Since we finished recording upcoming album "Carnival of Miracles," we've sought to play gigs around Washington State to gear up for a national tour after "Carnival's" release in March 2015. We'd never played an Eastern Washington gig before so with excitement and trepidation we set out to conquer Spokane with song. Legendary The Big Dipper seemed like the perfect venue: storied, resurrected, great acoustics, downtown and owned by Sunny Day Real Estate band's Dan Hoerner and wife Dawson.
We marketed mostly to lawyers, business folks and the Gonzaga University community though we were also able to get a great Spokane jam band to open for us, Bodhi Drip, who's founder, Lucas Brown is the son of Lisa Brown, who served 20+ years in the Washington State Legislature and is now chancellor of Washington State University Spokane.
Winter is not always kind to Spokane and the bitter cold, dipping into the low teens Fahrenheit was not for the faint of heart -- even on a Friday night. Nonetheless, as folks trickled in The Big Dipper became increasingly electric.
Bodhi Drip did their thing and job, causing the crowd to want more. We started with "Look Straight Ahead" and right away we knew the crowd was with us. Ninety minutes later ending with a roaring rockabilly cover of Led Zeppelin's "Rock & Roll" the crowd had danced to a third of our set. Dan and Dawson invited us back and we can't wait. Thanks Spokane!


Researchers disclosed a security vulnerability affecting side-channel analysis of speculative execution on modern computer processors (CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, and CVE-2017-5754).
This issue affects home computers, phones, tablets and servers. As such, nearly everyone who uses such a device is affected. Our team is working on mitigating this, but we expect to have to reboot every machine this weekend in order to protect your data.
We are looking to update every machine during non-business hours over the next few days.
We apologize in advance for the inconvenience. Should you have any questions about this maintenance, feel free to open a support ticket and our team will be happy to help.


AP Digital Portfolio - Deadline - April 30?
I know I had the date written down as April 30th for the AP Digital Portfolio deadline. However I can not recall where I found that date or whether that was last years date.
Is there a document available which has this date confirmed for this academic year?
It got extended a few days.


Pending CFTC approval, the exchange plans to amend NYMEX rule 932 specifying daily price limits for NYMEX Cotton futures.
The NYMEX Cotton futures contract is cash settled with its daily and final settlement price set to the value of the corresponding ICE Cotton futures contract. Currently, the NYMEX Cotton futures contract has no daily price limits. However, ICE Cotton futures have a 3 cent per pound daily price limit, which is subject to expansion in certain circumstances. To maintain market consistency with the primary market, the Exchange has proposed that daily price limits, consistent with ICE Cotton futures, be applied to NYMEX Cotton futures.


One of the immediate rewards from creative journaling is the beneficial action it has on your ability to sense the world around you as you move from passively sensing to actively using your senses.
As you enter descriptions of events, thoughts and activities into your journal, it soon becomes apparent that it is almost impossible to include the richness of your experience. On re-reading an entry it is almost certain that there will be more that you desire to add.
Journal entries can be enhanced with photographs, video and sound samples but even with this enhancement it is not possible to capture fragrances, emotions, physical experiences etc.
This causes a period of learning to take place. In order to capture the essence of an observation, usually in limited time, it becomes necessary to observe in an active manner. No longer is it sufficient to look passively with your eyes and ears; to capture the holistic experience, you have to observe using all your senses and then enhance those senses further by applying your mind to what you observe.
"Journaling makes you see things as they really are and pay attention to detail, rather than just glancing at life."
At first, creative journaling trains you to see beyond the cursory glance, to become aware of the details that envelop a scene, event or object. But to capture the holistic experience presented to you, you will need to see beyond detail. You will need to let your mind touch those observed details and with your minds-eye see its past, present and future, feel where it exists in the world, and draw on the emotive as well as that which is not present.
One emotive line is worth pages of detailed description; "A battered tin cup sits forlorn in the morning dew, once loved, its shiny blue enamel now crazed, chipped and encrusted with musty potting dirt." This says far more than a factual description, without explicitly stating it, you know the history of the cup, its future, where it is, its current role, that it was once a proud possession and how much it is now valued by the owner. When this is re-read during review, because of the emotive sentence, far more of the experience floods back into your mind, bringing not just visuals but also emotions, odours and story. Capturing the essence of your observation will not only allow shorter entries in your journal but it also draws on and feeds the creative side of your brain.
If you look passively at a house, you see a house, of a certain size, of a particular colour, of a certain style, probably during a certain period and so on. The house returns information that fits the pigeon-holes that your logical mind has already formed.
To look actively at the same house, you have to include your curiosity in the observation. Now the house becomes owned by a tidy man, who likes gardening. It is a family home with the youngsters still of an age to paste drawings up in their room. It is old and, judging by the old cracks appearing above the windows, is well settled in its foundations. An antique boot scraper by the door, rusting and now disused, a remnant from when the road was more mud than cobble, more animal than machine.
Looking actively trains the eye to not look solely at the object, but more at how it sits in time and on the fabric of the world. It is being able to see the detail of what is there, what is around the item, what is not there and importantly, what the relationships are between actions, objects and events. Eventually, when you can see detail and function, detail and history, detail and emotion, etc, you develop an ability to see more visual details than the most astute passive observer.
Active listening, employing the same mental curiosity as described for seeing, also allows for more complete journal entries, and although supplementing an entry with a sound sample can help, it is not a complete answer.
When we listen, the mind automatically filters out all extraneous noise whilst amplifying subject noise. It automatically makes judgments on our behalf of what it believes we are or are not interested in, feeding to the auditory cortex only the most pertinent information (noises).
So when listening to a conversation in a busy bar, the current conversation can be easily heard. At the same time, there are other conversations going on, glasses clinking, money being exchanged and many other quite loud noises such as; music, chairs scraping on the floor, people shouting, etc. Fortunately, these noises are all filtered out or reduced in volume by a primitive part of the brain.
Regrettably, It is no good thinking 'I will listen more closely' because as it is your lower brain function that is doing the filtering, your higher brain function is not actually receiving anything to listen more closely to.
Active listening combined with sound samples can give you the ability to tune back into some of these suppressed sounds and become aware of the interesting noises that surround us. A recording played back at a later time is filled with a delightful cacophony of sweet raucous sounds. By regularly employing active listening and mindfulness to your surroundings, it is possible with practice in daily life to tune into some of these sounds that would otherwise be filtered out.
Creative journaling also trains the ear to listen to the stream of language used around us; to hear the rhythms in sentences, to learn where words and word combinations flow and balance, subtract or reinforce, draw or distance. This additional mental training allows you to become aware of what pleases and what does not.
In 'Writing to save your life', Michele Weldon shares a story of a friend who sprays furniture polish into the air of her apartment just before her mother visits. Apparently, on arrival this friend's mother always remarked "Your house is so clean", demonstrating the power that aromas have especially when associated with beliefs. To the mother, the house was freshly cleaned. Of course, it wasn't clean; it just smelled of polish which triggered her belief that it was.
In the main, we are not aware of the smells around us; the brain records them subconsciously and associates them in the primitive part of our brain, first with emotions and then, in turn, with events. We also recall and talk of smell by association; old socks, fresh linen, burnt fat, wet fur, etc.
Because it is difficult to lie with aromas, we have learned to trust our sense of smell. This makes the sense of smell important to a writer because aromas are a dependable path to the reader's emotions. To exploit this, creative journalers again enhance their sense of smell by actively seeking and attempting to identify the scents and aromas of life around them and recording any newly identified scent and its associations.
Once you start to be aware of the aromas surrounding your everyday life, you are able to tap into a whole dimension of powerful sensory information that previously was lost to you.
We are programmed from birth to explore our world by touch. Infants touch everything within reach and use touch to reinforce the physical reality of what their eyes have just presented them. Sensations from surfaces, edges, holes, weight, temperature, texture, flexibility, hardness, softness, rubbery-ness… many different touch sensations, all used to confirm what something "is".
"The word 'touch' has… the longest entry in the Oxford English Dictionary."
Yet despite its importance, there are limited words that categorise surfaces and touch sensations. For example, most surface descriptions, as it was with smell, are performed by association; orange peelish, glassy smooth, baby soft, etc. With these associations come strong emotive phrases that tap directly into the creative side of the brain.
The creative journaler needs to seek these experiences and actively feel the wind across a cheek, touch that tree, stand in the sun, the rain, the hail. They need to experience the multitude of sensations that are related to touch, let each of these touch sensations soak in to their awareness and then search for and find appropriate associations.
Active observation uses the brain to coordinate the other senses so that they surpass what they would normally achieve. Consistent practice of using the brain in this way eventually expands the ability to take notice, not just of the world around you, but also the importance of events and actions, and the relationships present there.
Without performing active observation and awareness of the world around you, how well do you think you would fare?
"It's easy to underestimate how difficult it is for someone to become curious. For seven, ten, fifteen years of school you are required to not be curious. Over and over and over again the curious are punished."
But even before school, your parents could be heard saying "Don't touch that!" or "What did you do that for?" Why? Because, chances are, you were being curious about something. Conditioning which starts so early is hard to break.
But creative journaling has the power to break this conditioning, by setting the requirement that not only allows for the mind to become inquisitive, but also actually feeds it. Creative journaling expects the mind to ask questions on why or when or who for any given observation and most of the time one question leads to another.
The more you practice creative journaling, the more capable you become at looking beyond the immediate senses of; sight, sound, smell, touch and taste. Questions present themselves, questions that explore the potential which surrounds all observations, e.g. who thought…?, who felt….?, when did…?, who started…?, what could…?, is there more…? etc.
Writers cannot write beyond what they know, they cannot add detail they are unaware of. Practising creative journaling trains the writer in the skill of asking questions, of being curious. It is by being curious that the writer can obtain the material which adds colour and interest to writing.
"The real discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."
Creative journaling can provide any correction that is necessary for your eyes.
Photo credit: Touch, by Hieu Ng.
"The effect of journaling on the senses" by Andy Shackcloth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.


