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I am a recovering alcoholic and was hoping to start a discussion with other alcoholics who wuld be interested. Alcoholism is very powerfull and we can use all the help we can get.
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Nat Turner's Rebellion: Repercussions Felt in N.C.
On August 21, 1831, a slave named Nat Turner led a rebellion against white slave owners in Southampton County, Va., about 20 miles from the border with North Carolina. Within a day, more than 50 people had been killed. The ranks of the rebels swelled to about 60 slaves. The governor called out the militia to end the rebellion but word of the attacks began to spread across the South.
In North Carolina's northern border counties, a panic ensued among the residents. The militia was called out to Hertford, Halifax and Northampton Counties. Whites in other counties began to arm themselves as well. As rumors and speculation spread that there would be more violence and attacks, many slave owners began to fear that their own slaves were going to rise up against them. As a result, whites began to monitor the behavior of their slaves more closely and in some cases blacks were arrested and executed. The legislature also passed laws further restricting rights of slaves and free blacks.
After several weeks on the run, Nat Turner was caught and tried in Virginia, where he was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. He was hanged later that fall.
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August 2019
Audience: Foster Caregivers, Public, Shelter/Rescue Staff & Volunteers
Things You'll Need
- A quiet place that is free of distractions to start your training.
- Rewards that motivate your dog.
- A marker word or clicker (used to mark the exact moment your dog does the behavior you are teaching). A marker word should be quick and simple, such as "yes", bingo, right or good. You will use this marker anytime your dog does a behavior you like or you are teaching a new behavior.
- A good attitude and patience
Power up the marker/clicker
- First, teach your dog that the marker word or clicker has meaning and that it's fun. Say the Marker word or click and give your dog a treat 20 times, twice a day for 3 days. By the end of the 3rd day, your dog will know they're getting a treat when they hear the marker word/click. That's when you know the marker word/clicker is ready for you to use during training.
Eye contact
- If your dog is looking into your eyes, most likely they're paying attention to you rather than what's around them. Your dog might be distracted or shy, but every now and then, they'll make eye contact with you. When your dog looks up into your eyes, mark the behavior and reward your dog. Your dog will start paying more attention to you. More information about getting your dog's attention.
- Teach your dog to turn and look at you every time you say their name. Using a happy voice, say your dog's name when they are close by, about 1-2 feet away from you. When your dog looks up at your face, mark and reward. Gradually start to say your dog's name when they are farther away, or distracted with minor things to build reliability.
- Teach your dog to follow a lure. Hold a treat in your hand right at your dog's nose. Move your hand slowly away, up or down so your dog will follow. When your dog follows the treat, mark the behavior and reward the dog. You can use this trick to position your dog in a "sit" or "down" or going up and down stairs, or through stressful environments. More information on Luring.
- At first, your dog might just stretch their head to reach for the treat. Mark and reward the forward motion. As your dog gets the hang of it, they'll start following the lure for a few inches. If your dog tries to bite or grab the treat out of your hand, close your hand in a fist around the treat to prevent your dog from stealing the treat.
- "Touch" or touching the palm of your hand is a great cue for shy dogs or to distract dogs from something.
- Place your open hand a few inches away from your dog's face. When you feel the wet nose touching your hand, mark and reward. More information about "Touch".
- Teach your shy dog "touch" and then use it with strangers to help create positive associations.
Find it
- Teaching your dog to find a treat is an easy way to send them away or distract them momentarily. It's a great job to give a shy dog, and it can be effective when you have visitors at the door. An excited dog can be distracted from jumping on people by searching for stuff on the ground instead.
- Say "find it' and throw a treat past your dog's nose to the ground. Right before they're ready to pick up the treat off the floor, click or use the marker word to mark their behavior of "find it". More information on "find it" with scent games.
Crate training
- Your dog, especially if young, excitable or fearful, can benefit from learning how to enjoy being in a crate. Send the dog in by saying "crate" and then throwing a yummy treat in the back of the crate. When your dog goes in, praise them and give them a couple treats on the bedding of the crate.
- Once your dog eats the treats, give the release word such as "okay" or "free" for them to exit the crate. Repeat the exercise of going in and out of the crate 3-5 times per session, a few times each day while they're getting acclimated to the crate. Gradually increase the amount of time spent in the crate. Give your dog a stuffed Kong toy to chew on while they're in the crate for longer periods of time. More information about crate training.
- Hold a small treat in front of your dog's nose. Raise your hand over their head slowly, as you're moving your hand over their head towards their back, their nose will tip up and the rear end should go down. When your dog sits, mark and reward the behavior. More information about teaching "Sit".
Say Please
- Teach your dog to ask for things they want by sitting and making eye contact with you. For example, if your dog is in front of the door wanting to go out, wait for them to sit and look up into your eyes. Mark the behavior, and open the door as a reward. More information about "Say Please".


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Dear Friends,
We don't have to be foodies to appreciate the meaning of food in our lives. Sure, there's food for our bodies, but also food for our spirits, our minds, our hearts.
I played in a foursome with a Dutch man on a golf course in Florida one winter. If he hit a particularly good shot, he would say: "I am satisfied." Occasionally, after an outstanding shot, the Dutchman was more expansive: "I am very satisfied." Food for this man's spirit of play!
Next weekend, the liturgical calendar marks The Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ,
what was, years ago called Corpus Christi. The Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday evening brings us together for the giving of the Eucharist by Jesus on the night before He died. That liturgy was the first part of the Triduum, three days when we were absorbed in the whole meaning of Jesus' self-giving and His being raised up. Next weekend, we thank God once more and with renewed focus for this gift beyond all gifts. With Christ's Body and Blood, we are daily nourished for our life's journey, with its ups and downs, its victories and defeats, its delights and challenges, Recognizing the strength and confidence that comes though sharing in this sacred meal, we can say: "I am satisfied. I am very satisfied."
But satisfaction is not all. For being one with Christ in this singularly remarkable way stirs up hungers in our hearts for the same sort of world reconciled to God that Jesus desired.
So here are some questions that invite you to make up a menu for your life going forward. Think beyond bodily food, and ask yourself:
What do I have an appetite for?
What do I want to taste again and again, or for the first time?
What do I not want to stomach any longer?
What can I contribute to for the health of the world?
For what am I hungry to see? To hear? To witness?
On the mountain, before Jesus fed the multitudes, the disciples cam to Jesus with the fear that there was not enough food among those gathered. Jesus said to them: "Feed them yourselves."(Mark 6.37)
In what ways, with what resources are we called upon to feed the multitudes?
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Centrist Macron eyes French presidency despite Le Pen lead
London - Emmanuel Macron is the man who may become president of France. The 39-year-old centrist, an independent running an insurgent campaign, is also the man who may end up handing the keys to Paris's Élysée Palace to the National Front's Marine Le Pen. One thing is certain though, nobody expected this.
Macron and Le Pen are the front runners ahead of the April 23rd French presidential election after the Republican Party nominee François Fillon's polling numbers collapsed amid a corruption scandal. Eight weeks before the election, and unless France's embattled left and far-left can unite, Macron and Le Pen will likely face off in the presidential run-off May 7th.
What makes Macron different?
A former member of the French Socialist Party, Macron served as Economy minister from 2014-16 when Manuel Valls was prime minister. He resigned to launch his presidential bid and his En Marche! (Forward!) Movement has been linked with "third way" politics similar to those promoted by former British prime minister Tony Blair and former US president Bill Clinton. However, in 2017, a time when such "third way" options may seem outdated, many fear that a surging far-right could take advantage.
Immigration and security are clearly the main issues of the election. It is on these issues that Macron distinguishes himself from his rivals. Whereas Le Pen is calling for strict immigration controls and has promised an EU referendum, Macron has defended open-door immigration and called for closer ties with the European Union.
Speaking in Berlin in early January, Macron said France's security would "not be better served by closing national borders" and called for an EU-wide solution to migration. Speaking in Algeria one month later, and with his fortunes in the polls rising, Macron made a surprise acknowledgement of France's controversial colonial history.
"Colonisation is part of French history. It's a crime against humanity. It is a real barbarism. It's part of the past and now we have to look forward and present our apologies regarding those to whom we have committed these acts," Macron said.
While his comments were welcomed by liberal sectors of society, they were greeted with shock by others, including his presidential rivals.
"Is there anything more serious when you want to be president… than to go abroad to accuse the country you want to lead of a crime against humanity?" Le Pen responded in a statement. "By using this argument probably for basely electoral reasons, the crime was committed by Mr Macron. He committed it against his own country."
Fillon also set his sights on Macron. "This dislike of our history, this continual repentance, is unworthy of a candidate for the presidency of the republic," he said.
Macron was unrepentant, saying: "We must find the courage to call things by their name. Are we condemned to forever live in the shadows of this traumatic experience?"
