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This week I finally reached the stop point of running. I'm 33 weeks and it officially hurts. I can't argue with my body it will always win even if I try to power through it. So to keep my emotions positive and to stay strong every day this week I've walked with my son in the BOB. I'm also still doing best body boot camp week 7!! It has helped a little to ease to pain.
Long and short I had to find a new home for my dog who I've had for 9 years. She is family, but my son comes first and they weren't compatible. Instead of waiting for something very bad to happen I found her a great home. Its probably the hardest thing I've ever done. I love that dog like she was my child, but I'd never forgive myself if I didn't act when I saw a possibility for serious injury.
I wish I could go for a run to heal, but I walked. It is what it is.
My 3 things:
1. Working out always helps my mood even if its just a walk.
2. I can't wait to be posting workouts on here involving 10 mi+ runs.
3. I hope all of you are having a great weekend and running and racing!!


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Thu Feb 14, 2019
Howison Library, 4–6 PM
|Philosophy Colloquium
Philip Kitcher (Columbia University)
Moral Progress
What exactly are the conditions under which individuals and societies make moral progress? I shall attempt to address this question by elaborating a framework I've presented in previous discussions of the concept of progress. An important feature of that approach is the denial of any commitment to teleology. Pragmatic progress consists in overcoming the problems and limitations of the prior state. In the moral domain, these problems are frequently hard to identify. After they have been overcome, it is sobering to reflect both on the contingency of the processes through which change occurred and on the earlier failure to recognize the problem. The main work of the lecture will be to outline a method for moral inquiry, so as to make moral progress, both for individuals and for societies, more systematic and sure-footed.


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Move Physiotherapy | Sports Physiotherapy East Fremantle, Attadale & Bicton
Sports Physiotherapy is for anybody that is injured and wants to stay active. Regardless of whether you are looking to return to playing 9 holes of golf or competing in the next ultra-marathon; we have the expertise and capabilities to enhance your musculoskeletal well-being.
At Move Physiotherapy, our physiotherapists understand the requirements of most sports and are experienced in rehabilitating these injuries. We ensure each athlete receives a thorough physical examination, evidence-based treatment and comprehensive rehabilitation program utilising our fully equipped rehabilitation gymnasiums.
Our physiotherapists work with athletes young and old to prevent and treat injuries. We aim to have you following your sporting pursuits with enhanced strength, movement and vigor!
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The sprained ankle is probably the most common injury in sports that involve rapid changes in direction or unstable surfaces, but adequate rehabilitation is often overlooked.
Swelling and periods of immobilisation can restrict your ankle range of movement, and if left untreated can create biomechanical asymmetries which can lead to further lower limb injuries. It is also important to fully regain strength and proprioception following these injuries.
ACL Injuries are an unfortunate reality in sports and can lead to a lengthy rehabilitation process. Although occasionally sustained through traumatic incidents, the majority of these injuries are non-contact and involve uncontrolled changes in direction. The incidence of ACL injuries is greater in female athletes compared to males.
Physiotherapy is a vital component in recovery from an ACL injury. Prior to the operation, your physiotherapist can guide you through acute management of your injury and if necessary, preparation for surgery. Following your surgery your physiotherapist will guide your rehabilitation to return you to sport without risk of reinjury.
Rotator cuff injuries are common in sports that involve repetitive upper limb movements such as tennis, golf and swimming. These injuries are generally predisposed by training and technique errors, too faster increases in training load and biomechanical abnormalities.
Your physiotherapist will often combine manual therapy techniques such as massage and dry needling in conjunction with appropriate exercise rehabilitation.
Patellofemoral Knee Pain Syndrome or 'Runner's Knee' is the most common cause of knee pain in the active population. The condition is often simply referred to as a patellar or knee cap maltracking disorder.
In this condition, the kneecap tracks slightly laterally to the patellofemoral groove where it should normally sit. When repetitively loaded through activities such as walking, running and even climbing stairs, it creates a friction between the underside of the kneecap on the underlying femur. This creates pain and inflammation.
The contributing factors in this condition include tightness through the quadriceps and ITB, weakness through the hamstrings, gluteal muscles and quadriceps and biomechanical faults during running. To address tightness, your physiotherapist may employ techniques such as massage or dry needling. A period of exercise rehabilitation is almost always required.
After knee pain, shin splints is the second most common lower limb complaint in the running population. This condition is characterised by a burning pain often experienced in the lower 2/3rds of the inner part of the shin. It is highly prevalent in persons who are increasing their training load or returning to running after a period of inactivity.
Treatment of this common injury often requires a comprehensive lower limb biomechanical analysis. Contributing factors often include poor foot posture (overly flat or arched feet), tightness through the calf muscles and weakness through the calves, hamstrings and gluteals.
To address this tightness your physiotherapist may utilise techniques such as massage and dry needling, in conjunction with a foam rolling home exercise program. Weaknesses can be addressed through a targeted rehabilitation program. A period of de-loading and running restriction is often required as you address these contributing factors.
Heel pain and plantar fasciitis is another common complaint in those who are increasing their training load.
NB: It is also common in those who spend a prolonged period of time on their feet throughout the day!
Risk factors for plantar fasciitis include abnormal foot posture, tightness through the calves and weakness though the posterior chain. Particularly, gluteal weakness can create a chain reaction causes internal rotation of your femur and tibia and flattens the foot during the weight bearing stage of running.
As plantar fasciitis is an overuse condition, treatment often requires a period of de-loading whilst the contributing factors are addressed. Your physiotherapist may even recommend orthotics.
Due to the high technical nature of the sport in conjunction with continuous repetitive motion, injuries are common in the rowing population. Depending on the study, lower back pain is estimated to affect between 6 and 25% of rowers. The incidence of back pain episodes is 1.67 episodes of back pain per 1,000 hours of rowing.
Risk factors for developing back pain in the rowing factors include technique faults, restriction in hip range of movement which can prevent an athlete from achieving full compression of the hips in the catch position and thereby load up the lower back muscles. Furthermore, weakness and decreased endurance through the core muscles, gluteals and lumbar extensors can also predispose lower back pain in this population.
Your physiotherapist will utilise techniques such as joint mobilisation, massage and dry needling to restore any mobility restrictions. A comprehensive exercise rehabilitation program is also required. Your physiotherapist will also work in conjunction with your rowing coach to ensure proper technique.
Furthermore, stress fractures through the ribs are a commonly reported overuse injury in rowers. The burden of this injury is that is often requires 6-8 weeks of rest, meaning it is often season ending if sustained.
The risk factors leading to this injury are not well understood, but are suggested to include training errors, rapid increases in training load and low bone mineral density. They are also more common in female athletes than their male counterparts.
It is important to be aware of the early signs of rib fractures which commonly include pain in the chest wall, pain with coughing, sneezing and deep breathing and pain on palpation. It is highly important to not 'push through' this type of pain. If detected early, stress fractures can be avoided.
The repetitive wrist motion in rowing can also lead to forearm and wrist injuries including medial and lateral epicondylalgia… or quite simply, Golfer's and Tennis elbow!
Tendinopathies are overuse or repetitive strain injuries. We have outlined the tendon pain pathology in a separate article here. These injuries will often common require a period of de-loading in addition to treatment of tight muscles which can increase compressive load onto the tendon. A strengthening program is then required to increase the load tolerance of the tendon to meet the demands of your training.
Technique faults such as gripping the oar too tightly also contribute to the development of these conditions.
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Helicopter Structure Repair Program, Part 1 Manufacturing, Inspections, Modifications and Repair of Composite and Metallic Helicopter Structure and Components. You are working in helicopter maintenance and you want to develop your knowledge and upgrade your practical skills of composites and metallic helicopter structures? With this education program you will develop knowledge and gain practical skills needed in everyday practice. Sealant Compound Application Protect your aircraft from corrosion High demands are made on today's aircraft with respect to comfort, fuel consumption, noise reduction and above all: Safety. Sealing seams and joints contributes greatly to this security. It is therefore important to train how to apply sealant compound properly Basic Metallic Aircraft Structure Manufacturing, Inspection and Repair of Metallic Aircraft Structures The sheet metal aircraft is exposed to enormous forces during take-off, flight and landing, and will get damaged. Fabrication, Inspection and Repair Level 2 In-depth Training Do you want to learn what it takes to manufacture components from lightweight sheet metal alloys? In this training you will develop practical knowledge in component manufacture, inspection and repair. Fabrication, Inspection and Repair Level 3 Focus on modifications and repairs Aircrafts requires maintenance on its structure. It is important that structural repairs are performed by well trained sheet metal workers according the best available techniques. Improper repair techniques can pose an immediate or potential danger. Fixed Wing Structure Repair Inspection and repair focused on the use of the SRM After completion of this structure course the technician is able to understand the structural repair manual and perform inspections and repairs on the aircraft structure and components. Structural Repair Manual, damage recognition, assessment and reporting Understand and Work with Aircraft Technical Documentation The course will give the participants the basic skills and confidence in how to use the Structural Repair Manual (SRM) to perform damage assessment, to select repair procedure, understand the repair method and design repairs within the limits of the Structural Repair Manual (SRM). The course includes repair case studies that require the student to determine part identification, allowable damage limits, and detail metallic and composites repair options.


