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The course will be very collaborative and highly interdisciplinary. Students from all over the CMU campus will be taking part in both courses. So, it's important we get to know each other, as well as the backgrounds, goals, the skills and interests each of us have. This project will challenge you to:
Clearly communicate your skills and interests to other participants of the course;
Develop an understanding the skills and abilities of potential collaborators in the course and how they compliment your skills.
Develop an understanding of the range of disciplines and interests in the class, as well as how they contribute to exploring Martian habitats.
The goal of this exercise will be introduce yourself to the other students in the course with a 1-minute video.
'What excites you or scare you about the idea of building a Mars habitat?'
Produce a 1-minute video that:
Briefly introduces you to the rest of the class, and;
Discusses: 'What excites or scare you about the idea of building a Mars habitat?'
Due: Thursday January 14th, 9pm
Upload your video to Vimeo (hard requirement)
Post the video to the #introductions channel on slack.
We'll compile the videos into a playlist for the group to be viewed at our first extra-curricular event (pizza party!!!).
When preparing your video, below are some questions you might think about:
Who are you and what's your background? How might this be different or similar to others in the class?
What's an example of something you've made/analyzed/explored that relates to this class?
What are your unique skills that will help you in building a Martian habitat?
What are the images/ideas/concepts about space exploration that you love?
What is the strangest idea/theory/concept about space travel?
Why should (or shouldn't) man go to Mars?
Would you live on Mars?
You can sketch it, draw it, design it, record it, rip and edit it, or combine all these mediums, in a way that creates a compelling video.
Recommended Video Editing Software: Adobe After Effects (download a free trial), iMovie, Final Cut Pro (download a free trial) - these are also available on the IDeATe laptops.
Downloading Video Sources: KeepVid (http://keepvid.com/)
Video Compression: ClimpChamp (https://clipchamp.com/)
Capturing Video:
Your smartphone is an awesome video camera or use the webcam in your laptop/tablet!
DSLRs are available from the IDeATe Lending pool (Hunt Basement) and have video recording capabilities. There's also some Yeti USB mic's for doing voice overs.


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There are 2,170 billionaires in the world today, according to the inaugural Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2013, with their combined net worth estimated at over $6.5 trillion – a sum greater than the GDP of every country except the U.S. and China.
The Billionaire Census found that the total number of billionaires grew by 0.5 percent this year, while total wealth rose by 5.3 percent.
Asia saw the greatest growth in wealth and the number of billionaires – seeing a 3.7 percent jump in wealthy individuals, while combined fortune grew by 13 percent.
Meanwhile, the number of European billionaires declined by 29 individuals to 766; but their collective wealth, however, rose by 3.7 percent to $2.12 trillion.
The top five countries by number of billionaires were the U.S. (515), China (157), Germany (148), the U.K. (135) and Russia (108). The top 10 billionaire countries accounted for 66 percent of the world's billionaires, highlighting the concentration of the super rich into a select few "hot spots".
Meanwhile, the study did a behavioural analysis of the world's billionaires. According to the report, the average billionaire was male, around the age of 67, worth about $3 billion and went to either Harvard or Penn State. His passions included art, aviation, real estate, traveling, and golf – in that order. He would also own at least four $20 million homes, though he tends to spend most of his time in the city where his business is headquartered (probably New York).
Related: Bill Gates Is World's Richest Man – Again
Related: China's Billionaire List Grow By 25 Percent
Related: Infographic: Do Rich People Live By A Different Set of Moral Standards?
About 87 percent of the world's billionaires were male. 64 percent of this group were entirely self-made billionaires, while 15 percent earned their fortune completely through inheritance. The remainders' fortunes were built up through both inheritance and their own hard work.
Below are other key findings from the inaugural report:
- Europe is home to the most billionaires (766 individuals). However, North America has the most billionaire wealth ($2,158 billion).
- Asia contributed the largest number of new billionaires (18) this year, followed by North America (11).
- Latin America is the slowest growing region in terms of billionaire wealth, increasing by just 2.3 percent in the past year.
- As of 2013, the average net worth of the world's billionaires is US$3 billion.
- Globally, there are 111 individuals who each have a net worth that exceeds US$10 billion. Their combined net worth is over US$1.9 trillion, greater than the GDP of Canada.
- Only 17 percent of female billionaires are self-made, while 71 percent gained their fortunes through inheritance.


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Lean Tech provides consulting services within the following areas:
- Energy and production efficiency: reduce shrinkage and scrap, benchmark consumption and optimizing production processes
- Improving product quality: understand process variation and use Statistical Process Control (SPC) to control critical variation
- Increasing productivity: Improve production flow and machine efficiency (OEE)
- Product development: Improve existing products or develop new, using Experimental design (DOE) and Components of Variation
- Emission control and establishing monitoring program
- Measurement: Determine measurement error and improve measurement systems
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Root cause analysis and problem solving
- Predictive maintenance using statistical process control - SPC
- Time management by spending time on value adding activities
Production efficiencyBy benchmarking theoretical and actual consumption, you can estimate possible savings. Raw material consumption can be reduced by reducing shrinkage and optimizing the production process, see efficiency tips.
If you recover raw material by distillation processes, significant savings can be gained through optimization.
To achieve efficient use of raw materials, you need to control your emissions and waste. Read more about production efficiency.
Energy efficiencyStart by mapping and benchmarking today's consumption: Energy usage per product? Energy required for different process steps? For different machines and equipment?
The more you know about your energy consumption, the easier it is to improve. If you don't have the necessary measurements, you can calculate the theoretical consumption, and start by improving your most energy intensive processes. Here are some efficiency tips. Read more about energy efficiency
Improve qualityTo improve quality, it is important to consider all factors that can be significant for product quality. Start with process mapping to identify variables that can affect product quality.
All processes are subject to variation, which may be classified as random / noise (common cause) or assignable cause variation (special cause). Statistical process control - SPC separate normal and special cause variation and can be used to understand and control variation. More about SPC. More about quality improvement.
To achieve high productivity, you need good flow through the value chain. Multiple independent machines can collaborate to produce the complete product. If a machine has high scrap rate, downtime or run at lower speed, the result is queues and non-balanced processes.
To measure the efficiency of each machine and determine bottlenecks, you can use OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) as an indicator. Productivity can be improved by increasing the efficiency of the slowest machine but increasing the buffer between machines can also help. More about OEE and productivity.
Emission controlTo reduce emission, you need to know the current status and the emission sources. Start by mapping todays' situation; Quantify your emissions to water, air, landfill and recovery by data collection and sampling. Significant savings can be achieved by reducing emission (Lean Tech has quantified wastage of 1.4 million $ / year at a company by mapping emissions). Lean Tech perform emission mapping, IPPC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) reports quantifying emissions and waste, and BAT (Best Available Technology) comparison. More about emission control.
Monitoring program
In Norway, emissions are regulated through the company's discharge permit. The Norwegian Environment Agency requires that Norwegian companies document their emissions to soil, air and water to ensure that they are within the requirements of the permit. In 2010 came a requirement from The Norwegian Environment Agency to establish a monitoring program for emissions to air and water.
Lean Tech helps companies develop complete Monitoring program or part of it, like calculation of uncertainties. More about monitoring program.
Goals and objectivesDefine the right goals and decide how to measure is important to avoid wasting resources and not being able to quantify the effect of your effort. Companies spend a lot of resources on data acquisition, data warehouse, reporting and visualization. What information is important to monitor your process and evaluate your goals? How will you break down overall business objectives to operational targets and process indicators? More about goals and objectives.
Data collection & qualityToday there is access to infinite amounts of data; but what information do you need and is data quality adequate? Spend resources on data quality rather than data quantity. If you don't trust your data, it's worthless. Implementation of comprehensive data acquisition can result in production downtime due to failure with the data collection. More about data application.
Data visualizationData visualization using statistical programs, makes it is easier to see connections and trends between different variables and data sets. Multivariable analysis shows the correlation between the various factors. Are there outliers? Why? Are factors correlated? Positive or negative correlation? Linear or non-linear? Can the correlation be explained? Lean Tech assist with data analysis. More about data visualization.
Measurement errorAll measurements involve uncertainty. A Measurement System Evaluations (MSE) can address precision, accuracy, sensitivity and capability. By measuring the same item repeatedly, and include factors like analyst, instrument and batch you can detect the contribution to the overall variation of each factor. Read more and see a video about measurement error.
Design of experiments (DOE)
With experimental design you can get the information you need with minimal effort. You reduce development costs and save time by testing multiple combinations at the same time.
Good design and proper analysis will help you decide optimal solutions. DOE can be used both when developing new products and when improving existing ones. More about DOE.


