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The bridesmaid bouquets are on the list of prettiest aspects of a marriage ceremony. You can perform some great things with the wedding bouquets, especially in case you combine several colors and also varieties. Here will be some methods to design attractive mixed bloom bridal wedding bouquets.
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There are a number of ways in that you can design a good bouquet which usually combines varied flowers softly. To begin these is definitely color. Make a decision on one coloring or colors family to the bridal flowers, and then search for several kinds of flowers in the chosen coloring. For example, let's express that you wish to have white wedding bouquets. You can make lovely wedding bouquets using a number of pink carnations, hydrangeas, tulip glasses, and sweet peas. Notice how all those flowers are certainly not only related in coloring, but additionally in sense; traditional, however. This are the type in bouquet that you will find perfect for your bride who may be wearing a vintage bridal wedding ensemble with cultured pellet earrings including a long veil.
When using the same color family, lilac, you may possibly create big event bouquets through an entirely distinct flavor as a result of making distinctive flower choices. A fashionable bride may possibly carry a good bouquet boasting chic green calla lilies and even orchids, perhaps accented by a motivating green for instance bear turf. Think concerning the scale within your flowers, likewise. Mini calla lilies is usually mixed in while using standard size ones pertaining to additional picture interest.
A wedding is really a formal time, which will be replete along with several methods and way of life. These traditions and traditions happen to be practiced for the purpose of generations together the ones still comply with them having great reverence. Probably the most discussed options that come with the wedding may be the bridal costume which includes several quality details affiliated with it. Every part of the actual bridal outfits reflects style, beauty as well as classic contact. The white wedding dress, the white-colored netted veil and also the wedding flowers are the integral top features of a bridesmaid costume. Another component which will complete that image of the bride could be the bridal bouquet that's carried from the bride even while approaching your altar. The wedding bouquet includes a special relevancy and selected through the bride she is.
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Also following the wedding is actually solemnized, while going out of the physical place the lady throws your bouquet in excess of her once again among several unmarried young ladies and anyone catches it's the next to become married. Brides typically select common flowers to add in that bridal vase. The most often used plants are tulips, orchids, dried out lavenders, lilies, geraniums as well as poinsettias.
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Bridal Aroma – Flowers have invariably been associated using human emotions so because of this it's not at all surprising actually a fundamental portion of a big event. Every manmade fiber flower as well as artificial flower is short for a distinct attribute similar to roses indicates love, freesia stand for trust even though ferns indicate sincerity. The task of producing a bridesmaid bouquet can be eagerly looked forward to by every single bride and also a great imagined is place into selecting the most appropriate flowers to the bouquet.
The bridesmaid bouquet also includes a special relevance and presents the blossoming of a young first. Also following wedding can be solemnized, while making the locale the woman throws your bouquet around her rear among a gaggle of unmarried young ladies and anyone catches it does not take next to get married. Brides normally select common flowers to feature in your bridal aroma. The normally used bouquets are tulips, orchids, dried up lavenders, lilies, geraniums along with poinsettias.
In the event the flowers are actually selected these are clubbed together by having fresh grapevines, ferns along with leaves. These are generally the most basic elements that will complement your flowers inside bouquets. In addition to these, the bouquets are decorated using silk Bouquets, laces, ribbons along with silk resources that loan a regal touch on the bouquet. To further improve the aroma it has to be accessorized using these embellishments to ensure beauty in the flowers can be accentuated.
Actually, in case you as a whole new bride desire a bridesmaid bouquet hassle-free, you'll be able to always pay a visit to an on-line flower shop and buying flowers online at their store. You don't go out, it takes just one or two minutes, and do not need arrange your bouquet ever again: it can be delivered by professionals arranged and good to go, so for you to speak. One thing: what should you be not delighted by the provided flowers? Most on-line florists are generally reliable all of which will try his or her utmost to offer you good service given that they need clientele, but should you not know what you look for, they are going to be hard put to offer you the pleasure of an perfect bridesmaid bouquet. Listed next are many of the more widespread bouquet kinds. Perhaps often what you desire in these people, but or else, don't fret; you could always design your using your concepts discussed.
You will start taking into consideration the bouquet determined by your bridal gown. If your gown can be styled inside traditional strategy with very much lace along with sequins, think about a sizeable reverse-teardrop design, or a new free-form involving grouped flowers of your respective choice. Conversely, a modern-day dress could possibly be balanced using flowers clustered in a very ball way of one coloring, a straightforward arrangement tied up with purple velvet ribbon as well as a supply bouquet involving exotic versions. It can be simplicity place together by classiness. Else please take a sketch as well as photograph in the dress along to support the arranger throughout designing your bouquet.
The tear-shaped cascade bouquet has a full couple of flowers at the pinnacle ending using tendrils towards the bottom. The flowers are generally small versions and colorful which might be varied commonly or throughout pastel colors. In compare, the free-form aroma is loose and might have greenery with the flowers projecting in numerous directions. Spray wedding bouquets are instances of this fashion.
The pave arrangement is often a compact cluster of a single type involving flowers as well as several, and could possibly be in a color as well as various similar ones. Paves almost never include just about any greenery and they are geometrically healthy in variety. Meantime, the pomander arrangement is made of flowers using stems inserted right round base and possesses a never-ending loop of bows attached. The ribbon could possibly be held as well as looped throughout the wrist making it possible for the aroma to decline below your arm. This style is suitable for bridesmaids along with girls.


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As someone who genuinely derives pleasure from building a life filled with meaning and joy--I actively seek out activities or interests that I love engaging in. Do you do this too? This process of discovery--of noticing what I genuinely connect to can act as a map of sorts. I find that over time I have accrued the resources and data needed to create a life that reflects me, from the inside out. Now, we tend to believe in grand gestures as parents. And they do have their place. But what if part of life really is about allowing for opportunities for moments of resonance for our children? And ourselves? Our lives can feel harried. Planned out. We work. We run our children to soccer or dance practice. We are conscious of this idea of "teaching" good morals. Laundry must be done. Oh--and is there food to eat for dinner tonight?
But what if part of the key to our fulfillment is slowing down just enough to notice or ask what resonates with us? What do we actually enjoy doing? What if our children were able to witness us enjoying something for ourselves? What if we genuinely asked if our children connect to the sport they are in or the instrument they are playing? What if it became important that love and joy were part of the mix?
Moments of resonance can be powerful. They can literally change one's life.
One of my moments of resonance came early for me at an annual family vacation at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. I was eight years old. My dad was heading out for a bike ride. I followed him out the back door, to ask if I could go with him. Problem was...there was only one bike. My dad asked if I thought I could run while he biked. Well, sure! We went four miles that day. All my dad did was notice things and communicate with me. "You don't seem out of breath at all. Are you tired?" or "You have such an easy running form. How are you feeling right now?" or "You really do run like a natural." I walked away from that run feeling elated. As my dad was present and curious, he allowed me to notice that I did not feel tired as I ran and that I actually felt at ease and inspired by the motion and feeling of running. That was all. Except it wasn't.
Four years later.
I was just entering middle school. A new student at school. Awkward as ever. I went to cheer on my older brother at a local cross country meet. I remember it so vividly. The park was lush and green. It was a warm day. The sun was lowering in the sky as one might expect in the late afternoon. Large trees with billowing foliage stood out like inhabitants of a magical land I half remembered. I glanced up-- toward the direction of cheering-- and there, my eyes met a long string of girls running along the crest of a hill. Their every movement embraced by the light of the sun. Were they fueled by the light? One girl in particular ran with such ease that I made an effort to confirm that her feet were indeed touching the ground at the end of each stride. Her legs moved smoothly, barely skimming the earth's surface. Time stood still for me in that moment. I knew that I was joining that team. I was going to run. To train.
