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Posts Tagged 'inspiration'
Things to do at age 32-47 (1.5 precious decade)
- Be grateful. Gratitude can soothe your desire and competitiveness. More importantly, gratitude is the root of happiness.
- Love yourself. Stand up for yourself for things that matter. Get out of a bad relationship.
- Believe that you are beautiful.
- Believe in miracles. "永远相信,美好的事情即将发生"
- Travel and continuously learn and learn how to learn (meta learning). "Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you." ~ God via Robin S. Sharma | Learn new languages by immersion.
- Love your work. If you cannot do what you love, at least love what you do. According to Frankl, "We can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: (1) by creating a work or doing a deed; (2) by experiencing something or encountering someone; and (3) by the attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering"
- Take (at least a big) risk(s) to realize your dreams, step by step strategically. Be courageous to explicitly/implicitly express "I love you". When you're old, you won't care if your love wasn't returned — only that you made it known how you felt.
- Be thick face enough not to care too much about what other people think.
- Plant kindness. Do your best to ensure that those who are less fortunate than you, believe that there are sunshine and beauty in this world.
- Build connection capital. Connection here refers to genuine and authentic relationships, true friendships.
- Cherish people, use things (not the other way round).
- Appreciate now and here, the moment, the nature and beauty in the forms of visuals, arts, music, delicious cuisine.
- Master the art of endurance.
- View a painful experience as an avenue to increase your wisdom.
- Move / exercise / dance / walk / hike
Ideas are inspired from:
A life lesson from a fallen fruit cart: resilience
The inspiration below is adapted from the story shared by Subroto Bagchi, a co-founder & CEO of MindTree Consulting.
Imagine a busy road junction in a developing country (e.g. China, India, Indonesia) during the peak hour.
The smoke from vehicles.
The burning hot sun.
The dust that hurts eyes.
Everyone is rushing and rushing.
But it has become worse on a particular day.
A fruit seller's cart has overturned.
His fruits are everywhere on the street floor.
The rushing vehicles are crushing his fruits.
His business for today is over.
Everyday, he woke up at 4 am before dawn or sunrise,
to buy his commodity from the wholesale market.
Then, he walked pushing his cart over a long distance.
Commodity like fruit is easily perishable,
he must sell them by the day.
Sometimes, he has not been successful because of bad weather.
Sometimes, he consumes the left-overs.
Sometimes, he just gives them away.
When unfortunate things like today happen,
he losses his capital,
and has to borrow more money from moneylender – who normally charges neck-choking interests.
Reading his story is like a wake-up call for my friend S who forward it to me.
S has a comfortable job, with stable salary, bonuses, and health insurance.
However, she often finds herself worrying about the future.
Her progress has been slow mainly because of her maternity leave and feeling of inadequate.
I asked S what the worst that can happen?
Her job contract will not be renewed.
Then, I asked S if this means that she can explore possible endeavors that she always dreams of but was too afraid to explore.
Unlike the fruit cart seller who has no financial safety net,
S still has some savings that can last her for at least half a year,
a supportive spouse.
What S needs more is resilience that she can learn from the entrepreneurial fruit cart seller to deal with life.
Happiness exercise: Describe yourself in positive ways
Happiness means differently to different people.
To some people,
happiness means a combination of the followings:# Finding love & happily married
# Having children, grandchildren, great grandchildren
# Good health
# Be financially well-off
# Enjoying a successful career
# Ability to maintain work-life harmony
# Happy relationships with extended family (ie. parents, grandparents, siblings, nephews, etc)
# Fulfilling friendships
# Making a difference to the world. You laugh … yes, many people, including me, set their dreams so high (and hence raising the standards of attaining their happiness).
To sum up, happiness is fundamentally related to health, wealth, and children.
Since happiness is related to so wide and diverse areas of our lives, how can we work on each area of importance to us? How to prioritize?
I believe in exercises / practice. It takes 10,000 hours of practice to give birth to a real talent.
Sincerely, I want you to master the art and science of happiness,
so that you can choose to be happy
even in the face of difficult circumstances and being overwhelmed by negative emotions.
In my designed series of happiness exercises, I would share numerous effective and tested exercise to enjoy happiness in your life.
Today exercise is to describe yourself in positive ways. Write to yourself. List your favorite attributes, your achievements, your roles, your love, and anything elseo about you.
Herein, I do the exercise on myself (in the autumn of 2013)
I am …
# a mother
# a daughter
# a wife
# a student of Coursera, edX
# a researcher
# a storyteller
# an author
# an ex-artist
I love …
# people who love me & whom I love.
"You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details." Before Sunset (2004)
# food (especially healthy affordable food and desserts)
# simplicity
# diversity
# reading (and writing) and hence books
# gardens & parks in spring & summer, in early mornings & late afternoons
# philosophy of life
# giving smiles, talks in front of groups
# learning diverse things. I believe in the "See one, Do one, Teach one" model.
# dreams
# personal development, making a syllabus for life / bucket list / life planning
# entrepreneurship + unconventional work
# (and honestly sometimes fear) change / dynamics.
"The only constant is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be." Isaac Asimov
I used to love …
# travel
# photography
# fireworks
# movies
But now they are not on top of my priorities.
People who have inspired me (non-exhaustively) include:
# Anthony Robbins
# Cayden Chang
# Chris Guillebeau
# Danah Zohar
# Dale Carnegie
# Dong Mingzhu 董明珠
# Goldie Hawn
# Jean Maalouf
# Jessie Louise Yancey-Siegel, affectionately known as Weezie
# Josh Kaufmann
# Joseph Murphy
# Leo Babauta
# Leong Kaiwen
# Louise Hay
# Luciano Passuello
# Michael Ellsberg
# Napoleon Hill
# Robert Cialdini
# Tahir
# Thich Nhat Hanh
# Tim Ferriss
These people are my brothers / sisters, my mentors, my dearest friends.
Things that I want to have / have more / give more to others:
@~@ Happiness
@~@ Health
@~@ Optimism & Hope
@~@ Gratitude
@~@ Kindness e.g. smile
@~@ Empathy e.g. a listening ear
@~@ Wealth
@~@ Wisdom
@~@ Courage e.g. to make new friends
Things that I want to remove / reduce :
@~@ Fear
@~@ Sadness
@~@ Anger
@~@ Envy / Jealousy
@~@ Clutters
@~@ Disappointment
DO what you LOVE, LOVE what you DO
Do what you love and love what you do sound simple, but appear complex in practice.
How many of us do what we love for most time of our lives?
How many of us love what we do for most of our doings?
For many people across different ages and roles of life, here are possibilities:
Dreams change.
Goals change.
Plans Change.
Do you love a doing because you are good at the doing?
Would you still love the doing if you are not (yet) good at the doing)?
Would you still love the doing if you are not (yet) good at the doing (even after 10,000 hours of practice)?
A quote by Steve Jobs shared by Jeff Moore:
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
If you haven't found it yet, keep looking.
Don't settle.
As with all matters of the heart,
you'll know when you find it."
When I was in high school,
I love (or perhaps prefer) science subjects because my linguistic skills are limited (reason #1).
Apparently and consequently, I did better in maths, chemistry, biology, physics than in language subjects. People love doing things whereby we have a sense of mastery, do you feel so as well?
