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The importance of incorporating volunteer experience into your résumé
Including volunteer experience on a résumé can help youth showcase their skills.
February 16, 2013 - Author: Sara Keinath, Michigan State University Extension
When teenagers are putting together their first résumé, it can be frustrating if they have not had a lot of work experience. How do you prove you are capable of doing a job without having had a job before? Michigan State Univesrity Extension says that one way to deal with this age-old challenge is to incorporate volunteer experience and community service efforts into your resume.
There are several different kinds of résumés. Michigan 4-H has examples of each one on the careers section of their website. A chronological résumé is the most common, as it is the most preferred format for employers. It works well for someone who has a substantial work history. A functional résumé focuses instead on skills; this often works well for people with limited experience, but it is not as preferred with employers. A combination résumé allows the job-seeker to highlight both skills and their work history. Electronic résumés are becoming more accepted and requested, as well.
Looking at these types of résumés, one can see that either a functional or combination format will work best for youth with little to no experience. In either of these formats, youth can include the skills they utilize in 4-H projects and experiences. Any time a youth organizes a program, sets goals and develops an action plan, coordinates a group to work on a project together, keeps accurate records of a fundraising event, teaches a skill to someone else or takes on a leadership position, they are demonstrating skills that are sought after by employers. It does not matter if this work was in a paid position or not. The important thing to remember is to have concrete examples of how the skills were used.
Adults who work with youth on these projects, whether as volunteer advisors or as partners in community service projects, can later attest to their skills as references. A sample reference list is also available on the 4-H website.
As youth make choices about how to spend their out-of-school time, it is often helpful to think about the life skills they will be learning through various activities or experiences. 4-H can give youth opportunities not only to learn, but also to gain confidence and competence in skills that will help them later on in the job market.


