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"To thine own self be true." Well, that's all well and good, Shakespeare. But, who am I?
First of all, a huge thank you to Dr. Mark "Doctor J" Johnson for contributing the writing for this episode of SAHDness. He was able to objectively articulate an idea that I struggle with at times. Mark is one of Jack's grandfathers, and I consider myself endlessly fortunate that Jack has two grandfathers in his life that love him without question.
Do you know those moments in parenting of ultimate frustration? Where it seems that you have been given, not so much a child, but a tiny demon that feeds off the energy of doing the exact opposite of what you want? I love those moments. I really do. Basically, when I am uncomfortable I am given two options: retreat into my old behavior, which essentially means try to control everything towards whatever half-assed outcome I think I see up ahead. OR I can grow a bit. When Jack says he wants to go to the park and not the zoo, I can just go to the park and not feel like a deficient father who is stealing a zoo trip from his son. I can do that now and not feel like I'm being lazy. Sometimes I get so lost in my idea of what is best for Jack that I forget that I'm not Jack, nor do I have any REAL understanding of what he thinks the ideal situation might be.
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Jack, whether through the ignorance that comes with being three or a more fit spirit that belongs to the young, seems to be consistently doing a better job than I. That's okay, as he's got a ways to go before the world has its way with him. However, when it does, I'm confident that he will be able to weather the storm as his father does. Resolute under the determination that everything is going according to plan. Standing tall with the knowledge that he is a child of this universe and, as such, has the right to be here. I look forward, not often but I do, to the man that Jack will become. I see so much of myself in him, but even more of this new human that is ever growing. His curiousity, his intellect and his wonder are insatiable. I know that when I look at him he is already thinking great thoughts. Thoughts that will change the world or not. Perhaps, at the very least, simply bring happiness to another quiet, beautiful life. Either way, that is something worth looking forward to.
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Discussion in '7th Generation (2003-2008) [Acura TSX]' started by redsectora, Tuesday 28th Apr, 2015.
Anyone know if Tourer REAR door cards fit saloons?
Sorry forgot to mention it's a Gen 7 saloon and year is 2007
I cannot see why they won't fit.
Anyone know for certain if the doors are the same size?
Manufacturers tend to try and use the same production lines for many models. It wouldn't make any financial sense for the diesel Accords to have different sized doors to petrol ones. So I'm certain they will be the same.
Rear Tourer's door are different to Saloon so door cards are different too.
Just reading my answer I think I answered an entirely different question altogether petrol v diesel rather than tourer verses saloon ! Doh !
No probs.I've actually measured a tourer rear door today and they are approx 4 inch narrower than a saloon so I've answered my own question lol
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Weather permitting, Allison enjoys sea fishing, particularly off the Donegal coast, and international travel, experiencing different cultures and countries.
John Dillon
Environmental Engineer
John has worked with TOBIN since 2006, having previously worked in Komex Worley Parsons in Dublin and the UK. He holds a Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering from Imperial College, London. John is a specialist in soils, geology and water, particularly in the areas of soil contamination and groundwater risk management. John applies his specialist knowledge, skills and techniques to bring a wide variety of projects, including water services, quarries, commercial and residential developments and large infrastructural projects, to successful conclusions.
Outside of work John hones his 5 a-side football skills, hikes the Wicklow Mountains and occasionally can be found roaring on the Boys in Green.
Jessica Quinn
Jessica holds an Honours Degree in Zoology and a Master's Degree in (Applied) Environmental Science, both from University College, Dublin. She joined TOBIN in 2013 as a Graduate Ecologist and works on numerous ecological surveys for wind farms, overhead powerlines, quarries and road schemes. Jessica's main field of expertise since joining TOBIN has been ornithology, carrying out breeding and wintering bird surveys for numerous projects across Ireland, analysing data and drafting reports. She has also gained experience in project management; managing the resources on numerous ecology projects, managing the environmental monitoring on waste management facilities and landfill and being the key contact for clients on numerous projects.
Outside of work Jessica enjoys horse riding, camping, travelling and volunteering at animal shelters.
Emma Sweeney
Senior Environmental Scientist
Emma has worked in Environmental consulting since completing her degree in Earth Science, followed by her PHD in Geology (both at NUI Galway) in 2000. Emma joined the Castlebar office of TOBIN in 2005. As a Senior Environmental Scientist with TOBIN, the projects on which Emma works cover many sectors including: the Private sector, Waste sector, Waste water sector; Potable water sector; Manufacturing Industry; Quarry Industry; and the Energy Industry.
