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2016 Nissan Sentra Review
Following in the footsteps of the Nissan Maxima and Nissan Altima, the Nissan Sentra returns with a brand-new look and performance. Drivers all over Philadelphia, Doylestown and Lansdale are excited to get a glimpse of the latest model. And if you're looking to do the same, Montgomeryville Nissan is here with everything you need to know about the 2016 Nissan Sentra.
The 2016 Nissan Sentra: A Luxurious Compact Sedan
The Nissan Sentra is completely new for 2016. Similar to the other two sedans in the brand's lineup, the Sentra come with redesigned exterior and interior. It's sleeker, more aerodynamic and more luxurious.
On the outside, you'll find a sculpted body that perfectly matches the vehicle's new sporty persona. It features bold lines and the Nissan exclusive energetic flow design. It also comes with the brand's V-Motion front grille and signature boomerang headlights and taillights.
The 2016 Nissan Sentra is equipped with an all-new luxurious interior as well. It comes with more soft-touch material as well as other extravagant features, such as available leather seating and a leather-wrapped steering wheel.
The interior of this compact sedan is also impressively spacious. It has about 96 cubic feet of passenger volume with 42.5 inches of legroom for the front seats and 37.4 inches of legroom for the rear seats. The Sentra has ample space for all your cargo as well, thanks to its 15.1-cubic-foot trunk.
All-New Nissan Sentra Technologies
For 2016, the Nissan Sentra is giving drivers more of the advanced vehicles technologies they want. For example, it now comes with Advanced Drive-Assist™ Display. Located on the center of the instrument panel, this provides all the important travel information you need while helping to minimize distractions. It displays incoming calls, music information and performance stats.
It also comes with the innovative NissanConnect℠ infotainment system. This features a navigation system as well as a selection of accessible mobile apps for entertainment and convenience while you're behind the wheel.
In addition to a navigation system and mobile apps, the infotainment system offers NissanConnect℠ Services powered by SiriusXM®. When a compatible device is connected, this suite of connected car features can automatically notify emergency services if you're involved in an accident. If your young driver borrows your car, this will also notify you if they're going too fast or out too late. Best of all, NissanConnect℠ Services gives you access to remote services.
The More Reliable Nissan Sentra
The 2016 Nissan Sentra was praised for its dependability. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave it a 4-Star Overall Crash Test Safety Rating. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety named it a 2016 Top Safety Pick+, the organization's highest recognition.
On top of that, this year's Sentra also features an array of technologies dedicated to ensuring your safety and peace of mind. One of these advanced features is Forward Emergency Braking. This can detect when you're in danger of a frontal collision and signals you to slow down and stop to help you avoid an accident. If you don't react quickly enough, the system will deploy the brakes automatically.
Other safety technologies include Intelligent Cruise Control, Blind Spot Warning and Rear Cross Traffic Alert.
The Same, Great Performance
Under the hood of the 2016 Nissan Sentra, you'll find a 1.8L 4-cylinder engine. It's the same engine featured in last year's model, so you can expect the same great performance. It produces 130 horsepower and 128 lb-ft of torque.
The engine works with an available Xtronic® Continuously Variable Transmission. This allows the engine to operate at the most appropriate rpms in all driving conditions to reduce fuel consumption and enhance efficiency. Together with the engine, this transmission helps the Sentra achieve up to an EPA-estimated 40 highway mpg.
The 2016 Nissan Sentra also offers three driver selectable modes. Eco Mode helps the vehicle operate more efficiently to boost fuel economy. Sport Mode is ideal for cruising on the highway and enhances response and acceleration. Normal Mode provides the best of both fuel economy and sport performance for a well-balanced ride.
Nissan Sentra Critical Acclaim
Throughout the years, the Nissan Sentra has gathered many praises from top automotive experts. In 2015, it was named the Highest Ranked Compact Car in J.D Power's 2015 Initial Quality Study.
Its 2016 model is no different. It's been recognized by many organizations, including Kelley Blue Book. They placed the Sentra as one of the top 10 compact sedans with the best horsepower, fuel economy and consumer ratings.
The 2016 Nissan Sentra vs the Competition
It's clear the 2016 Nissan Sentra has tons to offer. But how does it compare to the competition? Read on to find out.
- Compared to the 2016 Ford Focus, the Nissan Sentra offers a more fuel efficient ride. With its advanced performance features, its gets an EPA-estimated 34 combined mpg. The Focus only achieves an EPA-estimated 31 highway mpg.
- In terms of the 2016 Nissan Sentra and the 2016 Honda Civic, the Sentra is one that features driver selectable models of enhanced performance.
- Compared to the 2016 Toyota Corolla, the Nissan Sentra offers more convenience and peace of mind with its available NissanConnect℠ Services technology.
Test Drive the 2016 Nissan Sentra
The all-new 2016 Nissan Sentra is more luxurious, more advanced and more fuel efficient than ever before. Best of all, it's now available at Montgomeryville Nissan. So if you're looking to cruise through Philadelphia, Doylestown and Lansdale in this stylish new compact sedan, contact our showroom and schedule to test drive the 2016 Nissan Sentra today!
Montgomeryville Nissan is located at 991 Bethlehem Pike in Montgomeryville, PA. To schedule your test drive, stop by our showroom or call 888-431-2905 now.


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Washington — Arizona may not require documentary proof of citizenship from people seeking to vote in federal elections there, the Supreme Court ruled in a 7-to-2 decision on Monday.
The decision was the third in as many terms to consider tough measures from Arizona addressing what lawmakers there say is a crisis caused by illegal immigration. But the Supreme Court has pushed back, protecting the dominant role of the national government in regulating immigration and voting.
Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, No. 12-71, said a federal law requiring states to "accept and use" a federal form displaced an Arizona law requiring various kinds of proof of citizenship.
The federal law, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, allows voters to register using a federal form that asks, "Are you a citizen of the United States?" Prospective voters must check a box for yes or no, and they must sign the form, swearing under the penalty of perjury that they are citizens.
The state law, by contrast, required prospective voters to prove that they were citizens by providing copies of or information concerning various documents, including birth certificates, passports, naturalization papers or driver's licenses, that are available only to people who are in the state lawfully.
The state law was a result of a 2004 voter initiative, Proposition 200, that said it was meant to combat voter fraud. The law has given rise to tangled proceedings ever since. Under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Arizona was required to obtain federal approval before it changed its voting procedures. The Justice Department granted approval in 2005.
According to the plaintiffs in the case, tens of thousands of Arizonans have been denied the ability to vote because they failed to present the required evidence.
Much of Justice Scalia's majority opinion concerned the meaning of the phrase "accept and use." Arizona officials argued that they do accept and use the form, but also require additional information. An airline may accept and use e-tickets, they said, but also require identification.
When the case was argued in March, Thomas C. Horne, Arizona's attorney general, said the federal approach was insufficient to protect the integrity of federal elections in his state. "It's essentially an honor system," he said of the statement required by the federal form. "It does not do the job."
In the decision on Monday, Justice Scalia said the phrase "accept and use," when understood in context, meant that the federal form had to be accepted as sufficient. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan joined all of the majority opinion, and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy joined most of it.
In a long dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas said the Constitution gave states the power "to determine the qualifications of voters in federal elections, which necessarily includes the related power to determine whether those qualifications are satisfied."
"Congressional legislation of voter qualifications was not part of the framers' design," Justice Thomas wrote.
In a second dissent, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. focused on the language of the federal law, which he said was ambiguous. The majority's interpretation of it, Justice Alito wrote, "produces truly strange results." He said he would read the law to mean that states "accept and use" the federal form so long as it is "a meaningful part of the registration process."
Justice Alito likened his proposed process to the common application used by many colleges and universities. Those institutions, he said, "also require that applicants submit various additional forms and documents."
Justice Scalia wrote that Arizona had additional options if it wished to obtain documentary proof of citizenship. It may ask the Election Assistance Commission, a federal body, to make changes to the federal form.