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There are approaches to holiday time with blended families that can avoid unnecessary tension
A Road Map for Holiday Times With Blended Families
Hello out there all you blended family parents and steps, and those going through a divorce. No fun, especially during spring holiday season, when all of so many friends are telling you the fun they are having with their sweet and happy and conflict free kids getting rid of the bread, buying (and sometimes baking!) the matzoh, and getting the lovely eggs and chocolate bunnies artfully arranged.
I have been through it, and I have survived, and I promise you that you can too, if you keep focused and keep your head on straight. I want to give you some "tough love" tips in the "wish I had known" department to help you through it.
In the step parent department:
1. If the blood parent is available and loves his or her kids responsibly, stay out of the way, and take a supporting role. Never compete, trying to be THE mom or dad. (This is good practice for a wedding when if you are smart, you will take a very back seat.)
2. If the blood parent is unavailable or irresponsible, things get more complicated. Do all in your power to treat your stepchildren and those you gave birth to in the same way. All kids act out; it is part of growing up, and learning to stand tall. But rejected step children have enormous pain and anger (understandably!). It will be directed to you a great deal, for you are a safe target. Insist on manners; but also, try to understand that by enduring their anger, you are helping them to survive.
3. Take time and plan with your partner how you hope the holiday can evolve. Discuss all who will be with you, and what approach each needs. I call this an "emotional time line." You will have jolts and surprises galore, even with this planning; but the planning and discussions will help.
4. All children try to "divide and conquer" their parents in a way to get what they want and to vent. They also will use this manipulation to play you against the other parent or parents. Never let them cause the two of you to argue while with them during these attempts. If there is not a united front, and something cannot be discussed and resolved immediately, but should be, excuse yourselves; go to another room, close the door, and hug each other tightly. Then decide what to do.
5. If possible, discuss strategies with the other parents; but this is not always possible. If one or both of the other parents involved are unreliable, your job will be harder. Accept that they will do all possible to pit the kids against you. Hug your partner, and endure.
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So, you've followed the steps explained in Make A Wish. Better Yet, Apply for A Grant (part 1 of this 2-part blog series). Well done! Now it's time to put your grant application together. Remember, it doesn't have to be overwhelming – it's just a project like any other. You have a checklist, and with a little stick-to-it-iveness, you'll be on your way in no time.Read more »
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`Managing' Poverty: Care and Control in Peruvian Street Children's Everyday Lives
Aufseeser, Dena
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This dissertation examines the contradictory and complementary ways in which both neoliberal development and children's rights legislation shape national development and child poverty in Lima and Cusco, Perú. It uses childhood as a lens through which to more critically analyze struggle over meanings of development, poverty and appropriate uses of public space, looking at the ways in which children's rights and neoliberalism shape the regulation of poor children through a number of spaces, including social services, urban space, and street children's everyday lives. The project is based on 14 months of in-depth ethnographic research, participant observation and interviews with street children, as well as conversations with policy makers, educators, government officials and social workers. My research design was specifically concerned with both recognizing children as active producers of knowledge and with connecting their everyday experiences with broader systemic changes and processes of development and governance. Rather than focusing on either a macro-scale or a more localized analysis, it links the subjectivity of the poor both with political-economic shifts and discourses and with identity projects. By focusing on street children's everyday lives, this dissertation combines work on the governance of poverty, most of which has remained focused on the global north, with insights from critical development scholars regarding a need for a historical and sociopolitical account of poverty to actively politicize the ways in which Peruvian street children negotiate control, care and survival. Despite beliefs that children are outside of politics, childhoods play important roles in shaping national development and reproducing particular value systems. This dissertation considers how linking dominant development ideologies with the language of children's rights serves to mitigate critiques that development negatively affects the poor, reinforcing dominant development ideologies by allowing them to be packaged in a more socially acceptable way. It analyzes in what ways children's rights discourse provides moral justification for international intervention and the increased regulation of childhood based on Western models. In doing so, it contributes to critical poverty and development studies by linking narratives of development, childhood and rights with the maintenance of poverty. However, rights themselves are subject to competing interpretations and have also provided an important organizing tool for local social movements, such as Peru's child workers' movement. Additionally, children themselves are not simply passive in the face of increased state intervention. They `manage' their poverty in varied and often creative ways, engaging in spatial strategies to evade police and social workers' efforts to regulate their behavior, creating work opportunities for themselves in the street, and in some cases, even playing up their own poverty and vulnerability in order to more successfully street vend. There is a danger, however, in celebrating all acts of survival as resistance. Instead, many forms of children's agency represent contradictory resistance; while in some ways they create more opportunities for themselves or avoid increased state regulation their actions often lead to further marginalization or work to exclude them in other ways. This necessitates both a more nuanced analysis of resistance as well as a need to more closely examine the indicators being used to measure international development and urban `revitalization'. My project concludes with an in-depth discussion of how feminist care ethics can inform more inclusive rights-based approaches to development.
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TURBULENCE: spiller of coffee, jostler of luggage, filler of barf bags, rattler of nerves. But is it a crasher of planes?
Patrick Smith, airline pilot and author of the book Cockpit Confidential and the website askthepilot.com explains the truth about that annoying, and this common midair annoyance.
Judging by the reactions of many airline passengers, one would assume that turbulence is far and away the number one concern when flying. Intuitively, this makes sense. Everybody who steps on a plane is uneasy on some level, and there's no more poignant reminder of flying's innate precariousness than a good walloping at 37,000 feet.
It's easy to picture the plane as a helpless dinghy in a stormy sea. Boats are occasionally swamped, capsized, or dashed into reefs by swells, so the same must hold true for aeroplanes, right? Everything about it seems dangerous.
Except that, in all but the rarest circumstances, it's not. For all intents and purposes, a plane cannot be flipped upside-down, thrown into a tailspin, or otherwise flung from the sky by even the mightiest gust or air pocket. Conditions might be annoying and uncomfortable, but the plane is not going to crash.
Turbulence is an aggravating nuisance for everybody, including the crew, but it's also, for lack of a better term, normal. From a pilot's perspective it is ordinarily seen as a convenience issue, not a safety issue.
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When a flight changes altitude in search of smoother conditions, this is by and large in the interest of comfort. The pilots aren't worried about the wings falling off; they're trying to keep their customers relaxed and everybody's coffee where it belongs. Planes themselves are engineered to take a remarkable amount of punishment, and they have to meet stress limits for both positive and negative G-loads.
The level of turbulence required to dislodge an engine or bend a wing spar is something even the most frequent flyer - or pilot for that matter - won't experience in a lifetime of travelling.
Altitude, bank, and pitch will change only slightly during turbulence - in the cockpit we see just a twitch on the altimeter - and inherent in the design of airliners is a trait known to pilots as "positive stability".
Should the aircraft be shoved from its position in space, its nature is to return there on its own. I remember one night, headed to Europe, hitting some unusually rough air about halfway across the Atlantic. It was the kind of turbulence people tell their friends about. It came out of nowhere and lasted several minutes, and was bad enough to knock over carts in the galleys.
During the worst of it, to the sound of crashing plates, I recalled an email. A reader had asked me about the displacement of altitude during times like this. How many feet is the plane actually moving up or down, and side to side? I kept a close watch on the altimeter. Fewer than 40 feet, either way, is what I saw. Ten or 20 feet, if that, most of the time.
Any change in heading - that is, the direction our nose was pointed - was all but undetectable. I imagine some passengers saw it differently, over-estimating the roughness by orders of magnitude: "We dropped like 3000 feet in two seconds!"
At times like this, pilots will slow to a designated "turbulence penetration speed" to ensure high-speed buffet protection (don't ask) and prevent damage to the airframe. This speed is close to normal cruising speed, however, so you probably won't notice the deceleration from your seat. We can also request higher or lower altitudes or ask for a revised routing. You're liable to imagine the pilots in a sweaty lather: the captain barking orders, hands tight on the wheel as the ship lists from one side to another. Nothing could be further from the truth. The crew is not wrestling with the beast so much as merely riding things out. Indeed, one of the worst things a pilot could do during strong turbulence is try to fight it. Some autopilots have a special mode for these situations. Rather than increasing the number of corrective inputs, it does the opposite, desensitising the system.
Up front, you can imagine a conversation going like this:
Pilot 1: "Well, why don't we slow it down?" (dials a reduced Mach value into the speed control selector.)
Pilot 2: "Ah, man, this is spilling my orange juice all down inside this cup holder."
Pilot 1: "Let's see if we can get any new reports from those guys up ahead." (reaches for the microphone and double-checks the frequency.)
Pilot 2: "Do you have any napkins over there?"
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Predicting the where, when, and how much of turbulence is more of an art than a science. We take our cues from weather charts, radar returns, and, most useful of all, real-time reports from other aircraft.
Some meteorological indicators are more reliable than others. For example, those burbling, cotton-ball cumulus clouds - particularly the anvil-topped variety that occur in conjunction with thunderstorms - are always a lumpy encounter. Flights over mountain ranges and through certain frontal boundaries will also get the cabin bells dinging, as will transiting a jet stream boundary. But every now and then it's totally unforeseen. When we hit those bumps on the way to Europe that night, what information we had told us not to expect anything worse than a mild chop. Later, in an area where stronger turbulence had been forecast, it was perfectly smooth. You just don't know.
When we pass on reports to other crews, turbulence is graded from "light" to "extreme". The worst encounters entail a postflight inspection by maintenance staff. There are definitions for each degree, but in practice the grades are awarded subjectively. I've never been through an extreme, but I've had my share of moderates and a sprinkling of severes.
One of those severes took place in July 1992, when I was captain on a 15-passenger turboprop. It was, of all flights, a 25-minute run from Boston to Portland, Maine. It had been a hot day, and by early evening, a forest of tightly packed cumulus towers stretched across eastern New England. The formations were short - about 8000 feet at the tops, and deceptively pretty to look at.
As the sun fell, it became one of the most picturesque skyscapes I've ever seen, with buildups in every direction forming a horizon-wide garden of pink coral columns. They were beautiful and, it turned out, quite violent - little volcanoes spewing out invisible updrafts. The pummeling came on with a vengeance until it felt like being stuck in an upside-down avalanche. Even with my shoulder harness pulled snug, I remember holding up a hand to brace myself, afraid my head might hit the ceiling.
Minutes later, we landed safely in Portland. No damage, no injuries.
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Many brides find that the hardest decision in planning a wedding is the guest list. Do you want a small intimate wedding? Or, do you invite everyone you have crossed paths with in your life? A small affair can be just as grand when you follow a few steps.
One way to make a space pop with color is in the floral detail. When picking out centerpieces alternate tall and short arrangements on the tables. This actually causes the room to seem larger and your guests will be in awe of the different styles. Choosing the color of the flowers can play a key role as well. Make sure to choose arrangements that have one deep or bright color, with other coordinating lighter hues. If possible place your flowers on a mirrored tile to give a reflective surface and enhance the size and color of the arrangement. (Hotels like the Hotel Galvez and Spa and The Tremont House both offer these) Hint: Having too much dark floral, may cause the room to feel dark and cluttered, so make sure to brighten it with lighter shades, or keep the darker colors for accents.
Linens also play a huge role in a wedding. If you are planning a smaller wedding, you will have the opportunity to upgrade your linens, and still stay within budget. Choose neutral color linen (white or ivory are great and often offered by properties like the Hotel Galvez & Spa or The Tremont House complimentary) and then add a textured overlay to add some jazz to the room. Another option is choosing a colored runner for the tables. Pick out a runner or two that are in your color scheme and place them over the neutral linens. Just make sure to remember your color wheel and use complimentary colors. Hint: Remember to have fun and add color, texture, pattern and shine.
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With the unique shapes, colors and the perfect venue a bride can truly make their wedding, the wedding to remember. It does not take a huge budget to host a magical and memorable feeling wedding that both you and your guests will remember for a life time.
Hotel Galvez & Spa and The Tremont House have Wedding specialists available to help you arrange the day of your dreams, contact them through the Catering department at 409-515-2161 or on our websites www.hotelgalvez.com or www.thetremonthouse.com.
Jennifer Rutledge is a complex sales manager for Hotel Galvez & Spa, The Tremont House and Harbor House Hotel. Jennifer was formerly a catering sales manager who planned small weddings and wrote a wedding blog for Houston Bridal Extravanganza.


