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PPRD2 – The Essay
Personal Planning, Reflection and Development 2
This year has had its challenges, which have helped to concentrate and focus my thoughts in regard to the direction I'd like to take my future studies. I had until now thought that the technology was the most important aspect of the course and the challenge was to gain mastery of the development tools, but I now feel the tools should not be given such a high precedence. There is always a new tool already in development that simplifies the creative process replacing those in use today. While it is useful to have these skills, it now, to me seems to be more important to concentrate on the development of my creative skills.
In this second year, which was progressing so well, two and half units completed, that is Performance Video and Future Cinema, both challenges successfully completed. The Professional Project was also going well with two videos satisfactorily produced and approved by the clients. Then came the next unit, New Perspectives for New Contexts, and suddenly the progress I felt I had made came to a resounding halt, a second year of disappointing marks and feedback. Writing a good quality essay still appears to elude me, but this only makes me more determined than ever to overcome this deficiency, as I am fully aware that this skill is essential for the final year where the dissertation forms a significant part of the degree.
Looking back to the first project and the first challenge of the year, the Future Cinema unit and idea development, the challenge was conceptualising an idea for Future Cinema that I could actually visualise being implemented in the real world but at the same time avoiding the obvious. The most obvious option would have been to work on a project involving 3D Visuals. However I felt that 3D should be avoided, as this is currently in Vogue and in Cinemas, and so this could hardly be a subject for Future Cinema. I personally think that our original conceptualisation suggested by Aleksandra, the enhancement of cinema sound, was ground breaking. The addition of two channels of binaural sound added to a cinemas 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound would add a whole new element to the cinematic experience. Providing the filmmaker the option to add a whole new dimension to their creation. I believe this project could be further developed and actually implemented in a cinema. However the project progress was not without problems, whilst I personally find working in a team satisfying I know it does not suit everyone and so for the first time a projects progress was being set back by a team members lack of involvement. This was resolved by re-assigning responsibilities and duties amongst the other team members. We then went onto to produce the project to a satisfying conclusion. At the time winning the praise of a lecturer from outside of our course, for the groups approach; its innovation, the experimentation, testing and in the development of a new concept for audio in film. We all learned something new from this unit from the advantages and disadvantages in working in a team and to look beyond developing projects based on visuals alone, which up to this point had usually been the most significant element in any preceding unit.
Armed with this new belief in our personal abilities to innovate and experiment, the group, working together, set about tackling the next unit, Performance Video. The idea was to design an interactive video/audio sequence, although not ground breaking, would have its challenges. I took on the responsibility for producing the interactive element of the project. I decided I would like to base the design around the Kinect as the central technology. Having not seen a Kinect before other than in pictures this really was something new, a real challenge for my technical abilities. Whilst this project was allocated the same amount of time as the previous one, I distinctly felt the pressure of the time passing due to the heavy workload. There appeared to be so much extra to research just to be able to get the project started, for example preparing the computer to be able to connect with the Kinect and then to go on and develop an application from scratch that could control the sound and video seemed impossible in the allocated time. With the deadline rapidly approaching and the seemingly unbridgeable gulf between what I had so far created and what was needed for completion. Then I had a real epiphany generated out of a meeting with Liam and other students, I reasoned the solution would be much simpler than I had originally thought. The missing element involving writing a simple mathematical expression, which I slotted into place and the project, completed. I felt again that positive feeling, the satisfaction of successfully completing another unit. The core of this project is the ability to control video and sound interactively just by hand and other body movements and with some further development this could be used in an Art installation. However, even with the positive feeling I'd gained from completing the project, I did feel somewhat disappointed with the final assessment, when it was deemed we had developed a means for creating a Performance Video rather than a Performance Video itself. Had we misinterpreted the brief?
Moving onto the Professional Project it was felt that we should break up the team, moving us out of our comfort zone. However I continued to work with Aleksandra as our interests complimented each other. I wanted to test myself in the Directors role and produce short films with a 2012 Olympics theme and Aleks wanted similar experience as a Producer. The first project was with an AUCB student, Paul Oluyemi who is sponsored by the AUCB for the Olympics and then the second project with Jo Gardner from AUCB Arts and Events and is the 2012 South West Inspire Programmer/RELAYS Cultural Coordinator. We contacted Paul, arranged a meeting with him and pitched to him the idea of producing a video from one of his training sessions, which I felt went very well. Then a meeting with Jo to discuss how we could be involved in the RELAYS project. From this initial meeting we offered to produce a video record of the Art of Sport Festival to be held in May, however as this was sometime away we also offered to produce videos of events leading up to the festival.
I visualised what I wanted to achieve from these two assignments, first we filmed an evening training session using the storyboards and shot lists we had created. Then we began to think of additional visuals we might add to enhance the narration, for example positioning the camera low at the start of the jump to capture Paul against the night sky as he jumped. We then began experimenting with the camera, for example using the focus to create a Bokeh effect of the stadium lighting. Then there was the challenge of storytelling using purely visuals. The original plan was to use a voiceover but we discarded this idea in favour of using the strong visuals themselves to tell the story. We both felt this element of the project had gone well, both of us producing our own video edits, both telling the same story but from different perspectives. I thought this was my best video work so far and was really looking forward to the next project. Why did I think this was my best work? I really think it was due to us getting the final video to look as close to what I had originally visualised. Usually there are compromises, but in this case I really felt we had got what we were aiming for first time and therefore deeply satisfying.
The next challenge, 'The Mini Art of Sport Festival' and forming a part of the RELAYS project and the preparations for the May Festival. This we decided would be a documentary on the organisation with voiceover for onscreen visuals. Filming a documentary was a new and challenging experience. From the video recorded on the day I produced four edits including designing the opening and end credits from Logos supplied by the client. Although I will never be totally satisfied with what I had achieved as the final edit will be decided by the client, I do feel this project is going well and have enjoyed the learning process thus far.
Regarding the third year and beyond, I have several interests that I will have to choose from to develop in the third year. I intend to make what term time I have left and use of the summer break to consider which will be the best of these to take forward. My choices though are all based upon a central interest in producing education and training tools, for example by creating a series of subject related videos or to look at an interactive method of delivery, possibly developing an App to run on the iPad, to this end I have already begun to investigate relevant development tools that is InDesign and IBook Author.
I hope to get some work experience in an education or training environment to determine if this is a possible future career path with opportunities for work satisfaction and personal growth.
Finally I've also decided that I would like to investigate the opportunities to continue in education following the completion of my Degree that is working towards an MA or even higher degree with the caveat of finances and time permitting.
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Hudson Theatre Works will present a reading of Hoboken playwright Louis LaRusso's play "40 C.P.S." starring "The Sopranos" stars like Vincent Pastore and Robert Funaro as well as Tony-award winner Karen Ziemba.
While the show's cast is star-studded, its subject matter is down-to-earth.
"I deal with bread-and-butter issues," said director Frank Licato. "How do you put food on the table? How do you become successful? Most people don't talk about that."
"40 C.P.S." - which stands for "40 Central Park South" - takes these issues head-on in what Licato called a "thinly-disguised portrait of Michael Bennett," the playwright and director behind great Broadway shows like "A Chorus Line" and "Dreamgirls." LaRusso and Bennett were close friends.
"They were sort of an odd couple - it was a very interesting symbiotic thing," said the Weehawken resident. "Louis wrote this as a tribute to Michael."
"It's basically about a playwright who is struggling with whether or not to turn his play into a movie," explained Licato, who noted that LaRusso changed several names, including Bennett's and "A Chorus Line."
As the lead character (Funaro) deals with his rising fame, issues with his estranged wife (Ziemba) and more, his deadbeat dad (Pastore) comes back into his life.
Licato says the comedy-drama was inspired by an idea LaRusso and Bennett had for a musical about fathers and sons that failed to take off before Bennett died of AIDS in 1987.
"The father is sort of old-world Italian. He comes into this very showbizzy thing where is son is very flamboyant," said Licato, who noted that although the play does deal with fame and Hollywood, it focuses more on the background of Funaro's character.
"(Louis's work) is about people dealing with real problems, which is very relevant today," said the director, who pointed out the Hobokenite's ability to write about real people.
"When he started writing plays about Hoboken people, he started finding his voice," said Licato.
Licato said that LaRusso's voice resonates with the play's cast.
"A lot of these guys came from a similar background that Louis writes about. They really relate to who these people are and the kind of struggles that they go through. In Louis, they found a kindred spirit."
The readings will be held on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Burchard Auditorium at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken. Tickets are $25. For more information, call (201) 656-2240.