As I write, sitting in my bunk watching the sun set over the estuary, its 8 15 pm on New Years Eve. Traditionally a time of good wishes to all, a time for making resolutions about what will or will not be happening next year, a time for family and friends and a time for reflection.
To be sure its only another marker on an artificial calendar, but it's a useful marker, one that is close to the longest day of the year where I live and the shortest where a lot of my friends live. It's a time when we get holiday breaks, some of which have theist backgrounds, some that are pagan but its still the end of year break.
Its also a time when advice tends to be handed out, much of which causes me to look at the advisor and think, you should take your own advice buddy and if you did you'd be better off than you are, but occasionally there is a gem.
Heres one that I heard yesterday.
That's good advice, a bit wordy though. I'd put it thus--- "Get yourself a mouthful of lifes good things, but don't bite off more than you can chew".
All the very best to everyone for 2016.
Made the spars for SEI today.
The spars for SEI are simple rectangular sections with rounded corners, sure they're tapered but only in one plane. Easy stuff.
I've already got the mast done fiberglassed with a glass sleeve material from Duckworksmagazine and painted, it just needs a leather piece around it where it goes through the partners and the fittings for lazyjacks and halyard bolted thereon.
So now its time to make the yard and boom.
Yes I know, "Boom" is a noise used for starting yacht races, English is a wonderful language isnt it.
I'd a piece of Fijian Kauri, nice wood, this one seasoned for several years in my stack of interesting and useful pieces of wood, so it can be relied upon to be stable and not warp. Agathis Vitensis is an easy wood to work , not quite as strong as New Zealand Kauri but slightly lighter in weight, both are stable, both strong for their weight.
First job, the piece I had was 50 x 250, ( two by ten) by 4m, (just over 13 ft) which is plenty long enough for that job. The "Long Steps" build is not far off getting serious and I'll be needing stringers, so while sawing the lengths for the SEI spars I cut the rest into 25 x 32 stringers for that project. When scarfed up that will give me four stringers long enough for the lower ones on LS.
The two pieces on the right are the boom on the right, the yard on its left. The pieces cut from the ends will come in handy somewhere in the next build, you'd be suprised at how much wood you can soak up in small pieces when making up cleat stock and grounds for frames and seating.
The rest will be stringers for Long Steps, I'll need about three times whats there but its a start.
Having cut the blanks for SEIs spars, I then used the lovely Leuco sawblade I have in the sawbench as a planer to take the roughsawn grain off, it leaves a near planed finish, beautiful and much easier than dragging the thickness planer out and making a heap of shavings ( note to self, fix up the old single phase dust extractor system and bring it up to this shed, it's a pain in the low back region having to manually clear the sawdust from within the saw cabinet).
That done, the spar blanks down to dimension, I marked out the tapers on both, and cut those on the saw. You don't get quite the same finish when cutting freehand in comparison to running along the fence so I clamped the blanks to the bench and hand planed them smooth. Note the Record number 5 plane, the longer the plane the straighter it will make the work.
Note, I cut the taper from the near end toward the middle of the spar blank, dont try it the other way.
The sawbench by the way is an MBS 250. These are sold under various brand names but always have the serial number plate marked MBS 250 or 300. I get to work on sawbenches among other woodworking machinery, and these are the BEST I've come across and that includes the European and USA built ones, I'll do a review on it soon.
Out comes the elbow grease powered planer, in this case a Record number 5 of about 1930s vintage, very good tool.
Having done that, out came the old Ryobi Router I inherited from my elderly joiner uncle, it's a beauty, heavy, simple, robust and way better than anything that Ryobi make today.
With a 12mm radius bit I ran along all the corners of both, then got the sander out.
Rounding the corners off, the router makes the job very easy but I am always seriously careful with them, they bite.
Measure, mark length and trim. It pays to leave the pieces a little over length until you are in the last stages of finishing. The saw is a Japanese Razor saw from Duckworks, I'd be lost without it.
With 120 grit paper and a soft pad on the old Bosch PEX 125 random orbital sander set on slow, I went along and sanded the ends rounded then took out any defects along the full length of the spars. A couple of places had faint sawmarks still showing and my hand planing had left a couple of visible marks which the sander coped with in short order.
With that done I hand sanded the two with 240 grit, laid them out on stickers and after a wipe with a tack rag gave them their first coat of varnish.
Varnished, they will get another two coats tomorrow. I'm using an exterior grade spirit based satin finish varnish, I'll be able to tell you how it lasts in a year or two.
Two more coats of varnish then I can put the leathering on, and the fittings, lace the sail on and we're getting close to sailing.
Christmas greetings and a couple of other things.
With Christmas still happening in many parts of the world, I'd like to wish everyone all the best for the festive season and a happy new year.
Advertising, this blog is running at about 10K page views a month, thats astonishingly good, thanks all who are interested enough to come and read. But its attracting increasing numbers of people posting advertising, anyone wishing to do that should first contact me so I can vet for appropriate content and work out what its worth, or I'll pounce on each post with the delete button.
Too many, or off subject ads are a distraction that we don't have to put up with.
Me? I'll be bathing the dog, he found some interesting things to roll in while we were out for a walk yesterday, then I'll be using my new sawbench to make the boom and yard for SEI. I want to be out sailing her very soon and will report as I get on with that project.
So all the best from summertime in NZ, its a near perfect morning here with the temp at about 20 deg C and rising, perfectly calm and clear weather and its looking like a perfect day.
Trekkies will know this one "Live long and prosper".
I called in on Annie Hill today, in part because I was in the area for an engineering job and wanted a break before I drove the 2 hours or so home, in part because she and her friend Marcus are always good to visit, and in part because I wanted to see how she is going with building her new ( junk rigged of course ) home .
