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Saturday Knott's Selection
Let's check out some Knotts stuff today, OK?
Starting with this souvenir "Good Luck" token that I found in a box (along with 4 others just like it!). This is one that I brought home myself, I think there might have been a machine that dispensed them in the blacksmith's shop. Coulda been someplace else though. There's "Whittles" the grizzled-but-friendly miner, he was a "mascot" of Knotts Berry Farm for a few years.
From March 1963, it's Old MacDonald's Farm. Ever have a hankerin' to pet some goats? No problem! It's all good here at the farm. I like the fun design of the barn! That old lady is giving us the eyeball, I'll bet she was a school teacher; she didn't put up with any foolishness.
Now it's September 1975, and we're standing at the edge of the lake. The small sidewheel steamer is named after Walter Knott's wife Cordelia, and it looks like it would be a mighty nice way to see the sights. I wonder if this lake was really only knee deep?
Among the many shops is the Candy Parlor. I wonder what they sold there? Maybe pencils or something. The landscaping makes this a peaceful scene, with a pergola covered in bright pink bouganvilla to the left, a rose garden, and a lovely fountain.


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Running out of juice on your mobile phone is a common problem for most of us. And typically it always seems to happen when you're not within reach of your mobile phone charger.
A new concept design may be the solution - Infinitely Charged enables a mobile phone to plug straight into a power socket and charge itself without the need for a separate charger, Gizmag.com reports.
Keeping in touch
The Infinitely Charged design should be a godsend for anyone working on the move and whose lifestyle depends on being contactable at all times. It would also mean that you could continue using a Bluetooth handset even when the phone is plugged in for recharging.
The Infinitely Charged design is still patent pending, and there's no word on when it might be available commercially. What is known, however, is that it features a 120V AC power plug that sits at the back of the handset. When not in use, the plug 'pins' would hide away inside the handset (similar to how a travel adapter usually works) and then spring out when the mobile phone needs charging.

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BizCADI Business Creation/Development Incubator Platform Launches Funding Campaign on Indiegogo.com
NSW, Australia -- (SBWire) -- 07/26/2012 --The new business creation and development incubator known as BizCADI has just announced that they have launched a major crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the completion of the infrastructure and launch of their new community website portal. BizCADI's mission is to fuel the next generation of established entrepreneurs by creating 100,000 successful startups and 10,000 established entrepreneurs by the end of 2015. The BizCADI crowdfunding campaign, which has just launched on Indiegogo.com, is providing a number of incentives for financial contributors to their mission of launching their incubator website.
The purpose and goal of BizCADI is to help business owners and entrepreneurs with sound ideas for starting a business to go from concept creation to successful startup by providing them with the necessary tools to turn that vision into reality. BizCADI is based around a built-in system called the Exchange that encourages and motivates the other business owners and entrepreneurs to get behind the projects and fast-track the business growth through social media. The dynamic BizCADI community allows like-minded business owners and entrepreneurs to share insights and resources, develop relationships that grow businesses, test concepts and gain funding.
BizCADI is the brainchild of successful Australian financial planner and entrepreneur Shaun Murphy. Having worked for the largest financial institutions in Australia and around the world, the businessman has provided financial advice for investment of hundreds of millions of dollars. Murphy has doubled investor incomes in less than 30 days and increased business revenues by 397 percent in less than 90 days. "My career has reinforced my belief that success cannot be achieved alone," said Murphy. "By helping the thousands of budding entrepreneurs that need support via BizCADI, we can change the success paradigm and help people all around the world improve their lives."
While the infrastructure and network for the portal are progressing quite well, Murphy, who has thus far funded the project himself, is in need of an additional $3,000 to finish the platform. The BizCADI campaign has just gone live on the popular crowdfunding website Indiegogo.com seeking the additional funding from contributors around the world.
As a thank you and greater incentive to contributors, BizCADI has set up different monetary value contribution tiers with a variety of escalating incentives. They range from community memberships, custom bags, hats and t-shirts, to highly significant and long-term marketing, funding and business growth incentives via the new portal. "While the impact of contributing to completion of the BizCADI platform has measurable consequences for the contributors, the impact on the thousands of lives down the road is immeasurable," said Murphy. For more information, please visit http://www.indiegogo.com/bizcadi
About BizCADI
BizCADI is an online business incubator with a social network component. The platform brings together budding and successful entrepreneurs to create mentoring relationships as well as connections and funding support to take business ideas from vision to reality. BizCADI is the brainchild of successful Australian business owner and entrepreneur Shaun Murphy.
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Providing our students with the supports, tools, and diverse opportunities needed to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world
Denise Grandits, Franklin Middle School Teacher
Mrs. Denise Grandits has exemplified excellence as a Grade 7 English teacher at Franklin Middle School. She is always positive, warm, level headed, and enthusiastic. Mrs. Grandits is engaging and friendly yet demanding of her students. She demonstrates a belief in her students to accomplish extraordinary tasks and encourages them to achieve even beyond what they believe they can achieve. Mrs. Grandits goes above and beyond for all FMS students by taking on leadership roles both during the school day and at after school events. She is a leader who loves students, loves teaching, and loves Franklin Middle School.


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Gamble Smart with the Sports Betting Professor
Gambling is the most common activity in many parts of the world. Many people are also gambling with sports. The different types of sports that the gamblers bet on are soccer, basketball and baseball. Some of the gamblers bet a lot of money in these games. Like any other gambling game, the sports gambling has a lot of losers. There are systems such as the Sports Betting Professor which have been made to help them win. Using these systems is very effective. If you are the kind of gambler who constantly loses, get the Sports Betting Professor.
The Sports Betting Professor is a system that is used for helping gamblers make wise bets on sports. It helps them make the right moves. The system is based on a pattern made after watching many games of sports in the past years. The creator of the system helps gamblers make betting decisions based on those patterns. It is a very effective winning tool.
The main benefit of using the Sports Betting Professor is getting money. Most gamblers bet for money. Many people bet on these games online and they do this with the main aim of winning after their predictions come out right. When using this system, a lot of money can be gained because there is always a win. The benefits are most useful to those gamblers who have made gambling their main source of income.
Gamblers are the main users of the Sports Betting Professor. There are some who bet on only one sport while there are others who bet on more than one sport. Whatever type of sport you want to bet on, the system can help you win your bets. there are those gamblers who earn a living through gambling. These ones need the system more than the other gamblers because they really need to win in order to survive. Gamblers form all over the world can use this system.
Gambling on sports is made easy with the Sports Betting Professor. There are many systems out there in the market for gamblers to use and this one is one of the best. The system makes gamblers win a lot of money.
The Sports Betting Professor is effective in assisting gamblers in making bets that give them a lot of money.
Gambling is a game of chance especially when it comes to betting on sports. The system is therefore likely to fail on some of the bets.
Customer reviews
Some sports gamblers have used the Sports Betting Professor and they have some positive reviews on it. here are some of them.
Paul G Marin, a gambler form California used the system and this is what he has to say to the creator, "so far THE SYSTEM has been AWESOME! Its greed and little patience that kills the average sports better. Realistically there's going to be a loss somewhere down the road. But, like you said, in the long run we'll come out ahead. Keep up the good work."
An anonymous gambler had this to say on the site "I never really had any interest in sports before but now I'm making so much money."
Bottom line
The Sports Betting Professor is a great system for making sports gamblers win a lot of money through gambling in the long run.


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What is Camp Joshua? Quite simply, an exciting pro-life weekend camp for high school students! At Camp Joshua, we train teens to be pro-life leaders now and in the future. We know that college-age women are the largest demographic receiving abortions, and it's essential that we teach our teens what being pro-life means, why being pro-life is important, and how they can be effective pro-life leaders in their communities. In short, they need to be able to defend their pro-life beliefs.
Our goal is to teach the basic facts of pro-life issues like abortion and euthanasia, as well as the skills to communicate these facts well. As our website says, "Just as Joshua brought down the walls of Jericho, the young men and women of Camp Joshua will lead their generation in bringing down the walls of the culture of death. They will be Be Joshua to our world in need."
So what can you do to help these young leaders-in-training?
- Promote! Do you attend a school, church, or homeschool group that would be willing to send students to Camp Joshua? Promoting our camp in your community is a great way to help us expand this awesome program. We can provide posters, flyers, and even a speaker!
- Attend! Send your teens to Camp Joshua! They'll learn a lot, make new friends, and have a wonderful time. We're also in need of college-aged volunteers to help as counselors at the camp.
- Donate! Unfortunately, camps don't run themselves, and your generous donations ensure that we can continue this program now and in the future. All funds raised go towards student scholarships, basic materials like binders and T-shirts, and overhead administrative expenses.
