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Mohawk College has a rich history including two predecessors, the Hamilton Institute of Technology and the Provincial Institute of Textiles.
The following is updated from Mohawk College, The Years to 1985: A History 1946-1985
The Name Mohawk College
The Board of Governors held its inaugural meeting on September 28, 1966 at which time the name of the College was discussed. For many years, there had been a strong desire to have a college in the City of Brantford. The Government decided that Hamilton was a more appropriate location and the College now serves the Golden Horseshoe, with campuses in Brantford, Stoney Creek, and Hamilton.
Choosing a name to reflect the wider community was a highly delicate matter in 1966. At the time, there seemed to be a preference for Aboriginal names. Joseph Brant, Chief of the Mohawks, had played a prodigious role in the former British Colony, winning respect for himself and his people. Note was made of the fact that the Mohawk Trail School, not far from the site of the College, was being turned into a museum for the celebration of the Canadian Centennial. The name "Mohawk" was comfortable for both Hamilton and Brantford. Thus the name Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology was agreed upon as reflecting the special nature of a large area of Brant county, including the Six Nations and New Credit Reservations, the City of Brantford, part of the adjacent region of Haldimand-Norfolk, and the County of Wentworth. Approval for the name was given by the Board on October 17, 1966.
The Coat of Arms and Colours
Many Heraldic symbols have a kind of iconograph of the name incorporated in their design. Several board members offered suggestions and as one of them remembered, attention focused on a stuffed hawk in one of the display cases. It was decided to feature the "hawk" section of "Mohawk". After consultation with the Royal College of Heraldry in England, a proposed Coat of Arms was approved at the June 18, 1969 Board meeting along with the college colours of red, black and gold. The hawk remains a symbol of Mohawk today, and the vision of the hawk is celebrated as part of the Mohawk character.
Drums Along the Mohawk
The following is extracted from the article appearing in BIZ Magazine, Summer '96 entitled Drums Along the Mohawk written by Joanna Miclash.
The history of Mohawk College springs from deep within the roots of the Hamilton area. From the first cotton mills of the 1800s, located in Dundas and Ancaster, to the flourishing foundries of Hamilton harbour in the 20th century, Hamilton had established itself as a leading industrial city. In 1947, the Provincial Institute of Textiles, a predecessor to Mohawk College and located at what is now the Wentworth Campus, was founded as one of the first Ontario schools to offer specialized post-secondary training in the technical fields.
A decade later, the school was restructured as the Hamilton Institute of Technology in response to the increasing need for technical education. The first class of 104 young men were offered select courses in textile, electrical, electronics and mechanical technology. On May 21, 1965, William Davis, then minister of education, introduced Bill 153, an act that called for the establishment of new alternatives to university in Ontario - the colleges of applied arts and technology. The Hamilton region, including Brant, Wentworth and part of Haldimand-Norfolk, was designated "Area Nine", and would establish one of twenty new colleges throughout the province.
The idea was to provide a college to service the needs of the changing communities; a post-secondary institution that would be an alternative to the "sheepskin of a university education". Until the mid '60s, the choices for high school graduates who did not attend university were very limited. The new colleges of applied arts and technology would be revolutionary in that they would offer a new vocational training option, one that would bring educated and trained graduates beyond post-secondary directly into the labour force.
A sprawling 66-acre site on the mountain beside Hillfield College was chosen as the future site of the college in Hamilton. An old root cellar on the grounds, recognizable today as the core of "The Arnie", Mohawk's lively student centre, had been part of the farm that supplied food to the psychiatric hospital on the mountain brow. After an original $7 million cost projection, by mid-1965 the cost had skyrocketed to some $15 million and the project would take three years to complete. Planning progressed, and in September, 1966, the first board of governors met to select a name. It is perhaps no coincidence that at the time there was a trend towards returning to native roots - thus Seneca College in North York and Algonquin College in Ottawa. The name Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology reflected the area's historic native heritage; Joseph Brant, the founder of Brantford, was a highly esteemed Mohawk chief.
In 1968, Mohawk's student body had grown to 1,900 full-time students, 2,000 continuing education students, and 150 staff. Tuition for a three-year diploma course was $235 a year. The first Mohawk students were unquestionably part of the '60s generation. The idea of "night college" was relatively new. The Hamilton Spectator reported in June, 1965 that "a 35-year-old man with a wife and children can come at night if he wants to be an electrical technician". But the challenges of a rapidly changing society were only beginning to emerge. With an initial student ratio of 688 men to three women, the college encouraged participation by more women, which meant the introduction of programs in early childhood education, legal and medical secretarial and communication arts. Keith McIntyre, president of Mohawk College since the fall of 1981, remembers fondly the "pioneer era" of Ontario's college system. "Although there were different kinds of challenges," he says, "they were memorable years."
By the mid-1970's, Mohawk had emerged as a leading college in engineering, applied arts and business, and health technology, with more than 18,000 full- and part-time students and a staff of 600. As McIntyre reflects, the college was now entering a "maintenance period". "Most of the launch was accomplished, now it was a matter of expanding and fine-tuning the system."


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Grammys Continue To Have A Woman Problem
Grammys Continue To Have A Woman Problem, This Year It's With Lorde
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It appears that the Grammys have some catching up to do. Of all the artists nominated for Album of the Year, Lorde is the only woman. She was also reportedly the only nominee not offered a solo performance spot at the award show.
According to Variety, Lorde was reportedly approached by the Grammys to perform alongside other artists at the event hosted at Madison Square Garden in a collaborative tribute to Tom Petty. Lorde declined, with good reason.
The pop star is joined by Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars, and Childish Gambino in the Album of the Year category. All of the men in that category were offered solo performance slots and, other than Jay Z (who declined), they will all perform in the show. If every male artist nominated for Album of the Year deserve a solo performance, surely Lorde deserves one as well.
In the wake of movements like Time's Up and #MeToo, award shows are the latest public space where celebrities are showing solidarity for women. In partnership with Time's Up, the group Voices in Entertainment have organized a white rose campaign, a nod to the suffragettes, at the Grammys. Companies have stepped up to support the campaign; 1800Flowers.com donated white rose boutonnieres to be distributed the nominees, Recording Academy members, and red carpet press who want to get involved, according to a press release from Voices in Entertainment.
Neil Portnow, CEO of the Recording Academy, didn't confirm whether he would wear a white rose to support Time's Up to the show when asked by the Associated Press on Wednesday. "This is a decision that I need to know a little more about," he said the day after the email was sent out. "From what I heard about it, I think it's a wonderful expression that we as a society need to be working on and dealing with," adding that he supported similar causes. Executive producer Ken Ehrlich kept the focus on the artists themselves saying, "We're aware of it and we're certainly supportive of the movement, but the reality is we're more concerned with allowing artists that we work with to express themselves and have artistic freedom," he told AP. "If, in fact, that's part of that, then that's something we support."
By comparison to the rest of the entertainment industry, the music industry has seen fewer of the effects of the recent outpouring of sexual assault allegations. That is not because it is a less sexist sector of the entertainment industry, far from it. Women have been fighting for decades to get the same opportunities and respect as men in music. Lorde's mother, Sonja Yelich, tweeted a photo of a New York Times article with the caption, "This says it all." The article shared a statistic and while its theme unsurprising; however, the degree of the disparity is still staggering. It reads: "Of the 899 people to be nominated for Grammy awards in the past six years, only 9% were women."
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Q: .Net 4 Routing not working properly on IIS6 (Stylesheet/Image Intercept) I have a mobile website, intercepting the stylesheet/images and setting sizes relative to the device. I have been testing it on IIS7 and works fine.
The live site is IIS6 (lil surprise)...
Normal routing for friendly urls works fine, but the stylesheet/images intercept is not doing anything.
Here is a snippet of my global.asax routing section :
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
                routes.RouteExistingFiles = true;

