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Pondering One's End
I have been pondering my end. Back and forth in my mind – burial or cremation? Cremation, burial? Is either right? From my point of view, which is less barbaric? Which hurts the least? To burn or to rot –that is the question.
For the sake of my two daughters, I thought, Will my children want to come to a gravesite and murmur poetic goodbyes, or would it tick them off that they have to buy flowers and maintain my plot? Or would they, as many do today, rather haul me around in a Chinese urn?
Moving on, and wanting to make a well informed decision about my remains, I conducted research on how the disposal of bodies is handled today and even yesterday. First, I came across a typically Southern California method. A San Diegan named Claude Rex Nowell, alias Corky Ra, encountered highly intelligent beings some years ago, and he started Summum for those with a kinship to the Egyptians. Corky developed a way to mummify remains as an ancient alternative to burial. Today, Corky is dead, and he himself is mummified but mummification is very much alive. I am told Summum is booked solid and not taking new bodies for some time to come. Since I have no kinship with the Egyptians anyway, being Irish, I turned down the offer to be put myself on the waitlist.
Corky Ra Mummified
In looking into burials, I came across the traditional burial with casket, my corpse embalmed and dressed in a favorite outfit, open casket so that friends and family can pay their respects to the prone version of myself. I like tradition, but I am keeping this one on hold until I see what else is out there.
Today, Americans are beginning to reject the idea of spending astronomical amounts of money on traditional burials. We are now being encouraged to embrace an economical and ecologically friendly way to dispose of our bodies. I like that idea based on my present retirement income. Redoing the traditional burial, grave linings are done away with, as is embalming. Bodies are wrapped in a biodegradable covering or casket so they decompose and fertilize the soil.
The Frugal Funeral for an Ecological Eternity
I don't mind fertilizing the soil, but I have two concerns. First, family members I have alienated along the way may take shortcuts to get me out of the way. As in the old West, they might grab a shovel, pack my body into a truck, (or buckboard as used to be the case), drive out to the back 40, dig the grave, and dump my body in. Some eloquent words might be spoken over the grave but then the command, "Close 'er up, Harry." Secondly, since most of my kin are dead anyway, and for the sake of economy, my daughters might be placed in charge of my burial. Since neither has wielded a shovel in her life, I imagine the conversation at the gravesite as:
Jenny: "Why didn't she just get cremated like everybody else?" My back is killing me."
Mary: (disgusted) "Well, I just broke a nail and my new shoes are covered with dirt!"
I might be tempted to lift up out of the grave and say, Enough, girls!" and scare them to death (no pun intended.)
Cremation, although not my favorite way to go, offers some creative and attention getting ways to be remembered. One is to have a small amount of my ashes shot into space via rocket. Since I fear heights, this would be a no-fear way to orbit in space. And I do love the drama. The cost, however, might be prohibitive. While a simple orb would run me $3000, deep space would set my estate back $12,000. But my God, my kids can track my ashes on their iphones!
The Shooting Star Memorial delivers a symbolic portion of your loved one's
remains to Earth's orbit, only to end this celestial journey as a shooting star.
Elysium Space has an app to track the ashes of loved ones in orbit on iPads and iPhones.
I could be part of a fireworks display. Now this appeals to the exhibitionist in me. I sat on my patio the other night under the stars and imagined friends and relatives viewing the display of my ashes shooting skyward and remarking, "Oh, that's just so her!"
A Happier Way to Say Goodbye
(Heavens Above Fireworks)
In another way, artistically, I liked the idea that some of my ashes could be encased in a beautiful glass sculpture, which have become the rage in recent years. I picture a beach scene with some ashes as sand and some floating above the waves in an ocean spray. I would leave word to have one made up for each of my favorite people. When I told my daughters what I might do, they said, "Oh my God, Mother!"
Glass Sculpture of Ocean Waves
Since my research did not engender a clear decision for me, I decided to think back on past family burials and cremations to look for a clue as to what method would seem most humane for all. Take my mother's funeral. Mother was of a generation before cremation became the ecological and economical choice in this country so we went with the old fashioned funeral. My sister, Jane and I, under emotional duress, purchased a special casket for her. Porcelain from head to toe, from stem to stern. Imbedded in the porcelain were painted flowers, flowers, flowers; wild flowers in pink and yellow woven among green vines. The casket was lined in pink velvet. Being a woman of simple tastes, Mother would have had a fit at the extravagance.
"I want to take a nap in that," my sister announced to me and to the coffin man.
"Me too," I said.
"It'll cost ya," funeral man said, departing from his studied sales pitch.
"We'll take it," we said.
The funeral was a hit from the casket displayed on a stage in golden light, to the poetic eulogy by our brother, to a rousing sing of Amazing Grace. The coffin was stunning but we were a little embarrassed when relatives spoke of nothing else in the receiving line, forgetting to pay respects to the grieving family. Aunt Barb stopped me in the vestibule after the service and asked,
"Where did you get that casket? I have to have one," she said excitedly. I looked at Barb with surprise. Aunt Barb was a woman of the greatest reserve. If she registered an emotion above "My, My", we called the medics.
"Check with Jane, Aunt Barb," I said, as I gave her a hug. "She can hook you up."
A glorious funeral it was, and we sent a number of folks to the supplier to purchase their caskets for the future.
The main point is, it was a quiet affair, a beautiful service, nice music, no major gaffes or family crises.
My ex-husband's memorial service, on the other hand, was a different story. Cremation had become popular by then and his children wanted to honor his wishes. So cremation it was. I was nervous to attend his memorial as the "Girlfriend" was in charge of the event and was not overly fond of me. Since the memorial was held in John's favorite honky tonk hotel, I wore red cowboy boots to the affair in memory of John's and my horse riding days together. I knew my girls would appreciate the fun of it. How much this was a dig toward the girlfriend, I am not prepared to say. Anyway, I felt I needed to pay my respects for the sake of my daughters. On her arrival, the Girlfriend looked down at my boots with a frown and breezed past me without a word. So there we were, the Girlfriend, two daughters, two stepdaughters, five grandchildren, relatives and friends, and me.
I had little experience with cremation as my parents were buried and other relatives and friends who had passed on had thankfully kept their ashes to themselves. Not so my ex-husband's offspring. Into the hotel reception room rushed his second child from his first marriage, Susan, with a large cardboard box and several zip lock baggies. Susan plunked the bags on a table prepared for the service and announced to all, "Daddy's here!" and with a big smile. "Let us begin."
Guests stood silent, staring at the baggies. My mouth dropped open but I managed to snap it shut before anyone saw. My two daughters looked at each other and rolled their eyes, as usual. A few guests hauled out their cell phones and began to text. The Girlfriend, who insisted on standing for the whole service, sighed and clutched the wall that was holding her up. Susan's sister, Betsy, gently led Susan to a table in the corner.
At that point, we were grateful to focus on a slideshow of John's life and loving remarks by family members. While all this was going on, the remains of the man I had married and stayed friends with for 30 years lay prone and dusty in bags on the table in front of me. As the slideshow of family photos played, and as we all wept and passed tissues to one another, I found myself reflecting on the past in a rather macabre way. Is that his hand in that baggie – the one that pitched hay for the horses? Or is that the foot he used to kick Harry the cat when Harry tried to lunge into the house? How about the ears that never seemed to quite hear when it was time to do the dishes?
I had never been fond of the idea of cremation but now I was horrified. I wanted to stand up and shout, Are you out of your minds? That's my husband (former) and the father of my children in there! For the sake of the somber occasion, I bit my tongue. Guests and family had by now managed to put on stone faces as to not appear overwrought.
Later, as baggies were passed out to the elect, me excluded of course, I thought, Thank God. See you in the hereafter, John, I thought. Hope you have all your parts. I quietly left the building.