This is not the first time that Macron has made comments that his presidential rivals, on both sides of the liberal-conservative divide, would balk at. Speaking at a rally last October in Montpellier, Macron acknowledged that the country had made mistakes in unfairly targeting Muslims.
"No religion is a problem in France today. If the state should be neutral, which is at the heart of secularism, we have a duty to let everybody practise their religion with dignity," Macron said
Le Pen may be ahead in the polls, while Macron is second — either joint second with Fillon or just ahead of him — but all expectations are that Le Pen will falter in the second round as voters other than those on the far right, unite against her policies. For Macron, he only needs to hold steady to become France's next president.


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|My name is Stephen. I am Riley's dad who is in Parsley.
I am Co – Treasurer of the PTCA
I like long walks and socialising.
|Wendy is mum of Riley in Parsley Class, has two older children in senior school and is a stand-up comic.
She is also joint-secretary of the PTCA.
|My name is Micol and my daughter Alys is in Parsley Class. I am Co-Chair of the PTCA. I also have a younger son called Evan and another one on the way due in February 2017!
I have been working in the non-for-profit sector for many years within events fundraising, marketing and social media. I am also training to become a breastfeeding supporter in Islington and regularly volunteer at local drop-ins.
I am a keen knitter and sewer, although not very accomplished! My family and I love to travel an enjoy escaping to the country at every opportunity!
I really look forward to an exciting year of events and activities at WPS and raising lots of funds!
|Olga is Co-Treasurer of the PTCA. Olga holds a degree in Computer Science and has got years of experience working in IT sector. She currently works as a Database Administrator with an insanely inspirational team of specialists providing statistical research in sports. Olga has particular interest in Open Source technologies. My SQL and Linux and solid experience with developing robust and efficient database systems starting from initial evaluation to final deployment. She lives in North London with her partner Phil, two young sons and two cats. Olga enjoys travelling, reading old school sci-fi novels, playing chess and spending time with her family. Fluent in English and Russian. Olga has joined PTCA when her eldest has started reception at Whitehall park school because she is very fond of the school amd the great community spirit there is around it and would like to help keep this fantastic spirit going. Olga say's "We build the world around us and carry responsibility for it, if we sit and do nothing – nothing will happen."
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|My name is Gary Fitzpatrick, I am Co-Chair of the PTCA.
I am Dad to Teddy in Basil class and Ryan in Parsley class. My wife, Tracy was Co- Chair of the PTCA for the past two years. We are both very passionate about WPS and this is the reason I joined the Committee.
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GENERAL RETRO CHIT CHAT / Re: I AM BACK« on: October 16, 2012, 03:54:51 PM »
I hope some people remember me
Who are you again ??
Only joking
Welcome back, where ya bin ?
I had some personal issues to sort out, and I wasn't happy about my health. My life is getting back on track and I am a much happier person and gamer now.


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A catenary welcomes you to the beach in Ocata
Our daily landscape is full of images like this one. Every day we see chains that bar our way and we assume them naturally. However, which shape do these chains take? Can we identify them with known curves? These questions have thrilled some of the greatest mathematicians of all times and have led to the development of elaborated techniques valid today.
The main characters of this post are the Bernoulli brothers, Jakob (1655-1705) and Johann (1667-1748). They studied together Gottfried W. Leibniz's works until they mastered it and widened the basis of what is nowadays known as calculus. One of the typical problems was the study of new curves which were created in the 17th century to prove the new differential methods. René Descartes and Pierre de Fermat invented new algebraic and geometrical methods that allowed the study of algebraic curves (those which the coordinates x and y have a polynomial relation). Descartes didn't consider in his Géométrie curves that were not of this kind, and he called "mechanical curves" to all those ones that are not "algebraic". In order to study them, he developed non algebraic techniques that allowed the analysis of any kind of curves, either algebraic or mechanical. These mechanical curves had already been introduced a lot of time ago, and were used to solve the three classical problems: squaring the circle, angle trisection and doubling the cube.
When developing calculus, Leibniz's objective was to develop this general method that Descartes asked for. When Bernoulli brothers started to study curves and its mechanical problems associated, calculus would become its principal solving tool. For instance, in 1690 Jakob solved in Acta Eruditorum, a new problem proposed by Leibniz. In this document, he proved that the problem was equivalent to solve a differential equation and the power of the new technique was also shown.
During the 17th century, mathematicians often proposed problems to the scientific community. The first challenge that Jakob exposed was to find the shape that takes a perfectly flexible and homogeneous chain under the exclusive action of its weight and it is fixed by its ends. This was an old problem that hadn't been solved yet. As we can see in the picture, the shape taken by the chain is very similar to a parabola and, owing to the fact that it is a well-known curve for centuries, it comes easy to think that it is indeed a parabola (for example, Galileo Galilei thought that he had solved the problem with the parabola). However, in 1646 Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) was capable to refute it using physical arguments, despite not being able to determine the correct solution.
When Jakob aunched the challenge, Huygens was already 60 years old and successed in finding the curve geometrically, while Johann Bernoulli and Leibniz used the new differential calculus. All of them reached the same result, and Huygens named the curve "catenary", derived from the latin word "catena" for chain.
Hence the first picture shows a catenary which we observe without paying much attention although all its history. Nowadays, we know it can be described using the hyperbolic cosine, although any of all these great mathematicians couldn't notice it, as the exponential function had not been introduced yet. Then… How did they do it? Using the natural geometric propreties of the curve so Huygens, Johann Bernoulli and Leibniz could construct it with high precision only usiny geometry. Jakob didn't know the answer when he proposed the problem and neither found the solution by himself later. So Johann felt proud of himself for surpassing his brother, who had been his tutor (Jakob, who was autodidactic, introduced his younger brother to the world of mathematics while he was studying medicine). What is more, the catenary problem was one of the focusses of their rivalry.
Jakob and Johann were also interested in the resolution of another fmous problem: the braquistochrone. Now, Johann proposed the challenge of finding the trajectory of a particle which travels from one given point to another in the less possible time under the exclusive effect of gravity. In the deadline, only Leibniz had come up with a solution which was sent by letter to Johann with a request of giving more time in order to receive more answers. Johann himself had a solution and in this additional period Jakob, l'Hôpital and an anonymous english author. The answer was a cycloid, a well-known curve since the 1st half of the 17th century. Jakob's solution was general, developing a tool that was the start of the variational calculus. Johann gave a more imaginative solution based on Fermat's principle of maximums ans minimums and Snell's law of refraction of light: he considered a light beam across a medium that changed its refraction index continuously. Given this diference between their minds, Johann enforced his believe that he was better due to his originality and brightness, in contrast with his brother, who was less creative and worked more generally.
A third controversial curve was the tautochrone which is the curve for which the time taken by an object sliding without friction in uniform gravity to its lowest point is independent of its starting point. This property was studied by Huygens and he applied it to the construccion of pendulum clocks.
While we can see catenaries in a park to prevent children from danger or in the entrance to this Catalan beach, we luckily do not see cycloid slides. Thus, children will not descend in the minimum time but will reach the floor safe and sound!
But… who was the misterious english author? For Johann Bernoulli the answer to this question did not involve any mistery: the solution carried inside Isaac Newton's genius signature -to whom we apologise for having mentioned Leibniz as the calculus inventor-, and he expressed that in the famous sentence:
I recognize the lion by his paw.
Here we see one more example of a catenary in our daily life:
You have more information in this older post.
This post has been written by Bernat Plandolit and Víctor de la Torre in the subject Història de les Matemàtiques (History of Mathematics, 2014-15).
Location: Ocata beach (map)
Maria Gaetana Agnesi's Doodle
Maria Gaetana Agnesi (Milan, 16 May, 1718 – 9 January, 1799) was born in a rich Italian family. She was a very clever girl who spoke Italian and French at five years of age and six years later she was able to speak Latin, Greek, Hebrew, German and Spanish. His father was mathematics teachers in the University of Bologna and he never stopped his daughter's brightness so she wrote a very long speech about women's rights to be educated when was only 9 y.o. She was always studing and she was very ill one year later because her great interest in all the sciences and humanistic subjects.
She studied Geometry and therefore her father invited her to his meetings with the most learned men in Bologna. Familiar problems let her to retire to study Mathematics and she could learn differential calculus. She became teacher at the university of Bologna and wrote the Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana (Milan, 1748) where she show a great and didactic introduction to the differential and integral calculus and to the Euler's works.
The doodle commemorates 296 years since her birthday and we can see the famous Witch of Agnesi. Quoting Wikipedia:
Starting with a fixed circle, a point O on the circle is chosen. For any other point A on the circle, the secant line OA is drawn. The point M is diametrically opposite to O. The line OA intersects the tangent of M at the point N. The line parallel to OM through N, and the line perpendicular to OM through A intersect at P. As the point A is varied, the path of P is the witch.
