DL Hammons: High Drama Blogfest Wrap up – Help!
So…I had this nifty Excel worksheet where I was keeping up with the point totals from the blogfest in preparation for the giveaway portion. It was well organized and easy to follow, and would have made selecting the winners a breeze…if it hadn't been wiped clean! Through a mistake of my own doing, I accidentally deleted all of the records meticulously collected there. ARGH!!!!!
Here's a reminder of how the point system worked.
Everyone who took part in my Blogfest (actually posted a story) received one point. If you were a follower of my blog, add another point. If you put a blurb about it in your sidebar, you'll receive another point. If you tweeted about it you'll receive another point for each separate day you tweeted (up to a maximum of five tweets), and if you a posted a blog entry exclusively about the High Drama Blogfest/Giveaway…you'll receive a whopping five points. That's a grand total of 13 possible points to place into the virtual hat.
I'll draw six numbers (three from Group A, and three from Group B) using a random number generator once I have everyone's point totals.
Participated, follower, and two days of tweets.
I feel your pain, btw. You know my "whoops" with my blog template. What was in the cyberwater yesterday??
I posted and I follow. 2 for me!
Ahh, you dolt (only kidding).
I guess it's just 3 points for me (follower, sidebar, writing entry).
That would be two for me, DL.
So sorry to hear about the spreadsheet.
Hey, DL, hub and I are back home from our holiday. So missed your contest but lots of sympathy for your oopsie...we've all been there. Have you dropped by Marguerite's blog, Cajun Delights??? She's got some drop dead wonderful stuff!
I mentioned it on your last post, but here it is again so you aren't looking in more places than necessary. Cheers!
follower, posted an entry, posted in my side bar two ways - i guess that's 3 points. I didn't make an exclusive blog post, but I announced it in several other posts. That 4, right?
I really enjoyed this blogfest DL.
Only 2 for me. I remember wanting to Tweet it..but Twitter was having issues that day!
Summer Ross ~ Thank you!!!!
Will ~ Got it! Tanks!!!
That is...unfortunate :( Because of internet woes I wasn't entering any contests (cept Lola's) in the last couple weeks but if you wanna throw me a point for being a dedicated follower then ya know thats up to you ;) Good luck my friend. Good. Luck.
Was very encouraging for this new blogger!
Posted on my permanent Blogfest page, before that it was on side column.
Posted 2 reminders on blog (w/other upcoming blogs) and 1 was shared on Facebook.
And I am a follower and entry.
I didn't do the blogfest, I'm just here for support!
Congrats to everyone who participated and hooray for DL for hosting it! I've really enjoyed reading the entries!
So sorry to hear your spreadsheet got erased! No points for me, but good luck collecting all your entries, and thanks again for a fun blogfest!


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U.S.-based Veeco Instruments Inc. is a leading provider of metrology and instrumentation solutions for scientific research and industrial markets, including the automotive industry. A few months ago, the company released its NPFLEX™ 3D Metrology System for characterizing surfaces previously difficult to measure due to size or part orientation. The NPFLEX combines the industry-leading performance of Veeco's non-contact, white light optical profilers with a unique open-access design to enable rapid, three-dimensional data acquisition and analysis on a wide range of large samples for precision machining applications.
The NPFLEX utilizes a break-through gantry design to provide over 300 degrees of access for large samples. The unique option of a swiveling optical head permits routine investigation of highly curved shapes and beveled edges. The system's white light interferometric technology provides greater accuracy, repeatability and, more importantly, data density than is possible with contact instrumentation. Other standard features include long working distance objectives, a proprietary objective crash-mitigation system, automation and field-stitching software, and patent-pending, ultra-uniform dual-LED illumination. The NPFLEX enables rapid characterization and provides over 1000 critical parameters including radius of curvature, lead angle, bearing ratio, wear, corrosion, and other key factors.
A fundamental element of Veeco's solutions is its comprehensive Vision® analytical software package. With over 200 tools to quantify and visualize surface data, the Vision software provides a vast range of data processing capabilities, such as interactive 2D and 3D displays to visualize surfaces; data analyses for roughness, histogram, microwaviness, and homogeneity; as well as advanced data filtering and masking techniques. Optional stitching software can be used to automatically join multiple datasets, maintaining high lateral resolution over large areas.
Donald Cohen, Ph.D., of Michigan Metrology LLC, has been using Veeco's surface profilers extensively to gain insight into the function of critical automotive engine parts, such as cylinder bores, crank shafts, pistons, and various transmission and braking elements. In many instances, he found that the surface texture correlated directly to friction at component interfaces and their propensity for wear. For example, he has utilized this technology to assist brake manufacturers in reducing noise and vibration resulting from the interaction between the brake rotors and friction pads.
Automotive Industries caught up with Mark R. Munch, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Metrology and Instrumentation, Veeco Instruments Inc.
AI: Tell us about Veeco's solutions for engine and automotive component manufacturers.
Veeco has been working with manufacturers in the auto industry for a number of years now. We provide 3D metrology solutions for the characterization of surfaces related to all aspects of the automobile. Our instruments are used in the analysis of everything from engine bores, break pads, and sensors to paint coatings and cloth seats. Veeco's optical interferometers have investigated most of the surface topographies that could have significance in quality, performance, appearance, and/or efficiency.
A majority of research with our instruments has been in understanding friction and wear of materials─addressing tribology issues that directly apply to automobile performance.
Veeco is utilizing that experience and moving into production QA/QC environments to address manufacturing needs for more efficient products and cost effective production.
AI: So you are saying that metrology has a direct link to automotive manufacturer's efficiency and cost savings?
• Brake pad surface investigation for greater inclination to wear.
• The seating of valve seats within the head to ensure no leakage points and degraded combustion─the surface texture of the seats is critical.
• The "stick-slip" issue at camshaft and tappet interfaces─spots where roughness becomes important because of the number of surfaces in action with each other. Surface texturing impacts lubrication and the compatibility of the surfaces to one another.
As for cost savings, perhaps the simplest example of this is a production floor manager's ability to measure the tool markings on his/her machined parts and accurately gauge when to retool. The cost savings in limiting scrap and only retooling when needed can be tremendous. One can monitor the quality of machining in a very quick and statistically valid way with the 3D optical metrology system.
AI: What makes 3D optical profiling different from other metrology techniques?
First and foremost, it is a non-contact technique providing accessibility, accurate nanometer level results, and a complete picture of the surface topography. We are able to access areas on complex parts that cannot be reached with contact techniques like CMM. Optical interferometry is not limited by probe size or position either. Not to be confused with optical comparators, optical interferometers offer accurate quantitative values for roughness, texturing, wear, along with the conventional 2D measurements.
Most contact 2D techniques are slow for the amount of data they produce. They certainly have their established place on the production floor though. It is common to see a CMM measuring part dimensions to a production CAD model. We see optical interferometry as a complimentary tool providing a faster, very specific analysis to a manufacturer's metrology repertoire. Along these lines, the ISO standards committee has been working on 3D ISO standards to potentially replace the typical Ra value so many default to now.
AI: How then does white light optical profiling, and in particular NPFLEX, address the critical metrology needs of automotive component manufacturers?
Historically, optical interferometry has been restricted to the surface analysis of small parts. Nowhere has this been as restrictive as in the automotive and aerospace industries. NPFLEX provides the solution. It was designed to bring high-quality interferometry into the machining world. Where a manufacturer would have had to specially design or tailor an instrument for this in the past, NPFLEX has an open worktable and adjustable optical head that is flexible for most form factor parts. Creating that room for larger components has really opened the flood gate of ideas on how and where to use optical interferometry in a machining environment.
Prior to NPFLEX large components were either cut down to a manageable size, which ruled out placing the technology in a production line, or even worse some parts were not measured at all because of the impossibility of fitting them on the profiler or accessing the surfaces of interest.
As manufacturers begin to narrow in on the importance of surface texture for efficiency and cost savings, Veeco delivers NPFLEX, a product that will easily handle their critical parts and open the door to the more informative world of 3D metrology.
AI: What are some of the products/technologies Veeco is working on for the auto industry?
The NPFLEX 3D metrology sys tem is the foundation from which other products will develop with targeted applications for the automotive industry. Veeco is constantly investigating the needs of precision machining customers to find those opportunities where our technical developments will intersect with industry needs. We are listening to some diverse voices within the automotive industry from the small tier 2 suppliers to global automobile manufacturers. All are looking for clear, concise solutions that will make them more appealing to their customers. Over the next year, Veeco will respond to these requests as we roll out a series of focused solutions.


