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Kanban is a signaling system to trip action. As its name suggests, kanban historically uses cards to signal the demand for an point. However, other devices such as plastic markers ( kanban squares ) , balls ( frequently golf balls ) , an empty portion conveyance streetcar, or merely a floor location can besides be used to trip the motion, production, or supply of a unit in a mill.
The demand to keep a high rate of betterments led Toyota to invent the kanban system. Kanban became an effectual tool to back up the running of the production system as a whole. In add-on, it proved to be an first-class manner for advancing betterments because cut downing the figure of kanban in circulation highlighted job countries
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The term kamban describes an embellished wooden or metal mark frequently stand foring a hallmark or seal. Kamban became an of import portion of the Nipponese mercantile scene in the seventeenth century, much like the military streamers had been to the samurai. Ocular wordplay, penmanship and clever forms were employed to bespeak a trade and category of concern or shopkeeper.
In the late fortiess, Toyota began analyzing supermarkets with a position to using shop and shelf-stocking techniques to the mill floor, calculation, in a supermarket, clients get what they need, at the needful clip, and in the needful sum. Furthermore, the supermarket merely stocks what it believes it will sell, and clients merely take what they need because future supply is assured. This led Toyota to see a procedure as a client of predating procedures, and the preceding processes as a sort of shop. The client procedure goes to this shop to acquire needful constituents, and the shop restocks. As in supermarkets, originally, signboards were used to steer " shoppers " to specific restocking locations.
" Kanban " uses the rate of demand to command the rate of production, go throughing demand from the terminal client up through the concatenation of customer-store procedures. In 1953, Toyota applied this logic in their chief works machine store.
An of import determiner of the success of production scheduling based on " forcing " the demand is the quality of the demand prognosis that can have such " push. "
Kanban, by contrast, is portion of an attack of having the " pull " from the demand. Therefore, the supply or production is determined harmonizing to the existent demand of the clients. In contexts where supply clip is drawn-out and demand is hard to calculate, the best 1 can make is to react rapidly to ascertained demand. This is precisely what a kanban system can assist: It is used as a demand signal that instantly propagates through the supply concatenation. This can be used to guarantee that intermediate stocks held in the supply concatenation are better managed, normally smaller. Where the supply response can non be speedy plenty to run into existent demand fluctuations, doing important lost gross revenues, so stock edifice may be deemed as appropriate which can be achieved by publishing more kanban. Taiichi Ohno states that to be effectual kanban must follow rigorous regulations of usage [ 4 ] ( Toyota, for illustration, has six simple regulations, below ) and that close monitoring of these regulations is a ceaseless undertaking to guarantee that the kanban does what is required.
Here 's how Kanban works:
Let 's state one of the constituents needed to do doodads is a 42 " stem-bolt and it arrives on palettes. There are 100 stem-bolts on a palette. When the palette is empty, the individual piecing the doodads takes a card that was attached to the palette and sends it to the stem-bolt fabrication country. Another palette of stem-bolts is so manufactured and sent to the doodad assembly program.
A new palette of stem-bolts is non made until a card is received.
This is Kanban, in it 's simplest signifier.
A more realistic illustration would likely affect at least two palettes. The doodad assembly program would get down working from the 2nd palette while new stem-bolts were being made to replenish the first palette.
If this was a high volume doodad fabrication installation, each doodad assembly station might empty a palette of stem-bolts in merely a few proceedingss, and there could be 15 or 20 doodad assembly Stationss. Therefore there would be a continual flow of cards traveling back to the stem-bolt fabrication country that would do a continual flow of palettes of stem-bolts to be sent to the doodad assembly Stationss.
Kanban is Pull ( Demand )
This is called a " pull " type of production system. The figure of stem-bolts that are made depends on the client demand — in other words the figure of cards received by the stem-bolt fabrication country.
Systems other than cards may be used. For illustration, the empty palettes may be returned to the stem-bolt fabrication country. Each empty palette received indicates a demand to fabricate 100 more stem-bolts. For other types of constituents, bins, boxes or coops might be used alternatively of palettes. Or constituents might be stored on shelves in the doodad assembly country. When a shelf became empty that signals that more constituents need to be manufactured and the shelf refilled.
In Kanban the method of managing the constituents is flexible, and depends on the demands of the fabrication procedure.
An Alternate Kanban Model
Kanban can besides run like a supermarket. A little stock of every constituent needed to do a doodad would be stored in a specific location with a fixed infinite allotment for each constituent. The doodad assemblers come to the " supermarket " and choose the constituents they need. As each constituent is removed from the shelf, a message is sent to a " regional warehouse " or component fabrication installation, bespeaking that the constituent be replaced. The " supermarket " might so have a day-to-day cargo of replacing constituents, precisely replacing those that were used.
If we merely change the term " supermarket " to " warehouse " we have our fabrication illustration.
This " supermarket " theoretical account is different from the first Kanban illustration in that it would be used when constituents are manufactured in installations that are distant from the doodad assembly works. Alternatively of traveling about little measures of constituents, larger measures are shipped one time a twenty-four hours to the centralized warehouse.
Kanban – Responsive To Customers
Kanban consequences in a production system that is extremely antiphonal to clients. In the above illustration, the production of doodads will change depending on client demand. And as the doodad demand varies, so will the internal demand for widget constituents. Alternatively of seeking to expect the hereafter ( foretelling the hereafter is hard ) , Kanban reacts to the demands.
Kanban does non needfully replace all bing stuff flow systems within a installation. Other systems such as Materials Requirement Planning ( MRP ) and Reorder Point ( ROP ) may stay in operation. Kanban is most good when high volume/low value constituents are involved. For low volume and high value constituents, other stuffs direction system may be a better option.
JIT – Merely In Time / Continual Improvement
Kanban is straight associated with Just-In-Time ( JIT ) bringing. However, Kanban is non another name for just-in-time bringing. It is a portion of a larger JIT system. There is more to pull offing a JIT system than merely Kanban and there is more to Kanban than merely inventory direction.
For illustration, Kanban besides involves industrial re-engineering. This means that production countries might be changed from turn uping machines by map, to making " cells " of equipment and employees. The cells allow related merchandises to be manufactured in a uninterrupted flow.
Kanban involves employees as squad members who are responsible for specific work activities. Teams and persons are encouraged participate in continuously bettering the Kanban procedures and the overall production procedure.
Kanban in Software Development
Kanban is a really popular cant in nimble community and in this station I will seek to unite assorted applications of Kanban for package development. In general, Kanban is a portion of Pull System. Pull system determines whole supply concatenation. How many screwdrivers we should bring forth following month? Push system predicts the measure based on history informations and market parametric quantities. For illustration, we predict that we need 10000 screwdrivers following twelvemonth and will bring forth 10000 screwdrivers. Who cares if one half of the screwdrivers will be unsold till the terminal of the twelvemonth? The programs for following twelvemonth will be corrected, but unsold screwdrivers take shop infinite and money. Pull system produces merely required sum of screwdrivers. In ideal life we find a client, produces what he needs and sell it. Anyway, Pull system reduces stock list.