In recalling my ex-husbands disturbing memorial, cremation is out for me. The idea of having my feet, hands or any other part of my body poured into baggies is abhorrent to me. Not to mention having them fall into the hands of certain relatives I don't care for. So burial it is. Traditional. The whole nine yards. My daughters will just have to tend the grave after all. I want a casket like Mother's. Gorgeous. Porcelain. Ceramic roses all over it. Me lying in pink velvet. How dramatic is that?
On top of that, I hear cell phones are now being installed in a traditional casket. What more does a corpse need?
Coffin above includes a cell phone in case you feel the
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Was home all day studying today… well, trying as much as I could. At some points the only way to focus was putting on youtube tutorials which surprisingly worked a treat. Understand a heap loads more then I did this morning. Success?! Ish! Ha.
All my favorite photos were taken when the sun went behind a cloud. Thought they brought a bit of fun to my extremely dull day though. Procrastination is one of my greatest talents!
Happy Wednesday to you all :)
Until next time,
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Indian Shoes (Library Binding)
HarperCollins, 9780060295325, 80pp.
Publication Date: April 2, 2002
Other Editions of This Title:
Hardcover (4/2/2002)
Paperback (2/9/2021)
What do Indian shoes look like, anyway? Like beautiful beaded moccasins...or hightops with bright orange shoelaces?
Ray Halfmoon prefers hightops, but he gladly trades them for a nice pair of moccasins for his Grampa. After all, it's Grampa Halfmoon who's always there to help Ray get in and out of scrapes -- like the time they are forced to get creative after a homemade haircut makes Ray's head look like a lawn-mowing accident.
This collection of interrelated stories is heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny. Cynthia Leitich Smith writes with wit and candor about what it's like to grow up as a Seminole-Cherokee boy who is just as happy pounding the pavement in windy Chicago as rowing on a take in rural Oklahoma.
About the Author
Cynthia Leitich Smith has worked in law, public relations, and journalism. She is a mixed-blood member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Ms. Smith lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and a gray tabby. Her books include Rain Is Not My Indian Name, Jingle Dancer, and Indian Shoes.
Praise For Indian Shoes…
— Multicultural Review
"A very pleasing first-chapter book from its funny and tender opening salvo to its heartwarming closer."
— Kirkus Reviews
"Shoes is a good book for any elementary-aged reluctant reader, and a necessity for indigenous children everywhere."
— School Library Journal
"This book ably springs Ray Halfmoon free from the paint-and-feathers representations of American Indians."
— Chicago Sunday Tribune
"The stories' strength lies in their powerful, poignant evocation of a cross-generational bond and in the description of the simple pleasures two charming characters enjoy."
— ALA Booklist
"This is a book so permeated with affection that many readers will just bask in the warmth."
— Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books


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I am so excited to announce that my latest audiobook (narrated by Natalie Naudus) is now available at Audible.com and iTunes. If you are looking for something spooky (or anything involving zombies) this October, look no further 😉
The first installment of The Blue Sky Chronicles is now available as an audiobook! It has been narrated by #Funimation voice actor Aaron Michael!
Check it out on Amazon, Audible, or at my home site!
After a year of audio development, The Itinerant Wanderer is now officially on Audible! It will also appear on Amazon and iTunes in a few days. Nothing like some good, old fashioned monster-slayage to help take the edge off of driving to family turkey day!
Happy Thanksgiving from JLP!
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It's been a while since my last post but I've been busy with wrapping up the narrations of Rise of the Fallen, The Itinerant Wanderer, and Shadows of the Feyd. Find them shortly on Audible! …Psst I've also got a new work in progress 🙂
AOZ is finally an eBook! Starting tonight and lasting for seven days, I'll be giving away free Kindle versions for Shadows of the Feyd. Tweet me to win!
After a couple rounds of auditions, I've decided that Mr. Aaron Michael is the right man for the job. Mr. Michael has performed various voice acting roles in both film and television previously, Funimation is in there too!
He's demonstrated an ability to bring the crew of The Drake to life and for that I'm really excited! This audio narration will be available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes in a couple of months.
Cassidy Morris will be lending her voice to Apostles of Sera: The Itinerant Wanderer this fall. I enjoyed her auditions for this role, especially her ability to voice samples from Jera, Kaiya, Ewan, and Ormand!
Bio: Cassidy is an actor and singer based in Utah. She is actively involved in all forms of acting, most especially the stage. Some of her favorite roles include Ursula in Disney's The Little Mermaid, Chiffon in Little Shop of Horrors, and the Witch in Into the Woods. She is especially glad to finally be breaking into voice acting – a dream of hers for a long time. In what spare time she has between acting gigs, Cassidy shares a love of all things nerdy with her husband, filling their time with board games, video games, movies and books. She would like to thank her husband for his continued support and encouragement to follow her dreams.
I've just concluded an audio contract with the beautiful and talented Miss Vandi Enzor. Vandi will be lending her voice as Joanna in Shadows of the Feyd. Look for the audio book on Amazon, Audible, and iTunes later this Fall.
I'm also wrapping things up on the eBook version of the story so it will be back up at a reduced price shortly.
Shadows of the Feyd's ebook version will be down for a couple more days due to some technical issues, sorry!


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In the southwestern corner of Colorado lies Mesa Verde National Park. This unique park is home to an impressive concentration of Native American ruins, including pit houses and cliff dwellings; protecting a tableland landscape covered with desert and woods.
UNESCO World Heritage in Southern Colorado
It's this exceptional abundance of remnants of the once-thriving native culture and people known as the ancestral Puebloans, that makes Mesa Verde National Park a "must-visit park". Mesa Verde is so important, both historically and culturally, that UNESCO designated it a World Heritage Site.
Mesa Verde means "green table" in Spanish, an appropriate name for this fertile landscape, including and surrounding various tablelands. During a visit to this park, you get to discover the history of the peoples who once called this place home.


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By SHANNAN O'NEIL
Capital News Service
LANSING- Each year a group of Finnish hunters come to Michigan to hunt in the state parks.
State officials hope that recent recognition as the nation's best will bring yet more visitors to the system.
Four states were in the running for the 2011 National Recreation and Park Association Gold Medal: Michigan, Florida, Missouri and North Carolina. It is the first time that the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration and the National Recreation and Park Association recognized Michigan with the top honor.
The national recognition could expand tourism, said Michelle Begnoche, senior communications specialist for Travel Michigan and the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
"Our state parks are a huge tourism destination," Begnoche said.
Each year Michigan state parks earn $650 million from visitors spending on food, gas and activities outside the parks, said Mary Dettloff, press secretary of the Department of Natural Resources.
Approximately 22 million people visit Michigan state parks each year, ten times the number of people who go to Detroit Tigers games, Dettloff said. People come from around the world.
The other states that were in the running have slightly lower annual attendance:
• Florida – 20 million.
• Missouri – 16 million to 17 million.
• North Carolina – 14 million.
The award showcases the natural beauty of the state, something people outside Michigan don't realize, Begnoche said.
It allows her to tell people from across the country that Michigan is a vacation destination. She has already sent the information to tourism officials.
The top nine Michigan parks by 2010 attendance:
Grand Haven-1,508,508
Warren Dunes-1,295,630
Island Lake-1,208,599
Silver Lake-813,638
The most-visited parks have stayed generally the same; attendance statewide was slightly up from 2009, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
Patricia Rasmussen's businesses, Terrace Inn in Petoskey and Khardomah Lodge in Grand Haven, thrive on tourism. Both businesses are located near state parks.
"It's a draw for people," she said. "It adds to your destination, what you offer- the beauty of the state parks."
People come to her business in Grand Haven because of the state park but people come to Petosky for Petosky and the state park is just there, she said.
Rasmussen said the Petoskey State Park could be more of a draw with cleaner beaches and better promotion. It's not as connected to the community as the Grand Haven State Park but it's still a great thing for her business, she said.
Tourism dollars aren't everything, according to Charlie Peek, public information officer for the North Carolina State Parks.
"This is a point in time when people need to step back and say, what do state parks mean to us?" Peek said. "Are they supposed to be revenue generators, are they just for people who can afford to go or are they something more than that?"
