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Top 10 Good Qualities of an Introvert
Do you know why are many of the doctors, scientists or psychiatrists introverts?
Check the list out and know our qualities.
1 Ability to Think
Some one said: Stop acting like Extroverts can't be genius. Extraversion and Introversion have nothing to do with Intelligence. THANK YOU. I am an Extrovert and I think, think and think so much and even forget my surroundings while thinking. It actually has to do with ADHD, a symptom of which is called "hyperfocus" which let's people who have ADHD (like me) do what's said earlier. Maybe introversion is a symptom of ADHD? Who knows.
I am the most introverted person on this Earth, and this is all I ever do. My thousands of hours of thinking pay a huge contribution to who I am now. (Whether you like me or not.)
Us Introverts think, think and think so much.. Even we forget our surroundings while thinking. Such power is a god's gift to us.
Stop acting like Extroverts can't be genius. Extraversion and Introversion have nothing to do with Intelligence.
2 Mysteriousness
I am one of the only users on this site who still hasn't revealed my first name.
It had to be in top but once revealed, it is hard to have it again.
I like not revealing too much about myself...
Haha that's so true...
3 Determination
When we like something, we do anything and everything we can to achieve that. None can stop us from getting it, if the desire is powerful though.
Nothing can ever stop us from following our dreams!
This is such an excellent list :) Thank you. Bless us introverts.
This list fills you with D E T E R M I N A T I O N
4 Independence
We think different, do different, look different and we see different.
But at times "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose"
Never felt tied down by others
5 Trustworthiness
A secret told to us will be locked inside us forever, if it's meaningful though.
I always keep a secret.
6 Tolerance
We can tolerate even the mightiest of words but go beyond the limit and you will be dead, even Sir Isaac Newton did beat the bully in his time.
This isn't true at all, at least for me it isn't. My low tolerance for people is one of the biggest reasons I'm an introvert.
7 Humility
We are the modest species of the three personalities. (Ambivert, Extrovert, Introvert)
8 Calmness
I am rather calm and collected; I have a passion for dark things.
A key to discovering the hidden beauties of the world.
I'm introvert, and I think I'm silent person.
We're dark, not evil.
9 Different Age of Our Brain
I have the mental age same of my grandma. I hate when people at school play a trick on me, even if it is just for fun. I also hate sports
Whenever you meet an introvert, you should notice that he/she will not be acting the age he/she should, But rather different.
I'm mixed between mature and immature. I like some stuff that teens like,but I like stuff that little kids like as well.
Me 12 year old but I think theories about my family or who I am I am like smarter than matpat!
10 Imagination
11 Control-Fullness
You think it is you who controls yourself? If you're not an introvert, you can be controlled by an introvert.
12 Intelligence
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An overnight tour to enjoy Yatsugatake Plateau from spring to summer. Why don't you have an eco-friendly outdoor experience by SEGWAY or kayak? A guided walking tour to the stock farms at the bottom of Mt. Yatsugatake is offered for you to enjoy the majestic panoramic view of the mountains around.
Enjoy strolling around the garden designed by Paul Smither and locally brewed beer made with tasty water from Mt. Yatsugatake. Lovely shops, a carousel and a music box museum are also located inside the facility.
"SEGWAY Park & Ride" is a program inside Moegi no Mura, leisurely going through the paths in the forest to enjoy the seasonal beauty. Once in a while the guests dismount from the SEGWAY for a special view or observing local flowers.
Enjoy kayaking on the pond at 1,500m above sea level in the middle of Mt. Yatsugatake. Relax and float for a while on the surface of the snow water, spring water and rain water from the mountain, watching the reflection of the white clouds. After a short lecture from the guide for safety, you can paddle on your own.
Sun Meadows Kiyosato Skiing Ground & Highland Park lets you experience a real mountain resort. While the field is green, you can go up as high as 1,900m above sea level with a lift and enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of mountains including Mt. Fuji below you.
This walking course covers all the highlights of Kiyosato Plateau, letting you enjoy the vast area of the base of Mt. Yatsugatake. Nothing interrupts your sight to see Mt. Fuji in the south, the Minami Alps mountain range in the west, Oku Chichibu in the east and Yatsugatake in the north. There are cows and cattle grazing in the pasture in summer, whose appearance makes you feel relaxed. You can also observe seasonal plants. Why don't you enjoy to the full the nature of Mt. Yatsugatake with a local guide?
This farm aims to grow and secure cattle in Yamanashi prefecture for the stable development of local stock farming. It also strives to offer a relaxing field for the citizens through communication with animals to promote the public understanding towards stock farming.
Yamanashi Prefectural Makiba Park is located at the southern base of Mt. Yatsugatake, being a part of Prefectural Yatsugatake Stock Farm. You can enjoy watching the magnificent panoramic view of the mountains around and petting animals in the vast green of the farm. At the attached restaurant you can enjoy a generous hamburger, or meats from local brand beef and pork.
Temperatures are often cool throughout the year, so please come prepared with a fleece or sweater against the cold, as well as rain wear. A hat with a peak, gloves, and sturdy shoes are also recommended.
Available for rent at an additional fee: rain wear, trekking shoes, trekking poles, day pack. If you intend to bring a pet (i.e dog) please contact us in advance. Dogs will need to be kept on a lead, and care should be taken to ensure they do not cause a nuisance to other guests or wild animals. The tours will often go ahead if it is raining, but may be called off if the weather gets too bad.


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There IS a real risk of collapsing the health care system - but not the one we're being told
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"We have to ______ so we don't collapse the health care system!" is something we have heard several times over the past 14 months. Sometimes we have to spend 2 weeks flattening the curve, other times we have to accept a rushed "vaccine", and so on. Always in the name of not destroying the health care system.
(Iconic image of the pandemic taken on Thanksgiving in the USA, anxious doctor and sad patient, Getty images.)
A collapsed health care system is no joke. In modern times, we no longer have real community doctors and healers - everything goes through the state now. If our heart stops, or we need a scan, or we break a bone, we have to get help from the health care system, that's just how it is nowadays. Good people die needlessly when the health care system is overwhelmed, that's true. We don't want that to happen, so threatening us with collapse of the system if we don't comply is pretty clever! Evil, but clever.
How CAN a health care system be collapsed, anyway?
One way is by defunding it - taking away its resources and ability to treat patients. But that's not happening right now. In fact, the health care system has been given a blank check to spend on whatever it wants. Temporary hospitals built, hundreds of thousands of contact trackers, billions spent transporting the frozen injections, etc. It won't collapse by lack of funding.
The other way to topple a health care system is overwhelm it with sick, injured, and dying people.
We're told this is the risk we face, because SarsCov2 is so contagious and deadly that the entire health care system is on the verge of collapse. We're told this here in Canada, but the health care system hasn't collapsed at any point in the past 14 months, and currently it's nowhere close. Same with the USA, no health care system collapse. Come to think of it, have ANY health care systems, anywhere in the world, collapsed in the past 14 months? No, none - not even in countries that have allowed the virus to spread unchecked! We're told it's an immediate risk, everywhere, but as the months and years go by, it remains nothing more than a threat held over our heads. This virus isn't overwhelming the health care system.
So the hospitals, clinics, doctors, nurses, diagnostics, etc won't be falling to pieces because of lack of funding anytime soon, and they aren't being overwhelmed by droves of sick, injured, and dying Covid patients. Does that mean there is no chance of the system collapsing? Unfortunately, it doesn't.
It could actually happen
Another way millions of sick, injured, and dying people can suddenly require care all at once, thereby crashing the health care system, is if hundreds of millions of people receive an experimental, rushed, politicized pharmaceutical product at the same time, and then something goes wrong. Most people aren't thinking about that possibility, because it's quite unlikely to happen... unless we were to purposely decide to do it, for some reason.
Yes, I'm talking about the Covid "vaccines". What if trillions of spike proteins in the blood have unintended consequences for the recipient? Or if tampering with DNA and RNA has unforeseen effects? Or nerve damage, blood clots, autoimmune conditions, cancers, or other serious health issues result from the rushed product? Or if there's an antibody dependent enhancement effect, or one of several other potentially-deadly unforeseen reactions?
Many experts, official, and doctors are warning about EXACTLY that. Not the small minority that get their paychecks from the state, big pharma, or the mainstream media, but all the rest. Some go so far as to say what we're doing is a perfect recipe for MILLIONS of sick and dying people to require urgent care at the same time. The true risk in collapsing the health care system is the potential fallout of "vaccinating" about half the population with experimental concoctions. The makers are immune from prosecution should anything go wrong - and a lot is already going wrong.
"Today we have reached 100 million vaccinations in the EU. We spare no effort to ensure that Europeans can be vaccinated as fast as possible." - Ursula von der Leyen (EU commission president)
Spare no effort. Vaccinations as fast as possible. With a product that has not even been tested for safety or efficacy on a SINGLE person - not one! These products are already the 2nd or 3rd generation of Covid "vaccines" from the pharmaceutical giants. The 1st generation was briefly tested (a few months) before release, but "mutant variants" rendered them useless, new formulas had to be created on the fly, and they're now being distributed worldwide. The makers admit they have literally no idea what the effects (good or bad) will be. "You have to take the vaccine to find out what happens!" - reminds me of Nancy Pelosi's "you have to pass the bill (Obamacare) to find out what's in it!"
Zero trials, not even on other animals. Brand new technology, never before used or tested. Straight from a corporate boardroom into BILLIONS of humans, skipping the laboratory altogether.
Seems to me, if we are actually worried about collapsing our health care systems, we shouldn't be doing the one thing that could cause it.
I'm not claiming to know the future. I'm just saying this is an incredibly stupid plan - one that could potentially lead to the collapse of our health care systems, and much more.
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Get inspired with these beautiful patios that are not afraid to play with texture and color!
I was pitched with the idea to create a Florida inspired style board and as usual, I could not make just one.
How does a foreigner like me, goes about creating a style board for Florida – a place I have never visited? Well, with inspiration by hear-say, tv-shows-see, blogger friend's home tours and a lot of imagination. For good measure I did some more research (read: I looked at really pretty interior photos).