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The verb 'to get' is used in many senses in English and can be confusing at times. Here is a list of the top ten uses of 'to get' with simple explanations and example sentences. Of course, these are not all the senses of 'to get'. In fact, there are many phrasal verbs with 'to get'.
In honor of Blog Action Day, Blogger is highlighting a selection of blogs that focus on the environment, climate change, and sustainability.
Cleantech Blog - Commentary on technologies, news, and issues relating to next generation energy and the environment.
The Conscious Earth - Earth-centered news for the health of air, water, habitat and the fight against global warming.
Earth Meanders - Earth essays placing environmental sustainability within the context of other contemporary issues.
Environmental Action Blog - Current environmental issues and green energy news.
The Future is Green - Thoughts on the coming of a society that is in balance with nature.
The Green Skeptic - Devoted to challenging assumptions about how we live on the earth and protect our environment.
Haute*Nature - Ecologically based creative ideas, art & green products for your children, home and lifestyle, blending style with sustainability.
The Lazy Environmentalist - Sustainable living made easy.
Lights Out America - A grassroots community group organizing nationwide energy savings events.
The Nature Writers of Texas - The best nature writing from the newspaper, magazine, blog and book authors of the Lone Star State.
Rachel Carson Centennial Book Club - Considering the legacy of Rachel Carson's literary and scientific contributions with a different book each month.
Sustainablog - News, information and personal meanderings related to environmental and economic sustainability, green and sustainable business, and environmental politics.
These Come From Trees - An experiment in environmentalism, viral marketing, and user interface design with the goal of reducing consumer waste paper.
Book Review: How Languages are Learned.
By Patsy M. Lightbown and Nina Spada.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1996. 135pp.
This book is yet another state-of-the-art survey of second language acquisition. It is the result of the two authors' extensive experience in classroom-centred research on second language acquisition. The book is organised into six chapters. The introduction, the recommended readings concluding each chapter, the glossary of the words that have special or technical meaning within second language acquisition research and language teaching, the bibliography and the index are all admirable. In the introduction, the authors make what seems to be an unusually commonsense point. We are told that 'One important basis for evaluating the potential effectiveness of new methods is, of course , the teacher's own experience with previous successes or disappointments. In addition, teachers who are informed of some of the findings of recent research are better prepared to judge whether the new proposals for language teaching are likely to bring about positive changes in students' learning '. In this introduction, we are also invited to reflect upon (1) twelve popular views about how languages are learned and (2) what the implications are in respect of how these languages should be taught. The questionnaire used for this purpose has been professionally executed. I outline these views below as they are, taken as a whole, an organiser for five chapters (1-5) of the book and as they engage us personally throughout the remainder of the book.
Languages are learned mainly through imitation.
Parents usually correct young children when they make grammatical errors.
People with high IQs are good language learners.
The most important factor in second language acquisition success is motivation.
The earlier a second language is introduced in school programs, the greater the likelihood of success in learning.
Most of the mistakes which second language learners make are due to interference from their first language.
Teachers should present grammatical rules one at a time, and learners should practice examples of each one before going on to another.
Teachers should teach simple language structures before complex ones.
Learners' errors should be corrected as soon as they are made in order to prevent the formation of bad habits.
Teachers should use materials that expose students only to those language structures which have already been taught.
When learners are allowed to interact freely ( for example in group or pair activities), they learn each other's mistakes.
Students learn what they are taught.
This message was recently posted to the TESL (teaching esl) list. I thought it would make a good discussion topic.
Recently, it occured to me that teachers should take care in choosing what materials they use for various lessons in ESOL classrooms. Coming from a conservative background, I know that there are various genres of movies, music, and literature that my late parents would not have approved of me encountering in my class when I was younger. Furthermore, as an adult student, there are various books etc that I would wish not to study that some teachers may not have a problem with teaching.
My question: how important do you think this is when it comes to choosing materials to be used in ESOL classrooms? I've asked couple of friends (a student and a teacher) about this. Both had a very short list of what they feel is inappropriate. Thus I am curious, in this generation, do most people have an "anything goes" attitude, or is it only certain cultures? Should we just use anything (age appropriately of course) in our classes or should we be mindful of what is socially appropriate based on other cultures? I'd like to know what others think about this issue.
Are there materials or topics that you think should be off-limits? What? Why? If you think something should be off limits, you need to explain why you think so. Conversely, if you think no topic should be off-limit, explain that too.
Gerald Graff, a well known American professor and "cultural theorist" who writes about literature and teaching, thinks we should not avoid controversial material in the classroom. Instead, he says, we should, "teach the differences." This - sometimes called "the culture wars" - is a touchy topic in American universities now.
Maybe it does not apply to ESL classes. Maybe it applies even more since we are even more likely to be a diverse group. Maybe there are difficult topics we need to learn how to talk about.
Language Benchmarks: English as a second language for adults provides a set of descriptors of what learners can do with English at various levels, expressed as 12 benchmarks for each of the four skill areas: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Their purpose is to describe accurately where the learner's ability to use English places him or her within the national descriptive framework of communicative language.
The following table illustrates how similar competencies require increasing complexity of performance across the three stages of proficiency.
instructions in a predictable context.
Follow short common instructions and instructional texts.
Follow one-step instructions in educational materials in a classroom situation (e.g., print, copy, circle and underline, fill in, check and draw).
Explain/convey to someone health and safety warnings and instructions for use that are printed on chemical product labels (e.g., on dishwasher detergent containers).
Read selected personnel policy regulations and instructions, and apply the information to a specific case study situation.
Copy words and phrases to record short information for personal use.
Reproduce and record simple to medium complexity information for various purposes (e.g., notes, summaries, main points and other formats).
Select and reproduce very complex information from multiple sources in a variety of appropriate formats.
Copy information from an appointment note into a calendar (e.g., name, address, time).
Take point-form notes from one page written text or from a 10- to 15-minute oral presentation on a practical topic.
Write an article or paper for a public forum, presenting a synthesis or overview of an area of knowledge, based on multiple pieces of research or other publications.
In English we can put two nouns together. The first noun is used as an adjective to modify the second noun and is called a noun adjunct. The first noun is almost always singular because it follows the rule for adjectives, which do not have plural forms in English.
N1 is singular, even if the phrase is plural.
My mother planted a rose bush in the garden.
I bought a new table lamp.
Bobby takes the school bus to school.
The school ordered fifty new grammar books.
That man makes bird cages.
Mrs. Taylor bought some new baby clothes.
According to this explanation then, we should not say "strength points" when we mean "strong points" or "strengths" BUT can say or write "talking points", "debate or discussion points" and the like.
We can use a number with N1 to make a compound adjective. Since the number and noun make one unit, we use a hyphen to join them. Note that N1 remains singular because it is being used as an adjective.
We can use a number to refer to the second noun (how many) and a number with the first noun (compound adjective). In that case, there is no hyphen after the first number, but the second number is still used with a hyphen because it forms a compound adjective.
As you'll note, Blogging English has had a makeover - a "face lift". I added a feature - In the News. Now you can read the news in English without leaving the site. Are there other topic areas you'd like to see here? Let me know. Links, at the bottom of the page, have been expanded. Instead of just our own pages (have you been keeping them updated?), the links section now has a number of ESL resource links.