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|Strawberry Special K with sliced almonds and almond milk
We occasionally eat out, and I always find it a bit tricky to choose from the menu because I'm never quite sure how many grams of carbs are in a meal. I ate dinner on the ferry to Vancouver Island last weekend and had a bowl of tomato-based clam chowder with a small multigrain dinner roll. Sounds ok, right? Wrong! My blood sugar was 10.2! I don't know what the heck they put in that clam chowder but it clearly had a lot more carbs than I had estimated. Another night we went to the Spaghetti Factory. It's pretty tough to find something on the menu that's not too heavy on the carbs. After all, it is a pasta place. But I decided on garlic roasted chicken with linguini. I ate all the chicken and had about half of the linguini. Afterwards we went bowling, and I think that helped burn off some of the sugar because my blood sugar was actually too low (low 4s!). So it's easy to under or over estimate the amount of carbs when eating out, although I've discovered that the best thing for my blood sugar and for my taste buds has been lettuce-wrapped burgers. Most places have no problem lettuce-wrapping any burger from their menu. I've had them at Red Robin, White Spot and Fat Burger, and while they're a lot messier than a regular burger, they're just as tasty! I eat fries on the side (usually not all of them), and my blood sugar ends up being in a good range (mid 6s). Sometimes I'll have a diet pop while I'm out too, because water gets pretty tedious. It's not the healthiest of meals, but it's a nice treat once and a while.
|Lettuce-wrapped burger at Fat Burger
My blood sugar levels have been so good that the diabetes specialist has cut down my testing to every second day, but the nurse from diabetes education was concerned about my ketone levels and lack of weight gain. I've tried to work on that by adding an extra meal right before bed. My favourite bedtime meal is oatmeal. Typically I take 1/3 cup of rolled oats with 2/3 cups of water and add 1/4 cup of diced apple with a sprinkle of cinnamon and Splenda. I top it off with a couple tablespoons of Coconut Breeze Boring Porridge. It's a gluten-free porridge that's low in carbs and high in fibre. I microwave my concoction for about 90 seconds, until the oatmeal has cooked, then I add a splash of almond milk and a spoonful of natural peanut butter. I look forward to this every day! It's such a comforting meal before bed and since I've started eating it I've had no ketones the next morning, while still maintaining a low blood sugar level before breakfast (low 4s).
|Apple Cinnamon Coconut Peanut butter Oatmeal


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The Regional part of this year's Extreme Festival circuit racing Festival will get underway in varied style at the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria this Saturday (March 17).
The St Patrick's Day Festival of Racing will cater for nine separate racing disciplines on four and two wheels, set to tackle a total of 18 races during the course of an action packed programme.
Heading up proceedings will be two races for autObarn SuperHatch cars, with the combination to beat in the 31-car field Brett Garland in his autObarn Honda Civic.
His closest adversaries should be Jonathan du Toit (TAR Honda Civic), Chris Davison (Precision Opel Superboss), Andre' Dannhauser (Pro Auto Opel Corsa), Nic Martin (RDG Opel Kadett), Werner Pieterse (Scarlet Sun VW Golf) and Shaun Smith (Pta Noord Toyota RunX).
Front runners in the Motor Mart VW Challenge races should be Stiaan Kriel (Pozi Drive Polo), Rory Atkinson (BHIT Polo), Wayne Masters (Performance Masters Polo), Gavin Ross (Norbrake Polo), Nic Clarke (Avo Suspension Polo), Lyle Ramsay (Monroe Polo), Wayne Crous (Toshiba Tech Polo) and Shaun Crous (Ancro Building Polo).
The Car Care Clinic 111 Sports and Saloon Car races will see a mixed bag of cars taking to the tarmac.
Leading competitors should include George Economides (Wealth Avenue BMW 328i), Louis Cloete (SV Tech VW Beetle), George Bezuidenhout (Accolade Nissan Primera), Neil Lobb (TVR Chimaera), Rory Eland (Dialogic VW Polo), Bjord Gebert (FAS Alfa Romeo GTV6), Wouter Roos (Stata Drilling VW Golf) and Lucas Bezuidenhout (Pta Noord Toyota Lexus).
Variety will also be the name of the game in the Yokohama Modified Production Car races, with Jeff Langeveldt (JDM Tuning Honda CRX), Keagan Pottas (EV Dynamics Honda), Paul Saayman (Intercity Auto Golf), Phillip Addicott (Leet Locost), Roan Ehlers (FEC Golf), Dirk Lawrence (Vaal Timbers Honda) and Richard Hodgson (Juvon Golf) fighting for podium places.
Two-wheeler fans will not be left out in the cold.
The Bridgestone Challenge races will see riders like Coen Erasmus (Auto Investment HondaondaH), Loutjie Vermeulen (Auto-Lo Suzuki GSXR), Hennie Swanepoel (Ultimate Kawasaki), Naasief Wadvalla (Fastbike Kawasaki), Harry van As (Wellness Honda), Waseem Wadvalla (Fastbike Yamaha R6), Michael Dixon (Westside Honda CBR) and Bradwyn Janse van Vuuren (Dot 2 Dot Kawasaki ZX6) in action.
The day's closest racing could be provided by the Hankook Formula Vee brigade, whose slip-streaming battles around Zwartkops has become the stuff of legends over the years.
Front contenders should include Jaco Schriks (Bean Child Coffee Rhema), Peter Hills (Lube Fusion Rhema), Gert van den Berg (BP Nantes Rhema), Lushen Ramchander (Technical Rope Forza), Brandon hills (Lube Fusion Rhema)and Symm Grobler (Rhema).
The Mivaal Historic racing brigade should see podium challengers like Brendon Parker (Datsun GX Coupe), Martin Botha (Climax Datsun GX), Martin Venter (Barrage Auto VW Jetta), Andy Gossman (Dimension Signs VW Scirocco), Ken Pryce (SV Tech Datsun Coupe), Andries Draper (Auto Classic Ford Escort), Travis Jensen (Jensen Towing Datsun GX) and Hubi von Moltke (Mecedes-Benz 280 CE).
Top contenders in the Big Boss Auto Super Saloon races must include Riaan Draper (Auto Classic Peugeot 206), Marius Jacobs (AAA Recovery Tigra Nissan), JP Nortje (N4 Autocraft VW Corrado) and Franco di Matteo (Deltech Alfa GT).
Rounding out events will be races for National Sports Cars, with drivers to watch Paul Sullivan (SBK Nash MV3), Steve Venter (TEG Nash), Neil de Later (Tornado Marketing Lotus Birkin) and James Forbes (Nash ADR MCE3).
The meeting will naturally recognise St Patrick's Day, with the paddock to offer live music, green beer, free kiddies' entertainment, and a flea market.
There will also be a St Patrick's ticket special – buy three tickets at R100 each and get one for free.
The same will apply to three students' tickets at R70 each.
Normal ticket prices will be R120 per adult and R90 per student, while kids under the age of 12 will go in for free.
Food and drink will be on sale or you may take your own and everybody may visit the pits on foot at all times.
For more information call the Zwartkops Raceway at 012 384 2299 or send them an e-mail at email@example.com.
Story by Andre' de Kok – The Citizen