Emma's experience has been widespread and varying, in areas including: Environmental sampling & monitoring; Environmental site investigation; Contaminated soils & water management & remediation/disposal, Environmental risk assessment, Environmental liabilities risk assessment (ELRA); Closure & restoration/aftercare plans (CRAMP); Environmental management systems (EMS); EIS production & co-ordination, Stage 1 Screening for Appropriate Assessment; EPA Licence (Waste, IPPC, IE & Waste Water) applications and compliance; Waste permit & waste collection permit applications & compliance; Local Authority waste water discharge licence/Certificate of Authorisation applications & licence compliance; waste management (both hazardous & non-hazardous); Planning applications; Project management; Project team co-ordination; Client, landowner, Community, stakeholder & statutory body consultation & liaison management.
Emma also has a keen interest in Health & Safety, and acts as the Health & Safety Representative for the TOBIN Castlebar office.
Emma is an adopted Westport 'Covey' and has embraced living in the Irish Times' 'Best Place to Live in Ireland'.
Shane Kelly
Commercial Operations Manager
Shane is the Commercial Operations Manager with TOBIN Consulting Engineers and joined the company at the beginning of 2016. He holds a M.A. in International Relations (Political Economics, Government & Current Affairs) from the Dublin City University, a B.Sc. in Construction Economics & Management from Limerick Institute of Technology and a number of qualifications in Digital Marketing.
Shane previously worked in Dublin and the Midlands as a Quantity Surveyor before moving into HR and Business DevelopmentIn his current role, Shane is responsible for new business and commercial activity on existing business across the three TOBIN divisions.
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Jennifer Garner stepped out on Friday to attend the the "Think It Up" telecast, which is aimed at improving education in the U.S. This is the first celebrity event she has attended since her split from Ben Affleck.
Hanging out with a sizable list of celebrities made the event even more fun. Jennifer Garner joined Justin Bieber, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kacey Musgraves, Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Seth Meyers, Terry Crews, and Julie Chen in Santa Monica for the inaugural telecast.
"Think It Up" is intended to inspire middle school and high school students to pursue their passions, with the organization possibly helping out with some crowdfunding.
So nice to see Jennifer Garner smiling! See more pics of stars at the Think It Up fundraiser http://t.co/TpXOLhI2Gp pic.twitter.com/63WejDXPXX
— E! Online (@eonline) September 13, 2015
Jennifer Garner posed for pictures with Justin Bieber, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jessica Biel.
She hung out with everyone involved--in the green room--before the show went live.
Aside from wrapping filming of Miracles from Heaven in Atlanta, Jennifer Garner hasn't been seen doing anything work-related this summer. She and Ben Affleck have been spotted with their three children--Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel--several times, both solo and together. Neither Ben Affleck nor Jennifer Garner is wearing a wedding ring.
Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, Justin Bieber & More Attend Think It Up Telecast--Get the Scoop on the Star... http://t.co/3rqdH4HB5h
— E! Online (@eonline) September 12, 2015
Kudos to Jennifer Garner and the rest of the celebrities involved in "Think It Up." Anything to encourage education growth and awareness in the country is a huge benefit to the children who participate and to the nation's future.
These celebrities set a great example that will hopefully encourage others to follow in their footsteps.


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Each year I attempt to get into the holiday spirit by inviting Hubbers to publish a Christmas story. No prizes, but the enjoyment of spinning a good tale is often just what is needed to appreciate what this special time is really all about.
Even though it is frowned upon to normally post a link to our own work on the forums I think we may get by with doing so here. No one wants to be called a Scrooge by raising a fuss about Christmas tales being linked so I think we may get by with it again this year.
If you would like to write a tale, or have already done so, than feel free to post a link here. I will try to read them all if I have the time. Here's my 3rd tale in as many Christmases here. Staff may move this thread if they so choose. But Bah Hub bug!
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SantaSnake--Hiss Hiss Hiss!
Come on now, are you guys all chicken? Bok Bok Bok! Get into the spirit of things. Don't make me have to come out there amongst you!
Not all chicken then! Chicken with beer!