Kanban is a mark or a signal in the development/supply concatenation. It activates some procedure. For illustration, you have little store that sells screwdrivers, little warehouse and little works. Imagine that each screwdriver has little kanban card on it. If a lucky houseowner purchased one screwdriver, the card returned to warehouse. It shows that one screwdriver should be delivered to the store. The screwdriver delivered, but free kanban card returned to the works. Plant direction knows that one more screwdriver should be produced. They produce it and present to the warehouse. Thus clients ' demands rule the whole rhythm.
Merchandise Kanban
How it can be applied to package development? I think there are several applications. One-year-long undertaking program is a push system. We expect to sell all these characteristics in the following twelvemonth bringing, but it may go on that clients will necessitate ( usage ) merely one half of them. " Why the snake pit you add Blue Ray support? This is apparent dead thing! " There state of affairss where one-year-long programs plants. If clients demand is defined and relentless, you may make that. It means that clients do non desire to alter anything in merchandise range following twelvemonth. I do n't cognize industries where it is true, but I asume they may be.
Iterative development and merchandise backlog is a pull system. If the point is in the backlog, it represents client 's demand. But client is free to take it anytime, therefore altering the demand. This is a high degree kanban ( merchandise kanban ) . If item exist in the backlog it is a signal that it should be implemented.
Release Kanban
During loop development kanban regulations Implementation/Testing activities. For illustration, proving squad may take implemented user narratives and get down proving. The most popular manner for this kanban is a simple whiteboard with several columns ( Not Started, In Progress, Implemented, Tested ) . Each user narrative is a little gluey note. Initially all user narratives are in Not Started column. When user narrative is done by developer, he put the gluey note to Implemented column. And that is the mark for examiners.
You may believe out different ways though. For illustration, when user narrative is implemented, speaker unit in the examiners room shouts " User Story As an Admin I want to chair people remarks implemented " each 5 proceedingss until person takes this narrative for proving. Another manner is to take narrative card, crouch to examiners room and set it into implemented user narratives stack behind examiner 's dorsum. You got the thought. Examiners should be able to look into what is available for proving anytime.
Kanban board may work for complex procedure without jobs. Developers see what to take for execution, examiners see what to take for proving, proficient authors see what to take for user usher update, client see what is ready for cheque or release. Software development differs from fabricating significantly. The works produces looks-alike screwdrivers. It can hold automatons and crisp procedure to bring forth material. We ca n't replace developers with automatons. Each characteristic is alone, each user narrative is alone. We ca n't make elaborate procedure, package development needs inventions, researches and a-ha! minutes. Software development is a complex adaptive system that works on the border of pandemonium and ca n't be ruled by complex processs and instructions. Complex regulations lead to dumb simplistic behaviour, we ca n't use such procedures to package development.
It seems I went to far. OK, back to kanban. Signals in package kanban should be different. It is non plenty to run into a examiner and set black label ( or card ) into his manus when user narrative is ready. Tester should cognize what precisely user narrative is ready ( lone screwdrivers are the same! ) . The kanban card should incorporate at least user narrative name or ID. That is why in kanban board position coded by column/story combination.
Alternative is to utilize labels with different colourss for each user narrative. For illustration, xanthous label for implemented, orange label for proving. But each label should hold user narrative ID ( or name ) on it. You may give labels to developers and examiners and they will lodge them to user narrative when required.
Possibly this method worse than usual board, but I merely want to demo you that there are different ways to kanban in package development and you may be originative to bring forth better thoughts.
If you have distributed squads you will hold to utilize web based kanban. I am non cognizant about online tools that provide kanban board. If you need merely kanban board most likely you will hold to make it in-house. There are tools with Task Board ( including Target Process ) , but it is non the same. Task board shows undertaking positions and from undertakings it is non clear when the user narrative is ready for proving. It can be used as a signaling system, but with less success.


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Talented north-east youngsters are to take centre stage with an award-winning ballet company.
Dance theatre group balletLORENT have enlisted the help of Bramble Brae School to put on a performance of Rumpelstiltskin on September 28 and 29.
The seven children – Conner Burton, 5, Connor McGregor, 7, Emily Rose Wood, 5, Hanna Adrykowska, 8, Rhylan Stuart Quinn, 8, Rhys Warner, 6, and Robert Smith, 5 – were selected to join the professional cast for the upcoming performance following workshops in the city.
Artistic director and choreographer Liv Lorent said: "We're so pleased to have found a fantastic group of children in Aberdeen to become part of our team.
"At this age, children often have innate talent, a lack of self-consciousness and physical beauty in movement, which can be captured and channelled to great effect through projects like ours."
The young cast, most of whom have never had any formal dance training before, will be joined by four older people who will be recruited from a free workshop at His Majesty's Theatre on Thursday.
No previous dance or performance experience is necessary for the remaining spaces, however experience of wool-winding and knitting is preferable.
The show marks the final instalment of balletLORENT's trilogy of Brothers Grimm fairytales to tour theatres across the UK.
Rumpelstiltskin will bring together collaborators Poet Laureate Dame Carol Ann Duffy and five-time BAFTA nominated composer Murray Gold, among others.
Ms Lorent added: "The children and older people who feature in our production of Rumpelstiltskin add an authenticity to the fairytale world we are creating.
"The wide age-span of these guest performers comes closer to the reality of the communities we all inhabit.
"We have found that our community casts share their creativity with us with great generosity and have enhanced our work with their individuality. "Without them, our range of experience is limited as we are all dance professionals and our bodies are trained in a certain way.
"But with our guest cast we can tell stories of humanity with a deeper truth, and they offer the impressions of what our bodies once were, and what they may become."
Aberdeen Performing Arts (APA) music development co-ordinator Kirsty Robertson said: "The upcoming workshop with BalletLORENT will be a great chance for people across Aberdeen to work with some of the UK's most prestigious dancers and find out more about this amazing production."
Those interested in being considered for the performance are urged to call Kirsty Robertson on 01224 337664 to book one of the 20 places available on the workshop.
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October 16th 2014 is the World Food Day which is observed every year in more than 150 countries. This year the theme for the day is "Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition" to highlight and create awareness of the problem of hunger worldwide, seek solutions to food security problem, call for changes to our agriculture and food supply systems and make the world free from hunger.
Food Security in India – World Food Day 2014
Farm output in India has increased from 208 million tons in 2005-06 to an estimated 263 million tons in 2013-14. Accounting for population growth during this period, experts say that the country would need probably around 225 to 230 million tons to feed its people if food wastages are significantly minimized. Thus, while focusing to increase food productivity and output Government must prioritize its policy and program to reduce drastically food wastage to minimize the incidence of hunger and malnourishment. Most striking ground reality is that a significant percentage of food produced never reaches the consumers for a plethora of reasons.
The former minister of agriculture, Sharad Pawar once said that India is wasting food products worth Rs.50,000 crore each year, accounting for nearly 40% of total production in terms of value. These figures of wastage, however, do not reflect the true picture since it is in terms of only economic costs. For example, meat accounting for about as low as 4% of food wastage accounts for 20% of the wastage costs as against fruit and vegetable losses accounting for as high as 70%, account for about 40% of economic costs.