If you have any questions about Camp Joshua, our mission, the camp schedule, or how to be more involved, please don't hesitate to contact Erin at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Camp Joshua 2014 will be July 18-20 in Smithfield, NC. Cost is $95 per student, which includes food and lodging, materials, and a T-shirt.


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This Is What Happens When VR Meets the Real World
Virtual reality is taking over the world of gaming 9 Virtual Reality Games You Absolutely Must Play in 2016 Three VR devices -- and possibly more -- are launcing in 2016. Here are some of the most impressive VR games that you'll be able to play this year! Read More . With many big franchises including VR options in their latest games, and an increasing number of affordable headsets, it's quickly becoming a mainstay of the gaming community. But there's a lot more to VR than blasting through space more realistically.
Here are eight places virtual reality is making a difference outside of your game room.
Medical Training
The HumanSim line of simulations helps train medical professionals. From sedation to combat trauma to triage, the HumanSim "games" put trainees in tough situations. Simulating the stress of a critically injured patient isn't easy, but virtual reality helps doctors, nurses, and medics become more immersed in the training.
By combining real-world environments with advanced physiology engines, these simulations give medical professionals the chance to practice difficult, stressful procedures in an environment that more accurately simulates what they'll face in the real world.
Military Training
Defusing a roadside bomb is much more difficult when an enemy patrol is just over the next hill. Bandaging a wound might be a simple process, but when bullets are screaming overhead and mortar shells are raining down, it's difficult to concentrate even on simple tasks.
These are the sorts of situations where virtual reality can make a huge difference in military training. Learning about various activities in a classroom and actually living them out in VR are totally different things.
Virtual Heroes, the company behind the HumanSim games, is working on a series of expansive war simulation programs Going "Hands On" at the US Army Virtual Reality Game Studio Most game studios are pretty tight-lipped. This is the first time the Army Game Studio has provided an inside view, and I'm pleased to be able to share it with you. Read More . By combining advanced video game technology (like the Unreal Engine) with their VR prowess, preparing for battle is starting to look very different from its incarnation in recent years.
Landing a parachute, sniping targets from distance, and post-attack reconnaissance are all being taught with VR. It takes the term "tactical shooter The Best Tactical Shooter Games You Need to Play Tactical shooter games take the genre up a notch. Often based on military conflicts, here are the best tactical shooters to play. Read More " to an entirely different level.
Automotive Design
Ford has been using its VR-enabled immersion lab for several years to allow employees to experience a car before it's been built. Looking at surprisingly minute details (like the placement of interior lights) can give engineers a better idea of customer experience. And by getting this type of feedback before prototypes have even been built, Ford can update its designs more quickly than ever.
Range Rover also uses virtual reality in its design process. A system called CAVE (Computer-Aided Virtual Environment) lets users look at and even interact with vehicles before prototypes have been designed. Interior configuration, storage space, aerodynamics, and crash performance can all be tested in virtual reality without taking the time or money to build a model.
Pain Management
Burn rehabilitation is a painful process. Wound cleaning, physical therapy, and skin stretching are all excruciating — and even painkilling drugs aren't completely effective. But a virtual reality game that lets burn victims throw snowballs at penguins while listening to Paul Simon? That's effective. In fact, MRI studies showed that not only do patients report less pain, but their brains actually register less pain.
It's not just physical pain that VR helps, though. Exposure-based therapy (EBT) is a common method for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in soldiers. EBT encourages the patient to talk through their experience, essentially reliving it and learning to cope.
Virtual reality allows patients to come much closer to reliving the experience. And while studies have been equivocal, a 2015 meta-analysis indicated that the technology is promising and that users of VR in EBT have high satisfaction rates.
A fascinating game called Deep uses a custom controller to allow players to control their exploration of the sea with breathing techniques. The benefit? It teaches them yogic breathing that helps relieve stress and anxiety The Key to Understanding Your Social Anxiety Social anxiety is not only more common than you think, but it's also not as bad as you might expect. Check in for Vsauce's take on the subject. Read More , giving them the tools they need to deal with anxiety attacks.
Up-Close Education
As you might expect, VR is proving to be a great tool for educators around the world. Unimersiv, a company that offers educational VR experiences, lets students tour ancient Rome, explore the International Space Station, check out the Acropolis, explore the Titanic, and more.
The possibilities are absolutely endless. Immersive VR Education offers a simulation of the Apollo 11 mission. Several companies are working on astronomy apps 5 Tools to Watch the Night Sky and Track Events in Astronomy Today, you don't have to use a telescope to enjoy the wonders of space. These sites and apps are for real-life star-gazers who need to know what to look at up above. Read More that let students visit the planets of our solar system and the stars beyond. Explore the human body. Watch three-dimensional, 360-degree documentaries.
If any sector stands to gain as much as gaming from virtual reality, it's education.
Architecture and Urban Planning
It's not easy to imagine what a building will look like when it's still in the planning stage. Drawings and renderings from artists can help, but what if you could actually walk around the inside and outside of the building to get a feel for how the angles interact, how it relates to the skyline, or which types of wood best suit the walls? VR in architecture is already giving people the chance to do these things.
From customizing a home before it's built to seeing exactly where the sun will shine through windows, VR for architecture is a powerful visualization tool.
The same is true of urban planning. The city of Minneapolis recently partnered with the University of Minnesota to employ virtual reality technologies in planning the redevelopment of an area of downtown Minneapolis.
Being immersed in a 3D simulation of a newly planned city gives an entirely different view than a simple model.
Not sure where to go on your vacation? VR lets you experience a few different destinations in short order so you can make a decision. Travelers can visit New York, Rhodes, and Cyprus in Thomas Cook's experimental Try Before You Fly demos.
And, of course, VR users can travel around the world to visit far-away places that they'd never be able to go. Maybe it's too expensive. Or the political situation is prohibitive. Maybe you just want to see a bunch of things that aren't actually in the same place in the real world, like Google's collection of famous art. Whatever the reason, virtual reality will get you there.
Space Travel
Always pushing the envelope of modern technology, it's no surprise that NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is using virtual reality. From the design phase to actual exploration, VR is helping scientists there gain a better understanding of the universe. Engineers can design new craft in VR, for example, giving them a better view of the actual size of the object.
In 2016, Jeff Norris, leader of mission operations at JPL, told Engadget that using mixed reality in the construction of spacecraft allowed engineers to use their "natural abilities" in the design process. These abilities are much more difficult to apply to blueprints.
And beyond the design process, VR can aid scientists in exploration. Back in 2013, NASA was using the Oculus Rift How the Oculus Rift Works and Why You Need One Why is there so much excitement over the Oculus Rift? Because it's a technological marvel. Here's how it works and why you're going to love it. Read More and Xbox Kinect to control a robot from afar. While the transmission delays of several minutes to Mars detract from the feeling of being there, the environmental immersion certainly makes for a more holistic experience of what's happening.
They even hooked up a treadmill to let scientists walk around the surface of Mars around the rover.
A New (Virtual) Reality
The uses of VR beyond gaming are nearly infinite. From education to engineering, and from travel to training, the way we experience the world is changing. In many ways, VR is accelerating the processes we go through every day. Whether it's increasing the efficacy of learning to perform surgery or helping scientists design spacecraft, VR is changing the way we experience the universe.
What do you see for the future of VR? What will we be using it for next? Share your predictions in the comments below!
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Running away to Greece for a while
Posted by Laura M in English on March 24, 2016
After a hectic and laborious semester, I've left the books and essays behind to go back to visit my second home – Greece. It couldn't be any more different than the busy paths of campus and overload of studying. Instead, I've taken a much needed break and spent my time hiking in the mountains, sunbathing, […]
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Windguru WRF 9 km izšķirtspējas modelis šobrīd pārklāj lielāko daļu Eiropas!
Šis ievērojamais uzlabojums nebūtu bijis iespējams bez mūsu PRO abonentu atbalsta. Paldies Jums!
Pēdējās dienās dažas no mūsu WRF prognozēm neatjaunojās tik nevainojami, kā tam vajadzētu būt, tas notika jaunā 9 km WRF laukuma testēšanas un sagatavošanas dēļ. Lūdzu atvainojiet par neērtībām. Visi šobrīdējie abonenti saņems 2 nedēļas par brīvu kā mazu kompensāciju.
Visi iepriekšējie, mazie WRF 9 km laukumi tika aizvietoti ar šo lielo:
Windguru somu valodā! Somu valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Pasi Kaukinen (email ) & Pasi Rahikka (email: , www: surf.fi)
WAP2 prognozes šobrīd spēj uzrādīt nesen ieviestos jaunos parametrus (relatīvais mitrums, jūras līmeņa spiediens un sasalšanas līmeņa augstums). Iestatījumi mājas lapu prognozēm tagad ir vairāk detalizēti, lai mājas lapu īpašnieki varētu rūpīgāk izstrādāt un pielāgot prognozes parādīšanos viņu mājas lapā, kā arī uzrādīt jaunos parametrus (apmeklējiet Jūsu iestatījumu sadaļu, lai pielāgotu prognozes).
