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- Consider the atmosphere. At other shows, the atmosphere may be more business professional. Fairs are typically casual and attendance can be subject to many things from the daily event schedule to the weather. Make sure you're presenting yourself in a professional, yet approachable way to avoid discouraging people from stopping by to ask questions. If you're going to be outside, be sure to plan your space to prepare for anything mother nature may throw your way!
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VI 13 and VI 95 TWO DUBIOUS ONES
At first sight the only thing linking these two Nostradamus Quatrains is the use of 'dubieux' in both and some unnecessary repetitions. But who are these mysterious dubious leaders?
1557 Lyon Du Rosne
Vn dubieux ne viendra loing du regne,
La plus grand part le vouldra soustenir:
Vn capitole ne vouldra point qu'il regne,
Sa grande charge ne pourra maintenir.
A dubious or doubtful one will not come to hold power for long,
The majority shall be willing to hold him up high:
A capitol will pointedly not want that he rules,
His large load he cannot maintain. OR He will not wish to bear these great responsibilities.
There are from time to time repetitions in the Nostradamus Quatrains that we can make excuses for such as 'grand' and 'grande' but why use 'regne' twice in the rhyming scheme and repeat 'vouldra' in lines 2 and 3? Oh, well.
Line 1, OF 'loing' could sensibly be OF 'long' or OF 'loin' and all may convey distance or time.
Line 3. The 'Capitole' was the 'fortress and temple of Jupiter in Rome' ('Brunet Latin Treasury' ed Chabaille) that sat upon the 'Capitoline', the Seventh Hill of Rome, and 'is not far from the Tarpeian rock' ('Mirabilis') suggesting that ragged disgrace is a short walk off those giddy heights. But it could equally be the Town Hall of Toulous or the palace of the American Congress in its political capital Washington. Basically it's a complex of buildings institutionalized by a municipality or national parliament. Still it suggests an essential Roman-ness, a quality either admired or despised today. A crosspiece over supporting pillars with capitals atop the uprights becomes a capitole – also a specially constructed platform upon a pyramidic base that supports specific performances – and the word may now have become a metaphor for, well, the democratic process. However for the two hundred years prior to the Thirteenth Century it referred instead to the Roman Curia, according to Wace, and Nostredame has referred to 'a capitol' not 'the Capitol'. Did he mean the Catholic curia?
'Point' is pique or a blow or a dolorous condition but as 'piquedly' is seldom if ever seen or said in English I've chosen to substitute 'pointedly' in this present context. (Translation Note: even though a pedagogue might insist that OF 'ne…point' is the old-fashioned form of modern Fr. 'ne…pas' my translation of Line 4 holds up here. In fact 'ne…point', 'ne…mie' and 'ne…gout' all once existed because 'ne' on its own seemed under-emphatic to the point of almost positively approving and to confuse matters further the expression 'Point trop n'en faut!' can simply mean that there's not too much need, really.)
There is an OF word combination that sounds very much like 'dubieux'. It sums up Michael Romanov and, for propriety's sake, all the Popes must accord with 'du pieux', the pious one full of compassion and merciful pity or piety, which looks and sounds very much like 'dubieux'. So, 'dubieux' or 'du pieux'?
Who is this? I'll start with two other interpreters inspirations. Mario Reading says it's the pious abdicated Czar Mikhail I (Feodorovich Romanov) who handed his throne to his son. It happens that the letters of 'Alexis' are scattered about the first couplet and 'Michael Romanov' the second couplet. LeMesurier has suggested, I believe, the Fourteenth Century's 'Papa Urban' who got ditched as mentally incompetent in favour of 'Papa Clemente'. The jumbled-up letters of the former are in the first couplet and the latter may be found in the second. But why look backwards? The present day sees 'Bergoglio' (first couplet) take over the reins from 'Ratsinger' (second couplet) who says he simply felt too tired. Yes I know it's usually spelt with a 'z' as in 'snooze' but 's' for 'siesta' was virtually the same letter in Michel's day. Good clean fun but I shall abandon the letters to think over another possibility – the sometime American President Thomas Jefferson who once said "Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power".
Jefferson supported religious freedom and was an anti-Federalist whose political platform was to disfavour "every form of tyranny over the mind of man". A fundamental libertarian and yet a moralist, he was a true liberal in contradistinction to a wagon-jumping social engineer. Together with Madison he wrote the formal basis for the States of America in such a way that it could legally constrain all attempts at tyrrany by the Senate, the Judiciary or the President's Office. Of course he made enemies, especially with George Washington. He became generally rather unpopular for the embargo on American shipping that he applied toward the end of his second term. Still, I guess he lasted too long in power for this quatrain to apply. It is often said, especially in erudite discussions of Political Science and Administration, that no coolly analytical and sane personality would ever actually want the position of Big Chief.
1557 Lyon Du Rosne
Par destracteur calumnié à puis nay,
Quant istront faictz enormes & martiaulx:
La moindre part dubieuse à l'aisnay,
Et tost au regne seront faictz partiaulx.
Calumnies by a distractor to hide the truth
OR Empoisoning by a spreader of calumny,
Out of which comes huge military events:
The least dubious part is an easy power opportunity/cock-and-bull/painfully imbecilic/ignorance (?),
And soon there will be unilateral deeds of partiality OR unjust divisions in the country.