My native Chinese-speaking classmates who have learned writing and reading since early age, are at ease in the Chinese class.
My Eurasian classmates who have a native speaking father / mother, or those who have English-educated parents, seem to write English so fluently.
They had read thick novels / non-fiction books and easily won the essay writing and elocution competitions.
For me,
to write an essay in English or Chinese,
I had to start from simple structures.
When I have an exam topic of essay to write,
I would quickly jot down some ideas in point form and elaborated on them later as my writing progressed.
Normally, I would write explanatory or argumentative essays, and very rarely narrative essays, simply because of my limited vocabularies.
Reason #2
There are high certainty in science subject exams.
1+1=2. If the answers are right now, they will be right tomorrow.
We love things that we do well.
But in real life (including the real scientific fields as my scientist acquaintances point out),
the rules of game are uncertain.
The rules are not constant; change is the rule of the rules.
That's why life is the only known example of infinite game is life, according to James P. Carse.
On contrary, examples of finite games are debates, sports, schools, receiving a degree from an educational institution, belonging to a society, or engaging in war.
The surprise in infinite game is the triumph of the future over the past.
So, when you are uncertain about what to do next, an easy step is to
always choose infinite games.
Winning should not be the final goal because after winning, the game stops.
Life is a game that is meant to be continuously played.
Aunt Florence shared some profound advice on how to play the game of life, you may want (and I need) to revise and remember them,
as resilient shortcuts in the moments of negative feelings and events.
Although I honestly feel that my writing is still not up to standard (set through social comparisons with people of similar professional credentials to mine and authors whom I admire),
I will continue writing.
I think this is an example of "DO what you LOVE".
Sometimes we may have to do things that we are not interested, so it is hard to love what we do.
However, the good news are interests are malleable,
they are formed through our past experiences (including education),
so we can change them through learning and unlearning.
Revealingly, you can re-program your minds and interests through conscious efforts,
this attempt will also beneficial to discard some preferences that we would not want to have if we think carefully about them but others manage to incept on us — think of the 2010 science fiction film entitled Inception.
For example, I know a number of people who have focused greatly on their careers,
hate doing house chores or parenting tasks,
but I believe that if they want to,
with right conscious efforts to shift their interests,
they can love what they do.
How to continue love what you do (even if you feel tired / bored / disappointed / frustrated) ?
My friend Tracy suggests using positive feedback loop.
You can establish positive feedback loop when the rewards / pleasure of your doing outweigh the sacrifices / pain.
To DO what you LOVE, you need willpower and courage.
To LOVE what you DO, you need positive feedback and inner security.
Inner security that I means here is not worrying so much about achieving certain levels of success.
More real-world examples:
# Joanna: becoming a mother at age 48
# My friend Leo highlights that people rule out the possibility of great change, because it appears unrealistic.
"Do what you love, love what you do & deliver more than you promise!" ~ Harvey Mackay
Inspiration from Nick Vujicic
I was changing at Bishan MRT station when I decided to have a dinner at Bishan so I did not have to fight to get into the train during peak hour.
After my dinner, I visited the Popular book store where I found a book Give Me a Hug by Nick Vujicic.
The book was meant for children, yet the messages are universal across ages. I love it so much and made a mental note that this is going to be one of the must-read books for my children.
I also love the illustrations on the book (by 芝麻羔Dreamergo),
the use of brown paper.
Listen to Nick and other panellists talking at the World Economic Forum
In every situation you are, there are people worse than yours.
What keeps you going? Faith
Be thankful for what you have.
Your values are not determined by how rich you are or your jobs or status.
Putting your happiness in temporary things (e.g. career) only creates temporary happiness.
80% of stories of pinnacles of Nick's life are other people's stories. Everyone has a story to share.
If I do not have a family, I can be a family for someone else.
After doing house chores at kitchen, I rewarded myself with freshly squeezed orange juice which is surprisingly sweet (It was the last one out of 5 oranges that I bought last Thursday, but the first 4 were sour).
We love pleasing surprise and I am grateful for today.
Character & Care; Freedom and Fortune
③命,乃失敗者藉口;運,乃成功者的謙詞。 Fate vs fortune.
④打動人心的最佳方法,是談他最珍愛的東西。 Care and concern.
⑥鬱悶時 (when depressed),坐下來犒勞自已,原諒別人,也放過自己。
Thank you google translate!
Our thoughts, words, behavior, habits, values, destiny
Paraphrasing from Mahatma Gandhi's words.
Keep our thoughts positive
because our thoughts become
OUR WORDs.
Keep our words positive
because our words become
Keep our behavior positive
because our behavior become
Keep our habits positive
because our habits become
Keep our values positive
because our values become


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Red House are once again champions at Lawrence T. Gay Primary School, after their highly competitive inter-house sports meet was held at the National Stadium today.
Red House, who won last year, tallied 303 points to stave off a keen challenge from the second placed Green House who scored 293 points. Yellow House were third with 251 points and Blue House finished fourth with 221.
The victor ludorum trophy went to under-nine champion Amani Knight of Green House who won the long jump, 100m, and came second in the 80m and 150m to register a total of 38 points.
There was no stopping Tonika Griffith of Red House who amassed 48 points while stamping her authority on proceedings. She won every event she contested, including the 80m, 100m, 150m and long jump.
In the under-11 division Keimar Mars of Green House scored 35 points while winning the 200m, 400m, long jump and placing third in the 100m. The boys under-11 division went to Shayne Trotman of Yellow House who won the 100m and placed second in the 200m and 400m.
Red House Malyka Scantlebury truly made everyone in the under-13 girls division see red when she slammed the field in the 100m, 200m and the long jump. However, she had to settle for second place in the 4000m.
Meanwhile Ashem Vaughan of Yellow House was the major force in the under-13 boys with wins in the 100m, 200m and 400m. Yellow House captured both the boys and the girls under-seven division through Amarijah Hinds in the girls who won the 50m dash and Renaco Beckles who won the boys 50m.

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Feast of Fools Review
Posted By Flames On May 21, 2008 @ 5:27 am In Fiction | No Comments
For any of you who were frustrated or disappointed with Midnight Alley [2] (Book Three), you're in for a treat with Feast of Fools. Feast of Fools takes all that we learned or thought we learned from Midnight Alley and puts it all together in a very entertaining package. I could not put Feast of Fools down, and there aren't a lot of books that I've read lately that I can say that about.
There is a level of tension in the Morganville books that keeps you on the edge of your seat, even in the background scenes you're waiting for the other shoe to drop. And it always does. Rachel Caine abuses her characters like a pro, and she doesn't shirk because these are YA books. Claire and her friends go through hell just trying to survive in Morganville.
Her characters are young, Claire is about to turn seventeen, but she is no Mary Sue. She's smarter than the average bear, but it's not rubbed into the readers face. Claire's roommates make up the rest of the main characters in the series, and they are pretty normal, or as normal as they can be after growing up in a town run by vampires. But above it all, each book stresses how important friendship is to these characters. You know without a doubt that they are willing to die for each other.
My only complaint is the cliffhanger endings in the series. I need to remind myself that Morganville reads like a TV series not like a movie. There really is no self contained storyline in each book, just a long arc that is being told throughout them all. In other words you cannot pick up Feast of Fools without reading the three books that preceded it.
