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Pals even contributed to a GoFundMe page for Russell to help her buy a car, according to the station.


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Q: Prefer only 'they' for personal pronouns due to privacy and security This is specifically regarding updates to the new CoC (Official FAQ on gender pronouns and Code of Conduct changes) addressing personal pronouns.
The point, up front
With Internet hackers, bots, and miners collecting data and metadata on whatever content users put around the world, personal pronouns should be limited as a matter of security on any social media site (including forums like this).
The best solution would be to formalize the vernacular use of "they" for social media. Stack Exchange could be a leader in this.
Background
This update to the CoC has been a source of division in the SE community; I started this when the vote count was -666. (I have not voted on it because I want to remain objective when writing this.)
Personally, I live by the rule that division and controversy indicate that there may be a more important question somehow overlooked. So, I reviewed my own beliefs about what I was reading...

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*I genuinely believe in the good will of both SE users and staff.

*I have every intention to follow the new CoC; I'm not a "rebel".

*I want a CoC that is a source of unity and not division because I want what is best for SE as staff, a company, and the community it celebrates.

*Most of all: I want useful online tools to keep users safe.
Personal safety takes precedent
I live in Asia and often meet people who are concerned about being put in harm's way, either due to governments that violate human rights monitoring their social media and tracing their information back to the user or from angry mobs and hate groups seeking to beat up people with a different opinion.
I think it is better for all user's safety if we encourage the good habit of not using personal pronouns in Internet discussion other than "they".
I think we all overlooked this, myself included.
Possible ways to implement

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*It could be a rule in the CoC to only use "they" for users' safety, with the disclaimer that safety and security must always come first and if safety leads to personal offense, that no offense is intended, but safety must be first, even when inconvenient.

*Eventually, an AI could be written to rewrite personal pronouns in the discussion. But, the problem with that is that, if we agreed to this value of "safety-via-pronouns", the goal would be for users to develop good habits to use elsewhere. An AI would make it so that the habit wasn't developed, being too dependent on technology to keep us safe without responsibility.

*I don't know that users would need to be penalized, only reminded and have content corrected. This would be soft-handed.
...But, any good idea needs vetting from the community first. So, I'm posting this for vote and discussion.

I am posting this genuinely to receive input from the community, not just to opine. Please, I genuinely invite answers that address better alternatives or reasons this would not be feasible or any other discussion.

A: This tries to solve a problem that does not exist
The so-called "security/privacy" concern over personal pronouns doesn't have any cited sources to prove the nature of the problem or that it even exists. It may seem good in theory, but it needs metrics in order to develop a policy to address it. Anecdotal wisdom can't guide a security-driven ToS.
The only two answers, one of them deleted, echo that same sentiment from the community. Journeyman Geek writes:

If someone needs a gender pronoun for safety reasons, they can express it appropriately, and I'd expect people to respect that.

Obviously, this mod does not take the security problem as seriously as the OP. The mod probably has more access to real information.
The other post (from a comment) took a more controversial direction:

This feels like a step in the complete opposite direction. It's another mandate compelling speech.

Comments on both ends reflect similar sentiment. All the same, the security concern was not so dominant.
In conclusion:
The supposed reality of this "security/privacy" concern lacks evidence. There is no research cited to prove either its behavior or its existence. And, both those who support the CoC and those who dissent also believe that it is not a dominant issue.
It is best to solve problems that are proven to exist.

A: The communication around the COC has often been messy and confused.
The simple answer to why "they" isn't the universal is that, for some folks, using the appropriate pronoun is important, and even the 'neutral' "they" can be hurtful and feels like misgendering.
If you're a transgender or nonbinary person (or anyone else I've missed out) struggling for folks to accept you for who you are, having people use your correct gender pronouns means a lot.
The COC doesn't seem very kind. This is being actually kind, and accepting. Do the right thing.
When in doubt, and talking about a generic person in general, "they" is better than "he or she" 'cause it doesn't assume a specific gender. Whether you choose to use a singular they, or plural they, can vary.
If someone needs a gender pronoun for safety reasons, they can express it appropriately, and I'd expect people to respect that.

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In order to better serve the animals and people of the Baltimore community, the five major animal welfare organizations in Baltimore—the Maryland SPCA, Baltimore Humane Society, Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter, Baltimore City Animal Control and Baltimore County Animal Control Division—came together to form the Baltimore Animal Welfare Alliance (BAWA) in 2008.
Today, the Maryland SPCA, Baltimore Humane Society, Baltimore Animal Rescue & Care Shelter and Baltimore City Animal Control continue as BAWA members. We work together to improve the well-being of animals in our community. Our joint efforts have included activities such as adoption events, spaying and neutering animals and transporting animals in need from one shelter to another so that fewer pets are euthanized.
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We will all participate in achieving the mission of this alliance, realizing that our vision is shared by all members and is not the dream of only a few.
We will use the principles of the Asilomar Accords as a guide where applicable with an emphasis on using a standardized method of reporting our animal care data using the standard Asilomar Accords terminology as defined by BAWA members.
To save lives and find homes for hundreds of abandoned and unwanted cats and kittens in the community, the Baltimore Animal Welfare Alliance (BAWA) held its 4th annual Baltimore 500: A Race to Save Lives promotion. During the month of June, national Adopt-A-Cat month, the Maryland SPCA, Baltimore Humane Society and Baltimore Animal and Care Shelter (BARCS)—all members of BAWA—waived their adoption fees for cats and kittens. A record 769 cats and kittens were adopted!
Regular adoption procedures applied. All cats and kittens were spayed/neutered and vaccinated prior to adoption. Baltimore 500 adopters received a goody bag including a coupon for a free wellness exam for their new cat/kitten from the Cat Hospital of Towson (CHAT).
In June of 2011, the Baltimore Animal Welfare Alliance (BAWA) set a goal to save the lives of 500 cats and kittens during national Adopt-a-Cat month, when shelters are usually crowded with felines. The event was a big success! 580 cats found new homes during the month of June. These cats were adopted from the Maryland SPCA, Baltimore Humane Society and Baltimore Animal and Care Shelter (BARCS), all BAWA members. Thank you to Cat Hospital at Towson (CHAT) for offering a free wellness exam to Baltimore 500 adopters.
In May of 2010, the members of Baltimore Animal Welfare Alliance (Maryland SPCA, BARCS and Baltimore Humane Society) held the Baltimore 500 race to save cats' lives. Throughout the month, adoption fees on all cats and kittens in all three shelters were waived. The goal was to adopt out 500 cats and kittens among the three shelters, and we succeeded. Normal adoption procedures applied. The BAWA facebook page covered the month-long event. The 2010 Baltimore 500 was generously sponsored by the Cat Hospital at Towson.
Animal shelters are often overcrowded with cats and kittens during the month of June. To save the lives of these animals, the Maryland SPCA, Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter and Baltimore Humane Society—all members of the Baltimore Animal Welfare Alliance (BAWA)—waived their adoption fees for cats and kittens during the month of June, 2009. Regular adoption procedures applied.
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Sub Signo Libelli was een Nederlandse private press die werd opgericht door Ger Kleis (1940) in 1974 en in 2012 ophield te bestaan.

Geschiedenis
De pers was gevestigd in een boerderij in Geesbrug in Drenthe. Deze handdrukpers wordt algemeen beschouwd als de belangrijkste van na de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Nederland. Tussen 1974 en 2010 verschenen 289 uitgaven. Deze uitgaven zijn uitgebreid beschreven door de bibliograaf Ronald Breugelmans in 1983, 1999 en 2013.

In mei 2012 werd de pers overgebracht van Geesbrug naar Gouda, op initiatief van Pieter Stroop, waarmee een definitief einde kwam aan de pers Sub Signo Libelli. Met de pers begon de start van de Drukkerswerkplaats Gouda, die Sub Signo Leonis als drukkersmerk ging voeren - een naam verzonnen door Kleis zelf.

Belangrijkste werken
Kleis heeft enkele belangrijke werken in eerste druk uitgegeven. Daartoe behoren de in opdracht geschreven dichtbundel Capriccio van Gerrit Komrij, veel werk van de dichter Peter Heringa (van wie hij later ook het volledig dichtwerk zou verzorgen) maar ook een tot dan ongepubliceerd romanfragment van Louis Couperus: Zijn aangenomen zoon. Daarnaast heeft hij ook geregeld werk gedrukt van Frédéric Bastet, Boudewijn Büch en James Purdy.