Line 1, OF 'destracteur/détracteur' seems to be an ill-willed negotiator or 'tracteur' who denigrates or slanders or else that 'distracteur' who outs others to their disadvantage. OF 'calumnié/calomnier' is the resultant calumny, lie, slander or ill-esteem that is inflicted.OF 'à puis nay' is frequently translated/repeated as meaning 'to the younger brother' or cadet line. OF 'puis' means then, from, after, even if, there you have it. Nay is a French commune and a family name. In OE 'nay' usually means no, sometimes nigh, and OF often agrees. OF 'puisnier' means shoot or inject venom, to poison or infect someone. The separated words mean 'then' and 'to deny or hide the truth', to challenge reality. OF 'istront/issir' means 'out of' or 'resulting in'.
Line 3, OF 'aisnay' is difficult. OF 'ais' is to do with wooden constructions, usually planked wood from a shelf to a butcher's block or just a stripped sapling. Here it is a substantive combination that I guess could mean a particular branch or gangway or deck, perhaps part of a capitole. Where I live in South Asia wooden poles or smoothed tree-trunks are customarily stood packed upright together in a deep hole to form the foundations for a new building. They may well have got this from the French colonials and such pillars or piers were called 'pieux' or 'pex' in OF. The 'pieux' recorded for 1287 in 'The Old French Vocabulary of Champagne' is likely related to the wooden pew.
OF 'ais' appears as a particle of the old Occitan words 'aissi', so, and 'aisso', this. Occitan 'aisina' is about power, ease (modern Fr. 'aisance') and opportunity. However, the OF word 'asne' appears in the expression 'coq-a-l'asne', meaning a cock-and-bull story, or with 'aïe' could even mean painfully imbecilic. Printshop errors coming from 'soundalike' words do seem somewhat over-common in the Centuries (See the special section under 7T's on the HOME page) and I do not claim to be a pro-level linguist with all the answers. A miracle play 'Science et Asnerye' was 'a very lively satire representing the superior chances which the followers of Asnerye— ignorance — have of obtaining benefices and posts of honour and profit as compared with those of learning'. (George Saintsbury in his 'A Short History of French Literature')
Line 2 and 4, OF 'faictz' appears twice here which seems unreasonable for an internal rhyme. As the antique typeset 'f' could equally be read as 's', could 'saictz' be a lost version of 'sectes' meaning 'partisanships'? Or was the poet-prophet just having a rough creative day like the rest of us?
Line 4, OF 'regne' can mean rulership otherwise the kingdom/the country/the land or an era marked by a monarch's duration or else a person's destiny.
Somehow these verses seem loosely linked and it is possible to read a little of Dubya's story here. ('Dubya' is 'dubieux'?) Little is ever said of how Cheney went in as Vice-President at the say-so of Bush Senior the spooked enthusiast for 'New World Order' who founded a sum of moneys for a huge ten-year bonds program in order to fund 'off-balance sheet' military and political actions outside of America. (The infamous Project Hammer – not to be confused with, and the antithesis of, a charitable building endeavour of the same name; look them up.) Nor should we confuse the distribution of missions between 'Dubya' and hireling Richard Cheney. Those attributed by an anonymous insider to President G.W. Bush alone were quite humane and well-meaning whilst the war-like matters of enormous world importance were reattributed to Cheney and friends. Nevertheless Bush Jr. was the national figurehead before whose presidency the people had still held faith in the exporting of American ideals and anyway there is nothing in these two quatrains that points to any particular era or ruling family and the USA is one of those countries that is never directly mentioned in the Centuries nor the Bible.
How about the Bush and Cheney advisors, appointees and accolytes? Where are they in here? Playing with jumbled letters, without any duplications whatsoever, will reveal Rumsfeld, Rice, Cooney and Perle from the first couplet and Gates, Abrams, Tenet and Bolton from the second. If we allow the letter 'g' to be repeated we can get Gonzales, Greenspan and England whilst a duplicate 'm' will supply Armitage (all second couplet) and the quatrain in whole will yield Negroponte or Porter Goss. Curiously, the first couplet has the letters of Président and the second Barry Soetoro. Just sayin'.
The theme here is about a doubtful one and a dubious one selected into office, perhaps suggesting the special arrangements for achieving the papacy or the American Presidency. The term 'charge' means duty and sometimes refers to a child as we have the strongest personal duty towards all children in our care. The capitole is likely the American capital, Washington DC. It could refer to the whole political class active in Washington. On the day he left the White House ('maison blanc' is lettered in the second couplet) President Bush Jr. – who once expressed the wish that his political career be only one chapter in a full life – made an astute remark about letting that unremittingly harsh spotlight fall on someone else treading the presidential boards and sounded almost chirpy about it.
Possibly the connection between these two quatrains is imagined or too tenuous but it does sound like Popes or Presidents or, say, one of each living through the same period. There are several candidates, of course, especially if we speak of dismantling cultures (at home and abroad) or effecting regime change by visibly or invisibly dividing countries and peoples.


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Once upon a time, this 56-year-old curvy Goddess body was tiny, coming into the world at five pounds, four ounces. My mother told me that in the first day or so, I lost a few of them, since I would fall asleep when it was time to eat. As a child of the sixties, I have memories of both nutritionally sustaining and more pleasurable junk food. Chips, candy, pretzels and soda sat right along side apples, carrots and bananas. Growing up in an Eastern European Jewish family, food equaled love. My Russian immigrant Bubbe (grandmother) made blintzes and borscht with the encouragement in Yiddish: "Ess gezunterhait," which translates to "Eat in good health." Well rounded, with peasant hips and zaftig breasts, she clearly enjoyed her own cooking.