Closed polls with results are also at the bottom of the page. I had to take the picture out because it did not not fit well either in header or right hand column. I added picture "features", Mountainair Scenes and an art one, to Mountainair Arts that I change out from periodically. We could have a picture feature here too - perhaps a cartoon of the week.
8. writing the introduction at the end of the piece.
Pick out a long sentence from your paper, and look at where you put the comma. Read the first part of the sentence. Could it stand by itself? Does it have a subject, verb, and complete idea? Now look at the last part. Is it also a complete sentence (also known as an independent clause)?
If you have two complete sentences on either side of a comma, then you have a comma splice. Teachers hate these.
Example: "I ate tabouli yesterday, it's my favorite food."
1. Split up the sentences with a period.
Example: "I ate tabouli yesterday. It's my favorite food."
2. Use a semicolon instead of a comma.
Example: "I ate tabouli yesterday; it's my favorite food."
3. Add an "and" (or "but," "or,") after the comma.
Example: "I ate tabouli yesterday, but I actually hate the taste of it."
4. Use a conjunctive adverb ("therefore," "instead") with a semicolon and a comma.
Example: "I ate tabouli yesterday; however, it is not my favorite food."
5. Make one part of the sentence not an independent clause (a dependent clause), by adding a subordinating conjunction like "because," or "although."
Example: "I ate tabouli yesterday because it's my favorite food."
*note: if the dependent (subordinate) clause comes at the end of the sentence, you don't need a comma. If it comes at the beginning, you do need a comma.
Example: "Because I ate tabouli yesterday, I have a stomach ache today." -- OR -- "I have a stomach ache today because I ate tabouli yesterday."
Look for a sentence in your paper that begins with "That," "Because," or "Which." Subordinate conjunctions (ex. "because," "although") and relative pronouns (ex. "that," "which") are the most common beginnings of fragments.
Example: "Although it has stopped raining."
1. A subject. The subject is the person or thing that is doing the action. The subject is often the first noun or pronoun of the sentence.
Example: "The flood destroyed my house. It is now under water."
*note: The subject cannot be inside of a prepositional phrase.
Example: "In my house (noun), the water was rising."
2. A verb. The verb is either the action or the being of the sentence.
3. A complete idea. A sentence that has a noun and a verb but is not a complete idea is called a dependent clause, and cannot stand by itself.
Example: "Since the flood destroyed my house."
This clause is a dependent, or subordinate, clause because it has a subject ("flood"), a verb ("destroyed"), and a subordinate conjunction ("since"). It cannot stand by itself because it doesn't make sense. It leaves us with a question in our minds.
The main reason people write sentence fragments is that, in their minds, the fragment is connected to the previous or the subsequent sentence.
Example: "The flood destroyed my house, and it is now under water. Although the rain has stopped."
This is easy to fix. All you have to do is take out the period after "water."
Example: "The flood destroted my house, and it is now under water although the rain has stopped."
Don't simply tell the spell checker to correct everything it comes across. It will only tell you if there is such a word in English, not whether the word is used properly.
"...which literally peals the rubber right off."
Don't let this happen to you. Make sure you double-check the spell-checker.
Many peoples is having problems with this area. They writes as they speaks, which don't usually work, unless they be a professor.
Example: My friends is going to the game.
"Friends" is plural, and "is" is singular. They don't match up. Either make "friends" singular or "is" plural.
Example: My friend is going to the game.
Example: My friends are going to the game.
In English, verbs have five qualities: person, number, tense, voice, and mood. In choosing a verb, you must choose the correct person (I, you, he/she/it, we, you, they), the proper number (one or more-than-one), the proper tense (when the action is happening), the proper voice (active or passive), and the proper mood (a fact, a command, or a wish). For example, the third person plural, present tense, active indicative of "to come" is [they] "came." The second person singular, past tense of "to be" is [you] "were." For a more complete explanation of verb tense, person, and number, see handout on verb conjugations.
What is the difference between "the giraffes," "the giraffe's" and "the giraffes'"? The first is plural (more than one giraffe), the second is possessive (something belongs to the giraffe), and the third one is plural and possessive (something belongs to more than one giraffe).
In formal writing, it is better not to use "you."
Example: "Writing gives you a headache."
Who is you? Me personally? It gives ME a headache? Find another way to express this idea, by using the third person singular impersonal ("one"), or by specifying your target group.
Try to stay away from first person singular, unless you are doing some sort of personal testimony or journal. "I" is very personal, and not usually appropriate for formal writing.
The first person plural can work in certain situations, especially if you are writing from personal experience, or feel strongly about the topic.
Read your introduction. Do you find a clear position about a topic, which will be supported in your writing? Or have friends read your first paragraph, then ask them what you are going to write about. If they can't tell you, you have no thesis statement. The purpose of the thesis statement is to let the audience know what your topic is and what your position on that topic is. If we don't know what you're writing about, or what you want to say about the topic, we are not going to be interested in reading your paper.
Example: "Have you ever wanted to be a movie star? People like John Travolta and Michelle Pfeiffer are rich and famous, and kids all over the world want to be like them. They ride everywhere in limousines, never have to go to the grocery store, and get to have vacation on deserted islands. But of course they have to give out autographs too, and avoid the paparazzi."
Where is the thesis statement here? It usually appears toward the end of the introduction, often as the last sentence. Is this person going to write about autographs and paparazzi? Most likely, he or she is going to write about the lives of movie stars. But without a thesis statement, the essay will wander, with no goal or point. This person could add a thesis statement to the end of the introduction such as: "Even though many people would like to live like a movie star, that lifestyle is not easy."
This is especially a characteristic of first drafts. Writing is often a process of figuring out how one thinks/feels about a subject, or of exploring the complexities of certain issues. This is why people "write to get it all out" in journals or the like. Look at the conclusion of your paper, and see if it isn't clearer, better worded, and more energetic than your introduction. Try taking some or all of the conclusion and using it for the introduction. Then reread your paper and make sure all your topic sentences relate to your new thesis statement and your argument makes sense. Write a new conclusion, one that goes beyond simply restating the introduction and gives your paper a bigger relevance beyond your topic, or suggests future trends for your topic.
Just because information on the internet is not published in a book, doesn't mean it doesn't need to be cited as a source when you use it in your writing. Papers (or paragraphs, or sentences) plagiarized from internet sources, or any sources, are easy to spot. Suddenly the level of language jumps up three notches, the grammar mistakes disappear, and the writing style changes. Teachers are particularily suspicious of papers with no citations, or only one or two. They know you must have gotten the information from somewhere -- why didn't you give credit to the source?
Doing research and citing sources is simple. Read as many sources as you can, until you have a general knowledge of your topic. Decide what you want to argue, and write your thesis statement. Think of a few supporting points from your general knowledge. Develop your supporting points, and put in quotes or statistics to make it sound like you did some research.
- The information is so general it is useless to write about it.
Some students feel that there are only so many ways to write something -- that if they just rearranged the words "it wouldn't sound as good," and they're exactly right. The point is not to rearrange words because that means you're only using someone else's idea, instead of thinking for yourself. Write what YOU want to write, and use quotes from other people's work to show how THEY agree with YOU, not how YOU agree with THEM.
Some students don't like the idea of "arguing a point" because they feel they have nothing to contribute, or they don't know if their idea is good or not. Don't worry. No one expects you to make an original contribution to human knowledge at this point. The goal is to get practice writing research papers, so that someday you will know how to write down that contribution to human knowledge you will eventually want to make.
Be specific with your words, especially with people.
Who is "us"? Does technology benefit every person in the entire world? What kind of technology? Narrow your focus to a specific group of people, and a particular kind of technology.
Example: "Aerospace technology benefits residents of the Space Coast."
Another example: "There are hot dogs for dinner."
"There is/are" means simply, "there exist(s)." Unless you specify a place, you are writing "there exist (somewhere in the entire scheme of reality) hot dogs for dinner." This is a meaningless thing to say because it is obvious. Specify a place or situation.
Example: "There are hot dogs for dinner at my house."
Better: "We are having hot dogs for dinner at my house."
Try not to start a sentence with "there" if at all possible.


