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2016 Toyota Camry sedan car is rumored to be ready to enliven the world automotive market competition. The newest generation of Toyota Camry is expected to give more power positions. New Toyota Camry sedan would be one that gets good response for customers. All New Toyota Camry will undergo changes and revision to become the most popular products. We will discuss the specifications of 2016 Toyota Camry latest edition to the sedan car model year 2016.
2016 Toyota Camry Specs Design
2016 Toyota Camry is rumored to undergo changes and improvements to the design. New Toyota Camry will offer a more aggressive design and modern. At the front of the Toyota Camry will give trapezoid grille design, the use of LED technology for both the DRL lights and give a modern touch to this car. As for the 2016 Toyota Camry interior design is rumored to be given by some new touches with Toyota. All New Camry some new touches will be given by Toyota for a new system of new technologies such as aux, charging pad wireless, and many other advanced technology will be applied in the cabin. Toyota Camry will increase the value of comfort and entertainment to provide a better ride for the driver.
2016 Toyota Camry Engine
2016 Toyota Camry is rumored to be offering several variants of engines has an impressive engine performance. But Toyota has yet to provide official information about the engine specifications you want to use the latest-generation Toyota Camry. According to rumors circulating, 2016 Toyota Camry 2.4 liter engine will use the inline-four engines for the basic variant. As for the Toyota Camry for the higher variants will offer more powerful engines using the 3.5 V6 engine. We hope the latest Toyota Camry hybrid engine gets.
2016 Toyota Camry Release Date and Price
2016 Toyota Camry car is a sedan that will offer change to maintain its position in the world automotive market. The newest Toyota Camry will offer some variant of the machine with a good performance. We have not received official information about the release date of 2016 Toyota Camry. But according to rumors circulating, that this new Camry to be launched around 2016. As for the 2016 Toyota Camry price information could not be confirmed until now.

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The New York-based distributor announced the US deal on Tuesday [12] ahead of screening at SXSW.
Muscle Shoals premiered at Sundance and is a documentary about the renowned recording studio in Alabama. Mick Jagger, Bono, Alicia Keys, Percy Sledge, Gregg Allman and Clarence Carter are among the talking heads.
Greg 'Freddy' Camalier directed and produced with Stephen Badger.
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- 12 zucchini flowers
- 1/2 cup of COLD dry white wine (120ml)
- 1 large Italian mozzarella ball, cut into strips
- 3 tablespoons parmigiano cheese
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup pastry flour (best) or all-purpose flour
- extra virgin olive oil for frying
- salt and pepper to taste
Check inside the flowers for bugs and shake them out.
Wash the flowers very carefully or they will break.
Dry well with paper towel without rubbing. leave for a few minutes on paper towel so the inside will dry out as well.
Stuff each flower with a strip of mozzarella. If you eat fish with dairy (**many Jews of Sephardic and Italian origins do not) add an anchovy fillet.
If you don't, salt the mozzarella and add a touch of parmigiano cheese and maybe nutmeg.
For the batter, mix eggs, all purpose flour and wine together until smooth and even (a whisk works best).
Heat up the extra virgin olive oil in a deep pot, at least 3" deep, until hot; test it by throwing a small piece of bread in it - lots of small bubbles should form around it, but it should not burn.
Gently coat the stuffed flowers with batter.
Fry until golden brown. Place on several layers of paper towel to absorb the excess oil and immediately season with salt.
The flowers can also be fried in the same batter without stuffing, sprinkled with sugar and served as a dessert (a delightful idea for Purim and Hanukkah!)


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Arianna Huffington's Airplane Foe Speaks: 'She's on Her Blackberry!'
Day three of the Arianna Huffington Unsafe Airplane Blackberry-ing Scandal: in which Ellis Belodoff of Plainview, Long Island recounts how he yelled at the rich lady on her Blackberry, "What is wrong with you?!"
The New York Post tracked down the bold passenger on Huffington's flight to Laguardia last weekend, who became alarmed and enraged when the pundit and website proprietor refused to turn off her Blackberry as ordered prior to takeoff. "I see a hand in front of me with a BlackBerry," recalls Belodoff, who owns a floor installation business. "So, I yell to [the flight attendant], 'She's on her BlackBerry!'"
Goodness! Belodoff admits to becoming "louder and louder" as no official made a move to stop Huffington from her wanton Blackberry-ing, despite the purported safety risk it posed. The flight attendant did nothing! "'He tells me, 'Calm down, sir!' I told him I was calm. If I wasn't calm, I would have ripped it out of her hand!'
After they both were questioned by police after landing Belodoff also admits to telling Huffington "Don't get hit by a bus." Blackberry rage is a scary force.


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Members of the theatrical protest brigade Code Pink left several dozen pairs of shoes in front of the White House to represent some of the hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians killed during the war in Iraq, and they called for the release of Muntadar al-Zaidi. It was Bush, they said, who should be in jail.I'm very thankful for Muntadar al-Zaidi's brave act of defiance and for Code Pink's action in solidarity with him. I understand, however, that Cornerites and even Raw Story is a bit confused by all this:
"It's not enough to throw a shoe at him, he needs to be hauled before an international court and charged for war crimes," Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin said.
The event also had elements of street theater as the dozen or so protesters who showed up took turns hurling their own footwear at a Bush impersonator. It was quite the cathartic event for some of the demonstrators, who have frequently expressed their outrage at the president's abuses of power and misguided foreign invasions.
"We love our Constitution and we hate what you've done to it. And we also hate what you've done to the Iraqi people, George," Benjamin said as she prepared to throw two shoes at another demonstrator wearing a Bush mask. "This is on behalf of the Iraqi people, especially the women who have been hurt by your policies, George. And this one is for the children, George, who have suffered in Iraq."
There was an appreciable level of irony in a group of anti-war protesters who celebrate non-violence gathering to champion the cause of a man who assaulted a world leader.Medea and Rain hit the proverbial nail nonviolently on the head. Much of nonviolence is predicated on the notion that you have the space and time to make moral decisions. If you haven't been educated, and given the opportunity to consider and practice alternatives to violence, it's certainly understandable on a human level that you might act violently out of desperation.
Rain Burroughs, an anti-war activist who traveled to the protest from Richmond, Va., said she found it "refreshing to see someone stand up" on behalf of Iraqi civilians who had been killed, even though she traditionally espouses the value of nonviolent action.
Benjamin said some Code Pink members were wary of championing al-Zaidi, but she said his actions have to be placed in context of the country where he lives.
"We've gotten a lot of our people who've called us and said ... it seems too violent for us, and we say, 'You're not living in Iraq. You're not suffering in your daily life," Benjamin said in an interview. "I mean, were I an Iraqi, I don't know that I would still be a nonviolent person. So this is actually a less violent act than one might expect."
As I noted in a recent Paxcast, even Gandhi said just over a month after the start of WWII:
[N]on-violence has to be non-violence of the brave and the strong. It must come from inward conviction. I have, therefore, not hesitated to say that it is better to be violent if there is violence in our breasts than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence. Violence is any day preferable to impotence. There is hope for a violent man to become non-violent. There is no such hope for the impotent.Muntadar al-Zaidi has refused to be impotent any longer, even if it's not the manner that we would prefer. But it's not about us: it's about the Iraqis and their desire to have us leave their sovereign nation, and he has lit a brushfire in the minds of his people, not to mention ours, all with an object so mundane as a shoe.
PS--Read the whole Raw Story link: it has more pics and video.
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On Tuesday, President Barack Obama released his 2015 proposed budget, and funds set aside for science, NASA and planetary exploration fell below what some hoped to see.
The fiscal budget calls for $1.28 billion in planetary exploration and $17.5 billion for NASA, slightly off from the $1.3 billion and $17.6 billion set aside for planetary science and NASA, respectively, in fiscal 2014.
"It's plainly insufficient," said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, "In order to meet the priorities the administration has laid out, we need a better budget for overall planetary science."
Schiff said the budgets, while "fine," aren't substantial enough and could impact endeavors like the 2020 Mars mission or the future mission to Europa, Jupiter's moon.
"In order to meet the priorities the administration has laid out, we need a better budget for overall planetary science," Schiff said. "If the President's budget comes a low, it doesn't make for adequate investments in the Mars program. Even though the administration has kept commitment to the Mars 2020 mission, I think the budget casts out whether that would be possible."
In a news release, NASA administrator Charles Bolden expressed his enthusiasm in the slightly reduced budget.
"This budget keeps NASA's deep space exploration program on track by funding the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion crew vehicle to take American astronauts farther into the solar system than we have ever gone before," Bolden said in the news release. "Our stepping stone approach to sending humans to Mars involves continued research on the space station, testing our new capabilities beyond the moon, exploring an asteroid and ultimately sending a crewed mission to the Red Planet."
It's been a slippery slope the past few years with science and space budgets. Since 2012, funds doled out to NASA and space exploration have pretty much flat-lined around $17 billion for NASA, $5 billion for science, and a about a billion for space exploration,
By comparison, the 2012 NASA budget was $18.7 billion, and $1.5 billion for planetary science exploration.
"If we went back to the 2012 budget, we could meet all the goals that we want to accomplish in planetary science," Schiff said. "It may take us some time to get there, but that's where we need to go."