Have you ever felt that way? For all of the choices I have made through the cognitive efforts of planning or carefully weighing the benefits and the costs, a significant number of my most paramount decisions have come through a simple moment of resonance. An echo of something familiar or an invitation I can't refuse. It beckons that I stop and pay attention. Pause and consider. And then, act. Have you had this experience with something you love to do?
It had been nearly four years since I had taken that run with my father at Rehoboth Beach. The seed that had been planted through the tender, observing eyes of my father was awakened by the resonance of a moment at a cross county meet. Resonance absolutely changed my life. I began to run that year on the local middle school's cross country team. I learned all I could about running. I read books. Studied nutrition. Made elaborate training plans. I ran and ran and ran. A lot. By the time I had reached high school as a freshman, I was competing year round, racing with the best girls in the state of Florida. As a runner for BYU, I was able to see more of the country than I could have ever dreamed.
That was years ago now. My competitive days are long over. But do you know what? Running still gives to me. I am not highly trained anymore. But the moment I lace up my shoes and head out to be among the trees and sky things, I connect with that piece of me that loves the feeling of my body running. Pure and simple. I connect with all the living things around me and celebrate the unfathomable gift of being alive each day. I actually cry when I run! How corny is that?
I don't think it matters so much what we resonate with, as long as we recognize it for what it is and find the courage to honor it. Whether it is photography, knitting, algebra, playing the violin, or drawing—I think that resonance can work much like an airline ticket. It offers us a trip into ourselves, into the unchartered territory of what makes us feel alive and joyful.
It is a journey worth taking.
My life is full of interests I resonate with these days. It makes life worth living. Truly. I actually find I experience a state of flow or engagement with many of these pursuits. Hiking. Yoga. Meditation. Reading. Writing. Cross country skiing. Cooking a fresh meal.
What interests do you resonate with? How were you first introduced? How do you feel when you engage with them? I would love to hear!

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text: Rank and file electricians have had enough of being paid a third of what they're worth on the biggest infrastructure project in the world, and walked off the job, shutting down 5 sites with unofficial strike action. They then occupied Laing O'Rourke's offices in Oxford St, one of the contractors on Crossrail and a notorious blacklister. Now Laings are trying to move a democratically elected shop steward off the project. Time to get behind the sparks – mass picket to defend Terry Wilson on Monday December 5, 6:30am, Tottenham Court Road site. Entrance in Sutton Row, off Soho Square.


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Petit Verdot 2014
This classic Bordeaux blending grape has strong aromas of violet, cedar, spice, pomegranate and black cherry and a robust tannic structure that supports ripe flavors of blueberry, plum and mocha on the finish. Pair Petit Verdot with any hearty meats or cheeses.
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Origin: Bellview Winery, Landisville, New Jersey; Outer Coastal Plain AVA
Harvest Dates: 10/9/2014
Harvest Chemistries: Brix: 21.10°; TA: 6.56 g/L; pH: 3.80
Yeast: CSM
Fermentation: 6 days
Temperature: Approx. 73°F
Malolactic: Yes
Barrel: 24 Months in American Oak
Bottling Date: 1/3/2017
Number of Bottles Produced: 900 750ml bottles; 75 cases
Composition: 100% Bellview Petit Verdot 2014
Bottling Statistics:
pH: 3.73
TA: 6.56 g/L
Alcohol: 12.2%
Residual Sugar: 0g/100ml
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TeleTube adds a "Play to TV" button above videos on select websites. Clicking the button sends the video link to your media center for playback on the TV.
The extension cannot communicate with TVs directly even if they support DLNA.
The currently supported websites are:
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This summer I was lucky enough to participate in two major events, firstly IM Austria and then Ultra520K Canada. Last Year I met a now friend of mine, Rory Bass while undertaking Challenge Roth, a full distance Ironman event in Roth Germany. One morning during breakfast Rory was telling me about a race called Ultraman Canada 520K, a 3- day event that consisted of more than double the distance of an Ironman event; by that evening I had already signed up for this year.
My plan throughout the year was to use Ironman Austria (1st July 2018) as a warm up to Ultra520K Canada. IM Austria is held in Klagenfurt, Austria; it is a truly beautiful place.
IM Austria started with a slow swim followed by an "ok" bike leg. Only a few km in to the run I was already finding it hard. Within 15km, I was walking as much as I was running and the last 15km was barely at walking pace, stopping regularly to try and catch my breath; maybe the cause was nutrition, nerves, illness the week before or a combination of all three. However, after another hard day in the office I finished with a total time of 14:38, definitely no PB this time.
Training continued as we travelled through Europe. The water in the Adriatic Sea is amazing for swimming, great temperature and crystal clear. The scenery on the bike was just as impressive and the air so fresh and crisp.
After a week back at work it was time to head off to Canada for the Ultra520k. This is a 3-day endurance event that consists of:
Athletes are supported by crews including a paddler for the swim, car support on the bike and a pacer on the run if you so desire.
The Ultra 520K Canada is held in Penticton, BC; an absolutely stunning part of Canada. When we arrived in Penticton the surrounding valleys were filled with smoke as a result of the current bush fires; along with the smoke, ash was falling from the sky and covering everything in sight. Over the coming 3 days the smoke got progressively worse and the visibility reduced each day, there were even discussions of changing the course due to the bush fires. We were extremely fortunate to receive some light rain and a change in wind direction the day before the race, this helped to clear up a lot of the smoke and ash.
In the week leading up to the race, we had a number of social events where both athletes and crews were able to get to know each other. It was great to meet other athletes and listen to their personal journeys; athletes ranged in ability from Pro's, multiple Kona qualifiers, the current Ultraman World Champion, to those similar to myself.
August 3rd: with the car fully fueled and full of nutrition/hydration we set off for Skaha Lake. We arrived at the lake to get set up and ready for the swim start. The conditions looked amazing, I was very happy to see the lake as flat as a mirror. This is where Noah (my paddler), with the help of a compass would begin to navigate me the 10km down the lake, while supporting with nutrition and hydration.
After a welcoming from the Native Indian Syilx Chief we were on our way. About 2 km into the swim the wind picked up and so did the waves, at times it was hard to sight the canoe for the waves, albeit it was only 15m away.
However, thanks to Noah, this is by far the straightest that I have ever swam in my life, outside of a pool. After a quick handshake, I exited the water in 4hrs and 9 minutes, having swam around 10,300m.
My crew were waiting in transition with my bike and after something to eat I was on my way for the 150km ride. The ride made its way into the local countryside and ended in Okanagan Falls, with a total elevation of 1533m for the 150km. Throughout the bike course crews were expected to leapfrog athletes in order to pull over on the side of the road and provide nutrition/hydration. The support for athletes was amazing; every time any athlete passed a crew on the side of the road they were met with cheers and encouragement.
Day 2's 275km ride started in Penticton, just around the corner from the swim start. It covered some of the same roads as Day 1, an out and back to Osoyoos and then off to Princeton. Day 2 consisted of more than 180km of climbing, 2215m of elevation and the aptly named "Wall", a sharp climb of 15% at the 100km mark. The Wall had me wishing that I had brought a few more gears and different wheels with me! I finished the Day 2 bike leg in 9:58, just sneaking under the 10-hour mark. Being my first Ultraman, I was conscious not to push things too hard on either of the first two days in the hope that would leave me something for Day 3.
That evening all athletes and crews stayed in Princeton, a small town about 90Km from Penticton. Day 3 started 10km outside of Princeton, on the way to Penticton. The run consisted of a double marathon through what had been described as lovely countryside with a couple of hills.