2015 was such a busy, busy year - my TENTH in Nashville! - I think there were milestones in every month, and that's following on the heels of changing jobs at the end of 2014. In some ways, January 2015 seems like it was ages ago. Mostly, though, I can't believe that it's already January again and I'm sure 2016 will breeze by!
Run - Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Hiding - Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Here's a Spotify playlist with everyone but Taylor Swift, because she has to be that way.
Okay, 2016. What've you got?


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New Species Of Wasp: The Garuda
A two-and-a-half inch wasp was recently identified as a new species of wasp by a professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis. Professor Lynn Kimsey, who found the scary looking wasp on the Indonesian island Sulawesi, noted that she didn't know how the males of the species could walk, as their jaws are longer than their legs!
New species of wasp found in Sulawesi, Indonesia: image via dailymail.co.uk
New species of wasp has long jaws: image via dailymail.co.uk
"I don't know how it can walk," Kimsey said, but she did venture an educated guess about the function of the jaws, saying hat they probably play a large role in defence and reproduction. Like another species of wasp, the male hangs around the nest entrance. This serves, Kimsey said, to defend the nest, but also to insure the paternity of the offspring.
Apparently every time the female enters the nest, the male 'exacts payment' from the female by mating her, and it's probable that he uses his huge claws to hold her down during copulation.
Kimsey says she will name the new wasp after the Garuda, the national symbol of Indonesia. Garuda is a mythical bird that is part human, part eagle. With wide powerful wings, Garuda is very strong and very fast. Right now, the new wasp is just referred to as 'the king of wasps.'
source: Daily Mail
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As President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, it gives me great pleasure to send greetings to all those taking part in the fourteenth meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in Jamaica.
Your reflection upon the Church's Mission is most timely, for in seeking to discern how practically the Gospel may be preached to all men and women, you are realising the will of Christ that his Church be a truly universal sacrament of salvation. In this endeavour you have the prayers and good wishes of your ecumenical partners. We have a common concern for the Church's mission, and so must renew our efforts to overcome divisions so that we may bring all people to share in the communion between the Father and the Son in their Spirit of love.
Most especially at this Meeting, the consideration you will give to the Covenant for the Provinces of the Anglican Communion, and the final report of the Windsor Continuation Process, will play an essential part in discerning the way forward for the Anglican Communion in the light of current complex issues.
As one of the four Instruments of Unity of the Anglican Communion, the Anglican Consultative Council has a key role, not merely in virtue of the issues which it considers, but also in the way it helps to reinforce the importance of both primacy and conciliarity within the diverse Anglican Provinces. Your discussions will encompass not mere external links which regulate the lives of respective provinces from outside, but rather the internal bonds that spring from deep within the heart of each individual church, and which are part of its own self definition.
It is my hope that your discussions in Jamaica will contribute to a healing, articulating, and strengthening of these bonds of love that unite the worldwide Anglican Communion. Please be assured of my prayerful good wishes for a fruitful meeting.
Grace and peace in the name of the Risen Lord!
We extend to you the warmest greetings of your sisters and brothers in the Iglesia Filipina Independiente for this historic moment as you gather for the fourteenth meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council. We are one with you in prayers as you come together in the presence of God and seek to discern His will as you strive to make the Anglican Communion remain faithful to its historic calling and to make its work more relevant and more responsive to the challenges of our present time.
We pray especially for the ministry of the Anglican Consultative Council as an instrument of unity within the Communion. In today's fragmented world, the Council must help the Communion manifest the unity that Christ prays for all who follow him in faith and become a reflection of the communion of saints around the world. The unity that binds the Communion gives the people of the world an inspiration in dealing with the painful conflicts that arise from division; a unity that is not merely founded out of a desire for uniformity or singularity in many aspects of being and becoming a Church, but rather one that seeks and strengthens respect for one another despite differences in opinions and disagreements in perspectives.
The Anglican Communion professes a unity that is not afraid to admit the reality of disagreements in the one Body of Christ; neither is weakened by its many limitations, but rather compels it to boldly engage into principled debate and passionate deliberations in the desire to attain the resolution of contradictions that would further strengthen the Communion and make its witness in the world more meaningful.
Again, kindly accept our sincerest prayers for a fruitful meeting of the Council as we share your hope to bring the Communion into the path of renewal through the power of the Holy Spirit.
THE MOST REVD GODOFREDO J. DAVID, D.D.
At the beginning of this meeting of the Council, gathering in Jamaica this year, it is to my great pleasure that I send you my sincere greetings and best wishes. To receive these greetings at the beginning of each meeting is a good tradition to have us all realize how valuable our partnership is.
The work of the Council is important to us, the Union of Utrecht and I highly estimate the work which is done so far and the work which will be achieved.
In our long-standing relationship we have witnessed the wonderful progress which has been established. In the past, many projects and plans came true through our joint efforts, bringing closer the unity of Christians in their different experiences.
The work of the ACC will be dominated by the Windsor process. This process is extremely important for all of us because of its ecclesiological significance. It is our hope that the ACC will be able to contribute to the reshaping of the Anglican Communion into a worldwide communion of local churches in which all of them will find themselves accepted as God's gift to one another.
My prayers will be with you during this meeting and I wish you God's blessing during these days of working and discussing together.
May your efforts bear fruit in the furthering of God's kingdom.
By His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
It is with great joy that we convey - in response to the gracious invitation extended by Bishop John Paterson and Canon Kenneth Kearon, Chairman and Secretary General of the Anglican Consultative Council - this warm greeting to the honourable members of the Anglican Consultative Council that are meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, from 1 to 13 May, 2009.
In full recognition of our close relations and invaluable dialogue with our brothers and sisters in the Anglican Communion, as well as our personal communication and cherished exchange with the Most Reverend Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, we would like to express our sincerest wishes and prayers for a successful meeting of your significant gathering of clergy and laity.
Moreover, inasmuch as we appreciate the importance of the Anglican Consultative Council for the ongoing ecumenical dialogues of your blessed Communion, we have appointed as our personal representative His Eminence Metropolitan Nikitas of the Dardanelles, Director of the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute in Berkeley California, in order that he may attend as an observer on behalf of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.


