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There is absolutely no doubt that medicine in the 1800's and early 1900's was frequently scary as hell, just take a look here and the so scary, I could pee my pants selections here, at the "Dr. Bonkers Institute", to get the picture.But back to Narcolepsy...
I was perusing the 1897 book entitled, "Sleep: its physiology, pathology, hygiene, and psychology." by Maria Mikhailovna Manaseina and not only did I vomit a little while reading, but It so sadly reminded me of the attitudes of so many people during those times, and how scary it is to think that there are probably some people that actually have similar attitudes and beliefs today. Below is a selection from this old piece of doo doo, "medical" book...
Oh no she didn't! Ok... it's 1897...we didn't know much then...blah blah blah...HELL NO! I don't care what year it was, she actually used the word "always". Read it again please...She says people with Narcolepsy always come from lower and least developed classes or from families with "nervous or mental disease". That is not a medical statement, that is a stereotypical, stupid statement of idiocy. Man, all I can say is that I am so very thankful that she was not my doctor! Thank you Jesus!
You too, can also read this mind numbing "medical" book online for free by clicking here. There are so many statements in this book that are grossly racist and just plain nuts. But sadly, it is history.
I am a believer in knowing the truth about history and learning from it as well, but sometimes, well, actually, a lot of the time, it really is a hard pill to swallow. So many throughout history suffered and fought for freedom, and were treated in ways that we could never imagine. We've got to honor those who suffered and paid the price for our freedom today, and pray for those that still suffer unimaginable circumstances even today.
Medical issues are just one piece of the pie. All I can say is that I feel like one of the most blessed people in the world.
From all I can find, Maria Mikhailovna Manaseina was a noted Russian physician and scientist that studied sleep. If she were here today, I would have to tell her to kiss my Narcoleptic ass!!!
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I'm just going to come out and say it. Avenged Sevenfold's lighting is horrible to photograph. Sure, there's pyro, but the stage lighting itself seems to be either a dominating blue or red wash, with magenta sometimes splitting the difference.
All that said, the band is still great to shoot. I mean, come on – right-handed guitarist back to back with left-handed guitarist? It's a little silly, but it's so fun I can't help but love photographing this band.
Photographer's Notes:
Cameras Used:
- Nikon D3
- Nikon D700
Lenses Used:
I've shot Avenged Sevenfold what seems like half a dozen times now, and their lighting has almost always been difficult. They seem to repeatedly enjoy dark, moody lighting and very rarely employ "clean" frontlighting. Even severe white balance adjustments aren't enough to pull many of the treatments back. In addition, what white light is used almost always comes from the back of the stage, sometimes blindingly so.
But for all the points about how the lighting for Avenged Sevenfold is weird and arguably unphotogenic, the band is still a blast to shoot.
Frontman M. Shadows is the most dynamic figure on stage and makes it easy. Next is Synyster Gates, who spends plenty of time at the front of the stage, followed by Zacky Vengeance and Johnny Christ. As per usual, Avenged Sevenfold's drummer, currently Arin Ilejay, was pretty much completely obscured behind a massive kit.
For this show, the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 was my most-used lens by a fair portion, though the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 was great for tighter shots of M. Shadows as he moved around the stage.
Most of this set was shot at ISO 1600, though it could have easily been bumped to ISO 3200 for the dimmest portions. During the brightest parts of the first three songs, when the two guitarists came together to play center stage, the light was bright enough to shoot at ISO 400 with ease. Nice luxury for a concert, even an amphitheater show!
My Camera DSLR and Lenses for Concert Photography
|Nikon D850:
I use two Nikon D850 for my live music photography. A true do-it-all DSLR with amazing AF, fast response, and no shortage of resolution.
|Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8:
For most gigs, the 24-70mm is my go-to lens. Exceptional image quality at wide apertures and super-functional range.
|Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR:
A perfect pair to the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8, I can basically shoot any job with the midrange and this lens. Superb image quality.
|Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8:
Ultra-wide perspective, ridiculously sharp even wide open at f/2.8. I love using this lens up-close and personal, where it excels.


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Astronomy Picture of The Day: Solstice 2016 Sunrise at Stonehenge
Last night we had a full moon that coincided with Summer Solstice for the first time since my first summer of life, 1967. And it may well be the last time a full moon coincides with June Solstice during my life on Earth, since the next time it is projected to happen will be 2062. I'd need to live to 95 and I really don't know what life on Earth will be by then or whether I'll be around to see it.
I could make it my life purpose to live that long and see that moon in 2062, but the sky might be cloudy. Would I have the physical health and money to fly to somewhere not cloudy? One thing I can guarantee is I will be one eccentric person regardless of where I see the moon.
It's overcast and cool where I am right now. But I love Solstices for their reminders of planetary and universal time, because it zooms me out of my little sense of "self," evaporates all my "problems," and allows me to consider a larger scale of the flash of existence everything in this very moment is.
Slowest sunsets occur around Summer Solstice, so this gives me a great reminder to step away from the screen and be an audience participant on cloudless days.
I nearly fell off my chair with planetary excitement (I'm easily amused) at discovering this celestial pattern. It's absolutely brilliant, and I applaud the woman who went to such lengths to design the night sky in something you can wrap around you on a cool evening. I intend to make it once I have completed the three projects I'm currently working on.
Here's the version of Celestarium pattern on Ravelry.
Now, off to complete a blanket design of multicolored rectangles for my kiddo by the time she graduates high school to take with her through life. A sort of Tetris of love. Three years is the kind of runway my projects tend to need, with the pesky distraction of working seven days a week. Congrats to her and all her peers for never having to go through freshman year of high school again. Woohoo! Let the summer resting begin.


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INDIANAPOLIS -- Seven athletes have accepted invitations to compete for Team USA at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016, including four multi-event athletes and three U.S. victors from the IAAF World Indoor Tour.
Defending world indoor heptathlon champion Ashton Eaton (Bend, Oregon) will look to three-peat in Portland, while 2016 USATF Indoor Combined Events champion Curtis Beach (Albuquerque, New Mexico) has also accepted an invitation from the IAAF to compete on his first senior World Championships team.
On the women's side of the multis, two-time defending USATF Indoor pentathlon champion Barbara Nwaba (Los Angeles, California) will represent the U.S. in Portland, as well as 2014 IAAF World Junior 100-meter hurdle champion Kendell Williams (Marietta, Georgia) of the University of Georgia, who is a two-time NCAA Indoor champion in the pentathlon.
Three U.S. athletes won wild cards from the IAAF World Indoor Tour to earn their spots to compete in Portland. In the women's 60-meter hurdles, men's triple jump and men's 60 meters, three U.S. athletes will have the opportunity to represent Team USA at the IAAF World Indoor Championships due to the wild cards.
2014 World Indoor women's 60-meter hurdles champion Nia Ali (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) received a wild card in the women's 60-meter hurdles after scoring 21 points over three meets on the tour. Ali beat out compatriot Keni Harrison and British Olympian Tiffany Porter to take the wild card after taking the 2015 season off.
Mike Rodgers (St. Louis, Missouri) scored 27 points over the four-meet circuit to cruise to the tour victory in the men's 60 meters, besting St. Kitts and Nevis Olympian Kim Collins and compatriot Joe Morris. Omar Craddock (Killeen, Texas) won two meets on the circuit, scoring 20 points to beat out 2014 World Indoor Championships national team member Chris Carter and get the wild card. Craddock has competed on two World Outdoor Championships teams, but this is his first World Indoor Championships appearance.
Many of these athletes will compete at the 2016 USATF Indoor Championships in Portland the week prior to the IAAF World Indoor Championships. Tickets for the USATF Indoor Championships can be purchased here and fans can follow along on social media using the hashtag #USATFindoors.