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75 days. From the southern area of Germany (Freiburg region), this old favorite dates back to the 1800's, and is a must for any tomato lover! The plants produce 3/4 inch diameter fruit in clusters of up to 12, very sweet, cherry tomatoes. The vigorous vines need strong cages for support. Best tasting cherry tomato we've tried! Indeterminate vines. 10 Seeds.
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Merritt Gordon Vaiden
Merritt Gordon Vaiden was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on 31 October 1893 and was educated at the University of Kentucky, Mississippi College, and Bowling Green Business University. He worked for a time in Arkansas, where he met and married Carolyn Joyce, but soon moved to Rosedale, Mississippi, where he worked as a bookkeeper for plantations in the Mississippi Delta. His professional work led him to write of the economics of cotton production in 1931 and 1932, but he is best known for his avocation, studying birds.
Vaiden had a lifelong passion for birds and began collecting them in 1919. His initial collection was destroyed by fire, and he renewed his bird collecting in 1937, preparing scientific study skins and ultimately amassing a personal collection of more than thirty-two hundred birds. In 1943 he taught his wife how to prepare the skins, and she ultimately prepared about two thousand of the specimens. In the late 1960s the collection was donated to the University of Mississippi as a teaching and research collection. Vaiden was a keen observer of nature and carefully recorded his observations, publishing short articles on Mississippi birds in regional and national scientific journals. He regularly corresponded with professional ornithologists, and his observations of Mississippi birds are frequently cited in scientific publications.
On 3 May 1959 Vaiden gathered a number of his friends, especially the young people he considered promising naturalists, and formally organized the Mississippi Delta Naturalists' Club. The group elected Alan Feduccia of Cleveland as president, Edgar Grissom of Cleveland as vice president, and Beauvais Staples of Rosedale as secretary-treasurer. The club began planning a journal to chronicle members' scientific efforts, and the first of the Mississippi Delta Naturalists' Club Occasional Papers was issued in July 1960 and included Vaiden's article, "Interesting Mississippi Delta Birds." Each subsequent issue was four pages in length, and most included articles by Vaiden. The journal changed its name to Mississippi Naturalists' Club: The Mississippi Kite, Occasional Papers, in October 1962 and continued publishing until September 1967.
Several of the young men whom Vaiden mentored, among them Feduccia, Sammy Ray, and Billy Smith-Vaniz, went on to distinguished careers in science. Staples became a writer and immortalized Vaiden in her short story "The Bird Collection."
Vaiden died on 17 June 1975.
Further Reading
- Beauvais Staples McCaddon, Virginia Quarterly Review (Autumn 1993)
- Merritt Gordon Vaiden, Oologist (1940)
- Merritt Gordon Vaiden, Wilson Bulletin (1940)
- Merritt Gordon Vaiden with J. O. Smith and W. E. Ayres, Mississippi Agriculture Experiment Station Bulletin 290 (1931)


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Back in the day when CSS was a lot less complex (think, the 1990s), it was relatively easy to style a page. However today there's a lot that developers need to take on to deliver a page with the correct design. Of course, to solve the need for seamless design, a few frameworks have emerged. In the first article in the series, we'll explore how to add Bootstrap to an Angular application, while in the second, follow-up article, we'll examine how to use Material Design.
Of course, there's no need to use both of these frameworks, either one is fine, but they have different integration paths.
Bootstrap with its latest, fourth version, is one of the most utilised front-end component libraries. It allows developers to add a sophisticated grid system, use components such as dropdowns, modals, navigation bars and progress bars.
To use Bootstrap in an Angular project, first, make sure to create an Angular application via the Angular CLI by executing
ng new [app-name].
Let's also go ahead and install Bootstrap for the project via npm:
npm i bootstrap.
Note that Bootstrap depends on both Popper.js and jQuery - both of which you also need to install via
npm i jquery popper.js.
Also note that we could have inserted Bootstrap in
index.htmlvia a CDN but, in this article, we are reviewing how to add it to an Angular project in a more integral way.
Once the installation has completed, we need to modify the
angular.json file which is located at the root of the project folder. This JSON file is where we can locate the settings for the application such as the TypeScript linter settings, test settings and others - including which external JavaScript and CSS file to load.
Find the path to styles and scripts (
projects - project-name - architect - build) and add the following values:
"styles": [
"scripts": [
The order of these items is important - since Bootstrap depends on jQuery and Popper.js, we need to include those before including the JavaScript for Bootstrap itself.
It's also very important to that if currently
ng serve is running - i.e. we are looking at our application via a development server - we need to stop that process and start it again, as changes to
angular.json do not get propagated into a running server so in order to see the changes a restart of the process is required.
To do a quick test, let's open
index.html and add the following HTML to it which should show a Bootstrap alert panel.

