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Today is time for a foundation battle: Bourjois Healthy Mix vs Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua. The 4th topic of the #2014BloggerChallenge is high end/ drugstore vs high street and what a better post than comparing two foundations from sister companies ?
Interesting fact: Contrary to popular belief, Bourjois owns Chanel and not the other way around!
General information and prices:
- Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation comes in 8 shades, so not a big variety and they all tend to have a yellow undertone. Unfortunately, they don't cater for super pale or darker skin tones.It retails for about 12-15 euros.
- Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua comes in 10 shades: 5 with warm/yellow undertone (B10, B20, B30, B40, B50) and 5 with cool/pink undertone(BR10, BR20, BR30, BR40, BR50). It retails for about 35-40 euros.
- Bourjois Healthy Mix - I have this in the lightest shade (51 Light Vanilla) and it is a teeny tiny bit darker than my skin tone when I am on my lightest(usually around this time of the year), but nothing noticeable.
- Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua - I have this in B10 and when I just poor it out of the bottle looks crazy orange. Fortunately, all the orangeness goes away when I started to blend it into my face. B10 is a little darker than Bourjois's 51 Ligh Vanilla, so I need to make sure I always blend it down my neck. I am pretty sure in summer, this will be a spot on match, but I definitely can make it work even now, without much effort.
- Coverage - With only one layer applied, definitely, Bourjois Healthy Mix gives a better coverage, but they can be build up to same point -medium coverage. Though, the final coverage which can be achieved is the same, Bourjois wins here, just because you need to use less products.
- Texture - Here, they are definitely equal - both Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua and Bourjois Healthy Mix have a smooth, "gel-like" texture.
- Finish - I feel that Bourjois Healthy Mix gives a more dewy finish, which is not always the best on my oily skin. Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua gives a nice satiny finish - it looks just like skin but better. Neither of this foundation cling to dry patches.
- Bourjois Healthy Mix lasts on my combination skin for around 6 hours (if nothing comes in contact with my face during this time) before it starts to wear off. Unfortunately, it doesn't wear off evenly and it's NOT transfer resistant.
- Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua lasts on my skin for around 9 hours before it starts to wear off. It wears off evenly and, on me, it is transfer resistant.
- I like both this foundations, but I like Vitalumiere Aqua a little more, just because it doesn't transfer and it lasts on skin more. Because of the hefty Chanel price tag, I tend to use the Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation on days I know I don't need my foundation to stay on for a long time. Also, some days I like the dewiness of the Bourjois foundation, so I use it to achieve a dewy look.
- I would recommend both of these foundations depending on your budget: if you are searching for an affordable everyday foundation go for Bourjois Healthy Mix, if your budget allows you to spend more, go for Chanel.


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Low ADL Monitoring Program (LAMP)
The Low ADL Monitoring Program (LAMP) is a VISN 8 Community Care Coordination Service (CCCS) program designed to address the needs of Veterans with activities of daily living (ADL) dependence through care coordination and the use of home monitoring and communications technology. The goal of LAMP is to promote independence and the maintenance of skills necessary to remain living at home, enhance quality of life, increase access to services, and reduce health related costs for functionally impaired Veterans.
LAMP provides services for home-based Veterans who require personal assistance with at least two basic ADLs (eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, and mobility). Veterans enrolled in LAMP receive a functional and home assessment by an occupational therapist, basic assistive technology and minor home environmental modifications, training and education, and referrals for additional services. They also receive daily remote monitoring via an in-home messaging device or personalized web-form dialogue via computer/internet-based communication. A key aspect of LAMP is care coordination, an interdisciplinary approach to meeting Veterans' needs across the continuum of care. LAMP staff work collaboratively with primary care providers and clinicians to reduce complications, hospitalizations, and unscheduled clinic and ER visits.
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Emirates' staff get insight into innovative technology from Rolls-Royce
Monday, May 1, 2017 — DUBAI, U.A.E., 01 May 2017 - Staff at Emirates received a unique opportunity to understand the technology behind the gas turbines that power the Rolls-Royce aircraft engines when Andrew Harrison, Chief Life Cycle Engineer, Rolls-Royce visited Emirates Engineering. Harrison, who has over 30 years of experience with Rolls-Royce, is a member of the Rolls-Royce engineering fellowship, representing the 100 most senior technical specialists accountable for maintaining Rolls-Royce at the cutting edge of technology and competitiveness, and a member of the UK National Council for Through Life Engineering Services which provides strategy and direction for UK industry, Academia and the Government.
During the interaction Harrison took the audience, which composed of both technical and non-technical staff, through an interactive journey detailing the components, function and basic operations of the gas turbines that drive the aircraft. At the end of the session, staff also had the opportunity to go through a fully immersive and virtual exploration of the architecture of the Rolls-Royce engine through Hololens.
"We are delighted to welcome Andrew Harrison at Emirates Engineering for what is an extremely valuable educational opportunity for our staff, especially for those in non-technical positions to get a good understanding of the technology that drives our aircraft," said Ahmed Safa, Emirates Senior Vice President, Engineering Support Services. "We will continue to work with our partners including Rolls-Royce to deliver training and developmental opportunities for our staff," he added.
This is not the first time that Emirates and Rolls-Royce have collaborated on training and education. Earlier in 2015, Rolls-Royce presented a Trent 900 training engine to Emirates at the Dubai Air Show. This allowed staff and trainees to familiarise themselves with the mechanics and the operations of the engine that powers Airbus A380s up to one year ahead of the delivery of the first Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft with the Rolls-Royce engines. Emirates has so far taken delivery of 5 Airbus A380 aircraft fitted with the Trent 900 engines with the first aircraft joining the fleet in December 2016.
Every year Emirates also nominates up to 15 UAE National employees from various management roles within the Group to participate in the Rolls-Royce Leadership Training Programme. The programme, composed of two modules, trains delegates on various aspects of business and leadership including creativity and innovation in management and sustainability. As of 2017, 6 cohorts from Emirates Group have completed their training programme with Rolls-Royce.


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Even if many shoppers will be one-time purchasers with a specific retailer, big brands that have strategies in place to capture and retain the surge of customer activity that occurs during shopping events, can transform a great percent of this type of customers into lifelong customers.
Moreover, knowing how to take advantage of these annual opportunities can result in not only big engagement spikes during these periods, but also in an increase in year-round revenue. However, what makes customers shop again in the same store or with the same brand after the holiday shopping season? According to the Wirecard Holiday Shopping Report the top three main drivers are prices (64%), offers and products (46%), and the quality of the products (39%). Still, it's not always the lowest price that wins out. Retailers that provide plenty of information (reviews, recommendations, advice, pictures, etc.), enable their prospective customer to make a decision feeling that they are buying with confidence.
Additional appreciated benefits are free shipping (32%), customer service (27%), and personalized discounts based on shopper's preferences (22%). For stationary retailers, free shipping is very important– especially with large or bulky goods. For example, if you buy a pressure cooker in a busy city centre, you don't want to have to carry it around all day with you. You want it to be shipped home free of charge, wherever you happen to live. Nevertheless, faster shipping has started to beat out free shipping. There are thousands of Amazon customers opting into Amazon Now's prime delivery service that can deliver goods to target areas within an hour (or less). An infographic from Amazon revealed that in 2017 the marketplace shipped more than 5 billion products worldwide via it's Amazon Prime service, with delivery times as fast as just eight or nine minutes.