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I've been writing about aging here since June. This rather long series started when I realized this past spring that in December I'd age up to 70. There's an old saying that it takes 10 years to get used to how old you are. That certainly is the case with me. I never imagined I'd one day be such an old geezer. I've only recently gotten use to saying that I'm in my 60s. But now that I'm almost 70 I've come to realize that it really isn't all that bad.
I've been a serious athlete all my life and I think that has helped to soften the blow. It's mostly a mental challenge. This summer, however, I saw a drop in performance. It wasn't huge, but it was the first I'd seen in a couple of decades. Why did it happen? I didn't know. So I decided to go back and read the research to see what is being discovered about the aging process, especially as it relates to athletes, and how I might possibly slow or even reverse it. Perhaps I could find a solution. The last time I did this I was then in my early 50s and experienced the same slight downtick in performance. That was in the mid-1990s when I wrote a book called Cycling Past 50. (That's me on the cover.) There weren't many studies available on the topic then.
What I've discovered this time around is that there has ben a tremendous swell of research on aging in the last 15 years. That's what I have been describing in these blog posts until about two weeks ago. Then the topic shifted slightly, but to a related topic – how to manipulate the time we dedicate to training. That's called "periodization."
Due to coaching older athletes and myself, in the last two decades I had come up with ways to modify periodization to better serve the aging athlete's recovery and injury-avoidance needs. So that's what I've been trying to describe for you recently. I'm afraid it's become somewhat textbookish, and I apologize for that, but I'm afraid this topic doesn't lend itself to exciting prose.
What I'm doing now is taking you through these periodization and aging discoveries I made years ago. I hope you've been able to hang in there with me throughout this sport-sciencey discussion. As a serious senior athlete or a coach who trains such athletes, I know this has the potential to improve performance by slowing the aging process, reducing the risk of injury and boosting those aspects of fitness that are most likely to produce results. I've seen it happen many times.
So with all of that in mind, let's return to periodization for the senior athlete, starting with the Base period.
The Base period follows Prep. Base is described in my books as being three sub-periods, each four weeks long. For the senior athlete, however, I divide it into four sub-periods: Base 1, Base 2, Base 3a and Base 3b. The reason for the added fourth cycle is that I shorten each of them to provide more frequent R&R as explained here. Using this four sub-period model and either nine- or seven-day microcycles, your Base mesocycle would look something like this:
Base with 9-day microcyles (92 days total)
Base 1 – 23 days
Microcycle 1 – 9 days (M, T, W, T, F, S, S, M, T)
Microcycle 2 – 9 days (W, T, F, S, S, M, T, W, T)
Microcycle 3 (recovery) – 5 days (F, S, S, M, T)
Base 2 – 23 days
Microcycle 1 – 9 days (W, T, F, S, S, M, T, W, T)
Microcycle 2 – 9 days (F, S, S, M, T, W, T, F, S)
Microcycle 3 (recovery) – 5 days (S, M, T, W, T)
Base 3a – 23 days
Microcycle 1 – 9 days (F, S, S, M, T, W, T, F, S)
Microcycle 2 – 9 days (S, M, T, W, T, F, S, S, M)
Microcycle 3 (recovery) – 5 days (T, W, T, F, S)
Base 3b – 23 days
Microcycle 1 – 9 days (S, M, T, W, T, F, S, S, M)
Microcycle 2 – 9 days (T, W, T, F, S, S, M, T, W)
Microcycle 3 (recovery) – 5 days (T, F, S, S, M)
Base with 7-day microcyles (82 days total)
Base 1 – 19 days
Microcycle 1 – 7 days (M, T, W, T, F, S, S)
Microcycle 2 – 7 days (M, T, W, T, F, S, S)
Microcycle 3 (recovery) – 5 days (M, T, W, T, F)
Base 2 – 21 days
Microcycle 1 – 9 days (S, S, M, T, W, T, F, S, S)
Microcycle 2 – 7 days (M, T, W, T, F, S, S)
Microcycle 3 (recovery) – 5 days (M, T, W, T, F)
Base 3a – 21 days
Microcycle 1 – 9 days (S, S, M, T, W, T, F, S, S)
Microcycle 2 – 7 days (M, T, W, T, F, S, S)
Microcycle 3 (recovery) – 5 days (M, T, W, T, F)
Base 3b – 21 days
Microcycle 1 – 9 days (S, S, M, T, W, T, F, S, S)
Microcycle 2 – 7 days (M, T, W, T, F, S, S)
Microcycle 3 (recovery) – 5 days (M, T, W, T, F)
The Base period is considered by many coaches as the most important time of the year since the athlete's general fitness when it's all over determines how much training stress is manageable in the following Build period. If Base period training is compromised for whatever reason, then the likelihood of having a high peak of fitness for the race is reduced.
To accomplish this high level of general fitness, coaches and athletes typically believe that in the Base period training volume (hours, miles, kilometers, meters, TSS, etc) should be high and intensity relatively low. The serious senior athlete who has been in his or her sport for a decade or more will see little in the way of gains, either in terms of seasonal performance, or the long-term slowing or reversal of the aging process (declining aerobic capacity and muscle mass) by focusing training only on volume. The key to these goals is measured doses of high-intensity training mixed in with the more Base-traditional moderate and low-intensity training. Bear in mind that the volume of training must be reduced if the intensity is to be raised, even if by what seems a small amount as was done in the Prep period.
To improve seasonal aerobic capacity and to maintain or build muscle mass, the type of training program that was started in the Prep period must be continued and enhanced in Base. This involves interval-type training and resistance exercise. Let's look briefly at how each of these changes from Prep to Base.
Aerobic Capacity
In the Prep period aerobic capacity (VO2max) was targeted by including a once-per-microcycle fartlek session with a combined total of 3 to 5 minutes of high-intensity power (Coggan's zone 5) or pace (my zone 5b). If you are a triathlete, that does not mean one per sport, but rather only one such workout in a microcycle. In other words, once every seven to nine days. This is best focused on your weakest sport. If in doubt, do this workout on the bike.
Now as you move into the Base period you should boost the high intensity workload slightly by increasing the amount of time in zones 5/5b. Start at about 5 minutes per microcycle and over the course of a few microcycles gradually double it. At this point the triathlete may divide the total zone 5/5b total time between two or even three sports. By the end of the Base period you should be achieving about 15 minutes of total aerobic capacity –fartlek or intervals – in a microcycle. As always, the devil is in the details. Some athletes will be able to progress at a much faster rate than others. The key here is to increase the workload cautiously and conservatively. I can't put enough emphasis on this. The worst thing that could happen is an injury related to pushing too hard. Be patient.
Strength Training
In the Prep period you should have started weight training following the guidelines for the Anatomical Adaptation (AA) phase in my Training Bible or as described here (scroll to bottom of page). By the end of Prep you should have mastered the skills involved in each exercise and be ready to increase the loads while reducing the reps. Follow the suggested details and progress to the Max Transition (MT) then to the Max Strength (MS) phases in Base 1 and 2. Do not attempt heavy load training until each individual exercise skill is mastered with light loads. Doing so could result in an injury-related setback in training or even permanent damage. If unsure how to do the exercises, seek help from a personal trainer where you workout. (By the way, I am often asked if strength training hours "count" as part of the accumulated time of this period. They do indeed.)
That's plenty for today. In the next aging-series post I'll cover Base period training for workout types other than aerobic capacity and strength, and provide suggested for microcycle workout routines.
The next post may be delayed a few days as I'll be traveling back to Arizona from Tuscany where I've been training for the last two months. It's been great fun. Now back to reality.