Bootstrap in action!
A dependency issue
So far this approach seems to be working fine; however, there is a dependency for jQuery which adds complexity to the project. It'd be much better if we could get rid of that dependency. Also, certain actions would throw some errors. Imagine that we wanted to call an action when a modal is closed, we'd have to implement this script in the template's component:
$('#myModal').on('hidden.bs.modal', event => {
console.log('closed', event);
This throws the following error:
Cannot find name '$'. Do you need to install type definitions for jQuery? Try `npm i @types/jquery`
Let's do as the CLI suggests and install the type definition for jQuery. But even after the installation, we get the same error.
One solution - which is not preferred - is to declare
$ with the
any datatype in TypeScript:
declare var $: any;
But even in this case, the event listener won't work because we need a
document.ready() event as well, so we need to update the code to look like this:
$(document).on('hidden.bs.modal', '#exampleModal', event => {
console.log('closed', event);
Only this time will this relatively straightforward piece of code work. Let's take a look at a much better solution and remove certain dependencies for the project at the same time as well.
ng-bootstrap and ngx-bootstrap
Both of these component libraries do pretty much the same: they give us Bootstrap components without jQuery and Popper.js as dependencies or without the actual bootsrap.js (A Bootstrap CSS is still going to be needed!).
Should there be concerns as to whether jQuer or Popper.js is used by these libraries, let's go ahead and uninstall them by executing
npm uninstall jquery popper.jsas well as removing the script entries from
First, let's install ng-bootstrap by executing
npm i @ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap. After the installation, we have two options: the first one is that we import the entire module for our Angular application, the other is that we selectively import only the components that we need:
import { NgbModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
// or:
// import { NgbAlertModule, NgbModalModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
imports: [ NgbModule ],
// or:
// imports: [ NgbAlertModule, NgbModalModule],
export class YourAppModule {
Selecting only the modules required by our application will reduce the overall size of the project.
And that's it. No more work is required to integrate Bootstrap components. Let's give this a go - add the following in
app.component.html (or any other component, but not
<ngb-alert [dismissible]="false">
ng-boostrap in the house!
The above should display an alert panel.
And what if we would like to have a modal with an event listener? It couldn't be easier. Add the below code to a component:
<ng-template #content let-modal>

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<button type="button" class="close" aria-label="Close" (click)="modal.dismiss('Cross click')">
×

Hello modal, looking good!

<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-dark" (click)="modal.close('Save click')">Save</button>
<button class="btn btn-lg btn-outline-primary" (click)="open(content)">Launch demo modal</button>

{{ closeResult }}

And add this to the component's definition:
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { NgbModal, ModalDismissReasons } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
selector: 'app-root',
templateUrl: './app.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
export class AppComponent {
title = 'css-angular';
closeResult: string;
constructor(private modalService: NgbModal) { }
open(content) {
this.modalService.open(content, {ariaLabelledBy: 'modal-basic-title'}).result.then((result) => {
this.closeResult = `Closed with: ${result}`;
}, (reason) => {
this.closeResult = `Dismissed ${this.getDismissReason(reason)}`;
private getDismissReason(reason: any): string {
if (reason === ModalDismissReasons.ESC) {
return 'by pressing ESC';
} else if (reason === ModalDismissReasons.BACKDROP_CLICK) {
return 'by clicking on a backdrop';
} else {
return `with: ${reason}`;
The above allows us to capture the close event for the modal as well as print the reason why it was closed - all this without a single jQuery / Bootstrap.js dependency.
Code sample taken from the ng-bootstrap documentation. It has been slightly modified.
Just like ng-bootstrap, ngx-bootstrap also gives us components in an Angular native way, without any dependencies on other JavaScript libraries.
To install it, please execute
npm install ngx-bootstrap. As an alternative ngx-bootstrap also supports the
ng add command:
ng add ngx-bootstrap. This second approach also automatically edits the
angular.json file to add the appropriate
css files under
styles so there's no need to add the location of Bootstrap's CSS manually.
Next, we need to add the import statements to
// specific import
import { AlertModule } from 'ngx-bootstrap/alert';
// generic import to import further modules:
// import { AlertModule, ModalModule } from 'ngx-bootstrap';
// ...
imports: [AlertModule.forRoot(), ...]
// ...
Again, remember that importing only the required module is going to help to reduce the overall size of the application.
Let's test this again by adding an alert panel to a component template:
<alert type="success">

Hello from ngx-bootstrap

If we have done everything correctly, a green alert should be shown.
Just to be complete, let's also take a look at how to create a modal, with an event listener on the hide event:
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" (click)="openModal(template)">Create template modal</button>
<ng-template #template>

Modal

<button type="button" class="close pull-right" aria-label="Close" (click)="modalRef.hide()">
×

This is a modal.
import { Component, TemplateRef } from '@angular/core';
import { BsModalService } from 'ngx-bootstrap/modal';
import { BsModalRef } from 'ngx-bootstrap/modal/bs-modal-ref.service';
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As a Manager for our Advisory team with 9 years of experience in the industry, Michelle is instrumental in leading the research on feasibility studies and residential consulting assignments for builders, developers, and financial institutions throughout Northern California. Michelle has an extensive background in housing market research and analytics. Before joining our Advisory group, she spent three years as a Manager with the Meyers Research Zonda team overseeing our proprietary project database. Prior to Meyers Research, she was a Senior Research Analyst at a housing market research firm in Southern California.
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Today's post is by Chad Vorwaller and Randy Russon with TOPCFOS
Welcome to our Blog today! TOP CFOS offers the finest CFO services to companies anywhere in the world who want to take their organization to the top. We absolutely love being a part of your success. We also love to be the catalyst behind your firm's soaring profits! And, for your convenience, we provide an RSS feed down at the bottom of our website so you can subscribe to our Blog. Today's post comes from the Technology category on our website and is entitled Technology – Keeping a Perspective.
Have we become too reliant on technology? Enjoy this answer – here. Technology allows professionals in the business world to connect with each other instantaneously and frequently. By so doing, professionals in service based industries can respond to customer demand quickly and efficiently, which in turn increases customer satisfaction and loyalty. But certain forms of technological communication can inhibit the development of business relationships. When you choose to text or email instead of call or meet face to face, then the body language of other individuals cannot be read and the right course of action may not always be taken. For example, if a customer were dissatisfied with your product and your communication with that individual were primarily through email, you may not be able to read the extent of their dissatisfaction and make amends with that individual in a way that will retain them as a loyal customer to your business. This is why keeping technology in perspective is so important.
As professionals in business, we should not let technology be our master, rather let technology be our servant. First and foremost, the technology solutions we choose should always inspire our customers to want to come back again and again for more. If we are not accomplishing this goal, we have simply missed the mark. Another important consideration we need to look at in keeping technology in perspective is brought out in the following article entitled, "7 Signs we are too dependent On Technology".
According to the article, the number one sign that we are too reliant on technology is – if the internet is down, work is over for the day. Is this how many of us feel about the way we conduct business? Business was conducted, services were provided, and products were manufactured for centuries without the use of the internet or even telephone communication. Keeping a perspective on the right use of technology means that you are using technology in the most efficient way possible; that is to grow your business or create value for stakeholders. There are certainly ways individuals can do that when the internet is down for the day. This is another example of how we've let technology become our master and not our servant. MSNBC shares their perspective in the following video entitled, "Are we too reliant on technology?"
This video spotlights glitches that recently occurred and halted business at the NYSE and United Airlines. We have so much reliance on technology, but the real issue comes because we haven't fully protected ourselves when they go down. There should be great focus on actually becoming more reliant on technology by maintaining adequate back-ups, while at the same time always expecting glitches and imperfections with technological systems. In closing, here's a really cool video about keeping technology in perspective. Click here.
We hope you've enjoyed our Blog today. Please remember, TOP CFOS offers the finest CFO services to companies anywhere in the world and would love to be a part of your team. Feel free to reach out to us anytime. Your feedback is most welcome, and we invite you to share this post with friends and associates. Our contact information can easily be found here on our website, so give us a call today! Our next post will come from the Technology category on our website and is entitled Entrepreneurship – How Warren Buffet Got His Start. And, thank you for joining us!


