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Humankind's propensity to take an inventive idea too far has struck yet again. The first steam engine eventually ushered in 30 billion metric tons of carbon emissions. A simple drum made from animal hide led to Adam Lambert gyrating to the synthesized beat of his fabulousness. Now, in the year 2020, the world has finally gone to shit, thanks to Rossum and "the tech" that remotely wiped almost everyone on the planet.
The world's population has been reduced to marauding killers known as "butchers," zombie Actives now called "dumb shows," and "tech heads," who literally copy files to their brains using thumbs drives and ports embedding in their faces. For a company that sold expensive medical equipment, destroying civilization and all the health insurance that goes with it seems like a poor business model, but Rossum was run by a crazy person.
Sure as every post-apocalyptic dystopia is devoid of deodorant, McDonald's and dentistry, there are pockets of survivors. A woman named Mag, her wingman, Zone and a 10-year-old girl are three such lucky stiffs. While gathering water near a dirt road, they hear butchers approaching as stealthily as a herd of bison. Guns blazing, they tear out of there.
Mag asks the girl if they're heading in the right direction and calls her "Caroline." Mini-Caroline says, "I don't know. The last time I was up here, it wasn't this bad. I could see over the dash."
Some women want to look 10 years younger. Most men don't want to grow up. Caroline has a backup version of herself that needs to sit on a phonebook. Mini-C tells her adult companions philosophically, "We are lost. We are not gone," and leads them to the unfortunately named "Neuropolis," formerly known as Tucson.
Inside city limits, the three are captured by some mysterious thugs and thrown in a cell, while upstairs, the latest incarnation of Harding is gorging on the spoils of Rossum's tech war. Eliza Dushku's brother, Nate, comes in to offer Harding the new suit he ordered. And by "new suit," they mean man body.
"I can't believe I let this one get so stretched out," says fatuous Fatty McFatterson. He takes one look at the "suit" at the end of the rack and realizes it's Ballard. Not knowing whom Ballard is/was, Dushbro casually mentions they picked him up with "some girl" and stares at the guy, wondering what the big deal is. Harding runs downstairs to check on his prisoners.
As soon as Harding is gone, Ballard head butts Dushbro and grabs some clothes. The Lipless Wonder strikes again.
Meanwhile, in the holding cell, Echo has made her presence known, disables Harding's goons, and confronts Harding, himself. She points a gun at his doughy face. He asks why she bothers anymore, knowing he's backed-up and ready for a new download, all Cylon-like. "Ask me again sometime," she replies, and blows his head off.
While helping to free her fellow prisoners, Caroline realizes one them is her Mini-C; a chip off the ol' block with the same medical knowledge and lock-picking skillz. In another part of the building, Ballard finds Topher, disheveled, malnourished, and mumbling to himself in the laboratory. Ballard says, "I'm here with Echo." "Echo," Topher echoes. If Ballard had said "Echo" just one more time, I could have died happy.
Through his psychotic break, Topher is able to tell Echo and Ballard that Rossum has been torturing him. For every day he didn't discover a way to remotely wipe whole countries, they shot a person right in front of him. Now twitchy and quipless, Topher mumbles some gibberish about "the opposite, a reflection," and finally says hoarsely, "I can bring back the world."
Somewhere outside of Greater Neuropolis and a few clicks from Bartertown, sits Safe Haven, a hidden farmhouse where "actuals" and others are living off the grid, growing their own food, and wearing work pants, some for the first time.
The farmer in Adelle. The farmer in Adelle. Hi-ho, those jeans look swell, the farmer in Adelle.
Victor/Anthony and Sierra/Priya have a son, Tony, or "T" for short. No one bothered to mention what happened to the children, come to think of it. If Rossum really wanted to make a killing, they would have invented a tech that wiped kids' minds and stopped them from running around in restaurants, screaming in movie theaters and whining in Walmart.
Echo, Ballard, Mag, Zone and Topher arrive, looking for a hot meal and a plan.
There are only two problems with the plan: Topher can't build anything more than a slingshot if they stay on Walton's Mountain, and if he were to develop the tech, it would wipe everyone's minds, including Echo's. Those who cannot learn from history because they can't recall it, are doomed to repeat it. Besides, someone needs to remember where the keys to Adelle's liquor cabinet are stashed.
They all realize they must return to the Dollhouse. Before anyone can pack an overnight bag, an armored 18-wheeler rolls into the compound. Out jumps Anthony, all Mad Maxed out, and his heavily armed band of tech heads. The new arrivals are all speaking a foreign language, until Anthony puts a gas cap to his face and switches to English.
Priya tells Echo she's not as happy to see her baby's daddy as the others are. Although he can help get them to the Dollhouse in one piece, somewhere along the way, they lost everything else having to do with each other. She wanted a home and a family, and he wanted to bedazzle his face. I guess it's true: love really isn't enough.
Tony catches one of his tech heads showing T his array of flash drives, which hang around his neck on a chain. Tony slams the guy against the truck and says he doesn't want the boy to know about the tech. "Got it. Log off," the guy says. After the apocalypse, slang like "log off" and "power down a sec" make "friend me" and "tweeting" sound downright quaint.
Meanwhile, Mag tells Negative Nellie, a.k.a. Zone, he doesn't have to go to the Dollhouse if he doesn't want to. He says, no, he gets it.
In the future, the only ones who survive are the strong, the smart, and the lesbians.
As the armored truck makes its way back to the Dollhouse, there's nothing to do except process relationship stuff. In the cab, Priya is still mad at Anthony for choosing The Fight over home schooling and gardening. In the back, Ballard tells Echo he wants to be let into her heart.
Ballard tells Echo that even with 100 people in her head, she's the loneliest person he knows. For some reason, she thinks that's sweet. "Not for the person who's with you," he says sadly. Maybe he's the loneliest person he knows.
The truck makes it back to Los Angeles by nightfall. Its decimated streets are crawling with butchers who start shooting as soon as they see the newcomers. Echo, Ballard and the tech heads jump out, guns blazing. In a world with no food, fresh water or electricity, it's sort of amazing how there's no shortage of AK-47's. It's a proud day for the NRA.
The gang makes its way toward a tunnel that leads into the Dollhouse as the butchers and the tech heads exchange machine gun fire. Mag gets peppered with bullets in both legs. She goes down, screaming. Ballard comes to her rescue, only to be shot in the head. Just like that, he's gone.
Echo sees her lover dead on the ground. Without blinking, she orders everyone into the tunnel and yells, "Seal the door behind us!" leaving Ballard's body lying in the street like yesterday's trash. Given he's an imprinted version of himself, maybe it's just recycling day, but I doubt it. Echo's just that kind of girl.
No one knows what they'll find in the Dollhouse. Anthony and Echo go in first, in case there are butchers squatting in it. Not only is the coast clear, the entire facility is as it always was: full of placid dolls, padding around in yoga clothes, waiting for Jell-O. A doll wanders by and tells Echo, "I try to be my best." Echo rolls her eyes incredulously and says, "Aw, hell."
Alpha appears out of nowhere and gives Echo a hug. A real hug. She thought they lost him in Reno, but he tells her he just got sick of the fight, laid his weapon down and walked away. He gives Anthony a hug, too, and ribs him about his new face. Alpha's enjoying some refreshing sanity and so forth? Hey, if Adelle can trade her Louboutins for Levis and Priya can give up painting for parenting, I guess anything's possible.
The happy reunion is cut short when the other tech heads stage a coup. They don't want to be wiped — they like being badass and bedazzled, thank you very much.
Echo's threats mean nothing to them. Anthony tries to relate to their plight, but they scoff at their former leader. One of the tech heads calls Alpha a Luddite and he loses it. The coup lasts all of two minutes, with the tech heads on the floor. Echo grabs their module necklaces and orders them into a holding cell. Injured Asian tech head looks at Echo dreamily and says, "She's so cool." Correction. Injured Gaysian tech head.
As Priya and Echo destroy the necklaces, ending what was probably the most fun you could have without getting wet, Priya takes a special angry satisfaction in smashing the thing that came between Anthony and herself. Echo tells her to get over herself.
Um, are we still talking about Anthony?
You want alone? Talk to Topher. Even in the salad days of free massages and, well, salad, he never left the Dollhouse. A friend was something he imprinted on Sierra as a birthday present to himself. And when he finally met Bennett, a geek after his own heart, she ended up with a bullet in that smarty-pants head of hers. Love stinks.
Well, at least she left a series of instructional science videos that he can watch wistfully. Suddenly, he gets an idea. In even death, she's teaching him what she knows. He can fix it. His father is a TV repairman with an awesome set of tools — oh wait. Wrong show.
Having found the answer to creating a mind-wipe reversal, Topher tells Adelle, ( his only friend?) that an explosion would send the pulse in all directions, even if it means sacrificing his life to detonate it. Topher invented the tech that wrought the apocalypse, now he's gonna die fixing it. She doesn't want him to die alone but they don't call him Brink for nothing.
"I'll fix what we did to their heads. You fix what we did to the rest of the world," he tells Adelle, "Your job is way harder."
To prepare for the advent of What Was Old Is New Again, Zone takes Mini-C above ground and vows to move her into the best school district, just as soon as there are schools. In the infirmary, Gaysian and Mag realize they both like Tegan and Sara, long walks on the beach, and quiet nights at home, thus beginning what is sure to be a fun year underground, while they heal and wait for gay marriage to become legal.
Along with the new girl couple, Priya, Anthony and Anthony Jr. will be staying in the Dollhouse, away from the pulse blast. They want to remember who they are. Echo will also stay, so she's battle-ready in a year, to take on anyone who didn't get Topher's memo. Adelle will lead all the remaining dolls into "the light" because she's the only one who can.
Everything is in place. Topher goes up to Adelle's old office and assembles his bomb. He turns to see a BSG-style collection of photos on the wall. Fittingly, "Huh," are his last words as the bomb goes off.
A nanosecond later, the world wakes up to wonder, "Did I fall asleep?" Adelle is wondering, "Who's going to clean up this mess?"
In the Dollhouse, Echo finds one last imprint waiting for her on the chair. She pops it in, sits down and fires it up. It's Ballard. When someone you love dies, they live on, if only in your mind. In the Dollhouse, they literally live in your mind. Echo starts having a lovey-dovey conversation with Paul. She gets into her bed in the floor, smiles slyly, and shuts the lid. What's that going to be like?
So now Echo finally let him in, so to speak. Together 24 hours a day, everyday, forever, sharing every thought, every feeling. Dear God. Who do they think they are? Lesbians?