Werken (selectie)
Louis Couperus, Zijn aangenomen zoon. 1980.
Leopold Andrian, Der früheste Morgen. 1982.
Peter Coret, Vanitas. 1985.
Zeer kleine Couperologie voor Frédéric Bastet. 1986.
Frederic Bastet, Aan Elly Ameling. 1996.

Bibliografie
R. Breugelmans, 107 maal Sub Signo Libelli. Een bibliografie van de pers, zomer 1974 - oktober 1983. Met uittreksels uit het logboek van de pers tot eind 1980 door Ger Kleis en een inleiding van Rudi Ekkart. Utrecht, Reflex, 1983.
R. Breugelmans, Het zegel van de libel. Sub Signo Libelli bevattende een bibliografie van de pers najaar 1983 - februari 1999. Amsterdam/Den Haag, De Buitenkant/Museum van het Boek, 1999.
R. Breugelmans, Paul van Capelleveen en André Swertz, De laatste loodjes. De uitgaven van Sub Signo Libelli 1999-2010. Utrecht/Amsterdam, André Swertz & Cie./De Buitenkant, 2013.

Zie ook
Sub Signo Leonis

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Wow! Your cover has me so torn! I think it looks great, but I usually enjoy covers of the girls in their pretty dresses. Oh well. Still can't wait to read it!
I know what you mean! I thought and hard about whether or not to break the pattern with this one. But given that Marius is the healer from the title, and it's really more his book than the heroine's, I figured I should put him on the cover.
Love the cover, Amy! I think your decision to put Marius on it is a good one. I think it evokes the same feel as your other covers. Looking forward to hearing more about it. Best wishes!
I've been trying to order this one for my library (already have the others in circulation), and I'm still not seeing it listed with our book jobber (they had your other Hearts and Thrones readily available) – is it self-published, or still through Signet? We're using Baker&Taylor if that helps you to know. Thank you, and good luck with your upcoming mysteries!
Thanks so much! This one is self-published. It should be available through CreateSpace and expanded distribution, probably in December.