My plan was to run the first half marathon before the heat of the day kicked in. From that point on I had a run walk strategy to get me across the line. I was conscious of not going out to hard and regretting it later on in the day. I passed the 21km mark in 2:15. As the run continued the last 2 days of cycling started to catch up with my legs. One of the organisers had mentioned the third half marathon is where the run really starts, and that it was full of long winding hills, some quite steep.
During the walk intervals Jodi (my wife) would walk with me, providing hydration and nutrition, while offering encouragement and ensuring that I stuck to the plan. She would then get back in the car and leapfrog me as I ran down the road, this process repeated for 60km. At around 25km the road turned to gravel, only to return to bitumen at the 75km mark. Over the last 20km I was starting to catch and pass people, so my strategy was working. The last 10km on our way down to the finish line outside of Penticton was a pleasant relief as it was largely downhill. My run ended with 85km and 900m of elevation all up for the day in a time of 10:17.
It was great to cross the finish line and be greeted by Jodi and Kathy (my crew), Steve Brown (event organiser) and Stephen King (announcer).
Having undertaken the Ultraman 520K Canada and joined the community of approx. 2500 athletes globally that have completed an Ultraman I can highly recommend this race if you are looking for a challenge. I thoroughly enjoyed this race; so much so, that I have signed up for Ultraman Australia in 2020, Noosa, QLD as well as looking to undertake additional challenges such as the Triple Anvil
The 520k Canada is an extremely well run race that caters for all types of athletes. The Ultraman athletes and crews are an amazing community, the banter between crews and continuous support of all athletes was definitely a highlight of the race.
I'll leave you with a couple of sayings from the Ultraman community (in good fun).
"Anything less is just a qualifier"
"If it was easy it would be called an Ironman"
A huge thank you to my crew, my wife Jodi and my friend Kathy Pisupati; without you this would not have been possible and would definitely not have been so much fun!
Craig Lamshed
August, 2018


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Indian Coast Guard conducted SAREX 2014
MI 17 Helicopter participating in the SAREX 14 off the coast of Mumbai
Indian Coast Guard, being the coordinator of the challenging task of Maritime Search and Rescue (M-SAR), conducted the 6th Search and Rescue Workshop and Exercise (SAREX-14) on 19-20 March 2014 in and around Mumbai. Events spanning over two days, comprised of Search and Rescue (SAR) Workshop (Table Top Exercise) conducted on 19 March 2014 followed by Search and Rescue Exercise conducted at sea off Mumbai on 20 March 2014. A total of 21 international observers form 10 maritime nations witnessed the exercise. Besides this, members of National Maritime Search and Rescue (NMSAR) Board from various central and state departments, resources agencies and other maritime stake holders also participated in the exercise. The SAR Workshop and Exercise assumes significance in the wake of past SAR operations like rescue of crew of MV Mol Comfort which broke into two portions about 900 Nautical Miles way from Indian west coast in June 2013 and rescue of MV Asian Express which sank 90 Nautical Miles off Minicoy Islands in July 2013. During the exercise, the spectacular rescue demonstration by ships and aircrafts of various resource agencies showcased India's SAR capability and its commitment to safety of life in distress at sea


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This round of our poll has put Huw Jenkins, the CEO of UBS Investment Bank, up against Bob Wigley, the Chairman of Merrill Lynch, EMEA.
You can only take part in this round of the voting if you work for UBS or Merrill Lynch. All previous votes have been discounted, so you can vote again this round.
As both firms are in the same voting rank, it's a straight forward fight. The man with the most votes as at midnight GMT Thursday, 15th December will go through to the next round.
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The Rainbow Flag Award is a quality assurance framework for schools, primary and secondary. Through a process of self-assessment and ongoing monitoring and feedback, schools will determine how well they are providing safe and supportive environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) students, taking a whole school approach. This year Moorside Primary school has applied to work towards achieving "The Rainbow Flag Award".
The award will focus on six key areas:
At Moorside we feel that it is our duty to equip our children with the knowledge and skills they will need for life in modern day Britain, which is why we have applied to become a part of the award. We feel it is important to create a safe environment for any of our pupils, staff or families that may identify as LGBT and also provide positive education around LGBT topics.
If you would like further information or support, please contact school to speak to either Miss D. Howarth, Mrs M. Floodgate or Miss L. Drinkwater.
We are working in partnership with The Proud Trust, if you would like to explore their services please click the link.
For further advice, information and support
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*adapted from a 2014 post, because we had problems back then too*
Feeling depressed because DONALD TRUMP LITERALLY BECAME THE PRESIDENT? Us too. Blah. Now what?
Enter: Listicle.
Look, it's easy to feel like the task of changing the country's course is too enormous to fit into your million-hour work week. You're not wrong. Work is boring, math is hard, days have limited numbers of hours, etc. But listen haters, it's also unfair, especially to young voters, to cede to depression and pretend nothing can't be done to un-Trump the presidency, un-sweep the Senate, un-idiocize the House, and return America's statehouses to thought-thinking people. America has a brilliantly designed, resilient form of government. The catch is that you can only see the possibilities if you're paying attention.
With that cheerleading out of the way, we'll be the first to admit that determining which concrete steps you can take to affect change is a difficult task. Everything seems so…hard. Fortunately, there are a lot of little ways to contribute that don't require a trust fund/schedule completely unencumbered by the need to work/being yelled at by a power-hungry psuedo-boss that you aren't even being paid to listen to.
So…don't get mad, don't get depressed, don't start stress-eating, just TAKE ACTION.
- Don't be the idiot that can't vote. Register. Many states now allow you to do it online, or better yet, on your smartphone. Think of the fun! You can register while holding up the whole line at Starbucks! However and wherever you choose to do it, registering to vote is super quick and easy. Click here to find out more.
- Don't be the idiot that didn't vote. Vote in every election, even if it's an off-year and nothing splashy is on the ballot. It's fun and you get a sticker! (Also, you get the satisfaction of knowing you did the bare minimum you could as a citizen.) If you don't like your choices, you can always vote for a third party or write somebody in.
- Don't be the idiot whose BFF or mom didn't vote. Be your community's vote captain. Make sure your friends and family are registered to vote and show up at the polls on election day. If they aren't doing this, pepper them with links to voter registration info and tell them where their polling places are. Make them a cheat sheet if they need one. Bothering people is super fun, so that's a bonus! We make it a point to ensure that even our conservative friends vote. The more invested they are in the process, the more of a chance we have to make them listen to us pontificate at length about our views. This makes them less vote less horribly and makes us feel good about ourselves. Win/Win.
- Don't be the idiot who doesn't know what's going on. Spend some time every day reading, watching, or listening to the news. (OMG, you know what could totally help you with this? Listening to our podcast!) Knowing what's going on is how you avoid being the idiot who says "I'm not voting because I don't know about what's going on." People of all ages say this every election. This is 100% the worst excuse for not voting that has ever been created. It's the "my dog ate my homework" of election season. Being up on current events won't take up much of your time, plus a lot of people you think are boring are actually making really hilarious current events jokes you just don't get. That's sad for you.
- Don't be the idiot who doesn't know which candidates and parties represent their views. Do your research. If you voted for ballot propositions raising the minimum wage or legalizing marijuana, then also voted for Republican candidates up and down the ballot, you probably messed that up. Think this sounds bonkers? Then why does it happen ALL OVER the country? There's no answer that could possibly make sense. Stop doing this.
- Don't be the idiot who's afraid to say what you think. Talk about current events with your friends and family all year. Don't buy into the idea that talking about the political issues that impact your life is rude (plus, who cares about being rude? You're a millennial. Everyone thinks you're rude already). Always be as respectful and courteous as possible, but challenge everybody to be as informed as you are.
