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Nature, Adventure & Yoga Retreat in Mindo, Ecuador 2020 date TBA
➡ ⛰Nature: The retreat is both rustic & luxurious and offers a breathtaking cloud forest experience! It is in the small, tourist town of Mindo, Ecuador. This area has been declared an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and its one of the most bio-diverse hot spots in the world.
➡👟Adventure: This retreat is for outdoor and adventure lovers. There are many activities nearby including; hiking, biking, zip-lining, birding, mountain-climbing, river tubing, horseback riding, chocolate & coffee tours, butterfly & orchid gardens and an open-air gondola and chair-lift with spectacular views.
➡🙏Yoga: The retreat offers an-site open-air, screened-in Yoga Shala platform with mountain views. Yoga classes will be offered twice daily; typically, invigorating vinyasa/Ashtanga-based in the morning and more relaxing Yin/Restorative in the afternoons/evenings.
➡🏚Haciendas: Retreat accommodations include a country house, cottage and cabin with shared bedrooms (2 beds). All have mountain or wildlife views with sustainable installations like solar powered energy & clean mountain spring water. This is a small, intimate yoga retreat and it will only house 10-12 people.
➡💆♀Spa: There is a Finnish sauna and a chemical-free, natural spring-fed pool with copper & silver ionizers. On-site massage services are available in the gazebo with mountain views and a fresh air breeze.
➡🥣Meals: Three meals daily will be included. The meals are wholesome, healthy, organic & locally sourced. Vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options will be available.
*Flight to Quito, Ecuador (the capital city) is NOT included, however we will help to arrange overnight stays in Quito and transportation to and from the yoga retreat village of Mindo (about 2.5hours away).
**Read below for more information click HERE for a detailed itinerary with pricing
Read Below for insight into this cloud forest experience!
Take a look at our beautiful ☁cloud 🌳forests RETREAT PROPERTY, unlike anything you'll experience anywhere else!
🍃There is a country house, a county cottage and recycled cabins with wildlife and mountain views.
🍃We love that the retreat is eco-friendly with solar powered energy and clean mountain spring water.
✨Don't worry as we'll still have Wi-Fi at the property ✨
🍃The property has a gazebo area with hammocks and an area for taking a massage, There is also a restaurant, open-air yoga shala and natural pool!
🍃There is an on-site restaurant with delicious, locally sourced meals that are all included.
🍃It is located only 1.5 miles from the small tourist village of Mindo, Ecuador.
What adventures and activities await us?
We believe its more rewarding to spend time and money on experiences and making connections instead of things! And this is exactly what are planning to do in Mindo, Ecuador.
▪Here are some of the ⛰activities and adventures that wait us in the ☁cloud 🌳forests: Horseback riding, biking, hiking, zip-lining, tubing, rappelling, taking a gondola & chairlift ride and more!
▪There's more: 🐦Birding, 🐸frog concerts, taking nature & waterfall hikes, going to butterfly gardens or on a coffee and/or chocolate tour!
▪If you are in the mood to🧘♀relax, the retreat offers hammocks, a natural pool, and massages in the gazebo! The town of Mindo is just 1.5 miles away and perfect for taking a walk around!
Yoga, Spa and Relaxation
Take a moment and try to visualize yourself here, practicing🧘♀yoga in the⛰cool mountain air...
Our Nature and Yoga Retreat has an open-air, screened-in yoga shala with mountain views. We'll be offereing two classes daily, typically Ashtanga/vinyasa yoga in the mornings and Yin/restorative yoga in the the afternoons/evenings.
YOGA TEACHERS🙏: Contact us for a discount on this retreat and help teach some classes/workshops!
We love that this retreat is truly eco-friendly! We can't wait for this SPA experience in the natural, chemical free, spring-fed 💧pool. ☀Solar power cleanses the pool by harnessing the copper and silver ionizers. There is a Finnish sauna nearby and on-site massage available.
Healthy, nourishing food
▪A huge part of travel and wellness food and nourishment,🍽 including trying and enjoying new, exotic foods! We are so excited about the delicious + healthy meals we will enjoying at our retreat
▪Three wholesome meals a day are included and they are healthy, organic and locally sourced. Vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options will be available
▪The photos show our retreat restaurant along with some of their beautiful dishes; quinoa, crepes, exotic fruit and gluten-free yucca bread.
So What's the fairy-tail like ☁cloud 🌳forest?...and other fun facts about Mindo & Ecuador:
▪Ecuador's☁cloud🌳forest is moist and subtropical with low clouds and a canopy of vegetation!
▪Mindo's elevation is about ⛰4,00o feet and its only 2.5 hours away from Ecuador's capital, Quito (well worth staying an extra night for!)