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In wireless base stations, the power amplifier (PA) dominates signal-chain performance in terms of power dissipation, linearity, efficiency, and cost. Monitoring and controlling the performance of a base station's PA makes it possible to maximize the output power while achieving optimum linearity and efficiency. This article discusses the elements of a monitoring-and-control solution for the PA using discrete components—and describes an integrated solution.
Analog Devices has a suite of components that are ideally suited to such tasks. Multichannel digital-to-analog converters (DACs), analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), temperature sensors, and current sensors, as well as single-chip integrated solutions, are being applied in base stations to monitor and control a variety of analog signals. Discrete sensors and data converters provide maximum performance and configuration flexibility, while integrated solutions offer lower cost, smaller size, and higher reliability.
Optimizing a base station's power efficiency is a key environmental consideration for companies in the telecom industry. Significant efforts are being made to reduce the overall energy consumption of base stations to lessen their impact on the environment. Electrical energy is the principal source of everyday operating costs in a base station, and the PA can be responsible for more than half of the power dissipation. Thus, optimizing the PA's power efficiency improves operational performance, and provides environmental and financial benefits.
PA Control with Discrete Components
Figure 1 shows a basic power stage using a lateral-diffused metal-oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor. The inherent trade-offs between linearity, efficiency, and gain determine the optimum bias condition for the PA transistor. Maintaining the drain bias current at an optimum value over temperature and time can significantly improve the overall performance of the PA, while ensuring that it stays within regulated output power levels. One way of controlling the gate bias current is to use a resistive divider to set the gate voltage at a fixed optimum value determined during evaluation.
Figure 1. Simplified control system.
Unfortunately, while this fixed-gate-voltage solution can be quite cost effective, it has a serious disadvantage: it does not correct for environmental changes, manufacturing spread, or supply-voltage variations. The two principal factors affecting the PA's drain bias current are variations of the high-voltage supply line and the on-chip temperature.
A better approach is dynamic control of the PA gate voltage— using a digital control algorithm to measure the drain current, digitizing it with an ADC, and setting the required bias via a high-resolution DAC or a lower-resolution digital potentiometer. This control system allows the PA to maintain the required bias condition for optimized performance—set by a user-programmable setpoint—despite changes in voltage, temperature, and other environmental parameters.
A key factor in this control approach is accurate measurement of the current furnished to the LDMOS transistor via the high-voltage supply line, using a high-side sensing resistor and an AD8211 current-sense amplifier. With a common-mode input range up to +65 V, the AD8211 provides a fixed gain of 20 V/V. The external sense-resistance sets the full-scale current reading. The amplifier output can be multiplexed into an ADC to generate digital data for monitoring and control. Care should be taken to ensure that the output voltage of the current-sense amplifier be as close as possible to the full-scale analog input range of the ADC. Constant monitoring of the high-voltage line enables the power amplifier to continuously readjust its gate voltage, even when voltage surges are sensed on the line, thus maintaining an optimum bias condition.
The drain-to-source current of the LDMOS transistor, IDS, as a function of the gate-to-source voltage, Vgs, has two temperature-dependent terms: the effective electron mobility, µ, and the threshold voltage, Vth.
Vth and µ decrease with increasing temperature. Hence, temperature changes will cause variations in output power. Measuring ambient and internal temperatures of the PA using one or more ADT75 12-bit temperature sensors makes it possible to monitor the temperature variations on the board. The ADT75, a complete temperature monitoring system in an 8-lead MSOP package, offers ±1°C accuracy from 0°C to 70°C.
Multiplexing the voltage output of the temperature sensor, the drain current, and other data into an ADC allows temperature measurements to be converted into digital data for monitoring. Depending on the system configuration, it may be necessary to use a number of temperature sensors on the board. For example, if more than one PA is used—or if more than one predriver is required on the front end—a temperature sensor for each amplifier permits better control of the system. For monitoring both the current sensors and the temperature sensors, the AD7992, AD7994, and AD7998 multichannel 12-bit ADCs are useful for converting analog measurements into digital data.
The digital information gathered from the current sensors and temperature sensors can be continuously monitored, using control logic or a microcontroller. Dynamic control of the PA gate voltage with a digital potentiometer or DAC—while monitoring the sensor readings and processing the digital data—allows an optimized biased condition to be maintained. The degree of control required on the gate voltage will determine the resolution of the DAC. Telecom companies commonly use multiple PAs in base station designs, as shown in Figure 2, to provide added flexibility in selecting a PA for each RF carrier and allow each PA to be optimized toward a particular modulation scheme. Also, combining parallel PA outputs provides improved linearity and overall efficiency. In such cases, the PAs may require multiple cascaded gain stages, including variable-gain amplifiers (VGAs) and predrivers, to meet the gain and efficiency requirements. A multichannel DAC can accommodate the various level-setting- and gain-control requirements of these blocks.
Figure 2. Typical high-power-amplifier signal chain.
To achieve accurate PA gate control, the AD5622, AD5627, and AD5625 DACs offer 12-bit, single, dual, and quad outputs, respectively. They have internal buffers with excellent source- and sink capabilities, obviating the need for external buffers in most applications. The combination of low power, guaranteed monotonicity, and fast settling time make these parts ideal for accurate level-setting applications.
Where precision is not a primary specification and 8-bit resolution is acceptable, a digital potentiometer is a more cost-effective option. These digitally variable resistors perform the same electronic adjustment functions as mechanical potentiometers or variable resistors—but with enhanced resolution, solid-state reliability, and superior temperature performance. Nonvolatile and one-time-programmable (OTP) digital potentiometers are ideal in time-division duplexing (TDD) RF applications where the PA is turned off for the TDD receive period and turned on by a fixed gate voltage for the transmit period. This preprogrammed start-up voltage reduces the turn-on delay and improves efficiency in turning on the PA transistor for the transmit stage. The ability to turn off the PA transistor during the receive state prevents transmitter-circuit noise from corrupting the received signal and improves the overall efficiency of the PA. Depending on the number of channels, interface type, resolution, and the requirement for nonvolatile memory, a variety of digital potentiometers are available for this application. For example, the 256-position AD5172, a one-time-programmable, dual-channel, I2C®-compatible potentiometer, is well-suited for level-setting applications in RF amplifiers.
For monitoring and controlling gain with optimum linearity and efficiency, accurate measurement of the power levels of complex RF signals on the output of the PA is necessary. The AD8362 TruPowr™ rms power detector provides 65-dB dynamic range from 50 Hz to 3.8 GHz, allowing precise rms power measurement of RF signals typically found in W-CDMA, EDGE, and UMTS cellular base stations.
In Figure 3, the output of the power detector, VOUT, is connected to the gain-control terminal of the PA to adjust its gain. The PA output drives the antenna; the directional coupler picks up a fraction of the output, attenuates it appropriately, and applies it to the power detector. The output of the power detector, an rms measure of the transmitter output signal, is compared with the value programmed by the DAC, VSET; and the PA gain is adjusted to null difference. Thus, VSET sets the power gain precisely. The output of the ADC, a digital measure of VOUT , feeds into a larger feedback loop, which can track the transmitted power output, as measured by the AD8362, establishing the value of VSET and the system-determined gain requirement.
Figure 3. Power throughput detection.
This method of gain control can be used with variable-gain amplifiers (VGAs) and variable-voltage amplifiers (VVAs) that are used in preceding stages of the signal chain. To measure both transmit- and receive power, the AD8364 dual detector simultaneously measures two complex input signals. In a system where a VGA or a predriver precedes the PA, and only one power detector is required, the gain on one of the devices is fixed, while VOUT feeds the control input of the other.
If the loop determines that the line current is too high, it sends a command to the DAC to reduce the gate voltage or shut down the part. In some applications, however, if voltage spikes or unacceptably high currents appear on the high-voltage supply line, the digital control loop cannot sense the high-side current, convert the signal to digital, and process the digital data by the external control logic rapidly enough to prevent device damage.
In an analog approach, an ADCMP371 comparator and an RF switch can be used to control the RF signal to the PA, as shown in Figure 4. The output voltage of the current sense is directly compared to the fixed voltage set up by the DAC. When a voltage higher than the fixed voltage appears at the output of the current sensor, due to a voltage or current spike, the comparator can toggle a control pin on the RF switch, cutting the RF signal to the gate of the PA almost instantaneously, preventing damage to the PA. This direct control, which bypasses the digital processing, is much faster and provides better protection.
Figure 4. Control-loop protection using an analog comparator.
Combining the elements discussed above, a typical PA monitoring and control configuration, made up of discrete devices, is shown in Figure 5. In this case, the only amplifier being monitored and controlled is the PA itself, but a similar principle would apply to control of any of the amplifiers in the signal chain. All the discrete components are controlled using one master controller and operate off the same I2C bus.
Figure 5. Monitoring and control of a PA with discrete devices.
Depending on the requirements of the signal chain, a number of amplifiers may be needed in the predrive and final stages to increase the overall power gain of the signal ahead of the antenna. Unfortunately, these additional power-gain stages have an adverse effect on the overall efficiency of the PA. To minimize the degradation of the PA's efficiency, the drivers must be monitored and controlled to optimize performance. For example, the user would require a significant number of discrete components to monitor temperature, power, and voltage levels on the VGA, two predrivers, and two final-stage PAs used to gain up the signal in Figure 2.
Integrated Monitoring and Control
To solve this proliferation problem Analog Devices developed the AD7294, an integrated monitoring and control solution specifically designed to address this issue. The AD7294 contains all the functions and features required for general-purpose monitoring and control of current, voltage, and temperature—integrated onto a single chip.
Figure 6. Integrated solution for monitoring and controlling PA stages.
The AD7294 consists of a 9-channel, 12-bit ADC and a 4-channel DAC having a sink/source capability of 10 mA. It is manufactured on 0.6-µm DMOS technology, which permits the current sensor to measure common-mode levels up to 59.4 V. The ADC has two dedicated current-sense channels, two channels for sensing external-junction temperatures, one channel for sensing the chip's internal-temperature, and four uncommitted ADC inputs for general-purpose monitoring.
The ADC channels have the added benefit of hysteresis and high- and low-limit registers (which can also be found on the AD7992/AD7994/AD7998). The user can preprogram high- and low limits for an ADC channel; the monitored signal will flag an alert if these limits are violated. The hysteresis register gives the user the added capability of determining the reset point for the alert flag if a limit violation occurs. Hysteresis prevents a noisy temperature- or current-sensor reading from continuously toggling the alert flag.
Analog-to-digital conversions can be initiated in two different ways. The command mode allows the user to convert a single channel or a sequence of channels on demand. The autocycle mode converts automatically on a sequence of preprogrammed channels, an ideal mode of operation for system monitoring—especially for continuously monitoring signals, such as signal power and current sensing—and provides alerts only when the preprogrammed high- or low limits are violated.
Two bidirectional high-side current-sense amplifiers are provided (Figure 7). As the PA drain current flows through a shunt resistor, the small differential input voltage is amplified. The integrated current-sense amplifiers reject common-mode voltages up to 59.4 V and provide an amplified analog signal to one of the multiplexed ADC channels. Both current-sense amplifiers have a fixed gain of 12.5 and utilize an internal 2.5-V output-offset reference.
Figure 7. AD7294 high-side current-sense detail.
An analog comparator is provided with each amplifier for fault detection above a threshold of 1.2× full-scale voltage.
The four 12-bit DACs provide a digitally controlled voltage (with 1.2-mV resolution) to control the bias currents of the power transistors. They can also be used to provide control voltages for variable-gain amplifiers. The DAC core is a thin film, 12-bit, inherently monotonic string DAC with a 2.5-V reference and 5-V output span. Its output buffer drives the high-voltage output stage. The output range of the DAC, which is controlled by the offset input, can be positioned between 0 V and 15 V. This provides the end user the option of 12-bit-accurate control over a 5-V span, while allowing the flexibility of using bias voltages as high as 15 V, as PA transistors migrate to larger controlling-gate voltages. In addition, the ability of the four DACs to sink or source currents up to 10 mA makes external drive buffers unnecessary.
PA vendors are designing ever more complex PA front-end signal chains using a diversity of gain stages and control techniques. Available families of multichannel ADCs and DACs and analog RF components are ideally suited to address differing system partitions and architectures, allowing designers to implement cost-effective distributed control. Alternatively, single-chip solutions, such as the AD7294, provide significant advantages in terms of board area, system reliability, and cost. From a custom design perspective, the wealth of both dedicated-function- and integrated-system building blocks offer unprecedented empowerment to system designers.
Liam Riordan
Liam Riordan graduated from University College Cork in 2002 with a Bachelor of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering. He has worked in a variety of roles across ADI in mixed-signal and embedded systems, with a primary focus on healthcare and industrial sensor markets. Liam is currently a system applications manager for the MeasureWare Team and is based in Limerick, Ireland.
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Businesses are developing apps in Dubai for a significant variety of reasons. Some companies develop apps because they want to reach out easily to their clients. Other may develop apps so they can conduct transactions. Also apps can be created for marketing purposes.
Nowadays mobile apps in Dubai represent brands behind them. They are unique, an integral part of the business world, that are implemented within organizations to resolve major enterprise issues.
But why is so important to hire a mobile app agency?
The answer is easy, if you hire a mobile app agency in Dubai, you can eliminate addition planning that's required to the process of developing. Also agencies here are up to date with the latest technologies, trends and guidelines of app market.
The agency you're hiring should give you a list of the apps they've created, or you can look at their website on the portfolio index. This will help you identify their technical expertise, experience, and skills.
Sometimes agencies don't have their clients' projects on their portfolios due to their privacy, and in that case you can contact that company and ask for it, or you can download their app to give it a spin.
This way you'll be able to affirm what the agency is advertising, or they can prove you the opposite experience.
Here on our app development company- Powered our clients are so satisfied with the apps we have created, so they already have engaged with us more than once. This is an even more important thing to keep in mind, because it shows how pleased our clients are to work with us more than just for a project.
First of you need to do your own research and see how much is the average cost to create an app. The downside of when you do your research is that you might get confused even more, because sometimes internet gives you different estimates, based on the size of the app, the quality of the developers etc.
Another help that you can get, is by talking to development experts, so you can understand more specifically about the cost of a particular feature or technical touch. You can not have a project that has features at a high level of complication, and ask for a budget-friendly price.
Whether it is a native or cross platform way of developing apps, the company you want to hire is better if it has experience on working with any kind of device, like smartphones, tablets, or any wearable device.
That app company who has worked on multiple platforms, is a better solution to help you make decisions about what kind of app is suited for your purpose. Developers with experience with no doubt will try to convince you for more, and give you that competitive edge to succeed more, and not be stuck to limitations.
Some apps are that simple that need just a couple of developers, but if you want a bigger app, you'll need a bigger team. You want a team that have exceptional skills.
For example if you're looking for a good developer in Dubai, you want one that knows coding for iOS( Swift/objective C), Android(Java), and other mobile frameworks(Angular JS).
The creative part-designers should know to put the best UI/UX ( User interface & User experience), for the app to be attractive but also user-friendly.
Having a mobile app development company team in Dubai that gives innovative ideas and unique apps will differentiate from your competitors and also satisfies the user.
Digital marketing services are very important, but besides that a lot of app companies don't have one.
An established app design agency should include ad buying experts, also digital advertising tools. Digital marketing bring a lot of benefits and advantages for your business, because they have the right strategy, are cost effective, and bring impressive results.
Businesses are following mobile app trends now, more than ever, even though building an app requires a lot of planning, time to develop, and team work. The competition between businesses in all different sizes, is growing, and that's why it's so important to choose the perfect app design agency.


