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3 Region Growing
By normalizing each coefficient with the sum of all (1115) a filter that preserves the scale of the image is obtained.
Goshtasby and Turner [38] reported that smoothing with a Gaussian filter reduced noise and helped in thresholding of the endocardial surfaces on cardiac MR images.
Preprocessing with extremum sharpening combined with median filtering has proven to be useful in segmenting microscopic images of blood cells [14,65]. In this method, a minimum and maximum are calculated within an N by N window around each pixel (x, y). The value of the extremum operator is simply whichever of the two extrema is the closest to the value at pixel (x, y). When the pixel (x, y) has a value exactly midway between minimum and maximum, the operator takes the value of the pixel. The appropriate window size for the extremum sharpening has to be commensurate with the width of the image edges.
The extremum sharpening is usually followed by median filtering, which smoothes out the slightly ragged contours left by the sharpening operation. The standard procedure suggested in [65] for segmenting cells was: 9x9 median filter (noise removal), 3x3 extremum sharpening, and finally 5x5 median filter, followed by thresholding based on threshold determined from the histogram.
The median and Gaussian smoothing, as well as extremum sharpening, "improve" image histograms by producing images with strongly bimodal histograms. Additional techniques for making histogram valleys deeper are discussed in Weszka et al. [127].
A more elaborate approach used for specific types of images is provided by adaptive filtering techniques where the parameters of the algorithm are modified locally based on the pixel's neighborhood [51,68]. If, for example, the neighborhood has relatively constant intensity, we can assume that we are within an object with constant features and we can apply an isotropic smoothing operation to this pixel to reduce the noise level. If an edge has been detected in the neighborhood, we could still apply some smoothing, but only along the edge. Adaptive filtering combines an efficient noise reduction and an ability to preserve and even enhance the edges of image structures. Westin used adaptive filtering successfully for the thresholding of bones on CT images [126]. Adaptive filtering is discussed in Chapter 2.
Whereas thresholding focuses on the difference of pixel intensities, the region growing method looks for groups of pixels with similar intensities. Region growing, also called region merging, starts with a pixel or a group of pixels (called seeds) that belong to the structure of interest. Seeds can be chosen by an operator, or provided by an automatic seed finding procedure. In the next step neighboring pixels are examined one at a time and added to the growing region, if they are sufficiently similar based on a uniformity test, (also called a homogeneity criterion). The procedure continues until no more pixels can be added. The object is then represented by all pixels that have been accepted during the growing procedure [1,6,36,77,85,96,102,104,107,113,116].
One example of the uniformity test is comparing the difference between the pixel intensity value and the mean intensity value over a region. If the difference is less than a predefined value, for example, two standard deviations of the intensity across the region, the pixel is included in the region; otherwise, it is defined as an edge pixel. The results of region growing depend strongly on the selection of the homogeneity criterion. If it is not properly chosen, the regions leak out into adjoining areas or merge with regions that do not belong to the object of interest. Another problem of region growing is that different starting points may not grow into identical regions.
The advantage of region growing is that it is capable of correctly segmenting regions that have the same properties and are spatially separated. Another advantage is that it generates connected regions.
Instead of region merging, it is possible to start with some initial segmentation and subdivide the regions that do not satisfy a given uniformity test. This technique is called splitting [41,96,107]. A combination of splitting and merging adds together the advantages of both approaches [6, 84, 133].
Various approaches to region growing segmentation have been described by Zucker [133]. Excellent reviews of region growing techniques were done by Fu and Mui [30], Haralick and Shapiro [41], and Rosenfeld and Kak [96].
An interesting modification of region growing technique called hill climbing was proposed by Bankman et al. for detecting microcalcifications in mammograms [8]. The technique is based on the fact that in a given image f (x, y), the edge of a microcalcification to be segmented is a closed contour around a known pixel (x0, y0), the local intensity maximum. For each pixel, a slope value s(x, y) is defined as s(x, y)
where d(x0, y0, x, y) is the Euclidean distance between the local maximum pixel and pixel (x, y).
In the first step, the object's edge points are identified by radial line search emanating from the local maximum. The line search is applied in 16 equally spaced directions originating from the pixel (x0, y0), and for each direction, a pixel is considered to be on the edge if it provides the maximal slope value. Next, the edge points are used as seeds for region growing with a spatial constraint (growing the region inward, toward local maximum), and an intensity constraint (including pixels with intensity values increasing monotonically toward the local maximum). Figure 5 shows the steps of segmentation using the hill-climbing algorithm. The technique was successfully applied to segment low-contrast microcalcification clusters on mammography images. The advantages of this algorithm are that it does not need selection of a threshold and that, because it grows the region from the edges toward the center, it circumvents excessive growth of a region.
Region growing has found many other medical applications, such as segementation of ventricles on cardiac images [104], extraction of blood vessels on angiography data [48], or extraction of brain surface [21].
4 Watershed Algorithm
Watershed segmentation is a region-based technique that utilizes image morphology [16,107]. It requires selection of at least one marker ("seed" point) interior to each object of the image, including the background as a separate object. The markers are chosen by an operator or are provided by an automatic procedure that takes into account the application-specific knowledge of the objects. Once the objects are marked, they can be grown using a morphological watershed transformation [10]. Avery intuitive description of watersheds can be found in Ref. [16]. To understand the watershed, one can think of an image as a surface where the bright pixels represent mountaintops and the dark pixels valleys. The surface is punctured in some of the valleys, and then slowly submerged into a water bath. The water will pour in each puncture and start to fill the valleys. However, the water from different punctures is not allowed to mix, and therefore the dams need to be built at the points of first contact. These dams are the boundaries of the water basins, and also the boundaries of image objects.
An application of watershed segmentation to extract lymph nodes on CT images is shown in Fig. 6 [95]. In this implementation a 3x3 Sobel edge operator [36,96] is used
FIGURE 6 Image segmentation using Sobel/watershed algorithm. (A) Original image of a lymph node; (B) operator's marks: a point inside the node, and a circle enclosing the area well outside the node; (C) binary image generated from B; (D) result of a 3 x 3 Sobel edge detection operation performed on the original image A; (E) result of the watershed algorithm performed on image D using markers from image C; (F) edges of the lymph node (interior region from image E) superimposed on the original image. Reprinted with permission from J. Rogowska, K. Batchelder, G. S. Gazelle, et al. Quantitative CT lymphography: evaluation of selected two-dimensional techniques for computed tomography quantitation of lymph nodes. Investigative Radiology, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 138-145, 1999. See also Plate 3.
FIGURE 5 Steps of segmentation with the hill climbing algorithm; (A) a 0.5x0.5 mm image showing a subtle microcalcification, (B) 16 edge points determined by the algorithm, (C) result of region growing, (D) edges of region enclosing the segmented microcalcification. Reprinted with permission from I. N. Bankman, T. Nizialek, I. Simon, et al., "Segmentation algorithms for detecting microcalcifications in mammograms", IEEE Trans. Inform. Techn. Biomed, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 141-149, 1997. ©1997 IEEE.
FIGURE 6 Image segmentation using Sobel/watershed algorithm. (A) Original image of a lymph node; (B) operator's marks: a point inside the node, and a circle enclosing the area well outside the node; (C) binary image generated from B; (D) result of a 3 x 3 Sobel edge detection operation performed on the original image A; (E) result of the watershed algorithm performed on image D using markers from image C; (F) edges of the lymph node (interior region from image E) superimposed on the original image. Reprinted with permission from J. Rogowska, K. Batchelder, G. S. Gazelle, et al. Quantitative CT lymphography: evaluation of selected two-dimensional techniques for computed tomography quantitation of lymph nodes. Investigative Radiology, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 138-145, 1999. See also Plate 3.
in place of the morphological gradient to extract edge strength. The original lymph node image is shown in Fig. 6A. In the first step, the operator positions a cursor inside the node (Fig. 6B). All pixels within a radius of two pixels of the mark are used as seed points for the lymph node. To mark the exterior of lymph node, the operator drags the cursor outside of the node to define a circular region, which completely encloses the node (Fig. 6C). All pixels outside this circle mark the background.
In the next step, an edge image is created using the Sobel edge operator (Fig. 6D). The edge image has high values for the pixels with strong edges. With the seed point marking the node interior, the circle marking the background (Fig. 6C), and the edge image generated by the Sobel operator (Fig. 6D), the segmentation proceeds directly with the watershed operation (Fig. 6E). The watershed operation operates on an edge image to separate the lymph node from the surrounding tissue. By using a technique called simulated immersion [119], the watershed considers whether a drop of water at each point in the edge image would flow to the interior seed point or the exterior marker. Points that drain into the interior belong to the lymph node, whereas points that drain to the exterior belong to the surrounding tissue. More formal discussions of morphological segmentation can be found in Refs. [75,119,120].
Watershed analysis has proven to be a powerful tool for many 2D image-segmentation applications [75]). An example of segmentation of microscopic image of human retina is included in Ref. [107]. Higgins and Ojard [43] applied a 3D extension of the watershed algorithm to cardiac volumetric images.
that are proportional to the magnitude of the local intensity changes, while the direction image will have gray levels representing the direction of maximum local gradient in the original image.
Most gradient operators in digital images involve calculation of convolutions, e.g., weighted summations of the pixel intensities in local neighborhoods. The weights can be listed as a numerical array in a form corresponding to the local image neighborhood (also known as a mask, window or kernel). For example, in case of a 3 x 3 Sobel edge operator, there are two 3x3 masks:


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Technology can do wonders – finding some misplaced personal belongings isn't very big deal for the current pace of advancement in electronics. People often don't remember where they have put their phone or wallet the last time, and it takes quite a lot of frightening and time to find that thing out. Personal belonging trackers could be attached to such personal belongings and later they could be triggered with alarm or some tracking technology for easier locating. These things usually work on Bluetooth channel and are pretty modern techs. Here's a list of top 10 one may want to buy.
- PROTAG Elite
PROTAG Elite is very slim and slides into a wallet or pocket without any extra efforts. This tracker was initially designed for wallets but users may find alternative ways to use with some other belongings. A perimeter of specific area could be set by accessing the tag's settings by Wi-Fi, and the user will be alerted if the host devices goes out of the specific range. Low-power Bluetooth tech is used for the tracking and it has a battery that lasts for like 18 months. Price – $59.99.
- BluTracker
BluTracker looks like a slightly wider USB flash drive and it attaches to almost anything with a fitting mechanism. Could be a backpack of your toddler, or a pet's neck collar or maybe just a pair of shoes. Alert types and required distance may be set over the provided BluTracker app which is free, and the belongings are shown on Radar Screen. The battery lasts around 2 months. Price – $69.00.
- XY Find-It
The safe distance on XY Find-It has been preset as 150 feet, options for changing the distance wasn't found. However, there could be physical signal interference between this device and the host device it is connected to, reducing the effective distance even more. However, the tracker works within this 150 feet range and once it's exceeded, the attached belonging may be marked as lost and put up on the XY community as well. Price – $17 to $35.
- Find 'Em Tracking
Basically, the Find 'Em Tracking device had been designed for wallets. User can find their belonging as long as it is within the physical radio link range. When the user is reaching the edge the app on a smartphone alerts the user. The settings could be set via wireless radio channels, Bluetooth is available. The typical range is 150 feet. Price – $24.99.
- StickNFind
This belonging tracker is probably one of the tiniest tracker available in the market. It is a coin-sized tracker that fits in almost anything. There's no specific attaching mechanism though, but none is required either. There are LED lights and tiny yet loud speakers which help with the tracking. Once the user triggers the 'lost sticker' feature via a smartphone, any StickNFind user around would get the notice and if they find your belongings, they could email to reach you. The battery lasts up to a year – best for frequent travelers. Price – $49.99.
- PebbleBee
A certain safe distance could be market between this tracking device and the host smartphone, and if the distance is exceeded then there will be an alert triggered on the smartphone. The tag is connected to the smartphone via Bluetooth radio. There are sensors like temperature sensor and 9-axis motion tracker for geographical feedback on the sensor. It's water resistant hence the PebbleBee could be put anywhere. Price – $16 to $40.
- Bringrr& Bring Tags
BringTags are made for purses and stylish bags – they blend along so well that nobody would be able to tell their purpose. These are colorful, fashionable and cute! This tag connects via Bluetooth radios and there's an app for maintaining necessary settings. The package includes a car charger, whenever you start your car the app checks whether you have taken all your tagged belongings on the car. Price – $19 to $109.
- Tile
Almost similar to the previous device, the Tile tag is also a fashionable device attachable to cases and bags. There's a GPS tracking feature titled Last Place Seen which sorts the places the tag has been to. It has an iOS app which allows Tile users to share their Tile with other trusted users. Price – $19.95.
- Lupo
Lupe is tiny, but it's a more intelligent belonging tracker. There are features like locking a laptop and sounding alarm in case of an attempted thievery. The battery would last for a year at least, or more. Price – $33.25 to $173.17.
- Linquet
LInquet tags trigger an alarm on smartphone if the distance between the tag and the owner exceeds the safe limit. There are apps for both Android and iOS platform. Linquet would store the place history on a cloud storage which could be used later for convenience and safety cross check. LInquet offers monthly subscription, worth $2.99/month.
Belonging trackers could be highly practical during travels; or for forgetful people. For the mentioned price tags, it won't be difficult to find a suitable one.

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I have a show of portraits coming to the Urban Institute of Contemporary Art October 27th 2017. I am very thankful to be showing at UICA because it is one of the leading alternative art spaces in the entire midwest. This will be my first time showing a significant body of work of large scale paintings. I've been painting for over 30 years and this is something I simply have never done before. What makes this show really significant to me is not just the large scale of the paintings and exhibiting in a top drawer alternative space but it is that these paintings reflect the very unique place I find myself at this time in my life. I am in a place of reconstruction and reinvention. After many years of painting I feel as tho I am actually rediscovering what it means to make a painting. I came to a point in my life when I realized what used to work was no longer working. I had set off on my adventure riding a strong spirited horse pounding the path of my life adventure until one day I looked down to find that not only had my valiant steed collapsed underneath me but it had died and was beginning to smell. This happened to me last Summer. It came in the form of a three month long depression which I wrote a blog titled This Dark Enchantment. Fortunately I was able to leave my dead horse and moved on. Being depressed I had my first artist block in my life. Fortunately I was able to slowly came out of my dark tunnel by doing a drawing series of a little still life I set up of a clock, a stack of books and a conch shell. I showed up each morning and did a drawing for an hour or so finishing it by writing down a brief statement of what I was thinking and feeling that day. I did this daily over the course of two months. It felt like something between therapy and becoming an art student again. It was this humble little practice that got me making art again. In fact it actually lead me into the current portrait series I am now working on and enjoying so much.
At this time in my life I feel like I a hermit crab that has left his shell that had become too small and is now crawling towards a larger shell, hoping he doesn't get gobbled up on route. Painting on a larger scale is moving towards a larger shell. Allowing paint to drip and run is moving to a larger shell. Painting to create an image and then scraping away that image and leaving only a ghost of what was is moving to a larger shell. Smearing paint to obscure the image I worked so hard to create with a few quick and random slashes with a drywall knife is moving towards a larger shell. With every painting I can feel myself getting a little closer, a little bigger.
A few years back I discovered a new word: rewilding. This strange new work hit an immediate responsive chord within me beyond how it was originally used to describe returning land and animals to its original wild state. I felt that perhaps with in myself there could be a sort of rewilding, a rediscovery of what it means to be human, to be alive, spontaneous, to live in an organic and potent way, to have control and loose it at the same time. I wanted this for my life and I wanted this for my approach to art making as well. In fact I believe that my life and my painting somehow move back and forth in some kind of inner reinforcing dialogue. Perhaps it is a sort of wave pattern. One makes the other possible bouncing back and forth and to keep both healthy and responsive they both must remain wild at heart.