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Naturalists at Sea
From Dampier to Darwin by Glyn Williams
For centuries after Columbus, the flora and fauna of the New World remained a mystery to Europeans. But in the 1600s and 1700s, explorers began to visit and describe what were then considered remote corners of the Earth. Williams brings to life these naturalists who preceded Charles Darwin.
While others on the ships mapped the blank spots on their charts, the naturalists scrambled onshore and combed the waters to catalog all that lived.
The book meanders much as they did. Williams, a historian, starts with self-taught Englishman William Dampier, who hopped a ship to Java at age 20 to begin a 13-year trip around the world. Dampier's notes and drawings awoke European scientists in the late 1600s to species in Australia and many other exotic locales.
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Online Portfolios
What Is An Online Portfolio?
An online portfolio is a collection of students' work that has been published online. Such collections may be viewed by parents, teachers, other relatives and the students themselves. In contrast to a hard copy, an online version of a portfolio makes it so much easier to share with other people. All you need to do is send them the link to the portfolio.
Students are often fascinated and excited about the prospect of seeing their work online. Students can choose only their best pieces of work or they can select everything for a comprehensive collection. Some examples of online portfolios are written samples like poems, reports and stories. However, portfolios can contain other material, such as math work, social studies, science etc.
Students are encouraged to facilitate the evaluative process by commenting on their work.By doing so, they learn to critique their work and become more introspective their writing. You can see how an online portfolio can demonstrate a student's development over time.
This page contains links to other pages that will inspire ideas for your online portfolio. You'll learn how to create them for your own classroom, including how to work with graphics and even scan your student's work. There are some good examples of portfolios on show, so take time to look at a few.
Online Portfolio Resources
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Grain prices down from a year ago
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Elevator managers in Marion County report that the price of feed grains is much lower than it was a year ago.
Prices have remained steady the past few weeks but are sitting at levels not seen for a while.
At Cooperative Grain and Supply, corn was $7.15 a bushel a year ago and was bringing $4.19 Monday at the close. Milo was $6.82 a year ago and $4.20 Monday. Soybeans were $15.67 a year ago, and $12.58 Monday.
The wheat price was $6.65 a bushel Monday compared to $8.55 a year ago. It is down from $6.95 three months ago.
Agri-Producers Inc. reported a cash corn price Tuesday of $4.25 compared to $7.10 a year ago. Soybeans were $12.50 compared to $15.50, and milo was $4.80 compared to $6.80. Wheat was $6.75, down from $8.59 a year ago and $7 three months ago.
Elevator managers said the prices are lower in anticipation of a good fall crop.
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What a pleasure and a joy it is for me to follow a family as they grow! I have had the pleasure of seeing all three babies in a family come into the world only a handful of times. Here's our latest triptych: Samson Holcombe Appel joins his brothers Calder and Hayes!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
2 comments:
- Talina said...
What a wonderful blog full of inspiring births. I wish I could find a midwife here in southern Indiana.
Every bone in my body tells me to deliver at home and just the thought of birthing in a hospital makes me sick. Unfortunately I am left with little choice about where to birth thanks to the laws in my state.
- December 11, 2008 at 1:31 PM
- yulia said...
What a wonderful blog full of inspiring births.
- December 12, 2008 at 9:52 PM
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Aubrey J. Lynch
The title comes from the argument used to convince the Supreme Court that segregated schools for blacks were inherently unequal to schools for whites. The argument led to the decision by the court in 1954 to end school segregation. Not even a court, supreme or not, can change the desire of whites to live separately from blacks. We do not have to remind ourselves that as long as whites make their feelings so clear in so many ways, blacks certainly return the sentiment. At the time of the school decision, the inequality was devastating to black educational, and therefore employment, opportunities. Since that decision, the tactics to ensure implementation, such as forced busing, have been dismantled. The result is resegregation of not only schools, but cities and counties, if not states. But, there is a not-so-subtle difference in outcomes in the current day. The whole US population suffers from low achievement in schools and consequent low employment. The increasing disparity in wealth between the highest 5 percent of the country and the rest has caused a racial leveling for the poor as well as what is left of the middle class.
The separation between the races means that lack of understanding between the two races is the inevitable outcome. Without a sharing of life experiences, there can be no understanding of the other's aspirations, motivations, goals or lifestyles. By paying attention to the mass media, all of us know how black people are portrayed. The focus is almost always on criminal behavior, incarceration rates, low educational achievement, menial jobs, dependence on welfare and, in general, all of the least attractive aspects of life in the US. There is almost no way for the overwhelming majority of white people to have a clue about how black people actually live. Without statistics to verify it, I understand that a high percentage of white people have never taken the opportunity to know a black person.
Given the separation, there has to be inequality between the races. But, it is no longer clear that black people are on the losing side of the equation. Observation tells me that white people either know or suspect that this is true. All of the observable evidence, especially during the Republican government shutdown fiasco, indicates that the fear of becoming socially, intellectually and materially inferior to black people, or even equal to black people, is driving white people to behave in increasingly bizarre ways.
The intellectual giant in the White House is proof in living color that the fiction of the dumb black is just that, fiction. Perhaps white people are afraid that if they socialized more with black people they might discover that there is a large percentage of blacks who can give Barack Obama a run for his money. Increased social mixing would show both races that the vaunted superiority of whites is a political construct. That construct is advanced to most destructive effect by politicians. The Republican's "Southern strategy" is the most cynical, most obvious and most effective example of manipulation of white racism to achieve political power. The current crop of Republicans continually whip up racial antagonisms and white fears of blacks to keep their aging voters going to the polls to defeat Democrats. Except for those members of both races who have lived comfortably with members of the other race for some period of time, and these are rare, especially for older people, we have little chance of exposing the cruelty of politicians who deliberately promote racial antagonism to control the US.
The inequality between the races is very clear because of the different lifestyles. What is not clear is which is on the lower side. As a black person with a great deal of rather superficial contact with white groups, I can report that black people have lost nothing in the exchange. It would appear that the greater difference is by class. The rich and, especially the super rich, regardless of color or ethnicity, live such remarkably different lifestyles that the inequality is glaring. Yet, it is still not clear that the wealthier levels of society are better off than the rest of us.
The separation for which whites, in particular , strive so mightily does produce inequality without doubt. However, their evident fear of black people, which seems to drive the blind and self-defeating hatred of whites toward blacks, can be taken as evidence that they are not satisfied with their side of the equation. On the other hand, black people, supposedly the losers, appear to be quite comfortable and content with their culture and lifestyle. Rather than hate, they all but ignore white people. This is so even with the most heinous provocation, such as the murder of Trayvon Martin or the blatantly racist Republicans and their shock troops, the notorious Tea Party.
Having come through the fire, black people have learned how to enjoy what peace and security they have been able to achieve. Separation from white people, if that is what whites need to have so that they can avoid facing the reality of true equality, is not all bad for the black side of that equation. White people may never be aware of what they have lost in the process. Perhaps that would be merciful.


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Digital Twins
A digital twin is an exact digital representation of something in the real world, often visualized as a 3D model. In the 1960s, NASA was already thinking about the challenge of how to work with assets that you can't see or touch. Discover what's new to digital twins.
Wearable Technology
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red_flanders wrote:King Boonen wrote:So Red_Flanders... Fully bitten by the MTB bug?
I find I swap between road and MTB and end up spending more time on one than the other (road this year due to me being an idiot...) but every time I get out for a proper ride on my MTB I'm reminded why I love all forms of cycling. There really is nothing better than being out in the hills on a sunny day with a few mates blasting down some steep, rocky trails
Not sure I'm fully bitten yet, but had a great ride in Marin and really enjoying it! No interest in road riding at this point. Lots of skills to brush up on, but I'm riding we'll both up and downhil compared to the folks I've been riding with. Got to get out with some friends and get pushed a bit, but a good couple of shakedown rides have been useful to make sure the bike is set up properly.
Looking forward to pushing things a bit this weekend.
It is really nice to be out on the trails, in the quiet and off the roads. Honestly the people are nicer as well.
I really struggle with upper body strength when I jump back on the MTB. Also, it's a lot more explosive than road riding so I find good riders can get away from me on the short, steep uphills, but tend to get more tired than me over the course of the ride.
As to the people, I kind of agree and disagree. In general it's easier to find nicer folk on the MTB I think, but you also tend to be more selective in the first place. Road riding generally involves club riding for those of use who are reasonably serious about it. You don't have much choice about who rides with the club or what pace group they choose. MTB is usually just riding with a few people so you can pick and choose more easily.


