How to Make Pizza at Home
Since the mid 1990s, Pizza has been a popular fast food in Nairobi and other major cities around the country. But, have you ever wondered how make Pizza at home? Well, it turns out it isn't that difficult and the ingredients are readily available in Kenyan supermarkets.
Pizza Ingredients
There are no rules on many of the ingredients and it all depends on the type of topping you want on your Pizza. The only thing you need to note is that meat toppings will have to have been pre-cooked. So for example, if you want beef cubes or strips as topping, you have to cook them separately first. You will also need an oven to prepare your Pizza.
The main Pizza ingredients are:
 1. Half a kilo of wheat flour
 2. Half of teaspoon of baking powder (yeast)
 3. 1 Teaspoon of salt
 4. 1 Tablespoon of sugar
 5. One and a half cups of luke warm water
 6. Cooking oil
 7. 2 Peeled and chopped tomatoes or tomato paste
 8. I peeled clove of garlic
 9. Quarter kilo (250 grams) of grated cheese - you can buy cheese in any supermarket (Check the frozen foods section) preferably Mozzarela (150g) and Cheddar Cheese (100g), the are well labelled at the Supermarket. Grate the cheese and have it ready in a bowl.
 10. Toppings of your choice e.g. bacon, meat cubes/stipes, mince meat, pineapple, omena stated before, there are no rules but of course don't put njahi or some other weird thing like carrots.
Pizza Preparation Process
 1. Start by making the dough.
 2. Pour the flour into a big bowl.
 3. Mix the sugar and baking powder (yeast) into the luke warm water and stir using a fork.
 4. Pour the liquid into the bowl of flour and stir with a fork until it becomes sticky.
 5. Use your hands to mix and knead the dough the same way you would when making chapati.
 6. Apply flour to a kitchen top surface to prevent the dough from sticking to the surface and knead it thoroughly for ten minutes.
 7. Spread some oil all around the bowl, place the kneaded dough back into the bowl and cover the bowl completely. If you have cling film, even better. Leave it for one hour.
 8. In the meantime, start working on the Pizza sauce.
 9. Pour the peeled tomatoes into a small sufuria.
 10. Crush the garlic and pour it into the sufuria as well.
 11. Turn the cooker on and let the mixture simmer on low heat for about 5 minutes. Stir the mixture well to make a nice thick sauce. Take the sufuria off the cooker and allow to cool.
 12. Take the dough out of the bowl and tear it into two equal pieces and then tear each piece into two additional equal pieces so that you end up with four separate pieces of dough.
 13. Pour some more flour on the preparation surface.
 14. Take one of the dough pieces and roll it using the a rolling pin the same way you would roll a chapati. Roll it quite thin because it will rise as a result of the baking powder.
 15. Preheat your oven to 230 Degrees Celsius.
 16. Place the rolled dough on an oven pan and spread 1 tablespoon of sauce on it. Spread the sauce evenly on the dough. You can apply as much sauce as you like. There are no rules on this.
 17. Sprinkle the cheese generously on the dough.
 18. Next, apply your toppings in any pattern or manner that pleases you.
 19. Sprinkle a dash of oil you pop it into the oven ten minutes.
 20. Repeat steps 14 to 19 with the remaining three pieces of dough.
 21. Remove, serve and enjoy.
The video below should help you understand the process better.
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3. Micro:bit Custom Images¶
Quick Overview of Day
Learn how to create your own custom Micro:bit images. Continue working on creating a Micro:bit game, making sure to create at least one fruitful and one non-fruitful function.
3.1. Creating Custom Images on the Micro:bit¶
We have seen that we can display many built-in images on the Micro:bit. You can display any of the built in images (see the List of Pre-Defined Images) by doing something like:
import microbit microbit.display.show(microbit.Image.HAPPY)
What if you want to create your own images? The way an image is created on the Micro:bit is by making a string that represents each LED/pixel on the Micro:bit. For each LED, you need to set the value to be a number from 0 to 9, which is the brightness of that LED. Setting the brightness to 0 means that LED should be off, while setting the brightness to 9 means turning it on as bright as possible. Any number in between will set the LED to be turned on somewhat bright, where 1 is the least bright, and 8 is almost the brightest.
The following code creates an image of the side of a die, and displays it on the Micro:bit:
import microbit dice = microbit.Image("33333:39093:30003:39093:33333") microbit.display.show(dice)
Although we can figure out what is going on in the above code (each row is separated by a
:), it would be nice to improve the readability of creating our own images. One way we can do this is to use concatenation to join a number of strings together. Consider the following:
Recall that the
+ operator means concatenation (think join) when used on strings. Python gives us a second way to concatenate two strings together, as follows:
The purpose of using this second style of concatenation is simply to increase the readability of your code. It would be a poor decision to use this style in the example above, but it is a great choice when we think back to how we might come up with a customized image for the Micro:bit to display. Consider the following, which accomplishes the same task of making and displaying a boat image:
import microbit # using the \ character at the end of a string tells Python to # keep looking for more of the string on the next line, and # concatenates the strings automatically for you dice4 = "33333:" \ "39093:" \ "30003:" \ "39093:" \ "33333" the_roll = microbit.Image(dice4) microbit.display.show(the_roll)
If you would rather not teach/use another method of concatenation, you could also accomplish the same thing by creating a fruitful function that combines multiple strings together for you, as follows:
import microbit def create_microbit_image(row1, row2, row3, row4, row5): """Takes in 5 strings, each containing 5 integers. Returns an image that works on the micro:bit""" combined_string = row1 + ":" + row2 + ":" + row3 + ":" + row4 + ":" + row5 custom_image = microbit.Image(combined_string) return custom_image line1 = "33333" line2 = "39093" line3 = "30003" line4 = "39093" line5 = "33333" the_roll = create_microbit_image(line1, line2, line3, line4, line5) microbit.display.show(the_roll)
create_microbit_image() fruitful function defined above allows us to pass in 5 strings, each containing 5 integers representing the brightness of an LED. Organizing our code in this way allows us to visualize what the image will look like, simply by looking at the code.
3.2. Work Time on Assignment¶
Continue working on your current assignment (focused on creating fruitful and non-fruitful functions).

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LEGO makes Technic Angle Connectors, like these:
Technic Angle Connector #1 Technic Angle Connector #2 Technic Angle Connector #3 Technic Angle Connector #4 Technic Angle Connector #5 Technic Angle Connector #6
(Here are names and part numbers).
They also make angular liftarms, like these:
Technic Beam 4x4 liftarm bent (part 32348).
That last part has an angle of 53.5 degrees. What are the angles of the angle connectors, and why were these angles chosen? (I'd understand angles like 45, 60, and 72 degrees, but 53.5?!)
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The regular connector have simple angles which are multiples of 22.5°. #4 is 45°, #3 is 22.5° and #5 is 67.5°. That's pretty boring stuff, but there you go.
The 53.5 angle isn't as bizarre as you would think and there's a very good reason for it (and less boring to me, but YMMV).
That reason is that it forms a Pythagorean triangle, and specifically the best known 3:4:5 one, meaning these liftarms can be used together with regular right-angle frames to make sturdy constructions.
The one you chose isn't the best example as the beam doesn't extend to the full hypotenuse (the connection points need to be 5 studs apart), but the longer one is perfect for that. If the small side is attached to a beam, the cross at the end of the long side will be perfectly aligned on a beam that would be 4 studs higher.
LEGO uses that to connect beams 4 studs apart in a very solid way, for example in 8435 - 4WD (the blue beam behind the front wheel) or in the more recent 8053 - Mobile Crane (left of the linear actuator)
And for the record, the angle in degrees is weirder that just 53.5°; it's actually 53.130102...°, or the invert cosine of 3/5. So if you thought Pythagoras and trigonometry wouldn't come and annoy you in your play, you're oh so wrong.
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Aha! I knew there was a reason for the angle on the lift arm. Thank you. I did try connecting a number of angle bricks (of the same type) together with axles to see if I could make a complete circle, and it didn't work. I'll have to try again; maybe my axles are bent. – Clinton Blackmore Feb 19 '13 at 15:34
Try shorter axles :-) - that said, it works fine with #3 (16 sides) #4 (8) and #6 (simple square, obviously), but it won't work with the #5 one. And #2 might take a loooooong time, but there at least bendy axles will actually help. – Joubarc Feb 19 '13 at 15:42
Ah. It must've been the #5 ones I was working with. Thanks again : ) – Clinton Blackmore Feb 19 '13 at 16:58
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Maximum Difference In An Array
April 1, 2011
Today's problem is this:
Given an array X, find the j and i that maximizes Xj − Xi, subject to the condition that i ≤ j. If two different i,j pairs have equal differences, choose the "leftmost shortest" pair with the smallest i and, in case of a tie, the smallest j.
