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Honours Projects
The Particle and Catalyst Research Laboratory offers a number of Honours projects in 2018/2019 for 4th year student to choose from. These projects ranging from synthesis and design of novel functional material to system design for energy and environmental application.
Some of the projects are available here (please check this page from time to time as we are in the process of updating the projects):
- Lightning the way: Enchanced dry reforming using light (with A/Prof Jason Scott)
- Converting carbon dioxide to fuels using plasma (with A/Prof Jason Scott)
- Myth busting the role of catalyst support: producing hydrogen via organic photoreforming with inert SiO2 (with Scientia Prof Rose Amal)
- Probing plasma methanation via artificial intelligence (with Scientia Prof Rose Amal)
- Photothermal CO2 utilisation: carbon-neutral synthesis of methane (with Scientia Prof Rose Amal)
- A study of advanced oxidation process for the removal of organic contaminants from water (with Scientia Prof Rose Amal)
- Gas Diffussion Electrodes for continuous electrochemical CO2 reduction to chemical feedstock (with Scientia Prof Rose Amal)
- Generating hydrogen from seawater (with Scientia Prof Rose Amal)
- Novel nanostructured catalysts toward efficient and cost-effective fuel cell stacks (with Scientia Prof Rose Amal)
- Electrochemical Processing of Biomass for Commodity Chemical compounds and H2 gas (with Dr Nick Bedford)
- Flat polymers for electrochemical energy storage (with Dr Dawei Wang)
- Rechargeable Metal-based Air-breathing batteries (with Dr Dawei Wang)
- Making graphene-analogues from botton-up approach for charge storage (with Dr Dawei Wang)
- Better batteries using earth-abundant elements (with Dr Dawei Wang)
- Two-dimensional materials for intercalation/surface-enabled hybrid metal ion capacitors (with Dr Dawei Wang)
- Pigment paves the way towards Bio-hydrogen (with Dr Dawei Wang)
- Bio-Inspired Development of Nanocatalysts (with Dr Nick Bedford)
- Synthesis of Functional Layered Double Hydroxide Nanoplates with Tuneable Properties (with Dr Nick Bedford)
- Atomic Scale Structural Modelling of Functional Metal Oxide Nanomaterials (with Dr Nick Bedford)
If you have any questions or are interested to do Honours projects with us, please contact relevant supervisor in each project.
If you would like to find out more about other available projects in PARTCAT, please contact Prof Rose Amal (firstname.lastname@example.com), Dr Jason Scott (email@example.com), Dr Dawei Wang (email@example.com), or Dr Nick Bedford (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Taste of Research SCHOLARSHIP
The TOR Research Scholarhsip is a scholarship to assist a student with an interest and passion in energy and environment related technology to undertake Honours research in the PARTCAT group. It is open to all 3rd year students (local and international) currently enrolled in Chemical Engineering or Industrial Chemistry who will do Thesis A followed by Thesis B in 2019.
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Google claims to knows about flu outbreaks two weeks before the CDC (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) — really.
It's an amazingly simple, yet elegant solution. Aggregating their vast database of user searches, Google has determined that they can predict and report on a flu outbreak up to two weeks before the CDC, merely by watching for an increase in flu related searches.
According to the Website google.org/flutrends, "We've found that certain search terms are good indicators of flu activity. Google Flu Trends uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity in your state up to two weeks faster than traditional flu surveillance systems."
Check it out — especially the demo in the "How does this work" section — it's quite interesting. Last year during the flu season, Google consistently reported on flu trends two weeks before the CDC, including an outbreak on January 28, 2008. In the final analysis, there was an amazing correlation between Google's numbers and the CDC — just that Google was two-weeks ahead of the CDC in announcing their data.
By the way, at this point in the flu season, most flu activity is in the Eastern part of the United States and overall levels are similar to past years.


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Our overall finding was that, whereas a few secondary schools and families collaborated closely on planning, this was not the experience of most. As transition from secondary school is the doorway to adult life in the community, the lack of collaborative planning was disturbing.
From what we were told during the interviews, it seemed that families and teachers did not work well together because they did not understand each other's viewpoints. This was the root of the problems we found. They were not a team working together on this important process.
We had planned to write a resource manual that would be like a recipe book for collaborative transition planning. After our interviews, we decided that we had to go back quite a few steps. It was not safe to assume that schools and families had the background to work collaboratively. There was no deliberate plan for teachers to exclude family members and no intention by parents to take responsibility away from teachers. However, there was troublesome mutual misunderstanding in many situations. We needed to describe the ingredients for positive transition planning before we got to trying out the recipe.
We then set about trying to explain the reality of the school situation to the families, and the reality of the family situation to the schools. We put what teachers, parents, and students told us into the book. In fact, we ended up with two versions of the book. One was written at a high school level. The second was written in a plain language format at an elementary level for anyone whose reading skills were modest. We wanted to make certain that our readers would understand us, particularly in the case of students, but also for families whose first language was not English.
The set of books includes descriptions of the situation of schools and families. It also contains a description of a collaborative family-school workshop preparing families and students for transition. Recommendations drawn from what families and teachers told us, and description of person-centered planning strategies that have proven their value in planning for the future of persons experiencing disabilities completed the book.
The last thing we did was to send a draft of the book to all teachers, parents, and students we interviewed. We wanted to use their feedback to evaluate the books and revise them as necessary. We wanted to ensure that those we interviewed had significant input at all levels of what we were doing. Minimal revision was called for. Feedback from teachers, parents, and students was strongly positive with regard to the contribution made by the books.
Typical feedback comments from teachers and families are given below.
Complimentary copies were then sent to all who participated in the study and to every English language school system in Canada, as well as to various advocate and other support groups. A number of school systems across Canada have asked for additional copies of the book so that all their teachers involved in transition planning can benefit from the results of our study. Contact the Marsha Forest Centre and Inclusion Press at www.inclusion.com
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Please note: A funding contribution by the Government of Canada Social Development Partnerships Program, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada assisted us with this project.