The curve is asymptotic to the line tangent to the fixed circle through the point O.
The Witch was studied by Pierre de Fermat in 1630 and by Guido Grandi in 1703 and Agnesi called it as "versiera" which is Grandi's name.
Pierre de Fermat's doodle
My first post in 2014 is for remembering the Doodle dedicated to Pierre de Fermat's 410th birthday. It was in Google's main page in August 17, 2011.
Christiaan Huygen's birthday
Today is Christiaan Huygens's birthday and this is the doodle dedicated to Huygen's birthday in April 16, 2009.
Huygens (1629-1695) as one of the first mathematicians to study Probability. He published his De ratiociniis in ludo aleae in 1656 in which he established the foundations of the Calculus of Probabilities after Pascal and Fermat's letters. Furthermore, he worked on the cycloid, the rectification of curves, the pendulum,…
He also made important contributions to Phisics and Mechanics.
Fermat's theorem
Another of the important equations which stands out in the main entrance of Cosmocaixa in Barcelona is Fermat's last theorem:
Fermat was reading Diophantus' Arithmetic about the pythagorean triples x2 + y2 = z2 in 1637 when he noticed immediately that n = 2 was the only case which satisfies the equation xn + yn = zn. Then, he wrote in the margin of his edition of Diophantus' work:
it is impossible to separate a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into two fourth powers, or in general, any power higher than the second, into two like powers. I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which this margin is too narrow to contain
Probably, Fermat was only able to prove the new theorem for n = 4 using his proof by infinite descent: Fermat proved that there are not three numbers x, y, z such that x4 + y4 = z2 . First of all, we can suppose that x, y, z are co-prime from (x2)2 + (y2)2 = z2. If <x,y,z> = d, then we can divide all the equation by d2 and we'll have another equation (x2)2 + (y2)2 = z2 with <x,y,z> = 1.
Now, from the solution of the Pythagorean triples, there are p, q such that x2 = 2pq, y2 = p2 – q2 and z = p2 + q2.
We can observe that y2 = p2 – q2 implies that p2 = q2 – q2 is another Pythagorean triple so there are u, v co-prime such that q = 2uv, y = u2 – v2 and p = u2 + v2.
So, x2 = 2pq = 2(u2 + v2)(2uv) = 4(uv)(u2 + v2). Since <p,q> = 1, we know that <uv,u2 + v2> = 1 and since their product by 4 is a perfect square, they must be perfect squares too. So there exists a < p such that a2= u2 + v2 = p.
Finally, if we had (x2)2 + (y2)2 = z2 , we have obtain p and q co-prime with z = p2 + q2. Then it is possible to obtain another pair u and v co-prime with p = u2 + v2 and p < z, u < p and v < q. So we can iterate this algorithmic procedure so we'll obtain a set of pairs of natural numbers each of them lower than the previous and this fact is false, since we'd have an infinite decreasing succession of natural numbers without end!
Nobody accepts that Fermat could have known any other case apart of n = 4! In 1753, Leonhard Euler wrote a letter to Christian Goldbach telling him that he had proved the case n = 3 but the demonstration that he published in his Algebra (1770) was wrong. He tried to find integers p, q, z such that (p2 + 3q2) = z3 and he found that:
p = a3 – 9ab2, q = 3(a2b – b3) ⇒ p2 + 3q2 = (a2 + 3b2)3
He worked with numbers of the form a + b√-3 to find two new numbers a and b less than p and q such that p2 + 3q2 = cube and then he applied the method of infinite descent. Unluckily, he made some mistakes working with the new complex numbers a + b√-3.
This story is so exciting but, almost quoting Fermat, this post is too short to contain everything. If you are interested in, you must read Simon Singh's Fermat last theorem which is as interesting as the theorem itself.


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Back in the mid 1950's my father was a professional salesman. He taught me that Sales was all about being competitive, caring and competent. These attributes helped him be very prosperous over the years.
As a good Christian, my father believed that helping others was not only a noble goal, but a responsibility of everyone. With his guidance, I began helping others as a Cub Scout. Doing good deeds quickly turned competitive. The Cub Scout's award bronze, silver and gold arrows for various activities that support their mission and receiving arrows was like winning the Olympics for me. Winning these arrows became THE competition for me. At first, my goal was to win more than Tommy Teachout and then it shifted to literally fill my shirt with the little arrows. Dad taught me to believe that competition was good and healthy. Just as long as winning didn't come at the expense of another.
As a good father, my dad believed helping others was one of the best attributes a salesman could have. Like my father, I have been a salesman all my life. At a very young age Dad taught me that selling wasn't about persuading and convincing, but about truly caring for your customer. He always said that if you offer the customer something they need, they will buy it. He also believed that true salesmanship helps the customer understand that they need what you are selling. Dad truly believed that, bottom-line, if they REALLY don't need what you are selling, care enough to walk away. (But keep them in the Rolodex)
As a leader, my dad believed helping others grow and improve was a critical component of good leadership. Not unlike the young sales people that worked for my father, when we were young, we kids were expected to continuously improve in everything we did. Be it on the athletic field, in the church choir, or our given professions. We always needed to improve.
As a young man, my first commission sales job was selling shoes. I recall one time early on, when I complained about needing to take so long to locate shoes in the confused and cramped "Backroom" that it was hurting my sales. Dad simply told me not to worry about trying to change the system, but to focus on learning the system and deal with it. I did and in no time I was earning more than the full-time employees in only 20 hours per week.
My dad loved music.
He played the Xylophone in church and sang in the choir nearly every Sunday until just a short time ago. His competitiveness came out in everything he did. He wanted to be the best father, husband, salesman and Xylophonist. And, as I recall…he was. Of course, now that I think about it, I never actually knew any other Xylophonists.
Don't get me wrong. He wasn't great just because he was competitive, but because he truly cared. He cared deeply about his children, his clients and the congregation.
Finally, Dad was a role model when it came to having and maintaining a high level of competence in everything we did. He not only expected us to continuously improve, but he did it as well. I recall one Saturday evening when I wanted to go out, but dad couldn't take me because he was practicing the Xylophone for the next day's service. Now keep in mind, I had heard him flawlessly rehearse that same song what seemed like hundreds of times. He knew that his perfect practice would result in a perfect performance. On the other hand, I just wanted him to take me someplace where I could continuously improve my relationship with my friends (girlfriend) I'm sure. That Sunday morning, as I watched the congregation enjoying my father's music, I realized just how important competence was in maintaining highly effective levels of performance. Not just in music, but in everything we do.
My father passed away at 5:26PM today 5-26-09.
As I reflect on his life from my perspective and what he meant to me, I am grateful to have learned how to nurture a healthy level of competitiveness, a deep sense of caring and an appreciation for competence in every aspect of my life. Dad has often expressed how proud he was of his children and grandchildren. He was also very proud when I left Corporate America to embark in a business of helping others improve their performance and their lives. In fact, he left a voice mail message for me just a couple of weeks ago telling me how proud he was of me and all the kids. I saved that message, but I can't listen to it right now. Oh, but I will!
In closing, one element I often use in my presentations is to challenge the audience members to think of only one word that they would want on their gravestone. One word that describes who they are, who they were or what they did. Just a few of weeks ago, when Dad was still alert, I asked him what his one word would be. My competitive, competent and caring father said his word is…
Thanks for always believing in me Dad!
Love, your competitive, competent and caring Son…TJ


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8 Mysterious Medical Cases That Confound Doctors
Mummified Fetus Born
Zahra Aboutalib went into labor in 1955 in Morocco and was rushed to a hospital to give birth, where she witnessed a woman die during a C-section. She immediately fled back to her small village and at some point the pains and kicking from her unborn baby ceased. Zahra considered it a "sleeping baby" which is a Moroccan folk belief that a baby can live inside the womb of a mother to protect her honor. When she was 75 years old, she went back to a hospital because of excruciating abdominal pains. After an ultrasound, doctors determined that Zahra had experienced an ectopic pregnancy and that the fetus had calcified to protect the body from infection. If not discovered in time, ectopic pregnancies usually cause a vital organ to burst, often killing the mother. What is unusual about Zahra's case is that her body actually fused the calcified fetus with vital organs and her abdominal cavity and she was able to survive this way for 46 years. After a five-hour procedure doctors were able to remove the 7 lb stone-baby.
