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Residents could be forgiven for thinking ‘Oh my Cod’, after a local artist transformed his car into a fish. Andy Hazell, who is also a builder, has spent ‘thousands of pounds’ transforming his Vauxhall Corsa van into an 18ft model of a fish. A Scottsdale man inadvertently shot himself in the buttocks Thursday morning. Scottsdale police Sgt. Mark Clark says 26-year-old Daniel Leatherman heard a disturbance outside his apartment and saw a man he knew fighting with a cab driver. Leatherman told police that the man, 25-year-old Cody Nunn, had assaulted him in the past, so he grabbed his gun and went outside. Leatherman told police that he accidentally dropped the gun while hiding it behind his back and shot himself in the derriere. December 14, 2007 Posted by oldstersview | People | Comments Off on Ooops! A giant spider attacked the Atlantis space shuttle as it attempted to blast off. At least that’s how it appeared when a spider crawled onto Nasa’s launch camera at Cape Canaveral in Florida. For 26 seconds, it could be seen on webcam appearing to take a bite out of the shuttle as it sat on the launch pad awaiting lift-off.

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Last week Statistical Programming DC had a great meetup with my partner-in-crime Marck Vaisman talking about data.table and dplyr as powerful, fast R tools for data manipulation in R. Today Hadley Wickham announced the release of dplyr v.0.2, which is packed with new features and incorporates the “piping” syntax from Stefan Holst Bache‘s magrittr package. I suspect that these developments will change the semantics of working in R, specially during the data munging phase. I think the jury is still out on whether the “piping” model for function chaining will lead to better (and not just more jumbled) coding practice, but for some of my use cases, specially with the previous version of dplyr, it made me happier than before.

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Today was a very lazy day around here. I put stuff in the crock pot this morning, then spent almost the entire day reading a book. Absolutely no real work got done, and that’s just fine. I needed a day like this! I suggest mixing everything except the chicken up in a bowl, or the crock pot bowl, THEN adding the chicken, but even that won’t really help this one much. Cook on LOW 7-8 hours. Remove chicken from pot and shred. Add some of the juices from the pot to the shredded chicken, and serve on bread or rolls. I’m going to tell you right now, this smelled absolutely fantastic, but tasted NOTHING like BBQ at all. It didn’t taste bad, but it wasn’t BBQ. I ended up draining the excess juice from my shredded chicken and covering it in bottled BBQ sauce before serving it. I guess I was really in the mood for BBQ! And for dessert, I made my fruit wontons, both apple and blueberry. I even put a little twist on the blueberry, I added a smear of cream cheese! They came out really well, as usual! Tonight, I had planned another pot roast, not sure what was going to be “different” about it, but I have a couple of cookbooks… HOWEVER, I mentioned pot roast, and William says “again?!” Apparently, we’ve been having a lot of roasts lately, but I’ve been getting really good deals on them, and they are SO easy! Brown beef in a few Tbsps of oil in a large stock pot. Add in beef broth, then veggies, salt and pepper. Place spice ball with rosemary and thyme into broth, cover and simmer over medium to medium-low heat for about 1 hour, or until potatoes and carrots are tender. Stir in soy sauce. Stir in flour mixture, and serve! Even the picky one liked this, and there are just about 3 servings left over for lunches. Today, we had BBQ beef sandwiches for dinner, they were YUMMY!!! We also had some leftover potatoes and carrots from last night’s dinner, and a nice fresh salad with Italian dressing. Still have a couple of those mini banana breads left from last night, but they won’t make it until tomorrow. **So I have to tell you, I picked this roast because it doesn’t have a lot of excess fat, and once it’s cooked, it’s easy to see the fat and remove it. Standing joke in my family, I do “surgery” on steaks before I eat them, have to remove anything that even remotely resembles fat, before I will eat it. So of course, I couldn’t use a regular pot roast for this, or I would have been standing at that stove for hours removing all the fat, and there wouldn’t have been any BBQ for dinner because I would have gotten frustrated and threw the whole thing out!! Anywho… BBQ beef sandwiches are awesome!! Dinner was a hit, and no roasts ended up in the trash, so it was a good meal. Serve along with carrots and potatoes from crock pot. This was rather bland, I expected more, but it was edible. To make up to my family for this less than stellar meal, I’ve got banana bread cooking right now! No, not from scratch, box mix, but I KNOW it will be good! Making a pot roast tomorrow, I KNOW that will come out well! Plus, leftovers can become BBQ beef sandwiches VERY easily! Until tomorrow, eat well, be well! Welcome back friends and family! I combined hamburger meat (I think it was ground chuck), onion soup mix and egg, then turned it into patties and cooked them on the George Foreman grill. (I have to say, I like cooking on that thing, but I’m not liking the clean up! There must be a trick I’m missing…) Then, I sliced up some fresh pineapple and grilled a few of the slices as well. I picked up some fresh made hard rolls at Walmart and sliced those open instead of pre-made hamburger rolls, which are sort of bland. Then everyone got to pick what kind of cheese they wanted on their burger, American, Swiss or cheddar, the onion burger, grilled pineapple if they wanted it, and then whatever sauce they wanted. Most of us thought the burgers were really good, but William said the soup flavor was too strong, so he had a sandwich and a salad. And on the stove now, I’m making rice custard pudding, which should take a couple of hours according to the recipe, so I’ll have to let you know tomorrow how it turned out! In the top of a double boiler, combine rice and 2 cups milk. Cook, stirring occasionally over boiling water until rice is tender and most of the water has evaporated, about 45 minutes. Stir in butter. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, blend in sugar, vanilla, salt and 2 cups milk. Stir into hot rice mixture. Pour into a lightly greased 2 qt. casserole and top with nutmeg. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until firm. Serve warm or chilled. Leftovers make good breakfast! Until tomorrow, eat well my friends! Last night’s curry was a little mild, even for me! I don’t particularly care for spicy food, but I expected “curry” to have at least a LITTLE heat! Guess I’ll have to try another recipe, and maybe a different spice blend. I did buy FOUR different kinds once I finally found an Indian grocery, so I’ve got plenty to experiment with. Anyway, tonight’s menu was a little more “homey”. Pork roast in the crock pot, with Yukon gold potatoes and carrots. Added in 1 Tbsp dried thyme and 1 Tbsp minced garlic, cooked for 9 hours on low. Roast was literally falling apart when I took it out! It was SO tender! I think next pork roast with be with BBQ spices, since it literally fell into what I would consider “shredded” BBQ anyway, I can just sauce it, heat it, and put it on buns! Mix all ingredients with mixer on LOW, then mix on MEDIUM for 2 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour 5 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, remove and cool on rack for 1 hour. Serve slightly warm, with vanilla ice cream or vanilla pudding if you’ve got it. It’s also really good by itself, but I like a little decadence now and then! Until tomorrow, eat well, love well, be well!

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This is a “quadrat”, or measurement grid, to estimate percent cover in a one-meter area. You use it in vegetation surveys. This design is improved from the instructions originally published March 2001. When helping users, I thought people would sometimes build the old design, which costs less. However, they always went for this new one, for ease of use. When put together, the frame makes a square 1 meter on each side. The four sides (or “legs”) are marked in 1/10 meter (10 cm) increments. This makes it easy for you to mentally grid up the ground inside the square. The pink dashed lines in the picture above are your imaginary lines. As you see, these divide the whole square into 100 small squares. Each small square is 1% of the whole square. In this example you might estimate the tree trunk takes up about a quarter of the whole square, 25% (purple solid line), or a little less. The exact way you do this would depend on your protocol. Now, this is not about the protocol. This post is about building the equipment, so you can go out and do your study. In a day’s work, you may move the quadrat many times. You’re constantly taking it down and putting it back together. So the leg ends attach by Velcro. They come apart easily. To assemble, you just fish the legs through the brush, touch the ends, and they stick. One end of each leg is visually distinct from the other, so you can see at a glance which ends will connect. You don’t have to fuss, trying them all different ways. Legs one meter long may not seem like much in open space. However hiking with them through brush, hauling them around in a crowded rig, or putting them through airport checked baggage would be awkward. In this design, the legs are collapsible. They are made of the same ultralight rods as dome tent poles. They fold up to about one third their length. The whole frame becomes a small lightweight bundle, easy to pack and carry. The jointed frame also means that, if there is some obstruction on setup (like the tree trunk), you just fold part of a leg out of the way. As you read this post, if you decide these instructions are too complicated to do yourself, I offer ordering information at the end. Explain that you want sections that will be one meter long, and will fold up in thirds. If TT can look up previous orders from me (rickshory.com) you can order the same thing. If you’re really pinched for cash, ask if they will sell you the raw materials, the fiberglass pole sections and the shock cord. You can save some money by putting in the labor to assemble them yourself. TT typically makes the poles with one white end, and the rest black. This is all to the good. It makes the two ends visually distinct. If you are assembling them yourself, note how they will finally fold up, to be most compact. In order to apply the colored bands, mark the poles at 10 cm intervals. It is rather tedious to make the marks one at a time, each successively 10 cm from the last. Below is an easier technique. Lay out a strip of tape, such as blue painter’s tape (as shown below), or masking tape. Use tape at least two inches wide, or improvise from narrower strips laid parallel. Two inches will give you enough width to arrange all four poles side by side. If you plan to do this a again, you can make a jig by applying the tape to a 4-foot-long board, as shown. Then you can put this arrangement away between uses. If you are only going to do this once, you can put the tape directly on a table and discard the tape when done. When you lay out your poles, the ends may not align exactly. However, having the whole meter length at once lets you get them as even as possible. The ends may go part of a centimeter beyond the furthest marks, but this is OK. It’s well within tolerance. Now, you can mark all four poles at once. Where marks fall on the white and silver sections, you only need a tiny dot to find the location later. However, on the black sections, the mark will only appear as a faint glint of a slightly different color quality (this is ink from a black Sharpie pen). Although you may have to hunt a bit for these marks, this is still quicker than, say, sticking temporary bits of tape to mark the places. Below is an example of a pole after the color bands are on. I use two easily distinguished colors, the “main” color (red here) and a “tip” color (violet in this example). The widths of the bands help visualize percent cover, but the colors themselves help keep you from losing the poles in the woods. The main color is most important because there’s more of it. I use a color that will stand out in the environment. In leafy green vegetation, a hot color like red, orange, or yellow would be good. However, in a red desert, I might use violet for the main color instead. You may not realized how easy it is to lose equipment like this until you are actually out in the field. The material to make the color bands is vinyl electrical tape. Various colors are available at most hardware stores. Bright fluorescent “DayGlo®” tape would be better, but I have never found it in a field-durable form. There is a product called “gaffer’s tape” in fluorescent colors, but this is much like masking tape, and would not last long in field work. I put the tip colors on first, to avoid mixups. You want the two ends of each pole readily distinguishable from each other, but all four poles the same. It’s easy to get confused if you start applying the color bands at random. To make the two ends most visually distinct, put the tip color at the white end of the pole. In all the banding, wrap the tape onto the pole tightly enough that it stretches. There are a few details that will increase field durability. At the end of the wrap, if you tear the tape at an angle, this end also will be more neat. The tape will then naturally break leaving an angled tear, ready to start the next wrap. For pole junctions that will not need to pull apart, you can just continue the tape up or down from fiberglass pole sections to aluminum ferrule. However, at junctions that do need to pull apart, make two tape wraps, one on each side of the junction. If you want to add a label, now is the time, before putting on the Velcro ends. In this example, I show my web domain. You may want to put a barcode for inventory, or some contact information so lost equipment can be returned if found. You want your label to still be readable, even after years out in the weather. Otherwise, it’s not worth taking the trouble. In field conditions, a label just stuck on would soon be damaged or gone from moisture, abrasion and dirt. A paper label would quickly degrade. I use these weatherproof labels, item number OL1825LP, from onlinelabels.com. Note that these are very small labels. You do not have much room on a slim tent pole. Even these tough labels would break down or wear off if left exposed. I cover the labels with transparent “heat shrink tubing”, often used in electronics to insulate wires. The size is 0.375″ (9.53mm) diameter. It is available from DigiKey, part number A038C-4-ND. It come in four-foot lengths, which you cut into short pieces to cover the labels. A piece about 2.4″ long is good for covering each label. You can cut 20 of these out of each four-foot length. Apply a label and slide the shrink tubing over it. Heat the tubing to shrink it in place. Using a candle, as shown here, you can “roll” the pole as you gradually feed it past the flame. Start from the larger aluminum ferrule end to avoid trapping any air bubbles. If you take care to keep the tubing above the tip of the flame, you will not have any black soot. I use two different colors of sticky-back Velcro, to accentuate visual contrast. The hook Velcro of one color goes on one end of each pole, and the pile Velcro of the other color goes on the other end. It does’t matter which goes on the “tip” end, as long as you are consistent for all four legs. That way, you know at a glace “opposite” ends will always stick together. If you cut one length of Velcro 5.5 inches long, this will supply all four pieces you need for the legs. You can fold this and cut it in half, then cut each of those in half again. The Velcro backing is pretty sticky. However, in the dirt and wet of field work, it would come loose. Hold it on with small 4-inch cable ties. It is convenient to prepare these by partially inserting the tail, to make small loops. Then, they will be ready to use when you stick on the Velcro. Wrap the Velcro sections around the ends of the poles. The Velcro will overlap slightly. Note that the exact point of one-meter length on the pole is about a centimeter in from the end. This lines up with the center of the width of the Velcro. Slip on a cable tie, pull it tight, and cut off the tail. The finished set is convenient to be bundled up with a rubber band. While you’re using the frame, you can put the rubber band around a leg end. There, it will be handy when you pack up. The entire set weighs only about 275 grams, less than 10 ounces. I developed this while working on federally funded research grants, so the design is in the public domain. You can build a set for about $35 in parts. People also request to buy the complete sets from me. I charge $192 per set, plus $21 shipping. Two or more sets get free shipping. Ordering details are at rickshory.com. Categories: botany and horticulture, how-to, science | Tags: botany, environment, nature, outdoors, plants, technical | Permalink. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, is arguably an attempted clone of jolly old England. How does it compare in latitude with, say, London? London (51.510939, -0.126423) is more than 200 miles (320 km) further north than Victoria (48.429074, -123.365744). Victoria is a little south of the latitude of Paris. So, what does England line up with in the contiguous United State? Nothing. The southernmost point of England, in the Isles of Scilly (49.863444, -6.400884), is about the same latitude as Campbell River, British Columbia (50.024343, -125.282589), or Garibaldi Provincial Park (49.914004, -122.751321). Further east, it lines up with Winnipeg, Manitoba (49.876143, -97.142472). This is more than 150 miles (240 km) north of even the odd jut the US border makes north at Lake of the Woods (49.384471, -95.153387). The northernmost point of England, on the border with Scotland (55.810209, -2.036247), is 80 miles (128 km) north of the southernmost point of the Alaska panhandle (54.662193, -132.684565), so this is the only overlap between England and the USA, far southeast Alaska. Unless you count the Aleutian Islands (southernmost point: 51.215139, -179.130465), which actually dip a little further south than the M25 ring road around London (51.258421, -0.083643). Which is further north? Medford, Oregon, far south in the state, near the California border? Or Medford, Massachusetts, in the vicinity of Boston, in chilly New England? The two towns are at practically the same latitude. The center of Medford, Oregon (42.339493, -122.860266) is only about 6 miles (10 km) south of the center of Medford, Massachusetts (42.424104, -71.107897), so close their outskirts would overlap. Which is further north? Portland, Oregon, with its mild, almost Mediterranean climate? Or Portland, Maine, on the icy rockbound shore? Portland, Oregon (45.524255, -122.650313), is about 125 miles (200 km) further north than Portland, Maine (43.659443, -70.267838), which lines up on the Oregon coast with mild, green, foggy Reedsport (43.703852, -124.103028). What does Maine line up with on the West Coast? Surely, feels like it must be Alaska! No, the furthest north point of Maine (47.459851, -69.224461), lines up with the Southcenter freeway interchange of I-5 and I-405 (47.462883, -122.265114), in the southern part of the greater Seattle metropolitan area. Why are west coasts so much milder than east coasts? This is oversimplified, but: Equatorial winds push warmed ocean water from the east, which sets the major ocean basins into great gyres, clockwise in the northern hemisphere, counterclockwise in the southern. Winds in the mid-latitudes are from the west, so as they pass over the warmed water brought poleward by the gyres, the air picks up heat and carries it to the first continent it meets. Since the winds at these latitudes are generally from the west, the warmed air will come on to western shores. There are complexities beyond that, but that’s basically it. Categories: science | Tags: Alaska, environment, nature, science, technical, travel | Permalink. Growing a few grape vines around your house is a different proposition than a commercial vineyard. Much of the information you will find is geared towards large-scale production. In this post, I am going to concentrate on backyard growing. There are significant differences in focus, both in propagation techniques, and in training the vines. You start a new grape vine from a “cutting”. A cutting is simply a section of grapevine. You get roots to grow from the bottom, and leaves to grow from the top, and then you have a new grape plant. Grapes will grow from seeds (except of course seedless grapes), but you’re not sure what you’re going to get. To propagate a certain variety, you want to use cuttings. In grape growing, you prune off a considerable amount of vine each winter. This naturally provides material for cuttings. Most information about grape propagation is geared towards these winter cuttings, made from dormant, leafless vines. I’ll discuss these, but also alternatives. To start a sizeable vineyard, a grower would, of course, be dealing with a great number of cuttings. The easiest way to get these is to section up the prunings from existing vines. So a lot of grape propagation information concerns the mass organization, storage, and rooting of these winter cuttings. On a backyard scale, however, not all these points apply. To divide out a section of vine to make a cutting it takes, of course, two cuts. One is the lower cut, which will be the bottom of the cutting, where roots will grow. The other is the upper cut, the top of the cutting, from which the leaves will develop. In large scale propagation, it’s handy to be able to tell these ends apart at a glance, and so a tradition has come about: The lower cut is straight across the vine, just below a node. The upper cut is angled, just above another node. If you receive grape cuttings, they will usually be done this way. If you are dividing up grapevines to make your own, it’s a handy grammar. However, you don’t have to strictly follow this. Grape cuttings: 3-node, 2-node, and 4-node. It’s fine to have more nodes, such as the four nodes of the cutting on the right. I have had one-node cuttings grow, by accident. When I prune my grape vines in winter, I just chop up the small stuff with my pruners, and let it fall on the ground. Usually, a few pieces happen to land among the garden plants just right, and get watered just right, so that some time the following summer they start to grow. Roots come out below the node, and the node bud opens out into leaves. So, if one little section of grape twig is all you can get, you might be able to grow a vine from it. Commercial propagation consists of bundling up the grape cuttings for winter storage, and then getting them to grow in the spring. You may read about technique such as burying them in sawdust or sand, using rooting hormones, burying bundles upside down, and using bottom heat in a propagation bed. I’ll explain what these are about, and how they apply, or don’t, to home propagation. The basic issue of storage is to keep the cuttings alive, and keep them from sprouting too soon. The main reason cuttings would die is from drying out, thus the burying in damp sawdust or sand. This is reasonable for large bundles, but there is no reason for you to go get these materials for only a few cuttings. You can just keep your cuttings in vegetable bags, like any other produce. As I’ll describe later, you can start your cuttings growing in the winter. But then you are faced with the problem of keeping the plants healthy until spring when they can go outdoors. So, unless you particularly want to do this, you should keep cuttings cold, so they stay dormant. If you have only a few cuttings, you can keep them in your refrigerator. For more, you can store them outside. Freezing is not particularly a problem for grape cuttings. Any variety you are planning to grow, which is hardy in your climate, can stand up to your winter temperatures. However, in continental climates, winter weather is often very dry. Therefore, grape cuttings left out on the open ground can dry out. A convenient way to both avoid this, and keep the cuttings organized, is to slip them into plastic vegetable bags, and tuck these under a few inches of dead leaves or other mulch. In a mild, wet-winter climate like the Pacific coast, you don’t even need to bury them. Grape cuttings may be too long for a single bag. You can use two bags, one “telescoped” inside the other. Bags for long cuttings, one overlapping the other. If you have plenty of cuttings available, the easiest way to start a grapevine is simply to plant a number of cuttings close together where you want your vine. Here, I put eight cuttings close together. This was in early March, but you can do it any time in winter the ground is not frozen. I did not use any rooting hormone, or other treatment. The ground was so stony, I could not plant all of them as deep as ideal, which would have been with only the tip above ground. Still, six of the eight cuttings grew. This picture is from the following December. The point of this technique is that, even though some of the cuttings die, you still get a grapevine going. Just pull out the dead ones and the extras, and leave the strongest. If you have lots of cuttings, which you will if you have an existing grapevine, or know someone who does, this is by far the easiest way to start a new one. Incidentally, there does not seem to be any pattern to which cuttings take hold. In this case, the two that died, out of the eight originally planted, looked just as strong and promising as the ones that grew. This multi-cutting method does not, of course, make sense for a large-scale planting. For that, you want to be pretty sure each cutting will grow, so you can line them out in rows and end up with a vineyard. From cuttings just stuck in the ground, I have always had more than 50% grow, typically 75%. But that’s nowhere near good enough for commercial production. Filling in 25% gaps would be a lot of effort. It would be almost as much work to take out the extras, from mutliple cutting planted at each spot. The propagation techniques you come across in the grape literature are all about increasing the odds per cutting, so you get one grape vine from each thing you plant. For home-propagating a few vines, these techniques may not apply. If you have lots of cuttings, you can get away with a low per-cutting success rate. But what if you have got ahold of only one precious cutting, which you absolutely must make grow? Maybe you had to pay a lot for it, or it was all the source could spare. Maybe it came from halfway around the world, and you will never be able to get another. I stumbled on a simple, inexpensive technique that, for me, has given 100% success: Root them in water. Nowhere in all the propagation literature had I ever heard of rooting grape cuttings in water, but it works quite well. It allows you to carefully monitor progress, as well as being interesting to watch. It would be far too much fuss for mass production, but it’s ideal for a few. Just put your cuttings in jars that have some water. Change the water if it gets too murky. Because there is plenty of water, the cuttings cannot dry out and die, unless you let the water dry up. You can put the jars outdoors, in direct sun, so any leaf growth is firm and strong. Cuttings that have been in water, growing roots. If you look close at the picture above, you will see that the source of the cuttings did not much follow the “grammar” of number-of-nodes, and straight- and angle-cuts. But the cuttings are rooting just fine. The conventional wisdom is that grape cuttings grow roots from the nodes. However, as you can see, the roots are coming from the bottom of the cuttings, ignoring the nodes. Cuttings do have a tendency to put out more roots near nodes, but this is by no means strict. Cuttings with roots at this length are ready for planting. Short roots like this are called the “rice” stage; little white rods like grains of rice. Roots let to grow to the “spaghetti” stage are more prone to break off. Longer roots don’t give much advantage in water absorption. They have to develop a new set of root hairs, from additional growth, before they can supply much to the plant. Virtually always, cuttings in water will have leafed out by the time they root. This is the main thing you will have to fuss over. Roots absorb water, and leaves expend it. A typical scenario is this: Grape cuttings are planted out during cool, wet weather. They look fine, the foliage fresh as lettuce, as long as the rains remain. Then, one day, the weather turns hot and sunny. The roots can’t keep up, and the leaves shrivel. In the extreme, the whole thing may die. It can also happen that the leaves shrivel up, but the cutting hangs on till it finally makes enough root growth to put out new leaves. Although a cutting like this may survive, it will be set back, and not make nearly as much growth in its first year as a cutting without this hardship. What to do? Simply shade a newly planted cutting until it adapts. You can rig up special shaders in various way, but often the simplest thing is to just put a lawn chair on the sunward side of a new grape cutting. This would be on the south side in the northern hemisphere, on the north side in the southern hemisphere. A cutting can handle as much indirect sky light as there is, and it won’t have much trouble with morning and evening sunshine. It’s direct mid-day sun will that will dry it out. You only have to shade a new cutting for a few days, or a few weeks at most. Soon the roots extend and send more water up to the top. The leaves grow and send food down to the roots. And the plant is in business. Up till now, we have been talking about cuttings from winter-dormant vines. I found by accident that you can root green leafy summer shoots. Once, I had a chance to get grape cuttings of a variety I wanted to try, but it was midsummer, not the usual time. I kept the cuttings in water, intending to study them. After some weeks, I noticed they were growing roots. Summer cuttings may drop their leaves by the time they grow roots. This can take quite a while. In this case it was September, and by then the shoots had dropped their leaves. But I had a rooted cutting I could plant. Later, I saw summer grape cuttings being propagated in a university research greenhouse. These were two-bud cuttings, and half of each leaf had been removed to reduce water loss. The cuttings were under an “intermittent mist” system, which is a method that works very well, but it rather complex to set up. So, if there is a variety of grape you want to try, and the only time you can get cuttings is when they are fully leafed out in summer, you can get fairly good success by rooting them in water. For various reasons, you may need to transplant a grape vine. If at all possible, do this while the plant is dormant and leafless. Leaves lose a lot of moisture. In my experience, you can transplant a grape vine of any size, but a mature plant will be set back for about a year. It will take hold, as though it were a large, rooted cutting, but it will put out less growth the first year after transplanting, and produce fewer grapes. A large grape vine can be quite physical to wrangle, so take this into account in deciding whether you want to move a vine, or simply start a new one. You can have grape vines in full production, from cuttings, in three years. Below is a picture of a one-year-old grape plant, dug up for transplanting. This grew from a cutting merely stuck in the ground, with no other help than regular watering. It is typical for a vine to make only a few to several feet of top growth the first year. It’s developing lots of roots, getting ready to take off following year. Now, there is more root than top. Grape dug up for transplanting. Grapevines typically have a root system that consists primarily of relatively few long, snakey roots, rather than much of a root ball. Notice the plant in the picture: Even though more roots started from near nodes, the strongest root came from between nodes. This is just the way it happens sometimes. Grapes are mostly woodland plants, where their roots have to compete with trees. Their roots grow long, to seek out what they need. For the backyard grower, this means that after a few years, you are going to be finding your grapes’ roots many yards away, mining water and nutrients from whatever garden beds they can get into. Be aware of this when choosing a planting site. Grapes do fairly well with their roots under a lawn, but be aware of what this can mean. For some years, when I lived in a dry climate in Colorado, I grew grapes on the chain link fence that bordered my neighbors. The neighbors were much more lawn conscious than me, so the grapes put most of their roots over there, where they could get more moisture. Then, at one point the neighbors were going to sell their house, so in order to spruce up the lawn, they sprayed weed killer. The grapes took it up, and nearly died! You can of course grow grapes in pots, but they are not naturally adapted to this. This picture is of some grape vines, in their first summer, developing from rooted cuttings. It is only July, and the plants are already getting to unmanageable size. If they were in the ground, the roots would have extended at least as long as the vine top growth. But here, the roots are having to spiral around and around inside the pots. These plants are sustained by drip irritation, and their water demand is only going to increase. If the moisture were ever interrupted, the plants would be severely stressed. Of course nurseries only sell grapes as potted plants. Typically, these vines are fairly small. If they had been let to grow large in pots, they would be significantly potbound. They are going to have to stretch out their roots some time. If possible, let them do it from the start. Now, I would like to demystify some of the grape propagation information you are likely to come across. Often, terms are given without any definition, and techniques are stated without any reason why. You may come across the term “callus” in grape propagation. Callus is whitish cauliflower-like growth that plants may form in the process of re-organizing their tissues. Some varieties of grape develop a considerable amount of callus, which serves as a signal that roots are on the way. However, others grape varieties make no visible callus before roots pop out. The propagation literature may recommend a certain operation to “callus” cuttings; that is to nudge them towards creating roots. This is what “callus” means, used as a verb. Keep in mind there may or may not be any visible change. The main reason grape cuttings fail and die is that leaf growth outstrips the moisture roots can supply. Most of the details of large-scale grape propagation are to get around this problem, so a higher percentage of the cuttings succeed, and a vineyard planting will requires less fill-in afterwards. Again, this is less important for a home grower, but it’s the reason behind the recommended methods. A bud is ready-made. All it needs to do is open and put out leaves. However, for a grape cutting to grow roots, it has to re-organize its tissues to create these. Different varieties of grapes vary in the time-lag it takes them to do this. In the extreme, you can get a leafed-out cutting that still has no roots at all. To improve on that, you want to speed up the formation of roots, relative to top growth. Rooting hormones act as “auxins”, which are a type of naturally occurring plant hormone. Plants produces auxins in their growing shoot tips, and the auxins are transported downward through the stem. If the stem is cut off, the downward travelling auxin accumulates at the cut end and stimulates the tissues to re-organize into roots. There’s more to it, but that’s the general mechanism. This explains why reluctantly-rooting grape cuttings will finally get around to growing some roots when the buds open. The growing shoot tips produce more auxin. This is how the water method works. It provides life support until roots grow, no matter how long it takes. Rooting hormone is simply externally supplied auxin. Much like natural auxin, it moves downward through the stem and accumulates at the lower cut end. The usual mode of application is by dipping the rootward end of a cutting into a powder or a solution, so the hormone starts near to where it’s needed. Then the cutting is planted in a soil-like medium. It’s an open question whether rooting hormone would help cuttings root in water. Would the auxin accumulate in the water and help? Or would the water dilute it, and lessen its effect? From the product standpoint, this is usage beyond its specifications. From the plant standpoint, grape cuttings root fine in water without it. Another aid to rooting is “bottom heat”. All else being equal, plant life processes go faster at warmer temperature. If we were to keep the bottom of the cutting, where we want roots, warmer than the top, the lower end should grow roots while the top is still dormant. This is, in fact, exactly what happens. Bottom heat is much used in commercial propagation. However, when you start looking into it, you will find it amounts to considerable outlay in effort, equipment, and expense. You will have to decide if the investment is worth it for a few grape cuttings. The idea of burying bundles of grape cuttings upside down for some period of time is to use nature as bottom heat. Since soil warms in the spring from the top down, this will make the root ends of the cuttings warmer than the tops. This technique could tip the balance in large-scale commercial production, if the weather and climate cooperate. However, think for a moment what’s involved in digging holes big enough to bury long bundles of grape cuttings. Not to mention, digging them all up later, to plant right-side-up. There is no reason to do this, to start a few new plants. I have tried various things with water, to get roots while buds were still dormant. One time, I used winter-dormant cutting in late fall. I put them in water, in an indoor growth chamber about 70 degrees F. I knew that most deciduous plants have a “chill requirement” and the buds won’t open until a certain time period of cold weather has elapsed. I figured I could get roots, with the buds still closed. Well, the plants had their own idea. The cuttings rooted well, but the buds opened too. By January, I had healthy, actively growing grape plants. Again, unless you particularly want these decorations, you should keep your cuttings cold, and dormant, till spring. I tried the bottom-heat idea, with water. My system involved an aquarium heater, in the refrigerator. The bottom ends of the cuttings were held at about 78 degrees F, while the tops remained about 40F. This worked, to some extent, but it was a huge amount of trouble. Continued in part two, grape vine training. Categories: botany and horticulture, how-to, long posts, science | Tags: botany, gardening, how-to, technical | Permalink. From the early 20teens, till now, I have been working on a project I call “Greenlogger”. It started from work I did with Dr. Heidi Steltzer at Colorado State University. She had the idea to log “greenness”, over the growing season, from a natural ecosystem such as a patch of prairie or tundra. This is important in climate research. If you set up a number of such monitors, you can do experiments to simulate climate change. For example, in dry prairie, you can artificially water some sites and exclude rainfall from others. In tundra, you can melt the snow away early from some areas, using black ground cloth. You can hold the summer temperature a few degrees warmer by placing small tentlike structures. Also, long term records across many years will be able to show actual climate change. You monitor “greenness” spectrally, that is by looking at what light is reflected from plants and whatever else is covering the ground. You want this to be automatic, that is by electronic instrumentation. For climate change research, you want remote undisturbed sites, typically miles out on the high plains, in alpine meadows, or north of the Arctic circle. Visiting such places is expensive. You can’t afford to pay for people to go there, day after day, for manual observation. The other advantage of instruments is that they have no bias or opinion, and they don’t get bored. Spectral data is available from satellites, but only to a certain resolution, typically with pixels 30 meters on a side. If your experimental sites are only the size of a card table, the satellites will see nothing. Some day drones may be feasible, but they presently lack the reliability and repeatability, not to mention the flying range. There are various legal and jurisdiction issues with drones too. So, Dr. Steltzer had got her research proposal funded to use individual ground-based monitors, one at each site. I came onboard to make this happen. I inherited a good part of the design. You might think the spectral way to monitor greenness would be to take pictures, and analyze them for the color green. This is fraught with all sorts of complications, such as dark shadows in the frame, changing light conditions, and the fact that plants are such different colors green. To keep consistent with decades of scientific work, such as from satellite imagery, the greenness factor we used was “Normalized Difference Vegetation Index”, abbreviated “NDVI”. Here’s an oversimplified version, but it will explain the equipment design. Plants absorb visible light to use for photosynthesis, but they reflect infrared because it is no use to them. So, basically, the higher the infrared reflectance relative to visible, the more “greenness” down there. At large scale, you can make greenness maps of whole continents from satellite imagery. At small scale, there are instruments to clip onto individual leaves. We were working at an intermediate scale, looking at reflectance from a living ecosystem, such as meadow or tundra, in chunks about one meter size. The design for the monitoring devices had developed from two directions. One, obviously, was to detect the infrared and visible spectral bands. The other was weatherproofing. Satellites are far above the atmosphere, and you can take the clip-on devices home. However, ground based instruments that will run unattended must handle all the vicissitudes the environment can throw at them. The evident choice, at least for off-the-shelf, was weather station parts. To make all this happen, I had to use quite a bit of patching and overdesign. Some of the spectral detectors were photodiodes. These had amplifier circuits. Which needed batteries. Which required cases for those batteries. The batteries had to be kind of big, to assure they would run the whole time. And so the cases were big. And needed supports. Kind of big supports. By the time I came along, the design had solidified into the “mantis”. Can you see the resemblance? The frame of steel bars looks rather like a giant insect. The head is looking out, pensive and intent. The body is slung behind. It wasn’t long before the mantis began to evolve. I had to adapt it for a project in Alaska. There would be more extensive data collection, so there would be additional sensors. These would require a more complex weather station box. That meant “bigger”. Each mantis would have its own solar panel. Even as a mock-up, the insect is metamorphosing, sprouting new appendages. The sensor cables had to be protected from gnawing varmints out on the tundra, so they all were sheathed in metal conduit. The Alaska design looked less like an insect than an octopus. As in all science, you need lots of “replicates”. You can’t just have one experiment and one control, because any two sites will naturally be different. For the Alaska project we needed about two dozen of these mantises. I had to finalize the design, and scale up for the total number of parts. I cleaned out three local Home Depot stores, to procure some parts! I had to figure things out, down to the last nut and bolt, and get it all shipped to Alaska. There would be no neighborhood hardware stores out on the North Slope tundra. Things went well. At the research station, we spent some days in the lab trailers assembling all the mantises. When they were ready, we took them out to the tundra and got them going. In all, I worked on this project for three years, setting up the mantises each spring, and bringing them in at the end of summer. Each one weighed thirty-five pounds. Each one had to be taken a quarter mile out via a boardwalk, so as to keep the tundra pristine. Sometimes people helped me with them. Sometimes, in the spring, we could use snowmobiles. But still, there was a lot of lugging. I couldn’t help thinking about what all the thirty-five pounds was doing. I knew the design. The heavy steel frames were to support the boxes, which were to anchor the sheathing, which was to protect the cables, which were to reach the sensors. But the active guts down in the sensors was — tiny. At the other end, the frame needed extra iron to support a sizable solar panel, and a big battery, to power the weather station, which had to run all the time because it was general purpose. But the actual data chip down in the recorder was — tiny. What if I could put a tiny sensor right with a tiny data chip? Suddenly, all the boxes, sheathing and cables disappear. The spectral readings are only in the daytime, none at night. So that’s the only time you need solar power. Could the instrument “sleep” at night, and get by with a tiny solar panel, and a tiny battery, just enough to wake it up each morning? A good bit of the mantis design was how to get the data out. A weather station case needs robust hinges and a latch, to stay weatherproof. You open it, and plug in a cable. The other end goes to your laptop, which you have to lug out to the site. You have to make sure your laptop stays charged, and try to keep it from getting rained on too much. You have to be sure to bring the right connector cable! Also, while you have the weather station case open, it can catch rain, hail, and snow. So you put in desiccant packs to dry it out. And indicator cards to monitor that the desiccant is still working. And more desiccant packs when the first ones quit. What if you never had to open the instrument case? What if the system transmitted it’s data wirelessly, such as by Bluetooth? No need to bring a USB cable, or worry if you brought the one with the right style end. What if, instead of a laptop, you could pull the data in on your smartphone, which you could just keep tucked inside your jacket pocket? I started working on this. I had not done much electronics since grad school, so I had to get back up to speed. I could not use the popular Maker platforms, like Arduino and Raspberry Pi, because they need too much power. My thing had to run on the trickle of energy available from a few solar cells. I could not depend on a wall plug nearby. So, I had to get down to the raw microcontroller level. A microcontroller is like a one-chip computer. (The word is abbreviated “uC”, as the lowercase “u” is easier to type than the Greek letter “mu” (“µ”), for “micro”.) Many uCs have low-power “sleep” modes, but you need to program them on a chip level for this. I found that uCs had advanced quite a lot since I’d used them in my Masters project. Overall, much easier to program. Interfaces had been standardized, so it took fewer pins to connect to other chips. I knew I needed at least light sensors, and a micro-SD card for data storage. I got used to surface-mount components. Before this, I had always worked with through-hole parts. Through-hole electronic parts have wire leads that you put through holes on the circuit board. Then, you melt solder into the hole. This both makes the electrical connection and holds the wire in place. With surface-mount, however, the component has only metal patches for leads, or short pins. These connect to flat metal pads on the circuit board. The solder acts as both an electrical bridge, and “glue” to hold the part on the board. Through-hole compared to surface-mount (SM) LEDs. The SM LEDs are the three pale patches in the carrier strip. Once in a real case, I hoped it looked less like a bomb. I called my device “Greenlogger”. I was doing this on my own, not part of any job. Of course I thought about eventually making some money off it, but I wanted it reliable first. So, instead of trying to sell them at this point, I offered to loan them out for testing. There is no substitute for real-world testing. I did not know if it would work to run the instrument in a totally sealed case. Maybe the electronics would get too hot, or there would be some other problem. But I decided to try. I rigged up some basic stands from PCV pipe. In field tests, the instruments worked, but I learned other things too! At one site, where researchers set Greenloggers out on Colorado’s Mt. Evans, at 14,130 ft elevation, animals tore the heads off. What else would leave teeth marks? So I had to re-design the mounts. In a few years, my Greenloggers were standing in the field next to mantises. The solar power was keeping them charged, so they could run indefinitely. The scheme I came up with to get the data by Bluetooth was tap-to-wake. Most of the time, the Bluetooth is shut off, to save power. When you want to communicate, you rouse the logger with a sharp tap. My design contains an “accelerometer”, which measures all forces of acceleration. A tap is a rapid acceleration, and so it’s the signal to wake up and connect. Overall, things were working pretty well. The light sensors were getting readings that spanned about 6 orders of magnitude, from moonlight to full noon sun. I put a temperature sensor on the circuit board. This would not tell much about the environment during the day, when the case bakes in the sun. However, it might give a clue if something failed. If an instrument died, and the temperature record leading up to that was climbing and climbing; well we need to figure out how to keep things cool. At night, though, the instrument temperature would drop to ambient, and the record would correspond to local weather. It’s important for an instrument to know what time it is. Each mantis was, essentially, a semi-mobile weather station. Weather stations need to timestamp their data. If, say, the temperature is recorded, but not when it was that temperature, well, that’s not much use. Commercial weather station instruments incorporate a real-time clock (RTC). This is like an embedded wristwatch. Modern electronics can keep pretty accurate time, to about a minute per month. For the mantis weather stations, the RTC would be set during the initialization process, while connected to a laptop. After that, it’s understood that a free-running RTC can “drift”, that is, run a little fast or slow. To keep it accurate, you need to periodically correct any drift, and that means a field visit. I built an RTC chip into the Greenlogger. You can set the RTC by Bluetooth, so you do not need to open the instrument case. My prototypes kept pretty good electronic time, but of course there was the inevitable drift. This was not going to be good enough for months, or years, of unattended operation. Early on, I considered a doing it like radio clocks, which set themselves by the US standard time signal transmitted from Colorado, or perhaps use one of the European services. But my instruments might be deployed in far remote locations, out of range. I needed it to work anywhere in the world. I thought GPS would be the way, but it took a while to figure out. GPS works by triangulating on three satellites. The GPS receiver knows the distance to the satellites by very accurate time signals, so timing in inherent in the technology. GPS output contains this time signal, along with the location. A big part of the solution was simply the physical technology. A “GPS receiver” basically consists of a chip and an antenna. The antenna has to be good enough to pick up the faint signals from distant satellites. The chip (or chip set) handles all the complex math of extracting those satellite signals into simple usable data. Both the antenna and the chip posed serious conundrums in terms of size, cost, and power management in my design. The good news is that GPS is becoming so universal that the technology is advancing rapidly, and things are being mass produced. I could get the chips for under $10, in quantity. The antenna, however was another matter. Discreet antennas are expensive, and take special connectors so as not to degrade the signal. Also, they are quite “big” as electronics goes. An integrated circuit chip can be shrunk to the size of a rice grain, because it does everything by microscopic transistors. However, an antenna has to be a certain minimum size to match the wavelengths it deals with. The GPS in your smartphone actually uses part of the internal metal casing for its antenna, but this is serious woo woo design, like doing acupuncture on a cricket. Fortunately, modules were becoming available that integrated the GPS chip right with an antenna, as well as all the onboard electronics. I designed in one of these modules, but then the company went out of business. This was right when I was putting some of my prototypes out for long term testing. So they had a “hole” in the board where the GPS was supposed to be. Other products came available, but they were bigger, and harder to interface. “Big” may not seem like much of a complaint when the thing is half the size of your thumb, but board real estate is precious. I had finalized my design to fit in a certain small plastic case. If I had to rework that, it would be a big step backwards. GPS is a classic example of “asynchronous”. For an electronic system to read, say, a memory chip, or a sensor, it just, well, reads it. This happens in a nanosecond, or at worst a few milliseconds. On the other hand, a GPS subsystem doesn’t just “have” the data you want. It has to go get it from the satellites. This can take a few minutes, or at worst half an hour! For my Greenlogger, this ought to be OK, because it just needs to correct for RTC drift maybe a couple times a month. But how to run that? I had found a new GPS module that would work, but controlling it was looking complicated. My main uC would be pretty busy: First, it would try to wake up the GPS. Then, check if the GPS actually did wake up. Next, see if the GPS is transmitting anything. If so, see if what the GPS is transmitting makes any sense. If it does, winnow through the firehose-spray of information the GPS is emitting, to see if we have got a time fix yet. If good, snip out this tidbit, and set the system time. Keep track of how long all this is taking. It could be, we are stashed in a metal file cabinet somewhere, and the GPS is never going to get a reading. If it takes too long, forget it. Gracefully shut down the GPS, whether we got a fix of not. Make sure the GPS is correctly shut down, so it isn’t leaking precious system power. If we never got a fix, peek out every now and again to see whether the project scientist has finally put this device outdoors under the open sky, where we can breathe! This would have taken about a quarter of the total computing power of the main uC, juggled in along with all the normal data logging. It would have taken a bunch of board space, and a rat’s nest of signal traces. I started toying with the idea to put all this on a separate board, with it’s own auxiliary microcontroller. The GPS module itself was already on a separate board, in order to fit everything inside the instrument case. This turned out to be the solution. There is kind of a joke in microcontroller design, about sleep modes. Modern uCs feature a wonderful array of sleep modes. The uC can shut down functions to save power. But if a uC goes too deep asleep, so it isn’t doing anything any more, how can it ever wake up again? Kind of like the joke about write-only memory. But in this odd case, it was just what I wanted. The main uC chip sends one time-request pulse to the GPS uC, and then forgets about it. The GPS uC takes it from there. It handles all the waking up of the GPS module, babysitting it while it watches the sky for satellites, and patiently listens to it babble about what it’s seeing. If the GPS module takes too long, its uC puts it back to bed. But if all goes well, the GPS uC finally gets a valid time from the GPS, and sends it as a set-time signal back to the main system. This is the same signal you can enter, say from your smartphone, to manually set the time. The main system has only the relatively simple housekeeping, to keep track of how many days since it last got a time update, and periodically ask for a new one. Meanwhile, every time the GPS uC runs, it finishes by swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills. So it then uses no more system power. This is OK, because each time the main system wants a time signal, it brute-force resets the GPS uC, to raise it from the dead. After a number of design iterations, I finally had it so the Greenlogger could set its own time anywhere in the world. The GPS module added a somewhat uncomfortable $30 to the parts cost, but, well, how much would it be send a technician to, say, Greenland once a month for the sole purpose of updating the instrument’s clock? In spring of 2014, I had the opportunity to set out three Greenloggers for long-term testing, at remote sites in western Wyoming. In autumn of 2016, I went back to look for them. One had been stolen, but the other two had kept on running through two winters, recording temperatures down to -24 degrees Centigrade. In the winter weather, one of the instruments held a record of temperature staying at exactly freezing for about three days, with muffled light levels, indicting it was buried in snow. Then, as its battery ran low, it went into hibernation and stopped recording. It remained running in ultra-low power mode. About ten days later, when it got more solar power, it woke up and started recording again. Overall, I was satisfied how robust they were, but this was in the gap when I did not have GPS working. After two and half years, both devices had serious clock drifts, of 4 and 5 months! So now, with GPS installed for automatic time setting, I have prototypes out for winter testing in Greenland and Alaska. I thought these loggers could be repurposed. For example, they already serve as solar site evaluators. They record just how much sunshine reaches a spot, day after day, through all weather. They also serve as trackers. One prototype I loaned, was shipped back to me, broken. From the log, I could see what had happened. I had packed it up to ship at 6:30 PM on June 25, 2017. After that, it recorded darkness. About 5 PM on July 11, it started detecting light again. It got a GPS fix, and corrected its clock by 31 seconds. It also recorded that it was now in Alaska, on a tongue of land in a small lake in the middle of Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Research collaboration plans change. A few days later, it recorded that it was at the airport in Durango, Colorado, evidently en route on a transfer to Greenland. On July 20, it recorded a location on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. That evening, it was dropped hard enough to reset. It lost its location, though the clock kept running. The same thing happened a couple more times over the next few days. On July 22, it was recording temperatures below freezing. Freezing in late July? Greenland! The light level traces showed the never-quite-dark summer cycle of the midnight sun. Then, on July 24, the record abruptly stopped. I received the device back August 9, shipped from an address in Maine. The battery clip was broken off the circuit board, evidently from impact. Repaired, in Portland, Oregon, it recorded the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. Every electronic system needs a Reset button. To avoid having to open the instrument case, I had equipped the circuit with a magnetic reed switch. This works similar to how a strong magnet picks up a chain of paper clips. The magnetism travels through the iron, and makes normally un-magnetic pieces stick together. In the Greenlogger, you can bring a strong magnet close to a certain corner, and two tiny contacts, normally separate, will touch. Thus you can “press” the reset button from outside the case. It turns out other things can make the contacts touch, such as a hard slam. I thought about leaving this in the design, to determine if the scientists were playing softball with my instruments. But, no; if I want that I should program the accelerometer. Instead, I plan to replace the reed switch with a magnetoresistive sensor, which responds only to magnetism, not physical shock. I know of one more issue I need to fix. I call it the climb-out-of-reset hang. The commercial weather station boxes we used have this same problem. It is classic in energy harvesting designs. Say the battery drains down, and the system totally dies. When there is solar power again, the battery starts to recharge. There is an exact point of voltage when the system electronics are just barely able to start. They start, and try to run through their initialization routines. However, this small sip of power is enough to drop the battery back down below the critical threshold, and the system dies again. The battery recharges. The system starts — and the cycle repeats, forever. If you connect the system to a well charged battery, the voltage droops a little during initialization. But right after a successful startup, the system can go into battery management mode, and keep itself on a strict energy diet. However, on a slowly-charging battery, what the system really needs to do is hold off on powering up, at all, until the charge is well above the start threshold. But the system had no way to know how to do this — because it’s still dead. Since the system cannot rely on the intelligence of the uC, it needs some sort of hardwired holdoff circuit right up next to the battery. This is tricky because these “dumb” electronics have to work, and make critical decisions, based on fractions of a volt. Not much electronics works reliably on fractions of a volt! Everything else in this project was impossible, but now it’s working. It’s going to be really cool when the holdoff circuit is too! The mantis was developed under government research funding, and so is in the public domain. I wrote sections of the documentation, which includes instructions for data processing. We developed two tools for processing data from the mantises, Greenloggers, and other recorders such as iButtons. Categories: long posts, science, what's up | Tags: Alaska, electronics, environment, science, technical | Permalink. There is a huge amount of disinformation out there about how to grow fruit tree seeds. Rather than going into all that, this post is about how to do it. This is not even an experiment. I’ve been growing tree seeds for decades, and I know how it will turn out. This is more a test, to demonstrate the techniques. I saved a handful of apple seeds, from some random apples I used to make applesauce. Later, I’ll discuss differences in species and varieties, but ordinary apple seeds make a good demonstration. I divided the seeds into three approximately equal batches, of about 23 seeds. The first batch was the “control”, or no treatment. I planted these in a pot of dirt, same as you might plant flower seeds. This was on January 22, 2016. I kept the pot moist, in normal warm room temperature. At the end of the test, May 4, 2016, there was no difference. Not one had grown. If you try this with a large number of seeds, you may have one or two random seeds sprout, but this is not the way . Next, the “freeze” batch, I put overnight in the freezer. The next day, I put them in a small ziplock bag with damp sawdust, and stored them in the refrigerator. I checked on them periodically. In this check on April 1, 2016, none have grown. At the end of the test, May 4, 2016, none had grown. Looking close, the moisture around the seeds is becoming milky. The seeds are starting to rot. They are dead, and have been since they were frozen. This is one of the misunderstandings. People hear that seeds need cold to germinate, so they freeze them. As if freezing will “break” dormancy, like shattering ice. No. If seeds are completely dried, some species can survive deep cold, but it only holds them in suspended animation. It does nothing to make them germinate. Usually, it just kills them, as you see here. For the “chill” batch, I put them in a ziplock sandwich bag with a little damp sawdust. I put this bag in the refrigerator. These seeds need moisture and oxygen to germinate. Polyethylene, the plastic most ordinary plastic bags are made of, is permeable enough to oxygen that this works fine. You can zip the bag closed so the seeds don’t dry out. You do not need to leave the bag open. In this check, on April 1, 2016, you can see that some seeds are starting to germinate. Germination is a gradual thing. I judged that a seed had “germinated” if the root tip coming out was longer than it was wide. So, on this date, I counted 3. In the next check on April 15, 2016, more had germinated. I replaced the sawdust with a damp paper towel, to make things easier to see. This works just as well as sawdust. If you don’t need the see the seeds, you can use peat moss, sand, soil, crumbled up autumn leaves, etc. If you’re doing a lot of seeds, you can mix them in the bag, and then plant the whole mix once the seeds are germinating. If you count the seeds, you will notice I did not put back the 3 that had already sprouted. The purpose was to demonstrate germination, not to grow the seeds. If you want to grow the seeds, you can plant them as soon as they sprout. They don’t need cold any more. In fact, cold only slows them down. This is natures way of easing the seedlings into springtime. Chill breaks their dormancy, but then the cold temperatures keep them growing slowly, so they don’t pop up and get hit by late frosts. Going by my criteria, I did not count the seed in the lower right corner to have “germinated” yet, as its root was not long enough. So I counted 5 more germinated on this date, for a total of 8 so far. But as you will see, it makes little difference in the final tally. By May 4, 2016, all the rest of the seeds had germinated. Here’s the numbers on this test. None of the seeds grew except those in the “chill” treatment. The magic is holding the seeds at a temperature above freezing, but below about 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius). Your ordinary home refrigerator is the correct temperature range. How do you know? If it were too cold things would freeze and if it were too warm your food would go bad. If your refrigerator is working normally, it’s perfect to cold-treat seeds. This is what has happened when you cut open and apple and find seeds sprouting inside. The apple was kept in cold storage, and the period of refrigerator temperature satisfied the seeds’ chill requirement. The seeds need to be imbibed with water, but not under water. Immersed in water, they would not get enough oxygen. These are like the conditions a seed would find, buried in the surface layer of soil, through the winter. Even in continental climates, where air temperatures go extremely low, the soil a short distance below the surface seldom freezes so cold. Here are the numbers on the “chill” treatment, with the dates translated into elapsed time. Chill requirements for plants are often expressed in hours, so I’ve included the elapsed time expressed as hours as well as days. Notice that nothing visible occurred for more than a month! It’s as if the seed has a little hourglass inside, which runs down while the chill conditions are met. If it’s too warm, the hourglass stops. If it freezes, the hourglass stops. But after enough accumulated hours, the seed grows. Notice that this is not abrupt, but in most batches of seeds, once it starts it goes pretty quick. This is how nature hedges her bets. If some seeds came up too early and got killed, there would be stragglers to take their place. On the other hand, if the early ones got a good head start and took over more space, the next generation would drift towards lower chill. In tree species that have a substantial north-south range, local populations have adjusted themselves to the best chill requirement for their conditions. Plants use the same chill mechanism to “know” when to leaf out. It correlates with seed chill. That is, for two of the same kind of plant, except with different chill requirements, the one that needs less chill to germinate from seed will need less chill to start leafing out each spring. All else being equal, it will bloom earlier too. This explains why certain fruits are notorious for getting their blooms frosted. Peaches have a low chill requirement, and apricots even less. Evidently they originated in parts of the world with cold winters, hot summers, and not much transition (chill) in between. Brought to North America, where the weather has all sorts of wild swings, they get their chill requirement at the first breath of spring. They bloom out, then get snapped by late frost. Why haven’t they adapted? They never needed to. If you grow these seeds, you will find them very “easy” to germinate. Everyone who ever cultivated them did too. The grower planted a bunch of seeds, and the first sprouts to pop up tended to get planted out in the orchard. This, of course, selected for low chill. The trees did well enough, and if the blooms got frosted too often, well, that region would not be known for apricot production. If you wanted to develop, say, a late-blooming apricot, you could use this approach. Plant a lot of seeds. Say you want ten trees. As the seeds germinate, pot them up, but when the eleventh one germinates, pull up the first one and plant the eleventh one in its place. Keep on doing this. Eventually, you will end up with the slowest to germinate, high-chill individuals. It might take generations, but finally you would have a late-blooming apricot. This chill technique for germinating seeds works for most mid-latitude tree crops: apples, pears, peaches, apricots, cherries, plums, persimmons, almonds, chestnuts, walnuts, hickories, etc. It may be hard to believe a tender root tip can break its way out of a rock-hard seed like a peach pit or a walnut, but it does. Most trees that ripen their seeds in the fall need chill. These include ashes, beeches, and some maples such as sugar maple, Norway maple, bigleaf maple, and vine maple. Tree seeds that ripen in the spring tend to have no chill requirement. They are ready to germinate as soon as they fall. These include elms and certain other maples like silver maple, and red maple. A number of leguminous (bean family) trees, such as locusts and mimosa (Albizia), have no chill requirement. Instead, their germination is inhibited by a water-impervious seed coat. This chill technique is sometimes called “stratification”. This is from a traditional method of putting layers (“strata”) of sand and seeds in flowerpots or lath-bottom boxes, and leaving these sunk in the ground over winter. You can see why it works. Winter moisture keeps the seeds imbibed. The upper layers of soil maintain the proper chill temperatures. The sand makes it easy to separate out the sprouting seeds when it’s time to plant them in nursery rows. If you do it this way, put bricks or something on top of your flowerpots, to keep squirrels from messing with your seeds. Seeds that need chill will, of course, germinate just fine planted directly outdoors in the fall. However, there is liable to be a lot of grass and weeds also growing by spring when they come up. You may have a hard time spotting the seedlings, or remembering where they were. If you want to grow a lot of seeds this way, plastic bags may be easier than pots. Collect up your seeds as they come along, and keep them so they do not completely dry out. For example, cherries ripen in early summer. As you use the cherries, put the pits in some loosely lidded container or a plastic bag with something to keep them a little damp, such as moist sand, soil, peat moss, dead leaves, or sawdust. If you put them in the refrigerator in the summer, they are likely to have their chill requirement met by fall, and germinate as winter is coming on. If this is what you want, growing them indoors all winter, go for it. But for a more natural cycle, put your seeds in a plastic bag and bury it a little below the ground surface, or under some dead leaves or sawdust. Then, the seeds will stay at ambient summer temperatures until autumn, and their timers will not start running down yet. Be sure you have your seeds buried before things freeze hard. One time, I had a bag of peach pits out on top of the ground, and a November cold snap went to single digits. All these seeds were killed, but the ones buried just a few inches were fine. As autumn comes, the temperatures will start dipping into the chill range at night, and the seeds’ timers will start ticking. As the weather gets cooler, the seeds will accumulate more chill hours each day. In midwinter, the seeds may go slightly below freezing, and their timers will stop. But as spring comes, they will resume. As each seed germinates, it will start to put out a root. Keep checking them. If left too long, the roots will be all tangled together, and the seeds will be hard to separate out to plant. Categories: botany and horticulture, how-to, science | Tags: botany, gardening, outdoors, seeds | Permalink.