                routes.MapPageRoute("ImageResizerS", "images/{Sub}/{Path}", "~/Site_Handlers/ImageResize.ashx");
                routes.MapPageRoute("ImageResizer", "images/{Path}", "~/Site_Handlers/ImageResize.ashx");

                routes.MapPageRoute("StyleSheetIntercept", "Styles/{Path}", "~/Site_Handlers/InterceptStyleSheet.ashx");

                routes.MapPageRoute("Landing page", "", "~/Site_Files/LandingPage.aspx");
    }

What seems to be the problem?
What I have noticed :
When I set routes.RouteExistingFiles = true; to false. It creates the same behavior on IIS7 & IIS6...no intercept.

A: In IIS6, you need to enable wildcard mapping to ensure that the correct handler picks up the request (in this case ASP.Net), otherwise it will just be served like a static web page.  See Microsoft web site for a how to.
The executable path in step 4 will vary depending on your .Net version, but the easiest way is to copy the value from one of the other mapping that .Net already handles (.aspx, .ashx, etc.)

A: On the server, open IIS:

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*Right-click on the site/virtual directory, select properties

*Goto the Home Directory/Virtual Directory tab, click Configuration (near the bottom)

*Near the bottom again, click the insert button

*Enter C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll - Used v4 in this case.

*Uncheck the "Verify that file exists" button, click Okay and close all the dialogues

REFERENCE: ASP.NET routing on IIS 6

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After hearing all of the talk concerning organic search engine optimization, many websites owners are fooled into believing that they will be unable to compete with other websites unless they hire a professional who is proficient in search engine optimization. They also believe that those people who do not have money will have to sit at the bottom of the search engine search results for eternity; after all, search engine optimizations professionals come at a very hefty price.
It is true that hiring a professional experienced in organic search engine optimization strategies will help give your website a major boost in page ranking. However, it does not by any means imply that those who find they cannot afford a professional should consider themselves out of the running. There are plenty factors that can be altered with proper website design that can help greatly with search engine ranking.
You can use a website like a goldmine when it comes to improving your page rankings. Most webmasters will remember to put keywords in the meta-tags but there are other elements of the website that can also be used but which most webmasters forget to place keywords in.
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Green hydrogen from offshore wind power
Offshore Dialogue 2022
Hamburg, 08-09-2022– Before the conference got down to business, Claus-Ulrich Selbach, Business Unit Director Maritime and Technology Fairs at Hamburg Messe und Congress, delivered his welcome address, congratulating the organisers of the Offshore Dialogue on a very special honour: The United Nations have declared this well-established conference, which is regularly held during the maritime flagship fair SMM, an activity of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. "The motto of the UN initiative, The Science We Need For The Ocean We Want, is a good fit for the content we will be discussing today," said Selbach.
For the maritime sector, offshore power generation is key to a successful energy transition. All hopes are pinned on green hydrogen, which is needed for the production of alternative fuels and expected to make a major contribution to the successful decarbonisation of ships. This year's Offshore Dialogue centred around the questions why offshore power generation is important, what makes it challenging, and what counterarguments might be raised – contentious issues, as the discussion showed. This year again, the international conference took place with the expertly support of GMT, der German Association for Marine Technology. The organisation's fields of activity range from subsea engineering and marine environment protection to renewable energy and subsea mining.
Session One: Mitigating climate change, potential adaptation strategies and the potential role of offshore technologies
The first of two panel discussions of the Offshore Dialogue focused on defining, based on solid science, where climate change has an impact on the maritime sector today, how the protection of marine environments should be approached, and what changes the shipping industry should consequently make. In his introductory remarks Dr Stefan Knodt from Fraunhofer-IGD in Rostock, Chairman of the Ocean Decade Committee (ODK), highlighted the special importance of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for sustainable development. Apart from global ecological challenges, it addresses topics of great relevance for public opinion and public access to information. Broader knowledge and better understanding will enhance collaboration among the stakeholders, Knodt maintained. German ocean engineering, relying on a well-developed scientific infrastructure, could make a significant contribution to spreading this knowledge. Pursuing a participatory approach was key to this, he said. "Everyone can and should contribute," the expert advocated.
The importance of interlinking climate data was stressed by Dr Iuliia Polkova from Hamburg University's Institute for Marine Science (IfM). Aggregating climate data is an essential prerequisite for developing better climate prediction models, she said. This would enable more accurate forecasts of the damage climate change is likely to inflict upon maritime infrastructure in future. Dr Ruediger U. Franz von Bock und Polach explained where global warming is already having a very noticeable impact on the industry. As head of the Institute for Design and Analysis of Ship Structures at Hamburg Technical University, he focuses on the development and enhancement of harmonised standards and guidelines for ice-going ships. Global warming and the resulting shrinking of Arctic ice thickness reduce the ability of the ice cover to resist the mechanical stresses and breaking induced by waves, he explained. This causes waves to become higher and more dangerous, which implies a growing risk of Arctic storms. With Arctic ice appearing to become a merely seasonal phenomenon, Dr Lasse Rabenstein sees an indication of shifting global trade routes. His start-up Drift+Noise has developed a map-based ice information app which outputs useful information for operating in polar regions based upon high-resolution satellite images and other data. This exemplifies the very concrete influence digitalisation can have on future ship operation.
The ensuing discussion showed how digitalisation will be key to successful adaptation strategies amid climate change. IfM scientist Polkova stressed that decision makers need to be given access to research results, and that more practical projects should be initiated. The experts agreed that cooperation between the industry, science and politics should be strengthened at all levels. "We need more rules and guidelines," said Frode Berntsen, Business Development Manger at the Norwegian classification societyDNV, a statement which received strong applause. Berntsen reported about new technologies designed to help mitigate climate change, such as innovative charging buoys in offshore wind farms where ships can moor to "bunker" green power.
Session Two: Hydrogen, ammonia, methanol and batteries – pathways to carbon-neutral shipping
There are any number of stakeholders interested in using offshore wind power, as the day's second panel discussion revealed. For example, coupling wind turbines directly with electrolysers could minimise the cost of hydrogen production. The concept is based on the realisation that transporting hydrogen to the shore using pipelines is much cheaper than transmitting electricity through electric cables. The green hydrogen generated at sea would pave the way to carbon neutrality. A clear proponent of this form of hydrogen production on the panel was Dr Bernadette Zipfel who is in charge of next-generation technologies at RWE Renewables. Operating offshore wind turbines with a combined capacity of 2.4 gigawatts (GW), the energy giant is currently one of the world market leaders in this segment. Her company's growth targets are ambitious, Zipfel stressed, aiming to triple its offshore capacity to eight GW by the year 2030. A goal that can only be realised if the maritime industry is willing to cooperate, she said: "To design the hydrogen bunkering interface we need cross-sectional know-how."
It was quite refreshing how Dr Martin Kaltschmitt, professor at Hamburg Technical University where he heads the Institute for Environmental Technology and Energy Economy, picked up the thread. Instead of delivering an introduction and theoretical explanations, he indirectly countered his predecessor's remarks with what he called a historical quote: "Growth is not unlimited." Maritime resources must be used more sustainably and efficiently, he proposed. This not only requires technical solutions but also better integration of systems. As an example the scientist referred to multiple use of biomass. Sönke Diesener, representing the German environmental NGO NABU, brought the discussion around to green ammonia as an alternative fuel. He strongly opposed the continued use of LNG and expanding onshore wind power. Different opinions about the benefits and disadvantages of ammonia, especially when compared with hydrogen which is even more difficult to contain in tanks and pipelines than natural gas while being even more flammable, led to a heated discussion among the SMM experts who also brought up methanol as a ship fuel. Methanol represents a direct and promising solution, offering practical advantages in terms of storage, handling and CO2 intensity reduction, said Georgios Plevrakis, Vice President of Global Sustainability at the US classification societyABS. The panelists agreed that it was impossible to predict which of the fuels will win the race. Consultant Dr Walter Kuehnlein, founder of the start-up terra.blue, who moderated the Offshore Dialogue jointly with the Director of the newly-established Institute for Maritime Energy systems, Professor Dr Sören Ehlers, had a clear message: Everything will be needed. In his view, this specifically includes batteries, which are much more efficient than hydrogen and alternative fuels. However, there are challenges associated with energy storage. It remains to be seen how the ideas, assessments and forecasts heard during this year's Offshore Dialogue will evolve. The next SMM in 2024 may draw a clearer picture.