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This Thursday, the BC Rugby Elite Youth Sevens Teams will compete in the third annual Canadian Rugby National U18 Sevens Championships, held at Burnaby Lake. The BC U18 Girls' Team are two-time defending champions (2016/2017), while the Boys' Team also won in 2016. The Championships will take place over three days, with round-robin pools taking place on the first day and knock out matches on Friday. The teams that qualify for the finals on Saturday will take centre stage at BC Place in front of a crowd of thousands, as part of the HSBC Canada Sevens Vancouver Tournament.
The BC Elite Youth Sevens Teams have a strong track record in this event, so expectations are high. The Girls' U18 Team, sponsored by Onni, have won the tournament for the last two years in a row and are determined to defend their title again. The Boys' U18 Team have tasted glory too, winning the tournament in its inaugural year. Last year's fourth-place finish was a disappointment to the players and this year's squad go into the games on Thursday with a point to prove.
Event Schedule
U18 Men's Schedule – Day 1 – March 8, 2018
BC Rugby vs. Ontario 1 – 12:30pm
BC Rugby vs. Alberta – 2:30pm
U18 Women's Schedule – Day 1 – March 8, 2018
BC Rugby vs. Ontario 2 – 10:22am
BC Rugby vs. Alberta – 12:30pm
BC Rugby vs. Ontario 1 – 2:30pm


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Cascade Tahitian Pearl & Saddle Brown Deer Leather Necklace
Wear a cascade of gorgeous Kamoka Tahitian pearls on this adjustable necklace made from soft, supple and strong deer leather. This statement necklace adds boho style and flair to any look.
Six 9.5 to 10.5 mm lustrous yet imperfect, light silvery round pearls dangle like a waterfall. The pearls are fixed on the leather via tension and the leather dangles down below the pearls in wisps. The chocolate-colored deer leather lace is entirely adjustable and slides through a lustrous silvery, 10.7mm pearl.
It can be worn from choker length up to 35 inches long. The cascade falls an additional 6 inches from this length.
One leather end strands are finished with two round, shimmery light silver, imperfect 9 mm pearls.
The deer leather is made in the USA using only environmentally-friendly dyes and is free of lead, mercury, formaldehyde, cadmium and other carcinogenic/hazardous chemicals.


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Exfoliation is a cardinal rule in good skin care that cannot be forsaken or forgotten. Applying moisturizer and makeup without exfoliating can be like trying to put a new outfit on while you're already wearing your old clothes. You've got to strip the old away or what you put on top is just not going to look good. The same goes for your skin. Oil, dirt, and dead skin cells will hang out on our skin if we don't force them away. We don't want to scrub so hard that we damage our skin, that's why we turn to gentle and effective products that do the work for us. Kate Somerville's Exfolikate treatment slightly tingles the skin while it works to cleanse away what doesn't belong, cleans out your pores and ultimately will leave your face feeling softer and looking brighter than before you began. With a delicate fragrance and easy application, this exfoliator is a pleasant experience with instant results.
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I love a moisturizer that is silky smooth, it is the perfect coating to nourish my skin. Moisturizing is doubly important to hydrate your skin for the day and to prevent wrinkles for the future. This moisturizer hydrates your skin while helping correct uneven skin tone, provide fullness to your skin, and provide and an irresistible glow. This moisturizer will keep your skin hydrated all day, you won't need to re-apply, but it goes on so smooth you just might just want to. Your skin will feel softer and hydrated the moment you apply and be the perfect base for whatever makeup you apply.


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On November 22, on a flight from Houston to New Orleans, I met a woman whose conversation over Thanksgiving dinner I wish I could hear. She is a lively, gregarious, self-assured but in no way overbearing grandmother—about my age, I'd guess—from Kansas City (I know about grandmothers from Kansas City, having had two of them myself).
The results from the current study add to the mounting evidence which suggests that feelings of gratitude may help people deal more effectively with the pernicious effects of stress (1).
She was travelling to New Orleans via Houston with her husband (a dapper grandfatherly type, equally pleasantly self-assured) to visit their grandchildren for Thanksgiving. They were having a good time both in the moment and in anticipation of being with their grandchildren.
November is the cruelest month (sorry, T.S., it's not April). First, there's the whole JFK thing on November 22nd —the day I (and all of my friends) first knew for sure society cannot be trusted. Three years after that, also on the 22nd, I proposed to the woman who eventually became my wife, one of the grandest missteps of both of our lives. Twenty years later on November 15, I reached the nadir of my alcoholism and began the now-25-year process of learning to live sober. Seventeen years later on November 12th, my partner died. Three years later I spent ten November days in a mental hospital, not quite on a suicide watch, but never—even in my sleep—being left alone.
Unless you are a well-adjusted grandmother heading to spend a few days with her grandchildren over the holidays, November is a cruel month.
The one hitch in the Kansas City Grandmother's travel plans was that she was not seated with her husband. They were each in a middle seat on the 737, one row apart. I know that was odd because the seat next to her was available an hour before departure time, and they gave it to someone else.
Their less-than-ideal seating arrangement on the plane didn't seem to bother them. It was, after all, a mere 70-minute trip. However, the man occupying the aisle seat next to her, almost immediately when he sat down turned to her and berated her for having her elbow too far over the armrest between them, finally saying much too loudly, "I don't want your elbow in my ribs." She answered with not a hint of anger in her voice, "I'm sure there is enough room for both of us," and moved her elbow so she was not touching him.
. . . valued activities that seem to be unrelated to the primary difficulties of life, especially activities that are self-initiated, may in fact serve the indirect function of augmenting a sense of control, placing those difficulties in a broader perspective, and offsetting the distress occasioned by them with positive experiences and emotional states (2).
On Sunday, November 20, I substituted for the organist of the large Episcopal Church I joined a year ago because I love the music—especially the organist's playing. I am not being disingenuously modest when I say that substituting for him is both daunting and a great honor. When I arrived in New Orleans, I checked my email and discovered a message from one of the church's clergy.
. . . I wanted to tell you what a great job I thought you did on Sunday. The organ and piano sounded great and your timing and tempo were perfect. Thank you for substituting for James. It's so great to have a sub that knows what they're doing! Have a blessed Thanksgiving.
The (perhaps) obvious connection between the Kansas City Grandmother and my playing the organ on Sunday is my being given the opportunity to participate in a "valued activit[y] that seem[s]to be unrelated to the primary difficulties of life."
My first difficulty getting from Dallas to New Orleans was that I went to the wrong airport. (DAL) on an itinerary confirmation means Love Field (where JFK was headed on November 22, 1963), not Dallas-Ft. Worth airport (DFW). How was I to know, having flown in and out of Dallas airports for only 17 years? That I was on the plane at all was a generous gift of Continental Airlines. It wasn't easy for them. Weather had delayed all flights in and out of Houston, and the flight with the Kansas Grandmother was the third they assigned me to.
My second primary difficulty was that all airports freak me out. I always have seizures caused by the idiotic lighting, the noise, and the general hubbub. So what, one might ask. I know what's happening, no one else does, and my seizures are in no way dangerous.
After the airline gave me the first ticket—without the normal surcharge they could have demanded for changing my ticket—because I was so upset, I called a friend whose advice I often rely on. He told me that, rather than being upset, I should look at the experience as an opportunity to practice gratitude—I was going to get to my family Thanksgiving in spite of going to the wrong airport.
I tried. I honestly did.
[Roman Emperor] Marcus Aurelius. . . in his recommendation on how to live life said, "Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end the journey in content, just as an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature who produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew"(3).
When I remembered my friend's advice, I apologized to the Kansas City Grandmother. She accepted my apology, and we chatted enough for me to find out the little I know about her.
Emotion may be studied as an immediate feeling state, as a more enduring climate of mood, or as affective trait. The term affective trait refers to how likely a given individual is to experience a particular emotion. Thus, the affective trait of gratitude may be thought of as a predisposition to experience gratitude [emphasis in original] (4).
I am somewhat perplexed by George Washington's proclamation saying the 26th day of the cruelest month in 1789 should
. . . be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection. . .
Here I will wax more sentimental than I ever want to be. I don't know about the "beneficent author;" however, I hope some day I may be possessed of "the affective trait of gratitude [that] may be thought of as a predisposition to experience gratitude." I don't think it has anything to do with turkeys. But I know I would feel better if didn't berate Kansas City Grandmothers—or anyone else. Especially so soon after receiving the gift of participating in a valued activity that has nothing to do with the (perceived) difficulties of my life—and being given an almost-free plane ticket.
(1) Krause, Neal. "Religious Involvement, Gratitude, And Change In Depressive Symptoms Over Time." International Journal For The Psychology Of Religion 19.3 (2009): 155-172.
(2) Gottlieb, B. H. "Conceptual and measurement issues in the study of coping with chronic stress." In B. H. Gottlieb (Ed.), Coping with chronic strain (pp. 3–40). New York: Plenum, 1997. Quoted in Krause.
(3) Eliot, C. W. The Apology, Phaedo and Crito of Plato; Golden Sayings of Epictetus; Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Part 2 Harvard classics. New York: Collier 1909. Also quoted in Krause.
(4) Russell L. Kolts, et al. "Gratitude And Happiness: Development Of A Measure Of Gratitude, And Relationships With Subjective Well-Being." Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal 31.5 (2003): 431.