Chopping a rebate in a floor timber, she's more accurate than I am, I do that with a multitool and fill the gaps with epoxy!
Bow view of Siblem, there is not a lot of indication of the real shape as yet, but it will come.
She's got the bukheads made and stood up, the daggerboard cases built and the insides glassed, they're stood up and fastened in place, and she's working on the notching for the stringers and some additional floor timbers to take the keel bolts.
View from aft, there is another frame to add 500mm aft of what you can see, its the transom and the twin skegs mount between there and the bulkhead you can see, the cutout visible is the motor mount. An outboard, inboard, so to speak.
LOTS of space in that boat for a 26 footer.
For Annie this is a learning process, her other builds will have been as a helper to a skilled builder so here she is, 60 years old and busy learning how to do it so she can have a little ship that's truly her own. Go girl!
Her "Fantail" has been sold by the way, so now she's really committed!
So why build a new boat? One, there is a lot of thin water around New Zealand, and when you live on a very small income, you need to moor in the places that no one else sees as valuable, that plus they're often the really interesting places anyway. That plus this boat has been designed to suit her proportions, she'll be able to see over the cabin top out of the cockpit when sitting down for example.
Oh yes, and at 60 years old, looking to live on board for the rest of her days, she said " I don't want to die on a boat made of frozen snot" ( fiberglass as L Francis Herreshoff described it).
The boats name, at this stage anyway, is "Siblem" that's an acronym for "Small is beautiful, less is more". She says that the name might change, but that's very much the philosophy.
I helped for a little while, just a took a few shavings out of a rebate with a chisel, so I'm now a member of the "Siblem club!" There arent many of us. Very exclusive you know!
In reality I'm priveledged. I plan to visit every month or so, will keep you posted.
One more thing, Marcus has a junk rigged, cabin version of a Portland Pudgy sailing lifeboat for sale, I should have pics in a few days ( reminder to Marcus, hear that Marcus!). If anyones interested in a cheap but very interesting mini mini cruiser give me a shout. She's in Whangarei New Zealand.
A subscription wont break your bank and you'll get exceptional value for money. There is a good team of contributors and an enthusiastic and knowledgeable editor so its going to be a good read. Its on topic for us small boat fans, this deserves support. ( Plus its cheap while this deal is running).
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Life is full of adventures, you can share this one.
For as long as I've known him, and that's a good 25 years or so, Howard Rice has been working on setting out on an adventure that would define his life.
He's had adventures that top anything that most people have ever had but his sights are high and his ambitions large.
Read on, and follow the team as we help Howard. While not everyone can sit alongside him in the boat, we can all of us experience the highs and lows of this voyage of exploration through the video that will be made from his cameras. Support is needed, please help us get what will be an amazing story out there for all to share.
Check out the link below for details on that.
Here's "Southern Cross" near complete, being fitted out at SCAMP Camp Michigan this last summer.
As I write she's about to be launched for test sailing her gaff ketch rig tried for balance and her many systems tested.
Me? I designed the boat, it's a SCAMP, with changes to suit the environment into which it will be venturing, I've a Kiwi sponsor who prefers to be anonymous, who's covered my airfare to Chile from here. This means I can support Howard and help prepare the boat (thanks so much, I could not have even considered it without that help).
Sailing a boat of my own design in the Straights of Magellan was not on my list of possible adventures, but its going to happen. Life is full of suprises!
Here is the press release from Lutra Productions who will be making the "movie".
Announcing "Below 40 South" a documentary being filmed about a solo voyage of exploration in a 12 foot sailboat through Tierra del Fuego and into the Southern Ocean.
Lutra Productions is pleased to announce we will be producing a documentary film of footage shot by solo sailor Howard Rice as he explores the remote, dangerous and staggeringly beautiful Tierra del Fuego in southern Chile. Howard has built the wooden sailboat he will explore in (A highly modified Small Craft Advisor magazine SCAMP design) and aboard this boat cameras will be mounted to record a daily video diary of his adventures below 40 degrees south.
In February 2016 sailor and explorer Howard Rice will attempt to voyage south on the Straits of Magellan and out into the Southern Ocean to explore the remote southwest islands of Tierra del Fuego. Howard Rice sailed the eastern part of the Beagle Channel and south rounding Cape Horn in a fifteen foot wood canvas sailing canoe in 1990. He returns to explore further. His voyage began with the construction of the boat he will sail and Lutra Productions has documented portions of the build to incorporate into the planned film "Below 40 South, A Voyage To The Dark Side Of The Moon." Rice's actual voyage begins in January 2016 on arrival of the crated boat in Punta Arenas, Chile.
Rice and the boats designer New Zealander John Welsford will test sail the boat on the wind swept waters of the Straits of Magellan. Lutra Productions will be there to film the launch and test sailing before Rice sets off alone south into the wilderness of Tierra del Fuego and the storm wracked Southern Ocean. There will be no support boat and no film crew following him. He is sailing solo, unsponsored and will be operating a range of small GoPro cameras to record this amazing and historic small boat voyage. Some men and women may choose to cross oceans in small boats but all sailors know near shore navigating is by far the most hazardous, Tierra del Fuego below 40 south is considered the most dangerous ocean environment in the world and is home of the infamous Cape Horn.
Rice will have one year of opportunity to explore the region but hopes to conclude his voyage within six months of his departure unless more time is needed. The southern winter begins in May and Rice has equipped his 12 foot boat with a wood stove should he need it for warmth and is prepared to sail in winter if needed.
We invite you to contact us to learn more about the plans for the production of the documentary and how supporters can become part of the film production effort. To learn more about Howard Rice's amazing small boat adventure you can contact either Small Craft Advisor Magazine or Lutra Productions or go to www.below40south.com the official website of the film.