Review by Jenn Moffatt [3].
Also available in the Morganville Vampires series: Glass Houses [4], The Dead Girls' Dance [5] and Midnight Alley [2].
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€22.2m research centre that will shape future of Irish advanced manufacturing unveiled
02 October 2018
Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys TD and Minister for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan TD have launched the new I-Form Advanced Manufacturing SFI Research Centre, hosted by University College Dublin, representing government and industry investment of €22.2 million.
The I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, funded by Science Foundation Ireland and industry, includes partnerships with seven research institutions and 31 companies. I-Form's mission is to shape the future of manufacturing through high-impact research into the application of digital technologies to materials processing.
Key expertise in materials science, engineering, data analytics and cognitive computing
It brings together key expertise in materials science, engineering, data analytics and cognitive computing to improve the understanding of complex materials processing and to develop user-friendly process control systems for the manufacturing industry.
The I-Form SFI Research Centre is a partnership between University College Dublin, Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, Institute of Technology Sligo, the National University of Ireland Galway, Waterford Institute of Technology and the National University of Ireland Maynooth.
I-Form's industry partners are split equally between indigenous small to medium enterprises and multinational companies.
Minister Heather Humphreys said: "I am very pleased to welcome I-Form to the world-leading SFI Research Centre network, which attracts talent and investment to Ireland. Innovation is at the core of the Government's science strategy and is exemplified by the visionary technologies being developed here in I-Form.
Manufacturing sector second largest employer in Ireland
"The manufacturing sector is the second largest employer in Ireland and accounts for 36.5 per cent of GDP and €122.6 billion in exports. It is crucial that Ireland continues to deliver impactful research outcomes in advanced manufacturing and I am very pleased to see such a strong regional focus, with 17 of the 31 companies based outside Dublin."
Minister John Halligan said: "I am delighted to launch the new I-Form SFI Research Centre at UCD today, which will enable new research teams to work collaboratively to shape the future of Irish manufacturing.
"Collaboration and innovation are at the very core of the SFI Research Centre network, which continues to build on Ireland's international reputation for research excellence and I wish all involved every success."
Achievements for the newly formed I-Form SFI Research Centre already include:
• Securing of an additional €1.7 million in EU funding (incl. €1 million for regional development);
• Publication of world's first research paper on the HP multi-jet fusion printing process;
• Successfully commercialising a new plasma processing technology for the pre-treatment of polymer powders, such as those used in additive manufacturing;
• Working with Irish SME Exergyn to explore enhanced efficiency for their innovative clean-energy solution, which uses waste hot water to generate electricity;
• In conjunction with Croom Precision Medical, I-Form is the first internationally to act as a 'beta tester' for Renishaw's new advanced process monitoring and control technology for production scale metal additive printing;
• Worked with the Microsoft Ireland 'HackAbility' initiative on the development of a prototype mount for holding phones and tablets. The concept was developed after meetings with the National Rehabilitation Hospital and with Enable Ireland accessibility users.
Prof Mark Ferguson, director general of SFI and chief scientific adviser to the government, said: "Science Foundation Ireland supports excellent research with impact that underpins economic development and assists international and indigenous industry to grow and flourish in Ireland. SFI Research Centres deliver significant economic and societal impact to Ireland.
"I-Form's research will be vital for the future competitiveness of manufacturing, helping Ireland to attract and train outstanding researchers and be a global leader in this rapidly changing sector."
Prof Denis Dowling, I-Form's centre director and director of the Surface Engineering Group at UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, said: "The I-Form SFI Research Centre is working with industry to deliver the next level of understanding and control for complex manufacturing processes.
'Changing how things are made, and delivering step-change in competitiveness'
"Through our research into digital solutions for materials processing technologies, we are changing how things are made, and delivering a step-change in competitiveness for Irish manufacturing. I-Form will drive regional development through industry collaborations in areas of advanced manufacturing and digital technologies for Industry 4.0."
Prof Andrew J Deeks, president of University College Dublin, added: "University College Dublin is proud to be the host institution for I-Form, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing.
"I-Form is a collaboration across seven research institutions, with industry partnerships around the country, working together to ensure that Ireland continues to make an impact in the advanced manufacturing sector. With the next phase in the evolution of manufacturing upon us, this SFI Research Centre means that Ireland is well-placed to compete globally, and to attract and retain engineering talent to academia and industry."https://www.engineersjournal.ie/2018/10/02/e22-2m-research-centre-will-shape-future-irish-advanced-manufacturing-unveiled/https://www.engineersjournal.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/a-aif-683x1024.jpghttps://www.engineersjournal.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/a-aif-300x300.jpgNews3D Printing,DCU,TCD,UCD


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Since it was brought into the world (plonked on the internet) earlier this week, we have not had Carly Rae Jepsen's 'I Really Like You' off of repeat.
So we got thinking, in true Maximum Pop! style, why don't we make a list of things that Carly really (really really really really really) likes. Serious music journalism at it's finest.
Trying to date boys that she's only just met
"Hey, I just met you.-" You know how it goes… The first thing on our list of things that Carly really really really really really really likes is giving her number out to people that she's just met. Don't pretend you haven't been tempted since 'Call Me Maybe' hit the top spot three years ago. HOLY SH-yes, three whole years ago.
Now, there's no proof for this one but we're guessing Carly Rae likes Justin Bieber just a little bit seeing as he's the one that first spotted her. That's right, back when JB was all sweet and innocent he heard 'Call Me Maybe' on the radio and went running to good old Scooter Braun who then gave her a record deal. THANK THE LORD.
In a 2012 interview with ABC News (it's American), CRJ spilt the tea on her love of Jazz music. "It's not such a secret that I love jazz music," she told. "Being on the road so much I find it so relaxing to find the best local spot and unwind." Watch your weave Gaga, Carly's coming for that Tony Bennet collab album.
Doesn't everyone love a good Italian meal? Well Carly Rae certainly does, especially as both of her step-parents and have taught her how to cook Italian food herself. We're looking for a new bae, if you're interested Carlz?
The final thing that Carly Rae Jepsen really really really really really really likes is you! Has she not told you enough?


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Nearly a year after North Italia announced its first Florida restaurant, the 8,600-square-foot location is open in Mary Brickell Village, churning out grilled cauliflower and prosciutto pizza and pouring beer from local breweries
Created in 2002 by James Beard Award semifinalist Sam Fox, North Italia is part of his Fox Restaurant Group, responsible for more than 50 concepts across the nation, including the wine and burger bar Zinburger at Sawgrass Mills and the health-focused True Food Kitchen in Boca Raton.
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"When we opened True Food Kitchen in Boca, we really felt like we were a part of the neighborhood and appreciated the warm welcome of the local community," Fox told New Times in May 2018. "We're looking forward to enjoying the same close relationship between our neighbors in Brickell with North Italia."
The Brickell North Italia, which joins more than a dozen other locations across the nation, offers a handful of Miami-specific items, ranging from Wagyu skirt steak with butternut squash and salsa verde to the One More Mambo cocktail, made with spiced rum, pineapple, and lime. Local beers include Biscayne Bay's Kaptain Kolsch, Concrete Beach's Havana Lager, Wynwood Brewing's IPA, and J. Wakefield's El Jefe.