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Pretty easy when its only a function of the form $y = ax + b$, however I'm trying to find if this function:
$f(x,y) = 2x + y$
is onto and one-to-one. Is there a procedure to follow to check this? Thanks!
EDIT: My reasoning.
$z = 2x + y$
$x = (z-y)/ 2$
$y = z - 2x$
Seeing as both $x$ and $y$ can be represented in "safe" ways (no dividing by zero), I'm assuming that the function is onto.
$2x_1 + y_1 = 2x_2 + y_2$
$2(x_1-x_2) = (y_2-y_1)$
Therefore if $y_2 = y_1$, $x_2 = x_1$.
I guess my reasoning is wrong :/


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2017-04-19 - Susannah Lau a.k.a Susie Bubble tells us what it's like to be a worldwide fashion icon, blogger and now for the first time, a mom with a Bugaboo Bee 5.
Style Bubble (your blog) has been around since before 'smartphone' was even a word. What's it like being a fashion blogger now?
The landscape has certainly changed dramatically! Ten years ago when I started Style Bubble, I could never even have imagined platforms like Instagram or SnapChat having the influence that they do today. Fashion blogging has obviously become more of a business, with more opportunities for people to make an actual living from it. Despite that commercialization aspect though, I still think blogging and social media has created a much more diverse array of voices in fashion – people with different points of view on fashion that is unique from mainstream media. It's something I'm still deeply passionate about and for me, producing content for the blog and for social media still gives me great pleasure.
Your blogpost about dressing during pregnancy quotes "The zanier it looked, the better it made me feel." Has that always been true or was it the mythical pregnancy brain talking?
I think it was important to still feel like "me" when I was pregnant and my style and the way I dress is a very physical expression of that. I also didn't want to buy a load of maternity clothes that I was never ever going to wear again so it made sense to fit my bump into my existing wardrobe. There are so many designers who do silhouettes that are bump-friendly and I had a lot of fun molding my outfits to my changing body. Now that I've given birth, dressing for motherhood presents a different challenge – namely ensuring Nico has easy access to my boobs for feeding – but again, it's still important to avoid dressing in a way that is too stereotypically "mumsy".
We spotted a snap of you breastfeeding at Prada. This is really a new frontier (for you, and perhaps also for the fashion world). How does the fashion world at-large take to parenthood?
To be honest, I was a bit nervous about integrating back into the fashion world with a baby. There are obviously practical issues to consider in terms of my work life – how will I do fashion weeks with Nico in tow, how will I get any writing done whilst cluster-feeding her, how will I be able to leave her behind when I travel. But in terms of the fashion world, they are generally very supportive and embracing of parenthood. Fashion is of course an industry dominated with many women who are also mothers, and in that way it is very understanding and empathetic. And even in seemingly intimidating environments – like the Prada store – you find out people are super welcoming and accommodating! It's been a pleasant surprise, easing myself back into my work life and the fashion world and finding out it isn't as daunting as I thought it would be.
You travel a lot. And we mean A LOT. And now you need a pushchair to accompany you. What kinds of things do you need your stroller to do along the way?
The biggest factor is definitely easy to transport – on planes, on trains and in taxis. The one-fold feature of the Bugaboo Bee 5 makes it perfect for travelling and I'm looking forward to taking it on trips with me. Generally speaking, I want the stroller to be comfortable for Nico and thus far, she's loving both the Bugaboo Bee 5 and the Bugaboo Cameleon 3. As long as she's happy to be transported in her stroller, then it gets a thumbs up from me!
You've got the Bugaboo Cameleon 3 Elements and we spotted you taking that to Tate Modern. How does the Bugaboo Bee 5 compare to the Bugaboo Cameleon 3?
Obviously it's a lot more compact and lighter and definitely easier to take on the Tube and on trains. I love the Bugaboo Cameleon 3 for taking Nico around locally and if I know there will be step-free access on transport. The Bugaboo Cameleon 3 is for roaming around the bumpy terrain of Hampstead Heath and the Bugaboo Bee 5 is for zipping around Central London.
Where did you last take the Bugaboo Bee 5, and have you gotten any comments on it? If so, can you kiss and tell?
I wanted to try out the Bugaboo Bee 5 on the train so we took it up to Wakefield to see a fashion exhibition there as well as visiting our friends in Manchester. I did get a few nice comments from other fashion journalists about the print on the sun canopy!
If we may be so bold, can you tell us your 'thoughts' behind the color combination you picked for your Bugaboo Bee 5?
Bold is definitely the word for what I chose! I'm obviously drawn to prints and so the Wave pattern was my first choice for the sun canopy, complemented by the burgundy on the carrycot. When Nico is older, the seat on the Bugaboo Bee 5 will be in the botanical print which will make for a bit of a heady mix! I know people tend to go for plain colorways on their prams but I wanted it to reflect my own tastes. It was really fun choosing the colors and patterns on the website!
Has Nico already experienced her first fashion show (from the front row)? If so, who and where?
NO! I'm not really keen on bringing a newborn baby to a fashion show. A) The noise level at a fashion show may not be so great for a baby. And B) if Nico starts kicking off in the middle of it, it would be awful for the designer/label. I recently took Nico up to the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield to see J.W. Anderson's new exhibition. Exhibitions and presentations are a more gentle way of taking Nico with me to fashion environments as you can duck in and out if needs be and it's much less stressful.
What do you look forward to most about Nico growing up?
Seeing what sort of a personality she will have and learning everything about her likes, dislikes, traits and quirks. Steve and I want to allow Nico the freedom to be whoever she wants to be and that will be exciting to see!


