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By Suki Steinhauser, CEO, Communities In Schools of Central Texas
They say the best public policy is well-informed by the people closest to its impact. On Friday, June 20, several young male participants of the Communities In Schools of Central Texas XY Zone program had the opportunity to share their voice and their wisdom with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. At a roundtable discussion in Austin, Texas, the Secretary explained to the 10 young men that our nation must address the particular needs of young men of color, who are, by many measures, taking wrong turns in life and not reaching their potential. Secretary Duncan shared that President Obama's My Brother's Keeper initiative seeks to rally our nation to do a better job with our young men, guiding and supporting them to success as adults.
All of the young men were straightforward in sharing their direct knowledge of the challenges they and their peers face to staying in school. They also gave their advice to the Secretary about what can be done to effectively support young men through those challenges. During the discussion, one student talked about the opportunity gaps that students from low-income communities face relative to starting a career. He said that his neighbors could "hook him up" with a fast-food job but not with internships or entry-level business positions. Several students talked about the challenges parents earning low incomes face that impact their ability to parent, including repeating negative cycles that they themselves experienced and exhaustion after working multiple jobs paying minimum wage. "We have to help parents to help children," said one CIS of Central Texas student. Referring to the precious little time that counselors and teachers have to devote to knowing their students, another student told Secretary Duncan, "When you don't understand a problem, you can't solve the problem." He went on to explain how the staff at Communities In Schools takes time to understand, deeply care about and support students effectively.
The CIS of Central Texas' XY-Zone leadership development and peer support program provides many of the very supports the students had been suggesting – relationships with caring and supportive adults, opportunities to get out into the community, college and career exploration and service learning activities.
At the conclusion of the roundtable discussion, Secretary Duncan praised the students and shared these words of encouragement: "So much of success is grit, resilience. The trials and tests didn't break you, but made you stronger." The Secretary could clearly see that the young men of the XY Zone have developed the grit, resilience and strength to realize their potential.
Media representatives were invited to attend the roundtable event and local Austin TV station KEYE ran a story on the 6 p.m. news and then posted the story on their website.


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Originally published October 2014
While individual physicians are at different stages in their use of social media, it is a journey virtually all physicians will eventually take. Social media is becoming so pervasive its importance as a channel to keep current on medical findings and to confer with colleagues is undeniable.1 While social media is increasingly used in medical education, research, and advocacy, it is patient expectations that are the driving force behind the uptake of social media among most physicians. Physicians who recognize their patients' expectations in the social media space may be better connected with them, which may help contribute to greater professional satisfaction and engagement.
Physicians who engage in social media must be mindful of the potential risks and consequences of their online activities. Privacy and security of personal information remain important considerations. Doctors should be careful not to communicate specific patient health information on social media. Some privacy risks may be mitigated by communicating with patients as a group and using appropriate privacy settings for the social platforms being used. Regardless of privacy settings, however, information shared via social media should be considered public.
Maintaining standards of medical professionalism must also be at the forefront of social media usage by physicians. Physicians on social media are expected to be thoughtful, trustworthy, and respectful in their communications, in keeping with their professional standing in the larger community. This means maintaining appropriate boundaries in doctor-patient relationships and avoiding activities that might be interpreted as online misconduct. Physicians should keep abreast of their regulatory authority (College) guidelines on social media.
It is predicted that physicians will increasingly use social media channels to educate patients and peers, pose questions, and have discussions about innovations and knowledge. Over time, physicians are likely to seize opportunities to use emerging online channels to share health and clinical information and to provide patient and family support. As more doctors have success with social media, this will become part of physicians' social accountability.2 The regulatory framework to which physicians are subject, along with CMPA advice in this area, will continue to evolve as new uses of communication technology become more widespread.
In the longer term, the integration of the digital world and the real world is expected to further change how physicians — and indeed all people — communicate, learn, and interact.
The CMPA has extensive online resources to help physicians understand and comply with their obligations respecting privacy and confidentiality, and professionalism and boundary issues. Member physicians are also encouraged to contact the CMPA for individual advice and assistance.
DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this learning material is for general educational purposes only and is not intended to provide specific professional medical or legal advice, nor to constitute a "standard of care" for Canadian healthcare professionals. The use of CMPA learning resources is subject to the foregoing as well as the CMPA's Terms of Use.

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February 18th: I got a bit of home(sickness) today when I talked to the whole school in Hoekwil. (Last time I spoke to Zoya's class.) This time I had a computer projector so I could show a slide show with pictures from Yellowstone, Yosemite, San Francisco, Seattle and of course Port Townsend. I was also able to show the recently completed "A Knight's Tale" video. That was particularly cool since both Arian and Zoya were in the audience.
I learned more about the school. It is in fact a kind of private school with only 9% of the expenses coming from the government. Students pay approximately R350.00(about $35.00)/month and the balance of the expenses, about 40%, come from donations. I've decided to sponsor one student for a year for about $300.00 hoping to get two friends help me make the donation. There are some schools that are free, including one not far from this school. But they have very large classes (80 students) and very limited money for educational supplies.
Amy suggested we go to an Ostrich farm
An ostrich race! And yes...I too rode an ostrich!
I'd been to Oudshoorn early in my stay but didn't have a chance to explore the town.