Windguru katalāņu valodā! Katalāņu valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Oliver Hernàndez Valls, email: , www: www.tramuntanal.cat
Windguru Jūsu IPhonā. Daudzi no Jums to jautāja un tagad tas ir klāt! Aplikāciju var lejuplādēt un instalēt tieši no Jūsu iPhone, vai arī no iTunes - App Store kategorijā Laikapstākļi. Tas ir PAR BRĪVU!
Windguru dāņu valodā! Dāņu valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Karsten Svenningsen, (email: )
Ziema tuvojas Eiropai, daudzi cilvēki pievēršas ziemas kaitošanai un slēpotāji un snovbordisti meklē stindzinošas temperatūras un sniegu. Mēs esam ieviesuši korekcijas modeļa temperatūras prognozē, pamatojoties uz starpību starp modeļa augstumu un reālo vietas augstumu (attiecas uz GFS un NAM modeļa prognozēm). Skatiet vairāk informācijas Palīdzība/FAQ. GFS prognozes tagad spēj uzrādīt vēl kādu interesantu parametru - sasalšanas līmeņa augstumu, pēc noklusējuma tas uzrādās tikai tad, ja tiek prognozētas temperatūras zem 5°C, bet reģistrētie lietotāji var tagad to ieslēgt savos iestatījumos. Turklāt mēs vēl esam pievienojuši augstos / vidējos / zemos mākoņus kopējo mākoņu daudzumu vietā (GFS, NAM) un relatīvo mitrumu un spiedienu (izvēles iespēja GFS un NAM prognozēm). Drīz mēs šos pašus uzlabojumus pievienosim arī WRF modeļa prognozēm.
Windguru bulgāru valodā! Bulgāru valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Tatiana Georgieva, www.ski.bg (email: , ) and Atanas Georgiev (email: )
Windguru basku valodā! Basku valodas versiju ir sagatavojis www.estropa.net (email: )
Mūsu Vidusjūras WRF 9 km laukums ir atkal paplašināts, tagad tas pārklāj arī Grieķiju, visu Egejas jūru, Turcijas rietumus, Bulgāriju un daļu no Melnās jūras rietumu piekrasti. Izbaudiet!
Nosegto apgabalu karte:
Windguru krievu valodā! Krievu valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Victor Yegorov - email: .
Windguru zviedru valodā! Zviedru valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Mikael Gustafsson & Magnus Markling.
WRF 27 km laukums tika paplašināts tālāk uz ziemeļiem un dienvidiem.
Nosegto apgabalu karte:
Windguru rumāņu valodā! Rumāņu valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Sebastian Enache - e-mail: .
Windguru igauņu valodā! Igauņu valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Tarmo Tanilsoo - email: .
Windguru holandiešu valodā! Holandiešu valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Harco-Jan (surfpro.nl) and Jan Marques - email: , www: www.mijnbb.be - Gratis Forum.
Windguru galisiešu valodā! Galisiešu valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Antonio Alvarez.
Visas augstās izšķirtspējas prognozes Eiropai tagad nodrošina WRF modelis. Mēs vēl paturēsim iepriekšējās MM5 prognozes, bet vēlāk tās tiks pārtrauktas.
NAM 12 km prognozes Ziemeļamerikai pagarinātas līdz 84 stundām
WRF 9 km laukums tika paplašināts tālāk uz austrumiem, tagad tas pārklāj visus Vidusjūras rietumus, ieskaitot Itāliju un Adrijas jūru!
Nosegto apgabalu karte:
Windguru poļu valodā! Poļu valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Jakub Figura - email: , www: www.arthizm.com
Lai atrastu labākās mēneša vietas, mēs esam pievienojuši Top vietas sadaļai arhīvs
Laika periodā no 26.aprīļa līdz 2.maijam nebija pieejamas WRF 9 km prognozes. Tā kā šis bija ilgs laika periods, windguru izlēma visiem skartajiem lietotājiem pagarināt abonementu par 2 nedēļām. Mēs atvainojamies par šīm neērtībām un ceram, ka Jums patīk šī mazā kompensācija.
Pievienotas vēja brāzmas un kopējais mākoņu daudzums WRF modeļa prognozēm. NAM modeļa prognozēs šobrīd ietilpst arī vēja brāzmas.
Click-Map prognozes. Vai Jūs vēlaties redzēt prognozes jebkurai vietai uz pasaules tūlīt? Tas vēl nekad nav bijis tik vienkārši... :-) tikai izvēlieties vietu uz kartes un saņemiet prognozes. (PRO lietotāji tikai)
Windguru portugāļu valodā! Portugāļu valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Armando José Laborinho / Clube Naval da Nazaré.
Windguru lietuviešu valodā! Lietuviešu valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Girmantas Neniskis (www.extreme-sports.lt).
Prognozes kartes animācijas (tikai PRO lietotājiem)
Windguru itāļu valodā! Itāļu valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Architetto Lorenzo Martinelli - email:
Windguru ungāru un vācu valodā! Ungāru valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Péter Szántó - email: , www: peter.szantocsalad.hu. Vācu valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Murat Tüten - email: , www: www.dwsv.net.
Windguru franču valodā! Franču valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Bernard Laforgue.
Windguru spāņu valodā!. Spāņu valodas versiju ir sagatavojis Ibon Maza - email: , www: www.gnshore.tv.
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Jaunas, augstas izšķirtspējas prognozes Portugālei un Spānijai ar jaunās paaudzes WRF modeli ar 9 km izšķirtspēju. Nosegtie apgabali:
Vairāk informācijas sadaļā palīdzība.
Tagad ar vēja modifikācijām Jūs varat dalīties arī ar citiem lietotājiem. Jums var būt vairākas vēja modifikācijas vienai prognozei, starp kurām Jūs varat izvēlēties tieši prognozes tabulā. Vairāk informācijas sadaļā palīdzība.
Daži nelieli uzlabojumi (ātra vēju un temperatūru mērvienību pārslēgšana ...)
MM5 9 km prognozes kartes ( Windguru PRO lietotājiem) Kartes ir pieejamas ar 1 stundas soli. MM5 27 km kartes arī tagad ir pieejamas ar 1 stundas soli.
Winguru supports Pakistan Kite & Flight 2006, a very unique expedition to the Deosai Plains in the Himalayas.
Bringing together some of the highest calibre freestyle ski and snowboarders with an elite team of Snow Kiters, in March this year, the event concept was conceived by Walkabout Films and is driven by Ozone kites. Promising to be the first of its kind, Big Air demonstrations and Snow Kiting at record breaking altitudes, all the riders will trek and snowshoe up to 4200m, where they make base camp for a week. Professional photographers and cameramen will be capturing the action.
Czech kiter Murphy from Mushow gang is a member of the team.
For more information on this event, full list of riders and sponsors, and images from 2005 trip, please visit the organisers website www.pakistanfreeride.com.
Current GFS based forecast for Pakistan - Deosai Plains on windguru.
Windguru.cz wishes good luck and the best weather!
Added more MM5 9 km high resolution forecast data! New MM5 9 km domain covers southern UK, La Manche Channel, north-west part of France, Belgium and west part of Netherlands.
We decided for this area because our statistics say it's one of the most popular. One more reason to go for the PRO version. Enjoy!
The main spot menu got quite long over time so it's time to make it more transparent. Now the spots are organised by country and some also by region. Thanks to cooperation with Stoked Publications and their superior KITE AND WINDSURFING GUIDE EUROPE we now have over 1500 more European spots in the main windguru spot list! All the spots in the guide are covered by windguru forecasts. The spots in the Stoked guide are organized by regions, I used their regions as a starting point but of course we can add more as people suggest. One spot can belong to more regions. Choose "ALL" in the region menu if you are not sure where to look for some spot. At the moment we have regions in several European countries only, others do not have them yet.
Dear windguru users, I'd like to ask you for a little help, if you have an idea about ideal regions for other countries please tell me and I will be happy to add them.
I changed the spot names, before the update, I was used to name the spots using the "COUNTRY - SPOTNAME" format, now I removed the country from the spot names and assigned the right country from list instead (the country list is based on the ISO 3166 list available from www.iso.org. All users are encouraged to assign countries from the list to their spots too (and update the spot names when necessary)
As you can see the main navigation panel looks different, now we use tabs to switch from the spot menu to favourites or spot search etc.. The wind and temperature units and forecasts hours menu was moved to Option tab. Hope you like the new panel.