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The jrk 21v3 motor controller is a highly configurable brushed DC motor controller that supports four interface modes: USB, logic-level serial, analog voltage, and hobby radio control (RC). The controller can be used with feedback for closed-loop speed or position control, or it can be used without feedback as an open-loop speed control. The continuous output current is approximately 3 A in the recommended operating range of 8–28 V, with derated performance down to 5 V and transient protection to 40 V. The board ships with connectors included but not soldered in, allowing for custom installations.
The jrk 21v3 is a versatile, general-purpose motor controller that supports a variety of interfaces, including USB. The broad operating range from 5 V to 28 V and continuous output current of 3 A (5 A peak) allow this board to control most small DC brushed motors. Analog voltage and tachometer (frequency) feedback options allow quick implementation of closed-loop servo systems, and a free configuration utility (for Windows) allows easy calibration and configuration through the USB port.
Key improvements over competing products and earlier Pololu motor controllers with feedback include:
- USB connectivity with emulated serial (COM) port allows direct motor control from a PC.
- Ultrasonic PWM to eliminate switching-induced motor shaft hum or whine.
- Robust, high-speed communication protocol with user-configurable error condition response.
- High internal resolution (12 bits) for smooth and flexible calibration to various input and feedback devices.
- Current sensing and limiting.
- Reversed power protection.
- Field-upgradeable firmware.
Note: A USB A to mini-B cable (not included) is required to connect this controller to a computer.
Main Features of the Jrk 21v3
- Simple bidirectional control of one DC brush motor.
- 5 V to 28 V operating supply range.
- 3 A maximum continuous current output (5 A peak).
- Four communication or control options:
- USB interface for direct connection to a PC.
- Full-duplex, TTL-level asynchronous serial interface for direct connection to microcontrollers or other embedded controllers.
- Hobby radio control (RC) pulse width interface for direct connection to an RC receiver or RC servo controller.
- 0–5 V analog voltage interface for direct connection to potentiometers and analog joysticks.
- Two closed-loop feedback options:
- 0–5 V analog voltage.
- Frequency/tachometer digital input up to 2 MHz with 1 ms PID period. (Open-loop control with no feedback also available.)
- Simple configuration and calibration over USB with free configuration program (Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, and Windows XP compatible).
- Configurable parameters include:
- PID period and PID constants (feedback tuning parameters).
- Maximum current.
- Maximum duty cycle.
- Maximum acceleration.
- Error response.
- Input calibration (learning) for analog and RC control.
- Optional CRC error detection eliminates communication errors caused by noise or software faults.
- Reversed power protection.
- Field-upgradeable firmware.
- Optional feedback potentiometer disconnect detection.
- Comprehensive user's guide.
- Motor channels: 1
- Operating voltage: 5 – 28 V
- Continuous output current: 3 A
- Peak output current: 5 A
- Auto-detect baud rate range: 300 – 115,200 bps
- Available fixed baud rates: 300 – 115,200 bps
- Available PWM frequencies: 20 kHz, 5 kHz
- Reverse voltage protection? Yes
- USB connector style: USB Mini-B
- The jrk 21v3 is the smaller of two jrk motor controllers. For a higher-power version, see the jrk 12v12.
Included Hardware
The jrk 21v3 is available in two versions: "fully assembled" with terminal blocks and 0.1 male header pins pre-installed, and this connector-free version. The connector-free version includes a straight 0.1" breakaway male header strip and two 3.5mm, 2-pin terminal blocks, but these parts are not soldered to the board, which allows for custom installations.
The three mounting holes are intended for use with #2 screws (not included).
Example Feedback System – 4 Methods of Control
- USB control
- TTL serial control
- RC / pulse width control
- Analog control
- Product Wiki
- Pololu Jrk USB Motor Controller User's Guide: The user's guide for the Jrk 21v3 USB Motor Controller and the Jrk 12v12 USB Motor Controller.
- Pololu USB Software Development Kit: The Pololu USB SDK contains example code for making your own applications that use native USB to control the Jrk Motor Controller, Maestro Servo Controller, Simple Motor Controller, or USB AVR Programmer.
- Application Note: Using AutoHotkey with Pololu USB Products: An application note about using AutoHotkey for Windows to control Pololu USB products.
- Jrk Motor Controller Windows Drivers and Software (release 121204): This ZIP archive contains the installation files for the Jrk Configuration Utility, the jrk command-line utility (JrkCmd), and the jrk drivers for Microsoft Windows.
- jrk 21v3 settings for linear actuators: Use a jrk 21v3 to precisely control our Concentric LD series linear actuators with feedback. Instructions for using this file can be found on the linear actuator product pages.
- Dimension diagram of the Pololu Jrk 21v3 USB Motor Controller with Feedback
- Pololu Jrk 21v3 USB Motor Controller with Feedback drill guide: This DXF drawing shows the locations of all of the board's holes.
- The Haunted Organist: A spooky animatronic skeleton using the Jrk USB Motor Controller. See the final result or more pictures and information. By Mark Goodson, October 2009.
- R2D2 dome position control: A replica of the famous Star Wars droid R2D2 that uses the Jrk USB Motor Controller for position control. See the video which shows the Jrk Configuration Utility in action, or read the blog post which has more information. By ggpipe, February 2010.
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5: The Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 is required for many Pololu configuration, control, and utility programs under Windows. Most computers will have this installed already or can automatically install it over the internet, but you can also get .NET 3.5 directly from Microsoft at this link. If you are installing on a computer without internet access, make sure to get the Full Redistributable Package.
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New Left Review I/173, January-February 1989
Alexander Cockburn
Introduction to Hecht Interview
Over the past quarter-century huge areas of Amazonian forest have been reduced to ashes. The conquest of the Amazon resembles more a scorched earth policy than development. The rate of deforestation has been close to exponential, and it has all been for nothing.
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American boffin touts sugar-fuelled mobile phones
Gadgetry to run on spuds, Coke, even dead flies
But other boffins poured scorn on the safe, possibly eco-lovely sugar'n'spuds power source. Prof Phil Bartlett of Southampton Uni said the sweetness-powered gear "isn't going to cut it". He calculated that a Minteer yummy-cell unit would need four square metres of electrode to power a two-watt cellphone. Of course, lower outputs might suffice to trickle-charge a device if it was switched off.
Other researchers felt that sugar power wasn't being creative enough. Prof Chris Melhuish of the Bristol robotics lab said he had built a small robot which ran on "unrefined biomass," which turned out to mean - wait for it - dead flies. Yes, that's right: a robot which runs on corpses, albeit tiny ones for now.
Melhuish, worryingly, told The Guardian "The power that you're getting out is relatively small, but so were solar cells thirty years ago." It would seem obvious that he intends to move on to bigger and better things, perhaps powering his planned machine civilisation from farmed humans in vats, Matrix style. (Why is it always the robotics guys?)
There are of course strong incentives to make power industrial without using fossil fuels. Even if you don't believe in global warming, nobody really wants to keep relying on unsympathetic foreign regimes for energy - and even if Western consumers can continue to muscle their way to the head of the global oil and gas queues, and are happy to take the consequences, fossil stocks will eventually run out.
Nonetheless, even radical eco-hippies don't seem to view conventional solar power, hydro, wind, geothermal power etc. as having the potential to replace oil and gas. Greenpeace, for instance, reckon (pdf) that you could only supply 50 per cent of the world's energy by such means by 2050, and even that would require a lot of powersaving.
That boils down to a stark choice between cuddly biofuels or nasty nuclear power to take up the slack. There are other ideas, such as space-based solar collectors etc, but these are largely unproven or unpopular.
So it's easy to see why so many people want biofuels to work. But even at a laptop and mobile-phone level they may be a while off. Prof Peter Bruce at the University of St Andrews said that Minteer's sugar-batteries would yield outputs at least an order of magnitude less than more conventional fuel cells, and low output is already the besetting problem of such kit.
Greenpeace, too, reckon that availability of sustainable biomass is limited, and that it should be used mainly in stationary electric and heating applications already factored into their 50 per cent figure.
All in all, it may be some time before we run our portable gadgetry on a cocktail of dead flies, spuds, Coke and table sugar. ®


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When Liza Minnelli entered Madison Square Garden for the Lady Gaga concert last night, the little monsters went apeshit.
And Gaga herself later made a point of reminding everyone that Liza was there, saying how inspiring she's been to her, and asking the crowd to stand up and cheer for the lady.
I love the idea of some kind of inter-generational show biz connection between these two.
They should keep it going!
Maybe Liza can do a song called "My Husbands Were Born This Way."