2019-04-21T06:11:30Z

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That's from "THE KNUCKLE SONG" by BARRY AND THE BOOKBINDERS! I owe many of you an apology for planting those annoying notes in your head for the week! After the tie-breaking drawing, Kenneth Poland of Erie, PA, wins a CD copy of the demented song of his choice.

2019-04-23T10:44:45Z

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A special thank you to everyone who saw it fit to honor me with these awards! Note: These awards were given to me in 2001, sorry to say that the links to their sites do not work. Their sites have probably moved, so I do not have their recent urls.

2019-04-23T23:19:32Z

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Underneath the Raderbrücke (a.k.a. Europabrücke) near Rendsburg. The Bridgehunter’s Chronicles is doing an upgrade of the tour guides of the bridge-laden regions the author visited, by relocating them to the wordpress version of the column and updating them with maps and information. This includes the series on the Bridges along the Baltic-North Sea Canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, which the author visited in 2011. Unlike the areavoices version, the tour will be done in reverse order starting with part I on the Grand Canal, followed by part II on the Rendsburg High Bridge, part III on the Alter Eider Canal, which runs parallel to the Grand Canal between Rendsburg and Kiel, and lastly, the bridges in Kiel, the state capital and where the canal empties into the Baltic Sea after a 90-km trip across the state. Our first stop on the tour of the canal area in northern and central Schleswig-Holstein is the bridges along the Grand Canal itself, known as the Baltic-North Sea Canal (in German: Nord-Ostsee Kanal. To understand more about the canal, one has to look at the history of it, which is plentiful in color. We already know that the first canal followed the same path as the river Eider, swerving about like a snake through Knoop, Rathmannsdorf, Kluvensiek and Schinkeln, running parallel to the present day canal between Kiel and Rendsburg before taking a more northerly route in the direction of Friedrichstadt and Tönnern before emptying into the North Sea. As the decades wore on however, the boat traffic increased in size and volume and despite its unique construction, the canal locks, let alone the double-leaf bascule bridges built to cater to horse and buggy at that time, were no longer able to accommodate the marine traffic. Therefore beginning in 1887, engineers of the German Navy embarked on a plan to construct a newer and wider canal that would run straighter than the Alter Eider and on a shorter length than its predecessor so that in the end, the Grand Canal would flow southwesterly from Rendsburg, past Gruenental and Hochdonn, and emptying into the North Sea at Brunsbüttel, approximately 65 km south of Friedrichstadt. The length totalled 90 km, which is more than half the distance of the Eider Canal. While the canal was built as a means of providing a short naval route instead of going around Denmark, the Grand Canal today serves as a shortcut for the shipping and commerce. Located just 10 km west of the Olympia and Prince Heinrich Bridges, this bridge is unique because of its unique design. Made of steel, this bridge features a half-pony and half deck arch design. Built in 1894 by Hermann Muthesius, it used to feature a through truss design in a form of a Howe design. Its decking featured rail traffic between Kiel and Flensburg for the eastern half and vehicular traffic for the western half. A picture of the bridge can be found here. Yet, as mentioned in the bridge quiz a few weeks ago, the bridge became a safety hazard by the early 1950s, as collisions at the portal entry were the norm- in many cases with injuries involved. Henceforth, beginning in 1952 and lasting for two years, the through truss portion and the concrete portal entries were removed, the roadways were reallocated and separated with a barrier to ensure through traffic and better passage, additional steel supports were added to the deck arch sections, and the entire bridge was stripped down to resemble its present form today. The stripped down version of the Levensau Bridge was reopened to traffic in 1954 and continued to be the lone link between Kiel and Levensau for another 20 years. An additional bridge was added to relieve the bridge of heavy masses of traffic in 1974. The bridge still remains in use, yet its days will soon be numbered. Plans are in the making to demolish the bridge and replace it with a tied arch span as part of the plans to widen and deepen the Grand Canal. Specifically, the new span will be built on top of the old span, which will then be dismantled one-by-one until only the abutments are left. They will be preserved and used as observation points as well as a place of habitats for a rare species of bats that exist inside. At present, no work has been done on the bridge due to funding and regulatory issues. Yet when the green light is given, the project is expected to be completed with three years. About a third of the way down the canal we come to Rendsburg, a city of 30,000 that once prided itself on the cast iron industry, but is now simply a tourist trap. Rendsburg is a rather quiet community with friendly people who enjoy talking about its heritage and history. And the city should be proud of it, especially when it comes to its bridges. Several bascule bridges were erected over the Alt Eider Canal in and around Rendsburg, most of which were built by the cast iron company Carlshütte (for more information, please refer to Part I and the Kluvensiek Bridge). Yet as iron became a fad of the past thanks to the coming of steel, so was the canal itself as the Grand Canal replaced it and effectively made these bridges obsolete. Today another landmark overshadows the city, which we’ll talk about in the next article with the Rendsburg High Bridge, yet two other crossings existed over the Grand Canal: The City Tunnel and the Europe Bridge. The City Tunnel was built in 1961, replacing the steel swing bridge, built using a cantilever truss design. That bridge featured two spans, each with a turning wheel, that would turn outwards to allow ships to pass. Because of the traffic congestion along the main street going through Rendsburg which the bridge carried, combined with the rust and corrosion and the hindrance of marine traffic, that bridge was taken out of service in favor of two tunnels, each one carrying one-way traffic. Two additional tunnels for bikes and pedestrians were added in 1965. At the same time of the construction of the tunnel, plans were approved to construct an Autobahn-Bridge spanning the Grand Canal. The 1491 meter long bridge (with a 221 meter main span) was christened the Raderbrücke (or Europabrücke), as it not only connected Flensburg and Hamburg via A7, but it created the longest Autobahn in not only Germany (at 961 kilometers in length), but Europe, connecting Flensburg with Füssen in Bavaria, but Scandanavia (namely Kolding, Aalborg, Copenhagen and Stockholm) with the Alps region (and with it, Austria and Switzerland). The bridge has been serving traffic since its opening in 1972. However, plans are in place to replace the entire structure to better accommodate Motorway A7 beginning in 2018. A new span will be built alongside the current one, which after that bridge is open to traffic, will be torn down and replaced. All in all, two bridges with three lanes in each direction will be in service by 2026. Located near the town of Beldorf, this 1892 structure, featuring a half through and half arch bridge and serving a local road and railroad line. Little has been mentioned about this bridge except for the fact that it is most likely the second bridge built along the canal by Hermann Muthesius, the same person who built the Levensau Bridge near Kiel. Furthermore, it was one of two bridges in Schleswig-Holstein that carried both vehicular and rail traffic (the Heide- Neumuenster Line). The Lindaunis Schlei drawbridge is the other bridge. The bridge served traffic for 92 years before severe rust and corrosion on the superstructure led to first a severe weight restriction, forbidding trucks from using the bridge, later the German Railways to cease train service across the bridge, and finally its eventual replacement with the present structure, a Warren through truss bridge with no vertical beams. The arch bridge, deemed unsafe even for pedestrian use, was taken off its foundation using two massive cranes in 1988 and cut up and hauled away for scrap metal. Only the brick abutments, once used as portal entrance before its partial demolition in 1952, remain as observation decks. Unique is the fact that the state shield of Schleswig-Holstein, made of iron, can be seen while passing under the new bridge. Featuring Warren deck truss approaches supported by steel bowtie-like trestle towers and a Camelback Warren through truss main span over the canal, the 2218 meter long Hochdonn Viaduct cannot be missed while travelling along the Grand Canal. Built between 1913 and 1920, this bridge is possibly the third bridge built by Friedrich Voss, who had previously built the Prince Heinrich Bridge near Kiel in 1912 and the Rendsburg High Bridge , one year later. It replaced a swing bridge located west of Hochdonn, which was removed and replaced with a ferry today. Since its opening in 1920, the bridge has been serving rail traffic between Hamburg and the Island of Sylt, located at the German-Danish border. The only work done on this bridge was between 2005 and 2008, when the deck truss trestle spans were rehabilitated and the 42 meter high main span was replaced with a replica of the original bridge. In historic standards, it would have compromised the bridge’s historical integrity, but given the circumstances, and the fact that the truss swapping was necessary because the original span sustained severe corrosion making the rehabilitation impossible, it was deemed necessary to carry out this work while keeping the bridge’s integrity in tact. It has worked, as the bridge is still considered historically significant on the state level. A link with detailed photos of the bridge can be found here. The last two bridges crossing the canal are not only the westernmost bridges, but they serve the main artery connecting Hamburg and the Island of Sylt, passing through the cities of Itzehoe, Husum and Heide. The Hohenhorn Viaduct, built in 1989, is the younger of the two bridges, and serves the Autobahn motorway 23, which connects Heide and Hamburg. It was built as a relief to the main highway 5, although stretches of them have been replaced by the motorway since then. It still serves traffic today. The 390 meter long bridge features a similar main-span steel cantilever bridge to that of the Europa Bridge, but it one of the shortest bridges along the canal. At 2831 meters long, the Brunsbüttel Bridge, the last bridge before approaching the North Sea, serves the Main Highway 5, which runs along the North Sea coast. Built in 1983, the bridge, which featured a Warren through truss main span and two deck girder approach spans, is not only the longest bridge over the Grand Canal, but it is also one of the longest bridges in Germany. Given the landscape where the bridge is located, the bridge can be easily seen from a distance of as far as 10 kilometers in both directions. To sum up the tour of the Bridges along the Baltic-North Sea Canal, the canal is rich in history, not only in its construction and how the towns profited from it, but also the bridges that either used to cross it or still cross it. There are many bridges in shapes and sized that a person can see. Yet there is one bridge that was left out of all this, which we will get to as we approach Part II: The Rendsburg High Bridge. Here’s a map with the complete guide of the bridges along the Baltic North Sea Canal, which features both the Grand Canal and the Alt Eider, which the former supplanted. This includes both the Rendsburg High Bridge, which will be in part II and the Alt Eider, which will be in part III. Kiel is not included in the map as there is a separate one, but will be featured in Part IV. Special Thanks to Rainer Butenschön for the photos of the Hochdonn and Grünental Bridges and for allowing the author to use a couple of them for this article.

2019-04-19T08:23:33Z

https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2016/10/09/the-bridges-along-the-baltic-north-sea-canal-part-i-the-grand-canal/

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Hrm...had a looky around.... - Welcome to The City of Desire. Apparently, there are some lucky dogs out there who have managed to buy all those Azone Cyber Tricks dolls (the pink-haired Sahra, blue-haired Lycee and yellow-haired Maaya). I hear that if you buy them all Azone gives you some kind of gift. Fuu......I only really like the Sahra, and maybe the Lycee, but I wouldn't mind having any of them! That, and that Love Blitz Lycee. Azone has been released some neat dolls, and HLJ can't get any of them because they're too limited. ::cries:: Oh well, I guess it's better for my budget that way! Speaking of which, the page that had pics of those Cyber Tricks dolls also had ones of the new Meimei and Amanda. The Amanda is nice enough, but her face paint is the same as the original one's. How's that for disappointing? The Meimei is....surprisingly not cute. Her eyes have no shading in them! It's a pity. I bet the prototype was pretty, but the air-brushed eyeprints of some commercial dolls have started to look flat to me. She has salmon pink hair, though. If she weren't so expensive, she'd be fun to repaint!

2019-04-20T08:27:11Z

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“The best part of my PEY Co-op experience is the people I worked with. My thoughts and ideas during group discussions and team meetings were valued and considered even though I was only an intern student, and I felt that I was an integral part of the team,” said Emily Miao (CompE 1T5 + PEY). Miao completed her PEY Co-op placement at Intel Canada, where in the position of Digital Design and Verification Engineer, she wrote code to test new design features and tested digital designs to ensure they functioned properly. If it wasn’t working, she would debug the design to find out why. In this role, Miao applied classroom theory on setup and hold time in digital circuits, an important concept used in digital design and verification. Todd’s PEY Co-op placement at Synaptive Medical, a company that develops innovative neurosurgical technologies, is the perfect fit for her. A computer engineering student with a biomedical engineering minor, she has always had an interest in medicine and at her PEY Co-op placement she is turning her passions into practical experience. As for the future, Todd plans to keep her options open for now and is considering medical school as a possibility. She feels that her PEY Co-op experience will provide a lot of insight when it comes time to pick which path to take.

2019-04-19T14:24:05Z

https://www.ece.utoronto.ca/prospective-students/pey/

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I’ve let a lot of things hanging, in the last, hectic few weeks. Like writing on this blog – which will now pick up its usual pace again. Or renewing my subscription to Sommelier Journal, a very interesting and distinctive magazine aimed at a knowledgeable and/or professional readership. I’ve found a lot of great content in the magazine, since I subscribed last October. Solid portraits of various colorful winemakers (like Gary Pisoni or Merry Edwards), interesting pieces on wine service and wine pricing in restaurants (this is a sommelier journal, isn’t it), good overviews of wine regions like Alsace and Sicily, and a very good series on wine flaws, like volatile acidity and high alcohol. The simple fact that high alcohol would be adressed as a wine flaw is, to me, reason enough to subscribe. Of course, this is not a magazine for beginners. Even though the writing is clear and generally avoids jargon and overspecialized discussions, it does require a bit of knowledge about wine to be fully enjoyed. Which makes it an excellent read for someone like me, who’s bean reading and writing and learning about wine for years and years, or for anyone trying to push their wine-thinking skills a little further. You can check out a selection of free access articles on the web site, by browsing through the archive. Reading back through them, I’m wondering more and more about why I let my subscription lapse. I’ll take care of that right away. I was appalled and incensed, Friday evening, when I read a post by Robert Parker himself on the eRobertParker forum. I don’t often agree with Mr Parker’s taste, but I do have respect for what he’s accomplished and for the energy he’s put into advocating wine. I’ve lost a lot of that respect, now, after an attack he has made on wine bloggers and on the Wine Bloggers Conference and those who organized it. And it’s not a question of opinion. Even as he accuses wine bloggers of spreading falsehoods, Mr Parker has evidently not even bothered to check any facts on what he states in his forum post. Blog rankings: what a Wine Blogging Wednesday can do for your blog. I got contacted, last week, by the folks at information portal Wikio, asking me if I wanted to have a chance to post an exclusive preview of the new rankings for top food and wine blogs compiled at the end of March. I’d come up over 30 spots since the previous rankings, they said, so they figured I would probably be happy to toot my horn a bit. Sure, I said, why not, all the while keeping in mind the limitations in blog rankings that others have previously pointed to. Now, technical issues kept me from getting the rankings in time to write my “exclusive” post on time, and now the new rankings are out for March, and I’ve gone up from 111th rank in January to 61st in February to a smashing 27th place in late March. The key things you have to keep in mind about this ranking are that, first, it works on an opt-in basis (The Pour, Vinography, Fermentation and many other popular blogs are not in the list because they haven’t linked up to Wikio) and that, second, it works on the basis of links, rather than traffic per se. “The position of a blog in the Wikio ranking depends on the number and weight of the incoming links from other blogs.”, it says at the bottom of the page, adding that how recent these links are is also a factor. Now, what did I do in February and March? I hosted the 55th Wine Blogging Wednesday, on a theme called North vs South. This collective wine tasting event is very popular, meaning that several wine bloggers always relay what the new theme is, and that the dozens who actually take part then link to your blog as they post their contribution on the theme in question. So that makes for a lot of links over these last two months, for me. Same kind of thing happened to David McDuff, who hosted WBW 54, about Piedmont, and whose blog climbed all the way up to 12th place before falling back a bit to 19th place last month. I expect to start slipping back down next month. No regrets or surprises: it’s perfectly normal that less people will link to my blog next month, compared to the central blogging event that is Wine Blogging Wednesday. WBW brought me a lot of traffic, and I’ll only keep part of it on a recurring basis, as is always the case when something makes your traffic stats spike suddenly. So what does that do for me? Well, judging from my stats, it has brought me some extra traffic. So thanks, Wikio. But am I the 27th most read and most important blog on the Internet? No way. I just had a really good couple of months, thanks to the WBW. A Dash of Economics With Your Wine? Just a quick word to share a site I’ve been reading with great interest over the last couple of weeks. It’s called The Wine Economist, and it’s written by Michael Veseth, a professor of International Political Economy at the University of Puget Sound – which is obviously near one of the West Coast’s most interesting wine regions. The blog is full of interesting articles about how the various roads that wine takes from the vine to your glass. Recently, he’s talked about the effects of the exchange rate on the price of wine in the United States and on the domestic market for American wines, and about a series of trades, buyouts and acquisitions by wine giants such as Constellation, The Wine Group, Ascentia and Fosters. It’s insightful, well-researched and original in that it offers a point of view too rarely seen as we discuss the aromas of green pepper and grapefruit in sauvignon blancs or which bottle of 2005 Bordeaux we’re getting en primeur. Why do wines tend to taste one way or the other? It may, in part, have to do with what The Wine Economist is discussing. It’s a worthwhile read, in any case. There are a lot of conversations going on on the internet, a lot of communities coming together through blogs and Web 2.0 sites, a lot of people talking and learning about subjects of common interests through social media. But in the end, there is nothing yet that can truly replace face to face meetings and live conversation. This is why, in August and October, there will be not one but two Wine Blogger Conferences that will allow wine bloggers from around Europe and the Americas to come together and discuss issues that matter to them and to the wine world. Oh yeah. And to taste wines and have great meals together – something that still can’t really be done over the Internet. Little has filtered, as of yet, about what went on at the incredibly ambitious WineCreator meeting that was held in Ronda, in Jérez country, last weekend. Yet a lot of people are surely curious about knowing what the “greatest” minds in winemaking and wine journalism came to discuss during this ” tribute to creativity in a world where the signs of globalisation are becoming increasingly evident”. Oh, I almost forgot. The awards are in. Though they generated a fair bit of discussion, about whether or not they were representative and valid, the American Wine Blogging Awards were announced this week by Fermentation blog’s Tom Wark. I have to congratulate Alder Yarrow for the two awards won for his blog Vinography, well-deserved indeed. I’m also glad about Tablas Creek’s Winery blog Award for… best winery blog: I started getting interested in Jason Haas’ blog after a really great post about the great cork debate, and have been a fan since (the wines are pretty great too). No award process is perfect, but after reading Tom Wark’s discussion of the whole thing, I have to say the AWBA seem about as good as it can get, for a world as fluid as wine blogging. Points were awarded both for public vote and for judge’s votes, nominations were open to the public, while the finalists were selected from this open list by the judges. Could the Awards be improved upon? Probably. Should they be back next year? Tom Wark seems to be hesitating (perhaps from all the criticism), but I certainly think it would be worth it. Through discussions with Doug Cook, the creator of AbleGrape, the only search engine devoted to the world of wine (more on that great project later), I’ve come to know a fast-growing community of wine people called the OpenWine Consortium. It’s at the junction between industry forums, wine blogs and something like Facebook, with friends and groups and all. Lots of good information rolling around the site, from links to the European Wine Blogger Conference 2008, to very interesting discussions of wine issues and wine terms, like “rustic“, an adjective that can be read as positive or negative, and which was very interestingly commented on by a number of OWC members. Me, I’ve always read it as a positive, and associated it to sangiovese wines, especially chianti. Where is the consortium heading? Hard to tell, as the membership is growing so fast. The way it balances out between wineries, bloggers, wine-related companies and, well, everything else, has not reached maturity yet. Only time will tell if it’s like a good wine, and will get better with age. Château de la Garde owner Ilja Gort won’t take any chances with his wines and the nose that helps him put them together. He just got his nose insured for 5 million euros (about 8 million dollars, US or CDN). He says he got worried after reading a story about a man who had lost his sense of smell after a car accident. If you ask me, I think he also saw how much media attention the story about the smell-less man got, and figured he could get a lot of visibility from that move. Which can probably help him pay his premiums. Needless to say, the story quickly made the rounds of just about every newspaper from Albany, NY to India, every wine blog and media web site. The one who must be feeling bad about all this is Robert Paker, whose nose is insured for a paltry one million dollars. I’m just wondering if he’ll be calling his insurance company to have the policy reviewed… I’m also wondering what Château de la Garde’s Parker scores are. I mean, for eight million, you should be making 90s at least, right?

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A Commentary on Fra Angelico's "The Baptism of Christ" From left to right in Fra Angelico's painting there are six human figures: two angels, Jesus, John the Baptist, Mary the mother of Jesus, and a Dominican friar. A Dominican friar? Impossible! Jesus was baptized somewhere around 25 A.D. to 35 A.D. The Dominicans did not come into existence until the early 13th Century, more than a thousand years after John baptized Jesus. There is absolutely no doubt that the sixth figure is a Dominican friar. He is wearing the white cassock (clerical robe) and the hooded black cappa (clerical cloak) which gave these monks a rather sinister and spooky look whenever they covered their heads with their hoods and which caused Englishmen to call them Blackfriars. Although Fra Angelico's paintings depict a number of Dominican friars and nuns, usually the depictions are of Saint Dominic, the founder of the Dominican Order of Preachers. By the way, the best-known Dominicans from history were the founder Saint Dominic, the philosopher Saint Thomas Aquinas, and the Grand Inquisitor Tomas de Torquemada, who most definitely was not a saint. And, of course, the painter Fra Angelico himself, who began his artistic career as a copyist and illuminator of manuscripts at a Dominican monastery in Fiesole, Italy, in the early 15th Century. Angelico, alas, is also not a saint though he has been considered for that honor, and has made it part-way to sainthood. His official title in Catholic circles is the Blessed Fra Angelico. So why is 13th Century Saint Dominic in a 15th Century painting of an episode that occurred in the 1st Century? And how do we know that the friar depicted is Dominic? Notice that the friar is holding a red book in his left hand and a pen in his right hand. This is a visual allusion to a miracle attributed to Dominic. As the story is usually told, in 1207 Dominic was given the task of burning some heretical writings of the Albigensians. In order to prove that the writings being burned were in fact full of errors, Dominic put a book of his own in the fire. Dominic's book was so full of truth that the fire miraculously did not harm his book; meanwhile, however, the heretical books were burned to ashes. In memory of that event, nearly all pictures of Dominic show him holding a book and a pen.

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Originated by Montabonel & Partners, MEDIA IN THE EXPANDED FIELD Site is a collaborative platform for the participants in the think tank entitled Media in the Expanded Field. The core aspect of the project is research and this blog will represent its tangible manifestation. It is composed of a series of pages, including Themes – containing fragments, short statements and questions – and posts falling under different categories. The Think Tank Members and Contributors can both upload posts, which explore the proposed themes, and elaborate the material of each page. The blog’s primary aim is, in fact, that of progressively generating content, reactions, and interactions to be extensively developed during the think tank, and further disseminated beyond it. The event is the second stage of a broader project, initiated with a roundtable discussion held on the 19th of February 2015 between academics, artists and curators about the uses of technology in contemporary art practices. Having identified and reflected on the consequences of this discussion, Montabonel & Partners have compiled a brief introductory text as a means of reaching out to a wider audience of experts from different countries and institutions. Following the circulation of this preliminary text, an exclusive group of artists, curators, academics and museum professionals has been selected to join the think tank, which will take place at Fundación Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido (Mexico), from the 12th to the 18th of July 2016. Over the course of this week, the objective for the participants will be to both share and produce knowledge on the subject of art and technology, and the future of collecting practices, generating a comprehensive report. This will represent the basis for the formation of the Network for the Art Institutions of the 21st Century, which will bring the discourse forward by establishing and maintaining connections among a diversity of art organisations, with the aim of creating a platform for productive discussions and development of joint initiatives. The copyright of the texts contained in this blog is property of the authors and Montabonel & Partners. Please do not cite or quote without authors’ prior written permission.

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Key question: What do UK educators and researchers need from content collections and services in order to excel and push new boundaries in discovery? What are the motivations arising for Libraries, Archives, Museums and their partners? During lunch there will be a display of the eight RDTF Discovery projects in the lunch area with representatives on hand to field queries. Key question: What are practical next steps that Libraries, Archives and Museums can take to make their collections more available, enhance audiences and add value? What are the immediate challenges, the early wins and the available tools? Tea break during which delegates will be asked to form small groups to discuss next steps with the aim of producing two suggested actions per group to feed back into a plenary session after 20 minutes. Suggestions will be posted up onto a projected timeline.

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For the nationalist ideology, see Turanism. German "Map of Iran and Turan", dated 1850 (during the Qajar dynasty), Turan territory indicated by orange line (here enhanced). The name "Turan" appears to the east of the Aral Sea. According to the legend (bottom right of the map), Turan encompasses regions including modern Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and northern parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. This area roughly corresponds to what is called Central Asia today. List of the areas mentioned in the map as part of Turan: 1. Khwarezm 2. Bukhara with Balkh 3. Shehersebz (near Bukhara) 4. Hissar 5. Khokand 6. Durwaz 7. Karategin 8. Kunduz 9. Kafiristan 10. Chitral 11. Gilgit 12. Iskardu 13.14. The northern steppes (Kazakhstan). Turan was one of the regions of the Sasanian Empire, here seen at the extreme southeast. The term Turanian, now obsolete, formerly[when?] occurred in the classifications used by European (especially German, Hungarian, and Slovak) ethnologists, linguists, and Romantics to designate populations speaking non-Indo-European, non-Semitic, and non-Hamitic languages and specially speakers of Altaic, Dravidian, Uralic, Japanese, Korean and other languages. The main relationships between Dravidian, Uralic, and Altaic languages were considered[by whom?] typological. According to Crystal & Robins, "Language families, as conceived in the historical study of languages, should not be confused with the quite separate classifications of languages by reference to their sharing certain predominant features of grammatical structure." As of 2013[update] linguists classify languages according to the method of comparative linguistics rather than using their typological features. According to Encyclopædia Britannica, Max's Müller's "efforts were most successful in the case of the Semites, whose affinities are easy to demonstrate, and probably least successful in the case of the Turanian peoples, whose early origins are hypothetical". As of 2014[update] the scholarly community no longer uses the word Turanian to denote a classification of language families. The relationship between Uralic and Altaic, whose speakers were also designated as Turanian people in 19th-century European literature, remains uncertain. In European discourse, the words Turan and Turanian can designate a certain mentality, i.e. the nomadic in contrast to the urbanized agricultural civilizations. This usage probably[original research?] matches the Zoroastrian concept of the Tūrya, which is not primarily a linguistic or ethnic designation, but rather a name of the infidels that opposed the civilization based on the preaching of Zoroaster. Poster of the opera by Puccini, Turandot (1926). The name of the opera is based on Turan-Dokht ("daughter of Turan"), which is a common name used in Persian poetry for Central Asian princesses. In the declining days of the Ottoman Empire, some Turkish nationalists adopted the word Turanian to express a pan-Turkic ideology, also called Turanism. As of 2013[update] Turanism forms an important aspect of the ideology of the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), whose members are also known as Grey Wolves. In recent times[when?], the word Turanian has sometimes expressed a pan-Altaic nationalism (theoretically including Manchus and Mongols in addition to Turks), though no political organization seems to have adopted such an ambitious platform. ^ Tūrān; an Iranian term applied to the country to the north-east of Iran. ^ van Donzel, Emeri (1994). Islamic Reference Desk. Brill Academic. p. 461. Iranian term applied to region lying to the northeast of Iran and ultimately indicating very vaguely the country of the Turkic peoples. ^ Allworth, Edward A. (1994). Central Asia: A Historical Overview. Duke University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-8223-1521-6. ^ Yarshater, Ehsan (2004). "Iran iii. Traditional History of Persia". Encyclopædia Iranica. ^ Menges, Karl Heinrich (1989). "Altaic". Encyclopædia Iranica. In a series of relatively minor movements, Turkic groups began to occupy territories in western Central Asia and eastern Europe which had previously been held by Iranians (i.e. Turan). The Volga Bulgars, following the Avars, proceeded to the Volga and Ukraine in the 6th–7th centuries. ^ Possehl, Raymond (2002). The Indus Civilization: A Contemporary Perspective. Rowman Altamira Press. p. 276. ^ Edgar Burke Inlow. Shahanshah: A Study of the Monarchy of Iran, Motilal Banarsidass Pub, 1979. pg 17: "Faridun divided his vast empire between his three sons, Iraj, the youngest receiving Iran. After his murder by his brothers and the avenging Manuchihr, one would have thought the matter was ended. But, the fraternal strife went on between the descendants of Tur and Selim (Salm) and those of Iraj. The former – the Turanians – were the Turks or Tatars of Central Asia, seeking access to Iran. The descendants of Iraj were the resisting Iranians. ^ Bosworth, C. Edmund (1973). "Barbarian Incursions: The Coming of the Turks into the Islamic World". In Richards, D.S. (ed.). Islamic Civilization. Oxford. p. 2. Hence as Kowalski has pointed out, a Turkologist seeking for information in the Shahnama on the primitive culture of the Turks would definitely be disappointed. ^ a b c d Yarshater, Ehsan (1984). "Afrāsīāb". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 24 April 2016. ^ Khaleghi-Motlagh, Djalal (1984). "Aḡrēraṯ". Encyclopædia Iranica. ^ a b Tafażżolī, Aḥmad (1989). "Bīderafš". Encyclopædia Iranica. ^ Tafażżolī, Aḥmad (1986). "Arjasp". Encyclopædia Iranica. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1977). Iranisches Personennamenbuch (in German). Vol. I/1 - Die altiranischen Namen/Die Avestischen Namen. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. pp. 74f. Reviewed in Dresden, Mark J. (1981). "Journal of the American Oriental Society". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 101 (4): 466. doi:10.2307/601282. JSTOR 601282. ^ Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1990). "Central Asia iv. In the Islamic Period up to the Mongols". Encyclopædia Iranica. ^ Abi al-Ḥasan Ali ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Ali al-Masudi, Muruj al-dhahab wa-maadin al-jawhar, Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Marifah, 2005. ^ Crystal, David; Robins, Robert Henry. "Language". Encyclopædia Britannica. 5 - Linguistic change / Language typology. ^ "religions, classification of." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. ^ Smith, Matthew (2010). "Sabkšenāsi". Encyclopædia Iranica.

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I’m back with more Minoru pictures! First off, look at how nicely this cherry blossom cowl I made a long while back matches my new jacket? I didn’t even notice it until I randomly paired them one day, but I guess it pays off to have some preferred colors in sewing and crafting! (By the way – check out how nicely Tasia’s newly knitted sweater matches her newly made skirt! She’s recently blogged about how her preferred color is orange). I had so many details and small changes I wanted to share about this jacket, and I figured two separate post would be better to avoid picture overload. Still, I have 14 pictures here, so it’s still photo-heavy! I love the look of the zipper guard! I think it adds a professional looking touch to the jacket, and it does protect my clothes a bit from the zipper when I do up the jacket. Another thing I did differently from the pattern and instructions was how I sewed the top of the zipper. I did it according to the pattern first, but found it so lumpy and awkward that I knew it would irritate me forever. I played around with it and decided to not attach the top of the zipper tape in the top collar seam, but instead fold the excess down and just nestle it against the top collar seam. I think it came out great, very nice and flat – except that I folded the zippertape to the front instead of the back! At first I was annoyed, but then I decided it looked perfectly neat as is, and doesn’t necessarily look wrong. So there. As I’ve mentioned several places, one of the reasons I spent about 2 years (!) on this jacket were these extra things I wanted to add, in addition to the pattern. I spent a ridiculous time on the pockets for example. I’d seen the inseam pocket add-ons around the web, but they didn’t feel right, so I landed on a patch pocket instead. I wanted to add some volume so I had some room to put things in the pockets, and I thought a pleat would look cool. I also wanted to line them , but not have raw edges – a lot of thought went into the construction of that step! I ended up folding under the main fabric, and slipstitching the lining fabric flat, very close to the folded outside pocket edge. This way the raw edge would be completely enclosed between the two rows of topstitching that I did. Speaking of topstitching – I would not do contrasting topstitching if you didn’t feel very confident in your topstitching skills! I have a magic edgestitch sewing foot that does most of the work for me, and topstitching is usually a breeze. I struggled with a couple of the seams here, like the bottom collar seam, and the hem for starters. I think part of the reason I did, was from choices I made – the fabric is a little too thick to comfortably handle all those gathers, and the fact that I trimmed down the seam allowance severely made it more difficult to properly align the seams. It’s coming apart at the outer edges! No wonder – the entire weight of the jacket is hanging on that little loop. It hasn’t really gotten much worse in the couple of weeks of wear I’ve put it through, so maybe it’ll just stay that way. Regardless! Don’t do that. I still think I would prefer a collar that doesn’t have raw edges on the inside, but I would either use very wide topstitching so I didn’t have to trim down the seam allowance so much, or I would bind the seam allowances in bias tape or something. The bottom would have to be bound in two separate rows, so to speak (the shell fabric seams, and the lining seams by themselves), and that could get a little lumpy. I don’t think any of the solutions are really excellent, so again – I totally understand why this isn’t part of the instructions, it just gets really complicated! The lining is an old kid’s duvet cover – I don’t know if I’m just imagining it, but I’d like to think this is something I used when I was a kid. It does make it feel a little more special, to have a fabric with significance as the lining. As I mentioned in the previous post, I interlined the front and back pieces with some wool flannel to make it warmer. I thought about doing the sleeves too, but that really would have been too bulky to be comfortable (I checked!). It’s the same lining fabric for the sleeves as the rest, and yes – they aren’t as easy and slippery as a traditional lining, but really, it has not been an issue getting the jacket on and off. I used a dark grey wool flannel for the collar to have a softer fabric against the skin, and I’m quite happy with that. I think I first saw Kristen do that on her Minoru (which, by the way, is an awesome English countryside version with elbow patches and flannel and a great color). I like having flannel there, and I also put some piping between the plackets and the lining in the same flannel fabric, just because I could! The inner flannel collar is quite floppy when the hood is out and about. It would benefit from interfacing, but then again – it would be more bulky when the hood is in the collar. I think the hood and collar is a real balancing act. If I had a lighter fabric I would have interfaced the inner collar for structure, and if I had a heavier fabric I would avoid lining anything (including the hood) to reduce bulk. After mentioning I had used the “wrong” side of the fabric, I got some questions about what the right side looks like. Luckily for you, I hadn’t actually completely finished the jacket with the last slipstitching step, so I’ve included a peek at the hem, where you can see a bit of the selvage – which looks the same as the “right” side. The bit of pink from the fraying edge is mixing with the dark blue-black, and making the purple color somehow. I still much prefer the purple side, I think it is much more interesting and rich looking! In conclusion, I am thrilled with this jacket. I’m glad I took the time to do things thoroughly, and add touches I knew I’d be happy with. It’s a win! Thank you Donna! I’ve grown to really like the look of it! I hadn’t thought about it mirroring the top of the other side, but you’re right. I have a pattern I’m designing with a similar construction for the zipper, and it’ll have the excess folded to the front like this. First I saw it as a compromise, but now it might as well be a design element! I love all the extra details. The colour is lovely too. Tus manos son de oro. Desde Palma de Mallorca. España. Hi! I'm Birgitte, and I make things. Usually I sew clothes for myself, or knit something from stash yarn, but I like *making things*. I am a teacher, and I've done costume and custom sewing work which you can take a look at on the portfolio page. Nothing like dim winter days to photograph your grey wool makes! 😄 Thankfully the inside of this @deer_and_doe_patterns #ddnenuphar is as cheery as can be. I wrote lots of words on the blog about how I made quite a few changes, as I seem to always do. Like adding a lining! Which I cut too short! As one does on a sunny Sunday.

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Well it’s out there now. Google unveiled their phone, it will be from (in the USA) T-Mobile and is made by HTC. Not much to look at is it? The key with this phone, is don’t look at the phone, look at the operating system. We finally, finally got our mitts all over the very first Android device, the T-Mobile G1 — hanging out in the crowd, waiting for the official announce, naturally — and so far we like what we see. The phone is surprisingly thinner than we thought it would be, and it feels pretty solid in your hand (though they’ve opted for an almost all plastic device, no metal here). The keyboard seems usable and reasonably well thought-out, and the slider action is like butter, with a nice little swoop for good effect. I wonder how long it will be before it comes to the UK. Think of the potential of learners being able to use Google Docs whilst on the move. This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 at 2:51 pm and is filed under android, g1, google, google phone, mobile, molenet, news. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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Some people may not like this article. Why are people keeping the GLBTs, prostitutes, former criminals, and the like out of the church? THe goal is that we need to make these people into God's children and they are God's children. See them through God's eyes. I believe that He would say that He loves them but He does not like what they do. So, it is our job to help these people. We should not put the pressure on, but we should love them as God would. I don't like their behavior, either, but this is something that is the church's respomsibility. The Great Commission does not exclude them. Jesus ate with these kind of people. If you are so righteous, then Jesus would not eat with you. And don't forget that Jesus ate with the worst sinners. They considered Him a doctor because He cared for these people. So, why are people shutting off the people who are considered the untouchables in our society? I will say this, "they just don't care." The Lord loves these people and He expects you to love them in the same way. You can make a difference in their lives. So, you may say, they may hurt me. Well, the Lord says, "vengeance is Mine, I will repay." Just love these people who are considered outcasts. In fact, it is the church's job to help these people. So, love these people as if they were you. Pray for these people as a family. Also, be the best example of Jesus Christ that you can be and they will see this and be drawn to you. Remember, this person is a child of God who needs to be born again.

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Friends is a nonprofit group of local businesses, civic groups, and individuals working together to support our beloved public library. We are honored to be the recipients of the first FABULOUS FRIENDS AWARD given by Friends of Georgia Libraries. Thank you, FOGL! Our library is part of the Mountain Regional Library System, which serves the counties of Union, Fannin, and Towns. The headquarters library is in Young Harris and the other libraries in the system are located in Blairsville, Blue Ridge, and Hiawassee. PINES is aWONDERFUL statewide catalog that can be used to order books from over 400 libraries in the state and have them delivered free to our library for pickup. It may also be used to check on books checked out and to renew books. Friends is a nonprofit organization. All donations are tax deductible. The library is located at the southern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Blairsville, Georgia, an Appalachian Trail Community. We love our public library!

2019-04-23T07:56:24Z

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The Accessible Digital Project | Advocates taking steps to ensure digital media accessibility for everyone. View press about us. and check out our old press page here. There are many digital streaming services out there that are not accessible to people with disabilities. Although VOD, video on demand services are offering captions and some described content there should be more of it. We are a team of disabled media consumers who want to make sure digital media is accessible as well as get companies to instill accessibility practices within. We also aim to advocate ahead of the times. While the government and the law lag behind, we will try to bring about forward thinking solutions that are legal and that benefit everyone. 2. Implement and ensure future accessibility practices and consideration for multiple disabilities. 3. Ensure that relatively all types of disability are taken into careful consideration at all times when designing or planning design changes. 2. Provide an easily navigable interface for the mobility impaired using adaptive technology. 3. Provide easy access to audio described content for the blind and the visually impaired on streaming services as well as DVD selection currently and in the future. Visit the how you can help us page to see all the ways you can assist us in making VOD services accessible. Also, explore the site and even send us a message. We don’t bite. then, the captions issues include You-Tube. Then, there’s HULU; plus there is Amazon Plus (and who else)? Thank you for starting this effort. Im grateful to have found this website, and hope you can help please? My son is totally blind, and i have read that netflix offers audio described films and tv series. To date our experiences involve ny son being dependent on a sighted person having to find the audio described film for him. Im hoping you will know if there is a way he will be able to access audio described programmes on netflix independently, and how? Would we require a new version of apple tv? We live im the UK.

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Today, whilst toodling around this here InterWeb thing, I happened upon a surprisingly good website on Historic Cleveland (the UK “county”, not the US city.) On it, I found the diaries of North Yorkshire landowner and businessman, Ralph Jackson, and a concise and yet wonderfully informative timeline. Tocketts Mill dates from Medieval (1066 to 1500) times.

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The biggest theft in stamp-collecting history appears on the verge of being solved. And the Oakland stamp dealer who was its victim couldn't be happier. Four years ago, a thief swiped a $2 million collection of rare 19th century stamps from Stanley Piller's rental car in Florida. This weekend, Piller learned the FBI had arrested two men who tried to sell part of the collection to a New York gallery. Piller hasn't been told how much of the collection has been recovered or when he might get the stamps back. But Piller said he has always suspected the collection -- which includes New York State 5-cent stamps issued in 1845 and Confederate State rarities valued at $400,000 -- would turn up when the thief tried to cash in. "These stamps are like fingerprints. No two were alike," Piller said yesterday at the Grand Avenue shop he has run since 1978. "This type of material is almost impossible to sell." Ulysses Cheda and Jose Palmer were charged Friday in U.S. District Court with transporting stolen goods. They were arrested Thursday by FBI agents after they sold some stamps to a Manhattan gallery owner for $50,000, federal agents said. "A good portion of the stolen stamps were recovered," said Joe Valiquette, a spokesman for the FBI's New York field office. Authorities were tipped off to Cheda and Palmer about a month ago, said federal prosecutors in Manhattan, when they tried to sell $100,000 worth of stamps to a gallery owner who recognized them as part of Piller's stolen collection. The gallery owner told authorities, and a special squad of FBI agents who investigate cases of stolen art, antiquities and other artifacts of high value took over the case, Valiquette said. Piller, 60, said yesterday that he has not yet been contacted by authorities, and learned of the men's arrests only when a New York reporter phoned him Friday evening. "I was surprised. I was overjoyed," he said. "What more can I say?" Piller said he did not know the suspects and could not talk about the details of the FBI investigation, which dates back to Feb. 7, 1999. Fla. He was driving toward a hotel in Tampa when he got lost and stopped to ask for directions. Minutes later, he returned to discover that someone had popped the trunk and taken the black case containing his best stock, which he kept in a bank vault and took out only for shows. Two other bags containing stamps of lesser value were untouched. At the time, Piller speculated that someone had watched him pack up the collection at the show and then followed him, according to articles in Linns Stamp News. The caper -- once featured on the Fox television show "Million Dollar Mysteries" -- made headlines in the normally staid world of stamp collecting. "This was a major story," said Michael DuBasso, director of the American Philatelic Foundation, a nonprofit based in Los Angeles, on Saturday. "He is one of the biggest dealers of classic stamps, and a reputable one." The crime was the biggest stamp theft since 1998, when San Jose lawyer Jeffrey Forster had a million-dollar collection of stamps and envelopes from 1869 snatched on a New York street. Forster's collection -- insured by the same company that insured Piller's collection, the Hugh Wood Agency -- was recovered in 2000. If the Hugh Wood Agency already had compensated Piller for the total value of the collection, DuBasso said, the insurer would take possession of the recovered stamps, and it would be up to Piller to negotiate with the company if he wants the stamps back. Piller declined to discuss any settlement with Hugh Wood. A dealer who travels internationally, Piller is considered an expert in stamps and postal history, especially in "classic" U.S. stamps printed before 1870. He kept on the Internet a detailed list of the stolen stamps, nearly all of which had been photographed and documented for their authenticity. "They were rare. They were in demand. I hate to use the word unique, but some of them, that's what they are," he said. "Most items were from $600 on up. Some were in the tens of thousands." Yesterday, Piller flipped open one book to show a block of 45 U.S. stamps, 30 cents each, from 1860, featuring Benjamin Franklin. They were part of the stolen collection, he said, and were valued at about $80,000 to $100,000. The first stamps in the world were produced in Great Britain in 1840, Piller said. While "semiofficial" stamps were produced in the United States as early as 1842, he said, the U.S. Postal Service didn't officially begin to issue stamps until 1847. Piller learned the stamp-dealing business from his cousin, who had a shop in New York, and began dealing when he was 13. He graduated from Cooper Union in New York with a degree in engineering and got a master's in chemical engineering from the University of Southern California. After working for several years as an engineer at Bechtel Corp. -- while continuing to collect and deal stamps as a side business -- Piller took the plunge into full-time dealing in 1976. a Raiders season-ticket holder and die-hard fan, also has adorned one upper wall with classic Raider memorabilia. "That," he said emphatically, "is not for sale." As for the plight of the two men now behind bars, Piller said that whoever took the rare collection made a fatal mistake by not choosing the two bags containing more common stamps. While those stamps were less valuable, they probably could have been resold without attracting attention. "If they would have taken the other bags, (the stamps) may never have been recovered," he said.

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House Republicans grilled FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday amid renewed allegations of political bias within the bureau and the Department of Justice. During a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Wray faced questions about the completed investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server and the special counsel probe into Russia’s election meddling and possible collusion. “At the very least, the FBI’s reputation as an impartial nonpolitical agency has been called into question recently,” Representative Bob Goodlatte, the Republican chairman of the committee, said in the hearing. He cited President Donald Trump’s December 3 remark that the FBI’s reputation “is in tatters,” and he spoke of potential bias in the probe by special counsel Robert Mueller. The hearing was to be about general oversight of the FBI. But Republicans on the committee claimed the FBI and Justice Department had a pro-Clinton bias that has continued into the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible coordination with the Trump campaign. Clinton has attributed her 2016 election loss to former FBI Director James Comey’s handling of the emails case. But Republicans have claimed the bureau treated her too favorably. They have pointed to recent revelations, including that Comey began drafting his July 2016 statement announcing the outcome of the investigation months in advance. They have also spoken about how Mueller’s office removed an investigator amid allegations that he had exchanged text messages that could be considered critical of Trump. That investigator, Peter Strzok, had led the Clinton case. On Tuesday, BuzzFeed reported that Andrew Weissmann, a prosecutor on Mueller’s team, emailed Sally Yates the day Trump fired her as acting attorney general for refusing to defend one of his executive orders, writing, “I am so proud.” Weissmann remains on Mueller’s team. Trump and his allies have also accused FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe of misconduct, pointing out that when his wife ran for state senate, she received campaign contributions from entities associated with Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, a Clinton ally. Don't miss: Will Mike Pence Be Impeached Or Resign Amid Russia Probe On Trump? Asked about Strzok, the agent Mueller removed over possible text messages, Wray said an FBI agent is allowed to have a political opinion and share that opinion with a romantic partner, as Strzok is believed to have done. The FBI director clarified that Strzok was reassigned, not disciplined. Later, he said that in certain instances, the bureau might remove an agent from an investigation if that person showed a bias. Besides the Justice Department inspector general, the Senate Judiciary Committee, the House Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee also are investigating Comey’s conduct. House Republicans have called for a special counsel to investigate Comey and Clinton. In November, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd wrote that the attorney general had “directed senior federal prosecutors to evaluate” the possibility of appointing one. The scrutiny has continued. On Wednesday, a half-dozen Republicans from the House of Representatives held a press conference calling for answers about Comey and Clinton. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote to Wray and the Justice Department inspector general asking for information about Strzok. Grassley has also written this month to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein claiming that FBI Deputy Director McCabe appeared to have violated the Hatch Act, which forbids certain government employees from participating in some political activities.

2019-04-26T02:33:17Z

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mueller-probe-biased-against-trump-184743918.html

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It’s safe to say the press and attention our Food Trucks have been getting through local news, papers, and blogs has yielded a wide breadth of coverage, strong reviews, and some pretty fun and interesting online articles. For the past… well I guess it’s actually been half a year, I’ve been occasionally following one of these yearly “projects” posted in Citypages: they’re “100 Favorite Dishes” (of the previous year I’m assuming… and the beginning of 2014). I took notice a few weeks into their beginning of this year’s list after seeing a certain Food Truck’s mobile options as one of their favorite. After reading the article, considering things, I thought it would be fun to stick around and see who all else they might raise to inspired cravings. And let me say, our meals on wheels brethrens have racked up quite a few spots in the limited selection; not huge, but certainly not a puny few. The first pic, coming in rated at #94, is World Street Kitchen’s Kimchi(and blue cheese) Scones. Though, yes, this particular Brunch item is only available through the RESTAURANT, I do believe the originally street-savvy business deserves the credit. Especially since this would make an AWESOME item on the Truck; god, I would hunt their truck down in a SECOND if I knew they had this guy on its menu, total Toe Ring material. Baked in house, this soft and yummy pastry is twisted with an interestingly funky mix of fermented cabbage and the moldy cheese. They have other scones too, which all sound quite yummy as well, but I gotsa love me some Kimchi all the time. #78was taken up by my own favorite, Potter’s Pasties, and the much agreed-upon choice in what’s likely the best of the classic opions (or at least in the running), the Thai Veggie. Don’t think I need to express any further opinions on this item, those who read know my love of the savory pastry cart. Though I will say, so far, these favorite selections are really quite Asian aren’t they? One of last year’s summer newcomers, Paulette’s quickly scores itself up to #61in Citypage’s highlights with their Chocolate Croissant.Though really they could have picked any the croissants they offered, what with their mutual use of that buttery, flaky handmade and folded pastry. Can’t blame them though, a good chocolate croissant almost being a work of art, and this really is a good chocolate croissant. I’ll have to write myself a note to have it again sometime soon. Not a surprise, Moral Omnivore comes into the ratings, and quite high at #48, easily edging itself into the upper half of this list with their BLTwhere the T stands for Terrifically-Fried-Tomato. There’s a reason both these guys and Paulette’s made it into my own Top 10 Truck list, and the items responsible are both featured here as well. Just simple, beatifull, and perfectly fun and street worthy. If one still has yet to visit them, you should, they were probably THE stand-out truck for me of 2013, if there ever was any (hold on, did Motley’s premier in 2013? If so than MO is #2). -cough- Anyways. Drumroll please! The final Food Truck, which reached in all the way up to spot #23is…. -Gasp- World Street Kitchenagain! And it all comes full circle, and with the menu item that many could say launched their popularity: the BBQ Beef Yum Yum Rice Bowl! I still remember the many times I walked past them in the summer of our first Food Truck year. Even now, it’s still never an item that initially stood out to me that much, but when I finally had it one lone night did I get to experience the balanced beauty of this asian mixed bowl delight. Though not the most mobile, its origins hark back to the days of weary travelers getting sustenance from small roadside “cafes.” And the heart and soul has translated well throughout all these years. And with that ends this year’s iteration of the 100 best, my response posted notably later then I wanted it to be (they snuck the last one under my nose without me noticing for over a week, darn them!). A big congratulations to EVERYONE who made the list, this is truly quite the gathering of delicious food offerings. Maybe I should start another One Craving Project around trying each one of them? Let’s hope next year yields a similar level of Food Truck involvement. But until then, enjoy all your culinary adventures, whether they’re mobile or stuck in the ground. Good Luck and Good Eating! Honorable mention towards Indeed’s LSD Alereaching #70, much love to our business brothers in the local Breweries, and Chef Shack Ranch’s Chicken Wingsat #37 (god I still need to go there… and other restaurants). This entry was tagged 100, Asian, Beer, Best, Breakfast, Comfort Food, Favorite, Food Truck, Fried, Indian, Korean, List, Local, Middle-Eastern, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Organic, Restaurant, Rice, Sandwiches, Scones, St. Paul, Street Food, Tacos, Vegetarian. Bookmark the permalink.

2019-04-25T06:33:24Z

https://mnfoodtrucks.wordpress.com/2014/05/09/citypages-100-favorite-dishes-2013-14-food-truck-breakdown/

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How much of Zachary Levi's work have you seen? - Shaquille O'Neal (2015) ... Himself - Guest, Neil Vs.

2019-04-25T02:07:18Z

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low carb | What's for Dinner Ma? Think you might have room for dessert after dinner tonight? Think again. Although many people can look at a nutrition label and see just how much sugar it takes to make a treat sweet, there is a cloaked reality with bitter consequences. It’s called hidden sugars. Flagler student Michelle Coark took her best guess at what hidden sugars are. “Is it a natural sugar,” she said. Hidden sugars, or added sugars, are quite the opposite of Coark’s guess. They are sugars that don’t occur naturally in foods. The FDA doesn’t require companies to post the added sugars on the nutrition label. Instead they are slipped into the ingredients list under strange names that the average consumer might not recognize. Any word ending in “ose” should be a red flag, such as sucrose, glucose, lactose and fructose. Words ending in “ol” are also sugar synonyms, like sorbitol, xylitol, mannitol and maltitol. Since the FDA doesn’t regulate how the sugars are grouped, many advertising companies are getting away with stretching the truth and using buzzwords like “no sugar” or “no calories” to trick the consumer into thinking a product is healthier than it really is. Many energy drinks claim to have zero sugars. 5-Hour Energy is one of these, but listed as “other ingredients” on its nutrition label are sweeteners glycerin and sucrose. Coke Zero also markets itself as a zero calorie, zero sugar drink, but it still contains the artificial sweeteners aspartame and acesulfame k. Coark, an English major, said she thinks the FDA should require companies to distinguish between the different sugars and keep track of the grams on a nutrition label. But a few extra grams everyday can really add up. And it adds up to spoonfuls. Americans consume about 22 teaspoons of added sugar a day. A woman’s caloric intake should be around 2,000 calories a day. The average woman consumes 25 percent of those calories a day in added sugars. These are empty calories that she may not even know she’s consuming. “Fructose, sucrose, all those “oses” and you think, ‘Oh my God,’ I am consuming so much sugar. It’s crazy,” Allison Dozier, a student at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, said. Still, she said she really doesn’t care about what is in her food, and she doesn’t think a lot of college students really have time to care either. “Papers come before eating,” she said. I’ve been dying to try out this Baba-Ghanoush recipe from paleolifestyle.com, which is where I get a lot of my recipes. BG is an arabic dip similar to hummus. I didn’t have eggplants last time I wanted to make it, so I made it using cucumbers instead. It was an excellent dip, very good for a veggie tray or a spread on a sandwich. Although I try and stay as close to the paleo diet as possible, I’ve often wondered what was so bad about rice since it has been a food staple in the East for a very long time. Tom Venuto, a weight loss coach, wrote an interesting article about the flaws of the paleo diet. I can’t say I agree or disagree, more research is needed, but I do like to read articles for and against the paleo diet. He’s completely off the mark there. Electricity isn’t hurting my body. And I am responsible enough to offset office and school activities that often have me sedentary by starting my day with a trip to the gym.

2019-04-21T06:31:18Z

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This strange fellow passed my way last summer, we need to grow up in order to play such games in the sun. For sure quite bizarre. Thanks for the comment. He appears (almost) real with the shadow of the hat across his face. Love to watch them do woodworking with a chainsaw and the end result. Now what would you look like if you were made by chainsaw?! For sure, thank you for passing by!