Arizona made such a request in 2005, and the commission split 2 to 2, effectively rejecting it. The state did not challenge that action in federal court. The commission recently approved a request from Louisiana to require additional information from its voters, Justice Scalia noted. He said Arizona could ask again.
In dissent, Justice Alito said the majority was giving the state an empty promise. He pointed out that the commission "currently has no members, and there is no reason to believe that it will be restored to life in the near future." In response, Justice Scalia suggested that the state could sue in federal court based on its inability to obtain relief from the commission.
Last year, a divided 10-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the federal and state laws "do not operate harmoniously" and "are seriously out of tune with each other in several ways." The court blocked the state law.
The decision from that panel effectively affirmed a 2010 ruling from a three-judge panelthat included Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who retired from the Supreme Court in 2006 but occasionally acts as a visiting appeals court judge. She joined the majority in ruling that the state law was inconsistent with the federal one and so could not survive.
Justice O'Connor was in the Supreme Court's courtroom on Monday to see the announcement of the decision

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This is a week late, but technically it doesn't matter because my computer exploded violently this week and so I didn't do a show. There are a fair few new bands' tracks on last week's show and, whilst I urge you to listen to me talk about them, I thought I'd give them some extra airing as the appendix to this post. As such, I will only be offering blanket criticism to all of them, and in order to learn more about my thoughts, you have to listen to this week's show. Clever, eh?
All of these tracks are "well good".
Howth – Deep In Your Heart (YSI) [Bandcamp]
The Skeleton Dead – Drifting Into the Unreal (YSI) [Bandcamp]
Bird – Phantoms [Website]
Sound and the Urgency – Harrowdown Hill [Bandcamp]
Netherlands – Something or Nothing [Website]


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Art (1930AD) catches up to Augustine (400AD)
For several decades had I tried, without much success, to understand the work of Salvador Dali. And "if" (the obligatory caveat) I understand his work now, that is only because my fumbling around finally located the key to Dali, a key hidden in plain sight, and a key which I am willing to share with you now.
Dali was a Christian.
Pay no attention to the fact that Dali wasn't your kind of Christian. Dali wasn't anybody's kind of Christian, except Dali's and (hopefully) Christ's. Nominally, he was a Spanish Catholic, and while nobody has ever doubted that he was very Spanish, the assessment of Dali's Catholicism remains dubious. Towards the end of his life the priest assigned to Dali "suggested" he illustrate the Jerusalem Bible. These illustrations, while excellent, were hardly Dali's best, and show uncharacteristic restraint. Evidently Dali was put on some sort of spiritual diet, and in the process of "trying to be good" produced, predictably, good rather than great art.
When I mention Dali's Christian art, I don't mean his sunset productions as a Biblical illustrator, but those most tortured and characteristic works which the whole world recognizes as Daliesque. To me, and I'm hardly alone, this art initially seemed utterly grotesque, or at best interesting as a stage in art history. I vastly preferred Classical art, and some of the more lean and geometrical modern works. However I was wary of the surrealists, and for that matter, today I'm more wary of them than ever. Yet I have come to love Dali.
What changed was my perception of Dali. I no longer hold him to either the cannons of Classical or Modern art. I see him as a Christian artist, mediating the dispute of the ancients and and moderns, and overcoming both.
Keep in mind that Dali was always respectful of (or if "respect" is too un-Dali, "consciously indebted to") Classical art. In particular, he lionized Vermeer and Velasquez. This must have irritated the artistic and literary radicals of the mid-20th century. The best thing that George Orwell (more sympathetic than most) could say was that Dali could pose as "a great draftsman." Modernists portrayed classicism as pictorial realism which had been rendered obsolete by the invention of photography. Hence to imitate the classics was to reduce oneself to the level of a draftsman…an artist's apprentice.
However the Christian critique of Classical art goes much deeper, in that, from the point of view of Christian witness to the effects of sin, any Classical "realism" is a lie. However pious a Michaelangelo or even a Vermeer might be in private, the public image of their art remains essentially pagan, a portrayal of the beautiful surface of reality. A panting like "The Artist in His Studio" by Vermeer, is either trivial or Platonic. At worst it is trivial, a kind of pre-photograph which entertains us with the glimmering play of light on human and artificial surfaces. At best, it is a Platonic illustration of timeless perfection, which unfortunately ignores the sin nature of both the artist and the subject.
This is the kind criticism of pagan art which Augustine of Hippo (c. 400AD) would have understood. My hypothesis is that the young Dali had some similar inkling when he was a young man transiting from the drafting table to the surrealist salon. Of course Dali was no theologian at the time, and whether he ever became one is a matter of conjecture. But his intuition told him that representative art was either trivial or a lie, and thus to overcome Classical art, Dali would have to bear his cross and descend into hell. And thus he entered the hell of surrealism.
Dali's Divine Comedy
Here I must treat Dali's decent into hell as a parenthesis. The whole story is best categorized under the rubric of Cultural Marxism and sundry systems which have substituted the worship of the human mind and society for that of Abraham's God. I have written elsewhere, and at length, on this subject, and pending God's permission, may do so in the future. Suffice to say that Dali learned all the techniques of the diabolical arts and propaganda better than his masters themselves. This greatly irritated them at the time and increasingly thereafter.
At the risk of oversimplification, a risk that I will harrow in preference to ambiguity, the surrealists were developing a technology which they hoped would drive men and women mad, not just as individuals, but in the mass, through the propagation of mass-art. Today we are inured to the aftereffects of surrealism, in venues as diverse as European politics and American advertising. We dismiss the MAD men as little more than a toponymic pun and reassure ourselves that nobody ever got food poisoning from watching a can of Andy Warhol's soup. However at its inception, the surrealist movement developed a toxic concentrate of images which were intended to drug the senses and more particularly to destroy the "common sense" of Western Civilization. Today we can see that they, in collusion with other forces, have been quite successful. However it took more time than the surrealists (mostly "revolution now" types) were willing to envision, which in turn has obscured their cause on our effect.
But for the moment, let's voyage back to the mid-20th century, back to Dali. Gradually it became clear that either Dali was not a genuine surrealist or that (as per Dali's own view) he was the only surrealist and the others were all frauds. Beyond the name-calling, what was really going on? The surrealists expected Salvador Dali to put his technique at the service of their ideology. However for Dali surrealism wasn't an ideology, just another technique for the artist to command. The Marxists and Nihilists could never understand this. You aren't supposed to be able revolt against the revolution or to annihilate nothingness.
Yet Dali did precisely that, through the employ of his not-so-secret weapon…humor. Like Dante, he had descended into hell and emerged on the other side of the world, the side of God. However there is a great difference between Dante's Divine Comedy and that of Salvador Dali, i.e., the latter is actually funny. Dante edifies but Dali entertains.
Yet there is a serious side to Dali as well. Armed with two contrasting techniques, Classical realism and Surrealist illusion, the Spaniard was able to work in high fidelity to the message of the scriptures. Humanity is indeed distorted and grotesque, an agent of sin descended from generations of twisted experience in the vicissitudes of time and lust. None the less, the primal image of God is never quite erased. Classical form remains as the necessary substance which perpetuates human existence, even when that existence has been twisted into monstrosities. From this duality emerges an authentic picture of the human condition, a picture which neither Modernity nor Classicism on their own can portray.
Like his great predecessor El Greco, Dali distorts the classic form. But while El Greco could only distort along one dimension (height, and that perhaps due to an ocular distortion) Dali could distort along multiple dimensions. To give the devil his due, Dali learned this as a journeyman surrealist. Consequently, in Dali we see the painful weaving together of Humanity it both its fallen and its original state. That this groaning of the fallen world creates pleasure, even levity, when viewed as art is one of the enigmas of Dali, and not just of Dali but of that larger mystery of Christ in which that artist participated as a witness.


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H.C. Starck offers molybdenum and tungsten spherical powders optimized for additive manufacturing as well as adapted for specific applications based on customer requirements.