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Running a popular blog with a big readership has its downsides – the workload is heavy, the pressure to produce is high, the research is unending – but the advantages absolutely outweigh them. One of the best parts of all this is that I can give relatively massive amounts of exposure to causes/blogs/authors/thinkers/movements that I truly believe in. Selling books and gaining new readers isn't everything, or even most of it; I got into this Primal health business because I wanted to change the world. We all care about something larger than ourselves, something that we wish others would care and think about, too. Well, I'm fortunate enough to be able to bring that wish to fruition on any given day, and today is one such day.
I have two things I think you should do today:
- Join the Ancestral Weight Loss Registry [1]
- Subscribe to the Human Food Project [2] newsletter
Consider it a little challenge (albeit without explicit prizes). You're a skeptical bunch, though, so I'll tell you why I care about these projects, and why I think participating in/supporting them is a good idea.
The Ancestral Weight Loss Registry (AWLR)
We've all read the various lines of evidence – clinical, anthropological – that seem to support our way of eating. We've all heard and read the anecdotes on forums and in blog comment sections and from friends who finally took your advice and gave the Primal Blueprint [3] a shot. But while anecdotes can be personally powerful when you see, read [4], or hear them directly, relaying them to others ("My buddy Jim's cousin's dog lost thirty pounds going Primal") just doesn't have the same effect.
The goal of the Ancestral Weight Loss Registry is to collect those anecdotes, standardize them, and quantify them so that instead of telling your friend or doctor about this one guy that did this caveman thing that helped him lose a bunch of weight, you can point to the AWLR as a collection of thousands of people succeeding (or not; it'll all be included) with a paleo, Primal, or low-carb diet. In time, with enough registrants, the AWLR hopes to identify trends in health and nutrition. What works, what doesn't, who succeeded, who didn't.
I get no kickbacks for this. I'm not an affiliate marketer or anything like that. I just like the idea of amassing piles and piles of hard data from real Primal Blueprint eaters in one, easily-accessible place. If a doctor, a researcher, or even just your parents want something, anything to convince them that you may be on to something, data is how it's going to happen. Numbers. Facts. Is it controlled food data obtained in a metabolic ward? No, but it's a darn good start. We're up against a lot. The other guys can just point to whatever some government institution said about a healthy diet, while our positions require reams of evidence.
People like to call paleo/Primal/ancestral a diet fad. A crazy extremist fringe elitist caveman fairytale. You know, there's a small possibility they have a point, but if people sign up with the Ancestral Weight Loss Registry, we'll be one step closer to knowing for sure. If you want to be able to show others – and yourself – that ancestral health is not a fad, you should sign up. It's that simple.
The AWLR has about 1200 registrants, as of now. That's not bad for six and a half months, especially considering the National Weight Control Registry's only done 6000 in 20 years. How about we swell those numbers?
How to do it:
- Go to the sign up page [5].
- Read the privacy policy [6].
- Fill out the questionnaire. Answer with complete honesty (for the most accurate results).
- Upload before and after photos if you have them.
- Tell others about it, too. (Use the share icons at the bottom of this post.)
- That's it!
Okay, on to the next one:
The Human Food Project
If you've been keeping up with this and other ancestral health blogs for the past couple years, you're at least tangentially aware of the importance of the gut flora in human health [7]. Still, although we know that the composition of our microbiome is important to our health, we're still trying to figure out the many ways it affects (or, it could be said, creates) our health. We know a few things. In other words, we're more bacteria than human. We can determine whether someone is lean or obese by looking at their gut flora. We know how the gut microbiome forms the first line of our immune system's defenses, how it determines our sensitivities to foods, and how it is sensitive to all sorts of stressors. We also know that the microbiome has "something" to do with a range of health issues, like autism, IBS, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune diseases… but it's still very vague. And with our gut flora actually outnumbering our "native" human cells nine to one, we don't know nearly enough about a crucial, incredibly vast aspect of ourselves that affects every facet of our health. In other words, we're more bacteria than human, so we had better figure out what's going on in there.
Jeff Leach of the Human Food Project thinks the key to health today is figuring out the composition of the ideal microbiome. Right now, there's no solid, reliable reference point for a "perfect microbiome," though. It simply doesn't exist. What does the microbiome of an autistic patient look like? What about someone with irritable bowel syndrome? Colon cancer? How does a hunter-gatherer's gut flora compare to a SAD dieter's? What about a Primal Blueprint eater's gut compared to a vegan's gut? What we eat and how we live affect the composition of our microbiome, which in turn affects our susceptibility to various diseases, but how? How do you get from a "bad" microbiome to a "good" one? These are essential questions that we cannot answer conclusively. Not yet. But if you sign up for The Human Food Project, the world's biggest crowdsourcing microbiome project in history, we might just get some answers.
Jeff has already profiled the gut flora makeups of traditionally-living people from several African countries. Now he wants yours. When it's available (should be around early September), you'll have the chance to support the Human Food Project Kickstarter campaign and – if you get in on time – learn how the composition of your own microbiome compares to that of others.
I'll be doing it, so you can compare your microbiome to mine. Fun stuff!
This is important, guys, so sign up. If you need some added incentive, The Project already has over 2,000 newsletter subscribers (with only 10,000 spots available in the end), but most of them are from the vegan/vegetarian community. We need Primal microbiomes in the data set!
How to do it:
- Go to American Gut [2].
- Subscribe to the Human Food Project newsletter.
- Eagerly await further notification in your email. The notification will remind you to grab your spot in the 10,000.
- Stay tuned for Jeff's guest post on MDA in early September for more information on the Kickstarter campaign.
That's it for today, folks. Thanks for reading and be sure to take a few minutes and sign up!


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Thank you for visiting my homepage, Song of Exile.
Ylanne So
News and Updates
6 April 2018
After 2011, I decided not to maintain or update this website anymore. I have now also removed some content, edited a few pages, and left a few others pages up (without edits) out of some weird sense of nostalgia.
Thank you for your interest and support.
Thank you for your interest and support.
24 December 2011
Merry Christmas! This site is in the process of major construction.