India ranks number one in terms of food losses. High wastage rates are often responsible for doubling prices of fruits and vegetables and 50% increase in the cost of milk. Apart from the wastages of perishable food, Wheat and rice are also abundantly wasted. Annually around 21 million tons of wheat rots or is infested by insects and pests because of inadequate /inappropriate storage facilities accompanied by inefficient management practices of the Government-managed Food Corporation of India [FCI] with no accountability.
To ensure food security, while the Government's priority to increase food productivity per unit area should be to optimally utilize available land, water and energy, the country cannot afford the luxury of the wastage of 33% to 50% of all food produced. Need of the hour is to have adequate concern, commitment and accountability to minimize significantly, if not eliminating totally, the current level of food wastages. The solution to the country's future hunger problem lies in formulating a strategic action plan to minimize these losses by 90% by 2016-17.
Nutrition in India 2015
The high food prices/ food inflation in the country can partly be attributed to these high wastage rates. High food inflation impacts considerably the poor since food accounts for 31% of their average monthly household expenditure. Major factors responsible for wastage of perishable food include, inter alia, absence of modern supply chains that can efficiently link the food grown by farmers to consumers, lack of adequate financial investments in cold storages and refrigerated vans, erratic electric supply, poor road connectivity and lack of investment-friendly policies that discourage the private sector to invest in creating this infrastructure.
According to the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, country has estimated cold storage facilities for only about 10% perishable food products, whereas the pressing need is for another 370 million tons of cold storage facilities for perishable products.
Gross mismanagement of the FCI to store wheat and rice has rendered FCI itself a part of the problem rather than a solution. Even the former Food Minister K V Thomas had once described FCI as a "white elephant that needs to be revamped from top to bottom." This transformation, however, never happened. Mr Thomas, also, led a delegation to China to study the China's impressive system of food production, procurement, storage and handling food-grains which could have been or be evaluated, modified and emulated to suit our situation.
The Government spends nearly 1% of its GDP for its mismanaged public food distribution system. Past experiences reveal that cost of food production, procurement, transport, storage and distribution has significantly increased and inefficient food management system has resulted into huge wastage, pilferages and deterioration in food quality, not even acceptable as cattle-feed.
The Independent Evaluation Office reveals that Government spends Rs.3.65 to deliver food of Re 1 while 57% of subsidized food-grains do not reach the intended beneficiaries and close to 36% of food-grains are siphoned off in the supply chain.
According to one expert grains trade analyst, grains procured @ Rs13.50 /Kg would ultimately cost Rs.39.50/Kg since additional costs would be incurred towards
- Procurement incidentals, viz. local taxes, bagging, transport to local warehouse
- Storage costs viz. interest, warehousing and transport cost for distribution.
- Central Government or FCI paying mandi taxes or market charges to major States viz. Punjab, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
- Significant costs during food distribution under the PDS [from warehousing to fair price shops to households].
- Establishment costs of FCI
- Each state having its own administrative infrastructure and fair price shops seeking additional commission as retailing expenses.
Thus, subsidy amount just doubles @ 192%
It is, therefore, necessary to develop effective food management system, methods and procedure through policy intervention and programs that can
[i] produce food grains as expected annually even under frequent unpredictable conditions of drought and floods in some parts of the country
[ii] formulate a strategic action plan to minimize food wastages/ losses by 90% by 2016-17
[iii] facilitate the estimated level of only need-based procurement preferably at major district places in each State with complete safe storage
[iv] create additional facilities for quick and cost-efficient transport, processing and storage and
[iv] redesign the public distribution system and transparent grievance redress mechanism.
In short, problem of persistent inadequate storage facilities including unsafe storage leading to huge wastage of precious food accompanied by the most mismanaged public distribution system leading to black-marketing and food inflation has to be seriously addressed by policy makers emphasizing policy-implementation with total commitment, good governance, accountability and grievance redress mechanism.


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PCGamer Interviews Chris Metzen
PCGamer has a cool interview with Chris Metzen where he describes the parts of his young life in the 80s that shaped his imagination and inspiration to create massive worlds.
Everything from The Transformers, GI Joe, X-Men, TSR, Dragons & Dungeons, and other TV franchises. It's the same era I grew up in. It was magical.
PCGamer: What initially drew you to writing about games, of all things – especially since you started back when technology was still pretty limited?
Metzen: When I was a kid, I was a huge GI Joe and Transformers fan. I remember the name Flint Dille flashing across the screen and wondering who that was. What a trip that life would lead me on a course where I'd get to meet him – let alone become good friends with him. But I grew up in the '80s, and we had a hundred flavors. Where commerce meets young minds, right? It was the craziest time post-Star Wars, because all these action figure companies realized they could be putting 22-minute commercials on TV, and all these executives didn't give a damn what it is, so long as it made their product look cool.
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DC Nation has just released another batch of teasers for their animated shorts, which features humorous takes on DC's famous super heroes. This week, we get another installment of World's Funnest and yet another clip from Animal Man.
The World's Funnest clip features claymated versions of Superman and Catwoman, who seem to be voiced by toddlers. They act like it too. With Kal El showing a penchance for cookies, while Selina complains about her mask's tendency to cover the nose.
The second clip features the Black Manta, who is terrorizing people at the beach by kicking sandcastles down. The whole debacle is spotted by Animal Man, who is currently using the power of fish to swim fast. Wait, isn't this supposed to be a job for Aquaman?
If you want to watch the full videos as well as other funny takes on our favorite superheroes, you can tune in to DC Nation every Saturday Morning at 10AM ET/PT, exclusively at Cartoon Network.


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Mastalgia is breast pain. There are two types:
In some people, the cause is unknown.
The pain can be caused by:
Factors that may raise your chance of this pain:
The main symptom is pain in the breast area. Pain may be mild or severe. It may be in both breasts or just one. It may be painful only in one spot or all over.
Call your doctor right away if you have any signs of infection, such as redness, tenderness, fever, or chills.
Call your doctor if you notice any other changes in your breasts, such as:
Call your doctor if your pain lasts, gets in the way of your daily routine, or is in one area of your breast.
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and health history. A physical exam will be done. The diagnosis is most often based on a review of pain patterns and the exam.
Your doctor may order further testing to look for any suspicious changes. You may have:
Talk with your doctor about the best plan for you. Treatment will be based on what is causing your pain. You may have:
Topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may ease pain. Other medicines may be prescribed to help ease cyclical mastalgia.
If you are taking hormones, such as estrogen or progesterone, your doctor may make changes to your medicines to reduce pain.
Your doctor may suggest some changes depending on the cause of your pain. You may be advised to:
Mastalgia can't be prevented.
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Office on Women's Health—US Department of Health and Human Services
The Canadian Women's Health Network
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
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Rosolowich V, Saettler E, Szuck B, et al. Mastalgia. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2006;28(1):49-71.