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JAY-Z Premieres '4:44' Short-Film
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We have another visual from JAY-Z, today. Exactly a week since the legendary rapper went on to release his thirteenth studio album, 4:44, Jay has lightly but effectively promoted the body of work. Having visuals play a major part, "The Story Of O.J." did a great job of kicking the video treatment off.
Next up and potentially the most anticipated, the mogul has premiered the short-film for his "4:44" album track. Totaling in at an impressive 8 minutes and 30 seconds, being consistent with the current era of music, there's a lot to taken in throughout the film's duration.
In what will not be the last we see of short-films and visuals for the era, talk around JAY-Z or his 4:44 album will not be stopping in the foreseeable future. Check out the piece, exclusively on TIDAL, below.


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Last season, the Toronto Raptors won the Atlantic Division with a 48-34 record. Only the Raptors and Nets finished with records above .500, yet the New York Knicks will continue to own the most expensive season average in the division for tickets on the secondary market this year. Continuing their processes of rebuilding are the Celtics and 76ers, who find themselves with the least expensive secondary market averages in the division.
1. New York Knicks | Season Average: $273.50
Despite a 37-45 finish and Carmelo Anthony's first season without a playoff berth last year, the Knicks will again control the highest-priced season average in the division. The average price for Knicks tickets at MSG this season is $273.50 on the secondary market, over $100 more than what the trailing Raptors will average at home. The team parted ways with point guard Raymond Felton and center Tyson Chandler in the offseason, picking up Jose Calderon and Samuel Dalembert from the Mavs.
2. Toronto Raptors | Season Average: $173.09
The Raptors had a first-place finish in the division last year, but will have the second highest season average on the secondary market this season. The average secondary price for Raptors tickets is $173.09—37 percent below the average price for Knicks tickets. The team would ultimately fall to the Nets in the first round of the Playoffs, but their newfound success following a dismal 2012-13 season has generated a significant jump in ticket price at the Air Canada Centre.
3. Brooklyn Nets | Season Average: $162.85
Without Paul Pierce, the Nets have advertised the increasingly bigger role Kevin Garnett must play this season, but the aging and injury-prone veteran won't likely make much of an impact. With new faces hoping to lead, the season average for Nets tickets on the secondary market is $162.85 at the Barclays Center. Point guard Deron Williams has proved to be erratic at best and Mirza Teletovic will have to step up if the team has any chance of reentering the Playoffs this season.
4. Boston Celtics | Season Average: $131.42
The Celtics drafted Marcus Smart and James Young in the first round of the 2014 NBA Draft, who they hope will be integral assets as they continue to rebuild. The average secondary price for Celtics tickets at home this season is $131.42. The team's average trumps that of only the 76ers, who are also undergoing a process of rebuilding after a string of losing seasons.
5. Philadelphia 76ers | Season Average: $124.02
Rounding off the Atlantic Division in average price are the 76ers. After winning just 19 games last season, the team will hope that big men rookies Joel Embiid and Nerlens Noel can make them look past their 25-game losing streak from just a season ago. The average price for 76ers tickets is $124.02 on the secondary market, one of the cheapest averages in the League. Rookie of the Year Michael Carter-Williams also shows promise on the young Philadelphia team, but will need to cut down on turnovers.


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Ah yes the trains. The Tinker likens this to painting with wool.
and this one of the Ribblehead viaduct which was my mum's favourite sight as she travelled on the Settle to Carlisle railway, from Liverpool to the Yorkshire Dales, for childhood holidays at a little place called Countersett Hall near Askrigg. The Tinker took my mum back there to visit in the year before she died, it was a place that brought back special and very happy memories for her of a past that had remained so vivid, whilst the near present had sadly started to fade. I love this picture and am always reminded of my mum telling us how she'd count the arches with great excitement and know she was getting nearer.
Then we must move onto the Ottoman empire because the Tinker did two lids for ottomans and one footstool for me (currently beneath my desk with my feet and a cat curled up on it) in this design which we all fell in love with
I think you've all seen this and the next one several times over but I could and do look at them all day so I'll add them here for completeness. The Elizabeth Bradley done in a single very large piece
and another piece also very large
and here is the Tinker with the coveted village show Blatchford Cup for it, which he won a couple of years ago.
The spin offs from all these are cushions various, smaller versions of the designs because I always love them so much and to use up the wool.
Coming next... all our entries for today's show which have to be staged by 12 o'clock so I've timed the post for then, plus a glimpse of the Tinker's new work in progress, because I had noticed some idleness which will never do for an 86 year old as talented as this, as I'm sure you will agree.


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The izakaya restaurant industry is on the brink of ruin thanks to their all-you-can-drink offers being taken up by gaijin diners.
All-you-can-drink courses, known locally as 'nomihoudai', are planned based on the average alcoholic consumption of the Japanese clientele, and restaurants adjust their prices accordingly. However, this month has seen izakayas fill up with foreigners as many ex-pats ready themselves to return to their countries of origin and celebrate this by holding sayonara parties, with nomihoudai being a prerequisite for attendance.
This is having a devastating effect on the restaurant industry.
"I have never seen anything like it," said Gozo Amano, owner of 'Kabuta' izakaya in Meieki. "No sooner had they ordered one drink, they were pressing the buttons to order more. They were relentless drinking machines."
"It was like a biblical plague," said Daisuke Shimura who runs a yakitori restaurant in Sakae. "They swarmed in, took over the table and just drunk everything in sight. It was terrifying."
The number of gaijin drinking nomihoudai this month is directly related to the mass-closures of restaurants in the city this month, according to Saya Mitsuda, spokeswoman for the Greater Region of East Aichi Society of Izakayas (GREASI):
"Restaurateurs are unable to cope with the demand of gaijin drinkers, who see nomihoudai less as a menu option and more of a challenge," Mitsuda explained. "They drink increasing amounts as the night goes on, and it is causing restaurants to go bankrupt at an alarming rate."
It is not just the financial aspect that is a concern, according to GREASI, as they are hearing reports of increasing numbers of restaurant staff suffering from PTSD after working amongst the drinking foreigners.
"The horror! The horror," was all Nana Kato, a waitress at Yakitoya in Kanayama, could say.
Gaijin diners, however are unrepentant. "If they are going to put 'nomihoudai' on their menu, surely they are expecting you to order rounds of gin and tonics with sake-bomb chasers and nama-dai beers on the side," said Jason Timms, who has been to eight izakayas in the last week, all of which have subsequently closed down. "It means all you can drink, not all you should drink. That's semantics, bro!"


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Global cooling was a conjecture during the 1970s of imminent cooling of the Earth's surface and atmosphere along with a posited commencement of glaciation. This hypothesis had little support in the scientific community, but gained temporary popular attention due to a combination of a slight downward trend of temperatures from the 1940s to the early 1970s and press reports that did not accurately reflect the scientific understanding of ice age cycles. In contrast to the global cooling conjecture, the current scientific opinion on climate change is that the Earth has not durably cooled, but undergone global warming throughout the twentieth century.[1]
In the 1970s, there was increasing awareness that estimates of global temperatures showed cooling since 1945. Of those scientific papers considering climate trends over the 21st century, only 10% inclined towards future cooling, while most papers predicted future warming.[2] The general public had little awareness of carbon dioxide's effects on climate, but Science News in May 1959 forecast a 25% increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide in the 150 years from 1850 to 2000, with a consequent warming trend.[3] The actual increase in this period was 29%. Paul R. Ehrlich mentioned climate change from greenhouse gases in 1968.[4] By the time the idea of global cooling reached the public press in the mid-1970s temperatures had stopped falling, and there was concern in the climatological community about carbon dioxide's warming effects.[5] In response to such reports, the World Meteorological Organization issued a warning in June 1976 that a very significant warming of global climate was probable.[6]
Currently there are some concerns about the possible regional cooling effects of a slowdown or shutdown of thermohaline circulation, which might be provoked by an increase of fresh water mixing into the North Atlantic due to glacial melting. The probability of this occurring is generally considered to be very low, and the IPCC notes, "even in models where the THC weakens, there is still a warming over Europe. For example, in all AOGCM integrations where the radiative forcing is increasing, the sign of the temperature change over north-west Europe is positive."[7]
The cooling period is well reproduced by current (1999 on) global climate models (GCMs) that include the physical effects of sulphate aerosols, and there is now general agreement that aerosol effects were the dominant cause of the mid-20th century cooling. However, at the time there were two physical mechanisms that were most frequently advanced to cause cooling: aerosols and orbital forcing.