Any spot can now be assigned to spot "category". Not just windsurfers and kitesurfers use windguru, for example paragliders have their own spots and they are not interested in others. Now it's possible to view for example only paragliding spots, just click the "Select spot categories" and use the checkboxes to filter some categories only. Again, this is a new feature, for the beginning I have marked all spots windsurfing & kitesurfing, feel free to report errors. Please, go to your settings and enter right categories for your custom spots. Available categories: windsurfing, kitesurfing, snowkiting, surfing, paragliding, yachting, balooning (but we can add some more). Of course sometimes it's not easy to choose the right categories for some spot. For example, theoretically you can kitesurf anywhere where there is some water, even in the middle of the ocean but we should not mark a spot as kitesurfing unless it is really used for kitesurfing. Hope you understand what I mean, please use common sense when choosing categories.
Registered users can also set their prefered categories in the settings. For example in winter I check snowkiting only in my settings because I am not interested in windsurfing spots untill spring comes again :)
Windguru forecasts for your website available. Now you can configure and display GFS / NWW3 based forecasts directly on your webpage. This service is free. Read more in Help/FAQ.
Added .kmz files for Google Earth. Using this you can import the list of Windguru spots to this great program to see where they are located. If you have not heard about Google Earth yet look at earth.google.com, it is one of the best applications I have ever seen. The basic client program is available for free. Google Earth is a trademark of Google Inc.
Added NAM model forecasts! (The North American Mesoscale model) NAM produces short term forecasts covering Northern America with 12 km average resolution. See the coverage map in help/FAQ section.
Added MM5 27 km forecast maps (PRO version only). It's not a final version, anything can change in the future. At the moment please consider this as testing only...
Now you can also try WAP2 / XHTML-MP version of Windguru. It's made for newer mobile phones which support WAP 2.0, the forecast tables there are similiar to those at www version. The URL is: http://wap2.windguru.cz
More people asked for automatic login.. Now it is possible (disabled by default):
It is a new option in your user settings (see Settings -> User - 3) Preferences -> Login). If you enable automatic login and if you do not manually logout when leaving the site, you will not need to manually login when you come back to windguru next time, you will get directly into the green login mode, so you can immediatelly enter your settings area without verifying your password, post not anonymous messages to the forum, PRO users can instantly see their full MM5 forecasts etc... Autologin is arranged using a secure cookie and it will work in maximum 3 computers/browsers. If you manually logout, you will not login automatically next time.
Warning! Use at your own risk! Use the autologin feature only on your personal / home computers or notebook... If you are in internet cafe, or anytime when you use computer which other people can use too always manually logout using the [Logout] link ! Otherwise unauthorized people can change your personal settings, alter your forecasts etc..
MM5 forecasts now include rain forecast. The new values in MM5 are precipitation in milimeters for last 1 hour. (in GFS it is for last 3 hours, 1 hour in MM5 is used because we have values in 1 hour step in MM5 model). But, the background color indicating intensity will be the same for both MM5 and GFS for easy comparation, same as if we would convert MM5 rain into rain for last 3 hours - the same colour means the same rain intensity in both MM5 and GFS)
Windguru started cooperation with german Surf magazine, one of the leading windsurfing magazines in the world. Surf website now offers wind forecasts powered by windguru using nearly 100 direct links to windguru.cz forecasts. Surf magazine came out first in 1977, since then, it brings you all the info about windsurfing - travell tips and spotguides, equipment tests, technique, news from the world of windsurfing and many more. Surf comes out 10 times per year in german language.
WAP pages updated. Now it is possible to search any spot and view it's forecasts, and it is also possible to use WAP without login.
Do you want to know where to catch the best wind for this weekend? Check it out at Top forecasts.
Tide predictions based on XTide. All weather forecast tables for spots which are less then 100 km away from some XTide location now have a "Tides" link.
Wave forecasts by NWW3 model are now possible for custom spots too. If you want to enable this for your spots go to your settings and edit your custom spots, you will find out more there.
1) Beginning today Windguru is available in two versions: free and PRO version. Most forecasts and website features stay free, but full and unlimited access to everything requires a small subscription fee. This website was always absolutelly free so why this change? Running this web is not free. The new MM5 data, hardware, internet connection and site developement cost money. Small subscription fees can help to fund the site, keep it online and make it better and better. Hope you understand... More information about difference between FREE and PRO version.
2) Also added a feature of creating list of favourite locations to the settings, these then appear in a special menu on the main page for quick access. It is possible to put ANY spot available to the favourites including any user's custom spot (if that user have not marked his custom spot as private). Hope this feature helps to users who got used to viewing other people's forecasts but now they can't login to any user without password. Now you can search any spot, add it to favourites and then also add it to your forecast set.. This will not be the last function of favourite spots, more features coming soon.
A little change for higher security. It is no longer possible to login without entering your password. As for automatic user recognition using cookies, it will work the same way as before. If Windguru did not recognize you now, just login again and it should recognize you again next time.
New windguru logo :) You can download a bigger image here.
Added monthly statistics into archive. GFS, MM5 27 km, MM5 9 km
MM5 27 km archive and MM5 9 km archive now available.
Updated Help/FAQ page with some more info about GFS and MM5 models.
19.7.2004Secure SSL connection to windguru (using https:// protocol)
Since now when you login with password (for example to enter settings area) your browser will switch to https connection when all data transfered between you and webserver are encrypted for high security. If you see a warning when entering https mode see this guide for how to avoid it next time
18.7. 2004
Now it is possible to select individual combinations of spot and model in Settings / Forecast sets (up to 20 forecast tables for one set).
16.7. 2004
Editing wind modifications for MM5 forecasts available.
8.7. 2004
MM5 forecast with 27 km resolution is now available for nearly all Europe and Mediterranean sea!
19.6. 2004
WAP now includes wave (NWW3) forecast and MM5 (experimantal) forecasts if available.
2.6. 2004
Updated "settings" section in order to be more transparent. (Editing forecast sets is now included in the "settings" section too.)
27.3. 2004
The timezones were updated, now it is possible to set the right timezone for every spot (not just GMT hour offset). I have updated the timezones for all the spots on the main list, if you see some error please tell me. You should adjust the timezones for your custom spots, otherwise the daylight savings time will not apply correctly.
Added sunrise and sunset times.
3.3. 2004
Short windguru survey. Please participate, it will help to make windguru better!
29.1. 2004
Added peak wave period (seconds) to NWW3 forecasts.
13.1. 2004
Added french Help/FAQ page translation. Thanks to Saucisseman!
10.12. 2003
Added quick search for the spotlist. Just type a piece of a spot name to the search field and the spotlist will show only the corresponding locations.
22.8. 2003
Up to 180 hours (7.5 days) GFS forecasts are now available.
19.6. 2003
Just a little change... AVN model was renamed to GFS (Global Forecast System). It in fact happened last year when NCEP combined their MRF and AVN models into one system and renamed it to GFS.
18.6. 2003
Archived data for spots on the main list! Data available since 16.3.2003 (except spots which were added later to the list...) I hope that later I'll add some data statistics and comparison too.
11.6. 2003
Many people asked me recently if it's possible to make a link from their website to a specific forecast on WindGURU. Now you can use this tool to generate the right link.
7.4. 2003
Wave forecast available for selected spots! (most ocean spots). It's based on NOAA Wave Watch 3 model, forecast updates 4 times per day. The data displayed inside the AVN forecast table are "Significant wave height" (in meters) and "Peak wave direction". Right now the wave forecast is only available for spots on the main list and not for custom spots, but this should change in the future.
December 2002
Windguru.cz is back!
I have to update forecast data manually but I hope to fix this soon. AVN model with forecasts up to 120 hours is now available. For registered users custom spots are available again. WAP version works too (see Help/FAQ for more info about how to view your forecasts via WAP)
3.10. 2002
Bad news... Windguru forecast in style you have been used to will not be available in the near future. This is because the data from ARL NOAA server is no longer available. In the previous months there were many users using the data scripts at ARL (not just windguru website). Many of them were abusing these scripts with too much requests, windguru was always doing as much as possible to avoid this, but the others probably didn't... ARL have decided to disable external use of their meteogram scripts because all of this troubles. You can still use the scripts but only through the forms available at ARL. Windguru.cz is no more able to transform the data into "windsurfer readable" forecast tables. Sorry.
I hope that I'm going to find some other data source for windguru to provide the forecast again, but it will take some time.
Windguru.cz website will still continue, all the user registrations, user settings remain in hope to wake up soon. I'll try to put some usefull links to weather forecast maps here in order to provide at least some forecast for you.
9.9. 2002
The pupularity of windguru.cz is growing, more and more people are visiting this site. Because of this, windguru caused troubles to the NOAA data server, which started having troubles with too much requests for forecast data. In order to eliminate this I had to do some changes:
- No more custom spots for registered users.