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description: Learn how to access Docker Universal Control Plane from the web browser.
keywords: docker, ucp, web, administration
title: Web-based access
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Docker Universal Control Plane allows you to manage your cluster in a visual
way, from your browser.

![](../../../../../images/ucp.png){: .with-border}

Docker UCP secures your cluster with role-based access control. From the
browser, Administrators can:

* Manage cluster configurations,
* Manage the permissions of users and teams,
* See all images, networks, volumes, and containers.

![](../../images/web-based-access-2.png){: .with-border}

Non-admin users can only see and change the images, networks, volumes, and
containers, they are granted access.

# Where to go next

* [Access UCP from the CLI](cli-based-access.md)

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절에서 의식을 행하거나 불단 위에 올려놓고 향을 피우는데 사용하는 공양구이다. 특히 밥 그릇 모양의 몸체 아래 나팔형으로 벌어져 원반형의 받침을 지닌 것을 향완이라 하였다.
통도사 청동 은입사 향완은 높이 33㎝, 입지름 30㎝, 받침대 지름 24.7㎝로서 전면에 굵고 가는 은·금실을 이용하여 연꽃무늬, 덩굴무늬, 봉황, 구름무늬로 가득차게 은입사하였다. 몸통 중앙 네 곳에 원을 두르고 그 주위에 꽃무늬가 있다. 현재 원 안에 범자를 찍은 둥근 주석판을 4개의 못으로 고정시켰는데, 이것은 나중에 보수한 것이다. 원 사이 공간은 덩굴무늬가 새겨 있으며, 몸통 아래에는 연꽃무늬가 돌아가며 새겨져 있다.
특히 몸통의 덩굴무늬 사이를 은판으로 채운 것은 이 향로의 두드러진 특징이다. 받침대는 3단으로 되어 있으며 윗쪽은 연꽃무늬, 아래쪽은 덩굴무늬, 중앙은 넓은 공간에 구름문과 봉황이 굵고 가는 선으로 배치되어 있다.
입 주위의 넓은 테인 전의 일부가 약간 휘어진 것이 흠이지만, 외형상 그 형태가 안정감있다. 전면에 새긴 무늬가 매우 복잡하면서도 도식적으로 변모된 점으로 미루어 고려 후기의 제작으로 추정된다.
Hyangno (an incense burner) is a general term for objects used for burning incense in a temple, intended to clean the grime of the mind. There are other names, such as hwawan and hyangwan, but hyangno is the all-inclusive term regardless of the shape and size. Hwawan and hyangwan signify only incense burners that have a bowl-shaped body supported by a trumpet-shaped high strut. This hyangno is 33 cm in height, 30 cm in mouth diameter, and 24.7 cm in strut diameter. It is engraved all over, using silver and gold threads, with patterns of lotus flower, vine, phoenix and clouds. In the middle of the body are four circles and around these are flower prints. At present, the round tin board stamped with Sanskrit letters is fixed with four nails, having been repaired at a later date. The space between the circles is engraved with a vine pattern, and lotus flower prints are engraved around the lower part of the body in turn. An especially distinctive character of this hyangno is that the interval between each vine is filled with silver plate. The strut has three tiers. The upper one has a lotus flower, the below a vine, and the middle has a cloud and phoenix patterns in the large space with thick and thin threads. The only flaw is a slightly bent rim of the mouth. It may be presumed to be a work of the first half of Goryeo because it has a fully mature beauty, and the engraved pattern is refined and elaborate.


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Project Baseline, by Verily announced as a portal to register for a COVID-19 test
Written by TechJuice Mar 17 · 1 min read>
Alphabet Inc's research organisation, Verily has collaborated with the California Governor's office and the public health authorities in charge to come up with an online portal they are calling 'Project Baseline' that will help people register for a free COVID-19 diagnosis test.
The website, which requires you to be at least 18 years of age is only available to the residents of the Santa Clara and the San Mateo Counties as of now. It allows interested parties to follow a simple procedure where they must create an account, complete a COVID permission form, and share information about their symptoms and the health issues they've been having. The system then tells you whether a test is required for you. If your symptoms match those of a diagnosed COVID-19 patient, a free testing appointment is arranged for you and you are told where and when to go. Once the test is carried out, the results are emailed to you.
This was the website that the President of the US, Mr Donald Trump wrongfully associated with Google last week. In a public appearance, he announced that Google was working on a site that would help diagnose more and more COVID-19 patients.
Google, as it turns out, is working on a site related to the Novel Coronavirus; the site is, however, more about awareness and prevention rather than diagnosis.
The new website does seem to be in its initial stages for now. Reports of bugs have already started rolling in and people are reporting issues like a misdiagnosis and an inconsistent number of questions being offered. Needless to say, Verily and the state of California will have to come up with solutions to these glitches in their website design if they want their initiative to be take seriously. It is, however, a big step in the right direction if the spread of this virus is to be contained in the near future.
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In this paper, the authors present a hybrid approach to indoor object detection and tracking. A test area is partitioned into regions that are covered by sensors placed on the ceilings. The region location of an object is determined by these sensors using RSSI. The region determination is then followed by the exact localization of the object within the region using Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the 3D stereo image measurements. To determine the coverage ratio of a region for better placement of sensors, the 3D space is partitioned into 2D planes whose coverage points are determined by a newly developed software product called LOCOPac.


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Q: Why does Spring SAML-based app throw exception only on remote server? I have java app based on spring-security-saml2-core and org.opensaml:opensaml which utilizes SSO-auth process through ADFS server. This app works as I expected on my localhost PC, but it throws exception
AuthNResponse;FAILURE;10.*.*.0;localhost-demo;***;;;org.opensaml.common.SAMLException: Response doesn't have any valid assertion which would pass subject validation
    at org.springframework.security.saml.websso.WebSSOProfileConsumerImpl.processAuthenticationResponse(WebSSOProfileConsumerImpl.java:229)

when this app deployed to K8s-cluster.
According to text of this exception I checked Assertions in response and I'm pretty sure that it exists
 <Assertion xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion" ID="_e7095784-5ea3-4cf2-aef1-8551ebfa1cf5" IssueInstant="2020-10-07T20:26:59.971Z" Version="2.0">

Has whoever met the same problem ?


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There has been extensive work done in order to quickly produce a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19. Currently, there are two vaccines that have been proven to provide adequate protection against the virus. Much of the public is not yet eligible to be vaccinated. How is your state doing in the fight for COVID-19 vaccination?
Your State's Role in The Distribution of the COVID-19 Vaccine
Doses of the COVID-19 vaccine began distribution on December 14, 2020 and have reached every state in the US. 13% of the US population have already received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is equal to over 65 million doses administered. In order to be effective, two doses of the vaccine must be administered over a three to four week period.
The federal government is responsible for shipments of these doses to individual states. Each state is then in charge of distributing these doses accordingly. Every state has a vaccine distribution plan in place that consists of a number of phases. These phases depend on the who needs virus protection most.
Typically, COVID-19 vaccine distribution has started with administering doses to the elderly in nursing homes and to those who work in the healthcare field. These stipulations then broaden to the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions.
Your State and COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
President Joe Biden promised a goal of 100 million doses of vaccines reaching the public in his first 100 days in office. Some states are distributing their vaccines at a faster pace than others. In order for this to come to pass, more vaccines will be required from manufacturers and more efficiency will be needed from the states.
79% of all the doses that have been administered to each state have already been utilized, the remainder have been saved for nursing homes and other highly vulnerable groups. 21% of Alaskans have received at least one dose of the vaccine, making this the state with the highest population vaccinated.
Most states have utilized the vaccines that have been made available, however, some are lacking in their distribution. Montana and Maryland have both currently administered less than 70% of the doses that they have received.
Delays in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
There has been complaints from state and local health agencies in regard to government communication of the COVID-19 vaccine shipments. Many states claim that they are not receiving the number of vaccines they have been promised.
It is also cited that there is little warning, only days, before shipment arrivals. This leaves state departments short on time to designate, schedule and administer doses appropriately.
Contact Your State Health Department
Visit your state's health department website for more information for when you and your family will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. You can also visit the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website for up-to-date information and statistics about how quickly your state is distributing vaccines.