Human activity — mostly as a by-product of fossil fuel combustion, partly by land use changes — increases the number of tiny particles (aerosols) in the atmosphere. These have a direct effect: they effectively increase the planetary albedo, thus cooling the planet by reducing the solar radiation reaching the surface; and an indirect effect: they affect the properties of clouds by acting as cloud condensation nuclei.[8] In the early 1970s some speculated that this cooling effect might dominate over the warming effect of the CO2 release: see discussion of Rasool and Schneider (1971), below. As a result of observations and a switch to cleaner fuel burning, this no longer seems likely; current scientific work indicates that global warming is far more likely. Although the temperature drops foreseen by this mechanism have now been discarded in light of better theory and the observed warming, aerosols are believed to have contributed a cooling tendency (outweighted by increases in greenhouse gases) and also have contributed to "Global Dimming."
Orbital forcing refers to the slow, cyclical changes in the tilt of Earth's axis and shape of its orbit. These cycles alter the total amount of sunlight reaching the earth by a small amount and affect the timing and intensity of the seasons. This mechanism is believed to be responsible for the timing of the ice age cycles, and understanding of the mechanism was increasing rapidly in the mid-1970s.
The seminal paper of Hays, Imbrie and Shackleton Variations in the Earth's Orbit: Pacemaker of the Ice Ages qualified its predictions with "forecasts must be qualified in two ways. First, they apply only to the natural component of future climatic trends - and not to anthropogenic effects such as those due to the burning of fossil fuels. Second, they describe only the long-term trends, because they are linked to orbital variations with periods of 20,000 years and longer. Climatic oscillations at higher frequencies are not predicted... the results indicate that the long-term trend over the next 20,000 years is towards extensive Northern Hemisphere glaciation and cooler climate".[9]
The idea that ice ages cycles were predictable appears to have become conflated with the idea that another one was due "soon" - perhaps because much of this study was done by geologists, who are accustomed to dealing with very long time scales and use "soon" to refer to periods of thousands of years. A strict application of the Milankovitch theory does not allow the prediction of a "rapid" ice age onset (i.e., less than a century or two) since the fastest orbital period is about 20,000 years. Some creative ways around this were found, notably one championed by Nigel Calder under the name of "snowblitz", but these ideas did not gain wide acceptance.
It is common to see it asserted that the length of the current interglacial temperature peak is similar to the length of the preceding interglacial peak (Sangamon/Eem), and from this conclude that we might be nearing the end of this warm period. This conclusion is supported by the fact that the lengths of previous interglacials were regular; see appended figure. Petit et al. note that "Interglacials 5.5 and 9.3 are different from the Holocene, but similar to each other in duration, shape and amplitude."[10] During each of these two events, there is a warm period of 4000 years followed by a relatively rapid cooling. As an objection, the future orbital variations will not closely resemble those of the past.
J. Murray Mitchell showed as early as 1963 a multidecadal cooling since about 1940.[2] At a conference on climate change held in Boulder, Colorado in 1965, evidence supporting Milankovitch cycles triggered speculation on how the calculated small changes in sunlight might somehow trigger ice ages. In 1966 Cesare Emiliani predicted that "a new glaciation will begin within a few thousand years." In his 1968 book The Population Bomb, Paul R. Ehrlich wrote "The greenhouse effect is being enhanced now by the greatly increased level of carbon dioxide... [this] is being countered by low-level clouds generated by contrails, dust, and other contaminants... At the moment we cannot predict what the overall climatic results will be of our using the atmosphere as a garbage dump."[4]
Concern peaked in the early 1970s, though "the possibility of anthropogenic warming dominated the peer-reviewed literature even then" [2] (a cooling period began in 1945, and two decades of a cooling trend suggested a trough had been reached after several decades of warming). This peaking concern is partially attributable to the fact much less was then known about world climate and causes of ice ages. However, climate scientists were aware that predictions based on this trend were not possible - because the trend was poorly studied and not understood (for example see reference[11]). Despite that, in the popular press the possibility of cooling was reported generally without the caveats present in the scientific reports, and "unusually severe winters in Asia and parts of North America in 1972 and 1973...pushed the issue into the public consciousness".[2]
In the 1970s the compilation of records to produce hemispheric, or global, temperature records had just begun.
A history of the discovery of global warming states that: While neither scientists nor the public could be sure in the 1970s whether the world was warming or cooling, people were increasingly inclined to believe that global climate was on the move, and in no small way.[12]
In 1972 Emiliani warned "Man's activity may either precipitate this new ice age or lead to substantial or even total melting of the ice caps..."[13] By 1972 a group of glacial-epoch experts at a conference agreed that "the natural end of our warm epoch is undoubtedly near";[14] but the volume of Quaternary Research reporting on the meeting said that "the basic conclusion to be drawn from the discussions in this section is that the knowledge necessary for understanding the mechanism of climate change is still lamentably inadequate". Unless there were impacts from future human activity, they thought that serious cooling "must be expected within the next few millennia or even centuries"; but many other scientists doubted these conclusions.[15][16]
In 1972, George Kukla and Robert Matthews, in a Science write-up of a conference, asked when and how the current integlacial would end; concluding that "Global cooling and related rapid changes of environment, substantially exceeding the fluctuations experienced by man in historical times, must be expected within the next few millennia or even centuries."[17]
The 1970 "Study of Critical Environmental Problems"[18] reported the possibility of warming from increased carbon dioxide, but no concerns about cooling, setting a lower bound on the beginning of interest in "global cooling".
By 1971 studies indicated that human caused air pollution was spreading, but there was uncertainty as to whether aerosols would cause warming or cooling, and whether or not they were more significant than rising CO2 levels. J. Murray Mitchell still viewed humans as "innocent bystanders" in the cooling from the 1940s to 1970, but in 1971 his calculations suggested that rising emissions could cause significant cooling after 2000, though he also argued that emissions could cause warming depending on circumstances. Calculations were too basic at this time to be trusted to give reliable results.[19][20]
An early numerical computation of climate effects was published in the journal Science in July 1971 as a paper by S. Ichtiaque Rasool and Stephen H. Schneider, titled "Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Aerosols: Effects of Large Increases on Global Climate". The paper used rudimentary data and equations to compute the possible future effects of large increases in the densities in the atmosphere of two types of human environmental emissions:[21]
The paper suggested that the global warming due to greenhouse gases would tend to have less effect with greater densities, and while aerosol pollution could cause warming, it was likely that it would tend to have a cooling effect which increased with density. They concluded that "An increase by only a factor of 4 in global aerosol background concentration may be sufficient to reduce the surface temperature by as much as 3.5 ° K. If sustained over a period of several years, such a temperature decrease over the whole globe is believed to be sufficient to trigger an ice age."[22]
Both their equations and their data were badly flawed, as was soon pointed out by other scientists and confirmed by Schneider himself.[21] In January 1972, Charlson et al. pointed out that with other reasonable assumptions, the model produced the opposite conclusion.[23] The model made no allowance for changes in clouds or convection, and erroneously indicated that 8 times as much CO2 would only cause 2°C of warming.[24] In a paper published in 1975, Schneider corrected the overestimate of aerosol cooling by checking data on the effects of dust produced by volcanoes. When the model included estimated changes in solar intensity, it gave a reasonable match to temperatures over the previous thousand years and its prediction was that "CO2 warming dominates the surface temperature patterns soon after 1980."[25]
The National Science Board's Patterns and Perspectives in Environmental Science report of 1972 discussed the cyclical behavior of climate, and the understanding at the time that the planet was entering a phase of cooling after a warm period. "Judging from the record of the past interglacial ages, the present time of high temperatures should be drawing to an end, to be followed by a long period of considerably colder temperatures leading into the next glacial age some 20,000 years from now."[26] But it also continued; "However, it is possible, or even likely, that human interference has already altered the environment so much that the climatic pattern of the near future will follow a different path."[26]
The Board's report of 1974, Science And The Challenges Ahead, continued on this theme. "During the last 20-30 years, world temperature has fallen, irregularly at first but more sharply over the last decade."[27] However discussion of cyclic glacial periods does not feature in this report. Instead it is the role of man that is central to the report's analysis. "The cause of the cooling trend is not known with certainty. But there is increasing concern that man himself may be implicated, not only in the recent cooling trend but also in the warming temperatures over the last century".[27] The report can not conclude whether carbon dioxide in warming, or agricultural and industrial pollution in cooling, are factors in the recent climatic changes, noting; "Before such questions as these can be resolved, major advances must be made in understanding the chemistry and physics of the atmosphere and oceans, and in measuring and tracing particulates through the system."[28]
There also was a study by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences about issues that needed more research.[29] This heightened interest in the fact that climate can change. The 1975 NAS report titled "Understanding Climate Change: A Program for Action" did not make predictions, stating in fact that "we do not have a good quantitative understanding of our climate machine and what determines its course. Without the fundamental understanding, it does not seem possible to predict climate." Its "program for action" consisted simply of a call for further research, because "it is only through the use of adequately calibrated numerical models that we can hope to acquire the information necessary for a quantitative assessment of the climatic impacts."