For instance, given an array [4, 3, 9, 1, 8, 2, 6, 7, 5], the maximum difference is 7 when i=3 and j=4. Given the array [4, 2, 9, 1, 8, 3, 6, 7, 5], the maximum difference of 7 appears at two points, but by the leftmost-shortest rule the desired result is i=1 and j=2. I and j need not be adjacent, as in the array [4, 3, 9, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 5], where the maximum difference of 7 is achieved when i=3 and j=7. If the array is monotonically decreasing the maximum difference is 0, which by the leftmost-shortest rule occurs when i=0 and j=0.
There are at least two solutions. The obvious solution that runs in quadratic time uses two nested loops, the outer loop over i from 0 to the length of the array n and the inner loop over j from i+1 to n, computing the difference between Xi and Xj and saving the result whenever a new maximum difference is found. There is also a clever linear-time solution that traverses the array once, simultaneously searching for a new minimum value and a new maximum difference; you'll get it if you think about it for a minute.
Your task is to write both the quadratic and linear functions to compute the maximum difference in an array, and also a test function that demonstrates they are correct. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.
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A metal deposition head based on surface tension of molten metal.
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One of the theoretically most affordable ways to melt small quantities of metal is induction heating. However, in case with metal 3d printers it has a major drawback of eddy currents that arise in the printed object itself while it is printed, causing non-homogenious heating and power draws. So the basic idea is to distance away induction melting area from deposition area and to shroud induction heater with a faraday cage with low resistance. This kind of shroud will act as a mirror preventing EM waves from escaping and thus keeping effects localised and not messing with a printed object or electronics. If resistance of a shroud is kept low and there're no sharp edges, real heat production in shroud walls can be almost avoided.
However, if we reject an idea of melting pool being directly on the object, we have to find some way to guide molten metal to the object in a controllable way. And probably one of the most promising methods to do it is via capillary forces. Just like in ink pen. So if there's no contact with the object - there's no flow, just a drip of molten metal hanging from the deposition head (drip sizes are controllable via choice of nozzle materials and coatings).
 - Induction heater coil
 - Power source for a coil
 - Faraday shroud (probably just a piece of a metal pipe)
 - Simple ceramic nozzle with a drilled capillar. A detailed study is needed on interacton of different ceramics with molten copper.
First steps
First iteration will work with copper wire via inducing local circular currents in it. In order to build it, a study on ceramics is needed (or maybe it will be some other material if no ceramics can be wetted with copper) and some EM fields computer calculations.


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We're making great progress with the Validation Application Block in Enterprise Library 3.0, and one of the last remaining tasks is to make sure we include a compelling set of validators with the block. While it's very easy to build your own validator, we don't want everyone to need to build the same validators for each project just because we forgot to include something important.
Here's the set of validators we're currently planning to include - but it's not too late to set us straight if we've missed something! A few things to note are:
 - All of these validators can be used from the API, attributes or configuration, although the syntax will vary across these mechansims.
 - Some of the validators will use generic parameters, such as RangeValidator. When used from the API, you will be able to use the validator with any type (subject to the generic parameter's constraints). However since you can't use generics in the same way from configuration or attributes, you'll only be able to use common primitive types from these mechanisms.
 - All of our validators will include a Negate property, which will change the validator's behavior so that it will fail if the condition is met, rather than when it is not met. This will let you do things like use the "Contains Characters Validator" to check that a string does not contain characters.
First, here are the planned "basic" validators:
 - Not Null Validator: Validates that a value is not null
 - Range Vailidator (generic, supporting IComparable types): Validates that a value falls within a specified range. The range may be closed or open ended, and may be inclusive or exclusive.
 - Relative DateTime Validator: Validates that a DateTime falls within a specified range, relative to now. The range may be closed or open ended, and may be inclusive or exclusive. For example, you could check if a date is between now and 100 years from now, or from 20 days ago to 4 days from now.
 - String Length Validator: Validates that a string is of a certain length. May contain a minimum, a maximum or both.
 - RegEx Validator: Validates that a string matches a specified regular expression. We'll also include support for "pre-canned" RegEx patterns for common things such as URLs, e-mail addresses, phone numbers etc.
 - Contains Characters Validator: Validates that a string contains any, or all of the characters in a specified string.
 - Type Conversion Validator: Validates that a string can be converted to a specific type (using a specific culture). For example, this could check that "6.32" can be converted to a Double, or "2007-02-09" can be converted to a DateTime.
 - Enum Conversion Validator: Validates that a string can be converted to a value in a specified enum type. For example, this could check that "Blue" could be converted to a value in the Color enum.
 - Domain Validator (generic): Validates that a value is included in a specified set, such as {"John", "Paul", "George", "Ringo"} or {2, 3, 5, 7, 11}. If the set only contains one value, this validator can be used to check for equality.
Next, here are our planned "composition" validators:
 - And Composite Validator: Indicates that all of a set of child validators must pass
 - Or Composite Validator: Indicates that just one of a set of child validators must pass.
Finally, here are our planned "value access" validators, which can be used to specify validation rules on complex objects:
 - Property: Applies a validator to a property of an object
 - Field: Applies a validator to a field of an object
 - Method: Applies a validator to the result of a method of an object (can only be used for methods with no parameters and a non-void result, such as ToString()).
 - Object: Specifies that a nested object needs to be validated by a particular rule set.
 - Collection: Specifies that a nested collection of objects needs to be validated by a particular rule set.
Did we miss anything important?
 - Is there just a standard ComparisionValidator where you can say like 'greater than -1'.
 - Kristian - you can do this with the RangeValidator (by only specifying one boundary).
 - In addition to the And Validator and the Or Validator, what about something in-between (I don't have a good name now) which can validate that at least X conditions in the set are met.
 So, if you have 5 validators, and you want to be sure at least 3 of 5 are met (perhaps this is "good enough" quality for data input).
 Between those three, and the "Negate" property you mentioned, it should be possibly to express fairly complex validation when needed.
 - How about a support for contexts,
 i.e. I have a user class and this user can actually be multiple types of user (standard, power, ultimate).
 I'd like the ability to specify validate for a given context e.g. ValidationMananger.Validate(User, Context) [please not I have not used any part of the block and the example is simply that]. So a bit like composite validator but you don't need to know which rules will fire....just that given the current context the right ones will fire.
 I'm sure there are other ways you could get around it....but just a suggestion.
 - John - actually we already support this, through the concept of "rulesets" which are named collections of validators. The syntax is almost the same as what you specified:
 ValidationResults results = Validation.Validate(myUser, "Power");
 - To be robust it should match the feature set of Peter Blum's validation package for ASP.Net. Multi-condition, centralized message panel to name a few.
 - What about a CompareValidator that can reference another Field/Property/Method/etc... not to compare to a literal, but (for example) to compare two password entries.
 - This is small thing, but you may consider this: DoesFileExist(filepath) and DoesFileNotExist.
 first check that the file path is not nothing and not empty then check the existence of the file (File.Exist).
 - I agree with IDisposable... It would be nice to have an out-of-the-box validator that knows how to compare two properties, for cases like start/end date input, repeat password, etc.
 - Two points:
 1) Unless I'm missing something the proposed architecture can't handle co-occurance constraints (e.g. "If Customer.OccupationType = 'Employed' Then Customer.Occupation.Address is required").
 2) I'm not sure I want my validation logic in code in the first place. It seems like the better place for this is in a rules engine which your entities can call out to validate themselves. Validation rules change. They change often enough that I'd rather re-publish a rules update then re-compiling/deploying code. Finally, a rules engine has no problem with point 1) above.
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 If not this, this validation should offer one-to-one mapping to validation controls. So that I can programmaticaly inject this validation controls counterpart control to my page easily. If I can do that, I will have best of both worlds. Defense in depth. My services will be validated also my client will have javascript support.
 - Tom,
 How about handling semi-mandatory data based on certain other input value conditions?
 - What about Parameter validation. Often when you write methods you want to do simple checks to ensure that the values passed in are correct or in a certain range. It would be awesome to be able to drop for example a [NotNullValidator] a parameter to a method rather than having to manually code the checks. Another place this could be used is in a class constructor.
 - I totally agree with Glenn's comment about Parameter Validation; that would be one of the biggest benefits in my mind. If you could write;
 public void GetSomething(
 [NotNullValidator] string myName,
 [RangeValidator(1, 100) int myAge)
 ... the boiler-plate code at the start of each method would be so much simpler, and code requirements and intentions would be more obvious from method definitions.
 - The Parameter Validation sounds like a great idea! But I'd want it for my methods, so I could write something like this:
 [Validate:NotNullOrEmptyString(boo), NotNull(hoo)]
 public int Foo(string boo, FooBoo hoo) {
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OVERVIEW: Through its Sustainable Development Program, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) supports organizations that work to advance global stewardship and climate change solutions.
IP TAKE: RBF takes a broad approach to climate change, funding a variety of approaches to this challenge. And it's not afraid to get involved in a political fight or take a few risks with its grantmaking.