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- Put the helmet on - it should be a little tight as it goes on over the head
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The lovely people at Bobux are giving away a pair of adorable soft soles to a lucky reader of the blog! Beyond being super cute, they are great for growing babies, giving little feet freedom to wiggle and move and explore. And they don't fall off! To enter, visit the Bobux soft sole page and report back here in the comments section with the name of your favourite style. The lucky winner will be chosen via a random number generator on Wed 26th Jan and will recieve their favourite style in the size of their choice.
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From "The Al Tiramisu Cookbook: An Elevated Approach to Authentic Italian Cuisine," by Luigi Diotaiuti.
Says the chef:
In the early 1980s, as chef de partie at a restaurant in Montecatini, Tuscany, I had the great pleasure of meeting the Torrigiani family. Maurizio Torrigiani, a culinary student was my commis, or assistant. On his first day of work, Maurizio appeared in the kitchen with his mother at his side. A sweet, dignified lady, she asked me if I would take her son under my wing, professionally and personally. I assured her that I would and before long Maurizio and I developed a wonderful working rapport and great friendship.
This kind and hospitable family often invited me to their home for fabulous Tuscan meals. They taught me firsthand about the intense culinary traditions of the area. Maurizio's father Benedetto had two passions in life: cooking and cars. He was the only chef I've ever know who drove a Ferrari, which he had brought back to life, of course. Destiny came full circle: his son Valerio became a mechanic and my friend Maurizio became a chef, author, and instructor at the culinary institute in Montecatini.
Maurizio taught me to make these luscious gnudi, from the traditional Tuscan recipe. I've made them countless times since, and I find that everyone absolutely loves them. Grazie, Maurizio!
Note: I like to coat the gnudi in grano duro flour before cooking them because it helps maintain their shape and adds texture. However, if you cannot find it, use all-purpose flour.
Serves 6
1 pound whole ricotta
12 ounces cooked fresh spinach, chopped
¾ cup grated Pecorino Romano cheese
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour, divided
1 cup grano duro flour, if desired
4 large egg yolks
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon salt
½ cup (4 ounces) butter
2 stalks finely chopped fresh sage
2 sprigs fresh thyme
1 sprig fresh rosemary
5 ounces freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
1 tablespoon salt
Combine the ricotta and spinach in a medium bowl. Add the Pecorino Romano, egg yolks, nutmeg, and all-purpose flour.
Mix well to form dough. Scoop one tablespoon of dough at a time to make a small round balls, each about 1 inch in diameter.
Dust a work surface with grano duro or all-purpose flour and roll the dough balls until they are coated.
Place them on a platter, cover with plastic wrap, and transfer to the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
Bring a large pot of water to boil over high heat. When water boils, add salt and the dough balls and cook until they all rise to the top, or about 3 minutes.
Remove them with a mesh strainer and set aside on a plate.
Melt the butter in a large saucepan with the sage, thyme, and rosemary. Once melted, discard the thyme and rosemary sprigs.
To serve, sprinkle the Parmigiano-Reggiano over the gnudi and spoon the butter and herb sauce on top.
Italian Cooking Primer
Gnudi, which means "nude," are also sometimes called malfatti, or "poorly made." In other parts of Italy, where they are usually served with a fresh tomato sauce. In the town of Lucca, Tuscany, there is also another version that uses squash instead of spinach.