North Carolina focuses on ecological preservation more than anything else and thinks that is why they were in the running for the medal, Peek said.
It is also important to have preservation of state parks but you can never have too many tourists, Dettloff said.
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Recent recognition as the nation's best park system has Michigan officials hoping for a boost in tourism
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It doesn't need a Flake once it has a ripple.
Donal Moloney writes:
"For the day that's in it. Mr Ripple (John Taylor) is originally from the north of Scotland but has been doing the Ice Cream rounds in south Dublin for 43 years…"
Scúp Gelato in Cork city this afternoon.
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Last week, Cal asked me what my favorite thing about the hypnosis business was, and I realized that my favorite thing is helping people find and reclaim their personal power, their confidence. That goes for my clients, my colleagues (through the podcast and here on the message boards), and the students who come through the center. I decided to start the group "The Confidence Game" as a place to share inspiration, pick me ups, self care tips, quotes, etc to help us as hypnotherapists, and I'm certain that everyone will find great gems at the group that they can share with their clients as well.
Here's the group description: The Hypnosis business is a Confidence Game. As Cal Banyan says, "If you've got no confidence, you've got no game." The successful hypnotist needs to
be on their game, so to speak, at all time. This begins with the first phone call and continues all the way through our work with our clients.
Sometimes, even the most confident person needs an extra pick me up, and this group, "The Confidence Game," is just the place to get it! This is a place to share quotes, inspiration, self-care tips, pictures, and anything that we can think of to help raise the vibration and lift the spirits! Come join me in the game, the Confidence Game!
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A blog entry by Little Blue Bottle inspired me to echo her sentiments about her thoughts on the term "self-care" and how it's perfectly fine to be just a mediocre person. That post spoke about how self-care is something necessary because we're relentlessly chasing after something when in fact we shouldn't even need it if we're content being an ordinary someone. But sadly, in a digital era where images of perfect lives are dominating our feeds, we're led to believe that we're only capable of happiness if we can recreate the same scene—if we could only be like 'that person'; if only we could have that; if only I'm as pretty as her; if only…
So we go on this blind pursuit of what we think will complete us, measuring ourselves against the benchmarks of what others define as success. For me, at some point, I even thought that being busy was a badge of honor!
It was only during an incident three years ago where I chanced upon my eldest telling her 1.5yo sister that she's too busy for her, that I realize she was parroting what I've been saying to her. I went through much difficulty to have these gals and instead of treasuring their presence and my time with them, I was setting them aside in an attempt to carve out a career for myself. I was swayed by interviews of women who shared their stories about how they managed to have it all. I thought to myself, if someone else could do it, it shouldn't be hard as long as I was willing to put in effort. Over time I only felt worse—finding myself physically drained trying to juggle both work and kids. I just don't have enough energy and focus for my kids after an intensive eight to nine-hour day at work. It doesn't help that the media portrays a perfect mother as one who's a great cook cum a story-teller that wears a patient and nurturing smile while putting their kids to bed (even after settling the dishes and their homework) with her hair and light make-up all still in place. But after comparing notes with many other mothers, I've come to face with the reality that most mothers struggle to get through the day, and to get through a day without the kids pulling out their hair is an accomplishment in itself.
And so, I learnt to be realistic about benchmarks and my roles in life. As with most things, lowering your self-expectations help. If I need more energy for my kids, the house can afford to be a little messier; the kids will still grow well even if they have to eat out a couple of days a week; some text messages and work emails can wait; it's alright to fall off the social radar for a while. Recognize that there's a season and time for everything and that you won't be able to please everyone. My personal learning is that something's gotta give. I can't do everything well at the same time so what are the couple of items I want to perfect right now?
Having come to terms with my priorities, there is one question that came to mind: "but doesn't God call for us to be like the woman from Proverbs 31? That incredible noble woman who wakes up while it's still night, who runs both the household and a business?" That's a wonderful benchmark to have and I really do aspire to be like her. However, I am also clear that God has given us different gifts and calls us to different areas of His ministry. Not all of us are called to be her. We each have our own unique journey, according to His will. I think what's important while we're discovering our own path is to stay conscious of the pressure of keeping up with worldly benchmarks—they distract us from the benchmarks of God's.


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MBONE: Multicasting Tomorrow's Internet
Given a choice, though (not to mention absolute political and societal power), few of us would eliminate the means by which broadcasting is accomplished. Radio is a continuous noisemaker, but it's a noise most of us have come both to accept and to expect. Television is criticized by many as a notoriously ineffective as a worthwhile entertainment medium, but the TV set has become an almost inevitable fixture in today's home (in the "have" countries, at least). Another, older form of broadcasting is the newspaper, which does not broadcast "signals" per se but which unquestionably operates as a daily disseminator of information in much the same way as radio and TV. In fact, as has been well noted, a newspaper like USA Today is little more than a print version of televised information, complete with graphical design and brevity of detail. Still, newspapers and similar publications are not typically considered broadcasting, at least not electronic broadcasting, and we'll stick to that norm here, restricting our discussion to radio, television, and computer networks.
All these things still go on, of course. But radio changed them. With radio, it was suddenly possible for you and thousands of others to hear a political speech or debate while sitting, isolated from one another, in the comfort of your living room. You could sit in the same room, again all by yourself, and hear musical concerts and even full operas. And the news could be offered to you every hour of the day, constantly updated and less time-consuming to digest. You and everyone in your town, your entire state for that matter, could hear the same material without ever appearing in the same physical location.
What this did was to change, forever, our expectations about receiving information. For information to be considered useful, it had to be timely, and it also had to be conveniently available. Newspapers quickly became a means of fleshing out pieces of information and of providing information of more personal interest but less regional or national interest. Real news was available immediately after it happened, and it was suddenly your responsibility to keep up with it all. It's possible, in fact, that the advent of broadcast radio was the beginning of today's obsession with absolutely up-to-date current events on a global scale. Before radio, you could be up-to-date about local events through the "grapevine," but a knowledge of the outside world had to wait for the newspapers. And even here things were changing, as the grapevine quickly became a function of another growing technology, the telephone. The radio and the telephone, exclusively aural media both, cast a huge shadow over the future history of the dissemination of information.
Radio changed one other thing -- the experience of theater. On the one hand, you were able to receive broadcasts of theatrical events, such as operas. On the other, a new type of theater emerged, short dramas and comedies designed and written specifically for the new medium. Knowing that you were willing to sit in your living room with the radio on, producers decided to supply entertainment (both frivolous and serious) of a kind never before available. The weekly broadcast of ongoing series began with radio, taking advantage of the the medium's immediacy, convenience, and ephemerality. These were programs for the moment, and they became fully accepted as such.
It is impossible to overstate the significance of television as a medium of information in this century. Liking or disliking this medium has nothing to do with it; the fact remains, it has utterly dominated all other methods of acquiring information. Think of the great moments in television history -- assassinations, space journeys, natural disasters, political events, van chases, Sally Field's Oscar acceptance speech -- and they all point to television. Think of the enormous effect of the coverage of the Vietnam War on the U.S. populace, another television experience, and then, years later, of the brilliant (if scary) manipulation of television by the U.S. military during the Gulf War. For information to be considered completely useful today, it must not only be immediate and convenient, it must also engage our visual and auditory senses together. Especially the visual.
In many ways, television is a perfect medium for disseminating information. And, to be sure, it has single-handedly conveyed more information to more people than any other medium. As it turns out, however, it has become severely limited in this capability, largely because of a commercial model that preaches audience size above all other concerns. In other words, and ironically, television has become limited by the very fact that it is a broadcast medium, that the broadness is expected (by its inevitable financiers, the advertisers) to grow larger at all times. The result has been a limitation in programming types and topics, a point that remains true even with the variety of specialty channels coming to the fore.