2019-04-24T20:17:01Z

https://urbansimulator.wordpress.com/2019/02/08/grownup-trunk/

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Disclosed herein is an electronic apparatus, including: a base chassis formed as a unitary member from a transparent material and having two faces positioned on the opposite sides to each other and individually formed as a first mounting face section and a second mounting face section; a display unit having a display panel thereon and attached to said first mounting face section of said base chassis; a control circuit board attached to said second mounting face section of said base chassis; and a rear cover attached to said second mounting face section of said base chassis and configured to cover said control circuit board. The present invention contains subject matter related to Japanese Patent Application JP 2006-108660 filed in the Japan Patent Office on Apr. 11, 2006, the entire contents of which being incorporated herein by reference. This invention relates to an electronic apparatus, and more particularly to an electronic apparatus which includes a base chassis formed as a unitary member from a transparent material. An electronic apparatus such as a personal computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA) or a television receiver includes a display panel for displaying an image. In the electronic apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1, a display unit having a transparent front panel is disposed on the inner side of a bracket formed as a rectangular framework. The front panel is attached to the front face of the bracket such that it covers the display unit from the front side. The front panel has an outer profile greater than that of the display panel, and outer peripheral portions of the front panel are positioned on the outer peripheral side of the display panel. However, in the existing electronic apparatus described above, since the front panel formed from a transparent material functions only as a decorative plate for covering the display panel from the front side, the front panel and the bracket to which various elements are attached exist separately from each other. Therefore, the existing electronic apparatus has a problem in that it is complicated in configuration and a comparatively great number of parts and a comparatively great number of man-hours for assembly are requisite. Therefore, it is demanded to provide an electronic apparatus which is simplified in configuration and can be assembled readily. In order to satisfy the demand, according to the present invention, requisite members are attached to the opposite faces of a base chassis formed as a unitary member from a transparent material. In particular, according to the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus including a base chassis formed as a unitary member from a transparent material and having two faces positioned on the opposite sides to each other and individually formed as a first mounting face section and a second mounting face section, a display unit having a display panel thereon and attached to the first mounting face section of the base chassis, a control circuit board attached to the second mounting face section of the base chassis, and a rear cover attached to the second mounting face section of the base chassis and configured to cover the control circuit board. In the electronic apparatus, the base chassis functions not only as a decorative plate but also as a bracket to which various elements are attached. With the electronic apparatus, the configuration is simplified and the number of parts is reduced, and consequently, the number of man-hours can be reduced. The electronic apparatus may be configured such that the base chassis has a mounting recess formed at a portion thereof other than an outer peripheral portion of the first mounting face section, the base chassis having the outer peripheral portion, a bottom face portion positioned on the inner side of the outer peripheral portion and extending in parallel to the outer peripheral portion, and a connecting portion configured to connect to an inner peripheral edge of the outer peripheral portion and an outer peripheral edge of the bottom face portion and bent with respect to the outer peripheral portion and the bottom face portion, the display panel being inserted in the mounting recess so as to be attached to the base chassis. With the electronic apparatus, high strength can be provided to the base chassis. In this instance, the bottom face portion of the base chassis may be formed with a thickness smaller than the thickness of the outer peripheral portion. With the electronic apparatus, reduction in thickness can be anticipated while high strength of the base chassis is assured. The electronic apparatus may further include a stand supported for pivotal motion on a rear face of the cover such that the electronic apparatus is placed on a receiving face through the stand and the base chassis. With the electronic apparatus, there is no necessity provide a support for exclusive use other than the base chassis, and consequently, reduction of the number of parts and simplification of the structure can be anticipated. In this instance, the electronic apparatus may further include a holding member attached to a lower end portion of the base chassis, and an elastic placement pad attached to the holding member and configured to contact with the receiving face. With the electronic apparatus, stabilization of a state wherein it is placed on the receiving face can be anticipated. FIG. 31 is a schematic view illustrating the directions of the optical axis of an image pickup lens of a camera unit in a standard state and a reference state when a user uses the electronic apparatus. In the following, the present invention is described in connection with a preferred embodiment thereof. In the embodiment described, the present invention is applied to an electronic apparatus in the form of a personal computer. It is to be noted that the application of the electronic apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to a personal computer, but the electronic apparatus of the present invention can be applied widely to various electronic apparatus such as information processing apparatus such as, for example, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a network terminal, a portable information terminal and a working station, acoustic apparatus, electronic appliances for home use and so forth. In the following description, for the convenience of illustration and description, upward, downward, forward, rearward, leftward and rightward directions are defined with respect to the direction in which a user visually observes the display screen of the personal computer, and this side (user side) with respect to the display screen is defined as a forward direction while the leftward and rightward directions of the user are defined as leftward and rightward directions, respectively. Referring first to FIG. 1, the electronic apparatus 1 shown includes an apparatus body 2, a keyboard 3, and a stand 4 supported for pivotal motion on a rear face 2 a of the apparatus body 2. The keyboard 3 is, for example, disconnected from the apparatus body 2 and has predetermined operation keys 3 a provided thereon. If any of the operation keys 3 a of the keyboard 3 is operated, then a signal corresponding to the operated operation key 3 a is outputted from the keyboard 3. The outputted signal is inputted by radio communication to a reception section not shown provided on the apparatus body 2, and various processes are executed in response to the operation of the operation key 3 a by the apparatus body 2. Since the keyboard 3 of the electronic apparatus 1 is separate from the apparatus body 2 in this manner, it can be used at an arbitrary position as occasion demands within a range within which the radio signal can be received by the apparatus body 2. It is to be noted that the electronic apparatus is not limited to an apparatus of the type wherein the keyboard 3 is separate from the apparatus body 2. In particular, the electronic apparatus may be formed as such an electronic apparatus 1A as shown in FIG. 2 which includes an apparatus body 2, a keyboard 3 supported for folding movement on a front face 2 b of the apparatus body 2, and a stand 4 supported for pivotal motion of a rear face 2 a of the apparatus body 2. The electronic apparatus 1A has an advantage that the arrangement space when the keyboard 3 is not used is reduced because the keyboard 3 can be folded when the electronic apparatus 1A is not used. Referring now to FIGS. 3 and 4, the apparatus body 2 has various requisite members attached to the opposite front and rear faces of a base chassis 5. In particular, the apparatus body 2 includes a base chassis 5, a display unit 6 attached to the front face of the base chassis 5, and a control circuit board 7 and a rear cover 8 attached to the rear face of the base chassis 5. The base chassis 5 is formed as a plate directed in the forward and backward directions by injection molding using a transparent material such as, for example, an acrylic resin material. The front face of the base chassis 5 is formed as a first mounting face section 5 a while the rear face of the base chassis 5 is formed as a second mounting face section 5 b. The base chassis 5 has a mounting recess 9 formed therein so as to be open forwardly. The mounting recess 9 is formed at a portion of the base chassis 5 except an outer peripheral portion 10 and formed as a space defined by a bottom face portion 11 extending in parallel to the outer peripheral portion 10 and a connecting portion 12 extending substantially perpendicularly to the outer peripheral portion 10 and the bottom face portion 11 and connecting the inner peripheral edge of the outer peripheral portion 10 and the outer peripheral edge of the bottom face portion 11 to each other. The strength of the base chassis 5 can be raised by forming the base chassis 5 such that the outer peripheral portion 10 and the bottom face portion 11 are connected to each other by the connecting portion 12 extending perpendicularly to the outer peripheral portion 10 and the bottom face portion 11 in this manner. Referring to FIG. 5, the base chassis 5 is formed such that the thickness T1 of the outer peripheral portion 10 is greater than the thickness T2 of the connecting portion 12. For example, the thickness T1 of the electronic apparatus 1 is set to 5 mm, and the thickness T2 of the connecting portion 12 is set to 2.4 mm. Reduced thickness formation of the base chassis 5 can be achieved while high strength of the base chassis 5 is assured by setting the thickness T1 of the outer peripheral portion 10 greater than the thickness T2 of the connecting portion 12 in this manner. Referring to FIG. 6, the outer peripheral portion 10 of the base chassis 5 has an arrangement recess 10 a formed at a central portion thereof in the leftward and rightward direction in such a manner as to be open upwardly. A shallow mounting recess 10 b is formed at a lower end portion of the outer peripheral portion 10 of the base chassis 5 such that it is open downwardly except the opposite left and right end portions of the outer peripheral portion 10. Three holding recesses 10 c are formed at positions rather near to each of the left end and the right end of the mounting recess 10 b in such a manner as to open downwardly. The left and right holding recesses 10 c are formed in a spaced relationship from each other in the leftward and rightward direction. A luminous lamp section 13 is formed at an upper end portion of a right end portion of the outer peripheral portion 10 of the base chassis 5. The luminous lamp section 13 includes, for example, a lamp element indicative of a power supply state of the power supply. The luminous lamp section 13 is turned on when the power is supplied, but is turned off when the power is not supplied. The luminous lamp section 13 is formed by forming a groove open rearwardly in the base chassis 5 as seen in FIG. 7. As seen in FIGS. 6 and 7, the luminous lamp section 13 includes an arcuate portion 14 having an arcuate shape and open upwardly, and a straight portion 15 extending upwardly and downwardly and positioned between the opposite ends of the arcuate portion 14. The arcuate portion 14 has an interior face portion 14 a inclined so as to be displaced forwardly in the upward direction while the groove of the arcuate portion 14 is formed such that the depth thereof increases in the upward direction as seen in FIGS. 7 and 8. The straight portion 15 has an interior face portion 15 a inclined so as to be displaced forwardly in the upward direction while the groove of the straight portion 15 is formed such that the depth thereof increases in the upward direction as seen in FIG. 7. The groove at the lower end of the straight portion 15 is formed with a depth same as the depth of the groove at an upper end of a portion of the arcuate portion 14 which is positioned just below the straight portion 15. The interior face portions 14 a and 15 a of the arcuate portion 14 and the straight portion 15 are worked so as to have very small concave and convex configurations formed, for example, by embossing. A device mounting board 16 is disposed below the luminous lamp section 13 as seen in FIGS. 7 and 9. The device mounting board 16 is directed in the upward and downward direction and disposed in such a state that it is partly inserted in an upper side device arrangement hole 10 d (refer to FIG. 6) formed in the base chassis 5. The upper side device arrangement hole 10 d is formed on the immediately lower side of the luminous lamp section 13. For example, three first semiconductor light emitting elements 17 are carried in a leftwardly and rightwardly spaced relationship from each other on an upper face of the device mounting board 16 as seen in FIG. 9. The first semiconductor light emitting elements 17 are positioned just below the device mounting board 16. Among the first semiconductor light emitting elements 17, for example, a central one emits orange light while the left and right ones emit green light. Light P1 (refer to FIG. 7) emitted from the first semiconductor light emitting elements 17 is introduced to the interior face portions 14 a and 15 a of the luminous lamp section 13. In this instance, the light P1 is introduced uniformly into the interior face portions 14 a and 15 a, and this achieves a high incidence efficiency of the light. This is because the interior face portions 14 a and 15 a are inclined such that the depths of the grooves of the arcuate portion 14 and the straight portion 15 increase in the upward direction and the depth of the groove at the lower end of the straight portion 15 is formed with a depth same as the depth of the groove at an upper end of the portion of the arcuate portion 14 which is positioned just below the straight portion 15. When the light P1 is introduced to the luminous lamp section 13, it is reflected at random by the fine concave and convex configurations formed on the interior face portions 14 a and 15 a and then passes through the inside of the base chassis 5 from the luminous lamp section 13 until it is emitted forwardly from the base chassis 5. When the electronic apparatus 1 is in a normal operation mode, the light P1 is emitted, for example, from the first semiconductor light emitting elements 17 positioned on the left and right positions, but when the electronic apparatus 1 is in a rest mode, the light P1 is emitted from the centrally positioned first semiconductor light emitting element 17. Since the electronic apparatus 1 is configured such that the luminous lamp section 13 is provided on the base chassis 5 and the light P1 emitted from the first semiconductor light emitting elements 17 is emitted through the luminous lamp section 13 as described above, enhancement of the visibility can be achieved while the simple structure that the luminous lamp section 13 is formed on the base chassis 5 is assured. Referring to FIG. 6, a pair of reflective lamp sections 18 is formed at a lower end portion of a right end portion of the outer peripheral portion 10 of the base chassis 5. The reflective lamp sections 18 indicate, for example, a connection state of a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) and an access state to a hard disk drive or the like. For example, the reflective lamp sections 18 emit light or blink when the wireless LAN is in a connected state or the hard disk drive is being accessed, but do not emit light when the wireless LAN is in a disconnected state or the hard disk drive is not being accessed. Referring to FIG. 10, each of the reflective lamp sections 18 is formed by forming a groove open rearwardly in the base chassis 5. Each of the reflective lamp sections 18 has an interior face portion 18 a which is inclined so as to be displaced rearwardly in the downward direction. The interior face portion 18 a of each of the reflective lamp sections 18 is also inclined so as to be displaced forwardly in the rightward direction as seen in FIG. 11. Each of the interior face portions 18 a of the reflective lamp sections 18 is formed as a mirror face. A second device mounting board 19 is disposed above the reflective lamp sections 18 and directed in the forward and rearward direction as seen in FIGS. 9 and 10. For example, two second semiconductor light emitting elements 20 are carried in a spaced relationship from each other in the leftward and rightward direction on a front face of the second device mounting board 19. The second semiconductor light emitting elements 20 are disposed in a lower side element arrangement hole 10 e (refer to FIG. 6) formed in the base chassis 5 and are individually positioned just above the reflective lamp sections 18 as seen in FIG. 10. The lower side element arrangement hole 10 e is formed just above the reflective lamp sections 18. Light P2 (refer to FIG. 10) emitted from the second semiconductor light emitting elements 20 is introduced to the interior face portions 18 a of the reflective lamp sections 18. When the light P2 is introduced to the reflective lamp sections 18, it is reflected by the interior face portions 18 a and passes through the inside of the base chassis 5 from the reflective lamp sections 18 such that it is emitted forwardly from the base chassis 5. At this time, since the interior face portions 18 a of the reflective lamp sections 18 are inclined so as to be displaced forwardly in the rightward direction as described hereinabove, the light P2 is reflected so as to be directed to the center side of the electronic apparatus 1, that is, toward a normal line H (refer to FIG. 11) which passes the center of the display unit 6. Accordingly, the light P2 reflected by the reflective lamp sections 18 can be visually observed readily by the user of the electronic apparatus 1. Thus, enhancement of the visual observability can be achieved while assuring the simple structure that the reflective lamp sections 18 are formed by forming the grooved configurations in the base chassis 5. Referring to FIG. 6, speaker arrangement holes 11 a, a connection line threading hole 11 b, cooling air stream passing holes 11 c and so forth are formed at predetermined positions of the bottom face portion 11 of the base chassis 5. Further, mounting bosses for fastening screws, positioning projections, positioning holes, mounting projections, mounting holes and so forth are formed at demanded positions of the bottom face portion 11 and the connecting portion 12. Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, the display unit 6 has a display panel 21 and a front panel 22. The display panel 21 may be, for example, a liquid crystal panel and has an outer profile a little smaller than that of the bottom face portion 11 of the base chassis 5. The front panel 22 is formed as a rectangular framework and has an outer profile a little greater than that of the bottom face portion 11 of the base chassis 5. The display panel 21 is inserted and disposed in the mounting recess 9 of the base chassis 5 and attached to the bottom face portion 11 of the base chassis 5 by suitable means such as fastening screws. The front panel 22 is attached to the base chassis 5 by suitable means such as fastening screws in a state wherein it covers the inner peripheral edge of the outer peripheral portion 10 from the front side in a state wherein the display panel 21 is attached to the base chassis 5. The display panel 21 is held at the outer peripheral edge thereof from the front side by the front panel 22. When the display panel 21 is driven, heat is generated. The generated heat is transmitted to the rear face side of the base chassis 5 through the cooling air stream passing holes 11 c formed in the base chassis 5 and discharged to the outside through heat radiating holes not shown formed in the rear cover 8. Accordingly, the temperature rise of the display panel 21 is suppressed. The control circuit board 7 performs a control process of the entire electronic apparatus 1. The control circuit board 7 includes a board 23, and predetermined electronic parts 23 a such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and chip sets carried on the board 23 as seen in FIGS. 3 and 4. The control circuit board 7 is attached to a predetermined position of the second mounting face section 5 b which is the rear face of the base chassis 5 by suitable means such as fastening screws. In a state wherein the control circuit board 7 is attached to the second mounting face section 5 b, connection lines not shown extend through the connection line threading hole 11 b formed in the base chassis 5 and connect the display panel 21 and a panel driving circuit of the control circuit board 7 to each other. Predetermined parts including a medium driving section 24 such as a disk drive or a card slot and a cooling fan 25 are attached to the second mounting face section 5 b of the base chassis 5 by suitable means such as fastening screws. A pair of speakers 26 are inserted and arranged in the speaker arrangement holes 11 a formed in the base chassis 5 and attached to the base chassis 5 by suitable means such as fastening screws. By inserting and attaching the speakers 26 in the speaker arrangement holes 11 a, the projection amount of the speakers 26 in the forward direction can be reduced thereby to achieve reduction of the thickness of the electronic apparatus 1 when compared with an alternative case wherein the speakers 26 are attached to the first mounting face section 5 a of the base chassis 5. In the state wherein predetermined parts such as the control circuit board 7, medium driving section 24 and cooling fan 25 and requisite elements such as the speakers 26 are attached to the second mounting face section 5 b of the base chassis 5 as described above, the rear cover 8 is attached to the second mounting face section 5 b by suitable means such as fastening screws such that it covers the parts and the elements from rearwardly. The rear cover 8 has a base portion 27 directed substantially in the forward and backward direction and a pair of projections 28 projecting forwardly from the opposite upper and lower edges of the base portion 27. A plurality of heat radiating holes not shown is formed in the rear cover 8. A stand supporting portion 29 is provided at a substantially central portion of the base portion 27 as seen in FIG. 4. A maintenance opening 27 a is formed in the base portion 27 on the lower side of the stand supporting portion 29. The maintenance opening 27 a is opened or closed by a lid 30 removably mounted on the base portion 27. If the lid 30 is removed from the base portion 27 to open the maintenance opening 27 a, then the control circuit board 7 and so forth are exposed, and consequently, maintenance of the control circuit board 7 and so forth can be performed. A pair of side covers 31 is attached to the opposite left and right side portions of the rear cover 8. As described hereinabove, the electronic apparatus 1 is configured such that requisite elements are attached to the first mounting face section 5 a and the second mounting face section 5 b of the base chassis 5 which is formed as a unitary member from a transparent material. Therefore, the configuration of the electronic apparatus 1 is simple, and also the number of parts is small and reduction of the man-hours for assembly can be achieved. A holding member 32 is attached to a lower end portion of the base chassis 5 as seen in FIGS. 3 and 4. The holding member 32 is formed by bending a metal material in the form of a thin plate into a predetermined shape as seen in FIG. 12. Referring to FIG. 12, the holding member 32 has a lower wall portion 33 directed upwardly and downwardly, and a pair of projecting wall portions 34 projecting upwardly from the opposite front and rear edges of the lower wall portion 33. Three insertion holes 35 are formed at positions rather near to each of the opposite left and right ends of the lower wall portion 33. Each of the insertion holes 35 has a wide portion 35 a and a narrow portion 35 b having a forward and backward dimension than the wide portion 35 a. The holding member 32 is attached in such a manner as to cover the mounting recess 10 b formed in the base chassis 5. In the state wherein the holding member 32 is attached to the base chassis 5, a fixed gap is defined between the lower wall portion 33 and the lower face of the base chassis 5 as seen in FIG. 13. In the state wherein the holding member 32 is attached to the base chassis 5, the narrow portions 35 b of the insertion holes 35 are positioned just below the holding recesses 10 c of the base chassis 5. Referring to FIG. 12, a pair of placement pads 36 is attached to the holding member 32. Each of the placement pads 36 is formed as a unitary member from a material having elasticity such as a rubber material and has a placement face section 37 formed as a plate directed in the upward and downward direction, and held portions 38 projecting upwardly from the placement face section 37. The held portions 38 are provided in a spaced relationship from each other in the leftward and rightward direction. Each of the placement pads 36 has an inserted portion 38 a, and a constricted portion 38 b having a dimension in the forward and rearward direction smaller than that of the inserted portion 38 a and extending downwardly from the inserted portion 38 a. The forward and rearward dimension of the constricted portion 38 b is substantially equal to the forward and backward dimension of the insertion holes 35 of the holding member 32. Each of the placement pads 36 is attached to the holding member 32 in the following manner (refer to FIGS. 14 and 15). First, in the state wherein the holding member 32 is attached to the base chassis 5 as seen in FIG. 13, the held portions 38 of the placement pad 36 are individually inserted into the wide portions 35 a of the insertion holes 35 of the holding member 32, and the held portions 38 are pressed strongly against the lower face of the base chassis 5 from the lower side. When the held portions 38 are pressed strongly against the lower face of the base chassis 5 from the lower side, they are resiliently deformed into a shape in which they are compressed in the upward and downward direction as seen in FIG. 14. Then, if the placement pad 36 is slidably moved sidewardly in this state, then the constricted portions 38 b are individually inserted into the narrow portions 35 b until the inserted portions 38 a are individually positioned corresponding to the holding recesses 10 c of the base chassis 5. Consequently, the held portions 38 are elastically placed out of the deformed state with the inserted portions 38 a inserted in the holding recesses 10 c (shown in FIG. 15) thereby to attach the placement pad 36 to the holding member 32. The placement face sections 37 of the placement pads 36 attached to the insertion holes 32 contact, when the electronic apparatus 1 is placed on a receiving face of a desk or the like, with the receiving face. In this manner, in the electronic apparatus 1, the holding member 32 is attached to a lower end portion of the base chassis 5 and the placement pads 36 having elasticity are attached to the holding member 32 such that, when the electronic apparatus 1 is placed on a receiving face such as the surface of a desk, the placement face section 37 contact with the receiving face. Therefore, stabilization of the placed state of the electronic apparatus 1 on the receiving face can be anticipated. Further, since the placement pads 36 contact with the receiving face, otherwise possible damage to the receiving face or the lower end portion of the base chassis 5 can be prevented. The stand 4 is supported for pivotal motion on the stand supporting portion 29 of the rear cover 8 by means of a pivoting mechanism 39. Referring to FIGS. 16 and 17, the pivoting mechanism 39 includes a body side secured member 40 secured to the apparatus body 2, a pair of stand side secured members 41 secured to the stand 4, and a pair of pivot shafts 42 and 43 for connecting the body side secured member 40 and the stand side secured members 41 to each other. The body side secured member 40 includes a secured plate 44, and a pair of bearing members 45 and 46 attached to a rear face of the secured plate 44. The bearing members 45 and 46 are positioned in a spaced relationship from each other in the leftward and rightward direction. The secured plate 44 has a secured portion 44 a secured in the inside of the apparatus body 2, and a pair of shaft supporting tabs 44 b and 44 c projecting rearwardly from the opposite left and right side edges of the secured portion 44 a, respectively. The bearing member 45 includes a mounted plate portion 45 a attached to the secured plate 44, and a bearing portion 45 b projecting rearwardly from one of the opposite side edges of the secured portion 44 a. The bearing member 46 includes a mounted plate portion 47 attached to the secured plate 44, a bearing portion 48 projecting rearwardly from one of the opposite side edges of the mounted plate portion 47, and a locking portion 49 provided on a right side face of the bearing portion 48. Referring to an enlarged view of FIG. 18, the locking portion 49 has three controlling portions provided in a spaced relationship from each other in a circumferential direction and including a first controlling portion 50, a second controlling portion 51 and a third controlling portion 52 provided in order from above. The opposite side faces of the first controlling portion 50 in a circumferential direction are formed as a first controlling face 50 a and a second controlling face 50 b as seen in an enlarged view of FIG. 18. The first controlling face 50 a is formed as an inclined face which is inclined toward the second controlling face 50 b in the rightward direction. While the first controlling portion 50 and the second controlling portion 51 are positioned at the same position in the leftward and rightward direction, the third controlling portion 52 is positioned rightwardly of the first controlling portion 50 and the second controlling portion 51. The pivot shafts 42 and 43 extend in the leftward and rightward direction and are inserted in the shaft supporting tabs 44 b and 44 c of the secured plate 44 and supported for rotation around an axis thereof by bearing portions 45 b and 48 of the bearing members 45 and 46, respectively as seen in FIGS. 16 and 17. In a state wherein the pivot shafts 42 and 43 are supported by the bearing portions 45 b and 48, respectively, they partly project outwardly from the bearing portions 45 b and 48, respectively. The stand side secured members 41 in pair are attached to outer end portions of the pivot shafts 42 and 43 in the axial direction, respectively. Each of the stand side secured members 41 has a secured portion 41 a, and a mounted tab 41 b projecting forwardly from an inner side edge of the secured portion 41 a. The stand side secured members 41 are secured at the secured portions 41 a thereof in the inside of the stand 4 and attached at the mounted tabs 41 b thereof to the pivot shafts 42 and 43. A spring member 53 in the form of a coil spring is supported on each of the pivot shafts 42 and 43. Each of the spring members 53 is supported at an end portion thereof by the bearing portion 45 b or 48 of the bearing member 45 or 46 and at the other end portion thereof by the mounted tab 41 b of the corresponding stand side secured member 41. Accordingly, the stand side secured members 41 are acted upon by turning force in one direction (direction indicated by an arrow mark R1 in FIG. 17) around the axis of the pivot shafts 42 and 43, that is, in a direction in which the lower end portion of the stand 4 approaches the lower end portion of the apparatus body 2, with respect to the body side secured member 40 by the spring members 53. A controlled member 54 is supported for movement in an axial direction along but against rotation around the axis on the pivot shaft 43 which is positioned on the left side. Referring to FIG. 18, the controlled member 54 has a shaft fitting portion 55 formed in a substantially annular ring, and a projection 56 projecting leftwardly from part of an outer circumferential portion of the shaft fitting portion 55. A first controlled portion 56 a and a second controlled portion 56 b are provided in a projecting manner at a left end portion of an inner face of the projection 56. The first controlled portion 56 a and the second controlled portion 56 b are positioned in a spaced relationship from each other in a circumferential direction. The pivot shaft 43 is fitted in the shaft fitting portion 55 such that the controlled member 54 is supported at a right end portion of the pivot shaft 43, that is, a portion of the pivot shaft 43 which projects rightwardly from the bearing member 46. Since the controlled member 54 is supported against rotation around its axis on the pivot shaft 43, it is normally biased by the spring member 53 in a direction same as that of pivoting force applied to the pivot shaft 43 from the spring member 53. A pivoting angle changing lever 57 is supported against rotation around the axis thereof but for movement in the axial direction on the pivot shaft 43 as seen in FIGS. 16 and 17. The pivoting angle changing lever 57 has a base face portion 57 a directed substantially in the upward and downward direction, an operated portion 57 b projecting downwardly from the base face portion 57 a, and a supported tubular portion 57 c projecting upwardly from the base face portion 57 a. The pivot shaft 43 is fitted in the supported tubular portion 57 c such that the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is supported for rotation around the axis thereof and for movement in the axial direction on the pivot shaft 43. The supported tubular portion 57 c of the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is positioned between the shaft fitting portion 55 of the controlled member 54 and the bearing portion 48 of the bearing member 46. The base face portion 57 a and the operated portion 57 b of the pivoting angle changing lever 57 are positioned on the lower side of the controlled member 54. The pivoting angle changing lever 57 is mounted for movement between a first operation position which is the left end in the operation direction and a second operation position which is the right end in the operation direction. The operated portion 57 b of the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is positioned outwardly of the stand supporting portion 29 of the rear cover 8 in such a manner as to allow manual operation thereof. A stop ring 58 is secured to a right end portion of the pivot shaft 43. A biasing spring 59 in the form of a compression coil spring is supported between the stop ring 58 and the shaft fitting portion 55 of the controlled member 54. Accordingly, the controlled member 54 is biased in a direction toward the bearing portion 48 of the bearing member 46 by the biasing spring 59. In the following, action of the pivoting mechanism and action of the stand 4 caused by the action of the pivoting mechanism are described with reference to FIGS. 19 to 30. The angle over which the stand 4 can be pivoted with respect to the apparatus body 2 has two modes including a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is used when the electronic apparatus 1 is used normally as a personal computer, and the second mode is used when the electronic apparatus 1 is not used as a personal computer such as when the electronic apparatus 1 is carried or is subject to maintenance. In the first mode, for example, the stand 4 can be pivoted over a range from 30° to 60° (first pivotal motion permitting angle) with respect to the apparatus body 2. In the second mode, for example, the stand 4 can be pivoted over a range from 0° to 90° (second pivotal motion permitting angle) with respect to the apparatus body 2. In the first mode, the controlled member 54 and the pivoting angle changing lever 57 are positioned at the left end of the movement range, that is, at the first operation position, by the biasing force of the biasing spring 59. Further, the shaft fitting portion 55 of the controlled member 54 is pressed against the base face portion 57 a of the pivoting angle changing lever 57 from the right side, and the projection 56 of the controlled member 54 is pressed against the bearing portion 48 of the bearing member 46 from the right side. In the first mode, when the pivoting angle of the stand 4 is 30°, the second controlled portion 56 b of the controlled member 54 is engaged from above with the second controlling portion 51 of the locking portion 49 of the bearing member 46 as seen in FIG. 20, and the stand 4 is held at the position of 300 with respect to the apparatus body 2 as seen in FIG. 21. At this time, the electronic apparatus 1 is placed on a receiving face 100 of a desk or the like in such a state that the placement pads 36 provided at the lower end portion of the base chassis 5 and the lower end of the stand 4 contact with the receiving face 100. It is to be noted that the electronic apparatus 1 may be modified such that the holding member 32 and the placement pads 36 attached to the holding member 32 are not provided but the electronic apparatus 1 is supported by the lower end of the base chassis 5 and the lower end of the stand 4 so as to be placed on the receiving face 100. Since the electronic apparatus 1 is supported by the base chassis 5 and the stand 4 and placed on the receiving face 100 as described above, there is no necessity to provide another support for exclusive use on the base chassis 5. Consequently, reduction of the number of parts and simplification of the structure can be anticipated. If, in the first mode, the apparatus body 2 is tilted such that, for example, the pivoting angle of the stand 4 with respect to the apparatus body 2 increases from 30°, then the pivot shafts 42 and 43 are rotated in the direction indicated by an arrow mark R2 in FIG. 20 against the biasing force of the spring members 53. Thereupon, the controlled member 54 is rotated together with the pivot shaft 43 simultaneously. The controlled member 54 can be rotated until the first controlled portion 56 a thereof reaches the second controlling face 50 b of the first controlling portion 50 of the locking portion 49. Such a state that the first controlled portion 56 a reaches the second controlling face 50 b of the first controlling portion 50 as seen in FIG. 22 is the state wherein the pivoting angle of the stand 4 with respect to the apparatus body 2 is 60° as seen in FIG. 23. On the contrary, if, in the first mode, the apparatus body 2 is tilted such that the pivoting angle of the stand 4 with respect to the apparatus body 2 decreases from 60°, then the pivot shafts 42 and 43 are rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow mark R1 in FIG. 22 by the biasing force of the spring members 53. Thereupon, the controlled member 54 is rotated integrally with the pivot shaft 43 simultaneously. At this time, since the stand 4 is biased in a direction in which the lower end portion thereof approaches the lower end portion of the apparatus body 2, the stand 4 is pivoted following up the change of the angle of the apparatus body 2 while it is held in contact with the receiving face 100. Accordingly, there is no necessity to manually pivot the stand 4 in a direction in which the lower end portion of the stand 4 approaches the apparatus body 2 after angular adjustment of the apparatus body 2 is performed. Consequently, enhancement of the convenience can be achieved. In the first mode, the pivoting angle of the stand 4 can be changed over the angle from 30° to 60° as described above. At this time, while the biasing force in the direction indicated by the arrow mark R1 is normally applied from the spring members 53 to the stand 4 through the pivot shafts 42 and 43, since, in the electronic apparatus 1, the force originating from the frictional force between the stand 4 and the receiving face 100 and the self weight of the electronic apparatus 1 and applied to the receiving face 100 is set so as to overcome the biasing force of the spring members 53, the stand 4 can be held at an arbitrary angle within the range from 30° to 60° described hereinabove without slipping on the receiving face 100. If, in the state wherein the pivoting angle of the stand 4 with respect to the apparatus body 2 is held within the range from 30+ to 60°, the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is operated so as to move rightwardly from the first operation position to the second operation position, then the second mode is established (refer to FIG. 24). The second mode is used when the electronic apparatus 1 is not used or upon maintenance of the electronic apparatus 1. Therefore, the second mode is normally set in a state wherein the electronic apparatus 1 is not placed on the receiving face 100 using the stand 4, for example, in a state wherein the electronic apparatus 1 is placed on the receiving face 100 such that the display unit 6 contacts with the receiving face 100 as seen in FIG. 25. When the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is moved rightwardly, the shaft fitting portion 55 of the controlled member 54 is pressed by the base face portion 57 a of the pivoting angle changing lever 57 to move the controlled member 54 rightwardly. If the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is moved to the second operation position, then the first controlled portion 56 a and the second controlled portion 56 b of the controlled member 54 are moved to positions thereof spaced rightwardly from the first controlling portion 50 and the second controlling portion 51 of the locking portion 49, respectively. Therefore, in a state wherein the stand 4 is not grasped, the controlled member 54 is rotated in the direction of the arrow mark R1 by the biasing force of the spring member 53 until the second controlled portion 56 b is contacted with and pressed against the third controlling portion 52 of the locking portion 49 as seen in FIG. 26. If, in the state wherein the second controlled portion 56 b contacts with the third controlling portion 52, the manual operation of the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is canceled, then leftwardly moving force is applied from the biasing spring 59 to the controlled member 54 to move the projection 56 until the second controlled portion 56 b is pressed from sidewardly against the second controlling portion 51 of the locking portion 49. Accordingly, the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is held at the second operation position. The state wherein the second controlled portion 56 b contacts with the third controlling portion 52 of the locking portion 49 is the state wherein the pivoting angle of the stand 4 is 0° as seen in FIG. 27. In the state wherein the pivoting angle of the stand 4 with respect to the apparatus body 2 is 0°, the stand 4 does not project in an oblique direction from the apparatus body 2. Therefore, for example, when the electronic apparatus 1 is carried, the stand 4 does not make an obstacle, and consequently, the convenience in carrying and so forth can be enhanced. It is to be noted that, while the second controlled portion 56 b of the controlled member 54 contacts with and is pressed against the third controlling portion 52 of the locking portion 49 to hold the stand 4 at the pivoting angle of 0°, it is otherwise possible, for example, for the stand 4 to contact with the rear face 2 a of the apparatus body 2 to hold the stand 4 at the pivoting angle of 0°. Since the stand 4 is held at the pivoting angle of 0° by the contact of the stand 4 with the rear face 2 a of the apparatus body 2 in this manner, reduction of the number of parts and simplification of the mechanism can be achieved without the necessity for a control section for exclusive use for holding the stand 4 at the position of 0°. If the stand 4 is pivoted in a direction in which the pivoting angle of the stand 4 with respect to the apparatus body 2 increases from the state wherein the pivoting angle of the stand 4 is 0°, then the second controlled portion 56 b of the controlled member 54 is brought into sliding contact with the right side face of the second controlling portion 51 of the locking portion 49. Then, when the second controlled portion 56 b is displaced from the second controlling portion 51, the controlled member 54 is moved leftwardly by the biasing force of the biasing spring 59. By the leftward movement of the controlled member 54, the supported tubular portion 57 c of the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is pressed leftwardly by the shaft fitting portion 55 so that the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is moved from the second operation position to the first operation position. In this manner, when the stand 4 is pivoted from the position of 0°, the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is moved from the second operation position to the first position by the biasing spring 59. Therefore, there is no necessity to perform a manual operation to move the pivoting angle changing lever 57 from the second operation position to the first operation position. Consequently, enhancement of the operability can be anticipated. When the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is moved to the second operation position, the first controlled portion 56 a and the second controlled portion 56 b of the controlled member 54 are moved to positions spaced rightwardly from the first controlling portion 50 and the second controlling portion 51 of the locking portion 49, respectively. Consequently, it is possible to grasp the stand 4 to pivot the stand 4 to the position of 90° in a direction in which the lower end portion of the stand 4 is spaced away from the lower end portion of the apparatus body 2. If the stand 4 is pivoted to the position of 90° and then the manual operation of the pivoting angle changing lever 57 held at the second operation position is canceled, then the controlled member 54 and the pivoting angle changing lever 57 are moved leftwardly by the biasing force of the biasing spring 59. Consequently, the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is moved from the second operation position to the first operation position. When the controlled member 54 is moved leftwardly, the first controlled portion 56 a is positioned on the upper side of the first controlling portion 50 of the locking portion 49. At this time, if the manual pivoting action of the stand 4 is canceled, then the pivoting force to urge the stand 4 to pivot in a direction toward the position of the pivoting angle of 0° is applied to the stand 4 by the biasing force of the spring members 53. Consequently, the stand 4 is pivoted until the first controlled portion 56 a is pressed against and engaged with the first controlling face 50 a of the first controlling portion 50 as seen in FIG. 28. Accordingly, the stand 4 is held at the position at which the pivoting angle thereof with respect to the apparatus body 2 is 90° as seen in FIG. 29. In the state wherein the pivoting angle of the stand 4 with respect to the apparatus body 2 is 90°, the stand 4 does not make an obstacle to an opening or closing action of the lid 30 to open or close the maintenance opening 27 a of the rear cover 8. Consequently, the opening or closing operation of the lid 30 can be performed readily. Further, also upon maintenance through the maintenance opening 27 a, the stand 4 does not make an obstacle. Consequently, the maintenance can be performed readily. If, in the state wherein the pivoting angle of the stand 4 with respect to the apparatus body 2 is held at 90°, the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is operated to move rightwardly from the first operation position to the second operation position, then the first mode can be established. When the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is moved to the second operation position, the first controlled portion 56 a of the controlled member 54 slidably moves on the first controlling face 50 a of the first controlling portion 50 of the locking portion 49 as seen in FIG. 30. At this time, the first controlled portion 56 a of the controlled member 54 remains pressed against the first controlling face 50 a by the biasing force of the spring members 53. However, since the first controlling face 50 a is formed as an inclined face, the controlled member 54 and the pivoting angle changing lever 57 are smoothly moved rightwardly and the first controlled portion 56 a and the first controlling face 50 a are brought out of contact with each other. Accordingly, the operation to move the pivoting angle changing lever 57 from the first operation position to the second operation position can be performed smoothly. When the contact between the first controlled portion 56 a and the first controlling face 50 a is canceled, if the manual operation of the pivoting angle changing lever 57 is canceled, then leftward moving force is applied to the controlled member 54 from the biasing spring 59. Consequently, the controlled member 54 and the pivoting angle changing lever 57 are moved leftwardly integrally with each other. When both of the first controlled portion 56 a and the second controlled portion 56 b of the controlled member 54 are positioned between the first controlling portion 50 and the second controlling portion 51 of the locking portion 49 and the controlled member 54 is rotated by the biasing force of the spring member 53, the second controlled portion 56 b is brought into contact and engagement with the second controlling portion 51 thereby to stop the rotation of the controlled member 54 as seen from FIG. 19. Consequently, the first mode is established, and the stand 4 is held in the state of the pivoting angle of 30° with respect to the apparatus body 2 as seen in FIG. 21. The pivoting angle changing lever 57 is held at the first operation position as seen in FIG. 19. As described above, in the electronic apparatus 1, changeover between the first mode and the second mode can be performed by operating the pivoting angle changing lever 57. Consequently, the electronic apparatus 1 can be used as a personal computer normally. On the other hand, when the electronic apparatus 1 is not used as a personal computer, for example, when the electronic apparatus 1 is carried or upon maintenance of the electronic apparatus 1, the suitable mode therefor can be set readily. Further, since, in the second mode, the angle of the stand 4 with respect to the apparatus body 2 can be changed from 0° to 90°, a work necessary for the electronic apparatus 1 such as carrying or maintenance can be performed readily without any trouble. A camera unit 60 is disposed in the outer peripheral portion 10 of the base chassis 5 as seen in FIGS. 1 to 4. The camera unit 60 is, for example, for a visual telephone and is supported for pivotal motion on the base chassis 5 through a pivot shaft, which extends leftwardly and rightwardly, by means of a hinge mechanism not shown. The pivotal motion permitting angle of the camera unit 60 with respect to the base chassis 5 is, for example, ±10° with respect to a reference position, and the camera unit 60 can be held at an arbitrary angle within the range of the pivotal motion permitting angle thereof. An image pickup lens 60 a is provided on the front face of the camera unit 60. The angle of view of the image pickup lens 60 a is, for example, 55° (refer to FIG. 31). The direction of the optical axis of the image pickup lens 60 a is set in the following manner. Referring to FIG. 31, in a standard use state when a user 101 uses the electronic apparatus 1, usually the height of a chair 102 is 40 cm; the height of a desk 103 is 70 cm; and the height of the eyes of the user 101 from the floor 104 is 120 cm. The display face of the display panel of the electronic apparatus 1 placed on the desk 103 is inclined at an angle of 25° with respect to the vertical direction, and the user 101 visually observes the display face of the display panel at an angle of 85°. The direction S of the optical axis of the image pickup lens 60 a at the reference position of the camera unit 60, that is, in the reference state, is set to a little downward direction, for example, by 7° with respect to the normal line L to the display panel 21. Accordingly, the camera unit 60 is mounted for pivotal motion within a range of ±10° with reference to the state thereof wherein it is inclined downwardly by 7°. Where the camera unit 60 is disposed, at the reference position, in a downwardly inclined relationship by a little angle, for example, by 7° with respect to the normal line L in this manner, the face of the user 101 is likely to be reflected at a central portion of the display screen of an apparatus of the opposite party, for example, in a visual telephone system. Consequently, the convenience in use of the electronic apparatus 1 when it is used in a visual telephone system or the like can be enhanced. Further, in the electronic apparatus 1, since the camera unit 60 is mounted for pivotal motion with respect to the base chassis 5, the position at which an image is reflected can be adjusted. It is to be noted that the forward, rearward, upward, downward, leftward and rightward directions in the foregoing description are used for the convenience of description, and the present invention can be applied irrespective of the directions. While a preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described using specific terms, such description is for illustrative purposes only, and it is to be understood that changes and variations may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the following claims. a rear cover attached to said second mounting face section of said base chassis and configured to cover said control circuit board. said display panel being inserted in said mounting recess so as to be attached to said base chassis. 3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said bottom face portion of said base chassis is formed with a thickness smaller than the thickness of said outer peripheral portion. 4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a stand supported for pivotal motion on a rear face of said cover such that said electronic apparatus is placed on a receiving face through said stand and said base chassis. an elastic placement pad attached to said holding member and configured to contact with the receiving face.

2019-04-22T07:15:05Z

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20070236873A1/en

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It’s four years now since the new translation of the missal was introduced. I was initially sceptical. This was not because of any folksy, hand-clapping aversion to liturgical solemnity on my part, the kind of thing that often erroneously covers itself with the phrase ‘the spirit of Vatican II’. I had being going to Mass at a church which celebrated the Paul VI rite in Latin with plainsong and incense. My concern was, rather, pragmatic and related to concerns about language and translation. Weren’t we supposed to have a vernacular missal for celebrating the Mass in English? The new words didn’t look very vernacular to me! And wasn’t the idea that we should seek to translate texts, any texts, word for word, simply erroneous? It is, after all, the sentence that is the basic unit of meaning, and in any case languages have their own ways of conveying tone and subtext, making translation more of an art than a science. I wasn’t bothered enough to sign one of the many petitions that were circulating at the time, but I was troubled. Some years on, and a falling away from the practice of my faith (which had nothing to do with the missal) later, I go to Mass according to the new translation pretty much daily. I’ve learned to love it. I feel as though we are praying when we use it (Herbert McCabe once wrote an excellent piece about the challenge to Catholics of understanding the Mass as a prayer). There is a real sense that something special is happening here, something that doesn’t quite belong to this present world. Not everyone has shared this journey with me. You still hear grumbles about the new book. A few weeks back, going to Mass back home whilst visiting my parents, someone reflected to me as we were leaving church that the new words were ‘nonsense’. There is a lot to be said for this view. In fact, there is a lot to be said for the view that all our talk about God teeters on the brink of nonsense. McCabe, again, wrote of our words, when used of God, ‘wearing second hand clothes’. The point is that we learn the kind of words scripture and liturgy apply to God through applying them to material beings, limited, and potential objects of our experience: we talk about people as strong, good, or loving, we learn to call things fortresses and rocks. And then, and only then, we apply those words to God. Inevitably they fall short of the reality of God, the creator and sustainer of the worldly realities for which our words are equipped. Even in revelation, even in the sacraments, the nature of God remains beyond our ability to comprehend. I feel that the new translation acknowledges this. The register of our language is shifted. We can still tell, perhaps with a little effort, what the words mean (or at least, what they would mean we were using them to talk to, or about, worldly realities), but we are unsettled. A certain unfamiliarity remains, even when we know the liturgy off by heart. And this, I claim, is good. We are, if you like, shocked out of complacency, out of the tendency to be too familiar with the divine, to adopt a perpetually matey tone that suggests, idolatrously, that the divine reality is some kind of celestial big buddy. This doesn’t mean, for one second, that there isn’t room for – or more than that, the need for – the kind of prayer that involves, in St Ignatius’ phrase, speaking “as one friend speaks to another”. Yet we equally need to realise that we are only in a position to do this by grace, participating in the life of the Trinity whilst not understanding it. Surely there is no better time to be reminded of this than when we gather to be immersed intimately in the life of that Trinity, as the Spirit makes present under the sacramental signs Christ’s sacrificial prayer to his Father. It isn’t only God, as such, that is signified in the liturgy. The Eucharist is, as St Thomas has it, “a promise of future glory”. We anticipate the Kingdom of God. Where one day there will be the heavenly banquet, the marriage feast of the Lamb, laid out for all to see in a new heaven and a new earth – whatever we mean by that – right now there is a group of people coming up to eat what, for all the world, looks like bread and drink what, for all the world, looks like wine. In doing this, we believe, we share the life of a Kingdom that does not belong to this present age. At Mass, the future comes to high streets, estates, and shanty towns all over the world. The Kingdom isn’t realised in these places; a cursory glance at a newspaper should convince even the most incurable optimist of this. And yet, here is the future, as already present reality. This brings me to what I think is an important distinction. Opponents of the new translation often point to the Council’s insistence, of which we were reminded at the Office of Readings this morning, of Christ’s presence in his people, assembled to celebrate the liturgy. The thought then seems to be that this presence should be acknowledged by making the liturgy as user-friendly for the congregation as possible, so that they can feel at home. The problem with this is that it doesn’t recognise what kind of people we are. The Church is not a social club, a special interest group, or even simply a meeting of friends (nor is it an alternative for these kind of things: there’s a certain kind of earnest modern churchiness which looks to me like an attempt to verify the charge that religion is a life substitute). We are instead a people who do not belong to this age, whose fundamental identity is not given by a world that is far from perfect. This being so we should be restless, and unsettled, conscious that we are still a pilgrim people, and precisely as such not entirely at home. The new translation makes this realisation easier. Related to this is my sense that a certain commonly-made association between the ‘reform of the reform’ and political reaction is mistaken. I write as a throughgoing leftist of the old-school. Drably utilitarian liturgy and words lacking a sense of the otherness of their topic might sit comfortably with a certain kind of lightly baptised social democracy. They hardly speak of a world remade from the very foundations because, having shared the Cross, it now shares the Resurrection. It is the gap between the Kingdom and the injustice and violence of our world, rather than the continuities, that has proved the most effective motivation for Christian radicalism. A liturgy that places this gap in the foreground is no bad thing. But my question remains, is this a vernacular? Well, what does that mean? It’s certainly English. Like any other language, English has numerous registers and tones, some appropriate for some purposes, some for others. Anyone who writes to a lover as they would to a bank manager will soon find themselves single. We don’t expect scientific reports to read like novels, nor the latter like poems or political tracts. Nor should we expect the liturgy, a unique action, to be conducted in words that would be at home elsewhere. Wittgenstein once chastised his earlier self for not recognising that there were a ‘multiplicity of.. tools in language and.. ways they are used’. Perhaps our earlier liturgical selves needed similar correction.

2019-04-24T12:45:32Z

https://inastrangelandblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/learning-to-love-the-new-translation/

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Thanks to my wonderful children I have discovered that life is more full of energy and opportunity, than I had ever imagined. Each day I wake up feeling an immense love for my family, place in the world, and health. I am thankful for my fully met needs, the insight to areas where I could prioritise or be more organised, and am grateful for better prospects than I would have once imagined. My belief is that life is better when you promote and actively practice the ability to learn, love and evolve. Oh my goodness so many sychronicities!!

2019-04-20T16:41:36Z

https://ladybugbeeblog.wordpress.com/

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Minimum Viable Product revisited – the MVP Curve? My professor once introduced me to a concept he called FRUST – an acronym for frustration. Its premise is that products should be built solving a problem or pain for the customer. So is the minimum valuable product (MVP) a systematic, disruptive approach to product marketing. Google, Twitter and Spotify apparently get it. Say no more. .. the minimum viable product is that product which has just those features (and no more) that allows you to ship a product that resonates with early adopters; some of whom will pay you money or give you feedback. The minimum viable product (MVP) is often an ad on Google. Or a PowerPoint slide. Or a dialog box. Or a landing page. You can often build it in a day or a week. More recently, voices of the Customer Development/Lean Startup community have made an excellent effort in elaborating the idea, e.g. Andrew Chen; Minimum Desirable Product and Ash Maurya; How I built my Minimum Viable Product. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the minimum viable product would deserve its own least common multiple. Adapting the Featuritis Curve, here is a conceptualization as a basis of discussion. The MVP Curve questions whether resonance with Early Adopters is relative to the number of features or amount of complexity offered. The minimum viable product does not necessarily mean that the product should be dead simple. Rather, the resonance with customers should peak when the product offering is designed to solve their core problems or jobs-to-be-done, as suggested by Clay Christensen. In accordance with the Customer Development model, this implies not only listening to the customer, but getting out of the building and carefully studying the customer. I leave to you the question whether the minimum viable product can be conceptualized. In different use cases, what would be the pitch of the curve? Further, the curve might be tested by applying metrics to it: how to measure resonance with early adopters over features, and are there alternative variables? This entry was posted in lean startup and tagged customer development, lean startup, Minimum Viable Product. Bookmark the permalink. Wouldnt the arrow for MVP be closer to the 0 point on the X axis? Its not about creating the product that will generate the most resonance, but resonate at all. wouldn’t the curve asymptotically go horizontal after the MVP point is reached? i.e. MVP isn’t the peak viability point – it’s just the point where you get most viability for your time spent. I see no reason for it to peak and them drop off until way too many features are added. Maybe this is a plug to ‘feature bloat’ as clearly there is a point where too many don’t help, but I think this is past the MVP peak. Isnt this a little closer to MVP? BTW: I think your note of “The MVP Curve recognizes that the Resonance with Early Adopters is relative to the number of features or amount of complexity offered. The minimum viable product does not mean that the product should be dead simple.” May be in disagreement with MVP and thats why your graph is a separate idea from MVP. Makes sense and is certainly a curve we’ve seen before, just in a different context. I agree with Christensen on Features, Innovation, and Scalability. Featuritis is another context where we’ve seen this curve. Indeed, Lean Thinking can help us avoid Featuritis. Thanks for feedback. There certainly are some good points here, and I have already taken some into consideration. I continue to explore your ideas and catch up with you. This post really resonates with me right now. I’m currently developing a web app and have kept pulling back from delivering everything under the sun to now getting something released quickly with basic functionality. I completely agree with getting something out there quickly with the main functionality.

2019-04-25T12:05:04Z

https://torgronsund.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/minimum-viable-product-revisited-the-mvp-curve/

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This game was our very first attempt at a game jam. We signed up for the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) game jam in August of 2014. It was an unbelievable experience and one that definitely pushed our team of 4 to the limit. The theme of the jam was ‘Human Evolution’. Even though our team consisted of 4 programmers we had to divide all tasks to make an entire game. This meant that not all four of us would be programming. Two of us took on the majority of the programming, one did the art work for the game and I did the level design. This was my very first attempt at doing any kind of level design for a game with multiple levels and it was definitely a challenge as we had 2 days to make an entire game! It was this pressure that made it that much more fun than making a game over a month or more. Our concept was a 2D side scrolling plat-former where humans had ventured, explored and colonized many planets beyond our solar system. In doing so they had to evolve to suit each planets extreme circumstances. We decided to have 5 levels (planets) the first being our earth where all of the players senses were intact and working normally. Each subsequent planet/level would be similar in terms of the layout, but one of the players following senses (sight, sound, sense of balance and sense of time) was stripped to represent how humans may have had to evolve to survive on the respective planet. It was a lot of fun devising ways to actually implement the absence of a specific sense and how to represent it in a game. The end result was an amazing game called Extrasensory that was chosen as one of the best 8 games of the jam. As a result our game was on display at the ROM on 2 occasions between September 2014 and March 2015 for children to play and enjoy as they visited the museum. It was quite the experience to see their reactions as they played our game! Game started and completed in August 2014.

2019-04-21T14:30:55Z

https://rashadmohammedgameprojects.wordpress.com/extrasensory/

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Nicole Haeussermann ... production supervisor: Kolin S.A. Quotes Scott: In the city always a refelection, in the woods always a sound. Curtis: What about the desert? Scott: You don't wanna go in the desert.

2019-04-25T04:10:30Z

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is the person on the right doing something evil? and the person on the left is sneakily trying to kick them? bonus points for sea green. It's very subtle, you see. One reading is that the person on the right (whose legs make an "M" for men) is rubbing their hands together - gleefully and evily. And the person on the left shall step on them. But that's not very subtle. Or feminist. The other reading is that the person on the left (whose body makes a "P" for patriarchy) is trying to disguise the fact that they are the patriarchy. And the person on the right (who appears to be quietly minding their own business) is about to reach out and tear their leg off - exposing the P for what it really is. hahah!! that's awesome. a beautiful and layered artistic sentiment.

2019-04-22T22:10:03Z

https://snidegrrl.livejournal.com/388981.html?thread=3987573

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This is a holy week to many. Recent events have made places sacred and reminded me that friends are the family we choose. I don’t remember the first time I heard the story of Easter. Truly. I just seemed to always know the violent details too well after having the story explained in such great detail. I wasn’t raised with a television and the graphic nature of the crucifixion was always shocking. To be fair to myself, I think it is a good thing I was horrified to the bone by the story. Apparently, it is genetic. My daughter was 3, almost 4, when we were visiting my folks in Homer. I didn’t think much about going to Easter Sunday service with Mom and Pop. I’d grown up with sunrise service and breakfast in the church basement with the congregation. There were pots of lilies in the sanctuary and people with allergies noticed them first. During the service I sat with my folks and sang the hymns and knew the steps of the service. Years of ritual are so easy to call back. It felt like home. Javin was in Sunday school downstairs. We’d bought the appropriate sherbet-colored dress and hat; she’d had an Easter basket when she woke up — brought by the Easter Santa, a giant bunny. As the pastor spoke, my thoughts wandered. I wondered why what was so regimented and habituated from my childhood seemed less important now. The meaning had changed for me. You know that sort of stream of thought where it would take crashing cymbals or your own child screaming to break in? It was like that. “Mommmm!” Was it her? I turned my head toward the double doors closed at the back to the auditorium. Seconds later the doors were parted like the Red Sea when my daughter threw herself through them. She was sobbing — that kind of shaking crying, deep gasps between words. Wild-eyed, she was looking for me in the Easter Sunday crowded church. She came up the aisle as the pastor went silent. I’d taught her the song “Jesus Loves Me” and I’d just never got around to the horrific story of sacrifice. You know, because she was a child. It was a surprise to her. “They killed him! Mom, they killed him!” As far as she knew, I didn’t know. I made my way down the pew row and to the aisle. She ran to me and I picked her sobbing body up in my arms.

2019-04-24T17:48:43Z

https://shannynmoore.wordpress.com/2014/04/20/reaction-to-easter-may-be-genetic/

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more: Heartfield was a pioneer in the use of art as a political weapon. Some of his photomontages were anti-Nazi and anti-fascist statements. Interesting quote Douglas. I love the collage. Glad you liked this one. Circa 1930s-40s and quite potent!

2019-04-23T04:11:58Z

https://artofquotation.wordpress.com/2017/03/09/the-important-man-is-not-the-artist-but-the-businessman-who-in-the-marketplace-and-on-the-battlefield-holds-the-reins-in-his-hands/

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On Saturday October 3rd, award-winning cellist Elad Kabilio of 12th Night Klezmer and MusicTalks will present a concert of Klezmer music for Sukkot at The Theater at the 14th Street Y – MusicTalks: Klezmer Celebration. We sat down with Elad to talk all things Klezmer and bringing classical music to modern audiences. Tell us a little about your experience with Klezmer and Gypsy music. 12th Night Klezmer‘s musicians are coming from all sorts of musical backgrounds – Classical, Jazz, Pop, World Music – but none of us had actually dealt with Klemzer. Moreover, in Israel where all of our musicians are originally from, Klezmer music has a hassidic-only connotation and is not that popular at all. We were curious to explore this genre of music which is the closest to us by identity as Jewish/Israeli artists. We have had such a great ride with exploring the roots of Klezmer music, understanding it, and finding our own expression in it. What is the history of MusicTalks and 12th Night Klezmer? MusicTalks was founded five years ago with the mission to bring more people into the world of Classical music. We all know nowadays that the world of Classical music is shrinking and we are losing lots of people. Instead of blaming the audience for not being interested in Classical music, we tried to understand what might draw people back. Our concerts are very intimate and personal. Each piece of music gets an introduction so you (the audience) can understand it better and our artists always share anecdotes about their personal reactions to the music. The reaction to MusicTalks was so great that we decided to do the same with other music styles. We recognize that people don’t know much about Jazz, Klezmer, and many other styles and would love to be exposed to exciting music. What are you hoping audiences will take away from the concert? The fantastic story of Klezmer music its essence combining joy and sorrow – which is so Jewish. We would love for the audience to get to know our musicians and maybe get inspired by this incredible music just like we did when we embarked on this journey. I was interviewed by the Jewish Week in 2014 abut 12th Night Klezmer – check it our here! Saturday October 3rd at 7:30pm at The Theater at the 14th Street Y. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Purchase tickets here.