Turns out the Choo Choo does still run, though it now starts in George and runs to Mussel Bay for about a two hour trip. Amy and I went on this last week.
In the Maritime Museum in Mussel Bay there was a model of the ship Bartolomeu Dias the first ship to the Cape of Good Hope.
There were also a bunch of old cars in the museum. What year and kind of car is this? I can remember when they were new!
I had one of these...an MGA. So did my friend Jock.
Looking down from one of the train bridges!
There were also a bunch of old cars in the museum. What year and kind of car is this? I can remember when they were new!
I had one of these...an MGA. So did my friend Jock.
Looking down from one of the train bridges!
So the adventures continue...don't know if I'll do another blog before I get back to PT, but I'll do a "wrap" then for sure.
Here are a few more pix.
Brus on his new horse Rein.
Visited the beach again and made friends.
Here's a combo toilet/sink. Of course the sink drainage goes right into the toilet tank. Clever!


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French-owned Chargeurs, a global manufacturing and services group based in 34 countries on 5 continents and with leading positions in four segments – temporary surface protection, garment interlinings, technical substrates and combed wool – has bought the Leach Impact and Leach Inspire divisions of the company for an undisclosed sum. Leach Studio will continue to be privately owned by directors Richard Leach and Jim Parkin.
Chargeurs is no stranger to the Leach brand. Having supplied the Pearl fabric – Leach's best-selling print material used in its iconic lightboxes – for the past seven years, the Paris-based organisation has long watched the evolution of this innovative Yorkshire firm.
But only now was the time right to sell, explains managing director Richard.
"Having experienced ten years of consecutive growth, we have been planning how to pursue the next chapter of our journey for some time," he said. "A key part of our long-term strategy has been to attract investment that will allow us to generate more international sales and to keep our growth record going. But finding the best-fit business to acquire us, was crucial.
"Leach started out life in 1891, when my great-grandfather opened a one-man photographic studio, in Brighouse. This family legacy is something the family shareholders were incredibly keen to preserve and build upon, and is one of the main reasons why Chargeurs – with a 146-year-old story of its own – was such a great fit.
"It is also the reason why we have decided to retain ownership and management of Leach Studio – our interpretive design brand for museum, gallery, heritage and visitor environments. This brand is perfectly suited to continue operating under a 'family business' model – it isn't ready for internationalisation.
"But the same cannot be said for our large format display production divisions, Leach Impact and Leach Inspire. We're ready to access different overseas markets with the products and services that these brands have to offer, and Chargeurs' financial backing – as well as a global presence, multi-lingual expertise and decades of knowledge – will help us do that."
Whilst nothing will change on a day-to-day basis at Leach's 30,000sqft HQ, the acquisition gives the team better access to investment that will fuel even greater product innovation and customer satisfaction.
"By creating more of a closed loop business model with the supplier of our best-selling print material, we can also offer even sharper response times, which should give us a more distinct competitive edge in the marketplace," Richard continued. "Otherwise it's business as usual – the same offices, the same team, and the same brand."
With clients including Gap, Regatta and Barburrito Leach employs 100 people and has a turnover of £11m.
With a global customer portfolio spreading over 80 countries – including the world's leading luxury fashion houses – Chargeurs is a €533m business of which more than 90% was generated outside France with plans to double its turnover to €1bn in the next five years.
"Having experienced ten years of consecutive growth, we have been planning how to pursue the next chapter of our journey for some time."
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Oral Roberts (22-18, 13-8 Summit League) vs. Oklahoma State (25-16, 10-8 Big 12)
Location: Tulsa, Okla. (J.L. Johnson Stadium)
Game Date/Time: Tuesday, Apr. 30 / 6 p.m.
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TULSA, Okla. – Coming off a resounding road sweep where it scored 49 runs in three games, the Oral Roberts baseball team returns home to take on the Cowboys of Oklahoma State Tuesday night. The action gets underway at 6 p.m. live on the ORU Sports Network with post-game fireworks to follow the action at J.L. Johnson Stadium.
Fans can also follow along all season on social media and with two mobile apps, ORU Golden Eagles Live and ORU Front Row, available on the App Store and Google Play.
THE STORYLINE: The Golden Eagles gained two games in The Summit League standings after a resounding sweep at Purdue Fort Wayne. ORU out-scored the home side 49-2 in three, run-rule victories totaling 37 free passes and a .628 team slugging percentage.
FACING THE COWBOYS: OSU entered last weekend leading the Big 12 standings, but dropped three-straight road games at nationally-ranked Texas Tech. The Cowboys rank ninth in the NCAA hitting 59 home runs this season, led by Trevor Boone's 15 long balls.
SERIES HISTORY: ORU owns a winning record of 38-35 in the all-time series with Oklahoma State, winning five-straight and nine of the last 10 meetings. The Golden Eagles and Cowboys had their two previous meetings in Stillwater cancelled earlier this season due to weather.
POWER FIVE TILTS: Since the start of the 2015 season, ORU has posted a 30-21 mark against the Power Five, going 18-8 when facing a team from the Big 12. ORU is 34-32 against teams in Power Five conferences during his tenure, including an 18-5 mark in home games.