Make the special sauce by dissolving the honey in water in a small bowl.
Eventually add your desired measurement of mustard and garlic chili sauce to the special sauce mixture to pour over the wraps.
Saute chicken breasts for 4 to 5 minutes per side or done.
Keep oil in the pan, keep hot.
As chicken cools mince water chestnuts and mushrooms to about the size of small peas.
Prepare the stir fry sauce by mixing the soy sauce, honey, and rice vinegar together in a small bowl.
When chicken is cool, mince it as the mushrooms and water chestnuts are.
With the pan still on high heat, add another Tbsp of vegetable oil.


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Knots in the Holy Family's tree
by Erik Lenhart
eriklenhart@gmail.com
Follow on Twitter at @EL_OFMCAP
A friend of mine, who is also a family therapist, recently explained to me the concept of a "nodal event." Within the Bowen Family Systems Theory, a nodal event is something in one's family history that affects not only the individual but can also place anxiety and distress on an entire multi-generational family system. Examples of nodal events include divorce, remarriage, abuse, disease, or death. These events have a tremendous ripple effect, because they affect how people interact with others in future relationships. While these events are not necessarily sins, the concept of nodal events gives insight into how sin can limit a person's freedom from a young age.
The word "nodal" stems from the Latin word nodus meaning "knot." Appropriately named, these events represent the maladaptive dynamics that tie and bind us and can inhibit our freedom to flourish. The idea of past actions having ongoing and self-reinforcing consequences is nothing new. Biblical narratives illustrate the high degree of sophistication with which our ancestors in faith understood evil in the world as stemming from past actions, which extend into the present. Catholic thought on social sin recognizes that because human beings are individuals in relationship with others, sin has both personal and social dimensions. John Paul II wrote in Reconciliation and Penance (1984), "With greater or lesser violence, with greater or lesser harm, every sin has repercussions on the entire ecclesial body and the whole human family. According to this first meaning of the term, every sin can undoubtedly be considered as social sin." Our actions affect others, and the accumulation of harmful actions often develop to into subtle structures of sin.
As we celebrate the Christmas season and the Holy Family, a glance at the Gospel of Matthew's presentation of the family tree of Jesus give us awareness that our human family is peppered with nodal events. We often think of the Holy Family as just Mary, Joseph and Jesus, but Matthew's genealogy reveals the deep knots and generational dysfunction in "The rod of Jesse's stem." The extended Holy Family has no paucity of violence, greed, lust, idolatry. Embedded within these knotty situations is also God's pledge to remain with us and heal us. Just as sin has social consequences, grace abounds all the more.
Helping families has been a goal of Pope Francis. His words from Evangelii Gaudium were echoed in the final report of the Synod on the Family: "The family is experiencing a profound cultural crisis, as are all communities and social bonds." The same chains that plagued Jesus' extended family continue to entangle the entire human family. The opening line of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is a simple reminder of infinite possibilities of knots and chains. "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." While the possibilities for snares are unlimited, Christ's coming into the world is the solvent event, which loosens our familial nodes and breaks our social fetters.
Writ large in society and writ small in our families, every social structure has its own dynamics, secrets and nodal events. We are part of systems and structures that make it very easy to cooperate with ongoing oppression, injustice, poverty and violence. The narrative of the Star Wars movies offers two ready examples of individuals trapped by circumstances. In the latest episode, just released in December, Finn (dubbed only as FN-2187) was programmed from birth to serve the First Order, while Princess Leia was captured and enslaved by Jabba and his retinue of fellow criminals. Both Finn and Leia, however, also are able to escape and work for the freedom of others. Finn (FN-2187's "post-conversion name") and General Leia (her new position) both give us new hope that chains can be broken and knots of sin undone. Whatever malignant patterns we may have chosen or inherited, the Incarnation of the Lord celebrates a pruning and untying of these knots. This loosening of tangles is rarely instantaneous. It is not until the third verse of "O Holy Night" where we hear about liberation from chains:
Truly He taught us to love one another.
Chains He shall break, for the slave is our brother.
This loosening of family chains is a great entre into the Jubilee year of mercy. Our Lady Undoer of Knots, pray for us.

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Titulus Regius (lateinisch für "Königstitel") ist ein vom englischen Parlament 1484 erlassenes Gesetz. In Titulus Regius wird erklärt, warum 1483 Richard III. statt seines Neffen Eduard dem verstorbenen König Eduard IV. auf den englischen Thron folgte. Das Gesetz enthält die Erklärung des englischen Parlaments, dass die Ehe von Eduard IV. von England mit Elizabeth Woodville ungültig war und deshalb ihre Kinder (also auch Eduard) illegitim waren. Damit war Richard der nächste rechtmäßige Thronfolger. Nachdem Richard III. durch Heinrich Tudor, den späteren Heinrich VII., in der Schlacht besiegt wurde, wurde Titulus Regius vom Parlament aufgehoben und die Legitimität der Kinder von Eduard IV. und Elizabeth Woodville wiederhergestellt.

Titulus Regius ist ein wichtiges Dokument der Rosenkriege, die mit Unterbrechungen von 1455 bis 1485 geführten Kämpfe zwischen den beiden rivalisierenden englischen Adelshäusern York und Lancaster.

Historischer Kontext

Nach Jahren der Kriege zwischen den Adelshäusern York und Lancaster hatte sich Eduard von York als Eduard IV. auf dem Thron etabliert, unter dessen Herrschaft eine längere Friedenszeit folgte. Nach dem Tod Eduard IV. 1483 sollte ihm sein minderjähriger erstgeborener Sohn als Eduard V. auf den Thron folgen. Während seiner Minderjährigkeit sollte zunächst ein Lordprotektor die Vormundschaft über Eduard und die Regentschaft über England übernehmen, wobei Richard von Gloucester, der jüngere Bruder Eduards IV., nach den Instruktionen des sterbenden Eduards diese Rolle übernehmen sollte. Gleichzeitig hatte jedoch die Witwe Eduards IV., Elizabeth Woodville, deren Familie Richard feindlich gegenüberstand, ein Interesse daran, den minderjährigen Eduard vorzeitig zum König zu krönen, um ihren Einfluss zu wahren.