Zahra's calcified fetus. Image from starwination.com
Pornography Headaches
In 2012 the journal Archives of Sexual Behaviorpublished a report about a man in India whose strange headaches created a most unusual case for doctors. According to Dr. Amy Gelfand, a neurologist at UCSF School of Medicine, headaches from sexual activity are rare but not unheard of. However, this man only experienced sex headaches from watching pornography videos—not from engaging in sexual activity or masturbation. The cause of this man's weird headaches remains a mystery today, but doctors have hypothesized that it might have something to do with muscle contractions in the neck and jaw triggered from watching adult videos
Starry Eye
In 2013 the New England Journal of Medicine published an interesting case of a man who developed a star in his eye after being punched in the head. A strong shock to the face from impacts such as punches and even airbags has the ability to send intense shockwaves into the eye that can damage the lens and cause a cataract. The cataract that appeared in this 55 year-old man's eye was indeed strange because it appeared as an intricate eight-legged star. Usually cataracts appear as a white or yellowish cloudy mass in the eye. They can be treated with surgery to restore the vision of the person.
Image from New England Journal of Medicine
The Boy With No Appetite
Landon Jones of Iowa is a normal 12-year-old boy except that he refuses to eat or drink since he experiences no hunger or thirst. These unusual symptoms began in October of 2014 after he was successfully treated for a bacterial lung infection. Since then, his parents have to beg him to eat and drink at all, and he has lost over 35 lbs. He has been subjected to a number of tests, from spinal taps to brain scans, to psychiatric evaluations but physicians cannot figure out what is behind this mysterious condition and they are at a loss for how to treat him. According to Dr. Marc Patterson, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic, Landon's case may be the very first of its kind. Landon's parents have contacted the Undiagnosed Disease Program at the NIH in hopes that his case will be one of the 50-100 to be invited for evaluation by these diagnostic specialists where they might get to the root of the condition.
Hyper Empathy
A woman with severe epilepsy underwent a brain surgery to remove part of her amygdala and ended up having what is known as "hyper-empathy", according to a 2014 report published in the journal Neurocase. The patient reported feeling a newfound emotional arousal of spectacular proportions, as well as experiencing physical effects that accompanied her emotions. For example, she would report feeling a "spin at the heart" or an "esophageal unpleasant feeling" when she experienced sadness or anger. This case is unusual because the amygdala is the part of the brain involved in recognizing emotions. Since she had part of hers removed, one would expect that it would become more difficult for her to read others' emotions, rather than amplifying her level of empathy.
Lead Appendix
In 2013 a report was published in the New England Journal of Medicine about an 8-year-old Australian boy who had unusually high levels of lead in his blood for two years. Doctors couldn't find an explanation until the boy received an x-ray after coming down with an intense stomachache. The x-ray revealed a large number of small metal pellets inside the boy's digestive tract, so they gave him a bowel washout to clear out any foreign objects inside the abdomen. However, a second x-ray showed that even after this bowel washout the objects remained in place. The doctors operated on the boy's appendix and found that it weighed 5 times heavier than normal—it was filled with 57 lead pellets from a small hunting gun owned by the family, which the boy had consumed during a game with his siblings.
Image by James Heilman,MD (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) ]
Woman Left Blind Every 3 Days
Natalie Adler of Melbourne, Australia, had contracted a sinus and staph infection when she was in 11thgrade and woke up with swollen eyes. Since then she has been the victim of an extremely unusual disorder that causes her eyes to close involuntarily for three days at a time. At first the involuntary eye-clamping occurred at random intervals, but it eventually started a consistent 3-day cycle that leaves her blind 3 out of 6 days. She was seen by hundreds of eye specialists who ran numerous tests on her, but no doctor could find a cause, or a cure for the disorder. Natalie was able to improve her vision to see 5 days out of 6 by receiving Botox injections in her face, but reports say that this treatment no longer works for her. When she undergoes her involuntary blindness, Adler says, "My life is on hold -- I am unable to drive or work. In the beginning, I tried to ignore it but have now learnt to live with it."
The Miracle Walker
Mark Chenoweth spent ten years in a wheelchair as a result of spinal bifida, which he was born with. Despite this, he had always yearned to learn how to scuba dive, although his doctor understandably forbade him from taking lessons. Chenoweth somehow managed to convince a diving center in Minorca to give him lessons, when he dove to a depth of 55 ft underwater. After he surfaced he was able to walk for three days without a wheelchair. Eventually Chenoweth noticed that the deeper he dives, the longer he is able to go without a wheelchair afterwards. He now uses his wheelchair only twice a year. Doctors are conflicted about why this type of temporary recovery occurs, but a certain theory suggests that nerve cells damaged by spinal bifida are somehow temporarily affected by the high mix of oxygen in the aqualungs used by divers.
By G.P. Schmahl, Sanctuary Superintendent. Credit: NOAA/NOS/NMS/FGBNMS; National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library.


text: Stephen 169 Report post Posted October 12, 2016 Laminar Research : X-Plane 11 Release notes For Laminar Research to announce that a "Big Announcement" that was coming in October at the RAF Cosford Simulation Show (8th October) and that Austin Meyer and Ben Supnic where going to be there at the show, and even the Stanley Kubrick inspired promos are now coming off YouTube at a rate of click. So it wasn't really a hard to guess that this was for the announcement for the release of X-Plane11, as the timeline easily pointed towards "Thanksgiving" as this was always the usual standard Laminar Research major release point period anyway. The 13th June FlightSimCon previews were correct as well along with my forecast that yes indeed X-Plane 11 will be released this year, for as noted at the time the shown exhibits at FlightSim 2016 were just too well defined to be still in early development. But with the release at Cosford you did get more information, and a little more detail in that you can now define on what X-Plane 11 is going to be. First to note is that X-Plane 11 is available now if you wish to purchase the online key, you DON"T actually get X-Plane11 of course but you do get the download as soon as it is available (Thanksgiving in the US) and the key works for X-Plane10 and 11 as so you don't have to have different keys for the different versions. There will be for the first time two different packages to buy and are aimed at different audiences, the current price is US$59.99 Download 1. The first download is the electronic version, but to use this download does mean you must already have X-Plane10 installed with the "Global Scenery" that comes on those eight DVD disks. This version is intended for current X-Plane users and the upgrade to X-Plane11 will be just like a standard X-Plane installer update. Which is very good news as you will have X-Plane11 installed very quickly and not wait around for the eight disk DVD package to arrive, and as I am in Australia in that last time it took six weeks for the package to arrive. -There is the option to download the "Global Scenery" or as it is noted as "Regional Scenery" but it is a very hefty download (see below) - Steam: Steam will be probably be downloaded the same way. But in most cases the first X-Plane release is usually a beta version (or prerelease) so the new version may not be available to Steam straight away as per the beta program rules. Boxed Package 2. The second version is the standard Boxed version with the nine DVD disks. This version is aimed at new users to X-Plane and the set requires the user to download and insert the full or selected areas that makes up the "Global Scenery" folder. Obviously with the "Download" that means there is no update to the basic X-Plane scenery tiles or an inclusion of the HD version. But it is my guessing is that these will continue and you will still have the option (depending on your computer power) to use the HD scenery or not. This area is still a bit of an Laminar dilemma in that on how to download these huge Gb files over the web (overall nearly 100 gb of scenery is now available). But faster broadband speeds may help there, but for X-Plane11 that global scenery area really stays the same as X-Plane10. Coming X-Plane 11 Features New User Interface Multi-Monitor & MultiPlayer New Aircraft GPS and FMS (Flight Management System) enhancements New Flight Model New Autogen (model) Dynamic Airports Lighting & Fog FMOD Sound Particle Effects New Weapons System Set within those headline features are other great new ideas and enhancements that will greatly enhance the simulator, we will highlight them as we cover the main items in depth. It must be noted that the above is just the current listed features, not the complete list of what X-Plane 11 will become. A new version of the simulator is not what you only see but what is also buried in the code or hidden structure to support new features not yet perfected or ready for use. One area that highlights this will be covered in Lighting and Fog below. So don't despair if you think some important items have not been addressed in this first release period. Note: Laminar Research is keeping the release very much in house for this early beta, so the images here are a collection of poor You Tube grabs and the few released images. When X-PlaneReviews gets better sharper images I will replace them or add in more information as it comes to hand, so check back in again regularly as they become available. New User Interface Everything you are currently used to when starting up X-Plane will be gone in X-Plane11. One of the biggest complaints of X-Plane is its very complicated and to be honest very dated drop down menu interface. It works of course and no doubt about that, but still very old-fashioned. Now on startup you will the new designed startup screen... .... you will soon get four options on restarting X-Plane. Resume Last Flight Start New Flight Load Saved Flight Flightschool I personally love the "Resume Last Flight" selection in that the one thing that really annoys me is resetting up my last point in the simulator, another great help here is in the menu selection of airport start points as we will see. But to get back to the point where you left off in the last flight is a total pain in either positioning in the local map or taxiing to the required position from the runway. I was never really happy with the "save situation" as it always left the aircraft