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There are six types of National Insurance contributions known as classes.
404(a)(7) deduction limitation--which limited deductions to 25 percent of eligible plan compensation when an employer sponsors both a defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) plan--will be determined without regard to DB plans that are covered by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
He could have taken the stipend and made it appear as though it was a political contribution,'' McClain said.
If services are rendered by a husband and wife, consider balancing their compensation (as long as it is reasonable and customary) to increase their overall retirement contribution.
Ibn Sina's contribution to the creation of this harmonious interplay between dietary and medical usages and regulations is central, and he left that as a legacy for later Islamic medicine and even traditional cuisines of the Islamic world.
The division's contribution margin will be the difference between their revenue and the sum of their variable cost and salaries.
Depending on how the defined-contribution plan is structured, employees could be required to pay taxes on the employer's contribution, said Brian Goebel, vice president, core benefit marketing, Pacific Life & Annuity Co.
By 2000, Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate campaign was telling people to make a big contribution and let the campaign staff break it down into hard money for the campaign, hard money for her related campaign committee, and soft money to be used by other committees for "party building.
Supreme Court placed on individual contributions in its landmark ruling Buckley v.
Finally, if funds are withdrawn before five years from the date of the first contribution, the earnings on these funds are subject to regular income taxes and will be assessed the 10 percent penalty for early withdrawals.


May we take this opportunity to thank the H.S.A. for their continued hard work and support throughout the year and look forward to working with them again next year. Also a very big thank you to all our other wonderful volunteers, your help is absolutely invaluable to us.
All the support we receive in school is very much appreciated and we look forward to welcoming you back next year.


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Demi Lovato teases new political music after Capitol takeover
By Francesca Bacardi
January 7, 2021 | 8:36am
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Demi Lovato to address 2018 overdose in new docuseries
Demi Lovato dyes her pixie haircut pink
Demi Lovato says goodbye to 2020's 'toxic energy' with evil eye manicure
Demi Lovato's hairstylist spills all the details on her new pixie haircut
Demi Lovato is going to express her emotions through song.
Nearly three months after releasing her first political track, "Commander in Chief," Lovato, 28, teased she intends to drop more politically inspired music after Wednesday's takeover of the Capitol.
"My heart is broken. It makes me to [sic] sad to believe how naive I was to think this couldn't possibly happen, and yet it did. Here we are," she tweeted as she shared a message from the official Black Lives Matter Twitter account. "For everyone in my comments saying 'where's d7' or wanting me to sing instead of speaking up about what needs to change in this country…
"THIS IS WHY I POST AS MUCH AS I DO. THIS IS WHY I CARE. THIS CANNOT HAPPEN ANY F–KING MORE," she continued. "I'm angry, embarrassed and ashamed. I'm in the studio working on something special after today's assault on democracy."
Pro-Donald Trump rioters stormed the Capitol in what quickly devolved into a violent riot, in which one woman died after getting shot in the neck. The victim, later identified as Ashli Babbit, was a pro-Trump Air Force vet from California.
Vice President Mike Pence condemned the supporters and turn of events on Twitter.
"Peaceful protest is the right of every American but this attack on our Capitol will not be tolerated and those involved will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," he wrote.
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What is lubiprostone, and how does it work (mechanism of action)?
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Is lubiprostone available as a generic drug?
Do I need a prescription for lubiprostone?
What is the dosage for lubiprostone?
Which drugs or supplements interact with lubiprostone?
Is lubiprostone safe to take if I'm pregnant or breastfeeding?
What else should I know about lubiprostone?
Lubiprostone is an oral medication used for the treatment of idiopathic (due to an unknown cause) chronic constipation. Chronic constipation most commonly occurs because of slow transit of stool through the colon that allows too much fluid to be removed from the stool, leading to hard or lumpy stools, abdominal pain or discomfort, and straining during bowel movements, as well as difficulty passing stools. Signs and symptoms of chronic constipation can be reduced by increasing fluid in the stool. Lubiprostone causes an increase in the secretion of fluid into the intestines. The added fluid softens the stool and also may speed up transit of stool in the colon. Lubiprostone was approved by the FDA in January 2006.
Nausea was reduced when lubiprostone was administered with food. Some patients may experience shortness of breath.
Lubiprostone has no known drug interactions.
Use of lubiprostone in pregnant women has not been adequately evaluated during pregnancy.
It is not known whether lubiprostone is excreted in human milk.
What preparations of lubiprostone are available?
How should I keep lubiprostone stored?
Lubiprostone should be stored at room temperature, 15 C - 30 C (59 F - 86 F).
Lubiprostone (Amitiza) is a drug prescribed for the treatment of chronic constipation in adults, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in women. Side effects drug interactions, warnings and precautions, and pregnancy safety information should be reviewed prior to taking this medication.


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Muckwhip's Guide to Capturing…
Muckwhip's Guide to Capturing the Latter-day Soul: The Inside Scoop for Teens, Missionaries and Families on Avoiding the Pits and Snares of the Enemy quantity
Muckwhip's Guide to Capturing the Latter-day Soul: The Inside Scoop for Teens, Missionaries and Families on Avoiding the Pits and Snares of the Enemy
In your hands is the clandestine correspondence of Muckwhip the
Unmerciful, Viceroy of Vice, whose hyper-bureaucratic department
in the Lower Realms is devoted exclusively to the destruction of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
YOU ARE NEXT!
Muckwhip's infernal h-mail to his impish underlings are principally
directed against Target 120-16A-44M (AKA, young Stuart Hansen)
through his most challenging phases as a teenager, missionary, and
husband in his daily struggles to emulate our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Will Muckwhip's Target survive? Find out while catching an
eye-popping glimpse into a world of unrestrained backstabbing and
outrageous irony. In the grandiloquent tradition of Marlow, Milton,
and Lewis, Muckwhip's Guide to Capturing the Latter-day Soul offers
a unique perspective of the diabolical mind – providing readers with
life-changing insights powerfully magnified by the enlightened
backdrop of the Restored Gospel.
Chris Heimerdinger's Adventures With the Book of Mormon
Escape from Zarahemla
The Name That Matters Most
2009-2023 Heimerdinger Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved.


GM Engineer Brad Doerr's fiancée Holly would normally be out on the track with him and their Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon for a day of auto-crossing, but she was a little busy getting primped for the wedding they'd planned just two hours later. So there he was, alone, out on a fairly tame course when all of a sudden his seatbelt tightened and he heard a bang.
The airbags had exploded even though there was no collision of any kind.
How was he going to explain that to his future wife?
Brad and Holly planned the kind of wedding and honeymoon fitting for a pair of serious gear heads. They'd be participating in the Hot Rod Power Tour and take a break in Muskegon for the wedding before taking the Cadillac over to Champaign, Illinois and all the way down to Arlington, Texas.
Doerr was enjoying a pre-wedding autocross lap (how cool does that sound?) and hitting around 0.92 g's of lateral acceleration when the airbags went off.
"I hear a bang," Doerr explains, "[and] thought I'd gotten hit by a truck in the door, but I look out and there's a side curtain airbag."
Slightly perturbed that his car had reacted that way, he was less than pleased when the OnStar representative called asking to send a tow truck, assuming he'd been in a fender-bender. Words were exchanged between the testy groom and the OnStar, but Doerr says he was just understandably freaking out a bit.
"I wasn't displeased with OnStar, I was just displeased that my airbags had just gone off. OnStar just happened to be the immediate scapegoat by calling me," he explains.
And how did he tell Holly? Smartly, he didn't, although a post on Facebook led to one of her friends showing her the image.
As of yesterday he was worried that he wouldn't be able to make it through the rest of the Honeymoon without a car, but a local Cadillac dealer in Muskegon was nice enough to give him a loaner for the rest of the Power Tour (a not-quite-as-powerful Impala) while they try to repair the CTS-V (and try to figure out why this happened).
Despite all the pre-wedding drama — and there's always some — the nuptials went off without a hitch. Or an explosion.


Sort of like the the Song from Queen. Well not really. This is about saving time and cooking quickly but keeping it healthy. The answer is the Pressure Cooker. Many people are still afraid of them but the new pressure cookers are not like Grandma's and they are very unlikely to Blow up if you use them as instructed. There's no better way to cook something quickly yet keep all the flavor. I recommend getting one, or at least researching them if you need more information.
Today's experimental meal was found in a back issued of Vegetarian Times. The original recipe can be found HERE.
Overall this was a great recipe since it was QUICK, EASY, and HEALTHY. If I were to make any changes it would be to add a bit more seasoning overall since the potatoes and cauliflower tend to be fairly bland vegetables to begin with.