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Q: Looking for hints on the below 3D geometry problem. Planes are drawn so as to make an angle $60 ^\circ$ with the line $x = y = z$ and the angle of $45^\circ$ with the line $x=0=y-z$. Show that all these planes make an angle $60^\circ$ with the plane $x=0$.
I am assuming the required plane be of the form $ax+by+cz=d$ and Looking for hints to proceed further. any help is appreciated.

A: Let $\vec{n}(a,b,c)$ be a vector normal of the plane.
Thus,
$$\frac{\sqrt3}{2}=\frac{|a+b+c|}{\sqrt{a^2+b^2+c^2}\sqrt3}$$ and
$$\frac{1}{\sqrt2}=\frac{|b+c|}{\sqrt{a^2+b^2+c^2}\sqrt2}$$ and we need to prove that
$$\frac{1}{2}=\frac{|a|}{\sqrt{a^2+b^2+c^2}}.$$
We obtain:
$$3|b+c|=2|a+b+c|,$$ which gives
$$3(b+c)=2(a+b+c)$$ or
$$b+c=2a$$ or
$$a+b+c=3a,$$ which gives
$$|a+b+c|=3|a|$$ and indeed,
$$\frac{1}{2}=\frac{|a|}{\sqrt{a^2+b^2+c^2}}.$$
Also, we have
$$3(b+c)=-2(a+b+c)$$ or
$$5(a+b+c)=3a$$ or
$$5|a+b+c|=3|a|,$$ which gives
$$\frac{5}{2}=\frac{|a|}{\sqrt{a^2+b^2+c^2}},$$
which is impossible.
Done!

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title: SearchFilter Modifiers
summary: Use suffixes on your ORM queries.

# SearchFilter Modifiers

The `filter` and `exclude` operations specify exact matches by default. However, there are a number of suffixes that
you can put on field names to change this behavior. These are represented as `SearchFilter` subclasses and include.

 * [api:StartsWithFilter]
 * [api:EndsWithFilter]
 * [api:PartialMatchFilter]
 * [api:GreaterThanFilter]
 * [api:GreaterThanOrEqualFilter]
 * [api:LessThanFilter]
 * [api:LessThanOrEqualFilter]

An example of a `SearchFilter` in use:

	:::php
	// fetch any player that starts with a S
	$players = Player::get()->filter(array(
		'FirstName:StartsWith' => 'S'
		'PlayerNumber:GreaterThan' => '10'
	));

	// to fetch any player that's name contains the letter 'z'
	$players = Player::get()->filterAny(array(
		'FirstName:PartialMatch' => 'z'
		'LastName:PartialMatch' => 'z'
	));

Developers can define their own [api:SearchFilter] if needing to extend the ORM filter and exclude behaviors.

These suffixes can also take modifiers themselves. The modifiers currently supported are `":not"`, `":nocase"` and
`":case"`. These negate the filter, make it case-insensitive and make it case-sensitive, respectively. The default
comparison uses the database's default. For MySQL and MSSQL, this is case-insensitive. For PostgreSQL, this is
case-sensitive.

The following is a query which will return everyone whose first name starts with "S", either lowercase or uppercase:

	:::php
	$players = Player::get()->filter(array(
		'FirstName:StartsWith:nocase' => 'S'
	));

	// use :not to perform a converse operation to filter anything but a 'W'
	$players = Player::get()->filter(array(
		'FirstName:StartsWith:not' => 'W'
	));

## API Documentation

* [api:SearchFilter]

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Items include rare books, poems and artifacts from Beyond Baroque's unique literary archive, as well as items donated by the Venice business community. The catalog published online contains information on how to participate in this auction if you cannot attend. Works were donated by the artists, Andy Schwarz, Board President of Beyond Baroque, and ViCA. For inquires about specific works available, call Juri Koll at 310-957-7037. See link to the latest catalog on ViCA's website.
The evening will pay tribute to Beyond Baroque founder, George Drury Smith and feature a catered dinner along with a historic lineup of L.A.'s leading artists, performers, poets and authors, highlighted by presentations honoring actor/poet Viggo Mortensen, a long-time supporter of the non-profit organization, and award-winning poet Will Alexander. Performers include: John Doe and Exene Cervenka (who first met at Beyond Baroque and formed the iconic LA band X); John Densmore, founding member of The Doors; legendary jazz trumpeter Bobby Bradford; Chris D (Divine Horsemen; Flesh Eaters); Julie Christensen (Divine Horsemen; Leonard Cohen); and poets Kamau Daáood, Jack Grapes, among others.
On November 10, 2018, enjoy cocktails in the Poet's Garden (landscaping curated by Kiss The Ground and Safe Place for Youth), and artwork in the Mike Kelley Gallery, and explore the unique collection of poetry and literature for sale in the bookstore. Admission is $50 per person; CLICK HERE to purchase tickets. The event begins at 5:30pm at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291; 310-822-3006; http://beyondbaroque.org
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Brought up in a strict middle-class family in Hong Kong, Frankie (Justin Cheung) has grown up a well-behaved but sexually repressed boy. After coming back from his education in the UK, Frankie, now in his 20s, begins dating this girl named Zeta (Celia Kwok). The couple is a good match in every aspect except one – the most crucial one unfortunately – which spells demise for their relationship. Under the influence of Jing (Gregory Wong) and James (Mark Wu), a worldly friend he met in England, the frustrated Frankie begins traveling north to the nearby town of Dongguan to seek pleasure. He becomes addicted to finding satisfaction and solace in the Mainland red-light districts, in particularly with a prostitute named Xiaosi (Daniella Wang), who expertly gives him a taste of extreme ecstasy. But Frankie's heart really belongs to Zeta, even his body longs for Xiaosi instead. Struggling between morals and desire, will he find his way out of the labyrinth of love and lust?
Director: Mark Wu
Cast: Justin Cheung, Celia Kwok, Gregory Wong, Mark Wu, Daniella Wang
Subtitles: English, Chinese
Region Code: ABC
Sound Information: Dolby digital 5.1, DTS-HD
Aspect Ratio: Wide Screen
Rating: R18