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1. Always Be My Maybe (2019)
PG-13 | 1 hr 41 min | Comedy, Romance
Rated on 17 Jul 2019
A pair of childhood friends end up falling for each other when they grow up.
Director: Nahnatchka Khan | Stars: Ali Wong, Randall Park, James Saito, Michelle Buteau
2. London Has Fallen (2016)
R | 1 hr 39 min | Action, Thriller
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning is caught up in a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
Director: Babak Najafi | Stars: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett
3. The Perfection (2018)
TV-MA | 1 hr 30 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte (Allison Williams) seeks out Elizabeth (Logan Browning), the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.
Director: Richard Shepard | Stars: Allison Williams, Logan Browning, Steven Weber, Alaina Huffman
4. Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
TV-MA | 1 hr 40 min | Biography, Drama, Music
In the late 80s/ early 1990s, the most feared battle MC in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenage girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At the age of 14, Lolita "Roxanne ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Larnell | Stars: Chanté Adams, Nia Long, Mahershala Ali, Germar Terrell Gardner
5. Yesterday (III) (2019)
PG-13 | 1 hr 56 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate timeline where they never existed.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino, Ellise Chappell
6. 47 Meters Down (2017)
PG-13 | 1 hr 29 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive.
Director: Johannes Roberts | Stars: Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine, Chris Johnson
7. Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
PG-13 | 1 hr 43 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1972.
Director: Peter Landesman | Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Marton Csokas, Tony Goldwyn
8. Patti Cake$ (2017)
R | 1 hr 49 min | Drama, Music
PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
Director: Geremy Jasper | Stars: Sahr Ngaujah, Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett, Mamoudou Athie
9. Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
R | 1 hr 46 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
While babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll.
Director: Gary Dauberman | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mckenna Grace, Madison Iseman
10. Blockers (2018)
R | 1 hr 42 min | Comedy
Three parents try to stop their daughters from losing their virginity on prom night.
Director: Kay Cannon | Stars: Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Newton
11. Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
PG-13 | 2 hr 9 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever.
Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei
12. Furious 7 (2015)
PG-13 | 2 hr 17 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham
13. Stronger (I) (2017)
R | 1 hr 59 min | Biography, Drama
Stronger is the inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson, Richard Lane Jr.
14. Traffik (2018)
R | 1 hr 36 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A couple off for a romantic weekend in the mountains are accosted by a biker gang. Alone in the mountains, Brea and John must defend themselves against the gang, who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.
Director: Deon Taylor | Stars: Priscilla Quintana, Luke Goss, Paula Patton, William Fichtner
15. Ideal Home (2018)
Not Rated | 1 hr 31 min | Comedy, Drama
Rated on 30 Jun 2019
A bickering gay couple must now deal with the unexpected task of raising a ten-year-old boy.
Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Steve Coogan, Paul Rudd, Jesse Luken, Evan Bittencourt
16. Anna (II) (2019)
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy
17. Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)
TV-MA | 1 hr 34 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon (1999).
Director: Chris Smith | Stars: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Milos Forman, Peter Bonerz
18. Leave No Trace (2018)
PG | 1 hr 49 min | Drama
A father and his thirteen year-old daughter are living an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon, when a small mistake derails their lives forever.
Director: Debra Granik | Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster, Jeffery Rifflard, Derek John Drescher
19. Child's Play (2019)
R | 1 hr 30 min | Horror
A mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.
Director: Lars Klevberg | Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Hamill, Brian Tyree Henry, Tim Matheson
20. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
PG-13 | 2 hr 17 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna
21. The Outsider (I) (2018)
TV-MA | 2 hr | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza.
Director: Martin Zandvliet | Stars: Jared Leto, Tadanobu Asano, Kippei Shîna, Shioli Kutsuna
22. Late Night (2019)
R | 1 hr 42 min | Comedy, Drama
A late night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show.
Director: Nisha Ganatra | Stars: Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, John Lithgow, Hugh Dancy
23. Human Flow (2017)
PG-13 | 2 hr 20 min | Documentary
Human Flow is director and artist Ai Weiwei's detailed and heartbreaking exploration into the global refugee crisis.
Director: Weiwei Ai | Stars: Israa Abboud, Hiba Abed, Rami Abu Sondos, Weiwei Ai
24. Toy Story 4 (2019)
G | 1 hr 40 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a new toy called "Forky" joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.
Director: Josh Cooley | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale
25. Mute (II) (2018)
TV-MA | 2 hr 6 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A mute bartender goes up against his city's gangsters in an effort to find out what happened to his missing partner.
Director: Duncan Jones | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Paul Rudd, Justin Theroux, Levi Eisenblätter
26. The Disaster Artist (2017)
R | 1 hr 44 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.
Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Dave Franco, Ari Graynor, Seth Rogen
27. The Dead Don't Die (2019)
R | 1 hr 44 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tom Waits, Chloë Sevigny
28. Lady Bird (2017)
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges
29. Shaft (2019)
R | 1 hr 51 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family's help to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death.
Director: Tim Story | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Richard Roundtree, Regina Hall
30. Men in Black: International (2019)
PG-13 | 1 hr 54 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani, Rebecca Ferguson
31. Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Disgraced Secret Service agent (and former presidential guard) Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett
32. Ma (2019)
R | 1 hr 39 min | Horror, Thriller
A lonely woman befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house. Just when the kids think their luck couldn't get any better, things start happening that make them question the intention of their host.
Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis, McKaley Miller
33. Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
Not Rated | 2 hr 12 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former boxer-turned-drug runner lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly.
Director: S. Craig Zahler | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Udo Kier
34. Mother (2009)
R | 2 hr 9 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
Director: Joon-ho Bong | Stars: Hye-ja Kim, Won Bin, Goo Jin, Je-mun Yun
35. Dark Phoenix (2019)
PG-13 | 1 hr 53 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix. Now the X-Men will have to decide if the life of a team member is worth more than all of humanity.
Director: Simon Kinberg | Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult
36. Brigsby Bear (2017)
PG-13 | 1 hr 37 min | Comedy, Drama
After being freed from his life in an underground bunker, a man sets out to make a movie of the only TV show he has ever known.
Director: Dave McCary | Stars: Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Matt Walsh
37. Flatliners (2017)
PG-13 | 1 hr 49 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Five medical students, obsessed by what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring experiment: by stopping their hearts for short periods, each triggers a near-death experience - giving them a firsthand account of the afterlife.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton
38. Sweet Virginia (2017)
R | 1 hr 33 min | Drama, Thriller
A former rodeo champ befriends a young man with a propensity for violence.
Director: Jamie M. Dagg | Stars: Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots, Rosemarie DeWitt
39. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah.
Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe
40. Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Samara Lee, Miranda Otto, Brad Greenquist
41. Rocketman (2019)
R | 2 hr 1 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.
Director: Dexter Fletcher | Stars: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard
42. American Assassin (2017)
Rated on 31 May 2019
After the death of his girlfriend at the hands of terrorists, Mitch Rapp is drawn into the world of counterterrorism, mentored by tough-as-nails former U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Stan Hurley.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Taylor Kitsch
43. The Dark Tower (2017)
The last Gunslinger: Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim, also known as the Man in Black, and determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower that holds the universe together. With the fate of the world at stake, good and evil will collide in the ultimate battle, as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert
44. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
R | 2 hr 1 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Barry G. Bernson, Herb Caillouet, Bill Camp, Raffey Cassidy
45. Brightburn (2019)
R | 1 hr 30 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
Director: David Yarovesky | Stars: Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Abraham Clinkscales
46. One of Us (IV) (2017)
1 hr 35 min | Documentary
Penetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation.
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Etty, Chani Getter, Ari Hershkowitz, Luzer Twersky
47. Booksmart (2019)
On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.
Director: Olivia Wilde | Stars: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis
48. Shot Caller (2017)
A newly released prisoner is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Omari Hardwick, Lake Bell, Jon Bernthal
49. Up in the Air (I) (2009)
R | 1 hr 49 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, travelling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest, and a new hire.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman
50. The Social Network (2010)
PG-13 | 2 hr | Biography, Drama
Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site. That would become known as Facebook but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea, and the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Director: David Fincher | S