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you are why we do what we do
How you helped to make Harmony Goddess a reality
We are thrilled that everyone who receives our Harmony Goddess necklaces and artwork knows they are getting a piece of fine art worthy of the Goddess within.
Because the Goddess loves you and wants you to be happy.
Beth Hansen
Artist/Owner ~ HarmonyGoddess.com
Before I created Harmony Goddess, I had been drawing and painting fantasy art for several years. I enjoyed sharing my work at fairs, fantasy conventions, and renaissance festivals.
When the recession happened in 2008, sales became few and far between, and I became burned out. I had to use my savings until it felt like art had become my crazy ex-girlfriend who took all my money and left me an emotional wreck.
Then one day…
I participated in a healing ritual workshop lead by another artist. When I realized that art wasn't about fantasy, but about spirit and inspiration and lifting others up, I found my reason to start painting again. My focus became the divine feminine in nature.
Once I got started, I began to doubt that these new Goddess paintings would inspire others the way that they inspired me. I had changed my style, my medium, and my focus. What if nobody liked them?
But then …
I presented my work to a close circle of friends, and I knew that their response was heartfelt and genuine. The power of the sacred feminine I felt while painting was experienced by them as well. So I decided to set out to create the most glorious Goddess art and jewelry for those who yearn to embrace the sacred feminine within.
It turns out, the path was more difficult than I imagined.
Going from oil painting to watercolor gave me a new set of challenges. Simple design, limited color palettes, and don't overwork it. Learning to work in mixed media to create the necklaces has been a lot of trial and error. My decision became my mission, and mistakes lead to success.
Yet my greatest challenge was yet to come.
In the fall of 2016. I was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer, and during the lumpectomy they also found cancer in my lymph nodes. After the surgery it became clear that my marriage was over. I packed my bags and my cats, put my furniture in storage, and moved in with my twin sister Jane and her wife.
Twenty rounds of Chemo affected my vision and I couldn't draw or paint for months. So I watched YouTube tutorials, so I could learn a little. In the Spring of 2017, I found a little home of my own and settled in with my cats and started painting again and designing jewelry.
Through it all …
We released our first products and the response has been the most incredible blessing. I have found my purpose, my passion, and my joy.


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Last month we talked about seeing clearly and having the "difficult conversations." This month, I keep thinking about the home improvement shows. Last month was demo day – tearing everything out to make a clean slate for the renovation. This month construction begins.
It's time to build out the new floor plan – add a support beam to support the new configuration, convert a closet to a bathroom, commandeer a small bedroom to become a walk-in closet. All to achieve better function and flow.
We are taking the same framework and re-arranging all the boundaries within, making more room for some things in our lives and less room for others. All with the purpose of bringing in more light and creating better flow!
And sometimes in a reno when you start opening up walls, you don't know what you're going to find. There may be occasional surprise reactions this month while you're trying out the new you. People may not react the way you hope. That's okay. Do it anyway. Who knows? Your movement may create movement for them, too.
This shift to a bigger, brighter you may be subtle at this point. Here's where to look for signs of change.
- You're not willing to tolerate situations or people you've been tolerating.
- You surprise yourself with a new show of strength – a vehement "no" or an enthusiastic "yes" that's uncharacteristic for you.
- You may suddenly get a flash of clarity – a new perspective – that altars your whole point of view on a situation or even how you've been living your whole life.
The best part of the reno shows is when the owners have been shown around their new digs and are told, "Welcome home." That's when a new life begins. The construction on our inner home may not be move-in ready for a few months, but it's certainly something to look forward to!
To find out what you can do to work with this month's energy, check out Anna's 10-minute Cosmic Download on YouTube.
Anna Francesca Celestino is an intuitive coach and author of the book Igniting Change. She has a gift for untangling emotional issues which she's applied to The Emotional Workout. Six simple questions to find out what's been stopping you and one question to turn it all around. Download your free copy now.


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Adventures in travel dining. Mom's Cafe, Salina, UT. – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
We'd been driving all morning non-stop, and now it was time to refuel the Audi and grab a late lunch.
Exiting I-15, we pulled off to Salina, UT, which looked to be the stereotype American small town. – a main street with businesses, a gas station, and not much else.
It's nearly 2:00 PM and our morning's continental breakfast at the motel has run out, and we're looking for lunch. Ingrid points to Mom's Cafe as we roll slowly past the eatery and continue down the street. As far as we can see, we've driven past the small concentration of businesses, and Ingrid suggests, "Let's turn around and go back to Mom's Cafe."
Great idea, I think because there doesn't look like anywhere else to eat in town.
One of the great adventures in travel for us is to discover new places to dine. It doesn't need to be fancy, or expensive; we're just looking for a good – make that great – meal for a good price. Something that's reflects the local spirit and, if we're lucky, showcases the local culture through its cuisine.
A wall of accolades
Entering Mom's Cafe through the back door, we're surprised the cafe has a wall plastered with accolades an rewards, with various newspaper and magazine articles urging, "If you're doing a cross-America road trip, don't miss Mom's Cafe in Salina, UT!" High praise indeed, and I'm happy we've stumbled onto the proverbial 'hidden gem.'
We're sad to report Mom's Cafe was one of the most disappointing meals of the trip.
I gave Ingrid a good portion of my Chicken Pot Pie, the special of the day.
Ingrid said, "Did you get any chicken?"
"No", I replied, "I was hoping you'd gotten it."
The crust was undercooked, the filling over salted and with little chicken; it was just not good.
On the bright side, the lunch special was served with a side of sweet, deep fried dough. And who doesn't like fried dough? Oddly, it was served with a bottle of store bought honey-based 'flavouring', which I should have but didn't try.
If dining can be categorized as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the Chicken Pot Pie definitely falls into The Bad bin. That's too bad.
To be positive, I've always said that on any journey, one has to experience a mediocre or bad meal every once in a while. I call this 'benchmarking', and such unremarkable meals are a way to remind our palates what really good food tastes like when we get it.