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Suspension springs are sometimes called suspension coil springs or coil-overs. The springs play an important role in ensuring you have a smooth and comfortable ride. Therefore, they take up all the stress and tension from a bump and make sure you don't feel anything. Suspension springs are made up of industrial grade steel, as they share the car's weight with the struts.
Springs are extremely durable but anything can happen with mechanical equipment. The spring can snap in two or simply wear out due to excessive usage. Usually, if one of the springs gets compromised you are required to replace the one on the other side as well, since adding a new spring can affect ride height.
If you don't replace one with the other, your vehicle will look unstable and unbalanced. Suspension springs require precision and proper tools to repair or replace so it is not usually a job for a home mechanic (unless you have tools and knowledge). Therefore, a mechanic should be your first choice when you feel something is wrong with your suspension.
Bad Suspension Spring Symptoms
Take a look at the symptoms below to know exactly when to go to the mechanic for a checkup.
Slight Tremors
The suspension springs act as a cushion between the shocks and the struts. The spring ensures the struts do not feel the entire force of a bump. Therefore, if the spring breaks or wears out too much, you will feel a lot of bumps on your ride. Be very cautious, as a broken spring can directly damage your struts and cause you an even bigger headache. The best way to test this is to take your vehicle on a familiar road and test it on speed bumps and potholes, if you are experiencing more bounce than usual, it is time to visit the mechanic.
Unbalanced Vehicle
The reason behind changing both the suspension springs when one goes bad is that if you don't change both your car will tilt to one side. If your car is higher on one side and lowers on the other, you might have a broken spring. Take your vehicle to the mechanic as soon as this mishap happens.
Bouncy Ride
The suspension springs further absorb the force felt by the shock absorber. In other words, the shocks have a limit to the amount of force they can absorb, the rest is transferred upwards to the spring. It is the spring's job to become the last cushion for the struts. If the springs fail and/or the shocks go bad, the struts can break from brute force. So, whenever you are feeling the unnecessary bounce in your car after exiting a bump, schedule an appointment with a certified mechanic.
Uneven Wear of Tires
Any harm to the suspension will mean, your wheel alignment is being compromised. And when the wheels are not aligned properly, the tires take all the damage. That's why you should regularly check your tires for any wear and tear. If anything is out of the ordinary like uneven tread depth or irregular wear and tear, your suspension is probably going bad and needs a mechanic.
The Tires Will Bounce Off the Road
When the suspension spring goes awry, the tires have a difficult time staying on the road. After every bump, they might bounce up and fail to come back to their original position. In this case, your car might fall down hard and many important components may get damaged. First and foremost, the struts will feel the damage than the underbody and then other vital engine parts. Not to mention your own head will start spinning. Hence, to avoid further damage to your vehicle, you should visit the mechanic at the earliest.
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Driving with care and try to stray from speed bumps and potholes, particularly at high speeds. This way you will ensure your car's suspension and other parts stay in place and have a long life. Otherwise, one big bump and whatever is not broken yet will be a break. While this is not the best solution, it can help you stay away from the mechanic until you save money for an actual solution and that is the replacement of a suspension spring.
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However, if it comes to the point when you have to replace the whole suspension coil, you are looking at $100 to $400 in repairs. This price also depends on the availability of the part. For instance, the coil over of a Porsche will cost you more than a spring of a Dodge. But wait, the fortune you will be spending does not include the labor costs incurred. For that, you have to pay an extra $100 to $200.


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"Why are you doing this? This weather is ridiculous. Go back to bed."
"Because something good might come from this. Other artists don't wimp out over the weather, so suck it up and go." And so, despite knowing that rain water and oil paint do not mix well, I went.
The Gallery on the Square (GOTS) hosted this event. Flory Phillips, Joan Kisner, and Pamela Halliburton greeted artists in the Train Station building in Ellis Park with hot coffee and doughnuts. Weather-resilient plein-air painters, plus me, launched into the scenic spots of beautiful Danville with our canvases stamped and our maps in-hand.
|This photo was obviously taken in the afternoon when the weather was better.
I had scouted around town a bit the day before. I had an idea about where I might go. But, since I am not equipped to paint outdoors in a torrential downpour, I drove around looking for good interiors that I might be able to pull off. After wandering around town in bewilderment, I did end up at the Danville library in hopes of some cool interior architecture.
I found a very kind librarian named Debbie Garvey on the 2nd floor who gave me permission to paint in there, and shared with me some history on the building. She suggested the "Indiana Room" where local residents can comb through old Hendricks County records in their genealogy research. The Indiana Room has a beautiful fireplace and mantle that served as a heat source in the original Carnegie library building.
These beautiful gargoyle carvings immediately grabbed my interest. The wood was imported from Germany, and the green tile was from Italy, back in the day. I set up my gear and gave it a go.
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By 2:30 pm, I was finished (am I ever really finished with a painting?) and quite hangry (hungry/angry), so I packed up and headed out (the sun was shining finally) for some food and then back to the Train Station to frame it and turn it in.
|"Indiana Room Overseer" 12" x 9" Oil on panel
She painted this 5 ft canvas in less than 10 minutes, set to patriotic music. So impressive and tons of fun to watch.
Awards were announced, and the winners received some nice prize money. GOTS put on a wonderful event for the participants. I really appreciated the opportunity to come out and play! Thanks to the library staff for helping me find my subject, to GOTS for all of their hard work, and to all the donors who gave money for the awards.
I did not win an award, but I'm told that the judge wanted to give 4 more awards out to some deserving paintings, mine being one of them. She told Joan that she thought I was creative to choose that subject on a rainy day, and to look inside for inspiration. That was a very encouraging thing to hear.
I'm so glad I pushed myself out the door that morning. Good things did result from my NOT wimping out. Besides meeting some truly kind and wonderful people... Debbie at the library expressed an interest in having me do a solo exhibition there early next year!


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It gets crazy with all the events, work, social media, family commitments, and pure clutter that crop up every day. Not that some of these things aren't important; they are. However, to be successful in writing, you need focus.
With focus, you become more efficient and the process becomes repeatable. Focus allows you to concentrate on what your abilities can do, and where they can take you. We have many excuses—time, money, insecurity—the list goes on.