The report further stated:
The Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP), an organization which has no recognised scientific standing and has previously denied the link between tobacco and cancer, claims that "the NAS "experts" exhibited ... hysterical fears" in the 1975 report.[30]
While these discussions were ongoing in scientific circles, other accounts appeared in the popular media. In their June 24, 1974 issue, Time presented an article titled Another Ice Age? that noted "the atmosphere has been growing gradually cooler for the past three decades" but noted that "Some scientists... think that the cooling trend may be only temporary" [31]
An April 28, 1975 article in Newsweek magazine was titled "The Cooling World",[32] it pointed to "ominous signs that the Earth's weather patterns have begun to change" and pointed to "a drop of half a degree [Fahrenheit] in average ground temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere between 1945 and 1968." The article claimed "The evidence in support of these predictions [of global cooling] has now begun to accumulate so massively that meteorologists are hard-pressed to keep up with it." The Newsweek article did not state the cause of cooling; it stated that "what causes the onset of major and minor ice ages remains a mystery" and cited the NAS conclusion that "not only are the basic scientific questions largely unanswered, but in many cases we do not yet know enough to pose the key questions."
The article mentioned the alternative solutions of "melting the Arctic ice cap by covering it with black soot or diverting Arctic rivers" but conceded these were not feasible. The Newsweek article concluded by criticizing government leaders: "But the scientists see few signs that government leaders anywhere are even prepared to take the simple measures of stockpiling food or of introducing the variables of climatic uncertainty into economic projections of future food supplies...The longer the planners (politicians) delay, the more difficult will they find it to cope with climatic change once the results become grim reality." The article emphasized sensational and largely unsourced consequences - "resulting famines could be catastrophic", "drought and desolation," "the most devastating outbreak of tornadoes ever recorded", "droughts, floods, extended dry spells, long freezes, delayed monsoons," "impossible for starving peoples to migrate," "the present decline has taken the planet about a sixth of the way toward the Ice Age."[32]
On October 23, 2006, Newsweek issued a correction, over 31 years after the original article, stating that it had been "so spectacularly wrong about the near-term future" (though editor Jerry Adler claimed that 'the story wasn't "wrong" in the journalistic sense of "inaccurate."').[33]
In the late 1970s there were several popular books on the topic, including The Weather Conspiracy: The Coming of the New Ice Age.[34]
Later in the decade, at a WMO conference in 1979, F K Hare reported that:
- Fig 8 shows [...] 1938 the warmest year. They [temperatures] have since fallen by about 0.4 °C. At the end there is a suggestion that the fall ceased in about 1964, and may even have reversed.
- Figure 9 challenges the view that the fall of temperature has ceased [...] the weight of evidence clearly favours cooling to the present date [...] The striking point, however, is that interannual variability of world temperatures is much larger than the trend [...] it is difficult to detect a genuine trend [...]
- It is questionable, moreover, whether the trend is truly global. Calculated variations in the 5-year mean air temperature over the southern hemisphere chiefly with respect to land areas show that temperatures generally rose between 1943 and 1975. Since the 1960-64 period this rise has been strong [...] the scattered SH data fail to support a hypothesis of continued global cooling since 1938. [p 65][35]
Concerns about nuclear winter arose in the early 1980s from several reports. Similar speculations have appeared over effects due to catastrophes such as asteroid impacts and massive volcanic eruptions. A prediction that massive oil well fires in Kuwait would cause significant effects on climate was quite incorrect.
The idea of a global cooling as the result of global warming was already proposed in the 1990s.[36] In 2003, the Office of Net Assessment at the United States Department of Defense was commissioned to produce a study on the likely and potential effects of a modern climate change, especially of a shutdown of thermohaline circulation.[37] The study, conducted under ONA head Andrew Marshall, modelled its prospective climate change on the 8.2 kiloyear event, precisely because it was the middle alternative between the Younger Dryas and the Little Ice Age. The study caused controversy in the media when it was made public in 2004.[38][39] However, scientists acknowledge that "abrupt climate change initiated by Greenland ice sheet melting is not a realistic scenario for the 21st century".[40]
Currently, the concern that cooler temperatures would continue, and perhaps at a faster rate, has been observed to be incorrect by the IPCC.[7] More has to be learned about climate, but the growing records have shown that the cooling concerns of 1975 have not been borne out.
As for the prospects of the end of the current interglacial (again, valid only in the absence of human perturbations)[citation needed]: it isn't true that interglacials have previously only lasted about 10,000 years; and Milankovitch-type calculations indicate that the present interglacial would probably continue for tens of thousands of years naturally.[41] Other estimates (Loutre and Berger, based on orbital calculations) put the unperturbed length of the present interglacial at 50,000 years.[42] Berger (EGU 2005 presentation) believes that the present CO2 perturbation will last long enough to suppress the next glacial cycle entirely.
As the NAS report indicates, scientific knowledge regarding climate change was more uncertain than it is today. At the time that Rasool and Schneider wrote their 1971 paper, climatologists had not yet recognized the significance of greenhouse gases other than water vapor and carbon dioxide, such as methane, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons.[43] Early in that decade, carbon dioxide was the only widely studied human-influenced greenhouse gas. The attention drawn to atmospheric gases in the 1970s stimulated many discoveries in future decades. As the temperature pattern changed, global cooling was of waning interest by 1979.[35]
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Financing Plan Funds New Sidewalks, Libraries, Fire Stations and Other Projects
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 - NEWS RELEASE
San Diego, CA - About $120 million in city and neighborhood projects throughout San Diego can now move forward after a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that the City's financing plan is legal.
"This ruling is a victory for all of San Diego's neighborhoods," Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer said. "Now that this legal roadblock has been removed, we'll be able to move aggressively on neighborhood repairs and ensure every community benefits. I want to thank City Attorney Jan Goldsmith and his team for working diligently to win this case on behalf of all San Diegans."
The $120 million in lease revenue bonds will fund projects prioritized by Mayor Faulconer and the City Council earlier this year. The list includes $1 million for new sidewalks; new or reconstructed fire stations in City Heights, Hillcrest, Skyline and on Home Avenue; a new Mission Hills/Hillcrest Branch Library; and a new lifeguard station in Mission Beach.
In addition, the money will be used on branch libraries in Skyline, San Carlos and San Ysidro; upgrades to Police Department facilities; and lighting for sports fields in Tierrasanta, among other things.