GRAND TIMES: Trevor McCutchin and Anthony Martinez each hit a grand slam in the fifth inning of ORU's win at Purdue Fort Wayne April 26. ORU hit three grand slams in a six-game stretch after Blake Hall's against Omaha in the series finale April 14.
KEIZOR SHINES IN SWEEP: Behind 11 RBI in a sweep of the Mastodons, Riley Keizor earned his first Summit League Player of the Week honor April 29. The catcher had seven RBI in the first three innings Friday and finished with a .571 on-base percentage to go with a .538 batting average for the weekend.
SWIFT GOING: Hunter Swift picked up his first Summit League Player of the Week honor after a 7-for-11 effort April 15-21, including multiple hits in all three starts. He also tallied four runs scored, two walks and two stolen bases for a .778 on-base percentage and a 1.000 slugging percentage.
THAT'S HALL FOLKS: Blake Hall used a career day April 14 going 5-for-5 with two home runs, four runs scored and six RBI versus Omaha to garner Summit League Player of the Week honors.
UP THE RANKS: Senior Josh McMinn continues his upward climb in the ORU record books as he is sixth all-time with 270 career strikeouts. He also is in the top 10 for wins (27), innings pitched (299) and starts (44).
TWICE FOR McMINN: McMinn was named Pitcher of the Week for the second time in a three-week stretch after tossing eight shutout innings in a 1-0 win over South Dakota State March 22.
WILSON SURGE: After going 9-for-12 against Purdue Fort Wayne, lead-off hitter Hunter Wilson saw his average jump 88 points. For his effort, he was rewarded with Summit League Player of the Week honors.
UPHILL CLIMB: Starting with its matchup against Ohio State Feb. 24, ORU capped a difficult stretch where seven-consecutive games were versus teams that reached a NCAA Regional in 2018. The Golden Eagles went 3-4 during that period.
SECOND WEEK AWARD: McMinn earned the fifth pitcher of the week award in his ORU career March 4 after striking out six in 8.2 innings without issuing a walk against Purdue giving up one run.
FIRST WEEK, FIRST HONOR: ORU outfielder Andrew Pace earned the first Summit League Player of the Week honor of his career in week one. He posted a .615 batting average and a .846 slugging percentage thanks to three multi-hit efforts, including a career-high four hits Feb. 16.
POWER START: ORU connected for 35 runs on 41 hits, including 15 that went for extra bases, and 17 walks opening weekend. The Golden Eagles capped the series with seven doubles and three home runs Sunday against Murray State.
REIGNING CROWN: For just the fourth time in Summit League history, a player finished the season as the Triple Crown winner (league leader in batting average, home runs and RBI) when Spencer Henson accomplished the feat in 2018. The junior hit .364 with 10 round trippers and 58 RBI joining Steve Holm (2000) and Brian Van Kirk (2008) as Golden Eagles to achieve the milestone.
DRAMATIC FACE LIFT: Fans entering the complex at J.L. Johnson Stadium in 2019 immediately will notice a new LED video board located in right-center field. Measuring 33 feet high and 19 feet wide totaling roughly 625 square feet.
SUMMIT LEAGUE HONOREES RETURN: Spencer Henson and Riley Keizor are back at ORU after earning First Team All-Summit League honors in 2018, while Josh McMinn returns following a second team selection. McMinn also earned first team honors in 2017. Keizor was named last year's Summit League Newcomer of the Year.
NOT SHYING AWAY: ORU put together one of its most difficult schedules for 2019. The Golden Eagles face seven teams that advanced to a NCAA Regional a season ago accounting for nearly a third of its 56-game slate. Five of ORU's first eight opponents advanced to the postseason in 2018 providing an early test.
LOCAL TALENT ON DISPLAY: More than half of the ORU roster in 2019 was raised in the state of Oklahoma as 18 players hail from within 120 miles of campus. The freshman recruiting class is heavy with local talent as four of its eight members joined the Golden Eagles from Green Country.
MARCHING HOME: ORU will serve as the host team for 17 of its 20 games during the month of March. With Coach Folmar at the helm, ORU has tallied a 124-50 (.713) record in home games and won 20 or more contests in each of the last four seasons, including a mark of 54-6 (.900) at home against teams from The Summit League.
KEEP THE STREAK: The Golden Eagles are making a push for their 19th-straight Summit League regular season and 20th-consecutive tournament titles as members of the conference in 2019. ORU has reached 28 NCAA Regionals in program history, including four in a row, including the 1978 College World Series and the 2006 Super Regionals.
MILESTONE WIN: Head Coach Ryan Folmar picked up the 200th win of his career against South Dakota State April 20, 2018. He is the fifth coach in program history to reach the milestone and did so in just his sixth season leading the team.
SEE US NATIONALLY: Nine ORU baseball home games will be available nationally on ESPN+ in 2019. Scott Higgins will have the live play-by-play call, while Scott Slarks and Erik Hansen will provide color commentary and sideline reporting from J.L. Johnson Stadium.
HOSTING THE BEST: The top four teams in The Summit League's regular season standings will qualify for the 2019 Summit League Baseball Championship hosted in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the fourth-straight season. ORU will host the double-elimination event at J.L. Johnson Stadium May 22-25 to determine the league's automatic bid into the NCAA Championships.