PROFILE: The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, as the name suggests, was established in 1940 by several members of the Rockefeller family, which includes Nelson, Laurance, Winthrop, and David Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller III. The fund is not affiliated in any way with either the Rockefeller Foundation or the Rockefeller Family Fund.
RBF makes climate change related grants through its Sustainable Development program, which seeks to advance "global stewardship that is ecologically based, economically sound, socially just, culturally appropriate, and consistent with intergenerational equity." To advance solutions to climate change, RBF pursues strategies that advance the green economy agenda, advocate for increased public and policymaking related to climate change, and those that campaign to reduce fossil fuel or carbon intensive energy reliance. What's notable about RBF's climate grantmaking is the range of interests pursued by the fund. Its interests include ocean acidification, more efficient buildings, the national security dimension of climate change, and the all-important big question of how capitalism must adapt to the imperative of ecology sustainability.
RBF's Sustainable Development grants range from $200,000 to $500,000. However, the fund does not make grants to a large number of climate change organizations, and the ones that do receive RBF support tend to be pretty big. To get a sense of the breadth of this funder, explore its searchable grants database.
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There can be many reasons a particular TM1 application has performance issues. TM1 gets its power from the in-memory engine. This can also cause performance degradation as the application matures. Maybe it is time for a TM1 application health check. Here are some of the reasons why an application can slow down overtime:
- An application may perform perfectly fine in the beginning of an implementation but as time goes on, the slowly changing dimensions add sparsity to the cubes and bog it down. As new elements are added, chances are there are more intersections with new values. The time dimensions are notorious for creating this sparsity and creating unnecessary overhead. A good maintenance and archiving strategy can help alleviate this problem.
- In our practice, we see many applications that have been poorly designed. An example of this are cubes with large numbers of dimensions. We understand that sometimes it is difficult to avoid but care should be taken in choosing the right amount of dimensions. Some dimensions can be combined into one. Attributes can be used in place of dimensions to keep the cube dense.
- Many cubes are built extremely virtual in nature which means that the cube will utilize more memory and it will grow exponentially as new elements are added. One way this can happen is if cube rules are created to calculate elements instead of creating a consolidated element in a dimension – Using functions instead of attributes in a rule – Creating a rule where a TI process can do the job. An example of the later can be creating a rule to act upon an Actuals load that needs to be done once a month. You can process that calculation and store it in the cube instead of applying a rule to it and consuming memory unnecessarily.
- Another quick fix for poorly performing cubes is reordering its dimensions. Even though it seems simple and obvious to many, it's surprising to see the amount of implementations that have not checked the cube dimension order even once.
If you are frustrated with your TM1 application due to performance issues, contact Lodestar Solutions and give us the opportunity to help you get the most out of your investment.


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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRIDE LENGTH AND INJURY IN TRAINED COLLEGIATE RUNNERS.
METHODS: Seven collegiate runners (three male, four female, age 19.71 +/- 1.11, wt. 141.86 +/-20.99) ran at a self-selected pace and were videotaped for two full strides, with a Canon ZR850 Mini-DV video camera capturing the stride from the side. Runners completed surveys to document current and past leg injuries. Data on years running, miles per week, age, height, and weight was also collected. Videotape was digitized using Kinematics Analysis Video software (Schleihauf, 2004).
RESULTS: A negative high correlation between stride length and injury was found in the runners. A Pearson correlation test resulted in a -.607 coefficient, signifying that a shorter stride length was associated with increased injury rate.
CONCLUSIONS: There are many other factors to consider when a runner sustains a running injury, including anatomical structure, training, and other biomechanical factors. Runners using their own self-selected stride length may have other issues contributing to their injury rate. Most runners should be encouraged to run with a form that feels the most natural to them.

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This paper presents work conducted to date on the development of a voice activated command and control framework specifically for the control of remote devices in a ubiquitous computing environment. The prototype device is a Java controlled Lego Mindstorm robot. The research considers three different scenario configurations. A recognition grammar for command and control of the robot has been created and implemented in Java, in part in the recognition engine and in part on the robot. The physical topology involves Java at each node endpoint, that is, at the handheld PC (iPaq), the PC workstation, the Linux server and onboard the robot (including its Java based Lejos OS). Network communications is primarily WLAN with an element of IR where the robot is concerned. The speech recognition software used includes Sphinx4, Microsoft SAPI and the Java Speech API. We compare these speech technologies and present their benefits in the context of this research. For each given scenario we present and discuss the implementation challenges encountered and their corresponding solutions. We outline our future plans to create additional grammars to extend the frameworks range of devices.
Ayres, Tony and Nolan, Brian
"Voice Activated Command and Control with Speech Recognition over Wireless Networks,"
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If you have a multilingual setup, and want to provide language translations for your Category names, you do not have to create new categories for each language. Follow the steps in this tutorial to properly format and translate your Category labels.
When rendering your category labels, MetaLocator will look for a "language constant" following this format:
Where "SAFENAME" is the category name with special characters and spaces removed. So, if your category is "Dealers & Retailers", the language constant should be
Provide a translation in the language file for that language constant under Languages in the MetaLocator dashboard. Additional language constants can be added at the bottom of the list of existing language constants as shown below.
To translate Category Group names, enter constants as follows:
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The training of the guides from the local community, community projects, clothing distribution and HIV Aids awareness has been self-funded by Stormsriver Adventures since 1998.
Stormsriver Adventures has formed a non-profit organization, NPO number 077-407-NPO, this is already established comprising of 2 community representatives and 2 company representatives to establish priority projects within the community of Stormsriver.
Please feel free to contact us should you want to donate towards these projects.
The primary objective of the organisation is to help lift the community out of abject poverty and to help them regain pride and become self-sufficient. To achieve this the charity has in the past, and will continue to be, involved in the following main activities:
- Children – Welfare (feeding scheme)
- HIV AIDS – support and excursions
- Animal welfare programme
- Clothing distribution to the needy
- Job creation for unemployed youth. – Skills development.
Based on the 5 areas priorities are defined as to which projects we can afford to initiate and support.
Respected community representatives provide valuable input ensuring that the projects supported are priority needs within the local community of Stormsriver.
Corporate Social Investment and Poverty Relief Initiatives
Stormsriver Adventures is a major role player in Poverty Relief Programs in the Tsitsikamma region, providing assistance and expertise.
- At a direct cost to the company, skills development and job creation initiatives have led to introducing the Stormsriver community to the Eco Adventure Tourism industry since inception of the company in 1998.
School feeding scheme
The provision of food for a school feeding scheme in terms of which each child in the school is provided with one proper meal a day. The aim of this aspect of the charitable work is to help uplift scholars academic achievement.
- 240 Primary school children are provided with a meal 4 times a week.
- The programme has been running since 2003.
Animal education and welfare programme
- This initiative is particularly aimed at the children with the prime objective of creating self worth and caring. The positive impact has been significant by way of teaching children responsibility and has translated into a more caring community. Teaching the community, mainly children, basic life skills through the animal welfare educational program. Using animals as a tangible means to enhance responsibility, self esteem and self-worth amongst the community.
- The programme involves dipping, mange treatment, sterilization campaigns animal trauma treatment and an Inoculation Programme.
- Environmental education excursions are conducted and include children from the local communities.
- Support of SMME's within the community i.e. laminating business operating from Stormsriver Adventures providing laminations to all clients that receive a Canopy Tour certificate on completion.
- Supporting and sponsoring of sport development within the community.
- A community owned craft initiative and local crafts can be purchassed from our small retail outlet. This major project is recieving support and assistance from Stormsriver Adventures.
- A catering company set up by Stormsriver Adventures in 2003 supplies all catering requirements and has created 5 positions for women.
HIV/AIDS Education and Awareness
The Company launched an aggressive committed campaign in 2006 to tackle the enormous challenge of HIV and AIDS. This campaign includes the following:
- Documented HIV/AIDS Policy.
- A documented TB Policy.
- Educational Workshops are held with Staff which include discussions forums, talks by HIV positive Community members, use of literature and audiovisual material.
- The formation of the 'We Care' Movement, comprising of Staff members who undertake Outreach Programmes into the Community to educate and dispel the stigma attached to AIDS.
- The use of 'I know' badges to encourage voluntary testing.
- Assisting the local Primary School with education and awareness.
- Appointment and capacitation of an AIDS Counselor by way of Courses fully sponsored by the Company.


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Origins of the Biology Department's Natural History Collection
The origin of Radford University museum specimens is quite varied - students and faculty continue to build up our collection with contemporary plants and animals, but our specimens date back to 1881. Indeeed, >80 specimens were collected before 1900, and an additional 100 individuals are pre-1950. Most of these older specimens are taxidermied birds.
Although the sources of many of our specimens are yet unknown, class and independent research projects have explored the history of some of the older collections. Through these projects, we are beginning to form a more complete picture of the history of our collection.
Students Researching the History of RU's Collection
Since 2008, a number of students have tackled independent projects, seeking to learn more about some of the oldest specimens in the collection or about some of the more common contemporary collectors.