The original list of projects also included $43 million for street repairs. The City is using other funding sources to move forward with those road projects and can now identify other projects to spend that money on.
The lease revenue bond financing plan, which the City has used since the 1980s, had been on hold for months after a lawsuit was filed challenging its legality.
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Bedfordshire businesses are urged to act quickly this month as SEMLEP unveils a £10,000 pot of funding designed to help companies reduce their energy costs and leverage additional funding in 2014.
The Rev Active fund, exclusively for companies in Bedfordshire, is being promoted by South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP), and will entitle 10 successful companies to two days of independent consultancy in 2014 worth £1000.
Rev Active, open for registrations until December 18th, will show companies how they can reduce their energy costs and significantly increase efficiency. SEMLEP is then encouraging companies to use this Rev Active evidence to support a Grants4Growth application.
Daniel Mouawad, Chief Executive of SEMLEP, explained: "We would urge Bedfordshire companies with an aspiration for growth to act quickly, make the most of this Rev Active offer and to then use recommendations made by the Rev Active consultants as an evidence base for your Grants4Growth application.
"Grants4Growth is for Bedfordshire based businesses seeking to create or safeguard jobs by investing in capital equipment and new facilities and for companies seeking to invest in technology and processes to improve their carbon footprint. Rev Active is a perfect prelude to your Grants4Growth application form and will provide valuable evidence to support your request for significant funding."
Grants4Growth is a £2.5million grants programme for small and medium sized businesses which need practical help and financial assistance to help reduce costs, as well as increase competitiveness and resilience. It includes both capital and revenue grants and is managed locally by SEMLEP Business Broker James Stancombe.
James said: "In the last few months we have awarded seven Grants4Growth to businesses of all sizes across Bedfordshire – helping companies invest in new equipment, grow, recruit and reduce their carbon footprint. Rev Active is an exciting addition to SEMLEP's funding portfolio, but you will need to act quickly."
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Serves Cook Time Total Time Prep Time Publisher 6-8 35 minutes 1 hour 10 minutes 15 minutes Marianzg
4 tbsp of alternative butter such as Earth Balance
3 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup of organic golden raisins
1/2 cup of organic Thompson raisins
1 medium Granny Smith apple. (peeled and chopped)
2 tbsp honey
4 large eggs, beaten
1 tsp sea salt
1 20 oz can of unsweetened organic crushed pineapple
extra cinnamon
- Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees & start boiling water in large pot to cook GF noodles.
- In medium pan, melt butter alternative. Sauteed cinnamon and apples for a few minutes.
- Add raisins and honey
- Place GF noodles in boiling water for 4 minutes. It needs to be al dente.
- Drain and transfer to a large bowl.
- Add the sauteed mix to noodles, immediately. I use a spatula to scrape out all the juice in the pan.
- Add eggs and salt, stir.
- Add pineapple and all the juice from the can.
- Put in a greased 9 x !3 pan.
- Add a shake of cinnamon on top. Dot with reminding butter alternative. Bake for 35 minutes.
Marian's Personal Touches1. This recipe works with 2 eggs and 2 egg whites.2. Canned pineapple works best. Organic canned pineapple is usually chucks and not crushed, so I crush it.3. You can substitute prunes, dried apricots, or any dried fruit for raisins.
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Is he ignoring your text? Maybe he just is not that into you as they say. Before panicking that you are being ignored, check this list of disrespect warning flags. Odds are, if he is behaving 5 or more ways described on your list, his text games are the least of your worries. Remember that men will only disrespect you as much as you allow them to.
Toe to toe
Toe to toe means that he expects reciprocation equally and tracks it. Most likely, if he is that way or you are that way, it is a problem. Men or women who are overly concerned about you doing your share may have issues and resentments from prior relationships, or from your history together. Most good relationships flow a bit better than that, and are not caught up in a constant tit for tat, especially early on.
Being late or not showing up at all
Being late with literally no excuse or notification is just rude. Not showing up at all, without even a text or a message, is even ruder. Men who regularly do this are often juggling different social options and rank you as low on the list. Another variant of this is when he talks about possibly having plans, getting your hopes up, but then never contacts you either way, leaving you feeling like you are hanging, when technically you never had plans in the first place. A man who really likes you remembers when he says maybe on things, and gets back to you to confirm yay or nay. He doesn't just drop off into the weekend sunset on you.
Men make time for women they like, period. If he I constantly shuffling, rescheduling, has blackout times where he can't see you, can't muster a date on a Friday or Saturday night and only rears his head on Sunday afternoon, it is all a sign that you are not a big priority in his life and that he has plenty of things going on. Men know when they are coming and going. Men know what they are doing on Friday and Saturday nights. And if a man wants to see you, he will make it happen no matter how busy he is.
Lying is a bad sign. Have you caught him in lies little and large, and are somehow trying to rationalize it all in your head? A liar is a liar. Some women like a man so much, that they make excuses for a liar. Did he say he was moving into a house that he never even bought? Catching him in a few ridiculous lies are major big warning flags. Generally speaking, a man who is serious about a woman will not lie to her like he is waving hello in the street. For example, he won't lie about his living situation because he actually wants her to come to his place. If he is lying, it is a sign that he is not concerned over the relationship ending. He lies just to lie, and if or when he gets caught, you are gone anyways.
Men who get nasty and sarcastic are likely to be very capable of being deeply mean. If he cuts down your looks, weight, career, intelligence, or personality this is a bad sign. For example, a man who says, well I will meet someone younger, hotter and more loaded than you, or some sort of thing, might just be saying this things in the heat of the moment. But just know, if he says such things, underneath it all is a seriously high level of contempt. Men who love you, even men who are going to fall in love with you, generally do not have this sort of level of nasty contempt. It's a warning he can easily turn on you, rip you up, and hurt you emotionally. Men who care are generally careful, not careless, of your emotions.
Player behavior
Men who are flirting with other women openly, such as around you or on public social media, are sending you a message that they are still one hundred percent single. If he is staring at other women, making suggestive comments on their photographs, and acting lecherous in general, do not laugh it off as him being a flirt. It is actually a sign of disrespect. If you find out he is dating other women, bedding other women, seeing other women, online actively looking for other women, you should take it very seriously. These are signs of a man that is not overly interested in you. You are just a random person he is dating, is what he is saying with his behavior. Generally speaking, if a man is being a total flirt right under your nose, that behavior is not likely to change. You might be able to control him for a while, but always assume he will resort right back to his worst behavior. Healthy relationships tend to flow pretty well from the get go. They don't go through a constant state of anxiety and distrust over other women. The relationship should be about you, not you and all the women dropping down on strings in his haunted house of other people he is seeing.
Breaking promises
A man who breaks promises is a warning sign and not in a good way. If he promises to do something for you, then fails to do it, and turns around and blames that on you, it shows he is not too keen on keeping his word. A perfect example is when he talks a good talk, but does not walk a good walk. He might say this and that, but he does not live up to it. For example he borrows money and promises to pay you back. You loan it to him, then he keeps saying he will pay it back and does not. Finally, he lets you be the one made out to be a nag, because he can't keep a promise. By the way, don't loan him money in the first place as it puts you in a position of having to chase him down for it. He should not be bumming money from you. He should pay for the first few dates no questions asked. If he really likes you, he will offer to pay knowing that every now and then you will offer to contribute.
Keeping you hidden or as a friend only
If he keeps you in a broom closet and never invites you to his house or invites you to meet any of his friends or roommates, he is not interested! Women slip into relationships that last for months while they live in the bubble and have never been outside the bubble. If his routine is to ask what's in your fridge and come over and hang out so you can feed him and love him, but you don't even know where he lives, this is a bad sign. This type of man might even end up moving in with you, if you offer him free flip house and free food twenty four seven. Just be sure you are rich enough to subsidize him. If it starts like this, it will continue, and most likely end like this. Men who do not import you into their lives and introduce you to family and roommates are not into you. This type of man, will be disrespecting you a lot more than just not answering a text message.