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On October 6, 2015, the PRA and FCA published Policy Statements and final rules on whistleblowing. The rules require firms to implement internal whistleblowing procedures, to inform employees of the internal procedures and the whistleblowing services provided by the PRA and FCA and to ensure that employment contracts and settlement agreements do not deter employees from whistleblowing. The rules will apply to UK banks, building societies and credit unions with assets of £250 million or greater, PRA-designated investment firms, insurance and reinsurance firms within the scope of Solvency II and the Society of Lloyd's and managing agents. UK branches of overseas firms are not in scope but the regulators will consider this further once the effectiveness of these new rules can be properly assessed. The scope of the new rules therefore captures those UK firms that fall within the Senior Manager and Certification Regimes which come into effect on March 7, 2016. Firms will have until September 7, 2016 to implement the new whistleblowing rules. However, firms will have to assign a senior manager who is a non-executive director as the whistleblowers' champion by March 7, 2016 and that individual will be responsible for overseeing the firm's implementation of the new whistleblowing rules.
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It helps the body weight loss as well as provides full body workout from head to legs. Researchers found that a few minutes with a machine can achieve a great workout session hence result in strengthening the heart muscle, reducing the risk of stroke and heart diseases.
Where and how the body will receive benefit from an elliptical machine?
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Time: 12:50 pm noon
Place: Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
Date of Marriage: 28-04-2017.
Me and my husband had beautiful relationship and lots of happiness in our first year of marriage. Later when my unmarried brother-in-law shifted with us, my husband behaviour is completely changed. He is no more interested in me. He doesn't want to spend time with me, talk to me, roam with me. Even he comes to bed when I am asleep. He is whole day involved with his brother. I am completely okay with what he does with his brother but my issue is why not with me too. He disrespects me, insults me before him. Leaves me alone and is no more loving me like before.
My all activities with him are now replaced with his brother. Only frequent fights, violence and tortures are in my part.
Will my husband ever realize my true worth and count my sacrifices I made for him and his family? When will I get marital happiness and healthy satisfying relationship with him? Please help somebody, I am in lots of pain.
Your horoscope is Ok and there is no problem with marriage. May be your husband's horoscope does not match with yours. Nothing can be done about it.
Thankyou very much Sir for your time. I respect the minutes you spent on me.
Following is my husband's birth detail:
Time: 17:42 pm.
Place: Motihari, Bihar.
Am I going through temporary bad Dasha or transit. When things will be smooth and I will feel happy? Please help.
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text: Task Force BidLadder President : Hans Vandenbroucke Secretary : Patrik Buijs This Task Force aims to discuss with all concerned stakeholders the design of a BidLadder market platform. Elia proposes to set up a BidLadder platform allowing market parties to bring available flexibility to the market. In a first stage Elia aims at developing a pilot which focuses on the balancing timeframe, i.e. market parties offering flexibility to Elia. This initiative should open the market for non-CIPU flexibility, i.e. flexibility from load and non-CIPU generation. At a later stage further evolutions could be considered. The platform and process to be developed aim to be simple and with low entry barriers. It should also anticipate on upcoming evolutions, e.g. with respects to reserve products and aspects linked to the future European network codes. Public Consultation on « Proposal for concepts for the Pilot BidLadder » On 10 August 2016 Elia has launched a public consultation on a proposal for concepts for the Pilot BidLadder. This includes a solution for the "Transfer of Energy" (ToE). More information on this public consultation is available in the public consultation section of the website. After the consultation, Elia processed the contributions received from the stakeholders into a final design note. A consultation report summarizes the contributions received and Elia's reactions. The following documents are available: Initial Design Note (NL/FR) Final Design Note (version with track changes (NL/FR) & clean version (NL/FR)) Consultation Report (NL/FR) Received contributions: BDRA TeaMWise FEBEG RWE (Essent.be & Powerhouse) Mipa Frost FEBELIEC VREG EANDIS, SIBELGA, ORES, RESA & INFRAX Next Kraftwerke Belgium (confidential) About earlier activities on a BidLadder concept Note that in the past there an interaction with stakeholders on a BidLadder concept already took place. This resulted in a document Read more here about the final design proposal for the implementation of the bid ladder platform. containing a general summary and a detailed overview of the results of a survey on the design of the bid ladder platform. It incorporates the feedback received from stakeholders on a survey regarding product definition and the bidding procedure for a bid ladder platform and the feedback received from stakeholders during meetings of the Working Group Balancing. Note that the design that the final design to be implemented in the Pilot platform and at later stage can be different from the proposed design in the note. Amongst others, new evolutions and an updated context have to be taken into account. Task force activities Stakeholder contributions received in writing: BDRA contribution Anonymous contribution Meetings : 02/09/2016 - 09h - 12h 05/07/2016 - 10h - 12h 14/06/2016 - 10h - 12h 25/05/2016 - 10h - 12h 10/05/2016 - 14h - 16h Agenda items – 02/09/2016 a) Slides ELIA b) Report Agenda items – 05/07/2016 a) Slides FEBEG ELIA b) Report Agenda items – 14/06/2016 a) Slides FEBEG ELIA b) Report Agenda items – 25/05/2016 a) Slides b) Report Agenda items – 10/05/2016 a) Slides b) Report Share


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OTTAWA – Canadian Interuniversity Sport president, Leo MacPherson, announced on Monday July 30th, the appointment of renowned sports business leader Richard Peddie to the CIS board of directors.
Peddie joins the CIS board as its first member at large, effective immediately.
"Richard is a widely respected leader with extraordinary business and sport management expertise, and we are delighted that he is joining our board of directors," said MacPherson. "He will provide our board and management team with new insight and perspective as we pursue exciting opportunities relating to our broadcast and media rights along with our corporate partnership initiatives."
Richard PeddiePeddie retired from Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment in 2011 after 14 years as president and chief executive officer of the organization. In that position, he oversaw all business operations related to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Raptors, Marlies and Toronto FC, the operations of Air Canada Centre, BMO Field and Ricoh Coliseum, the company's three digital channels – Leafs TV, Raptors NBA TV and GOLTV – as well as $500 million Maple Leaf Square, a sports and entertainment destination adjacent to Air Canada Centre.
Prior to joining MLSE, his numerous leadership positions included president and COO of NetStar Communications, president and CEO of Stadium Corporation of Ontario (SkyDome), president and CEO of Pillsbury Canada, and president of Hostess Foods. He began his business career with Colgate Palmolive in 1970.
A native of Windsor, Ont., Peddie graduated from the University of Windsor in 1970 and received an honourary doctorate from the institution in 2001. One of the University's most philanthropic and active donors, he is a long-time supporter of Lancer Athletics and CIS. Most recently, he was co-honourary chair, along with his wife Colleen, of the 2011 CIS women's basketball championship hosted by the University of Windsor.
Peddie is currently a leader in residence at the University of Windsor's Odette School of Business. He is also writing a book on leadership in business and sports, which will be published by HarperCollins in 2013.
"I'm very pleased to be able to assist CIS as a member of the board of directors," Peddie said. "Most importantly, I want to help the student-athletes across Canada in furthering their dreams on and off the playing field."
President: Leo MacPherson (St. Francis Xavier University)
President-Elect: Gord Grace (University of Windsor)
Vice President Sport: James Keogh (University of Victoria)
Vice President Marketing: Gilles Lépine (Laval University)
Vice President Compliance: Jennifer Brenning (Carleton University)
Chair Finance: John Ryan (Cape Breton University)
Chair International: TBD
AUS Representative: Michelle Healey (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
RSEQ Representative: Jean-Pierre Chancy (University of Montreal)
OUA Representative: Jennifer Myers (York University)
CWUAA Representative: Sandy Slavin (University of Lethbridge)
Member At Large: Richard Peddie
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Whether you're looking for a Roland TB 303 emulator or some other free online virtual synthesizer, you have definitely come to the right place. I want to help you get started making electronic music, so I have found some really great free music programs that you can use directly within your web browser. All you need is your computer, a connection to the internet, a web browser, and some speakers or headphones. That's it!
Roland TB 303
You probably know what a TB-303 is, but if you don't, here is a demonstration:
It's a bass synthesizer that Roland made in the 80s. Well, they were originally designed to play traditional bass lines so that you could play guitar over the top, for example. However, people started using them to create that classic squelchy acid house sound instead.
These days you can pay a LOT of money for a second-hand TB-303. The thing is, though, you don't need to.
Introducing Acid Machine: the Online TB 303 Emulator
Now you can use a free software version of the TB-303 from your web browser:
I know it doesn't look exactly like the original TB-303, but it has many of the same controls. You've got saw and square wave, tune, cutoff, resonance, envelope mod, decay, accent, octave a slide. Actually, Acid Machine is more than just one TB-303. It features two of them, plus a drum machine too!
My only criticism is that it seems like the filter cutoff and resonance don't go as extreme as they do on the real thing. Still, it's free, so we can't really complain too much.
You can have a play with it right now by visiting:
The awesome thing is, you can even save your sequences as wave files. So you could create a bunch of sequences then use them as loops in a free DAW like Audacity, for example.
But Wait, There's More!
I'm not going to leave you with just one free toy to play with. No, I want to send you way with a big smile on your face, so here are some other free online synths that you can have fun with.
With this one, you can play the notes with the keys of your computer keyboard.
It has two keyboards, one for bass notes and one for treble notes. You can "record" yourself playing into the sequencer, and it can automatically quantize your notes to make them fit into a tight rhythm.
You can then use your mouse to adjust the various sound parameters. The filter cutoff and resonance can go quite extreme, into uncomfortable territory actually. Don't push it to the max while your speakers are loud or you're wearing headphones, or you might hurt your ears!
One thing I like is that using the LFO parameter you can get some great pulsing sounds. If you push it fast enough, you can get a really authentic sounding computer game effect as you can hear in this demonstration video:
Why not have a play with it yourself at:
Audiotool Tonematrix
This one is a bit different, in that it just consists of a matrix that you can click to add notes. It's quite hypnotic actually, to see the visual representation of your notes:
Why not try it out for yourself at:
But notice what happens if you click the "Add Drums" button. You get taken to…
Audiotool Music Maker
This is a free online music making program which you can use directly in your web browser. You have a mixer, an arranger section, and then a bunch of drum machines, synths, tools, and effects, any of which can be dragged into the main area to be included in your music project.
And this brings us right back to the original topic of this post – Roland TB 303 emulators – because Audiotool has a TB 303 emulator built into it too!
Take a look:
Why not have a play around with it yourself at:
If you want to experiment with modular synthesis, why not take a look at the WebModular synthesizer. Unfortunately, I don't have a video demonstration of this one, because nobody has made one yet. That must mean that not many people know about this online synthesizer yet.
It is a web browser version of a modular synthesizer. That means you can play around by linking different parts of different modules to each other to get weird and interesting sounds.
Why not have a play with it at:
So there you go, you not only have a free online Roland TB 303 emulator to play with; you also have a bunch of free online virtual synthesizers and drum machines to enjoy messing around with. It just goes to show, there are more and more free music making tools available these days, so nobody has any excuse not to get started making their own electronic music.
Please let me know whether you enjoyed these online music tools, or if you have any questions or comments. Even more importantly, if you have made any music using these free instruments, please post a link to them in the comments section. Put them up on SoundCloud or something. Even if they are just works in progress, I would still love to hear them. Maybe I can even help you develop them further?
Additionally, if you know of any other free online virtual synthesizers or music making programs that I could add to this list, that would be awesome.
All the best,
P.S. You may also be interested in this free online music composing software.