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Spanish translation of 'intrusive'
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The noise in the restaurant wasn't just intrusive, it was deafening.Yellow Bird
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As a facilitator, I've found that photos can create connections between people faster — and more profoundly — than any other icebreaker or team-building activity I've ever used. And because the response photos evoke is natural, leaders with no facilitation experience can use photos to turn many team interactions into an opportunity to create connection and accelerate collaboration.
Why does a photo create a feeling of connection? Thank biology. And hormones.
Human communication has existed for more than 30,000 years, but written communication has been around for only 3,700. As a result, our brains had a lot of time to become hardwired to recognize and interpret visual information. This is useful considering that 90% of all the information that comes to the brain is visual. And since our survival often depended on it, we got good at doing it quickly.
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Perhaps because we developed this ability alongside the realization that we need to live and work together in tribes and communities to survive, the hormones released when we look at and interpret visual images are the connection-building hormones: serotonin, which creates feelings of connection and belonging, and oxytocin, which reinforces feelings of trust and safety. This potent hormonal mix works quickly to make people feel connected.
As management theorist Simon Sinek and other insightful leaders have noted, when people feel connected, they feel safe to express themselves and share ideas and personal insights — all of which improve the quality of communication and create the rich dialogue essential for collaboration and problem solving.
How can you use photos to build a sense of connection on your team?
Step 1: Prepare. You'll need some photos; it's best to have plenty. A ratio of 10 photos for each person is recommended. You want to be sure you have photos whose imagery has broad appeal. You can create your own deck by printing images from one of the royalty-free and copyright-free stock photo collections, or you can purchase one of the facilitation card decks developed and used by facilitators and executive coaches, which usually have upward of 200 photos.
Display the photos around a room where the team can walk around and see them easily. You'll also need a handout with three to five insight-building questions. More on what makes a good insight-building question in Step 5 below.
Step 2: Focus the discussion. Let's say you have a newly formed team. You need to create a mandate to be sure that the team members have a shared understanding of the group's purpose — why the team exists and what effective collaboration looks like. Focus the group on this topic as your starting point for the discussion.
Step 3: Choose photos. As members consider the topic for discussion, have them select a photo or two that resonates with them and visualizes their thoughts. In this case, it would be on what they think the team's purpose is and what effective collaboration looks like to them.
Step 4: Share insights. Once everyone has had time to think and choose a photo, have each person share their photo and say why it resonates with them. Remember that physiological, emotional reaction? Once people start to share what they think using the photos, they quickly start to connect.
Step 5: Capture themes. As each person shares their photos and explains why they chose them, ask the group to look for common themes. Then dig deeper and facilitate a discussion. Ask insight-building questions, and jot down your team's answers. Here are a few examples of the questions you could ask:
 - What do our images have in common?
 - What themes did we share related to our purpose?
 - Why is this team's work important for the organization?
 - What does it look like when we are collaborating effectively?
 - How do we want to work together going forward?
 - What are our next steps to make our purpose a reality?
Insight-building questions start with why, how, and what, because this language invites open-ended responses. This is critical when unpacking complex subjects into actionable specifics. As James Joyce astutely observed, "In the particular lies the universal." In other words, when people get specific, other people relate.
And when people start to relate, they get into richer dialogue. Rich dialogue is the difference between speaking in generalities, as in "We need to improve morale," and speaking in specifics, as in "Employees want opportunities to grow, learn new skills, and develop on the job." Specifics are vital if you want actionable ideas to result from the conversation.
Step 6: Take action. After the team has identified common themes and answered your questions, ask them to outline actionable commitments they can agree on, ways they can effectively collaborate and work together to make the group mandate a reality.
Why do photos contribute so much to this process? Three big reasons.
Reason #1: In addition to affecting us quickly and powerfully, images stay with us longer. Research shows that after a period of three days we retain 60% of what we see and only 10% of what we hear. Retention of decisions and "aha moments" is critical when it comes to achieving real change in behavior and alignment of action across perspectives.
I am still inspired by an experience I had with a disconnected team whose members used imagery to communicate their issues and expectations for a project they were working on that had gone sideways. A year later, I pulled the images the group had chosen and asked if they could recall their image. Not only could they remember their image and dialogue with incredible accuracy, but they also recalled the images and dialogues of the other participants.
Reason #2: Because the response to photos is physiological, it happens regardless of generation, language, or culture. In workplaces as diverse as most are today, this is pretty important. Last year I called on the connecting power of photos when helping a leadership team that was having difficulty aligning on strategic priorities for how they wanted to lead the organization forward. I asked each person to choose a photo that expressed what leadership meant to them.
A man whose first language was not English shared an image of horses walking along a beach with a single person walking behind them. He spoke of the image evoking that leadership is to serve and lead from behind, and the spirit of the horses symbolizing the combination of strength and gentleness that is needed to gain employees' respect and trust for direction. It was a pivotal moment for the team, helping them relate to each other in a way they hadn't been able to just moments before.
Reason #3: When people connect and relate to one another, they become less protective of their own opinions and less judgmental of others' opinions. In other words, photos shift people out of advocacy, where they protect and promote their own ideas, and into inquiry, where they are open to new ideas.
Incorporating photos into your team interactions has the power to transform your team's communication, connection, collaboration, and performance. No special training or budget necessary.


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THE YOUTH METHOD 14 DAY DIET DETOX FULL REVIEW
What is The Youth Method 14 Day Diet Detox Review?. Is it real or scam diet program?.Is it really healthy?.The Youth Method 14 Day Diet Detox is a digital diet book aims to respond in 14 days as you can see from the name. It helps you with its important meal plan and other information to have a healthier body you desire. This program is meant for old ladies and priced as it deserves.
THE YOUTH METHOD 14 DAY DIET PDF
You experience various differences on your body as time pass and your age. Human body starts releasing inflammatory molecules in high rate after the 40s, which cause people to gain weight and stress out. Your body starts producing estrogen less by you age is a fact, and this would make hard losing weight. No need to worry anymore because The Youth Method is here.You can try The Youth Method and take a step from here through that slim and young body you deserve.
Actually, The Youth Method 14 Day Diet Detox is meant for women older than 40. However, it is effective in any age. The program helps you and triggers the genes which control remaining slim and young in your body. When these genes triggered and activated, you can achieve:
-Reduce the visibility of belly fat
-Blow life to saggy or dull skin
-Relax and comfort your joints
-Fix energy levels
Generally, you have to lose weight to achieve these goals. Most people don't feel they need to do it so they seek solutions through other ways. They probably choose liposuction or plastic surgery to fix their fat problems around their belly. Since these are not the real solutions but maybe temporary ones because you still have the same habits, you end up with failures. The Youth Method 14 Day Diet Detox puts its difference right this point: You will achieve tips and guides to fix your dangerous habits and treat your body well.
How does The Youth Method 14 Day Diet Detox work?
To be able to comprehend Youth Method, first, we need to realize the problem with other companies. Others make you follow different calorie and nutrient order and this exactly cause your body to hold onto fat instead of burning or removing it. Plus it causes inflammation in your body too, which is another problem to fix!
The Youth Method 14 Days Diet Detox comes with difference right this point. Youth Method helps you to reactivate the good genes that we mentioned. This happens with the limitation of some certain food groups. Those food groups are:
-Wheat based foods
-Foods made with sugar
-Any kind of processed foods
This kind of foods we mention here cause aging and fat storing in your body instead of eliminating it. Sugar, for example, is a serious reason of stress and aging which are the main reasons of other sicknesses. Also, it is not a surprise that sugar is the main actor of diabetes.
Wheat usually seems a natural and healthy ingredient, but in fact, when you digest it in your body, it turns into glucose which means it is what happens to sugar. Wheat = Sugar! These ingredients are also included in Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs), which cause aging fast in your internal organs and the rest of the body. To avoid the damage of glucose, you can use fruits, vegetables, and nuts to have the same level of fiber in your body.
Processed food is the easiest one to understand. Diet foods that are low in fat or sugar, includes toxins to give the feeling which is even worse than sugar can damage. Do diet or not, it is always better to stay away from processed food.
What Are You Going to Learn From This Program?
You are going to have many helpful lessons and guides with Youth Method 14 Days Diet Detox. These tips and guides, you can also use them after your diet anytime. You will have:
-The best herbs and species for burning fat
-Guide about fixing your coffee habit and slow down aging on your skin
-The way of using dessert against skin damage and inflammation
-Learning eating fat without gaining or storing any
– Discover if healthy foods can also age you
All these are and much more are included to be Youth Method.The company provides the first three days of the regimen, so even though you know the result of the program, the company helps you to comprehend and approve detox is working well. By the first day, you are going to start destroying the inflammation and slimming down. The second day you can feel that the good genes are activated and helping your body.