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Elopak has a long and exciting history featuring people with entrepreneurship, courage, vision and dedication continually bringing the company forward to new growth. Supporting customer's world-wide, preserving the resources of the world and developing innovative packaging solutions has been at the heart of our organization for decades.
2015 is the official 100 years anniversary of the paperboard gable top carton. On 19 October 1915 the US Patent Office granted the first patent for a paper milk bottle, which became known as the gable top Pure-Pak® carton.
A century later and the gable top carton has stood the test of time and is still one of the most popular packages for milk products all over the world. The Pure-Pak® carton has evolved into a globally trusted and sustainable package for beverages and liquid foods of all kinds, and is used daily by consumers in over 100 countries.
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Contracts could be signed with the company for nearly any authentic business intention and the income can be obtained through Nevada that may be not taxable, thereby finding a better margin of earnings. Many profits are reaped because so many multinational companies have moved their headquarters to Nevada.
To incorporate in Nevada, it's not obligatory to be a U.S citizen. The identities of the shareholders aren't disclosed at any cost. This is done to ensure privacy and it is a part of the system used to shield property. The corporation may encompass numerous persons. The legislation passed in Nevada protects the administrators and officers from personal liability for acts dedicated for the corporation by the corporation. The company's conferences can be held anywhere anytime, even away from the state.
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Cook Islands
The Cook Islands follows the Westminster system of government. The Parliament consists of a single chamber of 24 elected members, who are voted in under a "first-past the post" electoral system. Elections are held every four years, with the last general election held in July 2014. The Ministry of Finance & Economic Management is the relevant Electoral management Body in the country.
In 2014, 7 female candidates stood in the July general elections out of the 52 candidates. From the official 2014 election results, 4 of the 7 women that stood for elections were successfully elected into Parliament. Honorable Ms Nikki Rattle, the Speaker of the House of Parliament was elected by members of Parliament on 8th October 2014, making it her second term as Speaker of the House of Parliament. She was first elected as Speaker in 2012 following the passing of the late Speaker, Sir Geoffrey Henry.
Cook Islands held it latest general elections on 14th June 2018. Of the 58 candidates, 12 were women (20.5%). Four women were elected into Parliament: Hon. Selina Napa, Hon. Tetangi Matapo and Hon. Te Hani Brown of the Democratic Party, and Independent Hon. Rose Brown. This is the same number of women MPs as in the previous parliament (16.6%). Following a Court of appeal decision on the Rakahanga Constituency in December 2018, Hon Tina Browne became the fifth women MP elected to Parliament.
Hon. Te Hani Brown is the newcomer following the 2018 elections, with the three other women MPs returned in their seats. At 22 years old, Te Hani, who joins her mother Rose Brown as an MP, is the youngest MP in the Parliament and one of the youngest MPs in the world.
Both major political parties fell short of an overall majority. The Cook Islands Party, while having 10 seats to the Democratic Party's 11, was able to make an agreement with the two Independents and the One Cook Islands Party member to reach the 13 seats needed to form a government. Rose Brown has been appointed Minister of Health, as well as holding the portfolios of Justice and Agriculture, meaning that the Cabinet now has a woman Minister. There are a number of election petitions and one recount outstanding, so the Cook Islands Party-led government is a caretaker coalition one until the petitions and recount are decided.
In the previous term of parliament, with support from UNDP, the women MPs formed the Cook Islands Women Parliamentarians Caucus, with the vision of promoting gender equality and of increasing women's political participation. The current women MPs will meet in due course to set the direction and workplan of the caucus for this term.
By-election in 2019
Due the passing away of Democratic MP Tony Armstrong, a by-election was scheduled for Ivirua constituency on 21st January 2019. Four candidates contested this small seat of approximately 83 voters, with Agnes Helen Armstrong, wife of the late Tony Armstrong standing under the Democratic Party. She was successfully elected with 48 votes. The other three candidates included former Deputy PM Teariki Heather (4 votes), and Daryl Elima Rairi (30 votes) standing under the Cook Islands United Party, and Independent candidate Jason Tangi Teremoana (1 vote).
The results of the Ivirua by-election takes the number of women MPs to 6 out of 24 MPs (25%).
Current National Women MPs
Hon. Agnes Helen Armstrong
Party: Democratic Party
Electorate: Ivirua
Province: N/A
Political Status: Member of Parliament
Hon. Selina Napa
Party: Democratic Party
Electorate: Titikaveka
Province: N/A
Political Status: Member of Parliament
Hon. Te Hani Brown
Party: Democratic Party
Electorate: Tengtangi-Areora-Ngatiarua
Province: N/A
Political Status: Member of Parliament
Hon. Tetangi Matapo
Party: Democratic Party
Electorate: Tamarua Constituency
Province: N/A
Political Status: Member of Parliament
Hon. Tina Browne
Party: Democratic Party
Electorate: Rakahanga
Province: N/A
Political Status: Member of Parliament (Opposition)
Hon. Vainetutai Rose Toki-Brown
Party: Cook Islands Party
Electorate: Teenui-Mapumai Constituency
Province: N/A
Political Status: Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament
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Soon, Android users looking to download the latest app may not even need to use the Google Play Store, or any other app store for that matter.
Instead, you could just Google it, and start downloading the app right from the search results.
This feature isn't available to everyone at the moment — and only works through the Google app, not Chrome — but the ability to download apps directly from Google's search results has begun rolling out to some users, according to AndroidPolice.
The process is as simple as it sounds: search for an app, tap on the result, and a card will appear prompting you to download the app.
Google's choice to allow browser-integrated app downloads stands in contrast with Apple's stance that all apps have to be downloaded through its official App Store, unless of course you've modified your iPhone by jailbreaking it. Some users have found ways to circumvent the App Store and side-load apps, but the process is cumbersome and requires connecting your phone to a Mac if you're running iOS 9. Even apps that you've already managed to side-load aren't safe, which users of the popular blue-light reducing app F.lux have recently learned.
While preventing apps from being side-loaded is one way to decrease the chances of people accidentally downloading malicious apps, there's no denying some people might prefer skipping the step of visiting the app store altogether.
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The Way I Remember It is a creative writing blog. It showcases stories from various anonymous authors about their memories of events and times. Something Creative was tasked with creating a modern and simple look for the site and brand.
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Below you'll find a variety of resources designed to support you in your postpartum journey.
If you have any questions about the podcast interview or resources, I can be reached at Lisa[at]LisaLLC[dot]com.
Wishing you all the best in your postpartum journey!
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Move Better, Feel Better: First Steps
This mini-course gives you bite-sized, easy to implement, steps that help you identify and shift those sneaky alignment and movement habits that can interfere with postpartum recovery.
You'll get tips that will support pelvic floor strength as well as diastasis recti healing.
Every other day, you'll get one short video lesson delivered to your inbox. Click the link in the email to watch the lesson and practice along with it. You'll then work with that movement tip during your day and begin to improve your movement and alignment habits.
Recommended reading
How to sit when you're pregnant (and the rest of the time, too) - this article includes a short video going over tips for sitting well. These tips may be helpful for pelvic pain, pelvic organ prolapse and back pain.
The downside to good posture - this article covers information about standing up "straight" and how it can negatively impact your core and pelvic floor. The short video also includes some helpful baby holding tips.
How to relax your back before going to sleep - in this article, you'll learn two ways to release tension from your psoas muscles. The psoas muscles often work pretty hard to stabilize us and spending even 2-3 minutes releasing them can be really helpful for easing back discomfort and relieving stress.
Recommended Classes
Below are suggested downloadable movement classes called Alignment Snacks. Each class is 20-30 minutes long and costs $5. The classes are taught by my alignment mentor, Katy Bowman, biomechanist.
Take a load off your chest and your hips, too* - a really nice series of stretches and exercises designed to gently open the hips and chest muscles. Great way to counteract all of the intense upper body work that feeding and holding your baby requires. You will need a yoga bolster or a rolled up blanket to use as a bolster. The class is done entirely lying down.
A real pain in the neck* - this class works with easing neck and shoulder tension. It's a very mellow class, all seated. One of my favorites.
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The gods of the Internet has shined on us yet again today with leaked photos of Bang & Olufsen's upcoming BV9 LCD TV. We don't have the exact specs nailed down just yet but we expect the LCD to be slightly upgraded from the current BV5. What we do know is that this set is going to have a media center built-in along B&O uber-pricey scaler but we don't think 1080p, HDMI, and maybe even more size options rather then just 42-inches are out of question ether. As for pricing, our tipster phrased it best, "Pricing is exactly in line with a Hyundai Santa Fe SUV." Click on for more leaked pics that should tide you over till the official release info is dropped.
[Thanks, JK]
UPDATE: Looks like the Internet gods weren't so nice after all. The BV9 is going to be a 50-inch plasma and not an LCD. An insider is telling us that it has four HDMI inputs along with a slew of component and composite connections. The BV9 can control multiple sound stages and along with the Peripheral Unit Database, control non-B&O equipment. We apologies for the confusion.
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PATRIOT GAMES RESULTS: Men | Women
WASHINGTON - Four new all-time top ten performances and 11 personal records (PR's) highlighted the weekend for the American University track & field team as the Eagles doubled-up at the Dr. Sander Invitational at the Armory in New York, N.Y., and the Patriot Games, hosted by George Mason.
The weekend's events started on Friday in New York City with the Dr. Sander Invitational at the historic Armory Track. Of the seven student-athletes that made the trip, six walked away with either a new season record or a personal best, including senior Liam Purdy who led the field in the 800-meter run. Purdy's final time of 1:52.81 was not only a new PR, but also brought him closer to breaking into the top-two of AU history as he now sits within a second of the program's second-fastest time (1:52.14).
Senior Alaeldin Tirba also walked away with a new All-Time Top Ten time after he placed fourth in the 5000m field with the tenth-fastest time in AU history, 14:33.79.
On the women's side, freshman Shelbi Wuss highlighted the day's events with a fourth-place crossing in the 3000m run. Wuss' 10:08.66 finish was good for her first all-time top ten mark as she enters the record book at No. 9.
Senior Brianna Belo, junior Adriana Hooks and sophomore Arianna Lopez all improved on their season performances so far this season. Hooks crossed in third overall for the women's 5000m in 17:17.24, Belo was fifth in the 800m (2:13.54), and Lopez closed in 30th in the mile (5:17.12).
The seven Eagles made the quick turnaround into Saturday's Patriot Games, hosted by George Mason. There, they joined another group of personal record performers led by sophomore Emily Houghton, who landed at No. 5 in the AU record books for the 500m dash with her fourth-place finish (1:23.35).
Belo and junior Ben Doiron earned the team's only two event wins of the day. Belo led the 800m field in 2:17.23 while Doiron clocked through with a new PR in the 3000m run, 8:41.83.
Junior Grace Goulding (200m), sophomore Emily Houghton (200m), sophomore Lucia Rose (400m), junior Matthew Rainey (mile), sophomore Caleb Brown (mile), and freshman Michael Weidenbruch (3000m) rounded out the weekend's PR performances.
The Eagles will be back on the road for the Camel City Invitational in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Feb. 2-3. From there, AU will head into the postseason with the Patriot League Championship, hosted by Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pa., from Feb. 17-18.
For the latest on American Track & Field, stay tuned to AUEagles.com and follow the team on Twitter @AU_TrackXC.
"All in all, this was a significantly better weekend of performances in both NYC and at George Mason. A big win in the 800m by Liam Purdy at the Armory, and two more equally impressive performances by Brianna Belo and Ben Doiron in the 800m and 3k at Mason. Across the board, we saw a lot of improvement in racing and aggressiveness. We're looking forward to building on this momentum as the championship season approaches."
800m Run, Women - 5. Brianna Belo, 2:13.54
800m Run, Men - 1. Liam Purdy, 1:52.81 PR #3
Mile Run, Women - 30. Arianna Lopez, 5:17.12
3000m Run, Women - 4. Shelbi Wuss, 10:08.66 PR #9 // 15. Nadia Stratton, 10:42.27
5000m Run, Women - 3. Adriana Hooks, 17:17.24
5000m Run, Men - 4. Alaeldin Tirba, 14:33.79 PR #10
Long Jump, Men - 4. Trevor Patton, 6.55m (21-6)
200m Dash, Women - 22. Grace Goulding, 29.27 PR // 24. Emily Houghton, 29.58 PR
400m Dash, Women - 7. Chia-Ry Chang Urena, 1:04.37 // 8. Lucia Rose, 1:05.60 PR // 13. Sammie Paul, 1:09.49
500m Dash, Women - 4. Emily Houghton, 1:23.35 PR #5
800m Run, Women - 1. Brianna Belo, 2:17.23 // 2. Arianna Lopez, 2:20.99
800m Run, Men - 5. Liam Purdy, 1:58.32 // 13. Faolan Coogan-Pluck, 2:02.23 // 20. Justin Dignan, 2:07.39
1000m Run, Women - 3. Kaitlyn McTernan, 3:07.40 // 5. Jude Mabone, 3:10.28
1000m Run, Men - 8. Jim Belfatto, 2:39.71 // 9. John Pagliaro, 2:40.79 // 11. Chris Tibbetts, 2:42.83
Mile Run, Women - 6. Shelbi Wuss, 5:11.74 // 7. Adriana Hooks, 5:12.15 // 12. Kassidy Ayres, 5:26.81 // 15. Nadia Stratton, 5:35.66
Mile Run, Men - 6. Matthew Rainey, 4:16.12 PR // 7. Alaeldin Tirba, 4:18.23 // 19. Caleb Brown, 4:49.94 PR
3000m Run, Women - 11. Katelyn Deibler, 11:18.15
3000m Run, Men - 1. Ben Doiron, 8:41.83 PR // 6. Michael Weidenbruch, 8:56.78 PR // 7. Gerard D'Ambrosio, 8:57.30 // 10. Tommy Sommer, 9:14.28 // 17. Max Lustig, 9:21.28


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Calligraphy Samples
Calligraphy sample booklet with a fun enclosure.
Calligraphy sample booklet with a fun enclosure.
Two patterns I designed to go with the Lime Rose Studio identity. I would use these as envelope liners, gift wrap, small note cards… Will have to try with different colorways as well – especially against a not white background!
Also, I'm having issues getting the portfolio side of my website (illustration and stationery) to display correctly in different browsers… Google Chrome has given me no issues so far though – surprise surprise.
Two years ago I was asked to make a logo. Now that the business has had a change of direction, I'm working on updating the logo.