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Twinkle Starglitter (Etincélle Poudre in the French dub) or simply known as Twinkle, is a fairy that has been banished from her land because she accidentally turned the Fairy Queen into a frog and seems to have a hard time turning her back. She has become infamous for her poor ability at magic due to how often she messes up spells. None-the-less, she does insist on casting spells quite often.
She is supposedly is one of the founders of the team, and a former (or either still current) apprentice of the Grand Fairy.
Personality Edit
Twinkle is quite sweet, polite, bubbly but dizzy. She tries to be helpful and has good intentions even though her magic wand usage often backfires and hinders more than helps. But later, she proves that she can be as much of a team player as the other Super 4 members and contributes just as much to the team, getting them out of jams. This is perhaps most notable when she temporarily became the leader after taking a medallion and there was the loss of gravity in Technopolis. She assisted and successfully managed to have gravity returned to the technological city.
Appearance Edit
She has short light-blue hair and blue eyes. She wears a pink dress and white slippers. As a fairy she has wings and a wand.
Abilities and Items Edit
She has a simple transparent magic wand with a little gold star on top.
As revealed in the episode "Gray Magic" (second season) by the Wise Fairy, Twinkle is the most powerful fairy after the Queen. This could explain why she has great difficulty controlling her own powers.
Relationships Edit
Alex Edit
Alex is the first character that she meets in the beginning and her best friend. He seems to care a lot about Twinkle's feelings, especially when she sad or discouraged and always comforts her when she's lonely or needs a hand.
Ruby Edit
Even if Ruby tends to make fun of her sometimes, she and Twinkle are like best friends. In the Origins episodes, Ruby helped Twinkle feel better after that she was banished form her home. Meanwhile in the episode, "Rage of the Dragon" Twinkle was the only one who understood that the dragon was actually Ruby, which prevented Alex and Gene from harming her and helped her return to her human form.
Gene Edit
Gene and Twinkle provide a contrast in the show because Gene, a scientist, does not believe in magic and Twinkle, a magical being, does not understand science (or appreciate its true value.) While this causes tension between the two of them, they are still good friends who help each other despite their differences. In the second season, Gene and Twinkle start to understand and respect each other more.
Name in other languages Edit
- Étincelle ( French )
- Brilli ( Italian )
- 트윙클은 ( Korean )
- Твинкл ( Russian )
Trivia Edit
- Her last name is Starglitter in the English dub and Dust in the French dub.
- She and Ruby were the first characters created for the series.


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As Jim Mallinson and I drove to a hill last week (he flew 153 km, I flew 8), we discussed mountaineering literature. We agreed that we both preferred the "then we did this, then we did that" type over the genre that analyses the ethics, metaphysics and aesthetics of the ascent. This account of my flight on Tuesday will be written accordingly.
RASP for all of southern England was bright red, with a medium-strength north-north-westerly forecast. I hoped, therefore, for a better day than the recent BCC Sunday, which was spoiled for most of us by overcast, overcrowding and lack of wind. Although I knew it would still be busy at Combe Gibbet, folk were also heading to Leckhampton, Liddington, Uffington, Selsey, Devil's Dyke and hills in the Midlands.
As I drove up the hill, wings were already high, but it soon eased off. Cycles came through and Kirsty climbed out early with RJ; Steve Newcombe soon followed from the other end of the ridge. I feared another difficult day, but after sitting out one busy thermal, another quickly found three of us climbing slowly but steadily; me, Chris Lennon on his Ion 3 Light, and someone on a red Gin Explorer - I still don't know who it was.
At not much over 2000 feet it seemed to be fizzling out. That's low to go over the back of Combe, so I pointed north-eastwards and shouted to the others: "Shall we head for that cloud? " Gin boy immediately set off, so I followed, and soon we were climbing again, this time to a respectable 4,000 feet.
We worked well together, showing each other where the best bit of the turn was, spreading out on the glides, and finding a new climb when we needed one. At one point I was tempted by a nice cloud towards Andover, but it was definitely not a northerly day, and trying to head into Dorset would have been a no-hoper, so I accompanied the other two towards Whitchurch. We passed comfortably high over the busy airfield at Popham.
I rarely bother to set a goal, but today I had - a point picked off my Oudie screen because it was about 50k downwind, out of airspace and near a blob denoting a town, which turned out to be Petersfield. Twelve kilometres from it the Oudie squawked "On final glide". But the Required Glide box showed 12 to 1. The Phantom is good, but that seemed a bit silly, so I carried on taking the climbs.
I had to scrabble for a bit after the M3, while Chris and the Gin found it much easier, but I found a nice thermal that brought us together again. Nice, except - something happened; my left wing dropped back, I put my hands up, the glider dived a bit to the right, and I more or less caught it. Jeezuz, I though - have I just spun a bloody Phantom? I hadn't had my inside hand lower than usual, and I there'd been no sudden gust. Then I remembered an incident when I was flying with Steve Purdie in India on my Pro-Design Accura; I thought I'd stalled it and radioed Steve, who calmly replied: "It was a collapse. " I reassured myself accordingly.
Goal just before Petersfield was now getting close. Fortunately I hardly had to deviate from the natural downwind line - I would have turned off it if necessary, which might have ended the flight. I enjoyed my Oudie's congratulatory message, then flew on over the town, where I joined the Gin in his lowish save - the only time I got below 2,000 feet.
Now the South Downs were within reach. I've never flown the Skysurfers sites, so this was my first visit. On what I guessed must be Harting two wings were doing some desultory kiting, but no one was in the air. Gliding over the site produced nothing, but between the Downs and the sea it got easier and easier. Earlier in the flight I'd noted the lack of clouds ahead, and assumed that the sea air would eventually deck us, with or without a kicking. But the climbs got stronger and more plentiful - convergence, I assume, although without clouds (I'd seen only one patch of curtain cloud, way to the east, and it hadn't lasted long)
I lost sight of the Gin about here, but Chris and I enjoyed the conditions - at one point we climbed strongly about 150 metres apart, not feeling the need to investigate whether an even better core was between us. I'd dipped into the 4,500 feet airspace, but was so close to the edge that I didn't worry about taking a climb to 4,250. Back in the 6,500 I resolved not to go above five-and-a-half, as I'd be making my way east into that zone.
Having crossed the Downs I wasn't tempted to go back inland and head for the Dyke, fun though it might have been to arrive there. The coast looked inviting - first Littlehampton, and then as the lift continued, Worthing. I was by now cold, tired and hungry, but was just about motivated enough to consider whether I could make 100k, while being sure not to land in the sea, or crash on someone's rooftop. I headed for the beach, noting every park and playing field on the way, and checking carefully for white horses out to sea. As the 100 appeared on my screen, a flag showed a sea breeze with a westerly component down below. I turned towards a big grassy semicircle just behind the beach. My speed dropped to single figures, then to single figures with bar, and I decided that Plan B must be to land on the beach itself, going backwards if necessary. But I made it comfortably on to the grass, and touched down in smooth sea air.
I chatted with a couple of kite surfers, and then met Seymore, a paramotorist who'd been up earlier in the day with his engine switched off. He kindly took my landing photograph. Then it was a march to Durrington-on-Sea station, and a train to London. Kirsty joined me at Worthing station, and Chris turned up on the same train. They'd been planning to travel more cheaply via Reading, but were persuaded to aim for an earlier Hungerford train by going via Victoria and Paddington. A long wait for a Circle Line tube meant that we didn't make it. We then had an even longer wait for a taxi, as the cabbies of Hungerford were not on their most diligent form. But sunset is a lovely time to arrive back at the Gibbet after a good flight. Whoops - keep clear of the aesthetics!