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|Demiris/Rice Advertising (DRA) has operated as a full-service advertising/marketing and public relations agency since 1952. During its 50 year history the agency has continuously served both national and regional clients located in major western markets including Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Denver, San Francisco, Boise, Reno and Las Vegas, among others. Robert Olson purchased the agency from Chris Demiris and Bill Rice in 1991 and two years later Marilynn Olson joined the agency as co-owner and vice president.
Together Bob and Marilynn, and their staff, have provided strategic advertising, creative services and media buying for their clients in
|the public, as well as private sector. Bob and Marilynn are seasoned advertising professionals with nearly 50 years combined experience, including 22 years with Demiris/Rice.
The proof is in the results. With vast experience in all facets of advertising for media analysis, planning, buying and post-buy analysis, Demiris/Rice has effectively and judiciously managed advertising budgets for clients time and again.
|Robert L. Olson
President & Co-Owner
Robert L. Olson is president and co-owner of Demiris/Rice Advertising, Inc., a full service advertising/marketing and public relations company doing business nationwide for 50 years. He bought the business from the original owners in 1990.
Bob has enjoyed a varied advertising career, including advertising management positions in the eastern United States with Bausch & Lomb, Inc. and Schoenback Advertising, as well as western-based companies including Milo Baughman Design, Golnick Advertising and the Collett Agency. His credentials include writing
and producing radio and television commercials for a variety of clients, all phases of print and outdoor creativity, as well as direct account management.
For the past 17 years, Bob has gained extensive, in-depth knowledge of the trucking and transportation industry, supervising all advertising, marketing, driver recruiting and public relations services for Salt Lake City based C.R. England, Inc., a major refrigerated trucking company serving all 48 States, Canada and Mexico.
|Marilynn Olson
Media Supervisor, Vice President
Marilynn Olson says "What I do is I-deal." And, she has been enjoying media planning and buying for the last twenty-plus years. Her experience is varied and vast. She is very well versed in the complexities and intricacies of media analysis, planning and buying.
Currently, Marilynn plans and buys broadcast and print in many major, mid and small size markets throughout the U.S. No stranger to aggressive negotiating, Marilynn has been able to achieve "more holler for the dollar" for many clients. Some current clients include C.R. England Trucking, SuperMall of the Great Northwest, Napa Valley Transportation Planning Agency, and Salt Lake Research. For sixteen years Utah Transit Authority benefited from her strong planning, negotiating and buying skills for all their media advertising needs, including all bus advertising, their Rideshare program, as well as the unveiling and grand opening of TRAX, the new Salt Lake light rail system. Additionally, Marilynn was the media planner and buyer for CalTrain, the commuter link between Gilroy and
San Francisco, California and SamTrans, the bus system in San Mateo County, California.
Prior to developing a media division for Demiris/Rice Advertising, Inc, a company she co-owns with her husband in Salt Lake City, Marilynn was Senior Media Planner/Buyer for ten years at FJCandN (now called Richter 7), a large advertising agency in Salt Lake City. Before their merge with FJCandN, she was Media Director for five years at et al, inc., another major Salt Lake City advertising agency.
A life in Baltimore preceded the move to Utah in 1983, where Marilynn received her education academically and experientially through Loyola College and many years in the advertising agency business.
Marilynn keeps life in balance by spending leisure time at a loom, creating hand-woven items and enjoying the benefits of a second home and sailboat in northwest Washington State.
|Jon Miles
Art Director
Jon Miles is a creative department in one person. From the first step to the finished product, Jon's work is successful in getting attention. He consistently utilizes available resources to achieve maximum results.
Fresh from school in 1986, Jon took an entry position in the creative department at Demiris/Rice Advertising. Within six months he moved his way up to Art Director. He has worked with an impressive variety of clients since then. His work ranges from campaigns for Williamsburg Savings Bank, advertisements for Masseys Jewelers, many logo designs for businesses and products, to brochures for numerous high-tech corporations. For more than 14 years, Jon's produced hundreds of eye-catching nationwide
& local classified display ads for clients such as Franklin Covey and C.R. England Trucking. Whether the ad is placed in the South Bend Tribune or the Wall Street Journal, he makes sure the ad will stand out and be read. Classifieds by their very nature require a speedy turnaround and Jon has not missed a deadline in 14 years.
All in all, Jon is adept at translating a client's vision into a very effective visual advertising message. Upon tracking response results of C.R. England's ads versus those of their competition, it's been documented that England's ads have twice the response at half the cost. He doesn't need a signature on his work with results like that.
|Jodi Westbye
Account Manager/Senior Media Planner/Buyer
Jodi Westbye is involved in all aspects of Recruitment Advertising from classified newspaper to internet advertising. She manages the Internet Advertising department for Demiris/Rice. She researches websites and search engines, negotiates contracts, designs advertising profiles and banners, monitors impressions, and refreshes client's job postings. Jodi coordinates with the graphic designer to design ads that will convert hits to results. She implements key word tests, calculates click-through rates, tracks cost per hire, and cost per lead. Jodi is skillful at directing creative e-mail campaigns. Additionally, Jodi is a strategic broadcast and print media planner and buyer. She has used her skills to efficiently create and implement spot market grand opening media for Franklin Covey in many large and small metros throughout the U.S.
Jodi has been with Demiris/Rice for over four years; she is familiar with all aspects of the
business and is focused on getting results. She enjoys the process of researching and planning for a client's advertising needs to ensure optimum results. Jodi is a "big picture" thinker who enjoys cultivating new ideas while maintaining current projects.
|Karolee Stevens
Recruitment Advertising Specialist
Karolee Stevens specializes in classified recruitment advertising; placing ads in print media nationwide. Her expertise includes implementing advertising campaigns by submitting insertion orders, tracking budgets, proofreading ad copy, checking tearsheets and verifying publication. She participates in headline and copy development, researches print media, and negotiates contracts. She is skilled at copy writing and proofreading.
Karolee believes it is essential to provide excellent customer service. Mediation certification gives her the tools needed to work closely with clients and media representatives. She developed outstanding research, writing, reasoning, and problem solving skills while obtaining an associate degree in business/paralegal studies at Mountain West College.
Karolee's advertising career began in radio. She has worked in every aspect of radio broadcast including copy writing, production, news, and even local talk show host. She has accumulated over 20 years advertising experience in radio, daily newspaper, weekly classified paper/magazine, and yellow pages.
Karolee spent eight years at the Nifty Nickel Pioneer Shopper in St. George where she participated in every aspect of the paper including layout, production, and distribution and was responsible for one third of the paper's revenue. As Advertising Sales Manager she developed media kits, marketing proposals, trained employees, and maintained accounts.