Moreover, successful retailers enable an outstanding shopping experience based on omnichannel technology; with attractive prices, personalized offers and optimal customer service – not just in terms of advice, but also when it comes to complaints and exchange. Usually consumers' lives are "omnichannel" as they don't think in 'offline' or 'online' terms. Some of the reasons behind consumers combining channels are possibilities such as comparing prices (51%) or similar products in different stores (18%) and the option to try/see/test products before buying (9%), the Wirecard Holiday Shopping Report added.
Another aspect to take into account is accepting a variety of payment methods to minimize friction. Where retailers once accepted only credit cards and PayPal, customers now want to pay with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, mobile payment options like Samsung and Apple pay as well as traditional credit cards. Also, offering payment solutions popular in specific regions, such as Alipay in Asia, opens up a whole new group of customers to Western retailers.
By providing additional payment methods retailers can reduce the friction during the checkout process. They want to make the path to a conversion as simple as possible and to streamline the shopping and checkout process to close the transaction as quickly as possible. As a result, every step in the buying process is a point of friction and gives the shopper a chance to reconsider. Amazon's 1-click is a good example of a rapid checkout. If customer information is stored after a registration – ideal for returning customers – a streamlined checkout of this nature can lift conversions during the holiday season where customers are rushed to get individual purchases completed.
Also, let's not forget about the possibility of mobile payment to add value to a consumer's shopping experience. Accepting mobile payment is an absolute must for merchants, with the trend showing no signs of slowing down.
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Several factors are reinforcing the need to add LED lighting to growing facilities including: climate changes, rising population, property prices, and increasing demand for natural compounds. In this scientific study, researchers point out specific examples proving that LEDs can improve productivity and beneficial chemical production compared to natural light.
Illumitex horticulture specialists make a point to research secondary metabolites, because they are an important factor to many customers. Secondary metabolites add nutrition, flavor, and value to produce. This report discusses secondary metabolites in depth, offering results from different lighting treatments.
LEDs Trigger Production of Secondary Compounds
Plants exposed to high light develop short and long-term response mechanisms to reduce stress. Although secondary metabolites are not critical for plant growth, they enhance and protect the plant, contributing to increased survival.
In Table 1, experimental data shows the effects of LEDs on plant growth parameters and metabolism compared to fluorescent lights and high pressure sodium lights.
A petunia hybrid was tested for its volatile molecules (secondary metabolites). The results show LEDs produced increased levels of benzylalcohol, 2-phenylethanol, and phenyl-acetaldehyde.
Panax ginseng tested metabolites phenolic acids to compare LEDs versus HID and Flourescent. The results show LEDs produced higher amounts of vanilic acid, coumaric acid and ferulic acid.
Another plant examined in the study is Mentha, or mint, essential oil. M. Spicata under two LED treatments had a higher percentage than a treatment using sunlight. M. Piperita growing under LED treatments produced better results than the sunlight treatment. M. Longifolia had similar results under LED and sunlight treatments.
There is much work to be done to fully understand the impact of LED lights on primary and secondary metabolism of photosynthetic organisms. This report shows that LEDs can be used in the pre-harvest and post-harvesting processes. Depending on the wavelengths used, the amounts and profiles of several valuable secondary metabolites can be altered.
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Rust Programming By Example
Rust is an open source, safe, concurrent, practical language created by Mozilla. It runs blazingly fast, prevents segfaults, and guarantees safety. This book gets you started with essential software development by guiding you through the different aspects of Rust programming. With this approach, you can bridge the gap between learning and implementing immediately.
Beginning with an introduction to Rust, you'll learn the basic aspects such as its syntax, data types, functions, generics, control flows, and more. After this, you'll jump straight into building your first project, a Tetris game. Next you'll build a graphical music player and work with fast, reliable networking software using Tokio, the scalable and productive asynchronous IO Rust library.
Over the course of this book, you'll explore various features of Rust Programming including its SDL features, event loop, File I/O, and the famous GTK+ widget toolkit. Through these projects, you'll see how well Rust performs in terms of concurrency—including parallelism, reliability, improved performance, generics, macros, and thread safety. We'll also cover some asynchronous and reactive programming aspects of Rust.
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Whether its news, politics, entertainment or advertising, the British accent seems everywhere in American culture.
There are many contemporary British-accented characters making a heavy impact, including Piers Morgan of CNN, Stuart Varney of Fox News, Stewie of Family Guy, entertainer/host Ricky Gervais, and the Geiko Gecko.
The simple explanation for all these British accents may be in how Americans perceive them.
A recent Harris Interactive Poll indicates that for Americans, when comparing American accents to British accents, the British accents receive much higher marks for sounding well-educated, intelligent, and sophisticated.
This research seems to indicate the preponderance of British accents in American popular culture can be attributed to marketing efforts by entertainment and advertising executives. A British accent sounds smart, reliable, knowledgeable. These marketing efforts are one more way to get to the mind of the consumer.
Of all the broadcasts for American sports on television, Soccer seems to be the one utilizing the British accent most often. The effect of using this marketing tool may work for Soccer fans already accustomed to the sport, but is it the best idea for reigning in new fans to the sport?
Nicknames and terminology in Soccer already have a foreign touch. Will too many British-sounding announcers add to the chaos and be a turn off for new fans or will fans not notice the subtlety of the marketing ploy?
The subliminal effect of the British accent is what executives seem to be most interested in. What goes unnoticed, yet is accepted, is the most important message: reeling in the consumer without them catching on to why they are being influenced is the most effective type of promotion.
There is an obvious gamble being taken with British-accented television broadcasters doing American Soccer matches. New viewers to the sport may grow frustrated with the abundance of technical jargon these broadcasters are known for and may grow to feel more alienated to the game.
So for attracting new fans, the ploy could be defeating its purpose.
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Promovida por los Misioneros Claretianos
Mission is the fruit of deep Christ-experience the individual has and the urge to share it with others. The Church is, by its very nature, missionary on account of its origin in the mission of the Son and the Holy Spirit. The very reason of our existence in the Church as Claretians is our identity as the Missionary Servants of the Word. Being Claretians is the concrete way of being men, Christians, religious, priests and apostles, and all our life is shaped by this charism which is offered and shared in the community. Just as in the life of St. Antony Mary Claret, our vocational experience is the organizing principle of our existence and the motivating force of our entire life and apostolate. It is this inner experience of the call of God that renders us restless with an ardent zeal for God and consumes us with the 'passion of God' for His people. It provokes us to make an urgent, timely and effective response to the challenges of our times.


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The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Science Learning Partnership (SLP) covers all of the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire geographical area. Our aim is to allow all staff to support students to ensure they are the best that they can be and we are proud to have provided teachers, technicians and other educators with high impact, subject-specific professional development in science and other STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
As well as a wide range of science courses we also encourage schools to consider bespoke CPLD (previously CPD) designed to match their development needs through high impact professional development in both pedagogy and subject specific content. We work with individuals or whole school teams to develop science curriculums, hold network groups for science leaders, NQT/RQT's and technicians to develop and share the expertise within the schools in our region.
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Автор: Hungry Minds
Название: javascript Weekend Crash Course
Издательство: Hungry Minds
Язык: Английский
Год: 2001
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Learn javascript fast! With javascript Weekend Crash Course, you can get up to speed programming javascript applications in a single weekend!
This book begins at the beginning and assumes no prior javascript experience. You'll learn the essentials of javascript from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon.
This book is for anyone who needs to learn how to create a javascript-based Web site. If you have no programming experience, you'll find a complete introduction to the javascript language along with examples of how to carry out common Web-programming tasks. If you already know about "javascript the language," you'll find a ton of tips and techniques that you can use to enhance your existing Web sites.