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Writing is the same as any other skill or talent. The more you do it, the better you get. The more you expect to be successful, the more you focus, the more repeatable that process is.
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#16 on my 30 under 30 list is go on a blind date. Oh, what have I gotten myself into?
My sister and her friend Laura K both get Schwann's delivered to their houses bi-weekly and their new delivery guy asked them if they knew any single women about his age that they could hook him up with. Immediately my sister thought of me and my 30 under 30 list so she called me to see if it would be ok for her to give him my number.
I immediately cringed at the idea, but said ok for the sake of The List and she gave him my number on a Friday. That night Blind Date Guy (BDG) called me and we talked for a few minutes over the phone and planned on going out that Sunday for dinner.
Over the phone he sounded nice, though it didn't seem like we had much in common. I still pressed on for the sake of the list. He called me again on Sunday afternoon to make sure we still were set to go. I almost changed my mind, but decided that my 30 under 30 list was all about me pushing myself out of my comfort zone and trying things that I had never done before and a blind date was absolutely one of those things in my life that I would have never done without this list.
We agreed that since I live in the Friendswood area and he lives in the Spring area it would be best if we met at the restaurant. We decided on Branch Water Tavern in the Heights area.
I immediately called/texted some of my friends to see if they knew what sort of restaurant it was and also what I should wear; I didn't want to go over or under dressed. My friend Brandi originally told me that is was a casual dining spot and I could wear jeans and a cute top. Then she called back and said she was thinking of the wrong place and too dress up in a cute dress-no jeans. Crap! Good thing I started getting dressed early so I had time to change plans. LOL. That would have been interesting.
I got there, parked, and headed inside. I told the hostess I was waiting on someone and that I didn't know who it was. I explained the blind date thing and she asked if I wanted to make some sort of hand gesture if I wanted her to come over and say I had a phone call. Too funny! I sat down to wait for BDG to arrive. He had apparently been at the bar having a drink with the owner so he came over and we got our table. I ordered an iced tea and he ordered a glass of wine. I guess he was nervous also!
We looked over the menu and I decided on Shrimp wrapped in bacon over cheesy grits and an egg. He got scallops.
We talked about what we were interested in, our families, our jobs, both of our lack of kids, our nephews, religion, books, writing, etc. We found out that we both want to write a book one day. I told him some of my ideas and he told me his idea for his books (Lord of the Rings sort of but different). BDG then went on to say that he is recently divorced (as in January she left him recent) and they had been married for 10 years. He seemed very upset about it still and sort of angry about it. I won't go into details though to protect his privacy. Afterwards BDG walked me to my car and said we would meet again.
Good things:
-I got out of my comfort zone
-I tried a new restaurant
-I met an interesting person
-I found out that I love shrimp and cheesy grits!!!!
No so good Things:
-Sometimes there were lulls in the conversation
-I don't think he is over his divorce (which isn't final yet)
-He smokes (YUCK!)
-I don't like blind dates
All in all I had a good time. I am glad I got to say that I went on a blind date, but I do not want to go on another one anytime soon.


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French chicken is breaded chicken served over pasta and topped with a lemon butter sauce. The chicken is breaded and then fried in the pan and finished cooking in the sauce. The sauce gets a lot of flavor from ingredients such as fresh lemon juice, butter, chicken broth, and wine. This is a great recipe to serve for dinner and is sure to impress guests. A bit of work is required to prepare this dish but it is certainly worth it. You can serve this dish with garlic bread if desired. Enjoy.
French Chicken Recipe
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings 1x
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Sauce-
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (divided)
- 1/4 cup minced sweet onion
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- salt and pepper (to taste)
- minced fresh parsley (for garnish)
- sliced lemon (for garnish)
- Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Slice the chicken breasts in half lengthwise. In a shallow bowl whisk together eggs and milk. Set aside. Combine the salt, pepper, and flour in a separate bowl. Dip the chicken breasts one at a time first into the flour, then dip into the egg and then dredge in the flour mixture. Place onto a plate.
- In a large skillet heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 2 tablespoons of butter over medium heat. Place the chicken breasts into the skillet, as many as will fit at once, probably 2-3 at a time. Cook the chicken until well browned, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining chicken breasts adding more olive oil and butter if needed.
- Empty the skillet and add 3 tablespoons of butter over medium heat. Add the minced onion and cook, stirring occasionally until sot. Add the wine, lemon juice, and chicken broth. Bring to a boil stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium and cook the sauce, stirring frequently until the sauce has reduced to about 1 1/2 cups, about 10 minutes. Add the remaining tablespoons of butter to the sauce. Stir until melted.
- Add the chicken cutlets to the sauce and heat for 4-5 minutes or until fully cooked (the internal temperature has reached 165 degrees F.).
- Serve with pasta and garnish with parsley and lemon wedges for serving.
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Making life easier through Visualization and Machine Learning
Dr. Fernando Paulovich arrived at Dalhousie in 2017 to take up his position as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in the Faculty of Computer Science. Previously based at the University of São Paulo in São Carlos, Brazil, he brings with him two students and a lot of research questions.
Although the move meant leaving behind a well-established research lab in a large Faculty, he welcomes the opportunities here in Canada to make closer research collaborations with industry and to be part of a more stable research funding environment.
Solving day-to-day problems
Dr. Paulovich describes his research as Information Visualization and Visual Analytics. "Much of my work so far has been motivated by problems I encounter in my own life," he says.
A music lover, he realized he had a personal collection of thousands of MP3s but only currently played a small selection, the remainder becoming forgotten over time. "The pieces of music that gradually slip into this forgotten space are no less valuable than those that are still being played, but it requires too much cognitive effort to retain an active awareness of all of them," explains Dr. Paulovich.
Applying the tools of Visualization to this collection, Dr. Paulovich used machine learning to classify all of the pieces of music on a number of different parameters: genre, mood, gender, and intensity. He then created a visual interface to plot all of the pieces of music according to these parameters, with similar pieces of music occupying positions close to each other. It is then simple, for example, if you have been enjoying a song by Amy Winehouse, to be reminded of other adjacent songs in your collection that are similar.