When you choose to eat out at a restaurant, you generally lose control of exactly what is put into the dish. The chef might have bulked that sauce up with 8 pounds of sugar, and you'd never know by looking at it on the menu. It's wise to be curious when you are eating out! Ask the waitress what comes with a given dish. Learn how to judge the calorie, fat, and carb content of different dishes. It is your body that will be affected!
Keep in mind that most restaurants give you large sized portions assuming you'll take some home with you. So take it home! Leftovers are a great way to keep your health intact and to enjoy the delicious flavors later on as a separate meal. If you just get too tempted by the plate in front of you, ask right at the beginning to have half of it packed to go. The waitress will understand, it's a common thing for people to do.
Here are the restaurants we've found in the nutritional database. If you come across any others we've missed, please let us know! Just click on any name to see all the food items currently indexed for that restaurant.


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So… you've gotten that über gizmo for Christmas, ate far more than you should have, and got to see long-lost friends and family, but you're still not satisfied. I know you all too well. Unless your über gizmo is installed with a varied assortment of metric sockets and spanners in the garage, while drinking beer with buddies, you are undoubtedly thinking about how you can manage to sneak some new car modifications past your significant other.
See, I told you that I know you… all too well.
You see, there's a common theme amongst us performance driving brethren (and sisters); we all want to eek that extra 10th, whether it means lightening your car, installing the newest and hottest, finding extra horsepower, learning new techniques, or minimizing your belt size (save this one for your New Year broken promises bin). This series will delve into various options that will gain you a few 10ths while keeping some $10s in your wallet.
I loved the first few seconds of this new Mini Cooper ad. Empty city streets, fast turns, lurid slides, engine revving up - yeah, this is going to be good!
The paratroopers made for some interesting shots and the "live" slalom was pretty cool. But hey, does the car really need to go 15 feet wide to avoid the "live" cones? If you're going to put together a slalom, show some handling precision and get close enough so the car can clip the chutes with its side mirror, you know what I mean?
Not a sports car was stirring, not even Ferrari.
In hopes that Hot Nick soon would be there.
Had tucked in the Lotus, and then hit the hay.
We raced to the window, my dear wife and I.
Gave the brightness of noonday to objects below.
But eight tiny Fiats, pulling a sleigh.
Good for me these great iRacing laps don't always transfer to real-life lap times but wow - that MX-5 Cup Car will beat me at every track except for the Glen where we'd be about even.
Kart enduros are team events. Unlike individual races where you are ultimately responsible for all your decisions, everything you do during a kart enduro is designed to help the team. I did a quick write-up and put together a helmet cam video of my first kart enduro here. Today we are covering kart enduros in more depth.
In nearly identical karts all weighing the same, driver weight is crucially important. To take out any weight advantage, all teams participating in a typical enduro are weighed before the event. If needed, karts are assigned weights designed to equalize the total weight between teams. After the drivers' meeting, all teams go out for warm up/qualifying laps over a period of 15-20 minutes and the best qualifying time from any of the team's drivers decides the team's grid order. The karts have enough gas for the entire race but there are 7 mandatory pit stops for driver changes over a typical 90-minute race. There is no upper or lower limit on the number of laps that everyone on the team must do.
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Think of the tarp as a condom for your date: it's not an exciting item to bring to the date but it comes very handy at, ugh, critical peak times. Tarps prevent equipment loss just like condoms prevent minivans.
A few years ago it poured the entire 3 days at a Watkins Glen weekend I was attending. It was so bad, a little stream was running through the South paddock for most of the time. I was only using plastic crates to store my track items and could not save all of them. The original cardboard box for my jack got soaked and totally fell apart. It's not an expensive item but good luck finding a sturdy replacement box with the same dimensions. (I ended up making my own.) Many of the items in my toolbox and crates got wet too and since they didn't completely dry up for a couple of days until I got home, I had to throw out a few of them.
Quick: what's the fastest way to lower a Mazda RX7?
Well, pop all the wheels off at the same time of course!
"One, two, three, four, we're shy one. We need one... Only missing one, man!"
At Lime Rock, a good lap would be close to a minute; at NHMS, maybe 1:20; At Tremblant, around 2 minutes; even at the Glen, it's under 2:30. At the Full Monty, a good lap is anything under THREE minutes! During my first full course lap at Monticello, I realized too late there were no cars in front of me to follow and after a few minutes I started thinking I might actually get lost on the track. Ugh, does anyone around here have a GPS I could borrow?
Today One Hot Lap's contributors tackle the manly task of shoe shopping. So many brands, so many styles, what to get? And which features should you consider?
1. The sole should be thin enough so you have a good feel for the pedal under your foot, but should be rigid enough so your foot is well supported.
2. It should have enough grip to not slip around the pedals, yet not be too sticky for switching pedals easily.
3. The sole should curve around the heel to allow you to rest your foot on the heel. This prevents notchy foot movement and that translates into smoother driving.
4. Ideally, the outside of the right shoe should be covered in rubber to protect it during heel and toe maneuvers.
Is this a Polish autocross? Serbian Track event? Some sort of European Gymkhana? Looks like they haven't invented cones over there yet but the old tires come in so handy, they even stack them up! And what happens if the little Suzuki loses control going flat out in the 90-degree left turn and crashes into the oncoming car, which is also moving at pretty decent speed?
Paging All Track Geeks: Gran Turismo 5 to Re-Create Real-World Laps!
Not surprisingly, GT5's graphics look better than the real world's!
If you live in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) and you like to take your car to the track, life is good these days. As you may recall, we recently reviewed one of the new PNW tracks, Oregon Raceway Park, and it was good.
News came out recently that another brand new track is about to open for business next year and it is generating some serious buzz amongst PNW track junkies. The track is looking like it's going to be phenomenal: 16 corners and some serious elevation changes. Everyone is trying to figure out how and when to get on it.
The new racetrack is called The Ridge Motorsports Park. It is in Shelton, WA which is on the South side of the Olympic Peninsula, a little under 2 hours from Seattle.
WCVB-TV Boston is reporting another Corvette crash, this one right under our noses here in Boston. According to the report, "Police said a woman driving a Corvette came out of a dealership on Route 1 and lost control, causing the car to flip and hit a pole before landing upside down."
What I really want to know is this: was the driver wearing scantily clad clothing and was she yelling "Go Daddy, Go Daddy!!" right before the crash?
1) OneHotLap.com cannot afford these cars.
2) OneHotLap.com drivers NEVER crash!!
So you probably know the details of the crash by now: $4 million-worth of supercars, highway crash, eight Ferrari F430, a Lamborghini Gallardo, 3 Mercedes -- plus a Toyota Prius -- among the vehicles involved, etc. What I really want to know is this: how the hell did a Prius end up in a crash of 12 supercars?! Did it have supercharged batteries?
Here's a fantastic hands-on lesson from the immortal Colin McRae, all while racing on narrow roads! I love it how calmly he speaks at these crazy speeds -- as if he's talking about how to bake cookies. It's a sign of greatness when you can drive on the ragged edge and still have a ton of brain power left to explain how oversteer and understeer work!
Rule #1: if you don't know how to control a car, at least keep the wheel straight when accelerating. Or maybe that stripe got in the way? And did you hear someone from the crowd go "It's alright, dude?" Is this how they encourage the idiot driver after he crashes into random cars on the street during Mustang Week?
If It Isn't Snell Approved - It's a F#cking Salad Bowl!
The sticker reminded me this article on helmets is still a great read for anyone looking to replace their helmet in the upcoming season!
Corner workers in the middle of the course just a few feet from gates, one of them even crouching instead of standing, people walking around casually, light poles without any markings (let alone protective padding), and a 3-foot-high curb at the edge of the course mere 30 ft from a fast section. What could go wrong?
And another car is STILL running out on the course almost 20 seconds after the 'Vette's crash. Not a single red flag in sight. Too bad this 'Vette owner ended up paying a hefty price for the organizers' stupidity.
The OZ wheels on my 325i during the '05 One Lap of America.
17x8 OZ Superleggera wheels. Used to be silver when new. Probably somewhere in between anthracite and black with all the brake dust baked into them now. Look fantastic if you don't wash them, especially from a distance!
According to this Press Release form Nintendo, West Coast Customs "has re-created two vehicles from Mario Kart 7: the classic Mario Standard kart, complete with glider attachment for soaring through the air, and the Luigi Bumble V kart, which resembles a bumblebee and features a rear propeller for underwater navigation."
After an exhaustive search and experimenting with substances (most of them legal), we are glad to report that we have discovered the secret ingredient to keeping your wheels clean: PAM cooking spray ($2.86 for the 8-oz bottle at Walmart). Empirical evidence showed that if you leave your race pads on the car for 2 months and never wash the wheels, the brake dust still comes off as long as you spray the wheels with PAM before the dust gets there.
Crank up the Volume for the Jeremy Clarkson Beatbox!!
I want a ring tone that goes "powerslide, powerslide, powerslide, powerslide..."
Lime Rock's Christmas Special: A Grand a Day to Drive Your Own Car!!
How about driving your own car on a world-famous race track?
For $995, you can drive your own car at high speed - with a private instructor sitting "right seat" - on Lime Rock Park's iconic race track.
This is the first Pikes Peak run under 10 minutes, which also shattered the previous record by over 10 seconds. Watching the first few seconds from the run reminded me of those car commercials where the advertiser speeds up the footage to "convince" you the car is really fast. "Watch how the Mercedes C class would look at 160 mph if it was going FOUR times faster!!!" Except this run is for real. Totally insane driving and fantastic car control!! And those spectators are just as insane standing only a couple of feet from a car drifting at triple-digit speeds on loose surface!
The squirrel's tail looks a bit shorter and sits much lower after this 100+ mph run-in with an LP670-4 SV at an Ultimate Lamborghini Experience event. I had a very similar encounter at 140 mph right in the middle of the braking zone for the Bus Stop at Watkins Glen this last September. Ironically, that was the same weekend this squirrel story broke out. Luckily, the squirrel moved out of the way just in time and never got a free haircut from me.
East Coast and California track junkies are a fortunate few: They have a ton of good choices when it comes to race tracks. Lime Rock, VIR, Laguna Seca and Thunderhill are just a start.
OK to Flip. Just Don't Slip!!
What can happen in one and a half minutes of driving? My friend Jamie Melhuish is about to find out in his 2011 Mt Philo hillclimb below.
I love it how calm the checkpoint guy looks when the car went off right in front of him at 0:37. No need to get off the chair in a real hurry, it's only 3,200 lbs of metal coming at you really fast. And did you see the squirrel having lunch right in the middle of the road at 0:58? Jamie had to wrench the wheel to dodge that squirrel, which barely moved at the sight of the car. Maybe it's one of this story's survivors who have been trained in performance driving since birth and are totally unfazed by another race car zipping around!