▪Ecuador translates to 'Republic of the Equator' and Quito sits on the equator line🌎
▪The currency in Ecuador is the US Dollar💵
▪The temperature in Mindo is between 60-75 degrees year round
Why is Mindo, Ecuador ideal for a Nature and Yoga retreat?:
▪Mindo has been declared an UNESCO biosphere reserve and its one of the most bio-diverse hots-spots in the world!🌎
▪With over 450 bird species, its one of the top spots in the world for birding🐦along with abundant flora and fauna
▪Ecuador, unlike popular destinations like Costa Rica, is still very affordable


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As Lester Graham with the Environment Report found, one of them is how farmers plant crops. 50 years ago today, the Rouge River caught on fire By Lester Graham • Oct 9, 2019 Listen Listening... / Learn about the Rouge River fire 50 years ago. A half-century ago, within the span of two years, three of America's rivers caught fire. One of them was in Michigan. Those fires ignited the environmental movement. On this date, October 9th, 50 years ago, the Rouge River caught fire. Agencies investigating whitefish decline in the Great Lakes By Morgan Springer • Aug 28, 2018 Morgan Springer Lake whitefish are the most important commercial fish species in Michigan. But in the last decade, state biologists say fishers are harvesting about a third of what they used to get. We're using less water as a nation, but Michigan still ranks 10th By editor • Aug 9, 2018 Listen Listening... / Listen to today's Environment Report. Water use in the U.S. has dropped to its lowest level in about 45 years. But the U.S. Geological Survey found 12 states accounted for more than 50% of the total water withdrawals in the U.S. – and Michigan ranks 10th on that list. Scientists creating meteotsunami warning system for the Great Lakes By Rebecca Williams • Aug 8, 2018 Listen Listening... / Listen to today's Environment Report. Scientists are creating an experimental warning system for meteotsunamis in the Great Lakes. Meteotsunamis are potentially dangerous waves that are driven by storms. Eric Anderson is a physical oceanographer with the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Meteotsunamis are a very particular kind of wave and we don't yet have the ability to forecast when and where they're going to occur," he says. Study: Droughts and heat waves happening at the same time By Rebecca Williams • Aug 2, 2018 Dry months of the year have been getting hotter in large parts of the U.S. Felicia Chiang is the lead author of a new study on droughts and climate change, from the University of California-Irvine. "Essentially we found that droughts are warming faster than the average climate in the southern, the midwestern and the northeastern states of the U.S.," she says. EPA proposes new rule for asbestos By Kara Holsopple • Aug 1, 2018 Listen Listening... / Listen to today's Environment Report. Asbestos is known to cause cancer. It's banned for some uses in the U.S., but it's not entirely banned. The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a new rule, and new ways to evaluate the safety of asbestos. Your takeout meal might be harming the Great Lakes By Tracy Samilton • Jul 26, 2018 Listen Listening... / Listen to today's Environment Report. There's a scene in the 1967 film The Graduate where a well-meaning friend of the family pulls Dustin Hoffman's character aside at his graduation party, and gives him this advice: "There's a great future in plastics - think about it, will you think about it? ... That's a deal." But back then, the downside of plastic wasn't apparent. Wind generation picking up in Michigan despite some local opposition By Lester Graham • Jul 19, 2018 Wind energy became popular because it can reduce the need for polluting coal and gas generated electricity. But, things are shifting now. "The primary driver is economics," said Stanley "Skip" Pruss with Five Lakes Energy, a consulting firm on sustainable energy. Newspapers struggling with a Trump tariff on newsprint By Lester Graham • Jul 17, 2018 Listen Listening... / Listen to the Environment Report. New tariffs are putting some Michigan newspapers and printers at risk of going out of business. There's more than a little irony in the fact that a state which built paper mills all over, no longer makes the kind of paper that newspapers use. Using green infrastructure to reduce flooding By Lester Graham • Jul 12, 2018 Listen Listening... / Listen to the Environment Report. How can cities reduce flooding caused by increasingly intense rain storms? More often, it's flooding in areas not known for a lot of flooding in the past. That happened in Detroit in 2014. It caught everyone by surprise as interstates and neighborhoods were suddenly under water. Lake bacteria can kill your dog By Lester Graham • Jul 10, 2018 Listen Listening... / Listen to this warning. It might save your dog's life. What happens if your dog likes to swim in the lake, but there might be toxins in the water? It can happen in a local lake or somewhere like the western basin of Lake Erie. Toxin-producing cyanobacteria appear. Some people still call it blue-green algae. 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Bugs can tell us whether a river is healthy By Lester Graham • Jun 7, 2018 Listen Listening... / Eleven years ago on a cold January day, volunteers for the Huron River Watershed Council, Rochelle Breitenbach and Mary Bajcz trudged through the snow and thicket to get to a pristine little stream that flows into the Huron River. EPA shifts gears (again) on chemical in paint strippers linked to dozens of deaths By editor • Jun 5, 2018 Update: On June 18th, 2018, The Home Depot announced it would phase out paint stripping products containing methylene chloride and NMP by the end of the year. The Environmental Protection Agency and at least one retailer have done an about face on a chemical linked to dozens of deaths, but health advocates want more. Methylene chloride is an ingredient in paint strippers. It's sold at hardware stores and it's also used commercially. 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From Bangor Hydro Kids' Outlet
How Is Electricity Created?
When electrons move from one atom to another (voltage) creating unbalance
or flow, you have electrical current.
There are two kinds of electricity:
Static Electricity
A condition that exists when electrons are
displaced and remain so. Static electricity is usually the result of
friction. Lightning is an example of static electricity. Static elec-
tricity makes your hair stand
on end. If you take an inflated balloon and rub it on your head, it will cling to your clothes. Or try turning on the faucet a bit and hold a comb close to -- but not in -- the water. Notice how the water is "pulled" toward the comb. This is because the static electrical charge in the comb is attracting electrons
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Current Electricity
A constant flow of electrons.
Direct current (DC) means the electrons move in one direction.
Alternating current (AC) means the electrons flow in both directions.
There are two ways to produce electricity
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Chemical reactions (two dissimilar metals in acid) force electrons to move. This creates direct current electricity.
2. Generators
This machine converts the mechanical energy of a rotating turbine shaft into electrical energy through use of magnetic fields.
How electricity is generated...
Three basic elements are required to produce electricity:
- Motion (required to rotate a turbine)
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A form of energy is required to rotate a turbine which is attached to the shaft of the generator rotor. The rotor spins through the stator producing electricity.
There are several ways to turn the turbine. Some of the most common ways include burning fossil fuels to produce steam. Some of the fossil fuels might be coal, gas or oil. Nuclear energy is used to produce steam by the splitting of atoms (nuclear fission) which turns the turbine. Hydropower turns the turbine when water falls through it. Other less common sources used to produce electricity include: solar power, wind power, biomass (using organic material to produce steam), geothermal power, ocean or tidal power and fuel cells.
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In the restaurant "La Rivière" the colours of water and forest form a beautiful frame to enjoy fish from our lakes and menus in a more classical or Mediterranean style accompanied by exquisite vintage wines.
In the restaurant "Terrace" light dishes vary with the season's offer. Here we prefer local and plain products but sometimes add an even slightly exotic touch.
The Lobby has always inspired that intimacy of gentry's life and enchanted the visitor. It also completes perfectly our conference (up to 40 guests) and banqueting facilities (up to 100 guests).
In our Smoker's Lounge with "the small self-mix-bar" you can spend unforgettable hours in a cosy atmosphere with direct views of the river.