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By all eye-witness accounts 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was unarmed when Chicago police officers shot and killed him.
But since the shooting occurred, police apologists have asserted that the surveillance video of the incident would clear everything up. But instead of clarifying what happened, the footage actually appears to have been tampered with.
Once released, it was quickly noticed that the footage had 86 minutes deleted from the security camera video.
The camera was from a Burger King restaurant which is located less than 100 yards from where the shooting occurred. That placed it in a prime location to catch the fatal shooting of 17-year old Laquan McDonald.
McDonald was shot a total of 16 times back on the night of October 20, 2014. A full nine of those rounds hit him in the back, according to the Medical Examiners report.
The missing footage from the tape runs from 9:13 p.m. to 10:39 p.m..
Here's where it gets interesting: McDonald was shot at approximately 9:50 p.m.
That means the Chicago Police removed the moments leading up to, during and after the shooting of this innocent, unarmed teen.
Police say they had received a threat about a "man with a knife". That's when they began to tail McDonald, who they assumed must be that man.
After unloading on him, police claimed McDonald posed a "very serious threat" to their safety.
The eye-witnesses and the family attorney aren't buying it.
"One witness, this witness told us this was an execution. That's his word," attorney Jeff Neslund said.
Jay Darshane, the Burger King District Manager, said that four to five police officers showed up after the shooting, wearing blue and white shirts. They entered the restaurant and demanded the video. They were given the password to the computer and they were left alone to "review" the footage. After that, they left and the video had 86 minutes missing from it.
An investigator from the Independent Police Review Authority came by the next day asking to review the security footage. But Darshane told them that the police had already been there the night before.
"We had no idea they were going to sit there and delete files," Darshane explained. "I mean we were just trying to help the police officers."
The video might not have captured the shooting itself, but it would have shown everything leading up to it. The actual shooting itself was, however, captured on a police dashboard camera. They police aren't letting us see that just yet for some reason.
Where was this on the video footage if that is the case? Without that video, doesn't it seem reasonable that the third party eye-witnesses are to be trusted when they say this was an "execution" of an unarmed man?
Watch the local report from NBC 5 Chicago…
(Article by Jackson Marciana)


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Re: Re: Often Overlooked OO Programming Guidelinesby Steve_p (Priest)
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This has been a debate in the OO community for some time. The initial paper on this subject was "Encapsulation and Inheritance in Object-Oriented Programming Languages". The only discussion I recall seeing in a normal book on programming was Effective Java by Joshua Bloch. There are several examples of "bad" things happening in the real world. The highest profile one I remember was an upgrade of Java's Servlet classes. Many early servlet applications were created by inheriting from Sun's Java classes. Well, with the upgrade, certain portions of the class internals were changed, causing the base API to return differing values between the versions. So, to upgrade, many people had to rewrite their applications. Bloch and others argue that this can be avoided by encapsulating classes in many cases, especially if you have no control over the other class (i.e. you have the class from a vendor but not the code for it). This topic is still open to debate, and there are many cases where one is much more applicable than others.
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Author: Kelly Buchanan/Thursday, March 29, 2018/Categories: CGB News
These facilities are a natural extension of CGB's existing grain origination network further in the deep south. The acquisition includes three river terminals with six million bushels of grain storage capacity.
"CGB is excited to further expand its grain origination network in the Mississippi Delta, and we look forward to operating these assets in conjunction with our other regional facilities," said Greg Beck, Senior Vice President, Grain Division. "CGB prides itself on providing a high level of customer service, and we will diligently serve this extended customer base through keen attention to detail, paired with expertly developed risk management tools."
Scoular's CEO Paul Maass said, "We are pleased that CGB will be continuing the high level of service that our customers have come to expect," and further noted that the two companies would be working closely to ensure a smooth transition.
Maass added that the company's decision to exit its Delta operations was the result of Scoular's strategic review. "We continually review our businesses to ensure that they are well-positioned to meet our customers' needs and that they align with our company's long-term strategic goals. Although we've determined that these facilities are better positioned with CGB's network, we greatly appreciate the contributions of our Delta employees and wish them success."
The terminals acquired by CGB are located in Helena, AR; Old Town, AR; and Friars Point, MS. Terms of the transaction were not announced.
About CGB Enterprises, Inc.
CGB Enterprises, Inc., headquartered in Mandeville, LA, is the holding company for the diversified businesses that comprise the CGB family, with over 2,500 employees and operations in 40 states. In addition to the 97 grain facilities CGB operates, the company has dedicated operations in logistics and transportation (CTLC), fertilizer, crop insurance (Diversified Services), agri-finance, soybean processing, producer risk management, and other related businesses. For more information on CGB Enterprises, Inc. and its family of businesses, please visit us at www.cgb.com.
About The Scoular Company
A 125-year old employee-owned company with more than $4 billion in sales, Scoular is committed to creating safe and reliable supply chain solutions for feed and food customers around the world. From 120 strategic offices, grain elevators, and processing facilities in North America, South America, and Asia, our 1000+ employees are engaged in the business of buying, selling, storing, handling, and processing grain and ingredients as well as managing transportation and logistics worldwide. For more information about The Scoular Company, please visit www.scoular.com.
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In the FUNdamentals stage, participants develop fundamental movement skills in structured and unstructured environments for play. The focus is on providing fun, inclusive, multisport, and developmentally appropriate sport and physical activity. These experiences will result in the participant developing a wide range of movement skill along with the confidence and desire to participate.
Key concepts
- Target 180 minutes of activity per day, with 60 of those minutes spend in vigorous physical activity.
- Activities should include significant time for repetition, require minimal correction allowing children to safely test their own limits, and improve their abilities through experience. Activities should be helping children build confidence and competence as they engage in physical activity.
- Emphasize the overall development of the child's physical capacities, fundamental movement skills, and the ABCs of athleticism: agility, balance, coordination and speed.
- Develop skills by exposing participants to a variety of environments - indoors and outdoors, on land, ice and snow, in the air, and in or on water.
- A mixture of structured and unstructured play, with some instruction.
- Canadian Sport for Life - Long-Term Athlete Development 2.1
- LTAD: Information for Parents
- Developing Physical Literacy: A guide for parents of children ages 0 to 12
- A Sport Parent's Guide to Long Term Athlete Development
- Actively Engaging Women and Girls
- Aboriginal Long-Term Participant Development Pathway 1.1


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Hi all, From 1st September, we are opening four new affiliate programs on eBay Partner Network for the eBay sites in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Ireland. The payment model for these programs will be Quality Click Pricing.
Germany is our biggest market outside the US, so promoting this site is a massive opportunity for you to increase your earnings. We're sure it will be well worth the effort to have your site translated and we encourage you to think about how you can adapt your campaigns for the German market. To help you get started, we'll be posting a "beginner's guide to Germany" article on our blog in the next couple of weeks. And if you set up a German campaign, don't forget to also set up campaigns for Austria and Switzerland, as there is a lot of cross border trade between the three sites.
We're also announcing that after 8 successful years, we will be closing down the eBay Germany, Austria and Switzerland programs on affilinet on 31st October and all publishers on these programs will be asked to migrate to eBay Partner Network, starting September 1st. affilinet will continue to provide support for eBay's in-house European affiliate team on recruitment and account management, in a similar capacity to Partner Centric, R.O.EYE and NetBooster in the rest of the world.
Promoting the Irish site will be a great way to earn some extra commissions and it will be very simple to set up a new Irish campaign, especially if you already have an English language site.
Finally, a top tip when setting up your new campaigns for all four new programs is to remember to use our geo-targeting functionality. This ensures users are directed to the most geographically relevant site, for example someone in Dublin will be automatically directed to the eBay.ie site, even if coming from a US site.
To join up to the programs in Germany, Austria, Switzerland or Ireland, please go to the Programs tab in the eBay Partner Network interface and click to apply. However, if you are currently promoting eBay in Germany, Austria or Switzerland on the affilinet platform, please refer to your email dated 20th August about how to migrate to the eBay Partner Network.
The eBay Partner Network Team.