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At in-gathering offerings and celebrations, we give thanks to God for bountiful harvests and joyfully celebrate as a family and congregation the successful completion of another season.
Though their first winter in the New World was hard, tough and difficult, the Pilgrims and many early settlers took the spring to learn from Native American Indians how to cultivate their new lands and adapt to their new home.
The peace pact between the settlers and the natives gave a peaceful atmosphere that colored their first in-gathering celebrations in the fall of 1621, and thus the first American Thanksgiving.
Today I give thanks to God for a good life, a happy family, a kind, understanding, and loving wife and godly children.
It's been a wonderful experience in life to be transformed from a gentile into partakers of the blessings and covenants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is great to understand that God loves me so dearly and gives me the wonderful gift of Jesus Christ.
Life has given me caring tutors, wonderful schools and colleges, and a very rich education to touch and gladden other lives and people. This is not just a coincidence but the wonderful benevolence of God to His undeserving children. God I thank you. Jesus I praise you.
Life has taught me many things, one of which is the fact that God cares, and performs His wonders in mysterious ways.
Heikki Koivu was once the MD of Perusythyma, the Finnish Civil Engineering Construction Company, where I started my working career.
Armed Robbers attacked one of the project sites of the organization where I was the Accounting Officer. The Police arrested me and locked me up as their prime suspect. Heikki Koivu trusted me, flew down to site, and went through a rough ride with the police to get me released. Though the police vehemently refused but Mr. Koivu spoke glowingly of me and stuck out his neck to sign all necessary papers which led to my release from detention.
Three months afterwards the robbers were caught and tried as they attempted to cash expatriate staff's traveler's checks stolen during the robbery. Heikki Koivu was proved right and I was vindicated. Had Mr. Koivu not taken the risk my life would have gone in a different direction, probably pitched with gangsters and criminals. Have a great thanksgiving day, Heikki!
Thanksgiving is a golden opportunity to remember that life has been so good, that some people such as Heikki Koivu had been so nice and supportive, and that God has been so caring despite daunting challenges, difficult moments, and unpalatable circumstances.
You may not be rich or wealthy, but if Jesus makes a great difference in your life then you must be living a rich, peaceful, virtuous and abundant life. "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."
You must remember on this day of Thanksgiving that God's only Son came to change your gloom to brightness. He has come on wounded feet to roll out your ailment and smooth your scattered sick-bed.
Christ enters your life with spike-pierced hands to soothe your pain with His balm and His precious blood that was shed on Calvary.
Jesus Christ washes away your grief and discomfort with His undefiled living waters.
Whatever need or challenge you may have in life, you only need to "taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him."
Oh give thanks to The Lord; Call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the people!
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His steadfast love endures forever! (1 Chr 16:8,34).
Jesus is knocking the door of your heart to come inside. He wants to breathe His words of faith into your gentle ears and your soul because "fear and anxiety, grief and gloom could not live where He is." He cares for you, even while you were running from Him.
Does Jesus care when my way is dark
with a nameless dread and fear?
As the daylight fades into deep night shades,
Does He care enough to be near?
O yes, He cares, I know He cares!
His heart is touched with my grief;
When the days are weary, the long nights dreary,
I know my Saviour Cares.


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Panel Welcomes 3 New NTD Special Envoys
"On Tuesday, the Global Network [for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)] and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a panel to welcome three new neglected tropical disease special envoys," the network's "End the Neglect" blog writes. Former President Alvaro Arzú Irigoyen of Guatemala, former Chile President Ricardo Lagos Escobar, and former Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Mirta Roses Periago "have joined the effort to eliminate NTDs in the Americas and in other regions of the world where these diseases cause suffering and promote the cycle of poverty," according to the blog (Alabaster, 5/9). "The new NTD Special Envoys will focus primarily on the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region," a press release from the Sabin Vaccine Institute states, noting they will "provide the political voice and the technical expertise needed to reach the [WHO's] goal to control or eliminate the most common NTDs by 2020" and "will work with key G8/G20 countries, such as Brazil, Canada and Japan, to increase their support for the prevention and treatment of NTDs through expanded technical assistance and increased investments across the region" (5/7).


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This is one of those recipes that is a staple in my kitchen. If there was one thing I learned quickly when I first went gluten-free, it was to not give up on baking from scratch. Even if this meant I had to buy a bunch of new flours to work with and many other tricks to learn along the way. And, after almost 6 years of eating this way I still value a home baked gluten-free goodie more than any mix on the market. If you make it right, it cannot be beat. And you may just surprise yourself at being an amazing baker along the way.
And when you find a recipe that you and your family love, it becomes the stand-in. The classic fall-back-on. It will be the one you make when you need a last minute treat for that trip, party or packed picnic or lunch sack. This recipe is that for me. It involves ingredients that I always have in my kitchen and full of protein, nutrition and whole grains of course. Yes, I may sometimes show-off my baking skills with cupcakes, cakes or whatever other crazy idea comes in my head....but at the end of the day I am just like you...trying to make healthy gluten-free baked alternatives for my family.
1. Don't give up if you have a baking flop! Even after 1, 2, or more than 3 times. Try, try again!
2. Be brave. Don't be afraid to buy, try and eat new ingredients. You may just be surprised with what you find.
3. Start simple...start with a recipe you know you and your family will like...and keep those favorite recipes close by for further use.
4. Bake lots and then freeze and store the extras for last minute breakfasts and in the meantime saving time and money as well!
(gluten, dairy, egg, soy, nut and sugar-free)
1 1/4 cup of freshly ground buckwheat flour ( 1 cup of groats ground)
1 cup of freshly ground gluten-free oat flour ( 1 cup of oats ground)
1/2 cup of gluten-free rolled oats
1/3 cup of flax meal (ground flax seeds)
1 1/2 ts. of baking powder
1 ts. of baking soda
1/2 ts. of sea salt
1 ts. of ground cinnamon
dash-1/2 ts. of ground nutmeg, cloves and ginger
1 heaping cup of mashed ripened bananas (about 3 large ripe bananas)
1/4 cup of apple butter (or homemade apple sauce)
1/2 cup of baking oil (soft coconut or light olive oil)
1/3 cup of non-dairy milk (So Delicious coconut milk is my favorite)
juice from 1 lemon (about 2 TB's of juice)
1/3- 1/2 cup of local honey, maple syrup or agave nectar
optional additions: handful of raisins, craisins, blueberries, chocolate chips, or any other favorites.
First, grind your buckwheat groats and gluten-free rolled oats separately in a food processor or high powered blender. Make just over 1 cup of flours of each and then pour into a large mixing bowl. Then add in the rest of the dry ingredients and whisk well together. Then add the wet ingredients and mix well and let the batter sit for 5 minutes to soak up the moisture. Then use a 1/3 cup measuring cup and pour the batter into muffin tins or a greased muffin pan. This recipe will make 9 large muffins, or 12 medium to small muffins.
I kept this recipe simple today and just topped the unbaked muffins with a sprinkle of gluten-free rolled oats for baking. Then bake in a 350 degree oven for 20-22 minutes, until golden brown and no gooey middles.
This muffin is perfectly moist, fluffy, chewy and hearty as well. It is a perfect healthy whole grain gluten-free treat made without gums, starches, or any extras. It is very basic and simple and it will surprise you on how great it is every time it pops from the oven. I have made this recipe over a dozen times and I am always impressed with it's simplicity and great results. I thought it was about time I shared one of my kitchen's favorites with yours! ENJOY!
Hope you are well and getting into the swing of the new fall season.
Much love and light to you today!