STAYING CONNECTED: Follow the Golden Eagles all season long across social media platforms and two mobile apps (ORU Golden Eagles Live and ORU Front Row) available on Google Play and the App State. Use the hashtag #ORUBase and #GoldenStandard to stay connected with fans across the nation on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
WHERE TO CATCH US: Listen live to every ORU baseball game in 2019 on the ORU Sports Network. All 30 home games also will feature free video and stats with links at www.ORUAthletics.com.
For the latest information on ORU Baseball, follow the Golden Eagles on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, or go to www.ORUAthletics.com. Fans can also receive updates on the team by downloading two mobile apps, ORU Golden Eagles Live and ORU Front Row, available on the App Store and Google Play.


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Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Sep 25:
The district police in Odisha's Malkangiri are on their toes as the Maoists are observing a dawn-to-dusk bandh in protest against the recent spate of surrenders of Maoist supporters terming it as "fake surrenders".
The bandh called by CPI (Maoists) of Malkangiri divisional has circulated a letter to media in which its secretary has appealed to the media to oppose 'fake surrenders'.
Notably, over 700 villagers, said to be Maoist supporters, have surrendered to the district police in the last one month.
The police are purposely making false cases against Maoists and consequently forcing them to self-surrender. The 'Bandh' has been called today to protest these deceitful acts of the police. There are no Maoist supporters among those who have surrendered to the police recently. The administration hasn't provided adequate compensation to those who had surrendered earlier, CPI (Maoists) of Malkangiri divisional secretary Poonam Chandra said in a release issued to media.
Meanwhile, security has been beefed up in the district with deployment of additional security forces at vulnerable points. The security personnel frisked the vehicles and put up check points at various places.
"We have taken adequate security measures to tackle any untoward incident. We have been categorically saying that those who had surrendered are not Maoist supporters… rather they are the victims of Maoists' tortures. They are coming to us to express their ordeal. Among them, some militia and village committee members are also coming to us. We are facilitating the surrender procedure and providing them surrender benefits. We have distributed about Rs 54 lakh towards surrender benefits during 2014-15 and they have been credited to their accounts. Besides, we have initiated steps for their capacity building as per the rehabilitation policy of the government," Malkangiri SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra said.
Maoist posters were spotted at many polices at Kalimela appealing people to lend their support to the bandh call.
In Kalyansinghpur, a Maoist poster threatening death sentence for three persons including vice president of Utkal Alumina S Satyanarayan and two villagers from Sikarpai. The poster asked the top official of the alumina company to appear before praja (people's) court.
Following the bandh call, the vehicles have opted to stay off roads. The commuters have been finding it difficult to reach at their destination due to the bandh.


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Starting last Saturday, our big girl takes showers. By herself. Sort of.
She wanted to take a shower last Saturday. I flipped the shower curtain so only the liner was there, and I could supervise. She had trouble doing her hair, and there were some tears as she fought assistance to wash and rinse her hair. She did a great job washing and rinsing her body though. The second shower had some whining but no crying so we're making progress. I'm not sure when we'll get to independent showers, but I'm proud (and frustrated and sad) at how independent she is.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Another Milestone
Starting last Saturday, our big girl takes showers. By herself. Sort of.
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Dwarf Galaxies as Laboratories of Protogalaxy Physics: Canonical Star Formation Laws at Low Metallicity
- Evolutionary Genetics of CORL Proteins
- Social Skills and Executive Functioning in Children with PCDH-19
- Deep Domain Fusion for Adaptive Image Classification
- Software Defined Pulse-Doppler Radar for Over-The-Air Applications: The Joint Radar-Communications Experiment
Branding and brand management have been top management priorities in the hotel industry. Some researchers have concluded that strong branding would be an efficient way for hotels and hotel chains to differentiate themselves from each other. Recent studies have focused on the establishment of a brand equity model and the relevant causal relationships of the model. Most of these studies have used types of desirability scales examining the importance of individual factors in measuring brand equity. However, they ignore the trade-offs that affect and characterize choice. Particularly, the personal decision process implied by the hierarchical brand equity model is absent. …
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GFi Posts by stavrosthewonderchicken
Game names generated by neural network trained on 146,000 actual game names. And some more. And more. They should totally reboot Dick of The King!
Fortresses as far as the eye can see
But still, the general framework is we want to make this schlocky crap, but just have it happen, automatically. At the same time, no, I wasn't planning to do, like—[for example, dwarves] can measure the height of the atmosphere, now.General AI isn't going to emerge out of some magical peanut-butter-chocolate collision of Big Data and expert systems, it's going to emerge out of Dwarf Fortress.
DOOMguy Knows How You Feel
Games are machines for producing affect, and the affect the public most fears in games is rage.
We Are The Road Crew
Grand Theft Auto + Lemmy = Fun. This is a mathematical statement.
Your Sofa Is Digital
The underappreciated art of furniture in video games
Furniture has often been a part of games, but for players, it's easy to ignore. Even if the home is the next frontier of gaming environments, will players ever stop to feel the velvet drapes?
Sad Satan
The spooky, twisted saga of the 'deep web' horror game, Sad Satan.
In Soviet Russia…
Once it was determined which games would be produced, the blueprints were allegedly sent to military factories that primarily made electronics used in nuclear testing and weapons. These were perhaps the only places in the USSR that had the manpower and the means to understand the engineering required to build the arcade games.