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In Noel v. New York State Office of Mental Health Central New York State Psychiatric Center, an employee sued his employer under Title VII and won a $318,217 judgment. Part of that judgment included $280,000 for back and front pay. The employer sent a check directly to the employee for the net amount after withholding of $139,582.
The employee returned to court and argued that he was entitled to the full award. Stating that since the settlement was a jury award the payment wasn't wages subject to withholding because was a judgment against a liable party. The employer, argued that according to the tax code that the award was taxable wages—and the Internal Revenue Service took the employer's side. The trial court ruled in favor of the employee and instructed the employer to repay the withheld taxes.
However, the federal appeals court reversed that decision and ruled that the award was wages and subject to withholding. Stating that Title VII awards for back and front pay are wages, and employers have a duty to withhold federal and state income taxes and FICA taxes.
This is a good illustration to employers who are involved in employment litigation. Ensure that your management and HR personnel know that back and front wages are subject to withholding and fully taxable. And settlement agreements should include language that clearly spells this out so there is no confusion regarding the taxability of payments.
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42 U.S. Code § 16372 - Ultra-deepwater and unconventional onshore natural gas and other petroleum research and development program
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(a) In general
The Secretary shall carry out the activities under section 16371 of this title, to maximize the value of natural gas and other petroleum resources of the United States, by increasing the supply of such resources, through reducing the cost and increasing the efficiency of exploration for and production of such resources, while improving safety and minimizing environmental impacts.
(b) Role of the Secretary
The Secretary shall have ultimate responsibility for, and oversight of, all aspects of the program under this section.
(c) Role of the program consortium
(1) In general
The Secretary shall contract with a corporation that is structured as a consortium to administer the programmatic activities outlined in this part. [1] The program consortium shall—
(A) administer the program pursuant to subsection (f)(3), utilizing program administration funds only;
(B) issue research project solicitations upon approval of the Secretary or the Secretary's designee;
(C) make project awards to research performers upon approval of the Secretary or the Secretary's designee;
(D) disburse research funds to research performers awarded under subsection (f) as directed by the Secretary in accordance with the annual plan under subsection (e); and
(2) Limitation
The Secretary may not assign any activities to the program consortium except as specifically authorized under this section.
(3) Conflict of interest
(A) Procedures
The Secretary shall establish procedures—
(i) to ensure that each board member, officer, or employee of the program consortium who is in a decisionmaking capacity under subsection (f)(3) shall disclose to the Secretary any financial interests in, or financial relationships with, applicants for or recipients of awards under this section, including those of his or her spouse or minor child, unless such relationships or interests would be considered to be remote or inconsequential; and
(d) Selection of the program consortium
(1) In general
The Secretary shall select the program consortium through an open, competitive process.
(2) Members
The program consortium may include corporations, trade associations, institutions of higher education, National Laboratories, or other research institutions. After submitting a proposal under paragraph (4), the program consortium may not add members without the consent of the Secretary.
(3) Requirement of section 501(c)(3) status
(4) Schedule
Not later than 90 days after August 8, 2005, the Secretary shall solicit proposals from eligible consortia to perform the duties in subsection (c)(1), which shall be submitted not later than 180 days after August 8, 2005. The Secretary shall select the program consortium not later than 270 days after August 8, 2005.
(5) Application
Applicants shall submit a proposal including such information as the Secretary may require. At a minimum, each proposal shall—
(B) fully describe the structure of the consortium, including any provisions relating to intellectual property; and
(6) Eligibility
To be eligible to be selected as the program consortium, an applicant must be an entity whose members have collectively demonstrated capabilities and experience in planning and managing research, development, demonstration, and commercial application programs for ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas or other petroleum exploration or production.
(7) Focus areas for awards
(A) Ultra-deepwater resources
(B) Unconventional resources
Awards from allocations under section 16378 (d)(2) of this title shall focus on areas including advanced coalbed methane, deep drilling, natural gas production from tight sands, natural gas production from gas shales, stranded gas, innovative exploration and production techniques, enhanced recovery techniques, and environmental mitigation of unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources exploration and production.
(C) Small producers
Awards from allocations under section 16378 (d)(3) of this title shall be made to consortia consisting of small producers or organized primarily for the benefit of small producers, and shall focus on areas including complex geology involving rapid changes in the type and quality of the oil and gas reservoirs across the reservoir; low reservoir pressure; unconventional natural gas reservoirs in coalbeds, deep reservoirs, tight sands, or shales; and unconventional oil reservoirs in tar sands and oil shales.
(e) Annual plan
(1) In general
The program under this section shall be carried out pursuant to an annual plan prepared by the Secretary in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) Development
(A) Solicitation of recommendations
Before drafting an annual plan under this subsection, the Secretary shall solicit specific written recommendations from the program consortium for each element to be addressed in the plan, including those described in paragraph (4). The program consortium shall submit its recommendations in the form of a draft annual plan.
(B) Submission of recommendations; other comment
The Secretary shall submit the recommendations of the program consortium under subparagraph (A) to the Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee established under section 16374 (a) of this title and to the Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee established under section 16374 (b) of this title, and such Advisory Committees shall provide to the Secretary written comments by a date determined by the Secretary. The Secretary may also solicit comments from any other experts.
(3) Publication
The Secretary shall transmit to Congress and publish in the Federal Register the annual plan, along with any written comments received under paragraph (2)(A) and (B).
(4) Contents
The annual plan shall describe the ongoing and prospective activities of the program under this section and shall include—
(A) a list of any solicitations for awards to carry out research, development, demonstration, or commercial application activities, including the topics for such work, who would be eligible to apply, selection criteria, and the duration of awards; and
(5) Estimates of increased royalty receipts
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall provide an annual report to Congress with the President's budget on the estimated cumulative increase in Federal royalty receipts (if any) resulting from the implementation of this part. The initial report under this paragraph shall be submitted in the first President's budget following the completion of the first annual plan required under this subsection.
(f) Awards
(1) In general
Upon approval of the Secretary the program consortium shall make awards to research performers to carry out research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities under the program under this section. The program consortium shall not be eligible to receive such awards, but provided that conflict of interest procedures in subsection (c)(3) are followed, entities who are members of the program consortium are not precluded from receiving research awards as either individual research performers or as research performers who are members of a research collaboration.
(2) Proposals
Upon approval of the Secretary the program consortium shall solicit proposals for awards under this subsection in such manner and at such time as the Secretary may prescribe, in consultation with the program consortium.
(3) Oversight
(A) In general
The program consortium shall oversee the implementation of awards under this subsection, consistent with the annual plan under subsection (e), including disbursing funds and monitoring activities carried out under such awards for compliance with the terms and conditions of the awards.
(g) Administrative costs
(1) In general
To compensate the program consortium for carrying out its activities under this section, the Secretary shall provide to the program consortium funds sufficient to administer the program. This compensation may include a management fee consistent with Department of Energy contracting practices and procedures.
(h) Audit
The Secretary shall retain an independent auditor, which shall include a review by the General Accountability Office, to determine the extent to which funds provided to the program consortium, and funds provided under awards made under subsection (f), have been expended in a manner consistent with the purposes and requirements of this part. The auditor shall transmit a report (including any review by the General Accountability Office) annually to the Secretary, who shall transmit the report to Congress, along with a plan to remedy any deficiencies cited in the report.
(i) Activities by the United States Geological Survey
The Secretary of the Interior, through the United States Geological Survey, shall, where appropriate, carry out programs of long-term research to complement the programs under this section.
(j) Program review and oversight
The National Energy Technology Laboratory, on behalf of the Secretary, shall
(2) evaluate, select, and award a contract or other agreement to a qualified program consortium, and
(3) have primary review and oversight responsibility for the program consortium, including review and approval of research awards proposed to be made by the program consortium, to ensure that its activities are consistent with the purposes and requirements described in this part. Up to 5 percent of program funds allocated under paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 16378 (d) of this title may be used for this purpose, including program direction and the establishment of a site office if determined to be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection.
[1] See References in Text note below.
Source(Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 999B,Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 917.)
References in Text
This part, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), was in the original "this chapter", and was translated as meaning "this subtitle", which is subtitle J (§§ 999A to 999H) of title IX of Pub. L. 109–58, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 916, which enacted this part, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
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Millennials Wary of Borrowing, Struggling With Debt Management
Young people are becoming warier of borrowing -- but they're also getting worse at paying bills.
Despite aggressive courting by credit-card companies, young adults ages 19 to 29 -- the so-called Millennial generation -- have around 1.5 credit cards on average, fewer than the 2 cards of Generation-X borrowers (ages 30 to 46) and 2.7 cards of Baby Boomers (ages 47 to 65), according to an analysis of data provided by Experian, a credit-reporting firm.
Millennials carry a credit-card balance of $2,700 on average, below the national average of $4,500 and the roughly $5,300 level for people ages 30 to 65, though this is partly due to lower limits, says Experian, which sampled its consumer credit database.
Total debt among young adults actually dropped in the last decade to the lowest level in 15 years, separate government data show, with fewer young adults carrying credit-card balances and one in five not having any debt at all.
And yet, Millennials appear to be running into more trouble when paying their bills -- whether on credit cards, auto loans, or student loans.
Millennial borrowers are late on debt payments roughly as much as older Gen-X borrowers, Experian's data show. Millennials also use a high share of their potential borrowing capacity on cards, just like Gen-Xers, meaning they're as likely to max out on cards.
Since Millennials tend to have fewer assets than Gen-Xers and other generations, as well as shorter credit histories, they end up with the worst average credit score -- 628 -- of any demographic group.
Millennials have "the worst credit habits," and are "struggling the most with debt management," Experian said in a report.
A slow-moving economy, high joblessness and tighter credit standards have blocked the availability and use of many types of credit by young people. A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently suggested high student-loan balances may have encouraged young adults to reduce their credit-card balances between 2005 and 2012.
Other young adults may be less willing to take risks in a weak economy, whether by splurging on furniture for a new apartment, moving geographically or starting businesses -- things that often require debt.
What Experian's data suggest is that the Millennials who are in fact borrowing are struggling to do so responsibly, at least partly because of the nation's 7.3% jobless rate, sub-3% growth and $1 trillion student-loan tab -- all things that are weighing disproportionately on young people, especially those without college degrees.
As the Journal reported last week, the share of student-loan balances that were 90 or more days overdue in the third quarter rose to 11.8% from 10.9%, even as late payments on other debts dropped. While the incidence of late payments on Millennials' overall debts isn't alarming yet, it's big enough to drag down their credit scores, Experian said.
Millennials' credit habits vary by state, however. Generally, states with the lowest average Millennial credit scores are in the South and Southwest, including Mississippi (590), West Virginia (602), Nevada (604), South Carolina (605), Louisiana (605), Arizona (605), New Mexico (606) and Alabama (606). Minnesota's 660 was the nation's highest.
The District of Columbia had the highest average credit-card balances among Millennials -- at nearly $3,500 -- followed by Alaska at around $3400. Utah and Iowa had the lowest, at around $2200.
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Are Emotions Ruling Your Life?
Many of us go through the motions of life and can't seem to find true happiness. Where does this bliss come from? Does it come from some big promotion or vicariously living through a celebrity on Twitter or Facebook? When it ends, do you find yourself craving more stuff to feel better or ignite those good ol' happy feelings?
If we are honest with ourselves, we are all guilty.
Regardless of the vice, the buzz of euphoric joy usually dissipates after we receive good news or when we finally get our breakthrough. What happens when you feel like heaven is silent or you are on a emotional roller coaster when plans are derailed? During that time we need the Word to sustain us, when our feelings won't cooperate and want to flare up when nothing is going right.
You were meant to be more than a mere survivor, right? So let's get on with it! Here are a few simple and practical ways to become a happier Christian.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Energy stocks ended mostly lower on Thursday, as fiscal-cliff uncertainties and the holiday week's low volumes kept equities under pressure and a mid-session rebound didn't last.
Shares of Chevron Corp. CVX, +0.29% gained 0.1%. The company said its Australian unit made two more natural-gas discoveries in Western Australia, in the Exmouth Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin.
Larger competitor Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM, +0.20% shares declined 0.3%. ConocoPhillips COP, +0.52% shares declined 0.1%.
Among the day's top gainers were refiners Tesoro Corp. US:TSO and Valero Energy Corp. VLO, +0.36% took the lead, each up 0.4%, and QEP Resources Inc. QEP, -15.69% up 0.7%. .
Chesapeake Energy Corp. CHK, +2.53% shares were among the top decliners, off 1.7%.
Oilfield services company National Oilwell Varco Inc. NOV, +1.21% shares turned higher, ending the day up 0.3%. National Oilwell and engineering equipment and systems firm Robbins & Myers Inc. US:RBN agreed to merge, Robbins & Myers said in a statement.
Robbins & Myers will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Oilwell and shareholders of Robbins & Myers will receive $60 in cash for each outstanding common share, the company said. Closing of the merger is subject to regulatory approval.
McMoRan Exploration Co. US:MMR shares gained 0.1%. The company, which in early December was acquired by Freeport McMo Ran Copper & Gold Inc. FCX, +3.05% provided an update about its wells in the Gulf of Mexico, including the ultra-deep Davy Jones well.
Recent operations designed to unblock the perforations using propellants had limited success and McMoRan is initiating operations to re-perforate the well, the company said.
Shares of McMoRan took a stumble in late November on concerns Davy Jones may not be commercially successful. The project has been plagued by delays and setbacks stretching back a year.
Meanqhile, The SPDR Energy Select Sector XLE, +0.46% an exchange-traded fund focused on energy names, declined 0.2%. Crude-oil futures also traded lower, with the February CLG23, -50.36% contract down 11 cents to $90.87 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.