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Simi Educators Association
40 W. Cochran St. #106
Simi Valley, CA 93065
ph: 805.526.5668
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BARGAINING COMMITTEE: negotiate with the District as directed by the Rep Council, appointed by the President and approved by Rep Council
Chair: Adam Lev (Royal High School), Layton Spracklen (Elementary - Katherine), Allison Cameron (Elementaryl/Sped - Mountain View), David Dingman (Middle School - Valley View), Amanda Hogan (SEA President), Jake Anderson (CTA Staff)
BY-LAWS COMMITTEE: review and update by-law as needed
Amanda Hogan (Madera); Laura Sheinberg (Mountain View); Allison Cameron (Mountain View); Dan Ham (SVHS)
COMMUNICATIONS/TECHNOLOGY/WEBMASTER: maintain and update the Association's webpage and Facebook
CURRICULUM COUNCIL: to attend Curriculum Council meetings, represent SEA, and report back to Rep Council
Elementary: Diana Schuster (Atherwood); Secondary: Betsy Sanders (SVHS)
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE: monitor all elections, at least 3 members should not be on Exec. Board and not seeking election.
Chair: Pam Isaac (Monte Vista); Jane Troy (Valley View), Ruby Vyas (Madera), Liz Greeley (Township), Jeanine Miller (Hollow Hills)
MEDICAL/HEALTH AND WELFARE: attend medical meeting with the District, represent SEA, and report back to Rep Council
Layton Spacklen (Katherine); Patti Jernigan (Santa Susana El.); Amanda Hogan (SEA President); Jake Anderson (CTA Staff)
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE: to inform members of legislation, voting records, and candidates that may affect the members' classrooms, working conditions, rights and benefits.
Chair: Laura Sheinberg (Mountain View); Margaret Acosta (Katherine), Brian Dennert (Royal), Amanda Hogan (SEA President), Dan Ham (SVHS), Kristen Rice (Berylwood), Jane Troy (Valley View)
READ ACROSS AMERICA: promote Read Across America Day at the school sites and organize the annual SEA Read Across America Library Event.
Ruby Vyas (Madera); Margraret Acosta (Katherine)
SAFETY COMMITTEE: to attend District Safety meetings, represent SEA and report back to Rep Council
Margaret Acosta (Katherine)
SCHOLARSHIP: adminster the annual SEA Scholarships in the spring and includes at least a member of Exec Board, Rep Council, and a high school teacher
Chair: Nicole Daleske (Township), Dan Ham (SVHS), Kimberlin Vise (Crestview)
SPECIAL ED: to be responsive to the needs and concerns of the teachers involved in this area of teaching and to open up communication between SEA and the DIstrict to address such needs
Chair: Andrea Genchi (Township), Laura Mendoza-Sheinberg (Mountain View)
WELLNESS COMMITTEE: to attend wellness meeting with the District, represent SEA, and report back to Rep Council
Audra Steele (Hillside), Jennifer Backe (Santa Susana Elementary), Amanda Hogan (SEA President)
PAR COUNCIL: to implement a professional development program to improve the quality of instruction through expanded and improved peer assistance and professional accountabiity
Carol Forbes (SSHS), Jane Troy (Valley View MS) Amanda Hogan (Elementary: SEA President)
HUMAN RIGHTS/WOMEN'S ISSUES: to raise awareness of issues related to equity, human and civil rights and organize programs offered by the CTA Human Rights Department
Veronica Leonhardt (Santa Susana HS)
PROFESSIONAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES/GRIEVANCE: to ensure that the negotiated contract between Simi Valley Unified School District and Simi Educators Association is enforced and that the grievance process is followed appropriately
Chair: Jeanine Miller (Hollow Hills)
ORGANIZING: to inform & engage membership about current issues
Chair: Daniel Ham (Simi Valley HS)
Simi Educators Association
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Unless you've attained nirvana that is rationalist odds are you are vulnerable before a spookfest The House Next Door plays on most of the anxieties we stink under our intellectual protestations against the presence of paranormal activity.
the fear of what lies under our beds. what lies beyond that bend in the corridor behind that closed door or buried in the history of the house we inhabit The way they are tapped by Milind Rau is refreshing although A number of these unknowns are used previously.
The centerpiece of this action in his film is our subconscious terror of what stands in suburbs and the countryside at the house across the street and from the shadow outside especially outside the window of the home in the dead of night
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A young married couple finds themselves shrouded in domestic circumstances Horror is an genre in theatre which might well not provoke the viewer given its record that is poor however this one is chilling and gripping Besides the usual few scenes for example people who have embarrassing drops.
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Please pray for:
0. Poland, freedom from religion to God through Jesus Christ,
0. Church in the USA - Matt. 3.12
1. stirring up the service to the God for me, my wife Dorothy, our daughter Ann,
our sons Peter and Daniel - "..but as for me and my house, we will
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2. God's will and wisdom for me and my family; specially for learning in school for Daniel,working for Edmund, Dorothy, Peter (also God's direction for his life) and Ann( Ann needs husband),
3. God's order in my work. Blessings and the knowledge of Jesus Christ for my bosses.
Thank you.
Edmund Krzeminski
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Illustrative flora with a surrealist twist.
You can really never go wrong with a flora inspired tattoo. Timeless and classic, it's one of those pieces that you'll never tire of even twenty years down the line. In fact, it might be the only thing you have left to remind you that there was once a little thing called nature before the Trump administration subsequently eradicated it, but we digress. We will always and forever be floral tattoo fans, more specifically, we will always be fans of Gena Puhnarevich's floral work. Dark and rich with elements of stippling, negative space, and a bit of surrealism thrown in, Puhnarevich's work is hauntingly beautiful.
Working out of Good Sign Tattoo in Minsk, Belarus, Puhnarevich's work is done exclusively in black ink and focuses on geometric and floral designs. Unlike most artists, who tend to stick to a specific style throughout, Puhnarevich tends to effortlessly flow from illustrative to surreal work depending on the client's preference. Half of her floral work tends to be a bit more whimsical, taking on more of a silhouette appearance than a realistic flower, and harnessing the power of negative space, and dark work, resulting in an ethereal version of mother nature.
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TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in form of short, powerful talks. The TEDx series is a program of independently organized events to help share ideas in local communities around the world. Together with some friends, I organized the TEDx in the beautiful district Lend in Graz, Austria. The Theme is "Beginner's Mind": A mindset which is about approaching the unknown with curiousity instead of fear, seeing known things with fresh eyes and getting rid of preconceptions. The aim of all installations was to trigger the curiosity of our guests and encourage interaction with each other.