If you need to put together a Web site that does something more than just sit there, this book is for you. Over the course of one weekend, you'll learn about the javascript language and how it fits into the scheme of Web page creation. Along the way, you'll learn about lots of other Web-based technologies and how javascript can work with them to create interactive and interesting Web sites.
It's important to note that this is not a javascript reference book! If you are looking for table after table of javascript language minutiae, you won't find it here. Instead, you'll find examples of how javascript can be used to solve real Web-programming challenges.
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A Thanksgiving tradition now in its 31st year. Join us at beautiful Lake Eola bright and early Thanksgiving morning and burn some calories before you feast! Participate as over 4,000 runners, joggers and walkers, many dressed in full costumes or Thanksgiving themed hats hit the course for a morning of fun to raise money for Meals on Wheels and other programs that support seniors in our community.
• Finisher Medal
• Best Costume Contest
• Best Turkey Call
• Oldest Participant Award
• Top Fundraising Team: 1st, 2nd, 3rd!
• FREE Tot Trot
Thursday, November 26, 2020
7:00 am: Costume judging begins by Track Shack Registration tent
7:45 am: Turkey Call judging begins by Start/Finish Line
8:00 am: 5k (3.1 miles)
9:15 am: Tot Trot
Lake Eola
227 N. Eola Dr.
Orlando, FL 32801
Registration is scheduled to open in June.
Processing fees will apply. Capacity: 4,500
$33- Through Nov. 14
$38- Nov. 15 - Nov. 25
$45- Race day at race site
$38- Virtual Race
Keeping Central Florida Fit is our mission. Walkers are encouraged to participate in all Track Shack races. Municipalities require that road ways are clear of participants and opened as soon as the race is complete. That is why a maximum pace of 15 minutes per mile is set. If the pace isn't maintained, race officials will ask you to move to the sidewalk to re-open the roadways.
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The ability to lead effectively is based on a number of key skills. These skills are highly sought after by employers as they involve dealing with people in such a way as to motivate, enthuse and build respect. Leadership roles are all around us, not just in a work environment. They can be applied to any situation where you are required to take the lead, professionally, socially and at home in family settings. Ideally, leaders become leaders because they have credibility and because people want to follow them.
Two questions which are often asked are:
- Who exactly is a leader? and
- How is being a leader different from being a manager?
Many people also wonder if leadership can really be taught. People with vested interests (academics and those offering leadership training or literature of some sort) are convinced that it can. Many successful leaders, however, have never had any formal training. For them, leadership is a state of mind, and it is their personalities and traits that make them successful leaders.
One of the most important aspects of leadership is that not every leader is the same. Of course, we have all heard jokes about 'mushroom' leadership (keep them in the dark and feed them on manure) and 'seagulls' (swoop in, squawk, and drop unpleasant things on people), but joking aside, there are many different styles of leadership.
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You can, of course, learn about effective leadership skills and practices but being able to implement them yourself may require an altogether different set of skills and attitudes. The question "Can leadership be taught?" has no simple answer and we do not want to argue for one side or the other, but rather keep an open mind on the subject and provide information about the skills good leaders need.
Skills Good Leaders Need
Perhaps the most important skill a leader needs is to be able to think strategically.
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30 April-29 May. Outdoor Extra hosts five weekends of cultural events.
Following the successful sixth edition of the urban art festival Outdoor last October, NUfactory returns with Outdoor Extra, a month-long cultural programme showcasing art, music, architecture, fashion, food and beverage at the disused military barracks on Via Guido Reni.
Located near the Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI), in the Flaminio district of Rome, the 30,000-sqm venue acts as the headuarters of the festival, with five different events taking place over the weekends between 30 April and 29 May.
Outdoor Extra kicks off on 30 April with an exhibition by Alex Fakso, an established Italian street photographer whose large-scale works document contemporary underground movements within Italy's urban environments.
The weekend of 30 April-1 May is dedicated to mixology, the art of mixing cocktails, with the festival Spirits: two days of tastings along with challenges between the best bartenders in Rome, cocktail masterclasses and live music.
The next weekend, 7-8 May, the festival's base becomes part of the capital's Open House Roma circuit, which offers free guided tours of 170 of Rome's most interesting, but normally out-of-bounds, sites. Also on 7 May is Watergate Nacht, from 21.00, an event co-organised with the famous Watergate Club in Berlin, with live dj sets playing German techno music.
On 14 May the festival hosts the second edition of Italianism, a conference focusing on Italian creativity, featuring encounters, exhibitions and concerts with young Italian artists and professionals from fields such as art direction, design, illustration, photography and video. Parallel to Italianism is Bombadischi Night with the Rome-based independent record label that promotes new sounds on the Italian music scene.
On the weekend of 20-21 May revellers can look forward to Spring Attitude, the international festival dedicated to electronic music and its emerging sounds, while the Outdoor Extra programme ends on 28-29 May, with an interactive festival dedicated entirely to Ginnika, Italian sneakers synonymous with street culture, enlivened with dj sets and live performances.
The sixth edition of Outdoor Festival last autumn hosted 17 street artists and 16 musicians, and attracted over 42,000 spectators.
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The U.S. Air Force is looking to develop a mini-drone that's capable of sneaking up on a potential target and spraying it with an invisible powder so it can be tracked down at will, but not just for the sake of killing people. According to the Danger Room, the military claims this could also come in handy for "identifying friendly forces" and "tracking wildlife." Ha, sure.
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White Wine True Crime is a place for like-minded true crime enthusiasts to come together and talk about all the horrible stuff they watch! Finally!
Although Kari is ten years older, Caitlin is leagues ahead of her in maturity, and they found that their differences worked well together creatively. On the drive back from a comedy show, Caitlin and Kari were discussing both their love of the Investigation Discovery channel, and their love of white wine. The concept for a White Wine True Crime podcast developed, and the screen adaptation of White Wine True Crime Live is in the works.


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First race of the season, first race in Germany. Steinberger See is a
lake ('See' means lake in German) 1hr from Nuernberg and this half
marathon is a out and back course on a road side path connecting
Steinberger See and Murner See which is conveniently 10.6kms apart. It's
a very local race with only ~150 runners, mostly belonging to the
running clubs around here.
My race plan exchanged by email and discussed with Steve was for this
flat half-marathon to try, if at all possible, to beat my time on last
years half marathon time in Swavesey of 1hr43m38s which had already been
a PB. I compared both as I assumed that since this was ran between two
lakes was as flat as last years race which had a total ascent of
38meters. The plan was simple: 5min/km for the first 10kms, do a check
on how I feel and push from there.
Mentally I split the half marathon into 3 parts: beginning (km 1 - 9,
5mins/km, high zone 2), middle (km 10 - 16, 4:52mins/km, zone 3), push
(km 17 - km 21, 4:40mins/km, zone 4). If I felt too fatigued or
something went wrong I would stick to my HR zones and see how far that
would get me. After all I spent half of the week in Barcelona eating too
much, going to bed too late and arrived home the day before the race
close to midnight. Eleven hours after arriving from Barcelona I would be
doing the half-marathon, so I was not too confident about how I was
going to do it.
Fortunately, German races start late. This half marathon started at
11.00 so I could sleep a bit longer and leave only at 9.30am to the race
after my usual race breakfast of coffee and ReadyBrek with soy milk,
peanut butter, maple syrup and a banana.