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CLXXXVII.--THE EARL OF Essex To CHARLEs II.
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So Arthur Forbese is lately come from thence, & tells me He hath had severall Messengers he sent into Scotland returned to him agen, & these have discourst w" divers of y" discontented people there; y grievance they seem to complaine of is, that y' Like Liberty & Indulgence to Dissentirs in matters of Religion is not allowed in that Kingdome, as is in others of y' Majesties Dominions; S. Arthur assures me this comes from ye most considerable of them, what Use y' Majestie will make of yo Informaćn I shall submitt to y Wisedome. So Arthur Forbese is a very freehearted Man, & his being woo this party has occasioned a considerable Expence to him, when therefore any Thing proper to accommodate him wo shall come to my knowledge, I shall presume to mind y Majestie of his services.
CLXXXVIII.—CoNCERNING Ye ExpoRTATION OF WOOLL FROM IRELAND.
Several Statutes of Ireland have imposed so great a Custom upon all Wool whatever exported, as it amounts to a most strict prohibition. This was done, as yo preambles of y" so Statutes doe recite, w" an intention to oblige ye people to manufacture all y" Wool within yo Kingdome, but it being found by experience that in yo Country, alwaies too thinly inhabited, there were not hands enough to worke up yo Wool woo yo Stock of Sheep on y' Lands could produce, It has ever bin allowd to yo chiefe Govern' to dispence w" these Laws, & grant Licences for yo Exportaðn of Wooll into England only, y' person who exported it entring into good securitie that yo Wool be delivered into some port of that Kingdom, & that Certeficates should be returned of their soe doeing, for wo" Licence y" Chiefe Governs reëd a duty of 4" for every great Stone consisting of 18 pds weight so licenced to be exported.
The profitt being very great of vending this comodity into forreine parts, That is to say, France, Flanders, & Holland, in comparison of y" gaine they make when sold in England, hath sett all men's Inventions on worke in contrivance of ways & means to evade yo Lawe, & it being every man's Interest here, who hath any Thing in y Kingdome, to encourage or at least connive at y" exportaôn at large, may be some reason why much of y" Wooll of this Country doth goe into forreine parts, or will be one obstruction to yo due regulačón thereof; For first Tis ye Chiefe Govern" Interest to have as much as may be exported, no matter whether
It appears by Records in ye Excheq' y' of 22.900 penalties incurred since this Patent was on foot there hath bin received and brought to acct but 770
into England or else where, y' carrying out of it encreasing his Income ; Next Tis yo Interest of all y' Judges & Magistrates, who are ever Landed Men, to have it goe freely, it encreasing their rents ; And, lastly, Tis more y" Interest of Merch" & Traders to carry it thither, in regard of y" High Rates they may gett for it. Thus, it conducing to yo profitt of all Men here to have it freely exported, it may easily be supposed that all connivance imaginable will be used for y" encouragement thereof, & that when ever any shall be prosecuted for undue Exporta&ns, some grains of favor will probably be allowd them, even in ye Courts here; but for this no through remedy can be prescribed till y Country be fully stockd w" people, & then, men's Interests being changed, it will become every man's concerne to keep this commodity manufactured within our selves. However, yo present Chiefe Govern' will not faile of doeing his part effectually to obstruct all frauderlent practices in this matter, tho' it may a little lessen his gaine, & a strictness in this point also render him somewhat ungratefull to yo Landed Men and Merchants in this Kingdome.
Causes of yo Undue Exporta&n of Wooll out of y"
1. The Multitude of Ports in this Kingdome doe give great opportunitie for yo Shipping of Wooll into forrein parts.
2. The carelessness of y" Custom", & other Officers in ye severall ports, in performing their duty, either neglecting to take any Securities upon y" passing of Wooll, or else excepting such as are insolvent.
3. A patent to So Nich: Armorer & So Gabriel Silvius of all yo forfeitures incurred upon ye bonds enterd into for yo delivery of y" Wooll into some Port in England, wherein is an Expresse Clause conteynd empowring yo Patentees to make compositions for these bonds.
4. The Wooll being Shipt & Securitie taken for yo delivery thereof in England by ye corruption of some Officers in yo English ports, Certeficates are signed of y" Landing of it there, tho' it were never really put on shoar; As also sometimes Certificates are counterfeited.
5. A late practice hath likewise bin discoverd of rolling up Wooll into great Twist, & so passing it as Yarne, & when it arrives into forrein parts 'Tis untwisted agen & becomes Wooll.
Remedies to prevent yo Exportaôn of Wooll out of Ireland into forrein parts.
Toye 14. That ye ports be limited to a certain Numb", out of wo & no other Wooll shall be exported. These Ports may be Dublin, Drogheda, Waterford, Ross, Corke, Youghall, Limmericke, & Galloway.
To yo 2". When ever any Officer shall be found faulty in permitting any Wooll to goe without Licence, or neglecting to take securitie, or taking such as is insolvent, that He doe infallibly loose his place, & receive such further punishm' as y Law appoints.
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influence on all & that no Compositions be ever made or allowd of to yo persons y. Qigers of
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China Glaze nail polishes* £4.95 each from NailPolish.co.uk
The change of season means it's finally out with the pastels and brights and in with the darker shades! Even though I tend to prefer pastels and lighter colours in general, I do like to switch it up at this time of year and pull out all of my favourite darker lipsticks and nail polishes (Kate by Rimmel Shade 107 how I've missed you!) Two standout nail polishes in my collection that are just autumn and winter in a nutshell are 'Conduct Yourself' and 'Loco Motive' by China Glaze both from the 'All Aboard' 2014 range. Beautiful worn alone or together, I usually go for Conduct Yourself on all nails with two layers of Loco Motive just on the accent nail which makes for a gorgeously festive looking manicure. Here's what I think to both shades!
Conduct Yourself
What a shade this is- if there's a more perfect colour for autumn and winter then I'm yet to find it. A deep burgundy/ berry hue with a very fine shimmer running through it, you can see why it's a firm favourite for this time of year. I really do love berry tones like this, they're flattering on both pale and dark skin alike and make a statement without going down the classic red route. I don't find wear time to be particularly impressive with this (by the end of the second day there's usually noticeable tip wear) although I think it's to be expected with darker shades like this, as you do usually have to repaint them more often.
Loco Motive
Again, such a pretty polish for the autumn. This is actually quite a unique glitter mix and a bit different from anything else I own- along with the larger hexagonal copper pieces is a mixture of what appears to be purple/ navy blue micro shimmer. The effect on the nail is just stunning, while I'd definitely use this as a top coat (rather than try to build up layers of glitter) it really adds something special to both dark and light base polishes. Used on the accent nail over Conduct Yourself, I don't think you can get a more perfect autumn manicure.
What's your favourite autumn/ winter nail polish?


text: Agencies U.S. Army Audit Claims 'Ineffective Marketing Programs' Have Wasted Millions in Taxpayer Dollars Each Year Documents also indicate conflict of interest with AOR McCannBy Patrick Coffee|January 3, 2018 Omnicom and WPP are currently pitching against the IPG-owned incumbent for the business.Getty ImagesShare By Patrick Coffee|January 3, 2018 Share The results of an internal audit of the U.S. Army's budget question the effectiveness of the hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars the organization spends on marketing and advertising each year. Its conclusions call many of these programs "ineffective," claiming that the majority do not justify the costs."An audit of our outreach efforts is not yet complete, and any comment on the findings would be premature," said a spokesperson for the Army Marketing and Research Group, or AMRG, in response to a related query. The audit launched in 2016 during a still-ongoing competitive review for the Army's marketing account, which could concern up to $4 billion in spending over a period lasting as long as 10 years, according to Department of Defense estimates.A series of U.S. government documents acquired by Adweek also appear to indicate a conflict of interest involving the AMRG and McCann Worldgroup, which has been the Army's agency of record since 2005. A McCann representative deferred to the client for comment.This development follows an earlier Adweek report in which Department of Defense sources claimed that the review had been "compromised" due to allegations of an improper relationship between executives at AMRG and McCann. The Army leader in question, James Ortiz, was removed from his position, but remains employed by the U.S. government. The aforementioned documents concern a portion of the Army's events marketing work that includes providing IT and data-based services for such events as the All-American Bowl and an Army-sponsored Tough Mudder series, as well as conducting assessments of the work performed by the primary contractor, McCann.Until recently, those responsibilities had been assigned to a group consisting of two federally contracted companies, MSB Analytics and Rivera Group, that worked alongside AMRG. Those two companies worked under an 8a contract, which is specifically designed to be awarded to businesses designated as being owned by socially or economically disadvantaged people.Documents reviewed by Adweek confirm the contract was worth approximately $2 million per year. An ongoing auditIn mid-2016, the Army Auditing Agency launched a formal review of the Army's marketing and advertising budget. Four sources with direct knowledge of the matter claim the order came about as the result of an internal investigation that followed AMRG's request for additional funding.A spokesperson for the Army Auditing Agency declined to provide details regarding the review in response to an email query. "It is difficult to precisely predict how long a specific audit review will last and when the corresponding audit report(s) will be published," he wrote, stating that they might be available by mid-2018. But Adweek acquired a summary of the audit's findings, dated Oct. 5, 2017 and titled "The Army's Marketing and Advertising Program, Return on Investment." This document states that, in fiscal year 2016, the AMRG failed to reach all but one of its six established performance goals."In addition, our analysis showed that only 3 of the 23 (about 13 percent) marketing programs generated a positive impact during the year," it reads. The document goes on to claim that the AMRG spent more than $930.7 million from 2013 to 2016 "on marketing efforts that potentially didn't provide best value to support Army recruiting," noting that 20 different programs costing a collective $36.8 million in 2016 alone "didn't demonstrate a positive return." The summary continues, "For [fiscal years 2018-2023], AMRG would continue to use about $220 million for the same ineffective marketing programs."In its response, AMRG writes that the report's conclusions "are not supported logically and may appear as lacking in objectivity," arguing that AMRG's leaders have long realized that the Army's marketing strategy "was not effective and needed replacement" and that they have repeatedly attempted to develop a more ROI-focused approach since the organization came into existence in 2013.Continue Reading Pages: 1 2 3 Share http://adweek.it/2Cc3ffM copy Patrick Coffee @PatrickCoffeePatrick Coffee is a senior editor for Adweek. Adweek Adweek