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Room Acoustics
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Book Description
Since publication of the first edition in 1973, this professional and scientific reference has become the standard work in the field, providing detailed analysis of the state of the art in room acoustics.
It outlines the theory and practice of sound behaviour in enclosed spaces. Particular emphasis is given to the properties and calculation of reverberation, the most obvious acoustical feature of a closed room. Further key topics include the mechanisms of sound absorption and psychoacoustical factors, from which design parameters and figures of merit are derived. Two chapters are devoted to practical questions such as measurement techniques and the procedures of room acoustical design. The interaction between a room's acoustic properties and its electroacoustic systems is also considered, and refined systems for optimizing listening conditions in a room are presented.
This edition includes a new list of symbols, and updated sections include the measurement of the impulse response including a discussion of distortions, sound propagation as a diffusive process and scattering by wall irregularities.
Table of Contents
Some Facts on Sound Waves Sources and Hearing
Basic Relations, the Wave Equation
Pane Waves and Spherical Waves
Energy Density and Intensity, Radiation
Signals and Systems
Sound Pressure Level and Sound Power Level
Some Properties of Human Hearing
Sound Sources
Reflection and Scattering
Reflection Factor, Absorption Coefficient and Wall Impedance
Sound Reflection at Normal Incidence
Sound Reflection at Oblique Incidence
A Few Examples
Random Sound Incidence
Reflection from Finite-Sized Plane Surfaces
Scattering by Wall Irregularities
The Sound Field in a Closed Space (Wave Theory)
Formal Solution of theWave Equation
Normal Modes in Rectangular Rooms with Rigid Boundaries
Non-Rigid Walls
Steady-State Sound Field
Frequency and Spatial Averaging
Decaying Modes, Reverberation
Geometrical Room Acoustics
Enclosures with Plane Walls, Image Sources
The Temporal Disturbation of Reflections
The Directional Disturbation of Reflections, Diffuse Sound Field
Enclosures with Curved Walls
Enclosures with Diffusely Reflecting Walls, Radiosity Integral
Reverberation and Steady State Energy Density
Basic Properties and Realisation of Diffuse Sound Fields, Energy Balance
Mean Free Path and Average Rate of Reflections
Sound Decay and Reverberation Time
The Influence of Unequal Pate Lengths
Application of the Radiosity Integral
Sound Propagation as a Diffuse Process
Coupled Rooms
Sound Absorption and Sound Absorbers
The Attenuation of Sound in Air
Unavoidable Wall Adsorption
Sound Asorption by Membranes and Perforated Sheets
Resonnace Adsorbers
Helmholtz Resonators
Sound Absorption by Porous Materials
Audiences and Seat Absorption
Miscellaneous Objects
Anecjoic Rooms
Subjective Room Acoustics
Some General Remarks on Reflections and Echoes
The Perceptibility of Reflections
Echoes and Colouration
Early Energy: Definition, Clarity Index, Speech Transmission Index
Reverberation and Reverberance
Sound Pressure Level, Strength Factor
Spaciousness of Sound Fields
Assessment of Concert Hall Acoustics
Measuring Techniques in Room Acoustics
General Remarks on Instrumentation
Measurement of the Impulse Response
Examination of the Impulse Response
Measurement of Reveberration
Sound Absorption—Tube Methods
Sound Absorption—Reverberation Chamber
Scattering Coefficient
Design Considerations and Design Procedures
Direct Sound
Examination of the Room Shape
Reverberation Time
Prediction of Noise Level
Acoustical Scale Models
Computer Simulation
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Heinrich Kuttruff is Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Technical Acoustics at Aachen University, Germany.
'The author strikes a balance between theory and practice as both come through in this text. Overall, this book comes across as highly readable and the material is practical enough to be readily applicable.' – Noise Control Engineering Journal


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When my company announced a little over a year ago that they were planning a complete office remodel involving the gutting of the entire space I became rather distressed. After all I remember the horror we went through five years previously when our Century City office where I had been resident for almost 30 years was being closed, and all of us where shipped in little boxes to new quarters in downtown Los Angeles. Furthermore, the company was doing the renovation in stages, so no new temporary space was rented. Rather we would double up in the remaining space as other parts were being renovated, meaning a series of temporary moves before landing in our permanent space.
In my case the beginning of the renovation was particularly bad as I was assigned to what I describe as a broom closet, in the interior of the office such that I could not tell whether it was light or dark outside. Furthermore, even though the magic of scanning had greatly reduced my storage requirements from the move five years previous, there still wasn't enough room in the broom closet for all my materials, let along any room for me. (It's hard to believe that even after the move, these "broom closets" are actually double occupancy offices, apparently on the premise that both occupants would never be there simultaneously.)
In the end, however, as desperate circumstances lead to desperate measures, desperate measures may pave the way to a better world that may not have been imaginable. My response was to minimize the time spent in my new quarters. Working at home on a full time basis was not an option, as in my thinking, a day spent without leaving the house is a wasted day. Working at home an hour here or an hour there is OK, but home is not a place conducive to productive work on a regular basis, and staying home all day drives me crazy.
Fortunately a year before the company had rented hotelling space in the Century City twin towers, in the mistaken belief that the space would be widely utilized. Indeed, while that had not proven to be the case largely due to the cost of parking in the area, I was still expecting a lot of competition for the Century City space during the renovation period. As things turned out, the parking situation ($32 a day to park in the building, $11 in a nearby surface lots) continued to scare away users. But that was no problem for me, since due to a combination of street parking in Beverly Hills, which was closer than everybody imagines, and use of Century City mall parking, I was able to utilize the Century City office for three days a week during the renovation period. It was then that I noticed that nobody cared whether I was working in Century City or Downtown, as for the past several years almost all of my work was arriving by email. Suddenly I discovered that I could take Mrs. Chandavkl to Las Vegas during her spring break while I set up my "office" in the Luxor Hotel. Or take a long weekend to San Francisco or even Toronto, without telling anybody, since I could monitor my work situation from out of town as well as from in town.
Once concerned about getting into the office too late or leaving too early, I now find I can work a little in the morning at home and arrive in the office later, or leave the office early and finish up at home later. I can work in Century City or I can work downtown, depending upon where I want to eat lunch. It's all up to me.


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Horror is a monster. But I used to think of them as foreign things, beyond human understanding, coming to kill, consume, or destroy indiscriminately, overturning an at least tolerable, if not happy, way of life.
11/22/63 and Mr. King have taught me better than that.
Horror is a monster. Unfortunately, the best onesor worst ones, depending on your point of vieware people. And not just people, but people we knowlove even, which is where the most horrific part comes in to play.
Oswald is a minor part of 11/22/63, in fact, hes a bit player, a backdrop. Without checking, I guess he probably appears on twenty pages or fewer of the 849 page novel. Jake Epping or George Zimmerman, depending on which side of the timeline your seat is, has Oswald firmly in mind when he crosses through fifty years to 1958 on a mission to save the 35th President of the United States. So how does King fill a nearly 1,000 page beast of a read when the heros only goal is to kill a character whos barely even in it?
No, not the kind that come from space or travel through time (although time travel, obviously, is a huge plot device). They dont even bother dragging themselves out of dark, cavernous basements or creak down long unending hallways. The monsters are right there in the open to be read in broad daylight. From the would-be family murdering Frank Dunning, the Cuban bookie Jake meets in Florida, or John Clayton, the monsters either dont, or barely hide. Including the biggest monster of all; Epping himself.
Oh no, you wont get it out of me how the manand his predecessor, Al Templetonis the worst of all these monsters, but I think they all have a single motivation: selfishness. Something has been taken from each of these men and they would have it or an item of equal value back. Money, reputation, respect, life. Yes, when you find out how exactly the rabbit hole works, youll understand more. Youll understand why the Yellow Card Man is probably one of the saddest heroes in modern-day literature (maybe thats an over-exaggeration; I wont qualify it, though). Youll understand why every paragraph you read detailing what Jake Epping does in the mid-twentieth century is wrong.
But 11/22/63 should remind a sane and reasonable person how selfish human beings naturally are. How we want what we want regardless of consequences, how so like infants we continue to be even into adulthood. And how it takes near supernatural forces sometimes to sway us from our lone paths. It is a lonely path for Epping. It takes five years and two minutes at the same time and he passes by paradoxes and steps over quandaries in single pursuit of a selfish goal that he is constantly nudged away from from the moment he steps out of 2011 and into 1958.
Oswald is only the monster you expect; he is not the only one you see. Killing him seems the noble, reasonable thing to do if anyone were given a time machine to go back and do it. But would you listen if the universe whispered no?