Rudolf, The Red
An America couple was being shown around Moscow one day, when the man felt a drop hit his nose.
"I think it's raining," he said to his wife.
"No, that felt more like snow to me," she replied.
"No, I'm sure it was just rain," he said.
Well, as these things go, they were about to have a major argument about whether it was raining or snowing.
"Let's not fight about it!" the man said. "Let's ask our guide, Rudolph, whether it's officially raining or snowing."
As their tour guide approached, the man said, "Tell us, Comrade Rudolph, is it officially raining or snowing?"
"It's raining, of course," he replied officiously.
But the woman insisted, "I know that it felt like snow!"
The man quietly replied, "Rudolph, the Red, knows rain, dear!"
I see you like "corn" with your chicken and beer!
Santa Claus was making his annual rounds delivering gifts on Christmas Eve. The first house he entered an elderly lady was waiting with milk and cookies for him and said "Oh please Santa, why don't you stay a bit and keep me company?"
Santa replied "Ho ho ho, gotta go, got a lot of toys to deliver you know!"
The second house he delivered gifts to another desperate spinster waited, also with milk and cookies. "Surely you can stay awhile, Santa?" Once again, Santa replied. "Ho ho ho, gotta go, got a lot of toys to deliver you know!"
At the third house he visited, a beautiful young lady was standing there by the Christmas tree wearing nothing but a smile. "Oh Santa, can't you stay for awhile? I'm so lonesome tonight!"
Santa thought for barely a second before answering the luscious young miss.
"Hey hey hey, gotta stay, can't go up the chimney this way!"
Sure is slow around here... One would think it's the week before Christmas or something...
Dead as hell, you mean! I wonder where everyone else is? We seem to be the only brilliant people here tonight.
It's a heavy burden to bear, but I think we're up to it.
No doubt! There seem to be no challengers to our superior wit!
A Christmas Story for people having a bad day:
When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure.
Then Mrs Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.
When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where.
Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.
Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drank all the cider and hidden the liquor. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.
Just then the doorbell rang, and irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.
The angel said very cheerfully, 'Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?'
And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.
Too funny, Izzy! Welcome to the Hubber Humor thread!
I'll try to keep HP distracted...
That might be the stupidest post I ever made, stress is way over the top but wanted to say thank you for responding without malice. I'm a turd and apologize to the thread
You're not a turd. You're a lovely person and everyone who knows anything about you knows that - though it was a stupid post, your finger slipping on your keyboard like that...
I hope your stress eases, Kimberly and that you have a wonderful Christmas
Whispering: (have you tried deleting it...???)
You are being way too hard on yourself!!! I thought it was funny.
Naughty, naughty, naughty, naughty.
Brandon is nice.
Get with the program, Brandon!
No big deal, Kim! I hope your stress disappears quickly!
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PENSACOLA, Fla. – People interested in learning more about the preparedness lifestyle and skills needed for self reliance, or those just wanting to stock up on survival gear, have one last option before Christmas.
RK Prepper Shows is hosting the Greater Northern Florida Survival Expo this weekend at the Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds.
The show will feature seminars and many products sold by vendors from around the nation that cover tactical, health, self-reliance, food storage and organic home products.
"When people think of preparedness, preppers or survivalists, a lot of images come to mind. These are not extremists in any way, shape or form. With everything going on in the world, like the Tennessee wildfires, people concerned about prepping are professional, well-educated, and affluent," said Rex Kehrli, RK Prepper Shows CEO.
The Expo opens Saturday, Dec. 17 at 9 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m., and then again on Sunday, Dec. 18 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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They are available in a wide range of colors, light and dark jewel toned and pastels – making it easy to match them to your various projects. These clipart tags can be used for a variety of different projects. For example, they can be used as journal inserts in your scrapbook. Or they could be used as pages for a mini scrapbook. They can also be attached to packages and gift bags as to/from labels. The possibilities are endless!
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Hey everyone!
For all of you who are in America, I hope you are having a lovely weekend and enjoy this long weekend for Memorial Day. For everyone else, I still hope you had a fab weekend 🙂 I totally had this post all ready to go last night but I went to Kokkari Estiatorio (a really nice Greek restaurant in San Francisco) and it was so late by the time I got back that I just went to bed haha.
