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i'll probably be blasted and proven wrong but as far as i know, your videos have to be in mp4 format to play on the iPad (1 & 2)....
Or MOV or anything encoded for Apple devices.
Download AVPlayer HD and you don't even need to convert your files and it plays allot of formats.
thank you so much...but where can I get avplayer hd?
thank you so much...but where can I get avplayer hd?
Wow! What an awesome program! I've never heard of it but I'll definitely buy it. Why? Cuz it supports .h264, .mkv, subtitles, etc!
For this who dont know, .mkv files are pretty awesome: great quality and small file size.
By the way, you can easily buy the program from the iTunes store for $2.99.
Also, it's easy to find reviews on the web; here's one:
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This is old news, but new news to me, so I thought it's still worth a mention. The Dutch painter and sculptor Karel Appel passed away at the age of 85 on the 3rd of this month.
Here's a Google image search of the artist.
There's also a good article about Karel Appel by Christopher Masters over at the Guardian..
"The Dutch artist Karel Appel, who has died at the age of 85, famously declared that "If I paint like a barbarian, it's because we live in a barbarous age" – the sentiment of a man who had reached adulthood at the beginning of the second world war. Yet, like other members of that shortlived but celebrated movement of radical artists and intellectuals, the Cobra group, he absorbed a variety of intellectual and artistic influences, out of which developed a frenetic style of sweeping brushstrokes and vibrant, even lurid, colors." Guardian
Karel Appel – Born on the 25th of April 1921 and died on the 3rd of May 2006


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Cognitive Radio Tutorial
- an overview or tutorial about the basics of Cognitive Radio detailing a definition, history, Cognitive radio technology, architecture and Cognitive Radio networks.
Cognitive Radio Tutorial Includes
- Cognitive radio tutorial
- Cognitive radio networks
- Cognitive radio spectrum sensing
- Cooperative spectrum sensing
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Cognitive radio (CR) is one of the new long term developments taking place and radio receiver and radio communications technology. After the Software Defined Radio (SDR) which is slowly becoming more of a reality, cognitive radio (CR) and cognitive radio technology will be the next major step forward enabling more effective radio communications systems to be developed.
The idea for cognitive radio has come out of the need to utilise the radio spectrum more efficiently, and to be able to maintain the most efficient form of communication for the prevailing conditions. By using the levels of processing that are available today, it is possible to develop a radio that is able to look at the spectrum, detect which frequencies are clear, and then implement the best form of communication for the required conditions. In this way cognitive radio technology is able to select the frequency band, the type of modulation, and power levels most suited to the requirements, prevailing conditions and the geographic regulatory requirements.
Cognitive radio definition
There are likely to be a variety of different views of what exactly what a cognitive radio may be. Accordingly a definition of a cognitive radio may be of use in a number of instances.
A cognitive radio may be defined as a radio that is aware of its environment, and the internal state and with a knowledge of these elements and any stored pre-defined objectives can make and implement decisions about its behaviour.
In general the cognitive radio may be expected to look at parameters such as channel occupancy, free channels, the type of data to be transmitted and the modulation types that may be used. It must also look at the regulatory requirements. In some instances a knowledge of geography and this may alter what it may be allowed to do.
In some instances it may be necessary to use a software defined radio, so that it can reconfigure itself to meet the achieve the optimal transmission technology for a given set of parameters. Accordingly Cognitive radio technology and software defined radio are often tightly linked.
Cognitive radio history
There have been many factors that have lead to the development of cognitive radio technology. One of the major drivers has been the steady increase in the requirement for the radio spectrum along with a drive for improved communications and speeds. In turn this has lead to initiatives to make more effective use of the spectrum, often with an associated cost dependent upon the amount of spectrum used. In addition to this there have been many instances where greater communications flexibility has been required. Along the way, there have been several significant milestones along the road to develop cognitive radio technology.
One example that exemplified the need for flexible communications occurred in the Netherlands in 2000 when a fireworks factory exploded killing 23 people, destroying much of the town and injuring more than a thousand people. While dealing with this catastrophe, the emergency services (fire, medical, police, etc) experienced real communications difficulties because they all had different communications systems and were unable to communicate with the other services.
Another major emergency was the 9-11 terrorist attacks in the USA. Again communications difficulties were experienced.
While often a variety of radios would be needed for intercommunications, this would not be viable for small groups of people, and reconfigurable radios would have enabled far more effective communications to be achieved.
With spectrum becoming a more scarce resource many radio regulatory bodies started to look at how it might be more effectively used.
In the UK a report by Professor Cave was published in 2002 detailing the possibility of selling spectrum dependent upon the bandwidth required. This cognitive radio technology would lend itself to this approach of spectrum management as it would be able to utilise areas that were temporarily free and thereby maximise the use of particular areas.
Similarly others had been working on the possibility of self configuring radios. In fact the term "Cognitive Radio" was coined by Joseph Mitola while he was writing his doctoral thesis on the topic in 2002.
Intelligence and flexibility
Work is under way to determine the best methods of developing a radio communications system that would be able to fulfil the requirements for a CR system. Although the level of processing required may not be fully understood yet, it is clear that a significant level of processing will be needed. The radio will need to determine the occupancy of the available spectrum, and then decide the best power level, mode of transmission and other necessary characteristics. Additionally the radio will need to be able to judge the level of interference it may cause to other users. This is an equally important requirement for the radio communications system if it is to operate effectively and be allowed access to bands that might otherwise be barred.
Cognitive radio architecture
In addition to the level of processing required for cognitive radio, the RF sections will need to be particularly flexible. Not only may they need to swap frequency bands, possibly moving between portions of the radio communications spectrum that are widely different in frequency, but they may also need to change between transmission modes that could occupy different bandwidths.
To achieve the required level of performance will need a very flexible front end. Traditional front end technology cannot handle these requirements because they are generally band limited, both for the form of modulation used and the frequency band in which they operate. Even so called wide band receivers have limitations and generally operate by switching front ends as required. Accordingly, the required level of performance can only be achieved by converting to and from the signal as close to the antenna as possible. In this way no analogue signal processing will be needed, all the processing being handled by the digital signal processing.
The conversion to and from the digital format is handled by digital to analogue converters (DACs) and analogue to digital converters (ADCs). To achieve the performance required for a cognitive radio, not only must the DACs and ADCs have an enormous dynamic range, and be able to operate over a very wide range, extending up to many GHz, but in the case of the transmitter they must be able to handle significant levels of power.
Currently these requirements are beyond the limits of the technology available. Thus the full vision for cognitive radio cannot yet be met.
Nevertheless in the future the required DAC and ADC technology will undoubtedly become available, thereby making cognitive radio a reality.
Cognitive radio examples
While a considerable degree of research has been undertaken and a number of limited trials of cognitive radio technology have taken place, one of the first examples of a widely manufactured and distributed cognitive radio system is to be found in the cellular telecommunications arena. Here the idea of femtocell base stations has been developed to allow users to have achieve far better 3G coverage within their homes. Using the ADSL backhaul to link into the network, the new femtocells are effectively a form of cellular access point.