Form validation happens when the data is cleaned. If you want to customize this process, there are various places you can change, each one serving a different purpose. Three types of cleaning methods are run during form processing. These are normally executed when you call the is_valid() method on a form. There are other things that can trigger cleaning and validation (accessing the errors attribute or calling full_clean() directly), but normally they won't be needed.
The to_python() method on a Field is the first step in every validation. It coerces the value to correct datatype and raises ValidationError if that is not possible. This method accepts the raw value from the widget and returns the converted value. For example, a FloatField will turn the data into a Python float or raise a ValidationError.
The validate() method on a Field handles field-specific validation that is not suitable for a validator. It takes a value that has been coerced to correct datatype and raises ValidationError on any error. This method does not return anything and shouldn't alter the value. You should override it to handle validation logic that you can't or don't want to put in a validator.
The clean() method on a Field subclass. This is responsible for running to_python, validate and run_validators in the correct order and propagating their errors. If, at any time, any of the methods raise ValidationError, the validation stops and that error is raised. This method returns the clean data, which is then inserted into the cleaned_data dictionary of the form.
The clean_<fieldname>() method in a form subclass – where <fieldname> is replaced with the name of the form field attribute. This method does any cleaning that is specific to that particular attribute, unrelated to the type of field that it is. This method is not passed any parameters. You will need to look up the value of the field in self.cleaned_data and remember that it will be a Python object at this point, not the original string submitted in the form (it will be in cleaned_data because the general field clean() method, above, has already cleaned the data once).
This method should return the cleaned value obtained from cleaned_data, regardless of whether it changed anything or not.
The Form subclass's clean() method. This method can perform any validation that requires access to multiple fields from the form at once. This is where you might put in things to check that if field A is supplied, field B must contain a valid email address and the like. This method can return a completely different dictionary if it wishes, which will be used as the cleaned_data.
"Normalize data to a list of strings."
"Check if value consists only of valid emails."
raise forms.ValidationError("Did not send for 'help' in "
In previous versions of Django, form.clean() was required to return a dictionary of cleaned_data. This method may still return a dictionary of data to be used, but it's no longer required.
Note that the call to super(ContactForm, self).clean() in the example code ensures that any validation logic in parent classes is maintained.
msg = u"Must put 'help' in subject when cc'ing yourself."


Somebody asked on #Django IRC: what is an easy way to get an objects primary key? I was shocked to hear he couldn't find it on google.. and I guess it's true. This is probably the very first stepping stone in learning Django.
I say: Do the Django Tutorials, they are short, well written, and fun!
Besides, its got a hassle-free return policy (90 days).
Actually, object_instance.pk would be more correct. "id" is just the default primary key field, whereas "pk" is an alias to the field which is defined as the primary key.
A diamond engagement ring is the must-have clinhcher for a man wanting to hear her say "Yes. It is universal fact that most of the women of the world love to receive a beautiful diamond engagement rings on her very special and auspicious occasion that is engagement for which she would have shape beautiful dreams and also planned for many thing for that particular occasion. Inspired by these classic masterpieces the Heart shaped diamond engagement rings are available in enthralling red, blue and pure colorless beauty.
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Looking south at Bury Bolton Street station's platform 4 in February 1983. The station had been closed for three years but it was remarkably intact. The only obvious evidence of it being closed was the lack of signs. Also by this, date British Rail had removed the electric conductor rails from all of the lines at the station.


Atlas - The Atlas namespace.
The Atlas network communication namespace.
The Atlas high level Objects namespace.
Base class for all exceptions thrown by Atlas-C++.
Negotiation of codecs and filters for an Atlas connection.


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Lot 3 Saunders Street, Gardner, MA, 01440
Listing Agent: Cory Gracie | Agent phone: 978-430-8753
Courtesy of: LAER Realty Partners | Office phone: 978-827-4018
Address: Lot 3 Saunders Street
County: Worcester
City: Gardner
Beautiful level 1.87 acre building lot that is cleared and ready for the new owner to get started. The lot has an approved three bedroom septic design and well permit. The septic location has been staked. A future house could have a walk out basement if desired. Great commuter location. Convenient to Route 140 and a few minutes to Route 2. This lot is in an area of other new homes.
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Complete filter removal it is then.
Was hoping we could shield our eyes with the filters still there but just disconnected.
Just did this. Pretty simple process overall and difference in image is amazing. Thank you @sjefdeklerk!
sjefdeklerk, I follow your steps to unassembly the headset and remove the filters.
You gain more crispy images and brightnes BUT the ghosting now turns to a fuzzy effect and when you are inside a plain grey environment you can see the patern of the displays. Also, if you are in a very dark ambience, like LOST demo, you will see a bright halo all arround.
For me the low_level_2 is too much, and if I try to play in Standard I need to use my sunglasses LOL!
No, yo voy a volver a ponérselo. Con el brillo al mínimo es mucho brillo y en el Project cars el contraste es muy exagerado lo que hace que veas todo muy irreal. El efecto ghosting se convierte en un efecto de difuminado, lo que si me da la sensación es que es más rápido. La recuperación de la pantalla parece más rápida. Pero no te merece la pena para jugar. Si solo las quieres para ver películas y no te molesta mucho el brillo puede que se vea un poco mejor.
Im talking about, the improvements are good for watch videos or films but not good (my opinion) for gaming.
La verdad es que estoy un poco decepcionado … pero tampoco me esperaba mucho del producto.
No, no estoy en el grupo. Si me pasas el enlace me uno a vosotros.
Hmm sorry to hear you're not happy with the change. Yeah the image gets clearer so you will notice imperfections better too. It's easy to put the filters back though so that's always an option if you don't like it.
Maybe you do have a point on game playing vs movie watching: if you're in for long sessions of game playing it might be better to have the filter in, because even low_level_1 brightness without the filter seems harder on the eyes than high_level_2 with the filter.
But how it feels on your eyes probably differs from person to person too.
Unfortunately I don't think I could go back, I like the image so much more without filter. To me the filter really feels like a separation between me and the VR world. And I take the higher eye strain and clearer imperfections for granted.
Anyway thanks for your response, you've point out some good points people should take into consideration.
Sorry to bother you since many people are asking but since I returned one month ago my brand new Pimax 4K just because of the "darkness" I was wondering how the new brightness control (advertised with the latest Piplay version) works compared to the soft code you are using. I mean, is there now sort of slider that allow a more accurate and precise bright control? If yes, does it allow to reduce the brightness too? Why did not you mention this new feature into your latest comments?
I'm not sure what you mean with 'soft code' ? The LCD panel's brightness can be adjusted with the debug tool in previous versions of piplay. Supposedly they've now made it easier in the latest piplay version, but it still works the same from a hardware point of view. A slider is just easier to use than entering the codes in the debug tool, that's the only difference.
Anyway I've tempered my enthousiasm a little bit. While I still believe it's a big improvement in clarity, I also feel it's much harder on the eyes without the filter. Not sure how others feel about this ? I've now tried it a few days and I do start to worry how this will impact eyes if you use this a lot.
Before someone decides to remove that filter (especially if it didnt bothered you and you just read it makes good) — try "turn on cool colors" first in piplay settings and see if you like it, play with cool colors for 3-6 hours and see if your eyes are tired. And only then, if you will decide it looks better and has no bad impact - think about to remove it.
And yeah then there are the points that alexpcalvo brought up above, there are some imperfections and you'll notice them more if you have a better view at the screen (so without the 'sunglasses'). It also seems the SDE effect is more noticeable without the filter, which again is the same issue: you're just seeing things better so you're also going to notice all imperfections better.
That would be the same as selecting 'cold colours' it just disables the electrical part. Still the filter functions like sunglasses, even without the electrical part.
Think I'll trial the "cold colors" setting first, but will most likely remove the physical filters regardless, the dull display sounds pretty unforgivable, and i haven't even seen it yet.
Yesterday I was just making pictures in pKars and did the same only without filters.
And yes, instead of bifurcating the picture now just some lubrication or a slap, well, like it's better as for me than a bifurcation.
Still I see one plus - the brightness again is minimal and the pixels of the screen will burn less, this is 100%. The screen's heating has decreased! Really - drove a bit in Project Cars, and the Pimax did not heat up at all.
In occasion of influence on eyes - well I do not know, like anywhere these filters are not present and all ok at all.
Contrast became better, it became more visible to the distance, everything does not merge in the dark, detailing is better.
Thank you. I like it so far.