I shared a "What's On Your..." post back in April and thought it might be about time for a new one!
A thoroughly accurate representation of what's on my living room floor.
Vanity | I don't have a "real" vanity. My dresser is in the exact same state that it was in April. I literally have not organized a thing. It's getting on my nerves, but I never seem to be in my bedroom during the day anymore (especially since the shower is broken), so I never see it until Addie is asleep in my bed and it's too late to do anything about it.
Perennial To Do List | Hm, this hasn't changed a lot either. Still need to edit videos - they are weighing on my mind a lot lately. I'm really striving to get the Etsy shop up and running, but there aren't enough hours.
Refrigerator Shelves | Leftover pizza meatloaf. Blueberry Lemonade. Red Diamond Sweet Tea. Lots of string cheese. GoGosqueez applesauce. Probiotics. Cottage cheese for Lincoln (yuck).
Itinerary | Family reunion with my mom's siblings in early September.
Fantasy Itinerary | If someone told me they would take us to Disney, I think I would cry for a week. And then I would hire a vacation nanny.
Playlist | A Child's Gift of Lullabies (the kids never sleep, so I hear this a lot as I try to get them to bed). Josh Groban inspired radio on Spotify. Original Broadway Cast recordings of new shows I don't get to visit NYC to watch (Newsies, Cinderella).
Nightstand | Two boxes of wipes, a stack of American Girl books, two half-empty bottles of water, a mini tub of coconut oil, a piece of toy railroad track, "I'm a Police Officer" board book.
Workout Plan | Sigh. If I ever get to workout again, I think I'll be really excited. My muscles miss feeling the post-exercise ache.
Phone | Over 1,000 photos in my camera roll. Instagram. Wunderlist. Disney's new Mickey Mouse cartoon app (a certain little person steals my phone to "play" cartoons and would watch all day long), a bunch of voicemails from a window company that we would love to hire but really can't afford.
Top 5 List | Sleep. Snuggles. Air-conditioning. The end of a drama semester. Target.
Bucket List | This hasn't really changed. Musical theatre (need to play a Sutton Foster character before I'm too old). Europe. More babies - and maybe adoption. Disney with the kids. Write a book. Right now I would give up these dreams for a couple of nights of completely uninterrupted sleep.
Mind | Parenting stress. Finances. Housework. What on earth should we eat for dinner this weekend that tastes good enough I want it more than takeout. Can't wait for my mom to come home from vacation.
Blogroll | MommaB & Baby Boys. Notes from Nessa. Spit & Sparkles. Phase Three of Life. Supermommy! ...Or Not.
Walls of Your Favorite Room in Your House | I hung some new frames with family photos in the living room recently. Love them.
Last Credit Card Statement | Oh, so much. More takeout than budgeted. Quite a few cloth diapers. Groceries.
Screensaver | A picture of Rapunzel and Flynn and the floating lanterns. Lincoln keeps calling them "Mama" and "Dada" - what??
TV Every Night | Well "every night" is a little too generous - when we can (three nights a week?), we are watching every superhero movie we can find.
Ahh I wish! I don't see it happening though. Are they just one-day tickets?