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Mark Kann
February 24, 2009
Mark E. Kann, University of Southern California
Multimedia in the Classrom at USC: A Ten Year Perspective
Does multimedia scholarship add academic value to a liberal arts education? How do we know? Looking back at the history of the Honors Program in Multimedia Scholarship at USC, Mark Kann draws on his own teaching experience, discussions with other faculty members, and the university's curriculum review process to explore these questions. He describes the process of developing the program's academic objectives and assessment criteria, and the challenges of gathering evidence for his intuitions about the effects of multimedia scholarship. Finally, Kann reports on the program's first student cohort and looks ahead to the future of multimedia at USC.
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I wish I could garden, but I've managed to kill way too many house plants. I think the Plant Kingdom would prefer if I just left them alone.
I get a lot of my inspiration from drawing. I keep a sketch book and do illustrations for some of my stories (so I guess my writing and drawing go together anyway). Sometimes I can't really write something until I've drawn it first.
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After installing the JBoss Eclipse IDE (1.4.1e30), Eclipse (3.0.2 on Windows XP) stopped accepting closing brackets (square and curly).
I.e. I cannot enter them from the keyboard, but using auto-completion when I enter the correpsonding opening brackets.
These characters are obtained using AltGr+9 ("]") and AltGr+0 ("}") on a German keyboard.
All Editors in Eclipse are affected (at least Java and text). Other applications are unaffected.
Other AltGr combinations work fine, e.g. the tilde "~" (AltGr+"+").
When I switch to the English layout, I can enter the brackets.
Disabling the JBoss Plugin re-enables the keys, so I think it is a bug there.
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Princess Eugenie shares behind-the-scenes wedding day photo - and Princess Charlotte will make you melt!
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For the first time since becoming Mrs Brooksbank, Princess Eugenie has publicly spoken out to thank well-wishers for all their kind words following the royal wedding.
But, while the message she wrote was incredibly sweet, all attention is on the ADORABLE and intimate never-before-seen photo of the newlyweds bonding with their young bridal party.
And it's all thanks to a cheeky Princess Charlotte, who can be seen pulling a face in front of the bride.
Savannah Phillips, seven, meanwhile has her arms wrapped around Eugenie, as the other bridesmaids and page boys watch on while enjoying some down time between posing for portraits.
Other members of the bridal party include Savannah's younger sister Isla Phillips, Mia Tindall, Maud Windsor, and Theodora Williams. The page boys were Charlotte's big brother Prince George and Louis de Givenchy.
"Jack and I would like to thank everyone who was involved in making our day so special and for all the wonderful wishes as we start married life laughing together," the 28-year-old bride wrote alongside the picture.
The candid shot was taken by wedding photographer Alex Bramall, following the ceremony at St George's Chapel.
• See all the stunning photos from Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's royal wedding!
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So how did the couple keep their young bridal party entertained throughout the day?
Eugenie and Jack reportedly gave all the youngsters bespoke gifts to entertain them.
"All the bridesmaids and pageboys were given bespoke packs to entertain them during the long day. The packs, which had individual names on, included colouring books, tailored games, figurines and puzzles. They also had dress up glasses and magic painting," a source revealed.


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By pure coincidence, Chuck Wendig had this thing on Twitter recently about plotting, remarking about how each of his stories needed a different way of outlining.
I've noticed this with my own work that what might work for one project might not be right for another. I've done standard outline with the bullet points and the Roman numerals. I've tried roughly sketching out the story on road maps - useful if you're doing a journey story; not so useful if you're writing about people trapped in a basement.
With Undead and Inhuman, I've taken to the idea of using index cards as a starting point. This was by accident. While working on the worldbuilding material, I had jotted down ideas for what I thought would be good chapter titles, and then wrote them on cards to try rearranging them in what order I thought they'd flow most nicely.
That was when the corkboard came out, the one from when I tried doing a collage. And I suppose what I've got is a collage, but one of cards and notes rather than images and quotes. I still need to actually fill out those cards, but the system I've roughed out seem doable.
You can see the board and the layout below. I sorted out the chapters in yellow along the left and right edges. The white strips beside them show the major portions of the story. You have some stretched dealing with fighting, others with training and preparation, and others still about falling action and the ending. After that are strips of purple, blue, and green running horizontally. These are for the three main characters in the story alternating chapter by chapter so I can write down little ideas on what each person goes through step by step. And finally, the pink cards are for main action or theme for each chapter. For example, one chapter could have the aftermath of a plane crash as the main action with the theme being shock and disorientation. There's not going to be a plane crash in Undead and Inhuman. I just used that as an example. And that page on the bottom right of the board has a quick key to let keep the color code straight with the rest of the white space available in case I want to write down any random thoughts to include in the first draft.
The board itself is kind of a first draft too. Ultimately, I'll take what I've got up there, organize it more clearly and expand on it in the story bible. And even then, there's every chance in the world that this could all change by the time the book is done.


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UConn must slow down Notre Dame's top duo
But the big man-guard combo of Luke Harangody and Kyle McAlarney has been perhaps the best in the Big East this season.
"Georgetown is probably a little better defensively, but offensively they're the most complete team in the league," UConn coach Jim Calhoun said as his 17th-ranked Huskies prepared for tonight's game against the Irish at Gampel Pavilion. "They can score. As you saw, we did a good job on (Luke) Harangody, nevertheless they had no problem scoring points on us."
Calhoun is referring to Notre Dame's 73-67 win over UConn on Jan. 15 in South Bend, Ind., a game in which the Irish went up by 21 points in the first before holding off the Huskies down the stretch.
Harangody, the Big East's leading scorer and rebounder, was just 5-of-23 from the floor with UConn' Hasheem Thabeet checking him. But McAlarney burned UConn for 32 points by hitting six of his seven 3-pointers.
Thabeet blocked 10 shots during that game at the Joyce Center, most of them attempts by Harangody. But that didn't keep the Irish center from continuing to shoot, a trend Thabeet expects will continue tonight.
"I'm expecting him to keep coming," Thabeet said after practice Tuesday. "But they know I'm going to keep blocking. That's what I do best and I'm going to keep doing it."
In Big East play, Harangody is averaging 23.5 points and 11.7 rebounds, by far the league leader in both categories. Calhoun says he doesn't expect a repeat of the first meeting between Thabeet and Harangody, but won't put it past his ever-improving 7-foot-3 center to come up big again.
"It's hard to expect that against a guy who has the best numbers in the league," Calhoun said. "But we're not doing anything special initially. (Thabeet) is still a tough guy to shoot over and he's proven, generally speaking, night after night that whoever you have at center ... the same guys that beat him last year, he's done a good job against."
No. 20 Notre Dame (18-4) is currently alone in second place in the Big East standings. However, should UConn (18-5) win tonight, every team in the Big East would have at least three losses in league play with the exception of first-place Georgetown.
After starting 2-3 in league play and looking as if they might be an afterthought, the Huskies have won five straight conference games and are suddenly contenders for the top spot.
"When you have eight games to go, you can end up a lot of different places," Calhoun said. "We want to end up, you know, we're not that far away from the top. That's where we want to try to end up."
Playing without guard Jerome Dyson for last five games and without Doug Wiggins at first, the Huskies have been forced to adjust their style somewhat. They've also changed their emotional level.
"During this section, every game for us has been very emotional," Calhoun said. "I'd like to have that emotion continue. I think that's carried us a long way. ... I would admit that it's very hard to maintain the emotion that we've had."
UConn forward Jeff Adrien, the Big East's player of the week, says the emotions have led to a new mentality. Seven straight wins are nice, but it's not enough for Adrien.
"We just don't want to lose anymore," Adrien said. "We've been there, done that. Now we just want to keep it going. 'Who's next?' That's our motto."
Today it's the first-ever game between UConn and Notre Dame when both are ranked and a matchup between the Big East's highest-scoring team in league play (Notre Dame is averaging 80.5 ppg) and its second-highest (UConn is at 74.5 ppg).