To operate correctly these femtocells must not cause interference to the main network, nor to any adjacent femtocells. To achieve this, cognitive radio technology has been used. By using cognitive radio, the femtocells are able to monitor their environment, select which geographic area they are in to ensure they comply with regulatory standards, and then choose a suitable channel frequency.
With wire-less and radio communications becoming far more widely used, and the current levels of growth looking to increase, ideas such as cognitive radio will become more important. Some areas of the spectrum are very heavily used while others are relatively free.
Additionally the ability to change modes, frequencies and power levels will not only make communication possible for the cognitive radio system itself, but should also reduce the overall levels of interference to other users.
This is because the most spectrum or interference efficient modes can be chosen by the cognitive radio system.
In view of the possibility of CR radio communications systems utilising the spectrum more efficiently some regulatory bodies such as the FCC in the USA and Ofcom in the UK are looking favourably at the idea of cognitive radio. When the idea becomes a reality it would enable greater efficient use of the radio spectrum, which is not an infinite resource as it once was considered. Accordingly the way may be opened from this viewpoint to assist the development of cognitive radio communications technology.
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Chatter: Life without Bumrah and another Stokes dilemma
July 10 2018 by Prakash Govindasreenivasan and Rob Johnston
1. India's No. 4 problem is still without a solution, isn't it?
Prakash: Indeed. Not long ago in South Africa, Ajinkya Rahane was seen as the answer to that nagging question, but he made scores of 79, 11, 8, 8 and 34* in the five chances he got and wasn't on the flight to England. He scored five successive half-centuries leading up to that score of 79 in the first ODI against South Africa, but couldn't keep up since. His strike rate of 78.63 after having played 90 ODIs didn't help his cause either.
KL Rahul showed in Manchester what he can do with some backing from the team. It was easier for Kohli to let go of his No. 3 spot in the shorter format, but in ODIs, he might still be best-placed to operate from there. But Rahul at #4 could also work, considering the selection committee had openly said during India's tour of Sri Lanka last year that he'd be tried in that position.
There's also Suresh Raina. With bowlers not getting to swing the white ball these days, and pitches in England being flatter than ever, Raina's usual pet peeves are taken care of. And he also looked fairly comfortable against short-pitched bowling in the Cardiff T20I. The fact that he hasn't played an ODI since 2015 will count for little as India might also view him as a sixth bowling option. That will also be a key factor in any decision taken regarding Dinesh Karthik, who, like Raina, is flexible enough to slot in at No. 4 or 6.
Another option is Shreyas Iyer. He got his chances at No. 5 in South Africa, but didn't quite set the world alight. He's also coming into the series at the back of ordinary performances for India A in England, and will remain an outside choice for immediate selection.
2. Based on the evidence of the T20I series, England will know that India aren't anything like the opposition teams they tend to blitz. But is the bowling still as strong without Jasprit Bumrah?
Prakash: Definitely not. Jasprit Bumrah was the best fast bowler across the two teams in South Africa, and has been India's all-weather performer for more than a year now. What's going to be missed the most during this series is his unmatched ability at the death, where England are known to kill off oppositions and games. His injury leaves a lot of responsibility with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who himself missed the last T20I due to a back injury. England might just have the luxury of targetting Bhuvneshwar's new-ball partner, who one from Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur or Siddarth Kaul.
Umesh last played an ODI at home against Australia in 2017, when the series was done and dusted and the first-choice bowlers were given a break. He should be ahead of Shardul on the pecking order, despite the Mumbai bowler coming in after four successful outings for India A in England. Trying out Siddarth Kaul, who has made rapid growth in the T20 format in recent times, may not be a bad idea either.
That said, irrespective of who takes the vacant spot, India will be a weaker bowling unit.
3. What about Hardik Pandya the fifth bowler?
Prakash: That's a tricky one. More so, in the absence of Bumrah. After 38 ODIs, he'd probably prefer his batting and bowling averages - 29.90 and 37.38 - switching places. In the South Africa ODIs, only once did he bowl all 10 overs. That didn't affect the Indian team too badly in that series because South Africa struggled to play all 50 overs in most of the games. A deep batting line-up like England will not afford India that luxury. Hardik might continue to be the 'half bowler' who can occasionally go all the way and bowl 60 balls. When he doesn't, they'll need a sixth option - who from this squad, is going to be Suresh Raina.
4. Can England's bowlers walk shoulder-to-shoulder with their fantastic batters? How do they stack up against India?
Rob: England's bowlers - particularly the spinners - had things far too much their own way in the ODIs against Australia which preceded this series. This Indian batting line-up is a very different beast with more power, depth and quality. It should be a real test.
England's bowling line-up is not yet as strong as their batting and they are short of Chris Woakes for this series too, the leader of their white-ball attack and someone who bowls at both the start and the end of the innings. They have not faced a gun batting line-up for some time and when the bowlers came under pressure against Scotland last month, they buckled.
There are, therefore, a number of questions that need to be answered this series: Can David Willey - 14 wickets from his last 17 matches at 42 - perform as the left-arm option? Do England have enough wicket-takers in the middle overs? After combining for 24 wickets against Australia, can Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid perform similar feats against India? Can Mark Wood, a potential match winner despite an ODI bowling average of 46, find top form?
This series is definitely a match-up of the two best and deepest batting line-ups in ODI cricket right now. But how England's bowlers fare ahead of next year's World Cup may be the more interesting story.
5. There's a question mark over Ben Stokes's place in the ODIs side too, isn't there?
Rob: After the strong showings against Australia without Stokes, who was injured, fitting him back into the ODI side is not going to be easy. It is a nice dilemma to have, of course, but whoever misses out for the Durham all-rounder will be incredibly unlucky.
However, there doesn't seem much doubt that the all-rounder will come back in. England might not have needed more than five bowlers against a depleted Australia but they almost certainly will against India and Stokes gives the team that balance. His combative approach should also be needed against a fired up VIrat Kohli and Co.
Who will miss out? The money would be on Alex Hales dropping out despite scoring 147 against Australia at Trent Bridge. Given their prime form, Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow are nailed on as openers for now while Joe Root, Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler are all guaranteed starters. With Stokes to come in, Hales is probably the one to miss out.
6. The T20I format seems to be slipping away from Joe Root's grasp. But how important is he to England's 50-overs side?
Rob: Joe Root averages 49.82 in ODI cricket. 49.82. This year, he is averaging 48.66. A few years ago those sort of stats would have made him a living saint in terms of England's limited overs cricket but his achievements are overshadowed somewhat by the exploits of the other, more aggressive, players in England's line-up.
Despite being dropped for the final IT20 in Bristol, Root remains a key figure in the ODI side. With 50 overs to bat, England's Test captain has the extra time to shape an innings that he does not have in T20 cricket. He is a fine player of spin which should be crucial against India and has the ability to be the glue which holds England's batting line-up together on days when their crash, bang, wallop approaches needs moderating slightly. If the pitches are dry, that could be the case in this series.