- One forecast set may contain maximum of 6 tables (still there is no limit for the number of your sets)
- No more AVN 191 and NGM 91 models.
- Some less frequently used spots were removed.
Thanks for understanding... all this is necessary to keep windguru online.
19.8. 2002
AVN 111 model is no more available on windguru. It became unnecessary after introducing AVN Short Range model...
7.8. 2002
Added AVN Short Range model. (Available for the whole globe, resolution: 95 km).
6.8. 2002
Windguru forum is now available for both registered and unregistered visitors.
6.6. 2002
Windguru forum! Now you may share your experience with others... Any windguru visitor can read all forum messages, but only registered users may post new messages. I believe it's better than anonymous. If you'd like to participate, please visit your settings page before you post messages, you may set your preferences and choose your nickname there. Other important thing is that you may fill some more detailed info about you there, other users may than easily click your nickname and see your profile, contacts etc. There are many different people from different places around the world who visit windguru and I believe that the debate could be quite interesting...
The forum is still under developement, I hope I'll add other features like searching, some statistics etc. Coming soon...
Please when posting, try to use the categories, this could be usefull for people who are only interested in some kind of messages...
28.4. 2002
Changed the logging procedure a little. Now 2 situations are possible. First: you only login with your username (you do not need to enter your password), or you are recognised automatically if you have cookies enabled = in this case your username would appear in the top right corner of the page displayed in red color. If you see this, you may view all your forecasts and browse the site but can't do any changes. Second: If you want to do some changes to your settings or forecasts you need to login with your password, if succesfull your username is displayed in green color.
25.4. 2002
ETA 91 model seems not to work now, I have replaced it with NGM 91.
5.4. 2002
I have changed the design a little. Now the recommended resolution is 1024 x 768 and above, hope most people these days are able to use such resolution... The forecasts should now display a little faster. Recommended browsers are now: Internet Explorer 5, Netscape 6, Opera 5 and Mozilla.
13.9. 2001
Now you can define windspeed modification for all the new models too.
12.9. 2001
Added new models! (ETA 40 km, ETA 91 km, MM5 15 km and MM5 45 km). These are available for spots in Northern America or US area only. As you see they have some finer grid so the forecast could be more accurate for spots where available. As this required some major changes in the code I hope everything works OK :-), if not, please tell me. You cannot define wind modifications for the new models yet but coming soon...
Now you can define your personal spots (only visible to you) on
your "seettings" page. Then you may select them or add
to your forecast pages just as the other spots. Currently, you can't
use the new models for you custom spots... hope to fix that soon.
9.4. 2001
I have changed the "windguru rating" system a little. Till now it worked like this: you have set 3 minimum windspeed limits for every wind direction at a given spot. Then if the forecasted wind exceeded these limits, 1,2 or 3 stars would appear as windguru rating to show how good the wind should be locally according to wind direction.
Now there is the Modified wind speed - to estimate local wind you can adjust the forecast with adding or subtracting some percent (for example you set that southwest wind is usually +20% stronger than the model forecast at given location). The stars as "windguru rating" are now displayed in all forecast tables and their amount is now based on the modified windspeed and minimum windspeed limits which are now the same for all spots and you may set them as you want (default limits are 11 knots for 1 star, 15 for 2 and 18 for 3 stars). Visit your user settings to manage all this.
For those of you who have set the rating in the past I have tried to do some conversion to the new system, but please check it, it was not made individually and sure it's not perfect...
Hope the new system is more comfortable and easier to understand.


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December meeting announcement – ATDD from a management perspectivePosted: November 20, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
Software development teams are under increasing pressure to deliver applications cheaper, faster, and better. As a result, many groups are using some kind of iterative or "agile" development methodology, all with the promise to achieve software faster, better, cheaper. However, shorter product releases cycles mean greater opportunity and need for regression testing. This creates resource management challenges as the burden of regression testing grows and competes with resources needed to test new feature functionality. As a remedy for this situation, many have proposed the use of test automation in the form of Acceptance Test Driven Development methods. Many managers, and even front line testers, tend to resist this approach. How can we diffuse the tension so that management will understand the necessary investments and the testers on the front line will take up the challenge with enthusiasm?
We'll demonstrate the following:
• How ATDD shortens the feedback cycle in Agile environments
• Cost benefit analysis of implementing ATDD
• Challenges to automated ATDD
• How to identify the right place and time to implement ATDD
Joseph Ours from Cohesion is our speaker this month. We're meeting at Nationwide at 5525 Parkcenter Circle in DUBLIN (not downtown). Thanks to Nationwide for providing the space and lunch! Please RSVP if you plan on coming.


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05/09/13 On Tuesday, May 7th at 3:41 P.M. Plymouth Police Sergeant Joe Deisch responded to Wal-Mart after a complaint of a subject trespassing. Arriving at the store, 33 year old David G. Johnson of Grovertown was taken into custody for criminal trespass. He was transported to the Marshall County Jail and booked on a $1,505 cash bond.
At 5:10 P.M. Sergeant Deisch went to a residence in the 200 block of West Madison Street for a subject wanted for a violation of home detention. Arriving at the residence, 30 year old Isaac R. Flores of South Bend was arrested for violation of home detention. Flores was transported to the County Jail and held without bond.
Later that night at 9:47 P.M. Officer Deisch responded to the 700 block of West Washington in regards to a warrant service for Fulton County. 38 year old, Jakie O. Dean of Plymouth was located and arrested on an active warrant through Fulton County for none support of a dependent child. Dean was transported to the jail and held without bond.
At 10:14Tuesday night Officer Paul Stamper conducted a traffic stop at West Lincoln Highway and North Oak Road on 20 year old Dereck M. Pinkowski of Plymouth. During the investigation Mr. Pinkowski was found to be operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated on a controlled substance. He was also found to be in possession of synthetic marijuana. Pinkowski was taken into custody and transported to the County Jail for operating while intoxicated on a controlled substance and possession of marijuana charges. He was booked in on a $3,005 cash bond. Officer Stamper was assisted by officers and the K-9 with the Marshall County Sheriff's Department.
A short time later at 10:38 P.M. Sergeant Deisch responded to Magnetic Parkway on Monroe Street in reference to a domestic fight. Arriving Officer Deisch located a 17 year old juvenile who was taken into custody for illegal consumption of alcohol. Officers also located and arrested 20 year old, Thomas E. Davidson of Bourbon for illegal consumption of alcohol. He was also found to have an active warrant through Kosciusko County for a probation violation. Davidson was transported to the Marshall County Jail and booked on a $505 bond for Marshall County and held for Fulton County.


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It was really sad. The company gave us the Canon Powershot S400 a couple of years ago as a gift. We have been using it to take lots of pictures, i am sure we hit more than 20,000 pictures.
Cos it was my first trip to Bangkok, and was planning to Blog about the Travel there. Thankfully, our phones nowadays comes equipped with a camera. (Using a Sony Ericsson K750i with a 2 megapixels camera).
So at least life continued on for a bit using the Camera Phone.
Anyway .... we discovered recently that my Canon Camera E18 Error is not an unusual problem. Apparently many people around the globe have suffered their share of the E18 Error.
Check out this E18 Error Website - http://www.e18error.com/
If you have an Canon E18 Error, you can also post your experience on their site.
The best part is they even created a website to guide you how to Rectify your problem.
So if you are also a victim to E18 ... click on this Link : http://www.e18error.com/repair.html
Will try and work on the camera this weekend .....
cos we have another TRAVEL TRIP coming next week to Macau and Hong Kong!!


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Dems move to blunt Citizens United
In the coming week, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) plan to unveil legislation to close campaign-finance loopholes opened by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. The legislation was written in consultation with the White House. Here are details that have been circulated to Democratic congressional staffers, and were obtained by POLITICO:
The DISCLOSE Act:
Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act
The Response to Citizens United
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision on January 21 (Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission), overturned decades of campaign finance law and policy, and will now allow special interest money to overwhelm our system and corrode our democracy. We cannot sit by and watch this money flood our system.
On February 11, Senator Schumer and Congressman Van Hollen released a legislative framework that outlined how we can respond to this decision, and they have been working on the legislation since then. Next week, Senator Schumer will be introducing The Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act (or "The DISCLOSE Act"), which will rein in the increased influence of special interest money in our federal elections that this decision will unleash. The House companion will be led by Reps. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Mike Castle (R-DE). Below is an outline of the proposal:
The legislation will address seven major points:
1. Enhance Disclaimers: Make CEOs and other leaders take responsibility for their ads.
If a corporation, union, section 501(c)(4), (5), or (6) organization, or section 527 organization spend on campaign-related activity, its CEO or organization head will have to stand by the ad and say that he or she "approves this message," just like candidates have to do now. In order to seek out the real money behind the ad, this legislation will drill down several layers and require the top contributor directing the funds to also "stand by the ad." Additionally, we require the top five contributors to an organization to be listed on the screen.