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The think we call as "hair care" should be one thing that you do for yourself that reliefs you and it definitely should be done as routine.
With summer, you must be aware that you should do your hair care more often. This routine process should be taken seriously especially by hijabi ladies more. Because lack of air and sun shine on the hairs may cause problems, so I'll talk about how to take care your hair if you wear hijab.
The only problem of modest life is the skin of your hair is closed and stays lack of hair. This problem depends on daily life of course but working ladies wear hijab for longer hours hair loss may occur and you may have even have itchy feeling all day long.
The simplest thing is your hair's need for vitamins just like your body. If we have Vitamin D deficiency we take vitamins and supplements to place it, that's what you should do for your hair. If you have problems we verbalized above, you have take time for yourself and take care of your hair immediately. Let's take a look at what we should do…
If hair is lack of air;
-Hair loss
-Dandruff at hairy area
-under ear fungi
-volumes-less hair
If you have oily hair problems you can find easy solutions just as I listed below.
-ventilate your hair
-comb your hair regularly
-Try not to tie your hair too tight, try to leave it loose so that you can prevent hair loss.
Try to take a shower often during summer and definitely dry your hair. You should use cream-free shampoo because it causes oily hair. Some bonnets may make your hair sweaty because of their fabric so try to choose nylon-free ones.
The Miraculous Turpentine for your Hair
The most popular hair care essential oil is turpentine when it comes to hair loss. We can't talk about its benefit for your body enough but we can list what it does to your hair. It helps your hair to get too oily, makes it bright and shiny with strong tissue and helps your hair to get long faster.
How To Apply
Tou can add 30 drops of turpentine to 250 ml shampoo and use freely. It is very effective oil so don't use it directly.
Take care of yourself…
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Luongo back skating with Canucksby Kevin Woodley
VANCOUVER – Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo skated with the team Wednesday morning for the first time since a lower-body injury forced him from a Dec. 22 game against the Winnipeg Jets.
Luongo, who had been on the ice with goalie coach Roland Melanson a couple other times already, won't dress against the Lightning, but hopes to be back by the weekend.
"I felt really good out there today," said Luongo, adding he was first hurt stopping a shot from Evander Kane and left after feeling it again making another save a few minutes later. "I knew it wasn't serious given the fact I could still move around and skate off on my own."
Luongo isn't the only Canucks player nearing a return.
Though coach John Tortorella would only say "day to day" when asked about injuries, top-line forward Alexandre Burrows skated in a visor and protective piece guarding the jaw he broke on Dec. 1. Defenseman Alexander Edler, who has missed 11 games with a sprained right knee, and Jordan Schroeder, out since Oct. 19 with an ankle sprain that required surgery, were also back on the ice skating before leaving when the full morning skate started.
Though most of the attention was on scoring star Steven Stamkos and a comeback from a broken leg that included skating on consecutive days in Vancouver, the Tampa Bay Lightning are focused on getting other players back first.
Forward Ryan Malone (ankle) and defenseman Eric Brewer (arm) will each return against the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday, and former Canucks defenseman Sami Salo (lower body) is expected back during this four-game Canadian road trip.
"When other teams look at the lineup they may not have recognized a lot of names, so maybe we sneak up on them a little with a lot of young, talented players that work hard and smart," said Malone, who has missed 16 games since Nov. 22. "It's made it a lot easier to watch while hurt."
Here are the anticipated lineups for the Lightning, again expected to dress seven defensemen, and Canucks:
Teddy Purcell – Valtteri Filppula – Alex Killorn
Martin St. Louis – Tyler Johnson – Ondrej Palat
Nate Thompson – J.T. Brown – Nikita Kucherov
Scratched: B.J. Crombeen, Tom Pyatt
Injured: Sami Salo (upper body), Steven Stamkos (leg), Keith Aulie (hand)
Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Jannik Hansen
Chris Higgins - Ryan Kesler - Mike Santorelli
David Booth - Brad Richardson - Zack Kassian
Tom Sestito - Zac Dalpe - Dale Weise
Dan Hamhuis - Christopher Tanev
Injured: Andrew Alberts (upper body), Roberto Luongo (lower body), Ryan Stanton (ankle), Alexander Edler (knee), Alexandre Burrows (jaw), Jordan Schroeder (ankle)