Tallahassee — Volunteer Florida announced today that Wade Litchfield, Vice President and General Counsel of Florida Power & Light Company, is joining the Volunteer Florida Foundation's Board of Directors.
The Volunteer Florida Foundation, a non-profit established as a direct support organization for Volunteer Florida, raises funds to support Volunteer Florida's programs. The Foundation also supports special Governor's initiatives, including Florida's Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations, as well as honoring Florida's outstanding volunteers, veterans, and educators.
The Volunteer Florida Foundation also administers the Florida Disaster Fund, the State of Florida's official private fund established to assist Florida's communities as they respond to and recover during times of emergency or disaster. In partnership with the public sector, private sector and other non-governmental organizations, the Florida Disaster Fund supports response and recovery activities.
To learn more about the Volunteer Florida Foundation, please visit this link.


After Lindsey Buckingham's decision to leave Fleetwood Mac, Neil Finn was chosen to appear in the band's touring lineup.
Many people were surprised by the replacement but the decision to pick Neil was partly due to Mick Fleetwood and Neil Finn being close friends for years.
In 2016 Fleetwood called Finn a 'new music friend' and both of the musicians took part in the recent Concert for Our Lives.
Fleetwood also sat in with Finn on a cover of the Crowded House hit 'Don't Dream it's Over'.
Fleetwood mentioned he was a fan of Crowded House as far back as 1989, and the group later got Crowded House producer Mitchell Froom to oversee three of the four cuts on Fleetwood Mac's 2013 Extended Play EP.
Fleetwood travelled to New Zealand in 2016 for a studio collaboration.


On my way up to my room to watch a film on the lap top (while the rest of the family gathered round some fantasy action movie downstairs) I told Son. No.2, over my shoulder, that I was watching a movie about Dylan Thomas, the poet. "He drank himself to death", I shouted. It's a hard sentence to say without sounding Irish or Welsh. He giggled. I hadn't meant it to be funny.
It was a beautiful and poignant film about a wondrous poet who raged. And drank. And raged. And drank. It made me think of a cousin. Our family has a weakness for booze. And a propensity for madness. Maybe every family does.
My cousin, a brilliant and flawed girl, drank herself to death. She really did. And broke my heart. I waited years for that phone call, unable to change her fate. My Dad rang me with the news. It wasn't the first time I'd said the f-word but never was it more heart-felt.
My first drink was given to me at about the age of 14. By my much beloved Nan. Homemade elderflower wine. She was babysitting me. When my parents arrived home I fell off the stool I was attempting to sit on. Mum seethed silent rage. Anyone who does that to my boys would get more than silent rage. But this was the seventies, when anything homemade was good for you. My mother still labours under the misapprehension that cider is merely apple juice.
I have always been the worst party girl. In that I was completely rubbish at it. A few drinks away from loving everyone in the room. Conducting group hugs with complete strangers. Copying strange accents until the owner of them wanted to throttle me. I've woken up a few times wondering what had happened at the end of a party. Who had I offended? It's not a nice feeling. And the mixture of the drink and bipolar (my particular form of madness) is neither a wise nor pleasant one.
Wow. … !!. … Well done you, I love it. A while back this wouldn't have meant quite so much to me, but today I sorta get it.
I've printed and posted a copy to a friend of mine, I can't wait to hear his comments.
Are you writing? You have talent and it really does make sense of life.


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Tufted Puffins Take Flight on Stamps
January 24, 2013 postal, stamps.postalnews.com
SEWARD, Ak., Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Tufted Puffin, an unmistakable foot-and-a-half tall bird that hunts to 200 feet underwater and is found on the U.S. coast from California to Alaska, can now be seen nationwide when it takes flight on a new stamp today. The 86-cent Tufted Puffin stamp is good for mailing domestic First-Class letters weighing up to 3 ounces.
The stamps can be purchased at usps.com/stamps or by phone at 800-STAMP24 (800-782-6724) and at Post Offices nationwide in preparation for the Jan. 27 price change.
The stamp artwork features a painting of two tufted puffins by artist Robert Giusti of Bridgewater, CT, under the art direction of Derry Noyes of Washington, DC. Both birds sport the striking tufts of long, yellow feathers that give the tufted puffin its name, plumage that only appears during breeding season.
Puffins, also known as sea parrots because of their large bills, are diving birds in the auk family. The tufted puffin is the largest of the three puffin species, standing roughly 15 inches tall. Found on the open ocean, islands and coastal areas of the North Pacific, the tufted puffin's true home is the sea, as it hunts underwater and spends most of its life far from land. The birds have adapted to an unusually broad range of ocean habitats, raising their young anywhere from southern California to arctic Alaska. In the U.S., tufted puffins can be also found in Oregon and Washington.
Deep Water Diners
Tufted puffins catch their meals underwater. They dive to a maximum depth of 200 feet, and then use their wings to propel themselves through the water, looking as if they are flying through the sea. In addition to squid and crustaceans, most tufted puffins dine on bottom fish, indicating that they spend some time searching the seafloor for food. Once the birds have caught their prey, they consume it underwater as well.
During breeding season, male and female tufted puffins congregate in a breeding colony, usually located on an offshore island or cliff edge. Each pair works together to dig a burrow that can reach more than 5 feet long. The female then lays one egg, which both parents incubate. The chick hatches after about six weeks, transforming the parents into a fish delivery service. Tufted puffins travel up to 60 miles in search of food for their young, carrying a line of up to 20 small fish tucked crosswise in their bills at a time. After six or seven weeks, the young birds announce their independence by flying or walking into the sea. They may not return to land for several years. With breeding season over, the parents also leave the colony for the open ocean. Some 800 tufted puffin breeding colonies can now be found in North America.
Customers may view the Tufted Puffins stamps, as well as many of this year's other stamps on Facebook at facebook.com/USPSStamps, on Twitter @USPSstamps or on the website Beyond the Perf at beyondtheperf.com/2013-preview. Beyond the Perf is the Postal Service's online source for information on upcoming stamp subjects, first-day-of-issue events and other philatelic news.
Ordering First-Day-of-Issue Postmarks
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office, at usps.com/stamps, or by calling 800-STAMP-24. They should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes to themselves or others, and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:
Tufted Puffins Stamp
Seward, AK 99664-9800
After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark. All orders must be postmarked by March 23, 2013.
Ordering First-Day Covers
The Postal Service also offers first-day covers for new stamp issues and Postal Service stationery items postmarked with the official first-day-of-issue cancellation. Each item has an individual catalog number and is offered in the quarterly USA Philatelic catalog, online at usps.com/shop or by calling 800-782-6724. Customers may request a free catalog by calling 800-782-6724 or writing to:
There are seven philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
115006, Press Sheet with die cuts, $103.20 (Print Quantity of 2,500).
115008, Press Sheet without die cuts, $103.20 (Print Quantity of 2,500).
115010, Keepsake (Pane & Digital Postmark Set), $19.95.
115016, First-Day Cover, $1.30.
115021, Digital Color Postmark, $2.01.
115031, Stamp Deck Card, $0.95.
115032, Stamp Deck Card w/Digital Color Postmark, $2.36.
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This set of four coasters was handcrafted with a beautiful mauve and white glass. Each coaster measures 5" x 5". The center is recessed for your cup which keeps wet glasses from sliding. Four rubber feet have been added to each coaster to protect your furniture, to keep the coasters stationary and so that they stack neatly and quietly.