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text: Thread for MM #22 praises / curses and advice. I feel that most of the time super hard is a synonym to super random when it comes to MM adventures. I hope that in the future, more people would test and give feedback to the MM adventure candidates. That would require a separate feedback thread for each adventure from the map makers and/or proper and sufficient test time and iteration cycle in the test server. Battle 1: Ogre Escort by @adajon Nice story writing. Map is beautiful and detailed. The large figure bug with Muscle Through can make this map a bit awkward. Maybe I got lucky, but I beat this on first try both times I played this. The test build thread has some nice suggestions to make this map a bit easier if people struggle with it. Namely make the bodyguard Ogre a non-minion and/or move the spawn point of the Goblin Hulk a bit further from the narrow rock path. Nevertheless, I liked this module quite a bit! Battle 2: Hammer Time by @Potato Priest Writing was good here as well. The map is pretty plain and still missing one of the corner doodads. I whined about this already on the test server. I really don't like Death Elementals in general and this module pushes all the wrong buttons for me. It wasn't a nail-biting but rather rage-inducing and frustrating experience. Having a good night's sleep helped a bit, however. I still needed 5 retries before finally beating it. Yeah, it's super hard if you don't draw enough heals or are forced to choose from multiple Poison Elemental attacks or moving into Doom range. Hats off to anyone who can beat this consistently over half the time. Spoiler: Some nail-biting moments I thought the expiring Doom would finish me, but Roulette got me first. Got a Quick Jon's Axe for my troubles from the reward chest afterwards, so I guess all that cursing paid off? Battle 3: Space Explorers by @Vlamona Short and straight to the point writing. Rad bite created Hear Them Out And I was able to abuse I'm Here About The Job. Won easily on my first try, so I can't really comment the difficulty.


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On Monday, the Riverside County's Water Safety Coalition held a press conference to raise local awareness about water safety in response to several child drownings this year.
According to the agency, seven children have drowned locally since January—most of them in backyard pools. In addition, there has been a total of 16 fatal adult drownings and 24 non-fatal near drownings in the county so far this year.
Considering these results, it is easy to understand why Water Safety Coalition officials felt a sense of urgency about sounding the alarm on the importance of water safety.
Riverside Battalion Chief Todd Phillips stressed the importance of remaining alert anytime children are near water and suggested designating a sober and responsible adult to supervise them.
In addition to designating a water watcher every single time in or near the water, other simple steps to pool safety that can help save lives include making sure your children know how to swim, learning CPR, always remove portable pool ladders when they are not in use and ensuring all permanent pools have a proper fence, gate and safer drain covers.
The organization First Five of Riverside has offered to play a key role in the area of swim safety by providing families with low-cost and no-cost swim lessons. The agency is providing a $340,000 grant that will be used to teach approximately 880 children in Riverside County self-rescue techniques.
Nationally, drowning is the leading cause of unintentional death in children ages one through four. Not surprisingly, children can slip under water without much commotion. Many drownings occur even with a house full of adults and kids. For more information on low-cost and free swim lessons is available online at https://rivcowatersafety.net/.


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Bruce Lawson, one of South Africa's premier wilderness guides and one of only a hand full of guides who have passed the SKS DG and Birding qualifications, will be tutoring each course. Lessons you will be taught will not be found in any books, but will rather be hands on learning. These include advanced navigation and orientation with an emphasis on map reading. Situational awareness, setting up eco-friendly camps and water purification without using modern techniques is but a few of the advanced skills you will learn.
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In first grade, kids learn the fundamentals of math, like addition and subtraction. They also learn practical skills, including telling time and identifying shapes. If your child is having difficulty with these concepts, help him or her practice through additional worksheets and real-world application.
What Concepts Are Covered in First Grade Math?
It's important to know what your child is learning is school so you can provide supplemental practice problems at the appropriate level of difficulty. In first grade, your child will mainly study addition and subtraction, typically involving numbers only up to 100.
If you feel your child needs more practice with addition and subtraction, you can create your own worksheets or use real-life situations. For instance, when shopping with your child, ask him or her to add up the price of your groceries. You can simplify complex numbers by rounding the prices; for example, if an item costs $4.25, have your child use $4 instead.
You also can use physical objects, like counters or pieces of candy, to help your child visualize addition and subtraction problems. Have your child physically move pieces to solve math problems.
You also may want to point out patterns and relationships between numbers. For example, you might note that when adding, the order of the numbers doesn't matter. Whether you add four to six (4 + 6) or six to four (6 + 4), both equal ten. However, when subtracting, the order does matter (the answer to 10 - 6 is much different than that to 6 - 10).
Students in first grade also learn to tell time and identify geometric shapes. You can practice telling time at home by declaring your child the official time teller; whenever someone wants to know the time, your child will give the answer. However, keep in mind that first graders generally only learn to tell time to the closest half hour. You also can practice early geometry by having your child identify shapes in the real world. For example, you might ask your child how many rectangles he can find in your kitchen, and then guide him to objects like cabinets, the refrigerator or rectangular floor tiles.
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On a clock, the little hand is pointing to one and the big hand is pointing to six. What time is it?
- The time is 1:30. Encourage your child to draw a picture or use a model of a clock to help him or her visualize the time.
A shape has three sides and three points. What shape is this?
- Students in first grade learn to distinguish between defining characteristics, like sides and points, and non-defining characteristics, like color. This shape is a triangle because it has three sides and three points.
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We've Moved! You may have noticed the absence of content on this blog over the past several years. Our move from planning stage to implementation has necessarily led to administrative changes. Last summer we launched a new blog that chronicles the IU Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative (MDPI) project. Go to http://blogs.iu.edu/mdpi/ and you will find a … Continue reading
Indiana University is hiring a Media Preservation Specialist to work on its Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative. To find out more or to apply, use the link below and enter the position number (9941) https://jobs.iu.edu 9941 – Media Preservation Specialist, UITS The Indiana University Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative (MDPI) seeks a qualified professional to support its … Continue reading
On Tuesday, October 1, Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced a comprehensive time-based media* digitization project during his State of the University address. According to President McRobbie, the goal of this initiative is to "digitize, preserve and make universally available by IU's Bicentenary (consistent with copyright or other legal restrictions) all of the time-based … Continue reading
Last fall, I returned to New York University to take on the role of managing the film, video, and audio preservation program within NYU Libraries. Previously, I had served as a graduate student worker in the preservation media labs while attending the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) Master's program, so in many ways it … Continue reading
Two of my favorite moments at work are when I confirm that the regular UPS visit just picked up a shipment of tapes going to the vendor and when I receive a package from the vendor—the hard drive with files from tapes sent previously. Yes, I send tapes, and in a couple of weeks I … Continue reading
This continues our series of guest posts from universities actively addressing media preservation issues. The format distribution among Berea College's 18,000 plus non-commercial audio and video holdings is about a third each, 1960s-1970s era open reel tapes and audio cassettes, and a final third divided about evenly between VHS and half-inch open reel video tapes … Continue reading
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I feel honored that Mike Casey, a media preservation hero of mine, asked me to blog here. His invitation arrived on a happy day: I was feeling good about the annual internal report I'd recently compiled on the Stanford Media Preservation Lab's latest production statistics, project milestones and community initiatives, so I thought I'd use … Continue reading
The UCLA Library holds a large amount of unique audiovisual (AV) materials. The Library also often creates its own AV content. For example, the Center for Oral History and Research records both video and audio oral histories that must be preserved and made available to researchers at the Library. With new facilities hosting workshops and … Continue reading


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Before I get into how to clean up your site I would just like to mention something that will probably make your blood boil if you have been hacked….