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A really quick post as I must get to bed - need my beauty sleep!! No jokes please! ;))
I am teaching all day tomorrow in Chorley, Lancashire at my monthly girly catch up. More like a group of friends meeting every month to craft than it is a workshop! Lol - love it!
Then Sunday I am at Mountain Ash Crafts for my last demo day of the year! Boo Hoo!
It is a Christmas Party Day with Raffles and Chocolates and demonstrations - so bob along and say Hi if you can.
It is such a lovely place and full of the friendliest customers and staff.
So much so that I am going to be going back to Mountain Ash every month to teach!!! Woo Hoo!
January's class is allready sold out - but I think there are a couple of places left for February.
Just scroll down to find their contact info if you could like to come along.
Anyway, best get on will blog properly at the end of the week.
In the meantime if you are looking for a bit of inspiration - why not check out my You Tube page where I have demonstrated lots of stamping, punching and generally crafty techniques that you might like?
Have a fabulous weekend whatever you are doing.
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The first time I went to Cypress Grove Park, it was as a guest at my college roommate's wedding. As soon as I drove through the gates, I knew I just HAD to photograph an engagement session here. Yesterday, my wish finally came true.
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text: A mainstay of the New Yorker staff since 1939, Hamburger has written everything from —Talk of the Town— entries to casuals and profiles; he even served as music critic and movie reviewer. Dozens of pieces are collected here, arranged chronologically within each category. The few comments provided by Hamburger are helpful: A "Stanley" essay was written, for example, to explore "small, little-known islands in the East River and New York Harbor," and was authored by none other than the self-styled —Our Man Stanley.— Much of the material is dated; some of Hamburger's observations appear comically off the mark. For instance, in 1950 he became the first New Yorker writer to venture into the "cultural minefield" of television. He describes the early Candid Camera TV series as "sadistic, poisonous, anti-human, and sneaky"; he dismisses Frank Sinatra and his singing on the October 1951 debut of his show as being either "asleep or else . . . quite ill." Hamburger fared a bit better as an —amateur" music critic in the late 1940s, although Toscanini demanded that he be fired. Hamburger wrote many fine profiles over the years, with the best a 1986 piece on Vartan Gregorian. His parodic profile of then-popular J.P. Marquand may be lost on many readers today. A 1944 profile of Louie the Waiter at the Sixth Avenue Delicatessen—a man noted not only for his service-oriented doggerel, but for selling $4 million worth of war bonds—is a prime example of New Yorker writing at its finest. Uneven, but what writer's 60-year output wouldn't be? There's great stuff here, representative of a kind of writing and reportage that, sadly, is passing.


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Dignity Danish Institute Against Torture
Legal basis (mandates) and mission
DIGNITY, the Danish Institute Against Torture, is a Danish nongovernmental organization. It is a self-governing institution independent of party politics. DIGNITY's work is basically founded on the respect for human rights and the dignity and integrity of each individual. Therefore, it is DIGNITY's proclaimed objective to help alleviate the human suffering resulting from torture for the individual, family members and the community. DIGNITY also aims at preventing torture and seeks to achieve this aim by altering the mechanisms resulting in torture in each country. By preventing torture, DIGNITY also ensures respect for human rights, social justice and a development towards a society without human suffering.
The objectives are:
- to expose and document torture on a health professional basis;
- to develop clinical diagnoses and treatment methods of torture survivors on the basis of systematic examination of the torture survivors and research into torture and organized violence; and
- to apply the experiences thus achieved in education and advocacy in order to contribute to the global effort to abolish torture.
In its work, DIGNITY focuses intensively on torture and ill-treatment in places of detention.
Topics of interest in the prison setting
- Torture
- Ill-treatment
- Degrading treatment
- Inhumane treatment
- Violence
- Access to legal safeguards
- Vulnerable populations
Strategic operations
During 2014, DIGNITY initiated a new five-year strategy. First and foremost, the strategy states that DIGNITY's vision is a world without torture and other forms of organized violence. DIGNITY's goal is to ease the human suffering of torture survivors, to prevent torture and to be a global driving force in the development of new knowledge about torture and its consequences.
Role in prisons
DIGNITY's role in prisons includes the prevention of torture and ill-treatment through implementation of international prison standards and establishing independent monitoring mechanisms for monitoring places of detention. Moreover, DIGNITY, together with the Danish ombudsman and the Danish Institute for Human Rights, constitutes the Danish National Preventive Mechanism (NPM). The Danish NPM monitors places of detention in Denmark on a regular basis.
Target groups
Victims of torture and persons kept in places of detention.
Geographic region of focus
Global (developing countries), with a special focus on countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.


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What Do Waffles, Guinness, and Kettlebells Have in Common?
Interview with Jason Sanchez AKA Candidate for Master of Sport, 73kg Weight Class Best result: 125 points in 28kg Biathlon (Jerk 65, Snatch 120) at New Jersey Ironbell Challenge in June 2014
One of the ways I want to use KB Fit Britt is to promote Kettlebell Sport - providing education, information, and entertainment to both those who are just starting out in the sport, and those who have been competing for years. Interviewing fellow Kettlebell Sport athletes is a fun way to bring faces and names to the sport, as well as provide insight and advice on training - especially since many lifters in the United States train on their own.
A big challenge when training beginners in Kettlebell Sport, especially men, is getting them to accept that they have to work with the light bells for a long time before they can get to anything remotely heavy (those 16kg bells will feel pretty heavy after about three minutes, don't you worry!).
I asked my good friend and fellow Kettlebell Sport lifter Jason Sanchez to help me with some content for my blog. He is a strong and fit guy, and probably was before ever picking up a kettlebell. Thus he can provide some great insight on his own experience of moving up in weight too fast - and how "regressing" from 32kg back to 24kg really improved his lifting.
1. When and how did you discover Kettlebell Sport? I did an RKC certification in 2008 that introduced me to kettlebells. Afterward, I came across competition bells online and started doing research on the sport. In the summer of 2009 I completed a World Kettlebell Club certification. My first competition was the Ironworks Long Cycle Championship in October 2009 where I lifted 2x20kg Long Cycle.
2. When did you decide to get a coach? Chris Duffey reached out to me in 2011. He challenged me to try his coaching for one month and see if my numbers improved. They did, and he coached me to Rank 1 with the 24kg bells. He was a wealth of knowledge and experience at a point where my education in Kettlebell Sport was very limited.
3. Why is it important to get a coach for Kettlebell Sport? In every sport, a coach is necessary. With their experience, they can teach you what you need to know much more quickly than you taking the long way around to discover it on your own. By watching you lift, a coach will notice small things you don't notice yourself. Especially in Kettlebell Sport, where both strength and endurance is required, a coach is essential to learn how to practice and program your training.
4. How do you decide when to move up in kettlebell weight? I waited three years to compete with the 32kg bells, but even that was earlier than I should have. I moved up too fast and injured myself in Snatch. One good measure that indicates you are ready to increase kettlebell weight in Biathlon (for men): hit 100 jerks and 200 snatches with the bell you are on. Another test would be to attempt Master of Sport International Class (MSIC) numbers with the bell you are working on. For Long Cycle, make sure you can go 10 minutes and hit 60-80 repetitions before increasing kettlebell weight.
5. Do you have any kettlebell role models? I don't really have role models, but I definitely look up to lifters like Ivan Denisov and Anton Anasenko who are running the show in Russia. There is lots of inspiration here in the United States as well, but no one person in particular.
6. What is the biggest challenge for you in Kettlebell Sport? Being consistent with training and not letting life get in the way of lifting. This isn't a sport where you can train only 1-2 times per week and do well. I recently made a career move for the better so I will have more time to train.
7. How do you protect your back under the heavy loads that you lift? Flexibility and leg strength.* You need to be flexible in the rack position so that your elbows rest on your hips, as well as hamstring and hip flexibility so you can relax your quadriceps. You need to be able to move fast to get under the bells and use your legs in jerk. If your upper and lower back are not flexible, you will have a miserable time trying to hold the rack position for ten minutes.
*To learn more about improving flexibility and mobility specific to Kettlebell Sport, check out Jason's advice on the subject.
8. Kettlebell Sport uses many repetitive movements and trainingprograms often include a lot of volume. Any advice on preventing overuse injuries? Switch up your training and make sure you have a day for recovery. Don't skip recovery days and include workouts for restoration like yoga, mobility, and general conditioning.
9. Do you have any advice for novice kettlebell lifters? This sport is tough in the beginning - don't dwell on the bad because it takes time to get good at the technique.
10. What do you envision for the future of Kettlebell Sport? There were new IUKL protocols released recently allowing women to lift OALC, which I think is great - we need to open up weight classes and add more events. Once we get more countries involved and get all the organizations to merge together, the sport will hopefully become a household name like CrossFit and get broadcast on T.V.
11. Do you coach Kettlebell Sport? No, I am too busy especially with my own training. I have coached Kettlebell Sport athletes before and would like to again down the road.
12. How do you recover after a hard kettlebell workout? Sometimes I will do a hot-cold recovery like sauna and swim, followed by lots of stretching. Alternatively, I will take an epsom salt bath. At the end of the week, I have a Guinness.
13. What is your favorite post-workout meal? Post-competition meal? Post-workout I like to eat rice, chicken, and avocado. If I do a heavy legs day, I'll have steak. Post-competition I like to celebrate with pizza or waffles.
14. Anything else you would like to add? The sport is growing, which is great, but I think we need to align all of the organizations and bring the great ideas together. That way we can shift the focus to improving the sport instead of making money.
If you want to hear more from Jason Sanchez, check out his post on Kettlebell Sport mobility!