There are so many ways you can ascertain disrespect. If you are finding yourself devolving into a mental mind torque over where is he and why is he not answering you texts, look to the bigger picture and ask yourself if his text respect is just the tip of the iceberg. Usually it is. If you are tripping out over his text behavior and landing onto a site like this one, you can be pretty sure that he is disrespecting you in other ways as well. At the end of the day, somebody that can barely respond to a text and never picks up the phone to call you, is not someone who's ring you should be throwing your hat into.


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Wine Shop Cart
The shopping cart is a critical feature for every e-commerce website or mobile app. If you sell something, be it physical items, services or digital products, you have to offer your customers a clean and convenient way to make the purchase. If generic e-commerce shopping carts do not fit the specific esthetic and functional needs of your online store, then it comes to custom shopping cart development.
There's no limit to perfection in creating new custom features and our team keeps trying to invent bespoke shopping cart elements to make buying experience more engaging and optimized.
Wine shop cart prototype
Here is a design implementation of some fresh ideas for adding items inside a shopping cart by using swipe and tap gestures. So, what the user have to do is to select a wine from the list and drag it to right until a desirable number of bottles is added to the shopping cart.
We have created an interactive prototype of this wine shop cart using FramerJS. You can check how it works here. You can even see it in motion:
Bottom line
Building up a perfect shopping cart for your online shop is an important task. Convenience and security are the key aspects here. However, users also love fresh ideas, every element may influence their preferences and convince them either to buy or not to buy your product.
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The Blues Broads
The Blues Broads. This lively crew of Clean-Up Women called the Blues Broads are four female singers that have every single style you need to make your monkey nerve well-satisfied for the foreseeable future. Dorothy Morrison, Tracy Nelson, Annie Sampson and Angela Strehli have been there, sung that and now come together to bring the big spirit in the sky right down to earth. Hearing is believing, because there's a magic that happens when just the right combination of voice and spirit come together like it does here.
Each of these singers have had stellar solo careers going back long enough to be before seatbelt laws and car stereos. Dorothy Morrison was the lead vocalist in the Edwin Hawkin Singers, setting hearts free on the hit "Oh Happy Day" and other soaring spirituals. Annie Sampson was a founding member with ex-Beau Brummel Sal Valentino of Stoneground and has also spent her fair share of time in gospel groups. Tracy Nelson is a blues belter supreme and her years in San Francisco favorites Mother Earth are still talked about. And Angela Strehli may just be the secret weapon of the quartet, cutting her teeth in Austin blues clubs like the One Knite and Antone's before taking that roaring voice to the world. Put together, the soul boggles.
For this ten-song collection, complete with live DVD, the women reach deep into their backgrounds to assemble songs that bear down on the blues and don't give an inch. It's hard to point out highlights, because in reality they all are. Even better, Strehli, Sampson, Nelson and Morrison are highly individualistic singers quite different from each other, but back-to-back they cover the blues waterfront with heart-bending strength and body-warming power. No matter what condition your life is in, The Blues Broads will turn on the love light and let it shine.
Little Hurricane, Homewrecker. Two-person bands can be quite the thing—try the White Stripes and the Black Keys. At this rate, the next band will be the White Keys or the Black Stripes. But for now, for musical duos that get the gris-gris right, try Little Hurricane. Tone Catalano on guitar and C.C. Spina on drums fill their songs with a dangerous air just this side of jail, like there's a chance the whole thing could run off the rails and head for the abyss. Maybe it's the tension between the two, or perhaps the San Diego pair have absorbed some of the Tijuana treachery in the air and it's gotten inside their songs.
"Crocodile Tears," "Lies" and especially "Haunted Heart" could come from anywhere in the past 40 years of American blues-rock. This is a band that might have opened for Big Brother & the Holding Company in 1966 and given Janis Joplin a run for her money. They have learned that blues doesn't need to be imitated, but rather it's something that must be lived and made new. That's the trick Canned Heat, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, the Jeff Beck Group and ZZ Top always excelled at in their prime. They played from their backgrounds and didn't try to become someone else. Little Hurricane do that all day long.
For a debut album, Homewrecker is a knockout. Neither of the two players are completely outstanding on their instruments, but when they combine a certain alchemy occurs where everything becomes bigger, deeper and more electric. It's actually better that way, because what they have is called chemistry. These two are a walking reaction, as Catalano's guitar finds a spooky spot and stays there, and Spina's fervent pounding becomes hypnotic. Two-piece groups usually expand as their success grows, but here's hoping Little Hurricane stays little as they get bigger. Long may they blow.
Booker T. & the MGs, Green Onions. Oh, how to begin. For instrumental rhythm and blues combos, Booker T. & the MGs really are in a class by themselves. They were the house band at Stax Records studio in Memphis during the '60s, and backed everyone from Rufus Thomas to Otis Redding. Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr. and Lewis Steinberg (soon to be replaced by Donald "Duck" Dunn) came to fame almost accidentally, recording the blow-mind "Green Onions" instrumental hit as an afterthought at the end of a session. Needless to say, once disc jockeys around the country heard the song it's like a wildfire was lit that simply would not go out. While the band's first album doesn't contain anything quite as explosive as that song, it's also one of those nonstop grooveathons that can spark a party or quiet a night.
The entire Green Onions album is driven by Jackson's unerring beat, something so strong that it actually feels like it has taken up residence inside the body. Cropper's lead lines sound like he's slicing off apple wedges with a straight-razor blade. Jones uses a Hammond organ as the perfect lead instrument, never straying too far from the funk but also remembering melody is still king. Steinberg's Fender bass, the electric instrument still fairly new to the recording studio in '62, locks in with the bass drum and is never less than right there. It's like Booker T. & the MGs were writing the blueprint for an entire genre of bands which followed, and at the same time having the time of their life. Cover songs like "Can't Sit Down," "Twist and Shout," and yes, Mr. Acker Bilk's "Stranger on the Shore" show that the not-always mellow fellows knew their songbook but could also get close enough to the gutter to capture the smell.
The sonic restoration of these 12 songs brings them a brightness without losing the gritty bottom that makes them Memphis. Each instrument now sounds pinpoint perfect, almost like we're right in the old movie theatre on McLemore Avenue in summer 1962 when the four young men were creating history. The feeling is so relaxed that you almost feel the hot night air seeping through the walls. For bonus tracks, two tracks recorded at the 5/4 Ballroom in Los Angeles in 1965 are added, and are deluxe smokers. Cropper gets to take the gloves off and semi-shred, as Jackson turns up the heat even more. By then, Dunn is thumping on bass (one that he didn't change the strings on for 30 years, thank goodness). As for the keyboard man — burn, Booker, burn.


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A group of lucky pupils were treated to a VIP visit yesterday afternoon when Burnley FC's star midfielder, Jeff Hendrick, stopped by.
Jeff was dropping in on the pupils at St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Barnoldswick to present them with certificates and to congratulate them on completing the Schools' Healthy Eating Programme with Burnley FC in the Community.
The six-week course, delivered by Community's experienced Health and Wellbeing staff, aims to educate Year Five children on the benefits of healthy eating.
During the visit, the children also got the chance to ask Jeff lots of questions about his own diet and learned why, as a professional footballer, eating well is such an important part of his job.
With plenty of questions prepped for the Republic of Ireland international, pupils queried Jeff about his favourite fruits and vegetables, what he likes to eat for breakfast before a game and even what is hobbies are.
After a big group photo, the pupils also had their certificates signed by the midfielder.
Abby Turner, Health and Wellbeing Manager at Burnley FC in the Community said: "It's so brilliant for children to learn about healthy eating from someone like Jeff, for whom diet and exercise are such a vital part of his job.
"It was a great way for them to understand more about the importance of healthy lifestyle choices."
Mrs Henderson, Year Five teacher at St. Joseph's Barnoldswick said: "The children absolutely loved meeting Jeff! It was a such a lovely way to top off a fantastic few weeks with Burnley FC in the Community."
To learn more about Health and Wellbeing at Burnley FC in the Community, please contact Abby Turner on email@example.com or visit www.burnleyfccommunity.or.