missing something or not loaded correctly and it was worse with plugin 3rd party aircraft. "Load Saved Flight" could be the replay mode? or a replacement for the "save situation" in a new updated form. Flightschool will be now built in for novices and for the rest of use to hone our skills, but a nice addition. Another but excellent item is the "Exit X-Plane" button on the bottom of the panel. How many times have you started X-Plane by mistake or wanted out early, and then you would have to wait while it took ages to all load up everything, just so you could go and "quit!" well no more. Flight Configuration Screen The old "Quickflight" Screen is gone, and has been replaced by the "Flight Configuration Screen". This new screen is more than just a start up panel to set up the aircraft, airport and weather details... It is now your complete new startup menu system. This a very clever panel to use. On the surface it still has only the basic components of the selection of the aircraft, airport and weather with the added panel for the time of day settings. Simple to use and to look at... and still fast to set up. But the setup panel goes on far more than just picking out the basics. Unlike before you can now also fine tune each selection to your complete specifications... we will start with Aircraft. Aircraft Selection of aircraft is not just selecting the aircraft from your aircraft folder anymore. You now have in X-Plane11 a wide variety of search options in a set banner menu that consists of: All Classes - All Engine Types - All Manufacturers - All Studios This breaks down the selections into easier groups under the set folders in the X-Plane Aircraft folder, but more than that you can also select the engine number (1, 2,3 or 4), aircraft manufacturer or X-Plane developer (3rd party). Still lost to find what you want, then use the new search box. The trick buttons here in X-Plane11 are the "Advanced" buttons on each selection. These buttons now allow you to drill down and do more fine tuning on how or which way you wish to set that item up, in either the areas of Aircraft, Airport, Weather or Time of Day. In selecting "Advanced" on your selected aircraft you get more details on the aircraft, including the star (green arrow) for making the aircraft a "Favorite" selection and then that selection listed in the your "Favorites" list. Lower left of the panel are two buttons that relate to setting up the aircraft in "Weight, Balance & Fuel" and "Failures". Notice also the checkbox for Hot or cold engine start (or engines running). There is also a tab here to allow you to scroll (quickly) visually through all your liveries that are included with this aircraft and then select the version you want. Selecting either the "Weight, Balance & Fuel" and "Failures" buttons brings up setting panels for both areas. The "Weight, Balance & Fuel" panel is brilliant to use and the aircraft adjustable weight dial is easy and very clever to use and at any time you can reset to the default values. In "Failures" you can drill down from system (and aircraft) area failures to specific items and the times or frequency of those failures. The usual "set global mean time between failures" and to be able turn off the failures altogether is still in there. Location There is an excellent feature in that you don't have to go and backtrack to a main menu to select another different area in the setup menu that you need to access. If you just want to do the basics like select an airport then just do that, or if you select the "Advanced" button of that area then you go straight to that area... this is quick and highly efficient navigation, and it allows you to what you want and do it very simply, but also the very indepth setups are just as easy to access across all the different areas you need to change... Airports are easier to search with more information on their type and use. There are two selections in start points in "Ramp" or "Runway". But the biggest feature is the easier finding that correct runway or gate start position. Before it was a time consuming guessing game to get that runway or gate start that you wanted, certainly if you were looking for a say a cargo stand. But now all the gates and runway positions are all marked and the airport location map will scale to help you find the correct position. How easy can this be... A lower left button (green arrow) notes "Special Starts", a favorites list or my guess it is the "Aircraft & Situations" situations starts. Weather and Time of Day Instead of the eight weather selection panels (Clear, few, scattered, broken, overcast, low-Vis, foggy and stormy) you now have a sliding scale of all the weather options available and what the weather looks like. Same goes for the "Time of Day" panel with the same time scale and graphic options. No views of the "Time of Day" Advanced button has yet been revealed, but the "track real date and time is in there". Under the Weather "Advanced" button the old complex weather panel is gone... The Weather setup is now more visual (that means easier) than the guess work layout of before. Both "Cloud" and "Wind" layers are added in and set separately but shown together in an altitude format, very easy but they can also be setup in a very comprehensive way. Dragging of the different altitudes that you want with the selected "Cloud" and "Wind" settings that you want to cover is again visual and you can just drag to set which is easy and clever. The weather "properties" are also now displayed of each layer and the information is certainly very handy if you have auto imported the real world METAR's or high winds (Winds-Aloft) data. Checkbox for real time data downloads is bottom left. X-Plane load Screen This is the new X-Plane load screen. The standard moving load bar (now in blue) is still along the bottom, but at least now we have something more interesting to look at while we wait. Menu panel Where as really before in X-Plane10 there was one banner menu for all X-Plane setup and computer settings. In X-Plane11 the settings have now been split into more different areas. - The first was the above "Flight Configuration Screen" that covered all the areas of setting up the Aircraft, Airport, Weather or Time of Day. - The second is the computer screen settings panel, and these panels access is by a new popup banner. Instead of the earlier single row of dropdown menus aligned to the left the menu has been split with the few remaining text menus still on the left, but a new set of six icons now sitting on the right. The noted left text banner Menu items here are: File - Flight - View - Developers - Plugins The right set of icons have to this point not been totally defined, but the "Flight Configuration Screen" set out above is the first icon and the "settings" menu below is the fifth icon. The settings menu consists of: General - Sound - Graphics - Network - Data Output - Joystick - Keyboard In effect you should easily recognise all these menu items as the same as in the current X-Plane10 layout... only one title is changed and that is the "Graphics" in that the current panel is called "Rendering Settings". No images of the new "Graphics" panel are yet available, but my guess it has been totally redesigned for a more ease of use and less confusion on how to set out your render settings and what each item does. It will be interesting to see the final layout as this panel is usually the most used of all the X-Plane menu items. The above "General" settings is a guide of what to expect with a more clearer layout and sliders replacing numbers in many areas. The "General" panel covers five areas in: Language - Warnings - Flight Model - Data - Damage These two panels show the changes for "Data Output" and "Network" settings. There are all completely redesigned but the as with everything here the actual items and the selections are the same as with X-Plane10, so you should very easily change over to the new format. The "Joystick" panel looks excellent with the connected controllers shown in the display and all the buttons and sliders are noted for X-Plane connection. Again the process to connect up the buttons to the X-Plane command is the same but with just a different format. Multi-Monitor and MultiPlayer Laminar Research have noted they have made or are going to make significant changes for "Multi-Monitor" and external device support for home-based systems and more importantly for the Instructor/Trainee markets. In X-Plane11 there is now more window support for Multi-Monitor users. If you use any pop-out windows (or panels) then they can also be moved to a new window or to a second monitor. All windows also can be resized and scaled to fit your monitor size, and so they can be as small or large as you need them and you can compress or expand their panels as you like. A new tool is that you can also put world visuals on any monitor which I guess would be like a moving map. It will be interesting how 3rd party developers will use this idea and the tool... so watch that space. And for more versatility the Instructors operators station will in X-Plane11 be able to be put on any secondary monitor. For online "MultiPlayers" which is a now important area for simulators, Laminar Research have changed the panel design to reflect the set up X-Plane for on line gaming. There has always been a lot of noise and complaints about this area of X-Plane from online users, but Laminar Research as said that they are going to make this area one of the best, but don't expect miracles straight away, but for Laminar's perspective they do need to get it right, because this area is one of the big growth areas (meaning sales) for the simulator. New Aircraft One of the biggest surprises that came out of the 8th October announcement was the exciting new aircraft that will be included with X-Plane11. Four are expected and they are: Boeing 737NG Cessna Citation X Sikorsky S-76 (helicopter) Mcdonnell Douglas MD-82 Boeing737NG: The inclusion of a Boeing 737NG as a default aircraft in X-Plane11 is a surprise, but should it be? It has been floating around for awhile and if you take a look at the promo logo for X-Plane10... that is a Boeing 737NG. So is it late or did it just take far longer to create than expected. But with a default version now available that can't be a bad thing. A night shot of the B737NG cockpit says a thousand words, but "Wow" has to be at the very top of the list. I wouldn't expect a lot of system depth, the basics should be all in there though and note that excellent FMS is installed (more on that below). Cessna Citation X: Another aircraft that disappeared completely early in its conception stage has reappeared as an excellent looking Biz jet. Sikorsky S-76: Good helicopters have been thin on the ground for a few years, but this excellent looking S-76 could really shake you out of your fixed-wings and back into the world of vertical flight. Mcdonnell Douglas MD-82: Laminar Research noted that this MD-82 has been around for a few years. My guess it is the completed X-Plane Freeware Project version that never made it out of beta in X-Plane9, gone then but not forgotten, the T-Jet is back! Another huge X-Plane favorite has also (finally) had a big makeover and that aircraft is the default Boeing 747-400 So well long in tooth is the default B744 is that I actually dropped it from my flying roster (see Behind the Screen : August 2016). But the gods have heard my pleas and the Queen is back. The images briefly show a complete redesign in the cockpit, that is a great start.... and all those heavy textures seem to have been banished! GPS and FMS (Flight Management System) enhancements The really exciting prospect of those two new and updated heavies (B737NG/MD-82/B744) is that X-Plane10 will deliver not only the aircraft, but they will be (hopefully all of them) for the first time have a default X-Plane FMS (Flight Management System) The new FMS is definitely installed in the MD-82, as the aircraft is shown in the above images and so it is in the B737NG, but what of the others? Why would or should you get excited about this FMS? Well this is a Philipp Münzel designed FMS and think... FlightFactor... Boeing 777,757, 767... getting the vibe? Philipp Münzel FMS's are the best in X-Plane, elegant, with a lot of system depth, and hopefully now available in all three of these great new aircraft in X-Plane11. An added bonus with this default FMS is that like the default Garmin GNS430/530 GPS, you might not know where it may end up in other 3rd party aircraft. As the new FMS shares the same data as the Garmin GNS430/530 GPS. So the flow and depth of data that is required for the FMS has gone the other way into the current GPS pair as well.. Now the Garmin's have runway selections, SID and STAR departure and arrival procedures, vector to final, air-routes and better flightplan visual layouts. In other words it is now a powerful bit of kit. And if Philipp has been through the code it should be smoother and more efficient as well in operation. So in one swipe all the FMS/GPS systems in the X-Plane aircraft have been brought right up to date and are all quality units. Laminar Research have also noted that ALL the default aircraft will be of the same quality and detailing, and you had a taste of that quality with the release of both the updated Beechcraft Baron 58 and King Air C90B in 10.50. New Flight Model Austin Meyer said that X-Plane11 will have new and better flight model. Mostly concentrating on his own Lancair Evolution he explained the forces and running of his PT-6a-42 engine in that what you get in pure performance doesn't happen so much in real life aviation and he wants to simulate that... Interesting stuff, we will see where that goes and more in depth when it moves on more from the theory to the X-Plane desktop... but it is an interesting future and could bring X-Plane higher to an even more realism benchmark. New Autogen (model) X-Plane10 was mostly specific in getting the visual aspect of the simulator more realistic. To a point it was pretty successful in the idea of a plausible world and not so much of a complete replica of the real world. Efficiency of objects is the key and the other direction in to creating perfect replica buildings is just going to grind your computer down to a crawl as you see with OSM 3d scenery. In reality once you are up in the air, most of the scenery around you does look the same, only the different shapes and sizes make the differences. This is the idea behind the plausible world look. Throughout the X-Plane10 run the plausible world idea was more refined than expanded. Then as now you still only have one set of autogen for the suburbs known as SoCal or South Californian or USA. The code for other different regions to expand out the autogen was put in place a few X-Plane10 versions back, but still not utilised. Up to this point Laminar Research has only used one Swiss artist to keep the quality and the tight restrictions required for efficient autogen. But really after the full run of X-Plane10 and only SoCal and a more of a focus on the urban infrastructure in tall buildings, factories and warehouses X-Plane is still covered with actually almost the same SoCal autogen in the suburbs from Dubai in the Middle-East to Stockholm in Sweden. That will all change in X-Plane11. The art assets are being opened up to 3rd party artists to contribute to the regional autogen... and thank god on high for that. The autogen restrictions are still very severe as they need to be for the efficiency that is required, but otherwise there is no doubt that with the many hands already shooting up this area that the look and feel of the autogen will change quite significantly and quickly. Laminar Research has shown the first area to be included and it is Germany, and in X-Plane11 you will have besides SoCal also Germanic housing. Another addition to the autogen model is the inclusion of terraced or long buildings. These are created by putting together many of the current singular buildings and then joining them up together as a row (below right). The autogen transformation will be quick, and more plausible in the fact that soon your arrival into Dubai finally won't have American housing on your approach path! Dynamic Airports Another of the big original complaints about X-Plane was that it did not have the huge database of airports to fly into. It did have the airports per se, but only the airport data in the location of the runways and a windsock! But no actual 3d buildings. That changed in X-Plane10 as Laminar Research created a database to collect 3rd party airports built using the WED tool to fill in that credibility gap and if you load X-Plane now then these "Global Airports" are automatically sited there for your use. To a point more time and hours in creating the tools and infrastructure to support this specific area of X-Plane (called Lego) during the X-Plane10 run in reality overrode most other areas of development, but the results have been very good. The numbers are impressive in 7,092 global sceneries have been created and 5,191 of them have been created with 3d objects by 1,862 scenery artists. But this only puts the scenery into the simulator, now Laminar want to go to the next step in creating... Dynamic Airports! Dynamic Airports as a feature has already started with the 10.50 update with the inclusion of better static (A.I.) aircraft positioning at airport gates to work with the better ATC (Air Traffic Control). Now Laminar Research is adding in another step in filling out the areas around the aircraft with service vehicles or "Live Ground Traffic". I use the JARDesign "Ground Handling Deluxe" plugin for service vehicles a lot, It works and looks great. But around you there is nothing happening to all the other aircraft and when you taxi in or out of the terminal areas and unless it has vehicle "Traffic" running, there is nothing going on. This new feature will provide more movement but also fill in all those blank areas with service vehicle traffic. This sounds great in theory and with one aircraft but then multiply that with say Atlanta (KATL) or another mega-hub and it will be interesting to see it all works, but it is very exciting as well if it does... The feature is also available for 3rd party (i.e. payware) developers and that is where you are going to see the biggest changes, as the feature will be perfectly intergrated in with the airport scenery. There will be a new WED (WorldEDitor) version released the same time as X-Plane11 with the new tools built in for creating these "Dynamic" features. Lighting & Fog One of the fanfare features of X-Plane10 was HDR or High-dynamic-Range rendering which created great lighting effects and lighting shades. Laminar Research were justifiably proud of their HDR feature and it was a big bonus for the simulator. As good as HDR is it doesn't cover all the aspects of reflection and lighting. Mostly in reflection. As we see the world our eyes are very good at picking up the variations in light reflected objects in say dull flat items to bright shiny reflective surfaces. So a new lighting feature come in X-Plane11 is "Physically Based Rendering" or "PBR" The idea is that any surface can have different reflection properties, like a brick's surface (or texture) is not shiny or even that reflective. It can however in certain lighting conditions look shiny and reflect light, so a runway that can close up look rough and have a flat matt surface reflection, at a distance though the runway can also then look actually like a reflective surface and like water. And this is the idea behind Physically Based Rendering and the way that light follows the rules of Physics. From a computing position anything can be done, but it is at the cost in the processing or computing power. So in most cases visual tricks are used to compensate for the different surfaces. It works like this... Instead of using current lighting techniques like using multiple diffuse textures and specular maps for each part of every object in the simulator to represent the various different conditions, you can just create one texture for each part then artificially define properties like the refractive index to help parameterize a physics model that controls how light and shadow work when rendering frames of the simulator's view that contains that object. Bonuses of PBR in X-Plane11 will include that everything (surfaces) will now be reflective and the reflections can vary with the viewing angle with a very efficient process without using huge amounts of processing power.... it is called a "Win Win" So our current dull objects or aircraft will become more dynamic and shiny. Glass will look more natural and surfaces from any angle will be reflective. In the early days the PBR effects won't cover the scenery modeling as it is far more complex, but Laminar say's that it will come in some form in the future and not interfere with current scenery textures. Also coming to X-Plane11 is Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO). An algorithm is implemented as a pixel shader, which analyzes the scene depth buffer which is stored in a texture. For every pixel on the screen, the pixel shader samples the depth values around the current pixel and tries to compute the amount of occlusion from each of the sampled points. In its simplest implementation, the occlusion factor depends only on the depth difference between sampled point and current point. Ambient occlusion is a shading and rendering technique used to calculate how exposed each point in a scene is to ambient lighting. The interior of a tube is typically more occluded (and hence darker) than the exposed outer surfaces. The trick of SSAO is to make the complex calculations only on the computers GPU in realtime (and not using computers CPU) which makes it very efficient to create ambient lighting and to make the simulator scenes more lifelike. Fog X-Plane11 comes with a new particle effects engine and it has been completely rewritten for efficiency and better effects. One of the early side effects from that new engine is the new fog shader. Fog in X-Plane now is quite a strange animal in that what you get really is all or nothing. The worse effect is as you come into land and the fog just lifts and you get the full airport in a new light, very dramatic but not very realistic. The new fog now has exponential decay or it becomes more and more thicker at a more rapid rate. Better radial distance and linear calculations create a smooth flow from one fog distance and thickness to another... in other words perfect fog. This effect will also create a much more effective horizon or that haze that takes out the detail of buildings at a distance, the effect all round is more realism. It