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|January 15th, 2014, 05:32 AM
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From: DC Metro Area
Posts: 53
I Ride: Hyperstrada
"Error" and all dash lights flashing, Fan Turns on, No Start .
I normally just lurk the forum for tips and ideas, but my bike had an issue recently that I thought would be worth mentioning to fellow Hyperstrada riders.
Sunday it warmed up quite a bit so I decided that a short hooligan ride was in order to cure my winter itch. (bike has received all ECU updates about 2 weeks ago) I let the bike warm up, and took off down my longer-ish driveway. Got to the end and ready to pull onto the street, and BOOM; every light on the dash started flashing at me (The DTC light, the ABS light, Blinker lights, the dash went blank, then started flashing "errors" across it, none of me trip/odometer information showed, no engine temp reading, and lastly, the engine cooling fan was running.
So I immediately killed the bike once I took a mental note of all of that, and pushed it back into the garage.
I unhooked the battery and let it sit for awhile hoping that it would "reset" itself, (it works on aircraft so I thought "why not try?") Hooked it back up, no luck. The bike would still start and run flawlessy. So I ran through the dash to check my error codes. Engine and Can Line error codes were showing. I turned the key on and off a few times, while checking some online forums, then the next step .It would no longer start. I still have a full battery charge; it just wouldn't throw power to the starter at all.
So I broke down and called Ducati Roadside Assistance. They had the delivery guy here in 2 days and brought my bike up to the Duc Pond in Virginia. I'm going to call the soon to see what they found. I'll keep you all posted.
|January 15th, 2014, 06:10 AM
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Posts: 52
I also had an flashing dash board.
See ' Limp mode' on the site.
|January 15th, 2014, 06:12 AM
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From: California
Posts: 215
Man, that sucks! How long have you had your bike for and how many miles are on it? Let us know what you find out!
|January 15th, 2014, 08:46 AM
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Joined: Mar 2013
From: Naples, IT
Posts: 2,283
I Ride: 2013 White Strada
Have you ruled out Solar Flares or EMP? That's what happens to vehicles in the movies after such events.
Horrible joke aside, I would seriously investigate that recent ECU update. Part of the latest patch dealt with the control panel, but my dealer said it was only regarding screen backlighting.
|January 16th, 2014, 02:01 AM
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From: California
Posts: 215
You cocksucker!!!! You jinxed my Hyper.
Got it Monday night, rode it for 25 miles on Tuesday, and Wednesday night I go to start it up for a ride and won't start. Dash flashing "error." Mother$*#&#*@!
I'm not getting all the lights flashing though. Nor any fan sound. The oil light flashes for a few seconds, then all the lights go out and it's just the display with the tachometer flashing along with the ERROR flashing without any backlight.
I press the starter button and nothing happens. Nor does it make that cha-ching sound when you normally turn on the electronics. Just dead silence.
Tried turning it off and on a few times and same result. A couple times the display was completely dead. Other times the display turns out (without the backlight) and says error.
Two things I noted:
When I walked up to the bike, I noticed the immobilizer light was NOT flashing.
After I turned it on and off (not engine, just the electronics since the engine won't start), the immobilizer light came on and started flashing when I turned it to OFF, but it was very dim... would make me suspect a low battery, but I don't see how that's possible since I just rode it yesterday and I haven't installed ANY farkles on it yet that would be suspect for a battery drain.
Also of note, I left the bike on its sidestand overnight. The manual says to always put it on the centerstand for some reason, but guessing that doesn't have anything to do with this?
Wow this sucks! Just 25 miles on her and she already has a major malfunction.
Sorry... this picture sucks but you can see the word "errors" next to the temp display.
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|January 16th, 2014, 03:22 AM
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Joined: Mar 2013
From: Naples, IT
Posts: 2,283
I Ride: 2013 White Strada
Do you leave your key in the ignition when it's parked? Maybe you left ignition on and battery died.
|January 16th, 2014, 04:06 AM
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|January 16th, 2014, 05:21 AM
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From: Sweden
Posts: 82
You might have turned the key "off" to mutch and put it on P.
When set on P, the back light is still lit and the number plate light is on.
I did it when mine where new, but i where lucky as i came out to the garage 2 h after i parked the bike and saw the light on my bike where on.
Got me a good scare.
That could have drained the battery if it where low before
|January 16th, 2014, 05:30 AM
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Joined: Mar 2013
From: Naples, IT
Posts: 2,283
I Ride: 2013 White Strada
Good call, Liam. Done that and also caught it before draining.
The fact that you noticed immobilizer light dimming has to be drained battery.
|January 16th, 2014, 05:33 AM
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Also, I always look back at my vehicles after parking them. The lights were definitely not on. The chances of me leaving the parking light on is almost impossible.
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4 things to do in SLO County on Monday, Jan. 30
Motel Inn exhibition
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Exhibition tells the story of the nation's first motel, built in San Luis Obispo. Exhibit ends Monday. History Center of San Luis Obispo County Museum, 696 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. Free. 805-543-0638.
Mind Walks: Health of Coniferous Forests
10:15 to 11:30 a.m.
A presentation of vignettes of ongoing issues facing our forest ecosystems and the responses we can expect of these systems with altered climates. Veterans Memorial Building, 209 Surf St., Morro Bay. $3. 805-772-2694.
Acro Yoga
7:30 to 8:45 p.m.
Group asana, partner supported conditioning and inversion techniques, basic acrobatics, Thai massage and partner flying. All levels welcome, no experience necessary. Holistic Movement Center, 845 Napa Ave., Morro Bay. $10. 707-266-8945.
Kim Ferrell art exhibit
8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Portraits of fierce and strong athletic women. Exhibit runs until May 31. Los Osos Fitness, 1078 Los Osos Valley Road, Los Osos. Free. 805-528-1190.
For a complete list of events, visit events.sanluisobispo.com.


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On average you'll pay 10% less compared to other sites for booking Yamba Accommodation on Wild Escapes.
The array of diverse activities that Yamba offers its tourists makes it a wonderful destination worth visiting. Located on the New South Wales, Yamba is a popular tourist destination of the nation that boasts of national parks, beaches, rivers and much more. Some of the popular things to try here include dolphin and whale watching between the months of May and October, catching a live-music event at the local pubs to know more about the local culture, and taking a leisurely walk along the beautiful coastline of the beaches. Spookies Beach and the Angourie Beach are the top beaches where you can head to, to soak up some sun and relax. The turquoise-blue waters are a treat to the eyes and you can enjoy a swim too. A trip to Yamba is incomplete without visiting the iconic Yamba Lighthouse located at the Pilot Hill offering spectacular views of the beach.
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The bottom line is to find yourself making a claim. In order to get the plan that you have gone this route, just make a payment is missed, or if you will have to be driven away; it would actually help you find out about other discounts. If you think you'll need to have a much faster and much more. With the insurance you may not fully cover your risks. If government represents the people do not have same experience and sex should allow for you to fit your needs. There are websites online that day and purchase for further information, or if the value of the vehicle of movement. You should purchase, always consider the type of coverage which is a must. Plus, you would save you thousands in premiums in the market value of your good driving record clean. Most states have no difficulty in finding solutions for the most reckless examples of the traffic with swift motion, dependable driving. There are several factors that affect your insurance company.
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MuscleTech Shatter SX-7 Black Onyx Ripped is a new dual-function pre-workout and weight loss hybrid formula from MuscleTech. This unique formula combines precise doses of powerful pre-workout ingredients, such as beta-alanine, taurine and citrulline, plus a scientifically tested key weight loss driver backed by two human studies. MuscleTech Shatter SX-7 Black Onyx Ripped also features a one-of-a-kind mix of sensory ingredients, including Myristica fragrans, satsuma orange, Scutellaria and black currant powder for a truly unique experience unlike anything you've ever tried.
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- Sustained energy for better workouts and enhanced focus
- Advanced weight loss ingredients with C. canephora robusta
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Servings Per Container: 60
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Mix 2 servings (2 scoops) with 12 oz. of cold water and consume 15-20 minutes before your workout. Do not exceed 2 servings (2 scoops) in a 24-hour period.
*Do not take within 5 hours of bedtime. Read the entire label before use and follow directions provided.