The Alternate Universe of Soviet Arcade Games
No Such Thing
Sergey Galyonkin, creator of Steam Spy, does some data-diving and decides 'your target audience doesn't exist'. [more inside]
MefightClub/GFi member and Metafilter admin Josh Millard (aka cortex) used PICO 8 to create a sort of deconstructive riff on the original Super Mario Bros. called Ennuigi.
Doot doot doodoot doo doot
The Philosophy Behind Koji Kondo's Legendary 'Super Mario Bros.' Soundtrack An excerpt from Andrew Schartmann's upcoming book, part of the 33 1/3 series.
Virtual Photography
"The more I watched my friends playing WoW, the more I got thinking about how curiously similar the that Azeroth (as the world in WoW is called) was both the most technologically advanced virtual world to date and almost totally designed to look like images shot on ancient cameras carried up mountains by donkeys."
Eron Rauch on virtual photography, and the blurring lines between video games and art.
Smart Like A Post
Derek Smart (yeah, that Derek Smart) really, really, REALLY hates Star Citizen, somewhat hilariously. But self-promotion is as self-promotion does, perhaps.
The Perfect Man
How Billy Mitchell became a video-game superstar and achieved Pac-Man bliss at Oxford American. See also: The King of Kong.
Is Valve Evil?
Forbes offers 'A More Robust Valve-Is-Evil Hypothesis'. Kotaku responds by suggesting 'Valve understands data. Valve does not seem to understand, or seek to understand, people.'
Los Santos
The city of Los Santos and its environs are a beautiful place.
Red Flag
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Dave Laituri and his son Calvin are responsible for several projects to-date, creating, launching, and fulfilling each from their garage. One thing their projects all have in common, aside from being in the Product Design category, is that they've consistently shared amazing updates with their backers. We asked Dave and Calvin to talk about how and why to use updates in the best way possible.
After running six projects of our own and helping out on about ten others, we've learned that project updates are much more than a broadcast tool to deliver your project's status information to backers — they're an important component of the product you are creating.
We've learned from our backer's feedback that being part of the process and having a behind-the-scenes view are a big part of what they like about backing projects on Kickstarter, so we put extra effort into making sure they learn a lot through our updates. After all, most backers are not necessarily creators themselves and appreciate whatever interesting bits of background information that you share.
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Most project ideas come from multiple influences — dig them up and share them! Help backers understand where your ideas come from. Whether there was a classic eureka moment, or just a lot of trial and error, every project has an interesting origin story, a first sketch, or an inspirational photo. We always show one of our first rough sketches to get things rolling.
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It might seem odd to talk about failures, but it's reassuring to backers to show that you've tried out a few things before settling on what you are launching your project on. On our Brdi bird feeder, for example, we made a couple of rough models that were complete disasters. Fat medium-sized birds landed on the feeder and they immediately tipped over… they would then jump off spraying seeds everywhere, and we ended up feeding more squirrels then birds with those. A re-think on the string placement and we were able to solve the problem. The only way to learn this was through trial and error.
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Depending on the project category (we're in the product design space), sharing the mundane mechanics of how your project actually works is always interesting. Remember, most of your backers aren't experts like you are, so they're always appreciative of even the smallest insights, even the ones that you might think are boring. On our 1Q project, we regularly shared photos of plastic parts and assemblies as they showed up from our manufacturer. It assured our backers that we were making progress, and they learned a bit about plastic injection molding, too.
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Dave and Calvin - Thanks for the update tips! I once heard a very famous, wealthy businessman say that he was fascinated with creative inventiveness. He loved new products, gadgets and just new stuff that came from peoples imaginations. He said he was jealous of that creativity.
I used to very intimidated by highly educated, successful people until that man made me realize what I could do, was special, something to be proud of. Your post made me realize that most of our supporters are not creative innovators and would find the whole process very fascinating too. I think I'm going to start posting more about our inventive journey in our new updates!
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Responding to the curious requests of the readers of this blog, here is what my self-inflicted haircut looks like:
I did it with a shag cut in mind that would bring out the waves in my hair. I knew I'd never be able to do a clean-lined bob, so I just went for a modern look inspired by a razor cut I once had.
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For the second time in a month, I've woken up with a grossly swollen lip.
Okay, so the lip in and of itself is pretty bad, but the fact that this photo was taken at 5:30am after a night of little sleep and much annoyance (see PS at end of post) doesn't really help. Not such a great look, I know, but I felt compelled to share this freaky lip thing and there's nothing like a photo to do its bizzareness justice.
The first time it happened was the night of the dinner party I had here with the girls. The morning after I woke up and the left side of my bottom lip looked as if someone had inflated it with an air pump. I could barely close my mouth properly because that part of my lip was so heavy it tended to droop. I looked as if I'd been punched in the face, and mercifully had no appointments that day and could hide out until the swelling subsided 12 hours later.
This time I woke up with my top lip swollen symmetrically around the cupid's bow. I looked like one of those women who goes a little over the top with the collagen injections and ends up with a super trout pout. My upper lip was so swollen I could barely drink my tea without drooling. It even got a bit tender as the skin was stretched that much. It's finally gone down a bit after about 12 hours, but not before driving home the affirmation that I will never get lip injections!