Other items unique to the Brickell location are beef carpaccio with Gorgonzola, toasted pine nuts, salsa verde, and grilled bread ($16); the Bianca pizza, topped with smoked mozzarella, aged provolone, ricotta, arugula, and lemon oil ($16); and burrata tortelloni ($17.50), a hearty bowl of pasta complemented by cherry tomatoes, Pecorino, and sugo di pomodoro (Italian red sauce).
Beef carpaccio with Gorgonzola, toasted pine nuts, and salsa verde.EXPAND
Beef carpaccio with Gorgonzola, toasted pine nuts, and salsa verde.Courtesy of North Italia
Otherwise, the restaurant serves many of the chain's items, such as a Bolognese made with meat sauce, handmade tagliatelle noodles, and Grana Padano cheese; and chicken parmigiana garnished with crushed tomato, aged provolone, mozzarella, and Parmesan rigatoni. Prices average between $10 and $20.
"For first-time guests, I recommend starting with the white truffle garlic bread," general manager Juan Carlos Marchan says. "Complete your meal with the burrata tortelloni or the Wagyu skirt steak between sips of the One More Mambo cocktail. They're delicious choices, and they also showcase the unique personality of our location."
Dessert includes salted caramel budino with crème fraîche ($8.50), tiramisu with espresso-soaked ladyfingers and mascarpone mousse ($9), and Italian doughnuts with Meyer lemon curd ($8.50). Pair something sweet with the house raspberry limoncello, served chilled.
In addition to serving lunch and dinner, the restaurant will also offer weekend brunch. Italian breakfast items include the Nonna casserole, prepared by baking sausage and torn ciabatta in marinara sauce with two fried eggs; short rib hash with sweet onion, roasted pepper, fried eggs, and grilled bread; and baked French toast topped with vanilla maple syrup, berries, and whipped cream.
The space features an open kitchen overlooking the main dining room and bar area, which at full capacity can fit more than 300 customers. The Brickell North Italia marks the 16th in the United States; other outposts are located in Arizona, California, Colorado, and Nevada. It also marks the first Sam Fox restaurant in Miami.
"This city's energy, sense of community, and seasonality is a perfect match for the experience at North," Fox says. "We are honored to now be a part of it."
North Italia. Mary Brickell Village, 900 S. Miami Ave., #111, Miami; 786-475-9100; northitaliarestaurant.com.
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March summary – Commercial & Architectural Photography
March has been crazy! The diversity of projects that I shot was just incredible. Business portraits, editorial portraits and commercial interiors, residential interiors and exteriors. I feel privileged to work with such great and loyal clients. Full updates on the blog soon. … Continued


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Add some Style into Living room with Black Sectional Sofa
Do you want to boost up the grace of your living room? Don't know what color would be the best? I think it is right time to opt for black sectional sofa. Black is a wonderful color and it never goes out of fashion. That's mean if you try black theme then it would be remain trendy all the time. In order to apply a theme, you should have to start with sofa and walls. It's good to get black sectional sofa that is available for both small and big living room.
People remain confuse about the fabric and styling of black sectional sofa. Actually, manufacturers use different materials for it. Leather is a good option that you can choose for your living room. The price of leather sectional sofa is often higher than other materials. If you need something economical then you should prefer a customized cloth sectional sofa. The look of your living room can easily be intensified with the mean of velvet black sectional sofa.
When it comes to shape of sectional sofa,you have three common options to choose from such as semi-circular, L-Shape and U-shaped. If you take inspiration from Hollywood movies then you would love to prefer L-shaped black sectional sofa for living room. Semi-Circular sectional sofa seems to be a good option for small living room. U-shaped sectional sofa is normally preferred by those people who want a unique shape in their living room space.
You can increase or decreases seats in black sectional sofa depending on space available. Seven seater sofa is commonly available in the market. You can customize a sofa according to your living room's measurement. It is good for you to know exact measurement of this room before you are going to locate the best sofa in the market. You will feel it hard to choose the right design and style without having any idea of right living room measurement.
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Kommentare: I've regularly used ArcGIS since it was ArcView 3.1, for about 20 years I guess.
Vorteile: ArcGIS leads the pack with functional tools like ArcMap, one of its most popular in spatial analysis. The tool-pack within ArcMAP allows users to convert layers to new formats, analyze data using a several geoprocessing tools, merge layers together and truly begin understanding landscape patterns. It has also been used to help forecast or predict after filtering layers or attributes within a layer to learn a unique set of characteristics that predict occurrence of a species or phenomenon, such as bank erosion. With the software, the user can subscribe to ESRI news to learn more about the broad applications of the product. And because it is so widely known, users can easily find tutorials and classes to learn the product. Recently I sought help from customer support and I will say, they are relentless at helping to diagnose the problem.
Nachteile: There are a lot of competitors for ArcGIS, though none seem to do everything that ArcGIS does. Rather than spending time waiting for the software to open, recognize our network license, and load the base maps, I can usually find an answer to my question using Google Earth or something similar. The high level of functionality comes at a cost. In addition to the memory hungry aspects of ESRI, the user interface can be a little intimidating. There are many tools and ways to layout the interface. Sometimes it can be confusing to know where the tools are and how to access them. While the interface is customizable in some ways, the geoprocessing tools cannot be added to the interface (or I haven't figured out how) and toolbars need to be loaded each time. For example, when I'm creating a shape file, I have to continuously ask the software to open the window for creating features. I'm sure this is great for some people who don't like machine learning or having their computer assume too much of their needs. But for me, I love that and would really like to see some of these customizable elements become more user friendly. Not only would that make things a bit more efficient on my end, but it might also make the experience less daunting or confusing.
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Kommentare: Amazing Worked for companies in India, USA, then back for Government clients in India, Oman, Dubai, europe and likewise. All the best with your search for a good GIS software.
ESRI, Thank you
since 1980s, ESRI has been a terrific performer, in Geospatial, Geotechnical, Geology, Government, Utilities, Transportation and Logistics, IT enablement.
1. ESRI is a high-end solutions and capabilities provider, their software can handle all kinds of requirements in LBS, Spatial Statistics, Data mining with GIS, Market Research with GIS, Geodatabases and likewise.
2. Pros in Information Technology world are primarily ArcPy, GIS consulting solutions for IT companies, main competitors Hexgon, General electric and others like IDRSI, ERDAS, SICAD, Transcad, Open gis platforms like Quantum GIS are weak and not customer specific.
3. Return on Investment, ROI from ArcGIS, ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcToolbox, ArcLogistics and solutions is good. Customization is excellent, their data models and work is exemplary in GIS world.
4. Licensing for Govt, Utilities, others is pricy as one would expect, but what can one do, customer support is good. Licensing is a major con.
5. GIS from ESRI-America is the dream for the Geographers, Engineers and other geospatial professionals to work with. ESRI internships all around the world. Also, it is used by Planners, Urban etc.