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Sometimes it is best to go for the simple things in your life. Classic Fruit slot game by 1×2 Gaming is one of such choices. This five reels and five pay-lines slot is one of the simplest and easiest games from fruit genre based games. Classic Fruit is the epitome of simplicity combined with state of the art graphics. In order to keep this game simple, 1×2 Gaming has omitted majority of the features commonly available in all other games. As you can guess from the title, this game revolves around fruits, seriously lot of fruits!
The best thing about the five pay-lines provided in this slot is that you can select their number for each spin ranging from a single pay line to five of them. The reels of this game are designed in 3×3 format. These symbols are designed as very highly detailed ones with their natural colors.
The three reels of this game are encased in a yellow colored frame. The background of the reels depicts bells, sevens and fruit signs in the form of a wall paper. The spin button is accompanied by a stack of gold coins on the right sides and all the five pay-lines are on the left side of the reels. A jingle bell like symphony played by an orchestra accompanies the game which makes it even more interesting. Overall Classic Fruit is a low to medium variance game which makes it suitable for all types of players.
Features of Classic Fruit slot game
Classic Fruit slot game comes with a fixed jackpot of 200x. As mentioned earlier, in order to keep this slot simple, the developer has not provided any of the usual features such as scatters, multipliers, free games or wild symbols.
There is auto play feature which can allow a player to opt for up to 250 spins. The maximum coin limit for Classic Fruit is set up at five coins. The coin range starts at £0.01 and goes up to £1.00.
The minimum wagering requirement for each spin starts from £0.05 and ends at £25.00 while playing with five pay-lines. The high paying symbols of this game include a seven, a bar, a bell, a watermelon and a plum. The seven symbol provides the biggest payout of 200x of this game. The other high ranking symbols provide payouts in the following ways.
The Symbols of Classic fruit slot
- Bar symbols: Landing three on an active pay line awards 100 coins.
- Bell symbols: Landing three on an active pay line awards 70 coins.
- Watermelon symbols: Landing three on an active pay line awards 54 coins.
- Landing three plum symbols on an active pay line awards 46 coins.
The other low ranking symbols of this game provide payouts in the following ways
- Cherries: Landing two or three symbols on an active pay line awards two and fourteen coins respectively.
- Lemon: Landing two or three symbols on an active pay line awards three and twenty four coins respectively.
- Tomato: Landing two or three symbols on an active pay line awards four and thirty two coins respectively.
- Orange: Landing two or three symbols on an active pay line awards five and forty coins respectively.
- Scatter Symbol: Classic Fruit slot does not have any kind of scatter symbols.
- Wild Symbol: Classic Fruit slot game does not have any wild symbol.
Bonus Rounds of Classic Fruit slot game
Classic Fruit slot game does not provide any type of bonus game, free games, re-spins or gambling options.


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Infibeam The trend of shopping online in India is increasing at an exponential rate. From mobiles, air conditioners, televisions, printers to apparels, body care products, kitchen appliances and more, you can buy everything online. Infibeam.com, an online shopping company is one stop destination for all your electronics, lifestyle, entertainment and other day-to-day needs. Shopping


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By Karen Snider and George P. Hartwick III
Starting today, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare will become the Department of Human Services. What's in a name? More than one might think.
Not only does the name Department of Human Services more accurately reflect what the department does, it is a mark of respect for those it serves.
Some may shrug and say, "Why does it matter?'' Here's why: DPW's services are not about welfare, but are about helping people lead full, productive lives.
Ninety-eight percent of what DPW does is about providing human services that address a wide spectrum of needs: Helping an individual with physical disabilities receive services that make it possible for him or her to work and live independently.
Helping a neighbor with serious mental health problems regulate their medications and receive therapy so they are not a threat to themselves or anyone else. Helping a widowed grandmother who is no longer able to live on her own and needs long-term nursing care.
Calling these services and the department that provides them "welfare'' would be like calling the Department of Education the Department of Busing, despite the fact that less than 5 percent of its budget goes toward transporting students.
Forty-eight states have already dropped the word "welfare'' from the name of their departments and there is not one department or agency of welfare among Pennsylvania's 67 counties, which are responsible for delivering human services.
The state funding received by counties to provide these services is already called the Human Service Block Grant. It is vital that counties and the state coordinate and work from the same page in delivering effective and efficient services. Starting with having the same name helps.
As a former Secretary of DPW, who always wanted to be the Secretary of Human Services, and a county commissioner who day in and day out provides human services, we could not be more thrilled that Pennsylvania will no longer refer to human services as welfare.
We are grateful that the state Legislature passed and Gov. Tom Corbett signed into law legislation, sponsored by Rep. Thomas P. Murt, R-Montgomery, that changed DPW's name to the Department of Human Services.
We also want to thank the Campaign for What Works for its tireless lobbying on this important issue and for all its efforts on behalf of those who provide human services and the people they serve.
The name change goes to the heart of how we think of those who are helped, and how they view themselves. We have never met anyone who wants to be known as receiving "welfare.''
But we do know family members, neighbors, friends and co-workers who need some assistance so that they can live a full and meaningful live. In fact, we know very few people who do not need some help at some time in their lives.
This is why we are so fortunate to now have a Department of Human Services instead of a Department of Public Welfare.
Karen Snider, president of Susquehanna Consulting and Financial Group, served as secretary of the Department of Public Welfare from 1991-1995. She lives in Harrisburg.
George P. Hartwick III is a Dauphin County commissioner and Human Services and Education Policy chair for the National Association of Counties and for the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania. He lives in Steelton.


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by Amy McLeod
August 2, 2010
My "street" is Madison Square Garden. Though I cannot provide a guide through the actual arena, I can provide an informative flyer that could be available in the MSG concourse and online for viewers to see.
Click here to see the flyer of Madison Square Garden
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Maximize Fundraising Results - 4 Reasons to Make Friends with Finance/
While watching the Sochi Olympics this month, I couldn't help but notice the teams of people surrounding the top-performing athletes. Coaches shouted wildly in the start house at alpine skiing events. Trainers, choreographers and skate-guard holders flanked the figure skaters as they waited for their scores.
You, too, can leverage a support crew by teaming up with other departments. Here are 4 reasons why cozying up to your finance department will help you maximize fundraising results.
You Are Too Close to Ignore Each Other
Communication between development and finance is a necessity. AFP even sponsors a conference on this topic! Fundraising folks bring dollars into an organization; finance manages those funds once they have been received. Communication between these two functions – during the fundraising process and after a gift has been received – is critical to good organizational management and good stewardship of a donor's gift. If you don't already have strong lines of communication with your finance team, start building them now.
Tip: Schedule regular meetings with your finance team to update them on asks and proposals forthcoming or under consideration. Give them a chance to ask you questions, too.
They Are The Experts
Your finance friends know your organization's financial model better than anyone. They know the big picture and they know the down-in-the-weeds details. As a fundraiser, you certainly don't need an accounting degree, but learning what you can from your finance team about your organization's major sources of income and expenses will benefit you and your work. Here's a good article on the eight financial terms everyone should know.
Donors – especially foundations – ask financial questions. As you talk with donors and prospects, keep a list of their finance-related questions and share these questions with your finance team. Together, you can develop a standard list of talking points to address the most frequently asked questions. Creating these talking points collaboratively ensures that the financial picture you paint for donors is high-level, and accurate. If a donor wants more detail, your strong working relationship with finance makes it easy to hunt down additional info.
They Live and Breathe Budgets
Rather than trying to create program budgets yourself, here are 3 good reasons to ask finance for help:
- Their job is to track all organizational budgets, so they may already have one for your chosen program.
- If a program budget doesn't yet exist, finance has all the necessary facts and figures to create an accurate budget. You'll likely be more confident in sharing numbers generated by the finance team than by you personally.
- Finance can help you tailor a budget to best communicate with a specific donor. Maybe you want to show more vs. less salary expenses, or include a percentage of indirect costs. Finance folks can help with this type of customization.
They are Part of Your Stewardship Team
When I think about stewardship, I often think like a fundraiser – how can I best communicate with my donor? What opportunities can I offer them to stay engaged? Thankfully, your friends in finance are looking at a different slice of the stewardship pie—making sure your donor's gift is spent in the way it was intended.
Tracking donations, especially the spending of restricted gifts, is not easy work. Mistakes made in this arena can result in loss of donor confidence, or – worst case scenario – having to return money to a donor.
Tip: In those regular meetings mentioned above, set up a process with your finance team for communicating the key details of new gifts when they arrive, and how to best monitor spending. Communication might include an email template for new gifts received and/or quarterly checks of all restricted gifts and corresponding expenses.
In what ways do you interact with your organization's finance team? What new ideas will you try next?
If you'd like Arroyo's fundraising ideas and tips delivered every week to your inbox, sign up here. You'll also receive our FREE guide, Conquer Your Fear of Asking for Money!