I have no idea what is causing this reaction. My lip doesn't hurt (other than the skin being tender where it is overly puffed up), there is no itching, no rash and no sign of a bite, be it from an insect or self-inflicted. I haven't eaten anything particularly suspect in the days before these occurrences. The first time I had a dinner of salads, rice, some cake and a bit of wine. Yesterday for a late lunch/dinner I ate clams (which I do all the time here with no problem), some ice cream, fruit salad and juice.
I'm taking herbal remedies for my respiratory allergies, which I considered as the culprit, but then remembered that when I had the first swelling episode I wasn't taking any medications or supplements whatsoever.
Any ideas on what this is??
In other news, it's mango and litchi season here in Mozambique. The mangoes will be here for several months, plentiful to the point that I will surely be sick of them come February. Litchis, however, are a different story. I'll be lucky if I can find them for another 3 weeks before the season is over and I must wait another year for this treat.
PS - Not only did I wake up with a fat lip, Pria pissed on the bed with me still in it. It was definitely a revenge piss, a clear message that she wasn't happy with me. Starting around 4am, Pria started to tear up my room - first a box of kleenex, then she knocked over my glass of water, then the cats managed to open my closet door and start climbing on and knocking down my clothes. After each offense, I'd remove whatever the "toy" was or shut the closet door, then try and go back to sleep. The boys weren't happy they were being restricted, and Pria let fly.
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Winter season affects more than your clothes and heating bill. So Foodnerd decided to winterize your food, be it at home or going out for a tasty meal. If you have decided to add a few favorite cold-weather foods start with these.
1: Soup
With winter's chill in the air, soup is our go-to when we need something to warm our souls. Be it chicken corn soup, Thai soup or vegetable soup the warmth flowing through your body on gulping a spoonful of our favorite soup can withstand any other winter delicacy.
But rather than wandering around for the perfect bowl of soup in Islamabad, Wang Fu easily become winter comfort food as the temperature drops outside.
You can check the 5 best Chinese restaurants in Islamabad or order it here.
2: Citrus
Citrus fruits including oranges, kinnow, and grapes have the advantage of containing several different antioxidants that may help prevent a range of health concerns. These fruits are available in abundance in the winter time and can add sunshine to dreary winter season.
Citrus are loaded with vitamin C that helps in fighting different diseases including cardiovascular, cancer and skin damages from sunlight.
3: Hot Coffee
Another great way to warm up your body on cold Fall or Winter days is a cup of hot coffee. Though these tasty, mocha-infused, chocolate-laced beverages with whipped cream tend to have high calories, fat, and sugar. But you can always ditch your diet plan during long cold weekend nights and enjoy a sip of hot coffee with friends.
Relish the cozy winters at the Atrio rooftop and enjoy the margalla view. And if you are tucked under a blanket, don't worry order it online.
It's never more fun than to have a BBQ at the coldest time of the year. From mutton and beef to lamb there is nothing that can't be enjoyed on the grill. This method has the amazing power to increase the taste in the food. Not only this but barbequed food has lesser calories count as well.
Just because mercury has plunged in your city, doesn't mean you can't still fire up your BBQ place. So enjoy the amazing tastes that winter has to offer or you can order with just a few clicks from Khiva and Tandoori.
5: Dark chocolate
The drop in temperature marks the return of the cocoa-based dark chocolate. It is one of the best natural sources of antioxidants, iron, magnesium, and zinc. That's why dark chocolate not only reign supreme in the dessert world for its bittersweet taste but it also ranked one of the healthiest food in winters.
It's time to indulge yourself with absolute best chocolate varieties that are a downright delicious treat.
6: Dry Foods
As chilly days of winters arrives we all become fond of dry foods. Whether you eat separately or use it in the dessert, dry foods have nutrients which are beneficial for the whole body. Comprising commonly of walnuts, peanuts, pistachios, cashew nuts and almonds.
They not only keep you warm but also prevent you from weight gain, heart diseases and other such ailments.
7: Fish
Fish is unassumingly the best winter food that is thoroughly enjoyed throughout Pakistan. During the winter months, when you have limited exposure to the sun, food sources of the bone-healthy vitamin become even more essential.
Fish is super nutritious loaded with omega 3 fatty acids which are really good for the heart. In addition to this, they also keep your body warm. For all these benefits these little swimmers definitely deserve thumbs up.
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New general managers can be fascinating to watch, partly because of the absence of sentiment in their decisions.
The San Diego Padres' A. J. Preller traded five first-round draft picks in the off-season and dealt another top prospect, pitcher Matt Wisler, to Atlanta last Sunday for the star closer Craig Kimbrel. The Braves' general manager, John Hart, has shed established players he inherited — Kimbrel, Jason Heyward, Evan Gattis and Justin and Melvin Upton — to restock a weak farm system.
In Arizona, the Diamondbacks' Dave Stewart is trying to build with the commodity he knows best: pitching. Stewart, a four-time 20-game winner, begins his first season as a general manager with several new options on the mound.
"Everything depends on pitching," Stewart said in a recent telephone interview. "Every team I've ever been on that was a good team, their pitching was good. So as quickly as our young pitchers can mature is going to determine whether we contend or don't. I know we're going to hit and catch the ball. Those things are givens."