I arrived and felt slightly intimidated. These Germans looked serious
about a race that to me was just the first race of the season. Top-notch
gear doing all kinds of warm up exercises and looking pretty fit. Right
there and then I started to get nervous and wondering if I was ready or
if I was going to make myself look like a fool, got my race number and
went for a short warm up run of a few hundred meters. Heard the race
organizer talk a little bit, even though I didn't understand a word and
then I put my HR belt. I noted to Jenny that my HR was starting at 71bpm
and went to the race start. Unfortunately the race start was packed and
I started pretty much towards the end.
And just like that we were off. I felt quite stiff and the legs didn't
feel like they wanted to run so I started to wish I hadn't indulged so
much the past week in Barcelona. When nothing else works, blame the
tapas! It didn't take long to understand this was not going to be a
normal half marathon. First off, everyone started at a record breaking
pace. Second, my HR after 500m was reporting 163bpm which I knew was not
correct. Third, this was not flat. From the first kilometer it should be
considered at least undulating.
Undulating courses present a problem... you cannot easily guide yourself
by pace since you can be doing 4:30min/km downhill followed by
5:20min/km uphill. Trying to keep the 5min/km goal would have been
foolish. I would need to guide myself by HR if, that is, my HR was
working. However I was still getting reports of around 160bpm after the
first 3 or 4kms.
Things got worse since this undulating turned out to be pretty hilly and
windy. By kilometer 3.5 we started an ascent with parts having grade 8%.
In 1.5km we climbed 60m. By kilometer 8 we had climbed close to 100m. As
a consequence the GPS report on my distance also started to fail given
GPS altitude corrections are sketchy at best so I was at this point
300meters further ahead than what my GPS was reporting. I knew then that
not only the pace values were correct, the distance was not correct and
the HR was still hovering on 160bpm which was not correct either. I was
literally for the first time in any race with absolutely no idea how I
was doing except that I knew I was under 160bpm, most likely 154 (high
zone 3 for me), and around 300meters ahead of what my watch reported. I
could readjust this offset each time I passed a kilometer marker. So,
for example, by kilometer 8 my watch was showing 7.7kms.
I had brought 2 gels, one hydro to have without water by km 12 and
another to have with water in the aid station by km 17. I broke one of
my rules and by kilometer 9 I had the hydro which I had brought for
later in the race. However my legs were faltering and I was wondering
what to do. Either I would push and break, or push and have a good time,
or not push and have an embarrassing result. After the turnaround point
my biggest concern was how I was going to deal with the long uphill,
which on the way to Murner See had been a long downhill. My legs were
starting to numb and it started to feel hard to go into a higher gear
with them. I had been running alone until now but at the turnaround
point I noticed a group of 4 runners running at a good pace in front of
me so I latched on to them. Behind them which covered me from the wind.
They mentioned a 4:35min/km pace which I thought was way to fast for me,
however if I lost them I would fall back and then have to climb the hill
by myself and against the wind. So I focused on one thing: follow the
green shoes. One of the runners in the pack had green shoes so I forgot
about everything and simply followed the shoes. At times I really
thought I couldn't do it anymore but one sore leg in front of the other
sore leg and soon I had climbed. I knew now that albeit undulating it
was mostly downhill. By kilometer 16 I had a steep downhill and then an
undulating part to the finish line. Once in the downhill bit the group
stayed together but were going downhill slower than I thought I could so
I overtook them and blasted downhill. I just kept going but by kilometer
marker 18 the downhill had finished, I was running alone and things got
harder to the point where depending on how I put my feet on the floor I
felt a cramp surging either on my calf or quad. By without ever
settling, managing this sudden cramp was doable even while running at a
good pace. I had about 500meters on what my watch was telling me and by
now my ability for arithmetic was gone since somehow I looked at my
watch at kilometer marker 18, saw my time was around 1h28m and had a
sudden rush of joy when I realized I might do under 1h40m. For 2 long
kilometers I deluded myself even though the calculations were making
sense in my head. Only when I saw kilometer marker 20 and looked at my
watch to see I was 1h37m in, I noticed my foolishness.
I kept a consistent, careful pace in order to ensure the cramps I had
been feeling wouldn't settle and so that I could at least break my last
years PB. For the last 500 meters I had Jenny running next to me and
screaming to run faster. It felt good to have her run next to me but the
legs didn't comply with running faster. Actually I just couldn't feel
them except for the sudden cramp onset which would go as quickly as it
came. I was just flowing to the finish line which I crossed in 1h41m38s.
I did not break 1h40m but I did break my previous PB on a course which
had 213m ascent instead of 38m (as it was last year). I made two
mistakes that would be easily avoided: not washing my HR belt for a
while (it was full of salt crystals which caused the HR readings issue)
and didn't actually ask what the profile of the route was assuming it
was flat because it was near a lake.
I am however happy, even if extremely sore. Mainly because I ran my
hardest half-marathon with practically no gadget support, managed to
latch on a group which took me through a hard bit of the race and pulled
the away afterwards ending up in a good time. Had the race been flat,
who knows which time I would have done... maybe break the 1h40m. Oh
well, next time!


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If your business is only using part of a property with the rest completely unused for a short period of time, we can give a temporary discount.
After applying a member of our business rates team may visit your property to see if you're eligible for the discount.
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Consumers in need of a quick emergency loan no longer need to rely on a payday lender. Increasingly, banks are offering what they call direct-deposit loans, giving customers access to short-term advances. But, buyer beware. While they aren't called payday loans, they share some of the same characteristics.
Direct-deposit advance loans "operate and function just like payday loans," says Diane Standaert, an attorney with the Center for Responsible Lending, the Durham, N.C., nonprofit working to prevent financial abuses. "They have the same devastating impact."
Direct-deposit loans, which are offered by banks including U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo and Regions Financial, enable bank depositors to borrow money against their next paycheck, Social Security check or unemployment benefit that is directly deposited in their account.
Banks that offer these types of loans say their products are different from payday loans because they have lower interest rates than traditional payday loans, and loans are made only to existing customers. In most cases, customers can only borrow up to a maximum of $500, but some banks, including Wells Fargo, limit the loan to half of the direct deposit or $500.
The idea behind direct-deposit loans is to give customers access to emergency cash for which the bank is automatically reimbursed a few days to a couple of weeks later, depending on when funds are deposited in their bank account.
A center study says the loans can have an annual interest rate of 365 percent based on the typical term of 10 days.
Unlike a payday loan in which the consumer typically has 14 days to pay it back, with direct-deposit loans consumers may not even have the money for a full 14 days before it's repaid, says Lauren K. Saunders, managing attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, the Washington, D.C., nonprofit advocacy group.
"Depending on how long the loan is outstanding, the interest rate can be 300 percent to 400 percent," Saunders says. As soon as a direct deposit comes into the account, "which could be three days later," the bank takes the money plus interest, she says.
Direct-deposit loans aren't cheap
In June, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which regulates banks, proposed guidelines for direct-deposit loans, warning banks not to automatically enroll consumers and urging banks to limit repeat loans and to clearly disclose fees.
Jean Ann Fox, director of financial services for Washington, D.C.-based Consumer Federation of America, the consumer advocacy group, says banks provide "voluminous disclosures" on these types of loans. But the information only refers to a loan held for a full year, not as if it was paid back in a few days.
Wells Fargo charges $1.50 for every $20 borrowed up to $500, while U.S. Bank charges consumers $2 for every $20 taken out up to $500. Regions Financial charges $1 for every $10 borrowed up to $500.
Richele Messick, a spokeswoman for Wells Fargo, says direct-deposit loans are available to consumers that have established relationships with the bank and have a recurring direct deposit into a checking account. While Messick says the bank makes it clear this is an expensive form of credit, she says there is a need for this product because it's designed to help customers through an emergency situation. "It's not intended to solve longer-term financial needs," Merrick says.