2019-04-20T00:18:52Z

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To our knowledge, this study represents the first high-throughput characterization of a stigma proteome in the Triticeae. A total of 2184 triticale mature stigma proteins were identified using three different gel-based approaches combined with mass spectrometry. The great majority of these proteins are described in a Triticeae stigma for the first time. These results revealed many proteins likely to play important roles in stigma development and pollen-stigma interactions, as well as protection against biotic and abiotic stresses. Quantitative comparison of the triticale stigma transcriptome and proteome showed poor correlation, highlighting the importance of having both types of analysis. This work makes a significant contribution towards the elucidation of the Triticeae stigma proteome and provides novel insights into its role in stigma development and function.

2019-04-23T12:21:07Z

https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/19998

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One of our fundamental concepts is the limit of a function at a point. But soon we’ll need to consider what happens as we let the input to a function grow without bound. So let’s consider a function defined for , where this interval means the set . It really doesn’t matter here what is, just that we’ve got some point where is defined for all larger numbers. We want to come up with a sensible definition for . When we took a limit at a point we said that if for every there is a so that implies . But this talk of and is all designed to stand in for neighborhoods in a metric space. Picking a defines a neighborhood of the point . All we need is to come up with a notion of a “neighborhood” of . What we’ll use is a ray just like the one above: . This seems to make sense as the collection of real numbers “near” infinity. So let’s drop it into our definition: the limit of a function at infinity, is if for every there is an so that implies . It’s straightforward to verify from here that this definition of limit satisfies the same laws of limits as the earlier definition. Finally, we can define neighborhoods of as leftward rays . Then we get a similar definition of the limit of a function at . One particular limit that’s useful to have as a starting point is . Indeed, given we can set . Then if we see that , establishing the limit. Now every term in has degree less than , so each is a multiple of some power of . The laws of limits then tell us that they go to , and the limit of the denominator of is . Thus our limit is the limit of the numerator. If we have a positive power of as our leading term, which goes up to or down to (depending on the sign of . If , all the powers are negative, and thus the limit is . And if , then all the other powers are negative, and the limit is . So if the numerator of has the higher degree, we have . If the denominator has higher degree, then . If the degrees are equal, we compare the leading coefficients and find .

2019-04-25T06:52:21Z

https://unapologetic.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/

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Cozy Living: We have a winner! Let me just say that I was thrilled and quite overwhelmed with all of you who stopped your busy lives to wish me a happy birthday and to take a peek around my blog. I started this blog as a new and different outlet for my creativity, and as a way to encourage myself and inspire others to spend more time each day focusing on a more wholesome lifestyle. I'm finally spending time sewing for our family, reading for pleasure, cooking more healthfully, and generally being more mindful of my focus and my attitude as I go about my day. So thank you to everyone who stops by to read now and then, because your comments and friendship make my day. I hope those of you who've just found me will come by again, and I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs to get to know you all in the coming weeks. One of my favorite things about this online community is discovering new women all over the country who inspire me to live a better and more full life. Thank you! Without further ado, the winner of the picnic table cover/tablecloth/picnic blanket is lucky #4, Susan Cahill! Congratulations Susan! Please click on the About link to send me an email with your mailing information and I'll send that out to you. And you'll be happy to know that yes, the ties will work to carry the blanket all rolled up over your shoulder to your next picnic or camping trip! I love this thing so much that I just might have to make some for my shop. Congratulations on a very successful giveaway. I hope you'll continue to know many comments. Your Christmas card is beautiful! I love "handmade" cards and try to make my own to give, too. Ridiculous I know, but as we have a tight budget now, it has become a lifesaver in terms of I won't have to wonder where the extra cash will come from this year. Just discovered your blog so I missed the contest, but the picnic/camping quilt is terrific! Congrats on your milestone! I love all of your recent posts and photos! Beautiful card too! I enjoy scrapbooking as well! I love that Christmas card. Now I'm super inspired to start stamping (ps-thanks for the links you sent me!). I was wondering if you had any suggestions about what I should start out with...for example to make a christmas card or so? I stopped by the stamping isle at the new Hobby Lobby and got very overhelmed! Happy Belated Birthday! What an amazing blog. Good for you for making such wonderful, wholesome changes to your life! That is a beautiful card. Shamefully I never sent cards this last year and maybe the previous year too. I have a goal to make my gifts this year so maybe cards would be too much. But perhaps the next year. I haven't read your blog in a while! Such goings on!!! I love the picture of your boys in the bunk together... sooooo sweet! Happy Belated Birthday and 100 entry day!!! Ohhhh... You got your shop up. I need to get going on mine!!! Beautiful idea for a card...you are industrious!

2019-04-26T00:50:28Z

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HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Brett Rossi is headed to Philadelphia to resume her feature dancing tour, making her Cheerleaders Gentlemen’s Club debut for two nights, June 23-24. She will have multiple sets each night, as well as meet and greets in between her sets. Patrons of Cheerleaders can meet the adult star, take a photo with her, purchase her exclusive merchandise and get a lap dance. Cheerleaders is described as "Philadelphia’s Party Headquarters" — they offer party packages with "top shelf alcohol" and a full menu, along with bottle service. Their squad of house dancers features "a bevy of gorgeous entertainers" and they are also "the home for all Philly sports and a great place to party after a Phillies game." Cheerleaders is located at 2740 South Front Street in Philadelphia. For more information visit their website at CheerleadersPhiladelphia.com or call (215) 467-1980. Rossi is available exclusively through OC Modeling. To get her on set, contact Sandra at (818) 298-6939 or Sandra@ocmodeling.com.

2019-04-23T18:25:31Z

https://www.xbiz.com/news/221108/brett-rossi-to-feature-at-cheerleaders-gentlemen-s-club-in-philly

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【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は、ＰＤＣ／ＰＨＳなどの移動無線電話において着信可能状態にない移動無線電話機等に発信した場合のネットワークおよび移動無線電話の効率的動作を可能とする携帯電話システムに関する。 The present invention relates to a cellular telephone system that enables efficient operation of the network and a mobile radio telephone in the case of originating a not in a call state mobile radio telephone or the like in a mobile radio telephone such as PDC / PHS on. 【従来の技術】近年携帯電話機が急激な勢いで普及している。 In recent years mobile phones have become widespread in rapid momentum. 携帯電話はサービスエリア内であればどこにおいても電話をかけたり、受けたりできる反面、使用マナーが問われてきている。 Mobile phone or even make a phone call in anywhere within the service area, although that can be received or, use manners have been questioned. 病院やホテルなど１部の建物では使用禁止となっていることもある。 In the building of hospitals and hotels, such as 1 part sometimes it has become disabled. 【０００３】従来、携帯電話使用禁止の場所に入る場合にはマナーとして、予め携帯電話の電源を切ったり、携帯電話機にかかってきた電話の音声をネットワーク側で代理受信する留守番サービスを有効にするようなことが行われているが、何れも自らのキー操作により行うことが必要であった。 Conventionally, as manners in the case of entering the location of mobile phone use prohibited, turn off the power of the pre-mobile phone, the sound of incoming calls to a mobile phone to enable the answering service on behalf received on the network side it is being performed, such as, but both were necessary to carry out due to its own key operation. ＦＦ状態または受信可能圏外にある携帯電話機に着信があった場合のシーケンスを示す。 It shows a sequence when there is an incoming call to a mobile phone in a FF state or receivable service area. が行なわれる。 Is performed. 即ち、当該携帯電話機５１から公衆基地局を介して位置管理サーバに位置登録要求が行われ、位置登録サーバはその登録後に携帯電話機５１に位置登録受付を通知する。 That is, the mobile phone 51 a location registration request to the location management server via a public base station from is performed, the location registration server informs the location registration accept to the mobile telephone 51 after the registration. 【０００６】いま、位置登録完了後に携帯電話機５１を持っている人が屋内に移動して電源ＯＦＦの操作を行ったとする。 Now, a person who has a mobile phone 51 after the position completion of the registration has performed an operation of power OFF to move indoors. この後、携帯電話機５２から呼び設定が行われると（５０２）、ネットワークは携帯電話機５１の状態を把握できないため位置登録を行っている基地局から携帯電話機５１を呼び出す処理を行う（５０３）。 Thereafter, when the set call from the cellular phone 52 is performed (502), the network performs processing for calling the mobile phone 51 from a base station performing a location registration can not grasp the state of the mobile phone 51 (503). しかし、実際には携帯電話機５１は着信可能な状態ではないのでタイムアウトした後に携帯電話機５２には接続不可を示す音声メッセ―ジ等が流れる（５０４）。 In practice, however, the mobile phone 51 a voice message indicating the Call connected to the cellular phone 52 after a timeout is not a call ready - di like flow (504). 上述の位置登録後に携帯電話機６１を持っている人が携帯電話の使用が禁止されている屋内に移動する際に留守番モードを設定した場合のシーケンスを示す。 It shows the sequence of setting the answering machine mode when a person who has a mobile telephone 61 after the location registration described above is moved indoor use of the cellular phone is prohibited. 【０００９】以上のような携帯電話システムは、例えば特開平６−６９９９９号公報に記載されている。 The above portable telephone system such as is described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6-69999. 同公報記載の携帯電話システムは、予め定められたモード設定を行っておくことにより、かかってきた発呼に対して電話に応答できない状態にある場合は、呼出音を鳴らさずに自動的に着信して相手方にメッセージを送信したりメッセージを録音できるように構成されているものであり、予めユーザ自身によるモード設定を条件としているものである。 Mobile phone system in the publication is by previously performing a predetermined mode setting, if a state that can not answer the phone to the calling of incoming, incoming calls automatically without ringing and it is those which are configured to record a message and send the message to the other party, but that subject to the mode setting by the user in advance itself. 【発明が解決しようとする課題】従来の携帯電話システムにおいては、携帯電話機の電源のＯＦＦ状態、留守番電話モードの設定状態または携帯電話機の所在（受信圏外）等の認識手段がないので、使用禁止状態の携帯電話機に着信したり、着信可能状態にない携帯電話機等に対して基地局から無駄な着信制御が行われたりしている。 In the Conventional cellular telephone systems, power OFF state of the mobile phone, since there is no recognition means such as a setting state or the mobile phone of the location of the telephone answering mode (reception service area), disabled or coming into the state cellular phone, wasteful call control is or conducted from a base station for an incoming state in the absence such as a mobile phone. 【００１１】また、携帯電話機の使用が禁止されている地域で携帯電話機の停止等を実現するには携帯電話機の電源をＯＦＦにするか又は留守番モードにする必要があるので、携帯電話機の使用が禁止されている建物等の領域に入る際には、携帯電話機の所有者が自らこのような操作を行なわなければならない。 Further, since in order to realize a stop such as a cellular phone in areas where the use of mobile phones is prohibited should be or home mode the power of the mobile phone to OFF, the use of the mobile phone when entering the area of ​​such buildings are prohibited, the owner of the mobile phone must himself perform such operations. 【００１２】（発明の目的）本発明の目的は、携帯電話の使用できない場所にある携帯電話機に対して着信が行われたり、着信可能状態にない携帯電話機に対して基地局から無駄な着信動作を行わないようにすることを可能にすることにある。 An object of the present invention (object of invention), or call the mobile phone is performed in a place that is not used in mobile phones, wasteful receiving operation from the base station with respect not to the inbound state cellular phone It is to allow not to perform the. 【００１３】本発明の他の目的は、携帯電話の使用できない場所への移動に際して所有者が意識しないで携帯電話機の電源を落とすことを可能とすることにある。 It is another object of the present invention is to make it possible to drop the power supply of the mobile phone in the owner is not aware of when moving to a location that can not be use of a mobile phone. 【課題を解決するための手段】本発明における携帯電話システムは、携帯電話機が使用禁止となっている建物等に入る際に電源ＯＦＦ信号を報知し、さらにネットワーク内にある位置管理サーバに対しても当該携帯電話機が通信休止中であることを通知、登録することで前記課題を解決する。 Mobile telephone system according to the present invention SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION may, notifies the power OFF signal when entering a building or the like the mobile phone has become disabled for further location management server in the network Signals that also the mobile phone is communicating dormant, to solve the above problems by registering. 【００１５】具体的には本発明は、使用禁止となっている建物の入口付近に簡易基地局装置を設置し、この装置から建物の中に入ろうとしている人が所有している携帯電話機に対して電源ＯＦＦ信号を報知する。 Specifically, the present invention is, to the portable telephone set up a simple base station apparatus in the vicinity of the entrance of the building has become disabled, who are about to enter into the building from the device owns Te notifying the power OFF signal. さらに簡易基地局装置は当該携帯電話機から受信したＩＤ番号を該携帯電話機の基地局装置を通じてネットワークにある位置管理サーバに通知、登録することで実現される。 Furthermore the simple base station apparatus notifies the ID number received from the mobile phone to the location management server in the network via the base station apparatus of the mobile telephone is achieved by registering. 【発明の実施の形態】次に、本発明の一実施の形態について図面を参照して詳細に説明する。 BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. 図１は本発明の概念図である。 Figure 1 is a conceptual diagram of the present invention. 【００１７】本実施の形態の構成としては、無線ネットワーク１０３、当該ネットワークに設置されている端末の位置管理サーバ１０４、無線ネットワークに接続されている公衆基地局装置１０２および建物の入口に設置されている簡易基地局装置１００で構成されている。 As the configuration of the present embodiment, wireless network 103, the location management server 104 of the terminal installed in the network, is installed at an entrance of the public base station apparatus 102 and buildings connected to the wireless network It is composed of the simple base station apparatus 100 have. は、図２に示すようなハードウェアのブロック構成となっている。 Has a block configuration of the hardware shown in FIG. 本携帯電話機は、無線部（１）２０１と無線部（２）２０２の２つの無線部を持ち、それぞれ別の相手と通信を行う。 This cellular phone has two radio units of the radio unit (1) 201 and the wireless unit (2) 202 communicates with another party, respectively. たとえば無線部（１）は公衆基地局装置１０２と通信を行い、無線部（２）は簡易基地局装置１００と通信を行う。 For example the radio unit (1) communicates with public base station apparatus 102, radio unit (2) communicates with the simplified base station apparatus 100. ＣＰＵ２０５は全体のシステムを制御し、送受信データやＣＰＵ２０５の制御データ等はＲＡＭ２０４に格納されている。 CPU205 controls the entire system, the control data of transmitted and received data and CPU205 is stored in RAM 204. 【００１９】ＲＯＭ２０３は、ＣＰＵ２０５の制御プログラムや端末識別ＩＤ等が格納されている。 ROM203 stores a control program and terminal identification ID and the like of the CPU205 is stored. Ｉ／Ｏ制御部２０６はＬＣＤ表示／キーパッドなどの制御と無線部（１）２０１の電源のＯＮ／ＯＦＦを制御する。 I / O control unit 206 controls the ON / OFF of the power supply of the control and the radio unit (1) 201 such as an LCD display / keypad. 表示／キーパッドを除いたものと同様である。 Is the same as that except for the display / keypad. ５に入る場合の動作を説明する。 The operation when entering 5 will be described. ここで、簡易基地局装置１００は電波のサービスエリアが建物の出入口付近のみに限られることを前提とする。 Here, the simple base station apparatus 100 assumes that the service area of ​​the radio wave is limited to the vicinity of the entrance of the building. ６）の受信により自端末の電話番号（１０７）を簡易基地局装置１００に送信した後、Ｉ／Ｏ制御部２０６により公衆基地局装置ｌ０２と通信を行っている無線部（１）２０１の電源をＯＦＦにする。 After sending the telephone number of the terminal (107) in a simple base station apparatus 100 by receiving the 6), the power of the radio unit (1) 201 which is communicating with the public base station apparatus l02 by I / O controller 206 the to OFF. ０４に送り登録する。 04 to the feed register. 【００２４】次に、携帯電話機１０１を持った人が建物から出る場合の動作を説明する。 Next, a person with a mobile phone 101 will be described the operation when leaving the building. ６により公衆基地局装置１０２と通信を行う無線部（１）２０１の電源をＯＮにする。 It turns ON the power supply of the radio section (1) 201 that communicates with the public base station apparatus 102 by 6. １１）を送信する。 11) to send. この信号を受信した公衆基地局装置１０２は休止解除した携帯電話機の情報を無線ネットワーク内の位置管理サーバ１０４に送り登録する。 Public base station apparatus 102 which has received the signal registers sends information of a mobile phone has been released pause position management server 104 in the wireless network. Ｎ信号（１０９）は、実際には同一信号でもよくどちらの信号であるかの判断は携帯電話機１０１が行うようにすることができる。 N signal (109) is actually one of the determination is well Both signals the same signal may be as mobile phone 101 performs. 【実施例】次に本発明の一実施例の動作を詳細に説明する。 EXAMPLES Next, the operation will be described of an embodiment of the present invention in detail. ０２はそれぞれＰＨＳ用および特定小電力用とする。 02 and for PHS and for specified low-power, respectively. 【００３０】本実施例における送受信のメッセージには、図４に示すようなフォーマットを使用する。 The sending and receiving of messages in this embodiment uses a format as shown in FIG. これらのフォーマットは実際には特定小電力通信フォーマットおよびＰＨＳ通信フォーマットのユーザデータに載せて送受信される。 These formats are transmitted and received by placing the user data of the specified low-power communication format and PHS communication format in practice. ５）である。 5) a. それぞれＰＳ識別（４０２）とサービス種別（４０４）という情報要素識別コードが付加される。 Information element identifier that PS identification (402) and service type (404) are respectively added. 電話を予め設定された場所に転送する転送電話サービスなどが定義される。 Such as Call Forwarding services for transferring a preset location telephone is defined. 【００３３】公衆基地局装置と位置管理サーバとの間の通信メッセージである通信休止／解除についても同様である。 The same applies to a communication message communication pause / release between the public base station apparatus and the location management server. 【００３４】図１および図３を用いて本実施例における動作シーケンスを説明する。 illustrating the operation sequence in this embodiment with reference to FIGS. 【００３５】いま、携帯電話機１０１の所持者が電話機の電源をＯＮにすると、位置登録要求が公衆基地局装置１０２を通じて無線ネットワーク内の位置管理サーバに送られ、最寄りの基地局が登録される。 Now, when the holder of the portable telephone set 101 turns ON the power source of the telephone, the location registration request is sent to the location management server in a wireless network via a public base station 102, the nearest base station is registered. 要求信号として判断する。 It determines as a request signal. 要求信号（３０３）の応答として自端末の電話番号を付加した停止ＰＳ番号通知（３０５）を簡易基地局装置に送信する。 Stop PS number notification added with the telephone number of the terminal as a response to the request signal (303) to (305) to the simple base station. その後、携帯電話機１０１は自発的に無線部（１）２０１の電源をＯＦＦとする。 Thereafter, the portable telephone set 101 turns OFF the power of spontaneously radio unit (1) 201. 【００３８】簡易基地局装置では、受信した停止ＰＳ番号通知（３０５）をＰＨＳ用の信号に変換して公衆基地局に対して通信休止設定（３０４）のメッセージ信号として送信する。 In the simple base station apparatus transmits a message signal communication pause setting (304) to the converted stopped PS number notice has been received (305) into a signal for PHS public base station. が現在通信休止中であることをデータべースに登録する。 But to register that it is currently in communication pause in the data base over the nest. 停止ＰＳ番号通知（３０５）および通信休止設定（３０４）の信号には、通信休止中に該携帯電話機に発信してきた電話機に対するサービス内容が選択的に格納することが可能であり、その情報も該位置管理サーバのデータべースに登録する。 The signal stop PS number notification (305) and communication pause setting (304), services for telephone that has sent to the mobile telephone in communication pause is possible to selectively stored, said also that information It is registered in the data base over the scan of the position management server. ０１に対して発信した場合（３０７）、無線ネットワークは前記位置管理サーバの情報を参照して、現在該携帯電話機が通信休止中であることを認識する。 If you place against 01 (307), the wireless network by referring to the information of the location management server, recognizes that the current the portable telephone is in communication pause. この時無線ネットワークでは該携帯電話機が位置登録している公衆基地局装置に対して着信処理を行わずに、該位置管理サーバのデータべースに登録してあるサービス内容を参照して、発信携帯電話機に対してサービスを提供する。 Without incoming processing to the public base station apparatus the mobile phone is registered its position in this case the wireless network, with reference to the service contents registered in the data base over the scan of the location management server, outgoing to provide a service to the mobile phone. たとえば、留守番電話サービスが設定されていた場合には、音声蓄積センタに接続して発信者のメッセージを蓄積する。 For example, if the telephone answering service has been set, it stores the originator of the message to connect to voice storage center. 【００４１】次に、建物内にいた携帯電話機所有者が外に出る際の動作を説明する。 Next, the mobile phone owner who was in the building to explain an operation when going outside. ０１の電源をＯＮする。 01 ON the power of. 【００４３】簡易基地局装置では、受信した停止ＰＳ番号通知（３０８）をＰＨＳ用の信号に変換して公衆基地局装置に対して通信休止解除（３０９）として送信する。 In the simple base station apparatus transmits stop PS number notice has been received (308) as a communication pause release to the public base station apparatus is converted into a signal for PHS (309). が通信休止を解除したことをデータべースに登録する。 But to register that it has released a communication pause in the data base over the nest. また、停止ＰＳ番号通知（３０８）および通信休止設定（３０９）の信号に含まれている該携帯電話機に発信してきた電話機に対するサービスを解除する情報も該位置管理サーバのデータべースに登録する。 Also, registered in the stop PS number notification (308) and communication pause setting (309) also data base over the scan of the location management server information for releasing the service to telephone that has sent to the mobile telephone that is included in the signal . 状態であっても他の呼びによる着信が行われなければよいのであるから、前記簡易基地局装置としては携帯電話機の使用が禁止された領域の境界に設置され当該境界を示す表示信号を出力するものでよく、携帯電話機は使用禁止の領域の入出時に電源をＯＦＦ及びＯＮ操作を行うことを必ずしも必要でないことは明らかである。 Since even when the incoming call by the other call is to be to be done, said as a simple base station apparatus and outputs a display signal indicating the installation is the border boundary of the use of the cellular phone is prohibited area may be those, the mobile phone it is clear that not always necessary to make the input output OFF and oN operation the power when the prohibited use area. ＡＮ等によっても実現することが可能である。 It can be realized by AN and the like. 【発明の効果】本発明によれば、無線ネットワーク内の位置管理サーバには使用禁止等の領域にある携帯電話機の登録が行われるので、無線ネットワークは、このような携帯電話機への着信要求に対し前記位置管理サーバの登録内容を参照することにより当該携帯電話機が通信禁止状態または休止状態にあることを認識でき、当該携帯電話機が位置登録している公衆基地局に対して無駄な着信処理を行うことを防止することができる。 According to the present invention, since the location management server in a wireless network registration of a mobile phone in a region of the disabled or the like is performed, the wireless network, the incoming requests to such cellular telephone the cellular phone by referring to the registered contents of the location management server against can recognize that it is in communication disabled state or hibernation, wasteful incoming processing to the public base station to the mobile phone is registered its position it is possible to prevent performing. 【００４８】また、携帯電話機使用禁止の建物等の入口に携帯電話機の電源ＯＮ／ＯＦＦ又は電話サービス設定等の指示信号を出す簡易基地局装置を設置することにより、携帯電話機の所持者自身が特別の操作をすることなく携帯電話機の電源ＯＦＦや留守番電話サービスなどの開始設定等を自動的且つ確実に行うことが可能である。 In addition, by providing a simple base station apparatus issues an instruction signal such as a power ON / OFF or phone service settings of the mobile phone at the entrance of the building, such as the mobile phone use prohibited, possession's own mobile phone is special It can be performed automatically and reliably start setting such as a power supply OFF and answering service such as a mobile phone without the operation. 【図１】本発明を説明するためのシステム概念図である。 1 is a system conceptual diagram for explaining the present invention. 【図２】本発明の携帯電話機の構成及び動作を示すブロック図である。 2 is a block diagram showing a mobile telephone of the construction and operation of the present invention. 【図３】本発明の実施例における動作を示すシーケンス図である。 3 is a sequence diagram showing an operation in the embodiment of the present invention. 【図４】本発明の実施例におけるメッセージのデータフォーマットである。 Is a data format of a message in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 【図５】従来技術を説明するためのシーケンス図である。 5 is a sequence diagram for explaining a conventional technology. 【図６】従来技術を説明するためのシーケンス図である。 6 is a sequence diagram for explaining a conventional technology. 【請求項１】 携帯電話機の使用が禁止された領域の境界に当該境界を示す表示信号を出力する簡易基地局装置を設置し、当該領域に入出する携帯電話機は、前記表示信号を受信して当該携帯電話機が位置登録されている無線ネットワーク内の位置管理サーバにそれぞれ通信休止設定又は通信休止解除設定を行うための報知を行うことを特徴とする携帯電話システム。 1. A cellular phone simple base station device for outputting a display signal indicating the boundary in the boundary of the use of mobile phones is prohibited area established, and out to the region, to receive the display signal mobile telephone system and performs a notification for communication pause setting or communication pause unset respectively to the location management server in a wireless network that the mobile phone is the location registration. 制御又はＯＦＦ制御を行うとともに、当該携帯電話機が位置登録されている無線ネットワーク内の位置管理サーバにそれぞれ通信休止設定又は通信休止解除設定を行うことを特徴とする携帯電話システム。 Mobile telephone system performs control or OFF control, and performs communication pause setting or communication pause unset respectively to the location management server in a wireless network that the mobile phone is the location registration. 【請求項３】 簡易基地局装置を有し、前記携帯電話機の前記位置管理サーバへの位置登録は携帯電話機から前記公衆基地局装置を介してを行うとともに、前記位置管理サーバへの通信休止設定又は通信休止解除設定は前記携帯電話機から前記簡易基地局装置及び公衆基地局装置を介してを行うことを特徴とする請求項１又は２記載の携帯電話システム。 3. has a simplified base station apparatus, the position registration to the position managing server of the cellular phone with the cellular phone performs via the public base station apparatus, communication pause setting to the location management server or communication pause unset portable telephone system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the performing via the mobile phone from the simple base station apparatus and the public base station apparatus. 記載の携帯電話システム。 Mobile phone system described. 【請求項５】 携帯電話機が発する通信休止を示すメッセージには通信休止状態の該携帯電話機に対して発信した電話機に対して提供するサービス内容を示す識別子を含むことを特徴とする携帯電話システム。 5. A mobile telephone system which comprises an identifier indicating a service content to be provided to the call-originating telephone to said mobile telephone communication dormant for messages indicating a communication pause the mobile phone emits. Ｎ又はＯＦＦの制御信号を報知する手段と、前記携帯電話機からのメッセージを受信し、前記公衆基地局装置を介して前記位置管理サーバに送信する手段とを有し、前記携帯電話機は、前記制御信号の受信により前記簡易基地局装置に対して自らの通信休止又は通信休止解除を示すメッセージを送信する手段を有し、前記位置管理サーバは、前記メッセージの内容と前記携帯電話機の電話番号との関連を登録する手段を有し、 前記ネットワークは、携帯電話機への発信に対し位置管理サーバを参照し通信休止中であることを認識した場合は当該携帯電話機が位置登録している公衆基地局装置に対して着信処理を行わないことを特徴とする携帯電話システム。 A means for informing the control signal N or OFF, receives a message from the mobile telephone, and means for transmitting to the location management server via the public base station apparatus, said portable telephone, said control and means for sending a message indicating its own communication pause or communication pause release against the simple base station device by the reception of a signal, the location management server, the telephone number of the mobile telephone with the contents of the message and means for registering the associated, wherein the network, a public base station device to which the mobile phone is registered its position when it recognizes that the relative transmission of the mobile phone is in reference to communication pause location management server mobile telephone system, characterized in that does not perform the incoming processing to. 【請求項７】 前記携帯電話機は簡易基地局装置の報知する電源のＯＮ又はＯＦＦの制御信号を受信するとそれぞれ無線部の電源をＯＮ又はＯＦＦにすることを特徴とする請求項６記載の携帯電話システム。 Wherein said mobile phone is a mobile phone according to claim 6, wherein the turning ON or OFF the respective Upon receiving radio unit control signals ON or OFF of the notification to the power of the simple base station system. 【請求項８】 携帯電話機が発する通信休止を示すメッセージには、通信休止状態の携帯電話機に対して発信した電話機に対してメッセージの録音等のサービス内容を示す識別子を含むことを特徴とする請求項６又は７記載の携帯電話システム。 The 8. message indicating communication pause the mobile phone emits, claims, characterized in that for a phone that sent to the mobile phone communication dormant includes an identifier indicating the service content recording such messages claim 6 or 7 cellular phone system according.

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It’s been a while since I wrote to you. Last time we talked I said some pretty harsh things to you. I said you were racist because you looked down on your cousins – Asian philosophy, African philosophy and others. I said you were elitist because you looked down on people from your ivory tower. I said you were out of touch because you stopped caring. So I left. I studied you in college and grad school and was a professor. But I quit academia and turned away. I didn’t want to think about you again. That was seven years ago. But recently I have been thinking about you a lot. An unexpected thing happened: I realized again how amazing you are. The anger turned to love. And appreciation. Thank you. I am grateful for all that you do and all that you have given me. The change started during the 2016 election. As an immigrant, I felt nervous about Trump. He was saying the reason many Americans are suffering is because the elites let in too many immigrants. That Bush and Obama cared more about people like me than families that have been here for generations. Was I a parasite? That seemed to be the implication. When I became an American citizen 20 years ago, I felt welcomed by America. Now America didn’t seem so sure. I was upset. I wanted to yell I am as American as any American, and how dare anyone claim otherwise. But then, the years of reading and listening to you kicked in, and I thought: let me step back from my emotions and take a breath. Let me gain distance from my feelings, the way Socrates, Marcus Aurelius and Kant said was crucial to being rational. The stepping back didn’t make the anxiety disappear. But it created a barrier between me and the anxiety. It helped me think from a space of reflection, instead of a space of fear. I thought of you then with a smile. Like you had my back. I remembered why I loved you in the first place. When I stepped back from my emotions, I wasn’t interested in yelling. I wanted to understand what I was feeling and what was happening in the country. Where could I turn to for that? Not to Trump rallies. Or to Trump critics’ saying it is all racism. I turned to thoughtful journalism. To nuanced new media. To sociology. To history. To Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Locke and Kant, and debates about where political authority comes from, and what a just government looks like. To Hamilton, Jefferson and Madison, and debates about what form a democratic government should take. To Rawls and Nozick, and debates about the scope of government. To Oakeshott, Arendt and Strauss, and debates about the relations between philosophy, politics and culture. And further, to debates about modernity and its limits, truth and power, individuality and community, nationalism and globalism. To debates between Voltaire and Rousseau, Wollstonecraft and Burke, Mill and Marx, Malcolm X and William Buckley, Martha Nussbaum and Judith Butler. With these debates in mind, I started to hear the ideas behind the vitriol in public discourse. Through you I could hold conflicting ideas at once without feeling overwhelmed. My coming to America was good for me and for America. I believe that. Still, the policies that enabled me to become an American might have adversely affected some Americans; considering that thought without taking it personally, I could see it was possible. Holding only to the first idea made me feel indignant at “Make America Great Again”. Holding only to the second idea made me feel guilty. Holding onto both ideas at once, I felt called to deeper reflection. To think more. To listen better. To engage in more nuanced reasoning. You didn’t solve the issues for me. No clear answers tied with a bow. But you helped me feel empowered to face up to my own blinds spots. To stand up for myself without putting others down. In the process I realized better what it means to be American. It is not simply about an economic dream. It is about a lived, philosophical project begun by the Founding fathers and mothers. They were inspired by you – the tradition of Plato, Aquinas and Descartes, a tradition founded on the power of ideas and the mutual respect implicit in debate. They founded this nation as an heir of Western philosophy and as its extension. When I became an American citizen, I became a part of this project. A part of you. This is why I couldn’t forget you when I left academia. I thought I could leave you behind in the classroom. But in thinking about what it means to be an American, I discovered you again in the very air and fabric of America. And you were there for me. Welcoming me when I felt unwelcome. Helping me understand my fellow Americans through the ideas and debates that are a part of you. Encouraging me to respond to others’ fears not with my own fears, but through the strength and hope of reflection. I used to think you were defined by academia. By the gatekeeping, the who’s in and out of the pantheon, the marginalizing of other traditions in your name. I couldn’t look past it and identified you with it. But I see now you are not limited that way. You contain multitudes within you. Academic and non-academic philosophers. Religious and atheist. Liberal and conservative. Men and women. Distinctly Western, and yet also influenced by, and open to, other traditions, wherever the search for truth leads. You spoke through Socrates at his trial. Through Jefferson at the declaration of Independence. Through Martin Luther King on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. You speak through me and through the person I disagree with. When I remember that, no matter how deep the disagreement or how personal the argument, I see the other person as another me. Because we are bound through you. For that, I am grateful.

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It’s 45 minutes long, but this video from the folks at Reason TV is filled with good information on the foolish ideas of central planners who want to control our transportation. You’ll learn in the first half of the video, for instance, how high-speed rail is like raising baby chicks (you’ll have to watch to understand). Around the 25-minute mark, you’ll hear about how the Obama Administration wants to divert revenues from the gas tax to all sorts of schemes (such as mass transit) that violate the user-pays principle. The video doesn’t address the fundamental issue of whether there should be any federal role in transportation, but it’s a great primer about current issues in transportation policy.

2019-04-20T20:29:44Z

https://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/dissecting-obamas-high-speed-rail-boondoggle-and-other-transportation-nightmares/

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At approximately 5:02pm (PST) I went into the backyard to see why my dog was barking. While I was out there I did my general habit of scanning the skies for anything out of the unusual. A few clouds in the background along with mostly blue skies and nothing else. I decided to rake some leaves as we had had a storm blow thru and knock off the last of them. At about 5:22pm I had finished and again glanced around the skies. This time there was what I thought was either a very bright star or perhaps even Venus in the Southern region. I thought this rather strange as I would've thought that nothing could be seen yet as the Sun was just starting to set. I observed this object for a good 3 or 4 minutes and it didn't appear to be moving which just increased my curiousity. I decided to retrieve my binoculars and get perhaps a closer look of this bright star or planet. A few minutes later I'm zeroing in on this bright object and could tell right off that this wasn't a star or planet as I've observed both from the same vantage point and this object was much to big to be either. Since I had a teleconversion lens already attached to my camcorder I decided to tape a bit of it as one never knows. After a few more minutes I had my tripod set up and zoomed in on the object. I was able to use a normal viewing mode with no need to use nitevision as there was still more than enough available ambient light. Then I noticed something peculiar. At the bottom of this big bright luminous object, another smaller object possibly 1/15th (or smaller) the size appeared below the larger object. I immediately started recording and continued taping for the continuation of this event. The sun had set and I wondered if by switching to "NiteVision" mode would reveal evenmore. It was then that I saw what I thought was another object come out of the smaller object and start traveling upward above both the smaller and larger object. In retrospect, I now believe that what I thought was another object was in fact the middle star in "Orions Belt" that was hidden by both objects. But not knowing this at the time, I actually thought that I might have encountered a craft moving away from the larger object and so followed it for several minutes. The larger object was probably somewhere between 95-110 degrees arc in the southern sky and was very slowly moving towards the west, meanwhile what I thought was another craft was moving steadily upward. one minute of my doing so, the larger object explodes (or possibly implodes) and tumbles back to the earth with a shower of debris and smoke. I followed the tumbling pieces for another minute or so until I was not able see any more of it. Included is a Digitaly Processed frame that shows both the large and small object and a small graphic showing the POV (Point of View) of the cameraperson and where Orion's belt was at the time. I should point out that my cameras clock is exactly one hour fast on the video as I've not changed it yet. I also shorten segments of the 6 minutes or so of footage to show the object first in daylite and then later with "NiteVision" so as to have a point of reference for the viewer. Interesting side-note is that in our neck of the woods several researchers and myself were just commenting on how nothing has happen in the hills or the foothills of California for over a month and a half. Report, photos and footage are © 2006 Johnny Anonymous.

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A nurturing environment at Hope Learning Center! The Western St. Charles County Chamber of Commerce presented LINC with its 2018 Community Service Award. Thanks to the Chamber for their support and encouragement! Thank you, Community Council, for your confidence!

2019-04-23T20:34:30Z

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It’s been a while since I’ve written one of my Top 5 posts and as I sit here in a wintery Colorado, my mind is currently being transported back to wonderful Asia. As you know, It is impossible to choose just five but here it goes, in no particular order, These are my top five uniquely Asian experiences. This was such an amazing experience that I will treasure for a long time to come. Asia is the best place to find a temple stay that will teach you about Buddhism and meditation. It’s a great way to strip away any stress that you may have and also learn a bit about the country that you are in. They are an amazing mountain range with the highest peaks in the world. There is nothing more magical than knowing that you are standing on the roof of the world and seeing beauty around every corner. Few famous buildings live up to their hype but the Taj Mahal definitely isn’t one of them. I remember just being in complete awe when first setting eyes on it. It is amazingly beautiful and will leave you breathless. tip: Go first thing in the morning to beat the crowds. Okay, Asia has some wonderful wildlife and you can just as easily replace the word orangutans with turtles, whale sharks, tigers or rhinos. But for me, when I got to see orangutans up close and personal without barriers at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Center, it was astounding. It was something that I had dreamed about for years and when it finally happened I was left in awestruck. Yes, I know that karaoke exists everywhere in the world, but to enjoy a karaoke session somewhere in Asia, it’s a completely different experience. Most singing rooms are small and fit a private group of people. While in the room, you snack on food, drink alcohol and sing songs while playing the tambourine. Also, most of these places are open 24 hours so you can enjoy it after a night of partying. I have had way too much fun in singing rooms over the years, especially the ones that have costumes! Okay, so that’s my list…how about you? is there anything that you’d add, or remove from this list? I’d love to hear your thoughts! Well, after five years in this beautiful country, I officially only have one week left. During those five years, I have seen and done some incredible things. Below is my list of the ten things that anyone visiting Korea should do! Korea is about 70% mountains, so no matter where you are, you are guaranteed to have a mountain close by! It’s a great way to see the sheer scale of Korean cities from up above or to just get away from it all and enjoy the peace and quiet. Hiking is insanely popular among older Koreans, they usually hike in groups and bring lots of beer and soju for when they make it to the top. But, you can always find quieter mountains and trails. There is so much more to Korea than Seoul! I have always said the same thing about Ireland, so many people only visit the capital city and it’s such a shame because that is only the very tip of the iceberg. Korea has amazing historical towns like Gyeongju, beautiful beaches down south and on the East coast, skiing up north and lots of beautiful national parks. If you do get to Korea, make sure to get out of Seoul and see the real Korea! In the Spring and Autumn, Korea has hundreds of festivals. Some of my favorites are, the lantern festival in Jinju, The Green Tea Festival in Hadong, The Cherry Blossom Festival in Jinhae, The Fireworks Festival in Gwangali and one that I’ve never been to but would love to go to is the Andong Mask Festival. Okay, this is pretty obvious. In recent years, Korean food has become insanely popular abroad. It is so delicious and a Korean meal is much more than just the food, it is an experience in itself. I love cooking my own food at the table while snacking on side dishes and drinking and having fun with friends. I love this street! I don’t know why, because at the end of the day it’s a tourist trap, but I love it. Here is where you’ll find all of your souvenirs and Korean artwork. It is also home to some beautiful tea houses. This was one of the most surreal experiences I’ve ever had. The DMZ is the most heavily guarded border in the world, it is a border of two countries who are technically still at war. We booked through the USO and had to sign disclaimers saying that if we were killed it wasn’t their fault. There were so many rules to adhere to and it was all so intense and serious but it definitely gave me a better understanding of the war between North and South Korea. You can read more about our experience here. This was such an amazing experience for me and definitely one of the most unique things that I’ve done while here in Korea. It’s a great way to find some peace, learn more about Korea, it’s culture and Buddhism. It’s 100% a must do experience while in Korea. You can read about our temple stay here. A noraebang is a singing room and best visited when you are drunk! These places stay open nearly all night long so you can go in, they will bring you to a room, you order some food and drink and then sing to your hearts content. My favorite noraebangs actually score your singing out of 100 which allows for a bit of competition. The photo above was taken at our favorite noraebang in Jangyu, they provide costumes and it’s so much fun! Gyeongju is the historic capital of Korea. It is just full of temples, burial sites, historical buildings and amazing food. I have been here twice and absolutely loved it both times. There is so much to see and do while there that you’ll never get bored! You can’t beat having a little playmate while sipping on your coffee. We used to have a cat cafe in our city and I loved going there. It was a dream world for cats as it had lots of hidden nooks and they could climb all the way up to the ceiling. Unfortunately, it has since closed down but we do have two dog cafes (that I know of). Which keep us busy and allow Willy to socialize with other dogs. You can read more about dog cafes here. So, there you have it, this small country has some spectacular scenery, culture and food…makes sure you get to experience it all if you ever come here! How about you? Is there anything that you would add or take away from this list? I can’t believe that we have less than 2 weeks left in Korea. I haven’t been posting much recently as I’ve been extremely busy with everything. I’ve been cleaning and clearing out the apartment, getting Willy and myself ready for moving to America as well as teaching. We have talked long and hard about the future recently. I guess now that the time has finally come, we are starting to freak out about our job prospects. We have decided to apply for jobs that we would like in many different states and let that process decide where we’ll live. At the end of the day, there are amazing things about many different states and cities in America so it’s quite exciting to have no idea where we’ll end up. I have also started the process of job hunting. It’s a tough process and I’m sure that me still being in Korea doesn’t help things much but I’m hoping that I’ll be successful with the job hunt soon! Jason is being so supportive through it all and is willing to live anywhere if it means me getting a job that I want. He has been looking in to going back to school next year so we are both busy researching! This weekend, we have our friends wedding reception in Busan which should be fun, we’ll also be busy moving furniture out of our apartment and start packing our suitcases! I’m also hoping to get one final hike in Gimhae in before we leave. We’ll then have our last week of school before saying goodbye to the place where we met and got engaged. Gimhae has been the only home that we have ever known as a couple, but we are looking forward to the next stage of our life together. We have some very exciting things planned in our first few weeks in Washington too, I have bought Jason some VIP tickets to a Mariners baseball game (for his 30th birthday), our friend, Ian, bought us some tickets for a really cool food tour of Seattle, we’ll be catching up with all of Jasons family and we have also organized to go to work on an organic winery with a farm attached to it for a couple of weeks (Willy gets to come too!). If you only go to Seoul once then this has to be on your list of things to do! This is one of my favorite things to do when I visit. Insadong is a very famous street in Seoul, it is very touristy and has souvenir shops and art galleries everywhere! But it also has many tea shops hidden up stairs or down alleyways. Last weekend, myself and Jason had to go to Seoul for my American visa interview. We both knew that it would be our last time in Seoul so we decided to revisit Insadong while there. I have always loved this area, the buzz of the streets and the diversity of the people that shop there. Luckily, the hotel that we were staying in was right next to Insadong which was perfect for us. After wandering the streets for a while we decided it was time for tea. When choosing between places to have tea in Insadong, I always try to choose an older tea shop rather than the newer ones that have been popping up recently. We chose one up a stairs. Once we got to the top of the stairs I knew that we had chosen well. The doors leading to the shop were absolutely beautiful. Once we were inside, it was like an oasis of calm. You could tell that it was a very old shop. It had lots of different areas allowing us to relax in a small corner by ourselves. Jason chose a fermented tea (which we had tasted and loved during our temple stay) and I chose a regular green tea. When the tea came out, it came out with a traditional tea set each. The lady set it down and walked away. We had both watched tea being made using these tea sets before but there was an extra bowl this time around which confused us. I ended up having to google it and found out that the extra bowl was a waste bowl (you pour hot water in to the pot and other bowls first to warm them up and then pour that water in to the big bowl. Both of our teas were delicious! I think we must have sat there for about an hour just chatting and watching the world go by. It was the perfect way to spend an afternoon in Seoul. Where we went: We chose Jidaebang tea house which is on the main Insadong road. You can find the trip advisor reviews here. It was that time of year again, the tests were all finished, the books for this semester were completed and there was still a week left in school. Usually at this time of year it allows us to do things that we didn’t have time to do during the year. One of those things is a market day. Market days are a great idea because you can reward students with “dollars” for good behaviour long before the market day. On the market day itself, we decided to get all of the students to bring in toys and stationary and anything else that they wanted to sell. The kids that brought in more items ended up with more dollars to buy other things. It was a great success, that morning there was a buzz around the school as the students checked what the others had brought for market day.It was so wonderful for us teachers to see that nearly every single kid had brought something in for market day. Before they sold their stuff, we taught them about “reduce, reuse, recycle” (since they would be recycling their old toys that day) and we taught them basic phrases to use when buying and selling. Then, they were finally allowed to sell their stuff. There was so much buzz in the classroom with the kids running around trying to buy the best toys.

2019-04-19T14:40:28Z

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What is Shared Shelf Commons? It is a free, open-access library of images and multimedia files, developed and hosted by Artstor. Search and browse collections with tools to zoom, print, export, and share images. Shared Shelf Commons also has a mobile site where Apple and Android device users can search, browse, and view images. SSC mobile is open to anyone with a mobile device – it is not necessary to have an account. Access the site with your mobile device. Welcome to Shared Shelf Commons!

2019-04-25T14:25:21Z

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Join us for drinks and hors d'oeuvres at a reception for MMUF Alumni, Faculty, Students & Mentors. Executive Director of Writing Programs, Kathryn Cochran will take MMUF students and alumni through a hands-on workshop on drafting and revising your personal statement/statement of research interest for applications to PhD programs. Nothing from Monday, July 1 to Thursday, August 1.

2019-04-20T16:54:42Z

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« "True rest" and "true freedom" Part 2: Through UBF I found God, became a holy man/woman, and got a calling for “world campus mission” which is now the meaning of my life. Writing a life testimony itself could not have any spiritual meaning. What matters more than writing a life testimony is how one views and interprets his life during the process of writing the life testimony. If one writes the life testimony only through the help of the Holy Spirit and with biblical perspective, one can clearly find spiritual meaning in his life and put everything in biblical perspective. But in Ubf, you are forced to view everything in your life from UBF perspective. It is because you are forced to rewrite your life testimony again and again before it is considered to be acceptable by ubf leaders. Even after that, the life testimony is heavily edited before it is shared. Thus after the whole process of writing the life testimony, you have your life testimony interpreted purely from ubf perspective or by ubf leaders. And you are explicitly/implicitly forced to accept the life created by ubf leaders for you during the process. If you try to put in any different perspective in it, you will be called a “proud” or “humanistic” sinner or “a cultural Christian” and a ubf leader will announce a special prayer request for the “rebellious” person during a public service. Then another rewriting “training” follows until you accept the life testimony essentially written by ubf leaders but not by you. So the life testimony produced in this way cannot be called a life tesimony in biblical sense. This entry was posted on October 11, 2006 at 2:00 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2019-04-20T02:25:24Z

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Wow. you're now the type sought out by the fashionistas. I know that on some level it is a triumph, but still ... I'm scared. Nice suit Dominic. You look so handsome! Brooks Brothers ? or J.C. Penny ? The stunning visage overcame the text. The Meryl Streep type movie reference must have been palpable.

2019-04-21T04:35:15Z

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Today’s WOW outfit is neon yellow and black – hope I don’t look like a BumbleBee! Okay, be honest, do I look like a BumbleBee? Linking up with Transatlantic Blonde – hop on over to meet a new blogger. Believe it or not we got snow flakes this morning, it was nothing major just some spritzing, but I do hope it was the last for the season. I feel sorry for hubby because the year after the big snow storm of 2010, he used his credit card to purchase a snow blower from Sears…it’s been sitting in the garage collecting dust as he continued to pay the high interest charges! It took me a little longer to dress this morning because what was forecast on Sunday changed and it was too cold for my dress. I ended up grabbing this two-tone skirt and polka dot top then added a little bling to jazz it up. I didn’t wear hubby’s watch to work just used it for the pictures, definitely too much. The grass is getting greener – next week is Spring – please no more snow! Are you a minimalist when it comes to jewelry or do you like to Bling Bling? Linking up with Katherines Corner – join in to meet a new blogger.

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This entry was posted on februari 13, 2008 at 11:22 f m and is filed under Allmänt. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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Sat, 01:20: I just saw Drive Angry - I was looking for a stupid, flashy 3D movie to turn off my brain to... but I didn't think it'd be THAT bad! Sat, 01:21: Aha, I re-relinked my FB & Twitter accounts and NOW it is working. Gotta love technology. Sat, 01:22: I was thinking Craigslist, but from now on I'll try Freecycle first, then Craigslist for anything that doesn't got there. Stuff went fast.

2019-04-21T22:30:04Z

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Oops! I’ve been a bit lax with this recently, so time for an update. As per previous updates, I’ve been trying to learn how to play Ana as a way to get back into a game I’d fallen out of love with. I began with a three step plan to figure out how to play Ana, as I wanted to get another support character under my belt, and Ana had always struck me as something of a high skill ceiling hero. So I thought it’d be a good way to remind myself why I loved Overwatch before the competitive slide started and it just became a source of frustration. Step one was to jump into the firing range with Ana to get a decent feel for her various abilities. After that, I’d spend some time in vs AI matches to figure out how she works in a team. The final step was to take her into Quick Play and see how that goes. I mentioned in Update 2 that I’d just begun step 3, and a week or so ago I captured some of my gameplay footage, intending to write this update then. I’ve since been playing QP matches most days, using Ana where I can, and I feel like I’m pretty decent with her now. I mentioned previously that one thing I kept forgetting about was her sleep dart. More practice has sorted that issue now, and I just can’t get enough of sleeping people. I don’t think there are many moments that can rival sleeping an ulting Genji as he lunges at you, or knocking out the enemy Reinhardt as he boosts toward you. Even better if you have team mates around to immediately melt your sleeping foe. Ana has very quickly become one of my favourite heroes in the game. I’m pretty comfortable saying that I have another hero under my belt now, as I’ve been playing Ana quite a lot. This also fulfils the other part of the plan – to get me playing Overwatch again. I was thinking of moving my plan over to Zarya after I was happy with my Ana play, as I also really need another tank in my repertoire, but I think, with Sombra hopefully right around the corner, I’ll just continue to have fun in Quick Play until she drops for console players. Sombra looks like a really interesting hero, and I’m itching to try out an offensive utility character. I’m gonna hack all the things. After months of teasing, Blizzard have finally unveiled Sombra, the newest hero for Overwatch. The announcement happened at Blizzcon, Blizzard’s annual convention, and revealed Sombra to be an offensive hero. With the (overlong) ARG leaning heavily on her exploits as a world class hacker, many thought she’d be either a defense or utility support hero, and while she does have a few useful utility abilities in her bag of tricks, which we’ll get onto shortly, she’s basically a backline harasser who looks to be quite capable of dishing out large amounts of damage with her SMG. As an offensive hero, it’ll come as no surprise to learn that Sombra has some movement abilities to help her get around. In some ways, she almost seems like a bit of a mix of Tracer and Reaper; like Tracer, Sombra can teleport, though she does this by throwing an Unreal Tournament-style Translocator that remains in place for fifteen seconds. Perhaps you’ll throw it on a health pack, go and cause some havoc, and then port back to replenish your health. Or perhaps you’ll fling it over the heads of your enemies to appear behind them and harry their backline. Sombra has long been thought to be a stealthy character, and her other movement ability ties into that. Her Thermoptic Camouflage renders her basically invisible for a handful of seconds, granting her a massive speed boost into the bargain, and it comes across like a stealthy take on Reaper’s Wraith Form, essentially taking her out of the fight briefly and allowing her to get around at speed. Of course, should she attack or be attacked while cloaked, Sombra will drop out of stealth. Using it in conjunction with the translocator should allow her to get in and out at will and really upset the enemy team’s setup. But what about those utility abilities that we mentioned earlier? Well, being a top hacker, Sombra can of course, well, hack. Holding her alt fire (right click on PC, most likely left trigger on consoles) allows her to begin hacking an enemy, which will temporarily lock their abilities. Is there a Genji on the other team that’s really annoying you? Hack him to deny him his deflect and then go to town! Or hack that Zarya to prevent her from giving out shields. Perhaps the most exciting use of Sombra’s hack, however, and the one that will probably be the biggest help to your team, is her ability to hack health packs. While hacked, these not only respawn much, much faster but can also no longer be used by enemy players. And while Sombra’s hack has a six second cooldown – and affects enemies for the same amount of time – a hacked health pack will remain so for a full minute and is not undone if you hack something else, so it should be possible to run around and basically salt the earth, so far as enemy health pickups are concerned. Focus down the enemy healer, and this becomes an ability that could seriously turn the tide. Hacking takes a second or two, cannot be initiated while in stealth, and taking damage will interrupt the attempt, so you’ll have to pick your targets carefully. Sombra’s ultimate is also quite a Support-y ability, as she sends out an area-of-effect EMP pulse that not only hacks all enemies in range, but also dissipates all shields and barriers. That means Reinhart’s barrier is gone. Zarya’s shields are gone. Has Lucio just dropped the beat? That’s all gone too. It’s basically a massive leveller, and I can see it maybe being a touch controversial; I can’t argue too much with it cancelling out ults like Lucio’s, as his and Zenyatta’s ults basically already exist to nullify offensive ultimates. What might be taking things a touch too far is the added effect of also hacking everyone in range, disabling all of their abilities on top of the shield-wipe. It might prove to be too powerful, but I guess we’ll see as Sombra moves into the PTR next week, and then later onto the live servers for more players to get to grips with. But as things stand, I really quite like the look of Sombra as a stealthy, debilitating assault hero. She looks like she’ll be an absolute blast to play, and I can’t wait to get to grips with her. Along with the character intro above, a new animated short was also shown at Blizzcon, detailing some of her background and operations with Talon operatives Reaper and Widowmaker. You can see the short, called Infiltration, below. Also announced at Blizzcon were several updates and additions coming to the game. To begin with, we got some detail on a couple of new maps, beginning with a 6v6 control point space called Oasis, which is set in a shining, high-tech city in the Middle East, perhaps reminiscent of Dubai. The other new environment, Eco Point Antarctica, is a smaller map made to host some new modes under an ‘Arcade’ banner, which serves as a new spot for the game’s brawls to live in, as well as an outlet for a bit of experimentation. In Arcade, we’ll be seeing a couple of smaller-scale skirmish modes, like the 1v1 Mystery Brawl. A best-of-nine mode, the Mystery Brawl will see players given the same CPU-picked hero, with the first player to five rounds emerging victorious. There’s also 3v3 Elimination, which has no hero stacking and only allows players to switch out their characters between rounds. There’s no respawning, so get eliminated and you’ll be sitting on the sidelines waiting for the next round to begin. It’s good to see Blizzard trying out some new modes in the game, but at the moment 1v1 just strikes me as a gimmick. It also remains to be seen how well team play, Overwatch‘s strongest suit, will be represented in what is effectively a TDM variant in 3v3 Elimination. Hopefully it won’t just boil down to three offense heroes lining up against another three damage dealers. The Hallowe’en brawl, Junkenstein’s Revenge, got us all hyped for a proper PvE co-op experience, so it’s a shame that we aren’t getting something more like that. Hopefully, as Arcade mode grows, we’ll see some more experimental modes. Last but certainly not least, we’re also going to be seeing some changes to Quick Play, which will now have a one hero limit, bringing it into line with Competitive in that regard. Don’t worry though, if you love stacking heroes, there’ll be a mode in Arcade called 6v6 No Limits to pick up the slack. Whether it will be as well-populated as Quick Play, however, we shall have to wait and see – if hero stacking is what you love about Quick Play, this news might be a bit worrisome. Still, it’s good to see Blizzard in something of an experimental mood with Overwatch, and with a new hero, new maps and Arcade mode all on the horizon, fans certainly won’t be short of things to do. It’s been about a week and a half since my last update on my attempt to get back into Overwatch. Part of the reason I’ve been so lax with my writing is that the plan seems to be working; I’ve spent a lot more time playing – and, crucially, enjoying! – the game again. I’ve spent the last ten or so days getting better with Ana, as a large part of my plan was to learn new heroes, with the support sniper being my first little project. Most of that time has been spent in step two of the plan: playing as Ana in vs AI matches, to get a reasonable feel for how she plays with a group. It’s been a bit of a difficult learning curve in more ways than one. First of all, my most-played trio of heroes – Lucio, D.Va and Pharah – are all very agile, able to get around the map and up to higher places with relative ease, so getting used to Ana, who is pretty much planted on the ground for the entirety of a match, has been a bit of a shift for me. Additionally, it was quite hard at first to stop having my eye drawn by enemies and fighting the reflex to shoot at them, instead of focusing on healing my allies. And since I’m used to being in amongst it during a game – especially when playing as Lucio and D.Va – it’s taken a bit of time to get used to hanging back from the rest of the team to support them from a distance. I feel like it’s all starting to come together though, and my aiming has improved a lot too – both scoped and from the hip. Really, this was one of my biggest misgivings when I started playing as Ana, as I’ve always been rubbish with sniper rifles, but the more I play, the better I get. Which sounds obvious, but hey, it keeps me coming back to the game! You can see some video of my vs AI games below, and you should be able to see a bit of improvement in those areas as the clips go on. Over the last few days, feeling more confident, I’ve also made a start on step three by taking Ana into a handful of Quick Play games, though only on maps where I think I’d have enough space to support the team from the back. So far, it seems to be going well, obviously helped by the fact that I’m being a bit smarter about what map comes up – if I feel like I won’t be able to do a decent job with Ana, I’ll pick someone else. This also means I’ve been delving into Quick Play a lot more recently, having almost ignored it recently in favour of my Ana practice and the Junkenstein brawl. I’ve been having a lot of fun, and seem to be back to winning a lot more than I lose. I still find myself falling back on D.Va and Lucio a lot, but that’s partly because I know them inside out and always end up doing a good job with them. And, more importantly, I just love playing as those heroes. I’ve also started to pick up a couple of heroes that I had been getting pretty decent with before taking a break from the game; I feel like my Mei skills are starting to come back a bit, but I think I’m going to have to put a lot more practice in with Junkrat to get back to where I was. But when the option to play as Ana comes up, it’s great practice – playing against AI helps to figure out her place in a team, but it’s not so good for figuring out how she works against the enemy. Thanks to QP, I’m starting to get a good feel for when and how to use Nano Boost, and though I still occasionally forget that I even have a sleep dart, I have managed to pull it out a few times at very opportune moments; last night, in a game on Route 66, my team had just hit the second checkpoint and as we were all clustered around the payload, the gate began to open and out flew a Bastion in tank mode. I slept him almost by reflex, which felt absolutely amazing – that ultimate would have done a ton of damage to a closely-grouped team. Instead, everyone was able to focus on him when he hit the ground and take him out before he did any real damage. God, I wish I’d captured that! I’m getting to the point now where I’m happy enough to say that I have another hero under my belt – Ana needs a bit more work, but I’m fairly comfortable playing her more frequently in proper matches now, as I feel like I’ve got the basics down pretty well at this point. I’ll capture some Quick Play games with her for my next update, and then it’s back to step one as I repeat the process with another character. I said in my first Boot Camp post that I really wanted to learn Mercy, but I’m going to put her aside again to learn Zarya – I now have two supports I feel comfortable with, but I’ve only ever played one tank in D.Va. I need another one in my repertoire and the Russian bodybuilder is the one that interests me the most right now. At this point, I think I can call the plan a success. The idea was to get back into a game I used to love by learning new heroes, and though I’ve so far only picked up one more character, I am absolutely back in love with Overwatch again. Let’s hope that continues as I move forward with Zarya from next week!