is also important to note that in the process of installing new features and code. Is that with a major simulator version change not everything is laid out for use on the initial release. The fog feature is one coming, but many has expressed the views that more or better weather effects should have taken priority. As they say you can't build a house without a foundation, and that is what Laminar are doing here in laying down a foundation for better weather effects that are coming in the X-Plane11 run. When is anyone's guess, but Ben Supnic noted that only when the effects are good enough will they be included as they are still in the early stages of development, but they are coming. FMOD Sound FMOD is a sound effects engine developed by Firelight Technologies and the FMOD format is coming to X-Plane11 to create far better and more 3d like surround sounds for all Win/Mac/linux platforms. The new sounds will intergrate directly with the X-Plane Flight model, physics and command system. To a point X-Plane's current sound engine is very basic, just a collection of wav sound files were as most developers are now currently using plugins to create separate sound engines to compensate for the current lack of flexibility. This sound engine will bring the sound back into the simulator. Since the FlightSim 2016 notes then no new information about sounds were revealed at the 8th October announcement. But back then Laminar Research did note that they were creating a new tools to create better sounds for their inclusion in the simulator and it will be open to all developers. New Weapons System Laminar Research did release a load of new features for weapons use in X-Plane 10.50, these included: Weapon selection is now better with flashing selected armaments. You can now also steer or aim in a direction a gun, even with a second joystick can be added in to do the delivery job. Unguided bombs and rocket numbers have been added with up to 24 bombs and 99.999 rockets! that is if you can carry that heavy load. Air to ground bombs and missiles can now be laser or GPS guided to their targets. Either by a gun/bomb steering with a joystick axis or by locking in on a target and then firing letting the bombs or missiles go to their assigned target, and all can be set via your on-board aircraft situation display monitor. In the upgraded weapons package is another feature that could be used also by other aircraft developers. This is a new on board aircraft "Camera" feature that can be steered (again by a second joystick) and zoomed with my guess a joystick top-hat, key or similar adjustment. If that is the package or more is coming to X-Plane11 then Laminar didn't expand anymore on that area at the 8th October announcement, so we will have to see what is actually in there when X-Plane11 is released. Summary the new X-Plane in version 11 is more a very technical upgrade than X-Plane10 which was more focused on the visual. So at first glance the simulator will not have as much in your face features except for the complete overhaul of the interface and menu system. But dig deep and there is a lot going to be inserted in there and a lot in the way of efficiencies in not only in the way the simulator runs, but also in the way it looks and sounds. But don't expect all the gongs and features on release. It will take a year or so before everything is fully settled down and all the features are well intergrated. And also keep in mind on that count that the basic building blocks are actually going in now, but they won't show their features for a while into the future. In reality it is a good approach by Laminar Research in to put in first a lot of basic components or code and get that working perfectly until then later adding in more features and ideas on top. This is the opposite of the approach to X-Plane10 were as Laminar put everything in at the start and then spent a lot of time just fixing it all up. Looking closely at the new interface, you can see a radically different way you will interact with X-Plane. It is in the smooth transition for all areas in selecting Aircraft, Scenery, Weather and Time of Day and still have a simple or the deep depth of settings very easily at hand. The interface is powerful and clever and a lot of time and thought has gone into its conception, it looks very smooth in operation as well and will be a big drawcard for new users into flight simulation. For current users you will easily recognise all your current menu items and settings for use, the only difference is the way they are now accessed and used. Value... Many will question value and the cost of upgrading to X-Plane11. Just first note that with X-Plane10 you got far much more than Laminar Research advertised when it was released so yes in the end you did end up with great value for your investment. So if Laminar Research do deliver the new features promised here then it is already good value, more so if the promised new efficiencies are part of the deal then that is a better deal as well. The biggest bonus than like X-Plane10 is that many of you shouldn't need to currently upgrade to run X-Plane11 as in reality there is nothing in there that could be a processor buster. If you have an already weak machine with X-Plane10 then don't expect the new one help you out either, you will still need power to run it. but that generational leap in power is not required here. For sheer value on top of the new simulator is the collection of new aircraft. The B737NG, MD-82, Cessna Citation X, S-72 and a totally revamped Boeing 747-400 are all worth the admission price alone, yes they won't have the depth of systems or features of say a flightfactor aircraft, but they will have its FMS! and that is going to be a brilliant deal for everyone. The above notes are in context of yet not actually running X-Plane11 or even sighting it as it is not yet actually running as a beta, so areas and maybe even items will change on the release of the new version. To that effect we will update this review to compensate for those changes. Also remember that it is good chance the first release will be a beta version (as Laminar did with X-Plane10) so if you want a solid version then I would wait until the release goes final (it only took a few weeks last time). The one thing about X-Plane is the constant change, another new era is coming for our simulator and it is another exciting step towards what Austin Meyer's vocally proclaims "The best simulator ever!" Funny thing is with X-Plane11 he may be finally getting there. ____________________________________________________________ Stephen Dutton Updated 17th October 2016 Copyright©2016: X-PlaneReviews Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Depuis environs un mois, j'anime un espace de coworking dans le 11ème arrondissement à Paris, en collaboration avec les magnifiques Small Bang et Oikos paysagistes & urbanistes. Cet espace, que nous avons nommé Super Belleville, est conçu comme un lieu ouvert de création collaborative, une plateforme spatiale pour architectes, designers, artistes et…slashers.
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DREAMHAMAR è un processo di network design applicato alla creazione di uno spazio pubblico per la città di Hamar, in Norvegia.
Una delle caratteristiche più importanti della metodologia network design è la realizzazione di prototipi a scala reale sulla piazza tramite eventi, installazioni ed azioni urbane.
During last months I've been working hard for dreamhamar network design process to transform the design of a public space in Norway into a collective dream. While I was working from Ecosistema Urbano in Madrid as a member of the DIGITAL LAB TEAM, another team was moving to Hamar in order to coordinate onsite activities.
A few days ago Noa, one of my colleagues in Hamar, published "Learning from Hamar", a short essay about her 2 months experience in Norway. I think it is a great report and a touching text; it explains how a network design process goes beyond the pure participation process, by building a networked community (both local and international) to work on a mutual case.
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In 2 days we start dreamhamar's three-month long participation phase of workshops, lectures and model building where residents are invited to dream and to discuss the future of Stortorget Square, and it is marked with a big opening party next Saturday, September the 17th at 2:00 pm !
Here are some graphic works I realized with Ecosistema Urbano team for the opening event.
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images above based on flickr pictures by Amber Case and Smite Me
I am very happy to share with you a post originally written for dreamhamar blog by our blogger and community manager Marisa, with whom I am collaborating in Ecosistema Urbano.
As one of my principal role within dreamhamar process is to develop theory and methodology for this architectural participation project, a few month ago I wrote What is Network Design Methodology? (originally in Spanish and translated in English by Marisa, thanks!) where I explained which methodology we were going to use for dreamhamar.
When Marisa was working to the English version of the article, she started detesting me :)
In the following text she explains why and she "translates" my words into an understandable language also for a non-architect. I sincerely invite you to read it: very funny and clear.
Thanks again Marisa for this brilliant explanation of network design methodology for participation processes!
I remember when Francesco Cingolani first tried to explain me whatnetwork design was. I remember looking puzzled. I remember going home wondering why two simple words had to combine in a concept so difficult to grasp.
image by dreamhamar (Flickr)
Comme certains savent dejà, une grande partie de mes efforts professionelles des derniers mois ont été focalisés sur le projet de network design dreamhamar. Alors je vous invite à suivre aujourd'hui (ainsi que tout les autres lundis) à 18:00 la session LIVE de HAMAR EXPERIENCE, un streaming en directe depuis Hamar, Norvège dans lequel nous partageons les evolutions de ce projet de creation architecturale participative.
Pour nous suivre, rendez-vous tout les lundis à 18:00 sur dreamhamar.org/digital_lab/experience/


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For most of us the government shutdown is a bad joke that seems like it will never end, but for 12-year-old Justin Clark and his family, the shutdown that has frozen the works of federal government is a lot closer to a very unfunny hostage situation.
Two months ago Justin was diagnosed with Giant Axonal Neuropathy, a disease so rare there are only about 50 known cases in the world. Justin's parents had noticed their son seemed to be on the clumsy side from a young age. He tripped a lot and had a little trouble with his motor skills, but it was nothing that seemed out of the ordinary until they noticed he was having trouble walking, Lagenia Clark, his mom, said.
His walk kept getting worse as the tendons and structure of his feet deteriorated. The doctors diagnosed him with GAN's disease a few days before he underwent two four-hour surgeries to reconstruct how his feet worked. Justin was diagnosed with a disease they'd never heard of where most patients don't live beyond their 20s or 30s, at most, Clark said.