RESULT OF THE YOUTH METHOD 14 DAYS DIET DETOX REVIEW:
The Youth Method 14 Days Diet Detox Review is an effective diet to burn your belly fat, fix skin aging and a bad habit of eating. It only costs $19.00 and you will have money-back-guarantee in 60 days. The program already promises to result in 14 days so you can try this product freely.Life is precious and health is very important for you.So, Don't forget,
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This note delineates different motivations for holding endowment by nonprofits, analyzes the definitions and measurement of endowment in the literature, and details newly available data on endowment contained in the Form 990 since 2008. More than 43% of organizations report owning an endowment, and the overwhelming majority of endowment funds are held by higher education nonprofits. One third of endowment funds are unrestricted and 41% are permanently restricted, with heterogeneity across subsectors. Endowed nonprofits exceed average payout rates each year of 5%. Annual endowment payouts average 4.1% of total organizational expenses, which measures the sector's dependence on endowment revenue for operations. We evaluate past endowment measurement approaches using actual endowment data and find wide variation in validity. Although still imperfect, the new endowment data allow researchers to better understand a key distinguishing financial feature of the nonprofit sector.
- donor restrictions
- nonprofit finance
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- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)


Reinforce Candor or Speak Truth to Power?
My Leadership model for building trust has a central element entitled "Reinforce Candor." This is the ability to make people glad they expressed a concern with a leader's inconsistency. Usually, people are punished for expressing a concern with the leader's actions. When high trust and transparency are present, the leader can set aside his or her ego and reinforce the person who challenges an action. Doing so creates a large trust deposit and allows for future trust-building exchanges. When candor is not reinforced, people hide their true feelings and do not challenge the leader, so trust is hard to maintain. Leaders who consistently reinforce candor build a culture where trust grows and deepens.
I was doing a presentation recently and a bright student cornered me on a break and asked why my phrase of reinforcing candor was not just the same thing as speaking truth to power. The question was not easy to answer with everyone buzzing around and the need to take a bathroom break myself, but the question played on my mind.
Later, I went back over the thought process and my notes for how I ended up with the wording of "Reinforce Candor" as the best phrase. I had forgotten how much time and effort I had spent trying to get exactly the right combination of words. The reason I thought "Speak truth to power" was too narrow was that the phrase implies that it is a one way trust building thing. In fact, I believe great leaders try to get everyone in the organization to reinforce candor, so it means not just speaking truth to power but being free to speak truth to everyone without punishment. The boss needs to feel reinforced for being candid with the employee as well as the other way around. We don't often think about the reverse effect because we have such huge problems getting leaders to understand and do the direct effect.
The second aspect I found lacking in "Speak truth to power" is that it leaves out the magic ingredient, which is reinforcement. Lots of leaders will allow people to speak their truth, but not many have the ability to make people glad when they say something in opposition to what the leader thinks is right. That is why it takes a lot of work and energy to get leaders to understand this magic ingredient – it goes against human nature until the leader becomes convinced of the wisdom in it. Once a leader experiences the incredible trust building impact of reinforcing candor, he or she is inclined to do it more often because the small price to pay for suppressing one's ego is completely overshadowed as the organization becomes a more real place where people are not playing games with each other.
While my model is focused on the behaviors of leaders (because it is a leadership model and leaders are where the problem resides 99% of the time) the model really needs to be spread to the whole population once a leader fully understands its power.
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What's the difference between leave and let?
Let and leave have similar meanings, however, they are not interchangeable. Keep reading to learn everything you need to know about these tricky verbs. Once you've mastered the difference, put your knowledge to the test in the free exercises.
Let can have the following meanings:
- to allow or give someone permission to do something
- They only let the children eat sweets on the weekend.
- My boss let me go home early yesterday.
- to allow something to happen by not doing anything to prevent it
- I was watching TV and I let the cake burn in the oven.
- You should let your beard grow, it would look really cool.
- I just let him shout until he was finished.
- we also use the construction let's + infinitive to make suggestions.
- Let's go to the beach after work.
Leave has the following meanings:
- to not interfere with something so that it remains unchanged
- Leave the door open, it's very warm in here.
- I think you should leave the Christmas tree the way it is, it already looks great.
- to go away or depart from somewhere, temporarily or for a longer time.
- I left work at 5 o'clock.
- He left home when he was 16.
- to forget something
- I left my keys on the train.
- You left your phone here last night.
We use the phrasal verb leave sb/sth out when somebody or something is not included.
- Tell me the whole story and don't leave anything out.
- The other children often leave him out at school, so he feels a bit lonely.
See also Leave/Forget.


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Pulse Induction Metal Detector - The Best Detectors for Finding Gold!
The pulse Induction metal detector is the best metal detector for finding gold in the WA Gold fields because;
 - PI Detectors do not respond to the iron mineralization commonly found in the WA Goldfields e.g. magnetite.
 - This is strongly evident in magnetite hotrock conditions which will cause the VLF to overload but not impact on a PI. A nugget of gold next to a magnetite hotrock will be missed by a VLF detector but the positive gold response will be picked up by a PI detectors.
 - They have increased depth over VLF due to the increased power that can be generated to the coil which creates a stronger signal.
 - Pulse Induction metal detectors are designed specifically for the conditions found in the goldfields of Australia.
As outlined in the Compare metal detectors page, it can be seen that the PI is the best metal detector for finding native gold nuggets.
How do Pulse Induction Metal Detectors Work?
The Pulse Induction Metal Detector generates a brief high current pulse into the ground via the coil transmit wiring. When the current is flowing it generates a magnetic field that expands outwards from the coil.
When this magnetic field encounters a metallic object it changes the current flow.
When the current pulse is turned off the current flow generated by the object generates back to the coil creating the target sound.
The resulting signal (target sound) returned via the receive coil is amplified, sampled and analysed.
This cycle is repeated on an ongoing basis hundreds to thousands of times per second.
Why Can You Find Small Pieces of Iron Easily Yet Miss Small Gold?
It is important to note that the signal strength and duration of the signal varies from object to object. Iron produces a larger and longer signal than gold and that is why a similar sized piece of iron will produce a stronger signal than gold and be easier to detect!
So if you are wildly swinging your detector and finding small pieces of iron like staples and no gold, remember it may be the technique you are using that is preventing you detecting those small pieces of gold. It does not follow that just because you are finding small fragments of iron you will also always find the small gold!
Pulse Induction Metal Detectors Main Advantages
Mineralised Ground Handles mineralised ground better than a VLF. Heavily mineralised ground will overload the circuits of a VLF.
DepthGenerally greater depth particularly in mineralised areas.
Hot RocksHandles hot rocks and mineralisation better than VLF.
Small Nugget DetectionIn noisy mineralised areas the PI has an advantage over the VLF.
Monoloops Only Used on PI metal detectors.Monoloops are only used on PI detectors and they can be more sensitive to smaller gold.
For a further information about coils see Metal Detector Coils
PI Metal Detectors Designed to Find GoldIn general terms the PI Metal Detectors have been specifically designed and built to find native gold nuggets.
PricePrice of PI Machines are much higher than the VLF machines
Electrical Interference and EMIMore sensitive to Electrical and Electromagnetic interference.
Discrimination PI Machines do not reliably discriminate between different metals.
The most reliable discriminator is you, by digging the target!
A Signal can be Generated by some hotrocks In PI Detectors PI Machines will generate a response to the basalts and banded jaspers in WA
Some hotrocks will generate a weak target in the WA goldfields but the target dissapears if the coil is raised so deeper hotrocks do not generate a notieceable signal.
Earth Field Effect signal (EFE)This is the noise caused by voltage generated by the coil moving through the earths magnetic field.
Although there is an attempt to elimintate this in the design of the detector it is seldom eliminated.
This signal is particularly noticeable at the end of each swing of the metal detector.
Other sensitivity to noise PI Machines can create strong ground noises in some conditions such as:
- Where there is a clay base.
- Where there is a accumulation of buried ash from fires.
- Where there is concentrations of Maghemite (Ferromagnetic ferric oxide)
What Should You Base Your Purchase Decision On?
For example now the Minelab 5000 series has been released, Minelab 4500 machines are readily available second hand for about $Aud4500.
Minelab 4000 machines range down from these prices.
A new Minelab 5000 metal detector will set you back $Aud6700 - the technology of the Minelab 4000 and 4500 is excellent for finding gold in Western Australia, but at a much lesser cost.
Compare Metal Detectors
If you review this page and the VLF metal detector page it will help you make a more informed decision based on your needs and the criteria you want to use when selecting a metal detector and coil combination.
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This device originally developed for covert operations is now made available for the public to use. Each earpiece kit can provide a way for you to transmit and receive audio information without anybody in the room knowing. Whether you want to receive pre-recorded messages or information from another party to assist you during your presentation / interview or speech, the earpiece can be set up with your phone, audio recorder, radio, or MP3 player to send the message to your earpiece, placed in your ear channel so that it is undetectable.. All kits also include a built in microphone so that you can engage in 2 way conversation should you wish
So how does it work?