To autocross or to ice race this weekend: that is the question!
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Let's get straight to the bottom line: Both shows are trying their hardest to emulate Top Gear UK.
Like many gearheads, I am a huge fan of Top Gear UK. The show is phenomenal with entertaining and witty commentaries, breathtaking video editing and a budget with seemingly no limit. I have actually managed to turn my wife to it so I don't have to sneak out of bed in the middle of the night to watch it. She enjoys it, which speaks to the show's broad appeal: 40% of its viewers are women.
I found a good Read on the 1M from WSJ's Dan Neil Here.
1) The BMW 1M and the M3 do not have an electronic limited slip. Only the 135i does. A mechanical limited-slip is far superior and it is the performance driving enthusiasts really want.
2) The 1M is not 77 lbs lighter than the 135i. The BMW Owner's Manual lists the 135i at 3,298 lbs. At 3,362 lbs, the 1M is actually 64 lbs heavier than the 135i.
When you're ten years old, everything in the world seems new and exciting. Your dreams are endless and you feel as though you could do anything. As you get older, your dreams may get more grounded, but you are always in search of that excitement you felt as a kid.
The fact that you're reading One Hot Lap means you've likely found performance driving, or even just the simple act of driving, to provide that same sense of joy and even invulnerability you once felt as a kid. This is not to say that racers are impervious to the risks involved in motorsports. It's just that there is a particular happiness found in straddling the limits of adhesion overpowering any potential for injury that may exist.
Imagine every time you sneezed or hiccupped, you had to go see the doctor. It cost you $120 or so, a few hours of lost productivity, and probably a lot of worries (good thing the diagnosis was good and the doctor said you were OK!). This, for the most part, is how the "Check Engine" (or "Service Engine Soon") light works in most modern cars, except you go to see the dealer.
I first saw the "Service Engine Soon" light on my 2001 BMW 325i just a day or two after I installed the first modification in it: an aftermarket cold-air intake. The warning looked ominous to me and it freaked me out. Did I just screw up my engine? And how do I "service" it? I went to the dealer on the next day and they said the code that had been triggered was related to an "out of range parameter: impermissible air range". I checked the intake again and I was convinced it had been correctly installed. I knew many other 325i's were running it and had no issues with it. The car exhibited no drivability issues and after a few days, the light disappeared. To this day, the light still comes back every once in a while when we get the first cold weather spell each Fall and then it clears itself out. 10 years, 100 track days, nearly as many autocross events and 170K miles on the engine later, the car is still running as good as new.
The 1M did very well right out of the box!
My Write-up on the Track Weekend at Tremblant Is the Cover Story on Boston Bimmer!!
My family's plans for our annual pilgrimage to Mont Tremblant were as sound as ever: pack the night before, have a nice breakfast together, leave just after rush hour and get to Montreal before 3 PM when they close off one of the highway lanes going through the city. Our execution was as bad as any other year: sleep late, pack the morning of the event, have Trail Mix in the car for breakfast, leave too late, and get to Montreal right smack in the middle of rush hour. Hey, look at this: they've got another autocross course set up all over the damn bridge. Same layout as any other year: a 3-mile slalom! What do you do while stuck on the bridge for over an hour? Let's see if we can figure out why so many people here drive small cars and everyone smokes cigarettes … Trust me, it's a much better option than jumping off the friggin' bridge!
This video has everything I like about road racing: close action, similar cars, masterful driving, tight battle in the final laps, and lots at stake at the end of a 6-hour race. Watch to find out if Garth Tander will be able to hold off Craig Lowndes. If you are looking for a shorter version, skip to 11:00 and watch just the last two laps. These are the best five minutes of road racing I've seen in a long time!
I read that these Australian V8 Supercars are coming to the U.S. in the next couple of years. This type of racing would be really exciting to see live!
Mark Dudek lived on canned food and Ramen noodles for his first year out of college in order to save for the best handling, most powerful and most lightweight car he could afford. He settled on a nice BMW Z4 roadster, possibly because it also shows off his biceps well. Mark has been autocrossing regularly for two seasons and won his class back to back against some very tough competition. Winning the Rookie of the Year Award along the way, he is on track to win the Driver of the Year Trophy out of hundreds of drivers this year.
In this video, you'll find me inviting him to talk about his ride's setup and how he is able to drive it so well. He has no idea we had arranged for a high heels clad hot date to go in for the kill. Relentlessly focused in front of the camera, he doesn't even flinch, brushing her aside so he can get back on topic. Are you reading this Andretti, Ganassi, and Penske? This driver has the skills, he is marketable and he would never be distracted by any of the hot pit babes that would inevitably surround him at every big race!
15 teams competed in F1 Outdoors' 90-minute karting enduro in East Bridgewater, MA this Sunday, October 2, 2011. Team OneHotLap qualified kart #10 fourth on the grid and picked up a spot during the race to take a podium finish in its historic team outing. The event organizers did a stellar job over 90 minutes of clean racing.
One-Trick Pony No More! Five Simple Ways to Be a Better Driver.
If you've had any interest in motorsports you've probably heard the name Skip Barber. The now 75 year old retired racer started the Skip Barber Racing School in 1975 and began amassing a reputation for being one of the premier schools in the world. The alumni list is impressive with Formula One, IndyCar and ALMS drivers all crediting the Skip Barber programs as integral to, if not the start of, their racing careers.
So about a month ago I finally bit the bullet after years of saying I would sign up for a Skip Barber racing school. Excellence comes at a price and I always cited the intimidatingly high price as the reason for my procrastination. The irony is that I've absolutely spent the same amount, if not more, each year on High Performance Driver Educations (HPDE). But the all in one shot price was intimidating.
We had invited Eva Mendes to the official unveiling of Team OneHotLap's GoPro camera at our recent BMW CCA track event. Since she turned the offer down, we had to go with our second best option: OneHotLap's Real People, Real Cars.
Batman's Lamborghini: First Aventador Arrives in the Northwest U.S.
I just had a chance to see the brand spanking new Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 (exact model name!) at a weekly exotics gathering in Redmond, WA, just outside of Seattle. The Exotics at Redmond Town Center event is the Northwest version of LA's famous Cars & Coffee. In fact, it's so popular that it's become the largest car gathering North of California.
After two BMW CCA driving school sessions at Watkins Glen Int'l, an event participant complained about the car feeling a bit "squirrely" out on the track. When he popped the hood open to investigate a possible cause, he found acorn leftovers and critter poop all over the engine bay. Upon further examination, it was determined that 6 baby squirrels had turned the car's airbox into their home and had been smuggled from Toronto through the U.S. border.
FTD went to the '07 911 GT3 RS a.k.a Kermit.
I think the SMIG will do well at the autocross in his new BMW E30 M3. Actually, scratch that. He will do VERY, VERY well!
One Hot Lap of 2:13 Around Watkins Glen. In a Daily Driver!!
Spotted: Ferrari FXX. Fastest Production Car In the World Around a Racetrack!!
This is one of only 30 Ferrari FXX ever made and it sat right in front of me on pit road at a recent track weekend at Tremblant, Canada.
It had a crew of two mechanics standing nearby, periodically checking the torque in the center lug nut on each wheel and keeping the car spotless, so it would be ready for its owner. You have to be on a very exclusive list of Ferrari owners to be allowed to purchase the FXX for approximately $2,000,000. However, since it is technically a development car, you still have to keep the FXX at a dealership, maintain it at the factory, and make arrangements with the dealer each time you need to have the car shipped to your next track event.
A Google search on "iPad" returns 1.3 billion results. A search on "brake pad" returns only 17 million results. Our collective knowledge of brake pads then is almost 1,000 times less than our knowledge of the iPad. This in spite of the fact that the iPad has been around for less than two years and the brake pad has been around for decades.
are worthy of an exhibit at the Guggenheim.
"Actually, it's my 10-year old helmet. The loaner helmets are all new and MUCH nicer"!
Over its extended lifetime, my helmet had picked many scratches and chips in the paint. Most of the foam piece around the eyeport had torn off. It had probably been dropped on a couple of occasions. And, well, the interior smell could probably give a raccoon a headache.
I Saw My First Bugatti Veyron In Person Today. Stunning!
Fastest production car in the world!
... And none of these numbers begin to describe the feeling you get when standing next to it.
Here is a slideshow video from Boston/Quebec's BMW CCA high performance driving event at Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant, August 26-28. These spectacular pictures were taken by professional photographer Pierre Goyette who did a fantastic job shooting all run groups from various corners of the track on each of the 3 track days. This is just a small sample from Pierre's album. High resolution pictures from the event can be provided on request. Pierre's contact info is on the last slide of the video. Special thanks to our friends at Veloz Media for their expert help with producing the video. Enjoy!
It's Official! Beyonce Buys SMIG's Racecar. The SMIG Travels Back To the Future With a Real M3!!
Rumors that SMIG's hugely popular racecar has been sold have just been confirmed. Our site had earlier reported that the car was only undergoing a Beyonce to Taylor Swift conversion here. It is not presently known if the new owner will retain the triple exhaust trunk routing configuration or the single exhaust configuration reported earlier here.
The SMIG has swiftly moved on to purchase Will Turner's personal 1988 E30 M3, which has won at Lime Rock Park, Pocono, Watkins Glen, New Hampshire, New Jersey, VIR, and Mont Tremblant and has finished 1st in 95% of its race starts.
I was very fortunate to get behind the wheel of a brand new BMW 1M at the last autocross event. A friend had just decided to buy one on a whim (I always look forward to my big birthdays too!) and stopped by a dealer to see if they had any. It turned out that someone had just cancelled an order and a 1M was available to take home same day. He was incredibly gracious to let everyone in sight at our event take the 1M for a drive on the street even though the car had only 200 miles on the odo.
First impressions: looks more muscular than the 135i with its bulging fenders, signature M quad exhaust and M treatment inside and out.
If you drive with enough awareness of your surroundings, you've probably developed a particular knack for spotting cars on the road that aren't being piloted with very much skill. You know the scenes. The Crown Vic driver taking the car's boat-on-wheels persona quite literally by gently floating between lanes on the highway. Perhaps the Lumina that suddenly snaps to attention in the left lane after driving onto that insane rumble strip. Someone obviously dropped a Juicy Juice in the back seat. Or maybe the entirely too tinted G35 tailgating some generic vehicle in the slow lane.
We avoid these semi-unguided missiles. We maintain our speed, perhaps change lanes, and do what we can to get away. We blame them for everything that goes wrong. Their fault we're sitting in traffic. Spilt coffee? Their fault. Elevated heartrate? Yep. But are they deserving of our most pointed vehicular disdain?
This 400k Lexus LFA was recently spotted at Herb Chambers in Sudbury, MA. Super rare car, no question. What I really want to know, though, is how you get the # 1 license plate in MA. According to Wikipedia, Massachusetts and West Virginia were the first states to issue plates, in 1903. So at least in theory, this makes it the oldest license plate in the entire U.S. I think the plate should have gone on an American car. It would look really good on a Viper SRT10!