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Up to speed: '70s colonial gets a makeover
ADDRESS: 2803 Huntington Road
SIZE: 2,900 fin. sq. ft., 891 unfin.
NEIGHBORHOOD: Northfields
CURB APPEAL: 8 of 10
LISTED BY: Laney Kaminer 242-4585, 974-1500
If you live in a house built in a "low-lying area," and last year's deluges and this year's over-active hurricane season have you worn out from flood worries and ready to seek higher ground, 2803 Huntington Road might be worth a visit.
Unlike most of the 1970s-style, two-story, well-shuttered, neocolonial homes that line Huntington Road as it meanders north from East Rio Road, this two-story house isn't even visible to passersby.
An asphalt driveway leads through thick trees to reveal a well-kept yellow-painted brick and mansard-roof home on the flattened top of 1.2 acres. With most of the yard to the front and side (and split nicely between lawn and deciduous tree cover), the house is not only well elevated but also quite private for a such a near-town location.
Sitting on the brick patio or raised deck in back of the house, residents might catch a glimpse of their Carrsbrook neighbors on nearby lots in their back yards, but front yard views are simply leafy green vistas at this time of year.
Hurricanes aside, this house is well suited to most of the rigors of Virginia's climate.
Two heat pumps one in the attic for the upper story and one in the unfinished basement for the ground floor take care of basic heating and air conditioning needs.
A southern-oriented sunroom added just off the living room with three walls of windows is no doubt pleasant year-round, but may be most appreciated on gray days when every ray of natural light will be appreciated. The room's heated tile floors will also be appreciated to keep even lightly slippered tootsies toasty.
Those same newly installed heated tiles reappear in the completely revamped kitchen area. A brick fireplace in the adjacent family room is currently outfitted with gas logs, but according to the agent, it can handle wood fires, too.
Even better during stormy seasons, if the north wind should blow too hard, this house has its own generator. (It's probably a good idea to stay home and comfortable during scary weather because that steep and curvy driveway is probably a slippery slide in an ice storm.)
The current owners, despite having been at the address for only three to four years, are responsible for revamping the house from the 1973 original. Tearing out wall-to-wall shag carpeting, they added not only the sunroom and the heated tiles, but also new cherry hardwood floors.
They also added a master bedroom and full bath with Jacuzzi-style tub, glass-paneled shower stall, and glass-block window on the ground level, for a total of five bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms overall. (Two full baths are upstairs with the four other bedrooms.)
The formal dining room, kitchen– with an eat-in space big enough for a table and four chairs beside a bay window– plus the slightly sunken family room area, look over the back patio.
Doors open from the family room to the patio. New white cabinets, white tile splash guards, and all-white appliances (which convey) complement the expanse of glossy black and silvery granite counters broken only by a recessed white ceramic kitchen sink for a non-fussy feeling in what can often be the busiest looking room in a house.
New owners wanting to do any fix-up here will have to be content working on the single open expanse of space– the basement. Carpeted and well lit, but with open floor joists above, it could remain storage space or be converted for any number of practical uses.
Thus, this 30-year-old house presents little to complain about: some great upgrades inside, a modest exterior and yard outside, and a location that feels country while being neatly tucked into Albemarle's urban ring. Leave the driveway, make a right turn on Carrsbrook Drive, and 1.3 miles later, you're staring right back at Better Living.


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Pre Construction Condos by Lash Group Of Companies
For more information call:647-642-3434
- Project Name: Tricycle Condos
- Builders: Lash Group Of Companies
- Project Status: Pre-Construction
- Approx Occupancy Date: 2022
- Address: 1151 Markham Rd, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada,
- City: Scarborough
- Main Intersection: Markham Rd & Ellesmere Rd
- Architect: Turner Fleischer Architects
- Condo Type: High Rise
- Building Size: 14 Storeys
- Number Of Units: 144
- Nearby Parks: Scarborpugh Bluffs, Confederation Park
- Price: Please contact us for pricing
Tricycle Condos is a New Condo development by Lash located at Markham and Ellesmere , Toronto.
Tricycle Condos is the third phase of the ME Living series. Bringing Miami rooftop terraces to Scarborough. This condo will be a premier development in the Markham and Ellesmere area.
Various services and attractions are within easy reach, including Cedarbrae Mall; Scarborough Town Center; TTC, including the new LRT framework; Highway 401; schools; parks; the University of Toronto's Scarborough grounds; Centennial College; and a trail framework to the downtown center.
Location Close to Hwy 401, getting to the east and west will be easy. Toronto downtown is reachable within minutes from DVP.
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If your PWA has use cases where it's helpful for a user to install your app, for example if you have users who use your app more than once a week, you should be promoting the installation of your PWA within the web UI of your app.
Add to Home Screen, sometimes referred to as the web app install prompt, makes it easy for users to install your Progressive Web App on their mobile or desktop device. After the user accepts the prompt, your PWA will be added to their launcher, and it will run like any other installed app.
Chrome handles most of the heavy lifting for you:
- On mobile, Chrome will generate a WebAPK, creating an even more integrated experience for your users.
- On desktop, your app will installed, and run in an app window.
What are the criteria?
In order for a user to be able to install your Progressive Web App, it needs to meet the following criteria:
The web app is not already installed.
prefer_related_applicationsis not
- and
- Meets a user engagement heuristic (previously, the user had to interact with the domain for at least 30 seconds, this is not a requirement anymore)
Includes a
web app manifest that includes:
iconsmust include a 192px and a 512px sized icons
displaymust be one of:
standalone, or
- Served over HTTPS (required for service workers)
Has registered a
service worker with a
fetchevent handler
When these criteria are met, will fire a
event that you can use to prompt the user to install your Progressive Web App,
and may show a
mini-info bar.
See Listen
beforeinstallprompt event. Check their
respective sites for full details:
Samsung Internet, and
UC Browser.
Show the Add to Home Screen dialog
In order to show the Add to Home Screen dialog, you need to:
- Listen for the
- Notify the user your app can be installed with a button or other element that will generate a user gesture event.
- Show the prompt by calling
prompt()on the saved
Listen for
If the add to home screen criteria are met, Chrome will fire a
beforeinstallprompt event, that you can use to indicate your app can be
'installed', and then prompt the user to install it.
When the
beforeinstallprompt event has fired, save a reference to the event,
and update your user interface to indicate that the user can add your app
to their home screen.
let deferredPrompt;
window.addEventListener('beforeinstallprompt', (e) => {
// Prevent Chrome 67 and earlier from automatically showing the prompt
// Stash the event so it can be triggered later.
deferredPrompt = e;
Notify the user your app can be installed
There are many different patterns that you can use to notify the user your app can be installed and promote the installation, for example, a button in the header, an item in the navigation menu, or an item in your content feed.
window.addEventListener('beforeinstallprompt', (e) => { // Prevent Chrome 67 and earlier from automatically showing the prompt e.preventDefault(); // Stash the event so it can be triggered later. deferredPrompt = e; // Update UI notify the user they can add to home screen btnAdd.style.display = 'block'; });
You may want to wait before showing the prompt to the user, so you don't distract them from what they're doing. For example, if the user is in a check-out flow, or creating their account, let them complete that before interrupting them with the prompt.
Show the prompt
To show the add to home screen prompt, call
prompt() on the saved event
from within a user gesture. It will show a modal dialog, asking the user
to to add your app to their home screen.
Then, listen for the promise returned by the
userChoice property. The
promise returns an object with an
outcome property after the prompt has
shown and the user has responded to it.
btnAdd.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
// hide our user interface that shows our A2HS button
btnAdd.style.display = 'none';
// Show the prompt
// Wait for the user to respond to the prompt
.then((choiceResult) => {
if (choiceResult.outcome === 'accepted') {
console.log('User accepted the A2HS prompt');
} else {
console.log('User dismissed the A2HS prompt');
deferredPrompt = null;
You can only call
prompt() on the deferred event once. If the user dismisses
it, you'll need to wait until the
beforeinstallprompt event is fired on
the next page navigation.
The mini-info bar
The mini-infobar is an interim experience for Chrome on Android as we work towards creating a consistent experience across all platforms that includes an install button into the omnibox.
The mini-infobar is a Chrome UI component and is not controllable by the site,
but can be easily dismissed by the user. Once dismissed by the user, it will
not appear again until a sufficient amount of time has passed
(currently 3 months). The mini-infobar will appear when the site meets the
criteria, regardless of whether you
preventDefault() on the
beforeinstallprompt event or not.
Determine if the app was successfully installed
To determine if the app was successfully added to the user's home screen after
they accepted the prompt, you can listen for the
appinstalled event.
window.addEventListener('appinstalled', (evt) => {
console.log('a2hs installed');
Detecting if your app is launched from the home screen
display-mode media query
display-mode media query makes it possible to apply styles depending
on how the app was launched, or determine how it was launched with JavaScript.
To apply a different background color for the app above when being launched
from the home screen with
"display": "standalone", use conditional CSS:
@media all and (display-mode: standalone) {
body {
background-color: yellow;
It's also possible to detect if the
display-mode is standalone from
if (window.matchMedia('(display-mode: standalone)').matches) {
console.log('display-mode is standalone');
To determine if the app was launched in
standalone mode in Safari, you can
use JavaScript to check:
if (window.navigator.standalone === true) {
console.log('display-mode is standalone');
Updating your app's icon and name
On Android, when the WebAPK is launched, Chrome will check the currently installed manifest against the live manifest. If an update is required, it will be queued and updated once the device has is plugged in and connected to WiFi.
On Desktop, the manifest is not automatically updated, but this is planned for a future update.
Test your add to home screen experience
You can manually trigger the
beforeinstallprompt event with Chrome DevTools.
This makes it possible to see the user experience, understand how the flow
works or debug the flow. If the PWA criteria aren't met,
Chrome will throw an exception in the console, and the event will not be fired.
Chrome for Android
- Open a remote debugging session to your phone or tablet.
- Go to the Application panel.
- Go to the Manifest tab.
- Click Add to home screen
Chrome OS, Linux, or Windows
- Open Chrome DevTools
- Go to the Application panel.
- Go to the Manifest tab.
- Click Add to home screen
beforeinstallprompt be fired?
The easiest way to test if the
beforeinstallprompt event will be fired, is
to use Lighthouse to audit your app, and check the
results of the User Can Be Prompted To Install The Web App