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9 90's Kid Things I Still Remember ...
Things from the 90's are some of the best things in the world, from the TV shows all the way to the toys! For those of you that missed the 90's, I'm sorry, you missed a great decade! Don't worry too much though, because after reading this post about things from the 90's, you're gonna feel like you experienced the 90's! Below, I'm going to detail out 9 of the top things from the 90's make this decade awesome!
1. Goosebumps Books
Oh-Em-Gee, these books were the best back in my day (did I really just write that). Not only did R.L. Stine scare the crap out of me, but I was addicted! These books were not just books for long though, they started making them into a TV show too – which made them that much scarier! No fake Jake, from 1992 all the way to 2000, R.L. Stine was the best horror kid writer in the world – and I am still too scared to read some of these books that are tucked away in my attic!


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It's that time again! Time for a few photos and new projects from Gossamer Blue but first, I wanted to add in a question that I received here on the blog last week.
so inspiring ... u can make anything look pretty ... can u pl tell us which camera you use ?? - whitelink
So, my trusty camera right now is a Nikon D3100. I use a couple of kit lenses and sometimes the Nikon 50mm 1.8 lens. I live in AZ which pretty much guarantees me sunny skies year round which are optimal for good lighting in photos, especially if you're like me and love the way natural light looks. In the rare event that it's cloudy I have some light umbrellas that can assist in adding light but they tend to cast a weird blueish light. So, stick to natural light, pull a small table in front of a window and try to photograph during mid afternoon time. Hope that helps!
Thanks for all of the other sweet comments I get here as well! I appreciate them all!
Project time!
Fall is definitely the time to cook and bake! I pulled out some of my Grandmother's recipe cards with the intentions of testing out her recipes and writing down the ones we like. I made this little recipe index card book to help keep our recipes together this season.
Part of Gossamer Blues Life Pages themed add-on kit include tags and cardstock embellishments from Pink Paislee. I combined both to create these embellished gift tags. We are going with a silver and gold color theme again this year!
This one is such a simple idea, but we're trying to move and lists right now are saving my sanity! So many things to try and remember to write down and keep track of that I thought having a few magnetic notepads around would help to keep my thoughts in order. :)
There are are a few more projects to share from Gossamer Blue this month but I have to run - have a quick workshop on Winslow Homer before it's my turn to teach. Tomorrow I have a super fun tutorial planned for the blog - part of my DIY ideas for December!
Thanks for popping in today! ~ Tara
Thanks for popping in today! ~ Tara


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Plain red flag adopted in 1162 and 1166. It was used until
1406. The red flag with white cross is after 1482
Jaume Ollé, 31 October 1998
Pisa Commune, capital of Pisa province, Tuscany, 100.000 inh
Jarig Bakker, 11 September 1999
Above is the flag of Pisa as flown from the leaning tower .
André Serranho, 8 March 2001
image by Anto'nio Martins, 23 February 2002
It shows the same pattern as the city flag, the cross a bit
stretched vertically to match the gonfalone. This includes also
the lettering "PISA" on the dexter top.
Anto'nio Martins, 23 February 2002
image by Anto'nio Martins, 23 February 2002
Plain red flag adopted in 1162 and 1166. It was used until
Jaume Ollé, 31 October 1998
See also: Tuscany - Historical Flags
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The 27th flag mentioned and illustrated in the Book of All
Kingdoms [e9s50] is attributed to
Pisa. This as depicted in the 2005 spanish illustrated
transcription [e9s05], a plain red
flag, shown in the ogival default shape of this source.
The anonymous author of [e9s50] describes the flag thusly: "El seńor della á por seńales un pendón todo colorado" (And its lord has for sign a fully red pendon.).
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TAG | Wall Street
Palm shares down on report Verizon may drop phones
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Palm Inc. shares fell Wednesday afternoon amid chatter Verizon Wireless may drop its Pre Plus and Pixi Plus smartphones, sales of which have disappointed many on Wall Street.
The buzz started after Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek told his firm's salesforce Verizon Wireless was "evaluating the potential for destocking," industry jargon for dropping a product from the store shelves. Misek cited conversations with Verizon Wireless officials.
"We have relationships with certain people at Verizon, and they have been very, very disappointed with Palm sales," he told Dow Jones Newswires.
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C213 25km/h Remote Control High Speed Boat Electric Ship RC Toy Children Gift
Suitable to sail in the pool or lake.
Double propeller design, strong power. Can turn left/right and go forward.
Integrated hull design, using environmentally friendly materials, harmless and durable.
Max speed up to 25km/h, you will have a cool boat experience.
About 20 minutes' fun offered by the 7.2V 700mAh rechargeable battery.
It features cool appearance and abundant details, looks more fantastic.
Model: RC speed boat
Main material: ABS
Main color: Orange
Control frequency: 27MHZ
Motor: Brushed motor
Max speed: 25km/h
Remote distance: About 20-30m
Function: Turn left/right, forward, stillness
Boat battery: 7.2V 700mAh Ni-cd battery (included)
Boat battery size: About 50 * 42 * 28mm
Remote controller battery: 2 * AA Battery (not included)
Charging time: About 120mins
Playing time: About 20mins
Item dimension: 45 * 16 * 12cm / 17.7 * 6.3 * 4.72in
Item weight: About 365g (excluding battery)
Package information:
Package size: 49 * 25 * 13cm / 19.3 * 9.84 * 5.11in
Package weight: 953g / 2.1lb
Gift box package
Keep the speedboat out of the water when install the battery.
This RC model is not a toy and is not suitable for children under 8 years old.
Carefully read the instruction before any use, if you are a beginner, it's advisable to be assisted by an experienced adult.
Caution for the battery:
Don't over-charge, or over-discharge batteries.
Don't put it beside the high temperature condition.
Don't throw it into fire.
Don't throw it into water.
Package list:
1 * RC Boat
1 * Remote Controller with Antenna
2 * Spare Propeller
1 * Car Battery
1 * Charger
1 * Antenna Tube
1 * Sticker
1 * Manual


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2 lbs. of ground beef
1 onion, chopped
3 carrots, chopped
4 stalks of celery, chopped
2 (28 ounce) cans diced tomato's, undrained
1 (16 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 (16 ounce) can white kidney beans, drained and rinsed
3 (10 ounce) cans of beef stock
3 tsp. oregano
2 tsp. pepper
5 tsp. parsley
1 tsp. tabasco sauce (optional)
1 (20 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
8 ounces of pasta
Brown the beef and drain the fat......then put into crock pot with all other ingredients except the pasta. Cook on low for 7-8 hours or on High for 4-5 hours. Add the pasta 30 minutes before eating. Serve with crusty warm bread


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Jim Clark won the Dutch Grand Prix, his first win of the season in front of 80,000 spectators at a wind-swept Zandvoort.
Following the tragedy at Monaco, Richie Ginther had decided to quit, leaving Eagle with three cars and only Dan Gurney to drive them.
The new Lotus 49s were supreme throughout the weekend, dominating practice with Graham Hill, after initial problems with the new car, setting the fastest time in practice, although Gurney ran them close. There was some controversy when Hill's last lap was officially timed at several tenths of a second quicker than by other teams, giving him pole. There was much muttering but no protests.
On an overcast day, there was a chaotic start when a steward headed between the cars to tell Pedro Rodriguez to move back, and as he turned to Jochen Rindt to do the same, the flag was dropped. Denny Hulme and John Surtees were thrown off their game as they had to swerve to avoid the steward, in turn baulking those behind.
Clark, who had sat out almost all Saturday as Colin Chapman tried to locate a lingering fault, started on the third row but aided by retirements, swept through the field and by the 16th lap was ahead. His Lotus team-mate Hill's day ended when he suffered camshaft issues, but despite a stiff clutch, Clark's drive was praised for its faultlessness by most reporters.
Jack Brabham was a comfortable second but had to survive a scare. Realising he would not catch Clark, he eased off and it took his pit a while to work out he was unaware that team-mate Hulme and Chris Amon were engaged in a fierce battle for third and, as a result, were rapidly gaining on him. Finally alerted, he was able to speed up and again extend his lead. Hulme won the battle for the final podium spot.
With safety issues to the fore after Bandini's accident in Monte Carlo, the track was lined by silver-suited marshals with fire extinguishers, but fortunately they were not needed.
On the day, an ex-rally driver called Maurice Gatsonides used his new Gatsometer to time cars - Hill was fastest at 165mph while Anderson was the slowest at 148mph.
But Gatsonides had already sold his device to the police to trap speeding motorists. It was still to be two decades before the Gatso speed camera was brought into widespread use.