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(RT) Russia has slammed Washington's threats against the Syrian government following a recent White House statement alleging that President Bashar Al-Assad's forces are preparing to use chemical weapons.
"I am not aware of any information or threat of using chemical weapons," Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Tuesday.
Earlier, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer issued a statement claiming the US "has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime that would likely result in the mass murder of civilians."
"We heard about this statement. We don't know what it's based on. And, of course, we strongly disagree with the wording 'another attack,' because, as you know, despite all the demands of the Russian side, there was no independent international investigation of the previous tragedy with the use of chemical weapons. We do not believe it is possible to rest the responsibility on the Syrian armed forces," Peskov said.
The Kremlin spokesman also warned of potential provocations by terrorists.
"You know that cases of the use of toxic chemical agents by militants of Islamic state [IS, formerly ISIS/SIL] and other criminal groups have been established on multiple occasions. There certainly is the potential danger of such provocations recurring," Peskov stated.
Any threats against the Syrian government are "unacceptable," according to Peskov, who reiterated the call for an investigation into the attack in Idlib.
"Without carrying out an investigation it is impossible, illegitimate and absolutely wrong, in regards to achieving the final goals on Syrian reconcilement, to put the blame on Assad. Of course, we consider unacceptable any such threats to the legitimate government of the Syrian Arab Republic," the spokesman said, adding that Moscow considers any use of toxic chemical agents inappropriate.
Syria has denied White House allegations of preparing to use chemical weapons, saying they "foreshadowed a 'diplomatic battle'" in the UN, according to AP, citing the minister for national reconciliation, Ali Haidar.
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Here's what happened:
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Started making bows May 2013. By October: Made 20; Sold 3; Broke 10 or 11; Gave some away; Kept some.
Stopped during hideously cold winter (my opinion) because the 4B* is about as heat-able as an open field.
Restarted bow making June 2014. Made 6 new-style (for me) bows.
Each. One. Failed.
And failed in precisely the same way.
Each time one failed, I thought I'd figured out why. After the sixth failure, I decided I needed to step away for a couple weeks. Do something different.
This was different: I saw a video about making headboards with pallet wood. I thought, "I can do that." And I did it.
The headboard got unexpected rave reviews. That was the point, I think, at which I became a woodworker. Maybe scare quotes should hedge "woodworker".
I continued working with pallet wood. Some of the stuff looks really nice when you clean it up.
I've been doing that ever since. Ever since … let's say late August.
Will I make bows again?
Yes. I certainly plan to. And I really do think I know what caused the problem.
By the way: the problem? One limb bent perfectly, the other — no matter the weight of the bow — hinged like a boiled elbow. Ugly.
Why did I quit blogging about making bows?
I wasn't making them. And I'm lazy.
Will I keep blogging about bow making?
I don't know. There are lots of very good bow making sites out there. You can find a few of them if you rummage around this site. Any one of them will help you far more than I can. I don't call the blog "BrokeStick" for nothing.
But I do love making bows. And I like woodworking. And I like wordworking.
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clean and nice weather app
Moving the name of the city to the title bar (Weather - Paris) would free some real estate, usable for e.g. one or two more days of forecast.
Expected precipitation could be displayed on the bottom graph as a superimposed histogram. The color of this might even be useful (blue = rain, white = snow, yellow = hailstorm, purple = lightning storm, green = frogs).
Maybe (and very maybe) the uncertainty level of forecasts could be displayed using alpha-blending. Very uncertain forecast = 50% translucent icon. But this might be too hard on the eyes.
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You Are All I Ever Wanted And More!
Hi creative friends! Karen here today to share a layout I created using the bold and beautiful Simple Stories Kissing Booth Collection. The gorgeous colors and fabulous designs in the Kissing Booth collection made it perfect for this darling vintage inspired black and white photo.
With so many stickers to choose from on the 12x12 sticker sheet I had a hard time deciding which stickers to use! I just love them all so much! I added pop dots to my stickers to give them little dimension. Hope you enjoy this simple but sweet project!


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When Adam and Eve sinned against the Lord and ate of the fruit, it says in the Genesis account that their "eyes were opened". Their eyes were opened to their own sin and shame. We know this, because they immediately tried to cover themselves with fig leaves. This of course did not resolve the problem, because what they had seen was a spiritual shame, a separation from God's very life.
Joseph Ratzinger, in his Spirit of the Liturgy, sees a parallel between this "seeing" of sin and shame, and the episode of the Emmaus road in Luke 24. After his resurrection, Christ met with two of his disciples on the Emmaus road, and that "their eyes were kept from recognizing him" (vs 16). They could not see Christ as he was; it was only after Christ ate with them that they could see.
Luke goes on to say that Jesus "took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him" (vs 30-31). Ratzinger sees this, first, as a reference to the Lord's Supper, and second, as a parallel to the "eating" and "seeing" in the Genesis account of the fall.
Ratzinger explains:
[A]t the breaking of bread they experience in reverse fashion what happened to Adam and Eve when they ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil: their eyes are opened. Now they no longer see just the externals but the reality that is not apparent to their senses yet shines through their senses: it is the Lord, now alive in a new way.
The Lord's Supper then is a "reverse seeing" from shame and sin, to redemption and resurrection. The Lord's Supper is meant reverse the effect of the fall: to open our eyes and unite us to life itself, the risen Lord.


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In H1 2013, China's biomaterials industry witnessed a good development momentum. For example, PBS industry attracts many participants in China even though the domestic PBS market is not mature enough. In addition, China has made significant progress in the R&D and commercial application of polyamino acid, with the active efforts of some experts.
In May 2013, the import and export volume of PLA decreased and the import volume of dry cassava also decreased. Besides, China's import volume and price of castor oil and its derivatives decreased as well in May 2013. 9. Jiangxi Bailian is to install the equipment of its fluorine chemical project in July 2013.
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Third-wave ska has forever defined the mid-nineties, bashing listeners over the head from the comfort of a Top 40 sweep, but the sound is still alive and well and, as it turns out, living in New Jersey. When Streetlight Manifesto released "Everything Goes Numb," its debut in 2003, fans of the ska underground were dumbstruck. The lineup read like a veritable who's who of underground third-wavers. All bounce and brass, the sound revived an energy perverted by many a mainstream ska act. Now touring in support of 2007's "Somewhere In The Between," its third album from Victory, the band hits Chicago on the course of a massive tour. With "Between," the group satiated impatient fans—who've waited four long years to hear something new—by kicking their horn-propelled sound into high gear, adding backup vocals and generally rocking out. Pittsburgh's oddball dance duo Grand Buffet joins them with tracks from the recently released "King Vision." (K. Tighe)
Streetlight Manifesto plays January 10 at Metro, 3730 North Clark, (773)549-0203, at 7pm. $15.