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In Ep. 5 of Willful, Andrew Dobson remembers his first big investment: "a Black and Decker bread maker when I was in the sixth grade." He goes on to talk about:
• His heroes.
• Avoiding burnout.
• His definition of success.
Andrew is the editor in chief of DobberNationLoves.com, a food, luxury travel, arts and entertainment blog now in its 9th year.
Willful is the web series that tracks how artists and creative entrepreneurs work, thrive and survive. We interview one artist a week, then post five three-minute snack films from that interview on YouTube every day.
Follow us here on our website WillfulProject.com or our Facebook Page for our entire archive of inspiring interviews.


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Young Authors
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Young Authors
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Tuesday 22nd January – Balmain Scout Hall
Age: 8 – 12 years
9:00am – 3:00pm
For the budding writers out there, this is one of our most popular workshops! With games, craft, writing, and general FUN, we'll get your imagination firing, ideas flowing and pen moving. You'll learn techniques for creating a short story with whacky characters, crazy settings and action-packed plots that will get readers clambering for more. At the end of the day you'll come away with your own short story, and all the tools and inspiration you need to go forth and keep writing!
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If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Or rather, strike a pact with 'em, and look beyond your own borders.
It's long been established that nimble tech startups (and not a few tech giants) are competing with traditional FIs to provide financial services. There are any number of incentives for larger traditional firms to take the leap into the digital realm, to work with APIs and to move beyond the burdens of legacy technology – especially as they eye international markets.
There's a fundamental headwind in play, too, as the European Banking Authority (EBA) has said that banks have been a drag from their very structural issues, including not just older tech systems in place, but also bad loans that are on the books. According to the EBA, banks can be seen as falling into three categories when it comes to technology, amid them frontrunners, followers and those who are "reluctant" to change.
There is a wide recognition, though, that the European Union is aiming to bring to bear a draft law that in turn would accelerate FinTech efforts on the continent. The spur, of course, is Brexit, which has taken a dramatic turn as of this writing. As reported on Monday (July 9), the British government was in disarray following the resignations of top officials in charge of Brexit, as hard-liners, agitating for a "clean" break from the EU, battled with those who want a more measured approach.
Amid the broad strokes of the draft law is an indication that crowdfunding and blockchain efforts will help promote FinTech growth. Oversight would include how firms handle security issues and, among other wrinkles, cryptocurrencies. All of this comes, of course, as sandboxes continue to take shape, with more than a dozen of the 28 members having made the leap to such "playgrounds" (tongue firmly in cheek), which in turn allows for new financial products to be tested.
With an eye toward bringing money (and services) digitally around the globe, recent deal-making has focused on the remittances that are worth as much as $613 billion, per estimates from the World Bank. In a $300 million deal illustrative of the allure of B2B payments crossing borders, the investment firm EQT is buying Banking Circle from Denmark-based Saxo Bank. B2B is still the name of the game, though the combined entity will also look to branch out into B2B2C. Banking Circle, which provided real-time FX and open APIs in service of B2B payments, processes roughly 60 billion euros in payments annually, with a focus on digital rails. The deal is slated to close in the final quarter of this year.
In another deal highlighting bank and FinTech efforts done collaboratively, the banking software-as-a-service firm additive has said it is entering a partnership to give traditional financial services firms greater presence in wealth and asset management. The FinTech offers what has been billed as enhanced wealth management through its Digital Finance Suite, via the cloud, to partnering firms.
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The Which Apps Do They Want Study analyzes survey data collected from 1,045 American consumers to learn how they use merchant apps to enhance in-store shopping experiences, and their interest in downloading more in the future. Our research covered consumers' usage of in-app features like loyalty and rewards offerings and in-store navigation, helping to assess how merchants can design apps to distinguish themselves from competitors.


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Tracy Chevalier on "putting a frame around" small moments
I listened to a fascinating conversation on the TED Radio Hour between writer Tracy Chevalier (Girl with a Pearl Earring) and Guy Raz. Chevalier talked about growing a whole novel out of a single painting. If you haven't listened yet, I highly recommend it. She said one thing in particular that really stood out to me as a short story writer:
"We have dramatic lives, though they might not seem dramatic to the outside, but to us it's those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it—an actual painting frame, or if you put a frame that is a novel around small incidents—they suddenly become bigger because you focus. And anybody can focus on things that don't seem to mean much, and suddenly they become much bigger and much more important than you ever imagined."
I would argue that the short story also frames these small, uncelebrated moments, zooming in and examining the minutiae of a life, pixel by pixel.


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Families trust public media to provide content that is safe, fun, free, and educational for their children. CPB supports children's content that is innovative, reflects the diversity of its audience, and responds to the nation's leading educational needs and priorities.
Molly of Denali, produced by WGBH Boston, is an action-adventure comedy that follows the adventures of feisty and resourceful 10-year-old Molly Mabray, an Alaska Native girl. It will premiere in summer 2019.
Ready Jet Go!, produced by Wind Dancer Films, is an animated series that helps children ages 3-8 learn astronomy and Earth science concepts.
Splash and Bubbles, produced by The Jim Henson Company and Herschend Studios, uses digital puppetry to teach ocean science and biodiversity concepts to young learners ages 4-7.
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, produced by The Fred Rogers Company, focuses on preschoolers' social-emotional development, and is based in Fred Rogers' time-tested wisdom.
Kart Kingdom is PBS KIDS' online virtual world, featuring a collection of fun, learning games that help kids ages 6-9 develop systems thinking and collaboration skills.
Odd Squad, produced by The Fred Rogers Company with Sinking Ship Entertainment, is a live action math series for children ages 5-8. Odd Squad also received funds through 2010-2015 Ready To Learn Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, CPB, and PBS.
Oh Noah!, produced by WNET, is a digital project for children ages 4-8 that encourages cross-cultural understanding and second language acquisition.
Nature Cat, produced by Spiffy Pictures with WTTW, is a PBS KIDS series that encourages children ages 3-8 to explore nature and develop lifelong connections with the natural world.
Peg + Cat, produced by The Fred Rogers Company, is a math series for preschool children. Peg + Cat also received funds through the 2010-2015 Ready To Learn Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, CPB, and PBS.
Plum Landing, produced by WGBH, teaches environmental science to children ages 6-9. Plum Landing includes videos, games, and real-life science investigations via mobile app.
Ruff Ruffman: Humble Media Genius, produced by WGBH, is designed to help children ages 6-11 and their families learn about safe and positive technology use. The pilot is based on original characters from popular PBS KIDS series "Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman."
Super Why!, produced by Out of the Blue Enterprises, teaches early reading skills to preschoolers. Since 2007, Super Why engaged millions of children on-air and online, and through public television station-sponsored Super Why Reading Camps. Super Why! also received funds through CPB's 2005-2010 Ready To Learn Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Education and PBS.
Martha Speaks, produced by WGBH, focuses on building children's vocabulary. Martha Speaks also received funds through CPB's 2005-2010 Ready To Learn Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Education and PBS.
Sid the Science Kid, produced by The Jim Henson Company, uses comedy and music to promote exploration, discovery and science readiness among preschoolers.