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Thursday, May 29, 2008
Katherine Harris
I think the greatest crime of the movie "Recount" is the mockery they've made of Katherine Harris... They make her look like a total ninecomepoop! Most of the movie is almost too boring to bare, but then they throw in a mishmash of female steriotypes for HK, and I'm about ready to gag. Do liberals actually believe this shit? Hopefully Americans will be smarter than this and actually see this for what it is -> SORE LOSERS with spitballs!
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- The Merry Widow said...
Being a Floridian, I was closer to what was going on. KH handled herself and the situation in a professional and ladylike manner, better manners than leftistas know or care about!
leftistas can't abide excellence, after all they are communists at heart, and the natural aristocracy of behavior and attitude reminds them of what trash they really are!
Good morning, G*D bless and Maranatha!
- May 30, 2008 at 4:06 AM
She's a great lady... but she poses a danger to the Left, and therefore must be destroyed.
Just like anyone who stands up to them.
- May 30, 2008 at 9:10 AM
- Brooke said...
Ooh, it must've really, really sucked to get you to swear, Eyes! LOL!
Thanks for the warning. I'm make sure to avoid this tripe.
- May 30, 2008 at 10:46 AM
- Eyes said...
Hi TMW, FJ and Brooke, It surely was a sore excuse of a movie. I am amazed though that the left believes it... I think they really do.
- May 31, 2008 at 6:04 AM
- Elmers Brother said...
Kevin Spacey was on Hannity and Colmes defending it a couple of weeks ago...pitiful.
- June 3, 2008 at 5:20 PM
- Elmers Brother said...
Kevin Spacey was on Hannity and Colmes defending it a couple of weeks ago...pitiful.
- June 3, 2008 at 5:20 PM
- cube said...
I knew this movie was going to be a load of crap when I read the write up in the Tampa Tribune.
Yes, the left still believes the lies.
- June 7, 2008 at 8:25 AM


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Russian coastguards detain Ukrainian fishing vessel off Crimea coast
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The vessel was detained for "illegal fishing."
Russian coastguards have detained a Ukrainian fishing vessel (homeport Ochakiv) west of Cape Tarkhankut off the coast of the illegally annexed Crimea.
"The Ukrainian fishing vessel YMK-0041 homeported in Ochakiv, Ukraine, was detained, Krym-Realii media project reports, referring to the press service of the so-called "Russia's FSB Border Department in Crimea, Krym.Realii reports.
The vessel was detained for "illegal fishing."
Read alsoRussia's coast guards stop foreign vessels heading to UkraineThe department claims that the illegal fishing gear – several kilometers of nets – was seized. The ship and crew of five Ukrainian citizens were brought to Crimea for further procedural actions.
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text: Apex |Blog- How to Manage and Motivate Millennials Page Content Visit the main blog page. Follow us on our social media channels, where we share lots of great content and events! How to Manage and Motivate Millennials October 2017- Recap of Gabrielle & Brian Bosche of The Millennial Solution, by Tiffany Ellington, Training & Development Specialist, and Shannon Wenger, Manager, Talent Development Last week members of The Millennial Solution discussed with Apex Systems' managers how to reach, retain, and engage millennials. Millennials are discussed frequently in today's businesses because they are the largest part of the workforce, making up 40%. President and Millennial Strategist, Gabrielle Bosche discussed the importance of engaging with millennials so quickly because by 2025, they will become 65% of the workforce. On average, millennials will have 12 jobs in their lifetime. Right now, there are two main reasons why millennials will leave an organization: 1) they have a poor direct relationship with their manager, and 2) training and development opportunities are not available to enhance their career growth. This generation is deciding within their first six weeks if they are going to stay with the organization, and overall, 65% of millennials are actively looking for employment. So as managers, it is so important to learn and show interest in your employees from day one to positively influence their decision of staying on with your team/organization. In order to retain and engage your employees, Gabrielle emphasized learning what motivates them. While this is of course not true of all millennial employees, there are six common factors that can be identified as contributing to a millennial's motivation: Mission Millennials are mission driven. Have you set and shared clear expectations for each person on your team? They want to understand how their work impacts the company and makes a difference. Bonus points if your organization provides opportunities for philanthropic involvement! Change Millennials like change and will be one of your first group of employees to buy-in to new ideas, but they want to understand the context and reason why. They value speed and efficiency, so don't be surprised if they are the first to come to the table with new ideas for how to improve a process. It's important to be open-minded to their ideas, because one of the fastest ways to make a millennial quit is telling them "that's how we've always done things." Leadership Millennials crave leadership. They grew up in a collaborative world where they could communicate their opinion with the click of a button on social media. Leaders should ask informed questions to gather their input when making decisions and give them an opportunity to collaborate on and contribute to solutions. Feedback Millennials want immediate and frequent feedback. Managers should consider providing micro-feedback, which are small bits of feedback, at least four times per week. This can be as simple as an email saying "Great job on that proposal," or stopping by their office to thank them for staying late the day before to meet a deadline. Feedback will help demonstrate you care about their professional growth. Transparency Millennials are used to a world where they have information at their fingertips. They aren't seeking information because they feel entitled to it, but because they want to understand how and why things are done. Mentorship Millennials crave mentorship, direction, and a well-defined coaching style. Celebrate and reward members of your staff who are always open to giving advice and acting as an informal mentor to others. We are all motivated by different things, regardless of generation! Understanding what motivates your team is important to building great relationships and creating a work environment where employees are productive, successful, and fulfilled. Looking for a staffing partner to help you find top IT talent? Contact your local Apex branch here. Looking for your next career opportunity? Check out our current openings here.


