morton's routine to eat a 2 pound steak before each start."
"I feel like I might know who the culprit is, but I don't want to say so," he said before describing a person much like Jason Grilli. "There's a...


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Have You Written Your Google Will?
What happens to your data when you die?
At some point in their lives, most people take a little time to figure out who should get their house, their car, their money, and their heirlooms when they're gone. But in an age where some of our most personal assets live online—our emails, our photos, our social-media identities—few of us stop to think about who will have control over this information. In many cases, unless you specify otherwise, it simply lives on in the cloud indefinitely. That can result in awkward situations when, say, your friend sees your name pop up in a Facebook ad for a product you once "liked."
Facebook has addressed the problem of the digital afterlife with options for relatives to "memorialize" an account once its owner has died. On Thursday, Google announced a process that lets you plan for that eventuality yourself, while you're still alive. It's called Inactive Account Manager, which sounds a bit impersonal, but is admittedly less blunt than the obvious alternative, "Google Death."
The feature allows you to have your account deleted after it has been inactive for a specified amount of time, from three months to a year. That will wipe clean your YouTube videos, Google+ posts, Google Drive files, emails, and all the rest. Or you can have the data sent to one or more trusted relatives or friends. Before that happens, though, Google will try to contact you via text message and secondary email to make sure you aren't just hibernating.
Google has more on the new feature in a blog post, and you can set it up for yourself here. Alternatively, you can sit back and hope that Google's new director of engineering turns out to be right about the singularity.
Future Tense is a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University.


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Found this very interesting book on the library shelf last week while browsing titled "Food rules: An Eater's Manual". One of the most interesting and simple books on food I have read so far, and I have read quite a few.
I am one of those "fortunate" people with whom food has always had an extra special relationship, it has been my friend in many a down ward spiral and has pepped me up a gazillion times, and then when am back to normal, I feel like it is my enemy and that I am always fighting a losing battle against it! Well with this ongoing love- hate relationship between us I am kind of drawn to any book, video et al with anything remotely tied to food. Yeah yeah, after trying umpteen diets and fads I know one needs to be aware of what one eats, why one eats, Should eat at regular intervals, eat healthy etc… if it were only that easy.. There are just so many contradicting pointers out there it is like a maze, figuring out what to eat and what not.
So sack to the topic at hand, the book – So I pick it up, a simple cover with a long table of contents. The Part I title itself triggered my interest – What Should I eat? that is followed by the 2 other sections What kind of food should I eat? and How should I eat it?
The author has pretty much put together simple facts about food and us into a book. I like the introduction where he basically says all we need to do is "Eat food, not too much, Mostly plants", he calls them the 7 words which form the essence of all that we need to know about food.
Michael Pollan says that it does not require a nutritionist to tell us what we should eat or should not, what we need to do is follow some simple basic principles, which were the ones our ancestors followed.
He has many more rules in the Book, I am picking a few as examples –
- Don't eat anything your Great – Grandmother would not recognize as food. (See for me that would mean letting go of most of the junk food that I am used to having)
- Avoid foods that contain more than 5 ingredients (You can choose the number of ingredients, just stick to it and see what you will buy! More ingredients mostly means more processing involved)
- Don't eat breakfast cereals which change the color of your milk.
- Avoid foods which contain ingredients which are not used in a normal pantry. (Xanthan Gum, Ethoxylated diglycerides etc… to name a couple) I like this one which is similar better – if a third grader can't pronounce an ingredient don't buy it, simple! 🙂
- You want to eat junk food? Eat all you want as long as you cook it.
- If it's called the same name in all languages it is not food (the author means the brand named products like Big Mac,Cheetos, Pringles and their ilk)
- Eating what stands on one leg is better than eating what stands on two legs which is better than eating what stands on four legs. {Chinese Proverb} (Plants – one leg,fowl -2 legs, animals- 4) It does leave out the healthy fish wonder why?
- Avoid foods with high-fructose corn syrup (there are ads on tv which say the body uses sugar and high fructose corn syrup the same way, but that is not the issue, high fructose corn syrup signifies that the product is highly processed)
- Avoid foods which pretend to be something else (eg. I can't believe its not butter – means it is not butter and it is not natural)
- Only eat food that will eventually rot, as real food is alive and it has to die.
- Eat more leaves and treat meat as a special occasion food or flavoring.
- The whiter the bread the sooner you will be dead!
- If it came from a Plant eat it, if it was made in a Plant, Don't.
- Breakfast like a King, Lunch like a Prince and Dinner like a Pauper (well it is kind of the other way around for many of us).
There is a lot more to read in the book, pick it up it has some common sense suggestions. The book is very well written and simple enough to understand and follow. It is a useful book for anyone who cares about health and food, I am sure you will find helpful tips for a healthier lifestyle for you and your family. Like the author says it is not about "nutritionism" it is simply about Food.
A Video of Prof Michael Pollan talking about – Food Rules. I found it very informative and interesting.
Check it out on Amazon


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Fountain County Landmarks is a membership organization. We encourage and advocate historic preservation and wish to save and recognize spaces of architectural and historic significance.Fountain County Landmarks is a non-profit organization. FCL was founded in 1988 by a group of Fountain County citizens eager to preserve, recognize and document our places of architectural and historic significance.
There is an active group of members eager to make our communities' landmarks shine. Our group typically meets once a month in Attica at the Old Library (101 South Brady Street) and at Gem Loctions throughout our county.
FCL is an official affiliate of Indiana Landmarks. For extensive information on historic preservation across the state of Indiana go to IndianaLandmarks.org