Major Con:
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Bewertet am 7.6.2018
The most complete and efficient tool for making maps, vector layers or raster
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Vorteile: What I like most about this software is the ease with which you can create maps or design final maps better known as layout. Unlike other similar software, Arcgis simplifies the process, in addition to providing aestheticity and harmony in the scale of colors and labeling of toponyms. In addition, the work with ArcGIS encourages the use of geographic databases (geodatabases) in the management of our data. With the way to create projects in arcgis, not only allows us to store the styles and properties applied to the layer in the project, but creates a geodatabase associated with it in which we can physically include the layers that we use as Feature Class. Although we can also add a previous geodatabase to the project, as it used to be done a long time ago.
Nachteile: Arcgis licenses are expensive. It was not always possible to count on the availability of ESRI products for acrgis. In addition, it is not very versatile in the consumption of data, that is, a different protocol must be applied to open each file according to its type. Likewise, with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) services connection, it is necessary to download and install the Data Interoperability extension, unlike other softwares that this process refers to one clicks.
Bewertet am 23.4.2018
ArcGIS is a leading tool for managing, analyzing, creating and integrating geological/spatial data
Israel jose A.
Vorteile: Built using standards such as COM, XML, and SQL, ArcGIS can be easily integrated with the structure of the information system and data of any organization or individual. Given that GIS extends to new applications and new user communities, ArcGIS also solves the challenges of offering and receiving data and related GIS services to users around the world. The versatility and easy to use allows ArcGIS to be used in a variety of areas: from land cadastre, geodesy, cartography, geography, and telecommunications, to geology, ecology, management of water resources and subsoil, oil and gas industry, and even remote sensing. Its technology of Geodatabase allows you to effectively store heterogeneous data and easily use them in complex projects and systems. In the geodatabase, users can define rules and relationships within the repository that define the behavior of spatially interconnected geographic (or geological) objects and object classes and ensure data integrity. With the help of ArcGIS it is possible to prepare qualitative cartographic products with all necessary elements of marginal design. Also, you can quickly create a realistic virtual 3D scene based on spatial data, using digital terrain models. With a lot of possibilities for processing of both raster and vector data, and its strong functions for map algebra, editing, and spatial analysis, together with the latest data models and control make the ArcGIS family of software products ones of the leaders among GIS software.
Nachteile: I have been using ArcGIS for almost 10 years and I can testify that this software is difficult to study, a very complex program for a simple user, the program is only for those who take the professional level, so, to exploit the full potential of ArcGIS (for example processing of multispectral and hyperspectral images, geostatistical studies and so on) you need to dedicate time, endless hours of study. Other con that I see, is the high price taking into account the purchase of any additional modules, it is a very expensive program, but, once and again, the potential is almost limitless once you get to dominate all its functionalities.
Bewertet am 26.2.2018
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Howard D.
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I have built models to perform analyzes in several areas simultaneously, saving money and time. we have saved on editing and publication of thematic maps.
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In particular it is the best vector software with which I have worked
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The design of maps is ArcGIs is very simple with the tools of workflow by means of modelBuilder and the handling of the Layout and the ways of making thematic maps and 3D representations is amazing.
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I am currently on a bit of a health kick, cutting back processed foods, avoiding sugar, adding in more fresh fruit, vegetables, and making healthier choices. I am secretly hoping to get back to my old target weight when previously lost weight, but I am holding onto that loosely.
One thing I enjoy and a good way for me to get vegetables into me, in a way that I enjoy, is to make a stir fry. They are usually easy to make and if you are using a good wok and only a small amount of oil, and are careful what sauces you use, then they can be a very healthy and filling meal. I usually use rice noodles, which are gluten free, which means it's a meal suitable for the husband and stir fries don't tend to contain dairy products (and they shouldn't, it really annoys me when people put dairy products into foods that DO NOT need them!) so they are safe for my dairy allergy crew too.
This stir fry is made with tofu, which as I am not eating meat at the moment, is a good source of protein for me. Tofu isn't to everyone's taste, so if you prefer to add your choice of meat (chicken or pork would work) you can.
This takes less than ten minutes to make, and is very filling. Even my kids like it, so it's a winner all round. My stir fry ingredients are what I like, you can add what you prefer, but remember that crunch and texture are what make it work.
You will need:
4 water chestnuts sliced (I buy mine in a can from the local South East Asian supermarket but you can get them in bigger supermarkets)
Bean sprouts, washed and drained
One carrot, cut into slices or slivers
Chinese cabbage (or you can use savoy cabbage)
One onion, sliced
brocoli florets
One red chilli, sliced and de seeded
Three table spoons of teriyaki sauce
Your protein – I used this tofu, which I get in my local supermarket. It's very firm and marinades well. I cut it into cubes and marinade it for about 15 minutes before I start to cook the stir fry.
Rice Noodles. Any brand. You may need to pre cook them, or they may go straight into your wok. I am lazy and prefer the pre cooked ones.
Ground nut oil, vegetable oil or peanut oil (if allergies are not an issue) for frying.
Marinade your tofu (or your chicken, or pork) in the teriyake sauce. (please note if you are marinading raw meat, you cannot use the leftover marinade in your stir fry as it won't kill any bacteria, it doesn't cook long enough so you will need more than I have advised, to replace it with for your stir fry sauce) for about 10-15 minutes in a bowl.
Then heat your oil in your wok, until it's very hot.
Add your tofu or meat and let it fry, stirring it frequently, for about 10 minutes until it's crispy and golden on all sides (if you are cooking meat, you need to make sure it's fully cooked) then add your chopped veg, apart from the chopped chilli. Stir fry the veg for about 2 minutes, then add your rice noodles and keep tossing it all together.
Add your leftover or fresh teriyake sauce and stir for another 2 minutes.
Toss in the chopped chilli. Stir fry for one more minute, then serve and eat.
In my case, it's hide in the kitchen to eat it, unless I want to share it with my children, who LOVE stir fry. I don't add chilli to theirs but it's good way to get veg into them. If you make this with tofu, it's entirely vegan. If you don't like tofu but don't eat meat but eat eggs you could stir fry some beaten egg into it, instead of adding meat.


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The E.C.B. cut its benchmark rate to 0.75 percent from 1 percent, which was once regarded as the lower bound on the official rate. Economists and political leaders are likely to welcome the cut, which was expected by most analysts, as offering welcome relief from strains in the euro zone. But it also carries risks.
With interest rates now close to zero, the bank and its president, Mario Draghi, will have a dwindling selection of conventional monetary policy tools they can use to combat the crisis. The cut Thursday is likely to increase speculation that the E.C.B.'s next step to contain the crisis would be massive purchases of government bonds, similar to the quantitative easing undertaken by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
I don't know whether what is reported here is true for the right reasons. Economists are likely to welcome to the cut? It should have been done much earlier. And the reason why this needs to happen is to prove that we are in a liquidity trap. Investment will not be jump-started, since that depends not only on the ECBs interest rate. Anyway, the ECB made sure that it's latest policy step is successful.
The FT understands the important part:
The ECB also cut the interest rate on its deposit facility to zero, marking a bold step in its attempts to reduce general market interest rates and stimulate interbank lending.
The deposit rate is what the ECB pays banks for their overnight deposits with it. It in effect sets a floor for market rates, since banks have no incentive to lend to each other for less reward than they get for parking money safely at the central bank.