"In this way, we can see the whole collection at once and be reminded through a straightforward visualization of other songs that would appeal to us in our current mood," says Dr. Paulovich. "The visualization also enables the user to rotate the orientation of the parameters used in the multidimensional space so that any combination of parameters line up, grouping certain characteristics more definitely. So essentially, if you want to see all the sad songs by female vocalists you can line up the parameters and cluster them all together."
Building a reputation in Canada
Such techniques could apply to many different media collections. Another area with direct personal relevance to Dr. Paulovich is research papers. Conducting a literature review is becoming more and more difficult due to the larger and larger volumes of papers and the increasing production rate of new papers related to any given topic. "Tools to organize such collections are increasingly needed," he argues.
At Dalhousie, Dr. Paulovich is interested in investigating collections of data which evolve over time. He will be building up his research lab, recruiting new graduate students and making connections with other researchers and industry partners. In the long term, he is interested in such problems as how to extract answers to common sense questions from the massive amounts of data available through search engines such as Google.
"If you want to decide whether or not to move from Brazil to Halifax there should be a simpler way to access the whole knowledge base and get a reliable answer based on the parameters that are important to you," Dr. Paulovich says. "However, that might take some time!"
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California Statutes of Limitations
According to Sections 335.1 and 340 of California's Code of Civil Procedure, you generally have two years from the date of the accident to file a lawsuit. If you fail to file within the two-year timeframe, your claim could be forever barred. But what if you don't know you were injured directly following your accident? In California, there is a special rule called "discovery of harm." If you didn't realize the extent of your injuries until much later, the statutes of limitations wouldn't start until the discovery of the injury.
5 Key Factors That Can Influence the Outcome of Your Personal Injury Claim
If you have been injured due to the negligence or wrongdoing of another party, you are entitled to compensation for your damages, such as medical expenses and lost wages. However, even with an experienced lawyer in your corner, personal injury claims are rarely a "slam dunk."
Whether you suffered injuries due to the carelessness of a distracted driver or the negligence of a doctor, insurance companies will vigorously fight your claim. Some of the factors that can strengthen or weaken your case include the following:
1. The negligence of the parties — In order to bring a successful personal injury claim, you must be able to show that the defendant acted carelessly. For example, in a medical malpractice case, you must show that the doctor failed to follow the appropriate standard of care. The more egregious the conduct, the easier it is to establish liability. However, your damages may also be reduced by your own percentage of fault.
2. The nature of your injuries — You must be able to provide medical evidence that shows you sustained injuries during the accident. The more serious and potentially long-lasting your injuries are, the higher the value of your claim.
3. The existence of prior medical conditions —A common defense tactic is to blame your current injuries on a pre-existing medical condition or injury. While a clean bill of health prior to the accident often boosts the value of your claim, medical records showing treatment for a similar condition may reduce your settlement or verdict.
4. The severity of the property damage — In a motor vehicle accident case, the lack of property damage may be used to suggest that the injuries suffered were not severe. Conversely, if the vehicle was totaled, you may have a stronger claim.
5. The credibility of the witnesses — The consistency of the statements made by witnesses, especially the victim, are critical. Any contradictions or false statements can damage your credibility and make it more difficult to prove your claim. To avoid any potential problems, you should avoid making statements directly to the claims adjuster without first consulting an attorney.
If you or someone you care about has suffered serious injury due to someone else's negligence, don't hesitate to contact a San Diego injury lawyer at the Law Offices of Robert Vaage for a free consultation. Our team of dedicated staff is committed to helping injury victims obtain the compensation they deserve.
What Can Injury Victims Do To Help Their Personal Injury Case?
Injury victims often ask what they can do (or should have done) to help their personal injury case. This is a good question because there is a great deal that can be done, particularly in the immediate aftermath of an injury.
Four things that can significantly improve your injury claim:
- Preserve the Evidence: While you may be in a rush to get rid of anything that reminds you of your injuries, it is important to preserve physical items that may be used as evidence. For instance, in a car accident, the dents in the vehicle can help show the speed and direction of the other vehicle.
- Take Photographs: It is important to take pictures of your injuries, where the accident took place, and anything else that may seem important. Most importantly, they should be taken as soon as possible. If you do not have a camera on your cell phone, a simple disposable camera will work.
- Keep Detailed Records: It is important to keep any and all records related to your injury, including hospital bills, medical records, prescription receipts, insurance claims, etc. You will be asked to provide these to your personal injury lawyer, and they may be later used to prove your damages.
- Write Your Account of the Accident: While many assume that the details of the injury will remain ingrained in their memory, even bad memories do fade over time. Therefore, it is important to write down exactly what happened for your attorney as soon as possible after the injury. It is also important to be as thorough as possible because it is often difficult to know what may be important when it comes to a personal injury case.
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In 2014, Ariana Grande went from being one of those cute girls on Nickelodeon to being one of the biggest stars on the planet. Along with that, though, came with her unprecedented diva personality. Sure, its only been a little over a year since she burst into the mainstream scene, so you could say that shes just getting used to all the attention. But still, shes been a star in her own way all her life, so you could argue that shes used to all of it by now. Then again, we can never be too sure about celebrities. That said, lets take a look at the many claims and the reasons why many people say that Ariana Grande has some serious manner issues.
1. Ariana The Snob
Rumors of Grandes diva behavior has been circulating around since she first burst into mainstream scene. But, it really caught fire when Grande allegedly snubbed a fan during a meet and greet. The details vary between the two parties, but it all boiled down to Ariana not wanting to have her picture taken by a fan. This escalated to the point that Ariana and one reporter had to give varying statements to dispute/prove all the rumors.


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Case Study WIReD Release Devices Enable Using Wireline Perforating to Save USD 1.3 Million, North Sea
MaxPull 26000 wireline conveyance system unaffected by high perforating shock while significantly mitigating operational risk.
Combinable with standard wireline logging services, tractors, and intervention services, the WIReD release device can be placed at multiple positions along a toolstring to provide reliable contingency solutions. Release redundancy is achieved by surface release capability backed by a battery-powered release option—both enabled in the same run.