Art Director: Benjamin Ressi, Lisa Huber
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"I get quite anxious when a certain employee arrives at work in the morning, as I never know what to expect. A happy, motivated team member or a grumpy individual who the customers will complain about? "
I have heard variations of this comment from a number of business owners over the years. What is wrong with this statement? Absolutely everything.
Why, as a business owner are you walking on egg shells around your staff? Why are you giving your staff the power to define how your business day will operate?
The main reason we hire employees to work in our businesses is so that they can add value. The minute they stop doing this, they are damaging the business.
So how do business owners get stuck in this situation of feeling like they have to walk on egg shells around their staff?
Here are three key points to consider:
- Your employees are your employees, not your mates – You may get on extremely well with your staff members. You may share the same interests outside of the working environment, but do not lose sight of the primary reason for them being in your business. You are paying them to perform certain functions to service your customers. Crossing the line into mate territory only creates confusion and frustration for everyone. As the business owner, you are the one who clarifies and maintains the boundaries. Take ownership of that role and always remember your position within the business.
- Know your Human Resources procedures – One of the best gifts you can give yourself as a business owner is to know your HR processes. Understanding how to onboard an employee, train them, review them, reward and recognition them, discipline them and terminate a contract, if required. These are vital competencies for the success of your business and for your own sanity. By following the process correctly, the "lifecycle" of an employee, from the beginning, all parties know where they stand as there are clear expectations. This practise actually makes your staff members feel safe and part of an organised and well run operation. Set your staff up for success not failure. Again, take the ownership and responsibility to equip yourself with the right knowledge.
- Be consistent – "Consistency is a key element, without which a leader is incapable of getting respect, success or even developing confidence in others." Daniel Transon. Sending mixed signals to your staff members and having "favourites" can be confusing and is a slippery slope to losing good staff and ultimately damaging your business culture. Being consistent in how you manage and lead each team member will only strengthen your professional relationships with them, which in turn will positively affect the business. Here again, it is your responsibility as the owner to ensure that you are exhibiting the right consistent behaviour.
On-boarding employees is a huge responsibility. To set yourself, your business and your employees up for success, ensure that you are equipped with the essential skills and knowledge and be consistent in your approach and finally, always remember your position within the business.
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USTR releases its 2019 Trade Estimate and Barriers for 61 countries
April 5, 2019 – The US Trade Representative (USTR) recently released its National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE), reporting on the largest export markets for the US.
The 2019 report covers 61 countries, along with the EU, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Arab League. It estimates the impact on US exports, US foreign direct investment (FDI), or US electronic commerce of specific trade barriers and other trade distorting practices.
This NTE classifies foreign trade barriers in 11 categories.
• Import policies
• Technical barriers to trade
• Sanitary and phytosanitary measures
• Subsidies, including export subsidies
• Government procurement
• Intellectual property protection
• Services barriers
• Barriers to digital trade
• Investment barriers
• Competition
• Other barriers that encompass more than one category
To read the full report go to www.ustr.gov, scroll down to NEWS and click on "USTR Releases 2019 National Trade Estimate Report."


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I have written about science being creative, and here's a great story along those lines: the poet and priest Gerard Manley Hopkins published in the scientific journal Nature*. Hopkins' contribution to science took the form of two letters, A Curious Halo and Shadow-Beams in the East at Sunset, that were published in November 1882 and November 1883, based on observations he had made of the setting sun.
Hopkins did something most people don't think of, and turned his back to the setting sun. What he saw was a series of rays that looked as if they were coming from the horizon at a point opposite the sun. This light-effect had already been observed by meteorologists, and is simply the shadows of clouds in front of the sun, cast from one horizon to the other. Perspective makes these shadows appear to be converging in the east, but they are in fact parallel. The technical name for them is 'anticrepuscular rays'. Continue reading


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Developing and operating cryogenic rocket motors in academia, I am determined to join the private space sector as a young professional. Conducting regular motor tests on-console amongst two sounding rocket launches, I value effective communication as part of a high work ethic, essential for mission assurance and human safety. To me a hands-on attitude does not contradict sophisticated problem solving. Eager to learn and grateful for challenges, I am convinced I can play a vital role in your engineering team. Amazing people merging into a powerful team is what inspires me most.
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• Thesis: "Modeling the interior ballistics of a pyrotechnic harpoon for deep space applications", Grade 1.3
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Aerospace Engineering, B.Sc.
• Thesis: "Preliminary design of a rocket engine nozzle", Grade 1.3
• Völk, S. et al., Althapp, S. "Development and testing of a pyro-driven launcher for harpoon-based comet sample acquisition.", Acta Astronautica, July 2018.
• Althapp, S. et al. "Progress report regarding hybrid propulsion rocket development at WARR", 5th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences, Munich, Germany, 2013
• Schmitt, A. et al., Althapp, S. "Providing a standard support bus for sounding rocket experiments with the CERESS Experiment", 21th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Ballon Programmes and Related Research, PAC-Symposium, Thun, Switzerland, 2013
Launch Team Leader, WARR Ex-2 Launch Campaign (Natal, Brazil 2015)
• Launching the WARR Ex-2 technology demonstrator as the first hybrid rocket in South America.
Winner, National Instruments Student Design Award (Austin, Texas, US 2013)
• Applying National Intstruments' products as payload hardware and ground control software.
Payload Operator, REXUS 13 Launch Campaign (Kiruna, Sweden 2013)
• Launching the CERESS payload on-board the REXUS 13 suborbital sounding rocket.
Finalist, EADS Astrium Assessment Center (Ottobrunn, Germany 2009)
• Nationwide selection process for an integrated study programm in Mechatronics.
Semifinalist, National Young Researchers (Leverkusen, Germany 2008)
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• Delivery of the expedition sail boat from Spain via Germany to Spitzbergen.
Student Employee @ Mobile Rocket Base, German Aerospace Center (Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany 2015-2017)
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• Numerical modeling and simulating internal ballistics of pyrotechnical actuators for system optimization.
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• Preliminary system definition of a cryogenic sounding rocket incl. its test-benches and launch infrastructure.