The key is the inductive transmitter that will transmit audio from a phone / mp3 player to the earpiece. The transmitter itself is available in many forms. For example the transmitter may be included within a neckloop to be worn around the users neck, this may connect to your phone or mp3 player via its earphone socket. Or you may have a Bluetooth are often included in everyday objects such as a pair of glasses, a Pen or even a bluetooth watch. The transmitter acts as the aerial for reception and signal transmitter from phone to earpiece. At the same time, output sound picked up by the tiny microphone attached to the neckloop / pen / glasses is sent through your phone just as if the user is talking directly into it.
How to Use The Spy Earpiece?
Depending on what kind of information you wish to receive the earpiece can be set up to suit. For example during a presentation or speech you may wish to pre-record your speech or presentation on an mp3 player, then play it back to yourself during the presentation / speech. Or simply record a simple prompt for each point you would like to make. You could then connect up your mp3 player to an inductive neckloop included in most earpiece kits, and wear a spy earpiece. So long as the battery is inserted into the earpiece you will hear the audio from your mp3 player in the earpiece.
Alternatively you may prefer to have a team prepped in another room to assist you during your speech. This can be achieved by simply starting a mobile phone conversation with your team just before the speech starts. You would then need to either connect an inductive neckloop to the headphone output of your phone, or pair your phone with a bluetooth induction neckloop / pen / glasses. Insert the earpiece into your ear making sure the battery is inserted correctly. Your team should be able to hear your speech in real time over the phone, and can give you tips in your earpiece along the way. The same may apply in an interview situation, you may wish to have a third party issue you advice during your interview.
Each Inductive transmitter whether it be a neckloop or a bluetooth device like a pen, glasses or bluetooth neckloop, will also include a built in microphone so you can also talk back to your colleagues should you wish during your speech / presentation or interview.
Lets not forget the original intention of the Spy Earpiece which is for security and covert surveillance. The Spy Earpiece excels in these situations where the requirement is for a security operative to communicate covertly.
The key to success is in the careful planning and preparation so that everything runs smooth.
The way I see it, when the challenge is great and the results mean everything, why not try the Spy Earpiece and take the risk out of the equation?
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NY Penal Law 195.15 – Obstructing firefighting operations
A person is guilty of obstructing firefighting operations when he intentionally and unreasonably obstructs the efforts of any:
 1. fireman in extinguishing a fire, or prevents or dissuades another from extinguishing or helping to extinguish a fire; or
 2. fireman, police officer or peace officer in performing his duties in circumstances involving an imminent danger created by an explosion, threat of explosion or the presence of toxic fumes or gases.
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Skinny Piggies Best Appetite Suppresent Gummies are Treats You won't Feel Guilty About
Do you like eating tasty food but also would like to slim down? Burning fat is about creating a negative caloric balance which will almost certainly make you hungry constantly.
Fortunately, there's now a product that can change that: Skinny Piggies. What is this and how will it help? First, let's understand what fat loss is.
How Does Weight Loss Work?
Before we talk about what Skinny Piggies best appetite suppresent gummies are, let's understand what is required for weight loss to happen.
If you want to melt fat from your body, you need three things:
- 1) A caloric deficit, that means you burn more calories than you eat
- 2) Good nutrition to make sure you burn only fat and not your muscles
- 3) A plan that is enjoyable, so that you can stick with it for a long period of time.
Sad to say, a large number of weight loss plans skip on one or more of these items. To really see really good success with your regimen, it's essential that you consume fewer calories than you burn off daily. You can do this in one of two ways: increase your energy output through added exercise or lower your food consumption. Doing both is best!
Wait a second! This sounds good, but start cutting calories and sweets cravings will set in, as well as hunger that is hard to ignore. And that's where Skinny Piggies can really help! Skinny Piggies are fun, delightful healthy treats you don't need to feel guilty about! Enjoy the tasty taste of these best appetite suppresent gummies
and let them do their magic.
Ok, exactly what are the gummies doing for you?
- 1) Help in reducing your desire for food
- 2) Help put your body into fat loss mode
How does it work?
The Concept Behind Skinny Piggies
Appetite is primarily controlled by 2 things: caloric intake and the stretch in your stomach. When you eat a meal, your stomach becomes full and the food stretches against the stomach walls. This creates the sensation of being full and you stop eating.
When you ingest a Skinny Piggy 30 minutes preceding your lunch with a big glass of water, it will form a gel, activating stretch receptors in the stomach, letting your brain know you just consumed a lot of food. So that when you eat your meal later, you're already partly full and consume less calories because of it.
It means you can fight appetite and food cravings, hunger, and keep your calories down, all without feeling hungry all the time.
When you eat the Skinny Piggies appetite reducing gummies prior to meals, they will coat your food in a gel, which decreases the release of the carbohydrates you ingest into the blood. This manages to keep your blood sugar levels much more steady and makes sure that your body remains in fat loss mode all day long. It may maybe even help make your gym sessions feel much easier.
What's Different about Skinny Piggies?
The choices for appetite suppressants, diet pills, and fat burners are never ending! The online research to find the optimal one for you could quite possibly take several hours. But, you don't need to look any further because Skinny Piggies are certainly your best choice and here's why:
Skinny Piggies have zero artificial additives - you can actually read and pronounce all the active ingredients. The nourishing, all natural ingredients used in Skinny Piggies also have extra health-related benefits including support for strong hair and nails, glowing skin, and anti-aging properties.
Aside from that, Skinny Piggies contain no stimulants. This is a crucial point because when you consume stimulants, not only are you risking struggling with exhaustion and tiredness afterwards, but it restricts when you can take them. Take a stimulant fat burner too close to bed and sure enough, you won't sleep that night.
With Skinny Piggies, you can eat them day or night-- no problem.
Finally, what other fat loss product is as delicious as a strawberry gummy? 'Thought so.
You will love eating these so remembering to take your health supplement will definitely no longer be a hindrance. They're fun to eat and anyone can begin right off the bat. Try one and they will certainly become a highlight of your day.
So don't think of losing weight as a chore anymore. Instead, give Skinny Piggies weight loss gummies a try and learn how fun and delicious weight loss can be. Put them to the test for 30 days and only then decide if you like them knowing you're protected by 100% money back guarantee. Go to SkinnyPiggies.co
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Comforting Scriptures For Death was uploaded at June 1, 2017 at 10:16 pm. It is posted on the Comforter category. Comforting Scriptures For Death is tagged with Comforting Scriptures For Death, Comforting, Scriptures, For, Death..
Comfortingcom•fort•ing (kum′fər ting),USA pronunciation adj.
- affording comfort or solace.
ScripturesScrip•ture (skrip′chər),USA pronunciation n.
- Often, Scriptures. Also called Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures. the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
- (often l.c.) any writing or book, esp. when of a sacred or religious nature.
- (sometimes l.c.) a particular passage from the Bible;
Forfor (fôr; unstressed fər),USA pronunciation prep.
- with the object or purpose of: to run for exercise.
- intended to belong to, or be used in connection with: equipment for the army; a closet for dishes.
- suiting the purposes or needs of: medicine for the aged.
- in order to obtain, gain, or acquire: a suit for alimony; to work for wages.
- (used to express a wish, as of something to be experienced or obtained): O, for a cold drink!
- sensitive or responsive to: an eye for beauty.
- desirous of: a longing for something; a taste for fancy clothes.
- in consideration or payment of;
in return for: three for a dollar; to be thanked for one's efforts.
- appropriate or adapted to: a subject for speculation; clothes for winter.
- with regard or respect to: pressed for time; too warm for April.
- during the continuance of: for a long time.
- in favor of;
on the side of: to be for honest government.
- in place of;
instead of: a substitute for butter.
- in the interest of;
on behalf of: to act for a client.
- in exchange for;
as an offset to: blow for blow; money for goods.
- in punishment of: payment for the crime.
- in honor of: to give a dinner for a person.
- with the purpose of reaching: to start for London.
- contributive to: for the advantage of everybody.
- in order to save: to flee for one's life.
- in order to become: to train recruits for soldiers.
- in assignment or attribution to: an appointment for the afternoon; That's for you to decide.
- such as to allow of or to require: too many for separate mention.
- such as results in: his reason for going.
- as affecting the interests or circumstances of: bad for one's health.
- in proportion or with reference to: He is tall for his age.
- in the character of;
as being: to know a thing for a fact.
- by reason of;
because of: to shout for joy; a city famed for its beauty.
- in spite of: He's a decent guy for all that.
- to the extent or amount of: to walk for a mile.
- (used to introduce a subject in an infinitive phrase): It's time for me to go.
- (used to indicate the number of successes out of a specified number of attempts): The batter was 2 for 4 in the game.
- for it, See in (def. 21).
- seeing that;
Deathdeath (deth),USA pronunciation n.
- the act of dying;
the end of life;
the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Cf. brain death.
- an instance of this: a death in the family; letters published after his death.