The surface release employs a new communication scheme that indicates tool status in real time and does not interfere with any other tool acquisition, nor is there any risk of affecting other tools.
Rated to 50,000-lbf tension, the WIReD release device enables conveyance systems to perform to their maximum capacity. Unlike conventional mechanical releases and electrically controlled release devices—both of which have a specified weakpoint—the WIReD device does not limit operations by precluding use of the full pull capacity.
The rugged WIReD release device is also shock qualified to readily manage the high shock generated during some perforating operations. This capability supports running long, heavy gun strings for efficiently perforating extended intervals in fewer runs.
MaxPull 26000 wireline conveyance system unaffected by high perforating shock while significantly mitigating operational risk.
Significant rig time saved using the XR-Perf system with UltraTRAC tractor and WIReD release device to run longer gun strings without defaulting to alternative conveyance.
The 3 1/8-in WIReD wireline inline release device is a robust and integrated release device tool that resets the conventional weakpoint approach by enabling reliable release on demand.
A new high-strength electrical release device has been developed that supersedes the typical weakpoint and achieves the same strength as the tool tension rating. A stronger release device facilitates running heavier tools on wireline, along with the ability to run significantly longer gun strings, which increases operational efficiency. The release device was subjected to a rigorous qualification program conducted to ensure the highest safety and reliability of this device under demanding conditions.
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Workers' Compensation Death Benefits
How does workers' compensation work in Boston?
When a worker is injured on the job in Boston, he or she is typically prohibited from filing a personal injury lawsuit in civil court and must instead file a workers' compensation claim. This system was introduced as a compromise between the needs of injured workers and the desire for business owners to be able to predict the cost of workplace injuries, so it can be included in their budgets.
The advantage to the injured worker is that there is no need to prove negligence in the case of an on-the-job injury. As opposed to a civil lawsuit, where an accident that was non-negligent is not actionable, workers' compensation benefits are appropriate for any accident that occurred at work, even if it was not the employer's fault. This will allow for a financial recovery in more cases than in civil personal injury lawsuits, where negligence must be established.
In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) oversees the workers' compensation system.
What is covered in Boston workers' compensation cases?
In workers' compensation matters in Massachusetts, employees who are injured on the job can be compensated for hospital bills, lost wages, and the cost of future medical expenses related to the injury. Many of these costs are far greater than one might initially think.
An example would be an on-the-job injury that results in a below-the-knee amputation. A modern artificial leg costs much more than it did a few decades ago. A custom prosthetic limb costs on average, more than $10,000 and only has a usable lifespan of three years. This means that every three years for the rest of the workers' life, they will have to spend over $10,000 on a new prosthetic leg. This should be covered by workers' compensation benefits.
What happens if a worker is killed on the job in Boston?
We typically think of workers' compensation as being used to cover workers who are injured on the job. What happens if a fatal workplace injury occurs? Massachusetts workers' compensation attorneys at the Attorney Injury Group know when a worker is killed on the job, his or her family can file a claim for workers' compensation death benefits.
Workers' compensation death benefits in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will cover the hospital bills associate with the fatal accident, funeral expenses, and lost wages. In the case of a fatal on the job accident in Boston, lost wages can include the amount of money the worker would have earned during the remainder of his or her working life, had the fatal injury not occurred. His or her family members were dependent on the workers' earnings during life and are still dependent on that money after death. It is not like the worker's surviving spouse and children no longer need that money after he or she has been killed at work.
How are Workers' Compensation Death Benefits Awarded in Boston?
Workers' compensation death benefits can be paid as either a lump sum one-time payment or paid out each month over time. This will depend on the type of settlement or court award associated with a particular case. However, workers' compensation insurance carriers and employers worried about rising premiums may try to offer a family much less than the claim is worth. This is why you want an attorney who regularly handles these types of cases on your side to fight for a full and appropriate workers' compensation benefits award.
It may be necessary for your attorney to consult with an economic expert and medical experts to show that the worker's total lifetime earnings, had he or she not been killed in a on-the-job injury, would be significantly higher than the amount calculated by the employer or insurance company
If you are injured on the job in Massachusetts, call the Attorney Injury Group for a free and confidential consultation to discuss your workers' compensation claim: 617-934-7000.
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Dear Abby: I believe you`ve been had.
Your column in the San Francisco Chronicle ran a letter from a man who signed himself Noisemaker. Seems he had a noisy stomach problem every time he kissed his girlfriend.
When I read the column, as I always do, that particular letter seemed very familiar to me. I had heard it before. Let me quote to you the third stanza of the song ''Dear Abby,'' by John Prine:
''Dear Abby, Dear Abby . . .
''You won`t believe this
''But my stomach makes noises
''Whenever I kiss.
''My girlfriend tells me
''It`s all in my head
''But my stomach tells me
''To write you instead.
''Signed Noisemaker.''
I thought for sure that you would have heard the song as, after all, it is about you. However, your reply to Noisemaker was a serious one. Were you really had, or is the joke on us? Sign me:
Prine (and Abby) Fan in Palo Alto.
Dear Fan: I was had. And if there`s a joke here, it`s on me. I heard the song ''Dear Abby'' when it first came out about 12 years ago, but I was not familiar with the lyrics.
Thank you, and the hundreds of other Prine (and Abby) fans who wrote to call this to my attention. I also received about 50 cassettes of that catchy song that caught me with my guard down.
Dear Abby: I have been married for five months and have a wonderful marriage, except for one small problem. My husband never answers me when I talk to him.
He doesn`t even ask me to repeat what I`ve said. He just sits there as though I haven`t even opened my mouth.
I know this isn`t an uncommon problem because my mother says my father has been doing the same thing to her for years. By the way, my father isn`t hard of hearing, and neither is my husband. Any suggestions?
Talking to the Wall
Dear Talking: It`s difficult to see ourselves as others see us, but take a good look at your mother. Does she rattle on and on until your father has been conditioned to tune her out? Is her conversation interesting, or is it boring?
If she`s a chatterbox who has been tuned out, maybe you`re like your mother, and your husband is like your father.
Check it out. And remember, the less you talk, the more you`re listened to.