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UFO Sighting Report - Canada
July 9th 2009 : Oshawa, Ontario
UFOINFO Sighting Form Report
Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Date: July 09 2009
Time: 10:20pm EDT
Number of witnesses: 2
Number of objects: 2
Shape of objects: Somewhat delta shaped, like a chevron stripe
Weather Conditions: Clear, cloudless sky
Description: I had just returned from visiting my mother, and while entering my house, I looked up at the sky, for no reason other than to look at the stars since it was very clear. Almost directly overhead, I spotted two objects travelling southward, side by side, with one seeming to be just a bit ahead of the other. They were travelling quite fast, as they disappeared over the south horizon quite quickly. They travelled much faster than any commercial airliner, had no red or green lights or strobes as would be on any aircraft. They appeared somewhat silver in colour, and were shaped like chevrons, or delta shaped. I was facing south, and they were approximately 75-80 degrees above the eastern horizon. The time it took for them to travel from directly overhead until they faded in the distance over the south horizon was between 8 and 10 seconds, at the very most. I am familiar with several aircraft, and these had no similarities to any I am aware of. There was no sound, and no sign of any exhaust. I need to add that I see several commercial flights from my deck easily both by day and night, and none have ever been travelling south. They all travel east or west, and usually the strobes are visible, and if they are at a low enough altitude, I can also see the red and green marker lights. The objects I witnessed that I am writing about had none of the required lighting of any aircraft. As quick as I could after they disappeared, I contacted the local airport, Oshawa Municipal, but unfortunately, the tower had just closed, and the radar operators were unavailable. I then contacted a good friend, who ironically told me he had just witnessed the same two objects. It was through him that I got the address to this website, and he also wrote a report. That's also why I say there was 2 witnesses, even though I was alone at the time of the sighting. On the following morning, I checked several news websites for any info regarding downed satellites, or other witnesses to the same objects, but to no avail. Whatever I saw were not regular aircraft of any kind, and moving way too fast to be any commercial or private.
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This week I've been making a dent in my TBR stack, with a few books I've heard great things about. The good news is, they did not disappoint!
Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
Graham used to be married to Elspeth, but that was before Audra came along. Now Graham and Audra have been married for twelve years, and have a ten year old son with Asperger's. When they run into Elspeth and her new boyfriend, Audra decides that the four of them should all be friends. Hilarity ensues.
This is the perfect beach read. It was so funny that I literally laughed out loud, not once, but multiple times (my family was giving me weird looks). There's enough of a plot to keep you interested, but not enough to make you think too hard. There was even an "I really didn't see that one coming" moment halfway through the book. The characters are fun, quirky, and sometimes just plain weird, the way your friends in real life actually are. If you're looking for a fun book you can read in a day, this is it.
The Dry by Jane Harper
Reasons I loved this book:
1. It's set in Australia (In my mind, I read everything in an Australian accent!)
2. There are two mysteries in here, not just one.
3. Really great characters, and since this is titled "Aaron Falk #1", I'm looking forward to seeing at least one of them in her next book.
4. Very satisfying ending, with believable conclusions to both mysteries.
5. The above mentioned conclusions were not given away too early (I hate when I can guess the ending in the first few chapters!)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
I have been told that I HAD to read this, and I'm glad I gave it a try. It's the story of a wacky woman, Bernadette, who used to be a famous architect. After a project disaster many years ago however, Bernadette hasn't created anything, and instead hides away in her enormous house with her husband and teenage daughter. While planning a trip to celebrate her daughter's good grades, Bernadette goes missing.
The structure of this book threw me for a loop at first, but once I got used to it, I enjoyed it. The book is made up of emails, letters, articles, and some narration by Bernadette's daughter, Bee. The story takes place after Bernadette has disappeared, and all of these documents are Bee's way of trying to piece together what has happened to her mother.
It took me a while to figure out what was happening in the book, as far as where in the storyline I was. I think the details in the beginning were drawn out much more than the ones at the end; it seemed a quick ending. Overall, however, it was an interesting, fun read, and I will definitely be checking out Semple's latest book, Today will be Different.
The Shark Club by Ann Kidd Taylor
This is the PERFECT summer reading book! It's an easy read, set in Florida, there's family drama and the choice between rekindling an old flame or starting a new romance.
The main character, Maeve, was bitten by a shark when she was twelve. Now thirty years old, she is a marine biologist who studies sharks. Home for the summer between research projects, she runs into her ex-fiance and sparks fly. But Maeve is also interested in one of her co-workers, who will be joining her on her next research trip, to Africa. Add in a grandmother who owns a reading themed hotel (I loved this part!) and twin brother who is starting off his writing career with a novel about Maeve's love life. It's a complicated summer.
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
Nate just got out jail after five years for armed robbery. The day before his release, the leader of a gang put out the order to kill Nate, his ex-wife, and their daughter, eleven year old Polly. Nate finds Polly and the two of them set out first to hide from their pursuers, and then to attack them.
This is a fast paced thriller; I read it in one sitting. (Dinner was a little late that night!) The narrative is told mainly by Polly and Nate, with some chapters featuring the thoughts of other minor characters. Nate goes from not knowing his daughter at all, and feeling just a general sense of obligation towards her, to loving her and being willing to put his life on the line to save hers. Although this is a plot driven book, I thought the characters were well developed and likable. The ending, which could have gone many different ways, was completely satisfying to me.
It's been a great reading week! What have you been reading lately?


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Rovio Mobile recently announced that they would be launching a new version of their Angry Birds game, the game is called Angry Birds Star Wars, and we have already seen one teaser trailer for the next installment in the Angry Birds series.
Now Rovio Mobile has released a new teaser trailer for Angry Birds Star Wars, which you can see below, and it features an Angry Birds version of the Millennium Falcon.
Rovio will be launching the new Angry Birds Star Wars game on iOS and Android on the 8th of November, we are hoping Rovio will show us some actual game play before it is released.
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text: Broker, meet your Frenemy, Rate Site Not for individuals As Greg Williamson correctly says: rate discounting is not a viable strategy for individual agents and brokers. Our organization has grown over the last 18 years to the point where we had the number of lender relationships at high-volume levels to allow us to tap best rate offers from a number of sources. We had 18 years of experience handling cold calls from other forms of advertising. We had 10 years to adapt to processing incoming leads from a website. That being said, we made massive changes to our systems to accommodate the rate site leads. The how-to We downsized our commissioned agent group and hired salaried individuals who were licensed through FSCO. Those persons handled initial application input and Expert processing. We bought software to monitor internal deal progress and customized PDF docs to maximize electronic client interaction. We are constantly looking at ways to enhance the performance of the process. We don't see how an individual working alone can live with the expenses, take on all the tasks and shoulder the workload the rate sites create. We can't say what the final outcome of all this will be but we believe rate comparison sites and advertised rates are not going to stop anytime soon. As time goes on I think the mortgage brokerage industry will continue to feel the effects of these trends. read more > 1 2 3 SHARE


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Keep the holidays healthy: Annual flu vaccination protects yourself and loved ones
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) reminds Iowans that an annual flu vaccination is the best way to protect them and their loved ones from the flu. As people gather together for holiday meals and parties, they're more likely to spread illness around. Receiving the flu vaccine will help everyone stay healthy to enjoy all the festivities.
This is especially important during family gatherings that infants, those with chronic diseases, or elderly individuals might attend. Infants younger than six months of age are not old enough to receive the influenza vaccine, so they are at a higher risk of catching the flu from someone else and they have the highest chance of being hospitalized if they get ill. Anyone with flu-like symptoms during the holidays must stay home and away from others.
The flu vaccine is plentiful, widely available, and is recommended for everyone six months of age and older. While the flu vaccine is the best defense against getting influenza, it's also important to take personal actions to help prevent the spread of illness. Remember the 3Cs: Cover your coughs and sneezes; Clean your hands frequently; and Contain germs by staying home when ill.
The flu is a respiratory illness caused by viruses. It spreads easily from person to person and can cause mild to severe illness. The flu comes on suddenly and symptoms may include fever, headache, tiredness, cough, sore throat, nasal congestion and body aches. Illness typically lasts two to seven days. Influenza may cause severe illness or complications in people such as the very young or very old, or those who have underlying health conditions.
Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care offers flu shots every Wednesday afternoon during regular immunization clinics. The next flu shot clinics will be held Wednesday, December 6 from 1-6 p.m. and again Wednesday, December 13 from 1-4 p.m., and each Wednesday thereafter. Appointments can also be made by calling 563-568-5600. The Community and Home Care Immunization Clinic is located on the upper level of Veterans Memorial Hospital.
Immunization clinics are held from 1-6 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays of the month, and from 1-4 p.m. all other Wednesdays. Flu vaccine, pneumonia vaccine, and a combination of flu and pneumonia vaccine will all be available. Tetanus shots will be offered as well.
For more information, call Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care at 563-568-5660.