Stewart was the Game 1 starter for Oakland in three World Series under Tony La Russa, the Diamondbacks' chief baseball officer, who gave Stewart his first G.M. job last September. Stewart had been an agent, an assistant general manager and a pitching coach after retiring as a player in 1995. All of those experiences help now, he said, but a fresh outlook might matter most.
The Diamondbacks led the majors in losses last season, with 98, and opened this season by shedding or demoting highly paid veterans. They released outfielder Cody Ross, traded starter Trevor Cahill to Atlanta and bumped Aaron Hill from his everyday role at second base.
Arizona will pay more than $16 million combined to Cahill and Ross this season, and Hill is their highest-paid player, at $12 million. The team also sent Yasmany Tomas, who signed from Cuba in December for six years and $68.5 million, to Class AAA. He will play outfield there after struggling at third base in spring training.
If nothing else, the moves show that the Diamondbacks are not letting contracts, new or old, determine the makeup of the roster.
"I don't expect to lose 98 games again," Stewart said. "To put a number on it would be difficult to do, because I don't know how quickly our guys are going to do what they have to do to get us where we want to be. But we do have the talent and the ability. It's definitely there."
If it is, it will emerge from pitchers like Archie Bradley, Rubby De La Rosa and Jeremy Hellickson, the former Tampa Bay Rays right-hander, who are new to the rotation. Young position players like infielders Nick Ahmed, Jake Lamb and Chris Owings and outfielders Ender Inciarte and David Peralta will get a chance to prove their value.
Stewart traded for other arms who will start at Class AAA, including Robbie Ray — obtained from Detroit in the three-way deal that sent Didi Gregorius to the Yankees — and Allen Webster, who came over from Boston with De La Rosa for the former All-Star Wade Miley. The backdrop for everything, Stewart said, will be adherence to fundamentals and a heady style of play.
"We want to play the game right, and we want to be aggressive," he said. "Those are things I'd like other teams to say about the Arizona Diamondbacks."
Rios Hoping This Is the Year
After the Kansas City Royals' sprint to the World Series last fall, they lost three familiar players to free agency: designated hitter Billy Butler, outfielder Nori Aoki and starter James Shields. They replaced them with three new free agents: designated hitter Kendrys Morales, outfielder Alex Rios and starter Edinson Volquez. Each of those players helped the Royals sweep their opening series against the Chicago White Sox.
Morales doubled twice and drove in two runs in the series, while Volquez allowed one run in eight innings Thursday for a victory. Rios slugged a three-run homer on opening day as he tries to take his name off a dubious list.
Rios entered the season with 1,586 career games played, by far the most of any active player who has never appeared in the postseason. The next closest is the Blue Jays' Jose Bautista, who trails Rios by more than 300 games.
Rios, 34, has played for Toronto, the White Sox and the Texas Rangers, earning more than $86 million but never a check for a postseason share. He said he watched the playoffs every year even though he had never qualified.
"Every single one of us, our ultimate goal is to play in the postseason and win a world championship," Rios said this spring after signing a one-year, $11 million contract. "It's something that I'm still looking forward to, trying to find it, and hopefully I can make it happen here. This team is pretty good; it has what it takes and it showed last year with what they did."
Rios had a miserable season last year, hitting just four home runs for Texas while dealing with injuries to an ankle and a thumb. Healthy now, Rios hit three homers in spring training and enjoyed the company of his new teammates.
"I've played them for many years and seen how they have developed," Rios said. "The way they've played, it's exciting. Who doesn't want to play for a team like that?"
If Rios required any more incentive, he need only look at the prize his teammates received on Monday: their 10-karat, white-gold American League championship rings, with 34 diamonds creating a "KC" logo over a custom blue stone.
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Jerome Williams went more than four years between major league appearances, from mid-2007 to mid-2011. When he returned, the story of his journey — through independent ball, the minors and Taiwan — brought him plenty of attention.
Williams, who will start for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Mets at Citi Field on Wednesday, had another source of intrigue in his locker then: a pink glove in honor of his mother, Deborah, who died of breast cancer in 2001. But he did not use it until he was nudged by a former teammate, Nomar Garciaparra, who was broadcasting a game Williams would pitch for the Angels in September 2011.
"People were already paying attention to how long I'd been out of the game, so I didn't want more attention on the glove," Williams said. "When Nomar found out and asked me about it, I told him I didn't want to use it. He said, 'No, go ahead,' and I used it and went eight innings gave up one hit and one run. I was like, I'm going to use it every day."
Williams fully embraced the idea, joining Twitter that month — his name is @pinkpuma36 — and taking cancer awareness a step further this off-season. He had his glove manufacturer, a Taiwan-based company called Woodz, make gloves for him in light blue, green, purple and gold.
Each represents something different: light blue for prostate cancer, green for liver cancer, purple for pancreatic cancer and gold for childhood cancers. Major League Baseball allows players to use pink bats on Mother's Day and light blue wristbands on Father's Day, but Williams wants to do more. He said he had gotten positive feedback on social media.
"A lot of people went out of their way and said thank you for raising awareness," he said. "Then I had other people giving me other ideas, like an autism glove. There's a lot of things in the works."