I think Root's omission from the T20I side is temporary anyway. He is just too good a player and if he can get more T20 game time for Yorkshire and England, he will find a new way to succeed at that format. He might not be in the best form right now but Joe Root is a class above. The ODIs are a chance to prove that yet again.
7. Who's the one player to watch out for from both sides? And why?
Prakash: Whoever bats at 4.
My money's on KL Rahul. He's got the game to play shots all around the ground, and a strong technique to go with it. After what he pulled off in Manchester, he's got to be trusted to cut it in the ODI format too.
Rob: Adil Rashid.
Rashid is such an important bowler for Eoin Morgan, the man he turns to for a wicket in the middle overs. With 30 wickets from 16 games this year, he is in top form but he will need more of the same against India. If they can prevent him taking wickets, England could struggle.
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A Goodbye Post
In my travels around the web - I was working really hard today, honest - I found this site.
The Migrant Project seems like a very interesting one. This is a little something from their manifesto:
The Migrant Project is a unique, interdisciplinary arts project, developed by a collective of Australian artists from a variety of cultural and artistic backgrounds, discovering and reassembling the untold stories of Australia's past and present.
Each time I see things like the Bonegilla Exhibition and the Migrant Project, one half of me is inspired, and the other half exhausted. My desire to document my family story and, indeed, to find out more about my family story is re-invigorated. On the other hand, the time evidently put into these projects and the sheer talent that surpasses my own wears me down.
The Migrant Project poses this very interesting question:
This blog started out telling snippets of my family story. It's morphed into all kinds of things - a little about books, a little about law, a little about race/ism, a little (probably more than I intended) about me.
In many ways, I have found it impossible to separate my Viet refugee past from my current life.
The nature of blogging itself does not assist me to keep separate stories of my past, from stories of my present. I began to worry, as I realised that people were actually reading my blog, of revealing too much about people who had not agreed to have anything at all revealed about them, to an unknown audience. It began to be safer to tell stories of my present, in which only (or predominantly) I - who had explicitly agreed to having things revealed about me and who was (mostly) in control of the revelations - figured.
I am a hybrid - not only of my Viet-ness and my Australian-ness, but also of the different identities of Oanh the daughter, sibling, aunt, partner, lawyer, reader, feminist, etc. I live a digital, and a non-digital, life. You, too, are a hybrid.
I have documented, and will probably continue to document, the transgressions between the me who aligns with my family and cultural expectations of me, and the me whom I think of as more truly myself. It is the cultural straddling I (and others) do, and suspect will always do, that intrigues me. I do it mostly unthinkingly. Have I forged a hybrid sense of self, or has it just arisen?
I am moving to the UK - a kind of confused reverse Australian migration. I will soon be struggling for a sense of home, and definitely for a sense of belonging. That won't be anything I have not done in the past, but it will be interesting to do, equipped as I am now, with the verbiage of theory. I will soon have no family and very few friend reference points for my identity. I will be behaving amongst people who will have no pre-conceptions about how to expect me to behave in any given situation (except my partner, of course, who has years of pre-conceptions, now). It is why travelling is so exciting to people, I think, this opportunity to re-create.
For my parents, my moving is not quite travelling. I wonder if they view this move as akin to their migration to Australia. It is not, of course, as I reassure them of at least 12-monthly visits home. That in itself, and the immediacy and simplicity of communication unknown when they left Viet Nam (and complicated by other factors too), makes what I am doing now, conceptually very different to what they were doing then.
This is my goodbye post. Not because I am leaving blogging forever, but, because, circumstances being as they currently are, I will need to have a blog hiatus of at least two months, maybe more. Moving across the world is time-consuming. I will probably still be reading and commenting but suspect that, too, will be sporadic. A break will be a good opportunity to think about the direction and purpose of this blog, and to return, hopefully, with a clearer idea of what I want from my blogging or an epiphany that such clarity is not possible, nor even desirable, for me.


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Just a few pictures to provoke jealousy - ha. These were all taken on Tuesday.
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Laundry Day ... on Horseback
Step 6. Repeat :) Such a fun idea.
It was perfect "first day of fall" weather too. During the horseback riding session, I sat at the picnic table, snacking on a nice crisp fall apple, and reading ... or at least trying to. It was very distracting today with all the beautiful colors and the fun lesson to watch, so I didn't get much actual reading done.
And here's a few random pics...
He tells me this is a fireman. Clearly. Can't you see the hat? :)
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John Lewis's memoir Walking with the Wind was a delightful read. After finishing Shame of the Nation, I needed either a break from reading for a week or a lighter read. I heard about Lewis's memoir within Shame of the Nation as Kozol interviewed him. Little did I know that Lewis's book was the perfect book for me to grab a hold of.
Walking with the Wind is a long read (503 pages) but is simple and accessible in its wording and approach. The story starts with Lewis's upbringing in the rural Alabama town of Troy. Lewis grew up and attended college in Nashville where he became active in nonviolent protests. His belief in nonviolence for the attainment of the Beloved (not hateful, not violent, not uncaring, not unkind) Community (not separated, not polarized, not adversarial) was central to him then as it is now as he serves as Congressman for the 5th U.S. Congressional district of Georgia. His stances have often brought on the labels of "anti-black" or "soft" because of his integrated and nonviolent approach to democracy.
Lewis documents his first hand participation in the Nashville sit-ins, strikes, marches in Selma and Montgomery, and his work thereafter. He didn't watch this stuff on TV, read it in the paper, or hear it on the radio: he was there. As he and hundreds of others attempted their first march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama (a 56 mile walk, by the way), he was clubbed in the head and landed a fractured skull. He marched with Martin Luther King Jr, Baynard Rustin, Ralph Abernathy, A. Phillip Randolph, and tens of thousands of nameless men, women, and children all for the sake of equal voting rights, equal usage of facilities (Boynton v. Virginia), and for the ultimate end of racism in the South. He worked for Jimmy Carter's administration, helped Bobby Kennedy campaign, was called to private and group meetings lead by John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and is the only House Rep today to of been arrested over 40 times.
What I enjoy about John Lewis's character is that he holds no punches yet he isn't judgmental. His book is not a polemic against likely enemies such as Newt Gingrich, George Wallace, plethora of racist southern elected officials, et al. He does call out those for being slow to act, for not upholding laws, and for what he sees as right and wrong. Ultimately, Lewis sees everyone through the eye of a key nonviolence movement tenet: everyone will have to deal with the decisions they make. Their conscience will bear that and he has no room to step in between anyone and their decisions. Much of his book comes off as him reporting the times, not opining every bit of it.
I felt that Lewis's book dragged for the last 120 pages after the last of the marches ended and MLK / Bobby Kennedy's assassinations. Walking with the Wind is well worth the read for anyone interested or intrigued by justice, compassion, nonviolence, and the piece they all hold in this puzzle known as America.


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One day Alice got bored while sitting at home and playing with some wool, when she realized that there was a mirror in the room. She went to it and touched it and suddenly realised that she could climb into it. It wouldn't be Alice, if she did not climb into it.