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The Bristol neighbourhood that's one of the most 'millennial' in the country
'Boomers' prefer Whitchurch, apparently
Annie Gouk
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A neighbourhood in Bristol has been identified as one of the most "millennial" in the country - with three in five residents part of Generation Y.
The Reach Data Unit has analysed the population figures of hyper-local neighbourhoods in England - areas of around 1,500 people.
Their findings have revealed one part of in Bedminster, to the north of the area, has a higher proportion of millennials than anywhere else in Bristol.
Some 60 per cent of people living there are aged between 25 and 39 - loosely defined as "Generation Y" - one of the highest proportions in the country.
Bristol street named as one of three greatest streets in UK
A further 13 per cent are Gen Z (aged between five and 24) and nine per cent are Gen X (aged 40-54).
Meanwhile seven per cent are Baby Boomers (aged 55-74) and eight per cent part of the Silent Generation (75+).
A further three per cent of residents are infants under the age of five, whose generation has yet to be given an official name.
Another three neighbourhoods in Bristol see millennials make up at least half of residents - including one between Old Market and St Phillip's Marsh, one near Victoria Park and another near the Bearpit.
In comparison, a neighbourhood in Whitchurch is the most "Boomer" area in Bristol, with 32 per cent of residents part of the post-war generation.
While that puts it into the top 10 per cent of neighbourhoods in England with the highest proportion of Boomers, it is nowhere near the number one spot.
Sunday Times names Easton as one of best places in UK for first-time buyers - but is it really?
That goes to a neighbourhood in Mablethorpe, East Lindsey, where 51 per cent of residents are aged 55-74.
Bristol as a whole is the third-most millennial city in England, with 32 per cent of residents aged 25-39 - behind only Manchester and London, where the figure stands at 33 per cent.
Nationally, 26 per cent of people are millenials - some 11.2 million people.


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Call Me Zebra, by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
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"There's something really radical about this epic and ecstatic quest. It's in the tradition of Cervantes' ingenious nobleman, but also deeply in conversation with Borges's Pierre Menard and Kathy Acker's own Don Quixote. The young female narrator of Call Me Zebra luxuriates in the tradition of Enrique Vila-Matas's literary sickness, or Kafka writing that he is made entirely of literature. A hilarious picaresque, perverse and voracious." –Kate Zambreno, author of Heroines and Green Girl
From an award-winning young author, a feisty heroine's quest to reclaim her past through the power of literature—even as she navigates the murkier mysteries of love.
Zebra is the last in a line of anarchists, atheists, and autodidacts. When war came, her family didn't fight; they took refuge in books. Now alone and in exile, Zebra leaves New York for Barcelona, retracing the journey she and her father made from Iran to the United States years ago.
Books are Zebra's only companions—until she meets Ludo. Their connection is magnetic; their time together fraught. Zebra overwhelms him with her complex literary theories, her concern with death, and her obsession with history. He thinks she's unhinged; she thinks he's pedantic. Neither are wrong; neither can let the other go. They push and pull their way across the Mediterranean, wondering with each turn if their love, or lust, can free Zebra from her past.
An adventure tale, a love story, and a paean to the power of language and literature starring a heroine as quirky as Don Quixote, as introspective as Virginia Woolf, as whip-smart as Miranda July, and as spirited as Frances Ha, Call Me Zebra will establish Van der Vliet Oloomi as an author "on the verge of developing a whole new literature movement" (Bustle).
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Hey all, When installing stuff to the sd card, it often needs symlinking to the working directory on the pineapple nano to complete the installation. For one-off's its fine to do manually, but on larger git install's or opkg packages with many folders/files it can be a PITA. So I got to looking around for tools/scripts, I found a few (some better than others) but think I found something that works, and works well on the pineapple YMMV. It has one small sized dependency so can be installed to pineapple nano rather than sd : - opkg update && opkg install coreutils-realpath You can run it multiple times and it will only create links for unlinked files so could be run on the base directory after adding new files like: - aln -s /sd/usr/ -d /usr/ I have been using it for a few days and so far so good, so figured I would share for others to try out. https://github.com/eyit/aln Hopefully its useful to others.


The number of published lists touting the desirability of Franklin and Williamson County keeps growing.
"Vintage Revivalist" Kim Leggett, owner of City Farmhouse, is featured in the magazine with a photo spread of a room she designed for a vacation rental in Leiper's Fork.
"The response I've gotten from the Country Living article has been great. I've received so many messages about it and several people from out of town have visited the store specifically because they'd seen the article," Leggett said.
The City Farmhouse retail store, located in The Factory at Franklin, is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Leggett's debut book, "City Farmhouse Style: Designs for a Modern Country Life," which features a variety of examples of her designs, is available in the store. Visit www.cityfarmhousefranklin.com for more information.
Holly Williams, owner of White's Mercantile and White's Mercantile Room and Board, a rental cottage, made the list for her passion for renovating old houses, cottages and farmhouses.
Some might wonder how the business owner, singer-songwriter and busy mother of three children ages 3 and younger has time for her many creative passions.
Williams, daughter of Hank Williams Jr., has three critically acclaimed albums to her name and has toured extensively for her music. These days, however, she's most comfortable at home, where she often can be found scouring the Internet for old homes to renovate.
"I'm always looking for cheap old homes — the ones that are just days away from being demolished," she said.
Her most recent project is a farmhouse in Franklin, Ky., that she refurbished from the ground up.
"I've had a passion for interior design since I was young and I love restoring and saving old things," Williams said.
She credits her maternal grandparents, Warren and June White, and her frequent visits to their Mer Rouge, La., home with her appreciation for hospitality and a well curated home.
"They were simple people. He was a cotton farmer and she was a homemaker. They didn't have a lot. But they constantly had house guests and dinner parties and their home was always so welcoming," she said.
Those experiences and memories are the inspiration for many of the items Williams chooses for White's Mercantile.
White's Mercantile has four locations with hopes of further expansion.
The opening of the downtown Franklin location (345 Main St.) was encouraged by fellow preservationist and building owner Mike Wolf of "American Pickers."
Williams credits the location's success to store manager Mary Morgan Gentry (of the Gentry's Farm family), the local artisans and craftsmen they use for much of their merchandise, and a team of dedicated employees.
"All of our employees really care about preserving the community. When you shop local you are supporting the local economy in so many ways," she said.
Additional locations of White's Mercantile include a refurbished old smokehouse in Leiper's Fork (4150 Hillsboro Road), the flagship Nashville store (2908 12th Ave. S.) and a location in Wilson, Ark. (17 Cortez Kennedy Ave.). For more information, visit https://whitesmercantile.com or find them on Instagram at @whitesmercantile.
Locations and information about her restoration projects and rental properties can be found at http://whitesroomandboard.com and on Instagram at @whitesroomandboard. Information about Williams's fashion boutique, H. Audrey in the Hill Center in Green Hills, can be found at http://haudrey.com.
Franklin husband and wife team Jamin and Ashley Mills of The Handmade Home were also featured on the Country Living list. Stay tuned for their story!