Williams, though, is not just a crusader — he is a ballplayer first, which means he is naturally superstitious. Because he pitched poorly in spring training, Williams said, the pink glove he used then is now out of use. He hopes to use all five colors in games, but if he gets good results with one glove, he may wait awhile before switching.
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Kenya: 132 dead since March as seasonal rains cause floods
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya's government says at least 132 people have died since March from floods caused by seasonal rains.
The floods hit as the East African nation was recovering from a severe drought that had affected half of the country.
Interior Ministry Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho says in a statement that at least 225,436 people have been displaced from their homes.
Military helicopters and personnel have been deployed to rescue people marooned by the flooding.
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WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Irma rampaged through Florida, snapping power lines and damaging vital equipment, it left as many as 15 million people in the state without electricity, the Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday. While some homes may see power restored within days, utilities said that other customers may have to wait weeks.
"This is going to be a very, very lengthy restoration, arguably the longest and most complex in U.S. history," Robert Gould, vice president for communications at Florida Power & Light, which supplies electricity to roughly half the state, told ABC News on Sunday.
Why does it take so long?
Repairing the grid after a major hurricane is a complex task, experts said. Utilities first have to send crews out to inspect the damage before they can figure out how best to restore service. That assessment can take days, and heavy flooding and debris from the storm can delay workers trying to reach key areas.
Restoration is not always as simple as replacing wires and poles toppled by high winds or fallen trees. Floods can cause damage to electrical substations that link transmission lines with local distribution lines. Many buildings connected to the grid may also have sustained damage to their electrical systems. Those places need to be identified and isolated from the rest of the network before power starts flowing again, in order to prevent short-circuiting and other safety hazards.
"You might have an area where most houses are O.K.," said Mark McGranaghan, vice president of distribution and energy utilization at the Electric Power Research Institute, a nonprofit group that does research for the nation's power companies. "But crews still need to check all the buildings and disconnect the ones with damage before they can restore service."
Florida Power & Light plans to send out 16,000 workers, including crews on loan from other utilities, said Eric Silagy, the company's president, at a news conference on Monday. The company has also deployed drones to assess problems from the air.
Typically, a utility will focus on restoring power to critical facilities like hospitals and communication networks before moving to major population centers. Less-populated areas are usually last in line.
Mr. Silagy said that southwest Florida, where the damage is most extensive, could experience the longest waits. As Irma moved north on Monday, it also left more than a million people without power in Georgia and South Carolina.
There are steps that utilities can take to protect their power grids from storm damage. Florida Power & Light has invested more than $3 billion in such measures since 2006, including replacing wooden poles with sturdier concrete poles, burying some power lines and installing flood monitors at 223 substations to protect equipment. Without those steps, Mr. Silagy said, "we would have seen much more prevalent structural damage."
"If we were replacing tens of thousands of poles" as was the case after Hurricane Wilma in 2005, he said, "then that is a much different type of restoration process."
But utilities could go further in improving their resiliency against major storms, a 2016 study by the Electric Power Research Institute found. Smart meters and advanced sensors could help crews identify damage to individual buildings more quickly, and new technology could reroute power automatically away from troubled areas. Breakaway connectors could allow power lines hit by falling trees to come down safely without also taking down poles, which take longer to replace.
"If we could get the damage assessment process down from several days to a day, that would be a big step forward," Mr. McGranaghan said. But, he cautioned, "with a storm this big, when you have this much damage, you can't rely exclusively on sensors. In the end, it's still a lot of grunt work."
Other steps to further fortify power grids would involve heavier investments. Some cities and regions have decided to bury their power lines underground to protect against winds and falling trees. But doing so is expensive, costing five to ten times more per mile of line, and if an underground power line does get damaged — say, from corrosive saltwater flooding — repairs can take longer. Utilities could also do more to pare back trees in areas where they pose a threat to power lines.
After Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast in 2012, leaving more than 8 million people without power, some states also began investing hundreds of millions of dollars in so-called microgrids — self-contained power networks that can disconnect themselves from the broader grid when problems arise and run on local power sources such as gas generators, solar panels or batteries for a period. In Brooklyn, more than 130 buildings, including homes and schools, have signed up to join a microgrid under development.


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US talkshow queen Ellen DeGeneres is bewildered her call to protect the Great Barrier Reef has sparked a backlash in Australia.
DeGeneres made headlines earlier in the week with the release of a video public service announcement as part of the Remember the Reef campaign.
The comedienne was criticised by Nine Network's Today Show co-host Karl Stefanovic and bombarded with five tweets from Environment Minister Greg Hunt.
"I put out a PSA because I do believe we should protect our oceans and protect the reef, and I don't know what's controversial about that," DeGeneres told AAP in a video interview on Friday.
DeGeneres joined Disney, the Hollywood movie studio behind her new animated sequel Finding Dory, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority as part of the Remember the Reef campaign.
Stefanovic claimed DeGeneres had "missed the mark" and may have become involved in the campaign to help sell Finding Dory.
"My concern is she has got involved in that around the whole notion of selling a movie anyway," Stefanovic told viewers of his show.
Hunt fired off tweets to DeGeneres praising the government's work on the reef and inviting her to visit.
The reef is in decline, threatened by coral bleaching, poor water quality and crown of thorn starfish.
DeGeneres said she was pleased the federal government was attempting to combat the reef's degradation.
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