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More on the Butterflies…March 4, 2008
I was so tired yesterday that I could not think straight. As I read about ways to put a slide show into my blog, I inadvertently chose the ONE option that does not embed the show…go figure! I have since fixed that, and the show below will take place right here in my blog.
As we walked through the conservatory, there were many wonderful blue butterflies flying around, but I could not find any on something stationary that would allow me a good picture. I had yet to figure out how to turn on the feature allowing me to snap multiple pictures one right after the other, so I literally chased several of these elusive butterflies through the place all to little avail! There are two pictures in the slide show of the elusive Blue Morpho. I took 27 photos total in an effort to get one awesome picture of them, but I seem to have failed, for the pictures I have posted are the best I was able to capture, but only mediocre at that.
I posted the names of the butterflies that I could identify from other places. If there are any Lepidoptera experts out there and I have mistakenly identified any of these butterflies, please feel free to correct me!
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After checking out the butterflies, I had to check out the Niagara Gorge and the Falls.
Can you imagine getting in a cable car and traversing the Niagara Gorge? Yes, it is below the falls…but still!
See the cables running across the gorge? They are for the people crazy enough to get into that cable car!
If you enlarge the picture below and look very closely at the center of the picture below, you can see the power generation plant that the kids and I went to last summer.
Check out the thickness of that snow and ice pack! As you will see in the pictures below, the amount of ice is incredible. Jeff and the girls read about the Honeymoon Bridge. It was a steel arch bridge whose abutments were right at the river's edge. In 1938, during a wind storm on Lake Erie, tons of ice was washed over the falls and jammed up near the bridge. The pressure from the ice was so great, that it pushed the bridge off it's abutment on the American side, effectively causing it to pull from the abutment on the Canadian side. The entire span fell in one piece onto the ice. All that is left of the bridge today is the abutment on the American side, which now boasts a tall tower with an observation deck overlooking the American Falls. If you look at the picture of the Rainbow Bridge below, you will notice the arch abutment is set back a ways from the edge of the river.
After freezing our fingers, toes, and noses off at the river's edge, we headed into Buffalo to grab a bite to eat. On the way, we saw a spectacular sunset, which of course looked so much better in person! I still like the photos I took of it.
One of our favorite places for food in Buffalo is Montana's. I would have taken a picture of my dinner, except my family thought I was nuts when I suggested that I should get my camera from the trunk and take some photos. Eventually they will learn, but for now, I have to be patient with them.
This is a painting on the side of the restaurant. I thought it was just way too cool to not photograph. It was quite dark out when this photo was taken, so I was quite pleased with how it came out.
I am again exhausted beyond belief, so I am going to retire to my bed and get some shut eye! Hopefully there are not any terribly obvious typos, cuz I am simply too tired to proofread tonight!
Oh, one more…I think the reflection of the tower in the side of the Sheridan is soooo cool! I noticed it as we were getting in the car to leave the Canadian side. I hoped the picture would come out, and in fact it is much better than I had hoped for!


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A 1920s Novella
Even in sparkling Jazz Age Chicago, spirits can trick you into believing they're men
When Susie comes to Jazz Age America, she knows her life will change. Back in China, spirits mingle in the mists of the rice fields and trick humans into believing they're men in order to steal their souls, and the expectations of a daughter are unimportant and ignored. But in Chicago, Simon gives her the carefree life of the New American Woman, the freedom to dress daringly and do things once reserved only for men--drinking, smoking and dancing with strangers. It's an exciting life and she considers the loyalty Simon demands of her a small price to pay.
Until she meets a man called Blood.
Blood lets Susie speak her mind and listen to her heart. He commits himself to her and asks nothing in return. Through his eyes, Susie begins to see her loyalty to Simon as the bars around her "freedom". But she knows Simon will never let her go.
But even in Chicago, spirits mingle in the smoke and jazz of speakeasies and trick humans into believing they're men. They can still steal their souls. And if Susie doesn't see the spirits behind the masks of the men fighting over her, she might lose much more than her freedom.
She placed the little parcel on the bar bench and unwrapped it, the thin paper whispering in the bright silence of the boudoir. Inside, was a comb made of bone.
Her stepdaughter's birthday was approaching and she had found the perfect gift for her
Inspired by a Halloween Short Story Challenge
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Ghost Trilogy is a ghost story, set in Chicago Black Belt, happening from early September 1926 to late April 1927.
The story is mostly set inside the Old Shelter, a speakeasy hidden in a building which has been haunted by a ghost for almost one hundred years.
Adam Brailsfield owns the club… and the ghost. The ghost has been connected to his family for a few generations and he fears it's turning him mad as – rumour has it – it did to his grandfather.
Sinéad O'Flanagan was entrusted with a coin by a friend, so she could give that coin to a niece of the giver. But the coin seems to drag her again and again to the Old Shelter.
Michael and Blood meet Sinéad on a night out and they all end up at the Old Shelter. Blood and Michael have a strong bond with the worlds of spirits. They realise the ghost is not merely haunting the place, it seeks revenge over the Brailsfields, and the power of that curse is set deep inside Sinéad's coin. If they let themselves be involved with the ghost, the curse might bend their life too – but they may also be able to break it.
The trilogy is complete, although the three novels are at different stages of revision. I'm currently working at the final revision of the first book.
Ghostly Smell Around
A Restless Soul Is Poking
Breaking the Walls
The trilogy is complete, although the three novels are at different stages of revision. I'm currently working at the final revision of the first book.
Still at a very early stage of planning, Bones of the Titans will be set in Weimar Berlin, 1924. It will include an ancient curse, a few murders and lots of characters with lots of secrets.
Set in Germany, in 1924, this is a story dealing with growing as a person, coping with loss and finding a new way in life.
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Some of Connecticut's neighbors were slammed with severe weather Tuesday afternoon, with at least three tornadoes touching down in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, according to Chief Meteorologist Ryan Hanrahan.
Tornado warnings were in effect for parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts as the National Weather Service cautioned residents in the affected areas to take cover.
One tornado touched down in Lincoln, RI, and another formed in Sandwich, Mass., according to the National Weather Service.
Radar also confirmed a tornado in Norton, Mass., Ryan said.
WILD IMAGES: Funnel Clouds, Severe Damage as Strong Storms Move Through
The NWS will investigate the strength of these tornadoes and how long they were on the ground. Tornadoes are very rare in October.
The tornado on Cape Cod is exceptionally rare - the last tornado in that area of on Aug. 22, 1977. This is only the third to touch down in Barnstable County since 1950.
Footage from Lincoln, RI, shows holes in rooftops and large trees down.
Video provided by Glenn Bryant shows a water spout that formed near the Bourne Bridge in Massachusetts.
Parts of Connecticut were at risk for severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail.
For more on how this forecast played out, visit Ryan's blog.
During severe weather, residents should monitor local weather reports and heed weather alerts. Flying debris can be dangerous to those caught without shelter, according to the National Weather Service. Mobile homes can be damaged or destroyed. Tree damage and damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles is likely.


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Students from a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who have not previously studied at a Dutch institute of higher education and who wish to follow a Master's programme at the Royal Conservatoire might be eligible for a scholarship from the Holland Scholarship programme.
These scholarships are awarded by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and 48 universities and universities of applied sciences. The scholarship is worth €5,000 and is awarded once at the beginning of the first year of the student's course. The Royal Conservatoire only awards such a scholarship to Master's students who have demonstrated an exceptionally high standard by securing a grade of 9 or 10 in their entrance exam. If you are awarded a grade of 10, you will receive a Holland scholarship. If you are awarded a grade of 9, the committee will first deliberate to decide whether you will receive a scholarship. The decision is based on a range of factors.
You do not have to apply separately for a Holland Scholarship. You will be notified if you have been awarded a scholarship on the basis of the results of your entrance exam.
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If you have been admitted to the Orchestra Master you will receive a special scholarship from the Residentie Orkest and will not be eligible for a Holland Scholarship. Similarly, if you are awarded an Excellence scholarship you are not eligible for a Holland Scholarship.