- the state of being dead: to lie still in death.
destruction: It will mean the death of our hopes.
- manner of dying: a hero's death.
- (usually cap.) the agent of death personified, usually represented as a man or a skeleton carrying a scythe. Cf. Grim Reaper.
- Also called spiritual death. loss or absence of spiritual life.
- [Christian Science.]the false belief that life comes to an end.
- bloodshed or murder: Hitler was responsible for the death of millions.
- a cause or occasion of death: You'll be the death of me yet!
plague. Cf. Black Death.
- at death's door, in serious danger of death;
gravely ill: Two survivors of the crash are still at death's door.
- be death on, [Informal.]
- to be excessively strict about: That publisher is death on sloppily typed manuscripts.
- to be snobbish about or toward.
- to be able to cope with easily and successfully: The third baseman is death on pop flies.
- do to death:
- to kill, esp. to murder.
- to repeat too often, to the point of becoming monotonous and boring: That theme has been done to death.
- in at the death:
- [Fox Hunting.]present at the kill.
- present at the climax or conclusion of a situation.
- put to death, to kill;
- to death, to an extreme degree;
thoroughly: sick to death of the heat.
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Creating a Custom Formatter
You can create custom subclasses of NSFormatter to format representations of data other than dates and numbers.
To subclass NSFormatter, you must, at the least, override these methods:
In the first method you convert the cell's object to a string representation; in the second method you convert the string to the object associated with the cell.
You may also override attributedStringForObjectValue:withDefaultAttributes: to convert the object to a string that has attributes associated with it. For example, if you want negative financial amounts to appear in red, you have this method return a string with an attribute of red text. In attributedStringForObjectValue:withDefaultAttributes: get the non-attributed string by invoking stringForObjectValue: and then apply the proper attributes to that string.
If the string for editing must differ from the string for display—for example, the display version of a currency field shows a dollar sign but the editing version doesn't—implement editingStringForObjectValue: in addition to stringForObjectValue:.
In OS X, you can edit the textual contents of a cell at each key press and prevent the user from entering invalid characters using isPartialStringValid:proposedSelectedRange:originalString:originalSelectedRange:errorDescription: and isPartialStringValid:newEditingString:errorDescription:. You can apply this dynamic editing to things like social security numbers; the person entering data enters the number only once, since the formatter automatically inserts the separator characters.


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The Global PI Hub is recruiting!
Mission & Vision
Through the Global PI Hub, we seek to create a group of enthusiastic iGEM Community PI's interested in creating a space to listen to and encourage members who have supported their teams at iGEM with so much effort and still have so much to contribute to the global synthetic biology community.
We would like to hear and address the great experiences that PIs have had through their opportunities in iGEM, as well as identify the wide and different profiles that make up this important community in synthetic biology. Additionally, we would like to follow them closely and invite them to inspire through their experience and work with hundreds of students that are constantly involved in iGEM around the world.
We are planning to have more engaging activities with more iGEMers and iGEM stakeholders in different formats, including having an event for iGEM PIs at the Grand Jamboree.
Finally, we would like to develop new resources that may be helpful in their involvement in iGEM and the synthetic biology community; provide a place to share their knowledge with others; and be part of the development of a wide variety of programs and initiatives of the iGEM Community. We invite all PIs to join this new initiative for this iGEM 2022 season.
Projects & Goals for 2022
- Listen to and understand the needs of the wide diversity of PIs that make up the iGEM Community.
- Search and identify the different profiles of PIs in the community, their areas of interest, expertise, and lines of research.
- Encourage the iGEM Community PIs to keep in touch and get involved in the different activities during the iGEM season, such as webinars, meetups, podcasts, etc.
- Establish communication channels between PIs and students in the Community with the aim of sharing experiences that inspire new generations of synthetic biologists.
- Create a space where PIs can share their knowledge in order to develop new resources, programs, or initiatives in the iGEM Community.
- Identify and guide the development of new useful resources and activities for PIs during the iGEM Grand Jamboree season with the aim of making their experience much more enriching.


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Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which faith-based preschools promote spiritual development in preschoolers. The participants in the study were faith-based early childhood teachers and administrators from seven states. Early childhood professionals representing 11 Christian faith traditions completed written surveys or online surveys. A total of 201 faith-based educators completed the survey; 20 respondents participated in semi-structured interviews. The concurrent triangulation mixed-method design provided data on 8 program dimensions which support children's spiritual development: prayer, Bible literacy, worship, building character, service opportunities, assessment, parental involvement and context. I analyzed quantitative data using descriptive and inferential statistics. All items were examined using mean, standard deviation, frequency, and percentages. Qualitative data gathered from semi-structured interviews were coded and analyzed using NVivo8® qualitative analysis software (QSR International, Inc., Cambridge, MA, _URL_). From this data I identified the extent to which faith-based preschool programs support children's spiritual development through the practices of prayer, Bible literacy, worship, building character, service opportunities, assessment, parental involvement and context. Data analyses revealed statistically significant differences in faith-based teachers' hours of training in children's spiritual development across all program practice dimensions. A key finding of the study was that training in children's spiritual development...
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Can headphones break in cold weather? The low temperature won't damage the headphones, but the moisture does. Read on to know how you can protect your headphones.
Nowadays, most headphones can withstand cold weather and even light rain. The cold temperature usually does not break the headphones. Unfortunately, cold weather comes with a bit of moisture, which can damage the headphone drivers.
You can use your headphones at a high temperature of 40°C. But exceeding this limit will compromise its performance and damage it. If you use headphones in freezing weather, your battery will die much faster as very low temperature and moisture kill the battery.
In this article, let us further look at:
- How can a low temperature reduce battery life
- How does moisture break headphones
- Does cold weather affect wireless connectivity
- Do headphones keep ears warm?
- How can you protect your headphone from damage?
How Can a Low Temperature Reduce Battery Life?
Any electric device needs power to function. The battery supplies power to most of these devices. You need to handle the battery with care, and if exposed to extremely cold weather, it can damage the device.
Most of the lithium-ion batteries in headphones and other devices do not work well in extremely cold weather. As a result, the battery's life is reduced and discharges quickly.
You might also like to read: How Do Headphones Break
How Does Moisture Break Headphones?
Humidity and moisture are the main factors to consider when you use your headphones in cold weather as they may damage them.
Usually, water and electronics don't mix well. However, cold weather does not damage your headphones. But when you move your headphones from a cold temperature to a warmer one and use them, it causes condensation to form inside the headphone.
Water can also get inside the headphone from condensation, which damages it. The moisture present in headphones can create electrical shocks and damage the metal parts there in your headphones.
So when you move from chilly to a warmer room, make sure not to use the headphones for some time. Switch it off for a few minutes and let the moisture out.
Does Cold Weather Affect Wireless Connectivity?
The RF radio waves and Bluetooth connectivity are not affected by low temperatures. Even if your battery is low, you can use Bluetooth headphones in cold weather.
But when you use headphones in cold weather, the battery may discharge in just two hours or even less. The performance of batteries of low-end Bluetooth devices may run out quickly.
So if you are going to use your headphones at low temperatures, always get good quality headphones. The weather will not affect the Bluetooth but the sub-zero temperature damages the device.
Do Headphones Keep Your Ears Warm?
There are winter headphones available nowadays that can handle low temperatures pretty well. They have a dual function and can keep the headphone insulated during the cold weather and also helps keep the ears warm.
Winter headphones have good insulating properties that can withstand extremely cold weather without the risk of freezing. In contrast, the plastic on most of the headphones breaks in extremely cold weather.
How Can You Protect Your Headphone From Damage?
Though the cold weather affects the headphones badly, there are ways you can protect them.
You can buy a thermal cover and cover your headphones. You will find the thermal cover in any store or even online. This cover helps isolate your headphones from extremely low temperatures as much as possible. You can listen to your favorite songs for quite a long time. But avoid overusing it.
You can either avoid wearing headphones to protect them from low temperatures. Or you can get good quality winter headphones that are available in the market. The winter headphones are pretty comfortable and come with earmuffs to keep you warm.
The winter headphones are helpful in three ways: they can withstand cold weather, warm your ears, and have good noise cancellation to enjoy your music. These headphones can withstand low temperatures and prevent the headphone's structure from corroding.
You might also like to read: Can You Take Broken Headphones To Apple
Some wireless headphones can withstand cold weather and do not let the cable freeze. The low temperature does not affect the Bluetooth, enabling you to use the headphones without worry. You should protect your smartphone.
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Is it bad to leave headphones in car? Can you leave headphones in a cold car?
Leaving your headphones in the car is not a good idea unless the temperature outside is at an average room temperature.
If you leave your headphones in cold weather for a long time, when you finally take them into a warm place, there might be condensation inside the headphone, which is sure to damage the headset's electronics.
What temperature is bad for headphones?
In any electric device, the circuit generates heat when it's functioning. If you expose the headphone to direct heat for a long time, it will destroy the headphone parts inside.