It's been a long time since I have had the time or the space to write a blog post. My whole summer was one long digital detox. I noticed the urge to upload photos of sunny scenes on Facebook and then ignored that urge and just enjoyed the moment. I'm not claiming it will last into autumn when things get a little dull both literally and in terms of mood. It's not easy being deprived of daylight and moments outdoors. I probably need a proper outdoorsy winter coat to facilitate my escape during the winter months.
At the tail end of summer my digital detox went nuclear by going on a week long silent retreat. I could probably write several blog posts about the insights I had during that week. How hard it was to be away from the kids, not even able to chat on the phone and yet also it was blissful. I didn't plan a meal, cook any food or wash any dishes for a whole week. I didn't have to bribe anyone to wash their face, brush their hair or walk to school a little faster.
I spent seven hours a day meditating. The insights came thick and fast but at the end of the retreat I felt so ready to come home and connect with others. The mountain of emails I came home to has now meant the digital detox is well and truly over. With new mindfulness courses starting in the coming weeks I cannot afford those lofty ideals any longer, it's back to realizing I am frantically online till 10pm and juggling the kids, work and a life.
But as a way to deepen my practice and settle the mind a 7 day retreat cannot be underestimated, I will do it all again next year even though sorting out cover for the kids wasn't easy and being apart is hard, it really was worth it in terms of deep learning and calm.
Today's total practice time: 30 minutes movement, 30 minutes sitting.


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A Matter of Heart: A Father's Reflections on Advance Care Planning
Ira Byock, MD
The Conversation Project, June 10, 2019
Faith communities are reclaiming their role in preparing us for death
America Magazine (online version), July 3, 2018
Love and Boundaries in Medicine
Hastings Bioethics Forum, June 22, 2018
Physician-Assisted Suicide Won't Atone for Medicine's 'Original Sin'
STAT, First Opinion, January 31, 2018 [pdf version]
Suicide is on the rise. Depression therapy is limited. Let's try psychedelics.
The Washington Post, July 3, 2018
Taking Psychedelics Seriously
Journal of Palliative Medicine,Volume 21, Number 4, January 2018
We Must Earn Confidence in End-of-Life Comfort Care
Health Progress, Nov-Dec, 2017
Words Matter: It Is Still Physician-Assisted Suicide and Still Wrong
Maryland Medicine vol 17; 4, January 2017
What Would Doctors Do?
New York Times Online Edition, June 30, 2016
Reframing the Conversation
LA News Group, June 19, 2016
Things Every Family Should Know
STAT, January, 2016
Because I'm a Dad
The Conversation Project, June 2016
Why Do We Pay for Bad Care?
STAT, June 6, 2016
Room for Debate: Helping a Suicide When the End Isn't Near
New York Times Online Edition, Sept 10, 2015
Doctors shouldn't be ending lives
San Diego Union Tribune, May 3, 2015
Dying Shouldn't Be So Brutal
New York Times, Feb 1, 2015
Democrats Shouldn't Endorse Suicide
POLITICO, June 7, 2015
The American Crisis Around Dying Persists
Aging Today, Mar/Apr, 2015
We should think twice about 'death with dignity'
Los Angeles Times, Feb 1, 2015
Room for Debate: Expanding the Right to Die – It Violates Medical Principles and Is Dangerous
New York Times Online Edition, Oct 6, 2014
We Can & Must Do Better
Health Progress, Jan-Feb 2014
Caring Well for One Another
USA Today, Sept 27, 2013
Testimony – Vermont Senate Committee Hearing on S 077
Ira Byock, MD Jan 31, 2013
Illness Is Personal!
ASCO Post, Vol 4, Issue 8, Nov 15, 2013
Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Not Progressive
"Right to die" is just a slogan. No civil right to commit suicide exists in any social compact.
The Atlantic.com, Oct 25, 2012
Rational healthcare, not rationing
LA Times, A 15, July 18, 2012
Making the Best of What Is Often the Very Worst Time of Our Lives
The Atlantic.com, Mar 8, 2012
The Defining Issue of Our Generation
ABC News, Aug 22, 2012
Transforming the Way We Die
Moving Away From Death Panels: Health Reform for the Way We Die
It's Time for Our Generation to Act Courageously
ADEC Forum, Vol 36, Issue 1, Apr 2010
Do I Need to Die Well? Sharing a Personal Growth Experience
Touching Lives, Feb 2010
Hastings Center Report, Apr 2010
HEALTHCARE: Time for a Serious Discussion
New America Foundation, Nov 6, 2009
Testimony on House Bill 304 on Physician Assisted Suicide
New Hampshire Legislature, Feb 17, 2009
HEALTHCARE: We Can't Fix Health Care By (Merely) Fixing Health Care
New America Foundation, Aug 7, 2009
Testimony on House Bill 44:Patient Choice and Control at End of Life
Vermont House Human Services Committee, Mar 1, 2007
To Life! Reflections on Spirituality, Palliative Practice, and Politics
American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp 136-138, Dec/Jan 2007
Where do we go from here? A palliative care perspective
Critical Care Med, Vol. 34, No. 11 (Suppl.), pp S416-S420, 2006
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care: A Report on Innovative Models of Palliative Care
Ira Byock, MD, Jeanne ShieldsTwohig, MPA, Melanie Merriman, PhD, MBA, and Karyn Collins, MPA
Journal of Palliative Medicine, Volume 9, Number 1, 2006
Improving palliative care in intensive care units: Identifying strategies and interventions that work
Evaluation of the Missoula-VITAS Quality of Life Index—Revised: Research Tool or Clinical Tool?
Carolyn Schwartz, ScD, Melanie P. Merriman PhD, MBA, George Reed, PhD, and Ira Byock, MD
Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp 121-135, 2005
Both Sides Are Wrong in Suicide Debate
Burlington Free Press, Feb 7, 2005
So many questions for guidance at the end
Newsday, Mar 27, 2005
Contracts, Covenants and Advance Care Planning: An Empirical Study of the Moral Obligations of Patient and Proxy
Joseph J. Fins, Barbara Maltby, Erika Friedmann, Michele Greene, Kaye Norris, Ronald Adelman and Ira Byock
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 29 No. 1, pp. 55-68, Jan 2005
The Ethics of Loving Care
Health Progress, July/Aug 2004
Values with Practice
Jeanne S. Twohig and Ira Byock, MD
Health Progress, July-Aug 2004
Spiritual Care at the End of Life
Kaye Norris, PhD; Gretchen Strohmaier, MDiv; Charles Asp, PhD; & Ira Byock, MD
Palliative Care and the Ethics of Research
Journal of Supportive Oncology, Vol. 1, No. 2, July/Aug 2003
Rediscovering Community at the Core of the Human Condition and Social Covenant
Hastings Center Report , Mar/Apr 2003
Missoula leading the way in care for those at life's end
The Missoulian, Jan 12, 2003
Caring When Cure Is No Longer Possible
Ira Byock, MD and Yvonne J. Corbeil, RN
The Older Cancer Patient, Chapter 12, Springer Publishing Company, Inc. 2003
Hospice Benefits and Phase I Cancer Trials
Ira Byock, MD and Steven H. Miles, MD
Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 138, No. 4, pp 335-337, Feb 18, 2003
Expanding the Realm of the Possible
Ira Byock, MD and Jeanne Twohig, MPA
Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2003
Sens et valeur de la mort: Faits, philosophie et réflexions sur la responsabilité sociale et clinique
Médicine Palliative, 1: 103-112, Dec 2002
Financial Implications of Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
L. Beresford, I. R. Byock, J. Sheils Twohig. A monograph of Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Dec 2002