Anyway, I want to be really honest with you all in this blog post. Even though I did see progress and improved muscle tone, I did not get the results I wanted after completing Kayla's bikini body guide. I am extremely proud of the progress I have made and the fact that I can now do a bazillion push ups, jumping lunges and all the other extreme exercises buuuut … I still have a long way to go. I have been musing about what it is exactly that is making it so bloody hard for me to lose the last 5-8 pounds. I exercise smart and I watch my portions and eat healthy foods. I suppose I tend to go overboard whe I eat out and have the mentality of 'oh it won't hurt if I take a small bite …".
Therefore, even though my mantra is about balance (which I am STILL for), for purposes of eliminating the extra few pounds once and for all, I believe I have to be rather strict and reflective with myself. Going crazy when I eat out and having those extra few bites does make a difference in the long run. If I was at a happy weight and body composition then no, being a little silly at times would not matter. But the fact of the matter is that you have to be smart when embarking on a weight/fat loss journey. Eating for weight/fat loss is not the same as healthy eating, and that is something I really need to just tattoo into my brain.
Which is why I am creating a game plan for myself! As part of a year long process of reforming my eating habits I will be keeping an eye and trying to implement the following:
- Do not nibble mindlessly – this is my biggest problem, because even though I am full, I tend to pick at food if it is in front of me. This will prove to be hard at restaurants so I will let you all know what works for me (usually drinking loads of water helps)
- Incorporate more veggies throughout the day
- If hunger pangs strike at night, drink tea and make some veggies such as celery sticks with a dip such as tzatziki or hummus
- Stop buying lattes! During the semester time I genuinely need some coffee to tide me through my late classes, but I should probably just stick to plain coffee or an espresso. Or at least only drink latte's on days when I have class and not otherwise.
I am going to stick with these for now. They are not rules but more of a general guideline. I have also been working on decreasing the amount of alcohol I drink (which is not much at all, usually no more than once or twice a month) and eating out less. For the most part, my friends are incredibly supportive of my lifestyle and do not peer pressure me to eat differently at all which I am SO grateful for. The people who surround you have a profound impact upon you; if they are eating crap, chances are you will tend to eat worse than you normally are.
I genuinely look forward to the future. I have come a long way in the past few years and I am proud that I have become someone who genuinely craves healthy foods and loves to exercise. I can only improve!
What is your biggest obstacle in your quest to be fit and healthy?
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The mother of all disruptive technologies: Carbon by another name
Graphene – carbon by another name – is the latest wonder material. Ever since its discovery in 2004, billions of research dollars have been poured into it, with Singapore institutions amongst the world's top research centers. Touted for its light, yet strong properties, graphene can find utilisation in applications ranging from bendable display screens and light bulb-less lighting, to smaller yet more powerful microprocessors. Titled the 'Godfather of Graphene', Prof. Antônio Helio de Castro Neto envisions graphene to be the mother of all disruptive technologies. Read more
By Chang Ai-lien Senior Correspondent Sunday Times Singapore (24 March 2013):
"Many of us have been working with graphene since it was discovered in 2004″, said NUS dean of science Andrew Wee. "We recognised the potential early, put in a proposal for a centre and it took off. In science you have to do things early because after a few years everybody is doing it."
The effort is paying off, he points out: NUS and NTU are respectively ranked second and third worldwide in terms of graphene publications, behind only the Chinese Academy of Sciences – a multi-institutional organisation, and ahead of the likes of the MIT and the Russian Academy of Sciences. Ranked by country, Singapore is No. 7 worldwide.
Now, the main player here – the $40 million Graphene Research Centre at NUS which began operations in 2010 – has 26 principal investigators plus many PhD students and research fellows, and is involved in research funding to the order of $100 million, and 50 patent applications.
Its director, Prof Castro Neto, said: "We have some of the best people in the world, and the best equipment for the complete innovation cycle; from synthesising the material to making the devices. We have everything in place to be the best in the world."
Source: www.stasiareport.com
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Chinese researchers claim to have created the lightest material ever made, so light in fact that the material, as demonstrated by the researchers, could be balanced on the petals of a flower.
Building upon the existing substance known as graphene, which is itself considered to be the lightest material in the world, the researchers from Zhejiang university in Hangzhou, China, combined the 'aerogel' with freeze-dried carbon, to create the new solid substance, weighing only 0.16 miligrams per cubic centimetre. At this weight, the new carbon/graphene mix gives it twice the density of hydrogen but less dense than helium. The Zhejiang researchers demonstrated the new wonder substance's feather weight abilities by balancing a piece of it on a cherry blossom flower.