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• Conducting project phases C to F (incl. reviews) of the WARR Ex-2 hybrid rocket technology demonstrator.
• Freezing the launch system design and coordinate system integration, assembly and test.
• Raising efficiency and safety of launch- and test operations by a continous training and certification scheme.
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• Running regular test campaigns of hybrid rocket motors from 10 kN s to 100 kN s of total impulse.
• Upgrading control and instrumentation of the local test-bench running LabVIEW for automated testing.
Mentor for Softskills @ Technische Universität München (Garching, Germany 2012-2014)
• Coaching university freshmen in reaching their goals, professional communication and conflict resolving.
Trainee @ Liquid Propulsion Summer School, German Aerospace Center (Lampoldshausen, Germany 2012)
• Two weeks in-depth theory and practice about development and research on liquid rocket propulsion.
• Familiarization with instrumentation, cryogenic fluid systems and test-benches of full-scale engines.
• Practice professional test operations and risk analysis on a sub-scale rocket motor test.
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• Designing the system architecture of a scientifiy payload on the REXUS 13 sounding rocket.
• Implementing its control software in LabVIEW and operating the payload throughout training and launch.
Procedure Trainer @ Institute for Helicopter Technology, Technical University of Munich (Garching, Germany 2011-2013)
• Training students on Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), mulit-crew-concept and radio communications.
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Languages: German, English (Aviation Radio License in German and English)
Administration: MS Office, MS Project, Macintosh, Windows, Linux
Engineering: SolidWorks, CATIAv5, AutoDesk Inventor, MagicDraw SysML
Simulation: SolidWorks Flow Sim., ANSYS Fluent, AGI Systems Tool Kit
Programming: LabVIEW, Python, Matlab, C++/FORTRAN
I love music. As a guitarist I enjoy playing and listening to jazz, rock, funk and metal. The connection between the crowd and the band during a performance is magical to me. | Volleyball with its combination of team spirit, technique and exercise is my favorite sport. | The raw power and beauty of nature gets me everytime when surfing, skiing or mountaineering with friends. I am determined to pursue a smarter future of humanity. | Piloting glider planes in solo even before driving a car showed me that freedom grows with the knowledge of limits and trust.
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UE Places First in Quiz Bowl at ASCE Conference
Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2014
University of Evansville civil engineering students placed first in the quiz bowl portion of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) Great Lakes Regional Conference on April 11-12. At the event, hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UE's quiz bowl team came in ahead of such competitors as the University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University, Purdue University-Calumet, and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
The objective of the quiz bowl challenge was to test the knowledge of civil engineering students in several categories including:
• Statics/Dynamics
• Water Resources Engineering
• Structural Engineering
• Transportation Engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Fluid Mechanics/Hydraulic Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Economics
• Engineering Ethics
• Engineering Materials
• Surveying
• Construction Engineering/Management
In the first round, each team answered 40 different questions. The top five teams after the first round then advanced to the last round where they were asked 10 more questions. The final standing was based on teams' total number of points.
Members of UE's quiz bowl team were: Jamie Johnson, James Gabe, Chris Kuester and Heather Passey.
UE placed second overall at the conference which, in addition to the quiz bowl, consisted of concrete canoe, steel bridge, professional ethics paper and presentation, environmental design, surveying, concrete materials, and mystery design.
UE student Jamie Johnson won third place in the professional ethics paper and presentation with her paper: "The Engineer's Role in Natural Disasters."
The concrete canoe team with project managers Christina Bernauer and Shannon Osiecki won second place with the canoe "Dark Knight." Category awards in the concrete canoe competition included third place in races (led by captain Hannah Okray and paddlers Jaclyn Altstadt, Aubin Fowler, Silas Bohlen, George Carroll, Forrest Plumlee and Levi Leffert), second place in design paper (led by academics captain Abby Browder), second place in presentation (with Alejandro Mojica Cadario, Carroll, Bernauer and Osiecki), and second place in final product.
The steel bridge team, led by Abby Browder and Alex Schwinghamer, improved the bridge design so that they constructed their bridge 30% faster than last year with the help of team members Hieronymus Mitchell, Noble Rassam, Hannah Kirk, and Forrest Plumlee.
Other students who were involved included: Danilo Bortoletto, Helena Leon, David Lopes, and Monica Pinto. UE faculty advisors who traveled with the students were: Associate Professors of Civil Engineering James Allen and Mark Valenzuela and Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Immanuel Selvaraj.


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Warrior Princess Yoga believes that yoga contributes to a kinder and more peaceful world. Hence yoga should be accessible for as many people as possible. Earth Child Project is a non-profit organization operating in South Africa. They offer complimentary education to under-resourced schools with a focus on the environment, health and self-development.
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Exceeding expectations, Bye Bye Birdie, the first hit for the team of Lee Adams and Charles Strouse, ran for 607 performances on Broadway. Opening on April 14, 1960, the show tells the story of a scheme by the agent of a rock singer to recoup some of the money he spent promoting this Elvis Presley-type singer before he has to leave to meet his military commitment. The scheme involves a contest where the teenage girl winner was to kiss the star, Conrad Birdie, played by Marty Wilde, on the Ed Sullivan Show. The scheme gets sidetracked by Birdie's interfering mother, the contest winner's steady, and the long-suffering agent's girlfriend. The London version opened in 1961, as the irrepressible Chita Rivera repeated as the pining girlfriend, Rose Grant. Peter Marshall got the agent's role, originated by Dick Van Dyke, and a legitimate rock star, Marty Wilde, played Conrad Birdie. Because of its uniquely American character, the show was not nearly as successful on London's West End as on Broadway, closing after only 268 performances. Even though the show was made into a movie and TV special, it didn't produce any songs that were to become entries in the Great American Popular Songbook. "Put on a Happy Face," "A Lot of Livin' to Do," and "Kids" made it to the front door, but never quite got in. Even though the show was not that well received, the London cast album is quite good. Perhaps Marshall did not quite define the role of Albert Peterson as did Van Dyke. But then Van Dyke was someone special. This release is one of a series of reissues by Decca of original cast musical recordings using 24 bit digital technology to get a bright clear sound.