I woke up early Sunday morning, at about 7:00 am, to the disturbing sound of crinkling and ruffling of packages in the kitchen. It sounded like a mouse or some rodent had found its way into a package of Ritz crackers. I grabbed a closed umbrella, from the closet, and carefully made my way into the kitchen. There was my four year-old son sitting on the floor covered in Tangy Taffy, crumbled Oreo cookies, squished candy bars, and a pile of empty wrappers. He looked up at me, with guilty puppy-dog eyes, and said, "I was just hungry, daddy." I fought back a smile and shook my head in disbelief. I picked him up and carried him straight to the bath to hose him down. Strands of chocolate were layered across his face, while his body was sticky from head to toe. Yes, he found my stash of sweets, which I had put aside for guests and/or special occasions.
With four kids around, this wasn't the first time this had happened. The truth is that I'd been sneaking into the bag myself on several occasions and had caught my other kids doing it as well. As much as I tried to discourage their aunts and uncles, for some reason they thought it was cool to bring over cookies and candy bars by the case load. I know that a little here and there is okay but the stash just got way out of hand. I hate the idea of throwing food out and guess I held on to it waiting for an occasion to break it out. But the occasions didn't come as quickly as the little (and big) hands looking for treats.
Being frustrated with the cleanup and trying to teach my family healthy eating habits, I decided something had to change. I couldn't have this stuff around anymore, but what was I to do with my stash? I thought about throwing it out but I didn't have the heart to do it. All that guilt my mother instilled in me about not wasting food came rushing back. I knew hiding it was no longer an option as I had no way to monitor the kids 24 hours a day. I collected all the cookies and candies I could find around the house, along with sodas and anything else I didn't want around. I took them straight to the car and didn't even sift through them to take out my favorite ones. I knew if I got started with that it would lead me down the wrong path.
I took them to work the next day and simply left them on the lunch table in the break room with a sign next to it "ENJOY!" That was my quick fix to prevent me from second guessing myself. I had other ideas of donating the candies to various organizations but then realized that I don't want them to have this stuff either. The bottom line is: if you don't want your kids to get to it then don't leave it around the house. You can take control of it and dictate when you want them to have it. You can substitute healthy snacks and if that's what's readily available, then that's what they'll eat. And if you must have a secret stash—keep it high up, tucked away….and secret!


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Former Football Star and Olympian Herschel Walker Asks Protesting American Athletes 'Why Are You Here?'
Football legend and potential Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker asked why American Olympian athletes who routinely protest their own country are even bothering to show up in Tokyo on Friday during an interview with Fox News.
As politics have taken over sports in the U.S., American athletes who are representing the country in Japan seem primed to turn the international event into a spectacle.
For example, the "woke" U.S. women's soccer team was handed a 3-0 loss to Sweden on Wednesday in its Olympic opener. The loss came after women on the team knelt on foreign soil while showing support for the anti-American Black Lives Matter movement.
Walker, 59, shredded such overt displays of political protest when speaking with Fox News.
"People think I'm very harsh when I say this," Walker said. "This is the United States of America, and if people don't like the rules here — and there's no doubt we can make some things better — but if people don't like the rules here, why are you here?"
The former University of Georgia Heisman trophy-winner and USFL and NFL superstar, who is himself black, asked aloud if the Olympic Games are the proper venue for one to trash their own country.
Walker said there are talented athletes across the globe "who would love to represent the United States of America."
Meanwhile, our country is stuck with people like Megan Rapinoe, who is the agitating, purple-haired face of U.S. women's sports. Somehow, Rapinoe is still an embarrassment, even when being a good sport about getting destroyed by Swedes.
Walker also remembered his own Olympics experience in 1992, when he was a member of the Team USA bobsled team in the Winter Games.