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Why robotics and AI still face an uphill battle in healthcare
While artificial intelligence and robotics have the potential to solve many of today's healthcare challenges, several obstacles must be overcome for these technologies to dramatically improve our care delivery system.
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the use of algorithms that approximate human cognition in the analysis of complex medical data, with the aim of determining relationships between prevention or treatment techniques and patient outcomes. Robotics primarily deals with the design, development and operation of robots for activities such as patient monitoring and evaluation as well as surgical assistance. Together, AI-powered robotics have the potential to completely change the way healthcare is delivered, as machines may someday become powerful and smart enough to replace physicians and medical staff.
While fully autonomous robotic systems are still far away, there are a number of advantages that AI and robotics already offer in clinical settings and physician training to advance care and improve outcomes. Moreover, the clinical application of robotic/AI technologies is growing, with more big-name providers coming into the scene alongside new and emerging technologies. These include the da Vinci system that enables robot-assisted surgery; the Cyberknife, which uses images and computer-controlled robotics to radiate tumors; Babylon Health's AI-powered chatbot to assist in remote patient diagnosis; and Memorial Sloan Kettering's use of Watson Oncology to interpret cancer patients' clinical data.
Despite great promise from AI and robots, several challenges are still preventing rapid adoption.
Technology and data constraints
Given the current challenges of EHR integration, one of the largest hurdles would be the availability of complete and comprehensive patient data. Many AI technologies rely on the ability to digest large sets to perform advanced analytics, but without a complete understanding of the patient's medical history, the system fundamentally doesn't work. Worse, it may put the patient's health at risk.
Unfortunately, the means by which healthcare providers collect and maintain patient data today is insufficient. Exacerbating this issue are the inherent complications around interoperability. With hundreds of EHRs, each with different data architectures, it's extremely difficult for providers to keep a single, comprehensive health record for a patient. The inability to integrate with other EHRs to understand the full patient history remains a challenge for any machine learning technology.
Providers that want to successfully adopt AI-related technologies must first overcome technological deficiencies surrounding comprehensive patient data. While full interoperability may be years away, providers can still leverage AI technologies by manually collecting all relevant patient data, performing the appropriate diligence before a procedure or diagnosis.
Financial and economic concerns
In addition to technological limitations, AI and robotics present significant financial concerns for smaller or mid-sized providers. The high acquisition and implementation costs, along with annual maintenance and contract costs, places a significant financial burden on organizations. In addition, providers also need to consider the costs of robotic instruments and accessories, which are procured and replaced on a per-procedure basis. Finally, many of these technologies require extensive physician and staff training, costly workflow changes, and in some cases, changes to the EHR.
Further, there have been studies showing that robotic surgeries can cost roughly 10 times more than traditional surgeries, with no evidence that outcomes are significantly better than traditional methods. Worse, there have been instances where robotic malfunction has resulted in injuries and even death, resulting in the potential for legal fees and other unforeseen costs.
Finally, in today's health insurance system, how do providers justify the cost of delivering the very best care to patients when insurers today are only reimbursing for good enough care? For larger healthcare institutions such as Mayo Clinic, MD Anderson, and Partners Healthcare, there is plenty of funding to take on innovative and exploratory AI programs from top vendors; however, smaller institutions may struggle to justify the high cost of introducing AI and robotic technologies until they are more proven.
Legal, regulatory and ethical risk
Among the biggest concerns facing providers adopting AI and robotics are the legal, regulatory and ethical concerns. Because of the sensitivity and relative uncertainty around effectiveness of robotic and AI technologies, the risk is greater, particularly when the procedure could have been successfully performed by a physician. Navigating these challenges may require providers to adopt a new approach to governance and legal arbitrage.
Using fully autonomous, AI-powered robots in operating rooms requires machines to be smart enough to calculate risks and make "human-like" decisions. However, what criteria should we ethically program these machines to use in order to "calculate" the risks and make clinical decisions? Consider a future world where we've introduced an AI/robotic delivery system; how does the robot choose one life over another when both baby and mother's heart rate begins to drop and both are entering a critical state? Equally important, how would the patient, families and legal system respond?
Moreover, having access to a patient's complete health history, a requisite for many AI technologies, also presents some major challenges to patient privacy and security. This raises regulatory concerns for hospital IT—how patient data be securely protected, and how will access to data be controlled?
For organizations that are ready and willing to adopt robotic and AI technologies, gaining a thorough understanding the various risks as well as the limitations of each technology, developing a strong governance model, and implementing very rigid protocols and workflows will enable them to protect themselves against such risks and litigation, demonstrate successes, and help shape the delivery of these technologies to improve adoption.
Social resistance
Arguably the biggest barrier to full-scale adoption is social resistance. Even if organizations are willing to take on the inherent risk associated with clinical robotics and AI, how do organizations ensure that the doctors and nurses are comfortable adopting robotic care; that insurers are willing to pay for it; and that patients are willing to receive it?
Will doctors ever be willing to concede that their training-based skills could be performed, perhaps better, by a robot? Historically robotic-enabled job replacement has typically impacted low-wage, routine jobs; however, AI is changing the game; creative and intelligent white-collar jobs will also be impacted, and doctors are not excluded. For example, a machine that reads patient's medical images could quickly replace radiologists. Or one that can calculate and administer IV medications could replace an anesthesiologist.
Similarly, we cannot ignore how patients will respond. With the rise of the patient as a consumer, what control will patients have over the method of care they receive, and by whom? Even if the facts demonstrate higher quality care and better overall financial value for a robotic-operated surgery, does the patient have a choice? Also, will payers be willing to reimburse for these treatments?
Certainly, a cultural shift among patients, providers, institutions and governments must take place in order for robotics to truly become mainstream in the healthcare market. Organizations must think of robotics and AI as a means of supplementing care for the greater good of the patient.
In the near future, it's likely that robots can be even more capable than humans at doing very human-like tasks. However, to accelerate the path to change, providers considering the adoption of these technologies must think ahead to understand how they will fit in the future healthcare world and how to mitigate some of the potential challenges they will face.
By understanding the technology and data gaps, legal and ethical limitations, costs, and social concerns, providers can properly prepare their organization for the adoption and growth of AI and robotic technologies.