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She is a candidate for president. She is ready to lead, but are we ready to follow? I am not sure if I am ready to take a seat on the Hillary bandwagon. She says she wants to talk to everyday Americans. I am going to wait and hear what she has to say and what she plans to do. Less platitudes and more plans. Hopefully, the GOP will actually reach beyond their comfort zone and truly talk to all groups. At this point there is more acceptance of Hillary and little enthusiasm, and that's a problem.
This country is doomed because low information voters continually treat elections as popularity contest. She wants to talk to everyday Americans but her funding comes from the one per centers, the bankers. Whose interest do you think she'll serve? Hillary Vows to Protect Americans From the 1%, While Being Funded by the 1% – Top donors include, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley
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Today's photo was taken on the Isle of Mull last April by my brother Mike (seen here on Flickr.)
I like the light effects he has added here…
Weathered boards on the old dock
Sun trying to peak thru
The water like a sublime dream
Seagulls circle the boats
You were there with your humor
With your easy going smile
You loved to take people fishing
Soon I will go into memory
The waters will always laugh
Lakes, rivers and sea
Poetry of the tides
Campfires and moonlight
Old man and the sea
Get the net I gotta big one!
Your fishing boat in the dusk


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Do I Need My Wisdom Teeth Removed?
If you did not have your wisdom teeth removed when you were a young adult and the teeth are now affecting your oral health, you may need to have your wisdom teeth extracted. Sometimes the wisdom teeth only partially emerge throughout the gums and this can cause issues such as an infection in the mouth or gum disease. Even though you may not experience any pain, some teeth might need to be extracted if they are partially decayed or if you have cysts around the teeth.
Reasons for wisdom teeth removal
Some of the reasons why you may need to get your wisdom teeth removed, include:
- Pain or discomfort in the back of the jaw because of impacted teeth
- Prevent further tissue infection
- Protect against cysts forming around wisdom teeth
- Protect adjacent teeth and overall oral health
- Tumors
- Lower likelihood of gum disease
How Wisdom Teeth Extractions Are Performed
Wisdom teeth extractions can be performed at the dentist's office or at an oral surgeon's office. Basic extractions involve numbing the area and pulling the tooth out with a set of forceps and can be done right at our practice. More complex procedures will require the work of an oral surgeon and are usually performed under anesthesia or with sedation dentistry services. We refer patients to an excellent oral surgeon if this is the case.
Other Oral Surgery Procedures
Oral surgery may be necessary to ensure optimal functioning of dentures, improve bone anatomy, and to improve your overall oral health. Here are some other oral surgery procedures that we may recommend, outside of wisdom tooth extractions:
- Jaw Bone Reduction (alveolectomy)
- Frenectomy – Removes band of muscle tissue connecting the lips, cheeks, and base of the mouth
- Removal of Ends of Tooth (apicoectomy) – Usually performed after a root canal fails
- Root Amputation (hemisection) – May be necessary after a tooth fracture or periodontal disease
- Crown Lengthening – One form of periodontal plastic surgery to improve aesthetics of the gums and create room for a dental restoration
- Incision and Drainage – Helps reduce pressure from a dental abscess


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Topic: feature request for Sonar plugin
Not really sure how to make feature requests w/ Frontier? I just sent an email to their support address, and I'll try posting the text here as well:
This is not a support request (everything works great w/ the new Alphatrack), but instead a feature request for the Alphatrack Sonar plugin.
1) Alphatrack does not seem to be able to handle Sonar 8's new Instrument Tracks very well. Basic pan/volume/MSR functionality is there, but when I try to enter Send, EQ, or Plugin, Alphatrack responds by telling me that I am on a MIDI track, and such things are not permitted.
2) Sonar 8 also has a new function with the MCU protocol that allows it to respect show/hide track states. In other words, if I have Tracks 1,2, and 3, and hide track #2 in Sonar, it will also be hidden from the Alphatrack (much as I believe it currently disregards Archived tracks). I was using this with great success with my old Mackie Control, and would love to see this with Alphatrack.
Thanks for the great product, really enjoying it...not really missing my Mackie Control much at all, and have so much free desk space now!


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One in three Brits worried ahead of winter energy bills
One in three people are concerned about paying energy bills this winter, while half say they are struggling with finances, a poll has found.Read the full story ›
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British Gas to raise electricity prices by 12.5%
The energy giant's price hike could mean an average dual fuel bill for a typical annual household tariff will rise by £76.Read the full story ›
British Gas owner Centrica reports 2% operating profit rise
British Gas owner Centrica has fuelled further controversy after reporting profit rises.
It reported a two per cent rise in UK and Ireland operating profits to £906 million, helping group operating profits jump four per cent to £1.5 billion.
The company is expected to face fresh calls to address tariffs for businesses and domestic consumers.
Centrica's British Gas residential energy supply arm, which only covers UK homes, reported an 11% drop in operating profits to £553 million, compared with £623 million in 2015, but said the reduction was due in part to a customer exodus.
More than 409,000 UK home customers left the business in 2016, marking a 3% fall to 14.25 million.
British Gas announced it was extending a price freeze on its standard energy tariff until August, "despite increases in external costs", but customers are expecting prices to soar later this year, following the Brexit-induced collapse of the pound and rising wholesale energy prices.
The industry has faced increasing pressure to treat loyal customers fairly and has been criticised for being slow to pass on falls in wholesale gas prices, with consumer groups hitting out at the size and timing of cuts.
British Gas announces 'price freeze until August'
British Gas will extend a price freeze for customers on its standard energy tariff until August.
Mark Hodges, head of British Gas' owner Centrica, said: "We're pleased to give our customers on standard tariffs the peace of mind that the price they're paying will remain unchanged until August.
"We are determined to give our customers great offers and services. In December we promised to take tangible action to improve how the energy market works for all our customers. That effort continues.
"We aim to do even more in the coming months to meet our customers' needs, earn their business, and reward their loyalty."
However ScottishPower customers were not so fortunate as the company announced a 7.8% rise in standard gas and electricity bills following "rises in energy wholesale markets and compulsory non-energy costs."
- ITV Report
British Gas to offer free electricity at weekends
Two million customers on smart meters will benefit from free energy between 9am and 5pm on weekends.Read the full story ›
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British Gas plans to cut hundreds of jobs
The company has announced it's planning to cut 684 jobs, and close an office in Oldbury, to "consolidate" its operations.Read the full story ›
- ITV Report
British Gas owner lost 250,000 customers in three months
Centrica, which owns British Gas, said it's lost almost a quarter of a million customers in the first three months of the year.Read the full story ›
Centrica CEO: North Sea jobs at risk if taxes are not cut
The Chief Executive of Centrica, Iain Conn, has told ITV News that unless the government cuts taxes for oil and gas providers in the next Budget, there will be job losses in the North Sea.
British Gas profits: Are customers getting a fair deal?
While wholesale energy prices drop, profits at British Gas have surged - is this fair play or are customers over-paying?Read the full story ›
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British Gas profits fuel controversy over energy prices
A boost in profits for British Gas sparks further controversy over the debate on energy prices and whether customers are treated fairly.Read the full story ›


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When you're using a single MIDI controller to record multiple instrument tracks in Bitwig you often only want a single instrument track to be armed for recording at a time. But if you're using Bitwig in a performance context with a multichannel hardware step sequencer, like Arturia's Beatstep Pro (you can get a Bitwig script for that here), you need to be able to send MIDI data to instruments on multiple tracks at the same time and they all need to be record enabled so you can hear them.
Under the "Options" menu, the "Auto-arm Selected Instrument Tracks" option can be toggled, resulting in a smoother workflow for these different usage contexts. For a recording context, it's handy to have this option enabled. When you switch from one instrument track to another, the previous track is unarmed and the newly selected track is armed.
In a performance context, disabling this option allows you to move from track to track, for example to adjust volume, parameters, or macros, without the previously selected track being disarmed.
This is a really easy change to make, but I've found it makes a big improvement to my workflow, In particular, when I'm improvising and experimenting with my Beatstep Pro, being able to disable track auto-arm is super handy.