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It has been asked by School Leaders, if school furniture designed in the 60s, is too small for today's learners.
Some experts have said, that Schools need to upgrade their furniture, to meet the needs and size of today's children.
There is also a much larger variation in the size of school children. This could mean that furniture needs to be redesigned, to meet a wider range of shapes and sizes, or that schools will need to source more intelligent, modern furniture.
A report from the British Educational Suppliers Association, backed by the former education secretary Charles Clarke, sets out the changing needs of schools.
The report warns that schools are creating a generation of children, who may suffer back problems. Therefore, furniture needs to be adapted appropriately.
Dominic Savage, director general of the Besa, said children are significantly taller now but that childhood obesity also contributed to the need for more ergonomic furniture in schools.
He also said: "Although our starting point was not a question of obesity, when we looked, it is very much that the average child today is very different to a child in the 1960s, which is the last time children were actually measured for determining measures of furniture."
BESA noted that a study of 1,500 children found "significant" variation in pupil sizes.
The report concludes, "Not only were children generally taller than their peers in the 1960s, but the range of heights in any age cohort was far greater. Crucially, another change was evident. The ratios of body to leg and arm lengths were different, meaning that accepted relative heights of chairs and tables were inappropriate,"
"All of this data supported the belief that our children are likely to be spending thousands of hours of their school lives on chairs and at desks and tables where their posture is poor and the potential for damage to backs is great."
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Trigeminal neuralgia protocol (MRI)
MRI protocol for trigeminal neuralgia assessment is a group of MRI sequences put together to best approach a possible cause for this condition.
The diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia is based on patient's history, and an imaging study is usually indicated when alert signs are noted. Imaging can help diagnosing an enlarged looping artery or vein pressing on the trigeminal nerve at the cerebellopontine angle, multiple sclerosis and cerebellopontine angle tumors.
A recent evidence-based review did not find evidence to support or refute the usefulness of MRI for detecting vascular contact with the trigeminal nerve 1.
Note: This article is intended to outline some general principles of protocol design. The specifics will vary depending on MRI hardware and software, radiologist's and referrer's preference, institutional protocols, patient factors (e.g. allergy) and time constraints.
- sequence: whole brain axial and sagittal (volumetric when possible)
- purpose: anatomical, brain screen
- sequence: axial, limited to posterior fossa (medulla to the upper pons) with thin slices (e.g. 3D CISS and FIESTA)
- purpose: assess the trigeminal nerves from their origin at the mid pons anteriorly, through the prepontine cistern until the Meckel's cave (trigeminal ganglion)
- the most common cause of trigeminal neuralgia is an enlarged looping artery (most commonly the superior cerebellar artery) or vein pressing on the trigeminal nerve at the cerebellopontine angle, which is best depicted by this sequence
- sequence: whole brain axial
- purpose: white matter signal abnormality such as in multiple sclerosis
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- sequence: axial and coronal
T1 C+ (Gd) fat sat considered in at least one plane
- Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) for CNS 2:
- gadoterate meglumine (Dotarem®)
- gadobutrol (Gadavist®)
- gadopentetate dimeglumine (Magnevist®)
- gadobenate dimeglumine (MultiHance®)
- gadodiamide (Omniscan®)
- gadoversetamide (OptiMARK®)
- gadoteridol (ProHance®)
- all these GBCAs are approved by FDA at identical administered total doses of 0.1mmol/kg body weight 2
- Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) for CNS 2:
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- 1. Gronseth G, Cruccu G, Alksne J et-al. Practice parameter: the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the European Federation of Neurological Societies. Neurology. 2008;71 (15): 1183-90. doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000326598.83183.04 - Pubmed citation
- 2. Kanal E, Maravilla K, Rowley HA. Gadolinium contrast agents for CNS imaging: current concepts and clinical evidence. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2014;35 (12): 2215-26. doi:10.3174/ajnr.A3917 - Pubmed citation
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All of the (mostly) fantastic cars developed by Lotus have names that inspire visions of excitement, speed and just a touch of terror, like Esprit, Elise and Exige (we're not too sure about Evora, which could also be a brand of hand-cream for sensitive skin).
The latest model, however, is named the Lotus 3-Eleven. The successor to 2007's equally oddly-named 2-Eleven track car, what it lacks for in name it more than makes up for in its stats. It's the quickest production road car in Lotus' history, for one thing. While the previous version was powered by a supercharged 1.8L engine, the latest edition boasts a supercharged 3.5l V6 block developing 450hp. 0-100km/h is achieved in a mere 3.0 seconds. We don't have to tell you that's seriously fast, with a power to weight ration of more than 500hp per tonne.
It's quite the attractive looking car too, even if it seems like Lotus merely lopped the roof off an Exige and added a massive spoiler. There's no doubt it looks like a thoroughbred track car, with larger air intakes on the bumper giving it a more aggressive stance, as does the new rear diffuser on the back, and the sharp side scallops. The rear in particular is a beautiful piece of work, with echoes of the Ferrari 458 Spider in the taillights.
The interior, such as it is, is unsurprisingly efficient and unladen. There's an instrument cluster designed around a colour TFT screen (that can be switched between Road and Race modes), a quick release steering wheel, standard four-point harnesses and an optional passenger seat. The racetrack version will also come with a fire extinguisher and a battery kill switch – just in case.
The new addition to the Lotus stable will be available in two versions: Road and Race. Both feature a limited slip diff and oil cooler among other items, while Race adds an even more aggressive body kit, a sequential gearbox, paddle shifters as well as an FIA approved driver's seat and a six point harness. The 3-Eleven will also be the most expensive production car from the Hethel-based company, with prices starting from £82,000 for the Road version, and an eye-watering £96,000 for the Race version (rising to £115,200 including VAT).
Even if you've got the deep pockets required for one of these rockets, you'll have to wait a while – production on the 3-Eleven won't begin until February 2015, with deliveries beginning in April 2016. The production run will also be limited to just 311 vehicles (you can probably guess why).
Despite the high prices, Lotus is confident that the 3-Eleven will be a success. "This new car is a giant slayer, capable of embarrassing far more expensive rivals," said Jean-Marc Gales, the Lotus CEO. "It condenses our engineering know-how into one, hardcore package, and is so focused that it won't suit everyone."
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How to Watch Cotton Bowl 2018 Live Online
The Cotton Bowl classic game will take place on December 29, 2018, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Keep on reading to learn how you can watch Clemson vs Notre Dame anywhere in the world.
How to Watch Cotton Bowl 2018 Live Online Using a VPN
The officials of the College Football have been working with the ESPN Network for covering Cotton Bowl 2018. The viewers will be able to tune in ESPN channel to watch Cotton Bowl 2018 Live Stream. However, those who are not in the States won't be able to stream the event, let alone access the channel due to geo-restrictions. Online streaming is the best alternative for cord cutters or those who don't have access to TV.
Thankfully, with the help of a VPN, these streaming services can be accessed from anywhere in the world. A VPN is a software, which allows you to choose a server in a country -one that you'll eventually get its IP. Once you're granted the selected country's IP, you'll be able to access the content based in the country you chose. Here's how you get streaming channels unblocked with a VPN:
- First, sign up for a VPN service provider.
- Create your VPN account, download and install the VPN app on the device which you want to watch Clemson vs Notre Dame on.
- Launch the app and connect to a VPN server in the US.
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The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company are sponsoring the game. So, it is not surprising that the official name of the upcoming event is the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. The Cotton Bowl Classic 2018 is the college football bowl game that will take place during the last month of the year. The 83rd edition of Cotton Bowl Classic is the College Football Playoff semifinal. The winner will compete in the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship. This is one of the most important bowl games that will contribute to the conclusion of the 2018 FBS football season.
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Many people long to attend the venue to root for their favorite team. However, if they weren't lucky enough to show up in person, they can always stream it live on TV using their VPNs. The upcoming Cotton Bowl will be loads of fun, and you get the opportunity to witness it wherever you may be.


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Health-care plan worth examining
WHEN 1 in 10 San Francisco residents has no regular health care, the city has a problem. This group, numbering 82,000, sees no regular doctor, gets treated at emergency rooms and, not surprisingly, stays sicker longer.
But past ideas on expanding coverage have flopped because of cost, details or unpopularity. Now, both Mayor Gavin Newsom and city supervisors are close to a workable package, if the perennial problems of finances and politics can be ironed out. It's a tall order, but success would mean this city would be the first in the country to offer health care for all.
This tantalizing goal should motivate all sides to bridge the gulf between two plans now sitting on opposite sides of City Hall. The chief sticking point is the share paid by business.
The plan debuted by Newsom this week, drawn up by a 41-member panel of health-care experts and others, uses existing city and private facilities and carries a $200 million price tag. About half of this money would come from redirected city programs. The balance will be derived from patient fees, other government programs and, most important, employers who can join or ignore the package.
But unless the health plan is mandatory, why would businesses pay for coverage they claim is ruinous to their bottom line? The mayor believes that, in the end, business fees likely will be required.
The second proposal comes from Supervisor Tom Ammiano, who jump-started the debate with a health-coverage plan last year. His approach requires that any business with 20 workers or more must offer coverage or pay into a city health fund.
The primary beneficiaries would be about 16,000 low-wage workers, who lack any health coverage. Business groups have opposed Ammiano's plan, claiming it is too costly. But as Newsom acknowledged in a meeting swith The Chronicle editorial board yesterday, Ammiano has the votes to win passage and overcome a mayoral veto.
Newsom hopes to negotiate a compromise that will widen health coverage and minimize the burden on employers. One significant factor could be an economic analysis of Ammiano's plan by the city controller's office.
There's a definite only-in-San-Francisco feel to the debate. As both a city and county, it can broaden its health system more quickly than other cities, which must dicker with larger counties. San Francisco also won't screen out illegal immigrants, clearing away a political argument other cities would likely have. Further, the city's public health department, the largest in city government by far, has a far-flung system of clinics that could be joined with private hospitals to offer treatment.
For a concept as ambitious as universal health coverage, this plan has an equal dose of practicality to contain its scope and bureaucracy. Everyone involved in it -- from business and labor to Newsom and the supervisors -- deserves credit for working together instead of posturing.
This appears to be one of those rare moments of common purpose in San Francisco politics. The plan, as well as the cooperative atmosphere, should be nurtured with care and vigor.