Eduard wurde zunächst von seiner Residenz in Ludlow Castle nach London eskortiert und die Krönungsfeierlichkeiten für den 22. Juni vorbereitet. Die Krönung des minderjährigen Eduards als Eduard V. wurde letztlich durch verschiedene Schachzüge Richards verhindert: So beschuldigte Richard Elizabeth Woodville sowie Jane Shore, Eduards ehemalige Mätresse, der Hexerei, und er ließ einige seiner politischen Gegner verhaften, darunter William Hastings, 1. Baron Hastings, und John Morton, Erzbischof von Canterbury. Am 22. Juni, dem geplanten Tag der Krönung, ließ Richard in London verkünden, dass die Kinder von Eduard IV. und Elizabeth Woodville illegitim seien. Einige Tage später überreichten führende Bürger Londons und Adelige Richard eine Petition, mit der sie ihn baten, die Königskrone anzunehmen, was Richard auch tat.

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Das Gesetz Titulus Regius wurde ein halbes Jahr nach der Thronbesteigung Richards III. erlassen und legitimiert nachträglich Richards Krönung zum König von England. In Titulus Regius wird ausgeführt, was bereits ein halbes Jahr zuvor die Begründung für Richards Thronbesteigung war: So sei die Ehe zwischen Eduard IV. und Elizabeth Woodville, den Eltern Eduards V., ungültig. Eduard IV. sei bereits mit Eleonore Butler, Tochter von John Talbot, 1. Earl of Shrewsbury, verlobt gewesen, als er Elizabeth Woodville heiratete. Demzufolge seien auch Eduards und Elizabeth Woodvilles gemeinsame Kinder illegitim, darunter der bisherige Thronfolger Eduard sowie seine Geschwister Richard und Elizabeth von York. Auch der Vorwurf der Hexerei gegenüber Elizabeth Woodville wurde in Titulus Regius wiederholt.

Aufhebung des Gesetzes unter Heinrich VII.
Nach dem Sieg Heinrich Tudors über Richard III. und seiner Thronbesteigung 1485 als Heinrich VII. suchte dieser zusätzliche Legitimation durch eine Heirat mit einer Vertreterin aus dem Haus York. Hierzu ehelichte er eine Tochter Eduards IV. und Elisabeth Woodvilles, Elizabeth von York. Zuvor wurde im ersten Parlament Heinrichs VII. das Gesetz Titulus Regius außer Kraft gesetzt und somit die Ehe Eduards IV. und seine Kinder wieder als legitim anerkannt. Zusätzlich ließ der neue König sämtliche Abschriften von Titulus Regius einsammeln und vernichten.

Trotz Heinrichs Anweisungen, Exemplare des Gesetzes zu vernichten, blieb eine Abschrift von Titulus Regius als Einfügung in die Historia Croylandensis erhalten. Eine weitere Kopie ist verfügbar in den National Archives Großbritanniens.

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I created this series of videos to help you program program you keys as easily as possible. The key itself has 2 parts to program, the remote locks and the Immobolizer. Both can be programmed using VCDS if you have the the SKC pin number that came on the black key hang tag that came with your vehicle. Most of us don't have that anymore so the SKC number can be retrieved using a program called Vag-Tacho. There are plenty of cheapie ones for sale for around $15 on eBay. But they usually don't work.
This happened to me for this series. I bought one to try out along side of the real Vag-Tacho cable but it was so crappy the drivers I had couldn't recognize it. I scoured the internet and trying all of the tricks that the internet had to offer to make it work, but I was unable to. So my suggestion is to just rent the real one from FixMyVW. It does require a large refundable deposit, but in the end only cost $25 and gives you the assurance of knowing you can program your immobilizer without messing anything up.
There are a few different types of Immobilizer systems used in the MK4 and other models which we will cover in another article but these videos should get you going with a new key in most situations. The caveat to that is that there will be some times in which you will just have to delete the Immobilizer system to get new keys to work. This happened to me with the Beetle I was attempting to program in the second set of videos.
From the best I can gather is the car had a cluster replaced in the past so the SKC code that came with the car didn't match the one stored in the system and using either one I was unable to program the new keys. So I am going to do an Immo delete on it and will add that to this series as well.
This method requires all of your door microswitches to work. If your doors don't lock right, or your dome light doesn't come on when you open each doors, or if the car locks randomly on you it is a good chance that you have a door lock control module and this method won't work for you. If that is the case just skip down to the next video to program the remote with VCDS.
If your car didn't come with the black tag with the SKC number on it it is possible to retrieve the code with the use of Vag-Tacho. This cable and accompanying software will log into your Immobilizer system and let you view the code. You can also program the new keys using the PIN (SKC) code or use VCDS to program it instead which some feel is safer.
If you happen to have the SKC code that came with your car you can use VCDS to program the key without the aid of Vag-Tacho. The process is covered in this video and also in this article by Ross-Tech.
Hopefully this guide has been helpful to you. If you have any questions feel free to leave them in the comment section and we will try to answer them the best we can. Check out our awesome VWDiesel Facebook group if you need help or just want to hang out with other diesel heads.