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With the widest array of facilities and services at your disposal, Concorde Singapore isn't just a hotel; it's an experience. With your very own fully-equipped gym to work up a sweat in, and an outdoor pool to cool off in, your options are always open. Whatever your mood, at the Concorde Hotel Singapore, it's always convenient.


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No doubt about it, dating websites and apps are becoming really popular amongst internet users. Do you know the world most popular dating websites?
Matchmaking and dating is a multi-millions dollars industry that has witnessed a massive increase in popularity.
Even the popularity of social networking websites such as Facebook couldn't still stop people from using dating websites to find lovers.
Some dating websites are broad-based, with members coming from a variety of backgrounds looking for different types of relationships. Other sites are more specific, based on the type of members, interests, location, or relationship desired.
World's Most Popular Dating Websites
Like it or not, online dating is now one of the best ways to meet a new partner. There are more than 1400 sites in the UK alone, catering for people from all walks of life and interests.
Whether you are mad about dogs, passionate about green issues or a connoisseur of fine wines you're sure to find someone who shares your interests.
So which are the best and most popular dating websites in the world? There are quite lot of dating websites but not all of them are that great. Below are some of the best and popular dating websites you can try out:
#1). Match.com
Arguably the largest, and most popular dating website, Match.com is where people go to get married, if you believe the ads, and you have to be pretty serious if you're going to stump up the £30 monthly fee (cheaper if you commit to three or six months).
Primary means of communication on Match.com are e-mail, wink, and call. The call feature allows users to call one another using dummy numbers on their real telephones.
The call feature is unique to Match. When you don't want someone to call you anymore, you simply remove her from your phone book.
Launched in 1995, the dating website, which is ranked 753 on Alexa Traffic Rank as at November 2014, has millions of members and claims its site has "led to more dates, marriages and relationships than any other."
#2). Badoo.com
Badoo.com is probably the most visited and surely one of the most popular dating/social networking websites amongst teenagers and young people. The thing about Badoo is that it's a dating as well as a social networking site. Quite lots of people believe that Badoo.com is a social networking site but the problem is that it doesn't operate like one.
Unlike Facebook and other social networking sites where you can search, make friends and follow them, Badoo doesn't offer these kind of functionalities. However, the website allows you to search for users in a specific location and it is free to send and receive messages from other users.
Established in 2006, Badoo enable users to meet new people in their area for chat, dating or to make new friends. Badoo has over 200 millions users and it is available in 44 languages on the web and on 12 different mobile platforms. Badoo.com is ranked 210 on Alexa Traffic Rank as at November 2014.
#3). PlentyOfFish
PlentyOfFish (also known as POF) is one of the biggest dating websites and surely one of the most popular dating websites in United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Brazil. While it is free to use, PlentyOfFish offers premium services as part of their upgraded membership, such as seeing when a user profile was viewed, and allowing users to see whether a message has been read and/or deleted.
PlentyOfFish is perfect for anyone who is looking for a cheap fix. It has a matching system that is based on questions designed to measure five broad categories that impact compatibility.
The site is definitely one of the best deals on the Internet, with free access to such a large and bustling community.
The dating website, which was established in 2003 and has over 80 millions users with over 3 million active daily users, claims it "has more dates, more relationships, more visits than any other dating site. It's ranked 498 on Alexa Traffic Rank as at November 2014.
Zoosk.comis another really popular dating website that allows users to browse local singles profiles, flirt online and chat with people they like to meet. However, only registration is free on Zoosk. You can also send flirts without being charged but other main activities such as sending messages are not free.
Zoosk is probably popular for large international user base and the easy integration with Facebook community.
The dating website is definitely designed for a younger crowd, although anyone who likes to use social networks and internet communication will enjoy the site.
The dating website was established in 2007, and it is ranked 1,675 on Alexa Traffic Rank as at November 2014. The website claims to have over 50 millions users.
#5). OkCupid.com dating website
OkCupid.com is almost entirely free, with a small cost for luxury options, like a speciality search mechanism and removal of ads. The site employs a mathematical algorithm based on your answers to a series of questions, and based on that algorithm they tell you what percentage match, friend, and enemy you are with any given user.
OkCupid describes itself as "the fastest-growing online dating site", thanks to its "math-based matching system" – dating's answer to Google's algorithm. OkCupid is good for anyone looking for best value, transparency, and extremely tailored search capabilities.
The dating website was launched in 2004 and it is ranked 437 on Alexa Traffic Rank as at November 2014. The website claims to have over 30 millions users.
#6). eHarmony.com
eHarmony.com is a dating website based upon pre-screening using personality tests. The way the dating website operates is completely different from others. This pay-only site depends heavily on its matching system and it is designed specifically to match single men and women with each other for long-term relationships.
Taking a scientific approach to love – eHarmony matches singles based on key dimensions of compatibility proven to be the foundation for a long-term relationship, like character, intellect and values.
Established in 2000, eHarmony dating website, which is ranked 3,881 on Alexa Traffic Rank as at November 2014. The website claims to have more than 30 millions members.
#7). BlackPeopleMeet.com
BlackPeopleMeet.com is a dating website that is geared toward black singles who are interested in meeting other black singles for dating, friendship, activity partners and long-distance pen pals. Unlike other popular dating websites, BlackPeopleMeet doesn't use matching system.
When you sign up, you can specify exactly what you are looking for and browse thousands of other member profiles. Members must find each other by searching and browsing profiles. User can search based on age, location and appearance.
Black People Meet has reached more than four percent of the black population in the United States and receives nearly one million visitors each month. This makes Black People Meet the largest dating service for black men and women on the Internet.
Established in 2002, BlackPeopleMeet dating website, which is ranked 16,873 on Alexa Traffic Rank as at November 2014. The website claims to have more than 20 millions members.
#8). Ashley Madison
Ashley Madison is a dating website as well as a social networking site marketed to people who are already in a relationship. The dating website, whose slogan is "Life is short. Have an affair" has been accused of promoting "extra-marital affairs" and adultery. Unlike Match.com or eHarmony, AshleyMadison's business model is based on credits rather than monthly subscriptions.
Ashley Madison's members are matched up with other married adult members based on profiles. AshleyMadison also has a real time chat feature that is metered. Credits are utilised to pay for a certain time allotment of chat. Women can send "collect" messages to men, but men can not send them to women.
Established in 2001, Ashley Madison dating website, which is ranked 605 on Alexa Traffic Rank as at November 2014. The website claims to have more than 20 millions members.
#9). Chemistry.com
Chemistry.com is a dating website that matches users based on their profile. The dating website gives user a personality title — for example, Director, Negotiator, Builder, Explorer — and from there, users are matched with others who should be good matches, based on scientific research. Chemistry has been lauded by some relationship experts for having the most valuable personality test of all the dating websites.
The dating website is good for singles over 35, and those who care deeply about relationship science. Additionally, Chemistry.com seems to be positioning itself as an attractive alternative to those interested in same-sex relationships.
Established in 2000, Chemistry dating website, which is ranked 20,049 on Alexa Traffic Rank as at November 2014. The website claims to have more than 15 millions members.
#10). Afrointroductions.com
Afrointroductions.com is a dating website that focuses on African dating marketing. The website is part of the well-established Cupid Media network that operates over 30 reputable niche dating sites.
Afrointroductions.com's membership base is made up of over 2 million singles from USA, UK, Germany, France, Kenya, Cameroon, South Africa Nigeria, Ghana, Madagascar and many more African countries.
AfroIntroductions.com claimed to have connected thousands of African singles around the world since 2002, making it the largest and most trusted African dating site.
Established in 2002, Afrointroductions.com dating website, which is ranked 14,455 on Alexa Traffic Rank as at November 2014. The website claims to have more than 2 millions members.


text: Follow Eubie, the happiest elf at the North Pole who longs to be a part of Santa's sleigh team, instead he's stuck checking the naughty-or-nice lists. With a pinch of elfish magic and a magical whoosh, Eubie's off to Bluesville. But can he turn a whole town of naughty children nice in just one day?