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Grandpa's justice
By Tom Kovach
Issue #65 • September/October, 2000
Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money at the market, but it also can cause some problems. Or so it was with my grandfather, the mayor of a small village in Hungary, then a part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire.
My father told me Grandfather grew some of the best potatoes, cabbage, and carrots in the area. But one summer he ran into problems. Someone was stealing his produce. Not just stealing it, but also digging some of the plants up and leaving them to spoil.
Besides his huge vegetable garden, my grandfather had the duties of mayor, taking care of local disputes and such. He also had some cows, horses, and hay fields to care for. My grandmother helped and so did some of the children who were older, but for the most part the work fell on my grandfather and he was none too pleased to see his hard work being ruined by thieves and vandals.
One of the people taking vegetables was an old man who lived in a little shack and no means of support, other than odd jobs. What little money he made, he spent on drink. My father did not begrudge him the few vegetables he took, but he felt bad that the old man was spending the money he made from the vegetable garden on liquor.
He also knew that the old man was not a vandal. He took whatever vegetables he got out of the garden to either eat or sell. Someone else was tearing up the garden.
He got an idea. One day he told my grandmother, "I think I'll hire the old man who's taking my vegetables as a night watchman for our garden. I'm too busy to stay up watching it."
My grandmother shook her head, "But can we afford it?"
"I won't pay him too much. And what we save from his keeping our vegetables from being taken or ruined will more than make up for what I pay him."
My grandmother agreed. "And maybe a job will change him."
My grandfather smiled, "That's what I was thinking. In fact I think this will work out very well."
When he first approached the old man about a job watching the vegetable garden, his eyes got big and he looked frightened. No doubt he was afraid my grandfather knew he was taking some of the vegetables. But he agreed to the job.
The very first night on the job the old man caught the ones who were ripping up the garden. They were two young boys whose father had died in war and were being raised by their widowed mother. They were an unruly lot and not much older than my father. My grandfather felt sorry for them but knew that he must do something. Not only were they wrecking his garden but, since he was mayor, he must also mete out some sort of justice.
"I'll tell you what," he told the two wild brothers, "I will show you how hard it is to grow a nice, big garden, but I will also show you how enjoyable it can be."
The boys had no choice but to work in grandfather's garden. But he also taught them how to garden. How to plant the seeds, how to carefully water everything. He even taught them how to care for fruit trees.
At first the boys were angry and spiteful. But they changed their minds when grandfather also paid them a small amount for their labors. Then he let them take fruit and vegetables home to their widowed mother. Soon the boys were anxious to come to work. They felt proud of what they were learning and my grandfather took his mules over to their mother's small plot of land and helped them plant their own garden.
Meanwhile, the old man my grandfather had hired to watch over the garden was still on the job. Now that he had to "work" at night, he did not care to drink so much during the day. And, as with the two boys, my grandfather gave the old man produce to take home each day for his own use. And a change came over him. He started to feel proud that he had a job and he started to take care of himself. In fact, he took some of the money my grandfather paid him and bought himself a new white shirt. The next Sunday he showed up in church, clean-shaven, with his new shirt proudly buttoned up, and he was sober.
With the boys helping him in the garden, my grandfather made the garden even bigger, thereby having more vegetables to sell and therefore having more money from the sale of the produce. With this he helped the boys buy seed and fruit trees for their own lot. Before long they were doing very well in their own garden and selling produce to help their widowed mother.
With the extra money my grandfather decided to fix up a nice clean room in one of his outbuildings where the old man could live safely and comfortably. He still paid him to work for him, but by now he didn't need a night watchman for the garden. Instead he paid him for odd jobs so that he could always have some of his own money.
He began eating his meals with my grandfather and grandmother and their family. In fact he stayed with them until he passed away. He also gave up drinking for good.
So with just a few extra cents, my grandfather helped the two boys and the old man help themselves, and he changed the lives of a lot of people including my grandfather's and my father's, who told the story to me.
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Strategizing Media Software Development: Some Lessons Learned
by Guy Berger
Here's a story showing the extent of complications in getting a system going, so I'll tell it simply.
It's my non-geek experience of work for a community newspaper that aims to produce world-class code for community papers that is singing-dancing, super-portable and open-source.
The history started in the buzz around the World Summit on Information Society which helped to move OSS into the mental horizon of non-techies like me.
When the Rhodes journalism school where I work acquired Grocott's Mail, the local newspaper in 2004, we had to install a load of new PCs to accommodate students who would now be learning the craft in situ.
We saved $100 a PC by installing Open Office, rather than Microsoft. It added up to significant economy in a cash-poor context. But the first two years were handicapped by a network that used desktop folders for copy flow and archiving. In separate studies, a colleague Brian Garman (see relevant chapter) and an MA student Habtamu Dogu noted it was a real mess.
But creeping up alongside the chaos of no version control and unintended triple sub-editing of identical stories, serious research was taking place into Content Management Systems in African newsrooms. This fact-finding, led by me, and carried out by 10 MA students, was published as What the newsroom knows. It was funded by the FreeVoice foundation, and the study identified a huge gap in cheap, efficient systems that would suit small-scale publications.
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But there were hitches. The system had some bugs, was not fully OSS, and some users complained about having the wordprocessing functions and clumsy cut-and-paste components. The automated web-publishing side shovelled content online which really needed human intervention.
There was work to be done. Christened "Nika", the isiXhosa verb "to give", we began further work on a new version. First stop was the work flow system. Then we would work on the web side, and in mobile thereafter.
Later, these other two components were dubbed "Thatha" (meaning, "to take" – i.e. from the workflow onto the web), and "Thumela" ("to send").
The vision was a generic suite that would be a CMS in a box, available free to small newspapers all over Africa. Grocott's Mail would be a test bed.
So far, so good. I even understood some the many dimensions of a CMS in the expanded sense, and gave
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on it in Kampala in 2008. Things looked excellent when we won a Knight Challenge which would cover the costs of a state-of-the-art package that would include incredible integration with mobile. Our project was called Iindaba Ziyafika – the news is coming.
But more learning was to take place. Not about sexy software, but about the complex people and processes who create it. Because from the first iteration in 2005 up till mid-2008, little progress was recorded. The development process seemed never-ending.
Geeky people can get bored very quickly. They don't like to redo systems just to make them OS compliant.
When you work with informal developers, you run the risk of having your server stolen (yes it happened!) and no back up available. This killed our 2nd version which was used to produce a follow-up to the xanni multiple-media site.
A generic system (the idea of the "general" that can be applied to the "particular") is less viable than a customised one (which could move from one "particular" version – which can then be re-particularised by others with a bit of tweaking).
Trying to get the full Monty coding for a single big bang product does not work.
Enter Rhodes computing professor, Peter Wentworth, who came on board in 2008 to help us. He advocates iterative development. You do a bit, then implement, revise if need be; add a bit, implement; ad infinitum.
That's exactly what he did – working slowly, but consistently, with Grocott's. The result, the Nika workflow system finally got on the road in mid-2008. Documentation about this is available at: http://netserv.ict.ru.ac.za/tracs/nikatrac
It looked like this:
The lesson after all that time is: don't try to build the perfect mega-system, because it likely will never happen. With tons of specs (and in a changing environment!), you are creating an infinite task where developers just keep adding and adding … and meanwhile you as client grow long in the teeth waiting for the product.
Instead, you get results by getting something small going, which you keep modifying and adding to.
Another advantage of the trickle-based model (ironically called Extreme Programming I am told!), is that it gives time for the users to absorb and implement. This is something that Dutch academic Peter Verweij wrote about regarding our work.
Even then, you can risk going too fast. An interface between Nika and Gallery software for photographs is still to be properly taken up by the busy people at the Grocott's Mail. As a result, the picture archiving on the newspaper lags behind the funky Nika workflow.
Whether the paper actually goes for an integration of Scribus for page layout, is unclear. It might just make sense to keep on using Adobe InDesign as a proprietary software stand-alone next to Nika. (There is some discussion on articulation here at the Drupal site.)
Along with punting the iterative approach, Wentworth is an evangelist for development-by-story-telling. (Funny thing that – I thought journalists had a monopoly here!) According to this, you tell a programmer an anecdotal story about "what will happen when", and the magician then conjures up the code to supply the "how".
There's another lesson Wentworth taught me too. Somewhat romantically, I had hoped that the drupal.org site with its many plug-ins would be of value. Why reinvent what global geeks have contributed to general knowledge stock? But the good prof reported that several of the relevant plug-ins on the site appeared to have either been abandoned, not been upgraded to Drupal 6, or were still in intermediate stages. The result was that we turned to Kannel for part of the mobile development.
A lot still remains to be done. We now have Thumela (in basic version) talking to Nika, meaning that we have software (two-way SMS) that integrates with workflow.
The Thatha system (the web component being completed by student Dale Tristram with support from Wentworth) is finally near implementation (est.launch April).
It should articulate nicely with its two sister dimensions. There are interesting lessons here in relation to developing Grocott's digital strategy more broadly – that's the subject of a future post!
From April, the vision is to take forward all three interacting legs (Nika, Thatha, Thumela) into holding hands with new Grocott's realms – like a .mobi site and various downloadable applications for cellphones.
Come this September's 13th Highway Africa conference, serving African journalists who get excited about ICT, there should be some great software to show off … and give out.
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Hamzah Khan and Child Protection
Blog, 14 November 2013
This has been a week full of important developments in the children's services world. Some have pointed the way forward, some have been ominous, and one has again thrown light on the tragic lives, and deaths, that some children lead and suffer. CareKnowledge editor Jim Kennedy gives his view on the key issues:
The serious case review on Hamzah Khan has just been published. As is widely known, Hamzah died in December 2009 but his body was not discovered until September 2011. He was 4 years old at the time of his death.
Hamzah died of starvation because he was neglected by his mother, Amanda Hutton. She was convicted of manslaughter and child cruelty in October 2013.
Hamzah's body was only discovered because the police had visited his home as a result of concerns about the physical state of the house, and the whereabouts of other young children in the family who had not been seen for some time.
During his mother's trial, it was not clear which agencies – and to what extent [they] – had had contact with Hamzah and his family. The SCR shows that a wide range of agencies, including the local social services department had had involvement with the family, over several years.
Broadly, the Review concludes that Hamzah's death could not have been predicted but finds that systems, many of them national, let Hamzah down both before and following his death. The Chair of the LSCB also argues that there was insufficient information and no evidence that would have allowed any agency to take statutory action to safeguard Hamzah.
This is, of course, another in what is now a very long list of cases involving children who have died in appalling circumstances, and where agency involvement has been extensively scrutinised. However, it's relatively unusual for Ministers to do what they have done in this case, and directly criticise the quality and conclusions of the SCR.
Edward Timpson has written a strongly worded letter to the Chair of the LCSB, raising questions about the lack of information on 10 key incidents highlighted in the Review. Almost all relate to apparent failures, by social services to follow up on identified concerns.
Moving on to the ominous development – which has re-surfaced this week – the possible Government takeover of Birmingham children' services. This has appeared as a news story linked to Ofsted's current inspection in the City. The story suggest that if no improvement is identified in the inspection, the Government will move to impose new management and accountability arrangements for children's services in the City.
Unusually, the newly-appointed Director of Children's Services in Birmingham is quoted as saying he recognises the serious problems with which Birmingham is still grappling, and accepts that the situation will pose a real dilemma for the Government.
The developments which may point to some of the national way forward in all of this come in two major speeches by DFE Ministers, Michael Gove, and Edward Timpson.
Whether or not you agree with his conclusions, Michael Gove's speech (to the NSPCC), is, in particular, a substantial and passionate one, in which, I think, he sets out to show his ownership of the social services elements of his portfolio – an issue on which he is often accused of being lukewarm.
Mr Gove's speech is packed with positive references to the work that social workers do, and to the extreme difficulties they face in the complex family and practice situations that confront them.
As is usual in Ministerial speeches, he points to a number of government initiatives, planned and underway, that are designed to strengthen the profession and the service – and meet some of the deficits in them that Ministers have identified.
Those initiatives include the new, elite Frontline recruitment programme, the Martin Nary-led review of social work training, the recruitment of Clive Cowdery, of the Resolution Foundation to lead a new social work innovation project in the DFE, the steps taken to speed up care and adoption processes, and the requirement to publish SCRs in full.
However, it's here that I think joined-up thinking might be more fully demonstrated in DFE behaviour. One of the key points made in Mr Gove's speech is that other professionals share child protection responsibilities with social workers. The concern is best illustrated by a direct quote:
"But one of the most important lessons I have drawn is that the focus which sometimes gets directed on the role - and decisions - of social workers leads us away from the critical role - and often the terrible failures - of other professionals.
Whether it's the police, or doctors, or local government lawyers, or the impact of poor judicial decision making, it is important that we hold other professionals, and other institutions to account for child protection just as much as we do social workers."
I am sure it would be really reassuring to the social work profession, and all those who work in social services, if that rhetoric was followed through into action.
However, however….
I have not had time to fully scrutinise the Hamzah Khan SCR, and I cannot be confident about the questions that might be asked of other professions and agencies, but the Minister's letter certainly exposes a number of areas where he believes social services activity should be further scrutinised. I can see no similar questions that are directly, or solely, focused on the roles of other professionals and agencies.
Whether such questions are justified in Hamzah's case or not, if Ministers mean what they say about highlighting the shared accountability of other professions, they are going to have to show clearer evidence, in the future, that they will raise awkward questions in relation to those professions and their agencies, when they believe that is necessary.
Then, we may just see public perception being shifted, if people can begin to understand that it's not just social workers who struggle with the challenges and complexities of working with often chaotic families, and ensuring adequate protection of the children involved.
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Two years ago, on this day, my Dad passed away. I took a long walk down to Woodmont beach, wrote his name in the sand, my messages of love and sadness and took photos that day…perhaps to remember the day, I am not sure … and today, I took the same walk, visited the same places, I did not write in the sand…. the colors of autumn….the colors of memory … surrounded me.
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The Great March for Climate Action has teamed up with auction site Charitybuzz.com to offer some one-of-a-kind items with proceeds going to support the Climate March. These items include a vegan lunch with Ed Begley, Jr., a courtside ticket to either a Los Angeles Clippers or Lakers game with actress/director Penny Marshall and a photo shoot with "The Griswolds", Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo.
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Handling business functions internally is dangerous if a small business lacks the appropriate expertise. However, outsourcing business functions to the wrong firm is even more dangerous – and it happens all too often. Many self-proclaimed "experts" are in fact no such thing; they use yesterday's best practices, provide sloppy execution, and/or make their top priority collecting fees. How, then, does a small business find a competent, reliable outsource?
Many companies may put on a good dog-and-pony show, but that just means they are sly as a fox, not smart as an owl. If you know someone in the field, you probably have a good idea if he or she is capable of producing what you need. In addition, you have an immediate trust factor that could take years to develop with a complete unknown.
They say you should avoid mixing business with pleasure, but in my experience, outsourcing to friends has been productive far more often than not. Still, consider carefully the ramifications of outsourcing sensitive business functions such as finance – How much do you want a friend to know about your income and business success (or lack thereof)?
If you don't know someone, canvas your personal and professional networks for referrals. The friend of a friend is still a more promising option than a complete stranger.
Bandwidth. Does the company have the time and internal resources to handle your business with care, or will you be a small fish in a big pond?
Communication. Does the company respond quickly, thoroughly and courteously? Will working together be easy and comfortable?
Experience. Has the company proven itself over a long period of time?
Expertise. Does the company have the necessary training, degrees, certifications, etc.?
Fees. Does the company charge a fair rate for its services? Fees that are too high or too low are danger signs.
Financial stability. Is the company financially sound and likely to stay in business for years to come?
Thousands of online resources help match small businesses with outsource talent. The question, of course, is which online resources can be trusted. An online firm that's really impressed us is Clutch. Our agency recently obtained a listing on its site, but not before Clutch put us through the wringer! In particular, Clutch actually phoned our references, talked to them for close to half an hour, and then posted transcripts of the phone interviews on its site (slightly edited for length). This level of thoroughness takes Clutch to the level of a personal referral – maybe even higher.
When considering an online resource to identify an appropriate outsource firm, Clutch is a good benchmark: Some directories are easy to get listed on, and others, like Clutch, are quite exclusive. Generally speaking, the easier it is to get listed on a directory site, the less reliable it is. The best way to find out how easy or hard it is to get listed on a directory is to put your own company through the listing process. Doing so will not only give you insight, but may produce sales leads as well.
If you're not sure which method to use – finding a known quantity, conducting your own search or using an online resource(s), I have an easy solution: Use all three. Hiring the first outsource firm that comes along is often tempting. However, taking the time to compare a known quantity/referral, an internal search candidate and an online directory candidate is almost certain to result in a terrific choice.
Brad Shorr is the B2B Marketing Director of Straight North, an Internet marketing firm offering professional Internet marketing services services. Brad writes frequently on B2B marketing topics with articles that have appeared on Moz and Fox Small Business.