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Homeschooling Teaching Methods: How To Choose A Method Based on Your Child's Learning Style
In many countries around the world, home education is recognized as a valid and valuable alternative to regular school education. Homeschooling however, is by no means the same as a public or private school education, and there are many different ways parents or other caretakers can educate their children.
Many people still seem to think that homeschooling means that one of the parents - usually the mother - teaches the children in pretty much the same way as teachers teach their pupils in school, and although that is one approach to homeschooling, there are many other options available to the growing numbers of homeschool families.
In this series of articles I will discuss several different approaches to education, varying from the traditional 'School at Home' method to the revolutionary 'unschooling' approach to learning. I will explain the basics of each approach and point out the pros and cons of each of them in order to help the new or aspiring homeschooler decide on which educational style would best suit the family's needs.
Styles and Methods
The educational styles and methods I'll discuss in this series, are:
The School at Home Method, with (strict) daily schedules and school holidays, much like in regular schools.
Curriculum Based Education, which often but not always goes hand in hand with a 'School at Home' approach to home education.
The use of Unit Studies in home education. Popular with a wide variety of homeschool families because of their versatility, diversity and flexibility.
Classical Education, also often referred to as the Latin Curriculum and used by home educators who wish to give their children a solid, classical base.
The Charlotte Mason method, based on the educational and pedagogic principles set out by Charlotte Mason in the 19th century.
Distance Learning, e.g. by enrolling the student in online programs or schools for distance learning.
Autonomous or Child-Led Learning, also known as unschooling, in which the child decides what to learn and when, and the parent's role is to provide the child with a rich learning environment.
The Eclectic Approach, in which the homeschool family picks and chooses elements from several methods to create a way of living and learning tailored to their family's and individual children's specific needs.
Of course there is no clean cut line between these educational approaches. The School at Home family, for example, may use a curriculum for math subjects, Unit studies for history and geography, and encourage their children to keep a Nature Notebook (Charlotte Mason) for biology. The unschooling family might very well want to spend some money on a curriculum for Science, simply because one of their children wants it. In this way, we can tailor a child's education to truly reflect he or she's individual interests, strengths and weaknesses.
This post is part of the series: Homeschooling Methods & Philosophies
There are many different approaches to educating your child at home. Learn about the many different approaches you could take to find the best fit for you and your child's learning style.


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How to print an email
For instances where you need a physical record of an email, you can print a specific message or an entire thread from Front.
Printing an individual message
To print a specific message in a conversation, click the message options menu in the top right corner of the message and select Print.
Printing an entire conversation
To print an entire conversation, click the options menu at the top of the conversation and select Print.
Note: currently printing is not supported on mobile.
Is there a way to print just the last message instead of the entire conversation (including multiple replies back/forth). ie. the last message of 2 pages may be a recap of the final terms agreed after a long conversation, and only this last recap message needs to be printed, but 'print' seems to print 20pages of conversations.
Hi Bob Jack
We don't have any updates regarding printing at this time, as the team is working on some major improvements to the app that I'm sure you'll really enjoy. In the meantime, the web app does allow you to select certain text to be printed. We'll update you when there is news about the print function!
Hi Kim Spilker
On the webapp, you can select (highlight) certain text, right click, and click Print to only print the selection. On both webapp and desktop app, you can also click the "..." on the top of the email, click Print conversation, then define certain pages you want to print instead of printing all 30 pages. Hope that helps!
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Friday, April 1, 2011
Tutorial Tomorrow! :D
But I'm working on it now, almost done :D I don't care much for it but since I've been getting a lot of complaints lately about my overly dramatic "drag" makeup I figured I'd tone it down a little bit. People are still complaining though, they say it's not day time appropriate. I BEG TO DIFFER!!! I've been wearing it a lot lately haha Anyway, I'm thinking of saying it's like a neutral clubbing look or something for all those anti-fun makeup. :P
Anyway, how do you guys feel about my eye makeup looks I do for you? I mean, I get asked ALL THE TIME how I do my makeup and what I use so obviously I'm doing something right, right? I'm here for what YOU want to see, it's the whole reason I started doing these videos. I'm just a little aggravated, they'll bad mouth my looks but never give me a reason why or what they'd want to see. I just get, "Ew, I hate it." "Looks like a drag queen, gross" "I wouldn't be caught DEAD wearing this!" Well, why not?! It's very confusing, that or they're not trying to be constructive. Kind of like the "OMG your voice is stupid". What does my voice have to do with my makeup? I know, I sound like a toddler, I get it. I'm stuck with it haha. I really wasn't looking to make this entry a rant haha I'm sorry!!
Ok, so.. Tomorrow, April 2, 2011... Neutral Night Time Clubby kind of look NOT using Sugarpill haha I've noticed I've been using it so much lately, I'm going to take a little break from it.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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I LOVE your tutorials and the looks you put together! Some people just like any reason to complain and the anonymity of the internet makes it too easy. I never go to clubs and I work in an elementary school, but I love fun make up and will wear similar (maybe slightly toned down) looks to work (although I am no nearly as talented as you!) Thanks for the inspiration! :-)TraciReplyDelete
Thank you so much :D I mean, I understand they may not be appropriate for work and everything but the looks I do are for fun and to get the creative juices flowing :D Inspiration if you will, glad to know you enjoy what I do!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 2, 2011 at 8:27 PM
Hey sweet! I am completely in love with the looks you do and the creativity you had in making them. I'm so glad you're back to posting tutorials! Don't let a few comments get you down. They're only hatin on you cause you're awesome. ^.^ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 7, 2011 at 5:32 AM
Aww, some people really will complain about anything. It's obvious that you love bold colors, so I don't even know why they're here if they don't like using them. It's not like you've tied them to a chair against their will while laughing maniacally and smearing MUFE 75 all over their face.ReplyDelete
Maybe people don't understand that they don't have to exactly copy the look, and can alter it to their tastes. I love the color combination in the cotton candy tutorial, but thick liner doesn't work for me so I skip that bit and add some UD Adore to define my crease. See? That was painless. No need for yelling at you to do your liner differently just because I have a different eye shape and shaky hands.
There's nothing wrong with neutral tutorials either, because we don't always have time to spend 20 minutes on our eyes. I usually wear bright eyeshadow EVERYWHERE, but UD YDK and Twice Baked with SMH Plum Crazy is my favorite OMG I have 5 minutes to do my makeup look.
And making fun of your voice is just mean. I personally love it and miss it in your new videos. I think it's cute. :3 And just take the drag comments as a compliment. I hope you don't change what you do because of a few haters. Remember that people that are inspired by you don't always comment. I know you want to help people out, but if you're not enjoying it, your blog might become a chore. You should be having fun with this too! Much love and hope to see some new stuff soon!
- AnonymousApril 7, 2011 at 10:56 PM
I love your tutorials and the way you do your makeup! Please don't change. If someone wants neutral, daytime, etc. etc. there are a ton of blogs out there that focus on only that. There aren't many that show something different and having one less blog like this is a sad thought, IMO!ReplyDelete
Don't be afraid to tell people to look elsewhere for daytime office appropriate makeup so you can enjoy the support from readers who appreciate you how you are and what you choose to do.
The way I see it is that your tutorials are for people that are less afraid to be dramatic. If they want some suburban housewife makeup. then there are plenty of other people doing tutorials like that. They can go to those channels & let the people that want to live a little watch yours. Don't stop with your amazing makeup & let them suck it. Too many of the fun, vibrant people get sucked into doing nothing but toned down looks & the people that like the color lose all that inspiration from them.ReplyDelete
Thanks everyone :) Really made me glad to read these. I love my bright looks and never plan on stopping, but I was debating tossing in a few "wearable" looks every now and again. I mean, it's not like it's hard haha. I just wish they would understand that you don't HAVE to go outside like this, but if you really want to get better or make a career out of this like I have, it wouldn't kill anyone to just sit in front of their mirror, try out the techniques/looks, and wash their face then go to bed haha. That's what I did when I was trying more OUT THERE looks, played and played until I was happy with it :DReplyDelete
All of you = awesome and I love you :) Thank you again!