- Be the friend that keeps your circle informed. Do the research so other people don't have to. Be a source of election information, help people identify candidates and causes, and make sure they get to the polls. At the very least, make sure everybody you know can connect with at least one issue. Being invested in something - literally anything - makes people infinitely more likely to vote.
- Be the friend that knows what the voter ID laws are in your state. This is big! Sure, we want to overturn those unconstitutional restrictions, but first we want to make sure that they don't stop voters in the short term. Take some responsibility for your community. Make sure your neighbors, friends, and family know the rules and help them get whatever ID is required well before the election.
- Be the friend who is involved EARLY IN THE PRIMARY PROCESS. We can't stress how important this is. We're hearing many stories from across the country about how people weren't excited about their party's candidates. Guess what, YOU get to pick the candidates. If you get involved in this process early, maybe you'll wind up with an exciting primary race that prevents a boring stodgy-type from being the Democratic candidate which will then prevent a wingnut from being the winner which might THEN prevent the world's most insane Republicans from taking over every chamber of government. It's like dominoes, people.
- Be the friend that knows how to contact your Congressmen and Senators. Hold your representatives accountable! You and everybody you know can call, email, or visit them at any time regarding any issue. (Yes, you can visit! Their offices are open to the public!) And for all of you who think that sounds like way too much work, or that making phone calls is so 1999, there's a fancy app that makes it totally mindless. Hooray technology!!
- Be the friend that knows where people should donate. Do we think there's too much money in politics? Of course! But we all know there are lazy rich people who just want to throw money at the problem, right? They aren't exactly building a movement, but you can at least tell them WHERE to throw the money so that it goes to the best causes. Plus, what's more fun than spending other people's money for them?!
- Get involved in an issue. If connecting one person you know to an issue helps at the polls, imagine if you connected hundreds? If you care about politics but feel overwhelmed at the thought of fixing everything at once, focus on a cause you care about - raising the minimum wage, protecting gay rights, student loan debt relief, supporting women's rights, protecting the environment, etc. Whatever you do, pair it with the steps above and you'll be giving your favorite local political candidates a boost even as you work towards smaller, more do-able goals. There are lots of ways to get involved. You can volunteer with major non-profit organizations, but you can just as easily start your own group that connects people in your community or on the web. If you're feeling lost, check back soon for our series on how to start a community group!
- Join your local Democratic Club (or that of your preferred party), even if your politics don't align perfectly with theirs. Those clubs seem unappealing because they're plagued by boring meetings and filled with stodgy insiders, but they are the ultimate way to affect party policy from the ground up. Also, many local political candidates come out of regional clubs, so if you're interested in running for office this is a great place to network (by the way, YOU can run for office. Just this week West Virginia elected an 18 y/o to their statehouse. We can almost guarantee you have more valid experience than she does.) Either way, your presence will help your local party leadership learn about the priorities of voters like you. They probably need to hear from younger, more progressive, and/or more interesting people, they just don't know it!
- Didn't like the stodgy insider-y old person political club you tried joining? Start your own! You don't need much to do it. Just create a website and social media presence, then blog about issues and publish endorsements. Since you're a motivated, informed person, people should probably be voting like you anyway, right? As you connect local constituents, you can get them involved in campaigning for your candidates at election time or use your group's network to run your own candidates.
Many of the old-fashioned ways of contributing to the political process sound really unappealing. After a long day at the cubicle-farm, volunteering to do menial tasks for some giant, semi-corrupt political party isn't on our agenda either. But you have the internet, right? A mind? Great You have everything you need to do some doing!
Learn from the Occupy model. Anybody can start something. Get involved locally, take advantage of any web-based or social media skills you have, and set practical goals. Start a website to advocate for something you care about, run a candidate for local office, or organize your neighbors to help stave off runaway development. Reach for the stars! Scale that mountain! Use more exclamation points! (And millennials, don't let them tell you that you're useless! Use this old HuffPo piece of Lila's for inspiration!)
Once in the midst of an attack of Bush-era doldrums, a certifiable genius who will remain unnamed said to us: "Nothing can't be undone." Politically, there is always a (potentially annoying, frustratingly slow) way to fix things. Focusing on that is better than focusing on how terrible everything seems at present. It also prevents us from being too blinded by depression to see the good things. We're having serious national discussions and seeing real action about a lot of things we didn't used to hear about. Things like raising the minimum wage, abolishing ICE, single-Payer Healthcare, and income inequality. We didn't used to talk about those things, let along build movements around them. Momentum is never all positive or all negative. Find a way to ride the positive action wave no matter how terrible things seem.
So, in summary:
-Educate yourself on issues that will define the next cycle
-Educate others on issues that will define the next cycle. This includes being the vote captain for your family, your office, and your community.
-Help the Democratic Party find and support better candidates early in the process
-Do anything you can to encourage voter turnout, especially for young voters and especially during primary season
-Don't be too depressed to recognize victories when they come
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Happy Birthday, Matthew Flinders/
Most Americans are not familiar with the British navigator, explorer and cartographer, Matthew Flinders. He was the first to circumnavigate Australia and chart its coast and offshore islands. When I asked our good cruising friend, John Lewis of Active Transport, to write a guest post, Matthew Flinders was his topic of choice … a propos … March 16th is Flinder's birthday. Thanks, John. In deference to our Aussie friends who celebrate the 16th before our friends in the USA, we're posting this a day early.
by John Lewis, s/y Active Transport
As so often seems to happen, my discovery of Matthew Flinders and his interesting life was a total accident. I was in Australia on a business trip and had a weekend to kill. Wandering through downtown Melbourne on a Saturday afternoon, I stumbled upon a roving museum exhibit on the life of Captain Matthew Flinders. The price was right (free), so I checked it out.
When I was a teenager, someone had given me a copy of "The American Practical Navigator" (aka Bowditch) which was the fundamental text book used at the American Naval Academy. In the chapter on compass correction, there was mention of something called Flinder's bars that, I subsequently learned, during my fortuitous museum visit, were invented by Matthew Flinders to help correct for the compass deviations that are introduced when a ferrous metal (magnetic) ship heels, but its compass card stays level. The metal causing deviations in the compass was moving around the compass card, so the deviation was always changing. Devising a solution to this problem was a major contribution as ship building was transitioning from wood to iron. Until I saw the Melbourne museum exhibit, I did not even realize that Flinders was a person. I guess I thought "flinders" was a nautical term that might be used in an expression like "shiver me flinders".
The more I learned about Matthew Flinders the more impressed I became. Captain Flinders was an extremely talented cartographer and explorer who would have probably been as famous as Captain Cook, if Flinders had only managed to avoid the fatal mistake of dying young.
Captain Matthew Flinders only lived to be 40 years old. He spent seven years of his short life in a French prison on Mauritius and yet he still managed to leave a stunning legacy. Among other things Captain Matthew Flinders was responsible for:
- The first publication on the use of a barometer in forecasting weather at sea
- The use of the previously mentioned "Flinder's bars" and other techniques for compass deviation compensation
- Demonstrating that Tasmania was an island separate from Australia
- First European navigator to circumnavigate Australia and prove it to be a continent
- Charting Australian waters, in the late 18th century, so accurately that the allies were still using his charts in WWII.
- Applying the name "Australia" to the continent
- Came up with the name "Great Barrier Reef" (and ran aground on it)
- Immortalized his cat, "Trim" in one of his three books
Matthew Flinders was born in Donnington, Lincolnshire, England on March 16, 1774 into a family of surgeons. It is thought that the family name derived from the fact that they were immigrants from Flanders.