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|BIG FAN (director/writer: Robert Siegel; cinematographer: Michael Simmonds; editor: Joshua Trank; music: Philip Nashel-Watts; cast: Patton Oswalt (Paul Aufiero), Kevin Corrigan (Sal), Michael Rapaport (Philadelphia Phil), Marcia Jean Kurtz (Theresa Aufiero), Matt Servitto (Detective Velardi), Gino Cafarelli (Jeff Aufiero), Serafina Fiore (Gina Aufiero), Polly Humphreys (Christine), Jonathan Hamm (Quantrell Bishop), Scott Ferrall (Sports Dogg); Runtime: 86; MPAA Rating: R; producers: Elan Bogarin/Jean Kouremetis; First Independent Pictures; 2009)
New York
type of creepy/funny
film that might only appeal to the male sports
Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
Robert Siegel ("The Wrestler" screenwriter) in his directing debut also writes this comical but bleak story of an obsessed manchild that has a sports twist about hero worship gone astray. It has an ideally cast stand-up comedian Patton Oswalt playing the anti-social Paul Aufiero. He's the 35-year-old grubby, rotund, bachelor nerd Staten Island resident living at home with his nagging mom (Marcia Jean Kurtz) and working as a parking lot attendant in a dinghy S.I. garage. Paul is a die-hard NY Giant football fan who (yikes!) sleeps under a poster of his favorite football star, the fictional Giant linebacker Quantrell Bishop (Jonathan Hamm), and is a devout follower of those 24-hour a day talk radio sports shows. At night he's a regular caller, Paul from Staten Island, and trash talks the opposition and champions his team as their No. 1 fan. The animated talk show calls are the highlight of his dreary life, and he's good for ratings as he becomes a star of the show. His best chum and biggest admirer is the grungy Sal (Kevin Corrigan), another loser who lives alone in an apartment. The two visit the Meadowlands for every Giants home game but, since the tickets are out of their price range, they watch the games on a TV from the large stadium parking lot.
By chance, one night, Paul while at a S. I. pizza parlor spots Bishop and follows in his car the bling-attired athlete in his fancy SUV to a drug buy on S.I. and then to a Manhattan strip-club, and watches Bishop and his posse gather around them a bevy of pole dancers. In the club Paul introduces himself as a fan of Bishop's and then rubs the jock the wrong way by telling him that he followed him from Staten Island. Paul is given a beat-down for possibly trying to shake down the athlete for buying drugs, and as a result is hospitalized. So much for hero worship, you would think! The Giants when they find out about the incident, suspend Bishop. But Paul refuses to press charges or sue, until Paul's successful ambulance-chasing lawyer brother Jeff (Gino Cafarelli) files a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the player despite his brother's opposition. All Paul can think is that his Giants without Bishop in the lineup might lose the division to the rival Philadelphia Eagles.
From hereon the character study of the social misfit gets weirder but not necessarily better, as the Big Fan is an unsentimental but cliched New York type of creepy/funny film that might only appeal to the male sports fan. If you don't think Paul is an authentic character, just check out WFAN in NYC--an all-sports AM radio talk show--and you'll find there are many New Yawk types like Paul out there who totally identify with a team that doesn't pay them. Some go over-the-top and these fanatics or fans, if you will, are very much like Paul--living vicariously through someone else.
Dennis Schwartz: "Ozus' World Movie Reviews"


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Licensing Questions
This page is for people who provide, or want to provide a passenger transportation service. It provides information about the types of licences and when a licence is required.
Is a Passenger Transportation Licence required?
Many types of commercial passenger vehicles need a licence. It is not just taxis, limousines and commercial buses. If you provide a paying customer with a vehicle and driver, you may need a licence. Payment may be received directly or indirectly for the transportation. To learn more about when a licence is needed, see the following:
The chart below shows the types of licences and classes of vehicles that are operated under a licence. One operator may get a licence that has one or more authorizations.
Is a licence needed to give restaurant and pub patrons a ride home?
Some licensed establishments offer their patrons a ride home. The Passenger Transportation Branch posted the following web page to help these businesses know when a licence is required:
When and how does the Board assess fitness?
Applicants and licensees must be "fit and proper persons" and "capable" of providing a transportation service. The Board considers applicant fitness on all applications. The Board may also review the fitness of licensees.
The term "fit and proper" reflects the idea that a licensee has a responsibility to exercise the powers conferred by the granting of a licence with regard to proper standards of conduct.
After a fitness review, the Board may find that the applicant is fit, attach terms and conditions to a licence or suspend or cancel a licence.
More information about fitness assessments are provided below:
- Reference Sheet 15: Fitness Reviews by the Passenger Transportation Board
- Advisory: New Fitness Requirements for Special Authorization Applicants and Licensees
Can the Registrar assess fitness?
The Registrar of Passenger Transportation has the ability to investigate the fitness of General Authorization licensees or applicants. Click here for more information.
More questions about licensing requirements?
- Contact the Duty Inspector at the Passenger Transportation Branch at
604-453-4250. Click here for more Branch contact options.
Ready to make an application?
- Apply to the Board (Special Authorization applications)
- Application Process and Regulatory Overview
- Branch Processing of Applications


text: MOSCOW, Jan. 8 -- Alexander Prokhorov, who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1964 for work that led to the development of the laser, died early Tuesday in his Moscow apartment, according to the ITAR-Tass news agency. He was 85. Prokhorov won the Nobel Prize with colleague Nikolai Basov and Charles Townes of the US for work in the field of quantum electronics. The Soviets worked separately from Townes, but their developments were parallel. Townes is credited with developing the first maser in 1953, while Prokhorov and Basov produced a similar device the next year.


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Towson State applied for membership in the New England-based North Atlantic Conference yesterday, taking the first step toward assuring that its basketball team has a chance to compete in next year's National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.
Should Towson leave the East Coast Conference, the remaining four teams -- including the University of Maryland Baltimore County, a first-year member -- might be forced to scramble to find other leagues.
"We have made our pitch, and now it's up to them," Towson athletic director Bill Hunter said. "We have made the pitch with the idea of membership for the upcoming year."


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In a Fast Money first, viewers get the chance to hold the traders to the fire, grilling them on picks that haven't paid.
Last week, Jeff Macke recommending shorting the Dow with the Short Dow30 ETF (DOG) on two occasions. The index went up over 2% this week, sending the DOG way down. Ed from Alabama asked Jeff, via webcam, if he stands by his call.


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