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MSFS aerodynamics takes a leap forward in new Sim Update 8
Posted by ShamrockOneFive on February 17, 2022 February 19, 2022
A new feature discovery video is out ahead of Microsoft Flight Simulator's Sim Update 8 release. The new video focuses on the improvements that the team has been making to aerodynamics and how they are calculated in the sim. Let's have a look!
Aerodynamics improvements
This new feature discovery series video features Sebastian Wloch, CEO of Asobo Studio and in charge of Aerodynamics, and François Dacquin who is a Test Pilot and Technical Designer at the studio. The first part of the video features Sebastian talking about the improvements that have been made to the sim with a much more detailed calculation for propellers and propeller drag as well as a new computational fluid dynamics system where the airflow is computed over the aircraft surfaces.
Many of the clips are the same ones that were used in the recent Q&A but we get a better and clearer look at the technology here than we did during the Q&A. Three aircraft, the C152, C172, and King Air 350i are going to see the feature implemented in Sim Update 8. It seems likely that other aircraft will receive the same treatment in future updates and the technology will be available for third party developers through the SDK as well.
The second part of the video includes commentary from François Dacquin who is a test pilot who has been using his talents to model and test real aircraft versus Microsoft Flight Simulator's flight model.
A better flight model?
Microsoft Flight Simulator has taken some hits since its release over its realism in the flight model. While there were parts of the model that felt good, there were other parts that clearly were not. Several aircraft that have been released by both Asobo and by third party developers have sometimes not been that impressive with their aircraft dynamics. The inclusion of the CFD and new prop modeling looks to be a response to those issues.
The good thing about this sim and the continued support that we're seeing for it is that it rarely is staying still on these issues. It continues to improve and the dedication to real world testing that helps inform the virtual experience along with major improvements to modeling of propellers and the CFD analysis should really help to boost the sim's appeal to the more hardcore sim audience.
Continuous improvement in this area seems like a good thing for all sim fans. I look forward to trying these updates for myself.
Sim Update 8 is due out on the week of February 28th together with the release of the first Famous Flyer: the An-2 bi-plane.
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Daisy Blossom says:
Good to hear. The complete lack of accelerated stalls in the flight model was just embarrassing. It's been the one thing keeping me from fully switching over from XP11.


CE Pro's Julie Jacobson: The custom home-technology sector invented "home automation" more than 30 years ago, but we haven't kept up with the technologies and business practices that define smart-home deployment today.
Basically you're right, especially regarding manufacturers. From a dealer point of view, even if you serve the 1% of the 1%, you should embrace the new app- and wifi-based mass market products because a lot of it is "good enough" for most upper income homeowners and some of it is very good.