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Innovative Legal Services Firm Knights Adopts LexisDraft to Complement Training Focus
LexisDraft now used by 170 fee earners, paralegals and trainees at Knights to support collaboration, training and development.
LONDON, 11 March 2015 – Innovative professional services firm Knights (www.knightsllp.co.uk) and LexisNexis UK (www.lexisnexis.co.uk), a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced the adoption of market leading suite of proofreading software Lexis®Draft across all offices.
LexisDraft is an award-winning Microsoft toolbar that automates proofreading and citation checking functions, saving time and ensuring document quality. The tool scans and highlights potential misuses of key components in agreements, finds and fixes inconsistent phrasing, identifies broken references, ensures that up-to-date citations are used, applies consistent
Knights are committed to investing in talent at their firm and are using LexisDraft to support their goal of developing the next generation of lawyers. Alongside proofreading software, the solution also serves as a training tool between fee earners and support staff, allowing users to insert comments and notes to draw attention to critical aspects of text in documents.
David Beech, CEO of Knights said: "This new software is an excellent tool for the firm. Not only does it speed up the time it takes us to prepare contracts for our clients but it allows our paralegals to improve their knowledge as they work through documentation. LexisDraft will allow our partners to spend their time more constructively for the clients, reducing admin time which will ultimately reduce costs to our clients."
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Words by: Billy Ward
The 10 Best Songs To Recover To, according to Blue Hawaii
"Whether you're lying on the couch or in the club these tunes can bring joy and strength..."
Since working under the collaborative moniker of Blue Hawaii, Raphaelle "Ra" Standell-Preston and Alex "Agor" Kerby have spent the last decade exploring the world they exist in through a series of textured, conceptual electronics. Adopting an introspective approach to excavate new ideas, the Canadian duo have refused to stagnate or settle for any particular sound, with their latest album 'Open Reduction Internal Fixation' offering a diverse blend of trance, acoustic, UK garage, trip-hop and house.
Self-reflecting as ever, the new project was born out of unfortunate circumstances. The duo's tour throughout Southeast Asia and Japan was cancelled due to Agor having heel surgery following a bad injury, and the pair named the new album after the procedure that halted their plans – open reduction internal fixation surgery.
With one of the pair suffering from a broken heel bone and the other a broken heart, the record symbolises a personal process of recovery, and it is this theme that the duo explore below, outlining their ten best tracks to heal their respective pain.
1. Wookie – 'Battle ft. Lain'
"All about conquering your fears, stepping up to the challenge when you see no way out – pick yourself up and move on. No other way to recover, IMO."
2. MJ Cole – 'Sincere'
"While we're in garage territory, should probably stick around for this one. Also about staying true to oneself, an important motif if you are recovering and rebuilding."
3. TJ Cases – 'You Bring Me Joy'
"Another classic garage track… but whether you're lying on the couch or in the club, these tunes can bring joy and strength, things needed to stay strong and face the challenges of life!"
4. Sade – 'Love is Stronger Than Pride (1992 Mad Professor Remix)'
"Ok, so this is an ultimate stage in pining over a lost lover and trying to recover from them. To state the obvious, realising you can't hate them, the feeling of love for the other is stronger than the pride in oneself. Sharing the good intentions and spreading love rather than hate as a mechanism to move forward. Chose the reggae remix because its lightness is important in this context!"
5. Oumou Sangaré – 'Saa Magni (Kabaka Edit)'
"The lyrics in this song are about death and the all-encompassing nature of it. It's an important thing to remember when recovering. We all end up on the same plane in the end and the competition we feel only exists in ourselves and is short lived. Choosing this housey edit because it's interesting!"
6. Prefab Sprout – 'Bonny'
"One of those songs with a nostalgic feeling that's self contained and special and though it is melancholy it is also uplifting. The way the chorus comes in after the sad verse kind of makes you wanna get up on your feet. Was emotional to this one in the past."
7. Keni Burke – 'Risin' To The Top'
"Slow groove to soothe the heart and body. Extended steamer. Rising above the things which hold you back and get you down."
8. Studio Ghibli Piano Collection, 'ジブリのピアノメドレー、吉卜力鋼琴音樂集 – Tonight, working with petrichor alone'
"Good to have something like this on hand for those mornings or times when you have music just in the background. Meditating and making space."
9. Dwight Sykes – 'Where Ever You Are'
"The feel of this tune is just plain good, a bit nostalgic and totally emotional yet with no lyrics. I love that his caption is "I hope everyone in this video is doing well". It's like the years go past and you never fully recover your former self but a part of it will always exist within you (and in pictures!)"
10. Dwight Sykes – 'Sometimes'
"This is admitting to the end of a relationship, the first step into recovering and becoming a whole person after the hurt. Picking another Sykes tune, because, well maybe the whole playlist just should have been that. Huge fan."
Blue Hawaii's 'Open Reduction Internal Fixation' is out now – stream it here.
Listen to Blue Hawaii's Dummy Mix.
By Billy Ward