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MIXo Basics for Desktop Browser
<Getting Started with Mixonium>
This tutorial is for the Web version of MIXONIUM. [For the iOS App, click here]. We encourage you to follow this tutorial while setting up your account and making your first few posts, pausing as necessary while you try the various features.
A few things before we get started. First, every MIXONIUM post you create is Cloud-based and has its own unique URL or Permalink. Think of each and every post as a mini website. This means it can be changed whenever you so desire, shared with one person or millions, and deleted forever in a split second. If one cell needs changing there is no need to republish the entire post – simply update that cell and this new content is what everyone will now see. Finally, MIXONIUM gives you up to seven compartments to work with, but there is no requirement to fill all of them.
Now, let's get started.
<Creating a New Account>
From the MIXONIUM website, select the blue "Sign Up" icon at the top right of the page. This will take you to our sign-up page. Here you will enter your full name, choose a Username, and select the account type. Your Username will be your account ID and will be part of your profile. If you are an individual, select a personal username. If you are setting up an account for an Organization you may want a User ID that reflects the name of your entity. Your email will also be another way to log into the account and will be required so that posts you create can be sent to you. Your password should be memorable and at least six characters long. Review the MIXONIUM terms and check the box accordingly. Then select the blue box to start your free trial.
<Creating your Profile>
First, start with setting up your profile.
Select the profile post and you will be taken to the editing tool. Focus on the largest compartment – called the Hero Cell – in the upper left corner. This will be your profile picture. You can select "Choose File" to select a photo from your computer, or you can simply drag and drop an image from your desktop or files into that cell. While you can put virtually any publishable file or link in the hero cell, for your profile we recommend an image.
Once selected, the image will upload. From there you can select the "gear" symbol in the upper right corner of the compartment to scale the image or add a title if desired. You can stop there, or continue to add files to the other compartments – such as other photos, a video or audio message, a PDF, a map, your LinkedIn profile, your Facebook page, or links to relevant websites.
<Titles and Abstracts>
Once you create a title for your post and hit the "Save" icon your title will update in the upper right corner of the post. This title, which you can change any time, will be the identifier for that post. In the "Abstract" section of the Editing tool you can enter as much text as you desire. Generally, you may want to keep this fairly concise. If you have a great deal to say, we recommend creating a PDF and inserting it into one of the compartments for a better viewing experience.
<Viewing your Post>
To view your Post as others will see it, select the blue "View Post" icon at the top of the web page. This will open a new tab showing you the MIXONIUM post you have just created. Click any cell to see its contents to make sure they are loading correctly. If anything is failing, return to the Edit tab and make any corrections needed. When you are finished, simply close the post viewing tab.
<Creating a New Post>
To create a new post, select the "Create Post" icon on the top left corner of the landing page where your posts reside. This will launch a new post. From there you can follow the same procedures as making your profile. Drag and drop files from your desktop including photos, videos, audio files, or PDF files. Or you can select "Choose File" to access your computer files. For weblinks such as YouTube, Dropbox, Facebook, maps or any website, you can select the "link" text in the center of each compartment. Keep in mind that MIXONIUM will not allow you to upload files that are still in authoring mode such as Word, Excel or Powerpoint. These must be converted to a published format such as PDF. Alternatively, you can upload these types of files to Dropbox or similar platform, and insert the Dropbox link into a compartment.
<Cropping Cover Images>
To crop a cover image for a compartment, select the gear icon in that compartment and use your mouse to resize and move the image as desired. Select "Crop Image" when you are finished.
<Replacing Cover Image>
To replace a cover image for a compartment, select the gear icon in that compartment and select the "Choose File" icon directly under the image thumbnail in the upper left corner. This will bring up your file options where you can select the image you want. Once selected, follow the same steps for cropping as desired.
<Who Can See Your Post>
All new posts default to the "Private" setting. To make a post public, select the "Post Visibility" option you desire at the bottom center of the post editing tool. Select "Private" and only you can see this post. Select "public" and this post becomes searchable and all MIXONIUM subscribers can see this post. To limit the visibility, select "Clubs Only". Directly to the right of the Visibility options you can click on the "Clubs" box to see the various Clubs you can assign this specific post to. This can be a private club with you as the sole member, which allows only those you send the post to see it, or select a club where other members of that club can view the post.
<Cloning a Post>
In an instance where you want to duplicate a post to create a new URL or modify some of the content of a post while keeping the original post in tact, simply select the blue "Clone Post" icon at the bottom left of the Editing tool and that post will be duplicated in its entirety. From there you can modify the new post accordingly.
<Publishing Your Post>
Once you have created your post and selected the appropriate Visibility setting, you are ready to publish your post. There are many options and forums for this. You can simply leave the post in a Club for others to see, or go outside of the MIXONIUM platform.
Each Post has a unique URL or web link. If you click on the green "Share" icon in the top right corner of the editing tool several options will appear in a pop-out menu. You can click on Facebook or Twitter and these applications will launch. If you select the "Email" icon the post will be sent directly to the inbox of the email associated with your MIXONIUM account.
Below those options you will see the "Link" option. Here you can copy the unique URL for this specific Post, and from there you can paste it to Facebook, Tweet it, or post to any other forum of your choosing that can accept a URL.
If you want more advanced publishing options, click on the downward facing arrow and you will be given the Embed Code for embedding your post in a website or blog and the "Post Image" URL for the thumbnail of your post.
<Tracking Your Post>
Want to see who is viewing your post and where they are geographically? In the upper right corner of the Editing tool select the "Stats" icon. This will launch thumbnail overly of what cells are being viewed most and a map of where in the world they are being viewed.
If you have a lot of posts that you are monitoring, select the "Analytics" option at the top left side of the MIXONIUM website. This will give you a list of all of your posts, and a summary of each one's activity.
<Changing Your Profile>
In the upper right corner of your MIXONIUM home page you will find a pull-down menu where you can edit your profile settings and account information. For organizations or families, under the "Account" tab you can invite a new user to your account.


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Top Thrill Dragster
Top Thrill Dragster also located at Cedar Point in Ohio, is labeled an "accelerator coaster" with trains shaped like rip-roaring dragsters. But the ride feels more like a jaw-tightening space launch. Reaching a speed of 120 miles per hour in just four seconds, passengers are thrust to the top of a 420-foot peak before plunging straight down 400 feet, while at the same time twisting and turning through 270-degree spirals.


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Katrin Grunwald
Katrin Grunwald about herself: »I am almost 70 (39 by now), got into the intensive care business on detours and never made it out of a northern German small town. Along the way, I do read everything I get my hands on, love every kind of music and try to do sports regularly, but progressively part from the illusion to get a six-pack. I personally think that is a pity. Then again, I am not very disciplined. I am not very patient either, can't stand smartasses and basically am ungifted in technical matters. In return, I am a swell cook, a good white liar and fan of St. Pauli.«
Note from the agency: Katrin Grunwald was born in 1969 in Bremen and works as a specialty nurse for anesthesia and intensive care in a intensive care unit in Northern Germany.


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Scotland has a remarking history. Why not spend some time on this road trip to discover the city itself in getting closer to what has history left for us?
Edinburgh Castle – Dirleton Castle – Tantallon castle – Linlithgow Palace
Let's start with the most famous and popular castle among tourist – Edinburgh Castle. It's been in use since 1000 years and yet one can witness its beauty and stature. The castle is in the heart of the city and is one among favourite tourist attraction. Buy a ticket on-line before you go here to spend more time in exploring castle.
Give a speed to your road trip – take a turn 23 miles to the east of Edinburgh to explore another castle – charming and romantic known as Dirleton Castle. The castle is quite popular among youngsters. Do have a look at the garden area to enjoy refreshing stroll gazing towards timeless beauty of historical piece.
Drive some more miles to visit Tantallon castle located in east Lothian. Built in 14th century, it mainly comprises of a single hefty wall that secures coastal promontory. A sea view while climbing and fresh breeze may make this as your much loved destination on this road trip.
Move west to the Midlothian to explore another huge, spectacular and sophisticated castle called Crichton Castle. It's a 16th century courtyard façade stands strikingly beautiful. Some part of the castle is collapsed but those who see it goes back praising its architecture.
15 miles away from west of Edinburgh is Linlithgow Palace. It was principal residence for monarchs of Scotland during 15th and 16th centuries. This palace is open to visitors all across year. Before you think you have learnt a lot of history on this road trip, think again. This Road trip to Edinburgh has more history to be seen and witnessed. Gear up to take a walk along walls of Blackness Castle that sits few miles away from Linlithgow palace. It's a 15th century fortress near the south shore of the firth of fore. The castle has many nooks and crannies to explore. Some enjoy bird watching and some it's top view. A lesser known castle and yet pleasingly attractive for a day picnic.
Castles of Edinburgh are perfect destination to see on weekends. Two days are sufficient and succinct to take a road trip around Edinburgh. Castle of Edinburgh offers history from the centuries of 14th, 15th and 16th. The castle ruins itself speaks about the history and one can feel its aura while riding off from one castle to other.