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Last week a major milestone (or 12 billion milestone) was reached in our exploration of the universe when Voyager 1 became the first human-built thing to leave our solar system. We now have a craft that is truly in interstellar space! The Sun produces a magnetic bubble around itself that keeps out the high-energy charged particles (plasma) produced by other stars as they live and die (including supernovae). Inside of that bubble lies all of the planets and dwarf planets (even troublemaker Eris). The Sun's magnetic field is carried outward by the solar wind, charged particles from the Sun flying outward, away from the Sun at a million or so miles per hour. Eventually, the pressure outward by the solar wind is matched by the interstellar pressure. The boundary where the number of solar wind particles drops off is 11.3 billion miles out from the Sun.
Hold on a minute! Didn't I give a distance of 12 billion miles in the first sentence? So, what's the 11.3 billion mile distance I give a few sentences later? Well, since we haven't been in interstellar space before, there's a bit of uncertainty of what it's like and we have to figure out what's going on. The Voyager team was getting some confusing, even contradictory information from the instruments that measure the charged particles, magnetic field strenth, and magnetic field direction back in the late summer of 2012. Some of the observations were what you would expect to find in interstellar space and other observations, particularly of the magnetic field direction, indicated that Voyager was still inside the Sun's bubble. It wasn't until a particularly powerful burst of plasma from the Sun caused the plasma around Voyager 1 in mid-spring 2013 to oscillate in a way that only would happen for interstellar plasma and different from what its sister craft, Voyager 2, was measuring at its closer distance to the Sun, that the Voyager team was finally convinced that Voyager 1 was in interstellar space. It took several months of figuring out what the data were telling the team to bring us to this September's announcement. When the Voyager team went back to observations of late summer and fall 2012, they found a faint set of plasma oscillations in mid-fall 2012 that said Voyager 1 was in interstellar space then and the confusing plasma/magnetic field data from a bit earlier in late August 2012 was when Voyager 1 actually crossed the boundary into interstellar space. Well, hindsight certainly is 20-20! When they figured out what the boundary was really like, they could pinpoint to the day when Voyager 1 entered interstellar space: August 25, 2012 at a distance of 11.3 billion miles from the Sun. Last week Voyager 1 was 11.7 billion miles (round up to 12 billion miles) out from the Sun. In a further departure from the perfect bubble boundary, it looks like the fuzzy bubble is a bit squashed in the direction that Voyager 2 is travelling, so it will probably reach interstellar space at a closer distance from the Sun than Voyager 1 did. You can view the current distances of Voyager 1 and 2 and the solar wind to interstellar plasma (cosmic rays) ratio at the Voyager homepage http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov .
The Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 and are still transmitting data 36 years later with a power of just 23 watts. By the time their weak signals reach the Earth, the signal strength has been diluted to a billion-billionth of a watt (no, I'm not stuttering, that's a billion-billionth = 10^{-18} or 0.000000000000000001). The weak radio signals are picked up by the large 34-meter and 70-meter radio dishes at the Deep Space Network stations in Goldstone, CA (30 miles north of Barstow); Canberra, Australia; and Madrid, Spain. It takes the radio waves traveling at the speed of light about 17 hours to travel the distance between the Voyagers and Earth. They really are way out there!
Another boundary for the solar system is where the gravity influence from the Sun becomes as weak as that from the rest of the stars. That happens at the edge of the very large cloud of iceberg chunks or comet nuclei called the Oort Cloud. The Oort Cloud is from where comets with very long orbit times ("long orbital periods") such as Comet ISON come. The outer edge of the Oort Cloud is about 9.3 trillion miles out from the Sun and the Voyagers won't get there for another 30,000 years. In about 40,000 years Voyager 1 will be closer to the star AC +79 3888 than to our Sun. The star AC +79 3888, not Alpha Centauri, will be the closest star to the Sun by that time. The Voyagers will both have fallen silent well before then. They generate electricity using radioisotope thermoelectric generators that convert heat from the radioactive decay of plutonium into electricity. There should be enough plutonium left to power all of the instruments on the spacecraft until at least 2020. After that the instruments will be switched off one-by-one until 2025 to conserve electricity. For a few years after that we'll still get some radio signals from the spacecraft until they finally fall silent.
Since we knew that the Voyagers were going to be the first craft to leave the solar system, the Voyager team wanted our first steps into interstellar space to be a positive greeting from planet Earth. They attached a gold-plated copper disk ("the Golden Record") to each of the Voyagers that carried the sights and sounds of Earth. Each record is encased in a jacket of aluminum and they are to be played on the record player that is also onboard the Voyagers. Hopefully, the extra-terrestrials are intelligent enough to decipher the symbols used to explain how to play the record. You can view and hear the contents of the Golden Record at http://goldenrecord.org .
Our autumn season officially begins tomorrow afternoon (at 1:44 PM Pacific time to be more precise). The season begins when the Sun's midpoint crosses a point in space called the "equinox". This is where the Sun's annual path among the stars, called the "ecliptic", intercepts the projection of the Earth's equator onto the sky, called the "celestial equator". The Sun is moving southward at the September equinox, so this marks autumn for the Northern Hemisphere when the nights become longer than the daylight, getting ever longer until the winter solstice in December. Since the Sun is moving southward, the Southern Hemisphere will experiencing their spring season and lengthening daylight "down under".
Five days later, Comet C/2012 S1 ISON will pass 2.0 degrees (knuckle-to-knuckle distance at arm's length) north of Mars at seen from Earth on the morning of September 27th as shown in the first star chart below. You'll need a telescope to spot Comet ISON north of Mars. On October 1st, Comet ISON will pass within just 6.5 million miles of Mars. You can join in the Comet ISON observing campaign or just keep track of what Comet ISON is doing at the NASA Comet ISON Observing Campaign website at www.isoncampaign.org . This NASA-coordinated campaign is composed of hundreds, growing to thousands, of amateur astronomers and professional astronomers using equipment as simple as digital SLR cameras on up to large telescopes working with NASA scientists and NASA's resources to find out as much as possible about this new new visitor to the inner solar system. Our best views of Comet ISON will happen around Thanksgiving time to almost Christmas time. As of now, the comet is not looking like it will be as bright as hoped but comets that are first-time visitors to the inner solar system are especially unpredictable as far as what their brightness will be. All we can do is wait and see.
In the early morning sky Jupiter becomes visible low in the east at about 1:20 AM. It is at the eastern edge of Gemini. When Mars becomes visible at 3:45 AM, Jupiter and Gemini will be about a third of the way up in the sky. Jupiter will be the brightest star-like object in the pre-dawn sky. The first star chart below shows the view for 5:30 AM when Jupiter will be over halfway up in the sky. Mars has moved to the space between Cancer and Leo since my early September column. To the right (southward) of Jupiter will be the brightest true star in the night sky, Sirius at the nose or neck of Canis Major (depending on how you connect the dots). Above Canis Major will be Orion with his three famous belt stars. Above Jupiter and Gemini will be the stars of Auriga high overhead at the zenith with the bright whitish-yellow star Capella at the north end of it. Further north you'll be able to pick out the Big Dipper part of Ursa Major. A Waning Crescent Moon will pass under Jupiter on the morning of September 28th and then under Mars between the mornings of September 30th and October 1st.
In the evening sky Venus will shine in the west brighter than any star. It will be next to the stars of Libra but you'll be hard pressed to find any of the dim stars of that constellation in light-polluted skies. In about three weeks, Venus will have moved to the stars of Scorpius. Slightly to the right of Venus is Saturn at the edge of Virgo. Mercury is barely above a flat horizon a half hour after sunset but see if you can spot it with binoculars on September 24th when it will be right next to Spica, the bright star at the bottom of Virgo. The second chart below shows this view.