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Begin exploring the world of gemstones with our new gemstone kits by Rogue Wood Supply.
The Wonderstruck Collection is an eight-stone collection designed to attract romance, or to rekindle the flame in an existing relationship through personal gridwork. Creating a crystal grid helps amplify romantic energy by aligning crystals in a manner that directs their energy into each other, and into your energy system for optimal healing. With the romantic and loving energy of Rose Quartz, paired with the potent lust and passion stone, Garnet, gridding your bed with this collection helps you to draw romantic energy to you while making your own energy more charming and alluring. Following the attraction personal grid, you may tuck these stones beneath your mattress to allow them to work on your spirit all throughout the night, or you may grid a yoga mat for your self-care practice.
The Adept Collection is a seven-stone collection designed to heighten and strengthen an established crystal collector. This collection is for those who already have some knowledge about crystals, and want to dig their heals in with powerfully transformative stones. These stones were curated to help you revolutionize your spirit into a wholesome and healthy self. Bloom into your Soul Self with the help and wisdom of these crystal teachers.
The Shadow Gridwork Collection is an nine-stone collection designed to remove negativity, dis-ease and self-limiting beliefs that are preventing personal growth or healing. It combats grief and personal traumas that have impacted your spirit and wellbeing. Through personal gridwork, create a crystal grid to help amplify the powerful collection of Obsidian stones for intense soul growth and healing. While holding on to the Onyx worry stone, rub your thumb along the pre-grooved centre to activate reflexology that releases endorphins in the brain. You may tuck these stones beneath your mattress to allow them to work on your spirit all throughout the night, or you may grid a yoga mat for your self-care practice. This is a very powerful collection and should be used only when you are ready to do your personal shadow work to move forward in your life.
The Fledgling Collection is a seven-stone collection designed to assist and enhance the emerging mystic. Inspired by our crystal starter toolkit post, the Fledgling Collection is a clear and concise toolkit perfect for propelling you into the world of crystals and crystal healing. This is the perfect collection if you're just starting to explore crystals because it's based around core stones. Core stones are the staple to any crystal collection.
To help you get started, this collection labels each stone's purpose in the kit to give you a better understanding of how the crystal can work with you. Harness your personal power with the help and wisdom of these crystal teachers.
The Grace Collection is an eight-stone collection designed to alleviate stress and anxiety through personal gridwork. Creating a crystal grid helps amplify the healing process by aligning crystals in a manner that directs their energy into each other. Through the rebalancing and soothing properties of amethyst, gridding your bed with this collection helps you to take back your power, and banish anxiety. Following the stress elimination crystal grid tuck these stones beneath your mattress to allow them to offer crystal healing while you sleep at night.
The Homestead Collection is an eight-stone collection designed to protect and supercharge your home through gridwork. Through the negativity absorbing and protective properties of black tourmaline, and the clear quartz conduit, these powerful crystals are set out in the four corners of the home, creating an invisible protective barrier, preventing negativity from entering the home, and from negativity manifesting within the home through a basic home grid pattern.
Moontime bath soak helps reduce cramping and aches while promoting hormonal balance during a woman's cycle. A woman's monthly moontime is a sacred rhythm that acts as an opportunity to encourage the body to shed outdated parts of spirit while the body is also physically shedding. Moontime bath soak is a soothing and softening bath time partner to help ease some of the pains that can creep up during the shedding phase of a woman's cycle. We hope these salts encourage you to embrace your changing body.
Yarrow: helps reduce pelvic cramping.
Chamomile: acts as a natural antidepressant.
Ylang-ylang: helps quell anxiety and mood swings.
Frankincense: reduces excess bleeding.
Directions: Add desired amount to warm bath water during your moontime to help alleviate cramping, aches and PMS symptoms.
Slow Brew slow morning spray is a deep and warm room and linen spray to spritz upon rising as part of your morning rituals. With notes of coffee, cocoa, ho wood, and myrrh, this slow morning spray smells like freshly brewed sweet coffee to encourage you to savour your mornings. Grounded by a piece of Smoky Quartz within the bottle, this gem infusion anchors you in the present moment. Good for Sundays.
Smoky Quartz is a grounding stone and a mood elevator. It emits a calm and soothing energy, perfect for encouraging a slower pace and mindfulness.
Shake well to combine before spraying in air.
Comes with a Smoky Quartz crystal within a 50 ml bottle.
As an alternative to smoke cleansing, Revive Cleansing Spray is an energetically purifying spray, for those times you're unable to set a bundle of herbs or wood aflame. This smoke cleansing alternative has gentle notes of sage, ho wood and birch. It casts a sweet, light and refreshing scent when sprayed, bringing energy back to a neutral state.
As some places do not permit the burning of smoke, Revive is the perfect alternative to cleanse any environment, person or object. It works quickly, especially if you're in a pinch, or want to spritz yourself to help remove a negative mood.
Revive is also a great tool for healers and readers to add to their arsenal to help keep their energy clean and protected when working with others. Energy healing and therapy can be intense work, and it is important to keep your own energy clean and protected.
Revive is safe to use on linens and skin. Shake well before spraying.
Hibernate bedtime spray (S+L staff favorite) is a light room and linen spray to spritz before bedtime as part of your evening rituals. With notes of sweet vanilla, ho wood, lavender, jasmine and bright tangerine, drift away with soothing aromatherapy charged by an Amethyst gem infusion.
Amethyst is a fantastic bedtime stone as it promotes sweet dreams and relax and restoration. Retreating to sleep after a long day is important, as is leaving the day's struggles behind to restore ourselves through rest. With Amethyst tucked into this bottle and kept beside your bed, it will encourage you to sleep soundly so you can start your morning on the right foot.
Shake well to combine before spraying in air or onto pillow.