text: Nicole Castro May 2, 2013 Nicole Castro May 2, 2013 Adam Christian Clark's Feature Film- Caroline And Jackie Synopisis: On a celebratory birthday trip, Caroline visits her sister, Jackie, and her boyfriend. What starts out as a fun evening with close friends quickly goes askew. Caroline and the group attempt to support Jackie for an apparent illness—though it's unclear who really needs the most help. NEW YORK - join us in the West Village at the QUAD Cinemas from 5/3-5/9. Showtimes are at 1:00-2:45-4:30-6:15-8:00-10:00. If in LOS ANGELES - join us starting Friday, May 31st, at the Downtown Independent! If elsewhere or if you prefer to see it at home, check that box below your television. Starting this Friday we'll be a VOD download on: Cablevision, Comcast, Cox, Dish Network, Shaw, Cogeco, Rogers, MTS Allstream, Brainstorm Media (TVN), Indemand (Xfinity), Amazon Instant Video, Blockbuster on Demand, iTunes (US & CAN), Microsoft (US & CAN), Content Media (Sony US & CAN), YouTube (US & CAN), and Vudu. And lastly you can pre-reserve the movie now on Netfix


text: This Sunday from 1-5 pm at Twin Peaks restaurant there will be a charity fund raiser bikini bike/car wash to benefit one of the charities that I support, Watermelon Mountain Ranch. The girls are coming out in full-force to wash your car or bike to raise donations to help the ranch obtain much needed supplies, food, medicine and shelter upgrades for the animals in need of homes. Why not come down , get your dirty car cleaned up and maybe even find a new friend to bring home- I'm talking of course about a cat or dog that would love to have you as their friend! There's also a charity raffle currently going on for a $100 gift certificate to Twin Peaks for $1- and all proceeds are going to WMR- ask your server for one! Come out this Sunday and show the animals you care!


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Koch is considered the founder of modern bacteriology. In the eighteen-eighties, the country doctor discovered the bacilli that caused tuberculosis and cholera. In a letter to Carl Zeiss he wrote, "A large part of my success I owe to your excellent microscopes". In 1904, he received the 10,000th ZEISS objective, a homogeneous immersion system, as a present.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a spanish neuroscientist and histologist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906 with the Italian physician and scientist Camillo Golgi for their studies of the structure of the nervous system. Cajal used advanced devices of its time, inter alia a Carl Zeiss microscope.
The Swedish ophthalmologist Allvar Gullstrand is considered one of the founders of modern ophthalmology. In 1911 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work, together with Moritz von Rohr, carried out for dioptric apparatus of the eye, with which they made the correction of refractive errors of the eye through the lens on a scientific basis.
As a professor at Goettingen, Zsigmondy conducted pioneering research in colloid chemistry. He invented the ultramicroscope in 1903, and two types of membrane filters in 1918 and 1922. Ultramicroscopy after Siedentopf and Zsigmondy makes visible submicroscopic particles whose linear extension is below the microscope's resolution limit.
The Dutch physicist, when experimenting with reflection gratings in 1930, discovered that he could observe the phase position of each ray, and sought to utilize the effect for microscopy. Together with ZEISS he developed the first phase-contrast microscope, the prototype of which was made in 1936. It allowed the examination of living cells without harmful chemical staining.
The molecular biologist and director of the Max Planck Institute in Goettingen developed a method of keeping track of extremely fast chemical and biochemical processes. In a joint effort, Eigen, his Swedish colleague Rudolf Riegler and Carl Zeiss succeeded in 1993 to create ConfoCor, the first commercial fluorescence correlation spectrometer.
Together with Professor Sakman, he discovered the fundamental mechanism of communication between cells. Their studies included electrophysiological examinations of ion channels by means of the patch clamp technique.
The German biologist Nüsslein-Volhard researches the genetic control of embryonic development with microscopes from Carl Zeiss. The focus of her scientific work was the question of how the complex organisms of humans and animals develop from an egg cell and what the basic mechanisms are.
Günter Blobel has increased the understanding of how proteins are transported and arrive at their destination. His research has contributed to a better understanding of several hereditary diseases which are due to the lack of protein transport. Günter Blobel works at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute with ZEISS microscopes, e.g. Axiophot and Axiovert.
The winner of the Carl Zeiss Research Award 1992 is working in the field of femtosecond spectroscopy. He made very fast chemical reactions at single molecules directly observable with high spatial and temporal resolution. Zewail was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry.
Cornell is an American physicist who, along with Carl E. Wieman, was able to synthesize the first Bose–Einstein condensate in 1995. Therefore Cornell, Wieman, and Wolfgang Ketterle shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001. Before he received the Nobel Prize Cornell was awarded the Carl Zeiss Research Award.
Nurse, Hartwell and Hunt were awarded jointly for their pioneering, fundamental discoveries of critical components and processes which control the cell cycle - the growth and proliferation of cells.
Brenner, Horvitz and Sulston identified genes in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans that are responsible for the regulation of organ development and programmed cell death (apoptosis).
Mello is an American biologist and professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Fire, for the discovery of RNA interference. The researchers received the Nobel Prize for work that began in 1998, when they published a paper in the journal Nature detailing how tiny snippets of RNA fool the cell into destroying the gene's messenger RNA (mRNA) before it can produce a protein - effectively shutting specific genes down. Mello has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator since 2000.
With dogged persistence, physician zur Hausen worked on his theory that viruses can cause cancer – contrary to prevailing doctrines. He received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for proving his theory and thus destroying a medical dogma. Harald zur Hausen worked with a ZEISS transmission electron microscope.
Osamu Shimomura, Professor Emeritus at Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for the discovery and development of green fluorescent protein (GFP) with two American scientists: Martin Chalfie of Columbia University and Roger Tsien of the University of California-San Diego. They were jointly awarded for discovering the green fluorescent protein (GFP) and further development for use in cell biology. By fluorescence of GFP, the spatial and temporal distribution of other proteins in living cells, tissues or organisms can be observed directly, thus laying the foundation for modern fluorescence microscopy.
Sir Andre Geim is a physicist working at the University of Manchester. On 5 October 2010 Geim was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with the Russian physicist Konstantin Novoselov "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene".
Dan Shechtman, 70, is a professor of materials science at the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. He was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "the discovery of quasicrystals". Quasicrystalline materials could be used in a large number of applications, including the formation of durable steel used for fine instrumentation, and non-stick insulation for electrical wires and cooking equipment.
Sir John B. Gurdon, 79, is British evolutionary biologist at the Gurdon Institute in Cambridge, UK. Shinya Yamanaka, 50, is a Japanese physician and stem cell researcher who is currently working for the Kyoto University in Japan and the Gladstone Institute in San Francisco, USA.
They were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent". Stem cells could replace destroyed tissue in future.
Gurdon uses ZEISS confocal microscopes for research. Working with ZEISS laser microdissection systems Yamanaka extracted genetic material free from contamination. Along with him Carl Zeiss Microscopy has created protocols for LCM applications.
The break-through work of the three laureates in developing superresolution microscopy methods contributed significantly to groundbreaking scientific research over the past 10 years. With this Nobel Prize the Nobel Committee recognizes the importance of superresolution light microscopy for advances in research and science. ZEISS exclusively licensed PALM, developed jointly by Eric Betzig and Harald Hess, as a superresolution technique for single-molecule localization with the ELYRA PS.1 microscope system.
The discoveries of John O´Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser have solved a problem that has occupied philosophers and scientists for centuries – how does the brain create a map of the space surrounding us and how can we navigate our way through a complex environment? May-Britt and Edvard Moser used various ZEISS light and stereo microscopes for their discovery and ongoing research of the so-called "grid cells" of the nervous system.