Perhaps the most important effect of television on the MBONE has been our acceptance of television's audio and visual ability to convey information. As soon as we realized that we could experience live video on television, it was only a matter of time until we wanted to use the medium for an enormously important genre in business communication, the meeting. Meetings are nothing more than a limited number of people getting together to discuss issues of common interest, and their main limitation is the fact that all the participants have to be in the same room at the same time. Why not have a meeting with people at a remote location, with their faces displayed on a television screen, and their voices coming in over the airwaves? And, in return, they'll see and hear you via TV screens as well.
The idea caught on, and it became known as videoconferencing. This idea is at the heart of the MBONE, but it's important to realize its close relationship with television, particularly television's ability to convey information on a real-time basis using both video and audio capabilities. Videoconferencing via the MBONE is one of the most exciting immediate applications for business, and videoconferencing is a seemingly natural extension of the communications abilities of television itself.
In discussions of broadcasting, radio and television are two obvious phenomena. Less obvious, perhaps, but equally important for our purposes, is the advent of computer networking, in particular wide-area networking and internetworking. Had it not been for the ability of computers to exchange data with each other across large distances, the MBONE couldn't have come into existence. What must be said, however, is that the MBONE uses the Internet's broadcasting capabilities, and these aren't frequently talked about.
The Internet is well known as a person-to-person communications system. Electronic mail, in fact, remains its primary application. But electronic mail and newsgroups are broadcast technologies as well. When you send a message to a newsgroup or a mailing list, you are broadcasting on a one-to-many basis. You, an individual, broadcast information to whoever happens to be tuned into the channel -- i.e., the newsgroup or mailing list -- to which you transmit. This is, however, broadcasting of a different kind, because unlike with TV or radio, the message is not received in real time. To watch a newscast, all viewers turn on their TVs at an agreed-upon time (11 p.m., for instance); newsgroup subscribers, by contrast, can read your message whenever they feel like it, secure in the knowledge that it will be there. When it comes to time-dependent broadcasting, the Internet is only beginning to demonstrate usefulness.
But the MBONE is not bound to time-dependant broadcasting -- "on demand" technology allows MBONE users to download speeches, lectures and concerts at any time (stopping and restarting as the user's whim) without waiting for a predetermined "broadcast" time.
A long, long time ago (which in computer terms means about 30 years), computers didn't have graphics. In fact, they didn't even have monitors on which graphics might be displayed. It wasn't until a full ten years after the beginnings of the Internet/ARPAnet in 1969 that a home computer with even rudimentary graphics capabilities became available, and from the time it debuted the Apple II became a mecca for multimedia designers. People bought the Apple II, it seemed, for two main reasons. They wanted to use a revolutionary program called VisiCalc, the very first spreadsheet package, and they wanted to play games.
The Apple II had sound in the form of beeps. Soon, a peripheral became available that allowed better sound. With that sound, combined with graphics that looked notably like line drawings, artists and game designers had a multimedia environment. Back then, they didn't call it a "multimedia environment," but they had it nonetheless.
While this was going on, of course, serious multimedia research was going on in computer labs around the world. Most of us saw the results in media such as cinema, where computers were beginning to be used for the creation of special effects. But for home computer buyers, two hugely popular products brought multimedia's potential home. First came the Atari 2600, a game machine that was in its day what the Nintendo became several years later. This was a machine that connected directly to the television, the most popular multimedia device of all time, and delivered interactive entertainment with both graphics and sound into the living room.
And then, in the early 1980s, the Commodore 64 exploded onto the scene, changing the public's perception of computers for good. Right out of the box, the 64 offered sophisticated graphics and sounds capabilities, and in a move atypical for the company, Commodore actually promoted it. It became the favorite design platform for designers of games, educational software, easy-to-use art programs, and early music packages. It's easy to dismiss the 64's influence because of its rapid decline, but doing so would be wrong. The machine mattered.
Shortly after the introduction of the 64, IBM introduced its first PC, and multimedia development took a huge step backward. The IBM-PC was expensive, monochromatic, and text-only. Its idea of sound was a beep whenever something went wrong, and it offered no graphics capabilities whatsoever. It was bland, it was ugly, and corporate America thronged to it. Graphics and sound might be nice for home use, as the Commodore 64 proved, but real computer users didn't need these things at all.
In 1984, Apple brought the Macintosh onto the scene. In many ways, it was a less capable multimedia machine than the Commodore 64, and well behind the soon-to-be-introduced Atari ST and Commodore Amiga. But Apple did two things very right. They introduced the graphical user interface and the mouse to the public, and they marketed their machine extremely well. Artists and others in the non-business and non-science communities picked up on the Mac immediately, and it wasn't long until it became the favored machine for graphics designers and desktop publishers. It remains so to this day.
When the Amiga hit the market in 1985, it had built-in multimedia capabilities beyond all but the most multimedia-driven computers today. It had separate chips for sound and graphics (taking the load off the main processor), and it spawned games with graphics and animation quality that PC designers are only now beginning to match. The Amiga never became the machine it could have been for a variety of reasons, but its influence was widespread.
From the standpoint of multimedia, the decade since the the arrival of the Macintosh and the Amiga has been little more than an attempt by PC designers to catch up to these two machines and their enhancements. Sound cards and video boards are now available by the score for PC owners, while the Mac continues its multimedia excellence. CD-ROM at least partly took care of the huge expansion of file sizes, and now allows computers to play lengthy video sequences with top-quality sound. Computer makers want their machines to look and sound like enhanced televisions (miniature cinemas if you will), and this goal is beginning to be realized.
For the MBONE, computer multimedia was a prerequisite. The MBONE relies on the fact that video and audio can work together, and that computer users can display and hear it. Without multimedia-capable computers, an MBONE broadcast would be pointless, even worse than listening to a TV station through your radio. The MBONE's future relies on the convergence of multimedia with several other related technologies.
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Blue Monday: Tips to Beat the Blues
Posted on January 21 2019
The third Monday in January is known as "Blue Monday" -- the most depressing day of the year. Funny thing when I was researching this article. Blue Monday was essentially made up by the travel industry intent on selling winter escape trips based on a totally bogus calculation. Good news then, you've already beaten Blue Monday!
However, there is something to be said for dealing with the mid-winter blahs. The holidays are over, but we're still dealing with the bills. The weather is cold (for most of us) and there's limited daylight. And then, Mondays. So it's easy to see why many grabbed on to the idea of Blue Monday and sang its woes.
For those suffering from depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) or other mental health challenges, it can be an especially trying time. For others, just the mention of Blue Monday can put us in a funk. Rather than let the day bring me down, I decided to use Blue Monday as a way to take inventory of how things are going and to inject a bit more upbeat personality into a cold Monday in January. Here are a few things I have on the agenda today:
Review Daily Living Activities
Daily Living Activities are those things we do each and every day like eat, sleep, get dressed, etc. and these are the small, but often instrumental, things we can overlook as we're trying to implement other forms of self-care. Blue Monday is a great reminder to check-in with these activities and ask yourself these questions:
- Am I getting enough sleep?
- Am I eating healthy? What bad habits am I slipping into?
- Am I getting enough physical activity in the day?
When I went through this checklist, I realized that I'm often not getting enough sleep when my husband is away, as he isn't there to nudge me to go to bed or, more importantly, isn't there to get up early with the kids, so I started setting an alarm on my phone to ask me at 11:00 pm every evening, "Are you doing anything productive?" If the answer is no, then it acts as a pretty stark reminder that my productivity has peaked and I should go to bed (full disclosure: I'm writing this at midnight, but was able to answer "yes" to that question, so I felt it was warranted to stay up).
I also noticed that I was getting bad with the nighttime snacking and it had nothing to do with whether or not I was hungry, so I set an intention to limit eating in the evenings and try not to eat after 9:00 pm. There are times where I still might sneak a snack, but the conscious reminder that I told myself not to eat after a certain time often makes me choose healthier foods such as fruit and yogurt versus the regular "go-to" (my Achilles' heel): cookies.