As a whirlwind, active child, I rode my bike, roller skated, swam, played hopscotch and jump roped. I had no thoughts about being overweight, despite the fact that my mother struggled with that issue throughout her life. When I turned 4, I was diagnosed with asthma and was prescribed steroids. When I have looked back at elementary school photos, I saw a skinny kid blow up like a balloon in a year's time. The odd thing is that although children can be cruel to each other, I don't remember ever being teased about the extra pounds. As soon as I was taken off the medication, the weight came off as well. At age 11, as suggested by our family doctor, I joined a swim team and for the next 10 years, I was in the pool for hours at a time, honing a lean swimmer's body. Since butterfly and free style were my primary strokes, I developed a narrow waist and broad shoulders. All these years later, I still have the latter, wishing for the former.
My prom dress was a body hugging size 7 and all throughout college, I rocked tight jeans and tube/tank tops. I was able to maintain that petite presentation into my late twenties. My wedding gown was an eight and it wasn't until 1992, when I had an ectopic pregnancy and the lower abdominal muscles were cut, that the rounded belly appeared. It was also a tumultuous time in my life and thus began the roller coaster ride of emotional eating. It didn't help that my husband was a creative cook who used ingredients that were rich in flavor and sometimes high in caloric content.
I watched the weight fluctuate in the past few decades and had convinced myself that as long as I was still active and could fit into my clothes, all was well. Many of my friends were my size or larger, so I could engage in denial that it could become a problem for me. When my husband passed in 1998, and I had other lovers, there were never complaints from them. The only lingering doubt came from me; it sneered at me and told me I wasn't as attractive as when I was in my slim and trim 20s.
When my mother died in 2010 of congestive heart failure and diabetes, I began to take a hard look at my own relationship with food. I went on a rather restrictive plan and in three months time had shed 40 pounds. People noticed, commented and I felt a huge sense of accomplishment and empowerment. This "new me" only looked good on the outside. Hiding within was the woman who doubted her own "enoughness," and as a result took on the proverbial "weight of the world," as a therapist, friend and family member. Being an empath who absorbed other people's emotions made it that much more challenging to accept only what was mine and leave the rest behind.
Working a crazy-busy schedule had me eating on the fly, in the car, wolfing down what seemed to be primarily healthy fare and also brought back some of the original weight. It wasn't until the heart attack that arrived on June 12th which called for dramatic dietary shifts (low sodium and low cholesterol), that I woke up to the reality that I had been denying. I have a tenuous/tumultuous relationship with food and with my body. Having worked with clients that have eating disorders, I can safely say that while it has not tumbled into that realm, there is a slippery slope down which I could slide if I am not careful. Mindful eating, asking myself if I am truly hungry, has become a necessary practice. I attend cardiac rehab four or five times a week, peeling off the inches, but I am still dismayed that the numbers are not what I would like to see as evidence of my hard work. My therapists in the program remind me that it is "just a number, not a measure of your worth as a person." The inner critic that I call 'Perfectionista,' scoffs at that. I use the affirmation "I am healthier and stronger, slimmer and trimmer, lighter and thinner every day,' while I am sweating on the cardio machines and doing strength training.
Am I glorifying thin-ness; the hot bod I had in my teens and twenties? I tell myself that this five and half decades old body has absorbed love and adoration that the itsy bitsy one could only dream of. It has survived injuries and illness for which I am grateful. It has offered and received pleasure and anticipates more of same.
If you're struggling with an eating disorder, call the National Eating Disorder Association hotline at 1-800-931-2237.


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About the same time I had another confrontation with another demon of religion. It was about this time of year. Religious demons manifest most during the Lenten Easter season. Never do for Christmas. I guess the demons hate the idea of a full propitiation for sin. But that's another topic.
It was late at night. Suddenly before me a short fat man appeared. He wasn't just overweight, he was a fatty. In front of him was a huge table of food. He was eating as fast as he could. Shooing away anyone with whom he might have shared. He was actually angry at those who thought they should find a place at the table. He was dressed in a monk's cloak. Hood and all. When it seemed he could not eat more he accelerated.
Then the table turned to things, money, recognition, land all kinds of things that we see in the world as examples of riches. He was a greedy for that as ever before. He guarded and hoarded all these things for himself. He was not just stingy or miserly, he was aggressive in grabbing all he could. ALL IN THE NAME OF GOD. Taking the name of the Lord in Vain is not unusual for a demon. They come as an angel of light but are devils to the core.
I did not speak to him, but when I looked for even a moment at the hoarded bounty he had, he glared at me and as such warned me off.
After I had enough of this, I spoke the name of Jesus and commanded him to go. He did.
Here's what that showed me. Religions demons are the opposite of Godliness. They are not willing to help anyone unless it is for glory or honor, then only as long as it feeds that hunger. They are all consuming. Nothing is outside the demon's desire for more. All for me, none for you is the mantra of the demon.
We expect this from the world, but the world even sees this is wrong. It rejects the idea of unfettered greed.
Among the demonized religious it has become accepted that this kind of greed is normal. We see them build hungry hoarding ministries and short of the monks robe (some are robed) we know they really that demon.
I won't name names, but when you see unsatiated Hunger for:
- Money
- Land
- Empire
- Ministry Size
- Members
- Honor
- Title
- Riches
- Status
- and YES FOOD
There are ministers in the pulpit that manifest this demon.. and they need deliverance.


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Aquarium Lighting Basics
Aquarium lighting has several purposes, first and perhaps foremost for the pleasure of the fish-keeper, it illuminates the aquarium or tank if you prefer, for the viewing of the inhabitants. Second and most important for the tropical fish you may keep, (or wish to keep) it provides the aquarium occupants with a potential for a natural sense of day and night, setting the stage or rhythm for a natural life cycle more in tune with that of the surroundings from which they may have once came. The last of the three major reasons for proper aquarium lighting of course is that it provides the necessary source of light for photosynthesis in plants and or invertebrates.