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Spy Gameby magzh - Compo Entry
Due to a poor time management, I was unable to finish this game.
Walk with WASD
Mouse to watch around
Press "Space" to shapeshift into the last person you touched
Press "E" to talk with a person (not all have dialogue options)
Press "Escape" to exit game
This was supposed to be a spy game, where you had to steal enemy plans by shapeshifting into different people in the mansion. There is a stealth element where you would've tried to avoid people while shapeshifting. Some rooms were only supposed to be accessible only if you had a proper clearance. For example: to access general's office and talk with him, you would have to shapeshift into colonel someone of higher rank.
UI that shows your current form and your stolen shape
Shapeshifting into other people
Different dialogues based on whose shape you currently have (Works as a feature but not all dialogues options were written. You can test them out on the butler near mansion entrance as he has a different dialogue for every shape)
People get alert if you shapeshift in front of them
People get alert if they see you in their shape
People get alert if they see you and the person whose shape you stole at the same time
NOTE: Gameover screen wasn't done, so they just get a red alert sign to show they saw you doing something suspicious
--MISSING FEATURES-- (that were planned)
Graphics for environment and majority of the environment itself
More dynamic scene, by making people walk around, to create a challenge by making it harder to find a spot to shapeshift and create a chance to bump into a person you shapeshifted into.
Shapeshifting animation, so it won't be instant and increase risk of getting discovered during it.
Everything else, that I probably forgot to mention.
Unity 5.3
Abundant music website
Well this is it for my first Ludum Dare. Next time I would probably try to spend some more time on planning, so I won't waste time on jumping from one feature to another, and also probably chose an idea that I can finish in a given time.
Downloads and Links
Idea itself was not bad, but the game felt more like a demo. Implementing feature after feature usually doesn't work well. At least you got some experience for future game development and that's what Ludum Dare is all about.
The concept is super interesting! But I can see why the scope of the idea made finishing it really difficult. I love the polaroid graphic showing you the identities available. The character design is cute too, they remind me of the Russian doll characters in Stacking.
The way the controls are designed is somewhat awkward - I would have assumed that the WASD movement would be camera-relative, not mouse position-relative. Depending on how tricky you wanted the stealth elements to be, simpler controls might be a good idea.
Nice idea, but as described, it feels more like a demo. You should have focused more on gameplay than like music and shadows, at least in my opinion :)
But nice idea, and the stuff that is implemented looks good
I like the idea, congratulations on your first entry.
I think this game can be really awesome if you continur your game post-LD, if you got a web site or something, i'll follow this project
Graphics are cute and music is very fitting! It's a pity that you didn't have time to close up the gameplay! Good job on your first LD :)
Keep up the good work! I can see great potential! :)
Too bad you couldn't finish your game. Better luck next time!
Idea is not bad at all. Within context, I'd say the controls (mouse turning) were the part I liked the least.
Really nice concept, a real shame you were unable to complete it.
Elegant simple graphics were charming too.
It's a great start for a game and what you had the time to implement is really sweet ! It reminds me Jazzpunk a little bit, the concept is nice and I hope you won't give up this projet or game jams in general. Yeah 48 hours is a super difficult contraint the first times, (and even after about 20 game jams I had to turn to Jam category for the extra day this time - if you don't have anything planned on Monday next time you could consider to do that too to be more relax) but you'll see you'll learn a lot. Anyway, congrats for taking part this LD, honestly you did by far better than my first attempt 3 years ago. Keep jamming and better luck next time ;)
the music was nice, I like where you were going with the idea of the game. too bad you couldn't finish it.
music, idea and graphics are very nice!
the scope is a bit big for a gamejam - but learning that is a process. definitely a nice first entry!
Neat idea maybe a small game like hitman with shapeshifting but this game is quiete diffrent than i expted, sorry also well designed humans (easy but simple)
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Martha Reeves: Hatred is a disease that causes death of spirits, souls and dreams
CBS News asked noted figures in the arts, business and politics about their experience in today's civil rights movement, or about figures who inspired them in their activism.
Martha Reeves, singer (Martha Reeves and the Vandellas)
Is there something that you'd like to share about your personal connection to civil rights issues?
Born in Eufaula, Ala., and raised in Detroit, Mich., we spent our summer vacations in the South until our grandparents' demise, and experienced bigotry, prejudice and segregation first-hand. We knew both sides and recognized the difference between Northern and Southern living. I learned how to adjust, knowing hatred is taught, a disease contagious that causes death of spirits, souls and dreams.
As a recording artist, a message of the good news of love, I knew that our lyrics, supervised and screened by William Stevenson, William Smokey Robinson, and Motown Founder Berry Gordy and staff, were instruments of joy, personal feelings of grace and mercy, and a compassion that was shared all over the universe.
The ability to simply say "I Love You" with song and dance gave us the key to the world, and we traveled free to heal, enlighten, and understand one another's reasoning and comprehension.
Living long enough to appreciate electricity versus oil lamps, running water versus wells and water pumps, inside toilets versus out-houses, public school education, equal hospitalization, freedom to worship, I am grateful and thankful.
Please share a civil rights figure who influenced you personally.
There was never an occasion that afforded me the privilege of being in the presence of Dr. Martin Luther King, but just knowing first-hand the impact that he had on the world presenting, without a doubt, a plea for human dignity and equal rights gave me pride.
His masterpiece speech -- or should I say Sermon -- was a recording in Detroit by Berry Gordy of Motown Records, letting the world know that he was not afraid to carry out God's plan for his children. He gave every human being a reason to consider living together, unified, peaceful, and in harmony in this world that God created for us all.
"Free at last, free at last, Thank God almighty, we are free at last."
I realized that the United States had achieved the state of mind needed to win the battle of differences, and can share the world under God, one nation, indivisible.
We as a people had been promised constitutional citizenship rights in 1787 in the 13th through 15th Amendments. It was voided by the Supreme Court in 1833 [which held that the Bill of Rights could only apply to the federal governments, not the states].
In 1900, 18 states of the North and West had attempted to make a difference, but segregation was still legitimized. The year of my birth, 1941, [saw] legislative wars for outlawing discrimination in defense industries. After the war, the NAACP's lawyers fought all the way to the Supreme Court to desegregate the armed forces (1948), declaring segregation detrimental to blacks and unequal in public schools and facilities.
Then we applauded Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kan., May 17, 1954, proving segregation unconstitutional. Rosa Parks made a stand that had been attempted by other suppressed Southerners and succeeded in getting the attention in Montgomery, Ala., just before Christmas in 1955. A one-day boycott in protest, the loss of revenue to the bus system, and a historic movement by Black churches brought Dr. Martin Luther King (who led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference) in 1957 to force desegregation. Picketing, marching and boycotting spread during 1955 and 1960. Progress was made, but in the Deep South, the Ku Klux Klan remained stiff-necked and adamant.
Dr. King preached non-violence through organizations such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), launched in 1960. The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the "Freedom Riders" continued the movement, prompting civil rights legislation in Congress. The Federal government under Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy were crusaders, Kennedy even being assassinated before Congress finally acknowledged the legislation, and in 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.
Martin Luther King, who preached non-violence, was assassinated in April 1968.
We succeeded in making like-minded people, and faith in religion showed the true spirit of love for one another -- one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and Justice for all is surely becoming reality. Laws introduced by Moses, exercised by David, and proved by Jesus Christ the son of the Living God are being practiced.