A few months ago, I lost my Fitbit charger and I didn't think it was a big deal, but I realized how little I was moving and was able to do so in blissful ignorance without the little man reminding to get up and move. Couple that with the cold weather that often has me reaching for the car keys over the running shoes, and I knew it was time to buy a new charger. Seeing the daily steps during the winter is a huge wake-up call to how little we move in the winter months compared to the summer and it now has me doing a lot more conga moves in my kitchen in an attempt to move the dial. At the very least, I'm entertaining the neighbours!
Make it Funday Monday
After taking stock of the daily activities and attempting to implement a few small changes that will hopefully have a big impact overall and help me combat any day of the week in the winter months, I also decided to inject a few elements of fun into what can otherwise be a day those of us dread.
NAMA-SLAY THE WEEK: As a small business owner, I have flexibility in my schedule; however, I often talk myself out of that flexibility and tell myself all the reasons I should continue to work instead of taking advantage of mindfulness yoga classes on Monday mornings. January being a a bit of a slower season in retail, I've run out of excuses and have happily been trotting off to yoga on Monday mornings (and trying to walk there, so Fitbit for the win!).
- WEAR YOUR BLUES: I almost exclusively wear black and grey in the winter, but why not take this one day that's deemed blue to wear your most colourful blues? Rather than remind me of the most depressing day of the year, injecting blue into the wardrobe reminds me of blue skies, cool water, and the upcoming warmer seasons.
- ADD A BIT OF D-LIGHT: Yup, it's super depressing getting up when it's dark and getting home when it's dark, but we often find many excuses to avoid going outside when it's cold, even if the sun is shining. Get outside and get the natural Vitamin D! Bundle up and take a brisk walk. The colder the temp, the brisker the walk and the happier your head, heart, and Fitbit will be.
- LAUGH: If you're still not feeling it or finding the time to fit in a few of these funday activities, pick up the phone and call an old friend (What?! Actually pick up the phone instead of text? A novel idea, huh?), ask your little one to tell you a story (guaranteed laughs), or find the latest YouTube compilation of other people's kids or pets (in fact, my son woke me up this morning to show me the "funniest video ever" of a ferret falling into a garbage can).
- HYGGEAWAY: One of my favourite types of getaways is a winter cabin/chalet getaway. There's something about log cabins, fireplaces, and fresh snow on the ground that warm up my insides even if my outsides are frozen. It also gives you a pretty good excuse to make a cup of tea, grab a blanket, cozy up by the fire, and get lost in a new book. Best part: you can do all of this in your own house too. Unlike the summer, you don't feel guilty that you should be outside enjoying the nice weather because the only place you need to be during frigid temperatures is right where you are.
Whatever you plan to do today, it's always a good strategy to flip the narrative of Blue Monday around and ask yourself, "How can I make this a good day?"
Christine LeLacheur
Recovering fast-aholic with a penchant for giving thoughtful gifts and doing good.


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RYANAIR raised its annual profit predictions today after a sharp fall in fuel costs helped it narrow its quarterly losses.
The carrier, which operates 47 routes from Liverpool John Lennon airport, reported a shortfall of £9.6m in the three months to December 31, from £88.8m in the same period a year earlier.
Fuel costs were down 37% in the quarter, while average fares dropped 12%.
The airline, which said it has benefited in the recession as its competitors struggle, aims to increase passenger numbers by 10% to 73 million in 2011 as it moves into routes vacated by its rivals.
Ryanair, which launched a series of low promotional fares in the quarter, said passenger numbers rose 14% to 16 million.
The airline said fares had dropped in the period due to the recession, price promotions and currency fluctuations between the pound and the euro.
Ancillary revenues – such as charges for extra services – grew more slowly than passenger numbers at 6% as customers avoided excess baggage costs.
Ryanair now expects to make a full-year profit in the region of £239m – higher than previously thought after yields fell by less than expected.
This drop was driven by "deep cuts" in loss-making winter capacity at higher cost airports like Dublin and Stansted.
Ryanair dived into the red by £147m in the year to March last year amid huge rises in the cost of fuel.
Today's profit forecast hike comes after rival easyJet also predicted a substantial improvement in performance after passenger numbers jumped 9% in its most recent quarter.
Ryanair said costs fell 4% even without the impact of lower fuel.


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Hebrews 1:1-2 says something that we will now focus on.
Hebrews 1:1
"God, who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
1:2 hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;"
We can see in those statements that over time there was a change in the mode of communication so to speak of God. Not because God changed, God does not change but because revelation knowledge came progressively. That means more light of the person of God came with time.
It says God spoke to the fathers by the prophets long ago. But in the latter times he has spoken by (his) Son.
One thing you should note is the verb used.
God has spoken and how did he speak?
He spoke unto us by (his) Son.
The word (his) is in italics. If you take it out it says "he has spoken unto us BY SON."
There is a perspective that needs to be seen that seems to hide in KJV. Some translations showed it. God spoke through the prophets. They were mouthpieces. Jesus was not a prophet. He was not a mouthpiece. He was who was spoken about by the prophets. In the prophets God was speaking a Son.
So some translations render "by" as "in"
Amplified does. Darby translation does.
Hebrew 1:2 (DARBY)
"At the end of these days has spoken to us in [the person of the] Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds…"
It says he has spoken to us IN SON. In the person of the Son.
What is the point?
Every time God spoke the thought he was communicating was Jesus. Even in the law. Paul will tell you the law was our schoolmaster to lead us to Christ.
If i send people to tell you about someone. I kept sending many people and they were telling about the same person. Then one day the person comes. You will say "oh, finally! He is here". You should not say
'Who have you come to speak about?'
If he speaks about someone else then the speaking continues. But when that person comes and speaks it will have to be about himself.
Please stay with me. We will use the things we are establishing all through. John used a word to talk about him in John 1:1. He used the word "logos"; Logos is the idea you communicate in speech. It is the thought that is communicated in language. So you can call it the reason behind a speaking. Everyone, whether wise or foolish has something in their mind that was the reason why they opened their mouths to speak. That reason is the idea the word logos communicates. I know there is a popular understanding of logos and rhema. We'll clear them.
'Rhema' is the words you use to communicate logos. When Jesus said man shall live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God, the word used was 'rhema'. Rhema is the articulated expression of a thought. When the New Testament refers to what was written, that is the scriptures it uses the word 'graphe'. Just follow me it will get clearer as we go. Like I said, there is a popular understanding.
I'll give you proofs of what I am saying and I hope they are enough but let's put on our thinking caps and think about 'logos' being the written word.
The written word will be the bible in that case so let's think. John 1:1 says in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and the word was God. If logos is the written word then you can put it like this:
"In the beginning was the written word, and the written word was with God and the written word was God"
Or you can put bible in place of written word
Then we can pat ourselves and call ourselves idol worshippers of a book. Jesus used 'rhema' for when he said every WORD from the mouth of God and he was referring to the scriptures. All the speaking through all the mouthpieces that communicated the logos of God in all the sundry times and all the diverse manners as we see in Hebrews 1:1. The word translated as word in John 1 is 'logos'. It's like this:
"In the beginning was the logos, and the logos was with God and the logos was God"
Logos is thought, plan, idea. Let's substitute in John 1:1
"In the beginning was the thought, the thought was with God, the thought was God."
Down to v14 it is:
"And the thought, plan, was made flesh…"
In the beginning God had a plan, a thought, and a will for man. The thought was with God (of course. Your thought is yours). The thought was God. God thought God. God planned God. So Isaiah will speak of IMMANUEL— God with us. God planned God with us. The word became flesh and dwelt among us and he was called the Son of God.
It is such abysmal ignorance that makes Jehovah's Weaknesses call Jesus an angel because God planned God in man: Immanuel. I'll show you the words in the Greek.