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The rumors and speculations continue to grow regarding well-known celebrity couple Tamar Braxton and Vince Herbert. Recently, the couple announced their divorce, shocking many fans and close friends.
Tamar Braxton's old co-hosts from The Real even sent their love and best wishes to Tamar, despite the fact that they all ended on bad terms. Mama Braxton, also known as Evelyn Braxton, caught up with TMZ and shared news that has everyone at a loss of words.
Evelyn told TMZ that she has nothing to say to Vince except, "Keep his hands off of my child, stop before he hurts her or kills her." She also told TMZ that she loves Vince but she does not want him to kill her child.
This report from Evelyn sparks many questions about a previous domestic report that the couple denied was true.
Back in August 2016, TMZ reported an incident that happened with the couple in Atlanta, GA. One of Tamar Braxton's friends called the police from the Ritz-Carlton hotel saying there was a domestic dispute going on and Vince bit Tamar's hand. However, at the time they both denied this ever happened.
Evelyn, like any mother would, has strong concerns and hopes Vince goes and gets help.
"I think that if a person really means what they're doing. They'll go get help or counseling, right? I think he needs to go and get counseling, I really and truly do before somebody gets killed."
According to a source close to Vincent, he has no idea why his mother-in-law would say these things about him, adding that he loves Tamar and would never hurt her. The source also said that he is very upset over the comments, because this could negatively affect their 4-year-old son when he gets old enough to understand.
Herbert is still willing to fight for his marriage, despite the recent reports and what her family wants. In the process of fighting for his marriage, he plans on still being a good dad.


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The Keeneland September Yearling Sale gets under way on Monday in Lexington, Ky., and the world's largest Thoroughbred auction for racing prospects runs daily through Sept. 23, with the exception of Friday, Sept. 14. That dark day follows a four-day Book 1 under the sale's company new format.
A reminder that the Book 1 sessions will begin at 1 p.m., two hours later than originally scheduled, due to the rain that made it difficult for buyers to inspect yearlings.
The Paulick Report is pleased to offer a special print publication, the PR Special, available here and on the Keeneland Association grounds.
In this issue covering days one and two of Book 1, bloodstock editor Joe Nevills profiles the late George Swinebroad in the first of a four-part series on legendary auctioneers who have worked the Keeneland Sales. Frank Mitchell analyzes the pedigree and race record of highly regarded first-crop sire Honor Code in the Stallion Spotlight, and Chelsea Hackbarth tells the backstory on the breeding of Triple Crown winner and Keeneland September graduate Justify.
Rood and Riddle veterinarian Dr. Scott Pierce has some interesting observations about repeated endoscopic examinations on yearlings in Ask Your Vet, and Mitchell dives into the catalogue with a look at some of the sale's top hips in Ten to Watch.
Click here to read these stories and more in this edition of the PR Special.
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Dallas ISD is embarking on another public-private partnership to prepare its students for jobs in the high-tech industry. This time, though, the district is targeting its youngest kids.
On Friday, the district announced that will open a new K-8 science, technology, engineering and math school in West Dallas, with support from Southern Methodist University and Toyota's charitable educational endowment, the Toyota USA Foundation.
"We just happen to be at the right place at the right time where we can come and celebrate this together," DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa said.
SMU's Simmons School of Education and Human Development will receive a $2 million grant from the Toyota USA Foundation to develop STEM-centered curricula for the new school, provide professional development for the teachers, help coordinate wraparound services for students, and evaluate and monitor academic progress.
Hinojosa hinted that the school district would renovate the aging Pinkston High School campus as the site for the model school, which is slated to open in the fall of 2021. DISD has shuffled a handful of campuses in West Dallas in recent years, in part to find a site for a new Pinkston. As far back as the 2015 bond program, the district planned to build a brand-new K-8 school in West Dallas. But that plan was set aside as DISD tried to figure out how to best use its resources in that part of town.
"We're putting a capital 'W' in West Dallas with this project," Hinojosa said.
Stephanie Knight, the dean of SMU's Simmons School, said the key to the collaboration will be the generous timeline to get the K-8 campus off the ground.
"We're learning to dance," Knight said. "The faster that we can bring these joint resources to bear on this, then the better off we'll be."
While her school won't try to "reinvent the wheel," instead looking to adapt proven STEM curricula, Knight said there will be careful study of how best to install those plans in the classroom and to train and support teachers to make it work.
"I would like to involve the [Pinkston] feeder-pattern schools as much as we can in this, create a network so that the other elementary schools in the district are benefiting from what we are doing at the model school," she said. "It would be good work if it's just a one-off. But it will be great work if we can take this model and adapt it for other settings."
DISD has jumped at the chance to go into partnerships with businesses and other education entities in recent years, most notably with its early-college high schools. Working with the Dallas County Community College District and a wide variety of businesses, the district has put collegiate academies in nearly all of its comprehensive high schools and paired business partners to work on career development and job placement at those schools.
Mike Goss, general manager for social innovation for Toyota Motor North America and president of the Toyota USA Foundation, said his company's eventual goal is to help grow local talent for its Plano headquarters.
When Toyota moved its North American headquarters to Plano last year, the company brought in thousands of employees from California, Kentucky and New York.
"While this kind of talent influx is good for the region, we believe it's also important for the vitality of North Texas to develop local talent," Goss said. "What we've learned about this neighborhood — and many others — is that they just need access to education that leads to good jobs."
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said that if organizations in Dallas can continue to come together with these types of partnerships, "we will win this game."
"I'm excited about what's happening in Dallas here in the short term, in the next few years," he said. "The momentum we've got is remarkable. ... The question is what are we going to be like in 20 years; that's the question that we've got. And the only way we are going to answer that in a positive way is to focus on education — in closing the gaps between the haves and the have-nots. And the only bridge that will get you there is a great education."


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The design of kitchen cupboards is an important contributor to the general design of the kitchen. Kitchen cabinets with built-in spice racks or kitchen drawers with constructed-in dividers for cutlery are an amazing help in terms of holding issues organised. Shon Parker ousted an Atlanta home 's outdated cabinetry for a more traditional Shaker style. A simple concept that can save both time and energy, the work triangle connects the three fundamental work areas: the sink , the stove and the fridge.
A kitchen also wants house to retailer meals, cookware and small appliances. Remember that this may require extra restraint in what you can store and more effort in conserving it looking presentable in contrast to what is stored away rapidly behind cabinet doorways.
Turning a former stable into a complicated kitchen in Lake Forest, Illinois , designer Mick De Giulio added modern touches and farmhouse style to the original nation constructing. Each house wants a kitchen, however it's the feel and appear — in addition to the sensible ways they assist us out that makes them dream kitchens.
Don't forget to also discover some ideas for kitchen cabinets to put on those walls. However, if in case you have the capacity for it, cabinets and kitchen models that maximise the ground-to-ceiling area you might have will mean you need to use all of that for worthwhile kitchen storage.
"Cobalt was a fun way to keep away from the typical all-white kitchen," says Mark D. Sikes , who selected Farrow & Ball's Stiffkey Blue for this cheery island; the stools are by Serena & Lily, the Roman shade is in a China Seas material and the rugs are from Sprint & Albert.