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Saturday, May 21, 2016
Donations: Mario Marathon 2016 and Child's Play Charity
I'm a gamer. I love board games and video games, and try to turn life into a meta game whenever I can. Games are fun, and they can make other activities fun.
One of the worst activities I can think of for little kids is being in a situation that is completely out of control and beyond understanding. Being sick and in the hospital for something that you can't begin to understand, or being in a strange place with a parent because it's not safe at home for some reason both fit in this description. This is where Child's Play comes in.
FTFWP: Child's Play seeks to improve the lives of children in hospitals and domestic violence shelters through the generosity and kindness of the video game industry and the power of play.
To sum up: Child's Play is a means for us to get games, toys, activity books, art supplies, and anything you can imagine a kid would want to play with to a group of kids would could definitely use it, the sick and the endangered.
Since 2008 Mario Marathon has hosted a video game play marathon almost yearly in order to bring awareness to Child's Play and drive donations for the charity. After a couple year hiatus, they are back!
Brian, John, and the rest of the MM crew will be hosting on www.mariomarathon.com the 2016 Mario Marathon. You guys can watch them play, and donate money to add more levels! Every time you donate, they give away gifts, t-shirts, and various other prizes. The gameplay starts on June 24th and doesn't stop until they've completed all of the levels!
So if you have the time, love games, love gaming, and want to help some kids out, hop over to www.mariomarathon.com on June 24th and make a donation!
Thanks Folks!
Monday, May 9, 2016
Transit of Mercury
If you're reading this between the times of 11:12 and 18:42 UTC (7:12 a.m. to 2:42 p.m. Eastern US time) on Monday, May 9, 2016, then the transit of Mercury is occurring right now.
Check out Phil's (The Bad Astronomer) article on the transit. A transit is when a planet passes between the earth and the sun, and with the proper gear, it can be see. NEVER LOOK INTO THE SUN WITHOUT PROTECTION.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Today is the 30 year anniversary of the Challenger tragedy. I remember being in early childhood classes and all of us sitting down and watching the launch, mostly because all of the teachers were excited to see another teacher go into space. Things did not turn out as planned.
This is the one event in my life that I sometimes use to differentiate myself from the people younger than me. Those who are a year or more younger (I'm 35) have no recollection of witnessing or what they were doing during this event. It is a tragedy that was watched by many, similar to the assassination of John F Kennedy or the falling of the World Trade Center.
I think this is a good moment for all of us to look back on out lives and think back on the history we've seen during our lives. No links in this article for now, as I'm still on the road, but everything in here is pretty easy to look up on Google. I'll run some edits this weekend of this post and add a bunch of links to various articles that are interesting.
Sunday, January 24, 2016
IMAC and Uranus
I'm at this year's International Modal Analysis Conference (IMAC) , and giving a couple papers on microphone calibrators and low noise microphones tomorrow. It's actually a lot of fun, mostly due to the fact that this community is very tight knit. I've been working in noise and vibration for well over a decade now, and it's great to come to a conference like this and see my professors, fellow grad students, coworkers, and other friends.
IO9 posted today that today is also the 30 year anniversary of the only pass (by Voyager 2) of the planet Uranus. Uranus is the first planet to be discovered. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were all known to the ancients, but Uranus was thought to be a star until 1781 when it was discovered by William Herschel. There are a bunch of fun facts about it, not the the least of which are its tilt with respect to its orbit (97.77°) and the naming convention of its various satellites (characters from William Shakespeare).
My busy months are pretty much over now. I'll be writing here more (I hope).


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Salaries of Defensive Coordinators in College Football
A defensive coordinator is in charge of the defense of a football team. A defensive coordinator's job involves recruiting, player development, planning a defensive scheme, selecting starters and creating a depth chart, and if employed by a major college football program, managing several assistant coaches. The offensive and defensive coordinators are generally considered the second in command of a football team after the head coach, and successful defensive coordinators can earn solid six figure salaries. They may also earn additional money from various sources, including sports camps and bonuses.
SEC Defensive Coordinator Salaries
The Southeastern Conference, or SEC, is the premier conference in college football. An SEC team has won the Bowl Championship Series national football championship every year since 2005. Salaries for SEC football coaches are among the highest in the country. Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart and Auburn defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder are the highest-paid defensive coordinators in college football at $950,000 and $850,000 a year, respectively. Tennessee defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri signed a new contact in 2012 at $800,000 per year, Georgia's Todd Grantham inked a new deal at $825,000, and LSU's John Chavis signed a mammoth three-year contact in 2012 paying him $900,000 annually.
Big 12 Defensive Coordinator Salaries
Salaries for defensive coordinators are somewhat lower on average in the Big 12. In 2010, Oklahoma's Brent Venables received $449,000, Texas A&M's Tim DeRuyter earned $400,000, and Nebraska's Carl Pelini pulled in $375,000. The defensive coordinator for the Texas Longhorns, Manny Diaz, was paid $625,000 in 2011. Kansas University's Dave Campo (the former defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys) received $500,000 in 2012.
Big 10 Defensive Coordinator Salaries
Defensive coordinator salaries in the Big 10 conference ranged from $250,000 to $750,000 a year. Both Ohio State's defensive coordinator Luke Fickell and Michigan's Greg Mattison have contracts worth $750,000 annually. Pat Narduzzi of Michigan State earned $500,000 in 2012; Tim Banks of Illinois made $400,000; and Tim Tibesar of Purdue is the low man on the Big 10 defensive coordinator totem pole, earning a mere $250,000.
Salaries Increasing Rapidly
Football programs have increasingly become revenue centers for schools, and salaries for coaches in major college football programs have also been increasing rapidly. Many head coaches receive more than $1 million in total annual compensation, and offensive and defensive coordinators at successful programs typically command salaries in excess of $500,000. LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis will be the first assistant coach to earn more than $1 million annually, as according to his contract he will receive $900,000 in 2012, $1.1 million in 2013, and $1.3 million in 2014.
- USA Today Sports: NCAA Football -- LSU Defensive Coordinator John Chavis Gets Pay Raise
- ESPN: College Football -- Defensive Coordinator Salaries Going Up
- Statesman.com: Horns Football Coaches Receive Big Bumps in Pay
- KUSports.com: Contracts Reveal KU Football Assistants' Pay
- ESPN: College Football -- The Big 12's Highest-Paid Assistants
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QuoteFor AMD, the 2001 Intel agreement allows it to manufacture chips using Intel's X86 design and rely on chip foundries for up to 20 percent of their total manufacturing capacity. Intel, meanwhile, receives royalties from AMD, under the deal. The companies, despite their heated legal battles over antitrust matters, have had a long-standing patent and licensing relationship, going back to 1976. But this latest turn of events could result in a change in that relationship. AMD, in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, said Intel sent it a letter that alleges AMD: Committed a material breach of the Cross License through the creation of the company's Global Foundries joint venture and purports to terminate the company's rights and licenses under the cross license in 60 days if the alleged breach has not been corrected.
QuoteThere you go, folks. Reductio ad absurdum: a company is a machine, or at least analogous to one, kinda sorta like one. Therefore any process or method they come up with to do business would be patentable, presumably, in that universe. Well. Could someone please patent what Wall Street just did to the economy, and then refuse to license the "invention", so as to prevent those dudes from ever doing it again? Or just patent flaming greed, will you, somebody? Do the rest of us a favor and get it off the table or at least constrained.
The court rejected that claim about a company being analogous to a machine, but Justice Pauline Newman, while agreeing with the majority, nevertheless argued that it's good for the economy to have business methods patents, so we shouldn't go too far in limiting them. *Too far*?!