I've received many festive season gifts over the last few weeks, and they've all put an absolute smile on my face. I did all of my Christmas shopping back in London, but I'm pretty certain that not everyone is lucky enough to have finished their Christmas shopping already! So, with that, here's the I Love Foodies Christmas Gift Guide, where I get to share with you all the lovely things I've received that I think would make pretty awesome gifts for everyone else as well!!!!
I only recently came across Alto Wines and now I'm seeing them everywhere! The bottles are sleek and elegant, making a bottle of Alto the perfect gift – or the perfect 'I'm bringing the wine to dinner' companion. I'll be enjoying the Alto Rouge 2016 this festive season, but I'm pretty sure the rest of their wines are as beautiful.
I'm celebrating with the Excelsior Evanthius 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay 2018, and Sauvignon Blanc 2018, but any Excelsior Wine is always a winner. Even better, take a trip up to their farm in the Robertson Wine Valley, blend your own bottle of Excelsior wine, and stick on your personalised label. I made a bottle for my dad last year for Christmas, and it was one of the highlights of our Christmas season! Personalised is always better!
Whenever I look at the Flagstone Poetry 2018 Cinsault Rose, I think instant summer. And what more could you want this festive season? Grab a bottle for your best friend, girlfriend, sister, or mom (yes, it's pink, so I think it's perfect for the ladies), add some summer gear, and voila, perfect summer Christmas gift!
I'm definitely not much of a drinker and would never want to promote excess alcohol, so if you want to go a little lighter this festive season, check out the Van Loveren Almost Zero De-Alcoholised Wine. It has almost zero per cent alcohol, making it the perfect summer alternative for those wanting to take it easy.
The Vriesenhof Chardonnay is a wine I've become most familiar with, and absolutely love. It's a beautiful bottle as well, making it a pretty awesome festive season gift!
Liqueur is always something a little nicer, and Lourensford's new Honey Liqueur is definitely a treasure. It's made from bees on the Lourensford farm, and is unfiltered and contains no preservatives or additives. Yes, it is quite sweet and if you're not generally a fan of sweet liqueurs, then this isn't for you. But I think it's quite lovely and the perfect drink for summer. You can pop the whole bottle in the freezer so it's ice cold when you drink. I'd even suggest serving it over some plain vanilla ice cream or cold berry dessert. But go wild with it – it's a lovely addition to any dessert, as a sipping drink on its own, or in cocktails.
I've never been much of a fan of ciders, but fell in love with Mulled Cider in London. So when I heard about Loxtonia Cider, I couldn't wait to try them. Loxtonia Cider is a premium, natural cider with no preservatives or artificial additives. And you can definitely taste that in each crisp sip of deliciousness. They have an assortment of ciders available – including Crispy Apple Cider, Sparkling Apple Cider, and Stone Fruit Flavoured Apple Cider – and you'll definitely find one in there that you'll love this summer.
Ok, I'm not a beer drinker but I've fallen in love with Mad Giant for one simple reason: their packaging. Not only are their designs super sleek, which the creative in me loves, but they've also committed themselves to tackle single-use plastic. I cannot express how much I despise the world's obsession with single-use plastic and what a terrible effect it has on our environment, so I cannot do anything but support guys like Mad Giant, who do not use any plastic in their packaging. This gives them some unique obstacles to tackle, but the goal they're striving for is worth it. If we all make a small change and support producers like Mad Giant, then we can make a difference to our environment. It all starts with the end consumer (that's you and me).
I'm a huge fan of Golden Turmeric Lattes. They're warm and frothy and have all the turmeric goodness to them, minus all the caffeine-induced side effects. Turmeric really is a magic little health bomb – full of anti-oxidants and great for pretty much everything! I definitely need to up my turmeric game, especially since I've just run out of the turmeric capsules I take every morning … so I may just replace them with a Turmeric Latte. The Golden Life Turmeric Blend contains high-grad premium turmeric sources from India and Southeast Asia, together with ginger from Nigeria and Sri Lanka cinnamon, and can be enjoyed hot or cold though, making it perfect for any occasion, and the perfect gift for all turmeric lovers.
Even if you're not following the health trend at all, you'll have heard of kombucha. It's great for gut health and all-round healthy vibes. You either love it or hate it, but I'm certainly in the former category! The guys from Theonista have also recently released a Ginger Beer that's 100% sugar-free (they use other Banting-friendly sweeteners), which is great guilt-free pleasure this summer. Best enjoyed ice cold.
For those focusing on health this festive season, try the Rugani Juices range. These juices use carrots as their base – from Rugani's own daily harvested carrots – in an extraction process that ruptures 95% of veggie cells, making it one of the richest sources of beta-carotene available in the South African market. They have a few different flavours availabele, including 100% Carrot Juice, Ginger-Infused Carrot Juice, 100% Carrot & Pineapple Juice, 100% Beetroot Juice, and 100% Pineapple Juice. What I love most about these juices that no sugar, water, or preservatives are added. The juices are literally bursting with flavour and full of goodness!
These are pretty nifty, especially coz I'm munching one as I'm writing one … well, I was. Holding an ice cream and typing at the same time is a skill I haven't quite yet mastered. This may be a frozen ice cream stick, but it's so much more than that. Dynamice is a natural guarana and caffeine energy stick from the Netherlands. Pretty much an energy drink in frozen form, which is great for the Cape Town summer – and all the summer festivities. Dynamice comes in two flavours – Sweet Cherry and Lemon-Lime. I haven't quite figured out which one is my favourite yet, so I'll let you choose your fave.
The Entertainer really is the gift that keeps on giving. If you don't know about the app: It's basically a nifty treasure of two-for-one deals that you can redeem at a variety of restaurants, spas, shops, and experiences. I make use of the Entertainer Cape Town every year, and have also loved the Entertainer UK on my travels this year. You pay a once-off fee for the app, which gives you access for the year. I personally think this is one of the best gifts you can give!
There you have it, our Christmas Gift Guide for 2018. These are the things I'll be enjoying this festive season, and hopefully it has given you some inspiration as well.
Curious what we had on our Christmas Gift Guide for 2017? It included the likes of The Gin Box, Zari Sparkling Grape, Skunk Glass Straws, and Popcorn Tribe. Read the full article here.
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We've been knocking about since vanilla and have a successful raiding team, usually clearing all raid content on Mythic (with the exception of a couple of bosses here and there). We have a stable guild and raid team and we also start our raids a little later to give time for people to get home and relax.
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Q: Additivity in ring of subsets Let $R$ be a ring of subsets of a set $X$, and let $\mu$ be a measure defined on $R$. Let $\mu^*$ be the corresponding outer measure. Prove that if $A\in R$, then $\mu^*(A\cap E)+\mu^*(A^c\cap E)=\mu^*(E)$ for all $E\subseteq X$.
Well, we clearly have $\mu^*(A\cap E)+\mu^*(A^c\cap E)\geq\mu^*(E)$ because $\mu^*$ is subadditive. Now, for any $\epsilon>0$ there exists a cover $B_1,B_2,\ldots\in R$ of $E$ such that $\mu(B_1)+\mu(B_2)+\ldots=\mu^*(E)+\epsilon$. I want to look at the covering $A\cap B_1,A\cap B_2,\ldots$ of $A$, and the covering $A^c\cap B_1,A^c\cap B_2,\ldots$ of $A^c$. The trouble is: $A^c$ might not belong to the ring (the ring is closed under union and set difference.) So we don't know if $A^c\cap B_1\in R$. How can we get around this?

A: We do know that $A^c \cap B_1 \in R$, since that is the set difference of $B_1$ and $A$. By definition, $X\setminus Y = X \cap Y^c$, where the complement may be taken with respect to any ambient universe. Since a ring of sets is closed under set difference, $X\cap Y^c \in R$ for all $X,Y\in R$.