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You have chosen the career path of a helping professional, and you have done so because you have a passion for helping others improve their lives. But many of you potentially face a difficult challenge simply BECAUSE you excel at investing in others' lives: You risk losing sight of your own self-care needs, putting your clients' well-being before your own all in the name of building a successful business.
Taking a Look at Your Own Wellness
The pressures of growing a business as well as a list of steady clientele can often overshadow the desire to lead a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. Many wellness and fitness professionals, especially those who make their own schedules, overbook their days with clients, effectively eliminating any time to take care of their own health. Often, by booking clients back-to-back, it leaves little time to prepare or eat healthy foods; instead, they find themselves relying on meal replacement shakes, bars and, in the worst scenario, bad diet choices. In extreme cases,
relationships with friends and loved ones also fall by the wayside all because you feel you must say "yes" to every client. After all, they are paying for your attention!
But just because you CAN conceivably squeeze one more client into your day, should you? Is it better to forgo your own health and well-being so you can accommodate a client whose schedule changes suddenly? The answer is "no," and the reason is simple: Without honoring your own values, boundaries and self-care needs, your health and business will ultimately suffer. In order to enjoy a long, successful, energizing career as a helping professional, you must put your own self-care first. If you don't, exhaustion and career burnout await, leaving you unable to provide anyone with your professional assistance. And isn't that the last thing you want?
Prioritizing Your Self-Care
So, how do you honor your own self-care priorities and still make room in your schedule for a successful career? The key is to define "self-care" as it pertains to your life, and then, create a list of your own personal values "life rules" that you aspire to honor on a day-to-day basis in your personal and professional lives. First, you must define "self-care." What does it mean to take care of yourself? What conditions are necessary to feel your best and perform at an optimal level each day, week or month? For example, one definition of "self-care" might be: "Taking care of myself means sleeping past 6:30 AM each morning, being home with my family by 7:00 PM each night, working out four times per week at the gym, having weekends free to play, having time, at least three days a week, to prepare healthy meals and feeling I am in control of my own work schedule. When I do these things, I feel great and perform at my best."
Next, ask yourself what your personal values or "life rules" are. What are you living for? When do you see yourself living the ideal life; how do you feel and what helps you feel this way? What does your optimal daily experience look like? How is your health? With whom do you share the majority of your time? An example of such values might be: "I value my freedom to make my own schedule and work with clients that I choose. I value the ability to make equal time in my schedule for family, work and personal time. I also value my choice to stay healthy, eat well and be physically active for the rest of my life."
Putting Your Well-being into Action
Now, how can you honor your definition of self-care and personal values while sustaining your business at the same time? Your first step is to compare your current life circumstances (when, where, with whom and for what pay do you currently work?) to what your life would be like if all your values and self-care requirements were met. What's missing from your current situation? What have you let slide in order to put your clients' needs first? What have you chosen to emphasize at the expense of your values or self-care?
This balancing act can be seen through my own experiences, which I'm sure many of you can relate to. Due to professional ambition and an innate desire to help clients, more often than not, many professionals find themselves stretching their time, efforts and health to appease the client's schedule and preference. Haven't we all said "yes" to a client's request, perhaps to the detriment of our own well-being? Even I fell into such a trap after meeting a potential client, an obese woman who was devoted to working out three times a week and willing to pay a premium if I came to her house at 6:00 AM. I agreed to take on this client because I deemed her need so great and knew I could help her, not to mention that the extra income was so good that I temporarily forgot my own need to sleep past 6:00 AM. But after four weeks of early appointments, I realized the relationship could not last because, in the end, I needed more sleep: I had started drinking coffee to stay awake on the days of her appointments; I was forced to nap in the afternoons in order to be alert for evening clients, which altered my sleeping habits even more, and I became irritable due to the caffeine and my variable sleeping patterns. Yes, I was making more money, and my new client was learning how to improve her life during our sessions, but at what cost? Was I truly giving her, or any of my clients, my best in this sorry condition?
In essence, I had succeeded in putting a client's needs before my own self-care, and it was detrimental to my own health as well as to my clients who were not receiving my best services. As a result, I made a list of my own self-care needs and ' values, and I measured my current workload against this list. In the end, I discovered that I was, indeed, sacrificing my health on many levels so I could accommodate my client's preferred appointment times. Therefore, as I started taking steps to match my work life with my values, my first priority was to set specific working hours and inform my clients of these hours. I risked losing clients, but I also risked gaining peace of mind, better health and more sleep.
Applying a values-based boundary, such as "no clients before 9:00 AM," can affect your business which I immediately felt, taking a financial hit in losing that early-morning client. But my sanity and health was worth more than the $240 a week I was losing. To recoup such losses, you can refocus your marketing efforts, as I did by targeting a population that could meet during the day (stay-at-home moms). By changing business practices that are not in line with your values (good health, good sleep, control of work hours), you can open the door to a whole new market that will simultaneously allow for self-care while adding enthusiastic clients to your workload.
Finding a Successful Balance
By respecting what your body and mind needs to function most optimally, you also set an example for your clients to aspire to rather than trying to "do it all." With boundaries in place and your own self-care needs met, you are in the best position to help the greatest number of people most effectively. Once you clearly see where you have deviated from your values, you can start to chip away at your old approach that isn't working for you, replacing these old habits with new ways that align with your values, thus, reaping the rewards of a long, healthy career as a helping professional.
Sara Hauber is a wellness coach who currently educates trainers about using coaching skills in wellness settings. For more info, visit www.sarahauber.com or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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We spoke with with Vasiliy Popov, Head of User Experience and Mobile at Com-Tec-Co, about how the app works, why it should prove invaluable for a variety of users, and future plans to add to the experience in the future.
148Apps: Can you explain what PDF Cabinet does?
Vasily Popov: PDF Cabinet is the most elegant and intuitive mobile PDF app available for reading, annotating and sharing documents of all sizes on an Apple iPad. PDF Cabinet perfectly leverages the iPad's touch screen technology so just the swipe of a finger can be used to edit documents with highlights, circles, and underlines, and then save. The app allows sharing the annotated PDF documents in progress or complete via email, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth with other PDF Cabinet users. Files and folders can be easily uploaded and downloaded from iCloud and Dropbox. Soon the app will automatically transform many formats to PDF.
What makes PDF Cabinet different to other PDF readers on the App Store?
PDF Cabinet was created by Com-Tec-Co and leverages the company's 13 years of experience developing large-scale enterprise applications for global companies to create a consumer application that delivers simplicity and functionality. Com-Tec-Co tested the PDF reader concept with numerous focus groups to get a feeling of the most essential capabilities and intuitive user designs that consumers would appreciate. The app reflects the preferences of the focus group testing request for simplicity while enabling consumers to do annotations and collaborate using PDFs, feeling like they work with paper and a pen rather than learning too many features and settings.
How have you made the app easy to use?
Instead of cluttered UI, often confusing annotation functionality and settings that are featured by numerous PDF readers, Cabinet is really sleek and intuitive. It embeds all the necessary features for working with PDFs and no settings (please see video for more info: http://youtu.be/M1ljjApTXIk?hd=1). The app is highly intuitive and enables the most effortless annotation of PDF documents, which resembles working with real paper. While there are several tools available in the App Store for document viewing and annotating, people were still printing documents to make annotations.
What sharing options are there in the app?
PDF Cabinet app users can share documents and annotations via Bluetooth/ Wi-Fi for real-time collaborative annotation of one document on multiple iPads, or while reviewing a document together with an assistant.
The latest release brings long awaited synchronization with Dropbox and iCloud to PDF Cabinet. Now the PDF Cabinet app can sync any existing folder with any Dropbox or iCloud folder, create new folders in Dropbox or iCloud, and automatic or manual sync. It's easy to get documents and folders by simply dragging documents to any synched folder and they will be uploaded automatically.
How important are touch-screen controls in an app like this?
PDF Cabinet's user interface takes advantage of the touch screen functionality of the iPad. The app's unique design allows the user to select annotation tools, marking colors, and other options by pressing down anywhere on the iPad touch screen. This eliminates the need to learn where menus, options and preferences are on the application. Instead, they are available with the touch of a finger.
PDF Cabinet also leverages the iPad mobile touch portability, size and shape. By turning a stack of paper files from an offer, paper books that need notion, a professor's papers that need grading, PDF Cabinet's leverages the size and shape of an iPad and transforms a tablet into a portable office. The iPad is now an important business and education tool and this app will be a must- have tool for a wide range of professionals, students, and teachers.
Do you have anything planned in terms of other updates for PDF Cabinet?
Version 1.2.0 is already in the works and it will bring support for subfolders that many of users have asked for. The next version will allow for automatic conversion of DOC, PPT and RTF files to PDF while also continue to expand online collaboration and more cloud services synchronization.
You can download PDF Cabin on iPad now, and costs $ 2.99 / £1.99 to download [iTunes link].
A document management app for international companies called Cabinet Enterprise is planned to be released in 2013.
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Five Star Cellars: One of Walla Walla's premier wineries, Five Star Cellars was founded in 2000 by David Huse. What started as a hobby to pursue in retirement quickly grew to become a successful family business. After David's son Matt Huse graduated with a degree in Viticulture and Enology from Walla Walla's Community College in 2003, production quickly grew and so did the accolades. Today their wines routinely score 90+ points in Wine Spectator and other publications. All of their red wine grapes are sourced exclusively from the finest vineyards in the Walla Walla Valley AVA.
VanArnam Vineyards: Our newest Tasting Room addition! The vineyard was planted on the site of a former cherry orchard in the Rattlesnake Hills AVA of the Yakima Valley in 2006. Kent and Allison VanArnam hand craft beautiful, fruit-driven red wines and crisp, delicate whites.