If your site has been hacked blame the likes of sites like exploit-db who promote ways to hack peoples sites and create file uploaders, shellcodes and backdoors enabling online criminals to destroy your site and make money form doing so.
As computers get more complex more and more exploits appear and as a results more and more sites are being hacked and exploited by online criminals for purposes that range from spreading malware to seo to help promote there illegal pharmacy websites on search engines.
Exploit-db claims to be a site for so called pen-testers however with there google hacking database exploit-db shares methods for online criminals to find other peoples vulnerable websites to exploit. It is one thing pen-testing your own site to stop it from being hacked but it is another thing entirely using footprints to scrape google to identify other peoples sites.
It is a bit like a burglar telling the police "I was only pen-testing whether the door was secure or not..honest!"
If your site has been hacked it is extremely important you know how it was hacked in the first place if you are going to properly clean it up.
The key to cleaning up a hacked site is finding out the point of entry (the place where the hackers are getting in and wrecking your site) and eliminating it. This is key to cleaning up a site else the hackers are just going to keep on hacking your site no matter how many uploaded files you delete.
Hackers might have compromise your site because of dodgy files you may have uploaded to the site, a virus on your actual computer that allowed the hacker to collect your login details such as for your ftp account or hackers may have exploited the server that your site is hosted with.
Here are some quick and simple steps to ensure that your website is secure if the hack persists even after following these steps then this will mean that it is the server that is being exploited and we suggest that you move hosts to one with better security instead.
We advise that you make sure that your computer is free of viruses before you begin!
1) If you are using a content management system for example wordpress you may want to export your data. In wordpress you can either export your data using the tools>export featue found in your wordpress dashboard or by using extracting the mysql tables from your wordpress database.
It is very important after exporting all of the data that you go through it using a text editor making sure that there are no backdoors that have been added to your data that may let a hacker rehack your site. Look out for anything that does not look right for example php or encoded base64 code.
Once you are happy that there isn't anything in the exported file that shouldn't be there move on to step 2.
2) Login into your webhosting control panel. Once logged in please check that that there are no extra ftp users other than you. Then make sure to delete any databases set up on your account.
3) Using a ftp file manager login and delete all files and folders on your site.
4) Log back into you webhost control panel and change your password for both your webhosting account and ftp account.
5) Reinstall a fresh version of your website.
If you are using a content management system like wordpress make sure that this time you do not install any dodgy plugins or themes that could lead to your site being compromised and make sure that you keep your cms updated at all times. Simply reinstalling the themes and plugins that you used before will just lead to your site being compromised again as the point of entry will still be present. It is therefore sensible to find better and more secure themes and plugins to use.
If you use a custom content management system get your web developer to check through the code before reinstalling the site to make sure that there are no vulnerabilities that could be exploited.
By following these steps you ensure that you remove all potential vulnerabilities from your website that could be used as a point of entry for a hacker.
If you find that your site gets hacked even after cleaning up your site and you are confident that there are no vulnerabilities on your site this means that the problem lies with your webhost as the server your hosting your site on is is insecure and has been compromised! In this case until the vulnerability on the server fixed, account passwords changed and all backdoors removed your site will continue to be exploited no matter what you do and how many times you clean up your site.
Make sure you do not use the same password or username that you used before!
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The New York Times.
The New York Times reports about the tectonic shift after DieselGate in Europe and Paris Motor Show being overtaken by the flood of promises about electric cars. The ugly truth is that ALL DIEsel cars are emitting cancer hazard pollution and majority of them many times over the limits. People will just stop buying them. Now we have some brave prototypes and even real electric cars as well. Tesla Model S is outselling Mercedes S-Class, BMW7 and Audi 8. Automakers are getting the message finally: Tesla Model 3 will put then out of business and they are praying that Apple will continue just talking to every single automaker while making iPhones N+1 instead of millions electric iCars on Tesla Model 3 powertrain.
Even GrandPa from Daimler has dressed down to the jeans electric uniform posing next to All-Electric EQ Mercedes promising to beat Tesla in ten years. They are all welcome to try - we need millions of electric cars and it looks like we can be driving a lot of them made in China much sooner than "they will beat Tesla".
By the way, Europe is already selling more electric cars than the US this year. This tide is coming and this year we can celebrate 1,000,000 electric cars being sold in 2016 - it will get attention. But the most important is that the real electric cars are coming priced below $40k with the range over 200 miles: GM Bolt, Opel Ampera-e, Renault Zoe and Tesla Model 3. China is the wild card still below the radar screens: New Energy Plan with military style attention to the detail and execution is taking over lithium supply chain. Megafactories for batteries are rising and the best lithium technology is being tested by Formula E. Everything is ready for The Switch with record Solar and Wind installations, Energy Storage being rolled out and electric cars going into mass production.
Lithium And Energy rEVolution: EVs Sales Reach All-Time High In US For September, Almost 17,000 Sold.
InsideEVs reports about another record sales of electric cars in the US. In September 16,974 EVs were sold which is 67% increase y/y from 2015. Now InsideEVs tracks 29 model of electric cars being sold in the US. It compares with 25 companies in China already selling 51 models of electric cars and 200 companies developing 4,000 new EVs models. Worldwide sales of EVs are now at 441,179 up to the end of August. We still have a chance to reach my goal of 1,000,000 electric cars sold in 2016. Now China will have to deliver more than 500,000 EVs sold and it is possible. Tesla with its own record number of 111% jump in sales in the Q3 this year will deliver the boost to the sales of EVs in the US and GM Bolt is the wild card. They are going to deliver first to Lyft now - I do hope that the production is on track and normal sales and deliveries will start in November.
As you can see among the leaders in sales of EVS in the US the best electric cars are selling the best. Tesla Model S - 21,715 total sales in 2016; Chevy Volt - 16, 326; Tesla Model X - 12,740. This year Ford overtakes Nissan with its Enegi and 11,650 in sales. Nissan Leaf is number 5 this year in sales with 9,238.
I would note that both Teslas are the most expensive electric cars and once we have the better price offer with the range over 200 miles from GM Bolt and Tesla Model 3 these numbers will become even more impressive. I expect Chevy Bolt to beat Chevy Volt in the first full year of sales in 2017. The trend is obvious - lithium technology and cheaper battery batteries allow us now much better fully electric cars (BEV) and hybrid technology with two very costly powertrains is only a transition technology. Customers are ready to buy the best electric cars, bring them on Apple! I am waiting for the latest full data from China for the August.
Some investors are still searching for the lithium in news releases from Nevada. I would note that marketing companies will probably make more money than investors on this trend. Joe Lowry from Global Lithium will be a very good guide for all interested in this "hot commodity." Panasonic is actually supplying the lithium cells to Tesla and they are buying lithium chemicals from China mostly now. There is no lithium under Tesla Gigafactory floor and Chinese giants are going for the best lithium projects all over the world where lithium is actually located in economically viable for extraction deposits. Read more."