Bay Area millennials earn the largest salaries for their age range in the country, but that's not enough to help the youngest crop of homebuyers gain a solid foothold in the region's astronomically priced housing market.
In a blog post, San Francisco-based lender Earnest reports that just 6 percent of those ages 25 to 35 own homes in the City by the Bay, the lowest rate of ownership for that demographic in the country. San Jose was equally as tight, with a 7 percent Generation Y ownership rate. Millennials in San Francisco and San Jose earn higher annual incomes than their counterparts in other major U.S. metro area, $81,000 and $86,000, respectively.
The Bay Area's high housing costs are also delaying homeownership longer than anywhere else in the country. By the time they are 42, one-quarter of San Jose and San Francisco residents have found the means to purchase a home.
Oakland rent prices appear to be leveling off, and the city no longer ranks among the five most expensive markets in the country — at least for the time being.
Zumper's latest monthly rent report says that the median rent for a one-bedroom unit in Oakland is $2,120 as of September, down 4.1 percent from August. Two-bedroom-unit prices dropped by 3.3 percent month over month to $2,640. Oakland rents are still up on an annual basis, but no longer by the double-digit percentage points recorded in previous months. The city is now the nation's sixth priciest rental market.
Prices dropped in San Jose on both a monthly and yearly basis, and with a one-bedroom unit renting for $2,140, it is the country's No. 5 most expensive market. As has been the case for many months, San Francisco remains the worst U.S. market for renters, with a one-bedroom unit fetching $3,440 per month, though prices declined from both August and September 2015.
Good news for homeowners preparing to list their properties this fall: fairly inexpensive improvements can go a long way to upping buyer appeal and reaping financial returns.
A blog post from This Old House offers 10 home-improvement projects that pay off the most, according to real estate professionals from around the country. For instance, pruning trees and bushes might cost just $500 but could add up to an additional $2,000 at the time of sale. The same goes for flooring upgrades, which can yield a return on investment of two to three times the initial cost.
And buyers are still attracted to open-floor plans, so doing something as simple as removing a kitchen island can help open-house attendees better visualize the space as their own. Open kitchens are particularly popular with homeowners; a Houzz survey earlier this year found that almost half of all owners who renovated their kitchens did so to open them up to other spaces.


In‐school suspension is the temporary isolation of a student from one or more classes while under administrative supervision. In‐school suspensions may be imposed by the principal for infractions of school rules which are serious but which do not warrant the necessity of removal from school.
The principal will conduct an investigation of the allegations against the student prior to imposition of an in‐school suspension. The investigation will include, but not be limited to, written or oral notice to the student of the allegations against the student and an opportunity to respond. In‐school suspension will not be imposed for more than ten school days. Written notice and reasons for the in‐school suspension will be sent to the student's parents.
Out‐of‐school suspension is the removal of a student from the school environment for periods of short duration. Out‐of‐school suspension is to be used when other available school resources are unable to constructively remedy student misconduct.
The opportunity to respond to those charges.
Notice of the out‐of‐school suspension will be mailed no later than the end of the school day following the suspension to the student's parents and the superintendent. A reasonable effort is made to personally notify the student's parents and such effort is documented by the person making or attempting to make the contact. Written notice to the parents will include the circumstances which led to the suspension.
Students who have been identified as special education students may be referred for a review of the student's Individual Education Program (IEP). The IEP may be revised to include a continuum of intervention strategies and programming to change the behavior.


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