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Wedding Catering Carindale QLD
8 Expert Tips For Choosing the Right Catering Service In Carindale
When it comes to the things that can make or break an occasion, few are as crucial as the quality, flavor and look of the food and drinks you serve. A lot is riding on your decision of which caterer to employ, and if you believe this decision really isn't that crucial, look at it this way, fantastic catering can save an occasion that's on the rocks, but bad catering will often send guests to the doors.
In addition, due to the fact that catering is frequently the # 1 or # 2 line-item cost for the majority of events, the catering service you pick is also a significant monetary choice and can influence just how much money you have left over to invest in other areas depending on food costs and quantities.
Include that caterers can vary dramatically in their rates and the types of meals and services they use, and the process of choosing a caterer can figuratively and actually feel like you are comparing apples to oranges.
# 1 Responsiveness And Individual Interest In Your Requirements
Of all the event and catering professionals we talked with, this showed up over and over and over again, generally because how responsive and interested a caterer is throughout your preliminary conversations is indicative of how they will perform during the length of their contract with you (and more on agreements later).
A prospective catering service ought to be learning as much as they can about you in your very first few conversations with them, so you ought to anticipate them to be talking and asking concerns about 20% of the time and you providing responses and detailing your needs about 80% of the time.
# 2 Ability To Handle Your Particular Kind Of Event In Carindale 4152
Not every catering service is best or every kind of occasion, and lots of catering services themselves openly admit this.
So when interviewing your Carindale caterers (and you should speak to a minimum of 3 caterers for any event with a sensible budget), you have to be specific about the kind of event you are planning and the kind of food and/or presentation you are anticipating. Otherwise, you may end up picking a caterer who merely isn't a great fit for the type or style of your occasion.
Almost every catering service has a basic menu or menus to select from, and lots of do offer some level of built-in flexibility to adjust these menus to your specific needs by replacing particular items and/or personalizing others.
Nevertheless, the standout catering services will go beyond standardized menu alternatives and be willing to produce amazing fare that matches a lot more particular theme and dietary needs.
# 3 Willingness To Provide Tastings
How will you ever understand exactly what a caterer can do unless you sample their goods? And more specifically, how will you understand what the menu items you are thinking about will taste like unless you particularly attempt them?
Some people avoid asking to sample the particular items they want for their occasion since it looks like a trouble for the catering service, however it is standard to request for a tasting of exactly what you are intending to order before you sign on the dotted line.
In addition, you can request wine parings for these tastings if they are appropriate for your event (again, be prepared to pay a charge, it's a small cost to pay to guarantee you select the ideal catering service). When you are sampling the food, also take care of how it exists, as any catering service who puts in the time to appropriately show a sample will probably be most likely to make that kind of effort on your event day.
Are you an event manager who has to manage catering details, budget plans and projects?
Or are you a catering service who needs to track propositions, invoices, meal choices, stock and other customer information?
# 4 Familiarity With The Location
You may remain in for a surprise if you work with a BBQ take-out joint to cater a formal ballroom fundraising event. Or if you pick a high-end corporate event catering service to serve a barn wedding event. Why? Due to the fact that these caterers might not be accustomed to preparing and serving food in such a setting.
This can get back at more particular depending upon limitations of the location itself, like in the case of museums and historical sites.
Even more standard venues can also have constraints that caterers should follow, like particular setup requirements or disposal limitations for waste food and water, so having a caterer that is familiar with a venue's rules can possibly save you great deals of hassle on occasion day.
# 5 Total Explanation Of Services/Goods Promised In The Contract
The caterer's contract ought to clearly spell out exactly what food, drinks and services the caterer will be supplying on the designated day( s). Additionally, it needs to safeguard you from non-performance as much as it protects the catering service from non-payment/default, so you might want to consider having a lawyer} take a look at it before you sign it.
Every detail must be consisted of in the agreement, consisted of selected menus, number of portions and/or people to be served, beverage/bar service details (if relevant) and all prices and additional services.
No catering service in Carindale with a shred of dignity and scruples enters into an agreement with plans to bail at the last minute, but you need to ensure there is a cancellation provision in your agreement simply in case your caterer needs to cancel.
You do not want to be left without recourse with only days or hours prior to your event, so just make sure cancellation procedures and charges are in place so you do have a backup strategy.
# 6 Referrals You Can Call and Speak To
Of course you will have to look into the caterers you are thinking about, and it's always excellent to begin online and check out sites.
However, don't stop there, as online reviews are not constantly trustworthy (or perhaps genuine); for instance, an excellent caterer may have had a couple of nightmare/hater customers who alter their scores, while a genuinely average catering service may have padded their online reviews. So see if you can find some previous customers of the catering services you are thinking about and reach out to them.
# 7 Insurance
Every catering service we talked to called insurance coverage "an offered" for caterers, and you certainly do not want to legally be on the hook for some oversight or accident that was the fault of your catering service.
# 8 A Skilled Chef and Cooking Area Personnel
Surprisingly, for how long a catering company in Carindale has been in business might not be as important in selecting an excellent caterer as you may think.
So make sure to inquire about the chef's bona fides and CV since he or she will probably be the one most responsible for the outcome of the meal and whether your guests enjoy it or not.
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Kubernetes calls for automatic management and deployment of containerised applications to Laravel.
The Laravel frameworks well for the development of the PHP applications where a person can develop Minimum Viable Product (MVP), to make a prototype of any new idea or work on the well-knit enterprise system. The Laravel framework facilitates the workflows and the developmental tasks.
Now, the main issue is the deployment of the applications. For several web services, the developers need to satisfy many requirements. Moreover, it is mandatory to have the mechanism so that the developer can operate the application seamlessly online. It is also necessary to balance the server load in an efficient manner. Let us see how to run the simple Laravel Application by using the local set up of the Kubernetes.
What is Kubernetes and Why is it required?
This portable and extensible open-source platform helps in managing the containerized services and the workloads. It helps in facilitating the declarative automation and the configuration. The Kubernetes tools, support, and services are available extensively that makes it a fastest-growing and a large ecosystem.
Kubernetes comes packed with a number of features, as it is a micro services platform, container, and the portable cloud platform. It is a 'container-centric' management environment used by the Laravel development Company. It applies networking, computing and the storage infrastructure in lieu of the user workloads. The simplicity is provided through PaaS or Platform as a Service and flexibility is extended by the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) that enables the portability across the providers of the Kubernetes infrastructure.
Deployment of the Laravel Based-Application to the Kubernetes
The Companies can hire Laravel developer from the best Laravel development Company that renders support on the stateless and straightforward deployment of the Kubernetes local set-up. The detailed steps will help in the quick application of the Kubernetes. Moreover, the developers can run it on kinds of cloud such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or the Google Cloud Engine. The Kubernetes can also run the applications on the Minikube tool. It simplifies the setup.
Here, Minikube is a kind of virtual machine together with Docker and the Kubernetes platform. The Laravel developer needs to deploy the application instantly on the scale that leads the application to only 'three instances', which use the Kubernetes and a 'Docker Container'.
Ways of Deployment of Laravel to Kubernetes
The deployment of the Laravel application to the Kubernetes can be a tedious process so it is advisable to hire Laravel developer that can help in a seamless deployment process by using a number of ways:
Building the Image of the PHP Laravel Application
The developer can design the clone of the application or frame a fresh Laravel application. The clone can be used in the project directory as below:
cd / to / your / work / directory
Running of the Docker Image
The building and running of the Docker image in the repository that has all the related files and Laravel code can be done by building the following command:
| docker-compose build
In this, the developer after doing the cloning of the repository can enter the root directory and run following command in their terminal. For this command to run the developer must install the Docker. Now, the next step is the starting of the project with the Docker image that has just been created. This command will be used to start the Docker image:
docker-compose up-d
While deploying the Laravel to Kubernetes, the local host will use the port 8181. Therefore, it is necessary to make sure that no other Laravel application uses it.
Pushing the Build Image to the Docker Hub
Now, the Laravel developer can create the new image that will be pushed to the Docker Hub. Here, the Docker Hub is the commercial repository that hosts the Docker images from varied projects. The building of the image and pushing of the image to the Docker Hub allows the developer to 'pull in the image' and makes deployment to Kubernetes on a later stage.
One thing worth noting here is that other developers can make use of this image as a base and then extend it with their code. The developers should make sure that they are logged into the Docker Hub before pushing the Docker images.
Tagging and Labeling of the Image
The developer must label and tag the image before pushing it to the repository of the Docker Hub. Here the user can save the Docker Image by any name they find suitable. After this step, it is necessary to upload the Docker image by using the command given below:
docker push docker.io/chosen name/tag name chosen by the user
Now, visit the hub.docker.com and verify that the image has been uploaded so that it can help in the deployment with the Kubernetes.
Deploying of the Image and Other Applicability in Kubernetes
Deploying of Docker Image in Kubernetes
After building the image in the above steps, now the developers can move ahead with the deployment process. It is necessary to see that the Kubernetes is used in the right context. If the Companies face any problem in all these steps. It can be seen that the local hosting service used here is Minikube where the developer needs to deploy the Docker image.
It can be run by using the following command in the Kubernetes set up:
kubect1 run laravel-kubernetes-demo –image=yourname /Laravel-kubernetes-demo –port=8181 –image-pull-policy=IfNotPresent
In the above-given command, it can be seen that the 'kubect1' will seamlessly run 'demo application' on the provided Docker image. It makes the port 8181 accessible for the listening purpose.
In this, last given parameter used in this above command simply tells the 'kubect1' not to 'pull the image' from the registry that is the Docker Hub that exists locally and in this condition, this is a local host only. The developers must note here that they are required to log in to the Docker Hub so that the 'kubect1' can check for the updated image.
The user can make use of GUI Dashboard of the Minikube in order to observe the cluster. This GUI will also help in visualising mostly the Docker-related concepts.
Exposing the Service in the Kubernetes Setup
The developers have created the deployment that runs the Laravel application container in the Kubernetes local setup. Here are few pointers involved as under:
The Pod operating in this cluster has the dynamic IP address. If the user directly route traffic to the Pod using the particular IP, still they are required to update provided 'routing table' every time it restarts the Pod.
Here, a fresh IP address is always assigned to it on the container restart or the deployment. In order to avoid the management of the IP address manually, the developers must use the exposed service in the Kubernetes.
The 'service' used here acts as the 'load balancer' for the set of the Pods used in this set-up.
In any situation, if Pod's IP address alters, then the 'Services' will always keep a point of it. The 'Service' here will have the similar IP address so the developers need not to update anything in a manual manner.
For showing the list of running the services in the Kubernetes Setup after being deployed from the Laravel, the developers can run this command:
kubect1 get services
The users can also see the running of the services under the navigation menu of the "Services" provided in the Dashboard. To verify the exposure of the Services and deployment of the Laravel to Kubernetes further, it is advised to run the application in the browser.
Scaling of the Deployed Applications
After the successful deployment of the application, the developers can run the deployment with the single pod that was running in the 'Services'. This pod has a provision of the node and exposed to the single web service. The developers can scale the Kubernetes deployment on the three scales that is similar to running the deployment on the three pods. The Kubernetes also gives a provision to scale the multiple pod's service.
The companies who are looking forward to deploying the Laravel application to the Kubernetes setup can hire Laravel developer from the popularLaravel development Company. They will not only help your team in the successful deployment of Laravel but also extend the support for the other micro services.
It is necessary to do the proper balancing of the load and the configuration of the database. For debugging purpose, the developers can use the commands to see if the setup is working in accordance or not. The deployment to the Kubernetes set up will help the companies to use the application along with the Google cloud-based services and for the usage in the real-life applications. The local Kubernetes set up will also help in balancing the server loads in a great way.