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Performance CreditsMarty Wilde Vocals,cast
Kenneth Nash Vocals,cast
Teenagers Track Performer
Peter Marshall Vocals
Ed Bishop cast
Judy Brown cast
Tony Crane cast
Alyn Ainsworth Conductor,Musical Direction
Chita Rivera Vocals
Neighbors Track Performer
Alexandria Jelec cast
Brian Tucker cast
Vernon Morris cast
Robert Nichols Vocals,cast
Tony Mordente Staging
Sylvia Tysick Vocals,cast
Robert Nichol Vocals
Mary Laura Wood Vocals,cast
Angela Baddeley Vocals,cast
Clive Endersby Vocals,cast
Paula Hendrix Vocals
Mary Willis cast
Michael Barker cast
Orchestra Track Performer
Marjorie Smith cast
Peter Marshall Vocals
Ann Chapman cast
Technical CreditsPeter Wolf Composer
Lee Adams Lyricist
Seth Justman Composer
Cole Porter Composer
Michael Stewart Book
Gower Champion Director,Choreographer
Robert Ginzler Orchestration
Penny Bennett Art Direction
Ken Mandelbaum Liner Notes
Miles White Costume Design
Tony Mordente Choreographer
Brian Drutman Reissue Producer
Robert Randolph Scenery
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At 16:20 on Thursday 7 June 2018, a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) collided and derailed on tunnel track 1 between Ensjø and Carl Berners plass.
The MEWP operator had not received adequate instruction in how the brake system worked, and operated the machine in a way that caused the parking brakes to be deactivated during on-tracking. Examination of the MEWP showed that it lacked technical barriers against incorrect operation, which meant that it was possible to deactivate the parking brakes. In the course of the investigation, the MEWP supplier has introduced technical barriers against incorrect operation, and it is claimed that this will prevent future recurrence of similar incidents.
The AIBN has found weaknesses in Oslo Metro AS's control mechanisms relating to supplier management, with inadequate control of operators' level of competence and the condition of hired vehicles.
The AIBN submits one safety recommendation for more extensive verification by infrastructure owners that hired personnel have the correct training and qualifications.
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Torsdag 7. juni 2018 kolliderte og sporet en lift av i tunnelspor 1 mellom Ensjø og Carl Berners plass. Under påsporing i 40 ‰ fall begynte den å rulle ukontrollert. Operatøren hadde fått mangelfull opplæring i virkemåten til bremsesystemet, og betjente liften slik at parkeringsbremsene ble deaktivert.
Statens havarikommisjon for transport tilrår Statens jernbanetilsyn å be infrastrukturforvaltere styrke sin leverandørstyring for å fange opp manglende sikkerhetskritisk kompetanse hos innleide operatører av denne typen kjøretøy.
Report on runaway work machine at Ensjø Metro station 7 June 2018
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text: tripecac 51 Posted April 18, 2015 I've always played the game solo. For the past year or so I've been playing 2-handed (via OCTGN). I think the Dol Guldur quest inspired/forced me to make that switch. Overall, I think 2-handed playing has made quests a little easier for me, I think it also makes them take longer. Twice as long? I don't know. I certainly have to keep more stuff in my head at any given moment, which might slow me down in my decision making. But the bottom line is that I feel like I need at least 2 hours to finish a quest, instead of 1. (yep, I'm that slow!) I would like to play more often. One possible way to do that would be to switch back to 1-handed play. However, I am worried that if I do that, I will "miss out" on some of the game mechanics which only work when two "players" are present. Also, I am worried that I will run up against a scenario that is really hard to do solo, like Dol Guldur, and get frustrated at my inability to pass it. For example, right now I'm making my way through the Dwarrowdelf cycle. I'm playing 2-handed, with tons of dwarven heroes and allies. Dain is a godsend. I feel like if I were only playing 1 hand, Dain would be less cool, since he needs to stay ready, and I would only have 2 heroes who can actually quest and fight (effectively), unless I find ways to ready Dain. I might therefore never have been tempted to try playing with Dain, and would miss out on the whole dwarven army gameplay. And that would be a bad thing, since I am enjoying it so far. I know, I've read that some people think dwarves are "boring", but remember, I'm a couple years behind you guys! I haven't yet "opened" enough cards to try other army types. (I've bought all the cards available so far, and can of course use any cards I like via OCTGN, but I prefer to only use the cards available at the time a quest was released). So my questions are these: 1) Are there other mechanics coming up which require 2-handed play to be effective (or even feasible); will I "miss out" on a significant amount of cool game play if I switch back to 1-handed play? 2) Are there quests coming up which are extremely hard to win solo (like Gol Duldur was)? 3) For those of you who have played both 2-handed and 1-handed, do you find 1-handed play significantly faster? Easier? More fun? 4) In order to play all 4 spheres, do you play each scenario multiple times, once with 2 spheres and then again with the other 2 spheres? I used to do that, in order to experience all 4 spheres. However, note that it increases the amount of time it takes to "finish" a scenario (since you have to do it twice). 5) What other things have you noticed about 2-handed vs 1-handed play, and how often do you play each way now? Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The government is testing an airport scanner that reveals, well, pretty much everything. The image that screeners see is basically you, naked, under your clothes. Along with whatever weapons of mass destruction you happen to be concealing.[Wired News]
Everybody remember to start doing your sit-ups before you travel…
Chris Goldfarb has some pointers/caveats about upgrading your build process from VS.NET 2002 -> 2003. I'd add to that additional things to watch out for if you are using a build script that doesn't use VS.NET. We're using NAnt to do our builds, and it uses the underlying .NET SDK compilers without regard to anything in the VS project files. This leads to an even weirder upgrade, since you have to update your NAnt build file to reflect any changes required to build under 1.1 (and there are likely to be some, it took me most of a day to iron out all the issues) completely outside the context of VS.NET.
The end result was that we had a full build working under 1.1 long before we had updated all our project files to VS.NET 2003. This brings up some interesting problems when it comes to dependencies. We have a fairly complex system with dozens of assemblies, and many of the project files reference assemblies from the build directory. If your build directory is suddenly full of assemblies compiles against 1.1 and you still have 1.0 projects, chaos ensues. All together it took the team 2-3 days to iron out all the issues and transition fully to 1.1. As a side benefit, between the upgrade to 1.1 and moving to the latest version of NAnt (0.8.2) our build now takes about half the time it did before using essentially the same build script. At worst it only took around 30 minutes, but 15 is still much nicer.