An aquarium, which has improper lighting can be the cause of, or help to promote algae growth, cause unnatural or sluggish behavior in your tropical fish as well as unhealthy aquatic plants. Poor lighting can also affect anemones, corals, and or other invertebrates in unhealthy ways. Of course the correct lighting will make the tropical fish and the decoration of your tank appear to be more colorful, plants will be of a lush deep green color and much healthier. Marine invertebrates have been known to thrive under the proper aquatic lighting conditions in the home aquarium. Of the two choices the conscious fish-keeper or hobbyist will always tend to give the best care available to the tropical fish in his or her care. Because of this, the quick primer on lighting found below has been created to help you learn and understand the sometimes-confusing world of aquarium lighting.
The Major Divisions or Types of Lighting
The most common of the available choices is the very often seen inexpensive florescent lighting. It is widely used by all manufactures of current tanks and hoods. They are very energy efficient, cool operating, yet can be very bright and are available in a variety of lengths, wattages and special spectral outputs. They are satisfactory for use on many planted tanks and or reef aquariums. Due to most, or many hoods having at least two sockets for multiple tubes, various types can be used together in conjunction to create and or provide different lighting spectrums for enhanced lighting results. This type of lighting is available in many different fixture types. From the basic economy single (try for at least a dual) tube fixture to those housing several tubes per fixture. There is also a market for retro-fit fixtures and a thriving DIY (do it yourself) project instructions for those wishing to assemble their own from end caps, reflective panels and ballasts, the components are available from hardware stores and or lighting shops. Many tanks sets can be upgraded to a dual tube setup at purchase if you know to ask for it, or may be upgraded later if you so wish.
Next are the Compact Fluorescents, these are the next generation in fluorescent lighting technology. Being fluorescents they have the ability to compare to VHO in their light output, without the high-energy consumption and associated heat problems. Advantages of compact fluorescents are the inherent efficiency and associated low cost per unit, as well as the average life of the bulb or tube is up to sixteen months long. Compact Fluorescents differ from the above noted or normal Fluorescents in as that they are single ended in their power connection point. Size also contributes to their use in tight applications. As with many technologies there are two distinct connections types, the European and the Japanese style, the difference being in the shape of the pin connection styles. (Four pins in the shape of a small square for the European style vs. four pins in a single long row for the Japanese type.) They do not interchange so be sure your fixture is mated with the correct style tubes. One four-pin type or style is not necessarily preferred over the other at this time. Of course the various vendors will quibble over this, just knowing there is a choice and whatit is will help you.
Some may argue that the Metal Halide lighting is perhaps the best possible lighting on the market for planted freshwater aquariums and saltwater reef systems. The bulbs in this type of system have the familiar screw-in base, typical of household light bulbs. There the similarity ends however, as these produce a very high quality, extremely bright light. They may be purchased in several Kelvin ratings, 4300K, 5500K, 6500K and 10,000K being the most common at this time. (Kelvin is a method of rating and measuring the spectral output of the bulb in question.) The use of 4300K and or 5500K bulbs are more common for freshwater-planted tanks, 5500K and up for reef aquariums with and without added actinic fluorescent tubes used in conjunction. See your local vendor or dealer for specifics in this area. Metal Halide fixtures most usually hang above the tank or aquarium due to the high heat generated by the bulb(s). Heat may need to be dissipated, to keep same from impacting and or radiating into your aquatic system. Custom hoods with fans can be procured to provide a more compact hooded system if desired.
Basic Lighting Needs in the Home Aquarium
In its simplest terms there are four main divisions for the use of proper lighting in the home aquarium. A freshwater tank with no plants or perhaps plastic plants and or decorations, a freshwater aquarium with live plants, a saltwater fish only tank and a reef or semi-reef aquarium with invertebrates and perhaps live corals.
The first of these four needs then is the freshwater, fish only system. Here basic single (always try for double tube) tube hoods and inexpensive systems are the norm. They may be procured with fluorescent tubes, which are, or can be enhanced for colors found in the home aquarium. Small tanks, less than ten gallons may come with incandescent lighting fixtures, single or dual bulbs. We advise using an inexpensive timer in conjunction with your hood/lighting fixture(s). This will be of help in providing the control for the proper amount of daily light for the tropical fish and aid in combating the growth of algae. Light alone is not guilty of the undesirable algae outbreaks of brown, black and or other types. Water quality is equality to blame, do your water changes and limit the amount of over feeding. (We will deal with these topics in another article.)
Our second type of need is for the freshwater-planted aquarium. Here we need to provide sufficient lighting to ensure that photosynthesis can occur. The two types of fluorescent, normal and compact fluorescents, along with metal halide can be used for this type of use or need. The fluorescents run cool and are efficient with electricity. Full spectrum tubes are recommended for most situations, in order to meet the light requirements of your plants. In deeper aquariums additional tubes and or wattage maybe required to meet the basic needs. (As a natural law, light dissipates in the needed photosynthesis strength as the depth of the aquarium increases.) You may run into HO (High Output) or VHO (Very High Output) tubes in you research for the perfect lighting for your tank. These two variations of the fluorescent tube require special fixtures and ballast to operate, much like the Compact Fluorescents, (CF) we noted above. They are fine to use but are beyond the limited scope of this introductory article on lighting. In addition the Metal Halide type system can be used for this style and type of freshwater tropical fish with plants aquarium. Heat dispersal being the main draw back, start with the 4300K bulbs. Consider a timer or other such system, as twelve hours is the normal maximum amount of light required by any system with plants.