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While living in Japan, Maureen Doyle learned that even everyday tasks could become ordeals for those living abroad.
Now Purdue's assistant director for Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) compliance in the Office of International Students and Scholars (ISS), Doyle makes sure each international student understands the federal requirements necessary to attend a university in the U.S. In addition to using her personal experience to help students from other countries, almost six years ago she helped start a still-thriving program, Boiler Out!, which connects Purdue's international students with local volunteer opportunities.
How did you become involved in the international community?
I've always been interested in other countries and cultures, and so while I was an undergraduate at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, I studied international business. I completed a study abroad program in Japan during my junior year. I truly fell in love with learning while immersed in another culture. I returned to Japan after graduation, and I also learned how difficult living abroad can be. For example, I had to rely a lot on the help of others. Even then, ordering things — such as heating oil for my house — was an ordeal because of the language barrier and the culture barrier.
Ever since I spent time in Japan, I wanted to give back to students who are traveling abroad in the U.S. I know what they're going through from personal experience, so I help them and provide information to them as much as I can.
What does your job entail?
Twice each year, we have to report to the federal government whether our international students are in compliance with all visa requirements, including if they are taking enough credit hours and whether they have assistantships. We also have to make sure students have their correct majors, addresses and other information updated in the internal ISS system.
Before we complete our reporting period, we contact students who might be in noncompliance and give them the opportunity to update their information. Doing that requires a lot of communication, but it's worth it. We don't want to report anyone as noncompliant unless necessary.
How did you get involved in this work?
I was actually promoted into this job in fall 2011. Before that, I was an immigration counselor here at Purdue, and before that I was an international student advisor at Washington College in Maryland. In those positions, I answered a lot of the same questions I had when I studied abroad — such as whether students could work, how to handle visa issues and others. Even if I didn't have the answer, I could point the students in the right direction, and that was very rewarding.
Why did you decide to help start a volunteer program for Purdue's international students?
Along with Sara Randrianasolo, who is a former colleague, we started Purdue's Boiler Out! Volunteer Program. Essentially, we both loved to volunteer and we wanted to be able to really get to know the international students, so we created a program to do just that.
Boiler Out! coordinators find local volunteer opportunities for international students. They provide transportation to and from the event, and the coordinators and students volunteer together. Our students have helped organizations such as Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette, the Camp Tecumseh YMCA Outdoor Center and the Lafayette School Corporation, where they've done after-school tutoring. We ask our Boiler Out! volunteers to take part in one event per month. They don't get college credit for taking part in this program — they just really enjoy volunteering.
In fall 2011, I handed over the position of coordinator of Boiler Out! to Nancy Montague and Kathryn Burden, who also work in the ISS office, and they've done a fantastic job. As leaders, they have organized volunteer events with new organizations, such as the Almost Home Humane Society, and they've done things such as deliver singing valentines to a local nursing home and organize a coat drive for Tippecanoe County residents who need them.
How have students received the Boiler Out! program?
It's been hugely popular. Boiler Out! started informally, requiring students to sign up in our offices and later online, but there were so many students who wanted to participate that we had to set a cohort limit each semester. During the spring semester, there were 200 students in the cohort.
In general, we've found that students are very eager to get out into the community and help the less fortunate. It's a good experience for them, because they get to witness a side of the U.S. that perhaps they didn't know existed, and it helps our local organizations. Under its new leadership, I think Boiler Out! will continue to grow, and that's a great thing for everyone.


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It'd be a bit of a stretch to say that Nine Black Alps ever had the world at their feet once, but there was certainly a time when the Manc quartet bordered on ubiquity; a decade ago, constant touring and some promising early recordings looked to have positioned them nicely for crossover success. The straightforward alt-rock sound that they peddled was commercially viable in an age ruled by the likes of Franz Ferdinand and Kaiser Chiefs, but their guitars leaned unerringly towards grunge - a feat in itself remarkable for a band from Manchester, which was suffering from a hideous post-Britpop hangover that threatened to reach full-blown malaise.
It's not totally shocking that Nine Black Alps have slipped under the radar these past few years; unabashed guitar bands haven't been in fashion for quite some time now. They've evidently carved out enough of a fan base to make new releases workable, though, because Candy for the Clowns follows pretty keenly on the heels of 2012's Sirens; given that guitarist David Jones has spent most of the intervening months on tour with The Cribs, as Johnny Marr's de facto replacement, it's impressive that they've managed to maintain such a good rate of return.
'Novokaine', originally released to mark the band's tenth anniversary last year, is a smart choice of opener; the dual guitars are menacing and frontman Sam Forrest's on belligerent form, but it doesn't sound unrefined - it feels taut, and there's enough polish to ensure it sits somewhere between grunge and pop-punk, rather than firmly on one side of the fence. Candy for the Clowns is evidently a record built on the idea of maintaining momentum, in more ways than one; I don't want to cast the band as sentimentalists, but reaching ten years together seems to have afforded them a new lease of life. 'Blackout' and 'Come Back Around' zip along, all punchy riffs and hooky choruses, although you suspect some of that zeal might have come at the cost of lyrical sharpness - "come back, I really need you / I'm out of the way and tired of letting you down" being a particularly banal cut from the latter.
In fairness, though, it's actually the duality of the guitars that's the band's strongest suit; there's some neat interplay on the thumpingly heavy 'Patti', and 'Destroy Me's interlocking lines rip across each other, culminating in a genuinely searing solo. You get the impression that they've long since mastered the art of turning out sprightly riffs that drag the rest of the song along with them; there's also subtle suggestions that Jones' time sharing stages with Ryan Jarman hasn't passed without some of the latter's ramshackle approach to songwriting creeping into the Nine Black Alps camp. The awkward thrash of 'Something Else' often feels as if it's ready to leave its time signature behind, whilst the sheer urgency of 'Not in My Name' inspires a decidedly unvarnished vocal turn from Forrest at the climax.
The biggest criticism that you can level at Candy for the Clowns is that it often feels a little one-track, but then again, it's a punk record to all intents and purposes; you can't really blame the band for adhering to just the one blistering speed setting. There is an ill-advised attempt to change tack late on with 'Take Me Underground', the album's gentlest moment; lyrically, it's quite pretty, but it's hard to overlook how much it jars in pacing terms. For the most part, though, Candy for the Clowns is very good fun; straight-up rock and roll, with no interest in pretension. I'd like to think there'll always be a place for bands that take as much joy in simplicity as Nine Black Alps - here's to another ten years
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As Freddie Mercury sung, "I want to ride my bicycle," and Bethlehem's Coalition for Appropriate Transportation (CAT) encourages people to do that for their upcoming event. During the week of May 13 -21, CAT will be hosting "Lehigh Valley Bike to Work Week", where people can log their adventures and attend local events. As an…Read More