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Question: Hi techglimpse, I have recently installed MediaWiki version 1.25.2 successfully. But I'm not able to upload an image file (say JPEG) via 'Upload file' link present at the sidebar. The MediaWiki fails with an error message as "fatal exception of type mwexception mediawiki" – Shankar
Shankar, by default MediaWiki will be configured to support image uploads in LocalSettings.php file – Check for the variable '$wgEnableUploads = true;'. Since you used the link 'Upload file' from sidebar, it means the variable $wgEnableUploads is already set to true. So the next step is to check if there's an 'images' folder in the wiki installation directory.
For e.g; If your wiki is installed under '/var/www/html/wiki', then you should have an 'images' folder under it. Importantly, the 'images' folder should be owned by the user that runs Web Server (say, if 'apache' is the user that runs HTTP server, then 'images' folder should be owned by 'apache' user with write permission)
# pwd /var/www/html/wiki # ls -ld images/ drwxr-xr-x 6 apache apache 4096 Aug 26 12:09 images/
Also enable '$wgShowExceptionDetails' in LocalSettings.php file to view the exception stack trace printed to the output. – check whether the information printed by stack trace has any clue about the error.
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Classic Handmade Clay Tiles
After a 25 year gap, Dreadnought have relaunched their Classic Handmade clay tile range.
All naturally coloured these tiles have variations in shape and texture that give your roof an old world charm and a long established look from the moment they are laid.
However, unlike reclaimed tiles which could be nearing the end of their lifecycle, these tiles are new and will last for generations.
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Source: Manufacturing News | December 1, 2010
Air-Way Manufacturing Company is an OEM specializing in producing a full line of hydraulic fittings and accessories for off-road construction, agriculture, material handling and defense. One of Air-Way's strengths is its ability to design and build custom hydraulic fittings for its customers with quick turn around.
Over the last couple of years Air-Way has had to explore ways of increasing the efficiency of its manufacturing operations. Troy Newman, Manufacturing Technology Manager, along with Jeff Hanson, Plant Manager, and J.C. Buettgen were put in charge of a project to move all of the company's secondary operation machining from a total of 15 multi-spindle chucking machines onto newer, more efficient equipment. The previous machines had been performing secondary operations for over 125 different part numbers.
The company wanted to accomplish several goals as a result of this transition: reduce setup time from the previous 8-10 hours per operation, reduce labor cost for both setup and production, establish the ability to run smaller lot sizes to minimize inventory (in the past, larger production runs were necessary to justify cost of the longer setups), reduce perishable custom tooling cost, eliminate the labor involved in subsequent de-burring operations and reduce maintenance cost. Air-Way had eight full-time employees in the secondary operations department plus two full-time maintenance persons.
While each goal was considered important, one overriding factor served as the primary focus for the transition. "If we could maintain the same cycle time on our parts with less setup time, it would be a win for Air-Way," said Newman. Any of the additional goals accomplished were just a bonus."
In looking at possible solutions for this transition, Air-Way narrowed its choice down to two options for secondary operations: a rotary turntable type of machine or a turntable CNC mill. After weighing the pros and cons of both systems, Air-Way chose the CNC mill. The company chose the CNC mill primarily because it could provide more flexibility in tooling and workholding options. Many similar parts meant CNC programs could be modified slightly from one part to the next. Another important reason was the possibility of much shorter setups and changeovers. Newman felt the company's best chances of achieving its goals were with the CNC machine. Another reason was the ability to use more off-the-shelf tooling versus custom tooling with a rotary turntable type of system.
Initially, Air-Way was only looking at one turntable CNC mill to start transitioning all of the secondary work. As it turns out, the company purchased two new turntable mills to make sure they had enough capacity and to make the transition happen more quickly. "I was very thankful we decided on two machines, because they have been running two shifts solid for two straight years with very little down time," said Newman.
As it turns out, deciding on the machines was the easy part. Deciding what workholding system would be best to manufacture all of the company's parts on the CNC machine was a much bigger challenge. Air-Way had to answer the question, "What type of workholding is going to give us the best bang for our buck?"
Air-Way decided there were several important aspects of the workholding that were critical to accomplishing their goals.
One, the two CNC mills had to accommodate the production of approximately 125 different part numbers, so the fixturing had to be extremely flexible and modular. Setups and changeovers had to be fast.
Secondly, it had to be automated with either hydraulics or pneumatics because Air-Way was going to require one operator to run both machines. Loading and unloading had to be fast and easy so the operator could keep up with the machines. Newman quickly eliminated standard hand clamping options from the workholding equation because, as he said, "We didn't want operators cranking handles 1,000 times a day." Operator fatigue and efficiency were major concerns for Air-Way.
Thirdly, because volumes where increasing on many of the parts, Air-Way had to maximize the number of parts under the spindle in one machine cycle. They had to harness the power of multiple-part workholding to gain the efficiency needed. More parts under the spindle meant fewer tool changes and operator load sequences, both major factors in maximizing productivity.
Air-Way narrowed its workholding down to two choices: a dedicated, custom designed hydraulic system and a modular hydraulic system by PAWS Workholding. Once the engineering started taking place to decide how to fixture and locate all of the parts, it was easy for Air-Way to decide on the system offered by PAWS Workholding. The other hydraulic system being considered did not allow as much flexibility in changing over from one part to the next and didn't allow for the same density under the spindle.
PAWS offered a hydraulic base unit that allows for interchangeable components on the fixture plate to make changeovers truly modular. The system consists of the PAWS Hydraulic base and a fixture plate with sixteen individual 2″ machinable vise jaws. The Sixteen Station Multi-Vise is a standard fixture plate option offered by PAWS Workholding. Air-Way, with the help of PAWS Workholding, engineered removable fixed jaws on the fixture plates for all of the variations of parts the company needed to manufacture. Air-Way ended up with about two dozen sets of jaws that could accommodate all of the various stock sizes and blanks they needed to run.
The jaws can be switched in minutes, so changing from one part to the next now takes Air-Way 20 minutes. Air-Way is able to get as many as 16 parts under the spindle on one pallet with the PAWS System. Most of the machining during the secondary operations is drilling and circular interpolating holes. Another major benefit that has come unexpectedly to Air-way is a huge reduction in scrap rates during setups. This benefit was not listed in their primary goals and has been a pleasant surprise to the transition team. The fixturing was designed to be modular and to locate with repeatability. Now, first pieces come off the machine in print with very little variance from one run to the next.
Air-Way has now been using the four hydraulic base systems from PAWS (two on each machine) for two years with the modular top plates and realizing all of the company's stated objectives and goals in spades.
All of the secondary operations are now being completed with two machine operators (one on first shift, one on the second) versus eight operators in the past. Setups and changeovers have gone from eight hours to 20 minutes. Air-Way can run any desired lot quantity because the changeovers are so much quicker. Much of the tooling used on the CNC mills is standard, off-the-shelf endmills and inserts.
By using automated clamping, operator fatigue is not an issue. Air-Way no longer has the extra labor in de-burring parts because of the ability to circular interpolate holes with an endmill on the CNC mill, leaving no burrs. The maintenance cost on the two CNC mills is greatly reduced compared to maintaining 15 multi-spindle machines.
Newman also incorporated one other useful advantage in using a hydraulic clamping system. Pressure sensors were installed into each machine to check the clamping pressure before each operation. If the pressure is not at the appropriate level, the CNC machine will not cycle start. Newman said, "We have eliminated operator mis-loads completely, there is no more forgetting to clamp parts. Anytime human error can be eliminated from the process, it's a good thing." Air-Way also checks to confirm that the right pallet is loaded into the machine to run the right program; if not, the machine will not cycle start.
Air-Way's transition of its secondary operations from the multi-spindle machines onto the CNC mills using PAWS Workholding has been an amazing success, the company said. The transition took about six months, and there were many long days for Newman and the transition team. The return on investment took about a year, but Air-Way is now reaping the rewards of all of its efforts.