Next we have the saltwater fish only aquariums. Here High Output (HO) or Very High Output (VHO) tubes may be in order, those tanks that are about twenty-four inches or more in depth should be watched for sufficient light reaching the lower extremes of the aquarium in quantities needed to grow green algae which can be used or consumed by fish, snails and or other grazers. Insufficient lighting can be a contributor to undesirable algae types. Natural systems have a day, night schedule and this should be taken into consideration for your home aquarium as well.
Our last general lighting need is for saltwater reef and or invertebrate aquariums systems. These higher end systems require a high quality intense lighting setup or systems. While small tanks may be sufficiently lit by several fluorescent tubes, larger aqua will require the use of Metal Halide, High Output (HO), or Very High Output (VHO) fluorescent tubes. Here once again we need photosynthesis to occur, and full spectrum lighting will be required. Your dealer or supplier, familiar with your individual needs should help advise you in the amount and proper number of tubes or fixtures. Improper lighting on a reef system can cause a host of problems, all of them expensive. Make sure you get the proper help if you are just starting out with one of these systems.
There are many major brand names producing lighting systems and several enticing bulb names to choose from, special tubes for reef, color, plants or even bulbs that are half of one spectrum and half of another type or spectrum. If people will buy it, someone will make it. Costs can vary greatly by type and or brand name. Kelvin ratings from 4300 K to 20,000 K in the common offerings. Even in the common fluorescent tube there are T-12 (standard kitchen size tube) and T-8's, (one inch diamater tube) which are smaller and allow more tubes in a tighter space. Take some time to become familiar with the common types and then adsorb the rest as you go. There is no magic about it, just getting used to the jargon and the practical uses of different types of lighting setups. A short primer can help a lot as you go to the Local Fish Store (LFS) and delve into the wonderful world of plants and or reef aquariums. Please remember to consider a timer of some type for any of the above noted systems. As costs become important, remember there are several retrofit kits that you may be able to use on your existing hoods, and etc. The price per month to operate a very nice plant or coral setup can run from a low of aaround $15.00 to over $40.00 per month as a benchmark. Simple fluorescent setup's cost much less to purchase and operate.
Lighting is an essential part of the tropical fish, aquatic plant hobby, often not looked into until sometime later. With so many types and styles it often confuses the novice or even those who have kept fish for many years and now want to move into plants or corals. A little knowledge can go a long way, use this as a primer and expand as needed to fill the needs of your dream system. Proper lighting will save you a lot of trouble and or problems later, it will keep your plants and fish happy as well. We would like to help you create the best ecosystem you can for those in your care, for the duration of their lives.
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The outcomes of the interviews, along with the information available online, played a very important role in explaining how users interact in the OSH ecosystem and the businesses beyond it. In particular, the sixteen informants helped to draw the picture of the features of users who eventually became entrepreneurs in OSH, as well as of the strength of different personal drivers and levels of ambition showed. Equally important, the results shed light on the different theories about User Innovation and Open Source, highlighting how the End-User Entrepreneurial process in this ecosystem differs from the one described in section 1.3. Finally, the personal interaction with Arduino's co-founder, Massimo Banzi, helped in understanding the role played by Arduino and to outline possible directions in which the OSH seems to be addressed.
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Table 4 Take outs from analysed sample.
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|Role of Arduino
|Position in OSH
They offer hardware, technical support and OSH tutorials. The community is huge: new and unique kits are developed on a weekly basis shared within users. Revenues of $2M, Arduino is quite relevant is sales with positive estimation for the future
They worked together since the beginning. However, Limor started her first projects before the introduction of Arduino
Leading company, they played a key role in the OH Summit. The support of Make Magazine is relevant
50 dollars for prototype a channel, instead of (up to) $5.000, therefore people are willing to pay 200-300 dollars for it. There is a market inefficiencies on that, there are few products at expensive prices.
He did not want to sell it, however people started to mail him after he put online the schematics; he encourages his students to develop and commercialize derivatives products and new versions
As a researcher, he needed to make large amount of tests. Arduino was the cheaper solution at that moment. Strong support of Arduino team in spreading the project. Willing to pay royalties for using the ARDU name
Expert of OSH, however he has no time to perform these activities. Still an ongoing project that gives him little revenues. He Is a professor and he does not want to change his job.
It is a very small project so the numbers are not substantial. If it will become larger they might need to move away from the Arduino chip towards something less costly
The Arduino system was very helpful in prototyping interactions quickly. It was used in lectures at NYU
|Never intent to commercialize Currently the founders are not entirely focussing on this activity
Bug Labs
Shift from hardware to services. Business clients: AT&T, Verizon, Accenture. Solutions in several industries (manufacturing, automotive, and healthcare). The online community does not play a big role. More enterprise software-based, and therefore more Red Hat like (software based subscriptions). End-users could be individuals, like elderly people that will use a BUG gateway to connect to medical devices in their homes
Their customers use Arduino for simple adapters They use the Von Hippel module to connect to Arduino. Bug Labs has no agreement with Arduino, nor pay royalties
|Main organizer of the OS Summit. They are planning to concentrate more on the business aspects: it is likely to be one of the key player in the future
Among the others it seems the project that follow more the classical entrepreneurial process.
The role of community is essential, it helps also to figure out the right price that in this context is challenging
They use if for prototyping
They may affect the entire OSH ecosystem given the partially closeness
DIY is the starting point for entrepreneurs: "community has solutions that we would never think of".