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Sous Vide...I love it...it's my favorite cooking method. It produces the most amazing, consistent results. So, of course when I am asked to come up with a sous vide recipe, I jump at the opportunity, because I get to do something different! I saw the other day a picture of a steak with a beautiful, vibrant, green chimichurri sauce...a sauce just alive with color. I look out the window and all I see are grey skies, snow, cold and basically death. I decided that I was going to stick it to old man winter and make something summery like beef kabobs with chimichurri sauce. That's right, I'm tired of you winter, I refuse to succumb with my tail between my legs and make some kind of soup (Not that there is anything wrong with soup). Of course, old man winter responds with more snow...thanks jerk!
Dueling Water Baths
**Note: Of course sous vide is not required for these recipes. You can grill the beef kabobs and you can roast the fingerling potatoes**


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Eyemouth police would like to hear from anyone who knows who is responsible for the graffiti that appeared in the town last month.
The grafitti is in purple spray paint and has the distinct tag reference FRZ.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Eyemouth police station or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.


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Episode 116 — Ben Lukas Boysen
August 24, 2015 — 1 hour, 40 mins
Berlin-based composer Ben Lukas Boysen, otherwise known as HECQ, joins us this week to tell us about his musical influences, the struggles of finding new music in the Internet-age, and how German culture has affected his work.
This episode is sponsored by MAXON. For this month of August only, MAXON is running an online special -- If you purchase Cinema 4D by August 31, you will also get the newest version of Cinema 4D R17 absolutely free. In addition, you get FREE premium access to Cineversity tutorials and resources. Find out more by visiting maxon.net


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Zionsville Newbury Addition and Kitchen Remodel
The owners of this home sought to expand and open their kitchen area. The family wanted more room for entertaining, storage, and an outdoor living area with an open wood-burning fireplace.
To accomplish the homeowners' vision, we removed a load-bearing wall and installed a support beam. We constructed a new 18'x18' sunroom off of the kitchen and a built a new 10'x12' covered porch. We installed a total of eight new windows, enhancing the open concept and providing outdoor light. To create a seating area that doubled as a storage space, we added a new bench seat that extended the full width of the room with deep drawers. We re-used existing cabinetry and added custom raised-panel cabinets for the island, wet bar, and oven area. The owners chose solid surface counters and hardwood floors to complete the space.
Outside, we constructed a new 10'x12' covered patio. The exterior trim consists of column fiber cement siding, gable soffit, and fascia for the porch ceiling. We used stone for the half wall on the addition. The owners now enjoy their wood and gas burning fireplace with the beautiful stone veneer.


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The Children's Museum of Houston raised more than
$1 million at its 2018 Dia de los Muertos gala.
THE PARTY The Corinthian was magically transformed into a beautiful Land of the Dead for the Children's Museum of Houston's Dia de los Muertos gala, co-chaired by Caroline and Andrew Bean and Caroline and John Harrell, and underwritten by BB&T and Phillips 66. THE SCENE More than 500 guests ascended a candlelit stairwell into a dazzling venue filled with colorful flowers, sugar-skull skeletons and suspended papel picado (perforated paper) banners. Mariachi Monarcas de Mexico and Audio House kept the crowd shaking their bones. Jackson & Company provided a Mexican-inspired menu that included pork chalupas, shrimp jicama and rajas steak. THE HIGHLIGHTS Auction chairs Neekie Kashani and Kelly Sklar led the live and big board auctions—which included a his-and-hers Rolex raffle by Deutsch & Deutsch and other exclusive travel packages. -Mellanie Perez
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We know Christina Milian has been in the game for a minute, but did you know she was living large like this? We recently came across some pics of her crib that was posted on Modern Home Living, a celebrity home and lifestyle magazine.
Check out the pics below:
There's a girlfight brewing between Christina Milian and Teairra Mari
Who knew?? Guess homegirl is not laying down for tracks after all.
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Jason Roberts is a modern folk artist who moved from the East Coast to Minneapolis in 2010 to find a flourishing musical community.
In 2011, Jason released his debut album, "Swing So Cool, Sway So Gentle," and since his CD release at the acclaimed 7th Street Entry, Jason has been filling up local venues with his catchy songwriting and innovative finger-style guitar. Now writing his fifth album, this deep-voiced songsmith is seeking a large catalog of honest and original music.