Similarly, any device will work properly at a low temperature. However, it will have a problem if the weather is freezing outside. Using headphones at extremely low temperatures such as -80°C can damage the electronic circuit.
You might also like to read: Can Bass Break Headphones
What can you do when your headphones break in cold weather?
When you get your headphones from extremely chilly weather outside, don't try to heat them immediately with something. You will damage it more. So if you have kept your headphones in chilly weather for a long time, you need to get them to average room temperature.
Usually, the climate of any country ranges from 22 to 30 degrees. So let your device get back to average temperature if you have just come from chilly weather. Your headphones will start working again in some time.
So Can Headphones Break in Cold Weather? Yes, They Can.
Extremely cold weather affects the performance of the headphones. The electric circuit, battery, or the metallic part outside may not function properly due to the moisture inside.
But if you enjoy listening to music in cold weather using your headphones, you must invest in some good low-temperature resistant headphones of excellent quality.
You can replace them with winter headphones. Winter headphones have excellent insulation and protect your device in chilly weather, and keep your ears warm.
I hope now you get some idea of how you can protect your headphones from damage and extend their lifetime in cold weather.


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Why March In Whistler Is The Best
While the rest of the world associates March with the arrival of dreary springtime, Whistler is rubbing their hands together in anticipation of the seasonal transition. A typical pacific northwest spring means rain, add the cooler temperatures found at higher elevations and you have optimal conditions for snow, snow and more snow! However, March isn't made great just by the snow alone, the typical perks of moving into a warmer season apply here too. Now, enough of the small talk, we are going to lay down the facts and prove just why March is the best!
In 2016, it snowed for 15 days straight in March. 15 DAYS! The total month saw a cumulative 297 cm of fresh snowfall and these statistics are not an anomaly. Historically, Whistler receives meters (Yes meters!) of snow in early spring. This is usually a result of the increase in precipitation that goes hand in hand with the changing of the seasons in this region.
Not convinced yet? Read on…
As we transition into spring, an increase in temperatures is expected to take us from the average of -3 degrees seen in February to around +8 degrees by the end of March. You won't have to worry about covering up every bit of skin that may be exposed to the elements; Instead, t-shirt's and sunscreen replace balaclavas and winter coats. What's more, a common occurrence during March is the phenomenon of getting a huge dump of snow at night and waking up to a blue bird sky and sun in the morning.
Still don't believe us? Keep reading…
Daylight Savings
In the middle of March, daylight savings occurs. This is the practice of advancing clocks during the summer months by one hour so that evening daylight lasts an hour longer. What this means for skiers and snowboarders is that the mountain stays open later and you get to bare witness to the exquisite hues of a Whistler sunset while riding down. Can you say perfection?
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Multi-Sport Days
As the month of March continues on, the snow begins to melt at lower elevations. Don't worry, this isn't a bad thing. It means the beginning of a beautiful period of time where multi-sport days can take place. Just what is a multi-sport day you ask? It is when you can take part in multiple sports in one day and here in Whistler, it generally means skiing and biking! This scared time frame only exists during March and April when the mountain is open, so don't miss out!
We really don't need to persuade you why March in Whistler is the best but we do feel it is our duty to inform you of all the fun that you could be having. But hey, if our facts did the trick, you will be booking your March vacation in Whistler and accommodation at the Listel Hotel now!


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The Social Security Department just released its calculations for the national average wage index (AWI).
This is all compensation (wages, tips etc.) subject to federal income tax, and is gathered from reports by employers and W2 forms.
Here's how they do it:
First they find something called "net compensation," which they define as contributions to deferred compensation plans, but excluding certain distributions from plans where the distributions are included in the reported compensation subject to income taxes.
In 2010 it was $6,009,831,055,912.11.
Then they divide that number by the number of wage earners in the U.S. That's 150,398,796 people. The number you get, is $39,959.30.
According to their data table (which you can see here), 66.2% of wage earners make netted less than or equal to $39.959.30. A raw average.
They calculated the median of that raw average to be $26,363.55— and that's the net compensation of 50% of Americans.
Now, we decided to take that a step farther and put that $26,363.55 into a calculator that the Wall Street Journal made called "What Percent Are You?"
It said that making $26,363.55 puts you in the bottom 33%.


How much will an AME consultation cost?
Charges for meetings with AME educators are typically less than expert witness fees. The hourly fee ranges from $350 to $500 per hour (billed on 15 minute units).
What other costs are there?
If the AME educator travels to your location, there will be travel and modest hourly-fee charges A retainer may be requested. In some circumstances there may be supply costs for the teaching sessions – these will be rare and very modest.
How do I meet the AME educator?
There are various ways you can meet with the educator – in person, by phone or on-line. You are welcome to travel to meet the educator, or to ask them to visit you. Having the educator travel to you may incur other costs, including a predetermined travel-time charge, travel, and room and board costs. In some cases, when an educator travels to your location, a retainer is required.
Can I approve the AME educator before the meeting?
Yes. You will be given the CV of the AME educator before your first meeting. If you are not satisfied with their background, you can ask for a different educator.
Can I change AME educators?
Yes. If you are not fully satisfied with your engagements with the AME educator, you can request a new educator. You will be able to review their CV before your first meeting.
How long will the AME engagement last?
The short answer is half a day. This has been the experience of AME founder Dr. William Rosenblatt. Of course you are welcome to engage the AME educator for as long as you wish.
What will the AME educator and I do during our meeting?
Each AME educator has a different teaching style, just as each field of medicine may warrant different teaching techniques. The educator may elect to hold discussions with you, may use graphic and video teaching aids, or even include whole body simulation and biological specimens.
Can I discuss the specifics of a case with the AME educator?
Yes, but only after both parties are satisfied that the goal of attorney education in the relevant field has been met.
Is the AME educator the same as an expert witness?
No. AME is not an expert witness service. The AME educator is there to teach you the relevant science, standards and jargon of the medical field specific to your case.
What if I like the AME educator and want to use them as an expert witness?
If you feel that your AME educator would be a good expert witness for your case, you are welcome to solicit their participation. Any expert witness work by the AME educator should be invoiced between you and the individual doctor, and is outside the scope of AME.
Can I bring case files with me?
Though we discourage your bringing case files with you, you can discuss case specifics after both parties are satisfied with the education session. The time spent discussing the case will be added to your AME fees. If you engage the AME educator for later expert witness work, you should arrange billing directly with the physician, outside of AME.
Can I have someone else with me and will this incur a charge?
Yes and no. You are welcome to bring along a partner, paralegal or other staff – as many as you wish. Because you are paying for the AME educator's time, there is no extra charge. Be aware, however, that the more people you bring, the more dilute the in-person experience will be. In the past we have found that four or five persons is the maximum for a great experience.
How do I pay for the AME engagement?
You will be billed directly from AME. There is no need to pay the educator. Payments are due in 90 days.
Is there a minimum charge for the AME engagement?
Yes. You will be charged for a minimum of four (4) hours. But because we want you to be satisfied with our service, we will invite you to re-meet, call or otherwise engage the AME educator if you and the educator do not require the minimum time on the first meeting. Only after the minimum of four hours of education time is satisfied will you be further charged.
I am a defense attorney, and my client can teach me what I need to know about his/her field of medicine. Why do I need AME?
AME educators are independent, objective and expert. Even in the best of circumstances, your client is likely to be biased towards his or her own practice. The client may not be objective in evaluating the claims against him or her.
An insurance company may not agree to engage a non-witness educator onto the case. How do I convince them otherwise?
The insurer wants you to win this case. AME arms you with expert knowledge that will not only help you in examinations, but also reduce expert-witness expenses by bringing your understanding of the case up to par with the expert. AME educator fees are typically lower than expert witness fees.
I have an expert witness who can teach me the science, jargon and standards I need to know.
Many physicians in the prime of their practice and the at the top of their field don't enjoy medical malpractice work, and hence don't make themselves available as expert witnesses. Because attorney education does not involve issues of litigation, the best doctors in the country are more willing to participate.
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Both my multimeters will only measure current up to 10A. What kit would you recommend to measure higher currents, up to about 40A?
Build yourself a shunt. Take a piece of #14 or #12 bare copper wire about 6 inches long and connect it to robust terminals (enough to handle your max current). If the shunt gets warm at the currents you work with, it won't be accurate and you will need to use heavier wire.
Then use small wire and tap off the shunt near each end, but not touching the big terminals (like this):
The "#" denotes the large connectors, the "|" denotes the small wire. The "---" denotes the bare copper wire shunt.
Now, connect the small wires to your voltmeter on the millivolts scale and apply 2 different known currents to the shunt and see what millivolts you get for each. Then do a first order (linear) calibration and you have your current meter.
Alternatively, you may want to check out a local college or technical school and see if they have any high current shunts left over from the "good old days". They may have dusty boxes of old lab parts they don't use anymore and they may be able to give you a laboratory shunt (which will already be calibrated for you).