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Definition of issue in English:
Translate issue into Spanish
1An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.'the issue of global warming'
matter, matter in question, affair, business, subject, topic, question, point, point at issue, item, thing, case, concern, themeView synonyms
- 'money is not an issue'
- 'No amount of appeals to the government for education reforms will resolve the fundamental issues at stake.'
- 'Deploying isolated tactical security products will not solve the complex security issues facing tomorrow's Internet community.'
- 'Resolving the abduction issue is an urgent matter.'
- 'Learn the key environmental issues facing this premier tourist destination from local guides and activists.'
- 'And scientific progress is a force that's apt to create, rather than solve, thorny ethical issues.'
- 'If you were a Georgetown student, would you feel free to debate controversial issues related to sexual orientation?'
- 'For at its heart this election has highlighted the thorny, divisive issue of what that flag stands for.'
- 'By night he's a singer and stand-up comic who uses bad language and tackles controversial social issues.'
- 'The present research was designed to explore substantive issues relating to levels of burnout among New Zealand primary school teachers.'
- 'Will reputation networks solve all the safety issues relating to online dating?'
- 'On other key policy issues, opinions were less divided.'
- 'We will now have to consider critical issues affecting the attitudes and temperament of our young boys.'
- 'Members have a right to debate these contentious issues thoroughly.'
- 'They handle very sensitive issues dealing with national security.'
- 'Let's talk about some other sensitive issues on your agenda.'
- 'The others each brought some insight about this critical issue from their own perspectives and from their own specialist areas.'
- 'I also wonder: would there be privacy issues associated with public perusal of the tapes?'
- 'The issues which arise are issues of principle; they turn on no contested facts.'
- 'Money was definitely the issue in this case.'
- 'What do you think are the most important issues in this campaign?'
- 'The news seems to be dominated by issues of race this morning.'
- 1.1Personal problems or difficulties.'a nice guy with a great sense of humor and not too many issues'
- 'When we engage with our issues only as personal problems we come to blame ourselves for our troubles.'
- 'Patients with personality disorder issues may be most difficult of all to assess.'
- 'I thought it was just me - I am oversensitive to personal space issues.'
- 'But there are also a lot of very genuinely difficult issues to work through.'
- 'Uncertainty about my career and other personal issues meant instead of settling down like a normal person, I was going out a lot.'
- 'Therefore, students can come see him about almost anything, even personal issues if they so desire.'
- 'Those were the days of immense depression and high stress personal issues.'
- 'We are told in some of the cases, these men were involved in personal family issues.'
- 'This may be true on personal issues but I think with regard to military interventions this is not fair.'
- 'In relationships they may be confronted with their unresolved personal issues.'
- 'So now maybe the personal issues at the center of the dramatic case might be examined.'
- 'I just wish I knew where to draw the line when it comes to my own personal issues.'
- 'She's standing very close to me, but for some reason the personal space issues are out of the window.'
- 'You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers or therapists.'
- 'The point is that many live to regret addressing specific personal issues in song.'
- 'A lot can be said about this, but Government is only looking at financial matters and not so much at the personal issues.'
- 'She loved the bratty little boy that grew up into a bratty man with his share of drug issues.'
- 'Parent and child - this type of couple often has shared issues with dependency and trust.'
- 'Everybody there had issues from child abandonment to drug abuse, but I got used to it and just stayed to myself.'
- 1.2issuesProblems or difficulties, especially with a service or facility.
- 'a small number of users are experiencing connectivity issues'
2The action of supplying or distributing an item for use, sale, or official purposes.'the issue of promissory notes by the bank'
- 'However, plans for the unit sales and bond issue remain at an early stage, he added.'
- 'The officials hoped that this would pave the way for issue of licence by the end of the month.'
- 'The two most important clauses for the purposes of the preliminary issue were clauses 4 and 13.'
- 'Later, consideration will be given to making it part of the initial free issue of uniform made to new entrants.'
- 'The Legislature had in mind such transactions as the transfer and sale and issue of securities.'
- 'There was no limit to bank note issue, except the utmost which each bank could keep afloat.'
- 'The company is involved in a put option structure which could shortly lead to a major issue of shares in Spain.'
- 'Several tours and issues have come since, with distribution going right across the country.'
- 2.1A number or set of items distributed at one time.'a share issue has been launched'
- 'Although it intends to distribute corporate new issues eventually, it has not yet done so.'
- 'To qualify for the full tax relief, you must invest in a new issue of VCT shares and hold the stock for at least three years.'
- 'The deal comes after a share issue last August failed to attract the necessary investment.'
- 'However, this morning it was announced that this is to be repaid by an issue of new shares at 48p.'
- 'Banks will also be free to price their subsequent issues once their shares are listed on stock exchanges.'
- 'Fans want to know where the money went from three separate share issues, and why Milne is so keen to move out of Pittodrie.'
- 'To qualify for the tax relief you must buy new issues of VCT shares and hold them for at least three years.'
- 'Fewer than half of the new share issues scheduled for this year were completed.'
- 'We seem to be inundated with new share issues at the moment.'
- 'It did not say when the new pricing rules would be unveiled but share issues already approved would not be affected.'
- 'One way to get companies to cut back on share issues is to make them pay for them.'
- 'The EPO and VEM merger hopes to set itself up as the market leader for share issues over the Net.'
- 'This usually involved share or bond issues which were traded on the stock markets.'
- 'In question is whether an issue of shares constitutes a supply for VAT purposes.'
- 'Launched in Delhi on Thursday, the new issues will not be an exact replica of the English version.'
- 'Some of the modern ones appreciate in value, but it is often difficult to sell modern issues for a quick profit.'
- 'The Seychelles Government was not amused and cancelled the complete note issue.'
- 2.2Each of a regular series of publications.'the December issue of the magazine'
edition, number, instalment, copyView synonyms
- 'The findings are being published in this week's issue of the journal Nature.'
- 'The research appears in this week's issue of the Journal of Biochemistry.'
- 'In next month's issue of Vogue magazine Parker claims that she may move to Ireland permanently with her husband.'
- 'Currently, we are working on an alliance with a major publisher to produce and distribute each issue as a book.'
- 'One of the editorial board told Socialist Worker that it is on course for 9,000 sales of its latest issue.'
- 'The President of the SPCA did so at once, but to date that response has not appeared in any issue.'
- 'As this issue of Imprint is distributed, it is the last day of classes for the winter 2004 term.'
- 'The interview is published in the next issue of Vanity Fair, on sale from December 3.'
- 'New insights on this key issue have been provided by three articles published in this issue.'
- 'Due to computer problems the local notes were not included in last week's issue of the Western People.'
- 'See update on the team's progress in the Aghamore notes in this week's issue.'
- 'The downside is that sometimes you end up publishing a very thin issue as was the case February.'
- 'This paper was an earlier version of the article of the same title which appears in this issue.'
- 'Sports Illustrated will publish its world-famous swimsuit issue next month.'
- 'Based on the Japan Times news item reprinted in this issue, it appears as if he's game.'
- 'In the April 6 issue there appears an article under the byline of staffer Handrie Basson.'
- 'Montague published his findings in the October 2004 issue of Neuron, and a cottage industry was born.'
- 'This thing is supposed to be done and published in the April 30th issue of the Citizen.'
- 'The full list of winners is published on our sports pages in this week's issue.'
- 'A full report on the launch of the festival will be published in next week's issue.'
3A result or outcome of something.'the chance of carrying such a scheme to a successful issue was small'
result, outcome, consequence, end result, net result, upshot, effect, after-effect, aftermath, conclusion, end, denouementView synonyms
- 'The successful issue of the great battle increased business and made the general attitude still firmer.'
4The action of flowing or coming out.'the point of issue'
discharge, emission, release, outflow, outflowing, outpouring, outrush, rush, flood, deluge, spurt, jet, cascade, stream, torrent, gushView synonyms
- 'an issue of blood'
- 'With an issue of blood she was cut off from the worship of God in the formal sense.'
formal Children of one's own.'he died without male issue'
offspring, descendants, heirs, successors, children, sons or daughters, progeny, scions, family, youngsters, babiesView synonyms
- 'Their eldest son, another Tyringham Backwell, had died without male issue in 1748.'
verbissues, issued, issuing
1with object Supply or distribute (something)'licenses were issued indiscriminately to any company'
supply, provide, furnish, arm, equip, fit out, rig out, kit out, accoutre, outfit, fit upView synonyms
- 'Any chance of you ever issuing the script for sale?'
- 'The inquest was told that leaflets and documents are published for parents, issuing warnings on cot deaths.'
- 'One of the most notable trends is a persistent drop in cases where no tax documents are issued for the sale of goods or services.'
- 'During the past two centuries, 13 Scottish banks have issued notes for circulation in this country.'
- 'The Dublin district courts have refused to issue summonses which don't have a euro stamp.'
- 'Lancashire Royal British Legion received a supply of the badges and was told to issue them to all those who were eligible.'
- 'The banknote was never issued for circulation, and the banknote in the auction was probably unique.'
- 'The transaction is expected to close within ten days, subject to the terms of the sale order issued by the bankruptcy court.'
- 'So keep the place supplied with the essentials or issue a printed warning to bring your own.'
- 'A marriage certificate was also issued by the temple authorities.'
- 'Following the procedure, the court immediately issued the warrant, Lina said.'
- 'The judge then issued a bench warrant for her arrest.'
- 'Both detention and compulsory questioning need to be authorised by a warrant issued by a prescribed authority.'
- 'A medical certificate was duly issued on April 4th, 1883 saying that Thomas Higgins was first-class insurance material.'
- 'And they could face jail if they refuse to co-operate with parenting orders issued by courts in Stockport.'
- 'A warrant was issued for his arrest, and he fled to Switzerland.'
- 'The lawsuit has been issued on behalf of some of these students.'
- 'They make money cashing the checks they issue at the end of each shift.'
- 'A recall notice has been issued which should be of interest to those Americans who purchase their drugs in Canada.'
- 'The leaflets were issued on 22 May, to be returned by 5 June.'
- 1.1issue someone withSupply someone with (something)'everyone was issued with a gas mask'
- 'On this particular Saturday, upon arrival we were issued with 12 parking vouchers.'
- 'Officers have complained to us that the fleece jacket they have been issued with as part of the national uniform has just not kept them warm.'
- 'Householders are being threatened with fines if they insist on sticking with bags instead of using the bins they have been issued with as part of the council's recycling drive.'
- 'Earlier in the war we read stories of British soldiers being forced to buy their own items such as boots in order to replace the shoddy ones they had been issued with.'
- 'As a result, she was issued with two fixed penalty tickets totalling £120.'
- 'At Kingston Crown Court, Judge William Thomas issued Carty with an antisocial behaviour order to stop him cold-calling on victims in the future.'
- 'The Government issued Mr Bigley with an Irish passport in the days before his death, in the hope it might aid efforts to save his life.'
- 'The police force will have provided him with safety training, issued him with all the safety equipment that they can.'
- 'But he instead used the cards to get the Shanghai Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank to issue him with 87 credit cards.'
- 'Sisalem's chances of building a new life for himself in Australia are restricted by the nature of the visa he has been issued with.'
- 'This witness testified that she was issued with only one book of Presidential ballot papers.'
- 'When you join the Book Club you will be issued with a membership card and points will be awarded for various types of titles read.'
- 'Once registered, you will be issued with your own unique five digit number, which remains your number for as long as you keep playing.'
- 'On receipt of this completed application you will be issued with an ID card.'
- 'Meanwhile, I will ensure that you are issued with a press flash if anything major happens.'
- 'When checking into the hotel we were issued with a pass.'
- 'When we were issued with our badges I can assure you that they had a Lancastrian bias.'
- 'Meanwhile, we had been issued with menu cards to make our selection for dinner.'
- 'Everyone is issued with a photo ID card for getting on and off ship.'
- 'Visitors are required to complete long questionnaires before being issued with an identity card.'
- 1.2Formally send out or make known.'the minister issued a statement'
send out, put outView synonyms
- 'I want the Prime Minister to issue a very reconciliatory statement at his next rally.'
- 'The real question is why any minister would need to issue such an order.'
- 'The work group is to prepare this regulation, which is to be approved and issued by the minister of justice.'
- 'A new bill, issued by the Minister of Trade and Commerce, is not going to make it any easier.'