1: λόγος
(Strong's #3056 — Noun Masculine — logos — log'-os)
Denotes (I) "the expression of thought," not the mere name of an object, (a) as embodying a conception or idea,
2: ῥῆμα
(Strong's #4487 — Noun Neuter — rhema — hray'-mah)
Denotes "that which is spoken, what is uttered in speech or writing;" in the singular, "a word,"
Apart from the words used in the Greek we have a bible understanding. Jesus is the thought of God. That is why we can study types and shadows and say they all pointed to Jesus. He is the reason for the speaking.
Through the incarnation in the Virgin Mary. John 1:14 says the word WAS MADE flesh: He was not always flesh? He never said that!
How can God say who will go when the prophecy said he shall be called Immanuel? God with us.
The position was not open to everyone.
The writer of Hebrews explains that it was not offered to angels.
Hebrews 1:4
"Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 1:5, for unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?"
Apart from the words used in the Greek we have a bible understanding. Jesus is the thought of God. That is why we can study types and shadows and say they all pointed to Jesus. He is the reason for the speaking.
The logos talks about the plan of God. The plan was spoken through the prophets in many dispensations. The words used to communicate the thought is the 'rhema'. We have studied and seen that Gen 1:26 "let us make man in our image" was a speaking of the plan of God. We can say it was the 'rhema' of the logos. When Jesus came he talked about himself.
You need to really correct your idea of pride as blowing of your own trumpet. Pride is to not agree with God. It is to not be submissive to God. Jesus "blew his own trumpet" so to speak. If he didn't he would have been proud.
He is the trumpet of God!
When he said "I am the way, the truth and the life" he was pointing all to himself.
Not doing that would have been pride.
If he were to have said: "I am the way but I can't tell people because I don't want to blow my own trumpet" then it would have been pride on his part. He spoke about himself. That was humility on his part. Because his words were the words God said about him. Now to you: the word of God says you are holy and without blame in God's sight (Col 1:22).
If you say you are not holy then you are proud.
The word of God calls you a saint. If you say you are not a saint then you are proud.
1Cor 1:2
The bible reveals you are righteous.
(2Corinthians 5:21, Ephesians 4:24)
If you say you are not then you are proud.
So Jesus will say "I and the Father are one". They'll pick up stones to throw at him for claiming equality with God but he will not change his confession. He will later be framed and crucified for it and he will quietly die, choosing death over speaking a single word that will contradict the truth of God no matter who it pisses off.
We've done all this to explain Hebrews 1:2.
From the time Jesus was born till now no other prophet was sent to Israel. Jesus called John the last prophet. After John came the heralding of the kingdom.
No other prophet will be sent from God to foretell the coming of Jesus. Why?
He has already come.
So don't expect a 'new word' from the Lord.
We'll get a little technical now. God spoke through the prophets. Then he spoke in his Son.
He told all that witnessed the transfiguration scene: the disciples and the prophets to hear the Son. This will show us that any time there is a disagreement in what any prophet said and anything we learn in Jesus we will take the revelation of Jesus as higher than theirs.
(New Living Translation)
Matthew 19:8:
Jesus replied, "Moses permitted divorce only as a concession to your hard hearts, but it was not what God had originally intended."
We have studied and seen that what the prophets spoke was not understood until Jesus came and explained them. He the Holy Ghost who inspired the prophets to speak to us and Paul who never heard him teach did the same thing he did. He explained the scriptures. Paul explained things Jesus told them he could not say to them because they could not bear them. The prophets who spoke did not even understand what they spoke.
1Peter 1:10-10:10
AMP: The prophets, who prophesied of the grace (divine blessing) which was intended for you, searched and inquired earnestly about this salvation.
AMP: They sought [to find out] to whom or when this was to come which the Spirit of Christ working within them was indicating when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that should follow [them].
AMP: It was then disclosed to them that the services they were rendering were not meant for themselves and their period of time, but for you."
It was revealed to them that whatever they said was not for their time, said Peter. Let's see Paul:
This is Ephesians 3
Ephesians 3:2-4 NLT
"As I briefly wrote earlier, God
Himself revealed his mysterious plan to
me. As you read what I have written, you
will understand my insight into this plan
regarding Christ. God did not reveal it to
previous generations, but now by his Spirit
he has revealed it to his holy apostles and
He said it was not revealed to previous generations. So the prophets did not know what they said. They spoke without revelation.
Hear Paul teach the Corinthians the same thing
1 Corinthians 2:7
"But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
2:8. Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God."
Just like he taught the Ephesians he said it was hidden. Nobody knew it. Eyes did not see, ears did not hear, minds did not understand. No one understood what God planned for us.
It was a mystery.
It was mysterious to them.
Is it still a mystery?
He said God has revealed the mystery to us (the apostles, the church) by his Spirit.
Now here is where our study lies.
The next verse says something that we have to understand. And it's why no one understood, not even the prophets.
1 Corinthians 2:11
"For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God."
That explains why the prophets did not understand. No one can understand the things of God except one with his Spirit. And the prophets did not have the Spirit.
Let me explain:
Except you share a nature you cannot fully understand those with that nature. Except you are a goat you cannot fully understand goats. You can bleat like a goat but you wouldn't know if there is some level of communication in that sound to a goat. You can watch them all day but you might never be able to truly understand why they return to eat just few seconds later after you hit them with a big stick. Maybe if you were a goat you will come to think that it is unfair to think goats are foolish for coming back to eat the yam peels after the blows they've received.
Goats too cannot understand man. They can't understand why you keep chasing them from the yam. You can only study them. You will never understand them to the level of nature. Now imagine you wanted to pass a message to the goat kingdom. You are a man trying to communicate with goats. You want tell them something good you have planned for them.
How would you go about it?
You know that if you speak directly to goats they will not understand. That won't work. Goats will only understand goats. But you are wise. Somehow you figure out a way to make certain goats experience your mind and to speak that experience in goat language. The goats you "inspire" then speak the things that you "reveal" to them from time to time.
As they speak they will from time to time try to interpret what they are saying to their fellow goats but they too are goats. They can't "KNOW" the things of a man because only one that shares the nature of man (nature) can know the things of a man. You say what you have planned for them through their holy goats for a long time. Imagine that all you tried to tell them that what you want planned for them only you can do it. And to do it you will have to become a goat.
Imagine that all you tried to tell them was that what you planned for them only you could do it. To do it you will have to become a goat, share their nature. Then after a long time one day a goat is pregnant and claimed she did not mate with any male goat. She said the goat inside of me is a Man-Goat. His father, source is a man. Then that goat was born. What has happened is the man has expressed himself in Goatemburg (Goat kingdom).
That is not just a birth but an incarnation. The Man-goat can look at their oldest goat ever and say before you I was if the nature that sourced it existed before the goat nature was created.
Now in that Man-goat is a suitable being called a mediator. He is a cross between human nature and goat nature. This goat can understand human language and goat language alike. This is the depth of that single statement Paul made. That goat can now go ahead and take everything the holy goats said all through the years and interpret it to goats in clear goat language. When the voice said "hear ye him" it was because he has the Spirit of God so he was the one who really KNOWS/UNDERSTANDS the things of God.
The bible explains in Hebrew 1:3 that this Jesus is the brightness of God's glory, the express image of his person. He is the image of God.
He is the flawless representation of God. He is what you see of an invisible God.
Praise God for his deep, deep wisdom.
In him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily. In him is all of God put in a human body. Having the Spirit of God and therefore knowing the things of God he explained them to the people. He said Moses in the law, the prophets and the Psalms spoke concerning him. He said the scriptures testify of him.
He opened their understanding to the scriptures.
Glory to God!
Written by Kennedy Enney
Reviewed by Achikanu Daniel (December, 2016).
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A visit to Angela Jayne is a trip to Grandmother's Cottage, from the little bell tinkling as we enter, to the quaint curlicues adorning the outdoor furniture as we leave. The small selection of seating includes cushy lounges (complete with doily-covered cushions) and a large wooden table for sharing.