Started to use Arduino intensively only from January 2011
One of the top 13 OSH companies
DIY Drones
the website is built as a social network: the community has more than 12,000 users and has 3 main functions: education (collect new field of technology); support (free 24/7 technical and development support); information (new ideas). Brand and technology are the others main competitive advantages
Problem solving as a starting point, Arduino fits exactly Anderson needs; it gives them social advantages rather than performance one that's why they want to stick to them
Being Wired editor in chief definitely supports the project. Speaker at OH Summit
No commercial interest; however a company contacted him to commercialize a kit for doing the product. He is a graphic designer; nevertheless OSH is pushing him to become entrepreneur, that is why he is also planning to do a MSc in Management. In case of commercialization, he would use his "core competence" to design and develop the process, leaving to someone else other tasks
Alternative projects were high technical, he has expertise in OSS but not in OSH, so Arduino is perfect and "very cutting edge"
Limited role played, a very new project. He is working with his wife in order to combine the development of software and hardware
Enthusiastic geek, he made several projects. He has no time to do it, not sure if he wants to work full time on these projects
Arduino is the core of all its projects; no royalties are given
He is a user graduated in entrepreneurship; keep doing similar projects
Laser Harp
Users within the community recognize the business opportunity, who support him also to set up the price. He is now willing to exploit this business opportunity
No background at all, he learnt how to use Arduino in his spare time in several years
He is just a user who might be interested in commercializing the product
|They have 4 business lines: Waspmote, MeshLium, Nvio and Cooking Hacks. Related to Cooking Hacks, the tree basic stones: Fidelity of users, Good documentation, increase of catalogues
Arduino Contest is a way to launch the work of their community in order to show their projects to all people.
A secondary OSH platform that allow users to find easily projects to share creativity and knowledge
Maker Shed
Social media has played a key role enabling organization, conversation and collaboration between communities of makers across the globe
The peculiarities of Make's business model are that they are also a publisher and a producer of Maker Faire events. Most valuable assets is to have a huge network.
As a publisher they have covered the work of Arduino's creators. They were moved by the potential of Arduino to empower non-engineers to create relatively sophisticated interactive projects. Arduino inspired sales about 30% of the total
Make Magazine is on the top for OSH users. All the projects are easily illustrate with pictures, step by step and also supported by videos on websites
They allow people to build from home any physical devices. Winner of CES[1]. They support people becoming small scale manufacturers and prototyping ideas, possibly adding fun to it
|They had trouble to use existing microcontroller, then they came up with an Arduino derivatives
Big player that can radically change the manufacturing industry
low IP regimes enhance diffusion of OSH; the brand is the main asset, they just protect it. The community is the key for any aspect: suggestions of new products, brainstorming, feedback on development process;
Future expectation: large growth, more accessible to people, easier to use, thus bigger market
9% of their royalties are coming from Arduino products. However future strategies aim to reduce the impact of Arduino products on total sales: Arduino substitutes are not only better in terms of performance, but also cheaper
110 employees, biggest player who predicts for the future: "Arduino will not run forever. It is a part of a community, and there are now much better platforms"
blind Theatre
Designer, funded by a Norwegian organization
Arduino allowed them to prototype, they might move to something bigger in the future
Interactive designers who make several projects, but they just started
Word Clock
The founder decided to re-develop the version for the Arduino challenge on Instructables He sells both kits, as well as ready-made projects – his focus is on enabling people, so he provides them with whatever they need
|The Arduino was simply a rapid development platform – he did not ask for, nor did he expect support from the Arduino team
The model is particularly constrained, limited demand, and the cost of production is high
On the whole, several elements can be considered as key factors that lead users to translate their innovations into a business opportunity, questioning the stability of the End-User Entrepreneurial model, discussed in the next paragraph.
[1] Consumer Electronics Show, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow


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The tensions between the West and the Peoples Republic of China isn't helping either. Relations between the PRC and Japan/Vietnam/Philippines/Taiwan is very volatile.
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Not really a fan of JPO. It is smacked right in the middle of a hot palm oil plantation. It takes like forever to reach, and there was a limited variety of halal food.
All that have changed now, it's Food Channel (the food court), have filled up nicely. There is Korean, Indian, Indonesian, Cheesy Fried Chicken… I am tempted to go back, plonk myself at the food court, with the aircon and the food and a nearby spacious musollah, while the wife do her retail therapy.


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Group & Tour Discounts
Whether you're a group of 20 or 200, you can save on a trip to the Ontario Science Centre! We offer fantastic programs and services including group rates, service desk, group entrance, performance venue, free bus parking, meal programs and more! We maintain flexibility to customize options to best fit your group needs.
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- One complimentary admission is provided per 20 paying people.
- Admission fees waived for a Support Person accompanying a person with a disability.
- Group discount is only available for 20 or more visitors. Tickets must be booked in advance of your visit to take advantage of discounted rate.
- Minimum supervision ratio is 1:10 (3 - 12 years) and 1:15 (13 - 17 years).
- Bookings that include an IMAX® film require a 50% deposit.
- Prices include tax and are in Canadian dollars.
- Subject to availability and restrictions may apply. Does not include separately-ticketed exhibitions or presentations unless otherwise stated. Prices are subject to change.
- Organizations that serve clients with disabilities are eligible to make bookings for their clients at reduced rates. Visit our Community Access page to learn more.
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Tour Operators and Travel Agents bringing groups to the Ontario Science Centre receive special rates, and don't require a minimum number of people per group! We also offer free bus parking, unique performance spaces for performing arts groups (dance, choir or bands) FREE with group general admission, and an on-site restaurant with a group meal voucher program.
For information about tour rates, performances spaces and the lunch voucher program, email Group Sales or call 416-696-3159.