It was his father's intent that his son would follow in his father's and grandfather's footsteps and become a surgeon, but Matthew's reading of Daniel DeFoe's "Robinson Crusoe" set his ambitions on a completely different track. Eventually his father acquiesced and Flinders' career in the Royal Navy was launched. He was 15 at the time.
As he worked his way up through the ranks, he became the protege of Sir Joseph Banks who had served as Captain's Cook's naturalist on early voyages of discovery. He saw service against the French Navy while serving on the Bellerophon and also was an officer on Captain Bligh's second bread-fruit voyage. Bligh wrote that Flinders was a talented and capable cartographer and apparently gave him responsibility for navigation and cartography on the voyage. If Flinders had started a mutiny, perhaps he would have had a more prominent place in history
Captain Flinders made three voyages to Australia which was in the process of being developed as a British penal colony ... as far away from England as anyone could come up with.
On his second voyage he was joined by his friend, George Bass, and the two of them explored the coast of Australia, south of Sydney in a small open boat named "Tom Thumb".
Flinders named the Bass strait between Tasmania and Australia after his friend. Interestingly, he never named any of his discoveries after himself although he did apply the family name to one location, but it was in honor of his brother.
It was on his third voyage that Flinders circumnavigated Australia during which time he produced most of his excellent charts.
His ship at that time was in poor shape, so he talked the Governor of the colony into giving him an old ship to sail back to England in hopes of getting the Navy to give him a new ship to continue his explorations. He unfortunately lost his ship on the Great Barrier Reef and left his crew on an island while he sailed back to Sydney for another ship.
The second ship he talked the governor into giving him was in poor shape but Flinders was in no position to be too demanding, so he took it and sailed back to pick up his crew, and sailed into the Indian Ocean. About three quarters of the way across the Indian Ocean, his ship was was no longer sailable. He made port in Mauritius in hopes of making necessary repairs. Unfortunately, Mauritius was French at the time and France and England were once again at war. Flinders and his crew were taken prisoner.
This is where Flinders really screwed up. Instead of graciously accepting the French island's commandant's wife's invitation to dinner, he blatantly refused to socialize with them until his demands for better treatment for his crew were met. He was, after all, a British officer. The French were not impressed. The commandant promptly lost all interest in being nice and, instead of making a decision himself, wrote to Paris for instructions on what to do about Flinders.
Since Flinders was an officer he was not kept in a cell. He was allowed to live with a French family on a plantation and was even given his charts and papers to work on in his captivity. His crew was released years earlier and had returned to England, but Flinders continued to pay for his pompous shenanigans until the wheels of French bureaucracy finally issued an order for his release. I find it interesting to think about Flinders spending seven years confined to life on a plantation on an island … which is exactly how Napoleon ended his days on St Helena a few years later.
Flinders returned to England and barely lived long enough to publish his two books on his Australian explorations. The powers at the Royal Navy vetoed Flinders' wish to use his name of "Australia" in the title and insisted that the name "Terra Australis" be used. He died in poverty. The Royal Navy was not very appreciative of his contributions and did not provide him a pension to live on.
Captain Flinders died at the age of 40 and spent seven years in captivity on Mauritius. He joined the navy when he was 15 which only left him with a career that spanned 18 years to accomplish such a great deal.
The Royal Navy declined to provide Flinders' widow with a pension, but the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria got together and provided a pension which she used to raise their daughter, Anne. The Australian government understood the magnitude of Flinders' contributions. His daughter, Anne, married William Petrie and had a son they named William Matthew Flinders Petrie.
William and Anne Petrie's son went on to become one of the most famous of the British Egyptologists during the period of intense exploration that took place during the latter part of the 19th century. If you Google "Matthew Flinders" you have to look closely at the "hits" you get back or you can find yourself being led into the complex world of archeological exploration … not that the subject is such a horrible briar patch to wander into. Flinders-Petrie donated his grandfather's papers to the library in Sydney in 1926.
It is interesting that the pension that the Australian government saw fit to bestow on the wife of Captain Flinders came back to England in the form of a distinguished scholar. Who knows what would have become of Anne if Australia had not stepped up to the plate with the pension?
Alas, the story of William Matthew Flinders Petrie is not all sweetness and light. He was well known for his pro-eugenics positions on the evolution of the Egyptian civilization. He could not accept the widely held view that the Egyptian civilization had developed from African roots. He was a racist.
This brief summary of the life of Captain Matthew Flinders should only serve to whet your appetite for learning more about this amazing individual, so I will provide a few starting points for those who wish to pursue the subject.
There is a lot of excellent information available for free as e books on www.gutenberg.org. The works of Captain Flinders' grandson also show up there, so make sure you are getting the books you want when you download them.
Ernest Scott, an historian at the University of Melbourne, wrote an excellent biography of Matthew Flinders called "The Life of Matthew Flinders" This book is available for free on the Gutenberg site. It was written in the early 1900s, so its copyright has long since expired.
Flinders' own books on his Australian explorations called "A Voyage to Terra Australis with Accompanying Atlas Volumes One and Two" are also available on the Gutenberg site for free.
I entertained myself for a few evenings, while we were anchored on the Great Barrier Reef, by pulling up Flinders' books on my Kindle while comparing his charted positions against our electronic charts on the nav computer. His positions were always very close which is all the more impressive when you realize that he did not have a chronometer (timepiece). All of his celestial navigation was done by the method of lunar distances.
"My Love Must Wait" by Ernestine Hill revolves around the fact that the Royal Navy's policies forced Flinders to leave his wife behind when he sailed off on his voyages of discovery. I was never able to find this book in an electronic format, but was very fortunate that an Australian friend found a copy on line and made a gift of the book. The friend who made the generous gift of the book was surprised that I knew who Captain Matthew Flinders was. Many present-day Australians don't have a clue about who Flinders was.
One other book of interest, "Matthew Flinders' Cat", is by Australian author Bryce Courtenay. It is not about Flinders, but rather a mystery story in which a statue of Matthew Flinders' cat, Trim, features prominently. Many years after the statue of Flinders was erected outside the library in Sydney, a bronze statue of his cat was added below the statue of Flinders. Trim, by the way, was named after the butler in the novel "Tristram Shandy". The words on the plaque on Trim's statue were written by Flinders himself …
The best and most illustrious of his race.
The most affectionate of friends,
faithful of servants,
and best of creatures.
He made the tour of the globe, and a voyage to Australia,
which he circumnavigated, and was ever the
delight and pleasure of his fellow voyagers.
If you're interested in more about Matthew Flinders, I would suggest starting with this Wikipedia article.


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We are a performance-driven people, which means we're also a budgeted people. 16 hours — 1 hour of commute, 1 for eating, 9 for work, .5 for Netflix, 1 hour for devotions, and brushing our teeth in the car. We've got fifteen minutes here and there. Busy. Hey, wanna get coffee? Obviously: I'm busy. It's who we are. Money's tight. Time's sparse. Energy's low. We keep the fixes in our pockets, endless easy helps and hacks. Financial advisor. Scheduling app. Caffeine. What about exercise? Must make time for that too. Google: "Lose fat fast." The stomachs of our souls grumble with the question: How can I do the most, and be the best, as fast as possible?
And if we're not busy, it sends us and the people we want to impress a clear message: failure. You're not busy? You must be lazy. A loser. We wouldn't say it, but we behave that way. Ever take out your phone and flip through it in a waiting room, just to look like you're busy? To be bored was once an inconvenience — now it's treated like cancer: something to be treated at any expense, with whatever means.