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Consider a married couple making $60,000 a year. Suppose they buy a $200,000 home with a fixed-rate 30-year mortgage and $6,000 down. That's hardly a reckless scenario. Yet if local home prices drop by ten percent, this family is $14,000 underwater. If their marriage or their furnace breaks, if someone loses a job, this couple is in real trouble. If family dislocations arise from broader economic difficulties that depress local property values, they are in even deeper trouble.More here.
Progressives should be chastened by the history of the housing mess. We need to rethink the all-American aspiration to widespread home ownership. When our society offers no guarantees to buffer instability and risk, we need other, safer ways to support families and neighborhoods, and to promote upward mobility.
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In the 1920s, the Denver Art Museum became one of the first art institutions in the world to collect American Indian material not be-cause of some historic or scientific interest, but because of its undeniable aesthetic qualities. Nearly ninety years later, the DAM has one of the largest and most important collections of Native American art anywhere.
But for months now, the American Indian Art Galleries in the Ponti building devoted to displaying the museums collection have been closed while Native Arts curator Nancy Blomberg rethought and reinstalled it. The new galleries underwent not only a physical change, but also an intellectual one, explains Blomberg. The new presentation focuses on specific artists. People go to the Modern and Contemporary art floors or the European art floors and expect to see artists; however, when they come to the American Indian art galleries, they dont. I want to challenge that. I want visitors to look at a group of, for example, Navajo weavings and see the distinct style and hand of the artist involved. I want people to see 2,000 years of continuous artistic creation.
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VANCOUVER — When the Chicago Wolves were in Abbotsford this past October for a two-game series with the Heat, winger Steve Pinizzotto described his National Hockey League dream this way: "I've thought about it for 28 years now."
Well, that lifelong dream — now almost 29 years old — seems about to finally become a reality, perhaps even as soon as Thursday.
Pinizzotto was scheduled to complete his two-week conditioning stint with the Wolves on Wednesday in Grand Rapids, Mich., and Canucks' assistant general manager Laurence Gilman confirmed the rugged winger will join the team Thursday.
He figures to play his first NHL game either Thursday when the Canucks open a four-game homestand against the Nashville Predators or on Saturday against the Detroit Red Wings.
To paraphrase something broadcaster Jim Robson once said about Trevor Linden, at this point Pinizzotto would play on crutches.
"I've had a little bit of bad luck, some adversity, but the door is kind of creeping open here, so I just want to make the best of my opportunity," Pinizzotto said over the phone Wednesday from Grand Rapids.
"I haven't heard anything yet to be honest so I have to deal with tonight first and go from there."
But Gilman indicated Wednesday that Pinizzotto will join the Canucks on Thursday. Pinizzotto was placed on the Canuck roster prior to his conditioning stint, so there is a spot here waiting for him and the Canucks do not have to waive anyone to make room for him.
Pinizzotto's NHL and Canuck debut probably should have occurred 18 months ago. He missed all of last season after injuring his shoulder in a Canuck pre-season game when it looked like he was going to crack the team out of training camp.
He was expected to compete for a job at this season's short post-lockout camp, but was out with a groin injury.
Before signing with the Canucks last season, Pinizzotto languished in the minor league system of the Washington Capitals. Despite two solid seasons with the AHL Hershey Bears, during which time he registered 83 points and 302 penalty minutes, Pinizzotto never got a sniff with the Capitals.
"It's been a long time coming, but that's how the cards played out and I can't dwell on the negatives from the past," he said Wednesday. "I want to focus on the future."
The Canucks are anxious to finally get a look at Pinizzotto in their lineup.
"He was a very sought-after commodity when we signed him nearly two years ago," Gilman said. "He had a very productive training camp and was well on his way to earning a spot on our roster when he got injured. Unfortunately, he has had injury issues this year. But that being said, there is clearly a premium on players like this in the marketplace.
"There's a very high degree of probability that he would be picked up on waivers. There have been a lot of people around the league asking questions about him."
Although Pinizzotto figures to spend much of Thursday travelling from Michigan to Vancouver, there is a chance he could play Thursday night.
"He could very easily be in the lineup," Gilman said.
The Canucks and head coach Alain Vigneault like Pinizzotto's grit and the fact he has a decent skill set to go along with it. If his stay in Vancouver is going to be a long one, Pinizzotto knows he must bring that physical presence every shift.
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Pinizzotto, a right-winger, is likely to start on the fourth line and could bump newly acquired Tom Sestito into the press box.
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Councils in both Norfolk and Suffolk have voted in favour of planning applications submitted by Solarcentury for the development of 4 solar parks.
The planning applications across 4 sites have a total capacity of 50 MW and will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 14,000 homes.
Breckland Council in Norfolk voted yesterday on 3 sites, totaling 38 MW. They are the 14.8 MW Hardingham Solar Park near Wymondham, the 11.5 MW Lexham Solar Park near Litcham and the 11.5 MW Fontaine Solar Park near Narborough.
The 3 Solar Parks will prevent an estimated 435,000 tonnes of CO2 entering the atmosphere during the lifetime of the installations.
In Suffolk, Waveney Council also voted in favour of Solarcentury's application for a 12.3 MW Chediston Solar Park near Halesworth. This will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 3,500 homes.
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It's been a while to write how I have been on my blog. My real life was so hustling me and couldn't get time to write something.
I also feel like time stamping on each day for this 100 days challenge is not really useful for me. Instead of 100 days, I'd rather keep tracking what I have been doing. Doing so, It would be more flowy to explain what I think, and what I have experienced.
I will still use the 100days of code but days no longer point real day counts.
You may notice that I just brief that "I have worked on as usual, blah". So what I have exactly worked?
I have worked on web animations. No animate tool, no authoring tools like that but only code. Well, I have to correct my words. Of course, I used tools for sprite kits and assets. Other than that, everything is on codes.
Applaud to GSAP!
I never know any interactive js libraries before. In Sydney at least, all the dev scenes are talking about mostly web and sass. Nothing else so I wasn't really exposed to any kind of field of non-web development as an interactive developer. I call myself interactive dev because that job title describes what I am into. Although, my experiences over two years filled with jQuery, CSS3 with SASS compilers, SPA JavaScript toolings and frameworks or so, which I am not personally into but deal with them daily as my job.
So when I started working on web animation, it was a whole different career to what I used to do. I still use JavaScript and CSS3 as always but have to think differently to code.
I like to show you some examples that I have worked on.
So.. How I get to GSAP? A long time ago, I watched (@sarah_edo) Sarah Drasner's presentation. On the conference video (I cannot find the video that I watched on youtube now) she explained how to manipulate SVG on the DOM with using GSAP. It was a very inspiring talk. When I got into the creative advertisement studio as an ongoing freelancer, I decided to use GSAP for all required interactions.
GSAP is quite awesome. It has a strong community that you can pretty much search for any animating effects. I mostly get helps from that community forum.
If you want to manipulate SVG up to very delicately, you have to buy the licence. Unfortunately, work doesn't buy the licence (I am sure they will cover if I request but the communication to process always has been put behind.) so I haven't used any premium plug-ins.
I use the tween max plug-in out of GSAP. This plug-in includes most of the free plug-ins as one package. This is quite enough for what I am doing since our assets are mostly rasterised assets.
As you see the examples above, you can animate pretty much what you want. You may sometimes need to think to tweak either on codes or assets. To make all compiled files under the 50k is a tricky part.