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I write a lot of things down, most of them on a computer. What I'm writing on a computer usually falls into one of several fairly typical categories:
- Brainstorms
- Plans
- Lists
- E-mails
- Software
I wish I could add essays and fiction but I'm not there just yet. And I do keep something vaguely like a journal, and something like a studio notebook, but those are done with pens on paper and thus, as we say, out of scope. I might yet get around to regularly blogging or otherwise writing for the web, but I'll burn that bridge when I come to it.
So, back to my categories. Let's start from the bottom. Software, for me, lives in GitHub as long as it's my own software. If it's work for hire then I'm not at liberty to say where it lives. And most software is written in an editor of choice. When the choice is mine it's usually TextMate 2, otherwise it's usually XCode; and of course Vim is the fallback. Thus you could say that the software-writing problem is solved, for better or for worse.
I would say the same about e-mail, though here most technically minded people would aggree that "for worse" applies. I write my e-mails in Apple Mail and that's unlikely to change. If I were a Windows user I'd probably use Outlook, and if I were on neither I'd probably use a mix of Thunderbird and something like Pine. I've used all of these as my primary e-mail client at some point; I'm not a Gmail type, nor do I "glass", nor do I drive a Segway. Call me old-fashioned, or say I have a modicum of taste, or ride into the sunset on my color TV screen. As you like.
At any rate I, like most people who write software and e-mails, am sufficiently invested in my current workflows that it would take something fairly revolutionary to make me switch.
The next thing up my list is a different story: Lists! How do I list thee, let me list the ways! As banal as it might seem at first glance, list-writing and list-managing and list-using are all basically unsolved problems that are perfectly suited to software. And because nobody has really solved these problems together in a universally good way, and because they look on the surface like simple problems, there are lots and lots of computer programs that try to help you with your lists.
Most of them, as far as I can tell, are concerned with the subgenre of To-Do Lists. Among those, one of the most established and probably the most comprehensive is OmniFocus, and I have used it for years. I bought their Mac software and their iPhone software and their iPad software, and thanks to Apple's dislike of "upgrade pricing" I may well buy them all again.
OmniFocus is GTD-oriented but it works for generalists just as well. I think it's fair to say that OmniFocus was built for, and is championed by, people who have resigned themselves to always having large and complex To-Do lists, and in general to being "busy people" in a way that involves, or at least should ideally involve, lists. I may be such a person, and that may be a good thing, or maybe not and/or not. That's a topic for a more philosophical blog post in The Future.
Over time I developed a serious problem with OmniFocus: it was such a good program for "capturing" (writing down) list items that I started keeping all my lists in it, not just my lists of actionable To-Do items. That was very much not the intended use of the program, and the user interface frequently reminded me of this fact.
Let's move further up my category list: more trouble arrives with Lists. My List-Landfill slowly morphed into a Plan-Landfill: I was using OmniFocus as a project outliner, again because it was so easy to put things into it. But a Plan-Landfill – Plandfill? – is a dangerous thing. After all, these are plans! Things to be realized! Not things to be forgotten!
So after a year or so of this I decided to move the plan-writing to OmniOutliner, which seemed like just the ticket. And I suppose it might be, but I couldn't warm to its look and feel, and its file format and export options were adding complexity where I already had enough.
Meanwhile I was still using my favorite text editor, TextMate 2, to do most of my Brainstorm writing –- the top of my writing pyramid, or column at least. I would write things in Markdown, and when then got too long or needed images or diagrams I would break them up into messy directories of Stuff.
That is, when I wasn't further abusing the OmniGroup by mixing up my brainstorms and my plans and my lists in OmniOutliner and OmniFocus. Oh recidivist I!
Eventually it dawned on me, like sign language on a chimp, that I was overcomplicating things and that none of this would ever "scale" or for that matter remain useful five or ten years down the road.
As it happened OmniFocus had just been upgraded, and it would cost some money to re-commit; and I had been growing weary of their sync service that almost never worked with my iPhone (I had to re-download my whole database several times a week). So I decided to try something new.
Enter Evernote.
But wait: first, enter Wunderlist. It occurred to me that the best way to stop overusing OmniFocus was to use something else for my To-Do lists, and there was a new startup on the block with a well-reviewed and simple app. As a bonus they are based in Berlin, as am I (more or less). Wunderlist's business model seems to be team collaboration and subscription revenue, and they're doing a good job as far as I can tell. As usual, I digress: Wunderlist will be the subject of Yet Another Future Blog Post.
Enter again: Evernote.
The promise of Evernote is to be, like Yojimbo before it, a catch-all information organizer. Only modern. On all the smart devices, in the "Cloud," and so on.
This works pretty well in practice. You have "notes" (documents) which are organized in "notebooks" (which can be nested), and there's some basic tagging support and some interesting takes on organizing it all in the UI. Notes are more or less rich-text, but can have quite a bit of styling in them, and you can add images and other media. You can "clip" (capture and save) web pages. You can graphically annotate your graphics, and your notes as well. You can share notes and collaborate and this and that and the other popular thing.
Overall, I like it, especially for brainstorms.
Evernote works on the subscription model much like Wunderlist, and is also pushing its collaboration and "business" features a lot lately. It's free to use and quite useful at the free tier; the paid version is something like $5/month, which for us grownups is more than affordable. In fact as long as you live in the developed world it's affordable: it costs less per month than a single Starbucks coffee-esque beverage, and it provides real utility.
As with any app I disagree with some of the UI conventions, and as with any app there are some annoying bugs, but overall it strikes me as a great product, and after a month or two of use I could see it potentially solving my brainstorming, planning, and list-writing problems. It even supports To-Do lists, but based on my experience with OmniFocus I'm keen to keep that function separate from the rest.
Evernote has been very successful and as far as I can tell the success is well deserved. It even has a public API that a hacker like me could use to integrate it into other, weirder parts of my information superduperset. Part of me wants to go all-in and make Evernote my primary note-taking, information-ingesting, brainstorming-and-more gateway to the magical Cloud in the electric-blue sky.
But what about the lock-in? And what about security?
To be fair, I think Evernote goes above and beyond the industry standard for both data-freedom and security. There is a well-documented, machine-readable document format and you can export all your data whenever you like. You can even do it through the API if you want.
The company clearly takes security seriously and does a lot, probably all they reasonably can, to keep your notes secure and private. Or at least all they reasonably can while maintaining a useful service for normal humans.
As I see it, the lock-in problem for any system comes down to two questions:
- If I want to move to another system, how hard will it be?
- How confident am I that the service (and my data) will be around (and useful) for a long time?
Moving to another system will be easy as long as the other system imports Evernote files. Given Evernote's popularity I think it's very likely that serious competitors, once large enough, would import your data. Or at least import my data: in my case it's mostly text, so I'm not worried about importing a terabyte of painstakingly catalogued home video.
Moving to no system, or to a system with no Evernote import, is another matter. At least it could be done, but I'd probably spend a week writing that converter. And the thing you'd end up with is, at best, a big pile of HTML documents.
For most people that's utterly irrelevant. But for us hackers it's a thing to consider: the portability of a document decreases as its structure gains in complexity. Evernote's HTML variant is pretty manageable, especially by software, but it's still a far cry from the plain-text goodness of Markdown.
I don't think anybody's doing this better than Evernote, but it does give me pause that there isn't a simpler underlying format in case I change my mind.
And what of the product's longevity? This matters not just in terms of access to your data but also, principally, for your continuity of habit. If you learn all the tips and tricks of Evernote, build yourself a workflow around it, and use it day in and day out, your commitment has great value. The value to the company is obvious as long as they keep enough customers paying; but the value to you is much greater. The cost of learning another system would be very high.
Plus, as unpleasant as it is to think of such things, longevity isn't just a matter of existence. You need the product to be cared for, to be developed futher with the kind of passion that's brought it this far; and above all you need them to keep caring about data-freedom and security.
In favor of Evernote's longevity we find, mostly, their great popularity. I think their business model also makes a lot of sense: get people involved and committed on the free tier, sell them up to the premium tier, and make most of your money from a business tier that becomes more and more attractive to businesses as more of their employees already know the software.
But I don't think there's any proof yet that I'm right. They may well have a very lopsided user base, with the free tier consuming most of their resources and the paid tiers not contributing enough money.
They've apparently raised over $290 Million in venture funding over many rounds. That's enough that there will definitely not be an OmniGroup-like small-shop happy end to all this. Either Evernote goes public, and is subject to market pressures that may force it to change its behavior; or it is acquired by a large player like Google, and is "integrated" into something like GooglePlus.
Or, of course, they go out of business. Given their open data format they are more vulnerable than not should a game-changing revolutionary note-management thingy evolve and come shuffling up out of the mud. I don't think that's likely, but then I was one of the many geniuses who thought up Twitter in 2005 and then dismissed the idea as culturally pointless and commercially hopeless. (We may all be proved right in the end…)
All of these risks exist with any product you might choose, certainly with any product that's this popular. I have no reason to believe the odds are any worse with Evernote than with any of its competitors.
But it's still a game with odds. It would be possible to build a product that specifically avoids lock-in, but what kind of business would that be?
Finally, let's consider the security risks.
Evernote – the app, the service, the company – wants to be used for as much of your information-world as possible. I wouldn't be surprised if they build in e-mail at some point. And just as with e-mail, the result is that a lot of your very private information lives, unencrypted, on somebody else's server. Or in somebody else's "Cloud."
That doesn't mean it necessarily will be compromised, but it does mean it can be compromised. Through your own stupidity or theirs. And as Evernote grows, it becomes a target for government-sponsored cybercriminals who have beaten the likes of Google, so it's not just a questing of hiring good programmers. Evernote's security was breached in 2013, and it probably will be again one day.
This problem, much like the lock-in problem, exists with any useful service, because the things that make it useful are precisely the things that limit its security.
In this day and age, sadly, you should assume that everything stored outside your own (encrypted!) hard drive will eventually be stolen by Bad Guys. Hopefully it won't, but consider how private you want it to remain if that should happen.
Again this is something you could design for, but it's not clear that would be smart business. Security always comes at the expense of convenience.
I don't think "normal people" will ever really care about lock-in or security, and Facebook is the standard Exhibit A of this argument. I don't think Evernote needs to lose any more sleep over these things than they already do. As the man said: If you're not cop you're little people.
But I, in this metaphor stew, am cop.
A Roll of One's Own
I've visited and revisited this problem so many times over the years, and cobbled together so many half-assed "solutions," that the temptation is very great indeed to just go all-in with Evernote and let the Everelves manage my Everstuff for Ever and Ever.
Yet still, there is the classic hacker's weakness: I am always tempted to roll my own. (Back when I was a smoker, I rolled with the best of 'em. Just FYI.)
If I were to build a Note Manager Thing, its goals would be simplicity and security.
Simplicity would mean a strong bias towards plain text as the source format for, well, everything; and human-readability in addition to machine-readability wherever possible in metadata, i.e. no XML ever; and the assumption that anything else manipulating the notes is probably operating in a UNIX-like environment. These ideas are, unsurprisingly, very close to the original rules of Markdown.
Security would mean that everything is encrypted such that only the user can decrypt it. That's a hard nut to crack of course. If I'm editing a bunch of text files in folders on my Mac then I can just stick them in an encrypted disk image et voilà, encryption. But then there's the problem of moving things around, and of doing cool machine-learning tricks on the server, and a million other things. In reality I'd probably have to encrypt each piece of data separately, thus making the software slower and introducing some nontrivial number of bugs. What about auto-save? Ad nauseam.
Oh yes, and usability. That would be a goal too, at some point.
Just because it's hard doesn't mean it's not worth doing.
It doesn't seem quite sane to imagine this working as a business, at least absent some Silicon Valley Venture-Capital Slush Fund. Maybe if I called it Slush.ly.
Just because it's not a business doesn't mean it's not worth doing.
Furthermore, I have a lot of things going on. I have a job, I have a wife, I have a gym, I have a painting studio (sort of), I have a photo lab, I have half a dozen experimental software projects, and I have a taste for the good life.
So for the moment, for me, it's probably not worth doing. I'll probably continue to use a bunch of different programs, including Evernote, for my digital writing and writing-down. And I will probably return to think about the problem once or twice a year, secretly hoping someone who shares my design goals has gone and built the thing I would build so I can just trade him (or her!) a few Merkels… er, € for it.
On the other hand:
If you're listening, Marc Andreessen, I wouldn't say no to your money.