- 'Police yesterday issued a stern warning that no intimidation of workers would be tolerated at the plant today.'
- 'Tauranga police today issued a tongue-in-cheek statement saying a robbery had taken place.'
- 'Police today issued a safety warning after reports of increased car engine " transplanting".'
- 'The company recently issued a statement suspending the rights of some shareholders to sell their stock for cash.'
- 'The government has also issued a statement calling on the public to " revolt against the striking trade unions".'
- 'The government also issued a formal apology for the injustice that was done.'
- 'One of the important decrees issued by this council under the Pope's direction referred to Papal elections.'
- 'The headquarters yesterday issued a press release to confirm that the freeway was indeed a part of the exercises.'
- 'Hospital bosses today issued an unreserved apology to Ms Smith.'
- 'The Monaghan investigation report was subsequently issued on July 7 while the Dublin report was finished on August 9.'
- 'On 12 February 1912 an edict of abdication was issued on behalf of the child Emperor.'
- 'Lee said it is unclear whether a joint document will be issued after the meeting.'
- 'An application was issued on 21 July by Mr. Medcalf to strike out that account.'
- 'A press release recording the termination of the management agreement was issued on 18th May.'
- 'The town council and North Wiltshire District Council are not issuing any statements.'
- 1.3Put (something) on sale or into general use.
- 'Christmas stamps to be issued in November'
2issue fromno object Come, go, or flow out from.'exotic smells issued from a nearby building'
emanate, emerge, proceed, exude, discharge, flow, flow forth, flow out, pour, pour forth, pour out, gush, gush forth, gush out, come, come forth, come out, seep, seep forth, seep out, ooze, ooze forth, ooze out, spread outView synonyms
- 'Instead, like the earlier temple buildings, new additions were positioned to relate to the springs and the flow of the water issuing from them.'
- 'Spring Wood does not take its name from the season but from the many springs which issue from the highlands above the wood.'
- 'Eroding sand, gravel and clay, with occasional springs issuing from them, present an unstable habitat for a few plants.'
- 'He fought hard to keep his lunch down as the smell issuing from the creature infiltrated his nostrils.'
- 'Almost at once, the smell of plant life issued from the room ducts as fresh air from the outside began to vent throughout ship.'
- 'On the sides, long-eared creatures utter foliage from their mouths, and more stems issue from two heads at the rear.'
- 'Closing her eyes, she released a shudder as images flowed through her mind like words would be issued from her lips.'
- 'In recent years a flow of cookbooks numbering in the thousands has steadily issued from American publishing houses.'
- 'His voice is a reedy hush, like a jet of water issuing from a punctured pipe.'
- 'The text may also be viewed as a legal instruction, issuing from God, requiring a particular and mandatory punishment for murder.'
- 'All products issuing from established publishers are not gold.'
- 'We will see a process whereby any lie issuing from any of them is amplified by the others, creating a multiplier effect.'
- 'Such sentiments have been made explicit in numerous statements and articles issuing from Iraqi Shia media sources.'
- 'One moment I was peacefully watching TV and the next was assailed by a high volume string of expletives issuing from the kitchen.'
- 'There'll be no white smoke issuing from the chimney, no papal politics, no dressing up in natty crimson robes.'
- 'If I had been a cartoon character you'd have seen a cloud with a picture of a tub of popcorn issuing from my mouth.'
- 'This personal capacity surely comes from insatiable love for mankind, issuing from total trust in God.'
- 'Two fire engines, from Marlborough and Pewsey, were called after smoke was seen issuing from the building.'
- 'Less sensible platitudes are currently issuing from the mouths of our leaders.'
- 'The noise issuing from these beasts was not unlike most people's idea of what hell must sound like.'
- 'True to his promise, the mayor insists on giving me a demonstration, pressing a button so that the captain's recorded voice issues from a speaker.'
- 2.1Result or be derived from.'the struggles of history issue from the divided heart of humanity'
result, follow, ensue, develop, stem, spring, arise, start, derive, evolve, proceed, emerge, emanate, flowView synonyms
- 'There are two sets of results issuing from the research outlined above.'
- at issue
Under discussion; in dispute.'the point at issue is quality'
- 'Mr Coffey later said if the material at issue was discussed it could imperil a future trial.'
- 'Never exclude anyone from voicing a perspective on the question at issue.'
- 'But this comparative element is too close to the question at issue: whether inequality is bad.'
- 'The question at issue, then, is whether the judicial function has any role to fulfill in evaluating the process.'
- 'The real question at issue was the pace at which gradual democratization should proceed.'
- 'What is also at issue is the service being provided in supplying the morning-after pill in the first place.'
- 'What appears to be at issue is whether fostering critical thought is done in a partisan manner.'
- 'Indeed, beyond the conventional list of individual human rights something new was at issue.'
- 'Less clearly stated but equally at issue is the right to set the level of profit.'
- 'Also at issue are the lack of adequate fire escapes and fire separation in the crawl space.'
Treat too seriously or as a problem.'Neither candidate made an issue of the law.'
- 'That's a worry at the back of everyone's mind really, but because they're still employing people there nobody is making an issue of it.'
- 'The only people who are making an issue of this are the media.'
- 'Senator Maurice Cummins said at the time he felt it was a major cause for concern and he would be making an issue of it in the Senate.'
- 'Disbelieving that he was making an issue of it, I handed over the 50 leva note, which he took all over the beach to get change.'
- 'No point in making an issue of it and unleashing their goons on the media and on individuals who point fingers at them.'
- 'He'd be as mad as those making an issue of this inherently safe transport.'
- 'Well excuse me, Alex, but it's you that seems to be the one making an issue of this.'
- 'If somebody makes an issue of their sex lives, then it becomes an open topic.'
- 'I would have liked to have done better after all that work but am telling myself not to make an issue of it.'
Disagree with; challenge.'she takes issue with the notion of crime as unique to contemporary society'
- 'But note that he understood what I was getting at, even though he passionately disagreed, and took issue with my bitchy tone.'
- 'So, it's not the contents of the documents that you're taking issue with.'
- 'It is always worrying when people disagree with you by taking issue with an argument you never proposed.'
- 'Tell us what it was that you heard that you took issue with?'
- 'Stephen Smith is also taking issue with what it's going to cost taxpayers to sell the Government's message.'
- 'What Frank's taking issue with here is Kerry's sharing a platform with and seeking the support of veterans.'
- 'Ellen Willis takes issue with what she sees as our emphasis on small-scale change that does not challenge structural inequality.'
- 'What Burrows takes issue with though is not the bans themselves, but bans that are a back-door means of protectionism.'
- 'So, we can take issue with that, we could debate that, but that's kind of irrelevant right now.'
- 'But it's not the American military I want to take issue with in this particular instance.'
Middle English (in the sense 'outflowing'): from Old French, based on Latin exitus, past participle of exire 'go out'.
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Formative Psychology
In recent years, formative psychology as pioneered by Stanley Keleman at the Centre for Energetic Studies in Berkely California has particularly interested me and become my main focus of professional study. I use formative psychology to seek to understand human experience from an anatomical perspective.
The essence of formative psychology is the principle that the thoughts, emotions, traumas and psychodynamics of the mind are also encoded in the body. The view that the body is the basis of experience is supported by a practical methodology that teaches people how to influence their own behaviour and the way they function.
I work through visualization, expression, bodywork (the use of muscular tone), breathing, physiology and cognitive tools & techniques in order to help to reorganize attitudes, beliefs and behaviours where desired and relevant.
Formative psychology works with the neurobiology (biology, physiology, neurology, chemistry and psychology) of learning and behaviour - the fundamental processes in physical somatic patterns that underpin thinking, feeling, the experiences we have of
ourselves, the world in which we live and our behavioural responses.
What does formative psychology focus on?
Formative psychology focuses on:
- learning about the organisation of our own process
- reorganising ourselves through changing the way we relate to ourselves
Working experientially is, I believe, the most effective way of embodying learning. Knowledge and insight are desirable but they do not, without experience, of themselves lead to sustainable
personal growth, change and development.
Anatomical activity is the basic essence of what makes us human beings. Pulsatory movements in our cell structures stimulate the synapses in our body and brain that transmit information along the pathways of our central nervous system and form the basis of neural activity, muscular effort, cortical mapping (thinking), emotions and our behavioural responses to our experience of ourselves, others and the world around us.
The brain is the central balance organ. It constantly co-ordinates the organism it inhabits (us!) with the outside world. If there is a discrepancy within ourselves, with others or with the environment in which we live, anatomical activity occurs which stimulates the participation of our cognitive, emotional, and somatic selves to deal with this 'stress'. Without the involvement of all these processes, it is impossible to establish a lasting learning pattern.
Re-organisation and learning requires positive interventions into our established patterns of thinking, feeling, and physical organisation. By paying detailed attention to, and building our understanding of how we organise ourselves to have the experiences we do, we can learn to differentiate more effectively between the somatic, cognitive, emotional and behavioural patterns that work for us and those that don't.
Life is an ongoing organising and formative process. If we can develop and deepen our understanding of how this process works we can begin to use voluntary muscular effort to differentiate how we experience and respond to life. Through constant repetition, variation and positive reinforcement of the response patterns we want we can begin to influence and affect the way we experience ourselves internally and externally. Taking responsibility for ourselves in this way enables us to lead our lives in a more resourceful way.
This powerful synergistic combination brings about rapid, gentle and deep change – much faster than by using verbal methods alone. We can change behaviours that no longer serve us and form and embody a more emotionally integrated, satisfying, enriching and fulfilling way of organising and living our life. Life transitions and crises can be used as a challenge to form new personalised responses.
Stress is a part of life and something we all experience as human beings. Understanding the psychology of stress and knowing more about how an organism adapts itself under pressure is helpful in dealing with stress-related symptoms such as nervousness, sleep problems, headaches or eczema, allergies etc.
We can learn through simple exercises ways to influence stress and anxiety, to experience the relationship between pressure and symptoms. Supporting our boundaries and physical structure helps us feel less helpless and will affect our symptoms.
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Here we are at the start of another new school year. I haven't always been excited to come back to work after summer, but working at Beaver Local has changed my perspective. I could have probably gone back to work after the Fourth of July pretty happily. I missed my classroom. I missed my kids. I was going stir crazy at home. August 24 did seem to come quickly though, and before I knew it I was back at school and listening to our new superintendent address the staff. He's top notch, and I'm excited to work for him. I know there is so much I can learn from him. Also, his relentless pursuit of optimism and positivity goes right along with the way I like to live my life. He had so many great points over the course of our inservice time, but the one that has really stuck with me and I'm hoping to focus on for the year is Be More Dog.
On day two of inservice, Mr. Lowe showed us the following video encouraging us to Be More Dog.
This just hit me. I can be whatever kind of teacher I want to be. If I want to be a technology using, costume wearing, super teacher, then that is what I will be. Go for it. Dive in head first. RUN. Be More Dog.
After we watched the commercial, we were sent out to the back parking lot and instructed to do a carpool karaoke video with our PLC groups we will be working in all year long. Most of us were out of our comfort zone, but the inspiration was written on our faces. Be More Dog. Go for it.
Here's my group's Buspool Karaoke. Please note how much of a star Mrs. Schreffler is! She was born for the stage.
The Be More Dog mentality starts at the top, and they practice what they preach. Here is the Beaver Local Administration showing that they can cut loose and have fun too. The guy with the Beaver mascot head is our superintendent. You can spot the school treasurer in the back left wearing pink. High school principal has the microphone first. High school assistant principal is on the right with the sunglasses holding a stuffed Beaver. Oh, and don't forget to check out my beautiful momma in the very front right with the hat and sunglasses on. She inspires me every single day to be the best teacher I can be.
We control the type of teacher we are. We control our happiness. We control the environment we create for students. Being great is hard work, but it's worth it when we connect and change the lives of our students. Make a choice, decide the type of teacher you want to be, and just do it. Be More Dog.
Join me (and many other Beaver Local Teachers) as we Be More Dog.