But what makes graphene such a revolutionary substance is not its density but its strength , with a one-square-metre sheet weighing only 0.77 milligrams being strong enough to support the weight of a 4 kilogram cat. In addition to this, graphene is also the thinnest material ever made, being very flexible, a very good conductor of electricity and a very good filter.
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23 March 2013:
Graphene Godfather' makes a disruptive Brazilian play
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Brazilian scientist spanning three continents: Prof. Antônio Helio de Castro Neto
One scientist has earned his right to the title 'Godfather of Graphene.'
This miracle carbon substance is now attracting tens of billions of dollars in research funding, both public and private, as countries engage in a new arms race to develop technologies that promise to consign today's micro-electronics and display technology to the scrapheap.
Before long, elegant graphene-backed bendable screens will make the ubiquitous star-cracked glass on today's iPads, iPhones and other brittle hand-helds into just a distant nightmare. Graphene fibers could turbocharge today's over-burdened internet backbone and produce "Star Trek" lighting that does not require light bulbs.
Today the international conference circuit discussing graphene, or graphite exfoliated into single-atom thin sheets, mobilises thousands of nanotechnology researchers. But less than a decade ago, when the original interest group met on the fringes of the American Physical Society, its members could fit comfortably into a single SUV.
And the scientist, who back in 2004 might have been driving that very same SUV, is an engaging 48 year-old Brazilian with scientific collaborations in three continents, named Antônio Helio de Castro Neto.
Prof. Castro Neto didn't himself write the book on graphene alone – but for a decade he has played the role of a world leader in this new area of science and technology. For instance, when the Nobel committee was considering in 2010 whether to award a Physics Prize to Russians Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov of Manchester University, it's reported that Prof. Castro Neto played an important role in informing the Nobel committee.
The physicist won't confirm this, but he was certainly an honored guest at the Stockholm ceremony. And he remains close friends with the two laureates (now Professor Sir Andre Geim and Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov), whom he'd helped to understand the electronic properties of the new substance when the Russians were drafting their original 2005 paper about the creation of the first experimental graphene devices. And Geim and Novoselov's names have since appeared with Castro Neto's on a number of important papers. His resume shows that ever since the 1990s he's been a hyper-energetic writer of papers and organizer of nanotechnology conferences. He's even at home in TV broadcasting.
Prof. Castro Neto is a passionate advocate of graphene, which he describes as "strong as a diamond, with great stiffness – but at the same time it's extremely soft, so you can deform it like plastic." Graphene's three key characteristics, says Castro Neto, are: "it's one atom thick; it conducts electricity extremely well at room temperature; and it's completely transparent. That means the number of applications for graphene is only limited by your imagination."
Graphene, in fact, could prove to be the mother of all disruptive technologies.
Before long indium tin oxide or ITO, today used in all the world's touch screens, could go the way of the Dodo. Rare metals now used in electronics such as indium, which sells for up to US$600 a kilo, will become redundant as pollution-free graphene sourced from feedstock like ethanol "changes the environmental dynamics of the electronics industry."
One commonly-held misconception is that graphene will eventually replace silicon, the material from which every microchip is made. While silicon is a semiconductor, graphene has always-on conductive properties better than copper. "It won't ever replace silicon because you can't turn off the electric current," says Castro Neto.
Yet, unlike silicon compounds, graphene is completely stable and will never degrade. And, affirms Castro Neto, because a single gram of graphene can cover an area of 2,600 square meters, it will revolutionize optical applications such as displays, touch screens, and the world of hand-held devices. Journalists love citing the claim that a sheet of graphene could only be broken by a force equivalent to an elephant standing on a pencil-point.
What's clear is that this engaging professor doesn't simply know his science. He has invaluable strategic knowledge of one of the world's most frenzied research areas. He knows whose research is hot, and who's come to the game too late. He knows which multinationals are bogged down in the search for high-volume graphene synthesis that will unlock commercial applications.
Above all, he knows exactly how small, nimble laboratories from developing nations could yet leap-frog these big-spending giants to snatch elusive prizes from under the noses of the world's premier research establishments or its secretive multinationals.