The human race has never had such meticulously measured self-understanding. Mile time. IQ. EQ. INTJ. Bench press. Body fat percentage. What's your Enneagram number? Hours slept. Time wasted. Dollars saved. Percentage yielded. All these metrics give us a way to grade the success of our busyness. We break from all the labor to log into Facebook — How do I compare? We're insecure. Wow, they're so busy. I wish I was that busy.
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How to Repair Vinyl Sheet Flooring
Gather your tools: Patch cut from scrap of vinyl flooring, masking tape, utility knife, putty knife, pencil, floor adhesive, T-square, mineral spirits, rags, rolling pin.
Be sure that the patch is larger than the damaged area.
Tape your patch over the damaged area, matching the pattern exactly.
The tape ensures that the scrap won't slip.
Use the T-square to draw a square on the patch; make this square slightly larger than the damaged area.
If possible, use the pattern on the vinyl to minimize the visibility of cut edges.
Cut through both layers of vinyl at once, the scrap and the flooring.
Use the straight edge of the T-square as a cutting guide.
Remove the patch and damaged vinyl.
Use the putty knife to get under the old vinyl flooring.
Use mineral spirits to soften the old adhesive on the floor.
Mineral spirits work great to dissolve the adhesive.
Scrape away the old adhesive.
Use your putty knife or a scraper to scrape away the gooey adhesive.
Double-check the pattern and the fit, trimming as needed.
Before you apply adhesive, double check the pattern and position of the patch. Trim with a knife and sandpaper to adjust the fit.
Trowel on some adhesive to the new patch.
Coat the underside of the patch with adhesive.
Put the patch in place.
Be sure to get the tile positioned just right.
Wipe up excess adhesive off the seams.
A rag dampened with mineral spirits will clean up any adhesive around the edges of the tile.
Roll the patch with the rolling pin.
Press hard as you roll the pin to get rid of any trapped air pockets, which can cause the patch to lift up.
Clean up excess adhesive.
Dirt, pet hair, and more will stick to any bit of residual adhesive, so clean thoroughly.


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Bulletin of the American Physical Society
51st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics
Volume 54, Number 15
Monday–Friday, November 2–6, 2009; Atlanta, Georgia
Session UP8: Poster Session VIII: Alternates; Turbulence, Transport, and Stability; Space and Astrophysical Plasmas
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Room: Grand Hall East
Abstract ID: BAPS.2009.DPP.UP8.122
Abstract: UP8.00122 : Strategies for Observing Self-excitation in the Madison Dynamo Experiment
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N.Z. Taylor
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
C.B. Forest
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
E.J. Kaplan
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
R.D. Kendrick
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
A.M. Rasmus
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Features of the PTI Program for Residents
One bedroom apartment, two meals a day, electricity, water, heating, trash, wifi internet, cable, landline, and access to on-site laundry rooms
PLUS access to on-site staff 24/7 when needed.
All residents are invited to planned activities several times a month including on-site and off-site activities.
One Bedroom Apartment
Each resident receives on-site apartment style room and board. Each apartment has a combined kitchenette and living room area, one bedroom, a bathroom with standing shower, and a large walk-in closet. Each apartment has 2 entrances; one in the interior hallway and a private entrance that leads to the outside with a patio. Apartment walls can be painted (but must be returned to original color upon moving out). The apartment comes with a small refrigerator and can be furnished however the resident wishes (see photo below for some examples).
Each day, PTI residents can choose 2 meals from Stow Glen. Breakfast is self-serve from 7:00am - 9:00am. Lunch is served at 11:30pm. Dinner is served 4:50pm. If a resident is not home for a lunch or dinner, it can be held by a staff member and picked up in the PTI refrigerator. Stow Glen has a set menu that changes every week. If a resident would like something different than what is being served, they may order from the anytime menu. See examples below. On weekday evenings, all residents and the RA on duty meet in the Stow Glen dining hall and enjoy their dinner together. On weekends, all residents meet for lunch and dinner with the RA on duty.
On-site Activities
Every month, PTI plans several activities right here at Stow Glen that provide opportunities for socialization and learning. Resident Advisors are always thinking of engaging, fun and creative ideas for activities. Just to name a few, over the years we have done campfires, basketball games, gardening, movie nights, cooking activities, holiday door decoration, sports watch parties, game nights, car washes for Relay for Life, ice cream socials with the seniors at Stow Glen, scavenger hunts, yard games, karaoke nights, dance parties, team building exercises, Zumba Fitness, yoga, an annual live nativity scene, walking groups, seasonal crafts such as mother's/father's day gifts and scarecrows, and so much more!
Off-site Activities
Every once in a while, the group has the opportunity to go off-site for activities. PTI provides the planning, staffing, and transportation to and from. Some of the many off-site activities the group has done include, a Cleveland Cavaliers game, Waterworks Park, Halloween in Downtown Kent, The Chapel in Green's Prom, Kent State University, Beckwith Orchard, Hartville Flea Market, Aurora Community Theater, hiking and swimming at West Branch State Park, Castle Noel, playing basketball and swimming at Kent State Wellness Center and Cuyahoga Falls Natatorium, Wagon Trails, back yard camping, going to movies and restaurants, bowling on New Year's Eve, high school football and hockey games, Akron Rubber Ducks games, and so much more!
We are constantly encouraging the residents to engage in off-site opportunities on their own. Part of becoming an adult planning your own recreation and leisure time. Staff will let residents know of opportunities in the community that they can part in. We are fortunate to have the availability of PARTA's Dial-A-Ride service. Eligible residents can arrange a ride from Stow Glen to several locations in the Stow/Kent/Ravenna areas during certain hours. Staff is available to assist residents in making these calls, helping with time management, and planning logistics. Residents can take advantage of "Plan Your Weekend"s which are weekends intentionally left open so that residents are encouraged to come up with ideas based on their interests.
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We asked our residents a variety of questions about living independently, their apartments, living at Stow Glen, activities at PTI, and the PTI program as a whole.
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-Brian Booth
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On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Davy Van Deursen <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Hi David, > > On 21/03/2011 15:55, David Singer wrote: >> >> Guys >> >> I am not sure that 'named' is really a dimension. >> >> I understand focusing on time; focusing on a spatial area; and focusing on >> tracks. These are indeed orthogonal axes. >> >> But you use names to focus on a section, which seems to be a named >> time-subpart. >> >> Specifically, can I use names for subsetting in any of the dimensions? If >> I have a track called 'fred', are these equivalent? >> >> http://www.example.com/thing#track=fred >> http://www.exampke.com/thing#id=fred >> >> Would it not be cleaner to allow selection by name on any of the three >> axes (i.e. named timed periods, named spacial regions, named tracks)? > > To me, 'named' can be seen as a kind of virtual dimension, which points to a > combination of any of the three "real" dimensions (i.e., time, spatial, or > track). The mapping between a named fragment and a combination of time, > spatial, or track is left to the application. > > So for example: #id=fred_low could correspond to > #t=10,20&track=low&xywh=20,20,30,30. It is of course not required to combine > all dimensions: #t=30,40 could for example correspond to #id=blooper. > Similarly, #track=fred could correspond to #id=fred if this is defined > within the application; but as I said, the mapping is out of scope of the MF > spec. I typically use #id to reference chapters, which are a subpart of the time dimension. I'm currently dealing with a demo where I use WebVTT chapters to navigate a video. It would be really nice if the browser would just understand video.ogv#chapter2 and I wouldn't have to use script to set the currentTime to the chapters2 start and catch the ontimeupdate event to test if I've already gone beyond the end of the chapter2 to stop playback. OTOH, this feature is not urgently needed compared to the temporal and track dimensions. If I could just convert the label to a time range through script and then do the media fragment addressing with #t, that would help a lot, too. Silvia.Received on Friday, 6 May 2011 04:51:24 UTC
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Katie was utterly thrilled to have been invited to sing as part of a worship group for the filming of Songs of Praise from Holy Trinity Platt church earlier in the month! 8 hymns and worship songs were recorded as part of filming, and will be aired across 8 different episodes of the programme, the first of which will be shown on Sunday 2nd July.