2019-04-26T10:46:02Z

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*amused* Actually, Buddhism applies more to every day life than Christianity ever has for me. Buddhism is more about philosophy and inner peace, though... not so much religious beliefs. It's more like a pathway to finding your own spirituality, rather than being forcefed it. Whoever wrote this also seems to believe that having "strong convictions" has to be a loud and apparent thing. Tsk. Amen. I rather consider myself one by default, and is the only religious system (if you can call it that) I ever considered having a chance of actually being *real*. I have extremely strong convictions... but they more involve how people should treat each other, rather than what people should think or even do (outside of those guidelines for treating each other). The core belief structure of Buddhism has -zero- to do with 'inner peace'. I suppose the factors of tranquility and concentration could be interpreted as such, but they are merely means to an end. Acceptance of anicca, dukkha, and anatta is of far more import than being peaceful. One can not help but do no action when one accepts that all attachments are the source of suffering. To the outside observer, this could be seen as 'inner peace', but it is derived from little else than acceptance that all things are rooted in suffering, and the only goal an enlightened individual should seek is the extinguishing of the self. And yes, it is a religion. To an outside observer, probably.

2019-04-22T22:04:58Z

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1. If you need to change the serving time of a cake, don’t call 15 minutes before you’re coming to pick it up! Often times the cake isn’t finished because we’re on a very tight time schedule or maybe the cake hasn’t thawed enough to be servable! The earlier you let us know, the better. 2. On another note about time, if you’re making a same day order, you can’t rush the process. Most likely, we’re not going to say no but we can’t always have 100 mini cookies ready for pick up in an hour. 3. I’m on a baking team of 7 and only 4 to 5 of us work at the same time. So basically that’s only 8 to 10 physical hands that produce everything you see on the counter! If I happened to burn the croissants that morning, you can bet I’m more pissed at myself about it. Having a customer be mad because we don’t have them in house isn’t going to help. 4. Insider secret: if you want the mini versions of something, they’re usually 3/4th of the price of a full but only half of the serving. You’re getting jipped. But also, it makes my job a lot more difficult because I don’t make that stuff on the norm. 5. Also along the lines of minis- you can’t eat 7 mini tartlets and feel okay about that because they’re “small” when usually 2-3 minis equals one regular sized tart. EVERYTHING IS A LIE! 7. Don’t buy a single pastry to split with someone and then expect us to cut it in half for you in the back. Will my cutting it make the pieces more even or something? We DO offer utensils out front- you don’t have to eat like a barbarian so use them please! 8. I’ve also encountered orders where people ask for products to be pre-cut in half. Yeah, maybe that makes sharing easier, but it also makes the products look worse. Not to mention that some products aren’t meant to be cut in half which then totally ruins the integrity of the food. I worked hard to make that food so nice; don’t make me mess it up too! 9. Don’t eat 3/4ths of a pastry and then return it because you “didn’t like it”. YOU ATE MOST OF THE GODDAMN PASTRY HOW CAN YOU SAY YOU DIDN’T LIKE IT. Since we’re big on customer service at Flour, we WILL give you another pastry of your choice but we also really hate you big time. 10. Lastly, if you need to cancel your order, call. Don’t not show up and let the product go to waste! Nothing is worse than going into the walk-in and seeing a 14” lemon raspberry cake sitting there from the day before. UGH. Overall, please please please just remember that food service workers are people too! We work hard to make food that’s both beautiful and delicious and want to make our customers happy. Check back on Tuesday for my review on another awesome Boston find- the SOWA market!

2019-04-24T20:50:12Z

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This is Tracey Pickersgill's Typepad Profile. i own the imagination factory scrapbooking store and love to scrap in my spare time, as well as while i'm at work! "Clearly a Special Showcase..and SALE!"

2019-04-23T22:34:06Z

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Great account of the final part of your trip Jason. As they say, every cloud has a silver lining and your unexpected extra day in Firenze made up for the mistake. Have a good weekend! Thank you! Absolutely, certainly worse consequences to making a mistake haha. Hope you had a good weekend too! Great post, Firenze looks lovely. I’m always game for Italy! Thank you! it’s a stunning place, fully recommend a visit. Likewise so if you ever fancy a visit I’d be more than willing to come! Haha. Previous Previous post: Firenze: Day 2 – Matchday!

2019-04-23T23:02:19Z

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This Thanksgiving I am so thankful for a family that is both fun and funny… and so eternally grateful that only one photo just would not do…!! Can you say continuous shutter, anyone…?? Join Mortal Muses for the first “We Are Thankful” blog hop with the muses. We will be linking up to our personal blogs, where we will share our thoughts on the day. Have you finished your holiday shopping? Have you even begun? Books make the best gifts, especially for families and children. If you love books and love to win, then be sure to celebrate the Haul-idays with Chronicle Books. I’ve posted a list of Chronicle Books valued at up to $500 that I’d like to haul in and if I do then one of you readers who comments on this post will win the list from Chronicle Books too! My picks are fun family kinds of books that all ages of boys and girls would love to hear, see, and read. So, go ahead, follow the links and check out my selections for a great list of children’s books for the kids on your holiday list this year! Be sure and leave a comment for your chance to win my choices if I win the Chronicle haul! Leave a comment and let me know if these are the books to fill your holiday list! One blogger and one commenter on the winning post will each WIN the list! Winners will be announced on December 13th! I’ve been stuck in the 60s for months now. I then buzzed through Ellen Wittlinger’s This Means War! continuing my passion for juvenile and young adult fiction. But soon I was in need of some more grown-up material. I knew it was time to try out the hit series Mad Men on AMC. In anticipation of the new fall television season, I reviewed a synopsis of Season One and watched highlighted episodes from Seasons Two and Three. I felt ready as I began following the series when Season Four premiered. I soon realized I was not ready, in my heart, for the rush of fear and pain that the conflicts of the sixties returned to my emotional being. But I continued my rapidly developing addiction, at a loss to describe my discomforts that watching Man Men revived. And then my daughter suggested The Help, Kathryn Stockett’s first novel. Set in 1960’s Jackson, Mississippi, the book carried me through the remembrances of injustice and discrimination of the time. Did hurtful feelings return? Yes. Was I fearful? Yes. However could I find parts of this humorous? I did and you will too. And was it embarrassing? Horrifyingly so. So embarrassed I was that someone might notice the cover but not already know the story should question me as racist, I kept the cover hidden as I read for 10 hours on the train. In The Help, bathrooms are a highly sensitive subject as are courage and independence. The power of a determined woman is also paramount to the story as three such women become unexpected companions in search of answers to the problems of their time. And it all revolved around the use of the bathroom. But it was not just their time. Struggles for fairness and equality still exist today in our personal and business lives for people in many communities. Let’s just hope we don’t, as Skeeter did, have to resort to toilets on the lawn to be allowed to live and let live and love everybody too. Kinnelon, NJ – The 2010 Bathroom Blogfest, now in its fifth year, brings together 33 bloggers from the U.S., Canada, the UK and India to address the 2010 Mad Men inspired theme “Stuck in the 60s?” A blogfest brings together writers who direct their blog posts around a single subject while making the subject relevant to their readers during a specific timeframe. Between October 25 and 29, these experts in marketing, customer experience and service, public relations, library sciences, museums, home & interior design, life, retail, flooring and healthcare IT/RTLS will call attention to improving the overall bathroom experience for end users via their 40 blogs during Bathroom Blogfest 2010. “This year’s theme “Stuck in the 60s?” is inspired by Mad Men, the show that has captured the imaginations of many for its portrayal of life in the 60s when social and cultural taboos meant that many critical aspects of life – like bathrooms – were ignored, glossed over and treated dreadfully,” said Christine B. Whittemore, who manages the Bathroom Blogfest. “The result is that end users suffered. By calling attention to modern day instances that are “Stuck in the 60s?”, we can reinforce the value associated with being more responsive to the end user experience be those users customers, clients, patients, patrons or consumers,” said the chief simplifier of Simple Marketing Now, Kinnelon, N.J. The Bathroom Blogfest began in 2006 as the brainchild of Stephanie Weaver, Experienceology author and consultant, and Susan Abbott, a business consultant and consumer researcher in Toronto. “They wanted to generate awareness for bloggers passionate about the customer experience at a time when blogging was more experimental. The Bathroom Blogfest created a forum for focusing on spaces that are not a subject of conversation, even though they should be,” added Whittemore. “As an event it builds relationships and conversations about the user experience demonstrating how universal the relevance and appeal is regardless of the industry.” Participation in the 2010 Bathroom Blogfest has increased 65% compared to 2009. Follow Bathroom Blogfest on Twitter @BathroomBlogfes, look for the tag “#BathroomEXP” on flickr, del.icio.us, Technorati, Twitter and Google or ‘Like’ on Facebook. all I had to do was get up, get out, and ignore the cold to find the joy! 2009 was a year spent watching and waiting. 2010 will be filled with creativity and hope and progress. I’ll tell you more in the coming weeks but for now, please know, the stories tonight were humorous instead of grieving. Whew, I feel better already! We have had a lot of fun this past week celebrating Bathroom Blogfest. Bloggers from around the globe have written about the importance of bathrooms in the customer experience and shared many different points of view. I can imagine also that our customers appreciate when we offer an easy solution to their need to go… when all they need to go do is wash their hands! Just when are the common sense times to clean our hands? Examples according to the Soap and Detergent Association: after using the bathroom, after coughing or sneezing into our hands, before food preparation and when we eat, after changing diapers, after petting your dog or cat, and after taking out the trash. So your customers may not be taking out the trash but I wonder if they might see you, the proprietor, do that or maybe even pet the cat? And just sometimes, it is not completely convenient for our customers to have to go, all the way to the restroom, to take care of a little hand cleanup. Now of course, you can imagine that. A perfect example of how to help everyone have clean hands is often set by hospital staff. In particular, how about these rapping nurses in Boston hospitals where creative hand-washing campaigns have recently launched? Make your customer’s experience simple and safe. Of course you need a glorious bathroom facility. But your patrons will thank you profoundly when the hand sanitizer is readily available and easily found. Thank you Kaboom, for your inaugural sponsorship and a very special thanks to C.B. Whittemore at Flooring The Consumer and Simple Marketing Blog for your outstanding leadership of a most successful event! H1N1 may be a Novel Virus but separate the Fiction from the Non-Fiction and get the facts. Hand washing prevents the spread of germs. Encourage your customers and staff with these helpful hand washing posters available from Yale University Emergency Management. Improve your customer experience by following the 2009 Bathroom Blogfest posts on their Facebook Fan Page and via Twitter @BathroomBlogfes to “Flush The Recession & Plunge Into Forgotten Spaces”.

2019-04-18T16:57:32Z

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Bullet introduction: 28 years old. Recently engaged. Full-time medical technician. Greater Toronto area (Canada). Why I blog? Mainly, because it keeps me accountable. I’ve been blogging on and off for years now and along with reading other blogs, blogging has inspired me to get out of debt and helped shape my financial outlook. And not just on the financial aspect of life, but a few blogs I’ve come across have motivated me to a better, more successful person. What I bring to this blog? My journey through life, focusing mostly on the financial aspect since this is a blog on personal finance. 2010: Graduated from university. $28000 in student loan debt. 2012: Started blogging. Personal finance blogs have helped inspire me to accelerate student loan payments. This was also when I became obsessed with budgets and spreadsheets. 2013: Paid off my student loan debt. 2014: Finally had a positive net worth. 2016: I got engaged in October and transitioned to a new financial path: joint budgeting. 2017: Joint budget and a wedding to plan for. I’ve come a long way with my finances… there’s been a lot of ups and downs; and I hope my financial journey can relate to you in the same way other personal blogs have spoken to me.

2019-04-25T12:07:54Z

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When the fro-down is particularly extreme. Could also refer to Frank's rolling about and energetic antics. "The guys were in full swing tonight." This word submitted by the supreme megan23451.

2019-04-18T23:03:28Z

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With snowfall, it is really hard to motivate yourself to do anything. After work, I was planning on doing an hour or so of cross country skiing to keep my aerobic activity up. I haven’t had too many exciting or super enjoyable ski sessions so far, so the inspiration to go out is even more difficult. With cycling, I can recall past experiences that make me remember great routes, climbs, downhills, or feelings in general. These great times allow me to know that I’d feel great after a good, hard ride. I got on my bike and took off through the powdery snow, leaving wonderful tire tracks everywhere I went. The initial sting of the cold air hit my legs, but after the first mile… I was ready to keep on pedaling. Oddly enough, the cross bike really feels more responsive, nimble, and under control than the MTB does in the snow. I’m sure this is due to the skinnier tires at low pressure, the tires not half-floating, half-sinking into the snow, and the differences in geometry and center of gravity. We all know getting started for an activity is the hard part, but once I was out there, I was whipping around, trying to burn as many calories as possible. It didn’t take much discipline to have an adventure, and test out things that I have never done before on a bicycle in these kinds of conditions. I learned a lot of new skills, and abilities of my own body (how long it takes my toes to go numb, then hurt), or about the bike (how I can powerslide down a hill by locking my rear wheel just enough..) These things made it totally worth going out. Went of a long ride today which took me to a part of the next town that has not yet thawed out. Going a bit further, I passed by the largest body of water I have ever seen that was frozen over. I had to take photos, unfortunately the roads turned to pure packed snow/ice mixture. It was a mess. I rushed up back from the shoreline when I heard a vehicle approaching from afar, making sure that my carbon fibre wonder was going to be okay and in my sight. (That’s right, I treat it like a child.) When the vehicle arrived, I was still messing around with my camera, trying to place it in my waterproof bag, and put it in my rear zip pocket. The big, roaring junky old Bronco stopped in front of me and a little old lady started talking. She went on about of I went out toward her way, there were some loose dogs. I asked her if she lived in the area I was headed to, she said no, wished me good luck and went on her way. I thought to myself, Well, wasn’t that awkwardly nice of her warning me of some loose dogs? I personally wouldn’t have thought about warning a cyclist about that. Not that I’m a jackass or anything, but it just wouldn’t have came across my mind. I was glad she was willing to stop and take the time to do so; it really made the ride worth a little bit more that day. Sunday Post: I Removed the Tire Chains Too Early! WV’ers as you know, we are being bombarded by snow, day after day after day. You’re becoming jittery, no? Waking up in the mornings and putting on your bib shorts only to remember that there is a foot of snow out there and just crawling onto the rollers instead? Is anyone else worrying that their cycling tan-lines are going to be non-existant in the next few weeks if there isn’t a break in the weather? I think I removed the bike tire chains off the MTB too early.. Its the first day in over a month without snow coming down, the car snot is clearing off of the slushy roads. The giant bank LCD screen says that it is 40*F outside. Today is that day – You get off work and start calculating how much time you have until it gets dark. You know that you just finished putting on new cables, housing, and bar tape and want to try out the shifting on the road. You’re tired of your trainer, and the treadmill feels like a jail cell with a belt underneath you.

2019-04-19T03:00:28Z

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Long before I went vegan, I had a love-hate relationship with eggs. I loved foods that had eggs incorporated into them (egg noodles, brioche, crème brûlée), but hated stand-alone eggs (hard boiled/fried). The one exception was scrambled, but only if they were dry as tinder and loaded with veggies. I’ve since become a thrice-a-week tofu scrambler, a pinch of sulphurous black salt at the ready to give them that little extra bit of oomph. When I received a complimentary packet of Vegg in the mail a few months ago, I was excited to test out this new product. It smelled like egg! The fingertip dip test revealed that it tasted like egg! But … what if it actually resembled egg yolk? My enthusiasm was waning. So. I could take the easy way out and hide Vegg in something like egg noodles, brioche, crème brûlée . . . or I could give myself over to the magic of kitchen alchemy and see what happened. The challenge I put to myself: make a traditional dish that features egg yolks prominently, but my former self still would have eaten. I am not exaggerating when I say it took me a month; runny egg yolks were the stuff of childhood nightmares. I’m so glad I held out, though. I turned to my culinary confidante regarding all things Italian, Marcella Hazan, and her recipe for this failproof dish. It’s carbonara in its simplest form – no messing about with distracting add-ins like peas, mint or cream. Just spaghetti, salt, pepper, pancetta, grated cheese, parsley and egg yolks. Or in my case: fake pancetta, cheese, and egg yolks. Even with vegan ingredients, though, my (non vegan) Italian husband said this was the best carbonara he’s had in ages. Put on a large, deep pot of liberally salted water to boil. Get your skillet ready to heat up your bacon, be it tempeh, tofu, or the adzuki bean/buckwheat version I’ve fallen in love with. Mince your parsley and grind your parm, then set both aside for later. Make your Vegg: It’s very important to blend the powder and water well for several seconds, with an actual blender of some sort. Whisking will not suffice! I used my immersion blender, on high for about 30 seconds. If you don’t have an immersion blender, there are directions on the package for mixing up the entire packet in a stand blender, as well as how to store it. Make your veg bacon: Time this so that your bacon is finished cooking right before you drain the pasta. Cut each strip of cooked bacon into half-inch pieces and leave in the skillet to stay warm. Compose your dish: Drain your pasta and immediately transfer to a large bowl (if using gluten free pasta, rinse with hot water first so that it does not stick). Drizzle with Vegg and toss to coat evenly. Add some vegan parm, salt, and a few generous turns of the pepper mill; toss again. Taste and season as needed. Add the bacon and gently toss one more time. Plate out the individual portions and top each with an additional pinch of vegan parm and minced parsley. There are myriad vegan parmesan recipes floating around the ether, and I suspect many of them came into being as mine did — based on what was in the pantry. This is my contribution: simple, protein-packed, and quite satisfying. Use this simple ratio and make as much – or as little – as you want. Put all of the ingredients in your grinder or food processor, pulse briefly a few times, and sprinkle liberally on anything that could use a bit of umami.

2019-04-22T16:42:52Z

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Earl has recently joined the South Carolina Small Business Development Center Network (SBDC). He is an experienced business counselor from Dayton, Ohio with over twelve years of experience in entrepreneurship and holds a B.S. degree in Organizational Leadership. He also currently runs his own internet based company and has been an entrepreneur for over 20 years in sales, business services and ecommerce. Earl is a U.S. Air Force veteran and was stationed at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, SC in the late ‘80s. His most recent position before moving to South Carolina in August, 2015 was SBDC Center Director for Wright State University where he had great success in assisting veteran-owned businesses and supporting an active woman-owned business population in the Dayton, Ohio region. Earl’s center was responsible for all military veteran Boots to Business training within the state of Ohio and also managed the statewide eCenter, Virtual SBDC online program. Entrepreneurial training, website design, online sales and marketing as well as general business technology are some of Earl’s specialties. He has been asked to conduct courses and speak in local, regional and national programs and truly enjoys conducting classes for small business owners. Earl has received multiple performance awards and recently won the Small Business Administration’s 2015 SBDC Excellence and Innovation Award, Ohio SBDC Peer Recognition Award for Mentorship and the Ohio SBDC State Star Award for top business counselor. During his off time, Earl can be found in the woodshop, the kitchen or in the outdoors mountain biking, canoeing, or camping. He and his wife Carol reside in Lexington and regularly visit their grown children and grandchildren in Anderson and Greenville. Cheryl is the Minority Business Development Manager for the SC SBDC network. Salley has more than 20 years of experience working with small and minority businesses throughout the Southeast. She concentrates on management and technical assistance, counseling, administrative management, strategic business growth and recognizing and promoting business development opportunities. An entrepreneur herself, Salley started several small businesses of her own where she offered private online consulting and website development. Salley, who has served the small and minority business community in since 1986, was recently nominated to participate on the Columbia Minority Business Advisory Council that was launched by Mayor Steve Benjamin, the SC Minority Business Development Program Advisory Committee and the SCNAACP Minority Business Advisory Council. In her new position, Salley leads development strategies to increase the SC SBDC’s visibility and client base, as well as network with other centers and businesses to share information, ideas and best practices for minority businesses. Through experience, strategic partnerships and the use of federal Small Business Administration (SBA) technologies, the SC SBDC serves small and minority-owned businesses throughout South Carolina and seeks to place such clients on a high-growth trajectory by promoting relationships and business opportunities that increase their market, capital, education and training. A native of South Carolina, Salley earned her associate’s degree in business management from Midlands Technical College and a BA in public affairs and political science from Columbia College. Salley is a certified economic development specialist through the National Development Council. Cheryl Salley can be reached at the Columbia Area SBDC at 803.777.4409 or csalley@sc.edu. Procurement Technical Assistance Center – Scott H Bellows has served in the government contracting arena with the SBDC since 2006. The SBDC offers this as an embedded service in association with the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC, www.aptac-us.org).His contracting background stems from his 14 year association with the U.S. Agency for International Development where his overseas postings included Somalia, Nicaragua and Jamaica. Prior to this he worked for more than four years with a New York-based engineering firm (TAMS) in Cairo, Egypt. He speaks Spanish and Arabic. He also has owned and operated a computer services company and a company that provides international consulting services. He holds a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University and an MBA from the University of Southern California.

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Follow up on the Manjunath Kalmani case… courtesy the Times Of India.. Read this and more at the epaper by Times of India.. New Delhi: Manju is no longer abandoned. Vidyavathi, the 54-year-old mother of the software techie who lies paralyzed neck down at Safdarjung Hospital after being sent back from the US, is coming here to meet her boy, braving her frail health to travel from Koppal in Karnataka. The impending reunion after eight years will be a result of TOI’s front page report on Manjunath Kalmani on Saturday. In fact, a lot more has happened. There has been a groundswell of worldwide support for Manju who went to the US on a H-1B visa, worked as a software engineer with weather.com, got laid off, and was involved in a crippling accident in May 2002. For five years, US doctors and support groups helped keep the quadriplegic in hospital. But after his visa expired, he was transported back on March 5 and put in Safdarjung Hospital. Abandoned until Friday — even by his family, which appears to not have the means to look after the cripple who needs a respirator to breathe and 24-hour nursing for his every other need. ‘‘Where will the money come from?’’ his brother Sudhakar had despaired. Well, money will hopefully not be such a big problem, given the volume of responses that have poured in. Reader after reader, dozens and scores of them, have written in to TOI offering help. And not just financial help — some of them volunteered to be at his bedside and alleviate his loneliness, while others sent in inspiring stories of other quadriplegics who despite their similar and crushing disabilities have not only managed to stay alive, but be productive too. Like Rajinder Johar who has been paralyzed neck down and bedridden for the last 20 years. Writing about him, Kumud Mohan has said that Johar, along with his supportive family, founded the Family of Disabled which has so far helped get employment for 275 people with disabilities. She has said that with his mental skills intact, and his abilities with the computer — Manju has been communicating with the world on his blog by using the sip-n-puff mouth control device — the paralyzed techie had a brighter future. Then there are letters of heartfelt empathy. Biplab, an Indian based in Houston, has written to give his own story. ‘‘I can relate to him. I am also a techie and I had a bad car accident three months ago.’’ He, too, had spinal injury — ‘‘but nothing compared to Manju’s’’ — and after being hospitalised for two months is now in rehab. ‘‘It’s time for positive action,’’ said Biplab. Yes, it will require a lot of positive action for Manju’s rehabilitation. Doctors that TOI spoke to say that his best bet is a sophisticated wheelchair, which will have to be imported, and on which he can be strapped. A portable ventilator would help him with mobility. They spoke of many other sophisticated gadgets with which Manju can operate a computer — like sip-n-puff — and possibly carry out small things of life like ringing a bell or switching off the light. All of this will require money. Manju will also require a lot of compassion and understanding. Who will provide it? A number of readers have written in to express their appreciation for the US and its people who, despite having no legal requirement to help him, kept him for five long years. ‘‘Which other country would support an immigrant for five years?’’ asked Atul. ‘‘Now it is the turn of the Indian government and its people to help Manju,’’ said Naveen. With this outpouring of concern, Manju’s life could be set for yet another dramatic turn. One in which the despairing techie is touched with some hope. Perhaps the touch he would be seeking the most would be that of his mother’s on his forehead. Numerous readers have written in to offer help for Manjunath while urging The Times of India to set up a fund for the helpless techie where they can send in money. In response to their request, the TOI has set up a fund for Manju. Readers who wish to send in contributions may write out a cheque in favour of ‘Times Foundation’. They should also send in a covering letter with ‘Manjunath’ written in the subject line. We will ensure that every rupee is used in Manju’s best interest.

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not Third-Great-Grandfather Joseph Burkey served in the 126th Regiment, Company B, of the Ohio Valley Infantry during the Civil War. He is buried in New Cumberland Cemetery near Atwood Lake, Ohio. Like the life and times of Fifth-Great-Grandfather — and Revolutionary War vet — Jacob Crites, the details of the childhood, married life and final days of Joseph Burkey are mostly elusive. But we’re pretty clear on his war record and the activities of his company during the Civil War. Joseph was born May 18, 1840, probably near Guernsey, Ohio, where the Johnson clan called home. In the 1850 census there is a Joseph Burkey Sr. there in Oxford, born in 1805, with a wife named Jane and a bustling household, of which an 8-year-old Joseph Jr. is part. The dates almost line up — in the vein of census inaccuracies and subsequent leeway. Joseph is next found in a Guernsey County census in 1860, in the home of James and Emeline Scott, listed as a laborer. Joseph and Jane Burkey appear as neighbors on the same census page, a couple households higher up. In between is the great Civil War. And in 1880, we again catch up to Joseph Burkey in Guernsey County, this time farming and married to a Mary J. Burkey, born about 1830 and 10 years his senior, with a household of five young children, including Sarah E. A., age 13. A 75-year-old Joseph Burkey senior is also among the family. What makes the three records hold at least loosely together are the birthplaces of Joseph Burkey’s father in Pennsylvania and mother in New Jersey, the consistent ages of the particulars, the birth year of Mary J., which is consistent with Amanda Stevenson’s in family lore, and the 1867 birth year of Great-Great-Grandmother Anna Burkey Johnson. As to the rest, and the latter details of Joseph’s life, it’s a bit murky. We don’t know when Amanda died. An 1890 census that was largely destroyed by fire keeps us from catching up with Joseph again until shortly before his death in 1900. By then he is living in Warren Township, Tuscarawas County, and remarried to Clara (Kerr) about 5 years. She is 47 and childless; he is 60. He works as a farm laborer and owns the house he’s living in. Again — this record matches up with birth year and with parents born in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, respectively. We also match the couple to Joseph’s pension record, which lists Clara as dependent. There is the curious notation next to invalid status, in March 1885, and records Clara’s widowhood in December 1901, a full year after Joseph’s death. But who knows with bureaucracy and paperwork? Joseph is buried in New Cumberland Cemetery, near Atwood Lake, Ohio. Clara is there, too, — her stone bears a death date of June 26, 1911. The grave of Amanda Stevenson is nowhere to be found. What we do know is that Joseph Burkey enlisted as a private in Company B of the 126th Infantry on May 17, 1864 at age 23. He was drafted, according to Army records. He was mustered out at the same rank on June 19, 1865 in Baltimore, Maryland. The record of his Ohio regiment is set forth below. Joseph would have seen action the year’s worth of battles throughout Virginia, just after Spotsylvania Court House. One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Infantry. – Col., Benjamin F. mas W. McKinnie; Majs., George W. Voorhes, William G. Williams. cacy, in which it lost heavily. It marched in pursuit of Gen. 379 men wounded; aggregate, 509. Fought on 9 Oct 1862. Fought on 14 Jun 1863 at Martinsburg, WV. Fought on 15 Jun 1863 at Williamsport, MD. Fought on 15 Jun 1863 at Martinsburg, WV. Fought on 14 Oct 1863 at Bristoe Station, VA. Fought on 27 Nov 1863 at Mine Run, VA. Fought on 6 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA. Fought on 7 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA. Fought on 9 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA. Fought on 10 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA. Fought on 18 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA. Fought on 21 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA. Fought on 30 May 1864 at Hanoverton, VA. Fought on 6 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA. Fought on 19 Jun 1864 at Bermuda Hundred, VA. Fought on 22 Jun 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA. Fought on 22 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 9 Jul 1864 at Monocacy, MD. Fought on 21 Jul 1864 at Snicker’s Gap, VA. Fought on 9 Aug 1864 at City Point, VA. Fought on 28 Aug 1864. Fought on 19 Sep 1864 at Opequan, VA. Fought on 21 Sep 1864 at Flint Hill, VA. Fought on 22 Sep 1864 at Flint Hill, VA. Fought on 22 Sep 1864 at Fisher’s Hill, VA. Fought on 19 Oct 1864 at Cedar Creek, VA. Fought on 12 Nov 1864 at Middletown, VA. Fought on 25 Mar 1865 at Petersburg, VA. A star marks Joseph Burkey’s grave, for service in the Civil War. Colt's great-grandfather, Vance Foutz, on the steps of the apartment at 428 Race St. (rear) in Dover where he lived in the years following the death of his wife, Laura (Zeigler) Foutz. Where were we again? Where’d we leave off, when last we gathered around the whispering flames? Ah, yes. Headed east along U.S. 250, crossing the border of Tuscarawas and Harrison counties in Ohio and bound for Route 151 and its winding course toward Scio, where the Palmers farmed, not far, incidentally, from the Foutzes (and Pfoutses), oh, a century and hefty change ago. And that’s where we were headed in our exploration of the lives of our ancestors, through the obituaries and other various and sundry artifacts turned up during a brief visit home in March. The course I plotted had already taken us through the Leys, was winding through the Johnsons/Palmers and bound for the Foutzes and, eventually, the Weibles. The booty? Considerable. Photos of final resting places, obits commemorating lives well-lived (and, at times, tragically ended), stories from the history books, documents from the official record, tales from the road. All tidbits hitherto undiscovered until teaming up with distant (Foutz, by way of Moreland) cousin Dawn James for a bout of “full-contact” genealogy. And what delayed us? Life, as it happens, in the present day. And, more specifically, a new family dog for this generation of Foutzes/Leys/Johnsons/Weibles. Bark Once if You’ve Heard this Before…. Growing up, dogs were always part of our family (if not our family tree — though members of our tree on Geni.com will notice all the furry siblings and children my cousin Sarah has added (happy birthday, Kipling!). A post earlier this year shared a letter from 60 years ago detailing the training of one my great-grandfather Robert Ley’s hunting dogs. In the comments section for that post, you can find evidence of how two distant Ley cousins display their love for dogs and the wilderness. Richard Ley and his 20-odd hounds outfit expeditions hunting bear and cougar in New Mexico. Also operating from the Land of Enchantment, cousin Huie Ley runs a general store and riding stables. When I was growing up, the Ley family dog was named Shadow. A friendly, smallish black and white mutt kept by my grandparents. She was allowed to roam up and down the hill, stopping inside for a juicy meal of Gainesburgers. Legend has it she was dropped off at the Dover Dairy Queen (later, Softies) during my mom’s shift there, and Mom entrusted her to my dad before bringing her home. And home she stayed until she was a doddering teenager (in people years) and I was almost a teen myself. In my house, we had a fun-loving — but splendidly trained — golden retriever named Chase. We picked him up, as my memory goes, after a trip to Sea World on or about my fifth birthday. (Mom has insisted it was before my birthday, since I could still get in free.) I remember we brought him home in some sort of carton he was chewing through, and when we let him out in the yard he chased us around (befitting his name), nipping at our ankles. I learned to care for Chase. It became one of my chores, later on, to feed him, and take him on the odd walk. He was more of an outside guy. Stayed in the kennel and run my uncle Bob Ley used to have for their dog. (Princess?) Chase was with us a good 13, 14 years. I was home from my first year of college when I went out to feed him, lifted the lid of his doghouse, and found him, peacefully at rest. A good, long life for a “cedar dog” fond of heading out for an adventure the moment our attention was occupied and returning, usually muddy to the hips from a swim in the Tuscarawas River, a day or several later. We added a cocker spaniel when I was in high school. Maggie, a black, jittery dustmop, but she got along well. An homage, perhaps, to Mom’s cocker, Corky, when she was a girl. And later, Summer, a female golden, joined the mix. We’ve watched her go from a spindly pup with a white “jewel” splotch on her otherwise impeccably purebred forehead, fond of crawling under legs, through her jumpy, fetchy teen years to her doddering, jewel-faced seniorhood, during which she is still fond of crawling under legs. All of this is preparatory, perhaps, to introducing the latest addition to our family. And explaining, partially, my absence. We’d been talking about welcoming a dog into our family for awhile. Whether or not our 13-year-old cat, Lucy, would tolerate his presence was something of a consideration. In the end, I was dogged by an absence. An itching in the palms that begged a bit of canine cranial to fit, softly, naturally there. I began to research rescues. Labs were considered, researched, applied for. In the end, I was taken with the image of a gorgeous golden picked up as a stray in northern Illinois and saved from death row by Illinois Animal Rescue. We applied for him, got ’em (to the chagrin of maybe a couple dozen others who, as luck would have it, called after I did), and have been spending the last four months getting to know him and integrating him into our bustling home. We renamed him Macallan — in honor of the Scottish birthplace of goldens, and a pretty fine single-malt — and he has warmed our hearts with his headlong pursuit of tennis balls and all the affection we can give. Been a pretty wild four weeks, so far, and a considerable consumer of attention. And yeah, of course we love it. It would be decidedly unartful to render all of the above as a mere excuse. (Though perfectly fine.) Instead, I’ve been thinking about what it would have been like to walk up to some of our ancestors’ homesteads in years far fallen from the calendar. And what sorts of folks — and four-legged companions — we may have been greeted by. Strolling down the dusty main drag of Port Washington, Ohio, circa 1850. Would Charles Ley (the former Karl Gottleib Ley), resident saddler, also have housed a dog or two in his stables? Picking through the hilly acreage of Gideon Foutz, say, about 1895. Would we first be met by a pack of farm pooches, racing from the main cabin or else alongside (great-great-great) uncles Nelson and Nathaniel where they worked? Perhaps trailed by visiting grandkids Vance and Charley and a Moreland or two? Or that packed Johnson household, circa 1930, in New Philadelphia? Ten mouths to feed and perhaps a dog besides. I bet we’d still find a place at the table. And stories enough to last. Or from a shady porch off Wooster at a Weible address. We’d sip our lemonade or iced tea and have our palms wet from condensation and licks besides. You can tell a lot about somebody by the company they keep. Homo sapiens and otherwise. Wouldn’t it have been something to find out? Ah well. The former porch of an aged Vance Foutz is empty now. But if I could, I’d ask him — did your grandpa own a dog? Or your dad? Or you? Ever wanted one? If so, what kind? And what would you name him? And where could we take him, given an afternoon, and time? What adventures could we get into? Boys, even 90 or so years removed, have their favorite themes. Vance Foutz's former apartment, seen on a rainy March day in 2011, opposite from where he stood in 1963. We know he enterained his card buddy Jacob Lentz. Did he ever have a dog? Colt's second great-grandparents, Clement Johnson and Anna Burkey. This blog series explores the lives of Johnson ancestors as revealed in their obituaries. Much of this information was gathered during a March 2011 research trip to Tuscarawas and Harrison counties in Ohio. A scan of the obituary is available at the bottom of this post. Clement Johnson, 84, of 890 E. High Ave., New Philadelphia, died at his home Saturday at 6:45 p.m. of complications. He had been ill since last February. Mr. Johnson, who lived most of his life in New Philadelphia, was born at Middlebourne, Guernsey County, and was a son of the late Thomas and Nancy Valentine Johnson. He was last employed by the Buchanan Gas and Oil Co. Surviving are five sons and three daughters: Mrs. Carrie Swank, Mrs. Della Weber, Charles and Dwight Johnson, all of New Philadelphia, Adrian Johnson of the home, Mrs. Helen Stringer of Dover, Delbert of Sadis, Donald of Ecorse, Mich., and Norman of Washington State; 30 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Virginia Touvelle of Barnesville. Friends may call at the residence where services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. Rev. Herbert Smith will officiate and burial, in charge of the Linn-Hert Co., will be in East Avenue Cemetery. It is worth noting that Clement, like his son Charles, was a coal miner. Oddly enough, he died 11 years to the day before his daughter-in-law, Viola Mae (Palmer) Johnson. What else was happening in the world Aug. 16, 1947? Days earlier, both Pakistan and India had gained independence from the British Empire. Barely a month earlier, the controversial — and disputed — UFO incident took place in Roswell, N.M. A week earlier, the balsa raft Kon-Tiki completed its Pacific journey. One of the more intriguing aspects of my family history research has been linking up with the discoveries made by others in my family — those known to me and those newly met — and adding their finds to my own work, or helping them along in their research with what I’ve been able to uncover. My mom did a lot of digging into the Leys and Weibles, when she was about the same age as I am now. And I’ve benefited from the documents and pictures she saved, as well as the books she stocked on the Leys, Powells, etc. On the other side of the tree, my grandma Erma (Johnson) Foutz left behind a trove of items from her decades of pondering and pursuing clues into both her family and my grandpa Foutz’s. Countless newspaper clippings, cards from funerals, family snapshots and genealogical lists in her elegant hand — with all the attendant red-ink corrections and deletions and additions. One of Grandma’s last projects was to begin a series of pocket-size family records she intended to pass on. Her working copy — bound in green — contains the above noted flourishes, as she deciphered and backtracked and polished her understanding of previous generations. Since the summer, I’ve been working in one of her brown-covered blank copies, and delighting as I’ve confirmed or otherwise amplified the information she had collected. Surprisingly, for such a common last name — I’ll get to all the Charles Johnsons and Thomas Johnsons dotting east-central Ohio later in this post — we know an awful lot about the parents and children of my great-grandfather’s and great-great grandfather’s generations. It’s immediately after that — or, I guess, before — that records and knowledge start to break down. Then again, in the spirit of comparing notes, a lot of what I know about the Johnsons today is built upon the research of others — my grandma; my grandma’s niece, Sarah Fitzgerald. And I’ve heard there’s at least one other Johnson son out there who’s racked up a lot of info. So here’s a look at what we know so far. With some combined sleuthing, we’ll see what corners we can find assured passage around, what dead-ends we can throw a ladder over. Born in Illinois, Sept. 6, 2006 and Sept. 9, 2008. Born in Dover, Ohio, June 2, 1976. Educated at Carnegie Mellon University and Columbia College Chicago. Newspaper reporter and columnist in Ohio and Illinois, freelance writer, musician. Currently manages a creative team at a Chicago advertising agency. Married Sept. 21, 2002 in Olathe, Kansas. Katie was born Dec. 8, 1977 in Rochester, Minn. Parents of Jonah Robert, Benjamin Peter. Father. Born in Dover, Ohio, June 5, 1952. Educated at the University of Cincinnati. Salesman, sales manager, customer service rep. Married Dec. 21, 1975 in Dover. Janet was born May 25, 1952 in Dover. Parents of Frederick Colt, Daniel Morgan, Jacob Ley, Samuel Chase. Grandmother. Born Oct. 27, 1920 in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Died July 16, 2000 in New Phila. Secretary, homemaker. Married May 9, 1942 in Dover. Don was born March 4, 1914 in Dover, Ohio. Died Nov. 14, 1980 in Dover. Parents of Donn Dale, Robert Vance, Frederick Charles. Remarried Jan. 1, 1982, to Max Troendly Miller (1916-2009). Made her home later in life in Green Valley, Arizona and New Philadelphia. Great-grandfather. Born Nov. 6, 1886 in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Died Sept. 13, 1962 in New Phila. Coal miner, steelworker. President, Local 8607, United Mineworkers of America. First married Feb. 17, 1907 in Tuscarawas County, to Leona Miller. She died shortly after. Second marriage (to Viola Palmer) July 1, 1911, probably in Dennison, Ohio. Viola was born June 3, 1889 in Scio. She died Aug. 16, 1958 in New Phila. Parents of 10: Thomas Leonard, Virginia Mae, Nellie Irene, Carl Arthur (died young), Erma Maxine, Charles Jr. (died young), William Dean, Joseph R. (died young), Lloyd George (twin) and Floyd Clement (twin). Johnson family: Clement, (clockwise) Charles, Carrie, Anna, Donald, Helen. Second great grandfather. Born March 6, 1863 in Middlebourne, Guernsey County, Ohio. Died Aug. 16, 1947 in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Coal miner. Married Sept. 25, 1884 in Guernsey County. Anna was born July 25, 1867 in Guernsey County. She died Nov. 3, 1929 in New Phila. Parents of 10: Charles Arthur, Carrie Mae, Roy (died young – had twin who died at birth), Helen Viola, Donald D., Dwight Joseph, Delbert M. (twin), Della (twin), Alvin Norman, Adrian L. Third great grandfather. Born about 1822, probably in Ohio. Died 1864 in Corinth, Miss. Farm laborer. Served the Union Army during the Civil War as a mule skinner. According to family lore, he died of the measles during a march through Mississippi. Because of his non-soldier status, his wife could not collect an army pension, and she is listed on the 1870 census as a pauper, with at least one of her children living in a relative’s household. In the one census record in which his married family appears together (1860), he is listed as not able to read or write. Married Feb. 4 or 9, 1854 in Guernsey County. Nancy was born about 1836 in Guernsey County. She probably died in 1928. Parents of four confirmed children: Violet Melinda, David, Virginia Frances, Clement Arthur. As family legend had it — or at least what I can remember of it, possibly incorrectly — the Johnson line came from England. But so far I’ve stumbled upon nothing that firms up that rumor. There are several records that connect a Thomas Johnson born in Ohio in 1822 to a George Johnson as father, and a Mary as mother. However, several of these records show Thomas leading quite a different life after that, with a different spouse in one case, and saved by different descendants and relatives in others. So it’s tough to say what’s what. There are several Thomas Johnsons that pop up in Guernsey County from about 1820 on, and they have birthdates that could connect to our ancestor as late as 1829. But the single census record in 1860 that shows Thomas W. Johnson’s married family all living together has him as 38 years old, and Nancy as 24. Unfortunately, the transcriptions of their marriage record (which list dates of Feb. 4 and 9, alternately) do not have any more information than the date, location and their names. The more promising leads on connecting Thomas W. to a father named George are the tax records for Guernsey County which show him living in various parts of the county — Spencer Twp. and Derry among them — and sometimes appearing with the initial R. These could be different George Johnsons. And there are census records for 1850 that list a George Johnson, born 1797 in Virginia, in Cumberland, Guernsey County. This would make him about the right age to father Thomas. But again, these docs need to link up in a convincing way to provide anything approaching proof. What would be nice is finding a death record for Thomas that lists his parents. Or some fragment from a local history that establishes who the family is and where they came from. Clement’s death record reports his parentage accurately. But his oldest sister’s death record (for Violet Melinda) only contains the curious information that she had a son — without being married — and that he claimed not to know who his grandparents were, or where his mother was born. Definitive clues could be uncovered by tromping around Guernsey County, or tracking down their actual gravestones. By the 20th century, of course, Clement had moved the family to New Phila, where at least two subsequent generations (my great-grandfather and grandmother) were more or less lifelong residents. The living Johnson siblings, in 1979. Oldest bro Leonard is far right. My grandma, Erma, is center.

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We left Zambia after just two nights and made our way to Malawi. Land-locked Malawi is one of the poorest country’s in the world with a GNP of only $250 per person. The average life expectancy is 43 years due to the high death rates from AIDS and malaria. However, the people here are incredibly kind and extremely happy which is why Malawi’s nickname is “The Warm Heart of Africa.” I can’t say we did much the four nights we stayed on the beaches of Lake Malawi, which covers 20% of the country. We spent the majority of the day relaxing, reading, swimming and playing cards. At night, we’d all drag our cooler of beers out to the beach to enjoy the sunset and watch the shooting stars. Due to my gambling tendencies, I convinced our friends to start playing cards for money. Let me tell you, it feels pretty exciting to win nearly a thousand dollars in the local currency! Too bad 100 dollars in the local currency equates to just 30 cents which is only just enough to buy one beer at the bar – but hey, a free beer is a free beer! We left Malawi and started making our way to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Along the way, we camped at a site without electricity. The bar here was my favorite because it was so…Africa. Equipped with a straw hut and fire pit, our “waitress” took our drink order and would disappear for 20 minutes before returning with our drinks. It’s likely that she walked into town to get our beverages we ordered. We continued driving and eventually arrived at our beach front campsite right on the coast of the Indian Ocean. The next morning, we packed our bags for the beaches of Zanzibar or “the Spice Island.” A short drive in our overland truck, two ferries and two taxis later, we finally reached Stone Town in Zanzibar. Most of us decided to go on a city and spice tour for the afternoon. While Stone Town wasn’t exactly riveting, the walking tour of the city took us through some notable places including the birth place of Freddy Mercury. We also saw the old slave trade markets and learned about the horrendous conditions the slaves from East Africa endured before being sold. Fifty people would be stuck in a small area for a few days with little food and water as they awaited the weekly slave auction. The day of auction, each person would be tied to a whipping post where they were publicly beaten so potential buyers could see how strong they were. Now, a beautiful church has been erected in the place where the whipping pole once stood. The missionaries who ended the slave trades in Stone Town wanted a symbol of goodness to replace the location where cruelty once reigned. Zanzibar was the last place in the world to finally close their slave trades. The most exciting part of the tour was when we drove out to a spice plantation. We tasted the spices right from the earth…everything from cinnamon, lemongrass, black pepper, vanilla, nutmeg, coffee beans, cocoa… you name it, they grew it, we tasted it. We enjoyed a few cups of spiced tea and fresh fruit before the locals from the spice plantation presented us with their palm tree hats they had made for us. Still wearing our party hats, the entire group then went to a rooftop bar to enjoy the sunset over Stone Town. I have to mention that this was also Thanksgiving day. As we sat and watched the sunset, we reflected on how lucky and thankful we are to have the opportunity to travel and to have such loving friends and family at home to come back to. We miss everyone, but it was also so cool to share Thanksgiving on the rooftop bar with all of our new friends who have made this trip incredible. I gave a short Thanksgiving toast and we each went around the table saying what we were thankful for. A common theme was that we were all thankful for each other. I think we are all surprised at how close we’ve gotten over the past month and how lucky we are to have such a great group. We drank, smoked hookahs, laughed about the ridiculous things we’ve done together and all of our friends said it was the greatest Thanksgiving they’ve ever had (yes we know they don’t celebrate Thanksgiving but it was still touching). Our Thanksgiving feast was purchased at the local seafood market down the street from the bar. This evening market is known for its cheap and delicious seafood skewers but the vendors also serve beef, chicken, veggies and sides. For 30 cents each, we ate beef skewers and also tried the tuna, baby shark and seafood pizza. It was so good and so cheap… just the way we like it. The next morning we went on a morning snorkel trip to neighboring Prison Island. The water was incredibly clear, probably some of the best visibility we’ve ever had and we saw heaps of starfish, urchins, colorful coral and different type of fish. Sorry, no underwater photos until we get our replacement camera in Australia. That afternoon, we took a taxi to Nungwe in the northern part of Zanzibar where we stayed for two nights. The beach here was absolutely beautiful…white sand and crystal clear blue and turquoise water. Zanzibar is one of the top five nicest beaches we’ve been to – it is absolutely gorgeous. We swam, drank frozen cocktails on the beach and ate dinner with our toes in the sand. The following morning, six of us went on another snorkel trip. The snorkeling was great and the water temperature was perfect under the intense African sun. One of the best parts of the trip was taking in the views of the ocean on our boat ride to and from the snorkel location. Thanks to the Stanifer’s for the Zanzibar snorkeling honeyfund. So excited for you to experience it for yourselves when you come to Tanzania. We hope you love it as much as we did! So far, we’ve really enjoyed Tanzania, especially Zanzibar, and can’t wait for our upcoming trip to Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti!

2019-04-24T18:03:14Z

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Status Quo release “The Vinyl Singles Collection 2000 – 2010”, on 26 April 2019 via UMC. This carefully curated release is the fifth and final in a series of 5 limited edition Status Quo 7” singles box sets. Each set covers a decade (in the case of the Eighties there are two sets) of the band’s UK singles….

2019-04-22T06:20:23Z

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Last date of 'Code monster'-s 50% discount offer? Whats the last date of the 50% discount offer on ‘code monster’ plan? Anyone using a $97 promo code and pay in advance for two years will get a total of 80% discount on this plan. Its a great offer from DreamHost. I can’t imagine off anyone using a $97 discount promo code will get this plan at this amazing price,‘Code monster’ plan on ‘crazy domain insane’ plans price(approx. $190 for first 2 years). That price has been there so long, I think most of us consider it the regular price. As great of a deal as it is, it was an even greater deal back before the CDI plan offered more than the average person would ever need. There used to be a much bigger difference between plans, like number of domains/subs hosted, etc. Actually it is a double BW/Storage Space of L1 and also double price. However, most of the other factor are the same. So, it would be good to register on L1 first and when need more bandwidth/storage, upgrade to L3 plan or higher. You do get limited telephone support! 3 callbacks a month! except phone support, there is not a lot of difference. Maybe space for a few people. I don’t think many (even just a few) people use all their bandwidth. That right. Most of us having small/medium site will hardly use 10-20% of disk space and bandwidth at the first time. But having a bigger plan makes it feel bigger and safe. Right? I’ve always been able to get my point across with support by providing a detailed description of what I’ve been trying to do, what happened and what I think the problem is, but I know a lot of people do better with someone on the other end of the phone asking the right questions. On my sense its better using support email whenever my problem is critical and it needs detailed description what happened,what i want to do,what i expect to do and what is gonna be done etc etc. When the descriptions are given via email then its very helpful to get a phone support. But phone support is maybe only for US users(i’m not sure). Again i maybe heard before in this forum that there’s a difference in server configuration regarding the plan type. If thats true then L2’s servers are highly configured than L1 servers,L3’s servers are higher than L2’s servers and L4’s servers are higher than L3’s servers… Then its much more logical to get a higher plan only for this reason instead of other reasons(disk space,bandwidth,callback support,shell/FTP accounts etc etc). Am i right? Is it true that higher level plans are associated with higher quality servers? Don’t think its higher quality as such think it is more likely less users per server. Do either of you have any evidence for this? It would be great if you did! Nope – the differences are what’s explained on the plan comparison chart. Given the fact that you can upgrade at any time on any server, I don’t think they’d care too much which server you get put on, no matter which plan. Plus, all their disk space is on separate file servers, so the server you’re on doesn’t even matter for your disk space. I’m curious about how many L1,L2,L3,L4 and dedicated hosting accounts and how many hosted domains,registered domains,servers are managed by DreamHost. Is there any way to know it? Ok. Atleast higher plans are hosted on different servers. Right? Then its also a way for better performance than lower plans. But at this time L2 customers will get better service than L3. Most of you know the reason. L3’s price is now L2’s price. So usually everyone will get L3 instead of L2 and already a very very larger number of people did so. So now in regard of ‘less accounts better server performance’ L2’s customers will get better service. Any mistake on my guessing? Performance would be the same with any of the plans. The domains question was already answered (488,000+)–and they have over 1,300 servers. I wouldn’t count on them disclosing the number of accounts and I don’t blame them. That would give people one of the things they need to calculate their income–like people already think they can do with the domain count. Despite the dreams of higher level accounts being on “higher quality” servers - I do NOT believe this is true. I’m on an L3, almost always been on an L3 and my server is busy but doesn’t seem to have any special L3 only stickers. I believe that loading is based on the server’s estimated capacity to support the load with room to grow. Thus everyone who signs up today will NOT be placed on the last server to be installed but spread out through the systems to try to keep usage reliably level. Of course I’m a customer and I know 1/10th of what DH does about their systems and policies. I just try not to piss them off and thank them for keeping things running so I don’t have to.