So, banks no longer get money for nothing, or, well, parking funds overnight at the central bank, which is a couple of key strokes more than nothing. As the euro declines against the US dollar right now, I would expect that banks move available funds from Europe to the US. They still pay the .25 over there. If this happens, it will show up in the data soon. Whether this has any consequences for the real economy is doubtful. If it doesn't, there is no denying: conventional monetary policy (cutting interest rates) won't do it. I would guess that exotic monetary policy (quantitative easing) won't do it either.
At least we are getting somewhere now. The ECB will not be blamed for not firing its last bullets before the situation deteriorates further …


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- Volume:15 Issue:1, 2018
- 192 صفحه،
- تاریخ انتشار: 1396/12/05
- تعداد عناوین: 10
Pages 1-24An inventory model is formulated with type-2 fuzzy parameters under trade credit policy and solved by using Generalized Hukuhara derivative approach. Representing demand parameter of each expert's opinion is a membership function of type-1 and thus, this membership function again becomes fuzzy. The final opinion of all experts is expressed by a type-2 fuzzy variable. For this present problem, to get corresponding defuzzified values of the triangular type-2 fuzzy demand parameters, first critical value (CV)-based reduction methods are applied to reduce corresponding type-1 fuzzy variables which becomes pentagonal in form. After that $\alpha$- cut of a pentagonal fuzzy number is used to construct the upper $\alpha$- cut and lower $\alpha$- cut of the fuzzy differential equation. Different cases are considered for fuzzy differential equation: gH-(i) differentiable and gH-(ii) differentiable systems. The objective of this paper is to find out the optimal time so as to minimize the total inventory cost. The considered problem ultimately reduces to a multi-objective problem which is solved by weighted sum method and global criteria method. Finally the model is solved by generalised reduced gradient method using LINGO (13.0) software. The proposed model and technique are lastly illustrated by providing numerical examples. Results from two methods are compared and some sensitivity analyses both in tabular and graphical forms are presented and discussed. The effects of total cost with respect to the change of demand related parameter ($\beta$), holding cost parameter ($r$), unit purchasing cost parameter ($p$), interest earned $(i_e)$ and interest payable $(i_p)$ are discussed. We also find the solutions for type-1 and crisp demand as particular cases of type-2 fuzzy variable. This present study can be applicable in many aspects in many real life situations where type-1 fuzzy set is not sufficient to formulate the mathematical model. From the numerical studies, it is observed that under both gH-(i) and gH-(ii) cases, total cost of the system gradually reduces for the sub-cases - 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 depending upon the positions of N(trade credit for customer) and M (trade credit for retailer) with respect to T (time period).Keywords: EOQ model, Delay in payment, Type-2 fuzzy demand, $alpha$-cut of pentagonal number
SHAPLEY FUNCTION BASED INTERVAL-VALUED INTUITIONISTIC FUZZY VIKOR TECHNIQUE FOR CORRELATIVE MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING PROBLEMSPages 25-54Interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy set (IVIFS) has developed to cope with the uncertainty of imprecise human thinking. In the present communication, new entropy and similarity measures for IVIFSs based on exponential function are presented and compared with the existing measures. Numerical results reveal that the proposed information measures attain the higher association with the existing measures, which demonstrate their efficiency and reliability. To deal with the interactive characteristics among the elements in a set, Shapley weighted similarity measure based on proposed similarity measure for IVIFSs is discussed via Shapley function. Thereafter, the linear programming model for optimal fuzzy measure is originated for incomplete information about the weights of the criteria and thus, the optimal weight vector is obtained in terms of Shapley values. Further, the VIKOR technique is discussed for correlative multi-criteria decision making problems under interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy environment. Finally, an example of investment problem is presented to exemplify the application of the proposed technique under incomplete and uncertain information situation.Keywords: Fuzzy set, Interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy set, Entropy, Similarity measure, MCDM, VIKOR
ITERATIVE METHOD FOR SOLVING TWO-DIMENSIONAL NONLINEAR FUZZY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS USING FUZZY BIVARIATE BLOCK-PULSE FUNCTIONS WITH ERROR ESTIMATIONPages 55-76In this paper, we propose an iterative procedure based on two dimensional fuzzy block-pulse functions for solving nonlinear fuzzy Fredholm integral equations of the second kind. The error estimation and numerical stability of the proposed method are given in terms of supplementary Lipschitz condition. Finally, illustrative examples are included in order to demonstrate the accuracy and convergence of the proposed method.Keywords: Two dimensional nonlinear fuzzy Fredholm integral equations of the second kind, Two dimensional fuzzy block-pulse functions, Supplementary Lipschitz condition
Pages 77-89In this work, we shall present some novel process to measure the similarity between picture fuzzy sets. Firstly, we adopt the concept of intuitionistic fuzzy sets, interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets and picture fuzzy sets. Secondly, we develop some similarity measures between picture fuzzy sets, such as, cosine similarity measure, weighted cosine similarity measure, set-theoretic similarity measure, weighted set-theoretic cosine similarity measure, grey similarity measure and weighted grey similarity measure. Then, we apply these similarity measures between picture fuzzy sets to building material recognition and minerals field recognition. Finally, two illustrative examples are given to demonstrate the efficiency of the similarity measures for building material recognition and minerals field recognition.Keywords: Picture fuzzy set, Cosine similarity measure, Set-theoretic similarity measure, Grey similarity measure, Building material recognition, Minerals field recognition
Pages 91-102Logistic regression analysis is used to model categorical dependent variable. It is usually used in social sciences and clinical research. Human thoughts and disease diagnosis in clinical research contain vagueness. This situation leads researchers to combine fuzzy set and statistical theories. Fuzzy logistic regression analysis is one of the outcomes of this combination and it is used in situations where the classical logistic regression assumption's are not satisfied. Also it can be used if the observations or their relations are vague. In this study, a model called Fuzzy Logistic Regression Based on Revised Tanaka's Fuzzy Linear Regression Model is proposed. In this regard, the methodology and formulation of the proposed model is explained in detail and the revised Tanaka's regression model is used to estimate the parameters. The Revised Tanaka's Regression model is an extension of Tanaka's Regression Model in which the objection function is developed. An application is performed on birth weight data set. Also, an application of diabetes data set used in Pourahmad et al.'s study was conducted via our proposed data set. The validity of the model is shown by the help of goodness of fit criteria called Mean Degree Memberships (MDM).Keywords: Fuzzy logistic regression, Revised Tanaka regression model, MDM criteria
Pages 103-122We introduce a quantale-valued generalization of approach spaces in terms of quantale-valued gauges. The resulting category is shown to be topological and to possess an initially dense object. Moreover we show that the category of quantale-valued approach spaces defined recently in terms of quantale-valued closures is a coreflective subcategory of our category and, for certain choices of the quantale, is even isomorphic to our category. Finally, the category of quantale-valued metric spaces is shown to be coreflectively embedded in our category.Keywords: $L$-gauge space, $L$-approach space, $L$-metric space, Continuity space