Dear Abby: Four years ago a reader commented on how disgusting it was to see baseball players habitually chewing tobacco, but no one ever explained why baseball players chewed tobacco, nor did anyone suggest an alternative; so here goes:
Baseball is a dry, hot and dusty game, and the players` mouths get dry. If they drink a lot of water, it slows them down, and their game is ''off.''
(The same is true if a player eats too much before a game.) Gum is too sweet and increases thirst.
About 20 years ago, when I played on a softball team, I used to buy something called spruce gum. It came in little round balls and was sold in boxes. It kept the mouth moist.
If you can find out if spruce gum is still available, I`ll be your friend for life, and I`ll buy all I can get.
A.B. Hurley in Portland, Ore.
Dear Mr. Hurley: I`ll put the word out, but I warn you, you could be stuck with more than you can chew.


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I am full-term and ready to pop any moment. The last few days I've felt like labour was imminent so I responsibly packed my hospital bag this morning. I neglected to do this the first time-round with L'il E and sorely regretted it as I threw random items into a bag between intense contractions. … [Read more...]
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Russia Reaches into Electrical Grid
July 24, 2018
Nightmare scenario.
November 2018, Election night thrown into chaos as blackouts descend across blue states on the eastern seaboard, and throughout much of the Midwest.
The Cyber-Cassandras said this would happen. For decades they warned that hackers would soon make the leap beyond purely digital mayhem and start to cause real, physical damage to the world. In 2009, when the NSA's Stuxnet malware silently accelerated a few hundred Iranian nuclear centrifuges until they destroyed themselves, it seemed to offer a preview of this new era. "This has a whiff of August 1945," Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and the CIA, said in a speech. "Somebody just used a new weapon, and this weapon will not be put back in the box."
Now, in Ukraine, the quintessential cyberwar scenario has come to life. Twice. On separate occasions, invisible saboteurs have turned off the electricity to hundreds of thousands of people. Each blackout lasted a matter of hours, only as long as it took for scrambling engineers to manually switch the power on again. But as proofs of concept, the attacks set a new precedent: In Russia's shadow, the decades-old nightmare of hackers stopping the gears of modern society has become a reality.
And the blackouts weren't just isolated attacks. They were part of a digital blitzkrieg that has pummeled Ukraine for the past three years—a sustained cyber assault unlike any the world has ever seen. A hacker army has systematically undermined practically every sector of Ukraine: media, finance, transportation, military, politics, energy. Wave after wave of intrusions have deleted data, destroyed computers, and in some cases paralyzed organizations' most basic functions. "You can't really find a space in Ukraine where there hasn't been an attack," says Kenneth Geers, a NATO ambassador who focuses on cybersecurity.
Hackers working for Russia claimed "hundreds of victims" last year in a giant and long-running campaign that put them inside the control rooms of U.S. electric utilities where they could have caused blackouts, federal officials said. They said the campaign likely is continuing.
The Russian hackers, who worked for a shadowy state-sponsored group previously identified as Dragonfly or Energetic Bear, broke into supposedly secure, "air-gapped" or isolated networks owned by utilities with relative ease by first penetrating the networks of key vendors who had trusted relationships with the power companies, said officials at the Department of Homeland Security.
"They got to the point where they could have thrown switches" and disrupted power flows, said Jonathan Homer, chief of industrial-control-system analysis for DHS.
DHS has been warning utility executives with security clearances about the Russian group's threat to critical infrastructure since 2014. But the briefing on Monday was the first time that DHS has given out information in an unclassified setting with as much detail. It continues to withhold the names of victims but now says there were hundreds of victims, not a few dozen as had been said previously.
It also said some companies still may not know they have been compromised, because the attacks used credentials of actual employees to get inside utility networks, potentially making the intrusions more difficult to detect.
Experts have been warning about the Russian threat for some time.
"They've been intruding into our networks and are positioning themselves for a limited or widespread attack," said Michael Carpenter, former deputy assistant secretary of defense, who now is a senior director at the Penn Biden Center at the University of Pennsylvania. "They are waging a covert war on the West."
Russia has denied targeting critical infrastructure.
Mr. Homer said the cyber-attack, which surfaced in the U.S. in the spring of 2016 and continued throughout 2017, exploited relationships that utilities have with vendors who have special access to update software, run diagnostics on equipment and perform other services that are needed to keep millions of pieces of gear in working order.
The attackers began by using conventional tools—spear-phishing emails and watering-hole attacks, which trick victims into entering their passwords on spoofed websites—to compromise the corporate networks of suppliers, many of whom were smaller companies without big budgets for cybersecurity.
Once inside the vendor networks, they pivoted to their real focus: the utilities. It was a relatively easy process, in many cases, for them to steal credentials from vendors and gain direct access to utility networks.
Then they began stealing confidential information. For example, the hackers vacuumed up information showing how utility networks were configured, what equipment was in use and how it was controlled. They also familiarized themselves with how the facilities were supposed to work, because attackers "have to learn how to take the normal and make it abnormal" to cause disruptions, said Mr. Homer.
Their goal, he said: to disguise themselves as "the people who touch these systems on a daily basis."
DHS is conducting the briefings—four are planned—hoping for more industry cooperation. One thing the agency is trying to learn is whether there are new infections, and whether the Russians have figured out ways to defeat security enhancements like multifactor authentication.
In addition, DHS is looking for evidence that the Russians are automating their attacks, which investigators worry could presage a large increase in hacking efforts. "To scale, they're eventually going to have to automate," Mr. Homer said.
"You're seeing an uptick in the way government is sharing threats and vulnerabilities," said Scott Aaronson, a cybersecurity expert for Edison Electric Institute, the utility industry trade group. He said information sharing and penetration detection have gotten much better since the Dragonfly attacks began.
It isn't yet clear whether the hackers used their access to prepare the battlefield for some future, devastating blow, investigators said. For example, many experts fear that a skilled technician could use unfettered access to change some equipment's settings. That could make them unreliable in unexpected ways, causing utility engineers to do things that would result in extensive damage and potentially lengthy blackouts.
The newly disclosed details of the Russian campaign comes amid growing concerns about Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections.