State Of Nerd-Dress: 2018 Onward!
Kurtis here, founder and host of our podcasts. Wanted to write up a quick update for you all and give you a rare glimpse into 2017 for us and what we plan to provide you in 2018.
This year was the best for Three Angry Nerds (LLC), not only did the main podcast succeed after a slump, but it's succeeded spectacularly. For reference, at our peak, Three Angry Nerds had around 5 Million subscribers, but we lost a lot, at our lowest we were around 50,000 subscribers. We've worked to provide you with more content, partnering with organizations like Netflix, Vinyl Me Please, Universal, Disney, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros to bring exciting content to all of our listeners, and it's showed. You listeners have responded kindly, and have helped Three Angry Nerds reach 7.7 Million Subscribers. From my heart, and that of everyone at Three Angry Nerds, we want to thank you for that. It's been a comeback, and I won't deny that, but it's been one hell of a comeback.
2) We will be featuring a monthly 'Blind Date'. We'll take applications starting January 2018 for someone who we will promote on the podcast as a single person, we'll list their likes, personality, etc and leave it up to some of you single listeners to see if you're interested. Instead of just providing advice, we're going to start hooking some of you up! There's some legal component to this that we're working on, but rest assured it's going to be fun.
3) We'll be interviewing dating experts, people who have educational and professional backgrounds in providing advice, to provide some professional general advice to those who need it. The aim is to have one expert interview a month.
4) We will be eliminating common questions, ones we've undoubtedly answered already will not be featured in future episodes. With this new format, we will have less time to answer redundant questions.
Music Talk is our newest podcast, and has been relatively successful. In it's first year it's obtained around 20K subscribers. I really hope you guys check this out more. There was a sponsorship opportunity that excited myself and the team, and we re-purposed Music Talk slightly to reflect this, but that sponsorship went sour and now Music Talk will be returning to it's bi-weekly (twice a month) schedule, with the music selection returning to that of myself and fans only. It was an honest mistake letting a sponsor dictate music selection, and while it seemed like a good opportunity at the time, it's one that I am realizing now was one of false promises. We'll be returning with a new episode shortly and keeping the format simple here on out. Ultimately while I'd like some revenue to come in that will help us grow, it comes time for me to realize when and where that's appropriate and frankly Music Talk isn't it, and that's a good thing!
Three Angry Gamers has had a weird year, with a change in co-hosts not once, but twice. Still, it averages around 10K subscribers a month. There's a lot more potential here, and we're working with video game developers and publishers to provide more preview coverage. Something that we got this year with Marvel Heroes Omega, Dragon Ball Fighter Z and Friday The 13th: The Game which received a positive response from you fans. We're always open to suggestions, so feel free to send them to us for Three Angry Gamers or any of our shows at threeangrynerdspodcast[at]gmail.com.
1) In light of other outlets (i.e. IGN, Screen Junkies) having issues with their own HR departments and issues of harassment; I'm employing a 3rd party HR service to be here to oversee all issues relating to how we conduct ourselves with each other, as well as with fans like yourselves. We'll be creating a code of conduct and ethics, and will be working to ensure that Three Angry Nerds LLC is a place where people can continue to feel welcome. We've been lucky to only have one major issue which we got compliments for handling, and we want to keep it that way!
2) Three Angry Nerds LLC has made progress to function better as a Podcast Network. We're working with Advertising Agencies, publishers in various industries, and have brought on a Full-Time Business Manager. His role, aside from ensuring that we are a well-oiled machine, is to come up with strategies for 3rd and 2nd party podcasts to find a place where they can function and grow without feeling as if they need to work with us in a rigid fashion. It's our overall hope that we can share and parlay our own success into launching other podcasts and helping them find success. We're speaking with a few content creators, who will be working directly with myself and our new Business Manager and will have more to announce in the months to come.
3) We're announcing only one new show this year. Culture Court and First Friday have been cancelled, but the idea of us discussing a movie each episode was something fans responded too, with many wanting us to focus on horror movies. So we'll be launching a new show in January 2018, which will focus on discussing a horror movie every two weeks. We're looking to bring in some exciting co-hosts, and while nothing has been set yet (haven't finalized a name for it yet!) I'm excited to share more, and discuss horror movies with a great crew. Be sure to stay tuned on Twitter and Facebook for more.
As always, you can reach out to us via email, or on Twitter.


Professor Nobili Receives NEH Grant for his Project, "Restoring the African Past: A Synoptic Edition and Translation of Two West African Arabic Chronicles."
Professor Mauro Nobili has been awarded a Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for $149,742 for his research project titled, "Restoring the African Past: A Synoptic Edition and Translation of Two West African Arabic Chronicles (Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries)."
This project includes preparation for print publication of a synoptic edition and English translation of two West African Arabic chronicles that chart the end of the great West African empires in the seventeenth century and the emergence of Islamic theocracies in the nineteenth century.


Normandale Community College will be hosting a Campus Open House event located in the Kopp Student Center on Tuesday, April 21 from 5 to 7 p.m.
This will event will provide an in-depth look at the many services and programs provided by Normandale.
Visit with faculty and staff representing many academic departments, and learn about Normandale's programs, degrees, clubs and organizations, as well as resources that support students' academic success.
The $20 application will also be waived when you apply at the Campus Open House Event. For more information call 952-358-8201.
Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) - 5 p.m.
So You Want to be an Engineer - 5 p.m.
Start Here and Transfer Anywhere! - 5 & 6 p.m.
Oportunidades para estudiates Latinos - 6 p.m.


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require 'spec_helper'

module AWS
  class EC2

    shared_examples_for "ec2 collection object" do

      let(:config) { stub_config }

      let(:client) { config.ec2_client }

      let(:collection) { described_class.new(:config => config) }

      let(:response) { client.new_stub_for(client_method) }

      before(:each) do
        stub_two_members(response)
        client.stub(client_method).
          and_return(response)
      end

      it_should_behave_like "enumerable"

      context '#filter' do

        it 'returns a new collection' do
          new_collection = collection.filter('foo', 'bar')
          new_collection.should be_a(described_class)
          new_collection.config.should == collection.config
          new_collection.should_not == collection
        end

      end

      context '#each' do

        it 'calls the describe method' do
          client.should_receive(client_method).
            and_return(client.stub_for(client_method))
          collection.each {|obj|}
        end

        it 'yields an instance of the member class' do
          collection.each { |obj| obj.should be_a(member_class) }
        end

        it 'passes the config' do
          collection.each { |obj| obj.config.should be(config) }
        end

        it 'should yield the right number of objects' do
          collection.to_a.size.should == 2
        end

        context 'filtered' do

          it_should_behave_like "a filtered ec2 collection"

        end

      end

    end
  end
end


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Q: How to put the value of an input in URL using JSP pages with Spring I have an input
<input id="quantity-input" type="number" min="1" value="1">

And I want to put the value of that input at the end of the href when it is clicked
<button onclick="window.location.href='/products/add/'">Add</button>

Maybe it's simple html/js but i can't find how to do it and if I have a way to make it with JSTL or something

A: You can call a function (e.g. fun() in the example given below) on the click of the button. Inside the function, you can get the value of the input field and append the same at the end of the existing string (i.e. /products/add/).
Do it as follows:
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Hello</title>
        <script>
            function fun() {
                var url = "/products/add/"+document.getElementById("quantity-input").value;
                window.location.href = url
            }
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <input id="quantity-input" type="number" min="1" value="1">
        <button onclick="fun();">Add</button>
    </body>
</html>


In this lesson, we're diving a little further into the Jest expectations that we can use to test different data types.
We'll learn why we have to use toEqual() instead of toBe() when testing arrays and objects. We will also learn about a handy technique that uses property matchers.
We can use property matchers when we need to test properties that produce random values, where we do not care about the exact value, like a date.