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Java mon amour: 100 thousand visitors!!! Time to celebrate!
So this blog has just passed the 100,000 pageviews mark! (I guess it's not UNIQUE VISITS).
When I started 2 years ago it was just a personal notebook, then it became a very valuable way to force me to collect documentation and expose things in a more-or-less structured way.


A furnished two-bedroom apartment near Trinity Bellwoods Park.
The owners bought this house soon after it was completed last summer. They're renting out the upper two levels of the property and plan to lease the basement apartment separately once it's complete.
The energy-efficient home was designed to let in as much natural light as possible, and to have outdoor living space on every level.
The builder put an emphasis on an ample chef's kitchen on the main floor, which leaves a little less living space elsewhere. The property is also next door to a school, which could be a nuisance for any Scrooge-like prospective tenants.


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Church to Hold Talk on 'The End of White Christian America'
ARLnow.com December 5, 2016 at 10:45am
An author talk at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (4444 Arlington Blvd) will examine Donald Trump's election and the implications of the U.S. no longer being a majority white Christian nation.
The talk by Robert P. Jones, author of the "The End of White Christian America," is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 11 at 1 p.m.
From a press release:
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington will host a talk with Robert P. Jones, the CEO of Public Religion Research Institute on Sunday, December 11, at 1:00 p.m. Jones will discuss his new book, The End of White Christian America, which has been hailed by The New York Times Review of Books as "quite possibly the most illuminating text for this election year." Drawing on decades of public opinion and demographic research, Jones challenges us to grasp a new reality — that America is no longer a majority white Christian nation — and examines what influence this had on the 2016 presidential election.
The presentation and discussion will provide unique insight into:
The ways both political parties are responding to these shifts, including Donald Trump's surprising appeal to white conservative Christian voters;
The stark disagreements between white and black Americans over the fairness of the justice system and the #BlackLivesMatter movement;
The apocalyptic tone of arguments over same-sex marriage and LGBT rights;
How these recent demographic and cultural changes are shaping — and often distorting — our understanding of principles such as equality, fairness, and religious freedom.
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Media Studies: Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory
Leiden University's master's in Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory takes a comparative and theoretical approach to the study of literature.
diplomaMA
typeregulier, 60 EC
opleidingsduur12 maanden voltijd
Offering a wide and diverse array of courses, this intercultural MA programme is not limited to the study of literature within one language or culture but covers languages and cultures from around the world.
The four main themes of this programme are: Literary Theory, Comparative Literature, Interculturality (cross-cultural approach), and Intermediality (cross-mediatic approach).
An established collaboration between the Leiden Master's and the Master's in Literary Studies at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) allows you to exchange at least one course in the Leiden programme for a course offered by Amsterdam.
Please note: this MA was previously called 'Comparative Literature and Literary Theory'.
Geesteswetenschappen: Jouw vooruitzicht op werk
Leiden University offers ambitious students the latest knowledge and the freedom to develop their own area of expertise.
Leiden University's Humanities Faculty recently ranked number one in Europe and 17th in the world in the Times Higher Education worldwide ranking. You learn from some of the world's leading scholars in disciplines ranging from linguistics to history and literature, as well as experts from our many international partner institutions.
Leiden University is one of Europe's top research universities and an international centre of expertise. Students access the unique and outstanding resources of Leiden University, including its world-famous library.
Our reputation as a centre of excellence means that your qualification is respected by organisations worldwide. Our graduates enjoy successful careers thanks to their mix of relevant professional skills, in-depth knowledge and academic abilities.
Studieprogramma
1e jaar
The MA Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory consists of two semesters, during which you earn 30 EC each semester.
The first semester consists of three courses worth 10 EC each. During the second semester you follow one course worth 10 EC and spend the rest of the semester working on your MA thesis, worth 20 EC, with the help of a faculty member.
Our courses change from year to year. All courses fall into the following four categories:
Tropes and Other Rhetorical Devices
Canonical Theoreticians
Genres, Text Types and Media
Re-writing of a Theme, Motive or Genre
An established collaboration agreement exists between the Leiden programme and the MA Programme in Literary Studies taught at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). As a result, you are free to exchange at least one course in the Leiden programme for a course offered in Amsterdam. This arrangement offers you the opportunity to follow a wide variety of literary traditions from around the world.
A detailed curriculum for the Master's in Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory is available in the e-Prospectus, which applies to the current academic year: https://studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/studies/show/6525/media-studies-cultural-analysis-literature-and-theory
For a detailed overview of the curriculum, please visit the e-prospectus: https://studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/studies/show/6525/media-studies-cultural-analysis-literature-and-theory
Electives, select 3 courses
MA Thesis
group discussion, lecture, literature study, oral presentation, research, research project, research proposal, seminar, tutorial, working group, self study
The aim of this programme is to take the main elements of the bachelor's programme and explore them in greater depth. Upon graduation, you will be capable of conducting high-quality research under the supervision of a Leiden faculty member, and will possess a thorough knowledge of one of the specialist fields of study offered.
You will be able to independently gather literature and primary sources in the field, evaluate their quality, formulate clear, well-constructed research questions and report the results of your research both orally and in writing.
honours-/excellence program Leiden Leadership Programme
The Leiden Leadership Programme (LLP) is an honours programme of 15 ECs on top of the regular master's curriculum. The programme consists of training courses, seminars and a practical assignment.
Are you looking for an extra challenge in addition to your Leiden master's programme? Are you adventurous enough to look beyond the borders of your own master's programme? The Leiden Leadership Programme may be just what you are looking for.
The programme gives you the opportunity to develop your leadership skills. You will follow seminars and courses, as well as carrying out a practical assignment for a company or organisation as part of a small, multidisciplinary team. Your lecturers will be leading academics and experienced professionals from the business sector.
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/study-programmes/master/media-studies/cultural-analysis-literature-and-theory/admission-and-application
basiskennis
Knowledge, understanding and skills comparable to those acquired upon graduating from the Bachelor's programme in Film and Literary Studies from Leiden University with a specialisation in Literary Studies, specifically:
Elementary knowledge of the foundations of comparative literature and literary theory.
A broader theoretical and historical focus on the literary phenomenon as part of the cultural domain in general.
Analytical skills to produce adequate close readings of literary texts.
A bachelor's degree from a university, equivalent to the level of a Dutch academic bachelor's degree. Applicants with a bachelor's degree in a related field from a university of applied sciences (HBO) as well as for students with a related bachelor's degree from a university, who do not fulfil the admission requirements above might be eligible for a premaster's programme, and will be admitted after completing this pre-master's programme. See the pre-master's page for more details.
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€ 10000 levensonderhoudper jaar
182 studenten volgen deze opleiding
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aan het woord: studenten en docenten
Prof. Ernst van Alphen
Testimonial Prof. Ernst van Alphen
"In Leiden we have chosen explicitly for the most recent period, the 19th and 20th centuries, which we study in great depth. A further choice is that we study literature in relation to art and film, using subjects such as interculturality and intermediality.
A characteristic of this Leiden master's is also that we organise two or three congresses and lectures every semester. The most recent of these were an international three-day congress on the Rhetoric of Sincerity and a mini congress on meaning in music and literature...
For me, literary texts are not so much interesting as an expression or reaction of a culture or period, but as a production factor which constitutes culture or subjectivity. Naturally, I have academic sources of inspiration in this approach to literature, but even more important is the role of literature or sculpture as a source of inspiration.
I do not believe that a literary text is an 'object' which necessarily has to be subjected to academic methods; it is more of a discussion partner. I sharpen my views through comparison with literature or sculpture."
Literature and Theory
100% Nederlandstalig
Book and Digital Media Studies
Film and Photographic Studies
Journalistiek en Nieuwe Media
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Media Studies - Eng
Media Studies - NL
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New Media and Digital Culture
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Film- en televisiewetenschap
Television and Cross-Media Culture
Media Studies: Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory aan de Universiteit Leiden is beoordeeld door 38 respondenten. Gemiddeld waarderen ze de opleiding met 3.8 uit 5.
Alumni of the MA in Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory are employed in a wide range of fields.
Our graduates have taken roles within public relations, journalism, in translation agencies, or as copywriters, correctors, education-centre directors, policy-makers in city councils and ministries, cultural representatives, editors for newspapers, librarians or editors at publishing houses. You will also be qualified to continue in academic research and could apply for a PhD programme.
Some of the positions of our alumni include:
Trainee information specialist at a recruitment agency
Project manager at a translation agency
Content manager and web editor at a translation agency
PhD candidate at Leiden University
Recruitment officer at a headhunting agency
Policy advisor at a Dutch university
Foreign rights manager at a publishing house
Journalist at a press company.
Universiteit Leiden Leraar VHO in Spaans part-time educational + aanv. eisen
UU Leraar VHO Nederlands full-time,part-time educational + aanv. eisen
Amsterdam UVA Lerarenopleiding Kunstgeschiedenis en Culturele en kunstzinnige vorming educational + 15 EC pre-master