At first, the entire family was just in shock, but soon they decided to do something about it. Clark connected with Hannah's Hope, a national organization promoting awareness and research about GAN's disease. Through the organization, they also learned about a clinical trial slated to begin in December. Justin's symptoms aren't as severe as most patients with the disease, so he wouldn't qualify for the first phase of the trials but they were hoping he'd make it into the third round, Clark said. In a disease that moves fast and kills quickly, time is everything. The board that signs off on clinical trials with the National Institutes of Health was scheduled to hear from the GAN team at this month's meeting, but the government shutdown means there won't be a meeting, Clark said.
The board only meets once a month and then there is a 30-day review period after the presentation before the board will rule on whether the trials can proceed, Clark said. Every day she and the rest of the family watch as politicians squabble and refuse to make a deal, knowing that each passing day makes means more time lost for Justin and others with the disease.
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Meanwhile, Justin's twin brother, Jared, has been on a school trip to Yellowstone National Park, also closed because of the shutdown, which just adds to the frustration of their situation.
Justin, a kid who loves playing video games and building Lego robots, has been examining the shutdown with the practicality that only comes with being 12.
"Why can't they get along? Why can't they figure this out? They teach us that in kindergarten," he told his mom.
Clark told him she doesn't know. Maybe they skipped that lesson.


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Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Skills, Rugby Team Management, top tips | Tags: backs moves, great rugby tries, set moves, Super 15 moves
Some great moves to try out, but of course, they need:
1. Good set piece ball.
2. Pace onto the ball.
3. Players who are willing to change their angles to find the gaps.
4. Accurate execution of skills.
Lots of wrap arounds here by the way.
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Drills, Rugby Skills, Rugby Training | Tags: fast hands, quick and easy drills for rugby handling, rugby handling drills, soft handling in rugby
I like these drills because the players have to start outside their comfort zone and yet will enjoy the success when they are good at them. Ideal for warm ups and for work ons at the start of sessions.
I have used all these drills/activities and found them to work well with a good range of players. Probably a bit far advanced for Under 11s unless they are particularly skilful.
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Drills, Rugby Skills, Rugby Training | Tags: coaching rugby passing, lateral passing, rookie coaching, rugby basic passing, tag coaching, usa rugby
The US rugby development team are doing a great job rolling out rugby to new players. Here is one their coaches showing young players how to develop lateral passing. It is not a new idea, but it is extremely well executed.
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Conditioning, rugby defence, Rugby Drills, Rugby Fitness, rugby sevens, Rugby Skills, Rugby Training | Tags: key phrases for rugby coaching, rugby coaching words, rugby knowledge
Given that the England soccer manager, Fabio Capello, believes that he only needs 100 words to talk to the players, I set out to produce a similiar list. In fact, I got to 106, but I am sure I have left some out.
The rule for the list is this: ONE WORD IN means ONE WORD OUT. So any suggestions must come with a word to leave out.
Advantage, Backs, Back Play, Ball, Bind, Blind Side, Blitz, Box Kick, Centre, Charge Down, Chip, Clean Out, Clearance, Communication, Concentrate, Conditioning, Contact, Conversion, Cool Down, Corner flagging, Crash Ball, Dead Ball, Decision Making, Decoy, Defensive Line, Development, Drift, Drive, Drop Goal, Drop Out, Dummy, Engage, Fast Hands, First Phase, Five Metre, Fix, Flankers, Flat Pass, Fly Half, Footwork, Forward Pass, Forwards, Foul Play, Free Kick, Fringes, Front Row, Gain Line, Game Plan, Game Sense, Gate, Go Forward, Grid, Grubber, Handoff, Hooker, Inside Centre, Jackle, Jumper, Kick, Knock-On, Laws, Lifter, Lineout, Line Speed, Lock, Loose Head Prop, Mark, Maul, Miss, No 8, Offside, Open Side, Outside Centre, Overlap, Pass, Peel, Penalty, Phase Play, Punt, Quick Ball, Recycling, Restart, Ruck, Scrum, Scrum Half, Seal, Second Phase, Set Piece, Set Play, Sevens, Side Step, Skill, Slow Ball, Spin Pass, Support, Switch, Tackle, Technique, Tight Head Prop, Touch, Try, Turnover, Warm-Up, Wheel, Wing,Yellow Card.
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Drills, Rugby Skills | Tags: Better Rugby Coaching, Ospreys, Rugby Drills, Rugby Skills, scissor passes, switch pass
Here is a video I shot with Shane Williams a couple of summers ago with Powerade.
It makes players work hard to cut angles before changing the direction of play with a switch or cut pass.
It can be done well in front of the defence, or right in front of the defence.
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Skills | Tags: All Balcks, Rugby Skills, skills video
Some more fun from the All Blacks and their "amazing" skills.
Watch out for copycat videos!
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Conditioning, Rugby Skills | Tags: All Blacks training, Mike Cron, rugby warm ups, scrummaging, warming up for contact
Here is All Black front row guru Mike Cron showing some great rugby warm ups for contact…
Lots of fun but with some good wrestling moves thrown in. Ideal for players before a full on rugby session.
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Skills, Rugby Training | Tags: easy exercises, handling, passing drills, quick drills, rugby decision-making
Taken from the R80 DVD from the Crusaders, here are two easy to set up handling and decision making drills.
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Skills | Tags: core skills, Heineken Cup, scoring tries, training games
The Heineken Cup produced some epic performances over the weekend. One such performance was from the Welsh team, the Llanelli Scarlets. As the game unfolded, I was marvelling at the handling of their French opponents, Perpignan.
Then, Josh Turnbull turns over the French lineout, pops out the ball and the rest…well watch the tape.
These are top rugby skills at their best. All the passing is before contact. The lines of running create holes, the speed of run hold defenders and the try scorer passes the ball in the move before being in place to receive the final pass: support, handling, footwork, decision making, communication. All core skills that need to be practised in game situations.
This is not from the training ground this is from the training pitch. You cannot create this from running around cones or using tackle pads.
This is the joy of sport and the joy of rugby!
Filed under: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Skills, Rugby Training | Tags: ACT Brumbies, All Blacks, Rugby Skills, skills parody
The Aussie Super 15 the Brumbies show little respect for the video tricks of the All Blacks. Both great videos though.


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Over the last few years I have been exploring grids. Grids are just intersecting lines, and a computer can do that better than a human – if what you want is consistency. But my hand creates inconsistent lines, with wobbles and uneven spaces. Using oil sticks, the action of hand drawing lines becomes intensely personal, a reflection of my own body's movements. Filling in between the grid lines produces another quality reflecting human action. Oil sticks are blunt and about 3/4″ thick, not easy to do fine work with. I use my fingers to move the paint around in each space or "cell" of the grid. The "fill-in color," white or black, intrudes onto the lines, giving them more irregularity, more individual personality.
I make them on different substrates – some on canvas, more on paper. Often I mount the paper on panels, creating a 3-dimensional object. While they are "simple" in concept, visually they possess more complexity as the edges change shape and the areas between the lines develop textures of their own. Each one is different, each has its own personality.
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Just after I posted this, went and tried the WebOS Doctor Versions again.
on my sixth try, it started downloading.
what a nice surprise.
I got my 16gb Touchpad back this week, it has been away for several years.
The problem is that the WebOS has been replaced by Android 4.4.4. NOT a Dual Boot.
All the links for re-installing the 3.0.5 back to my device are DEAD.
Can someone share the WebOS Doctor file to put 3.0.5 back.
This is my last chance to see WebOS again. The Mrs. dropped my Pre 2 in a big bowl of Pho.
I sat there in shock ! !
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Bliss Baby Quilt....
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Very nice! I like the bliss fabric! I've only made one rag quilt and can't wait to make another.ReplyDelete
Bliss is an awesome fabric. I love the baby quilt!ReplyDelete
Love that Bliss collection... a great choice for a baby girl quilt gift!ReplyDelete
I'm in agreement too. Bliss is one of my fav fabric ranges at the moment. Love your quilt.ReplyDelete
Rag quilts are great for quick gifts but I sure hate to snip! It takes longer to snip than it does to put the quilt together, at least for me it does.ReplyDelete
I'm really liking this Bliss! I got my prize today...I'll be starting a quilt for my granddaughter this weekend. Your little Halloween card was great! I make cards too and this one is a keeper. Happy Fall!
The baby quilt is Blissful! How's that for a corny joke?ReplyDelete
I love those colors, great choice for a baby girl!! Rag quilts are one of my favorite.ReplyDelete
I do like how you rag all the layers together all at once. I'm certain that gives it a nice weight as well.ReplyDelete