Lithium Race: China Wants 3 Million Electric Cars On Road By 2025.
"I guess that it is the case that whatever China wants they will get. In the case of electric cars with all the best central planning can get they will be there much faster. I am expecting that China will sell 500,000 only in this year. And we will see 1,000,000 electric cars sold worldwide in 2016. They have sold already 207,000 by August in 2016! Bloomberg is even more optimistic on the chat above. I will throw my own number - China will have at least 5 million electric cars by 2025. Why - just stay with me for a while. These twenty minutes can change your next 20 years of life. If Tony Seba is correct: all new cars sold by 2025 will be electric.
There is a state-level military plan in action in China to leapfrog ICE-age technology directly into the post carbon world with its New Energy Plan. It is a part of strategic planning on the state-level within Five Year Plans. New Energy is based on Solar, Wind and Electric Cars. Military style planning includes the whole commodity chain starting with Lithium Raw Materials - Ganfeng Lithium and Tianqi are investing all over the globe to secure lithium supply. Lithium Chemicals including for lithium batteries production - China is number 1 in the world already including Ganfeng Lithium and Tianqi making it into "The New Lithium Top 5." Lithium Batteries - Now Warren Buffett's BYD is chasing Panasonic and new coming Megafactories in China from CATL, BYD, Foxconn, Boston Power, A123, LG Chem and Panasonic will make China the center of Lithium Universe for many years ahead. Electric Cars - there are 25 companies which are making 51 models of EVs already in China and 200 companies are developing 4,000 new EV models.
This is what I call a serious exercise of a structural shift in the economy, driving internal consumption by building a 21st-century manufacturing base in Solar, Wind and Electric Cars and growing its middle class who will produce and consume all those beautiful cars. Now they will be able to breathe a fresh air as well. Welcome to Henry Ford idea with the state level implementation of new lithium technology and 1.4 billion people who would like to be happy and only starting to consume a fraction of the goods compare to the West.
I am preaching for the same approach here in the West for years. My dog is listening to me every time, but even him got bored already. Nothing is perfect anywhere, but you better check it out and learn fast: while we are still fighting DieselGate after one year from its mass media discovery, Red Dragon is flying fast and high picking up the best lithium projects, technology and brains to feed its new appetite for growth. Links below will provide you with my ideas where this growth will lead us and what will be the diet for this hungry creature. For those who is a long time here - we are coming back to our main investment thesis. It is very difficult to handle dragons: they are naughty, moody and can fry you just by trying to kiss. It is a better business to run a grocery store and feed them well. This New Energy domination plan will require a lot of Lithium and Copper and this is where my research is leading me to as well now. Read more."
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PARIS — For perhaps the first time at a major international auto salon, the stars of the Paris Motor Show are electric cars.
The 2016 show, open to the public through Oct. 16, also has the usual sampling of futuristic designs and prototypes. And of course there are some conventional new models soon to hit dealer showrooms.
But this show may end up being best remembered as a tipping point for an electric car revolution poised to challenge the automobile industry's internal-combustion status quo — although some of the excitement is still speculative, of course.
Volkswagen, trying to move beyond the diesel-emissions cheating scandal that has tarnished its brand, is displaying an all-electric concept car it calls the I.D.
VW already sells the all-electric e-Golf, but its limited range between charges is a big drawback. The e-Golf is considered a "city electric" for short commutes, not a long-distance road warrior.
But at next month's Los Angeles Auto Show, Volkswagen plans to introduce a new e-Golf, with a range the company says exceeds 124 miles, measured using the Environmental Protection Agency's test protocols.
The new e-Golf, to be sold in more locations than the current model, will serve as a "bridge vehicle," the company says, to the new all-electric based on the I.D., whose debut is planned for 2020. Volkswagen says it will have an electric self-driving car by 2025, which is why the I.D. on display here features a steering wheel that retracts into the dashboard when the car is in autonomous mode.
Mercedes-Benz used the Paris show to announce a new subbrand of electric cars, Generation EQ (a play on I.Q.). The vehicles are scheduled to roll out in stages over the next three to seven years. The inaugural model, on display here, is a sport utility vehicle.
Almost every other manufacturer in attendance is offering at least one new model with full electric operation or a hybrid combination of gas and electric.
Exhibit A came from the Opel division of General Motors, which unveiled the production-ready Ampera-e — the European version of its all-electric Chevrolet Bolt, which is supposed to go on sale late this year in North America.
The five-passenger subcompact Ampera-e promised the trifecta of electric car must-haves: considerable utility for a car its size, a mass-market price and an all-electric range of more than 500 kilometers, or 310 miles. (The Chevrolet version has a stated range of 238 miles, based on E.P.A. standards, which are tougher than their European counterparts.)
Six years ago, when the Nissan Leaf, the industry's first mass-produced electric vehicle, went on sale, the company said its range was less than 100 miles. That proved
Four years ago, Tesla pulled ahead as the new standard-bearer, with electric cars that could go up to 265 miles on a charge. The company said here that its new Model S P100D was rated at 315 miles. But its $135,000 price puts the car well out of the reach of mainstream buyers.
Tesla's long-promised, lower-price Model 3, which is to sell for $35,000 to $42,000 and is heavily subscribed with advance orders, is still only in prototype form and will not be available until late next year, at the earliest. Tesla did not display a production-ready Model 3 here, to the vocal disappointment of some attendees.
Extending an electric car's range has been G.M.'s goal since the demise of its ill-fated EV1, which it produced from 1996 to 1999. The EV1 had a range of barely 100 miles.
But G.M. claims to have solved the problem. As evidence, the company announced here that its engineers had driven the Ampera-e 417 kilometers, or 260 miles, from London to the Paris show via the Channel Tunnel.
"When we arrived, we still had a further 80 kilometers of range left," said Pam Fletcher, the project's executive chief engineer. "That is substantially more than we just announced for this car two weeks ago."
While she did not detail the exact methodology, route or road conditions of that drive, "any careful driver, on a national road, could have driven this car 500 kilometers," Ms. Fletcher said. "We are presenting a real production car, not something that is two to three years away."
The Ampera-e's price was not announced here. But its nearly identical cousin in America, the Chevrolet Bolt, has a base price of $37,495. And a range of possible tax credits and incentives offered in the United States could lower the final cost by more than $7,000.
"I'm impressed," Chris Paine, writer and director of the 2006 documentary film "Who Killed the Electric Car?" wrote in an email about the Ampera-e. "The real question is when it will hit showrooms for us to drive, or have Lyft pick us up in one."
The Ampera-e will go on sale in Europe next spring, the company said.
Another Paris debutant was a next-generation Renault Zoe EV, with a projected range of 400 kilometers, or 248 miles.
But the Zoe, the first generation of which made its debut in 2012, has been offered for about $27,000 without a battery, less expensive than the Bolt. Buyers then lease a battery pack from the manufacturer for about $100 a month. Renault said the new Zoe would probably have a battery purchase option.