Pages 123-137In most statistical analysis, inequality or extent of variation in income is represented in terms of certain summary measures. But some authors argued that the concept of inequality is vague and thus cannot be measured as an exact concept. Therefore, fuzzy set theory provides naturally a useful tool for such circumstances. In this paper we have introduced a real-valued fuzzy method of illustrating the measures of income inequality in truncated random variables based on the case where the conditional events are vague. To guarantee certain relevant properties of these measures, we first selected three main families of measures and obtained their closed formulas, then used two simulated and real data set to illustrate the usefulness of derived results.Keywords: Measures of income inequality, Gini index, Fuzzy event, Membership function, Truncated distribution
A NEW APPROACH IN FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS BASED ON COMPROMISE SOLUTION BY CONSIDERING OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE WEIGHTS WITH INTERVAL-VALUED INTUITIONISTIC FUZZY SETSPages 139-161Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is a well-known risk analysis approach that has been conducted to distinguish, analyze and mitigate serious failure modes. It demonstrates the effectiveness and the ability of understanding and documenting in a clear manner; however, the FMEA has weak points and it has been criticized by some authors. For example, it does not consider relative importance among three risk factors (i.e., $ O, S $ and $ D $). Different sequences of $ O $, $ S $ and $ D $ may result in exactly the same value of risk priority number (RPN), but their semantic risk implications may be totally different and these three risk factors are difficult to be precisely expressed. This study introduces a new interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy (IVIF)-decision approach based on compromise solution concept that defeats the above weak points and improves the traditional FMEA's results. This study firstly employs both subjective and objective weights in the decision process simultaneously. Secondly, there are two kinds of subjective weights performed in the study: aggregated weights obtained by expert's assessments as well as entropy measure. Thirdly, this approach is defined under an IVIF-environment to ensure that the evaluation information would be preserved, and the uncertainties could be handled during the computations. Hence, it considers uncertainty in expert's judgments as well as reduces the probability of obtaining two ranking orders with the same value. Finally, the alternatives are ranked with a new collective index according to the compromise solution concept. To show the effectiveness of the proposed approach, two practical examples are solved from the recent literature in engineering applications. The proposed decision approach has an acceptable performance. Also, its advantages have been mentioned in comparison with other decision approaches.Keywords: Failure modes, effects analysis (FMEA), Compromise solution concept, Interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IVIFSs), Subjective, objective weights, Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) machine, Tanker equipment
Pages 163-178In this paper, the concepts of somewhat fuzzy automata continuous functions and somewhat fuzzy automata open functions in fuzzy automata topological spaces are introduced and some interesting properties of these functions are studied. In this connection, the concepts of fuzzy automata resolvable spaces and fuzzy automata irresolvable spaces are also introduced and their properties are studied.Keywords: Somewhat fuzzy automata continuous function, Somewhat fuzzy automata open function, Fuzzy automata resolvable, fuzzy automata irresolvable space


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Do you remember being a child and having all those questions that parents get tired of hearing you ask, so one day you just stop asking, mostly because the answer was "it just is" or "I don't know" or a "shush" , You know the drill.
There are so many questions, like why is the sky blue? Why are there different KINDS of clouds? Why cant I SEE God? What happens after someone is buried? Why does there have to be mosquito's? Why are people pregnant longer than cats and dogs? Why ? Most of us guess at some of the answers, or now that we are grown we know some things are scientifically explained, but what about the things no one has ever been able to answer?
Are there Aliens? if you think there are, do you think they live amongst us? or do they watch us from some unknown perch or alley? Do they look more like humans? are they US in the future and we have learned to time travel into the past to tell us how screwed up we are? I have seen strange lights in the sky. Have you ever seen anything strange? If they do exist, and they have been around….what do you think they want? Does the government know and keep it secret? maybe they do because it IS a future US! and they don't want us to know about the time travel. I mean…anyone can go on to explain where we came from, whether its from Adam and Eve, or Evolution, But NO-ONE can say where we are going in the future….right?
Is there a Bigfoot? Many people have claimed to have seen one….if there IS a big foot….is it human? or animal? or what? I have heard of a disease where you are covered with hair and it really does look strange, is big foot really an odd mutation of human? or is it some form of intelligent animal that we cant get face to face with?
Are there Mermaids and Mermen? I have heard stories from WAY back of sightings, and strange encounters. and there is so much about the sea that we don't know, shoot, if I was some creature with any sense at all I wouldn't want to let humans know I existed either, all they want to do is lock you up and disassemble you to find out how you are different….WHY? why does it matter what they are made of? Isn't it just neat to know that they exist? What is really the point of taking "them" apart? I get it for humans, so they can learn to fix us or replace parts, or make us well. (by the way NO ONE can SAVE your life, they can only prolong it…..You are still going to die….right? maybe just not till your OLD, but it still gonna happen)
Do you think someone is growing the dinosaurs again? I think so, or at least they are making something….I don't know what, but a scientist with Dino DNA? come on…..You KNOW they want to play with it….with all the possibilities! If anyone reading this blog is sure that none of these things exist….why? how? Don't get me wrong, I don't want to argue the possibilities, but would like to expand my knowledge, and hear all things possible or maybe not. In my opinion? I will stick with the saying "ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE". Look at what a miracle WE are!! How then could we be so ignorant to think we are the ONLY intelligent beings "ever"? have you ever heard of a human with a tail? I have…..it has happened….its called mutation. Oh and I think things Mutate when they need to adapt to new environments as well, Like if we didn't have gravity we would all be much taller…..hmmmmm…… Are there questions that YOU still have that have no answers yet? I Told you my mind was Chaos!
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So I have 4 new Lectron Pro 2s lipo 5200mah batteries. I bought 2 batteries when I bought the truck then two more batteries about a week later from a different hobby shop. I also had my hobby shop add the traxxas plugs to two of the batteries to rule out a connectivity problem. I am getting anywhere from 8-12 min of run time on my slash 4x4. The truck is less than a month old and I have already sent it back to traxxas and they say it is operating correctly. I have a friend who just bought the same truck and with his first run out of the box we put one of my batteries in it and it only ran for 14 min. I'm OK with the run times if its normal but everyone else I talk to tells me they get anywhere from 20-30 min for a battery that size. If I will continue to get those run times I will just buy more batteries but want to be sure first. Thank you in advance for your help.
Sounds to me like it's the batteries. Try running on Traxxas, Gens Ace, or SMC batteries of the same (or similar) capacity, and see what runtimes you get. I know that my Rustler 4x4 (which is, essentially, a shorter Slash 4x4), on Traxxas 5800mAh LiPo, gets at least 30min (I haven't actually timed it, but I just might do that today, as I'm about to head to the track). I'll update once I run that battery.
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My 5200 2s batteries give me around 20-25 minutes. Pretty sure they're eezee branded ones? Pulled them from Amazon.
But I'm not going balls out all the time with it. Just casual bashing around the yard and woods.
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What charger are you using? Can you verify they are actually fully charged when you start/ 4.2v/cell?
Slash 4x4 Ult 2150kv
Rustler vxl
Ford GT vxl
I am using a Lectron Pro charger set at 2s 5200mah and charging at 5.2v. It takes about 50min to charge and seems full based on where the lipo cut off is and the amout of charge that is put in.