So when it was announced in 2010 that Castro Neto, a Professor at Boston University's Department of Physics, was also taking up the post of Director of Singapore National University's Graphene Research Centre, that turned some scientific heads. Singapore has since become a world center of excellence for graphene.
More heads turned too in 2013, when Castro Neto added a third research title to his name by taking up a visiting professorship in Brazil, at São Paulo's Mackenzie Presbyterian University. Mackenzie's dean, Benedito Guimarães Aguiar Neto, is developing a center of excellence specialized in graphene-based photonics called MackGrafe (Centro Mackenzie de Pesquisas Avançadas em Grafeno e Nanomateriais).
While Mackenzie may be a proficient engineering university with a solid reputation, it's not exactly a world-class institution and it's outside the charmed circle of Brazilian state and federal universities that consume the lion's share of national research budgets. Castro Neto does have strong links to UFMG, the federal university of Minas Gerais state, and UNICAMP, the state university of Campinas, but it appears he's focusing his attention in Mackenzie.
Mackenzie University does have access to sizable budgets from São Paulo State and its funding agency, FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation). But compared to the European Union's EUR 1 billion Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) program, or the Korean industrial giant Samsung's EUR 5 billion annual research budget, Mackenzie's resources are tiny, with just a US$ 20 million investment.
Let's not forget the odds are stacked against those unable to spend big in the Great Graphene Race. Right now, national graphene establishments are a bit like research bases scattered across Antarctica. Every country needs to put its flag on the map, so it can claim a share of any future bonanza.
The UK, although it hosts two Nobel Prize winners, only decided to invest a modest EUR 24 million in the field in late 2012. Today it has just 54 patents and is widely regarded as a "latecomer" to a race dominated by Asian giants. Of the 7,351 graphene patents and applications worldwide by the end of 2012, Chinese institutions and corporations top the list with 2,200, while the US is second with 1,754 patents, its champions being US multinational SanDisk, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Harvard MIT).
So what exactly is Prof Castro Neto doing with Brazil, and how did Mackenzie have the good fortune to land such a big catch?
Firstly, Castro Neto is himself a Brazilian. He may have worked overseas for two decades, but he was attracted by a 3-year visiting professorship to his home country. By joining forces with Singapore, he feels the two universities could punch above their weight in the field of opto-electronics, such as OLEDs (organic light emitting diodes).
Secondly, there's no doubt the academic is attracted by a David and Goliath narrative, in which Brazil — a nation with no domestic electronics industry of its own — has the ambition and vision to use research to develop a completely new economic activity. There is, he says, an opportunity to develop industries from scratch to secure a new technology future.
"We have an opportunity to do something really 'out of the box' here," says Castro Neto. "And my knowledge helps. I know the field so well I can suggest the niches where Mackenzie can score some goals. We're looking for small things with huge payoffs."
The focus on optical solutions means Mackenzie's graphene research center team led by Dr Eunézio Antonio de Souza will, with Castro Neto's support, work on transforming concepts into potential products – while avoiding duplicating research being carried out elsewhere.
Already there's talk of reducing download times with the help of a high-speed, next-generation solution to the fiber optic wires that carry the world's internet signals. And developing flexible non-glass interfaces for handheld devices that will make today's tablets look and feel like tombstones. Mackenzie does have track record in developing digital systems for communications and TV. The Brazilian unit will also be working with graphene-based lasers.
It's an ambitious scenario, that Brazil could develop both the intellectual property around graphene and a whole new industry to exploit it. However, to achieve the goal of building a 'Graphene Valley' in downtown São Paulo, something more than academic rigor will be needed.
Perhaps it's no coincidence then, that Prof Castro Neto and those backing graphene research in Brazil have avoided the stuffy world of federally-funded research universities. At these academies, patrician scientists tend to favor lifetime state appointments, shunning commercial opportunities for a self-referential world of teaching and conferences. "Brazil has an inbuilt concept of 'pure science' and academic rigor; but there's not enough applied science," says Castro Neto. "I believe there's only good science and bad science."
Certainly, Brazil's shocking paucity of patents, and the genteel poverty of many of its academics, is a world away from rockstar academic culture in the US or the UK. Brazilian professors just don't write popscience books or present popular TV shows – and few have any entrepreneurial instincts.