2019-04-26T09:39:51Z

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Summer vacations and family reunions are a part of life that all parents want to enjoy, but traveling with kids can be a difficult proposition. Kids can make what was once a quick flight or a simple drive into a complicated and stressful trip. Taking the time to plan, and learning a few tips can make your trips much less stressful. With a little forethought and some ingenuity, traveling with children can be something that you can happily look back on for the rest of your life. Knowing how to travel with kids is a skill that all parents need to learn. The following tips for traveling with kids will get you started on the path to mastering the skills you need to know. Traveling with small children doesn’t have to be a horror story. By following these tips, your trip will be a happy memory instead of a bad one. Have a plan but remain flexible. A good plan includes knowing when you are stopping, the hotel you are going to stay in, and where you are eating. While “winging it” may sound exciting, it’s usually the source of frustration during a family trip. Small children make even a well-planned outing chaotic. So, make a good plan and be flexible enough to change it as needed. The best thing to remember when traveling with children is that you are there to have fun. While on your trip consider relaxing some rules, let children stay up later and have more latitude with what they do. Encourage exploration and enjoyment over strictly regimented schedules and “must do” type of activities. The best memories are often made from unexpected things that happen along the way. Safety is an important aspect of any trip. No matter where you go make sure your children know what to do in case they get separated. The first thing you should do when you get to a destination is to decide where your gathering point is. Make sure children know their parent’s full names and phone numbers if they are old enough. For younger children put a note in a pocket with this information on it. If you are planning on flying, there are some special considerations to keep in mind. When you fly, you are stuck with just what you can bring. This means that you should think ahead and pack everything you might need. While there are some general tips including bringing extra clothes, only you know everything your child needs. Make sure you think through what you normally need and then also include things you might need. When on a flight there is no worse feeling than being that parent. Take time to think of things for your children to do to help keep them quiet and occupied. Phones and tablets can help in this endeavor. Your children will need headphones due to the close quarters. Over-the-ear headphones work best for smaller children. If you don’t have a phone or tablet that you trust your child with, there are always coloring books and activity books that are entertaining. Other things to consider when traveling by air is the inevitable wait in line, and dealing with layovers. Waiting in line is hard for many adults, for small children it can be almost impossible. If you are lucky enough to be traveling as a family take advantage of your numbers. One person can usually hold a place in line, and the other can explore the airport with the children or sit and relax. You can swap this duty after a while so nobody gets tired of chasing children or standing in line. Use layovers as an opportunity to catch up on parenting duties. Change any clothes with any food or drink spills, and diapers as well. Take the time to make sure everyone is fed. Once all those tasks are complete go exploring and let your children burn off some restlessness. Try to be at your gate no later than 15 minutes prior to your next flight’s boarding time. In a car, you have more options to stop and get items you might need. Driving takes longer than flying and usually includes spending at least one night in a hotel. Careful packing can make sure that you can get in and out of the hotel with the least amount of effort. When the kids are stuck in a car you should address ways to keep them entertained and distracted. For car trips, comfort and distraction are the most important things to address. Consider keeping a pillow and blanket for each child for trips that go overnight. One of the best ways to travel is at night while they are sleeping. Only travel at night if you are sure you can stay awake for the trip, though. Entertaining children on a car trip is not as hard as it used to be. With phones and tablets readily available you can entertain your children for hours with movies and games. Traveling with children and toddlers is one of the most stressful ways of traveling. No matter how you travel it can be both difficult and rewarding. The goal is to get where you are going with as little fuss as possible. If you take the time to ensure you plan for your child’s needs, you can create some good memories along the way. Article provided by Contractor Quotes. You have put down your thoughts so nicely! Just loved reading your blog! I did a 4 000 km plus road trip with my three daughters once. Staying in a place with a swimming pool was the answer for me. They tolerated the long drive days as long as they were rewarded at the end with a swim.

2019-04-23T23:52:13Z

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For the spring we are discussing Typology in January/February and Synchronicity in March/April. Everyone is asked to read a book of their choice on each topic. In April we’ll be specifically discussing the I Ching and Nancy Brown will be our guest speaker.

2019-04-25T06:34:09Z

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Returning on my last ‘minimal code’ blog post, I promised to get back on this to see how this works in practice. One of my question marks I added to the post was that I wondered why the Yeoman boilerplate was using run instead of RequestContext where run passed a context parameter as opposed to the RequestContext where actively a context is requested before accessing the Word object model. I think I found an answer to that, but will save this to a later date as I first want to make sure the minimal code I provided would work and I found some issues in the original posted code that didn’t seem to be correct. If you go back to the Yeoman project instructions in this post (and fixed the certificate issues in post Office Development – Fixing Trusted Authority – Word Client and https://maartenvanstam.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/office-development-fixing-certificate-issue-with-openssl-certificate/) you should already have a working Word Add-in. Open the project folder (or if you already deleted it quickly create a new one following my instructions from my earlier blogposts) and open the file app.ts in the src source folder. Replace all the code from this file with the code above, save it and start your Add-in ‘server’ by running npm start in the root of your project. Very simple and basic code, but there are some drawbacks you need to keep in mind. For instance, because things are async, how do you know what the right order is how things are processed. And what about batch processing of boatloads of instructions? Will this all be handled correctly, and what if there are dependencies between the batched instructions? All of these questions arise when looking at this little piece of code, and we need to address all of that in later posts. Office Development – Add-in Types, what did we have before? To research the ‘new’ Office JS Add-ins we need to know what types of add-ins there are. If you come from VSTO there is some similarity, add-ins can be divided in different types. Let’s see what we had before. This is the pane on the right of a document that allows you to interact with the document. In case of an Actions Pane this is attached to the document, while the Task Pane can be there independent of the document. They can both do arbitrary things, but the Actions Pane only appears with the document. Adding your own Ribbon with controls on it. VSTO can add almost every Ribbon Control available. Outlook Form Regions extend the way you work with your mail. There are options to just add a small part on top of the mail item or take over the full real estate. You can specify when this happens, will it be only in compose or read mode? You decide. With this feature you can enhance the document with extra controls on top of the document surface. The controls are not always persistent and you may need to re-create the controls each time you open the document if you want them to appear again. These are the context menus. Right click on the document and add extra function call options within the right-click-menu to allow the user to do specific tasks related to the position of the caret (insertion point where the cursor resides). This is quite a lot of functionality and also keep in mind that from most of these features you can do the craziest things because you can extend the Task Panes/Action Panes with either Windows Forms but also XAML interfaces. The other features can use the full .NET Framework stack so you can do everything you want. The challenge is now to see if we can get the same things with Office JS Add-ins. Obviously you don’t want to fall back into a limited feature set. On the other hand, there is the fact that it needs to run on multiple platforms. That can be a limiting factor. Given this summary I now have a goal to what to look for in the ‘new’ world. So after a small introduction to the “Ugly” VBA, the “Bad” VSTO, we end with the “Good” … well end … I guess the end is just the start of a new experience of an Office Development platform not familiar to most people. It is not included in the box like VBA, not using the languages most Microsoft developers are familiar with. This is most likely not all, with Office emerging on other platforms like Android and Linux distributions these options will be on the shortlist as well. We will research these options on a later time. The architecture is a little bit different than the other technologies, although you can debate that the Office Add-ins mechanism looks like the way it was done with VSTO. If you look at the API you will see that you recognize a lot of your ‘old’ Office Object Model. Some are close to what they were, others needed to be adjusted and there are also new options. Ok, the starter is here … in my next posts I will pick each of the items and look at the details. As I said earlier, this for me is probably like you a learning experience. I’ve been looking at it for years now in a helicopter/management overview but I decided I need to learn the ins and outs of the new platform. While doing so I try to teach you as well by blogging about it. Trying to keep it simple and getting more complex over time. Let’s see if Office Add-ins are really the “Good” as advertised and can they do the same as we can do with VSTO add-ins…. Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) is a set of development tools available in the form of a Visual Studio add-in (project templates) and a runtime that allows Microsoft Office 2003 and later versions of Office applications to host the .NET Framework Common Language Runtime (CLR) to expose their functionality via .NET. As we have seen in my previous blog post Office Development – The Ugly the first option to build your Office extensions using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) did not win the beauty contest. A very powerful toolset to create beautiful and especially productive customizations. I’m sure that VBA, the tools to set Office to your hand, allowing you to tailor Office in a way that it perfectly fits the needs of your company, is one of the main reasons that made Office such a popular box of applications. It was however risky – a potential security risk and code management is a pain. In the real world it happened that a ‘new’ version was rolled into production where all the sudden existing features ‘disappeared’ as a result of the developer picking the ‘wrong file’ containing an older version of the solution and continued developing features using the incomplete version. This needed to change … in the meantime managed code -.NET- appeared at the horizon and the next option at least had to be a) secure and b) needed an improved source control option. Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System. So how is VSTO different compared to VBA? Applications, add-ins or document customizations, are built using Visual Studio. Initially in a separate Visual Studio .NET 2003 VSTO SKU and after a few version inserted in the Visual Studio 2008 box. The code no longer lived in the documents or other Office files, but from now on lived in an external assembly that would be triggered by the Office host application if the right properties were available in the document. Loading the assembly was done in a relative complex manner and it was made sure that security wise the pain seen with VBA would not exist with VSTO add-ins. As you can see the Office Application is looking at the Registry to see what add-ins are installed, if found any the Deployment manifest (pointed to by the Registry) is read and following that the Application manifest is read and the assembly loaded. This part made VSTO the “Bad” in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly … it appeared to be a real pain for the IT Pros at the time. By default, VSTO used Click-Once to install the extension on the machine and a lot went wrong … certificates expired, not added to the Trusted Publisher lists, etc. etc. There was another option, to install an add-in using an .msi installer but the average VBA developer had a hard time getting around all of this, jumping all the hoops to make it work. Not at all! By using managed code, C# or VB.NET – whatever your preference was, your world of Office completely opened. Whatever you could do with .NET (and that is basically everything) you could add to your solution. Calling third party libraries, UI components, later even XAML UI interfaces, sky is the limit. For me personally this is still my fav option to build Office customizations. I wasn’t awarded nine-year Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System MVP – I guess the longest MVP title as well, without reason. VSTO controlled my life for the large part of these years (hopefully my wife is not reading this ) did a lot of forum support in this area and built VSTO applications for large enterprise companies. At the time, we still had on Microsoft campus Software Design Review meetings to share feedback and we gave the team a hard time to make sure they released the features that we really needed. And this is where we will dive in soon. It’s a relative new world, although development already started years ago, so there is a lot to learn there. Let’s see if we can do the same with OfficeJS as we can do with VSTO – but now on multiple platforms and several clients. Maybe I will return to VBA and VSTO in separate blog posts just for fun. There is just a ton of information to share on all off these areas. Oh, and if you really want to know the ins and outs of VSTO I really recommend you reading the VSTO bibles by Eric Carter and Eric Lippert: Visual Studio Tools for Office 2007: VSTO for Excel, Word and Outlook. It is a huge and heavy piece of reference with over a thousand pages of inside information. Office Development–The Good, The Bad and The Ugly? In my last post we’ve seen that there are just a whole list of options covered under Office Development. Just to get a starting point we start to focus on Office add-ins –without the capital A– first. With Office add-ins I mean Office add-ins in general, that is … from the early start to where we are today. I know that these days the name Office Add-ins is considered to be the part where Office Add-ins are built using the OfficeJS APIs but in the early years you had Office add-ins in many forms and technologies. Initially the only option to customize Office was by adding code using Microsoft’s Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). This was, or should I say is – it still exists and you can still use it, the embedded code engine running a subset of the full Visual Basic command set capable in addressing the Office Object Model to quickly build some Office automation functions to make life as an Office Worker easier. The language appeared to be very powerful and in the real world people built some crazy complex stuff with it. To add more structure to building Office add-ins a new development paradigm was developed. Still using the Office Object Model but this time using the managed languages such as VB.NET or C Sharp (C#). Managing code with VBA could be a pain in the … Code traveled with the documents and when the document was copied another ‘branch’ was created and you would never know you were working on the latest version unless you managed your distributions very strictly. Also the declaration of variables wasn’t always enforced causing all sorts of runtime errors to surface just after releasing the production code. By using this new way to build your Office add-ins or customizations (I will return on customizations vs. add-ins later in a separate blog post, that’s a story on itself) with the new tools: Microsoft’s “Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System” (VSTO) at least you had a better control over your source code and you could even use Source Control to keep track of your code versions. With this, the first versions of VSTO, seemed to be very hard when it came to installing the add-ins. Security was improved a lot, but that came at the high price of tough installation issues. In these days, deploying add-ins can’t be limited to the Windows Platform so another change was rising … these are the add-ins built using the combination of well known web technologies and by including a Manifest you are now able to run your Office Add-ins (with the capital A) on all platforms in all supported and still growing number of client applications. Currently the client applications are Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and recently added Project, Access and OneNote. Are these three technologies really The Good, The Bad and The Ugly? Well no, obviously not, you can still build add-ins in all three of these technologies but VBA for instance always had a very bad name, also caused by virus developers using this technology to harm innocent computer users by exploiting the technology to take over the computer and in worst case disable it. VSTO was considered to be a real improvement but this technology also had his downsides. Deployment could be really hard, but this improved in later versions. Still going multi platform was no option for VSTO. So is all good with the OfficeJS add-ins? Again, not at all … for starters these technologies used here are in general very hard to understand when you come from the VBA or managed code languages. Also, the APIs are not fully completed. It still isn’t possible to do all the things that you could do with VSTO. With VSTO there is not really a limit. Whatever you can do with managed code you can do with VSTO as it just is interfacing between Office and .NET. This of course in itself could be very dangerous and should be managed to the max. Also VSTO is used by shady guys building malicious code. We will get more in detail (we are still diving in, going deeper and deeper at this time) in my following blog posts so subscribe and join me in this adventure called Office Development! After many years of Office Development, starting with Excel Functions, VBA, COM (VSTA/VSTO) it is time to dive in and see how things are in done in 2017. What are your options, is it still possible to do things in VBA or doesn’t it exist anymore? In my upcoming blog posts I want to look at the options available and look at the Office Platform in general. What clients are there these days and on what platform do they run. The world changed a lot in the last decade and Microsoft Windows is not the only platform anymore. There is iOS, Android, MacOS, Windows … even Linux distributions are growing in popularity. Even if you just look at it in the online (web) world many of the ‘old’ clients are now available in an Online version. Think of Word Online or Excel Online where you get your editor or spreadsheet application running in a browser application. Again, not so easy as you might think … browser applications should be running in a wide variety of browsers. Do they run in Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Opera etc. etc. My goal with these Office Development blogposts is also maybe a bit selfish … coming from the ‘old’ (as you might discover) VSTO world, or even older VBA world, I need to polish my knowledge around the current options available and I can already tell you that this ‘new’ Office Development world is huge compared to what it was as the number of clients increased dramatically with the operating systems that I mentioned above, but there is also a huge amount of mobile applications for Android, iOS and (currently not so many for) Windows Mobile. So … a big challenge. I have no idea where this ends because Office Development these days also include developing for Microsoft Graph (it was Office Graph before, but it was revamped into Microsoft Graph this year, growing bigger than it already was), SharePoint Framework or Office Connectors to extend your Groups or Teams. That said, stay tuned and feel free to share your comments, tips or complaints in the comments section below!

2019-04-25T17:57:27Z

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VachSoch Blog & Services focus on the originality, depth, relevance and importance of dual-thoughts. Laying its foundation on interdisciplinary learning and applications, VachSoch develops and shares stories based on well researched Scientific (STEM) and Art areas. VachSoch, together with its ‘thoughtmates’ aims to build new digital landscape under above three mentioned sections with new set of stories, concepts, and tools to help you digitally create, distribute, promote your products and services. Enter your email address to have VachSoch keep you in the loop. VachSoch accepts hypotheses, concepts, stories, information sets that highlights interdisciplinary learning approach and demands to be taken forward. Submit your dual learning with melange tags using contact form.

2019-04-21T20:21:04Z

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Last night for the first time, since my friend who has worked on the port for at least 25 years, the company(s) cut ALL night time shifts from the schedule…indefinitely! This is truly unprecedented, and it’s adding to growing chaos and everyone’s nervousness. Up and down the coast, workers have been increasing in slowing down the unloading of cargo. This has recently transpired in companies cutting shifts as a form of punishment, and now there are even talks of Federal intervention. Several articles and opeds in the SF Chron and other publications, have come out over the past several days talking about all of this. All the while the ships at sea are backing up, waiting to be unloaded. Meanwhile the situation of workers slowing down in protest, has caused companies to retaliate by cutting hours, thus further delaying the unloading of cargo, cutting even more into their profits- ultimately punishing themselves! Of those most adversely impacted are the truckers who have had double and triple delay times, which were already intolerable to begin with. The main issue seems to be that there is still no contract, and there is no end in sight as to if or when their will be any progress made. Making matters worse is that workers have absolutely no idea or details whatsoever, about anything such as what the issues are or what is being negotiated, creating growing distrust of management. This complicated show down is causing tension, uncertainty and anxiety for all involved. Of course everyone’s concerns are for different reasons, depending on their interests. From an outsider’s perspective, it seems no one is in charge and that this chaos is due to no clear strategy by union management, employers or government officials to come up with real and lasting solutions. As community activists, we should consider reaching out to workers and support the rank and files efforts to slow down and take a stand; as it seems possible the time is coming for a legendary ILWU fightback.

2019-04-23T00:46:15Z

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When Terry Pratchett discussed his inevitably upcoming memorial with his assistant Rob Wilkins, the one thing he wished for was to be there. He was, in as much as we all had him in our hearts last night. We talked about him. And there were a number of heartstoppingly bearded men in black, wearing hats in the bar outside the Barbican theatre. But those fans have always been there. It’s just that on the other occasions, so has Terry. Why I was included on the guest list for this outstandingly special memorial, I don’t know. But there I was. And as we were warned not to take photos or have our mobiles on, or we might end up a bit dead, I didn’t, and we didn’t, and it was mostly too dark to see to write notes, so I’ll make up a few things now instead. There was a choir. There was a display of all of Terry’s books travelling through a time glass. Lord Vetinari kicked off – after the death threats – by thanking Terry from all his characters for putting them in his books before they ended up in someone else’s books. After a long-wished-for opportunity to utter the words ‘do not let me detain you’ to Vetinari, Rob was there to speak for the family, introducing others, including Terry’s daughter Rhianna. There were people from Terry’s past (whom I might have known if I knew more). There was a coven of Terry’s three editors; Philippa Dickinson, Anne Hoppe and Jennifer Brehl. Only once did Philippa fear she’d gone too far in suggesting a change in one of the books, but whereas Terry wouldn’t go so far as to say she had been right, he could see some merit in what she said. Larry Finlay, MD of Transworld, told about the reports Terry used to send after every author tour; what the bookshops had been like, and the hotels. You could get a four and a half star rating (frozen peas provided for his aching signing hand), but never five. And the ‘first’ hotel of the country was so bad he could well believe it was. Old floorboards, and so on. And then there was Steeleye Span. You could hear the collective held breath of the audience as we deduced we were about to be treated to some top notch music from Terry’s favourite band. Rob told us about the four documentaries about Terry Pratchett. The three we may have already seen; on Alzheimer’s, about the Orangutans, and about choosing to die. Currently there is work on the fourth, and I suspect some of yesterday will end up in there. Another thing Terry had arranged was for some special jewellery for special friends; the less visible people who helped make everything possible, his agent, his editor, his illustrator, his banker and so on. The ones who Terry turned to in order to find out the necessary force needed to pull the head off a troll, for instance. They are the Venerable Order of the Honeybees, and their rewards were presented in a newly made version of The Luggage. More singing from Steeleye Span, and special thanks to Maddy Prior, who came and sang to Terry at home shortly before he died. As you can tell, this was very much not a dry eye kind of evening. Luckily there was in the ‘partybag’ left on everyone’s seat a packet of tissues. I put mine away, and then wondered what the protocol was for nicking my neighbour’s pack which he hung onto for the whole evening. But there are always sleeves that can be put to good use. Rob was aware that the clock was ticking, but he still talked us through what the future has in store. There will be no more Discworld books, but there will be books on all sorts of things, including a biography by Rob. Films are also in the pipeline, for The Wee Free Men, Mort, and Good Omens (with screenplay by Neil Gaiman, despite his agreement with Terry that they’d always work together). I was somewhat less ‘with it,’ as I managed to pick the long way from Seven Dials (yes, how very Dodger appropriate) to The House of St Barnabas. But a witch has to have a hobby, and getting lost in London could be one of them. On my eventual arrival I went where I always go; the ladies’ room. Random’s lovely Clare was there, and a Victorian lady of some kind. The Victorian lady turned out to be Philippa Dickinson in dress-up mode. She looked most distinguished. So did the many others who had entered into the Victorian spirit. No spirit for me, so I had a glass of elder-something with salad in it. Very nice and refreshing, on what was a pretty thirsty day. And whereas I hadn’t dressed up, I did wear black, and my jacket is so old it goes a long way towards being Victorian. After a while of drinking the salad and watching Punch punch Judy, there was a commotion at the door, and there he was; Dodger. I mean Terry Pratchett. Sir Terry! Very snazzily dressed, I have to say. Hat as usual, but not the usual hat, exactly. As the Victorians circulated, us 21st century people photographed them and stared. A beautifully crinolined Lynsey, incongruously wired Terry in a most non-Victorian manner, and Philippa was similarly equipped for her speech. The MD of Random House Children’s Books spoke about how well Dodger has been received (there is a good reason for that, people!) and that it had reached number one on some kind of list. (She pretended to be from the 19th century.) Philippa apologised for the elegant venue for this book launch, explaining that she’d had her PR ladies crawling through every sewer in town, but failing to find anything suitable down there. But I do believe Terry hinted that the way to a sequel was clear and that something might happen. Yes, please! There was more Victorian mingling and circulating – with Willikins looking most fetching as a Victorian gentleman – and I drank some more salad, watched Punch and his fellow ‘actors,’ and so on. Eventually Punch quietened a bit, and I took my leave, and promptly got lost again. I should have broomed. The first thing I did in Newcastle was litter the station, and I don’t mean by simply being there. Was afraid I’d be arrested if I enquired about their (seemingly non-existent) litter bins. That’s my pear core, in case you were wondering. Yes, I finally made my way not just to Newcastle, but to the fantastic Seven Stories. It’s shocking that I’ve taken this long, but at least I had the most incredibly good day once I went. They have a new exhibition (opens to the public on Saturday) on the life of Jacqueline Wilson, complete with her childhood bedroom, the pink chaise longue on which she writes her books, and some replica fluffy cat impostors. Even her childhood monkeys were present. You can also admire the green dress Sapphire Battersea wears, meet Radish the famous rabbit, and sit on the Dumping Ground sofa, fresh off the latest BBC series of Tracy Beaker. I very nearly said hello to someone I recognised on the press tour. Luckily I didn’t. I paused long enough to work out who she was, and the only reason I ‘knew’ Kirsten O’Brien is my misspent middle age in front of CBBC. I had also nursed vague hopes of ending up on Blue Peter (this coming Monday), but not only was it something they filmed earlier, but it was so early as to have been ‘yesterday’ even when I was there. After the press conference where Nick Sharratt needed to ‘shut up before I blub,’ we queued up to have our books signed. Nick seemed to be aware of having featured on Bookwitch before (I thought we’d been so discreet…), and Jacqueline said she also wanted to be called Bookwitch. Sorry, there can only be one and that’s me. Nick admitted to having done 170 pictures for the next book, The Worst Thing About My Sister, so that’s something to look forward to. And right now Jacqueline is seven chapters into the third Hetty Feather book, which is another nice thing to look forward to. For the photocall I did what one has to do under these circumstances. I hid behind the pros, and piggybacked off their fancy flash equipment. It would also help if I learned the difference between the button that takes pictures and the on-off button. More filming and interviewing was necessary after this and us ordinary visitors had some spare time, so me and some magazine people from Dundee spent a while riding the lift up and down in a fruitless search for where we needed to go next. Random’s Philippa Dickinson was found, and then lost again. Eventually it was teatime and we repaired to the café. I’d like to think I was first in because I needed to take photos of the food before it was all eaten. The tea was wonderful! So often these things look good and taste of cardboard. Here they looked good and tasted great. (I ate too much again, but only with a view to surviving until I got home late.) And the two women in front of me looked particularly Swedish, and so did the boy with them. But you can’t go around accusing people of being Swedish all the time. On the other hand, when they then speak Swedish behind your back, it’s perfectly all right to accost them for a chat. At that very moment I worked out that the younger one was Brita Granström, the illustrator who I have just missed at so many events, and she was with her mother and one of her sons. We met in the attic, as you do, where someone had spent hours tying large bows on the chairs. As you do. Very pretty. The whole attic was lovely, with books hanging from the ceiling and special purple sofas just for me. It was speech time. Lots of speeches, all admirably short and to the point, and just right. We were shown an excerpt from the film a group of teenage girls had made about Jacqueline, which was excellent. I got the impression that Jacqueline and Nick both come to Seven Stories quite often, and they spoke of the work in the community done by Seven Stories. Jacqueline’s speech was ‘short and sweet’ and then Nick started blubbing again. This time the rest of us joined in. It was good, and it was special. Time for a good cry. So it was lucky that Jacqueline once saved Nick from a herd of stampeding heifers. Working together has been good, but it’s their friendship that matters the most. In place of ribbons to cut, they were given flowers. Nick’s matched his orange tie and lime green shirt. And surprisingly Jacqueline was wearing black again, but what a dress! She always hoped to be a successful writer one day, but she never imagined she’d have her own exhibition. It was a good day. Super-organiser Nicky Potter and Lindsey Fraser shared a taxi back to the station with me. Lindsey bought us tea, and to make sure we didn’t expire en route for our homes, she also equipped us with flapjacks. Large ones. The children’s books world is a nice one. Did I ever mention that? The weirdest thing was running into Andy Mulligan at Euston. Not that he knows me, but there he was. Probably going towards ‘Up North’ like Formby (for tomorrow’s event), whereas we (trusted photographer and witch) were heading for Branford Boase, which is an award and it’s in London. (There is a point to that which you will not get.) And then there was Jodi Picoult in the tube station, but she was merely a poster, if a life size one. I’d have got lost at Vauxhall tube station. I have been before. Once. Thankfully Daughter, who has never been, put us on the right path. So we were not lost after all. So, there they all were, the shortlisted authors, apart from Gregory Hughes (I deduced he was not the winner). Candy Gourlay seemed to have brought Sarah McIntyre along, which was wise, and one of the men in the Fickling basement was present. That’s Simon Mason of Moon Pie fame. So we had met before, which the clever-clogs Daughter remembered and I didn’t. You can’t memorise all men kept in basements everywhere. J P Buxton was someone I didn’t know at all, but he turned out to be the tall guy with the impressive hair. And Pat Walsh had a crutch with her that I very nearly stole. Being kind, I only held it for her during the photocall. Pat was what you have to call the experts’ favourite, so I am very interested in her book (which is another one published by someone I’m not managing to establish a – professional – relationship with). Lots of other lovely book world types, including Andersen’s Clare, Nicky with the impressive memory, Philippa Dickinson, former winner Frances Hardinge and many more. Klaus Flugge, whose chair Goldilocks sat in. Super agent Hilary Delamere, Julia Eccleshare, Walker Books’ David Lloyd. And I have finally met and been introduced properly to John McLay of the Bath Festival of Children’s Literature. And then there was Jacqueline Wilson (Dame, OBE, etc, etc) in a starry outfit that Daughter will have when Jacky is finished with it. Please. Jason was not the only winner last night. There was a whole bunch of talented children who had won the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition. One girl was so keen to come that she’d travelled on the coach from Scotland since five that morning and going back overnight. Maybe the future of writing is safe, after all? In her speech, Branford Boase organiser Anne Marley slipped in a Freudian Wife of Never Letting Go for Patrick Ness, son of the Walker house, which made us laugh. David Lloyd pointed out what a fun – and easy – job editing books is. Julia Eccleshare spoke about the history of the Branford Boase Award. And then it should have been last year’s winner Lucy Christopher, but she was off on some very important business elsewhere, so had written a lovely speech to be delivered by Damien Kelleher who was one of the judges. The Branford Boase is awarded not only to authors like Jason, but to editors like Charlie Sheppard. What Lucy had to say about editors is that authors need them ‘like crazy people need therapists’. She can talk. According to Charlie, editors occasionally spend time polishing turds. I fully expect Out of Shadows not to have been anywhere near turd status. Although, Jason did mention ‘gutted fish at feeding time’. Andersen Press is the nicest bunch of people. (I had noticed.) Jason also muttered something incomprehensible regarding cats, empty bottles and loneliness. And most importantly, he talked about Zimbabwe, where his novel is set. Things are still not good and people are still suffering. Let’s hope books like Jason’s will make a difference. Anne Marley warned us off stealing the display of former winners’ books. Apparently Philip Ardagh tried it last year. (Could be why he wasn’t there?) The good thing about neither Candy nor Keren winning was – as they said – that now they don’t have to kill each other. Competing against friends is never fun. As usual Paul Carter was taking photographs, and he is not above sharing the task with others. Which is why I brought my own picture person. As they do in real life sometimes, the photographers ended up taking pictures of each other. We were chatting to Jacqueline Wilson just before leaving, when Candy sneaked up, wanting to be photographed with a star. One of these days she’ll realise that no sneaking is necessary. She too, is a star. In honour of the day I was going to link to a post on Alan Gibbons’s blog, but on consideration I feel he writes so much about libraries and it’s all so worthwhile that I’ll just put in a link to the whole blog instead and you can look at anything you like. And then go out there and save a library. After all, even old Andrew Carnegie is out protesting in Edinburgh. If he can, you can. So much depends on libraries, when you think about it. This blog, for instance. Would it have got started if I hadn’t spent so much time in my first library? And would Meg Rosoff have become an author and told me what to do if she hadn’t had a library? My interview colleague Charlie has been out and about again. His latest pursuits can be found over on CultureWitch this time, and I’d like to think that the boy’s reading fervour has something to do with libraries. He’s almost as crazy as I am. Those crazy – but charming – mermaids of Michelle Lovric’s can now be seen in this short video clip. It’s taken me a few years, but I’m finally dreaming Bookwitch. Usually the stuff you fill your time and thoughts with tend to feature in dreams, but it’s only very recently that I started filling my dreams with books. There was a good one last week. Except I’ve forgotten it. But before you draw a sigh of relief I need to mention the one where Random’s MD Philippa Dickinson made a house call (so hardworking, those publishing types) to hand over a new proof to me. It was green. It was also 1480 pages, which is a lot. I’m relieved it was only a dream, albeit an awfully precise dream. And last but not least, it’s The New Librarian’s birthday today. Happy 27th and may there be enough libraries for you to work in for years to come!

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After nearly two decades of business on the corner of 19th and Lexington, in the heart of the Mission District, lesbian bar Lexington Club has been sold, according to an announcement by owner Lila Thirkield on Facebook. According to sources at the bar, they’ve entered into a contract to sell the bar. There is no timeline yet for a closure, only that it is slated to happen sometime in 2015. It is with a heavy heart, great thought and consideration that I have made the very difficult decision to sell The Lexington Club. Eighteen years ago I opened The Lex to create a space for the dykes, queers, artist…s, musicians and neighborhood folks who made up the community that surrounded it. Eighteen years later, I find myself struggling to run a neighborhood dyke bar in a neighborhood that has dramatically changed. A few years back my rent was raised to market rate, and though it was difficult, we seemed to weather it at first. But as the neighborhood continued to change, we began to see sales decline, and they continued to do so. We tried new concepts, different ways of doing things, but we were struggling. When a business caters to about 5% of the population, it has tremendous impact when 1% of them leave. When 3% or 4% of them can no longer afford to live in the neighborhood, or the City, it makes the business model unsustainable. Please know that if I thought The Lexington Club could be saved, I would not be writing this. I understand what a huge loss this is to the community. It is difficult and painful to lose our queer spaces. However, my faith in queer San Francisco still runs deep. It is the best place in the world and dykes and queers are still an integral part of this city. They always will be. I have spent the better part of my adult life facilitating and creating community among dykes and queers in SF and I will not stop. The Lexington Club had an incredible eighteen-year run. It will forever live on in my heart, as I’m sure it will for many of you. To all who were a part of it – thank you for your contribution to a great chapter in San Francisco and a great chapter in my own life. And, of course, a huge thank you to my amazing staff. We made some incredible memories, and we will make more. No word yet on the identity of the buyers. Updates as warranted.

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Yesterday I attended an internationally themed bridal shower. No, I’ve never heard of such a thing either. What is more, in what is truly *not* a logical move, I was chosen to represent Jamaica. I found a crochet pattern on ravelry (on ravelry | on the web) to make a big, floppy, Jamaican colored hat to wear to the party. The event itself involved several sticker-based activities. It took me a while to put the pieces together, but I eventually figured out that the bride’s great-aunt is Mrs. Grossman. What crafty lineage! The Tweed Chicken had a photoshoot today out in the lovely spring sun. Why so much attention? Well, I’ve opened an etsy shop. Thats right, now you can get your very own tweed chicken via etsy and the US Postal Service. I’m also selling wallets made from recycled tyvek envelopes and vinyl banners from the bart station. You can even get a button to show your tweed chicken pride. I havent actually sold anything through etsy yet, but I know there are a lot of people out there who could use a little tweed chicken in their lives and hopefully this will help spread the love.

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The Presidential Election will be decided very soon, and there’s been a final push among both candidates these last few days. The only question that remains is, could Chris Rock be the tipping point? The very funny comedian took to Jimmy Kimmel Live to deliver a very special message for white people. Needless to say – it is HIGHlarious!!! Ch-ch-check it out by clicking PLAY directly (above) !!!