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text: US / lists 5 Cities Where You Don't Want a Car Mass transit, baby—or hoof it By Jenn Gidman, Newser Staff Posted Jan 26, 2017 10:17 AM CST Copied Put on your walking shoes for these cities. (Getty Images/JuergenBosse) (Newser) – In some cities, it's a joy to own a set of wheels to cruise around in; in others, you're better off hawking your car on Craigslist and taking the bus, per CBS News. A SmartAsset analysis examined seven driving-related factors (including non-driving options, hours that commuters spend in traffic, and the number of parking garages and repair shops) in America's 100 largest cities to come up with the country's worst cities in which to own a car—and they're pretty much all huddled along the coasts. Here, the worst five: Newark, NJ San Francisco Washington, DC Oakland, Calif. Arlington, Va. Check out other cities on the list here. (Related: the 10 worst US cities for traffic.)


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Groomers on the Green Ltd. - Logo
One of the illustrative highlights for me earlier this year, was the opportunity to work with the pet grooming business Groomers on the Green. I was contacted by one of the co-owners to design the logo for their brand new shop.
The premise was cat, dog and "French chic".
I thought it would be fun to show you my meticulous side! Here are some of the design processes:
I've yet to see the shop for myself though I strongly urge you check them out!
Groomers on the Green Ltd.
27 Bradmore Green, Brookmans Park
Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 7QR, UK
Website: http://groomersonthegreen.com/
Facebook: Groomers on the Green
I found it is also noteworthy- (speaking from personal experience) to be open-minded and place whole-hearted enthusiasm into the idea of acquiring new computer skills. Before college, I'd never considered myself as a vector/Adobe Illustrator girl! But not so long after did we daub in this did the chance to put it into a real working practise arise. Well, it is getting late so I will end my writing here. Thanks for reading!
Artwork © Enoki - Logo © Groomers on the Green
6 Oct 2011
Winter Moon in Autumn
Every time I go into college,
Every time I go into college,
I am given something new.
Today I was given a headache.
I'm actually pretty shaky.
You know when your heart
beats feel like ice.
And every icicle fall
echos in your body.
I used sleep as a means of
transversing to the future.
And in the future, I am
feeling a little better.
This was the view
I saw when I awoke.
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Strength in (Our) Numbers
size of the average click and collect basket vs. brick-and-mortar equivalent
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of digital product searches start on Amazon
Meet Them Everywhere They Are
Whether manufacturers building direct relationships with consumers or retailers evolving to be omnichannel, there's a recognition that today's consumers expect shopping experiences to fit with their needs and lifestyles.
Our Clients
As great products have become available in more channels, the need to be found easily has increased
As the shopper journey becomes less linear, the multifaceted role of distribution and merchandising continues to grow. This disruption is only going to get worse as consumers realize that they really can, in fact, have it their way.
Some of the most iconic retailers and brands are currently struggling to maintain relevance (or sadly have disappeared from the retail landscape), and emerging competition has taken on increased relevance. Whether a start-up manufacturer opting to launch as direct-to-consumer, a retailer increasing its emphasis on its private label offering, or a company trying to both at the same time, the competitive landscape is changing and companies are being forced to adapt in sometimes uncomfortable ways.
The rise of the omnichannel consumer makes the changing landscape even more challenging. Three-quarters of consumers start their digital product searches with an online retailer, including 58% who start at Amazon.com.
That makes optimizing the digital shelf arguably the single most important element of a manufacturer's online brand presence, and maybe the most important element overall (as many brick-and-mortar purchases start with an online search). And the digital shelf has become one of the most dynamic elements of the marketing mix, with human and algorithmic changes occurring seemingly by the minute.
And with the democratization of brands, the need for brand protection becomes more pronounced. It has become easier than ever for sellers to take actions that, while they may drive short-term sales, create a risk to brand equity for manufacturers. The idea of promoting versus protecting brands becomes a delicate balancing act.
In our on-demand economy, with 24/7/365 product availability and the ability to make purchases from virtually anywhere, the need to rethink market intelligence becomes more vital than ever – to meet consumers where they are and to create an ecosystem in which the entire supply chain can be successful.


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While your college classes will give you the knowledge you need to succeed in your career, there are skills you need to develop outside the classroom. The old saying "It's not what you know, it's who you know" remains true today.
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4 Fitness Apps For College Students
There are many apps out there which can help college students stay in shape. Since each app is different, we recommend doing your research and picking the one that's best for you. Here are four of our favorite fitness apps:
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There are many different aspects to successfully networking through social media. One is making sure that your image is as clean and professional as you would want it to be in real life. These are three helpful tips that you should try to polish up your social media profiles. Once your image is clean and appropriate, you can continue on with your social networking.
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In its humble beginnings Facebook was only accessible to those who attended a college or university. Things are different at Facebook now of course. The world's largest social network is available to nearly everyone with Internet access. Perhaps it is time to rethink social networking and what closed college networks could really mean to people. Yik Yak is exploring that very notion.
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Freshmen have not always been allowed to play on their college basketball teams. In Fact, prior to 1972, college freshmen were unable to play on their school's football and basketball teams. A new proposal may make freshmen again ineligible to play men's basketball.
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Well, here you are! College! The independent thing is great for about five minutes and then you realize that you have to do your own laundry, somehow manage to feed yourself every few hours, AND still wake up in time to get to class. The struggle continues, but there is help. Just like your nagging, but ultimately necessary parents back home, the Student Services office at your school can
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10 Mar 2015
Preparing For Math Courses At Your University
Some of the hardest classes you'll have to take at your university will be related to math. The reason for this has nothing to do with your math skills. Even if you're a math person and scored well on the SAT, you may find yourself struggling in a college course.