BBC Radio Lancashire
Katie was thrilled to be invited to perform on the Sally Naden and Brett Davison show on BBC Radio Lancashire earlier in June. She performed a cover of Magnetic Fields' 'The Book of Love' as well as 'Only Thing on My Mind' from her debut EP, 'Home'. Listen here if you missed it!


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No panic for Coolen
Openly admitting last Friday night's loss to Brisbane Roar was unacceptable, Adelaide United coach Rini Coolen insists it is not panic stations at the Reds as they look to turn their fortunes around.
Openly admitting last Friday night-s loss to Brisbane Roar was unacceptable, Adelaide United head coach Rini Coolen insists it is not panic stations at the Reds as they look to turn their fortunes around.
Coolen was on the front foot today to face the criticism following the carnage of the Reds- 7-1 defeat to the league leaders. Addressing the media after the Reds returned to training for the first time since Friday-s forgettable night at Suncorp, the Reds boss did not shy away from the scale of the loss and his team-s inability to stop a first half Roar onslaught.
"If you look at the game in Brisbane, of course you-re very disappointed with a result like that. I-ve never had that before in my life as a coach, conceding so many goals in just 10 minutes…so in that way the game was only on for 30 minutes…and it definitely was not necessary," Coolen said.
"We have to move on…we-re definitely not making any excuses for that, but we have to take that on board and be professional and do our work and change the way we-ve started the season because we-ve had a very bad season so far."
From the time Henrique scored the Roar-s equaliser from the penalty spot, it all started to quickly unravel for United and Coolen admitted his side have some way to go before they can match the Roar.
"At that stage the team was not doing the right things so we conceded the second goal and then the gaps were getting bigger and bigger, we were losing our shape and we lost the game in 10 minutes because they scored four goals through individual mistakes and poor defending in the box," Coolen said.
"The real story is that there-s a big gap between Brisbane and the rest of the teams, including Adelaide United."
Despite occupying ninth position on the table with just one win from four games, Coolen maintains he will not be taking any drastic measures as the Reds try to find a winning formula.
"I prefer not to panic because if I panic then what can I ask of the players? It-s a period where you find out about people around you, in and out of the club, which mentality they have, and that-s something you have to handle as a coach…we have to move on and have confidence in the people around us and solve problems. It-s not easy but that-s our job," Coolen said.
But while Coolen-s emphasises the importance for the club to stay united, he did not rule out the possibility of changes for Friday-s crucial home game against Melbourne Heart in what is a chance for the Reds to redeem themselves.
"Especially in this A-League and the way we prefer to play, we have to improve in a lot of things. We-re not happy because as a team we are not doing well at the moment, so we have to make some decisions," Coolen said.
"After a game like that (against Brisbane) and again not having the result you want, you have to consider a few things, especially when there are people knocking on the door at training and in the Youth Team, that-s for us to think about and for us to consider this week."


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Out-of-form Marco Fu turns up at the UK Championship and stuns the world number one and tournament favourite.
|Picture by Monique Limbos
Don't get me wrong, this was far from vintage. It was a scrappy match but, that won't matter even an inch to Fu who from nowhere is now back at the right end of a ranking tournament.
Marco will be the first to admit his form over the last 12 months has been turbulent. He rediscovered some quality to see off Stuart Bingham in round one but relied on his ability to scrap and take advantage of a poor Selby to win tonight.
The Jester from Leicester, who prides himself on his consistency, will be disappointed with his display for it was way short of what he produced in an opening round whitewash against Ryan Day.
Although his defeat will scupper many fans' bets, it does mean the race for this title is blown completely wide open.
Selby, who is a little like Mr Reliable, was looking like a safe bet to lift the trophy as others around him were flicking in and out of form.
Now, it's a case of take your pick.
Despite his troubles, we shouldn't forget Marco made the UK Championship final just three years ago and is still a classy player.Well played!


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CLASS DESCRIPTION: In this class you will learn the techniques to create a beautiful edible floral bouquet -- of cupcakes. You will build the bouquet base and learn basic buttercream piping techniques that can be transferred to decorating a cake or other baked treats.
LOCATION: Niche Creative Studio 4706 Common St, Lake Charles, LA 70607
COST: $40 All supplies included


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br>I had built a few other LFO's, but I wanted one with a fairly clean sine wave output, every time I needed a sine wave, I had to dedicate one of my main oscillators to the task. I was looking at building Thomas Henry's vco with the XR2206, and while perusing the data sheet, I thought, "this would make a great LFO", so I went and designed one, it works perfectly, the sine wave output is almost perfect, the square wave out is a bit distorted, but not to bad.
It also has controls for the frequency (3 ranges) and amplitude so, for instance, you can set up some tremolo on a patch and dial in the speed to your liking, and set the amplitude (amount) to be barely discernible to almost overpowering.
I am now working on version 2 of the board, and will be adding voltage control for the frequency and amplitude. br> br>
br>Does it go into audio range? I'm guessing yes, but I want to be sure.
With Freq and Amp control, and decent 1v/oct tracking, this thing would be a cool utility VCO - with a nice sine, maybe an FM modulator - is this realistic? br> br>
br>Frequency range is approx 1 cycle every 15 seconds to 1 KHZ.
Thomas Henry already did a nice VCO with the 2206, I'm actually looking at a VCO based around the 8038.
I've never done a VCO design before, so I'll have to do some more experimenting on the 1v/octave scaling. br> br>
br>Whoah, were you able to find a good source for the ICL8038 or are you using the NTE version?
I like how you get more outputs with the 8038, but the range is better on the 2206. One of these days I want to dink around with the 2206 and see what can be done about the number of waveforms at a time... br> br>
br>Well scrap the idea of the 8038, I have a dozen or so here, but when I checked with my supplier, the price has gone up to 4 times what I paid for these, and don't even think about the NTE version, even the 2206 has more than tripled in price, I have about 100 of those, but when they run out, that's probably going to be it for them to.
So I've gone back to my old oscillator design, it uses 3080's (which are also starting to get harder to find), it only has square and pulse waves out, but I built an add on module that outputs sine and triangle waves. br> br>
br>It's such a shame, isn't it, how all the useful components keep disappearing?
I see you have the same opinion of NTE as I; does anyone know who they really are or where/who actually manufactures their chips? I know that their pots are made by Precision. I don't think they actually do any manufacturing...
I keep wanting to play around with the (now Texas Instruments) OPA 86x OTAs and see if they have any use in synths at all, but the price is rather prohibitive. br> br>
br>I successfully built 2 'precision' 1V/oct triangle VCOs around the CA3080 from Thomas Henry's 3080 book. I've got them tuned fair enough to operate at 1V/octave through 3 or 4 bass range octaves.
Outside of that, my original intent was to use them as VCLFOs. They're working quite well as bass VCOs too.
Once I run out of CA3080's (about 20 left), I'll see about changing the core to the LM13700. I'm sure there's a decent Triangle to Sine converter listed somewhere on the electro-music site. I prolly have one somewhere in my archives, as well. br> br>
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High 9. Rome, Italy (851.50 U.S. dollars per square foot)Italy is also a spot of art and style, so the capital of Rome's value is excessive. As the morning crush begins to subside, Alyssa exhibits me how she prepares the medical information for the following day. Data.Updated page for the scheduled procedure. Surgical procedure launch form. Cage card. And a TabBand Max animal identification collar.