2. Enhance Disclosures: It is time to follow the money.
Any covered organization must disclose within 24 hours to the FEC not just its campaign-related activity, but also transfers of money to other groups which can then be used for campaign-related activity. Additionally, a covered organization must disclose its donors and has two options: 1) it can disclose all of its donors $1,000 and above; or 2) it can set up a "Campaign-Related Activity" account and disclose only those political donors to that account $1,000 and above. If, however, the organization dips into its general account for funds, it must then disclose all its general treasury donors in excess of $10,000. In both options, the Act allows for organizations to "wall-off" donations if the donor does not want the money to go to campaign-related spending.
3. Prevent Foreign Influence: Foreign countries and entities should not be determining the outcome of our elections.
Corporations that have either 1) a foreign entity controlling 20% of its voting shares; 2) foreign nationals comprising a majority of its board of directors; 3) a foreign national who directs, dictates, or controls U.S. operations; or 4) a foreign national who directs, dictates, or controls political decision-making are banned from spending in U.S. elections. If a corporation is under the direction or control of a foreign entity, it should not be able to spend money on our elections.
4. Shareholder/Member Disclosure: We should allow shareholders and members to know where money goes.
This provision would mandate disclosure by corporations, unions, and other groups to their shareholders and members in their annual and periodic reports. This would also require these groups to make their political spending public on their websites within 24 hours after filing with the FEC.
5. Prevent Government Contractors from Spending: Taxpayer money should not be spent on political ads.
Due to the appearance of corruption and possible misuse of taxpayer funds, government contractors with a contract worth more than $50,000 will not be allowed to spend money on elections. Similarly, TARP recipients who have not paid back government funds are also banned from spending.
6. Provide the Lowest Unit Rate for Candidates and Parties: Special interests should not drown out the voices of the people.
If a covered organization buys airtime to run ads that support or attack a candidate, then candidates, parties, and party committees get to take advantage of the lowest unit rate for that market. This provision is limited specifically to that media market. Additionally we improve the reasonable access provisions to ensure that candidates are not shut out of airtime.
7. Tighten Coordination Rules: Corporations should not be able to "sponsor" a candidate.
Loopholes in current coordination rules would be filled, thereby banning coordination between a candidate and outside groups on ads that reference a candidate from the time period beginning 90 days before a primary and running through the general election. At the same time, rules limiting coordination between the party and the candidate are loosened a bit to allow for effective responses to the influx of corporate and special interest money.


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Woman's Work
'If I had a teenage daughter, especially one who didn't see the point of politics, this is the book I'd buy her. Chatty, accessible and occasionally eye-opening, it's a history of the things conventional political memoirs miss out - written by someone who built a career on things conventional politicians missed out' Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian'Compelling ... She has guts to spare ... An important story ... Role model? You bet' Tim Shipman, Sunday TimesThe first time the story of women's progressive politics over the past thirty years has been told - by someone at the forefront of the movementWhy does the political representation of women matter? And which hurdles - personal, political and societal - have been faced, fought and sometimes overcome in the past thirty years? From campaigning with small children to increasing the number of women in Parliament, bringing women's issues to the heart of the Labour Party and tackling a parliamentary culture with no consideration for family life, this frank, inspiring and politically charged book is a crucial account of the progress (and occasional setbacks) made in fighting to change the Labour Party, UK politics and the way the country has been governed since the 1970s.
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Take the Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale at http://www.DivorceSeminarCenter.com
Stage 1: Ambivalence Over the Divorce
The immediate changes in your life may lead you to ask whether you have done the right thing. Going to sleep and waking up without the children in the house and no contact with them for weeks at a time can cause deep anxiety, even in those cases where a father is otherwise happier for having escaped an unhappy marriage. All decisions in life require tradeoffs, and this is nowhere better illustrated than in the case of the father who makes the decision to divorce.
Stage 2: Hope that the Divorce Will Go Smoothly
Since most fathers will be unable to reconcile with the children's mother, they hope that the separation and divorce will go through without a hitch. At least they will be able to agree on how to divide things up, share parenting of the kids, and work out a way to minimize the impact of the divorce on the kids. Dream on. People who were once lovers and intimates can become enemies whose focus on what is best for their children takes a back seat to punishment and revenge. Love has become war and both the parents and their children become casualties.
Stage 3: What Really Happens
According to the U. S. Census Bureau, of the almost 12 million single-parent homes, 85% are headed by women.7 This means that 85% of fathers are non-custodial. In effect, the children in these homes (almost 16 million of them) live with their mothers and "visit" their fathers.
Stage 4: Trial and Error Responses
Because the role of the divorced father is new, we learn to fill it only through trial and error. For example, when the kids are not happy to see you, should you ignore their indifference or scold them? When they forget Father's Day, should you forget it or call them on it? And when they tell you they would rather go back early this Sunday, should you remind them that this is your time or offer to take them back even earlier?
Stage 5: Things Settle Down
While you may need call the sheriff if your wife won't let the kids come out of the house on your visitation clock, or take her to court if she leaves town with them, there comes a time when you can get relaxed about seeing your children since the attempts to thwart your access will stop. Both your ex-wife and children will come to know how important time is with your children and accept that "dad's time" is something that will occur. This promotes stability in your children's lives because they know when they will be with you. It also gives them a clear message that they are important to you. No matter what anyone else says, they see that you care about them.
Stage 6: A Special Bond with Your Children
As events work themselves out, you will gradually build a new relationship with your kids. It will be different from the relationship you had with them before the divorce, but, in some ways, it can be better. Strong father-child relationships which emerge from divorce require fathers who are determined to maintain a strong bond with their children and children who are resilient enough to weather the changes. But there is a specialness in knowing that both father and children can come through a difficult time and keep a close relationship. One father told me that your kids never say anything to you, but both of you know that you have been separated by circumstance. And they know that you never abandoned them and that they have always been important to you. That's the message that sticks with them."
Stage 7: Continued Changes
As years pass, your relationship with your children will continue to change: your time with them will decrease as they graduate from high school, attend college, and/or enter the working world and move away. Your relationship with your former spouse will also continue to affect your children. Most divorced couples mellow with age–they may even become friends. But others remain at war. When they do so, the children, even as adults, continue to suffer as innocent bystanders. Quite often the children of divorced parents go off to college and avoid returning home, since that would only renew their feelings of being caught in the middle of an ongoing parental conflict.
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The Enough Project released a report today that ranks the top technology companies on how well each one is doing in wiping out the use of "conflict minerals" like tantalum, tin, and tungsten in their products. Apple, HP, Intel, Motorola are at the top of the list, while Nintendo is at the bottom, along with HTC, Sharp, Nikon, and Canon.
The minerals in question, mined in areas of armed conflict and human rights abuses, are used in many technology products around the globe, and The Enough Project – a non-profit arm of the Center for American Progress – tracks these in its effort to combat crimes against humanity.
The companies at the top of the list, including Apple, are working on wiping out the use of these minerals in their consumer products, while the ones at the bottom aren't even trying, says the report.
"Nintendo has made no known effort to trace or audit its supply chain,"s aid the "Taking conflict out of consumer gadgets" report. "Sharp, HTC, Nikon and Canon are taking initial steps to join industry efforts, but their progress remains far behind industry leaders."
The scores that The Enough Project track are based on company efforts to actually trace the source of the key metals and minerals use in tech products and whether or not audits of supply chains are being. In addition, the scores reflect companies' efforts to include environmental rankings or support for specific legislation on these conflict materials.
According to the report, Apple and the other companies at the top of the list "have moved forward to develop solutions despite delays in the legislative rule-making process by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC – an excuse that many other companies have used to explain their lack of significant action."
The higher ranking companies, including Apple, have taken steps like developing a smelter auditing program, an aid project for lagging smelters, and aid projects to help develop a clean minerals trade, according to the report.
The Enough Project reports that SanDisk, Philips, Sony, Panasonic, RIM and AMD have improved their efforts "by surveying their suppliers, piloting due diligence, and joining the smelter audit program."
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Keep safe up in Valdez area. Carol and I have been keeping up with the news of the avalanche on the Richardson Highway. It really looks scary. Seems this year you guys got the warm weather and we got your cold air and snowy owls.
The nature folks down here are going crazy with the SNOWY OWL INVASION! That is what they are calling it. Owls all over east coast. The are roosting in downtown Baltimore and Washington DC.
On the beaches from Maine to Floridia.
This very Majestic bird is causing quite a fuss. Lol.
Happy New Year!