President Trump has endured a week of criticism from Republicans and Democrats after he stood next Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland and cast doubt on whether Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
He later walked back the statement and expressed confidence in the intelligence community's conclusion, though he added that it could have been others besides Russia that interfered.
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats warned shortly before Trump met with Putin that "warning lights are blinking red" to indicate that Russia is preparing to launch another campaign to interfere in U.S. elections.


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The announcement that the SKA will be split between Australia/New Zealand and South Africa seems too good to be true.
Ever since the field was narrowed to the two finalists I have felt conflicted about the decision. Winning the SKA would be a huge boost for Australia, I reasoned, and even as an internationalist there is a patriotic streak to consider. As a science journalist who specialises in Australian and New Zealand research it would also provide a not-inconsiderable boost to my own career. Others are better qualified than I to assess the scientific merits of the two bids, but the radio-quiet of the West Australian site, and Australia's more developed scientific infrastructure sounded like a powerful argument to me.
On the other hand, winning such an enormous piece of infrastructure would be a huge jobs creator, and in South Africa that means lives saved, and many more transformed. Not something one can say for WA in the midst of a mining boom.
The decision to build one component on each continent means Australia will still get plenty of great scientific stories – and might even do something for the pathetically low status science will likely hold under an Abbott government. On the other hand, while not quite as many South Africans may escape poverty as a consequence, many will. Presumably the opportunities for scientific careers there will go through the roof.
Presumably it will be more expensive to build two major sites and many more minor ones rather than if the low and medium frequency telescopes were co-located. No doubt some of those costs will fall on the tax-payers of the hosting countries. However, the whole thing depends on a huge amount of money from the world's largest industrial nations – the ones whose scientists will be making the most use of the telescopes. Going for a more expensive, but scientifically better, option means the project involves even more of a transfer of money from the northern hemisphere to the south.
And I'm pretty happy about that.


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Mountain Home AFBCommunity
For Veterans
Veterans in Elmore County are served within Veterans Integrated Service Network 20 (https://www.visn20.med.va.gov) — the VA Northwest Health Network, with the nearest major medical center in Boise, Idaho, about an hour from Mountain Home Air Force Base. VISN 20 served nearly 3.5 million veterans in fiscal year 2014 with eight medical centers and 51 outpatient clinics located throughout Idaho, Alaska, Washington, Oregon and one county each in California and Montana. The closest community outpatient clinic is in Mountain Home.
Boise VA Medical Center
500 Fort St.
Boise, ID 83702
Boise VA Medical Center's primary service area has a radius of approximately 160 miles with an estimated veteran population of 100,000. The Boise VAMC, within VISN 20, provides highly sophisticated primary, secondary and specialty care to roughly 28,000 veterans each year. The following is a list of community-based outpatient clinics near Elmore County. For a full list of clinics and other facilities, go to www.visn20.med.va.gov.
Caldwell Idaho Community Based Outpatient Clinic
4521 Thomas Jefferson St.
Caldwell, ID 83605
Mountain Home Idaho Outpatient Clinic
815 N. Sixth E
Mountain Home, ID 83647
Twin Falls Idaho Community Based Outpatient Clinic
260 Second Ave. E
Twin Falls, ID 83301
Veterans Crisis Line
Boise Vet Center
2424 Bank Drive, Suite 100
Boise, ID 83705
Boise Regional Benefit Office
444 W. Fort St.
Boise, ID 83702-4531
Idaho Division of Veterans Services
351 Collins Road
Boise, ID 83702
The Division of Veterans Services improves the quality of life for Idaho's veterans, military and their families by increasing awareness and access to appropriate federal, state and local resources. Veterans within the state can receive health care from facilities including one hospital, five community clinics and three veterans homes.
Combat veterans who were discharged or released from active service on or after Jan. 28, 2003, are eligible to enroll for enhanced care in the VA health care system for five years from their date of discharge or release. The enrollment period begins on the discharge or separation date of the service member from active-duty service, or in the case of multiple call-ups, the most recent discharge date. Veterans, including activated reservists and National Guard members, are eligible if they served on active duty in combat after Nov. 11, 1998, and have been discharged under other than dishonorable conditions. Go to www.va.gov/healthbenefits/apply/returning_servicemembers.asp.
The Idaho Division of Veterans Services operates two service offices in the area:
Office of Veterans Advocacy Headquarters
444 Fort St.
Boise, ID 83702
ISVH Boise OVA Office
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Say hello to south-east Queensland's Scenic Rim Trail (and new eco pods!)
If a walking holiday is on your travel bucket list for 2019 – especially one where the surrounding nature gives you serious heart-eyes and the comfort levels go way beyond polyester tenting – lace up for the Spicers Scenic Rim Trail 5-day ecotourism experience.
Into the wild
Just 1.5 hours from Brisbane, and set in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, South East Queensland's Scenic Rim is a pretty special corner of the world. And this new 5-day/5-night guided luxury walking tour (it currently exists as a 2-day adventure) has you trekking through 55 beautiful kilometres of it.
With the existing walking track being extended (but still A-okay for anyone boasting moderate fitness levels), you'll set off from Mount Mistake and weave through parts of Main Range National Park, taking in sub-tropical rainforests, eucalypt forests, old logging trails, waterfalls and ancient volcanic terrain as you ascend and descend just a handful of the 40 mountain peaks here. Throw in sightings of endangered rock wallabies and ample flora lessons (the guides here really know their stuff) and you're basically on the great Australian adventure.
So, it's no wonder then, that the current 2-day Spicers Scenic Rim Trail is a part of the Great Walks of Australia collection, with the 5-day tour to be graded and hopefully included in the collection later this year.
Rest your weary legs
Two words you'll be chuffed to hear after walking an average of nine kilometres per day: Relaxed luxury. You can thank the two new sustainable eco-camps that combine with Spicers' existing properties to make up a one-of-a-kind accommodation journey.
The walk starts at one Spicers retreat (Spicers Hidden Vale) and finishes at another (Spicers Hidden Peaks Cabins), with all the luxuries of good food, plush king-size bedding and ensuite bathrooms in between. However, it's the newbies, Spicers Amphitheatre Eco Cabins and Spicers Timber Getters Eco Cabins, that will have you floating above the forest floor in a unique treehouse-like sleeping "pod" with private balcony and magical views to boot.