So Alice entered another world through the looking glass, which at first was not so different from our world, but after a few steps she realised that it is completly different there.
Flowers can talk, she meets Humpty Dumpty and many more....
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Pages: 130
Publisher: William Collins (17. Mai 2010)
Language: Englisch
My Opinion:
Lewis Carrol is a linguistic genius! He takes language out of its usual context and makes something different.
For example Humpty Dumpty
"When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master— that's all."
The whole novel is based on language and Lewis Carrol is a master of language and of playing around with language. He uses homonyms (words that have eather the same spelling or the same pronounciation but different meanings) to confuse the reader and even to confuse Alice. It was very interesting to me since I study linguistics at university. I just loved to see the things we learned applied on a story. It was just amazing.
"Finding meaning, like losing meaning, involves pleasure as well as pain. But then losing meaning, like finding it, does too, as the best nonsense reminds us."
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
I loved the story as well as the language, as well as the linguistic behind the language. It is one of my favorites!
Though I would not recommend this book for unexpierienced readers, because it could be a bit difficult to read and understand sometimes. But it is worth the struggle.


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November Cub Scout Roundtable Issue
Volume 7, Issue 3
Turn on the Power (Webelos Craftsman & Scientiest)
Franklin Discovers Electricity
Franklin: "A Penny Saved"
It was the 1740's when Ben Franklin started working with Electricity. He conducted many different Experiments to try to understand more about it. His most famous Experiment being his kite flying one in June of 1752. Franklin believed that Lightning was a flow of Electricity taking place in nature. To test his hypothesis, he tied a metal key to a child's kite and flew the kite during a thunderstorm. The key became charged with Electricity, and Ben had proof that Lightning is really a string of Electricity. His kite Experiment and his others helped him develop many of the words and terms that we still use today when dealing with Electricity: charge, discharge, conductor, minus, plus, electrician, electric shock, and others.
Franklin's numerous experiments with LIGHTNING led to his invention of the LIGHTNING rod. The LIGHTNING rod is used to protect buildings and ships from getting struck by Lightning. Benjamin Franklin was a huge contributor to the field of Electricity. He is said to be the first man to discover anything spectacular about Electricity, and he is well known by people everywhere for that.
Unlike some other inventors in electricity, Franklin did not spend his entire life working with it. He invented many other things that had nothing to do with Electricity, such as bifocals, the Franklin Stove, and the odometer. In 1831, he founded what is considered as the first public library. He wrote Poor Richard's Almanac, which was published from 1732 to 1757. He also established the first Fire department, and a police force. Franklin was also a huge political power in colonial America. Benjamin Franklin died at age 84 on April 17, 1790. He will forever be remembered for his contributions to Electricity and the rest of the world.
A Frontier Thanksgiving
Divide the audience into seven groups and assign each group one of the following sound effects to be given on cue.
Settler: "Davey Crockett,"
Gun: "Bang, bang."
Dog: "Man's best friend:"
Turkey: "Yum, yum."
Cabin: "Shut the door!"
Frontier: "Way out west!"
Indian: "Geronimo!"
Thanksgiving: Everyone pats tummy.
Early one Thanksgiving morning, many years ago on the old Frontier, a Settler stood before his lonely Cabin with his trusty Gun and faithful Dog ready to hunt the Turkey he needed for dinner, hoping no Indians would spoil his feast. Whistling to his Dog, the Settler shouldered his Gun and started down the forest trail. Meantime, the Indian, also with a Dog, came down the forest trail from the other direction. Just at that moment a fat Turkey flew between them. Out flew an arrow, off went the Gun, down fell the Turkey, in bounded the Dogs, up rushed the Indian and the Settler. "It's mine," claimed the Settler. "Ugh - him mine," said the Indian. "Gr rr," snarled the Dogs. The noise of the argument shook the Cabin and awoke the whole Frontier. But the Turkey, which was only stunned, took off unsteadily and flew in the open door of the Cabin, where it was promptly captured by the Indian and the Settler and the Dogs. And thus, Thanksgiving came to a lonely Cabin on the old Frontier.
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On tonight's episode of "Teen Mom 2," Kailyn took a much needed break from her ex-boyfriend/baby's father Jo and started hanging out with her coworker Jordan. Initially she was worried how Jo's family would feel if they saw her with another guy, but as she continued to date Jordan she stopped caring about getting caught. Realizing that she had to be honest and let Jo know the truth, her friends convinced her that the best way to come clean was to change her relationship status on Facebook.
+ Kailyn was living in Jo's parents' home when she went wide on the internet about her new relationship. Should she have told the family directly that she was seeing someone before putting it on Facebook, or was it none of their business? Take the poll and tell us what you think!
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On the ninth day of Christmas, WRR gave to me – A Dirty Love Entry!
- Find (and take) the green card hidden at Hudson Springs Park.
- Post a pic of yourself with the card to our instagram using #western_reserve_racing
- We'll activate the code for your free entry!
- There will be 12 "gifts" on the trails in the days leading up to Christmas. Be the first to find them and score!


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Getting your Dream Job: Part 4, Salary negotiation & Job hunt Q&A
You aced your first interview: the manager is happy of your confidence and knows you are a good fit for his team! Congrats, they want you!
Are you ready for this question though: what are your expectations in terms of salary?
Before signing your contract you should know the essentials of good salary and benefits negotiations: you are never going to have as much leverage as you do now, unless you start over from scratch...
Would you like to know how the job is worth? What are the pitfalls in a negotiation and how do you handle tough questions around money?
This is what I'll be sharing with you, I'm Manuel, and during this FREE workshop, you'll get to learn how to negotiate your salary!
And, as the last event on the series, you'll have the opportunity to come and ask any question related to job hunting: resume for changing career, getting a "yes" after being rejected, managing multiple job interviews, how to network,...
So come to learn how to negotiate your salary and ask me the question nobody answered yet!
RSVP your seat here or http://tinyurl.com/RegisterFYP
I am a Career Coach and a Consultant and in the last 6 years I worked in more than 10 different companies: always successfully getting hired without using networking!
After knowing how to craft a resume, you need to know how to prepare for your interview. Does anyone received training in being interviewed? There are no such training, even in the most reputed schools. When I got out of my business school, I researched and studied how to build resume and prep interview. I spent days on resume building, interview preparation, job offer negotiation... And I got good at it! I got my jobs and started helping colleagues, friends and clients build their own resume and land their dream job.
Interested? Come and find out by reserving your seat!
Here is what you will learn on the evening:
— How to calculate the salary you can ask for
— How to answer gracefully to money-related questions
— And the answer of the questions you still haven't dared to ask :)
So get ready to reap the fruits of your effort, learn how to get the most of your job hunt! With that workshop, come and learn, ask questions, discuss and land your dream job!
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Montefiore Medical Center
To pilot-test a new framework for integrating behavioral health care services into primary care—developed and disseminated with earlier UHF support—in four primary care medical practices in New York City. Project leaders will provide technical assistance to support the use of the framework, identify implementation challenges, and fine tune the framework based on project findings and results.