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Keep safe friends
Keep safe up in Valdez area. Carol and I have been keeping up with the news of the avalanche on the Richardson Highway. It really looks scary. Seems this year you guys got the warm weather and we got your cold air and snowy owls.
One Step at a Time
This weekend was an oil painting marathon. Six hours in two days. I really enjoy oil, the painting seems to emerge from the painting panel. When the color and shape are right, it looks "real".
So this is what happened, Carol and I are still put the "first sitting" on. That is the first layer of color.
Using fine bristle brushes, since they don't come to a point like sable, use a smaller size. I like filberts, has a point and a slightly flat side of tip, making the brush more versital.
Now the hard part, look closely at moccasin(your object may be different). There are cool and warm tones on everything. Warm tones are the tones that are in the Direct light, Cool tones are in Indirect light. Wow! That really made sense.(just kidding) Here's how I sort it out, top of moc is mostly warm tones.
the sole/bottom of moc is cool tones(cool tones-reflected light from table, deeper, darker, larger shadows)
The side of moc are a mix depending where the light come from.
Now back to looking for where the shapes of shadows are and paint on your board. I am laughing, because this little task is the hardest thing to figure out. How to tune your eye, brain and intuition about painting to make this happen. 3 years in and I still very much feel like a novice.
Now to color! Then mix the color as close as you can to the mid-range local color. The tan color of the suede moc. Not the highlights or shadow colors. Here's where it gets tricky. Color mixing is practice and color chemistry. It is about knowing what happens when you mix paint colors, there is no formula.
Back to suede color, it looks kind of yellowish, so mostly yellow ochre, with a little titanium yellow, add a touch of "red" and burnt sienna.
I work in two spots of paint, warm suede and cool suede piles.
So the warm suede adds the cad red light, burnt umber (to darken) and titanium yellow +touch of titanium white (to lighten)
On the cooler suede I add crimson (this is a super strong color, go lightly), raw umber (to darken) and titanium yellow (to lighten). The add a touch of medium to make it flow nice. Now you can see why it takes six hours and I only have half of one moc done.
Add in the drawing mistakes that were corrected. Most frustration comes back to incorrect drawing, at least I can see it earlier this time.
We work very hard this weekend.
Have a Blessed Sunday! Wednesday! One week later! Argh!
Have a blessed week.
Pliene Air Travel Sketching: A Watercolor Workshop in Annapolis Md. Jean Brinton Jaecks.
Well to say the least, Carol and I have been art busy since last month.
Pliene Air Travel Sketching: A Watercolor Workshop in Annapolis Md.
Our instructor was Jean Brinton Jaecks.
Jean did a great job explaing how the light reflects off things light building and trees. She also explained how light looks when soming through a tree, it makes the tree glow. I enjoyed the workshop very much.
Day One: We started sketching at St. John's College. Then everyone did two sketches around campus. Lovely lunch provided at the boathouse on campus.
Day Two: We hoofed into town (a few blocks) and sketches houses. Carol and I sat together so we have similar subjects. While we were sketching houses the owners came across the street for a peek and a chat.
Everyone was crazy friendly on this perfect October weekend. The sun/light kept coming and going behind clouds.
So when they say paint the "LIGHT FIRST", they mean it. I finally figured out what the teachers have been saying. Duh!
After a sketch in town we wandered back to the boat house dock to paint the College Creek. A water painting. Hmmm. I find watercolor very difficult. I am not painting fast or confident enough….practice! Practice!practice! Ugg…it always comes down to hard work…lol.
After a very nice lunch of soup and salad.
Jean Brinton Jaecks critiqued our days work. Her critiques were spott on. I was able to see where I did nicely and where improvement was needed. (No, I did not rip up and start over, how tempting is that)
Few hints: bring paper in different sizes, no larger than 9×12 inches. Larger paper means longer time. Practice drawing BEFORE you go! Practice trees, buildings. Bring camera, charged phone, gloves for cold mornings and money for coffee. A little snack would have helped. Our lifesavers were are art carts.
They carry art "STUFF" and have an attached seat. For the old and weary it was a welcome spot.
The class write up:
Watercolor sketching is an optimum way to see and experience travel and understand the world around us.
This workshop will focus on the study of atmosphere in the landscape, architectural details and expressing light in its ever changing moods. Artists will explore and sketch on the St. John's campus, College Creek, and the historic houses and gardens in Annapolis surrounding the campus. Travel sketching can be very portable, and choosing the correct materials is essential. Lunch will be provided by St. John's College, and a critique will complete each day. Participants should dress for the outdoors.
Happy Fall and watercolor classes
This week has been cloudy, misty and downright wet. It has rained for three days straight.
The morning fog is thick. We have had the most wonderful sunsets, when it clears.
With all the rain, Carol and I have been busy watercoloring. We are working on the Val Webb watercolor lettering.
First try… next is the letter bubbles.
These bubbles are so much harder than they look. I am almost finished mine.
Carol finished her's and is now on to the next couple lessons.
I think these two paintings by Carol are just beautiful.
The Val Webb class is wonderful, the videos are clear and concise. Very easy to follow along with Val. Only negative is that it seems like she shuts off access to videos after 3 months or so. I am not sure I can finish the class in time.
On Wednesday night, I am taking a watercolor basics at the Perry Hall high school thru the county adult ed. Wow! What luck a friend Nancy Van Meter is teaching the class and is doing a great. I am learning so much. Watercolor is so tricky.
I am almost finished. I am working toward trying to get in 6+ hours of art work per week. Right now I am running about 4. The more time working the better I will become….thats the theory at least….lol. ( I don't count painting and varnishing floors as art time 😦 I am finishing up my sons room floor)
I am looking forward to more painting.
Alaskan Still Life Oil Painting
What a whirlwind this summer and fall. Carol and I are settleing back into monthly oil painting lessons. Our lessons are 3 hours Friday and Saturday evenings.
We are moving along on our painting.
Our still life is Fur cuffed Alaskan moccasins, alaskan birch bark berry basket and wild blueberries for a natural touch.
Carol and I loved the texture of the suede and the fur. The subtle shades and craftsmanship of the birch bark basket is lovely to see and touch. We wanted to paint these qualities into a painting.
Carol had a great idea and ordered faux blueberries to paint. As we finish the painting we will place real berries in to bring out the more "real" qualities of the blueberries.
This weekend we started adding our color first sitting. This layer has a color changes by value, light to dark.
The details are few, the challenge is to get the color value and intensity to match.
Whew! Now to wait until next month!
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Post trip. Oil painting and jobs
Carol and I are busy planning our next Art Expeditions…
Fours weeks have past, since Carol and I have left Alaska. It seems like years have gone by. So many changes, some good. Some will see what happens. For Carol after a bit of jet lag, life is returning to "normal". Art teacher by day and librarian at night. ….busy hectic schedule.
For me, school started promptly at 7:30am, the day after I returned. This summer brought changes, cut to halftime due to enrollment drop. So art teacher in mornings and cognitive brain trainer in afternoons. Well my days are long and steady.
Last week I resigned from part time teaching job. It's a great move.
Carol and I have started new oil paintings. Alaska themed!
Soft suede mocisains with fur and a sweet birch bark berry basket with blue berries tumbling out…this will ne fun.
Our teacher Scott Royston, loved the still life set up.
Carol found (bought) faux berries that look so real.
On to new art adventures…
Kennicott & Kennecott: choose carefully!
Once loaded in the van, Carol and I were off for a 15 minute ride up the mountain side. Passing hikers, bikers and a few trucks or buses onlong the one lane gravel road. The road was heavily tree lined, our only clue that we were on a mountain was the steep incline of the road.
Nearing the top the trees gave way to a beautiful vista. Green mountains capped in clouds, a white glacier peeking out from the clouds in the distance. Red buildings with white trim. We knew we were in Kennicott.
Still a little awed the group of us from the van we unloaded and taken into the Kennicott Glaciet Lodge. Just beautiful! Warm and welcoming. It was like stepping nack in time. A brass key ring was our room key with a door that opens to the long porch up front. Just lovely.
A fire in the parlor was roaring with guests enjoying the leather chairs.
Our had two double/queen beds and a sink. Two chairs, thats luxury. That ment Carol and I could sit down at the same time.
Everything is super clean. The showers and toilets are shared. This was not a problem at all.
The food plan was great. Breakfast was included with room. The meal plan included a lunch and dinner. Lunch was a sandwich with soup or salad and a drink from 12-3. Dinner was family style seating promptly at 7pm. Great food and conversation. The other guests are very delightful.
Walking around the town takes mpre or less a day. They have a walking tour of the town 1 1/2hours, but Carol and I missed the 1pm start. Other tours are available, hiking and icehiking.
The National Park Service has a self guided walking tour and vistor center. Very nice. Everyone is friendly and helpful.