'But Grandmother, what a large selection of art you have!' we exclaim. 'All the better to showcase the work of local artists,' is the reply. The eclectic selection includes everything from paintings of the Iron Cove Bridge to colourful ballerinas. If this mix is a little startling, it's all too easy to relax in this little cocoon of cosy charm. A small menu offers customary cafe fare, such as banana bread, a brief breakfast range, sandwiches and more, and the staff are eager to please.
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U.S. 3D Printing Market Overview
3D Printing also known as additive manufacturing is the process of transforming digital files information to the physical objects. 3D printing refers to processes in which material is joined or solidified under computer control to create a three-dimensional object, with material being added together such as liquid molecules or powder grains being fused together. In addition, 3D printing referred to a process that deposits a binder material onto a powder bed with inkjet printer heads layer by layer. Further, 3D printing is used in both rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing.
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U.S 3D Printing market
In addition, by 2016 industry's exports are expected to rise with an annualized rate of 18.6% whereas the import is expected to expand at an annualized rate of 8.5%. Further, the difference between the import and export growth rate portrays a strong picture of the U.S. as the major country over the forecast period.
Based on material, U.S. 3D printing market is segmented into, metals, plastic/polymer and ceramics, out of which, materials and plastic in various forms (like polymers) is the most used raw material due to its flexibility & adaptability are expected to dominate the overall U.S. 3D printing market during the forecast period.
Market Segmentation
Our in-depth analysis has segmented U.S. 3D printing market into the following segments:
By Product Type
3D Scanner
Multi-Color 3D Printer
Bid Industrial 3D Printer
Single Extruder 3D Printer
Dual Extruder 3D Printer
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By Services
3D Scanning
Prototype Development
Selling Customized End-User Products
3D Printing material market size
The study further analysis the Y-O-Y Growth, demand & supply and forecast future opportunity in North America (United States, Canada), Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Rest of LATAM), Europe (U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Hungary, BENELUX (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg), NORDIC (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland), Poland, Russia, Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China, India, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Rest of Asia-Pacific), Middle East and Africa (Israel, GCC (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman), North Africa, South Africa, Rest of Middle East and Africa).
Growth Drivers and Challenges
Factor such as, increasing research and development expenditure is anticipated to intensify the growth of the U.S. 3D printing market during the forecast period. In addition, the total expenditure on research and development (R&D) is anticipated to grow at a rate of 2.9 % from 2017 to 2024. Further, with U.S. economy expansion and growth in the future, the profit margin of the businesses and corporates will increase. This is envisioned to bolster the growth of the U.S. 3D printing market in the upcoming years.
Apart from this, increasing government support is anticipated to be the dynamic factor behind the growth of the U.S. 3D printing market over the forecast period. In addition, the government has invested USD 30 million to set-up additive manufacturing innovation institute in Youngstown, Ohio. Further, increasing mass customization is expected to supplement the growth of the global 3D printing market during the forecast period.
However, lack of export assistance, high cost and unavailability of skilled labors are some of the key factors which are expected to limit the growth of U.S. 3D printing market in upcoming years.
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Conrad Food Drive
December 3, 2018
The annual Conrad Food Drive is happening once more this year.
From Monday, December 3rd to Tuesday, December 18th, there will be collection bins all across the school to collect non perishable food items such as Canned Vegetables, Soups, and other essential canned and boxed goods. These cans will be donated to Richardson Park Community Center, a local place for those in need to recieve food and other essential items.
The goal to hit this year is 4,500 cans, and if it's done, the whole school will recieve 3 Dress Down days!
Please help out as much as you can by donating these needed goods, and remember, every can makes a difference to those in need.
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Hello lovelies, I have been collecting vintage cake mascara for a few months now and found a vintage Maybelline cake mascara from the 1920s and a Max Factor cake mascara from the 1950s. I am not 100% sure on the exact dates so if you have a better idea; please let me know. I also found this 1950s Studio Girl eye palette that has a cake mascara in it. I know that the Studio Girl set is from the 1950s because my grandma used to sell Studio Girl in the 1950s. I had never tried cake mascara before so I thought it would be fun to try Longcils Boncza Le Cake Mascara Black and the classic Besame cake mascara. I also wanted to include the Iconic Maybelline Great Lash mascara from 1971. Below is a brief history of Mascara.
The Victorian Era 1837 to 1901
The first mascara was developed by Eugène Rimmel, a perfumer to Queen Victoria, and was primarily comprised of coal dust and Vaseline jelly. His invention caused quite a sensation.
The Early 1900s
In 1916, fake eyelashes were invented by American film director David W. Griffith to create a fluttering lash effect for silent film actresses. Even so, they didn't become popular until the '30s.
In 1917, a woman named Mabel Williams worked with a drug manufacturer to come up with "Lash-Brow-Ine," a formula made of petroleum jelly and oils to provide sheen. Eventually, their trademark became Maybelline, and over the next decade, they became a household name.
The 1920s and 1930s
A patent from 1931 claims that William McDonell invented the first lash curler and he called it Kurlash. I was made of stainless steel and modeled after scissors. They become very popular as they curled the lashes within seconds and were relatively inexpensive. In 1933, the term mascara came into play, and Maybelline designed a 10-cent package sold in drugstores.
The 1940s and 1950s
At the time, makeup was all about emphasizing the peepers—and painting cat eyes on the upper lashline, with fanned-out lashes to match, was a trend. In the early '40s, waterproof mascara formulas were introduced and became very popular. In 1958, Revlon introduced the first mascara package in a tube with a spiral-tip wand.
The 1960s and 1970s
In 1960, Revlon invented the first colored formula with its "Brush on Mascara," which came in hues like mauve and dark green. At the time, full, dramatic, and slightly-spidery lashes were in, and more attention was given to the lower lashes than ever. Women also opted for painted, brush-stroke lashes à la Twiggy. It was in 1971 that cult-favorite Maybelline Great Lash, a water-based mascara, hit the market. It's one of our favorites to this day.


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After 13 controversial rounds, the private-section Golshiri Award is stopped. The coordinators hope that by pausing the current system of annual award-granting, they can direct their limited budget towards improving the Golshiri Foundation's website (here).
In a public letter published on July 23, 2014, the directors of Golshiri Foundation have offered no particular reason for such a decision but have explained that the difficult task of granting annual awards has slightly diverted them from their initial purposes.
Founded in 2001 by literary figures such as Simin Daneshvar, Ali-Ashraf Darvishian, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Simin Behbahani, Bahman Farman-ara and Golshiri's wife Farzaneh Taheri, the Foundation sought to grant an annual Golshiri award to best works of fiction and literary criticism, hold story writing workshops, launch a publishing house, and help publish works by promising novice writers. Out of all these purposes, the foundation only managed, in spite of difficulties, to hold 13 editions of the award.
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One of the hottest topics of debate going into this year's Worlds is practice – specifically the option of unlimited practice on the same layout that would be used for the main event. October 1st the track opened with it's fresh new layout, and three weeks later on October 22nd the track closed. In those 22 days the track was lapped a many tens of thousands of times – as a result those drivers were able to gain invaluable setup knowledge, track knowledge, corner-time and above all spend time testing and perfecting all those things. During the 'practice period' we received quite a few emails from notable drivers who were disappointed with the situation: 40+ Worlds competitors will likely have a huge advantage over the 140 drivers who arrive to a track they have either never run on or not to the degree of several hundreds of laps. Suggestions of a 'two-tier' Championship have been mentioned; the winner of the drivers who went to practice and 'the best of the rest' – those who went with no practice. It will be interesting to see if there is evidence between two similar calibre drivers, one who has practiced and one who hasn't.
The Serpentine-like warm up track
You may think how much do you gain over 600 laps vs. 50 laps experience? The key here is the difficulty of the Pattaya track, one quote in particular stands out by favourite to win Jared Tebo, "It took the best drivers in the world 200 – 300 laps to be able to run 5 minutes clean". A track where it takes the absolute best that long to find the right lines and drive smooth cannot be taken lightly and may end up being a key factor in qualifying and even the finals.