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MINNEAPOLIS | Projects & Construction
Posted Dec 1, 2019, 7:44 PM
Shakopee hospital spends $44 million to expand ER, build surgery center
St. Francis Regional Medical Center says population growth, insurers have spurred demand.
http://www.startribune.com/shakopee-...ter/565611152/
The new construction projects are expected to begin in 2020.
The hospital's emergency room will double in size, adding a four-bed mental health unit, four private trauma rooms and a four-station garage for ambulances.
Posted Dec 2, 2019, 12:32 AM
Pentagon Village
https://www.edinamn.gov/1453/Pentagon-Village
The proposal at 4901 77th Street West is to redevelop the 12.5 acre site for hotel, parking, and office/retail. At full development build out, the project would include 225,000 square feet of office space, 2 hotels (346 rooms), 30,800 square feet of retail and two parking structure with a total of 1,545 spaces.
Quite a large complex.
W 66th St. & Xerxes Ave., Aria
https://www.edinamn.gov/1571/W-66th-St-Xerxes-Ave-Aria
A six-story, 190-unit apartment building is being constructed on the two-acre site. The building will have one level of underground parking.
Posted Dec 3, 2019, 1:05 AM
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Very ambitious project.
The redevelopment was approved for the 21.78-acre parcel at 6600 to 6800 France Avenue to be known as "The Avenue on France." The request was for a 6 phase redevelopment that required a preliminary rezoning to PUD (Planned Unit Development), a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to increase the maximum height, and a preliminary development plan
https://www.edinamn.gov/1263/Avenue-on-France
Luxurious $43 million Life Time club set to open this year at Southdale
Shopping malls and healthy lifestyles aren't normally two things people associate with each other. But the leaders behind Life Time, Inc.'s luxury health club that will soon open at the Southdale Center in Edina hope their new facility could change opinions.
The more than $43 million, four-story complex is the largest club investment the Chanhassen-based health and wellness company has made in the Twin Cities and the first of its kind in the country which combines Life Time's co-working, fitness, spa and soccer facilities under one roof.
http://www.startribune.com/luxurious...ale/562832382/
In another phase of this development is a highrise residential unit.
The Millennium at Southdale
DLC Residential has received approval to tear down the existing office buildings and build a two phase apartment project with underground parking. Phase 1 is a 227-unit, 6-story building; Phase 2 is a 148-unit, 5-story building.
https://www.edinamn.gov/1265/The-Mil...m-at-Southdale
4500 France Ave., The Lorient
Orion Investments has received approval for a Preliminary Rezoning from PCD-1 and R-1 to PUD, and a Site Plan Review to re-develop 4500 France Ave., 3905 and 3907 Sunnyside Road. The development proposal is to remove the existing structures and build a 4-story, 45 unit luxury apartment with 6,500 square feet of restaurant and retail space.
https://www.edinamn.gov/1481/4500-Fr...ve-The-Lorient
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If I'm not mistaken that is pretty much done. Lots of density in the area (for the burbs), and the biggest battle will be making the area somewhat walkable.
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Nice updates. The new Minneapolis building is really going to accent that plaza at the Government Center really nice. It is one of the better looking buildings currently being built.
Ox-Op -- 8 Floors -- Apartments & Gallery -- 12/6/19
Lifetime is proposing a 25-story apartment tower attached to Southdale. I've created a thread for it: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=241151
Originally Posted by MPLS_Const_Watch
That's pretty cool. That whole area is going through such a transformation. Still very car oriented but I'm glad that there's hope for live, work and play type developments.
Posted Dec 11, 2019, 12:36 AM
Growing Prospect Park neighborhood may get another hotel
Kaeding Management is planning a 102-room Residence Inn hotel in the Prospect Park neighborhood that has been a hot spot for housing development and business growth.
https://www.bizjournals.com/twinciti...t-another.html
Maybe Alia revisited.
ALIA 2.0 -- 27 stories, 356 apartments
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=2229498
Update: Life Time planning 25-story apartment tower, with Kowalski's store, at Southdale
https://www.bizjournals.com/twinciti...ower-with.html
Posted Dec 14, 2019, 9:06 PM
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Nice photo updates.
Last edited by MN/WI; Dec 14, 2019 at 11:40 PM.
Looks like the Rivercenter parking ramp in St. Paul has some interest in the RFP. New hotel and a 25 story residential tower which would tie in nice with the 4 tower proposal at the adjacent old West Publishing site. Will transform the river side tremendously.
St. Paul leaders won't lack for options as they plan for the future of the aging RiverCentre parking ramp across Kellogg Boulevard from Xcel Energy Center
https://finance-commerce.com/2019/12...ning-ramps-up/


The building that today is Wallenberg Hall (Building 160) was completed in 1900. Funded by the generous gift of Thomas Welton Stanford, Leland Stanford's younger brother, the building has served as the library, the administrative center, the law school and home of the department of political science during its 100-year lifespan.
In 1999, Building 160 was chosen to showcase the University's commitment to advances in the education process. The interior was completely redeveloped as part of a generous $15 million grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg and Marcus and Marianne Wallenberg Foundations in Sweden. The Wallenberg Hall gift is the largest such grant from this foundation, and the first made outside of Sweden.
The union of past and future weds the original 19th Century sandstone exterior of Wallenberg Hall to a 21st Century interior infrastructure designed to support the technologies of today and tomorrow. From the double-height Peter Wallenberg Learning Theater and technology-enhanced classrooms on the first floor, to the research center on the fourth floor, Wallenberg Hall is a working laboratory where the learning tools and methods of the future are being explored.


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Bengals' Carlos Dunlap tweets, then deletes, that house is for sale after another loss, fight with coach
Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Carlos Dunlap has clearly reached his boiling point after a brutal 37-34 loss to the Cleveland Browns in the final minutes. After the game, Dunlap announced on Twitter that his house is for sale, though he soon deleted the tweet.
Via Yahoo Sports:
"Serious inquiries only."
~6000 sqft city view with huge balcony. 4 bedroom. 4.5 bathroom. In one of the best school districts for sale. Do your market analysis and make me offer. Serious inquiries only with proof of funds!
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The two-time Pro Bowler lost his starting job earlier this season and wrote on Instagram Saturday "I don't got time for this" alongside a whiteboard image of the Bengals' depth chart.
Another incident occurred in the dying seconds of Sunday's game, as he was caught by the camera having a heated exchange with Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo while getting restrained by defensive line coach Nick Eason. The 31-year-old failed to record a tackle in Sunday's loss.
Dunlap found himself on the sidelines in what turned out to be a see-saw affair between the two teams. His presence could have made a difference in crunch time as the Bengals failed to protect their lead on the final drive.
Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield took advantage of the situation and fired a long heave to rookie Donovan Peoples-Jones for the game-winning touchdown with 11 seconds left. Mayfield roasted Cincinnati for five touchdowns after a slow start to the game.
With the NFL trade deadline looming around the corner, Dunlap has already made it known loud and clear that he wants out of the Queen City. The Bengals certainly don't need this type of distraction, so one has to imagine they're working to find a deal. Of course, they might not be able to get all that much in return at this point.
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    This recipe shows sample code for computing
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from flatlib import const
from flatlib.chart import Chart
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# Build a chart for a date and location
date = Datetime('2015/03/13', '17:00', '+00:00')
pos = GeoPos('38n32', '8w54')
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On their wedding night they had signed an extensive contract after sealing it with a dark force ritual, basically tying them together for life. In theory, this was not necessary, as the Force bond and the pair's mutual affection had already achieved this. However, both Rey and Kylo Ren had become used to the bitter feeling of betrayal, and after a lifetime of not being able to trust another soul, this extra layer of certainty was another comfort in their relationship. And for Rey, who found that she loved to be needed, wanted, and possessed by such a powerful man as Kylo Ren, it filled her with a rush of adrenaline to tug at the boundaries of their agreement.
Ben loves to take care of Rey when the mechanic is under the weather, maybe a little too much.
"Only when you're under the weather," Ben chuckles wholeheartedly and pulls out gingerly.
This is a sequel to Fluid Mechanics, but you can read it as a standalone.