Depression and anxiety are common among patients seen in primary care settings, occurring in 20 to 25 percent of patients. These behavioral health conditions have been shown to be independent risk factors for the development of chronic illnesses, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and for poorer overall health outcomes and increased mortality. Most primary care practices, however, lack the ability to identify behavioral health conditions and to provide evidence-based treatments.
In 2015, UHF awarded a grant to Montefiore to develop an evidence-based framework for integrating depression screening and management into primary care settings of different sizes and configurations. The framework, developed by Dr. Henry Chung and published by UHF in June 2016, has been widely disseminated and well-received as a pragmatic approach to integrating behavioral health services into small and medium-sized practices. To fully validate and further refine the framework, Dr. Chung and his team will pilot-test its implementation in four primary care practices of different sizes in New York City. (Supported through a grant from the New York State Health Foundation, Dr. Chung will also pilot the framework in four additional primary care practices upstate.)
Each of the four New York City sites will receive ongoing consultation and support from Dr. Chung and his team, which will conduct three site visits to each provider over 18 months. Sites will receive assistance in performing and evaluating self-assessments, developing goals in each of the components of the framework, identifying data sources and metrics, implementing the framework, and measuring progress. All sites will participate in webinars developed for the project, and three reports will communicate progress among participants, and inform a broader audience of payers, policymakers, and Performing Provider Systems.
A major focus of this project will be assuring that practice changes are sustainable under a variety of value-based payment methods, and providing insights to policymakers and payers on how to realistically support and incentivize broader movement towards more advanced integration.
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Not every part of the drama training sphere is made of the same stuff, and it's refreshing to see niche training emerging that caters to new strains of theatremaking.
Take ZU-UK, which is celebrating its 15th birthday this year. The company, born with the unwieldy name of Zecora Ura and Para Active, is involved in immersive theatremaking. It is also committed to training through its Drift International programme, a methodology that has been used to coach artists in 10 countries for the past decade.
Perhaps that multinationalism is in its DNA; ZU-UK has been based both in east London and Rio de Janeiro since its inception in 2001. It is now launching a new programme – Dramaturgy of Participation – which will teach and and share its unusual approach to participatory and immersive performance.
The course coincides with the start of a new masters programme – MA contemporary performance practice – with University of East London. And the company is currently running a series of workshops and talks in New York and London. There's an article from ZU-UK (also called Dramaturgy of Participation) to be published by Palgrave this year as part of the book Framing Immersive Theatre and Performance.
Participatory, immersive theatre seems really to have taken off in the past decade or two, from the wonderfully imaginative work by Punchdrunk, to many children's shows I've seen (including terrific ones at the not usually very prominent Brook Theatre, Chatham) and Muse of Fire at Shakespeare's Globe.
And as it's now a clearly developed, and developing, strand of theatre work, it's absolutely right that experts in the field should be offering training.
So hats off to ZU-UK founders and directors Jorge Lopes Ramos and Persis Jade Maravala, with their strong track record of collaborating across cultures and artistic disciplines. The company has led projects at higher eduction institutions all over the country, including Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of East London, East 15 Acting School, City Lit, Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, and the universities of Lincoln and Manchester.
Last year, the company established a base, Gas Station in Stratford, east London, in order to focus on projects, ideas and conversations that live at the intersection between games, live performance and technology. Long may it continue.


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We visited them in the hospital the next day, and I just can't believe that our giant baby Hudson was ever that tiny! Nora has a full head of thick, black hair and the sweetest little lips. I honestly wanted to snuggle her all day – but alas I had to give her back to her proud, glowing mommy.
|Love the giant hat!
|My mom made this hospital gown, but I couldn't wear it in surgery, so Melissa put it to use!
|Such a sweet face.
|In the first outfit I bought for Nora (six months ago!)
|Rollie can't believe Hudson was once this tiny.
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Join the UMD Health Center, Department of Resident Life, and Delta Epsilon Mu on HUMP DAY for sex trivia, games, pizza and more! This high-energy, interactive, safer sex crash course is designed to engage and educate folks at all knowledge and comfort levels.
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Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2008, Article ID 384346, 8 pages
Image Segmentation Using Gray-Scale Morphology and Marker-Controlled Watershed Transformation
1Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), Jagannath Institute for Technology and Management (JITM), Parlakhemundi, Gajapati 761 211, Orissa, India
2Department of Geo-Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530 003, India
3Department of Instrument Technology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530 003, India
Received 20 August 2008; Accepted 26 November 2008
Academic Editor: B. Sagar
Copyright © 2008 K. Parvati et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Segmentation, a new method, for color, gray-scale MR medical images, and aerial images, is proposed. The method is based on gray-scale morphology. Edge detection algorithm includes function edge and marker-controlled watershed segmentation. It features the simple algorithm implemented in MATLAB. The watershed segmentation has been proved to be a powerful and fast technique for both contour detection and region-based segmentation. In principle, watershed segmentation depends on ridges to perform a proper segmentation, a property that is often fulfilled in contour detection where the boundaries of the objects are expressed as ridges. For region-based segmentation, it is possible to convert the edges of the objects into ridges by calculating an edge map of the image. Watershed is normally implemented by region growing, based on a set of markers to avoid oversegmentation.


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Gorilla delivers biggest Dirty Weekend for Rat Race Events
Event production specialist, Gorilla Marketing & Events, has just delivered the largest 'Dirty Weekend' mud-run obstacle course to-date, for event organiser Rat Race Events, at Burghley House, Lincolnshire. This year's event featured competitor numbers up by 800 to a new high of 6500, and the tallest structure built by Gorilla at a Dirty Weekend to-date, the fearsome Final Furlong obstacle.
The course, built within the grounds and woodland of Burghley House. is 20 miles long and consists of 200 obstacles for the competitors to negotiate, including the standard fare of obstacles through to the treetop runs, massive haystacks and very large water jumps.
Rat Race Events, MD Jim Mee, commented, "We like to add new challenges each year to keep the event fresh and exciting for participants, adding bigger and better obstacles. This year's additions, the caravan, the 'Salt & Pepper' towers, and the much larger final obstacle The Final Furlong, have combined gruelling difficulty with plenty of fun-factor, especially the water slide that I simply had to test personally!"
The Final Furlong scaffolding tower was the final obstacle, and at 12m in height, it towered over the course. Competitors were, however, rewarded with a huge waterslide to end the race on the other side. First man down the slide was Mee, wearing nothing but a sock to protect his modesty, and having given it his seal of approval the race began.
New for 2017 were two huge towers that straddled last year's Ewok Village from 2016, sending runners ten metres up into the forest canopy. Also in the woodland was the rollercoaster, a series of high-level aerial walkways whilst in open ground there was the new addition 'The Disco Caravan', which saw competitors clambering in and out through an old caravan to continue their way on the course.
Andy Gregorek, MD of Gorilla Marketing & Events commented, "It's great working with Rat Race Events, their enthusiasm to make this the biggest and best event of its kind allows us to constantly push the size, scale and complexity of the course. We also get to add in some fun elements like the caravan which adds a little bit of humour to the race. Planning for 2018 will be starting soon."