The sexiest concept model at the show is probably the Renault Trezorautonomous-driving electric car. This aircraftlike flight of design fancy is likely never to see production — especially its cornea-scorching red plexiglas cockpit. Renault said future production models based on the Trezor would appear only "beyond 2020."
Mercedes-Benz built the largest stage here and rigged it for a huge light show with pulsating sound to introduce its Generation EQ vehicles. "We're now flipping the switch," said Dieter Zetsche, chairman of Daimler, Mercedes-Benz's parent company. "We're ready for the launch of an electric product offensive that will cover all vehicle segments, from the compact to the luxury class."
The attention devoted to electric cars at the Paris show stole the spotlight from diesel-powered cars, once a staple of the European automobile market and past stars of this show.
Diesel's inherently dirtier emissions are not welcome in Paris these days. To address the city's notoriously bad air quality, the municipal government has since July 1 prohibited cars that were registered before 1997 from operating on the streets on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. By 2020, environmental activists predict, all diesels might be banned in Paris.
And the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has proposed expanding car-free areas. One just approved will transform a major thoroughfare along the Seine into a pedestrian zone.
But this city, where the electric-car-sharing service Autolib' has been operating for nearly five years, would presumably be hospitable to more e-cars — as the electric revolution at the Paris Motor Show may have foreshadowed."


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Tennessee Harris is president of Harmon-Bradford, a real estate consultancy in San Ramón, California.
Mr. Harris joined CB Richard Ellis (then Coldwell Banker) in 1981. During his twenty-two-year tenure, he learned the craft of commercial brokerage and real estate advisory. He provided both his corporate and individual clients with a wide range of commercial real estate services, focusing on industrial manufacturing and distribution facilities. He worked and consulted in multiple markets as diverse as Seoul, Korea; Zurich, Switzerland; Reno, Nevada; and Fremont, California.
Over time, Mr. Harris earned a reputation for honest dealing and handling "difficult and discreet situations." He participated in the acquisitions and divestitures of more than 9.2 million square feet of buildings and 153 acres of commercial properties, with a combined value of over $800 million dollars. His responsibilities spanned from leading corporate planning sessions to managing the site selection process and serving as transaction advisor. His common-sense approach helped his clients understand their property needs and achieve their long-term real estate investment goals.
Mr. Harris worked with Carpenter/Robbins Commercial Real Estate, acting as a temporary real estate department for his clients. He also worked as a site selection manager for a medical office development company that focuses on properties throughout California's Central Valley and Inland Empire.
Mr. Harris was a facilitator with Vistage, the preeminent organization for the personal and professional development of CEOs, company presidents, and business owners. During his association with Vistage, Mr. Harris served as the principal facilitator of management development and learning sessions on topics covering a broad variety of business, economic, and personal and professional growth topics. From this he gained a tremendous insight into the inner workings of companies and their decision-making processes and how to better structure deals for all parties concerned.
Mr. Harris is currently a member of the board of H.O.M.E., a not-for-profit organization that exists to benefit homeless teenagers, and is also on the board of Harris Environmental Corp., a closely held for-profit corporation that designs and manages the environment for a better future. Mr. Harris obtained a BS degree from the University of Oregon. He lives in San Ramón, California with his wife Erica and enjoys teaching, traveling, and sailing, and has a deep interest in Asian art.


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The DDP600 AC/DC U-chassis power supplies provide a steady 600 W of regulated DC power through the extended 85 to 305 VAC input voltage range, all in a 4.4 x 7.3 x 1.5" (107 x 178 x 41mm) form factor.
Capable of 800 W of peak power for 10 seconds, the DDP600 series is very well suited for applications demanding a high start-up current, while allowing for space and cost savings. The U-chassis version is very well suited for challenging system designs where low profile, low power dissipation is desired with minimal air movement.
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History has shown that the key to progress, as well as survival, has been the ability to transport people and items of commerce. From the earliest references in literature, advancements in modes of travel were chronicled and embraced by the masses. This included the domestication of draft animals with the use of the wheel, to improvements in shipping, railways and, more recently, air travel. All of these improvements allowed the economical movement of growing quantities of goods over greater distances, along with the critically important ability to provide modern society with an individualized and reliable means of personal transportation.
For all of these modes of transportation the key to their continuing success was, and continues to be, their ability to innovate, improve their efficiency and effectively become more economical. In all cases, it is (1) the initial breakthrough idea; followed by (2) continuous improvements in the technology; (3) implementation and improvements in the infrastructure that supported the use of the technology; and (4) the societal changes that occurred that are all a part of the natural order of things.
With these changes and improvements, the older less reliable and efficient modes of transportation were set aside or relegated to curiosities or featured in parades and exhibitions. Each older technology had its day and served to advance the, then, current societal and personal transportation needs. What came next was in most cases a breakthrough technology, often referred to as a game changer, which advanced the ability to move individuals faster, farther and more economically. It also allowed the movement of greater volumes of goods over greater distances, again, more economically and reliably.
To achieve current and future CAFE standards, as well as fuel economy and emission requirements in Europe and the rest of the globe, manufacturers are implementing several strategies: reducing vehicle size and weight, increasing power plant complexity by adding turbo and superchargers, modifying the combustion and emission cleanup environment, and introducing a broader range of hybrid and all electric vehicles.
Additionally, to take advantage of the enormous increase in natural gas production in the United States and elsewhere, natural gas and multi-fuel vehicles are increasing in market share, which will require significant design and development considerations in the near future. All of these strategies are necessary but ignore the greatest potential for improvements: the ability to efficiently ignite and consume ultra-lean mixtures of both liquid and gaseous fuels, providing complete combustion while minimizing harmful emissions.
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ACE Water Spa traces back its concept to word SPA - derived from the Latin Phrase "Salus per Aquam" or "Sanitus per Aquam" meaning Health through Water. Since then, Water has been a vital element in cleansing, relaxing and healing because its curative properties. In England, back in the 16th century, the Romans came up with an idea to undergo "medicinal bathing" to soothe and treat body illnesses by the roman soldiers, thus hydrotherapy was born.
Hydrotherapy massage - is a kind of therapeutic massage that utilizes "Ultrasonic Jet System" that massages specific areas of the body with its aquatic jets strategically located to relax and soothe tired and aching muscles. This treatment is best done in heated water.
These one push-of-a-button equipments are categorized as soft, moderate and hard massages. Because of these, the customers are assured of the same consistent experience, unlike manual hand massages wherein every visit may be a different experience due to different factors. For example, a masseuse that offers hard massages may not be as strong as before because he is already tired.
Moreover, the massage systems, being "do-it-yourself" type, gives the customer the freedom to decide which water equipment to use and which part of his body needs more attention.
Fitted swimwear (preferably spandex material) should be worn inside Ace Water Spa to get the maximum health benefit derived from the spa. This ruling is strictly followed that only fitted bathing suits for ladies, trunks or cycling shorts for male to get the maximum health benefits derived from the spa. Branded swimming board shorts or beachshorts will not be allowed since these have the tendency to inflate because of the strong water and air pressure generated during hydrotherapy. Wearing of undergarments or shirts on top of our swimwear is also prohibited. However, you may opt to rent or purchase quality swimwear at very reasonable prices at Ace Swim Shop.