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2002-10-24 Assigned to VALLEY FORGE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION reassignment VALLEY FORGE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: ACORCEY, ROBERT R., GROCH, ANTHONY JOHN, SOLT, DAVID L., MALIS, JERRY L., MALIS, LEONARD I. 2014-12-17 Assigned to REGIONS BANK reassignment REGIONS BANK SECURITY INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: SYNERGETICS USA, INC. 2016-04-27 Assigned to STRYKER CORPORATION reassignment STRYKER CORPORATION ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: SYNERGETICS INC., SYNERGETICS IP, INC., SYNERGETICS USA, INC. 2016-05-09 Assigned to STRYKER CORPORATION reassignment STRYKER CORPORATION CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN ASSIGNOR'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 038393 FRAME 0477. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT FROM ASSIGNORS TO STRYKER CORPORATION. Assignors: SYNERGETICS IP, INC., SYNERGETICS USA, INC., SYNERGETICS, INC. An electrosurgical generator apparatus controls a variable output signal to electrodes. The generator apparatus operates in a cut mode, a coagulation mode or a stimulate mode. The generator apparatus comprises a DC power supply that provides regulated low voltage and high voltage outputs and a radio frequency (RF) waveform generator circuit that provides pulse duration modulation (PDM) of a carrier signal. The carrier signal directly affects the variable output signal to the electrodes. A control circuit controls a variable output signal to electrodes used in electrosurgical procedures. The control circuit comprises a DC power supply circuit that provides regulated low voltage and high voltage outputs and an RF waveform generator circuit that provides pulse duration modulation of a carrier signal. The carrier signal directly affects the variable output signal to the electrodes. The present invention also comprises a method of controlling an electrosurgical generator apparatus that controls a variable output signal to electrodes. The generator apparatus operates in either a cut mode, a coagulation mode or a stimulate mode and has a controller, memory and a user interface. The method includes setting a temperature setpoint, setting a soak time preset and measuring the actual temperature at the electrodes. The method also includes comparing the actual temperature to the temperature setpoint and controlling an output power of the generator apparatus using an algorithm stored in the memory. The method further includes determining when the actual temperature is approximately equal to the temperature setpoint, starting a timer that compares an elapsed time to the soak time preset and reducing the power of the output signal to the electrodes to approximately zero. FIGS. 19A-19C are flow charts depicting a synopsis of the software operation for RF output control for the control circuit of FIG. 2A. Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein like numerals indicate like elements throughout the several figures, there is shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B a preferred embodiment of an electrosurgical RF generator apparatus or simply RF generator 50 in accordance with the present invention. FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a front panel 52 a of the RF generator 50, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view of a rear panel 52 b of the RF generator 50. The RF generator 50 operates in either cut mode or coagulate mode, and the RF generator 50 may also include a stimulate mode, especially when the cut mode and/or coagulate mode are used to generate lesions. Stimulate and lesion generate modes are typically associated with neurosurgery. The stimulate mode is generally used to detect problematic areas that may be causing a patient such symptoms as twitching or pain. Typically a surgeon or other user will apply a stimulate voltage to areas within a patient's brain until the twitching stops, thereby identifying the problematic area. The lesion generate mode is a higher power and impedance mode than the stimulate mode and is used to destroy, scar or otherwise render useless the detected problematic areas. The RF generator has jumpers JMP3, JMP5 which allow selection between “normal” (cut/coagulate modes) and “lesion” (lesion generate/stimulate modes) as described in greater detail hereinafter. The RF generator 50 includes a housing 52, a touch panel 54 on the front panel 52 a and a connector panel 56 on the rear panel 52 b. A power cord 48 of the conventional type as is known in the art is connected to a power source to provide power to the RF generator 50 via a source power plug adapter 49. Preferably, the RF generator 50 is supplied with between about 110-125 VAC at 60 Hertz (Hz) or about 220-240 VAC at 50 Hz alternating current (AC). But, other supply voltages and frequencies of AC voltage or other direct current (DC) voltages may be supplied without departing from the present invention. Preferably, the RF generator 50 is used with a bipolar surgical pen 40 having a cord 46 connected to an output adapter 58 of the RF generator 50. The bipolar surgical pen 40 typically includes a generally elongated insulated handle 42 which is sized to be gripped by a surgeon or other user and which contains a pair of spaced electrodes 44 a, 44 b. The electrodes 44 a, 44 b are preferably parallel to one another and partially extend from one end of the bipolar pen 40. The electrodes 44 a, 44 b are each of opposite polarity such that one electrode is positively charged and the other electrode is negatively charged, alternately, during use. The electrodes 44 a, 44 b can be of varying sizes, shapes and thicknesses depending upon the particular application. Of course, the RF generator 50 is not limited to use with bipolar surgical pens 40, but may be used with other electrosurgical instruments such as forceps, bulk coagulators, mono-polar electrodes with ground pads, and the like without departing from the broad inventive scope of the present invention. The RF generator 50 also includes an on/off switch 53 (FIG. 1A) and RF indicator lights D1, D2. The on/off switch 53 is preferably comprised of a two-way toggle type pushbutton having a blue cap for power on and a red cap for power off. The RF indicator lights D1, D2 are preferably blue light emitting diodes (LEDs), but could be other colors or types of lights without departing from the present invention. The on/off switch 53 allows an RF output or a stimulation output to be activated by energizing/de-energizing a high voltage power supply 64 (FIG. 2A). Referring to FIG. 3, front panel controls 57 (FIG. 1A) include an off pushbutton (PB) contact S1, an on PB contact S2 for the on/off switch 53 (FIG. 1A) and first and second RF out LEDs D1, D2, respectively. Preferably, the on and off PB contacts S1, S2 are single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) type pushbutton contacts. The off PB contact S1 is connected to an input of a main controller U1 (FIG. 12) to provide an off PB signal PBPWROFF, and the on PB contact S2 is connected to another input of the main controller U1 to provide an on PB signal PBPWRON. Preferably, the touch panel or touchscreen 54 is a color, thin film technology (TFT), active matrix-type touchscreen of a type well known in the art. The touchscreen 54 is controlled by a liquid crystal display (LCD) controller or simply display controller 60 (FIG. 2A) and provides inputs to the main controller U1 through an SMT controller 62 (FIG. 2A) as described in greater detail below. Referring to FIG. 2A, an overall control circuit 59 for the RF generator 50 is shown in a general block diagram. The control circuit 59 is comprised of multiple sub-circuits forming an overall control system for the RF generator 50. The control circuit 59 includes the main controller U1 and high and low voltage power supplies 64, 66. Preferably, the RF generator 50 includes the high voltage power supply 64 that is an off-line switching power supply to provide high voltage DC output to an RF amplifier circuit 68. The high voltage (HV) power supply 64 receives supply voltage (e.g., 120 VAC, 60 Hz) and serves as the power source for the low voltage power supply 66 and the RF amplifier 68. The RF amplifier 68 includes a stimulator portion 70 (sub-circuit) which applies reduced voltage amplitude or temperature output when selected through screens 120-126 (FIGS. 15A-15G) that interface to software in controllers U1, U1102, U1120 and flash Random Access Memory (RAM) integrated circuit IC or flash memory IC U1108 via the touch panel 54 described in greater detail hereinafter. In the tip of the surgical pen 40 is a thermistor 72 for providing the temperature of the tip of the surgical pen 40 to a temperature sense circuit 74 connected to the main controller U1. The touch panel 54 is controlled by a liquid crystal display (LCD) or simply display controller 60 and is powered by an LCD or simply display CFL high voltage (HV) inverter 61. Inputs from the touchscreen 54 are interfaced through an SMT controller 62. The SMT controller 62 interfaces with the main controller U1. The front panel controls 57 and rear panel connectors 56 provide input/output (I/O) to the control circuit 59. The main controller U1 controls the stimulator circuit 70 and an RF amplifier circuit 68. The RF amplifier circuit 68 in combination with the HV power supply 64 in turn provide outputs to the bipolar surgical pen 40. Feedback from the bipolar surgical pen 40 is sensed by the thermistor 72 in combination with the temperature sense circuit 74 and by an impedance monitor circuit 76. The various control circuits 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, and 76 of the control circuit 59 will hereinafter be described in greater detail. FIG. 2B shows that the RF generator 50 comprises a plurality of circuit boards 154, 155, 156, 157, 157 a, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 166 for each of the main functions shown in FIG. 2A. By using separate circuit boards 154, 155, 156, 157, 157 a, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 166, only a portion of the RF generator 50 needs to be removed or replaced when being upgraded or repaired. The RF generator 50 includes a controller board 155, a main board 159, an LCD display panel board 154, an SMT controller board 162, a rear panel connectors board 156, a front panel control board 157, a front panel connectors board 157 a, an LCD display controller 160, an LCD display inverter board 161, a high voltage power supply board 164 and a low voltage power supply board 166. Various cables and connectors interconnect the boards 154, 155, 156, 157, 157 a, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 166 as is known in the art. Preferably, the boards 154, 155, 156, 157, 157 a, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 166 are mounted in board slots (not shown) in a chassis (not shown) inside the housing 52 of the RF generator 50 and are interconnected as shown. But, some boards 154, 155, 156, 157, 157 a, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 166 may be attached to other boards 154, 155, 156, 157, 157 a, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 166 and/or to walls of the housing 52 as necessary. Of course, the control circuit 59 could be implemented on a single circuit board or other various combinations of circuit boards and circuit implementations without departing from the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 11A-11C, the controller board 155 includes an RF amplifier controller U1102, a digital to analog converter (DAC) IC U1107, an impedance monitor controller U1120 and a flash memory IC U1108. The flash memory IC U1108 has no moving parts and can be electrically read, erased and programmed (programmable and non-volatile) without being taken out of the circuit as is well known in the art. Preferably, the DAC IC U1107 includes at least four 8-bit channels or outputs and a 2-wire serial interface for receiving data. Other DAC ICs having different resolutions (bits of resolution) and different communications or other inputs may be provided without departing from the present invention. The controller board 155 further includes a tone generator and drive circuit 98 and a master clock generator 95. The master clock generator circuit 95 includes an oscillator or crystal X1 and first and second multi-stage binary ripple counters U1150 and U1160. Regulated voltage, in this case (+) 5 volts DC (FIG. 8), is applied to the crystal X1 which generates a predetermined clock frequency output signal, in this case 40 MHz. The clock frequency output signal 40 MHz can be used directly by the controllers U1, U3, U1102 and U1120 and other various sub-circuits circuits throughout the control circuit 59, but the clock frequency output signal 40 MHz is also applied to a clock input of the first multi-stage binary ripple counter U1150 and one stage Q12 of the first binary ripple counter U1150 is subsequently applied to a clock input of the second multi-stage binary ripple counter U1160 to generate a plurality of frequencies which are multiples or divisions of the predetermined clock frequency output signal 40 MHz, such as 20 MHz, 156.25 KHz, 78.125 KHz, 9.766 KHz, 610 Hz, 305 Hz, 4.8 Hz and 2.4 Hz. The various clock frequencies 2.4 Hz-40 MHz are used by circuits throughout the control circuit 59 as is well known in the art. The tone generator and drive circuit 98 generates, through a series of NAND gates U1109A-U1109C, U1110A-U1110B and U1112A-U1112B, a tone out signal TONEOUT which in turn drives an audio speaker LS6001 (FIG. 6C). The tone generator and drive circuit 98 receives a coagulation mode signal COAG from the main controller U1 which is gated with the 305 Hz clock frequency and a foot pedal on signal FTPDON from the main controller U1 in order to generate a tone of a particular frequency when the coagulation mode is selected and the foot pedal is pressed. Similarly, the tone generator and drive circuit 98 receives a cut mode signal CUT from the main controller U1 which is gated with the 610 Hz clock frequency and with the foot pedal on signal FTPDON from the main controller U1 in order to generate a tone of a different frequency from the coagulation mode when the cut mode is selected and the foot pedal is pressed. This provides the user with a different audible tone when either the cut or coagulation mode is being used. Additionally, the cut mode signal CUT may be gated with a blink signal BLINK, described in greater detail hereinafter, in order to create a cyclic output to the cut mode tone for differentiating the cut mode sound from a lesion mode sound when jumper JMP3 selects the RF generator 50 to operate as a lesion/stimulate type generator instead of a cut/coagulate (normal) type generator. A touchpanel beep signal TPNL_BEEP from the main controller U1 is gated with the 1220 Hz clock frequency in order to generate yet another tone, different than the coagulation mode, the lesion mode and the cut mode tones, whenever the touchpanel 54 is touched as detected by the display controller U3. An audio circuit 89 (FIG. 6C) includes the speaker LS6001 which is connected to the tone generator output TONEOUT and to a volume adjusting potentiometer VR6001 for outputting sounds generally associated with the varying tone generator output signal TONEOUT. The controller board 155 further includes several miscellaneous gating circuits for generating other signals used throughout the control circuit 59. The 78.125 KHz and 156.25 KHz clock signals are gated by an AND gate U111A to generate a simulate pulse signal STIM_PS. The stimulate pulse signal STIM_PS is used for as an excitation or control signal for the low voltage isolated supply circuit 66 (FIG. 8). The 4.8 Hz and 2.4 Hz signals are gated by an AND gate U111B to generate the blink signal BLINK. The blink signal BLINK provides a relatively slow, cyclic pulse for use by other circuits such as indicator lights and the like. The foot pedal on signal FTPDON is gated with the blink signal BLINK by a NAND gate U1110C and subsequently gated with a relay on-delay signal RLYDLY by a NAND gate U1115B to generate an RF out flash signal RFOUTLED. The RF out flash signal RFOUTLED is used to drive first and second RF out LEDs D1, D2. A monopolar mode relay output signal MONORLY_CTL from the main controller U1 is gated with the relay on-delay signal RLYDLY by a NAND gate U1113A to generate a monopolar mode relay signal MONORLY. The monopolar mode relay signal MONORLY energizes a monomode relay K1303 (FIG. 13) when the monopolar mode is selected through the touchscreen 54 allowing a ground pad GNDPAD to be connected to the RF output of the RF generator 50. A high voltage relay output signal HVRLY_CTL of the main controller U1 is also gated with the relay on-delay signal RLYDLY by a NAND gate U1113B to generate a high voltage relay signal HVRLY. The high voltage relay signal HVRLY drives a high voltage relay K401 (FIG. 5A) in order to turn off supply power to DC level portions of the high voltage power supply 64 by the main controller U1 when a short circuit condition or other predetermined alarm condition is detected. The cut mode signal CUT from the main controller U1 is also gated with the relay on-delay signal RLYDLY by a NAND gate U1114A to generate a cut relay signal CUTRLY. The cut relay signal CUTRLY controls an output mode relay K6002 (FIG. 6B) to switch between output voltage levels as described in greater detail hereinafter. An impedance test output signal IMPD_TST from the main controller U1 is also gated with the relay on-delay signal RLYDLY by a NAND gate U1114B to generate an impedance test relay signal IMPTSTRLY. The impedance test relay signal IMPTSTRLY controls an impedance test relay K6001 (FIG. 6B). Referring to FIGS. 12A-12B, the SMT controller board 162 (FIG. 2B) includes the main controller U1, a real time clock U21, and a display controller U3. Preferably, the real time clock U11021 is used in conjunction with a battery back-up system (not shown). Preferably, the main controller U1 is a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) FLASH-based 8-bit microcontroller with 100 nanosecond instruction execution and includes about 1024 bytes of electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), about 12 channels of 10-bit Analog-to-Digital (A/D) converter, an additional timer, external memory addressing, about two built-in comparators, a synchronous serial port which can be configured as either 3-wire serial peripheral Interface (SPI) or as 2-wire Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C®) bus (a registered trademark of Philips Electronics, Eindhoven, NETHERLANDS) and about two addressable universal asynchronous receiver transmitters (AUSARTs). The main controller U1 could be other microcontrollers having other sizes and speeds, or the main controller U1 could be an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic array (PLA), a microprocessor and the like without departing from the present invention. The main controller U1 acts as a master controller to the other controllers U3, U1102 and U1120. At least the main controller U1 uses at least the flash memory IC U1108 to store and/or retrieve data, but the controllers U3, U1102 and U1120 may also use the flash memory IC U1108 to store and/or retrieve data. An I2C bus provides two-wire serial communication between controllers U1, U1102 and U1120, the DAC IC U1107, the real time clock U11021 and the flash memory IC U1108. The I2C bus is bi-directional and uses a serial data (SDA) line and a serial clock (SCL) line along with dedicated ports on a given controller for digital communication. The controllers U1, U1102 and U1120, the DAC IC U1107, the real time clock U11021 and the flash memory IC U1108 each have a unique address for I2C communications. Other inter-controller communication such as straight I/O or other serial or parallel communications protocols may be used without departing from the present invention. Preferably, the main controller U1 also provides a separate write protect signal WP to the flash memory IC U1108, in addition to the I2C bus communications, in order to issue write protect commands directly to the flash memory IC U1108. Preferably, the main controller U1 also receives a real time clock interrupt signal RTC_IRQ\ and a real time clock sequential write signal RTC_SQW, in addition to the I2C bus communications, in order to interrupt the main controller U1 for more precise real time updates. The main controller U 1 communicates with the display controller U3 serially via touchpanel ready to send TPNL_RTS, touchpanel clear to send TPNL_CTS, and touch panel transmit TPNL_TXD signals. The main controller U1 also provides data to the touchpanel 54 through the display control circuit 60 via video data signals VIDEO_DO-VIDEO_D7 and communicates directly with the display control circuit 60 via communications signals including video clear to send VIDEO_CS\, video ready VIDEO_RDY\ and video write VIDEO_WR. The display control circuit 60 allows the main controller U1 to display data such as current timer\counter\setpoint presets, measured process values and the like. The display controller U3 detects actual presses of the touchpanel 54 at specific locations and times in order to determine what feature or button a user has selected or entered on a particular screen (FIGS. 15A-15H). Referring to FIG. 12B, the SMT controller board 162 further includes filtering capacitors C1-C4, a sense X-left resistor R2, a sense Y-top resistor R3, a sense Y-bottom resistor R4, a sense X-right resistor R5, a biasing capacitor C7, and an external crystal or oscillator Y1, which together support the display controller U3. The touchscreen 54 communicates with at least the main controller U1 through display controller U3 in order to display data from the memory and to allow a user to enter settings. The sense resistors R2-R5 connect to touch panel cables 3M TP, GUNZI TP and provide voltage inputs to the display controller U3 at inputs SXL, SYT, SYB, and SXR, respectively. Referring to FIG. 1A, the RF amplifier controller U 1102 drives a pair of shift registers U1130, U1140 to generate declining pulse duration modulated (PDM) RF outputs. Preferably, the shift registers U1130, U1140 generate about one MHz declining PDM RF outputs. Preferably, the shift registers U1130, U1140 are 8-bit shift registers. It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that a 16-bit shift register or other sized shift registers could be used without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention. The shift registers U1130, U1140 provide a series of output pulses at about a 0.5 microsecond rate and/or multiples and derivatives thereof. The RF amplifier controller U1102 shifts the input load (data lines B0-B7) of the shift registers U1130, U1140 to produce pulses which are out of phase from one another at a given rate, in this case at about a 1 MHz rate or an 833 MHz rate as described hereinafter (FIGS. 18A-18C). Preferably, the RF amplifier controller U1102, in combination with a 20 MHz clock signal from the master clock generator 95, causes the shift registers U1130, U1140 to have the following pulse waveform pattern: about 2 microseconds on, about 0.5 microseconds off, about 1.5 microseconds on, about 1 microsecond off; about 1 microsecond on, about 1.5 microseconds off; about 0.5 microseconds on, about 2 microseconds off. Preferably, the total duration for the entire waveform is about 10 microseconds. The resulting waveform is a decaying square wave which is filtered to form a decaying sine wave as described hereafter. Of course other signals and waveforms may be created without departing from the present invention, for example providing equal on and off times result in a pulse train of square waves. The shift registers U1130, U1140, in turn, drive a pair of field effect transistor (FET) drivers U6001, U6002 in the RF amplifier circuit 68 shown on FIG. 6A with their respective shift register outputs Q1 MHZ and Q\1 MHZ. The first and second shift register outputs Q1 MHZ and Q\1 MHZ are also inputs back into the RF amplifier controller U1102. Generally, the first shift register output Q1 MHZ is about 180° out of phase with the second shift register output Q\1 MHZ. Preferably, the RF amplifier controller U1102 which is controlled by the main controller U1 includes an controlling program that generates a plurality of different user selectable waveforms based on PDM modulation of the carrier signal (FIGS. 19A-19C). Referring to FIGS. 6A-6C, the RF amplifier circuit 68 is substantially disposed on the main board 159. The RF amplifier circuit 68 includes Zener diodes D6002, D6004-D6006, D6008-D6009 and D6012-D6015, diodes D6016-D6017, diodes D6001 and D6007, and D6010-D6011, transformer T6001, capacitors C6001-C6002, FET drivers U6001 and U6002, and field effect transistors (FETs) Q6001 and Q6002. The FETs Q6001, Q6002 in combination with the FET drivers U6001, U6002 and the three winding transformer T6001 form the amplifier portion of the RF amplifier circuit 68. The RF amplifier circuit 68 amplifies the output signals Q1 MHZ, Q\1 MHZ from the shift registers U1130, U1140. The output signals Q1 MHZ, Q\1 MHZ from the shift registers U1130, U1140 drive the FET drivers U6001 and U6002 which in turn drive the FETs Q6001, Q6002. Preferably, the FETs Q6001, Q6002 are fast switching metal oxide semiconductor FETs (MOSFETs) with about 500 V breakdown voltages and current ratings of about 15 A. The FETs Q6001, Q6002 switch a regulated high voltage REG HV (FIG. 5B) to first and second primary windings T6001 a, T6001 b, respectively of the transformer T6001. The RF amplifier circuit 68 further includes a snubber portion 80 connected to the primary windings T6001 a, T6001 b of the amplifier transformer T6001 via a resistor and Zener diode bridge 81 which includes an FET Q6003 and diodes D6016, D6017. The snubber portion 80 prevents or reduces high inductive spiking of voltages and controls switching voltage transients, as is well known in the art. The RF amplifier circuit 68 further includes inductors L6002-L6006 in combination with an isolation transformer T6002 which form the RF output and filter 69 of the RF amplifier 68. The RF output and filter 69 filters the waveforms from the FETs Q6001 and Q6002 in order to achieve waveforms closer to or approximating sinusoidal and also provides signal isolation in order to reduce RF leakage. Preferably, the isolation transformer T6002 is a toroid-type transformer. The overall impedance on the secondary side of the isolation transformer T6002 is a function of the secondary winding of transformer T6002, inductor L6005 and capacitor C6008, and is selected or modified by changing component values in order to configure the RF amplifier circuit 69 for cut mode or coagulate mode. As mentioned above, the impedance of the output of the RF amplifier is preferably about 400 ohms for cut mode and about 20 ohms or less for coagulate mode. While only one RF output and filter circuit 69 is shown in FIG. 6B, it is also possible to have two RF output and filter circuits 69 which are selectively switched by a cut/coagulate relay (not shown) in order to provide a cut mode and coagulate mode output in a single RF generator 50. The RF amplifier 68 shown in FIGS. 6A-6B is simplified for use as a lesion generator so that the impedance of the output of the RF amplifier could be chosen to be a cut mode or a coagulate mode in order to generate lesions. Since the output waveform is controlled by the RF amplifier controller U1102 (i.e., via software) either type of output signal, decaying or continuous, can be selected. The RF amplifier circuit 68 further includes a short circuit detection circuit 78 which is connected to the RF output and filter 69 by inductor L6006. The short circuit detection circuit 78 generally determines when the output current exceeds a predetermined threshold current as set by the main controller U1. The short circuit detection circuit 78 includes operational amplifier (op-amp) U6003A, diodes D6007, D6010-D6011, capacitors C6010, C6013, C6017-C6018 and resistors R6009, R6014. The threshold of the short circuit detection circuit 78 is controlled by the main controller U1 by analog output signals from the DAC IC U1107 which is controlled via the I2C bus. The DAC IC U1107 generates an RF short circuit control signal CAOGRFSCCTL which corresponds to the predetermined threshold current in the main controller U1 and which is applied to the positive input of op-amp U6003A wherein op-amp U6003A is applied as a comparator. Current in the RF output and filter 69 is detected through inductor L6006 and the resistor R6009 and capacitors C6013 and C6010 filter or smooth the detected signal. Diodes D6010, D6011 allow a reduced voltage, in this case +15V, to be piloted by the detected current thereby applying an equivalent level current at a lower voltage through resistor R6015 and a corresponding voltage is then applied to the negative input of comparator U6003A. The output of comparator U6003A is an RF short circuit signal RFSC_COAG which, if present, is supplied to an input of the RF amplifier controller U1102. If the RF amplifier controller U1102 receives the RF short circuit signal RFSC_COAG for a predetermined period of time, the RF amplifier controller U1102 will shut-off outputs to the RF amplifier circuit 68 and high voltage power supply circuit 64 and send a signal to the main controller U1 for alarming and the like. FIG. 6B shows that the output mode relay K 6002 selects between the output of RF output and filter 69 of the RF amplifier circuit 68 and a stimulation signal which includes stimulate signals STIMOUT1, STIMOUT2 (FIG. 13). The coil of the output mode relay K6002 is controlled by the cut relay signal CUTRLY derived from NAND gates U1114A, U1114B and the cut output signal CUT from the main controller U1. The impedance monitor interface 76 is connected in parallel with the RF output and filter 69 of the RF amplifier circuit 68. The impedance monitor interface 76 includes inductors L6007-L6011 and capacitors C6011-C6012 and C6014-C6016 which form a diplexer for filtering out a particular signal between two mixed signals as described in greater below. The controller board 155 (FIG. 2B) further includes the impedance monitor controller U1120 (FIG. 11B) which is coupled to the impedance monitor interface 76 (FIG. 6B). The impedance monitor controller U1120 is a separate microcontroller which communicates with the main controller U1 via the I2C bus as mentioned above. The impedance monitor interface 76 is in electrical communication with an impedance monitor circuit 90 (FIGS. 4A-4D). The impedance monitor circuit 90 includes a reflectometer bridge 92, a bridge signal conditioner 94 and four detector circuits, namely a quadrature bridge or Q-bridge detector 100, an in-phase bridge or I-bridge detector 102, an quadrature reference or Q-reference detector 104, and an in-phase reference or I-reference 106. A sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF from a reference signal generator 108 (FIG. 14) is applied to the reflectometer bridge 92. The sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF is about 18 to 24 kHz, but preferably, the sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF is about 20 kHz. The sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF provides an excitation signal, i.e., impedance monitor drive signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV−, for measuring impedance over the electrodes 44 a, 44 b of the bipolar surgical pen 40. The impedance monitor drive signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV− are applied to the bipolar surgical pen 40 through the impedance monitor interface 76 (FIG. 6B) thereby superimposing the impedance monitor drive signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV− onto a given cut/coagulate signal (i.e., the output of RF output and filter 69). The impedance monitor interface 76 functions as a filter-type diplexer which selectively removes an impedance signal to be measured from the cut or coagulation signal from the RF output circuit 69. Of course other signal separation circuits may be implemented without departing from the present invention. The impedance monitor drive signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV− therefore, the impedance affects the conditioned form of the sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF which is applied to the bridge detectors 100, 102 through the bridge signal conditioning circuit 94. When the impedance test relay K 6001 (FIG. 6B) is energized by the impedance test relay signal IMPTSTRLY, resistor R6001 simulates a fixed value on the impedance monitor drive/feedback signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV−. Preferably, resistor R6001 is a precision resistor with a tolerance of about 1% or better. Of course, resistor R6001 could be selected with other tolerances and other resistance values without departing from the present invention. It is contemplated that resistor R6001 is a variable resistance device such as a multi-resistor switch-selectable block for generating user selectable voltages when testing the overall RF generator 50. The Q-bridge detector 100 includes transconductance op-amps U4023 and U4024, op-amp U4025, resistors R4032, R4034, R4036, R4038, R4040, R4042, R4043, R4046-R4048 and R4050, capacitors C4043 and C4045, and diodes D4060 and D4070. Impedance monitor feedback signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV− conditioned via the bridge conditioning circuit 94 are applied to transconductance op-amps U4023 and U4024 of the Q-bridge detector 100. The Transconductance op-amp U4023 also receives a 180° signal 180 DEG from a four phase reference generator 108 (FIG. 14) so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4023 is only permitted when the 180° signal 180 DEG is on. Similarly, the transconductance op-amp U4024 also receives a 0° signal 0 DEG from the four phase generator 108 so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4024 is only permitted when the 0° signal 0 DEG is on. The outputs of transconductance op-amps U4023, U4024 are alternately, based on phase angle signals 0° signal 0 DEG and 180° signal 180 DEG, input to op-amp U4025 and subsequently to a low pass filter comprising the resistor R4036 and capacitor C4043 which together form a bridge Q-channel synchronous demodulator 101. The bridge Q-channel synchronous demodulator 101 outputs a Q-channel bridge signal IMP_BRDG_Q to the main controller U1 and the impedance monitor controller U1120. The Q-bridge signal IMP_BRDG_Q generally corresponds to the overall imaginary component of the impedance at the electrodes 44 a, 44 b. The I-bridge detector 102 includes transconductance op-amps U4026 and U4027, op-amp U4028, resistors R4033, R4035, R4037, R4039, R4041, R4044-R4045, R4049, R4071, R4072, and R4083, capacitors C4044 and C4046, and diodes D4008 and D4009. Impedance monitor feedback signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV− conditioned via the bridge signal conditioner 94 are also applied to transconductance op-amps U4026, U4027. The Transconductance op-amp U4026 also receives a 90° signal 90 DEG from the four phase reference generator 108 so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4026 is only permitted when the 90° signal 90 DEG is on. Similarly, the transconductance op-amp U4027 also receives a 270° signal 270 DEG from the four phase generator so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4027 is only permitted when the 270° signal 270 DEG is on. The output of transconductance op-amps U4026, U4027 are alternately, based on phase angle signals for 90° signal 90 DEG and 270° signal 270 DEG, input to the op-amp U4028. The output of op-amp U4028 is applied to a low pass filter that includes resistor R4037 and capacitor C4044. The op-amp U4028 and the low pass filter form a bridge I-channel synchronous demodulator 103. The bridge I-channel synchronous demodulator 103 outputs an I-channel bridge signal IMP_BRDG_I to the main controller U1 and the impedance monitor controller U1120. The I-bridge signal IMP_BRDG_I generally corresponds to the overall real component of the impedance at the electrodes 44 a, 44 b. The Q-reference detector 104 includes transconductance op-amps U4031 and U4032, op-amp U4033, resistors R4057, R4059, R4061, R4063, R4065, R4067-R4068, R4073, R4079, R4080 and R4081, capacitors C4047 and C4049, and diodes D4010 and D4011. The sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF is also dropped across a resistor R4030 to create an alternate sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF_A. The alternate sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF_A is applied to reference signal conditioner 96. The reference signal conditioner 96 comprises op-amps U4029, U4030 and resistors R4051, R4055-R4056. The conditioned signal output from the reference signal conditioner 96 is applied to the transconductance op-amps U4031, U4032. The transconductance op-amp U4031 also receives the 180° signal 180 DEG from the four phase reference generator 108 so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4031 is only permitted when the 180° signal 180 DEG is on. Similarly, the transconductance op-amp U4032 also receives the 0° signal 0 DEG from the four phase generator 108 so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4032 is only permitted when the 0° signal 0 DEG is on. The outputs of the transconductance op-amps U4031, U4032 are alternately, based on phase angle signals 0° signal 0 DEG and 180° signal 180 DEG, input to the op-amp U4033 and a low pass filter including resistor R4061 and capacitor C4047 which form a reference Q-channel synchronous demodulator 105. The reference Q-channel synchronous demodulator 105 outputs a Q-channel reference signal IMP_REF_Q to the main controller U1 and the impedance monitor controller U4020. The Q-channel reference signal IMP_REF_Q generally corresponds to the imaginary component of the reference signal which is used to compensate out the impedance of the electrodes 44 a, 44 b themselves from the overall imaginary component of the measured impedance. The reference signal conditioner 96 also provides an input to the I-reference detector 106. The I-reference detector 106 includes transconductance op-amps U4034 and U4035, op-amp U4036, resistors R4058, R4060, R4062, R4064, R4066, R4069, R4070, R4074, R4082 and R4084-R4085, capacitors C4048 and C4050, and diodes D4012 and D4013. The output of the reference signal 96 is applied to the inputs of transconductance op-amps U4034, U4035. The transconductance op-amp U4034 also receives the 90° signal 90 DEG from the four phase reference generator 108 so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4034 is only permitted when the 90° signal 90 DEG is on. Similarly, the transconductance op-amp U4035 also receives the 270° signal 270 DEG from the four phase generator 108 so that the output of the transconductance op-amp U4035 is only permitted when the 270° signal 270 DEG is on. The outputs of the transconductance op-amps U4034, U4035 are alternately, based on phase angle signals for 90° signal 90 DEG and 270° signal 270 DEG, input to the op-amp U4036. The output of the op-amp U4036 is passed through a low pass filter including resistor R4062 and capacitor C4048 which together form a reference I-channel synchronous demodulator 107. The reference I-channel synchronous demodulator 107 outputs an I-channel reference signal IMP_REF_I to the main controller U1 and the impedance monitor controller U1120. The I-channel reference signal IMP_REF_I generally corresponds to the real component of the reference signal which is used to compensate out the actual impedance of the electrodes 44 a, 44 b themselves from the overall real component of the measured impedance. The combination of the synchronous detectors 100, 102, 104, 106 is used to detect the angle and magnitude or complex impedance measured through the bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b of the electrode pen 40. The overall impedance monitor 90 samples at 0°, 90°, 180°, 270° phase angles of a signal returned from the electrodes 44 a, 44 b via the impedance monitor feedback signals IMPMONI_DRV+, IMPMONI_DRV−. By using the transconductance op-amps U4023, U4024, U4026, U4027, U4031, U4032, U4034, and U4035 and the phase angle signals 0° 0 DEG, 90° 90 DEG, 180° 180 DEG, AND 270° 270 DEG, an impedance calculation software routine 198 (FIG. 17) is able to calculate the actual impedance of the material being cut or coagulated (in real and imaginary Cartesian coordinates) from the overall impedance (real and imaginary Cartesian coordinates) and the reference signal impedance (real and imaginary Cartesian coordinates) by compensating out the impedance of the electrodes 44 a, 44 b themselves. The impedance calculation software routine 198 then converts the actual complex impedance in terms of real and imaginary components into magnitude and phase angle of the actual impedance (Polar coordinates). The magnitude and phase angle of the actual impedance can then be monitored, trended, used for alarming and/or used to stop a particular procedure separately or together. Referring to FIGS. 5A-5B, there is shown a high voltage power supply 64 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention which is generally disposed on the high voltage power supply board 164. Conventionally available alternating current (e.g., about 120 VAC, 60 Hz) is supplied through the power cord 48 and power plug adapter 49 connected to P400 and then through an in-line fuse F400. The supplied AC power is smoothed through a capacitor C400 before being applied to a diode bridge rectifier DB400. The output of a full wave diode bridge rectifier DB400 is clamped by an in-rush limiter RT400 which provides a signal to contacts of a high voltage power supply relay K401. The high voltage relay K401 is controlled by the high voltage relay signal HVRLY which is generated by the high voltage relay output signal HVRLY_CTL of the main controller U1 gated with the relay on-delay signal RLYDLY., Capacitors C401, C402 smooth the full wave rectified signal from the full wave diode bridge rectifier DB400 and resistor R400 provides a bleed-off when the relay K401 is opened. Once energized, high voltage relay K401 applies DC voltage to a second fuse F401 and the rest of the high voltage power supply circuit 64. An optically isolated transistor U400 in combination with a diode D401 and resistor R401 detect when there is a no high voltage condition and provide a no high voltage signal NOHV to an input of the main controller U1. Current sense transformer T400 in combination with suitable biasing components including resistors R413 and R405, diode D407 and filtering capacitor C416 create a current sense signal ISENS. A high voltage regulating circuit 65 is also powered through another fuse F401. The high voltage regulating circuit 65 includes a FET driver IC U402 and a high speed pulse width modulating controller (PWM controller) U401. The current sense signal ISENS is applied to a current limiting input of the PWM controller U401 for clamping or limiting the output of the PWM controller U401. An RC oscillator comprising resistor R407 and capacitor C403 serves as a clock for the PWM controller U401. The foot pedal signal FTPDON from the main controller U1 (FIG. 12) gates transistor Q400 through resistor R402, and transistor Q400 allows +15V across resistor R403 thereby allowing a FET Q401, with a suitable filtering capacitor C405, to allow a soft start sink signal to flow to ground thereby selecting a soft start function (ramp up) in the PWM controller U401. The output of the PWM controller U401 is applied directly to a high input of the FET driver IC U402 and to a FET Q404 for gating the low input of the FET driver IC U402. The high and low outputs HO, LO of the FET driver IC U402, along with suitable biasing components including capacitors C412-C415, C417-C418, resistors R410-R412, diodes D402-D406, an inductor L400, drive high MOSFET Q402 and low MOSFET Q403, respectfully to generate the regulated high voltage signal REG HV. The regulated high voltage signal REG HV is applied to the RF amplifier 68 (FIGS. 6A and 6B) to provide cut and/or coagulate output signals to the electrodes 44 a, 44 b. A power supply control signal PSCTLV is output of the DAC IC U1107 (FIG. 11B) and is controlled or adjusted by the main controller U1. The power supply control signal PSCTLV is applied to op-amp U403B with associated biasing components including resistors R415, R417-R419, capacitor C419 and diode D408. The output of op-amp U403B is applied to op-amp U403A with associated resistors R420-R422 and capacitors C420-C421 and the output of op-amp U403A is then applied to a voltage regulating input of the PWM controller U401 in order to adjust the PWM output of the PWM controller U401. Thus, the main controller U11021 drives the DAC IC U1107 which drives the PWM controller U401. The PWM controller U401, in turn, drives the FET driver IC U402 which pulse width modulates FETS Q402 and Q403 to generate the regulated high voltage REGHV for use by the RF amplifier circuit 68. Accordingly, a change in the power supply control signal PSCTLV causes a proportional change in the regulated high voltage REGHV being output from the high voltage power supply 64. Other circuit implementations for generating regulated high voltage DC, such as the regulated high voltage power supply disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,318,563 of Malis et al., may be utilized without departing from the broad inventive scope of the present invention. The high voltage power supply 64 also includes an over voltage monitoring circuit 82. The over voltage monitoring circuit 82 includes op-amps U405C-U405D and resistors R438-R446 and generates an over voltage monitor signal OVMONI to the main controller U1 when the regulated high voltage REGHV has exceeded a predetermined value for alarming and/or interlocking purposes. For example, if an over voltage condition is detected, the main controller U1 can either reduce the power supply control voltage PSCTLV or de-energize the high voltage relay K401 via the high voltage relay output signal HVRLY_CTL. Referring to FIG. 6C, a data output circuit 30 includes an RS232 line driver IC U6004, various biasing capacitors C6019 and C6021-C6024 and a data output port P6013. A serial data out signal DATA_OUT from the main controller U1 is applied to the RS232 line driver IC U6004. The RS232 line driver IC U6004 converts the serial data out signal DATA_OUT to a corresponding RS232 compliant signal TXD on pin 2 of the data output port P6013. The data output port P6013 is preferably a 25 pin DIN connector of the DB-25 type; however, the data output port P6013 could be other connector types such as a 9 pin DIN connector of the DB-9 type or even other connectors without departing from the present invention. Further, it is obvious that a receive signal (not shown) could be connected from the data output port P6013 to the RS232 line driver IC U6004 and from the RS232 line driver IC U6004 to the main controller U1 in order to also receive data as is well know in the art. Even further, other line drivers such as RS485, Ethernet and the like may be substituted for the RS232 line driver IC U6004 along with appropriate associated circuitry necessary to make the other line drivers functional within the context shown herein without departing from the present invention. A foot pedal detection circuit 32 includes an input jack J6008 and conditioning inductors L6012-L6013. A foot pedal switch set (not shown) is normally connected to the input jack J6008 to allow a user, such as a surgeon, to use the different modes of operation of the RF generator 50 without using his or her hands because users are typically holding at least the surgical pen 40 during a particular procedure. A coagulation mode foot pedal signal COAG_FTPDL is conditioned by inductor L6014 when a coagulation foot pedal switch is closed or otherwise operated. Similarly, a cut mode foot pedal signal CUT_FTPDL is conditioned by inductor L6013 when a cut foot pedal switch is closed or otherwise operated. In like fashion, a lavage foot pedal signal LAVA_FTPDL is conditioned by inductor L6012 when a lavage foot pedal switch is closed or otherwise operated. The coagulation mode foot pedal signal COAG_FTPDL, the cut mode foot pedal signal CUT_FTPDL and the lavage foot pedal signal LAVA-FTPDL are all connected to a foot pedal interface circuit 33 on the controller board 155 (FIG. 11B). The foot pedal interface circuit 33 includes resistors R1152-R1154, capacitors C1151-C1153 and diodes D1103-D1105. A fixed voltage is applied across the resistors R1152-R1154, in this case (+) 5 volts DC, and is applied to each signal line for the coagulation mode foot pedal signal COAG_FTPDL, the cut mode foot pedal signal CUT_FTPDL and the lavage foot pedal signal LAVA-FTPDL, respectively. When one of the foot pedal switches is closed, current flows through the respective switch to ground thereby allowing the capacitors C1151-C1153 to discharge through respective inductors L1112-L1113 and allowing the voltage to drop on the other side of diodes D1103-D1105. Signals COAGFTPDL, CUTFTPDL, and LAVAFTPDL corresponding to the coagulation mode foot pedal signal COAG_FTPDL, the cut mode foot pedal signal CUT_FTPDL and the lavage foot pedal signal LAVA_FTPDL, respectively, are connected to diodes D1103-D1105 and are connected to inputs of the main controller U1 on the SMT controller board 162. The main controller U1 determines, through various software, if a particular mode is applicable based upon the input signals for the coagulation mode foot pedal signal COAGFTPDL, the cut mode foot pedal signal CUTFTPDL, and the lavage foot pedal signal LAVAFTPDL and other present conditions and provides output signals for use by various other circuits for coagulation mode signal COAG, cut mode signal CUT, lavage mode signal LAVAGE. Further, the main controller U1 determines when any of the input signals for coagulation mode foot pedal signal COAGFTPDL, cut mode foot pedal signal CUTFTPDL, and lavage foot pedal signal LAVAFTPDL indicate that a foot pedal switch is closed and outputs a foot pedal on signal FTPDON for use by at least the PWM controller U401, the RF amplifier controller U1102 and the tone generator 98. The controller board 155 further includes the temperature sense or thermistor interface circuit 74 as shown on FIG. 7. The thermistor interface 74 includes resistors R701, R702, capacitors C717, inductor L705, diode D701, NOT gate U715A and relay K701. A voltage reference, in this case 5 volts DC, is applied to the thermistor 72 across resistor R701 providing excitation voltage for the thermistor 72. In normal operation, the thermistor generates a temperature input voltage signal THRMSTR which is conditioned by the temperature sense control circuit 74 which varies generally linearly with variations in temperature to a practical extent, as is known in the art. The other terminal of the thermistor 72 is tied to an alternate voltage sink AVSS which is merely an alternative resistive path (resistor R6 on FIG. 12) to ground. The NAND gate U715A selectively energizes the temperature test relay K701 whenever the startup delay relay signal RLYDLY from a power on-delay circuit 75 or a temperature test signal TEMP_TST from the main controller U1 are high. When the temperature test relay K701 is energized, resistor R702 simulates a fixed value on the temperature input voltage signal THRMSTR. Preferably, resistor R702 is a precision resistor with a tolerance of about 1% or better. Preferably, resistor R702 has a resistance value which generally corresponds to a resistance value generated by the thermistor 72 when the temperature is about 40° C. Of course, resistor R702 could be selected with other tolerances and other resistance values without departing from the present invention. It is contemplated that resistor R702 is a variable resistance device such as a multi-resistor switch-selectable block for generating user selectable voltages when testing the overall PF generator 50. The power on-delay circuit 75 includes a resistor R706, a capacitor C720 and a diode D702. A fixed voltage, in this case (+) 5 volts DC is applied across resistor R706 in order to charge capacitor C720. The power on-delay circuit 75 provides the startup delay relay signal RLYDLY after capacitor C720 is fully charged. The startup delay relay signal RLYDLY is used throughout the control circuit 59 to reset various circuits and/or devices on power up and to prevent unexpected events from occurring on power up (of the overall control circuit 59) because various circuits and/or controllers are in unexpected conditions just after power up. Other circuit implementations such as timer IC's or timer controlled relays may be used in place of the power on-delay circuit 75 to generate the startup delay relay signal RLYDLY without departing from the present invention. A voltage regulator IC U 701 provides a regulated 5 VREF for use throughout the control circuit 59. The voltage regulator IC U701 accepts +15 volts DC and, along with suitable biasing components including capacitors C718-C719 and resistor R703, generates the regulated 5 volts DC 5 VREF. Referring to FIG. 8, the low voltage isolated supply 66 provides regulated low voltage outputs of approximately (+) 3-7 volts DC, (+) 12-15 volts DC, and (−) 12-15 volts DC. Preferably, the output of the isolated supply 66 has outputs of (+) 5 volts DC+5 VAUX, (+) 15 volts DC+15 AUX and (−) 15 volts DC−15 VAUX. Isolated supply 66 includes a dual-ended transformer T803 and a voltage regulator IC U110811. The isolated supply 66 also includes capacitors C840-C843, resistors R837-R838, diodes D818 and D820, and clipper diode D819. The stimulate pulse signal STIM_PS gates the transistor Q806 at a frequency set by the 78.125 KHz and 156.25 KHz clock signals so that an alternating signal can be created with clipper diode D819 to drive the primary winding of transformer T803. The diode D818 and capacitor C842 provide the (+) 15 volts DC+15 AUX. The oppositely oriented diode D820 and capacitor C843 provide the (−) 15 volts DC−15 VAUX. The voltage regulator IC U110811 provides a more precisely regulate (+) 5 volts DC+5 VAUX from the (+) 15 volts DC+15 AUX. The regulated voltages (+) 5 volts DC+5 VAUX, (+) 15 volts DC+15 AUX and (−) 15 volts DC 15 VAUX are used throughout the control circuit 59 as low voltage supply as is known in the art. Referring to FIG. 9, the main board 159 further includes a stimulator voltage control circuit 111 and a stimulator current control circuit 112 of the stimulator circuit 70. The stimulator voltage control circuit 111 includes opto-coupler IC U909 and op-amps U908B and U908C. Positive (+) 5 volts is applied through a resistor capacitor network comprising resistor R925 and capacitor C931 to the anode of opto-coupler IC U909 and a stimulator voltage control signal STIMVCTL output from the main controller U1 is applied to the cathode of opto-coupler U909. The output is directed across resistor R929 and capacitor C932 to drive transistor Q904 the output of which is dropped across resistors R927-R928 with suitable filtering capacitors C928, C930, C933-C934 to the input of op-amp U908B. The output of op-amp U908B is applied to the input of op-amp (buffer) U908C with suitable biasing resistors R930-R931. The output of op-amp U908B is a stimulate voltage set VSET voltage and the output of op-amp U908C is stimulate voltage reference VREF. The stimulator current control circuit 112 includes opto-coupler IC U910 and op-amps U908A and U908D. Similar to the stimulator voltage control circuit 111, positive (+) 5 volts is dropped across resistor R932 and capacitor C937 to the anode of opto-coupler IC U910 and a stimulator current control signal STIMICTL output from the main controller U1 is applied to the cathode of opto-coupler U910. The output of opto-coupler IC U910 is dropped across resistor R936 and capacitor C938 to drive transistor Q905. The output of transistor Q905 in combination with resistors R933-R935 and capacitors C936 and C939 apply the input voltage to op-amp (buffer) U908A. The output of op-amp U908A is applied to the input of op-amp (buffer) U908D, and the output of op-amp U908D provides a current reference voltage IREF. Referring to FIGS. 10A-10C, the stimulator circuit 70 further includes a patient output voltage/current regulator or patient regulator 86. The patient regulator 86 includes op-amps U1012A-U1012B, transistors Q1007-Q1010 and suitable biasing components including resistors R1039-R1044 and R1046-R1049, capacitors C1045-C1050 and diodes D1021-D1022. The current reference voltage IREF (FIG. 9) from the stimulator current control circuit 112 is applied to op-amp U1012B and the output of op-amp U1012B is dropped across resistor R1046 to drive a transistor amplifier bridge Q1008-Q1010. The stimulate voltage reference VREF (FIG. 9) from the stimulator voltage control circuit 111 is applied to op-amp U1012A and the output of the op-amp U1012A is dropped across resistor R1043 to drive FET Q1007 which gates a signal from transistor amplifier bridge Q1008-Q1010 thereby outputting a simulate positive drive signal +VDRV. The output of op-amp U1012A also creates a positive output sense signal OIPSNS through resistor R1047 and across resistor R1049 and capacitor C1050 to regulate the positive output in stimulate mode based on current and voltage. The patient regulator circuit 86 further includes op-amps U113A-U113D and U1014A and transistors Q1011-Q1015. In conjunction with the op-amps U1113A-U1013D and transistors Q1011-Q1013 and Q1015 are suitable biasing components including resistors R1050-R1066, capacitors C1051-C1058 and diodes D1023-D1024. The current reference voltage IREF from stimulator current control circuit 112 is applied across resistor R1050 to op-amp U1013B which is dropped across resistor R1057 and applied to op-amp U1013A. The output of U1013A is dropped across resistor R1059 to drive transistor Q1015 of transistor amplifier bridge Q1012-Q1013 and Q1015. The stimulate voltage reference VREF is applied across resistor R1066 to the input of op-amp U1014A having a feedback resistor R1065 and the output of op-amp U014A is applied across resistor R1060 to the input of op-amp U1103D. The output of U1013D is dropped across resistor R1058 to drive transistor Q1014 which gates FET Q1001. The output of the transistor amplifier bridge Q1012-Q1013, Q1015 is applied through FET Q1011 to create a simulate negative drive signal −VDRV. The output of op-amp U1013A also creates a negative output sense signal OINSNS through resistor R1063 and op-amp U1013C with feedback resistor R1062 and smoothing capacitor C1055 to regulate the negative output in stimulate mode based on current and voltage. The stimulator circuit 70 further includes an over current protection circuit 88. The over current protection circuit 88 includes comparators U1015B and U1015D and optical isolation transistor U1016. The over current protection circuit 88 also includes suitable biasing components including resistors R1067-R1068 and capacitor C1059. The positive and negative output sense signals OIPSNS, OINSNS are applied to comparators U1015D and U1015B, respectively, and are compared to the current reference voltage IREF from the stimulator current control circuit 112 (FIG. 9). The output of the comparators U1015D, U1015B is applied to the optical isolation transistor U1016 to generate a stimulator current monitor signal STIMONI to the main controller U1, at for example RB6, when an over current condition is detected. The stimulator circuit 70 also includes an over voltage protection circuit 89. The over voltage protection circuit 89 includes op-amps U1014C, U1014D and comparators U1015A and U1015C. The over voltage protection circuit 89 also includes an optical isolation transistor U1020 and suitable biasing components including resistors R1072-R1073, R1075 and R1078-R1079 and capacitors C1060 and C1062. The simulate positive drive voltage +VDRV is applied to an input of op-amp U1014C and the simulate negative drive voltage −VDRV is applied to an input of the op-amp U1014D. The output of op-amp U1014C is dropped across resistor R1072 and is applied to an input of comparator U1015C. The output of op-amp U1014D dropped across resistor R1078, in combination with the stimulate voltage reference VREF is dropped across resistor R1079, and is then applied to an input of comparator U1015A. The stimulate voltage set signal VSET is applied to the other input of comparator U1015C and to the other input of comparator U1015A. The outputs of comparators U1015A and U1015C are applied to the optical isolation transistor U1020, and the output of the optical isolation transistor U1020 provides a stimulator voltage monitor signal STIMVMONI to the main controller U1, at for example RB7, when an over voltage condition is detected. Referring to FIG. 13, stimulator circuit 70 further includes an output drive circuit 110. The output drive circuit 110 includes single pole double throw (SPDT) IC switches U1317-U1318 and opto-coupler ICs U1319 and U1321. The output drive circuit 110 further includes suitable biasing components including resistors R1369-R1371, R1374 and R1376, capacitors C1361, C1363 and C1364 and diodes D1325-D1327. The stimulate positive drive voltage +VDRV and stimulate negative drive voltage −VDRV are applied through the first SPDT IC switch U1317 and then through the second SPDT IC switch U1318. The IC SPDT switches U1317, U1318 are driven by a stimulating pulse positive signal STIMPULSE+ from the RF amplifier controller U1102 and a stimulating pulse negative STIMPULSE− from the RF amplifier controller U1102, respectively, through the opto-coupler ICs U1319, U1321. The RF amplifier controller U1102 controls the stimulating pulse positive signal STIMPULSE+ and the stimulating pulse negative STIMPULSE− based upon a predetermined duty cycle determined in software. The output of SPDT IC switch U1318 provides the first stimulate output voltage STIMOUTI when stimulate mode is selected and the foot pedal is depressed. The second stimulate output voltage ST1MOUT2 is switched by relay K1303 between a stimulate ground or ground reference STIM and a ground pad GNDPAD. The coil of relay K1303 is energized by the monopolar mode relay signal MONRLY thereby connecting the second stimulate output voltage STIMOUT2 to the ground pad GNDPAD when monopolar mode is selected. The first and second stimulate output voltage signals STIMOUT1, STIMOUT2 are connected to contacts of relay K6002 to be selectively applied to the electrodes 44 a, 44 b when stimulate mode is selected and the foot pedal is depressed. Referring to FIG. 14, the four-phase reference generator circuit 108 includes a multi-stage counter oscillator IC U1416, IC flip-flops U1417A-U1417B and U1418A, optically isolated not gate U1438, buffer op-amp U1419, optically isolated transistor U1437 and transistors Q1401-Q1404. The four-phase reference generator circuit 108 further includes inductors L1406-L1408, resistors R1412-R1420 and R1475-R1478, and capacitors C1422C 1427. The four-phase reference generator basically provides sequentially a 0° signal 0 DEG, a 90° signal 90 DEG, a 180° signal 180 DEG and a 270° signal 270 DEG based on the phase angle of the sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF for use by the impedance monitor 90 when the multi-stage counter oscillator IC U1416 receives an impedance oscillator on signal IMP_OSC_CTL_A from the impedance controller U1120 and an impedance oscillator control signal IMP_OSC_CTL. The impedance oscillator control signal IMP_OSC_CTL is a function of the impedance oscillator on signal IMP_OSC_CTL_A (FIG. 11) which is AND gated with a clock frequency, in this case 78.125 KHz. The impedance controller U1120 determines when to test for impedance based upon software. The four-phase reference generator circuit 108 also provides the sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF which is applied to the reflectometer bridge 92 of the impedance detection circuit 90 (FIG. 4A) through a reference amplifier circuit 109 which includes transistors Q1401-Q1404 and resistors R1414-R1420. As described herein above, the control circuit 59 controls a variable output signal to bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b used in electrosurgical procedures and includes the HV DC power supply circuit 66 that provides regulated low voltage and high voltage outputs and the radio frequency waveform generator circuit or RF amplifier 68 that provides PDM of a carrier signal. The carrier signal directly affects the variable output signal to the bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b. Referring to FIGS. 15A-15H, the touchscreen 54 includes screens 120-127 for displaying the data. The onscreen indicators 130 display data in alphanumeric-style values. The onscreen indicators 130 may also include bar graphs. Preferably, the onscreen indicators 130 display one of a pulse width setting, a frequency setting, a voltage setting, an amperage setting, a measured temperature value, a temperature set point value, a measured impedance value, an actual time, an elapsed time, a remaining time, and a time set point value. Optimally, the RF generator 50 onscreen indicators 130 displaying all the previously mentioned values. Preferably, the onscreen indicators 130 display also at least one of an operating mode, an alarm status, a calibration status, a maintenance status and a selected user parameter. The touchscreen 54 has at least one screen 120-127 having an onscreen field 132 for allowing a user to enter a set point. The onscreen field 132 preferably allows entry of at least one of a pulse width setting, a frequency setting, a voltage setting, an amperage setting, a temperature set point value, and a time set point value. Preferably, the screens 120-127 include onscreen fields 132 that include all the previously mentioned values. Further, the touchscreens 120-127 have an onscreen software pushbuttons 134 a-134 c having a first state and a second state. Preferably, the onscreen software pushbuttons 134 a-134 c are pressed to hold and pressed to release and include a save current setting pushbutton 134 a, a load profile pushbutton 134 b and an escape pushbutton 134 c. Further, the screens 120-127 preferably include an onscreen software selector switch 136 having a first position and a second position such as, for example, a monopolar/bipolar mode selector switch 136. The screens 120-127 are preferably navigable using onscreen menu buttons 138 a-138 g to switch between screens 120-127 including a stimulate screen button 138 a, a lesion screen button 138 b, a diagnostics screen button 138 c, a printouts screen button 138 d, a main menu button 138 e, a lesion profiles screen button 138 f and a stimulate screen profiles button 138 g. FIG. 16, shows a navigation menu tree 129 for navigating between screens 120-127 using the onscreen menu buttons 138. While the preferred embodiment is demonstrated in FIG. 16 other ways of navigating between screens 120-127 and other types of onscreen menu buttons may be utilized without departing from the broad inventive scope of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 15A in detail, onscreen menu buttons 138 a-138 d are provided to jump or go to the stimulate screen 123 (FIG. 15D), the lesion screen 121 (FIG. 15B), the diagnostics screen 125 (FIG. 15F) and a printout screen 126 (FIG. 15G), respectively. Preferably, screen 120 is a top or main screen for the user to return to between modes or on power-up as shown in FIG. 16. However, the screens 120-127 may include other versions of a main screen 120 that is more complicated or that uses pop-up menus or the like without departing from the present invention. Referring to FIG. 15B in detail, the lesion screen 121 includes onscreen menu selector buttons 138 a, 138 e, 138 d and 138 f for the stimulate screen 123, the main menu 120, the printout screen 126 and a stimulate profile screen 124 (FIG. 15E), respectively. The lesion screen 121 also includes onscreen indicators for probe temperature, temperature limit, hold time and impedance. The onscreen indicators 130 also act as onscreen modifiable entry fields 132 such that when a user touches an area of the screen near the onscreen indicators 130 and a numeric keypad pops up allowing user entry of a preset or set point. For example, if the user presses the onscreen indicator 130 for the temperature limit 140 (FIG. 15C), a numeric keypad with the numbers 0-9 and “escape” and “enter” appears allowing the user to enter a temperature preset in ° C. such as 20° C., hitting “enter” returns the screen to its original appearance with the new set point entered into the main controller U1 and flash memory IC U1108. By selecting the lesion profiles onscreen menu button 138 f, the lesion profile screen 122 is displayed as shown in detail in FIG. 15C. The lesion profile screen 122 has a table of onscreen indicators 130 which also act as onscreen modifiable entry fields 132. The lesion profile screen 122 includes onscreen menu buttons 134 a-134 c for saving current settings, loading a profile, and “escape”, respectively, which would return to screen 121 (FIG. 15B). The lesion profiles include a list of temperature limits 140 and hold times 141 for different profiles (i.e., profile 1, profile 2, profile 3, profile 4 or profile 1-profile 4). The lesion profile screen also displays the current settings. The profiles (profile 1-profile 4) can be for a particular doctor or for a particular technician or a particular procedure. It is contemplated that the profiles (profile 1-profile 4) can be renamed by touching the onscreen software pushbutton and typing in a procedure name such as “lesion generation” or a doctor's name, such as “Dr. Smith.” During a particular procedure, the temperature control loop will drive the temperature of the electrosurgical pen 40 to the preset temperature limit 140 and hold the temperature at the temperature limit for the hold time 141 in the current settings. The profiles or user defined parameters (profile 1-profile 4) are first entered on the lesion profile screen 122, then stored in a memory location in the flash memory IC U1108 and later selected by a user by using the load a profile button 134 b. The same method for entering the user defined setup parameters is used for both the temperature limit 140 and hold time 141. Once the soak time or hold time preset 141 is used by the counter in the main controller U1, the main controller U1 measures an actual temperature at the bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b using the thermistor 72 located in the tip of the electrosurgical pen 40 and the temperature sense circuit 74. When the actual temperature is approximately equal to the temperature set point or limit 140, the timer compares an elapsed time to the hold time 141 and once the elapsed time is equal to the hold time 141 the main controller U1 reduces the power of the output signal to the bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b to approximately zero. Referring to FIG. 15D in detail, the stimulate screen 123 includes onscreen menu buttons 138 b, 138 e, 138 d and 138 g for the lesion screen 121, the main menu screen 120, the printout screen 126 and a stimulate profiles screen 124 (FIG. 15E), respectively. The stimulate screen 123 also includes onscreen indicators 130 for pulse width, frequency, duration, mode and amplitude. The stimulate screen also includes onscreen software pushbuttons 134 e and 134 f for ramp rate up and ramp rate down, respectively. All the indicators 130 are also onscreen modifiable entry fields 132. For example, the user could select the onscreen indicator 130 for frequency by pressing an area around the onscreen indicator 130 for frequency which would bring up a pop-up menu having frequency values such as 0.5 kHz, 1 kHz, 2 kHz and the like. The only onscreen indicator 130 that is different is the mode onscreen indicator which is also a selector switch 136. When the mode onscreen indicator 130/selector switch 136 is pressed the mode merely toggles between monopolar and bipolar which changes the position of the monopolar mode relay K6003 accordingly. FIG. 15E shows that the stimulate profiles screen 124, similar to the lesion profiles screen 122, includes a table of user defined setup parameters or profiles (profile 1-profile 4) and a listing of current settings. The stimulate profiles screen 124 displays a pulse width 143, a frequency 144, a duration 145, a mode 146 and an amplitude 147. It is contemplated that the stimulated profiles screen 124 also includes an amperage setting, a temperature limit, and an alarm setting. In order to setup a profile, a user selects the parameters 143-147 for a particular profile (profile 1-profile 4) and then uses the save current settings onscreen pushbutton 134 a to store the user profiles, profile 1 -profile 4, into memory. To load a profile, the user selects the load a profile onscreen pushbutton 134 b and the particular profile settings, profile 1-profile 4, are loaded into the current settings. Pressing the escape onscreen pushbutton 134 c returns the user to the stimulate screen 123. Referring to FIG. 15F in detail, the diagnostic screen 125 includes onscreen menu buttons 138 a, 138 b and 138 e for the stimulate screen 123, the lesion screen 121 and the main menu screen 120, respectively. The diagnostic screen 125 also has onscreen pushbuttons 134 for a memory test 150, a temperature test 151, an impedance test 152, a touchpad test 153 and a tone test 154. When the user selects a particular test 150-154, the controller U1 runs diagnostic software and then displays whether the tests 150-154 passed or failed an in onscreen indicator 130 around the test fields 150-154. Obviously, other indication of diagnostics could be implemented without departing from the present invention. Referring to FIG. 15G in detail, the printout screen 126 has onscreen menu buttons 138 a, 138 b and 138 e for the stimulate screen 123, the lesion screen 121 and the main menu screen 120, respectively, and an onscreen pushbutton 134 g to start printing. As indicated on the printout screen 126 the onscreen pushbutton 134 g for start print commands the RF generator 50 through the main controller U1 to output a detailed report of all stimulation and lesion data recorded during a procedure through data output port P6013. FIG. 17 is a software flow chart of the impedance calculation software routine or impedance calculation routine 198 for the electrosurgical bipolar generator apparatus 50. The impedance calculation routine 198 runs in at least one of the controllers U1, U1102 or U1120, but preferably runs in the main controller U1 and the impedance controller U1120. The impedance monitoring circuit 76 detects an impedance as measured across the pair of leads of the bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b. The impedance is correspondingly proportional to an amount of cell destruction caused by the RF generator 50. The impedance monitoring circuit 76 uses the bridge detectors 100, 102 to measure an overall impedance signal and the reference detectors 104, 106 measure the impedance of the sine reference signal 20 KHZ_REF. In Step 200 of the impedance calculation routine 198, I/O are initialized, timers are setup and interrupts are enabled in the impedance monitor controller U1120 and/or in the main controller U1. If a coagulation signal COAG from the main controller U1 (FIG. 12A) is determined to be low by the impedance controller U1120 (FIG. 11A), the impedance calculation routine 198 energizes an oscillator in Step 202. At Step 204, an AID converter inputs the bridge detector signals from bridges 102, 100 (real and imaginary, respectively) measured from the impedance circuit 76 and the reference signals from the reference detectors 106, 104, (real and imaginary, respectively). The impedance calculation routine 198 adds a constant or a correction factor to the reference signals at Step 206. The correction factor is to compensate for losses in the circuit components due to non-ideal or real world component conditions. At Step 207, the impedance calculation routine 198 divides the bridge output values IMP_BRDG_I and IMP_BRDG_Q (real and imaginary, respectively) from the bridge I-channel circuit 103 and bridge Q-channel circuit 101 by the reference values IMP_REF_I and IMP_REF_Q (real and imaginary, respectively) from the reference I-channel circuit 107 and reference Q-channel circuit 105 to obtain RHO (real and imaginary) otherwise known as a reflection coefficient. Next at Step 208, the impedance calculation routine 198 calculates one plus RHO over one minus RHO to obtain the complex impedance (i.e., real and imaginary values) in Cartesian coordinates. The routine 198 then multiplies the impedance obtained at Step 208 by a scaling factor at Step 210. Using processor functions for multiplying and adding the real and imaginary stored variables of the actual impedance and taking the square root thereof at Steps 212-218, the impedance routine 198 obtains the magnitude of the impedance value and stores the magnitude value into memory at Step 220. Similarly, the impedance routine 198 uses processor functions to divide the real component of the actual impedance by the imaginary component of the actual impedance and then takes the arctangent of the result to obtain the phase angle or angle of the impedance at steps 222-224. The impedance routine 198 then stores the actual impedance angle at step 226. Preferably, the impedance calculation routine 198 is used to detect an amount of cell destruction when using the RF generator 50. The user first measures a baseline impedance across the pair of leads of the bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b with the impedance monitoring circuit 76 when the leads are applied to an area of cell tissue just before either a coagulation operation or a cutting operation. The user implements the selected operation (i.e., cutting or coagulating) and the impedance monitoring circuit 76 measures the present impedance across the pair of leads of the bipolar electrodes 44 a, 44 b. The RF generator 50 determines the amount of cell destruction which has occurred by comparing the present impedance to the baseline impedance. The difference between the impedances is correspondingly proportional to the amount of cell destruction caused by the RF generator 50. Preferably, the controller U1 stops a selected operation after a predetermined level of cell destruction has occurred based upon the measured and compared impedance values. As mentioned above, preferably the measurement includes the overall signal in-phase components obtained through the bridge in-phase detector 102 and the overall signal quadrature component using the bridge quadrature detector 100 and includes the reference signal in-phase components obtained by the reference in-phase detector 106 and the reference signal quadrature components obtained by the reference quadrature detector 104. The in-phase and quadrature components are combined using Steps 200-220 of the impedance software in the impedance controller U1120 for both the baseline and the present impedance values in order to determine the magnitude and angle of the impedance. FIGS. 18A-18B show a software flowchart for a lesion or temperature control software routine or simply lesion routine 228. The lesion routine 228 runs in at least one of the controllers U1, U1102 or U1120, but preferably runs in the main controller U1. The lesion screen 121 displays the temperature limit 140 and hold time 141 which are drawn or loaded at Step 230 of the lesion routine 228. The temperature is converted or scaled at Step 232 from the temperature input voltage signal THRMSTR conditioned by the temperature sense control circuit 74 as measured from the thermistor 72. At Step 234, the actual temperature measured and converted is loaded or displayed on the touchscreen 54. Similarly, the actual impedance as measured between the electrodes 44 a, 44 b and calculated by the impedance routine 198 is displayed on the touchscreen 54 at Step 236. An initial power level is determined at Step 238 using the actual probe temperature in comparison to the temperature limit 141. Steps 240-246 determine what input, if any, was received and determine where to proceed in the lesion routine 228. Step 240 determines whether the touchscreen 54 was touched or depressed. If the touchscreen was touched, the lesion routine 228 jumps to a sub-routine for entering a new temperature limit 140 or hold time at Step 242. Alternatively if the touchscreen 54 was not pressed, the lesion routine 228 determines whether the start button was pressed or not at Step 244. If the start button was not pressed, the lesion routine 228 determines at Step 246 whether the foot pedal was pressed. If the start button was pressed, the lesion routine 228 checks if the measured impedance is less than about 1500 ohms at Step 248. If the foot pedal was pressed and the start button was not pressed, the lesion routine 228 also checks if the impedance is less than about 1500 ohms at Step 248. If the foot pedal is not pressed, the lesion routine 228 jumps back to Step 232 to perform another temperature conversion. If the impedance is less than about 1500 ohms at Step 248, the lesion routine 228 goes to Step 249 to display “insert probe” and returns to the perform temperature conversion at Step 232. If the impedance is less than about 1500 ohms, the lesion routine 228 proceeds to Step 250 and turns on output power, illuminates an LED, and sounds a tone. Next at Step 252, the lesion routine 228 initializes flags and a delay counter. At Step 254, the lesion routine 228 checks for fault signals. At Step 256, the lesion routine 228 performs temperature conversion. At Step 258, the probe temperature and impedance are displayed. If the probe temperature is greater than the temperature limit 140 at Step 260, the delay counter is decreased by a predetermined number, in this case by five as shown at Step 261 and the lesion routine 228 proceeds to Step 264. If the probe temperature is not greater than the temperature limit 140 the lesion routine 228 proceeds to Step 262 where the delay counter is decreased by another predetermined number, in this case by one, before proceeding to Step 264. At step 264, the lesion routine 228 determines whether the delay counter has reached zero. If the delay counter equals zero, the lesion routine 228 proceeds to Step 266 where the delay counter is reloaded and subsequently proceeds to Step 268 to calculate the differential temperature between the probe temperature and the temperature limit 140. If the differential temperature is less than about four, the delay counter is increased by a differential temperature increase amount at Step 270. If the differential temperature is less than zero, the output power is decreased by a predetermined output power difference and a set limit reached flag is set at Step 272. If the differential temperature is greater than zero, the power output is increased by a factor of the differential temperature at Step 274. At Step 276, the hold timer is started, if it is not already started. When the temperature limit 140 is reached, the lesion routine 228 proceeds to Step 278 which displays the update hold timer. If the delay counter is not equal to zero at Step 264, the lesion routine 228 also proceed to Step 276 to start the hold timer. After the hold time display has been updated, the output power is turned off when the timer equals zero, the stop button is pressed or otherwise a loop condition has been met at Step 280. FIGS. 19A-19B show a software flow chart for an RF power output software routine or RF output routine 298. The RF output routine 298 runs in at least one of the controllers U1, U1 102 or U1120, but preferably runs primarily in the main controller U1 and the RF output controller U1102. A jitter counter is loaded with a preset at Step 300 and a pointer is set to a random delay table at Step 302. At Step 304, a loop loads a predetermined count time into a first timer, TIMER1, and the first timer TIMER1 is started. At Step 306 a random delay time value is read from the table, randomly, and is loaded into a second timer, TIMER0, and subsequently the second timer TIMER0 is started. The jitter counter is decremented at Step 308. If the jitter counter equals zero, an invert jitter flag is set and the jitter counter is reset at Step 309 before proceeding to Step 310. However, if the jitter counter is not equal to zero, the jitter flag is checked at Step 310 to determine if it is equal to zero. If the jitter flag equals zero at Step 310, the RF output routine 298 proceeds or jumps to a second frequency sub-routine COAG_833 (FIG. 19C) at Step 311. However, if the jitter flag does not equal zero, the RF output routine 298 proceeds to a first frequency sub-routine COAG_1000 at Step 312 and a first byte of data is loaded into the first and second shift registers U1130, U1140. At step 312, the first and second shift registers U1130, U1140 are also started at a particular first frequency, in this case the first frequency is about 1 MHz. At Step 314, a second byte of data is loaded into the first and second shift registers U1130, U1140 and at Step 316 a third byte is loaded into the first and second shift registers U1130, U1140, and likewise fourth through ninth bytes are subsequently loaded into the first and second shift registers U1130, U1140, at Steps 318, 320, 322, 324, 326 and 328, respectively. At Step 330 (FIG. 19B), the second random delay timer TIMER0 is run until complete before proceeding to Step 332. At Step 332, the reset pointer is moved to the top of the random delay table if it is at the bottom or at some other predetermined return (to top) location. At Step 334, the first timer TIMER1 is checked. If the first timer TIMER1 is complete the routine moves to Step 336, and loads another preset time count into the first timer TIMER1. However, if the first timer TIMER1 is not complete the RF output routine 298 jumps back to Step 306 at Step 335. After loading the other preset time into the first timer TIMER1 at Step 336, the RF output routine 298 proceeds to Step 338 to determine if the foot pedal is being pressed or if there is a fault. The output is suspended for a suspension time at Step 340, in this case the suspension time is about 100 milliseconds, if a short circuit signal is activated. Next at Step 342, the first timer TIMER1 is checked. If the first timer TIMER1 is not complete the RF output routine 298 returns to Step 338. However, if the first timer TIMER1 is complete, the RF output routine 298 jumps back at Step 343 to Step 304. Referring to FIG. 19C, the second frequency sub-routine COAG_ 833 is shown in Steps 344 through 361. At Step 344 through 360 other bytes are loaded into the first and second shift registers U1130, U1140 which preferably create a separate frequency different from the first frequency created from the bytes of data loaded at Steps 312 through 328 (FIG. 19A). Steps 300-311 and 330-343 comprise a randomizer sub-routine. The randomizer sub-routine causes the RF output to switch between the first and second frequency sub-routines COAG_1000, COAG_833, generally randomly. A dedicated random generator or random generator circuit could also be implemented without departing from the present invention, thereby simplifying the RF output routine 298. Further, other methods of randomizing the selection between the first and second frequency sub-routines COAG_1000, COAG_833 could be implemented in the RF output routine 298 without departing from the present invention. The primary purpose of switching between the first and second frequency sub-routines COAG_1000, COAG_833, is to avoid unwanted collateral damage caused by a prolonged output at a single frequency. It has been observed during use of electrosurgical generators which output a single frequency for prolonged periods of time that such unwanted collateral damage occurs. It has also been observed that by randomly shifting between frequencies during use, such collateral damage can be avoided or at least minimized. Obviously other different frequencies could be loaded into the first and second frequency sub-routines COAG_1000, COAG_833 in order to vary the frequency between different first and second frequencies utilizing the shift routines and the random generator without departing from the broad inventive scope of the present invention. It is further contemplated that any number of different output signals could be formed, having any number of different shapes and different frequencies, by substituting or changing the data loaded into the first and second frequency sub-routines COAG_ 1000, COAG_833. For example, outputs could be formed having the form of decaying sinusoids, decaying sawtooth waves, decaying square waves, or decaying combinations thereof. Preferably, the outputs are a combination of a decaying square wave and a decaying sinusoid. (b) a radio frequency (RF) waveform generator circuit that provides pulse duration modulation of a carrier signal, the carrier signal directly affecting the variable output signal to the electrodes. 2. The control circuit according to claim 1, wherein the RF waveform generator circuit includes at least one shift register integrated circuit (IC) device. 3. The control circuit according to claim 1, wherein the RF waveform generator circuit includes two shift register integrated circuit (IC) devices and a processor. 4. The control circuit according to claim 3, wherein the processor is a microcontroller that has a controlling program for generating a plurality of different user selectable waveforms based on the pulse duration modulation of the carrier signal. (b) an off-line switching power supply that provides a high voltage DC output to a radio frequency (RF) waveform generator circuit, the RF waveform generator circuit providing pulse duration modulation of a carrier signal, the carrier signal directly affecting the variable output signal to the electrodes. (c) a touchscreen interface that communicates with the controller to display the data from the memory and that allows a user to enter a setting. 8. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 7, wherein the touchscreen has an on-screen indicator for displaying the data. 9. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 8, wherein the on-screen indicator is an alphanumeric value. 10. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 8, wherein the on-screen indicator is a bar graph. 11. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 8, wherein the on-screen indicator displays at least one of a pulse width setting, a frequency setting, a voltage setting, an amperage setting, a measured temperature value, a temperature setpoint value, a measured impedance value, an actual time, an elapsed time, a remaining time, and a time setpoint value. 12. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 8, wherein the on-screen indicator displays at least one of an operating mode, an alarm status, a calibration status, a maintenance status, and a selected user parameter. 13. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 7, wherein the touchscreen has an on-screen field for allowing a user to enter a setpoint. 14. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 13, wherein the on-screen field allows entry of at least one of a pulse width setting, a frequency setting, a voltage setting, an amperage setting, a temperature setpoint value, and time setpoint value. 15. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 7, wherein the touchscreen has an on-screen software pushbutton having a first state and a second state. 16. The electrosurgical generator apparatus of claim 7, wherein the touchscreen has an on-screen software selector switch having a first position and a second position. (c) an impedance monitoring circuit that detects an impedance as measured across a pair of leads of the electrodes, the impedance being correspondingly proportional to an amount of cell destruction caused by the generator apparatus. 18. The electrosurgical generator apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the impedance monitoring circuit further comprises a bridge detector for measuring an overall signal and a reference detector for measuring a reference signal. 19. The electrosurgical generator apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the bridge detector further comprises a bridge in-phase detector for measuring overall in-phase components of the overall signal and a bridge quadrature detector for measuring overall quadrature components of the overall signal. 20. The electrosurgical generator apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the reference detector further comprises a reference in-phase detector for measuring reference in-phase components of the reference signal and a reference quadrature detector for measuring reference quadrature components of the reference signal. (e) stopping the selected operation after a predetermined level of cell destruction. 22. The method according to claim 21, wherein step (a) further includes measuring overall signal in-phase components using a bridge in-phase detector and overall signal quadrature components using a bridge quadrature detector and measuring reference signal in-phase components using a reference in-phase detector and reference signal quadrature components using a reference quadrature detector. 23. The method according to claim 22, wherein step (a) further includes combining the overall in-phase components and the overall quadrature components, combining the reference in-phase components and the reference quadrature components, comparing the overall components to the reference components to create a comparison result, in order to determine the magnitude and angle of an impedance. (f) comparing the combined overall components to the combined reference components to determine the magnitude and angle of the impedance. (c) selecting the first user-defined parameter using the user interface. (f) selecting either the first user-defined set-up parameter or the second user-defined set-up parameter using the user interface. 27. The method according to claim 25, wherein the first user-defined set-up parameter is one of a pulse width setting, a frequency setting, a voltage setting, an amperage setting, a temperature limit, a time duration and an alarm setting. (g) reducing the power of the output signal to the electrodes to approximately zero.

2019-04-23T07:22:06Z

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very nice animation. clear sounds, and the movements go with the sound. I also liked how u looped it very nicely. I personally like the flashes to the music. the only thing i thought was that it was continuous, it needed somethin different added, but other than that very nice work. it was very funny and smooth animation. even on this computer it was smooth, and this computer has slow connection. it made me lawl =)! This was just absolutely amazing! I saw it on weeblesstuff a few months ago, and i'm glad you guys finally decided to upload it to newgrounds ^^ its great!

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So I have some happy news! :) I have been asked to join the Jacksonbelle Embellishments Blog Team! :) Earlier this summer, when I realized I had missed the DT call, I wrote to Lindsey and asked to to add me to her email list so that the next time she had a call I could try out... well she didn't have another call... but she emailed me last week asking if I would like to join her team!!! I am thrilled! Now what does this mean for you? It means you will be seeing me highlight products that she carries in her store, you will see an even MORE diverse selection of items used in my projects and it means you will now have yet another place that you will want to go spend your money! HAHAHA From a customer standpoint, whenever I have ordered from Lindsey in the past, I have had GREAT customer service, a wonderful selection of the newest products and competitive pricing. She ships quickly and everything has arrived in great condition. :) I can highly recommend Jacksonbelle Embellishments! Sooo on to my first "official" design team project. :) Each month long Jacksonbelle Embellishments has a monthly contest and this month there are some fabulous prizes...for all of the details click HERE. This week's challenge is to use something new in the store. So I chose to use Jenni Bowlin Papers which are new, a Prima flower which is also new, and some beautiful May Arts ribbon. (Not new but I love it! LOL) I also used my Cherished Thanks stamp set from Renaissance By Design and Labels Nine Nestabilities from Spellbinders. I hope you enjoy!