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24 Feb 2015
3 Websites To Help In Your Internship Search
The search for college internships isn't what it used to be. For one, students are expected to be proactive in their search for unpaid internships. Companies aren't going to come looking for you, since they receive hundreds of applications from eager students willing to work for free.
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17 Feb 2015
Is College Worth It?
As college debts keep mounting and jobs keep disappearing, many students and their families are beginning to question the worth of a college degree. After all, today's hottest start-ups and most influential entrepreneurs are not attributing their success to a prestigious university or fancy degree title, but rather to their innate talents, their ability to think creatively and to adapt to a changing atmosphere in every industry.
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One of the best ways college students can improve their lives is to cycle more. On several college campuses throughout the country, many students are starting to bike more rather than take shuttle buses or drive.


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January 22, 2016
WELLINGTON (AFP) - Sheep, it seems, are more than just prolific figures on the New Zealand landscape, they also have a role in law enforcement.
A flock of sheep managed to stop a car-load of fugitives who had led police on a 90-minute chase through Central Otago in the South Island on Friday.
The sheep, who belonged to a local police officer, were being moved along a road to a new grazing block when they found themselves recruited as police deputies.
A police spokesman said the fugitives had led police on a high-speed chase and even managed to elude capture when road spikes deflated one of their car tyres.
The chase started when the car was pulled over for speeding and not having licence plates.
The driver took off at speed and refused to stop despite several police cars joining the chase, the spokesman said.
But when confronted by the flock of sheep on a road near the resort town of Queenstown, they stopped and their time on the lam came to an abrupt end. All four were arrested.


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Beechers Corners, New York is a fictional small town about 75 miles south of Port Charles, New York.[1]
Visits to Beechers Corners
- In 1980, Beechers Corners is first visited by Luke Spencer and Laura Baldwin during their summer on the run.
- In 1981, Rick and Lesley Webber go to Beechers Corners looking for Laura. Later that year, Luke and Laura Spencer return to the town for their honeymoon.
- In 1983, Rick, Lesley and Mike Webber and Amy Vining visit Beechers Corners for Thanksgiving. For Christmas, Rick and Lesley return to be with Luke and Laura who are in Beechers Corners.
- In 1995, Laura hides out in Beechers Corners with Lulu, and Luke and Lucky Spencer arrive to surprise them with a visit.
- In 2002, Luke and Laura return for a visit to Beechers Corners.
- In 2006, Luke and Laura return again to reminisce and reconnect.
- In 2012, Franco is shot by Jason Morgan and thought to have died here. Months later, Jason is arrested by the Beechers Corners Police in Port Charles and brought back to the town, where Elizabeth Webber comes to bail him out of jail.
- On New Year's Eve 2014, on his quest to find Maxie Jones before midnight, Nathan West's plane makes an emergency landing in Beechers Corners. Maxie drives to the airport in Beechers Corners to pick up Nathan, but they just miss each other.
Mentions of Beechers Corners
- In March 2015, Jake Doe's "wife," Hayden Barnes, tells him that they live in Beechers Corners.
- In October 2015, Nina Reeves says that she is watching Real Housewives of Beechers Corners on television.
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Subnational policymaking is central to LGBT politics and law, in contrast to other arenas of policymaking for marginalized groups. With barriers to national policymaking in Congress and in the federal courts, LGBT rights activists have leveraged opportunities at the state and local levels to create LGBT-supportive policies. Opponents have also used subnational politics to further their agenda, particularly direct democracy, while LGBT rights activists have used elite politics, such as state courts, effectively. Subnational LGBT politics is also marked by a significant variety in policy outcomes, with a notable urban and suburban versus rural divide in policymaking and in the presence of openly LGBT elected officials. The case of LGBT policy and law has caused scholars to rethink questions such as the role of public opinion in state policymaking, morality politics, and courts and social change.
Keywords: courts and social change, diffusion, federalism, judicial federalism, morality politics, LGBT politics
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BBC Children in Need, blog, cathedral, considered response, doing nothing, Paris, Rutter's Requiem, silence, Terror Attacks, Twitter, Wembley
Children in Need night and the BBC is in party mood. Powerful stories of children facing life's worst challenges and the amazing generosity of so may trying to make a difference. The best of humanity.
Children in Need night and the BBC News breaks the unfolding events in Paris. Horrendous stories of people facing unimaginable terror; the worst of humanity.
And since then a whirlwind of political comments, news reports, blogs and tweets, whilst French jets screamed across the skies with their deadly payload response.
But all this has felt too much, too soon. No tweet, blog, news report or political comment can even begin to be even the shadow of an adequate response. In face of such terror it is important to remember the importance of doing nothing. Standing still in silence in a café, sitting listening to Rutter's Requiem in a cathedral, watching two football teams singing the French National Anthem at Wembley. Each in themselves nothing but also each so very important.
It is why the streets of Paris are lit with candles and carpeted with flowers. Such simple acts become essential when there are no words, there is no adequate response. If Twitter had fallen silent, the television camera just focused on the sea of candles and flowers and the politicians taken a week's vow of silence, then maybe, just maybe we may have begun to find the right words and understand what a real, lasting, appropriate response might look like.
Learning to do nothing in the face of terror, to not rush to comment or action, to give our response proper time and consideration is to show real respect for those killed and injured in such a terrible act. They deserve more than our reaction, they need our most thought through, carefully considered, best planned response – the proof of which will be that others never need face such terror. Only by taking time to do nothing can we hope to get to such a place.
But already too many words, perhaps too soon. It is time to stand again in silence or to let the choir sing: Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.