I guess the bottom line either way (and I think Chris reached the same conclusion) is that upgrading to 1.1 is not something you can do piecemeal, and you really have to tackle it all at once. Embrace the pain and get it over with.
Scott Hanselman writes:
Schema Versioning: Changing a namespace is not versioning, it is new type creation. [meta-douglasp]
Ok...I can see that point of view...then does versioning (as we hope to know it) simply not exist in the world of Schema?
I would say that versioning does exist in the world of Schema, but you do have to work for it. It is certainly true that there is no standard way of handling schema versioning. There are ways to deal with it yourself, but they do require some forethought.
You can add version attributes to the elements in your schema, and leave them open using xsd:any or xsd:string, etc. Doug Purdy had some good suggestions in his TechEd presentation (WEB400: Loose Coupling and Serialization Patterns). The bottom line is that you have to leave yourself an out in the schema, and add a version attribute, and you have to do those things up front in the first version. By their very nature it's not the kind of thing you can start in version 2 when you discover that you need to add something. That's the biggest hurdle right there. You have to anticipate version 2 while you're writing version 1. Granted, it's usually a safe assumption that things will change, and it's not too much extra work to build in the flexibility, but it does require some work and some additional planning.
Hanselman mentioned this site at the TechEd bloggers meeting.
I'd heard of it, but hadn't actually checked it out. It's at
What an interesting way to approach a
historical document. You get to see each day in a man's life
revealed as if he were writing about it right now, day by day like
any other blog, only you're reading the life of a 17th
century Englishman instead of a modern internet denizen. The text is
heavily annotated with commentary, references to the dramatis
personae, and even links to an English mapping site so you can bring
up maps of the places
described. The Internet has generated some new and interesting ways
of examining historical documents, but I think this is the most
interesting one I've seen in some time.
For all you aggregators, it's not
obvious where to find their RSS links, but you can find them here.
What a great book! Samurai William: the Englishman who opened the East by Giles Milton is all about the Englishman (William Adams) who was the real-life model for the main character in Clavell's Shogun.
Not only is it a very interesting subject (I had no idea that Europeans were so active in Japan so early) but Milton is a very readable author who knows how to combine hard core historical research with the kind of entertaining anecdotal history that makes it fun to read. I've had a long-standing interest in Japan, having spent a total of about 7 months there since highschool, and I've read a lot of early Japanese history, but most of those tend to overlook the European influence during that period. Milton has compiled a great deal of information about not only Adam's life in Japan, but what was going on with Europeans in the rest of Asia at the time. It ties in with his earlier work "Nathaniel's Nutmeg" (also a great read about the spice trade) in several places.
I also have a copy of Milton's "Big Chief Elizabeth" about the early English settlers of North America, but haven't had a chance to read it yet.
I'm in the middle of defining an interface between a set of hardware devices and a central server farm using XSD and WSDL. The semantics of the WSDL interface I understand pretty well, but what I'm wrestling with now is the schema of the data being carted back and forth. I want to use the same endpoint on the server side to recieve data from several different kinds of monitors, which understandable have quite different data reporting needs. The schema I'm working with right now (which I didn't right but consulted on) defines a set of basic structures common to all monitors, and the a separate schema for each type of monitor that extends those base types.
The issue I have with that is how to structure the datatypes in the WSDL. If I make the datatype in the WSDL the common type and just expect the get the derived types, that's one possibility. Another is to make the type in the WSDL xsd:any and just figure it out at the application level. Still another is to change the XSD so that the base types leave open placeholders (xsd:any) and that the concrete monitor types don't extend the schema, they just add their own extra data into the base type in a different namespace.
Right now I'm leaning towards defining the type in the WSDL as xsd:any and just worrying about it at the application level. The disadvantage is that you can't get the full schema information from the WSDL, but since this is essentially a closed system I'm not sure how much that matters. Hmmmmm.
I saw some good presentations at TechEd involving the benefits of loosely coupled schemas (Doug Purdy's was particularly interesting) so I understand what the options are, but that doesn't necesarrily make it easier. I suppose that's what we get paid for.
been home a few days now (and spending all day yesterday lying on the floor
with my back out) I've had a chance to ponder this year's event.
I'd say that I learned a lot, but that the overall conference was less
exciting than in years past. I think that's mostly due to the vagaries
of the product cycle, with Everett fully "here" and
things like Yukon and Jupiter a little too far out. I spent most of my time on
all things Web Services, which was quite interesting. The biggest thing I
noticed was the new mentality of "it's the WSDL, stupid". In
times past the message has been to write you code and get WSDL for free, and
now the message seems to be that if you want your web services to be compatible
with non-.NET platforms, it's worth writing the WSDL / XSD first, then
generating code from there.
The one
possible dissenter was Clemens Vasters,
who demonstrated some very ingenious ways of starting with the code, but
tweaking the WSDL to match what you really want, and not what you get from the
framework for free. Overall I think the best sessions I went to were his AOP
and WS internals talks.
The party
was also pretty good this year. Smashmouth rocked, and the overall atmosphere
of the event was pretty fun, even if maybe not quite as fun as TechEd 2000's
party at Universal Studios Florida. I must say that watching
people climb an inflatable rock after too many margaritas was worth the price
of admission this year.
Humph. I'd have to say this presentation was disappointing. It was on the development of the London traffic congestion charging system, which is not only highly controversial, but arguably the largest deployed .NET application. I was hoping to get some technical details about how they got it to scale, but instead it was pretty much just marketecture, which I haven't seen a lot of here this year. The main focus was around the fact that .NET beat out J2EE for this job, and that it was done quickly and at comparatively low cost. OK, I get that about .NET. The one interesting thing in that space was that Mastek, the India-based development shop that did the implementation, actually did two separate test projects during the RFI for the project, one in J2EE, the other in .NET (v1.0, beta 1). It's interesting to see the results of one company seriously trying to build the same application on both platforms, rather than the competitive Pet Store type comparison. Their conclusion was that they could do the .NET implementation for 30% less.