QuoteIt was already known that Nintendo was on the hook for $21 million in a patent suit over the company's controllers. A Texas judge last week denied the game maker's request for a new trial, and Bloomberg is reporting that the judge will issue a ban to halt sales of the controllers tomorrow.
However, if the ban were to be issued, it would not take effect until after a Nintendo appeal on the original ruling was resolved. Nintendo could also avoid the ban by posting a bond or putting royalties into an escrow account, according to Bloomberg.
The original suit sought to have Nintendo's Wii Classic Controller, Wii Nunchuk, GameCube controller, and GameCube WaveBird all deemed in violation of an Anascape patent for a "six degrees of freedom" interface device. A jury found that all of those products, with the exception of the Wii Nunchuk, infringed on Anascape's patent.
QuoteAs part of VeriSign's (VRSN) 2001 purchase of eNic Corporation (operator of the .CC registry) the company became the owner of a patent application, which has now been granted on March 4th of this year under patent number 7,337,910 b2. While the original patent application, at the time written by eNic's CEO Brian Cartmell and eNic's CTO Jothan Frakes, was used in order to resolve and offer non-existent domain names for registration, it would also cover Verisign's Sitefinder application, implemented in September of 2003, causing any unregistered .COM/.NET domain to resolve to a parked page. VeriSign, was ordered by ICANN to cease the practice shortly after they introduced it.
QuoteA federal judge today issued an injunction that would bar Internet phone company Vonage from signing up additional customers as punishment for infringing on patents held by Verizon Communications.
Vonage, of Holmdel, planned an immediate appeal.
QuoteThe EPLA is "anchronistic", and is even disliked by some large companies such as Nokia and GlaxoSmithKline, according to Austrian Green MEP Eva Lichtenberger. Others said the measure would effectively take the software patent issue out of the reach of the EU's democratic controls. "We are all for improvements to the European patent system, but we must continue the search for solutions within the framework of the EU," said Maria Berger, the PES' spokeswoman for legal affairs, and former French prime minister Michel Rocard, in a statement.
QuoteTo protect this franchise, increasingly under attack from rivals, H-P could sue any ink makers it suspects are infringing on its patents. This month, it sued China's G&G Ninestar Image Co., a cartridge manufacturer, alleging G&G had violated seven H-P patents in cartridge design. The complaint also targets four online retailers. H-P also asked the International Trade Commission to open an investigation against Ninestar. A Ninestar spokeswoman said the company had no comment. This latest suit follows other actions over the past year. In June, H-P said retailers Walgreen Co. and OfficeMax Inc. had infringed on H-P ink patents with ink used at in-store ink-cartridge-refilling stations; Walgreen and OfficeMax both deny the claims. Last year, H-P similarly warned the U.S. arm of Cartridge World Inc., a domestic retail ink-cartridge refiller; Cartridge World says it is working to resolve the issue.
QuoteThey argue that by effectively reducing the potential gains, people and companies may not have such a great incentive to obtain their livelihood by sitting on patents until they can find a company to sue for infringement. Misener also called on politicians to outlaw the practice of awarding compensation for estimated lost profits to patent holders who don't offer a product that competes directly with the company they're accusing of infringement. Those who "do not compete in (the) marketplace are not entitled to lost profits but instead to a reasonable royalty," he said.
QuoteSA Video Technology Corp., a small technology firm that holds patents for the digital delivery of media, said on Thursday it has filed a suit against top U.S. cable operators over their video-on-demand services. The Old Lyme, Conneticut-based company said it sued Time Warner Inc., Cox Communications Inc., Charter Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp., alleging the cable operators violated its patent with their video-on-demand services offered to subscribers.


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At some point in their lives, most patients need some kind of restorative dental care. At Blue Turtle Dental, our restorative care procedures allow Dr. Kelekalani Scheel to improve the strength and function of a patient's teeth when damage has occurred. The earlier Dr. Scheel can treat cases of dental caries, infection, or oral trauma, the more likely she can restore the health of the patient's teeth back to normal.
Blue Turtle Dental is located in Palo Alto, California. Contact us today to schedule a consultation with Dr. Scheel and find out if you are a candidate for restorative dentistry services.
What is Restorative Dentistry?
Teeth that are weak, damaged, chipped or broken can not only influence the functionality of your mouth, they can also decrease your satisfaction with your smile. At Blue Turtle Dental, we offer several procedures to restore appearance and function while maintaining your overall appearance.
A dental crown is a tooth-shaped cap that is placed over a weak or damaged tooth to provide structure and maintain appearance. Crowns cover the entire tooth above the gum line and are cemented into place. Crowns can be placed over individual teeth or incorporated as part of a dental bridge or to cover an implant.
When one or more teeth are missing, it is important to fill in the spaces in order to prevent the remaining teeth from moving and shifting. A dental bridge typically consists of porcelain crowns fused to a metal or ceramic prosthetic device that is anchored to surrounding teeth and fixed into place. Bridges maintain the overall functionality of your bite and improve the appearance of the mouth.
Typically made of strong, durable porcelain, veneers are water-thin, customized shells that are adhered to the front surface of the teeth, improving the shape, size, color or length of existing teeth.
White Fillings
While traditional fillings are made of metal mixtures, having a mouth full of silver can leave patients dissatisfied with their appearance. White fillings protect the tooth against further decay while also maintaining a natural look.
For patients with advanced dental concerns that require all of their teeth to be extracted, Blue Turtle Dental can create a customized pair of dentures that fit correctly and look natural in your mouth, allowing you to smile, talk and eat without having to worry about your teeth.
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The Piper Pawnee was designed and built for agricultural spraying and crop dusting. The wings were cranked to get the spray bars running along the trailing edge as close to the crops as possible. The pilot was given an excellent view from a cockpit placed high on the fuselage of the low-wing monoplane. The fuselage was designed to protect the pilot, with the cockpit being designed as a strong capsule that would remain undamaged even in slow-speed crashes associated with spraying. The undercarriage was also designed to be very strong and specialized struts helped absorb the rough takeoffs and landings that occurred on dirt roads of the farms. Because the potential for contamination by toxic chemicals was great, the cockpit ventilation system was reconfigured so the air intake was high enough to avoid spray fallout and the entire top section of the fuselage could be removed for quick and easy cleaning. The Piper Pawnee was, and remains, a very strong and purpose-built workhorse, now regarded as a classic. Many Pawnees have nowadays found their way to glider airfields where they are very popular as glider tugs due to their good power-to-weight ratio.
Just as Piper designed a purpose-built airplane, Hangar 9 has put a tremendous amount of thought into the Piper Pawnee 40 ARF. Created with the scale enthusiast in mind, this almost-ready-to-fly airplane replicates the scale outline of its full-scale counterpart with accuracy. From the aluminum struts, wheels and tires to the scale flap locations, the Piper Pawnee is packed with scale details, including the detailed cockpit complete with a detailed instrument panel. The .40-size Piper Pawnee ARF can be powered for performance using a variety of 2- or 4-stroke glow engines, or converted to electric power for clean, no-fuss flying.
So the next time you're headed out to the flying field, be sure to bring a little piece of history with you. The extremely gentle flight characteristics of the Piper Pawnee ARF make it perfect for inexperienced to moderately experienced pilots and is sure to get everyone talking about it at the field.