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«Грома́дське телеба́чення Донба́су» (Hromadske.dn.ua) — це ініціатива журналістів Донбасу зі створення громадського мультимедійного медіа.

Мета проєкту «Громадське Телебачення Донбасу» — оперативно та без цензури надавати об'єктивну та неупереджену інформацію про політичні, економічні, соціальні процеси для жителів Донецького регіону.

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Команда журналістів
Олексій Мацука, Віталій Сизов, Тетяна Заровна, Юлія Диденко, Віолетта Тарасенко, Катерина Жемчужникова, Денис Казанський, Денис Ткаченко, Сергій Фурманюк, Олена Поволяєва, Євген Шибалов, Станіслав Федорчук, Лариса Бєлозерова.

Технічна команда
Іван Дядін, Михайло Глубокий.

Закриття проєкту
2018 року проєкт закрився. 2018 року Youtube-сторінку проєкту перейменували на «Новости Донбасса» (укр. Новини Донбасу), яка посилалася на сайт novosti.dn.ua.

Див. також
 Громадське телебачення
 Громадське ТБ Дніпро
 Кременчуцьке Громадське Телебачення
 Громадське телебачення Полтава
 Громадське телебачення Харків
 Громадське телебачення: Черкаси

Посилання

 Канал  на YouTube

Телебачення України
Засновані в Україні 2014
ЗМІ Донецька
Інтернет-телебачення
Громадське мовлення


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Why I'm Excited: Pennyworth
Batman has gone through a myriad of iterations over the years; yet, for every comic book adventure, every movie, and every TV show, Alfred has always been there to dispense advice and patch up the Caped Crusader. In many ways, Alfred has gone through just as much change as the Dark Knight himself, appearing in the Caped Crusader's first live-action appearance portrayed by William Austin, and in the classic 1960s Batman series played by Alan Napier. When it came to the Batman film series initiated by Tim Burton, I always found it a great comfort that despite the frequent recasting of our titular hero, Michael Gough always stuck around as Alfred, along with Pat Hingle as Gordon. While I waited for Batman to begin, Efren Zimbalist Jr. played the character in Paul Dini and Bruce Timm's DC Animated Universe universe until 2004, while future voice of Emperor Palpatine, Ian Abercrombie, would voice him for Birds of Prey, a show I had often felt should've gotten more time on the air.
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I remember reading Batman: Earth One and seeing how mindful he was of the security of the Waynes, something that was echoed in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice's Alfred, portrayed by Jeremy Irons. Irons modeled his portrayal after SAS soldiers, an aspect that will be at the forefront of Pennyworth. When it came to Gotham, we got a lot of more of this portrayal in Alfred, as it essentially fell to him to raise Bruce in a controversial way(i.e. giving him too much autonomy), much to Gordon's chagrin. That being said, I've often been critical of how Alfred has been treated on the show, especially this season; it appeared he was more or less just a conduit for the Knightfall storyline, only for it not to have a lasting impact for more than two episodes. However, the show has always been a lot of fun to watch, and when the creators announced they were making another Batman prequel, this time about Alfred and how he first met Thomas Wayne, I was instantly intrigued.
Initially, I expected it to land at Fox, but when the Disney-Fox deal closed, that scenario became less likely. The show coming to Epix was a pleasant surprise; the network has been ramping up original content since former head of TNT Michael Wright took over the network. I almost see this as a bit of a redemption tale, given the fact that Wright had flirted with the DC universe before when they were developing their version of what became Titans. With Pennyworth coming to Epix, there is an opportunity for a brand new take on the Batman mythos still in keeping with what the producers had done on Gotham, something that producer/director Danny Cannon had alluded to, stating that Pennyworth was set 20 years before the Waynes' arrival in Gotham. Much like the recently concluded Fox drama, Pennyworth is set in a heightened version of reality; in this case, 1960s Britain, where things are not quite what viewers might expect. This is an element that I'm extremely keen on; being a big history buff, exploring the sixties in the heightened context of a comic book drama is something I really can't wait to experience. In addition to the period setting, the cast is also an aspect of the show that will bring an added flair.
Why I'm Excited: The Mandalorian
Like most fans, I've heard several stories about a potential Star Wars live action TV show. First, former Lucasfilm executive Rick McCallum talked about the idea for a show called Star Wars seemingly being developed in tandem with a still in the works Clone Wars animated TV series. After several conflicting reports regarding how many episodes...
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In recent years, what characters could be featured on-screen has changed drastically. Thirty years ago when Batman premiered in theatres, if you said to a fan they were making a TV show centered on Alfred with Thomas and Martha Wayne featured as major characters, there's no way it would have been taken seriously. None the less, that is exactly what this show is going to give audiences. It's shows like this that make me think of the words of Robert Meyer Burnett, "What a time to be a comic book fan". While some fans may be upset at the prospect of two consecutive series where the Caped Crusader isn't in the limelight(aside from a brief appearance in the Gotham series finale), I can't help but feel that Pennyworth is an opportunity for the supporting members of the Bat-family to become better known. While Alfred's history has been the subject of mystery and vague allusions, most of what we've heard about Thomas and Martha on-screen is how they were killed on Crime Alley. Yes, we got to hear how the Waynes tried to help people in Batman Begins; likewise, we learn about Thomas's quest to root out corruption from WayneTech in Gotham, but now we'll get a complete picture of the people who shaped Bruce Wayne and what or who they went up against in their younger years.
The latter is one of the most interesting facets of this show when one considers the implications of Alfred facing off against a myriad of literary icons. Despite this, all eyes seem to be on Paloma faith's villain Bet Sykes. Yet at its heart, this show will be about the relationship between Alfred and Thomas, something that was exemplified in the new trailer that was released this week. And this is all while managing to show off more of this bold new setting we've never seen put to screen before, at least in live-action, in the DC universe. Pennyworth has the opportunity to expand the mythology of the DC universe. If they are able to honor past portrayals of Batman's butler while making various side characters the focal point, perceptions of these characters will change and a whole new generation will have a new entry point into the DC mythology. I will definitely be watching when the show premieres July 28th.
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Anyone who suffers from a storage problem and who does not want the hassle of building their own shed or buying a large wooden shed should really consider the functionality of the Rubbermaid Slide Lid shed.
The Rubbermaid slide lid shed is nothing if not practical and functional. It is very cleverly designed with a lid that slides and is incredibly easy to assemble. . even for the diy challenged.
What I like about it is the total lack of maintenance unlike timber sheds, it's ability to withstand the elements and it's neat, attractive appearance.
It can be delivered to your home and comes with easy to assemble instructions. It is ideal for storing bicycles, lawn mowers and is made of an incredibly plastic.
It's neat size of 60 x 60 x 79 inches high make it a very practical solution for people with small areas within which to store their stuff. And another great benefit is that it will only take about an hour to assemble, even if you are not good at do it yourself.
The rubbermaid shed comes with a foam filled floor which is designed to withstand loads of up to 1400 pounds and all the rubbermaid sheds are waterproof with the opportunity to add shelving through a proprietary system from the manufacturer.
But the piece de resistance of the slide lid shed is the solution it provides to the problem of sheds becoming cluttered and accessibility being impaired. The sliding lid solves this problem very cleverly indeed.
The basic assembly is carried out with the interlocking panels that are provided and they come in a range of colors.
Many of these sheds also come with a slight ramp on the inside which is very useful for rolling out your lawnmower or wheelbarrow for instance. All in all they are very durable, will withstand the elements, are maintenance free and easy to assemble. Highly recommended.
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By Harish Jonnalagadda
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Huami has been making fitness bands for Xiaomi all the way from the 2014 Mi Band, and in recent years the brand decided to launch its own range of wearables under the Amazfit label. Like Xiaomi, Amazfit's core tenet is delivering great value for money, with smartwatches like the Verge offering an exciting set of features for less than rival brands.
At CES 2020, Amazfit is making its foray into a new wearable category: rugged smartwatches. This particular segment has been dominated by brands like Garmin, Casio, and Suunto, and Amazfit believes that its value-focused strategy will allow it to gain momentum. Its first product in this category is the T-Rex, so let's take a look at what the smartwatch is all about.
The T-Rex looks big, but it isn't bulky at all. Coming in at just 56g, you'll barely feel it on your wrist. For context, my regular Promaster Skyhawk (opens in new tab) weighs a hefty 408gm. The chassis itself is made out of plastic, and the smartwatch conforms to the MIL-STD810G rating, making it resistant to the elements.
There are two buttons on either side of the smartwatch, giving you the ability to navigate the interface even when you're wearing gloves. You'll find the Select and Back buttons on the right, and Up/Down buttons on the left side. The silicone band feels great and is comfortable for all-day use, but the fact that it isn't interchangeable is a miss.
The rugged design paired with 20-day battery life puts the T-Rex in a league of its own.
The front is dominated by a 1.3-inch AMOLED panel that has vibrant colors. The T-Rex is water resistant up to 5ATM, and comes in built-in GPS, GLONASS and BeiDou navigation. There's also Bluetooth 5.0, a heart rate sensor, and battery life that's touted to last up to 20 days. I've been using the T-Rex for just under a week, and the fact that I didn't have to charge the battery yet suggests Amazfit's claims in this area will hold up to real-world usage.
You also get activity tracking for the likes of skiing, hiking, climbing, and running. On-device GPS is a big plus as it lets you track hiking routes or chart your runs even when you don't bring your phone along. Like the rest of Amazfit's wearable offerings, you'll have to pair the smartwatch with the Amazfit app. I tried out the beta version of the app with the T-Rex, and ran into my share of issues trying to get notifications to sync on the smartwatch.
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The UI isn't the most polished around, but it has the features that you're looking for in a smartwatch. There's notification mirroring, activity alerts, ability to customize watch faces, and so much more. Overall, the T-Rex has a lot to offer if you're in the market for a rugged wearable, but there are a few unknowns. For one thing, there's no information on how much the smartwatch will retail for, and when it will hit store shelves.
It is possible we're looking at a sub-$200 price tag here, which should make the T-Rex an enticing option in this particular segment. I'll have much more to share about the smartwatch — including all the software features — in a full review, so stay tuned. In the meantime, share your thoughts on Amazfit's latest smartwatch in the comments below.
Harish Jonnalagadda
Senior Editor - Asia
Harish Jonnalagadda is a Senior Editor overseeing Asia at Android Central. He leads the site's coverage of Chinese phone brands, contributing to reviews, features, and buying guides. He also writes about storage servers, audio products, and the semiconductor industry. Contact him on Twitter at @chunkynerd.
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\section{Introduction}