Unffortunately, I won't be able to run that test today, as something work-related came up. Will update when I can. Don't know who the "what charger" question was directed at, as it was done as a 'reply", instead of a 'reply with quote'. As for me, I have two chargers...Traxxas Dual Live, & Hitec X2 AC Plus Black Edition. For both chargers, using the associated app on my phone, yes, I can see the charged capacity, voltage/cell, plus additional info. However, when it comes to charging non-Traxxas batteries in the Traxxas charger, that additional info is very minimal. It's probably best to charge Traxxas batteries ONLY on the Traxxas charger...EXCEPT under one particular condition.
If you discharge a Traxxas battery past the minimal voltage limit, Traxxas chargers will refuse to charge it. They will indicate the battery as "dead" battery, not capable of ever being charged again. This is a lie. They CAN be charged again, just not with a Traxxas charger. For this, you'll need a non-Traxxas charger, plus an adapter consisting of a male Traxxas connector on one end, and whatever female connectors would be used for charging non-Traxxas batteries in your non-Traxxas charger. If you're charger uses bullet connectors, like my Hitec X2, then the adapter would have the male Traxxas connector on one end, and male bullet connectors on the other end. Once your Traxxas battery has been brought "back to life"xx you can return to charging it using the Traxxas charger.
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If the current battery still gives you only 15min, then you know the problem is the battery. If the current battery gives you 30-45min, and the other battery runs a lot less, them the problem is the charger. Unfortunately, if both batteries last only 15min, then the problem is your battery AND your charger.
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I run a 2s traxxis battery in my 4x4 slash and I can get 30 plus minutes out of a single charge. I tend to run more conservative than most.
So my father-in-law and brother-in-law picked up the same slash as mine as well as the same batteries. My father-in-law got a different charger and he seemed to get more run time than us and it seems like we are driving very similar. Bro and I went into lipo protection mode after about 15min and the old man was still going strong. He stopped when we did so we don't know how much longer he could have run. Thoughts?
Well I don't know how you guys are getting these run times because today all three of us could only get 10-12 min of run time. All of us are running lectron pro 2s 5200mah lipos.
Its alright son I'll fix it when you break it
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Wrong for the president, REALLY wrong for Congress
Says President Barack Obama "has taken less vacation days than any other president in a generation," while Congress "has taken more vacation days than any other Congress in history."
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on Friday, September 9th, 2016
She never said that
Says Hillary Clinton "doesn't believe in your right to keep a gun at home for self-defense."
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on Thursday, August 11th, 2016
You call this a 'fact check?'
Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA.
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on Thursday, August 11th, 2016
Claims of success don't hold up under science, investigations
"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."
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on Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
Wolf in 2008: 'The coup is here'
"During the Bush administration, you actually had a prominent liberal write a book about how Bush was preparing for a fascist takeover of this country."
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on Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
Lots of criticism when it happened
In 2007, when Nancy Pelosi met with President Assad of Syria, "nobody got upset."
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on Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
Paging Jeb?
The Republican Party has not won a presidential election without either a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket since 1928.
— PolitiFact Wisconsin
on Monday, January 26th, 2015
Let's go to the tape!
In President Barack Obama's 2015 State of the Union address, "the words 'al-Qaida' were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."
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on Wednesday, January 21st, 2015
Both rose, though at different rates
When Republicans last controlled the presidency and Congress, "the number of people on food stamps (and) the number of people in low-income housing went through the roof."
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on Thursday, April 10th, 2014
All scoops should be this easy
Says in 2000, Fox News broke the story of George W. Bush's drunk driving arrest. "Who broke it? Fox News."
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on Monday, January 27th, 2014
Gates hits on 3 of 4
On foreign policy, Joe Biden was against aid for Vietnam, said the fall of the Shah was "a step forward" for human rights in Iran, opposed Reagan's defense build-up and voted against the first Gulf War.
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on Thursday, January 16th, 2014
He cherry-picked his data
"Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama."
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on Friday, November 15th, 2013
Get out the red pencil
"Test scores had gone up steadily for 40 years until No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top."
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on Sunday, October 27th, 2013
Opposed war's handling, but voted for force
Says he "opposed the president's decision to go into Iraq" in 2003.
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on Friday, September 13th, 2013
Calling it vacation can be an oversimplification
Says President Barack Obama "has taken 92 days of vacation since he was sworn in," compared to 367 for President George W. Bush at the same point in his presidency.
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on Monday, August 12th, 2013
Liberal apples to conservative oranges
"During the Bush administration, liberal groups were targeted" by the IRS, similar to recent targeting.
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on Thursday, June 6th, 2013
More in poverty, but numbers wrong
"When George Bush became president of the United States, 17 million people were in poverty. When he left, 30 million people were in poverty."
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on Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
Super PAC has zero evidence
"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."
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on Saturday, November 3rd, 2012
A misleading cut and paste
Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson "admitted" that Washington, D.C., "changed" him into an insider selling his influence to make millions from powerful special interests.
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on Friday, September 21st, 2012
That level actually was reached due to Bush-era policies
Since President Barack Obama took office, "you have 1,700 employees just at the Department of Transportation" earning over $170,000.
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2018 Men's Cross Country Roster
Marquez Named to All-State Team in CCCAA State ChampionshipsNovember 19, 2018Sophomore Moises Marquez came in 25th place at the CCCAA State Championships at Woodward Park and qualified to the All-State team.
Cross Country Qualifies Four For State ChampionshipsNovember 03, 2018The Long Beach City College men's and women's cross country team qualified four athletes at the SoCal Championships for the 2018 CCCAA State Championships.
Cross Country Places Sixth in the SCC ChampionshipsOctober 29, 2018The men's and women's cross country teams both placed sixth in the South Coast Conference Championships over the weekend at the Don Knabe Community Regional Park in Cerritos.
Cross Country Displays Top Finishes in Downey ClassicOctober 01, 2018The men's and women's cross country team demonstrated three top ten finishes over the weekend in the Coach Downey Cross Country Invitation at San Diego City College.
Figueroa and Marquez Place in the SoCal PreviewSeptember 17, 2018The men's and women's cross country team competed in the SoCal Preview in Cerritos over the weekend.
Marquez takes First Place in the Tour de Cuesta InviteSeptember 04, 2018Sophomore Moises Marquez took first place in the Tour de Cuesta Invite.


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Frustration is Product Development
Whether you're a product manager, designer or engineer, frustration is an ever present phenomenon inherent in innovating and working iteratively. There is, however, surprisingly little discussion about the frustrations and anxieties involved in developing products in fast paced environments, dealing with challenging stakeholders and wide ranging complexities.
By the end of this talk, you'll have had a few cathartic moments, encountered some familiar scenarios and know how to better manage your frustrations as well as those of your colleagues.


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Oven fries
Photo by Annabel Langbein media
The brilliant thing about homemade oven fries is that you need very little fat or oil to get a crunchy result. Pre-cooking the potatoes means you can get ahead of the game and they'll only take about 40 minutes in the oven to crisp up.
|8 large
|Floury potatoes, scrubbed
|3 Tbsp
|Extra virgin olive oil
|1 tsp
|Flaky sea salt
- Preheat oven to 200C fanbake and line 2 large shallow oven trays with baking paper for easy clean-up.
- Cut the potatoes into chunky chips or wedges. Cover with salted water in a large pot, bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Drain well.
- Transfer to prepared trays, add olive oil, salt and pepper and toss to combine evenly.
- Spread out to a single layer and bake until crispy and golden (40-45 minutes).
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