So importing a hard-driving Menlo Park ethos will be necessary to realize any dream of a national graphene industry. Perhaps that's why Mackenzie is planning to hire foreign researchers. "We will need to introduce the notion of the scientist-entrepreneur from scratch in Brazil," concedes Castro Neto.
So the 'Godfather of Graphene' is taking on a series of ambitious challenges.
He's running a triangular research career in three continents; he's seeking to show that highly-focused scientists working together in developing countries stand a chance of beating Big Research at its own game; and he's trying to introduce the concept of the scientist-entrepreneurs to Brazil.
Luckily, he has an 'atom-thin' miracle substance to help him do all these things. And if graphene fulfils its promise of being a truly disruptive technology, there's no reason why these ambitions should not succeed.
Source: www.scienceforbrazil.com and www.graphene.nus.edu.sg


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We got this asked a lot. The official WordPress guide about translating is a bit confusing and isn't focused on plugins, so I decided to write a short guide here. It will use WatuPRO as example but is also applicable to any other properly written and localization-ready WordPress plugin. Let's go, step by step.
Using Loco Translate (Recommended)
If you can't get the translation to work, check the Troubleshooting section.
1. Install and activate Loco Translate
Loco Translate is the de-facto standard for doing this, it's free and easy to use.
2. Create New Translation
Unless you have downloaded a translation file, you will need to create new translation. Select the plugin from the "Plugins" menu under Loco Translate and click on "New Language":
On the next screen select your language and choose a location:
When doing a new translation yourself or editing a translation select the second option – "Custom" as shown above. This will ensure that your files will not be deleted if you manually update the plugin by deleting it and uploading a new version.
That's it, you are ready to go. Click on "Start Translating" and translate the texts you need translated. You don't need to translate all text in the plugin.
Manual Way
If for some reason you don't want to use Loco Translate, here's how to do the translation manually.
1. Get Poedit
Poedit is free editor for .pot files and de-facto the standard for working with them. Unless you have specific alternative in mind and a good reason to use it, I recommend you downloading Poedit, it's available for most operating systems.
2. Open the .pot file
You actually need to go to File -> New Catalog from POT file. Select the .pot (in WatuPRO this is watupro.pot stored in the root) and double-click on it. Poedit will ask you about project title – you can use the default one. Then you'll need to save the catalog as .po and .mo files. I recommend you properly name the target file right from this moment. The official docs are a bit lacking on this issue, and it's very important. The name of your .po and .mo file should be constructed like this:
To make it more clear, let's use WatuPRO example again and a French translation. The proper name is:
watupro-fr_FR.po and watupro-fr_FR.mo
How will you know what are the correct parts of this name? The plugin textdomain is usually same as the folder name of the plugin, but to be safe you should seek information from its author OR open the main plugin file and search for "load_plugin_textdomain" call. The first word in the braces is the plugin textdomain. The proper name of your locale can be found at http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_in_Your_Language
Where to save these files? The best place is wp-content/languages/plugins folder. This way you will not lose your translation even if manually applying a new version of your plugin.
3. Translate It
Some guides will tell you that you have to translate everything. NO. This is not true. You can omit strings and translate only what you need translated. For example users of plugins like WatuPRO may want only the end-user facing texts translated. In such case you don't have to spend time translating everything – the plugin will work just fine with only few localized texts. For the rest it will use the non-translated text (usually English).
Important: Don't translate any %s or %d characters that you see in the texts. They will be replaced with dynamic texts and numbers. Just leave them as is.
4. Set Your Locale in wp-config.php
Note: From WordPress version 4.0 this constant is no longer used and is IGNORED. You need to set your lancuage in your Dashboard -> Settings page.
This is a very important step and without it nothing will work. Unless you already use a translated version of WordPress, it's possible that your locale is not set in wp-config.php. So open the file and find "WPLANG". You will see a line like this:
define('WPLANG', ");
You have to add your locale there. Using the French example, it will be:
define('WPLANG', 'fr_FR');
That's it. Save the file and re-upload it. Don't worry, any plugins and themes that are not translated will keep working fine in English.
5. Re-activate the plugin
Some users report that even after going through the above steps, nothing happens. So you may need to re-activate the plugin to get it to work (this is not documented anywhere so I am not even sure why it's sometimes required and sometimes – not).