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The Grenada Chocolate Company Update
At this time of year the main crop of Grenadan Cocoa is being harvested. The ripe pods are cut from the trees and split open to reveal the beans which are in a mucus - like sticky pith. The beans and pith are collected on the farms in buckets and taken to the fermentary and weighed, recorded and tipped into wooden bins, covered in banana leaves with sacking on the top. The fermentary is exclusively rented by the Co-operative and is situated high in the mountains in a Cocoa Plantation, and is, of course, Organically certified.
Fermentation starts almost immediately through the mass of beans, generating high temperatures. During the 5-6 day fermentation, the boxes are opened and the beans shovelled into the adjacent empty box this mixes the beans and ensures that fermentation takes place evenly. This stage is critical in developing the natural and unique Grenadan Chocolate Flavour.
The beans are then spread out in trays to dry naturally in the sun Pictures 932 & 934 you can see that these trays are on rollers so they can be rolled under cover in the event of a rain shower.
The beans need turning to ensure even drying and this is usually done barefooted on the trays up and down to make sure they are all dry properly. During the main crop harvest, drying becomes a bottleneck and the final stages of drying at the Co-operative fermentary is done on tarpaulins. The beans are then put into 100lb sacks and stored. They are now stable and will be good for many months. Obviously as the Grenada Chocolate is all Organic, very strict records are kept so that a finished batch of chocolate can actually be traced back to the fermentation bin and so we can identify the farm(s) that these beans came from and also on what date they were harvested.
Since the factory started, The Grenada Chocolate Co had always roasted beans in a converted nut roaster, but this was small capacity and was a real bottleneck. So a couple of years ago they located a small Cocoa Roaster (which dates from the middle of the last century) and they paid a German cocoa machinery specialist to totally re-furbish this and convert it to Propane. Last year, as part of our support, HBI shipped over the Roaster, and Mott installed this and it is now up and running. Still early days, but the capacity issue has been solved and they are working to tweak the roasting parameters to optimise the best flavour profile. Already there is a huge improvement in that the beans are now roasted much more evenly and so the risk of overheating/burning is much less than previously, so this is a major step forward!.
After roasting, the shells have to be separated from the beans and this is done using an ancient Winnower of Spanish Origin. Very effective and efficient and the waste shells are used as fertiliser in the vegetable garden of the factory as well as by neighbours.
The nibs are then refined and conched before being turned into Grenada Organic Chocolate...
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