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We did not have internet in Paris, so there has been a long silence. Perhaps that is a good thing.
As a note, I did upload some photos on the blog. They were the ones from Dresden. Well, a few. I hit my limit for the month for how many photos I can upload. As soon as July 1st hits, I will start uploading again. Sorry. There are some great pictures from Dresden and Meissen.
We left Bern and started making our way to Paris. We were planning on hitting the temple in Bern but after trying to figure out the buses, taxis, or trains with attendant costs, backpacks, and traveling all day in our church clothes, we threw in the towel. We just started out for Paris.
We made stops in Lausanne and Geneva. Lausanne was beautiful. The view coming in over Lake Geneva was amazing. Some of the Alps between Bern and Lausanne were breathtaking, much like the Alps we passed through in Northern Italy. We were supposed to catch a train directly from Lausanne to Paris, but it was fully booked. We were able to book a train from Geneva so we knew our time in Lausanne was limited. We decided to hike up to the Lausanne Notre-Dame. We stopped at some church on the way, St. Michaels or whatever. We heard an Oomp Pah Pah (who knows what they are really called) in a park near the cathedral. It was so hot, the sun was killing us, and we were wearing our backpacks climbing an asphalt mountain made for a welcome arrival at the top. We enjoyed the hike back down to the station to head off for Geneva.
We had limited time at Geneva as well. We walked over and saw the famous Jet d'Eau and enjoyed what little comfort the breeze brought to us from it. It just made us want to jump into the water for some salvation from the heat. We walked through the park to see the flower clock, which all these watch-makers got together to show their prowess. This massive clock set in a flower bed. However, it was more than 6 hours off, not one of the hands was on the right time. Watch making prowess must have been a think of the past. We then walked up to Saint Peter's Cathedral where we toured where John Calvin taught. The University of Geneva is right next door. It was all very fascinating. We then had to make our way back down to the train station so we could head off to Paris.
The ride to Paris could have been better. We ended up in an assigned seat going backwards. Plus this train was going much faster than the other trains we have been riding on it and it swayed back and forth. I got sea sick on a train! Boy was I glad when we got to land. I wasn't feeling well.
The next few days in Paris were a blur. It was miserably hot, again, for the first two days. We walked loads and both of us ended up with blisters on our feet. Probably more from the swelling of our feet rubbing. I was fortunate enough to get blisters between my big and index toes on both feet. Amanda got them on top from her flip flops. But it was quite the couple of days in Paris. We hit all the big sites, except the Pantheon. Arc de Triumphe, Place de la Concorde, Place de la Bastille, Champs-Elysees, Montmarte, L'Opera, Saint Denis Cathedral, Basilique du Sacre-Coeur, Louvre, Tuileries Gardens, Invalides, Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame de Paris, and Palais Versailles. I am sure that is not even a full list. But we saw them, and much of Paris in between.
Since it is late here, only a few highlights. Amanda got to see the sun set from the top of the Eiffel Tower on the longest day of the year. I was there too. How romantic is that? We had a fancy, full french meal before ascending the Eiffel's nearly 700 steps to the second state. Mine included deep fried turkey and marinated (basically pickled) red peppers. I probably could have done without the peppers. My baklava was amazing!
We climbed more than 1000 steps between Notre-Dame and the Eiffel Tower in one day. On other days we climbed mont marte and a whole list of other stairs. Add to that the oppressive heat, and some days we were about as good as dead when we got back to our hotel room. Our hotel had no air conditioning!
We enjoyed French pastries every morning and every time Amanda would let us.
We did see the Venis d' Milo and Mona Lisa, along with scores too many of other artworks.
The Metro of Paris is wonderful. We could get to nearly anywhere in relative comfort. However, some of them were hot and the air hung with a motor oil smell and greasiness.
We are glad to be back Oostrozebeke, Belgium for a day of laundry and relaxing. Thursday we fly out for Glasgow. Britain, here we come!


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VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Daniel Sedin and Jannik Hansen scored 2:44 apart late in the second period to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-2 victory over the Kings on Saturday.
Dan Hamhuis, Mason Raymond and Chris Higgins, into an empty net, also scored for Vancouver, which put forth a strong effort against the defending Stanley Cup champions to stop a two-game losing streak.
Justin Williams and Jordan Nolan scored for Los Angeles, which had its five-game win streak end.
Following disappointing 8-3 and 4-2 losses to Detroit and Phoenix, and without center Ryan Kesler (fractured foot), the Canucks were in need of a strong outing to maintain their place atop the Northwest Division.
Vancouver played a gritty, tight-checking game.
Defenseman Andrew Alberts was in the lineup in favor of Keith Ballard (healthy scratch) to provide a physical presence in front of Vancouver's goal.
Canucks newcomer Tom Sestito – picked up on waivers from Philadelphia on Friday – hammered Colin Fraser with a clean check, and then got the better of Nolan in an ensuing first-period fight.
The 6-foot-5 Sestito drew an extended round of applause from the crowd after the bout.
Kevin Bieksa, who returned after missing two games with a groin injury, also had a strong game for Vancouver's defense.
Up front, the Canucks were led by the top line of Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin and Alex Burrows, which combined for five points.
With the score tied 2-2 in the second period, the Canucks took control for good on Daniel Sedin's eighth goal of the season.
After a nice pass from Burrows to set up a 2-on-1 break, Henrik Sedin passed to brother Daniel, who waited a second before firing a slap shot low on Jonathan Quick's blocker side.
Hansen gave the Canucks a two-goal cushion just under three minutes later, scooping up a loose puck in the slot and ripping a wrist shot past Quick's glove to snap an eight-game goalless drought.
At the time, the Canucks had four goals on just 16 shots as Quick had an uncharacteristic off night. The Kings goaltender finished with 19 saves.
It is just the third time this season the Kings have allowed more than three goals.
Cory Schneider, making his second consecutive start, rebounded from a puck-handling mishap on Nolan's goal to make some strong third-period stops. He made 28 saves overall.
After Raymond made it 2-1 for Vancouver midway through the second period with a pretty wrist shot past Quick, Schneider had a miscue and the Kings tied it at 2.
The Vancouver goalie got caught wandering behind the net and Nolan wrapped the puck around into the open net for his second tally of the season.
Schneider almost got caught behind his net again in the third period, but Los Angeles couldn't convert.
With the Kings pressing late, Schneider made big pad saves off Dustin Penner and Slava Voynov.
Higgins scored his fifth of the season with Quick on the bench for an extra attacker in the final minute.
The Canucks led 1-0 after the first period on a pretty goal from defenseman Hamhuis, who scored for the first time since opening night.
After a Kings turnover, Henrik Sedin and Burrows made pretty passes to set up Hamhuis, who scored into the open net.
Williams tied the game on a power play early in the second period, ripping a one-time slap shot past Schneider for his second of the season.
Anze Kopitar got an assist to extend his points streak (two goals, seven assists) to five games.
Notes: Canucks forward David Booth had his first point in five games this season, assisting on Raymond's goal. Booth missed the start of the season with a groin injury. … Kings forward Jeff Carter failed to extend his five-game goal-scoring streak, and Mike Richards had his four-game point streak ended.