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Nationwide doubles rates for two-thirds of overdraft borrowers
Two-thirds of Nationwide's customers are facing higher overdraft rates, after the building society revealed that it was removing many fees and introducing a single overdraft interest rate of 39.9%.
The new overdraft rate will be more than double the current 18.9% that the bank charges FlexAccount holders for an authorised overdraft. Other banks are expected to follow suit and announce higher overdraft rates in the near future.
The increased rate comes in the aftermath of the FCA's move to put a stop to the practice of banks imposing higher penalties for unarranged overdrafts in comparison to agreed overdrafts.
The FCA outlined a range of measures in relation to overdrafts in June in order to clamp down on the issue, with the new rules set to come into force in April 2020.
The UK's financial regulatory body said that high street banks caused "significant harm" to their most vulnerable customers, with fees for unarranged overdrafts more than 10 times higher in some cases than those charged by payday lenders.
FCA figures show that UK banks made £2.4 billion from overdrafts in 2017, and some 30% of this came from unarranged overdrafts.
Nationwide revealed that the new overdraft rate will come into effect in November this year and will be applicable to all of the company's adult current accounts. Unauthorized borrowing charges and paid and unpaid transaction fees will end. A spokesperson said: "A third of our overdraft borrowers will pay less or the same."
The FCA predicted the move made by Nationwide, which is likely to be replicated by other banks and building societies, back in June when it said that the new rules "could create winners and losers, as firms would be likely to seek to recover lost overdraft revenue from within their overdraft offering by, for example, increasing arranged overdraft prices and reducing interest-free buffers".
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Indus OS is the World's First Regional Operating System made especially for the emerging markets. Our technology team has built the only operating system that meets the real needs of the emerging markets regional language speaking citizens through innovation, localization and content. Through Indus OS we aim to empower smartphone users in the emerging markets by using our innovative features in an easy to use environment. To know more, visit our Features page.
Indus OS is a regional operating system and region specific versions of the operating system have been launched in India & Bangladesh. It is an ecosystem where the government, linguists, smartphone brands and thousands of developers are coming together to provide technology to digitally connect the emerging markets. Due to the developing world'slinguistic diversity, the operating system has been launched in English & 12 Indian regional languages where the entire smartphone ecosystem including language across the menu, keyboards and apps are available in regional languages.
All Indus OS phones come with our very own app marketplace called App Bazaar . App Bazaar is the fastest growing regional app marketplace that provides you popular applications in your preferred regional languages.
Indus OS is currently available on select models from Micromax, Intex, Karbonn, Celkon & Swipe. The list of smartphones powered by Indus OS is available on our Devices page.
Indus OS is installed on the smartphones at the factory level and cannot be downloaded.
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Is Your Insurance Agency Broken?
Seth Godin, bestselling author and marketing guru, is the king of finding 'broken' things. If he says it's broken, it's broken, as he points out in his presentation.
Just broken - as he says, it's just broken!
Most of the examples he uses in his video are comical, but it's a great way to get yourself in the mindset of taking a deeper look at your agency. Is your insurance agency broken? Are there processes that you're still utilizing that you know need to be changed or improved, and yet they continue to hinder your productivity day after day?
A good way to identify if something might be broken is to simply think about the things you do in your agency that truly frustrate you. You find yourself saying, "there has to be a better way to do this." And there probably is, but many agencies fall into letting things remain 'broken' because they fear changing will be hard. They feel 'safer' keeping all things the same.
However, these are the agencies that fall behind. When businesses fail to continually adopt new technology to improve their processes, they fall further and further behind their competitors.
Common areas insurance agencies find processes that are broken are within overall book of business management, sales (especially speed of follow-up), and client experience.
Are you missing out on sales because you aren't notified immediately of a new lead and thus don't follow up quickly enough? Are you losing clients due to lack of communication? Are you spending days or weeks processing commissions? Are you at risk of losing data because you're manually backing it up (or, more likely, not backing it up)?
These struggles probably sound familiar, especially if you're still using Excel spreadsheets or paper files. Don't worry; you aren't the only one. According to our latest survey, about 1/4 of the insurance industry still is! But as we can see, these ways of managing your book of business are broken.
To learn more about why Excel spreadsheets aren't the best choice for insurance agencies, check out our webinar, 7 Reasons You Shouldn't Use Excel to Manage Your Book of Business.
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Through technology and innovation, we're executing major capital initiatives designed to yield decades of energy. In the meantime, 17% of these respondents really feel these platforms hurt relationships and lead to less significant human interactions. Similar shares think social media distorts actuality and gives teens an unrealistic view of other folks's lives (15%), or that teenagers spend an excessive amount of time on social media (14%). Ryan, Tony, and Jeff share CSSD's dedication to empower the College neighborhood by the strategic and coordinated use of technology. The IT Plan for Pitt outlines strategic priorities for data technology for 2017 – 2020.
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This shift in teenagers' social media use is only one example of how the technology landscape for younger people has evolved because the Middle's last survey of teenagers and technology use in 2014-2015. Most notably, smartphone possession has grow to be an almost ubiquitous element of teenybopper life: ninety five% of teens now report they've a smartphone or entry to 1. These mobile connections are in turn fueling extra-persistent online actions: 45% of teenagers now say they're online on a near-constant foundation.
Learn the way technology platforms are hijacking our minds and society. Using nanosecond-stage information, it makes microsecond-degree predictions about find out how to right the signal , noise canceling" alongside the entire 26 parameters it measures, yielding perfectly synchronized electrical energy. With highly effective Web technologies, pioneered by Mozilla, builders are pushing games to a brand new level.
Via technology and innovation, we're executing main capital tasks designed to yield a long time of vitality. Rather than tying the safety of our electricity system an increasing number of intently to our information and data networks (and all their familiar vulnerabilities), SDE infuses digital intelligence into the electricity system itself, making it self-monitoring and self-correcting. What's true for batteries is true for each load. With SDE, electricity can operate with perfect digital accuracy.
At Illumina, our aim is to apply progressive technologies to the evaluation of genetic variation and performance, making research doable that weren't even possible just a few years ago. It is mission important for us to deliver modern, versatile, and scalable options to satisfy the wants of our customers. As a global company that places high value on collaborative interactions, speedy supply of options, and offering the highest degree of quality, we try to satisfy this challenge. Illumina innovative sequencing and array technologies are fueling groundbreaking developments in life science analysis, translational and shopper genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
The issue is, we're nonetheless not measuring electricity digitally, constantly, using real data about actual electrons passing by way of wires. We're still using the identical analog technique we've been using because the Eighteen Nineties, when electrical meters came into large use to trace the electrical energy going into buildings. It took a fantastic deal for me to get past my very own skepticism. Reporting this story, I used to be repeatedly reminded of science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke's well-known dictum that any sufficiently superior technology is indistinguishable from magic." However I'm convinced that this thing is not magic. It is real, and it is a large deal.
Via technology and innovation, we're executing major capital tasks designed to yield a long time of vitality. The social media landscape through which teens reside appears markedly different than it did as not too long ago as three years in the past. Within the Center's 2014-2015 survey of youngster social media use, 71% of teens reported being Facebook users. No different platform was utilized by a clear majority of teenagers on the time: Round half (fifty two%) of teens said they used Instagram, whereas forty one% reported using Snapchat.
However power quality is another matter. Heuberger was a machine and electrical engineer in a previous life and is intimately familiar with the issues poor energy high quality causes: engines kicking in, air conditioners kicking in and backflushing dirty power, servers rebooting, SAM storage having knowledge loss." All these day-to-day disturbances are like ghosts in the machine, often inexplicable and unavoidable to knowledge heart managers who can't see or manage energy high quality at the level that issues.
As smartphone entry has turn out to be extra prevalent, a rising share of teens now report utilizing the web on a near-constant foundation. Some forty five% of teenagers say they use the web virtually always," a figure that has practically doubled from the 24% who stated this within the 2014-2015 survey. One other forty four% say they go browsing a number of times a day, that means roughly nine-in-ten teens go browsing at the very least a number of instances per day.
Through technology and innovation, we're executing major capital tasks designed to yield many years of power. We lead the way in creating STEM play experiences by means of digital and bodily toys that empower youngsters to learn about technology and coding by play. Tampere College of Technology is at the forefront of technology development and a sought-after collaboration partner among the scientific and business communities. The College produces competent graduates who enter careers within the completely different sectors of society.
But power high quality is another matter. Heuberger was a machine and electrical engineer in a previous life and is intimately accustomed to the issues poor energy high quality causes: engines kicking in, air conditioners kicking in and backflushing soiled power, servers rebooting, SAM storage having knowledge loss." All these day-to-day disturbances are like ghosts in the machine, often inexplicable and unavoidable to data middle managers who can not see or handle power quality at the level that issues.
But now that we all know it is attainable, it is troublesome to think about SDE — measuring and managing electrical energy in actual time — failing. It is an thought whose time has come. As electrical energy becomes ever-more-central to our lives, and waste becomes ever-extra-unconscionable in light of our environmental state of affairs, we'll all the time want more understanding and control over energy.