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Another year has passed, and another year of great success for the NetRefer Team. To show appreciation for NetRefer's achievements the team were treated to a weekend in Sicily up the active volcano of Mount Etna.
The team were treated to a retreat in the lovely coastal resort of Taormina, located in a quiet town built around the Sicilian Hills. They were then taken to Mt Etna for an excursion around the volcano, and areas of recent eruptions and extensive lava flows over the years. After a team dinner close to the summit of Mt Etna in a quaint cabin amidst the falling snow, the team were taken around the surrounding forest and continued the afternoon down the hills on quad bikes, finished off nicely with warm traditional Sicilian Coffee and snacks at the base of the volcano.
Team NetRefer would like to thank all employees for all the hard work put in during 2013, and we look forward to a prosperous 2014!


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Margaret -- the least bossy person we know -- took over as top dog at Knit on Pearl in November 2016. Margaret is usually at the shop on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, and pops in a lot the rest of the week, with son Max and dog Rufus in tow. We're so happy to have Margaret steering the mother ship.
Carolyn has worked at Knit on Pearl since she moved to Jackson in 2008. Carolyn Knits compulsively. There is no fiber conundrum too large, nor gauge too small. Carolyn is often lurking around the shop on her off days, but you'll almost always find here there on Thursday and Friday mornings, and for help every Monday from 12 - 2.
Self-taught and brilliant, Stephanie can get even the most tangled knitter out of a jam. (Tho she is uniquely skilled at getting the most beautiful yarns tangled on the winder...) Steph is most often spotted knitting exquisite cashmere blend sweaters. Look for the pink bike in the rack outside, and you'll know Stephanie is here to help. You'll find her there for sure on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
Annie is the newest member of our team, and we voted her the smartest, too. She has a love of learning that is infectious, and in the short time she's been with Knit on Pearl she has become a crochet wizard! You'll find her at the shop on Thursdays till about mid-afternoon.
Mags hails from north of the border, but has been in Jackson long enough to be considered a local. Her penchant for comfy sweaters keeps Mags knitting late into the evening after a long day working on the slopes. We are so lucky to have her running the show on Saturdays, with the help of her "mini me" daughter Cadel and adorable pup Maisie.
Robbi is one of Knit on Pearl's OG customers. You'll find her at the shop on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. We haven't been able to stump Robbi with a knitting puzzle yet, but we keep trying!


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I'm feeling unappreciated. I just can't seem to do anything right according to my four-year-old. There is so much whining in this house and whining makes me crazy. Whatever I make for dinner is not good. No matter how many books I read it is not enough. If I want seven minutes of relative quiet in the morning so I can listen to the news on the radio, that's asking too much. I know she's four. I know kids are not inherently grateful creatures. I know that being selfish is a necessary part of learning how to be yourself. I don't need her to thank me or to keep a running total of what I do for her. But I would like some recognition. A "that was fun" or a "what a yummy snack" thrown in once in a while would do the trick.
There's a quote that goes around in my family that is attributed to my Nana – my Dad's mother. I doubt she ever said it but it evokes precisely the sentiment of an under-appreciated mother: You kids have fun. Don't mind me. I'll just be here eating dog food over the sink.


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AI is the next layer of value for your enterprise
Enterprises are still in the exploratory phase when it comes to adopting Cognitive, Machine Learning and AI capabilities to RPA (mostly due to pre-conceived notions doing rounds – I've explained it in detail here). The fact remains that having Cognitive/Intelligent capabilities in your RPA yields bigger and long-term benefits that makes RPA a strategic necessity.
Where do you feel the need?
Typically, standard RPA solutions are used to automated processes that are repetitive and time consuming. But in most cases when it is being done, the process itself may not be structured. What do we do then? The options are either to get the process structured or get the RPA bot to handle the unstructured information. This is probably the first instance where you will find the need for an AI bot. Let me elaborate with an example of invoice processing. If you're handling semi-structured data like invoices, it comes from different suppliers in different formats. The invoice content/data to be processed remains the same. It will have the invoice date, the invoice number, and the amount. But how will the bot identify the content when the format keeps changing? Have you faced this situation and thought how you'd need a intelligent bot, or a bot based on AI?
Now this logic applies not just for invoice processing, but also pretty much everything that sends data in a semi-structured format – whether it is remittance receipts, BOQs, inventory lists, etc.
This is where the next level of automation – Intelligent RPA comes into play. Here, the bot needs to understand the intent of the email/incoming data and take action based on this. This is a standard use case that that we come across very frequently. Here, you apply an AI engine on top of the NLP engine to drive outcomes through the RPA bot. And yes, in most cases it may start with manual interventions where a person confirms/validates before the AI bot takes any action.
There would be other problem statements that you would have encountered – which you would not have initially realized as an AI problem. For example, if you have to compare two contracts, i.e., when you have to do a pre- and post-contract comparison. A regular text comparison would show you so many differences due to the OCR comparison. But what if you could put in a intelligent bot which could identify the key entities that had changed, and the staff only need to monitor the entities that are highlighted by the bot as relevant to the context?
Exceptions – how do you handle them?
Another major requirement for intelligent automation is when you need to handle exceptions, especially when you're using a regular bot. Designing a rule-based bot which can handle a large number of exceptions is a difficult activity as every rule needs to be built into the system. This is an important area where intelligent bots could come in handy. Here, the rule-based bot could be designed to handle the easier exceptions, and the complex ones and learned by the bot by observing the human interventions in these exceptions. Of course, this may not handle every manual intervention.
One of the main challenges with implementing cognitive/intelligent bots – is the infrastructure and the gamut of applications required to do this. At bare minimum, you would need a Machine Learning/Deep Learning platform. RPA tools like JiffyRPA comes out of the box with these, but otherwise, you would need to put in effort to integrate RPA into the AI platform which by itself is significant work. A very tight integration will enable you to perform streaming analytics, enabling deep cognitive capabilities on the bot.
Consistency and accuracy
Another challenge is the duration it takes to test an intelligent automation solution. For example, take the aforementioned scenario of invoice processing – how do you ensure that an invoice which is processed today will be processed the same way if another invoice comes from the supplier tomorrow? In such cases you may have to pilot it for a much longer period.
No machine learning model comes with 100% accuracy, while in automation you cannot have even a single incorrect entry into the system. So how do you ensure that errors are minimised as much as possible? One way of ensuring that is to have every decision made by the bot reviewed by a human before an action is taken. But this would result in reduced efficiency. The benefits of automation and processing it straight through goes out the window. Now the next step that we can put in is a complete validation where every field is validated for accuracy. But, will it be possible in every scenario? Finally, what is the scope of testing? In the case of standard rule-based automation you just have to test if the designed rules are working properly or not. How will you test intelligent bots, and test for scenarios that are yet to happen?
Navigating through the challenges .
Hence, when we plan out an intelligent automation approach, it is pertinent that we plan for sufficient duration to run multiple iterations and simulate the production run. The overall effort to validate the results need to be accounted. The validations need to be sufficiently detailed to ensure that no incorrect data goes into the system. Alternately, a user confirmation module could be installed which just reviews every output and confirms before the data foes into the downstream applications. These actions will ensure sufficient accuracy and achieve better outcomes from intelligent automation.
I'll be explaining this a bit more in my upcoming session during APAC Live, let's connect there.