Parry, A. (2017). Gorilla delivers biggest Dirty Weekend for Rat Race Events. Available: https://www.eventindustrynews.com/gorilla-delivers-biggest-dirty-weekend-rat-race-events/


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Sovereign Marine Expands With Riviera Yachts & Regulator Marine
Sovereign Marine Group in Stuart, Florida, is thrilled to announce that we are the new Riviera Yachts dealer serving Pompano Beach to Jacksonville and the new Regulator Marine dealer from West Palm Beach county to Indian River county.
Riviera Yachts builds luxury boats from 36 to 85 feet in length across five lines: Open and Enclosed Flybridge, Sport Yachts, Offshore Express and Motor Yacht models. Regulator'
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• Access to every size, model and manufacturer of premium pre-owned yachts
• New Boat Dealer for Riviera Yachts serving customers from Pompano Beach to Jacksonville, Florida
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"We pride ourselves on our integrity, our ability to be a valued resource to our customers, and our extensive alliances worldwide," states Greg Terraglio, President, Sovereign Marine Center in Stuart, Florida. Taking service to the next level we are providing a "One stop shop", providing all your needs for the boating industry. For many years we have specialized in providing our customers with the luxury yacht they are searching for. Now with our additional location, Sovereign Marine Group can provide our customers with the service they deserve.
About the Sovereign Marine Group, Inc.
Sovereign Marine Group in Stuart, Florida, is a full service yacht brokerage house founded in 2001. Our Flagler office is located at the Harborage Yacht Club, in Stuart, Florida. Sovereign Marine Group is located in a 300 slip marina with a private club house, swimming pool and two restaurants to choose from. Our Monterey location at the base of the Palm City Bridge in Stuart is a full service marina with storage for up to 40 vessels and provides every service to meet your boating needs.
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High price,poor product
If you can't buy 'em, beat 'em. That could be the motto for Steven Cohen, the hedge-fund billionaire and runner-up in the bidding for the Dodgers.
The San Diego Padres are up for sale, and Cohen is thought to be one of at least five potential buyers cleared by Major League Baseball to review the team's confidential financial data.
Cohen already owns a small stake in his hometown New York Mets, but the majority owners of the Mets appear to have staved off the legal and financial distress that might have enabled Cohen to buy them out completely. Forbes estimates Cohen's net worth at $8.3 billion.


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Irvin: Bryant is starting to live up to the hype
A former No. 88 evaluating a current No. 88 was a popular topic during Super Bowl week interviews in New Orleans.
Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin made the rounds Wednesday and critiquing Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant was asked of him on multiple occasions.
"Dallas is starting to bring some pieces together," Irvin told WTEM-AM 980 in Washington D.C. "I've always thought Dallas won't get to where they want to be until No. 88 starts coming around. And now he's coming around."
Irvin said he talks with Bryant "all the time" but added that it wasn't always easy getting through to the former Oklahoma State standout. Irvin shared a story of an interaction he had with Bishop T.D. Jakes about giving Bryant advice.
Irvin told Jakes: "I'm sick of this 88, he's so hard-headed."
Jakes responded: "There was another 88 that was kind of hard-headed and didn't listen. This is how God teaches you about your own ways."
Irvin said he understood the message and became patient with Bryant, and according to Irvin, it seems to be paying off.
"We are all brothers in this so we want to see brothers (succeed), especially when you see a brother who came form where he came from," Irvin said. "I always measure a man not in the end game and where you end up but in distance traveled. And if you came up and you're right here we got to give him credit for distance traveled."
Bryant had his best professional season in 2012. The third-year receiver caught 92 passes for a team-high 1,382 yards and 12 touchdowns. Ten of those touchdowns and 879 of those yards came during the final eight games of the season.
While sitting on the NFL.com set, Irvin was given the chance to say if Bryant will live up to the hype of wearing the same number Irvin wore while helping the Cowboys win three Super Bowls in the 1990s.
"I think Dez is starting to live up to the hype," Irvin said on NFL.com. "It's still a long journey. … Is he there? Is he over the hump? No. But is it time that we can have a small celebration and tell him to get back on the track? Absolutely. He's had a couple first downs, he's doing well. But he still has a long road. He has to stay on that path."
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SG, You have my heartfelt best wishes for SGSpouse and yourself.Are there any Lupus research programs? You may want to get involved with them, mostly to get the latest news on progress.I say this because my MIL died of Alzheimer's and both MDH and I are participants in a Memory and Aging project that is trying to understand/define the disease. They have semi-annual progress reports for participants and maybe a similar Lupus research program does the same.Even if today's prognosis is dismal, there may be a glimmer on the horizon.I wish you and SGSpouse the best!PM
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Senate Report: We've Spent Billions Improperly Collecting Information On Innocent Americans, Yielding Little On Terrorism
A program created after 9/11 produced little information on terrorism and improperly gathered information on innocent Americans.
Because of a convoluted grants process set up by Congress, Homeland Security officials don't know how much they have spent in their decade-long effort to set up so-called fusion centers in every state. Government estimates range from less than $300 million to $1.4 billion in federal money, plus much more invested by state and local governments. Federal funding is pegged at about 20 percent to 30 percent.
Despite that, Congress is unlikely to pull the plug. That's because, whether or not it stops terrorists, the program means politically important money for state and local governments.
A Senate Homeland Security subcommittee reviewed more than 600 unclassified reports over a one-year period and concluded that most had nothing to do with terrorism. The panel's chairman is Democrat Carl Levin of Michigan, the ranking Republican Tom Coburn of Oklahoma.
"The subcommittee investigation could identify no reporting which uncovered a terrorist threat, nor could it identify a contribution such fusion center reporting made to disrupt an active terrorist plot," the report said.Click here for reuse options!
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2012 ended just like it began {sort of}, with champaign and family that are more than friends.
You may remember that last New Year's was spent with Hubby's siblings. {We are a group of five!} I have loved each of these people since the moment I met them. We have hung out together and vacationed together and found snippets of time to talk on the phone or video chat since, like, forever! Shared memories and jokes just get richer and richer.
Brother's wife and I like to sneak off and laugh until tears roll down our faces. We laugh until we can't catch our breath. And we often get in trouble with our husbands. They think we are too rowdy? Or think we may be making fun of them somehow? SIL and I have talked on the phone and our stories make each other laugh/cry on the phone too.
Hub's Sis is also important to our group of fun. She and SIL totally get how wonderful white Russians are and allow me to indulge in Kaluha and cream. And sangria in summer? Why, yes, thank you! Many an afternoon has seen one or three of us on the porch with a sangria. We know how to appreciate the small pleasures.
We three "girls" enjoy our time together often on the porch or in the kitchen watching SIL (Bro's Wife) cook. She loves to cook and she is incredibly good at it.
The boys are often in another room taking techie talk, or re-wiring computers or trying to establish the fastest connection to something and typically talk in geek.