Normal practice once a Worlds is announced is to organise a 'warm up race', this was held in February on a car-killing layout – those drivers who had prepared sported metal front & rear skid plates to protect the chassis from the abrasive surface. Indeed many of the top teams have beefed up shock towers and chassis for the main Worlds; Kyosho have prepared a steel front lower suspension block – tough enough to withstand the punishment. The warm up was TQ'd by Canadian Ty Tessmann, he was out front in the 60 min final until problems hit, this process was repeated for a number of drivers until Thailand's Meen Vejrak managed to take the win. Local knowledge and decent driving abilities will aid the team from Thailand. Whether the worlds layout will be 'as' hard on cars as the warm up we won't know until a few days in, IFMAR has a strict policy on chassis changes – they must be approved; could we be seeing towers of dirty and warped aluminium chassis' in the pits ? Only time will tell.
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Cardarine can also be known as GW-501516, some individuals could also refer to it as Endurobol.
It was originally developed as a secure alternative for metabolic and heart problems.
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It is actually one of the most interesting compounds I've personally come across. This compound allows the entire body to help regulate fatty acid metabolism which is completely amazing.
Basically, what it does is that it activates the protein PPAR-delta from the cells of the body. PPAR-delta is a sensor for fatty acids, which are found in muscles. Once the PPAR-delta has been switched on, your capacity to burn off fat increases.
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Trained mice improved their exhaustive running distance by 744.4 m (31.2percent ) after 3 months of GW501516 treatment
There are numerous advantages you can expect from Cardarine. It's not without a motive that GW-501516 is regarded as among the best fat burning and performance increasing compounds on the market.
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The upcoming good thing about Endurobol is that it burns off fat. Yep, that's right — besides the enhanced endurance, you'll also burn fat very quickly. It is going to also allow you to hold onto your muscles whilst still being in a caloric deficit. Some individuals even stack GW-501516 with SR-9009to make a fat-burning system. Trust me, GW501516 is WAY more powerful than all the other stuff you have tried. A study done on mice revealed that a little dose of Endurobol reduced the damage done to tissue in arteries. Bear in mind that this study was performed on mice, so it is not completely sure if this applies to human.
It is also worth mentioning that this compound has the capacity to stimulate muscle development. By activating the PPAR-Delta not only fat gets melted off, but muscle fibers also get stimulated.
In general, GW-501516 is a strong and effective medication. You won't find anything like it since it's unique abilities.
There are a lot of different opinions on the most optimal margarine dosage. The doses were between 2.5 to 10mg daily during the clinical trials.
Cardarine hasn't been tested on humans and all studies which have been performed with GW-501516 were done on animals. I personally wouldnt take more than 10-20mg per day, this is apparently the safest dose based on animal studies.
Typically people who do so are very experienced and have run it several times in the past. I would really try to stay away from higher doses since there is minimal information available.
Cardarine (GW-501516) has a half-life of about 12-24 hours. This means you'll have to dose it two a day. Many men and women dose it in the morning and once in the day, this will keep amounts in the body safe.
The length of the cycle should be no more than 6-8 weeks. Once again, you will likely find some users take it for more than 8 weeks but that is quite a risk. I'd suggest to play it safe and maintain the dosage low and the cycle length comparatively short.
GW501516 doesn't require a PCT, you can simply stop it after the cycle has been completed.
Mainly because they're very effective for preserving muscle.
There's not a great deal of information available on the negative side effects. I'd done my research and was unable to discover any user inspection that experienced negative side effects from Cardarine.
No research has confirmed that Cardarine really has any side effects in humans at all, but that may still alter of course. Should you plan to experiment with this chemical make certain to keep within the recommended dosage guidelines.
You have probably heard that margarine might cause cancer. Even though most of these claims appear to be only speculations and nobody really provides any evidence to back this up.
There has been a study done on mice in which Cardarine caused cancer. That's correct, but just how much were these mice really contributed? You can not simply take the rat dose and compare it with a dose for humans. No, you need to calculate the rat's dose into an effective dosage for humans.
They believe the rat's dosage is exactly the same as that of a human. The majority of people will go "Oh, in the event the rats were given 1.0mg/kg with great effects, I'll require the same" so they start calculating it based on their body weight, but this is not accurate.
That is NOT how it works men. Here's the human equivalent compared to animal dosages:
So comparing this to individuals, the rats were awarded 0mg,54.9milligrams, 219.6 or 439.2milligrams PER DAY. The tiniest dose given to these rats was basically 55mg per day. That is about 5 times more than the average dose we find people use.
Be sure to check out the next video about Cardarine causing cancer, it's really informative and gives you a fantastic idea about the rat study.
These rats have been given VERY high dosages of Cardarine. From the initial study, they're talking about how GW-501516 (Cardarine) can deal with cancer.
Another factor worth mentioning regarding this study is that the rats were awarded cardarine for 104 weeks (2 years). That is a very long period of time when most researchers seem to experiment with GW-501516 for about two to three months. Of course, this is just my view.
You would like to be careful when wanting to get Cardarine. It is extremely important that you are purchasing this chemical off a trustable source. GW-501516 is a research compound that you would like to be certain it's legitimate.
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Willys flatfender or flattie. It's a name every off-road enthusiast knows. Even if you're an off-roader who, for some reason, doesn't like Jeeps, you have to admit that flatties are cool. That's because these early civilian Jeeps and surplus military Jeeps were the first available 4x4s for people to play with in the dirt, allowing some of the first off-road events during the infancy of the hobby. All the other later brands of 4x4s are undeniably influenced by flatfenders, meaning the first Jeeps molded the construction of just about every other 4x4s built since. Your haters need to know that your early Toyota Landcruiser is a very good copy of flattie. The first Land Rover was a surplus military Jeep, and Ford built flatties during WWII. Shall we keep going?
A couple years back, Four Wheeler Editor Christian Hazel and Four Wheeler Network Technical Editor Verne Simons were both participants in what may have been the first unofficial Moab EJS Flatfender-only run. At the time, the plan was to do a full write-up on the run with details on all of the rigs in the magazine, but as time passed and things didn't happen, we decided it may just be better to just show you all the photos we have from the run. Enjoy the views as eight flatfendered Jeeps run a red rock Moab trail known as Flattie Iron Mesa -- at least for one day.


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Configuring and Planning a Windows Server Cluster - Page 2
In the past, I've worked for several organizations in which management deemed one or two applications to be mission critical. In these environments, management never wanted to see a network failure of any kind; but if the network did fail, they really didn't care what failed, as long as those essential applications were still running.
In such environments, load shedding is a great configuration. This configuration is especially effective because it not only guarantees that the application will be available under any circumstances, it also ensures that the application's performance won't suffer because of a bogged-down server.
In the load-shedding model, the clustered servers each run their own set of applications, just as you normally would on two separate servers (remember that the cluster is still seen as a single server by the rest of the network). The only difference is that the fail- over policy defines the critical applications. Now, suppose that one of the CPUs fails. During this failure, the second CPU would detect the failure and look at the fail-over policy. The fail-over policy would then tell the CPU to shut down all non-essential applications and to begin servicing any essential applications that were previously running on the failed CPU.
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Once you have an idea of which cluster model is right for your environment, you have a lot more planning to do. The first part of this process is to create an exhaustive list of your applications. This list should include things like the current location of each application, any dependencies related to the application, and just how critical the application is. For example, if you have a critical customer management program, you might list the place that the program currently resides and indicate that the program is dependant on the sales database running in the background. Therefore, you'd also want to document the location of the sales database and flag both the program and the underlying database as critical applications. If you're questioning the critical status of the database, consider that the customer management program is critical and can't run without the database; therefore, the database is also critical.
While determining dependencies, you must also look for applications that have common dependencies. For example, suppose that you have two applications that both depend on the same underlying database. Because of the dependency structure, these applications and their dependencies must always be grouped together.
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