If your translation does not work, please double and triple check the following:
- Your .po / .mo files have the correct names. Using the WatuPRO example and French / France this means watupro-fr_FR.po and watupro-fr_FR.mo. These names will be different for other plugins and other locales.
- Your .po / .mo files are in the correct place: wp-content/languages/plugins. Place them there and NOT under the plugin folder. If directory "plugins" does not exist, create it.
- You have selected your language / locale in the WordPress Settings page.
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Steve Jobs, Frank Lloyd Wright, Dave Brubeck, Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway, Martin Scorcese, Ansel Adams.
You'd like to think you breathe the same air as these creative geniuses–at least some of the time, right?
It turns out that you probably don't, and the two major obstacles are the places you spend most of your life: school and work.
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In the United States we are raised to appreciate the accomplishments of inventors and thinkers—creative people whose ideas have transformed our world. We celebrate the famously imaginative, the greatest artists and innovators from Van Gogh to Steve Jobs. Viewing the world creatively is supposed to be an asset, even a virtue. Online job boards burst with ads recruiting "idea people" and "out of the box" thinkers. We are taught that our own creativity will be celebrated as well, and that if we have good ideas, we will succeed.
It's all a lie. This is the thing about creativity that is rarely acknowledged: Most people don't actually like it. Studies confirm what many creative people have suspected all along: People are biased against creative thinking, despite all of their insistence otherwise.
If you've tried to push a new idea through your organization, you've probably faced this resistance. And anyone who's been through the school system in the United States (I can't speak for schools elsewhere) has experienced the factory-like approach to education. Ken Robinson's outstanding TED talk on the creative desert in schools highlights the problems many of us have faced.
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Most people are inclined to conform, and new ideas make you different, an outlier. Don't be surprised when you face resistance, take risks, and keep trying.
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January 11, 2012 by Anilia
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Maybe it's just me, but the end of 2011 was a real doozy.
It seemed like almost everyone I knew experienced tragedy of some kind. Whether they were laid off, a loved one died, or they battled a health crisis, I just kept hearing of bad things happening to good people.
Do you think this year will be better? Here's a better question – what do you plan to do to make it better?
I have big plans for 2012 and I hope you do too! Create a list of your expectations – we receive what we expect, not just what we hope or wish for! Post it near your desk so you look at it every day. Then go out and do the work to cause your expectations to come into your life.
Here are 12 expectations I have for 2012:
- I expect greater abundance. This year, I expect the ability to quit my day job and run my coaching business full time. I've created a marketing plan and I will follow the plan to attract more clients.
- I expect greater joy.
- I expect love. I expect to attract and date wonderful men, and I expect that I'll start a committed, romantic relationship this year. I also expect that I'll strengthen my bonds with family and friends and to support those who are moving forward in their lives.
- I expect fun. I expect to enjoy myself! All work and no play makes Anilia a very dull girl. I expect to do more of the things I love and enjoy.
- I expect happiness. I expect to have time to do the small things that bring me happiness for no reason. I expect to find more of these things that I hadn't realized before.
- I expect good health. I expect to release unhealthy eating habits and excess weight. I expect to gain mental clarity, better health, restful sleep and to enjoy eating healthy, unprocessed foods. I also expect to become more physically fit and to exercise daily.
- I expect new experiences. In order to learn new things and reach greater success, I have to push myself out of my comfort zone. I expect to meet new people and do different things, which will cause me to view life and the people in my world just a bit differently. I expect to have new experiences as a result.
- I expect expanded vision. I expect to read more, expand my mindset and believe in new possibilities. I also expect to improve my mindset in the areas that need improvement.
- I expect new relationships. From the new experiences I'll have in 2012, I expect to gain lifelong colleagues and friends who are also high achievers and forward moving. I also expect to meet mentors who will help me reach the next level of my business success and in life.
- I expect new perspectives. From the expansion of my mindset and social circle, I expect to learn how to look at things more efficiently. I also expect to improve my ability to think outside of the box.
- I expect greater wealth. I expect to learn more about investing and other ways to grow financially. I expect to improve my mindset about money and attract even more into my life. I expect the new experiences and relationships I've formed to positively influence my wealth.
- I expect renewal. I expect to receive enough rest and to adequately care for myself. I expect minimal illness or injury. I expect to feel refreshed and energized.
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