Bro and SIL are incredible hosts. They have created a home that is so inviting and comfortable and are so generous with having family come and stay for our visits.
SIL loves to decorate for Christmas. She usually has several trees with different themes. When we visit around Christmas time there are so many cookies and goodies we can never finish them all. It is a Christmas wonderland at their house. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to be with them this time of year.


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The scientific creed
Here are the ten core beliefs that most scientists take for granted.
1 - Everything is essentially mechanical. Dogs, for example, are complex mechanisms, rather than living organisms with goals of their own. Even people are machines, 'lumbering robots', in Richard Dawkins's vivid phrase, with brains that are like genetically programmed computers.
2 - All matter is unconscious. It has no inner life or subjectivity or point of view. Even human consciousness is an illusion produced by the material activities of brains.
3 - The total amount of matter and energy is always the same (with the exception of the Big Bang, when all the matter and energy of the universe suddenly appeared).
4 - The laws of nature are fixed. They are the same today as they were at the beginning, and they will stay the same for ever.
5 - Nature is purposeless, and evolution has no goal or direction.
6 - All biological inheritance is material, carried in the genetic material, DNA, and in other material structures.
7 - Minds are inside heads and are nothing but the activities of brains. When you look at a tree, the image of the tree you are seeing is not 'out there', where it seems to be, but inside your brain.
8 - Memories are stored as material traces in brains and are wiped out at death.
9 - Unexplained phenomena like telepathy are illusory.
10 - Mechanistic medicine is the only kind that really works.
Originally posted by Americanist
~ Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation (translated from German by E. F. J. Payne)
Why are you polluting your brain with nonsense lists like that? That's not an accurate representation of scientific beliefs. Science is limited in scope to what can be verified with evidence. If something can't be measured or verified, that doesn't mean it's against scientific dogma so much as that it's beyond the scope of science, so that's a major part of the problem with that list. Take #8 for example. How are you going to set up a scientific experiment to determine if memories are wiped out at death, or not? It's got nothing to do with dogma, and everything to do with whether something can be measured and verified.
Originally posted by 23432
The scientific creed
Here are the ten core beliefs that most scientists take for granted.
9 - Unexplained phenomena like telepathy are illusory.
Number 2 on the list makes me wonder most , what is yours ?
"Crazy" isn't a diagnosis. Megalomania isn't a diagnosis either, it's a symptom of some kind of mental problems, which he definitely has. A qualified specialist would need to diagnose specifically which mental disorders Rodin has that result in his megalomania...there could several.
Rodin is interesting fellow and he doesn't come across as " Crazy " per se .
The biggest scientific delusion of all is that science already knows the answers. The details still need working out but, in principle, the fundamental questions are settled.
Thanks. It's nice to hear from a scientist on what scientists really do. Rupert Sheldrake, who wrote that article 23432 posted, and the people that believe it, don't have enough exposure to scientists.
Originally posted by buddhasystem
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This is monumentally false.
The biggest scientific delusion of all is that science already knows the answers. The details still need working out but, in principle, the fundamental questions are settled.
This destroys the idea that scientists think they are right...they are trying to prove themselves wrong...some discussion takes place about this.
21:15 "We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible"
Did you watch this lecture already or are you a scientist? This is similar to what Feynman says around 51:44, though rather than saying it's simple, he says it takes a fantastic imagination to do that, and he explains why.
If one comes up with an exotic theory that is somehow better than, say, common E&M theory, I'm sure they'll get their day in debate. It's simple -- explain all of the existing experimental data and find something else that current science doesn't explain but your theory does.
Interestingly, he closes the lecture by speculating about some possible future day when science may understand the mysteries he discusses (related to theoretical/particle physics), but he emphasizes we certainly aren't there yet, so this should drive home the point that there is more than just fine tuning needed, but instead we really don't have the answers yet. Then he says there will be endless new mysteries to explore like space, biology, and so on, so he is really talking specifically about eventually developing an understanding of particle physics, and not saying we will have answers to everything.
53:30 We are very lucky to live in an age when we are still making discoveries.
Originally posted by Mary Rose
I see that DanielNunezMind responded. People who are interested can follow the conversation here.
Topics Discussed:
1Stop Energies is based out of the Bronx, New York and is founded by Erica and Daniel Nunez.
What began as a 'sustainable night light project' became a life long journey to reshape the way to generate and utilize electricity on a fundamental level. . . .
They began by creating simple energy efficient motor/generators based on open source information attainable through internet searches. Shortly after, this led them to Vortex Based Mathematics. The entire VBM premise is based on universal 'natural pathways' or 'flow paths' that exist in the space we inhabit.
After seeing other small scale models created by driven inventors and researchers, they decided to take it a step further and develop their custom framework to control and ensure geometric precision in toroidal space. They began testing different wiring algorithms and creating custom circuitry to understand and replicate their findings for both on and off grid uses.
Over the course of 4 years, Daniel and Erica have developed enough collective knowledge to replicate their results on large and small scale uses while posting their findings to the internet community in an attempt to raise awareness and interest into these wonderful new possibilities.
From the 1Stop Energies website:
The Unification Coil is a copper coil formed into a toroid (or donut) which outputs more energy than what is put into it. It is constructed using the mathematics of both Marko Rodin and Randy Powell in order to successfully create the path of least electrical resistance. . . .
I already heard the part about him buying an expensive meter and the display blanking etc, which is why I said he needs an oscilloscope. I think I listened to enough to make an accurate assessment. I'm not in any particular hurry but I have other things to do besides listening to the last 25 minutes when the first 15 minutes adequately revealed his level of incompetence. Listening to rambling nonsense becomes a bit like listening to someone making annoying sounds on a chalkboard after a while. But if PLB can suffer through the whole thing, more power to him.
Originally posted by Mary Rose
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Please listen to the entire interview. He talks about purchasing a meter and the limitations of it in the interview. Hopefully -PLB- will listen to the entire interview as well.
Would you agree he corrected him when he said it's not sound, it's electrical? The interviewer was right about that. So not only did he not believe it was sound, he explained what it was instead of sound.
I have a different interpretation of the interviewer. I would not say "he didn't believe him" whatsoever.
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
Would you agree he corrected him when he said it's not sound, it's electrical? The interviewer was right about that. So not only did he not believe it was sound, he explained what it was instead of sound.
Interesting "clarification" which only serves to confirm his confusion.
Originally posted by Mary Rose
When I said sounds are electrical; I was referring to the fact that we generate sounds using a simple device which is, in fact, creating electrical oscillations. We then feed those frequencies into our coils and extract higher energy potentials on the output side.
Originally posted by Mary Rose
When I said sounds are electrical; I was referring to the fact that we generate sounds using a simple device which is, in fact, creating electrical oscillations. We then feed those frequencies into our coils and extract higher energy potentials on the output side.
"Simply put, we are all electric beings who inhabit an electric universe. Sounds, thoughts, colors, and just about everything we perceive are electrical impulses that are being translated into usable information by our brains. When I said sounds are electrical; I was referring to the fact that we generate sounds using a simple device which is, in fact, creating electrical oscillations. We then feed those frequencies into our coils and extract higher energy potentials on the output side.