Now about the spelling issue, way back when the mines were started someone misspelled Kennicott with and -e- as in Kennecott. So what has occurred is the local residents use the -i- and the Park Service uses the -e- because of the Kennicott Minning Company. Hmmm…..
Copper to Copper Aug. 19, 2013
From Copper Center to the copper mines of Kennnicott, Ak.
What a trip we left Willow Lake after a nice tour of the handbuilt log cabins and a delicious breakfast of sourdough pancakes at Willow Lake B&B . Jim and Linda are great hosts.
We drove south on Richardson Highway to pick up the road east to Chitina.
On our way we stopped at the delightful shop run by. It is a mix of Alaskan art and gifts, convience store and a bit of hardware supplies. Found some goodies and a couple bottles of ice tea. My vertigo is still giving me trouble, still bracing as I walk around. On to McCarthy. We drove for awhile on Edgerton highway and stopped for gas at The Kenny Lake Mercantile's General Store .
It took me awhile to figure out how to pump gas on old fashioned gas pump.
The lady inside really thought something was wrong with me. LOl…she noticed. Remember to stop about here, no more gas stations between here and McCarthy/ Kennicott.
Off like a herd of turtles, we stopped at the Golden Spruce Convienence Storefor sandwiches.
Very good food homemade bisscotti to die for, vanilla with i think walnuts dipped in white chocolate and chocolate with walnuts dipped in dark chocolate.
Then Carol and I drove and drove, stopping to take photos and Go Pro. So many beautiful photos.
We stopped by Chitina, what a quaint town. I loved the Spirit Mountain Arts Art Gallery.
It was a big WOW! Beautiful artwork from artists around Alaska. Prints, watercolors, drawings, jewelry, knitted hats, slik scarves and more. I found a nice screen print of silver salmon.
After a few hundred shots of Chitna, we got back into our car.
This is where paved roads end.
My brother Paul's parting words on
The Road To McCarthy: "Drive Slow!"
Alaskan Native history and Art Galleries 8-10-13
Saturday aug 10- cloudy, mid 50's, on & off moderate rain.
I am going to try to blog as I go. So this post will be updated until I run out of battery. (My phone is being used for everything gps,posting, email and picture. Of course phone too…)
Another great breakfast at Residence Inn, the staff is responsive, hardworking and very nice.
Our first stop, Alaska Museum of Science and Nature was great place to learn and touch ,things. They had dinosaur bones, big game skulls and other things. When we were walking out of the museum we met the mural artist James Haven
We stopped back at hotel to pick up snack and coupons. What we found was a sweet surprise.
After a quick lunch of Carl's Burgers, hot fries yummy.
Carol and I spent the afternoon at the
Supplies, Goodies and Girwood
Wednesday,August 7, ..2013
After a yummy breakfast of oatmeal, canadian bacon, hash browns, scrambled eggs and hot fresh waffles. (This is every weekday morning) hey joe: wink wink…you can make mom breakfast like this everyday….
We headed over to the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson airforce/army base to shop for supplies. Most of the supplies we needed are items that are crazy or illegal on airplanes. Pocket knife, lighter, bear spray (I was wise enough to ask clerk how to use it..you spray the bear, not yourself. it is industrail pepper spray…a lady at the store uses it to scares dogs & men..do not mess with that girl…whoa!) , laundry detergent, hat and assorted goodies for family and friends..sorry you will have to wait until we come home…patience my dears. Below are some of the decor in the px.
I sent supplies for the Icon workshop from Maryland…they never arrived, ten days and counting.
Well PLAN 2 goes into effect: New supplies. We stopped byBlaine's Art for the supplies. Wow! This is the most amazing fine art store. The staff bent over backwards to help. Carol and I were pretty crazed over how to find the supplies and cut them. Well the young man at Blair's listened to the pickle I was in and cut the mat board to the correct size and lent me a papercutter to cut the rest of the supplies. We also picked up a couple of Tombo markers for our sketching class in 2 weeks.
After Blaines, we drove to Girwood.
It took us forever to drive to Girwood, we kept stopping to take pictures.
Carol and I thought it would be fun to ride the Tram up Alyeska Resort mountain and have dinner at the Seven Glaciers Restaurant. No luck, sold out. We drove back to the hotel. We stopped in the town of Girwood and picked up a cup of coffee and biscotta. Yummy, good fresh made coffee, the hippie like atmosphere made me smile.The weather is low 63's and drizzle.
Later in the afternoon we came back to theResidence Inn for an evening meal of BBQ Shrimp rice and vegetables.fd


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Early in my pregnancy I knew I was going to get my baby in swim lessons as early as possible. In Arizona, where every other house has a backyard pool, I wanted my daughter to be comfortable in the water and give her skills and confidence that will last a lifetime.
Jax began swim lessons as an infant. Before she could even crawl, she could hold her breath under water and back float. Before she was two years-old she could swim across the pool and now she is working on perfecting her breast stroke. At only 5 years old she is a more skilled swimmer than me and her dad.
Much of her confidence and many of her skills came thanks to the wonderful instructors at Aqua-Tots Swim Schools.
Jacquelyn started Aqua-Tots already knowing how to swim. The staff offered us a trial lesson to gauge her skill level and placed her accordingly. We've loved Aqua-Tots; they have helped her hone her skills and build upon what she already knew, introducing new strokes and techniques when she was ready.
I love watching my little mermaid blossom in the water and I appreciate the kindness and knowledge the staff has shared with me and Jax.
Aqua-Tots has many locations throughout the greater Phoenix area. They offer lessons for all ages – from parent and child classes for infants as young as 4 months-old to more advanced swimmers with a swim club and a swim team. Class sizes are small so each child and their parents get the most out of each lesson.
Learning to swim is a fun, life-changing skill that builds confidence both in and outside the pool. With summer upon us there is no better time than now to get your children enrolled in swim lessons.
Disclaimer: Jax was given one month of free lessons at Aqua-Tots in exchange for this post. As usual, all opinions are entirely my own.


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Medical transcription also known as MT is a process of transcribing or converting voice-recorded reports which are usually dictated by physicians or doctors that get done in text format by the medical transcriptionist professional.
It contains up-to–date & confidential information of patient. The term 'transcript', 'report' or 'medical record' describes electronic or physical hard copy of data which is captured from the medical transcription process. This merged and larger patient medical record is commonly known as the patient's medical history.
In the past, these reporting consists of abbreviated and typical handwritten notes & that were added in the patient's file for future reference & treatment but it is very time consuming & typical process that's why now in these days many health care providers are using the benefits of hand held PCs or personal data assistants (PDAs), and dictation software.
Medical Transcriptionist professional must have knowledge of following points:
* Knowledge of basic to advanced medical terminology is essential.
* Strong verbal communication and memory skills.
* Ability to sort, checks, count, and verify numbers with accuracy.
* Demonstrated skill in the use and operation of basic office equipment/computer.
* Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
* Records maintenance skills or ability.
* Good typing skills.
* Knowledge and experience transcribing of report work.
* Knowledge of and proper application of grammar.
* Knowledge of and use of correct punctuation and capitalization rules.
This software is used to convert voice-recorded reports dictated by physicians or health care professionals into text format automatically. This was accepted by the medical industry which is user-friendly, abbreviation expander program for the Windows operating system. MT software is most powerful & easy to use shortcut typing, even your e-mail and instant message boxes. This program can save 60% of your typing time. There are many types of MT software's available in the market like Speed Type, Spectra Medi. etc. These software's are also used for medical billing and coding for healthcare organizations.
Medical transcription software based on three types of modules:
1) Input Modules.
2) Core Modules.
3) Output Modules.
INPUT MODULES: Input modules are designed to improve dictation services for high- and low-volume. These modules are easy-to-implement and easy-to-use.
OUTPUT MODULES: Output modules provide a full-set of extended transcription management features.
CORE MODULES: Core module used to extend dictation and transcription services. It provides easy flow of data between input & output modules.
1. A Medical Transcription Software should have capabilities of easy voice capture & Speech re-organization. With this medical transcriptionist can easily get doctor's dictation with accuracy.
2. It should have ability of medical spell checking & dictionaries so that any coding specialist, who doesn't have knowledge of medical terminology, can easily do transcriptions accurately & save time.
3. It should have easy document distribution. Medical transcription software provides documents available in a variety of formats and doctors can choose any of them.
4. It should provide variety of audio-video format, which facilitates doctors to use different types of technology.
5. It should have feature of editing any interface quickly & accurately. It reduces turn around time.
6. It should be integrated with many healthcare systems & programs. It helps doctors & physicians to access data in readable form easily without wasting time.
7. Medical Transcription Software should have ability to work with medical billing & coding for healthcare organizations