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|E-flite Power 46 Brushless Outrunner
|Recommended Fuel:
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|Speed Control:
|E-flite 60-Amp Pro Brushless ESC
|Spinner Size:
|2-1/4 in
|Wing Loading:
|20–22 oz per sq ft
|80 in (2032mm)
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This New Year's Eve, party like the classic stars at Truman Capote's legendary masquerade ball. Inspired by the 1966 party that had the entirety of New York City abuzz, NYE 2017: The Black & White Ball will be held at the recently renovated Hyatt Hotel and features three rooms of music disco, dance, funk, top 40, old school, soul, and house from some of the Twin Cities' top DJs.
Each year, Ignite Models and the team behind nyempls.com are on the pulse of the Twin Cities music scene, and NYE 2017: The Black & White Ball is no exception. When it comes to featuring the best of the incredible wealth of talent in the cities, no line up would be complete without DJ D.Mil. Most DJs will say they grew up on hip hop, but it couldn't be more true of D.Mil. Raised on St. Paul's East Side, D.Mil spent much of his '80s childhood shadowing his older brother, Jim, a b-boy break dancer with the St. Paul Wild Style who introduced D.Mil to classic rap and the growing Twin Cities hip hop scene. When he turned 18, D.Mil bought a pair of Technics and a sound system. He says he hasn't looked back since, all the while amassing a national following and an impressive roster of residencies. Drawing inspiration directly from the crowd's reaction and momentum, D.Mil is always good for an energetic set that proves why he is one of the Twin Cities' most in-demand DJs.
To get your end of the year party started, tune in to hear DJ D.Mil live as the mixer for GO 95.3 FM's Mr. Peter Parker Show on weekdays at 5 pm. There's no doubt D.Mil will be accomplishing his New Year's resolution to continue inspiring people and parties, ending 2016 with the biggest one of the year. Don't miss your chance to finish this year off right with a live set from DJ D.Mil at NYE 2017: The Black & White Ball.


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Web Based Event Manager for Network Testing
Munawwar PeshimamOral Defence Date:
Friday, December 5, 2008 - 13:00Location:
SCI 241Time:
1:00 PMCommittee:
Professors James Wong and Gerald Eisman
This thesis introduces a web based event manager - a network management tool capable of setting and clearing alarms on network devices, enabling network management engineers to manage devices and events using a convenient web based utility. The tool was conceptualized by engineers of the NMTG unit at Cisco and was designed and implemented by a team lead by Paul Nguyen and Viren Desai from Cisco Systems, San Jose. The implementation team included Amol Deodhar and me, graduate students from San Francisco State University as well as engineers from Cisco. Amol and I worked closely with the entire team at Cisco to productize the concept and deliver a convenient, easy to use web based interface. The tool provides basic features like device and event management, setting and clearing of alarms on the devices, and user registration and login. The product also includes certain added features like reporting. In this project I worked on the device page and associated functionality, the snmp set utility and the reports functionality. This report provides an in-depth view into the concepts that define the tool. It also presents the design, implementation and use cases of all the modules developed by me.


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Why do people believe scientific myths?
On the whole, I'm optimistic about the way the public sees science. Most people understand it as a way to generate new knowledge, and they are not particularly credulous when presented with a controversial or counterintuitive new fact. The natural instinct is "well, how do these people know that?", and that's healthy. You need to interrogate science and its discoveries.
But they have to be presented with the science accurately in the first place. News reporting is very important indeed in terms of how the information generated by science gets to the people who can benefit from it. The public don't read peer-reviewed academic journals. They find about what scientists do through the media, and there are a number of problems in the way that happens.
Specialist science journalists are an increasingly rare breed. Journalism as an industry is under unique pressures, and journalists are having to be jacks-of-all-trades, so they don't have a good grounding in science. People who've gone into journalism tend to be among the least scientifically-educated professionals in the country.
That doesn't mean they can't do a good job of it. They just need some fundamental understanding of the scientific method: what science is and how it works. If you don't understand the scientists' cycle of observe-hypothesise-test, then how can you approach a bit of scientific work and assess its validity?
Likewise, if you want to understand scientific results, you need to understand scientific publishing. The final results of our work are what we publish in peer-reviewed journals. Often the first things people will hear about the peer-review process is that it's imperfect, it's a flawed system – but it's the best system we've got to ensure that the published record is as close as we can get to objective truth.
If you don't know that, then how do you assess the information you're getting from scientists for reliability? Scientists are human and want to promote their work as much as anyone else. A journalist needs to know that peer-reviewed published work should be taken as the gold standard as far as anything can be.
You get so many stories that are written on the basis of a press release from a university PR department, which might contain rather a lot of exaggeration and spin. It's really important for journalist to know that they can and should access the primary literature, or at least be aware that they can trust the science itself.
Another problem we have is "false balance", where especially broadcasters believe that they have to provide opposing views to anything they're presented with, no matter how strong the evidence is. Actually in recent years there's been some progress on this. The BBC had a review, identified false balance as a problem in science reporting, and is now tending to do a good job in terms of presenting evidence and not having to have a counterpoint against it.
You don't need journalists to have specialist degree-level knowledge in science subjects. But because they're people who have very limited time to do their jobs, you can equip them with the tools to assess what they're seeing. These are simple principles, things you can explain in ten minutes. Just with these basic bits of understanding, you can get so much grounding in assessing the truth of things.


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I'd like to announce our server - Revelation-SRO Online ( Cap 80 )
we are here to offer our community fresh and nice game play with alot of fun and amazing features.
Who we are ?
We are a professional, international team with a lot of experience, all our team members mature and trusted people.
Capture The Flag : Players get 1 Pay Coin* for every Player kill in CTF!
Quest : Players level 75+ can accept once per day a Pay Coin Quest, if they complete these,
they get 25 Pay Coins!
Forgotten World : The last Unique in Flame Mountain FGW drop a Pay Coin Scroll,
from these you get a random amount between 1 and 10 Pay Coins!
Quest : Players are able to get Silk Items for killing Uniques!*
*Pay Coin = Silk
*You have to accept the Unique Quest
Unique Quest : In Revelation-SRO are Quests for every Unique,
Players will get different Rewards, if they complete them!
Pay Coin Quest : Players are able to accept a Quest for Pay Coins!
Skill Point Quest : In Revelation-SRO are some Quests for getting Skill Points!
Pandora Box Quest : Players which reach lvl 50, can accept a Quest for a Pandora Box*
*Only Once
All these Quests can be found at the Potion Shop in Jangan!
Players find in Revelation-SRO some new Uniques!
Name Level
Asigoniel 15
Parold 15
Qaren 35
Nisien 35
Eriron 75
Spawn Points
Start Items:
5x Reverse Return Scroll,
1x Revelation Premium 3 Days,
20x Instant Return Scroll,
20x Speed Scroll 100%,
1x Monkey Summon Scroll 28 Days,
1x Dress,
100,000 Gold,
75000 Skill Points,
3 Pages Inventory
Downhang Cave : Players of Revelation-SRO will find lvl 80
Monsters in the Downhang Cave!
Equip : Players find 1D-7D Seal Of Star in NPC!
Pets : Horses and Trade Pets level 75 added!
Start Event
The first 20 Players which reach lvl 80 will get 200 Pay Coins!
Winter Event
Players are able to drop Jewel Boxes from Monsters.
Then they can exchange this Boxes for Rewards.
GM Events
Game Masters will write a Notice, if they make an event!
The Revelation-SRO Team works actively at new Updates/Systems.
Vote for Update System : Revelation-SRO Players are able to send their Update Ideas to our Support.
Then we will add their Ideas to our Voting Site, and the Players can decide, if they want this new Feature.
Cap Update : We will Update the Cap after some Time!
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