"Being very different from a 'step-up transformer', these coils are able to increase energy potentials without having to increase the ratio beyond 1:1; which hasn't been done before. The phenomena occurs at different frequencies from coil to coil, but generally happens in the Kilohertz range. This provides us with a different understanding of sound and the relationship it maintains with the surrounding environment."
Then maybe you'd like to enlighten me with a source?
Originally posted by tgidkp
there is a very distinct electrical potential within any physical compression wave.
that is not difficult to understand.
the two phenomena are far more linked than you are letting on. but I would guess that you really enjoy your chauvinism.
Thank you very much for the feedback. There is a pulse going into our coils that beats in the Kilohertz range. That frequency vibrates, or resonates, the coil to a degree that allows it to pull in High Voltage from the surrounding environment. We are then able to utilize this High Voltage for lighting or charging batteries. The process is actually a lot more simple than people care to admit; it's really a byproduct of very precise geometrical design. On a 1:1 ratio coil, we don't normally see this effect, but these specialized coils operate differently than conventional ones by following natural flow paths.
On the matter of sound being electric; I am resolved in my understanding that the universe is entirely electric. Hence, everything in it operates under the same unifying laws; from the micro to the macro. After all, if it weren't for the electrical receptors of the brain, there would be no perception of sound. And if we take it a step further, two people have the ability to listen to the same sound and hear two completely different things. We are merely interpreting electrical impulses; this is the wonder of the senses.
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Volkmar Lüthen, Berlin DE
|Patent application number
|METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A LAYER HAVING NANOPARTICLES, ON A SUBSTRATE - The invention relates to a method for producing a layer (
|Nozzle Arrangement and Method For Cold Gas Spraying - The invention relates to a method of, and a nozzle arrangement for, spraying cold gas. The nozzle arrangement has a first nozzle and a second nozzle, which is arranged within the first nozzle. The first nozzle is fed a gas which optionally contains particles. The second nozzle is fed a particle-containing gas. The particles are applied to a surface of the substrate by means of the gases.
|Substrate With Applied Coating and Production Method - There is described a substrate with a coating; the coating contains a coating matrix in whose matrix structure multilayered and/or encapsulated nanoparticles are arranged and release a dye when a limit temperature is exceeded the first time and/or trigger a color reaction which causes the color of the coating to change irreversibly.
|Powder for cold spraying processes - A powder can be produced by immersing microparticles (
|Method for removing a protective coating from a component - The invention relates inter alia to a method for removing a protective coating from a component, especially a turbine blade. According to the invention, the protective coating is removed, using mechanical shock waves having a shock wave repetition rate below 20 kHz.
|Method for producing a particle-containing functional layer and functional element comprising such a layer - In a method for producing a particle (
|Method for the electrochemically coating or stripping the coating from components - A method for the electrochemical application or removal of a coating of components (
|Method for feeding particles of a coating material into a thermal spraying process - In a method particles are delivered to a thermal spraying process for forming a layer on a component. They are entrained there by a carrier gas stream and deposited on a component to be coated. The particles are dispersed in a liquid or solid additive before being introduced into a supply line which issues into the thermal spraying apparatus, the additive, after leaving the supply line, being transferred into the gaseous state in the carrier gas stream. A liquid additive evaporates or a solid additive is sublimated, whereby the particles in the carrier gas stream are separated. The dispersal of the particles in the additive simplifies an exact metering and prevents the particles from forming lumps, so that improved layers can be deposited by virtue of an improved homogeneity of the carrier gas stream. As the additive has been transferred into the gaseous state, it is not deposited in the layer.
|ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF SURFACES - In an analysis device and a method for testing the catalytic activity of surfaces, a reaction cell is provided that has a recess for a sample that is provided with the catalytic surface. In the analysis device, an optical test of the reaction occurring in the reaction cell may occur. The reaction cell has a closed channel that is part of a fluid circuit. The reaction cell may be advantageously designed in a very space-saving manner in its scale, such that a portable use of the analysis cell is possible as well. Here, a simple measurement process of the absorption capacity of the sample fluid located in the reaction cell is conducted. To this end, a laser diode is provided, the measurement stream of which is directed into the reaction cell and reflected multiple times. The light intensity is measured by means of a photodetector.
|Method and device for depositing a non-metallic coating by means of cold-gas spraying - A description is given of a method for depositing a non-metallic, in particular ceramic, coating on a substrate (
|METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT WITH A NANOSTRUCTURED COATING - In a method for producing a component (
|METHOD FOR PRODUCING A WEAR LAYER - In a method for producing a starting material (M, N, N′) for the production of a wear layer (
|METHOD FOR REPAIRING A COMPONENT BY COATING - A method for repairing a component such as a turbine blade is provided. At the end of its operating time, the component has, for example, a depletion of aluminium in a region near the surface. The application of a repair layer is provided including particles with an increased proportion of aluminium. A subsequent heat treatment may achieve the effect of equalizing the concentration of aluminium between the repair layer and the region near the surface, and so the aluminium content required for new components is achieved again.
|Cold Gas Spraying Method - The invention relates to a cold gas spraying method with the aid of which a substrate to be coated can be coated with particles. According to the invention, it is provided that microencapsulated agglomerates of nanoparticles are used as particles. This advantageously allows the advantages that accompany the use of nanoparticles to be used for the coating. The nanoparticles
|LAYER MATERIAL FOR CORROSION PROTECTION AND SOLAR RECEIVER HAVING SUCH A LAYER MATERIAL - A layer material for corrosion protection and to a solar receiver having such a layer material is provided. The layer material comprises a binding agent consisting of a resin containing at least one of the following substances: oligo- or polysiloxane, silicone resin, silicone, silicate, polyphosphate, and which is dissolved in a solvent, a pigment consisting of zinc microparticles having an average diameter of at least 1 um, wherein a further pigment consisting of titanium oxide or silicon oxide nanoparticles having an average diameter of no more than 100 nm is present in the layer material. The layer advantageously has a self-healing effect in addition to the corrosion protection effect thereof owing to the use of zinc particles.
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Baku. 21 September. REPORT.AZ/ Tournament MVP Pau Gasol had a double-double as Spain cruised past Lithuania 80-63 Sunday to regain the European basketball championship title, Report informs referring to foreign media.
Spain earned its third title in the last four tournaments after having to settle for bronze two years ago. For Lithuania, it was a second straight runner-up finish after losing the final against France in 2013.
''It was an incredible championship,'' Gasol said. ''We went through struggles early on but the team responded well and with our backs to the wall we understood that we had to play better defense.''
Earlier, France pulled away in the third quarter to beat Serbia 81-68 for the bronze medal.
With Spain's King Felipe VI and tennis star Rafael Nadal watching on, the final was a one-sided affair as the Spaniards opened a 13-point lead in the first quarter and were never really threatened. The king presented the medals to the Spanish players, who celebrated with their fans in the stands after the ceremony.