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Oswald, sir, this is unfair. Very few of us know anything about loyalty to Christ…[a]ll the rest is pious fraud. Oh Lord, where is my pious fraud? Where am I resisting dependence on Him? Where am I, whether absentmindedly or out of sheer unredeemed cussedness, disloyal to Jesus? Rebellious is a sin word. Disobedient, too, and resistant. Those ones are easy to nod thoughtfully and soberly at, easy to analyze and think deeply on. Disloyal is more. It’s personal. It’s betraying someone who trusts, someone who is owed loyalty. It stings worse. It rips my perspective from mental assent to thrust it in view of the Cross of Christ. Where my Savior was crucified, and where I am bound to follow by my choice. Right now, the Boy and I are facing some Stuff. Like a multiple choice question where all of the above and none of the above seem like equally valid, textbook answers. I could make arguments for both sides, each seeming more Right than the last. Today as the Boy and I walked to the subway station on his way to work, we talked about the Stuff in the light of this devotional. What if my response to hard things isn’t that Christ-loyal instinct? That unmistakable witness? What does that mean? Some things are easy to surrender, but when I think about others, the only answer is an honest-as-I-can I don’t know. It’s a learned submission, a deliberate choice, that I assume I’ve got down and thus fail to practice. But He keeps bringing me back to the brink of it. This is the loyalty of God when I don’t act like I know the meaning of the word. Have I chosen it today? in all things? Or do I yet hunker inside that brittle enclosure of human independence? Lord, today (again) I resign my rights. Hide my life in Yours.

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Toyota Offers Up Land Crusier With Godzilla-Like Pricing - Cars! Cars! Cars! AutoWeek reports: 2008 Toyota Land Cruiser Pricing Announced". Holy crow! $64k for a Toyota? That's a ton of dukets. As in, you'll need an SUV to carry the cash to the dealer. See, GM? If you make good products, you can charge up the wazoo. We mentioned that in a very odd rant some time ago (hell if we can find it now, though). When we see GM and the rest of Detroit starting to raise prices then maybe we'll think they really believe they are making a better product (the longer warranties are just to get folks back into the showroom). It just shows you how dumb some people are. Just get screwed by Toyota and enjoy it. The mind set is if it not American it just has to be better. Duhhhhhh! On the other hand, I haven't seen a *new* land cruiser on the roads for years. I see new Suburbans all the time. I guess when your target market is South American drug lords, you can charge pretty much whatever you want.

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WHY evangelise? | Let the Grace Revolution Arise in the earth today!!! The word evangelist in the original language, Greek, is euaggelistes, which means ‘a preacher of the Gospel, a bringer of good tidings’. The imaginery is liken to the middle age days where a herald would come to a village and proclaim a message from the King. He had been given authority to do so and that is his job, simply to be the king’s mouth piece to the people. Yes, we are like a herald sent from God, but More than that, let me explain. But, why do we evangelise? The answer is simply to empty hell so that people won’t have to go there and fill heaven; TO SAVE PEOPLE. Do we simply present the Gospel to someone and say, ‘that’s it, one down, next person please…’ and we don’t really care if they accept the gospel or not, but we just do it because it’s our job. But I disagree with that motivation. Picture this: you are selling a very great health product that could improve the lives of people. It’s health and benefits are documented and tested in the university labs. So you go around knocking on doors selling this product, but you don’t just present the product and then goto the next customer, but the whole purpose of presenting that product is so in the hope that people will buy it! Otherwise why even present it and say, ‘Okay now that you know what the product is, bye bye I’m going to the next person!’ and rush off. No salesman would ever do that. The purpose is to sell the product, especially in this case it will benefit people’s health. So why do I, as a Christians do it, sometimes? Especially when it comes to street evangelism. I talk to some stranger about Jesus, and say in my heads, ‘Okay I’ve done my job now, next person, please, the more people I talk to, I feel better.’ But I am simply doing it out of duty, not out of love; I don’t really care about that person too much, but I care more about my ‘job’. If your family were unsaved, you would never do that to them! You wouldn’t just present the gospel to them, and say ‘that’s fine, let’s move on to the next person.’ But you would want them to get saved, because you love them! You don’t want them to goto everlasting punishment, but goto everlasting happiness in heaven, and you’ll do anything that you can to make that happen! Most of us didnt’ get saved right away when the first time we heard the gospel, it was a process. 1 Corinthians 9:19 For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people. 8 9:20 To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) 9 to gain those under the law. 9:21 To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God’s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law. 9:22 To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.9:23 I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it. He didn’t just care about the message, he cared about the person with whom he was sharing the message with. His focus was the Person he’s talking to, not the Presentation he’s making. The presentation came out naturally as he was focusing his compassion on the person he was talking to. Paul’s motivation for evangelism is not evangelism itself, but it’s in the hope that some might get saved. May his motivation become my motivation; let us not see people we witness to as just a number, but as precious human beings created in God’s image, worth more than all of creation itself, worth so much to God that He would give His Only Son for them. Some might say, ‘we can’t save anyone, only God can!’ Of course, only God can save, but if we do our part to save people, then God will be able to do His part and save them too somewhere done the road. So in summary, the motivation for any kind of evangelism (whether street or friendship) is NOT evangelism itself BUT for the Saving of souls; of people from going to a lost eternity. This entry was posted in Evangelism, Legalism and tagged Evangelism, Good News, Gospel. Bookmark the permalink.

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We hardly watch videos anymore, for a variety of reasons. And I think we woud be better off, at least somewhat, if we never watched them at all. But we still watch them occasionally, as a birthday treat for the kids or as an infrequent entertainment for the family. For Elizabeth’s birthday we rented Babe, and we were delighted to see how delighted the little ones were by that. One thing that has crept up on us is the declining selections at the local Blockbuster Video stores. I know pre-1965 movies pretty well, and used to be that I could always find something worthwhile in the classics section. Now I don’t think there is a classics section, and older movies are hardly available. Neither are the offbeat ones we might like to see. I’ve always been intrigued by the way Netflix works, but could hardly justify $20 per month to gain access to a constant stream of videos, especially since I didn’t want to be lured back into watching videos constantly. But now they’ve added some less extravagant plans, including an entry level where each month you pay $5 and get two rentals. That was just about our speed, and $2.50 apiece is a fair price, especially since we only go as far as our mailbox to pick them up and return them. We’ve been signed up for two months now, and so far we’ve watched two Buster Keaton films, Babe, and Fiddler on the Roof. In September we’ll be watching collections of the Fleischer Popeye cartoons, and somewhere after that we’ll check out the BBC production of Mansfield Park to see if it’s worth adding to our Jane Austen collection. Turnaround is quite fast, even out here in the country, usually two business days. I do most of my HTML editing in a what-you-see-is-what-you-get context, and I don’t enjoy writing raw HTML. Usually this isn’t a problem, but when we switched our online store over to using Zen Cart open source software, I suddenly had no option but to write my book descriptions into a browser text box using raw HTML—not an environment conducive to reflection, and new book descriptions have suffered as a result. The other day I decided it was a problem that needed to be fixed, and so I started looking for some freeware that would let me compose my HTML visually, then paste the resulting code into Zen Cart. And I was pleased to stumble across the perfect solution, namely Xinha Here! from Hypercubed Software. Once you install this Firefox extension, right-clicking on any text box will present a menu option that opens a WYSIWYG HTML editor, displaying any HTML that was in the text box; once you’ve edited that, you can dismiss the editor and the revised raw HTML will be pasted directly into the text box. I know the problem I’m solving here is pretty specialized, but I think Xinha Here! might also be useful in other situations, particularly when commenting on a weblog where the software confronts you with a minimally functional (and usually tiny) text box. We are just passing through the height of the melon season, with more being hauled in from the fields than can be sold through the usual channels, so the Burkholders have asked me to haul a load of melons three times weekly to the produce auction in Crab Orchard, about fifty miles away. At the auction growers bring in their produce, divide it into lots, and take whatever price the auction can sell it for; the good news is that you will almost always sell your stuff, the bad news is that you can’t count on a good (or even predictable) price. So Monday morning I was at 501 at 7:30am. It took about an hour to get the melons loaded, then 75 minutes to drive them to Crab Orchard, then 45 minutes until they were unloaded, and another 75 minutes home, with a stop close to home to refuel. I know all that because I took a theme book and began keeping a log of my travels. Looking over the log, I realize that there is a lot of time during a trip where I am waiting, and rather than just watching bins being loaded and unloaded I should probably redeem the time by taking reading material along. Monday afternoon was uneventful, and at 5pm I was about to put burgers on the grill for supper when the phone rang. It was Daniel Burkholder, calling to see if I would be able to drive a load of canteloupes down to Denny Holman in Chattanooga that night. I would have said yes in any case, but I especially wanted to make it up to Denny for the problems with the last delivery, so I said I would. After I hung up, Debbie reminded me that I was supposed to be driving produce to Lexington for Jerome the next morning, but surely wouldn’t be back in time. Ooops. So I called Daniel back to tell him I needed to talk to Jerome first, and then called Jerome, who said that the delivery could happen later in the day if necessary. So I called Daniel back again and told him I was on my way. The family scrambled to help me gather food for the trip—water bottles, triscuits, cherry tomatoes, cheese, and peanuts, all packed into an insulated lunchbag. It didn’t take me twenty minutes from the first call until I was on the road. I went to 501 Produce where they loaded two bins, and then to South Fork Produce where they filled the truck with another fourteen bins. By 7pm I was on my way to Chattanooga. I’d say that these things tend to happen on the hottest possible days, but lately all the days have been hot, and even at 7pm the temperature was about one hundred degrees, very unusual for this part of the state. So I was watching the temperature gauge on the truck very closely. And of all the ups and downs ahead of me on the trip, the worst hill of all was the very first one, about three miles down the road. On that one I was crawling up the hill carrying 12,000 pounds of melons at 5mph, with the gauge climbing and the heat on full blast in the cab. At the top of the hill I breathed a sigh of relief, but as I drove on more level ground the engine wasn’t cooling very much, so I found a place to pull over and idle for a few minutes. Fortunately now that the cooling system is fixed the engine will cool quickly when not under load, and so I was moving again soon enough. This time I stuck to US 27 all the way to I-40 in Tennessee, and it turned out to be a much gentler route than I-75, at least in terms of grades. There were long climbs, of course, but nothing to compare to the interstate, and since the traffic is moving more slowely in general on a two-lane highway with climbing lanes, cars weren’t as surprised to encounter a truck doing 25mph in the climbing lane and it felt much less dangerous. The engine would occasionally get hot as I climbed, but nothing dangerous, and I gradually learned more about how to drive the truck so as to minimize that. But still I kept the heat on in the cab all the way there. The trip down turned out to be almost exactly five hours, so I pulled into the agreed-upon meeting place at midnight. Denny had other deliveries to attend to that night, so he sent a schoolteacher friend along to take me to the unloading point and unload the truck. It was a bit weird being at a vacant produce station after midnight, spending ninety minutes watching a fellow use a forklift to unload the truck with only headlights for illumination. I should have used the time to catch a nap, but the fellow was rusty in his forklift skills and needed me to be a second set of eyes. At 1:30am he finished up, gave me the cash to take back to the sellers, and I headed back north. At this point I’m figuring four plus hours to get home, maybe by 6am if I drove straight through, something I’m in no shape to do. But as I drive along I’m not finding any good locations to pull the truck off the road for a nap, either. At 3am I stopped at a Pilot truck stop on I-40 for fuel, as well as to walk around and get an orange juice; I’m not dangerously drowsy yet, and I’m getting closer to US 27 where I’m more likely to find a place to pull over. Or so I thought, anyway; I drove for an hour on US 27 without any luck, but then suddenly found a spot where there was a very wide section of shoulder where various trucks and heavy equipment had been parked. I pulled off as well, then did my best to stretch out on the cab seat and sleep. After an hour I had gotten what benefit I could from that, so I headed on again at 5am. The twisty mountain road was enough to keep me awake for awhile, but I was still very drowsy, and after an hour I saw another good spot to pull off and so I did. This time I just sat upright at the wheel and napped, and it turned out to be more comfortable; I’ll probably add a small pillow to the standard equipment to make that a bit easier. Only 45 minutes later I was awake again, and feeling much better. I drove on, got home at 8am, said hello, went up to the bedroom, set the alarm for 10am, and napped again; remember that I still needed to make a produce delivery to Lexington that day. At 10am I figured I could spare the time for a shower, which is an important part of my wake-up routine. I made some coffee and a cream cheese bagel to take along, refilled my water bottle, and was headed out again at 10:30am. I stopped at 501 Produce to give them their portion of the cash, then drove on to South Fork Produce. As I paid Ammon, the fellow who runs South Fork Produce, he asked me if I would be available that afternoon to transfer a truckful of melons from 501 Produce to him, to be loaded on the Wal-Mart semi that would be arriving at 4:30pm. I told him that it would be pretty tight but possible, and I would call from Lexington to say whether I could be back in time. After that I drove up the hill to Jerome’s to load the order for Good Foods. Usually we take our time about this, but since I was trying to get back as early as possible I was on my way again in twenty minutes. At one point I had thought I would stop for some fast food, just to quench my hunger for a few hours, but instead I decided to see how quickly I could get to Lexington if I pushed it, so I munched on crackers and cherry tomatoes and kept driving. Turns out that I can get there in about one hour and forty-five minutes, not too bad. I could have unloaded quickly and headed back home, but I was also supposed to give Jerome’s wife a ride home from visiting her family in town, and she hadn’t arrived yet. At that point I thought it was fair to stop pushing, so I called to say I couldn’t do the afternoon run, then took my time visiting with Matt in the produce department as we unloaded the order. When Mrs. Lange arrived, she did a bit of shopping and then we left for home. On the drive home I wasn’t drowsy, but I could feel my energy ebbing away. I dropped her off at her place, stopped for fuel, and arrived back home at 5:30pm where supper was waiting. After supper I fell asleep in the living room, and when I woke up at 8pm I decided there was no point in doing anything but going up to bed, where I slept until morning about as soundly as I ever have. oad of melons to Crab Orchard, but after Monday/Tuesday’s adventure it was a peaceful way to spend the morning. When I stopped back at 501 produce, Daniel’s sister Leah asked me if I was available to drive her and her sister-in-law to town Thursday morning for a few errands. It’s common for the Mennonites to hire a driver for such things, but it isn’t something I wanted to do on a regular basis, especially since it is a twenty-minute, twelve-mile drive from home to pick them up. But I had been wanting to at least give it a try, and I also wanted to do what favors I could for the Burkholders, so I told her that would be fine and agreed to pick them up at 6:45am Thursday. When I arrived Thursday morning, Leah told me that her brother Joe had decided to go as well, and asked me to go get him first, giving me directions to his place about three miles away. I went there, and when Joe came out he was moving very gingerly—it turns out he had hurt his back badly and wanted to visit the chiropractor in town. We headed back to pick up Mrs. Lena Burkholder (Daniel’s wife) and her daughter, then next door to get Miss Leah Burkholder, then next door again to get Ephraim Burkholder’s son. On the way into town we passed a couple of buggies, and the Burkholders commented on how this or that person had gotten an early start. Normally they would have made this trip in a buggy themselves, but Leah needed to get back as soon as possible to work at 501 produce. We first went to the small hospital in Liberty so that some of the women could have blood drawn (I’m not sure why, but there were lots of other folks there for the same reason). While we waited, Joe wanted to save some time by driving to whatever stores were open at 7:30am; we stopped at the IGA so he could buy some rat poison, made a note that the Dollar General didn’t open until 9am, and went and waited for the Save-A-Lot to open at 8am. By 8:05 it hadn’t opened and we needed to move on, so we headed back to the hospital, picked up the women, and drove to the chiropractor’s office. Although it didn’t open until 8:30am, someone was there and let them in to wait, while I sat in the car and read a book. About 8:45am Joe, Ephraim’s son, Lena, and her daughter emerged, and asked me to take them to the bank while Leah was still seeing the doctor. I did, then came back and waited for Leah, who came out about 9am. We then went to the Dollar General store where everyone was to meet. Leah went in for a bit, then came out and asked me to take her to the Radio Shack, where she needed to buy a loud ringer for the telephone at the produce station. Neither of us was sure where the Radio Shack was, though, or even if there was one in Liberty. We drove up and down the (very short) strip, then stopped in at the electrical supply store to see if they had a ringer. They didn’t, but they knew where the Radio Shack was, so we drove over there and Leah bought what she needed. Then it was back to the Dollar General, and after a few more minutes everyone gathered and we were on our way back home by 9:30am. When we got back they asked me how much to pay; I told them I had no idea, but I wanted to charge them a bit less than the going rate. We finally agreed on $25, and the five of them gave me $5 apiece. When I had seen Daniel that morning, he had asked me if I could move a truckful of canteloupes from his place to South Fork by 4pm, and I told him I could. But shortly after I got home he called and asked if I could be there by 1:30pm, since the Wal-Mart truck was running early. Again, I said I could. But as I sat down to lunch just before noon, Daniel called again and said the Wal-Mart truck was running very early, and could I come right away. I said I could, asked Maggie to save my half-assembled tomato sandwich for me, grabbed my water bottle, and headed out. When I got to 501 produce Daniel and his crew were scrambling to wash and label a bunch of melons; they loaded the truck quickly, then Daniel and two of his sons hopped in the cab with me and we drove the six miles to South Fork Produce. When we arrived at 1pm we found the loading dock already occupied by an impatient Wal-Mart truck, so we drove to the other side of the building, unloaded the bins quickly, and scooted them into the semi, which was gone a couple of minutes after the last bin was loaded. Daniel talked for awhile with Ammon, then hopped back in the cab with his sons and asked if we could stop by Raymond Shirk’s place to pick up a piece of equipment for him to repair. (Daniel does welding—in fact, he will be repairing some metal parts of my truck this winter.) We drove the half-mile or so to Raymond’s, and figured out how to load the two unwieldy parts of a gizmo used to pull plastic mulch out of the ground once the growing is over. Then it was back to 501 produce, where it would be easier to unload the gizmo than at Daniel’s place. After that it was up to Jerome’s place. After I got home from taking the Burkholders to Liberty, I had helped put together the Friday produce order for Good Foods, thirty pounds of acorn squash and sixteen pints of cherry tomatoes. Jerome was doing the Friday delivery so he could also visit family in Lexington, so I needed to take the stuff to him that afternoon. When I had to leave suddenly, we had tossed it all in the truck, along with a cooler with two gallons of milk, a gift for the Langes that would have otherwise been poured out on the ground (too much milk around here right now, and no pig to eat it). Jerome wasn’t around, so I left the produce and put the milk in his cooler, and finally headed back home. Compared to all that, Friday’s work was uneventful, just another trip to Crab Orchard to deliver melons. The waits for loading and unloading were a bit longer than usual, and I was really wishing I had remembered to bring a book along. There was a very small chance that Denny Holman in Chattanooga would want a load of melons delivered today, but that never materialized and it was fine with me. I will probably be taking him a couple of loads over the next couple of weeks, at which point melon season will screech to a sudden halt and I’ll be out of the trucking business for awhile. Well, it seems to be official now. On Sunday, September 23 at 3pm Chris and I will be playing at the Carter Family Fold. This is one of the concerts to support the release of the Music of Coal 2-CD set. We are there primarly to supply backup for Ron Short and others who appear on the CD, but we will also be performing three or four songs from the CD ourselves. It is quite a treat for us to play at the Carter Fold in any capacity. And this show will be especially special, because Darrell Scott, who has one of the the finest songs on the CD set (“Never Leave Harlan Alive”) has agreed to appear as the headliner. There is also a chance that Darrell’s dad Wayne Scott will appear as well; we’re excited to meet Wayne if that happens, since he lives in London, not too far from here. Tickets aren’t cheap ($15 in advance, $18 at the door) but it’s for a good cause and should be a great show. We encourage everyone in the area to think about coming. On Wednesday Jerome drove me down to Knoxville to collect the refrigerator truck from the dealer. He volunteered not only because he is a nice guy, but because he had just bought a 1989 Toyota pickup to replace the Nissan truck that died earlier this year and he wanted a chance to try it out. So we left about 2pm, got in a lot of talking on the drive, ate at a decent Vietnamese restaurant, and then went to the dealer to pay the bill and get my truck. The bill was heart-stopping, but they had replaced the cooling system, changed the oil and all filters, and done a thorough inspection, so it counts as an investment. After waiting to be sure the truck would start (!) Jerome headed back home, since he could make much better time on his own and I wasn’t much concerned about further trouble. And there wasn’t any, if you don’t count the side-trip I had to make to the Vietnamese restaurant to pick up the credit card I had left there. I drove home on US 27, a back way that was probably a primary route before the interstates arrived. Unlike the trip down on the interstate, where I was quite intimidated by the endless stream of semis passing me at high speeds, the drive home was almost peaceful with very few trucks or cars out that night. The grades on US 27 were actually milder than those on the interstate, and with so little traffic I was able to spend some time learning how best to drive the truck up and down hills. The trip down took about 3 1/2 hours, while driving back took a little more than four hours. Thursday I got a call from Ephraim Burkholder, who works with his brother Daniel and sisters Leah and Rachel running the 501 Produce Station, asking me if I’d be available to transport some produce for them on Friday. I like Ephraim a lot; before moving to this old order Mennonite community he drove a truck for sixteen years, and he has been very helpful explaining to me about how to charge for my services. I told him I’d be glad to do it. The main business of the day at 501 Produce on Friday was dealing with a semi load of apples from Maryland. Like many other places in the south, we were hit hard by the cold weather this spring and there has been almost no local fruit to be had. 501 Produce deals mainly in local melons, and they needed to make room for the apples, so the first job was to take a truckload of melons to be sold at the produce auction in Crab Orchard, about fifty miles away. I arrived at 7am, and they loaded the truck full of cardboard bins on wooden pallets stacked two deep, probably 11,000 pounds of watermelons. The drive up was uneventful, taking about 75 minutes, and I arrived early enough that the folks at the auction were able to unload me right away. Back at 501 Produce Station, they loaded up ten bins of apples for me to take to South Fork Produce Station, only six miles away. The drive was short, but I had to wait around awhile as some confusion was straightened out—they thought they were receiving five bins each of two different varieties, not the ten bins of Golden Delicious I had brought. Finally they unloaded five of the bins, and I took the other five back. The third and longest job came next, taking twelve bins of the apples to another Burkholder brother, Leroy, who farms in Christian County, about 150 miles away. They loaded me up with another seven bins of apples, and by 1pm I was on my way west. It was a hot, hot day on Friday, not as hot as the 104 degree day we had when I picked up the truck in Knoxville, but still enough to keep my eyes glued to the temperature gauge. There is a gradual overall climb from Casey County to Christian County, and lots of grades along the way, although nothing like the trip across the mountains to Tennessee. It ended up being a good test. On the longer grades I usually had to turn on the heat in the cab to keep the engine cooler, but otherwise the truck ran fine; if the outside temperature had been about ten degrees cooler I doubt I would have had to use that particular trick. On more level stretches I was able to drive at a pretty good clip. And the truck rides more smoothly fully loaded than it does empty. At 5:45 I was headed back east again. Since it was cooler and there was more downhill than uphill, I didn’t worry much about the engine anymore. With a brief stop for fuel, I was home again around 9pm. As travel becomes a regular part of the routine, I’ve been trying to find ways to avoid buying food on the road. Friday I did pretty good. I packed a bagel and cream cheese for breakfast, along with sandwich bags of cubed cheese, club crackers, and cherry tomatoes, and a cupful of dry roasted peanuts. I had planned to pack an apple as well, but forgot. I had stuck a quart canteen of water in the refrigerator the night before, and took that as well as a 20 oz travel mug full of coffee. And that did me for the day, almost. At the gas station on the way home I bought a 20 oz bottle of water and a pint of orange juice; the food was gone and I might have bought something to eat, but Debbie told me when I called that there was homemade pizza waiting for me when I arrived. For the next such trip I would definitely pack more water, possibly two more quarts, and maybe take along some orange juice from home. A bit of meat would have been good, too, though I’m not sure what would have been convenient. For those of you keeping score, it was a decent day financially. I was paid for the three jobs separately, $80 for the 100-mile round trip to Crab Orchard, $20 for the 12-mile round trip to South Fork Produce Station, and $216 for the round trip to Christian County. To say “round trip” is misleading, I guess; one thing I learned is that you are generally paid for the delivery, not for the trip back—and if you can arrange for a separate paid load on the return trip, more power to you. In the same vein, you charge for what you carry, even if the load is a partial one. This is how we settled on the $216 for the Christian County delivery. The Crab Orchard trip was a full load, and at $1.60 per loaded mile it was probably on the low side—which is where I wanted it, since I am just getting started and want my customers to know I appreciate their business. Taking ten bins six miles was harder to calculate; I ended up suggesting $15, especially since they had arranged for three jobs that day, but they decided to pay $20. Ephraim told me that Leroy would expect to pay about $240, which was $1.60 per loaded mile, but that seemed a bit much since it was a partial load (twelve bins of the sixteen I could carry). So we figured there were 216 bushels of apples in the 12 bins, and $1 per bushel seemed a good price, so it ended up $216. Often I run across items in my internet reading that aren’t enough to write about, yet taught me something and are worth pointing out as good reading. So I’ve set up my account at del.icio.us to make a daily weblog post for me, listing pages I’ve noted there. The previous post is the first example of this. The Mennonites in the South Fork area specialize in growing cantaloupes and watermelons; when the season comes, lots of roadside stands will put up signs announcing that Casey County melons are in. Daniel Burkholder and some neighbors started a produce station this year, a sort of co-op that brokers the melons for local farmers. Since I bought the refrigerated truck he has asked a couple of times if I would be available to transport melons for him, which I was glad to do, but then one thing or another came up and it didn’t happen. Wednesday night Daniel called and asked if I could transport a load of melons to just north of Chattanooga, about 200 miles away. During the melon season there is a fellow named Denny who lives and teaches school in northern Alabama who also gets melons from here and resells them in the Chattanooga area. Usually he fetches them himself in a rented truck, but this year school started earlier than ever, and he needed to hire someone to bring him a load. I said I’d be glad to do it. We’re in the middle of a heat wave, and Thursday was the hottest day so far, hitting 100 degrees. But it wasn’t especially unpleasant, and so at 4:30pm I was at the produce station. Denny wasn’t able to take delivery until late in the evening, so it was going to be a late night and there was no rush to get started. They sent me to a second location to pick up a couple of 700 pound bins of melons, and when I got back they began to load the other fourteen bins while I watched. I left about 6:15pm. The road out is not particularly hilly, just a few small stretches, but by the time I got to the parkway I noticed that the temperature gauge was running awfully high. I figured it was because the temperature was still in the high 90s, and so I pulled off the road and waited about fifteen minutes for the engine to cool. When I started again the engine was a bit cooler but still needed watching, especially when climbing hills. In a car I probably would have driven straight west to I-75 and then taken that south through Knoxville to Chattanooga. But I knew there was a truck weigh station on I-75 between Corbin and London, and even though I wasn’t doing anything illegal it would be the first time for me at a truck station, an experience I would just as soon save for another night. So at Somerset I headed south on US 27, which is a lesser but perfectly fine highway. All the way I was easing up hills and watching the temperature gauge. By the time I got to Stearns, within ten miles of the Tennessee border, I was getting nervous; not about the current state of the truck, but about the steep hills I assumed were ahead—I knew from driving the interstate that there was a high range between me and Knoxville, and I was concerned about climbing it on roads which allowed steeper grades than the interstates allow. So seeing a sign pointing east towards I-75, I decided to be prudent and cut across to there for the rest of the trip. It turns out that Stearns at 1450 feet is about as high as US 27 goes, whereas I-75 climbs to about 1800 feet, and although the grades are not super steep they are very, very long, which is why they stuck in my memory. But I didn’t know that at the time. I also didn’t know that Hwy 92, which cut across to the interstate, was narrow and twisty and up and down, with one very steep climb of its own. I made it to the top of that hill around 9pm and had to stop, since the temperature gauge was nearly pegged at the high end. I opened the hood and saw steam coming out of the coolant reservoir cap, and no visible indication of any liquid inside the reservoir. After letting the truck cool for 30 minutes, I started again. Fortunately it was almost all downhill from there to the freeway, and since I coasted whenever possible the engine continued to cool as I rode. I stopped at a Pilot truck stop, bought the four gallons of pre-mixed coolant they had, and poured it in. This cooled the engine further, and so I hoped that doing that had fixed the problem. At this point it was about 10pm, and Denny called me to see how things were going, and to tell me that because there had been an accident at the exit where we had originally planned to meet we would have to meet elsewhere. I told him about the evening so far, apologized for running so late, and told him that if things ran smoothly from then on I would probably see him in a couple of hours. Adding the coolant did not fix the problem. As I started on those very long grades towards Knoxville, the truck ran very slow and very hot. Suddenly the “Stop Engine” light came on, which means you’ve gone as hot as you can go without doing serious damage. So I stopped by the side of the road. And waited. And eventually, when the engine had cooled to the point where it would start again, I continued crawling up the hill until the “Stop Engine” light came on again, at which point I would stop by the side of the road and wait. As this went on, I could drive slowly for maybe fifteen minutes, then have to wait for forty-five. Periodically I would get calls from Denny, who was surprisingly gracious as this continued on. I suppose if you’re in the produce business you have to get used to plans being frustrated by malfunctioning equipment. Our plans were slowly pared away as the night dragged on; first he had to send home some men he had hired to help unload, then he had to give up on getting the melons in time to be loaded onto other trucks that would be leaving to make deliveries, and finally he had to give up on meeting me at all, since he had to drive 90 minutes home and then on to the school where he was teaching. The last time I talked to Denny, he gave me directions to a place where they would unload the melons and keep them for him until he could arrange to have them picked up. At that point it was 5am, and I had pulled into a Pilot truck stop in Knoxville in search of more coolant in case it might help. The road was much more level at this point, but I had no idea how long it would take me to drive the final fifty miles and so I told him I would just continue on as best I could. Turns out that not all Pilot stores are truck stops these days, and this one was just a glorified convenience store with no automotive supplies at all. But luckily at the store across the street they had one gallon of concentrated coolant. I bought it, poured it into the reservoir, then went back and asked the clerk to fill the jug with water, which I then poured into the reservoir. And headed on. At this point I remembered that one trick for cooling down an overheating engine is to run the inside heat full blast, so I turned the heat on, and that managed to keep the engine just cool enough that I was able to drive continuously the rest of the way, still very slow on grades but without the “Stop Engine” light coming on again. I found my exit, followed Denny’s directions to the end of a long and very narrow road where farm workers were unloading trucks full of produce. It was 7am by now. When I got it across to them who the melons were for, they unloaded them right away and I was soon on my way again. Fortunately Denny had told me about a truck repair place not too far from the melon drop point, one that opened early, so I headed over there and talked to the guy who owned it about how the truck had been behaving. Without even turning off the engine, he opened the hood, stuck a water hose into the coolant reservoir, filled it until it overflowed, then pulled out the hose and watched. He had me rev the engine and watched some more. Finally he hopped down and told me that my radiator was leaking, and that I would have to take it to the International Truck dealer in Knoxville to get it fixed. He wouldn’t take anything for his time, so I thanked him and headed for Knoxville. get hot near the end of the drive. That was the good news. The less welcome news was that I had to pass a weigh station going into Knoxville. But since I was empty (and I guess they can tell somehow) they just passed me through. I arrived at the International dealer at 10am, told them about the trouble and what the mechanic had told me, and asked them to look at a few other things while I was there. It’s a very busy place which runs 24 hours during the week, and they told me the radiator guy wouldn’t be in until 4pm so there would be a wait. So I waited. I wandered over to the Shoney’s across the freeway for an early lunch, sat in the waiting lounge watching the Sci-Fi channel for hours, had my ear bent extensively by a fellow waiter who would rather talk than watch the Sci-Fi channel, and did whatever else I could think of to pass the time. Finally around 4:30pm the radiator guy came to the lounge and told me that, yes, my radiator was completely rotten and they would need to order one to replace it, one that wouldn’t be there before Monday. So I got on the phone and called Debbie to come pick me up, and settled in for another bout of waiting. All this time my waiting room buddy is also there, and when I figured out that we could actually have an interesting conversation once I got him off the topic of how badly his company was treating him, we passed the time pleasantly enough. Debbie arrived around 9pm to fetch me, and we made it back home at about 12:15am. No doubt there are plenty of lessons to take away from this, but the one that stands out for me is that things looked much bleaker at the time than they do in retrospect. I have a high threshold for frustration, but in the wee hours when I was pulling off the road yet again with an overheated engine, not knowing how I was going to deliver the melons that someone was waiting fore, there was surely the temptation to despair. But actually falling into despair would have been far worse than the things that were unfolding. In the end I got the melons there, the truck to the dealer, and myself back home, tired but not much the worse for wear. Over two years ago I wrote a series of posts about simple living, which disappeared along with the rest of my archives. After resurrecting most of my old posts, Herrick Kimball asked me if the simple living series had been recovered. Yes, they have. I’ll be reading through them myself and thinking about how well the past two years of reality have matched up with these fairly speculative thoughts; you are welcome to do the same, and to point up any apparent inconsistencies.

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Zen doodle couple sketch using Black pens and little use of red 🙂 making it special …depicting love. Art provide a means to express the imagination in non-grammatic ways that are not tied to the formality of spoken or written language. Unlike words, which come in sequences and each of which have a definite meaning, art provides a range of forms, symbols and ideas with meanings that are maleable. Though, I m not the master but I sure do love to draw n paint! There’s something about the act of drawing n painting that’s so immediate, intentional and strong. When I paint, I frequently have only a very vague idea or sometimes — no idea at all — of what I am searching for in the new work. I have used vibrant poster colours on canvas and have these abstracts on it. Some of my old abstract work , when I was doing my Master’s. 🙂 From my college days i got fascinated with Abstract form of art. Artists need to let their imagination run wild while creating the abstract paintings. The artist is free to play around with different shapes and colors to his heart’s content. However, the modern abstract paintings do need to be colored in a vivid manner to reflect the essence of the painting to the viewer. Abstract Art is a name which corresponded with representational, can also be called as non-representational. Its characteristics are lacking of description, and using emotional way to show concept and paint, which basically belonged to Expressionism, and first found in Kandinsky’s work. It was formed under the influence of a variety of anti-art, particularly improved by Fauvism and Cubism.

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Delicious was acquired by yahoo. Then dumped. I paid little mind as it kept working for me, and, when possible, I stick to if it ain’t broke approach. But now delicious is not supported firefox 4.0. Crap. I tried exporting from delicious and then importing to Firefox. But I did not get my notes or tags. Ouch! Fortunately, I found this experimental add-on, Slurp. Thanks Web Wanderings blog! It worked. So, now the bookmarks are in Firefox bookmarks. Will that be a good replacement? I don’t know. We shall see. I have seen Diigo and it has some nice features. I have also done more with pearltrees. I personally love the visualization and ability to zoom in a and out. It is also a nice example of a two-mode network if you want to get your nethead geek on. In other words, you can see people linked by common bookmarks (pearls in their jargon). However, I am not sure I want to import 1772 bookmarks into its hub and spoke geometry. Could get very, very bushy. Some people also object to using Flash on principle. I am not sure what the downside of flash is. Guess I am not enough of a gearhead. It’s collaboration tools are good. You can join teams. It informs you when one of your “unique” pearls is copied by someone else. I like the visualization and the ability to see who else is “close” by tag or keyword similarity. However, I am not sure what it would be like with all 1700 comments. I’ve been thinking of it more as “showcase” bookmarks while the tagging of delicious or firefox now allows for more brute force storage and searching. Any comments on social book marking, apps, or pearltrees welcome!

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Reading a highly acclaimed classic sometimes puts certain expectations on a certain novel, so what about your expectations about “best-selling science fiction novel of all time”. So putting this idea aside, Dune was an enjoyable read. From time to time, I felt it was not that big of a deal, then I remembered that this novel was published in 1965, so when Egyptian writers were renovating our literature, Frank Herbert was building a whole universe. Note that as far as I know, this is one of the earliest “complete sci fi sagas”, it is even said that Star Wars was heavily influenced by Dune, especially in its earlier drafts. But let’s leave this to the experts. I liked the depiction of political struggles, ecology, religion, social interactions in general.. I found the multitude of several cultural / religious connotations pretty interesting, especially the Arabic ones. I was very surprised with the multitude of Arabic names, phrases, sayings. Why was Herbert so interested in the Islamic culture? However, I know that the book also mentioned some other oriental influences, but because I don’t have a background on them, I couldn’t figure them out. “Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” ” ‘Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man’s mind,’ ” Paul quoted. The Sardaukar had never been prepared for such happenings as this day. They’d never known anything but victory which, Paul realized, could be a weakness in itself. The Guild navigators, gifted with limited prescience, had made the fatal decision: they’d chosen always the clear, safe course that leads ever downward into stagnation. All in all, it’s a must read for sci fi fans, for more reviews, check out the goodreads link. As for me, definitely I will continue the series, but maybe after a break. This entry was posted in Books, Legends, Quotes, Recommended, Religion and tagged Dune, Frank Herbert, Novel, Quotes, sci fi. Bookmark the permalink. Dune is one of my favorite SF books. I read it at a rather young age, and have been reading it on and off ever since. Did your copy have the appendices at the end? there’s all sorts of neat stuff about the galactic religions that’s not mentioned in the book itself. if you do continue the series, books 2 and 3 are much shorter than Dune, and the three of them encompass a full story with a conclusion. books 4,5 & 6 take place much, much later, and are just very different. Thanks for ur recommendation. I think I’ll give the 2nd and 3rd parts a try. I too read “Dune” at an early age, and was caught up in it, ending up reading the other 5 Dune books that were written by Frank Herbert. I always wondered what someone from an Arabic or Islamic background would make of it (btw, I hope I’m using the proper terms here; if not, I apologize). Your review of it, and your selection of some of the quotes, was very interesting. I often find myself using the Litany against Fear as well as the Mentat credo. @ Redhead- did you find the latter 3 books to be not as good? the first time i read books 5 & 6 I didn’t care for them. It’s many generations later, so most of the characters are different. Only after a handful of readings did they make sense as more a continuation of the mythology of the first book (and the “big picture” of this space opera universe) than as a continuation of the original story.

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The Liberal Democrat former Cabinet Minister formally entered a plea of not guilty today to the charge of perverting the course of justice. Mr Huhne, 58, resigned as Energy Secretary last year after the Crown Prosecution Service announced that he had been charged over an allegation that he persuaded his former wife, Vicky Pryce, to take his penalty points for a speeding offence almost a decade ago. Wearing a charcoal grey suit with a white shirt and a green-and-blue striped tie, Mr Huhne said “not guilty” in a strong and clear voice when he was asked to enter a plea at London’s Southwark Crown Court today. Chris Huhne to stand trial over speeding points on Monday – Telegraph.

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The weather was lovely over the weekend and again today. I’ve taken advantage of that to start pruning the wisteria. Nightmare job. Terribly frightening to be that high up a ladder. The little WC under the stairs is done, except for the plumbing which isn’t quite working yet. It looks exactly as we’d hoped. In other news we’re having a leek and lobster risotto this evening. A recipe a friend who’s a food writer wants me to test. I’ve done the first part already which involved cooking the lobster, then reducing that water, which then becomes the base for a vegetable stock. Straightforward stock, but with the addition of fennel. It’s come out very nicely. Then… remove the meat from the lobster (1 for 2 people). Strain the stock. Mix it with dry white wine (2/3 stock, 1/3 wine). Then slice a leek very finely. You can do all that then leave it ready for later. Finally saute the leeks lightly, add rice to pan and begin making the risotto using the stock/wine. In the last 3 minutes add the lobster meat- and that’s it. I’ll give my verdict tomorrow, but I have high hopes. For an interesting vegetarian alternative use palm hearts instead of lobster. The other day I had a classic prawn cocktail with palm hearts instead of prawns and it worked beautifully. And here’s South Pacific, for no particular reason other than I feel like it. I always cook, & husband washes up. I get to choose what we eat too. Your risotto sounds delicious, I’ll try it next time I get a lobster. Did you take a photo before you ate it? First, the ladder. You had someone stabilizing the ladder when you were on it, didn’t you? If you felt unsteady it was because you were unsteady. Be safe, have someone hold the latter while you are on it, and don’t use the top twp steps. And, really, lobster stock being transformed into vegetable stock. No can do! If you add vegetables to lobster stock, you will have made lobster soup. Vegetable stock is made from vegetables alone, no added crustaceans. And, oh gods, am I jealous. Lobster risotto! You just had to write it up to rub it in, didn’t you. I am drooling all over my keyboard … see the mess you’ve made! Think of it as lobster infused vegetable stock! Having tried it now, I’m leaning towards thinking a fish stock would’ve made for a more interesting result. Wonderful song from a great show–one I’d love to do now that I’m old enough to play the lead. Song is now firmly stuck in my brain, going round on a loop! ah, South Pacific. I was in that musical in high school. I was “random native girl” with about a quart of tanning liquid on my deathly white skin. I was part of the chorus singing the french lyrics to Bali Hai, and the teachers (both twits) running the show didn’t ask the French teacher how to pronounce the words and I was too shy to speak up. Oh what a mangled mess. Still love the musical though. I remember maybe 15 years ago the other female in our foursome and I somehow belting out Bali Hai on a hike through some woods. Later that evening we all went to see American Beauty and didn’t they just open (I think) with Bali Hai!? We had to restrain ourselves from singing along. My earliest memories involve my father on a ladder peeping through the wisteria that surrounded my bedroom window and singing off key to me as he pruned. Your downstairs cloakroom is a triumph and I am certain the risotto will be too. As for the song …. I sigh. Thank you. Moving along…looks like a scrumptious recipe but I’m baffled by the palm hearts. What are they exactly? If you felt tippy on the ladder it is because you are using an aluminum ladder. If you invest just ONCE in a fiberglass ladder you will be happy the rest of the days of your life. We call aluminum ladders widow makers. Fiberglass ladders are much much more stable, you feel, and are safe on them. I agree with the fish stock vs the vegetable stock. However it is classic to saute leeks and make risotto, the leeks giving a very mild onion flavor. One thing you might want to try is to use a French Olive Oil, Bouteillan olive oil to sautee the leeks. Bouteillan is a native varietal of olives from the Var and typically has a good citrus flavor to the olive oil, naturally. Bouteillan olive oil is the olive oil you want to grab if cooking any seafood because of that natural citrus flavor to the olive oil. In the US we typically call it Hearts of Palm, not Palm Hearts. We always keep a jar of hearts of palm cooling in our refrigerator never knowing when we will feel like having a nice salad for a meal. I like hearts of palm in a salad along with a hard boiled egg. As long as your brought up lobster here is a recipe that is always a hit. Take a big delicious tomato, like a beef heart tomato, slice it fairly thin in rounds, but not razor thin. Basically you are going to build a tomato mozzarella salad, but add in lobster and you will build it as a tower. It is VERY impressive looking when done and so damned easy. Second from bottom layer – pretty thin slices of buffalo mozzarella cheese, just a tiny drizzle of olive oil. Third from Bottom layer, thin sliced fresh cooked & chilled lobster, just brush with Bouteillan Olive Oil. Fourth from bottom layer, start again with the sliced rounds of tomato. Drizzle Bouteillan olive oil on top when tower is done. You build this tower so that you have 3 layers of thin sliced lobster. Now the sauce. Reduce Balsamic vinegar with sugar added. Reduce it until it is kind of thick, about the consistency of ketchup. That is it, drizzle the balsamic vinegar reduction on the plate. These are beautiful, easy to make but you have to take care when serving so that when you carry it to the table your tower doesn’t fall over. You can make these in the morning, put them out of the sunlight in a kind of cool place and serve hours later. And they are very filling, no need to serve anything else but dessert. Trust me ppl are gonna be taking pics of this. If lobster is not handy use shrimp, but remember you want that thin sliced. So like a medium sized shrimp you want to slice that lengthwise in thirds. Bon appetite! I’d never heard of fibreglass ladders. Will look it up asap. Ours are all aluminium. This entry was posted on March 13, 2018 by The Pink Agendist in life, thinking aloud and tagged design, food, interiors, Mazamet, recipes.

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Deadline is reporting that Game of Thrones actress, Gwendoline Christie, will be replacing Lily Rabe in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. Lionsgate has confirmed that Christie will be joining the production. Christie will now be taking over the role of Commander Lyme in the highly anticipated Huger Games finale. Unfortunately, Rabe was forced to drop out due to a scheduling conflict. The actress is involved with a production of Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare in the Park. Commander Lyme is one of the leaders of District 13 and originally was from District 2. Lyme is a powerful character as she also was a winner of a previously unknown Huger Games. What do you think of this casting change? Do you think Christie was the right replacement for the role? The wait for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is finally over as it officially hits theaters today! Fans will be absolutely thrilled with the end result and will feel that the long 20 months between Hunger Games and this installment was time well spent. Director Francis Lawrence did an amazing job, picking up on things Gary Ross left out. I have no doubt the rest of the franchise is in excellent hands. We start off back in District 12 a few months after Katniss and Peeta win the 74th Annual Hunger Games in an act of rebellion. In these opening scenes we start to see how having to participate in this competition has effected Katniss as she is dealing with post traumatic stress. Katniss and Peeta are now living in what is called the Victor’s Village, a housing area set up by the Capitol for the Victors. Katniss comes home from a trip out to the woods with Gale to discover that President Snow and some of his guards are wanting to speak with her. She is then left alone to speak with the cunning President and he warns that people of the Districts have started to rebel against the Capitol because of her actions. He also warns that if she does not convince him of her love for Peeta then those she loves will be in danger. Katniss and Peeta then leave for the Victory Tour in which they go to each District to publicly speak about the games and the fallen tributes. Throughout their journey on the Victory Tour we start to subtly see the rebellion “catching fire” in the Districts. The tour ends in the Capitol where Katniss and Peeta attend the Presidential Ball with guide, Effie Trinket. Here we are introduced to Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s character, head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee. We then return to District 12 and because of the events of the Victory Tour, the rebellion across Panem is getting worse. This causes President Snow to take drastic measures and he sends heavier armies of “Peacemakers” to all of the Districts for enforcement. In District 12, the ruthless Commander Thread is put in charge and he does not tolerate rebellion. This leads to a gut-wrenching scene between him, Gale, and Katniss. The next day, President Snow makes a huge announcement about the 75th Hunger Games. He explains that because the 75th Annual Hunger Games is also the 3rd Quarter Quell there has to be something unique about it. Snow then goes on to announce that the tributes for these games will be reaped from the previous victors. This means that Katniss and Peeta end up back in the Hunger Games. Back in the Capitol, we are introduced to the unlucky victors who are once again tributes in the games. We also get to see the new training facility, the new tribute living quarters, and Caesar Flickerman’s new stage. The night before everyone is headed back into the arena, Caesar interviews each tribute, asking them various questions. However, when it is time for Peeta’s interview, he drops “a bomb” that even has the Capitol citizens ready to rebel. This is when we see a display of the tributes coming together as one and holding hands in front of the crowd. Needless to say, this makes President Snow quite unhappy. I do not want to give too much more away, so get thee to a theater if you want to know what happens next! Francis Lawrence did an absolutely amazing job as director and fans will definitely be happy with the work and attention to detail that he put into this film. It is a stronger and more faithful adaptation to the novel than The Hunger Games. In the first film, Prim’s cat Buttercup was a tuxedo cat, but he was named Buttercup for his fluffy orange fur. In Catching Fire, Buttercup is a fluffy orange tabby. It is the attention to detail like that that will make fans of the book happy. The performances from all of the actors involved were excellent and stronger from the previous film. Jennifer Lawrence, of course, is an amazing actress and her performance carried the story. Donald Sutherland and Stanley Tucci are also two very strong actors who are always amazing at what they do. However, I felt that their performances in this film were much stronger than in the first one. Sutherland is even more cunning and sinister as President Snow and Tucci is even more over the top and flamboyant as Caesar Flickerman. Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth also brought more to the table as the two love interests. Due to their stronger performances and a stronger romantic storyline, the love triangle between Peeta, Katniss, and Gale was much more believable. Overall, the movie was fast paced and a complete emotional roller coaster. Francis Lawrence did a great job of including funny moments that would make you laugh, emotional moments that would make you teary-eyed, shocking moments that would make you gasp, romantic moments that would make you swoon, and thrilling moments that would leave you on the edge of your seat. The production design was stunning in every aspect. From the costumes, hair, and makeup details all the way to the props and set pieces. Just gorgeous! There were only two major things that I felt could have been handled differently. First off, the arena section of the movie, although very intense, felt a little short and rushed. Secondly, “the bomb” that Peeta drops while being interviewed by Caesar is never really mentioned or dealt with again. It just seemed strange to me that such a major piece of the storyline got dropped off so easily. Let me tell you, though, you will not be disappointed in the end result! Just like the ending of the book, the ending of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire movie will leave you wanting more. Once you have seen the movie, share your thoughts in the comments! The Los Angeles premiere for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was held on Monday, November 18th at the Nokia Theater. All of the main stars were in attendance along with director Francis Lawrence, author and executive producer Suzanne Collins, producer Jon Kilik, costume designer Trish Summerville, and screenwriters Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt. The official Hunger Games Facebook page recently posted some gorgeous and unique red carpet photos that were taken by photographer Eric Charbonneau. Take a look at the photos and be sure to check back here on Friday for a TrulyLuminary exclusive review of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire! What do you think of the red carpet fashion choices? Are you going to be seeing Catching Fire when it hits theaters this weekend? What are you most excited to see in the film? With the world premiere now less than a week away, Lionsgate is busy sharing some Hunger Games exclusives to get fans ready for the movie. The studio released sixteen (16) new stills from the highly awaited sequel, Catching Fire. Many of these images, of course, feature the talented Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen. However, there are also some new images of characters such as Johanna Mason (Jena Malone) and Brutus (Bruno Gunn). Through these images, we also get a look at some of the amazing costume details designer Trish Summerville has put together. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire also stars Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Willow Shields, Sam Claflin, Toby Jones, Jeffery Wright, Amanda Plummer, Alan Ritchson, Stephanie Leigh Schlund, Lynn Cohen, and Meta Golding. What do you think of these new images and the unique costume design? Will you be seeing Catching Fire when it hits theaters on November 22, 2013? Fox aired the final trailer for the highly awaited sequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, tonight during a World Series game. Once again, Lionsgate and director Francis Lawrence have put together an amazing trailer that will no doubt get fans even more excited for the film. This new trailer shows us more of the strained and tense relationship between Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and President Snow (Donald Sutherland). We also get a closer look at different aspects of the arena and a sneak peek at some of the major events that occur in the arena. For instance, we get our first look at the monkeys, the poisonous fog, and the jabberjays. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire also stars Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Willow Shields, Jena Malone, Sam Claflin, Jeffery Wright, Amanda Plummer, Alan Ritchson, Stephanie Leigh Schlund, Lynn Cohen, and Meta Golding. Watch the action-packed and fantastic new trailer for Catching Fire and share your opinion in the comments below! Are you looking forward to Catching Fire? Do you think this trailer will keep fans excited for the film? The magazine also revealed that the next edition of the magazine will be giving us an exclusive look behind-the-scenes at the highly anticipated Hunger Games sequel! It was also revealed that there will be four separate collectable covers for this edition, each cover featuring a different character. The first cover features Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss, the second one features Josh Hutcherson and Peeta, the third one features Liam Hemsworth as Gale, and the fourth and final one features newcomer Sam Claflin as Finnick. This edition will include exclusive interviews with the cast, exciting new stills, and a report from the set. What do you think of these special collector’s covers? Which cover is your favorite? What do you think of these exclusive new images? Can you believe that there is only 50 more days until Catching Fire finally hits theaters?! Be sure to check back for more exciting exclusives and take a look at the images below!

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Karma the dog shares one of his pet peeves! Ah well! That’s not the right way to begin. Let me try again. Here’s his pet peeve # 36! Damn! I've got to undo what they've done! Find Karma at the WiseK9’s blog here. On the caricatures front, Mr. Holmes will find his way to this blog soon. I’ve also invited Charlie Sheen over and I can hear the sound of “winning” in the distance…he too should be here shortly.

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Saturday, 21 February, 2018, in the Lecture Theatre at Collins Barracks. The Chairman opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Meeting attendance for the ten meetings last year was 243, a decrease of 92 on the previous year’s figure. It was however, in keeping with the four years prior to last year when we had an average attendance of 239 per year. Facebook continues to be an excellent tool for publicising the branch, the number of 'likes' (followers) has increased by 99 from last year and now stands at 605. The branch regularly posts items and photos, not only about the branches activities but also of items/photos of Gt. War interest from around the world. Likewise, the branch website continues to grow albeit slowly, the number of members is up this year by 10 to 113. This was our fifth visit to the show at the RDS and was once again funded by the parent body in the UK. The stand was again very popular with those seeking to research their ancestors in WW1, a large number of queries were answered in the three days of the show, while many more were taken away from the event and answered later. This was the first time the branch had organised a conference, 78 of the 90 tickets were sold, the talks were well received, and all of the feedback received was positive. The income from tickets, the raffle and a sponsorship which the branch was able to obtain also meant that the branch was able to show a profit €368.21 for the day. The years accounts were then presented to the meeting with a brief summery by the Chairman. There were no questions on the accounts and it was proposed by Chris Owen and seconded by Michael Pegum that the accounts should be accepted, this was passed unopposed. Five of last year’s committee had offered themselves for re-election, and there had been no new nominations for the committee. It was therefore proposed that the five should be re-elected en bloc by Michael Carragher, this was seconded by Chris Owen and passed unopposed. Those elected were: Ian Chambers, Ken Simpson, Phil Manson, Thomas Murphy and Peter Carolan.

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On Saturday September 8, 2012 a female jouster made history. Kryssi is the first female jouster to place first in the Light Armour Jousting Competition in Estes Park Highland Games. Light Armour jousting is the first jousting style of the medieval times. It predates the full armour featured on “The Knights of Mayhem” and “Full Metal Jousting” tv shows recently aired on National Geographic and the History Channel respectively. It requires three important skills: horsemanship, accuracy with a lance and presenting a shield for target. Two teams competed for the title of best in Medieval Games, Light Armour and Heavy Armour. In the first round Kryssi won 9 to 8 vs Allison Mazurkiewicz. Allison is also a member of Knights Edge Jousting Academy founded by Patrick Lambke, “The Black Knight”. The second round Kryssi lost 8 to 10 vs Rob Combe. Rob Combe is a veteran Canadian Jouster with Knights of Valour founded by Shane Adams. Kryssi was the highest point non-winner from the second round, therefore, she was given the chance to joust in the third round. She won 7 to 2 vs Zak Lovening (Knights of Valour) to challenge Rob Combe to a grudge match for first place. The tension in the stadium turned into a foot stomping celebration as Krissi won in a close 8 to 7 match vs Rob Combe. Saturday First Round Scores: Shane (11) vs Rich Laubhan (6); Tyler Kekolay (6) vs Jeremy Johnson (4); Rob Combe (8) vs Ken Burton (5); Kryssi (9) vs Allison (8) and Zak Lovering (4) vs Lauren Sturges (2). Saturday Fourth Round Scores: Shane (8) wins third place vs Zak (6) wins fourth place. Kryssi (8) for first place vs Rob (7) for second place. Sunday First round scores: Shane Adams(16) vs Zak Lovering (10); Rich Laubhan (9) vs Allison Mazurkeiwicz (6); Ken Burton (14) vs Jeremy Johnson (8); Rob Combe (10) vs Lauren Sturges (0); and Tyler Kekolay (10) vs Kryssi Jeaux Miller (4). In the second round Shane won 13 to 10 defeating Rich. Rich was the second round non-winner high score and went on to joust Zak Lovering and lost 7 to 2. Shane jousted Rob Combe and won 8 to 6. Shane moves on to joust for first or second place. Rich jousted Rob Combe in the third round (3rd and 4th place) and Rob was victorious 9 to 3. Shane and Zak battled for first and second place with Shane defeating Zak by one point 6 to 5 to end the Light Armour competition for the weekend. The Heavy Armour competition was held as the jousting grand finale. congrats to Krissi, it was a beautiful day for a win. our whole family enjoyed watching a female win. for us, the jousting is the highlight of the festival.

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