Unfortunately the presentation was almost totally devoid of technical details. For a 300 level presentation for developers, I would expect more than two slides on the implementation. The only interesting technical details was that they used the same set of business object for both intra- and extranet sites, but the extranet used a wrapper that hid the privileged methods, and a firewall was used between the presentation and business tiers to limit the public site's access to only the wrapper class.
While the presentation itself was a bit slow, the content
was very interesting. It was about how Microsoft, Unisys and others built a
highly scalable system for
use by law enforcement and the public health system to send and receive alerts
such as Amber Alerts and public health warnings. The biggest factor
influencing the design was the fact that they control essentially the entire
system, from the back end datacenter all the way to the workstation setups.
This allowed them to take advantage of a lot of features not normally available
to "Internet" applications. For starters, they chose a WinForms
app on the client side to provide the best performance and richest user
experience. They use .NET remoting (over TCP using the binary formatter) to
get the best performance over the network, which also allows them to hook up
bidirectional eventing so that new bulletins can be distributed rapidly without
poling. The client app uses MSDE to cached frequently used data like addresses
and geographical data. Each local client can be configured to either
communicate with a local hub system, or with the back end datacenter.
Since they had to accommodate 25,000 installed workstations,
and an addressbook projected at 100M users it makes sense to take advantage of
some heavyweight code on the client side to get the best scalability. Overall
it was a good example of how to build a really large system, although it
depends so heavily on being able to control the whole system that it may not be
applicable in very many cases.
I'll looking forward to comparing and contrasting with
DEV372 (coming up this morning) which is a case study of the London traffic billing system. More on that
Hallelujah brother! I have seen the light of AOP! I read last year's MSDN article on AOP and thought that it was a dang good idea, but the implementation was a little on the questionable side. It took advantage of undocumented goo in the .NET remoting infrastructure to do interception. Cool, but not necessarily something I'd go into production with. And it doesn't work on ServicedComponents. Clemens Vasters showed how to do AOP in about 4 different contexts, including ASP.NET WebServices, EnterpriseServices, WinForms and using the remoting interception method. Best of all, he showed how to use the same metadata in each context. Very cool stuff, and all the samples will be posted to his blog.
I was particularly impressed by two things: the way he explained why AOP is interesting and useful using real world examples, and the AOP examples in ASP.NET web services, which is a great way to abstract the use of SOAP extensions. Check out his samples for more details.
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In this new neighborhood, none of the homeowners own the land
Laura Soto, 38, sands several planks of wood that will serve as the trim for the outside of her new home. A few feet from her lies a plank of wood labeled "front porch," another labeled "door." On a break from working, Soto talks color palette.
"The trim will be the rich white, the outside of the house will be darker gray and the door will be a lighter gray, and there will be an accent wall of a grayish-blue color," said Soto.
Soto, a mother of three who earns roughly $39,000 a year as a medical assistant, will soon be a first-time homeowner. For $150,000, she'll purchase the first of 67 homes in a neighborhood built by Habitat for Humanity in Northeast Austin.
In a city where the median home value is $305,510, that's a steal.
Soto is buying a home in what will be the state's largest community land trust, a model where a nonprofit or a municipality owns the land a home sits on. In this case, Austin Habitat for Humanity will own the land. The city and several nonprofits currently run community land trusts throughout the city.
"Instead of your typical situation where the homeowner would come in and buy both the home and the land underneath the home, here the homeowner comes in and buys the home," said Eliza Platts-Mills, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law. "But they don't buy the land."
Soto will pay roughly $25 a month to rent the land beneath her three-bedroom home. She'll pay taxes on the house and the land rental fee. Should she choose to sell the home, rules dictate who can buy that home and at what price.
"The homeowners can't turn around and sell the home to whoever they want at whatever price they want," said Platts-Mills.
State law requires that community land trust homes be sold to families making 80 percent of the median family income in the area, or $65,100 for a family of four in Austin. (There are some exceptions to this rule.) Habitat for Humanity is lowering that to 60 percent of the median family income, or $48,850 for a family of four.
That same law also restricts increases to the home value year over year. In Soto's case, the value of her home will increase by 1.5 percent each year. That means Soto won't get to cash in on her investment in the way that many homeowners can in Austin, as home and land values skyrocket in the city.
"It's certainly not the (usual) unfettered access to the market appreciation, but the reality is that we couldn't do that and keep the homes affordable for the next buyer," said Wayne Gerami, vice president of client services at Austin Habitat for Humanity. "We've really shifted to prioritize affordability for the community more than wealth creation for individual families."
When she's ready to move into her new home early next year, Soto will have put in nearly 300 hours of building time with Habitat for Humanity, something the nonprofit calls "sweat equity." She will also have spent 30 hours in a class aimed at helping first-time homebuyers plan their finances.
Soto currently pays $1,300 a month to rent a house in Austin. She estimates the monthly mortgage on her new home will cost her nearly half that, roughly $760 a month. Her commute, she said, will remain the same.
"I'm very, very excited and very fortunate to have this opportunity," said Soto.
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Hello Lovelies!
I know I haven't been sharing much in my blog and that's because I have been more active on my Facebook Group and Youtube. It is now time for my Halloween obsession to kick off and I have quite a few halloween hauls up on my channel. Here are 2 of my recent halloween hauls!
I also have a ton of new projects lined up on my youtube channel that I can't wait to share and my annual halloween series too! So excited for all these upcoming projects!
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Download NewPGen and LLR (see
- create a directory
- start NewPGen.exe
- if you got a presieved file from here:
- choose 'Continue sieving an old file' and fill the output file
else choose 'Create a new file and fill input and output file
- choose 'Type' -> k*b^n-1 with k fixed' and fill base, k, nmin and max
- check 'Verify results'
- check 'Options -> Use two save files'
- check 'Options -> Log the numbers removed'
- check 'Worker thread Prority -> normal'
- press 'Start'
- mostly run this for several hours
To decide if you sieve deep enough you have to run LLR.
If the sieve-time for one n is much higher you can use LLR till that time of NewPGen and sieve further.
- start LLR.exe
- choose 'Test -> Input Data' - fill in the Input File i.e. the Output File from NewPgen
- fill in the Output File say 'xxxprim.txt' where prime values stored
- press 'OK' and let LLR calculate...
For further information look the descriptions of those programs.