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Q: Reflection: walking a class for automated testing I have classes that store data, and methods to go get data for individual loans.
I have code that walks properties and pulls the data back, but according to the MSDN coding guidelines properties are just supposed to get data, not do anything. My properties actually move to a screen on a mainframe and scrape data. So when I am mousing over a property or moving my mouse over the code in the debugger, sometimes it triggers, changes what screen in the mainframe I'm in. So I'd like to change my reflection walker to also be able to pull back function results and change the unbuffered data to functions.
Public Function GetAllReadableProperties(ByVal obj As Object) As String
        Dim result As New System.Text.StringBuilder(300)

        For Each Item As System.Reflection.PropertyInfo In obj.GetType.GetProperties()
            With Item
                If .CanRead Then
                    result.Append(.Name + ":")
                    If .GetIndexParameters().Length = 0 Then
                        Dim value As Object = .GetValue(obj, Nothing)
                        If value Is Nothing Then
                            result.AppendLine("<Nothing>")
                        Else
                            result.AppendLine(value.ToString)
                        End If
                    Else
                        result.AppendLine("Indexed")
                    End If
                End If
            End With
        Next
        Return result.ToString
    End Function

How would I walk the methods also? What would the easiest way to tag certain functions for default walking, or default don't walk? Custom attributes?
Would this code work at all for a structure passed in instead of a class?
I'd like to code this into building a datatable for datagridview display when I get farther along.

A: Re mousing over, perhaps [DebuggerBrowsable(DebuggerBrowsableState.Never)]?
However, perhaps a better approach is to follow the guidelines, and make the properties idempotent, with methods to populate them? i.e. call the "populate" method (telling it what you need to know) before passing the object to the grid.
For a struct... well, a struct should (except for very specific reasons) always be immutable. So a lazy-loading struct is pretty much an oxymoron. You would probably run the risk of losing track of what is going on here... short version: make it a class (quite possibly one that is IDisposable, and possibly has a finalizer).

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How do i fix my texting issue?
I'm having trouble talking to iPhone users, like there is a massive delay between messages or it just doesn't work. Any advice is appreciated.
My last phone was a note 4.
How do I disable text or apps messages when someone or we make a call?
How come my Macbook Pro doesn't recognize my Galaxy S6 as a media device?


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iPhone and iPod Engineering VP David Tupman Leaves Apple
Tuesday February 7, 2012 10:55 AM PST by Eric Slivka
Apple's vice president for iPhone and iPod engineering David Tupman has left the company, according to 9to5Mac. While not a member of the senior executive team, Tupman spent a decade at Apple and has been considered to be one of the key iOS hardware executives reporting to senior vice president Bob Mansfield.
Weeks before the introduction of the first iPod, Apple hired Tupman, and he soon became Apple's vice president of iPod engineering.
He had a big hand in the development and success of every iPod released to date, and when it was time to build the iPhone, Tupman joined the team behind that product, too. As Apple shifted its engineering resources to its mobile line of products, Tupman was named Vice President of iPod and iPhone Engineering— a major role at Apple. Besides playing a major part in growing Apple's mobile device business into one of the most successful businesses ever, Tupman has his name on at around 70 Apple technology patents, such as power and battery life management, noise-canceling ear buds, Apple's tiny iPhone power adapters, and mobile device interaction with accessories.
Tupman's future plans remain unknown, although we understand that he has been taking some personal time following his long term of service at Apple.
Apple is said to be searching internally for Tupman's replacement, but has apparently not yet named a successor.
Tag: 9to5mac.com
HiRez
I spent 5 years working at a Fortune 500 company and then quit, couldn't stand it anymore. It actually was a good job, I got paid a ton of money, and it was a great working environment and I worked with really great people. Point is, it's just hard to work at the same place and do the same thing for many years, no matter how cool it is. At some point you want a change, want to try something new. That point comes at different times for different people, but expecting people to stay at a company for their entire career is pretty unrealistic these days, that happened in the 1950s but is very rare now.
ScottishDuck
Nice to see macrumors burying this story.
I guess it's not as big as Patent lawsuit #1056 or a fast food place buying iPads.
forty2j
Interesting. Why are these Apple employees leaving when they have such momentum going?
Some would say "quit while you're ahead". Others would say "turnover happens". I really don't think there's anything to suggest a panic / abandon ship event.
jonnysods
Maybe they make him put crazy amounts of time in, and he just can't sacrifice anymore family time.
Just my whacky theory for today.
chrmjenkins
That's a joke.... right?
At least, tell me you're not referring to the beast that is 30-pin... right?
Because it's one of the largest phone power/sync adapters on the market!
(Especially with nearly all other manufacturers standardizing to micro-usb.)
They're talking about the power adapter (i.e. the part that goes into the plug), not the standard apple connector for iOS devices.
After all that has come out about the inherent culture of mistrust that new hires are met with I would imagine that working for Apple takes a toll on a person.
Hah. That's funny. The fact that Apple doesn't trust every newcomer before they prove themselves is going to make a 10+ year veteran of the company leave?
You should start a comedy club.