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Friday, 10/19/2007, 11:15 PM
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SOCKET OPENS with a bit of power, cycling quickly through the point of view of a man who's undergoing treatment in a hospital emergency room. It's unnerving and compelling.
Then the movie starts and all the energy just drains away.
Hot-shot surgeon Bill has been struck by lightning, but wakes up in his own hospital with no apparent physical effects. But the young intern caring for him, Craig, invites him to a meeting of others like them — lightning strike survivors.
Because this is a city apparently teeming with human lightning rods.
Bill quickly learns that he and the others need new shocks of electricity to recharge. In fact, every group meeting ends with them creating a circular circuit with an electrical amp to give themselves a jump before going out to the nightclub that caters to shock jockeys.
Naturally, Bill finds himself ever more dependent on electricity, which is presented without any subtlety whatsoever as analogous to crystal meth. Soon, he exploits his knowledge of surgery, along with an apparent love for X-Men's Wolverine, to implant himself with a spring-loaded plug that enables him inject power straight into his body.
In case you missed it, it's just like crystal meth.
Socket plods along, filled with repetitive scenes of juicing at electrical sockets, bad overacting, and painfully predictable plot developments. If writer director Sean Abley had put down his metaphorical sledgehammer for a moment, he might have teased out an interesting, original story.
Instead, Socket ends up a dead battery. — SB


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Trust and Human Resource Management
Edited by Rosalind H. Searle and Denise Skinner
Chapter 3: The Evolution of Trust and Control as Seen through an Organization's Human Resource Practices
Karen E. Mishra, Gavin M. Schwarz and Aneil K. Mishra
Karen E. Mishra, Gavin M. Schwarz and Aneil K. Mishra INTRODUCTION Several decades of behavioral research have asserted that trust is essential in organizations. Without a certain degree of trust, it is almost impossible to establish coordinated action within an organization (Kramer and Tyler, 1996), or across organizational boundaries (Sako, 1992). Conversely, control has been even more widely inveighed as a central coordination mechanism in organizational research, promoting efficiency based on decision making and action being resident in the hands of an expert (for example, Weber, 1947). Nevertheless, these two constructs have not been well integrated and a familiar refrain in conceptual work is that little research has comprehensively addressed both at the same time (Das and Teng, 1998; Bachman, 2001). Indeed, these two constructs have often been viewed as a dichotomy (for example, Meyer and Rowan, 1977; Luhmann, 1979; Coleman, 1990), and modeled as independent variables. Although trust and control have been widely studied constructs, especially in organizational studies and human resources, attempts to integrate them have often resulted in contradictions (Skinner and Spira, 2003). More recently, scholars have convincingly argued that trust and control need to be conceptualized in an integrated fashion (Kramer, 2006; Weibel, 2007), and have examined empirically their joint and independent effects on coordination behavior (Costa and Bijlsma-Frankema, 2007). In this chapter, we build on these integrative perspectives by asking, how are human resource (HR) practices in a fast-growing organization reflected in the evolution of trust into control? After establishing the theoretical basis for the...
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The water cycle, or the hydrological cycle, is the continuous movement of water on or below the earth's surface, and between the earth and the atmosphere. Surface water is the water on the earth's surface; ground water is the water beneath the earth's surface; and atmospheric water is water vapor (WSC 2006).
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Williamstown Craft Market is an entertaining outing for all the family to enjoy.
All items sold at Williamstown Craft Market are handmade or homegrown.
Enjoy the culinary delights of our many food vendors.
Enjoy the Music of Rhythm Connection from 11.00am to 3.00pm
Browse the 70 - 100 outdoor stalls on the waters edge.
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When it comes to buying Christmas gifts and sending love this Christmas, there's always a special someone in your life that is oh-so-hard to buy for. They might have it all.. or they might just not want anything at all. Well, there's finally something I think that might just be the answer to your needs – the gift of travel.
Mr & Mrs Smith has collaborated with London based fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic to design the ultimate gift this Christmas, the limited-edition Get a Room! gift card. Packed with vivid colour – just the way I like it! – this playful, stylish pull-out card is a gift of so much more. Choose from endless luxury hotels found on the Mr and Mrs Smith website be it a staycation in your own city (like the uber-hip Cullen in Prahran) or a gift to be whisked away to a special destination overseas (Thailand, Maldives, New Zealand – the choices are endless).
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Grand Opera House York Overview
The buildings that comprise the Grand Opera House York were not originally intended to be a theatre. The tall section was built as York's Corn Exchange in 1868 and was meant to be used as a concert hall from time to time. The auditorium was originally a warehouse opening onto Kings Street. In 1902 after the Corn Exchange failed, the buildings were converted into the Grand Opera House by William Peacock. The theatre opened on January 20th 1902 with Little Red Riding Hood starring Florrie Ford. In 1903 the name became The Grand Opera House and Empire because new regulations banned smoking in serious theatre but allowed it in music hall type theatres and smoking was fashionable at the time.
The theatre remained in the hands of William Peacock's family until 1945. The programmes were very varied; pantomime, music hall, variety, serious theatre, amateur opera, plays, reviews, and silent films. Many famous people appeared here including Florrie Ford, Charlie and Sydney Chaplin, Gracie Fields, Lillie Langtry, George Robey, Cecily Courtneidge and Jimmy Jewel.
From 1945 - 1956 FJ Butterworth owned the theatre and during this period such people as Vera Lynn, Laurel and Hardy and Morecome and Wise appeared but gradually audiences declined, probably due to competition from TV which, as Butterworth said, 'paid no crippling entertainment tax'.
In 1958 Shepherd of the Shambles bought it, hence S S Empire. The stage, lower boxes and raked stall floor were removed and replaced by a large flat floor suitable for roller-skating, dancing, bingo and wrestling and so it continued until 1985.
In 1987 the theatre was purchased by India Pru Co. Ltd who spent £4,000,000 restoring it to its former glory. The decor is very similar to how it was in the beginning; the carpet is a rewoven copy of the original with the GOH logo incorporated into it and the light fittings sympathetic to the period style. It was made structurally sound, a new stage was built and a new foyer excavated beneath. The entrance on Clifford Street was made into a Box Office and Cumberland Street became the main entrance. Clifford Street has since been restored as an entrance to the auditorium as well as the Box Office.


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Big data's bigness is its core strength
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By James Kobielus (@jameskobielus)
Big data is not a volume fetish, though some cynics regard it as such. More context is better than less, when what you're doing is analyzing data in order to ascertain its full significance. Likewise, more content is better than less, when you're trying to identify all of the variables, relationships, and patterns in your problem domain to a finer degree of granularity.
The bottom line is this: more context plus more content usually equals more data. That's the central reason why big data can be a powerful analytics tool. To justify your investment in big-data technologies, you must have a clear sense for which analytical use cases can best achieve their objectives at greater scale. Big data's core applications are any scenarios where objectives can best be achieved at data volumes, velocities, and/or varieties beyond ordinary. See my IBM Big Data Hub blog from earlier this year for a detailed discussion of big data's core use cases.
Analytic algorithms are obviously essential to most models that distill big data. However, there's a growing industry consensus that, even at "small data" scales, incorporating more data into your models usually yields greater results than introducing newer, more complex, more arcane statistical algorithm.
This recent article by Garrett Wu presents a powerful argument for that point of view. His core thesis is: "having more data allows the 'data to speak for itself,' instead of relying on unproven assumptions and weak correlations."
In other words, having less data in your training set means that are exposing yourself to the following modeling risks. First, you are more likely to overlook some key predictive variables when you build your statistical model. Also, you are more likely to skew the model to non-representative samples. And you are more likely to find spurious correlations that would disappear if you had a more complete data sets revealing the underlying relationships (linear and non-linear, parametric or nonparametric) at work.
Accumulating more detail data, he argues, allows the data scientist to engage in explorations that "make fewer initial assumptions about the underlying model and let the data guide which model is most appropriate." By "detail data," he refers to the "attributes and interactions of entities—usually users or customers…preferences, impressions, clicks, ratings and transactions are all examples of detail data)." In other words, detail data provides, by definition, deeper context on the entities and relationships of interest.
Clearly, algorithms are important in data science, but they're the cart that must follow the data horse, rather than vice versa. You should be accumulating context–in the form of more detail data–in order to identify the most appropriate algorithmic modeling approach. These data-science practices are valid at any scale of data, big or small, that you're developing your model upon.