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It's been since 2014 that fans of Dalton Deschain & The Traveling Show have been waiting for their next material to be released. Primarily known for being a live band with cult followings in their home regions of New York City and Detroit, they've finally got some new music offerings lined up, the first of which we are thrilled to introduce you to today.
Freakshow is the first single from their impending Roberta EP and if this first track is any indication what the rest of the release is like, we're very keen to hear more. Much immersed in the folk-tale storytelling tradition popular among folk artists, through this first single, this antifolk punk-cabaret outfit brings us into the strange exotic world of a transwoman living in the 1940s, who finds love with a stagehand for a traveling sideshow.
The Roberta EP as a whole apparently entails a horror-punk-antifolk saga about demon possession, circuses, and nuclear warfare. It will be self-released on October 28.
Freakshow successfully blends several sub-genres of music with a raucous vibe and warped themes. I'd be lying if I said that Amanda Palmer didn't come to mind, as well as some of the more upbeat offerings of Quebec / Canadian artist Jean Le Loup. This is infectious high-energy music, capable of boosting your blood pressure and exploring themes that are simply unparalleled.
Dalton Deschain & The Traveling Show release the Roberta EP via Bandcamp on October 28, but anybody who pre-orders will gain immediate access to the single.
For those interested in a piece of art to have and to hold (in their own hands), there will also be a chapbook of stories and illustrations by the David Warpaint, along with a download code, lyrics, and a short story written by Deschain himself.
Dalton Deschain & The Traveling Show have several upcoming shows, as follows:
Sept 8 – Boston – Out of the Blue Too (with Emily Einhorn & Ferdinand the Bull)
Sept 28 – New York – Pianos downstairs (with Maude Gun, Shapiro Brothers & MNR PLSR)
Oct. 27 – New York- Sidewalk Cafe ('Roberta' album release show)
Nov. 4 – Pittsburgh, PA – Black Forge Coffee House (with Danvers)
Nov. 6 – Washington, DC – The Velvet Lounge (with Lonely Ocean, Ménage Á Garage)
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Change Bad Habits With Joes Goals
We all have vices, even though we may not all admit that we have them. Some people smoke, other people go shopping too much, and still others sit in front of their laptop every night eating a full bag of nacho chips while writing articles. A very cool website called Joes Goals, which Israel touched on briefly in 5 Fun Personal Web Apps to REALLY Track Your Life 5 Fun Personal Web Apps to REALLY Track Your Life Read More , helps people track their daily goals and achieve the dreams they strive for.
However, a very cool alternative benefit of the Joe's Goals method is that it also helps people change bad habits. It may seem silly to think that just by using some free website, you can put an end to that huge habit that makes you feel horrible about yourself. But, in this article, you'll learn how you can use the free Joe's Goals web application to put an end to those nasty vices you've been meaning to put a stop to for years.
How to Change Bad Habits With Joes Goals
MakeUseOf often covers sites that help you achieve goals, such as GetGoaling, StickK, or GoalsOnTrack 5 Amazing Ways to Get Inspired and Motivated to Achieve Your Goals Get inspired. Inspiration is everywhere; you just have to look. Get motivated by looking at people around you or famous achievers. Cool Web Apps gives you five simple tools that help. Read More , but the cool thing about Joes Goals is that it was created by a regular guy who simply wanted to organize his life, stay on task toward his goals, and change bad habits. A personal project turned into a web application that he now offers to the public for absolutely free (or you can pay to remove the non-intrusive ads). The moment you sign up and log in, you're immediately ready to start adding your goals and marking them as positive (ones you want to do every day), or negative (bad habits).
As you add each goal, it gets piled onto your list of weekly goals, with a box for each day of the week. Today's day is automatically highlighted, your goals are all weighted by points, and your total statistics are calculated for the entire week. Every day that you either accomplish that goal, or you give into your vice, you just click the screen on that day and a check mark appears and you get points (or lose points). Keeping track of your progress every day takes less than a minute.
The score is even tallied per day, so you can see whether a certain day of the week is your sore spot, and plan accordingly. You can also mark certain goals as more important to you than others by assigning that goal as worth a higher score, or the bad habit as one that you particularly want to eradicate from your life.
Stop Bad Habits by Tracking Your Progress
Psychologists agree that what most often helps people put an end to bad habits is when they are forced to become accountable for those actions. Unfortunately, for some people that means getting very sick from smoking, or hitting a pedestrian because they were speeding. Joe's Goals offers a way for you to announce to yourself, and to the world, that you are finally owning up to those bad habits, and you've decided to make positive changes in your life and stick to them. You can even share your progress on MySpace, blogs and other websites (see the bottom of this article). In order to track your progress, you can run several charts based on whatever date range you like.
The account summary just provides a spreadsheet list of all of your goals and the total checks and scores for that date range. The logbook summary lists a log of all of your notes from your daily logbook (see below). The goal calendar shows you a graphical display of how many daily check marks you achieved for a particular goal. The "CSV Backup" option lets you save your reports to a CSV file that you can open with any spreadsheet software that can read comma-delimited files. Now, I don't know if it's the engineer in me, but my favorite report, by far, is the "score calendar," which provides you with a very cool graphical representation of your daily totals.
This display really makes you realize whether you're going uphill or downhill, in a big way. The goal of this particular "game" is to reduce the red and increase the green. It can be difficult to change bad habits, but having that chart right in your face every week is enough to give you a real wake-up call. The time to change those bad habits is right now, and this software lets you assign some real values to those goals so that you can be accountable to yourself.
Announce Your Progress to Friends and Family
Best of all, there's a social networking feature (which I find very cool), that lets you integrate a display of your progress into any website, blog, or social network that you like. You won't only be accountable to yourself, but you'll be accountable to all of your friends and family who care about you and your health. All you have to do is click on the link under "Your Badge," highlight and then copy the widget script in the text box.
Inserting the code into Facebook, I've added the widget to my Facebook wall as you can see above. Now, every time you fail or succeed, you can be sure that friends and family will be there to cheer you on, or make fun of you, whichever the case may be.
Ultimately, brwaking bad habits and accomplishing your goals comes down to self-discipline and drive. No web application is going to instill that in you. But Joe's Goals certainly goes a long way toward helping people outline the specific things they want to change about their lives, and providing a tool they can use to track their progress and achieve success.
Do you have any tools that you use to track your goals or change habits? Offer your own tips and tricks in the comments section below.