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Resources to Support Incontinence Management for Residents Living in Nursing Homes
This is a resources list for incontinence management. This document provides a list of resources to support incontinence management for residents living in nursing homes. (updated 7/30/2017)View Resource
Incontinence Quality Measure Tool Flowchart
This quality measure tool is meant to assist in the proper MDS coding for low-risk residents who lose control of bowel and bladder.View Resource
Nursing Homes
- Learning and Action Network (LAN) Workshops
- Nursing Home Success Stories
- Antipsychotic Medication Reduction
- Care Coordination
- All-Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes
- Consistent Assignment
- Facility Assessment Tool
- Five-Star Quality Rating System
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- Incontinence
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- Newsletter Archive
- Nursing Home CDI Initiative
- Nursing Home Training Sessions
- Peer Coach Training
- Person Centered Care
- Physical Restraints
- Pressure Ulcers
- Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement (QAPI) Resources
- SNF Quality Reporting Program
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- The Partnership to Improve Dementia Care
- Our Team
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When: november
Where: Shiley Theater
Our Mission
The University of San Diego Chapter of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity is dedicated to raising both awareness and money for Rady Children's Hospital by co-hosting the Almost Famous talent show with the Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Almost Famous is an opportunity for the USD community to come together for a night of entertainment and charity through the arts of dance, music, comedy, and fun while at the same time aiding those in need.
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Blueberry Sauce
This instant blueberry sauce is so easy and a great way of adding oomph to yoghurt, pancakes or eggy bread (examples). It's embarrassingly easy to make, which as a time poor mum is needed. You can of course use other types of frozen berries (raspberries are great too). Using frozen berries is so much less expensive.
cooking time 10 mins approx
frozen or fresh blueberries (100 per person)
a little water
Just take some frozen or fresh blueberries, add a little water. Heat gently, let the blueberries burst and the sauce thicken to a consistency you like. Then cool and serve.
So easy and no added sugar!


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For 140 years, scientists' understanding of language comprehension in the brain came from individuals with stroke.
Based on language impairments caused by stroke, scientists believed a single area of the brain—a hotdog-shaped section in the temporal lobe of the left hemisphere called Wernicke's region—was the center of language comprehension. Wernicke's was thought to be responsible for understanding the meaning of single words and sentences, two separate and critical functions.
But scientists have updated and redrawn the traditional brain map of language comprehension based on new research with individuals who have a rare form of dementia that affects language, primary progressive aphasia (PPA).
The new research shows word comprehension is actually located in a different brain neighborhood—the left anterior temporal lobe, a more forward location than Wernicke's. And sentence comprehension turns out to be distributed widely throughout the language network, not in a single area as previously thought.
The paper was published in the journal Brain.
"This provides an important change in our understanding of language comprehension in the brain," says lead study author Marek-Marsel Mesulam, a neurology professor and director of Northwestern University's Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center.
Knowing where language comprehension is located offers a more precise target for future therapies that could potentially protect or restore language function.
Strokes cut off blood supply to regions of the brain and cause destruction of both neurons and fiber pathways passing through that region.
In the 1870s, a scientist named Carl Wernicke observed a specific region damaged by stroke and resulting language impairments. This area, consequently named Wernicke's region, was identified as the seat of language comprehension.
"People who had strokes that affected Wernicke's region couldn't explain what a word such as umbrella meant," Mesulam says. "Secondly, they had difficulty understanding sentence construction.
"If you said, 'Put the apple on top of the book,' even if they understood the meaning of apple and book, they wouldn't be able to carry out the command because they can't understand the construction of the sentence."
But Mesulam, the world's leading expert in PPA, for years had been puzzling over the fact that his PPA patients with damage in Wernicke's area did not have the word comprehension impairment seen in stroke patients. They still understood individual words. And their sentence comprehension was inconsistent; some understood sentences; some didn't.
"It was becoming clear over the many years I saw these patients that there was some disconnect between what textbooks said and what we saw in our patients," Mesulam says. "We did this study to analyze the discrepancy. The view of brain as seen from stroke did not match the view of the brain when seen from PPA."
He and colleagues began a study of PPA patients, conducting quantitative MRI imaging of their brains and testing their language.
Northwestern scientist Emily Rogalski conducted the imaging in 72 PPA patients with damage inside and outside of Wernicke's area. She measured cortex thickness in all of these areas.
Cortex thickness is an indirect measure of the number of neurons and brain health. Thinning of the cortex in PPA indicates the destruction of neurons by the disease.
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Support for marijuana legalization has enjoyed a massive boost in one the country's most conservative states.
According to a Texas Lyceum Poll, 46 percent of Texans support legalizing cannabis – a substantial increase from just a third four years ago. Public opinion in the state is still marginally opposed to a more relaxed policy on pot, with 50 percent against full legalization.
But even among those who weren't in favor of Colorado-style medical and recreational policy, 57 percent supported lighter punishments and effective decriminalization for those caught with under an ounce of pot, compared to 39 percent who favored the status quo.
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|Dimensionality and the category of major depressive episode.
|Andrews, G
Brugha, T
Thase, ME
Duffy, FF
Rucci, P
Slade, T
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|INT J METHODS PSYCHIATR RES, 2007, 16 Suppl 1, pp. S41-S51
|Major depressive episode (MDE) is a chronic disease typified by episodes that remit and recur. It is a major contributor to the burden of disease. The diagnosis of a disorder is an expert opinion that the disorder is present. The nine symptoms of MDE exist on dimensions of greater or lesser intensity, persistence over time, change in usual state, distress and impairment. It is the clinician's task to judge whether the elicited symptoms warrant the diagnosis. The surprise is that trained clinicians can do this reliably and that diagnostic interviews and questionnaires can emulate this process. The distribution of symptoms in community surveys is exponential, with no obvious discontinuity at the diagnostic threshold. Taxometric and primary care studies confirm this. The number of symptoms predicts severity, comorbidity, family history, disability, help seeking and treatment recommendations. The latent structure of mental disorders places MDE in the distress misery cluster. Measures of well-being, distress, disability and neuroticism correlate with the number of symptoms but the relation is not perfect. The Patient Health Questionnaire is derived from the diagnostic criteria and does not suffer this limitation. The introduction of measures like this would acknowledge dimensionality, would facilitate recognition, guide treatment, and be acceptable to consumers, providers and funders.
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Sunshine state get ready to light up the night because Sunset Music Festival is only a few days away! This years fourth annual SMF is almost here and bigger than ever this Memorial Day Weekend.
Disco Donnie Presents the official 2015 SMF trailer, jam packed with crazy footage from the main stage last year. Sunsetters get amped because this video is soon to be reality and who can explain it better than Academy award-winning Morgan Freeman! Grab your sunscreen, flower crowns, and fannies because you and your 60,000 other edm family members are ready to party. A limited number of tickets are still available, so secure you're spot now and we hope to see you on the dance floor real soon! Check out this years SMF trailer below!


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Tess Cook was born in Salt City, Utah 1989. She received her BFA from the University of Utah 2012.She was also awarded the Howard Clark Scholarship while attending the University. She has exhibited work at Williams Fine Art Gallery, Gittens Gallery,and at the home of the president of the University of Utah. Currently living and working in Salt Lake City.
Artist Statement
These paintings are part of a series of delectable hybrids derived from food based puns. This is my attempt to create a food that entices and repels at the same time. It represents different relationships and beliefs that we can have about and towards food.
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