As for the refuelling? The daily menu (including a cooked breakfast and dinner at each lodging; and a packed morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea on the trails) are designed by Ash Martin, the head chef at Spicers Retreats' Homage. Think wholesome and hearty dishes that follow a paddock-to-plate philosophy, plus all-inclusive tipples to reward your tramping efforts.
Good for the environment
Ecotourism is booming; that's no secret. But given this stunning haven of relatively untouched nature is no longer so hush-hush, great care has been taken to ensure the structures make a positive impact on our environment in the long-run.
Your showers might be timed (four minutes and counting), but the feel-good factor is a big drawcard to this tour for any eco-warrior. Sustainability is as king-sized as the beds, with the use of carefully-sourced and recyclable building materials, and low water-use toilets among the initiatives.
If you don't arrive with a bursting appreciation for Queensland's bushland beauty and history, you'll certainly leave with a heaped dose of it. There are few worthier spots to 'leave only footprints' as you stand atop this spec-tac-ular trail and breathe in the fresh mountain air. It's not called Scenic for nothing.
Booking are now open for 2019 and 2020, with the 5-day Spicers Scenic Rim Trail starting in October 2019. You can also combine the 2-day and 5-day trails for an epic 7-day experience.
Looking for more stunning walks around Queensland?
Lace up and try these on for size:
- Cooloola Great Walk
- Fraser Island Great Walk
- Mackay Highlands Great Walk
- Carnarvon Gorge day walks
- Stinson Walk in the Gold Coast Hinterland


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This week, my favorite new Southern Charm couple made their appearance, and I'm prepared to worship them from afar for the entire season. That relationship is between Craig Conover and Gizmo the cat. Craig and Gizmo sleep in the same bed, converse and stare lovingly into each other's eyes while Naomi goes to work and school…because she has real life responsibilities and goals. Seriously though, god bless the editors of this episode for the cat montage. Someone had fun putting that together, and it shows.
When Whitney makes an appearance, he somehow manages to be both weird and incredibly boring. Wearing a trench coat that is essentially bedazzled, Whitney tells Thomas he looks puffy before explaining that he is now "single and ready to mingle." Nobody cares. Somewhere on the other side of town, Kathryn finally gets out of the car she spent all last episode sitting in, only to visit a random friend and rehash her rehab and custody situation. The only part of this scene that I find both interested and infuriating, is the cut back to Landon from last season's reunion, asking about Kathryn's drug test with a smug, evil look on her face. It takes a special kind of person to feel joy from a young mother having a drug problem, and that person is Landon.
Cameran talking to her mother in the car and visiting Jennifer's baby is the most (ok, the only) heartwarming part of the episode. Cameran's mother calls the baby's medical struggles a "strengthening situation," which I am going to steal, and Cameran uncomfortably holding the child was both sweet and hilarious. Once again Cameran in the VIP.
At the batting cages, Craig is late to meet Shep because he's allergic to his new life parter, Gizmo the cat. Upon arrival, Craig shows us all why his dreams of being a major league baseball player didn't come true with the worst batting stance anyone has ever seen. Shep takes the opportunity to once again berate Craig for lying about the bar exam and apparently lying about wanting to be a lawyer in general. The real question here is why does Shep care? Shep doesn't have a "career" or any direction in particular.
Next we see Cameran trying to set Shep up with her friend Chelsea, who was once a finalist on survivor, proving that everyone in Charleston is required to be on at least one realty show. Shep seems nervous about being forced to think of this woman as a living, breathing human because she is friend's with the almighty Cameran. Godspeed, Chelsea.
Cut to Whitney, Shep and I-forgot-his-name-already (Austen Kroll) getting together for drinks and "taters" to discuss the possibility of becoming romantic rivals. Whitney, of course, has very little to add to the conversation and simply repeats what everyone else is saying before announcing "People f*ck in America, bro." Patricia must be proud.
The latter half of the episode is fully dedicated to the worst of the garbage people Thomas my-children-live-in-the-guest-house Ravenel and Landon makes-me-want-to-scratch-my-own-eyes-out Clements. The tone for Landon's "Roam" launch party is set by Thomas getting ready and speaking French to himself in the mirror like the sociopath he truly is. Thomas goes on to explain that Landon is not a flake and people are simply "misreading her." It seems really hard to misread a book with blank pages, but what do I know. Later, Thomas painfully tries to compliment Landon's website without blatently lying, by slurring phrases like "visually beautiful," "high-def" and complimenting Landon's "oral skills" in no particular order. Oh, and Whitney brought a lunatic wearing full-length cocktails gloves and introduced her an as escort.
Finally at the event Landon is dressed up like a middle school art teacher on the day that everyone has to work on a project inspired by ancient Egypt. She seems to be bossing her intern and some other poor girl around, to get drinks and show people the site. Eventually, Shep asks if Landon did all the content for the site and poor whats-her-face responds, "no, I did." Landon does nothing…except insult people in Nantucket, which we learn from Shep who has shown up once again only to antagonize someone he is apparently friends with. Towards the end of the evening Shep takes it upon himself to confront Landon about her behavior during a recent trip with some app developers (I think that's what they are?) that he may be investing with. The developers claim that Landon was a rude mess on the trip, spouting nonsense along the lines of "when I travel, everything is taken care of." Landon is obviously upset by this conversation and instead of taking any responsibility, claims she "never said that" and says she was offended by their behavior as well. Landon then says in her interview that "Shep doesn't have to answer to anyone." My question is who the hell is Landon answering to? Her father? On the way out, Landon is so upset she can't even call her own car home. The poor girl who wrote all of the content for Landon's website has to do that too.
Speaking of confrontation, Cameran takes it upon herself to speak to Craig about why he's been avoiding her. Craig recounts his earlier chat with Shep in which Shep announced that Craig was no longer welcome in the "group chat". Cameran responds with nothing less than total honesty, saying they do have a group chat about Craig, but just to make fun of his Instagram, not because they don't like him. Fair.