Moreover, swim caps are given as courtesy for you to use during your visit at Ace Water Spa, you are requested to leave your swim caps at the return Bin after your spa treatment. Brand new swimming caps are also for purchase at Ace Swim Shop.
All you need to bring are fitted swimwear and a towel. Ace Water Spa has all the amenities you need for a complete and relaxing experience. A locker will be provided where you can keep your belongings.
Ace Water Spa redefines its service by letting you use all its facilities for four (4) hours by paying only P600.00/adult and P300.00/kid (4 ft. & below). It simply means, enjoy all wet and dry area in the tempo of your choice. You may opt to swim in the lapping pool first or go straight to rainfall acupuncture massage. But remember, you must take a shower first before proceeding t the spa area of your choice.
Giving you four (4) hours inside the spa is very ideal for you to be relaxed and your mind to be revitalized. Since Ace Water Spa offers hydrotherapy massage and is not like any usual report, prolonged exposure to these aqua massage jets might cause muscle soreness and extreme fatigue. Four (4) hours is long enough as compared to the 45-min to maximum 70-min hand massages that are currently prevailing in most spa establishments.
This process is called Contrast Therapy Plunge. It is a special hydrotherapy experience wherein an alternate plunging in the hot herbal pool and cold pool is involved. Immersion on hot herbal pool will open up pores to allow the release of body toxins while stimulating blood flow to the core of the body while tightening the pores. Alternate immersion is recommended to keep your body temperature and heart rate at a healthy level.
Since Ace Water Spa is a day spa, accommodation of any type (rooms, cottages, etc.) are NOT AVAILABLE. However, Resting Area on the 2nd floor near the Hot Herbal Pool Area is Available. This area is also ideal for short naps.
Eating and drinking inside the spa area are prohibited. This would ensure cleanliness of the water and spa area. Moreover, we do not recommend eating heavy at least 30-mins before the treatment to avoid the risk of vomiting due to strong pressure.
However, after your spa treatment, a superb dining experience awaits you and your family at Ace Coffee Lounge. To view the complete list of available dishes and beverages from snacks to complete meals, click here
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Boleo is a Peruvian restaurant located on the rooftop level of the Loop's Kimpton Gray Hotel. I was recently treated to dinner there and I'm so glad I was able to try this spot. Stopping by after work, the first thing I noticed was how pretty the space is with soft candlelight and a DJ playing cocktail bar mix in the background. Since it's wintertime the glass rooftop ceiling is closed, but looking up I can easily imagine how pretty it must be in the summer with a great view of Chicago's Willis Tower and surrounding downtown area above. It was nice but casual enough on a weeknight that I'd definitely stop here for an after-work drink or two.
Both the food and drink menus at Boleo are wonderful. It's obvious thought and care was taken when creating each item, which is proven with the enthusiasm each item is presented with. Ingredients and inspirations are introduced with each item by its creators. I really liked how each item had a twist to it (a hit of citrus, sour cherry, or the use of vegetables in the first cocktail), but at the same time these were combined with elements of the familiar. The result was a meal that was comforting but also piqued curiosity.
The first drink of the night was also my favorite of the evening: the Plunder Road (Mezcal, blistered pepper, cantaloupe, whole milk), a clear Mezcal-based take on a milk punch that was super smooth with a subtle hint of smoke. I loved it.
For starters we had two versions of beef tartare: a Puebla-Style Beef Tartare with flat-iron steak and avocado mousse, and also a tartare made from pickled fennel, orange, and garnished with lemon and goat cheese. It was these sort of playful presentations that added to my enjoyment of the meal.
The Pining Away, a mixture of grapefruit, rosemary, sherry, and rose, had a surprise hint of allspice that made this drink stand out. It was somehow refreshing but spicy at the same time. Also as a side note all of the drinks are presented in beautiful, cut glass pieces that are individually selected. They look gorgeous with the candlelight flickering behind them, and I secretly wish I had more time to thrift store hunt for vintage glassware.
My favorite dish of the night was the Arroz Chaufa (jasmine rice with chorizo, Laughingbird shrimp and Peruvian purple potato). Cured Venison with juniper and lingonberry braised cabbage followed the rice course, possessing rich flavor with the added element of Chinese five spice.
By the time the Savarin Cake dessert came around I was so, so full but it looked so tasty I had to try it. The sour cherry cuts straight through the diplomat cream and pastry. This dessert has everything you could want: it's light and airy but also creamy with a flash of tart.
One of the last drinks to finish the night was Breakfast at Katsura (Suntory whisky, cider cafe orgeat, egg white) which tastes EXACTLY LIKE FRENCH TOAST CRUNCH. So good! It was a bit on the sweet side but a great way to end the meal. I would definitely have this again.
All in all, it was an amazing dinner in a beautiful space. Boleo has the atmosphere, food and drink that would make this a great spot for a dinner or drinks with friends, a date, or a celebration.


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Here are a few examples of the streets greened so far in Marylebone. These before and after photographs show how the new trees are bringing with them the first signs of change on our roads. Two hundred and eighty trees were planted locally between November 2009 and February 2011. We plan to plant a further 220 trees in the area in the next planting seasons.
New Cavendish Street is now greened with trees
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Things we search for:
Prayer for today:
Let Your love play upon my voice and rest on my silence.
Let it pass through my heart into all my movements.
Let your love, like stars, shine in the darkness of my sleep and dawn in my awakening.
Let it burn in the flame of my desires and flow in all currents of my own love.
Let me carry Your love in my life as a harp does its music, and give it back to You at last with my life.
Rabindranath Tagore [1861-1941]
Today's picture is one of a series of empathy cards produced by Emily McDowell, they are designed to send to people with serious or life threatening illnesses. Emily herself is a cancer survivor and these cards arise out of her experiences of people's awkwardness around her and how there are no cards that say to someone what you really feel about the devastating nature of their illness. It is well worth reading what Emily herself says about her cards and the motivation behind them.
Understand, I'll slip quietly
Away from the noisy crowd
When I see the pale
Stars rising, blooming over the oaks.
I'll pursue solitary pathways
Through the pale twilit meadows,
With only this one dream:
You come too.
Rainer Maria Rilke, from "First Poems"
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Great picture and sentiments from One Fit Widow on Facebook – an amazing woman who was widowed at a young age and now helps other people get their lives back on track after bereavement. Her main approach is helping people through activity and fitness, and she has much to say from her own experience of loss that others in similar situations will find helpful :
Was catching up with some blogs I follow, and this image by Dave Perry caught my eye (from Visual Theology). He has posted some images under a series title of "Seeing the Unseen" – the kind of things we might miss when we spend our days rushing around with our eyes on focussed on the screens of our smartphones!
Here Dave sees "a heart …revealed by the pattern of peeling paint on the side of a prefabricated building used as an outdoor store. The shape is unmistakeable and the moment of recognition truly delightful".