The random phase approximation (RPA) is first proposed in plasma
physics to describe plasma oscillations \cite{RPA_plasma}. In
low-energy nuclear structure usually the extended version,
quasi-particle random phase approximation (QRPA), is used owing to
the existence of pairing correlations \cite{Bohr, Peter}. In the
mean-field order, we introduce Bogoliubov quasi-particles for
pairing and solve the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) equation
(advanced version of BCS), and the unperturbed ground state is
written as the quasi-particle vacuum. On top of that,
small-amplitude vibration is described by QRPA in terms of linear
combinations of two quasi-particle excitations.

The QRPA has problems inherent from its starting point -- BCS mean
field. The wavefunction does not have definite particle number,
which is conserved only on average. Also, for nuclei near the
critical pairing strength of BCS, the mean-field description fails
itself and certainly QRPA is inapplicable. Complicated projection
techniques to good particle number are needed to restore the broken
symmetry.

Recently we proposed a number-conserving theory for nuclear pairing
\cite{Jia_pairing}. Without introducing quasi-particles, the
unperturbed ground state is written as a $N$-pair condensate for a
system with $2N$ particles. Within a similar computing time to that
of BCS, we solve the pair structure, occupation numbers, and
pair-transition amplitudes. The theory is shown to be valid at
arbitrary pairing strength including those below the critical point
of BCS.

In this work we try to develop a new version of number-conserving
random phase approximation (N-RPA) based on the above
number-conserving ground state. The derivation of N-RPA is quite
straightforward following that of conventional (Q)RPA. In the end a
linear homogenous equation is resulted, and the frequency $\omega$
is determined by requiring the determinant to be zero. The computing
time cost is similar to that of conventional (Q)RPA. As a first
test, the theory is considered in two special cases: the degenerate
model (large pairing case) and the vanished-pairing case. In the
latter the theory goes over to the conventional RPA. Further tests
and applications are needed in the future.

\section{FORMALISM}

First we briefly repeat the essential result from Ref.
\cite{Jia_pairing} as the starting point of this work. The
antisymmetrized fermionic Hamiltonian is
\begin{eqnarray}
H = \sum_{12} \epsilon_{12} a_1^\dagger a_2 + \frac{1}{4}
\sum_{1234} V_{1234} a_1^\dagger a_2^\dagger a_3 a_4 .  \label{H_f}
\end{eqnarray}
The unperturbed ground state of the $2N$-particle system is assumed
to be a $N$-pair condensate,
\begin{eqnarray}
|\phi_N\rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\chi_{N}}} (P^\dagger)^{N} |0\rangle
, \label{gs}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\chi_{N}$ is the normalization factor, and $P^\dagger$ is the
pair creation operator
\begin{eqnarray}
P^\dagger = \frac{1}{2} \sum_1 v_1 a_1^\dagger a_{\tilde{1}}^\dagger
. \label{P_dag}
\end{eqnarray}
By the main equation (19) in Ref. \cite{Jia_pairing}, we determine
the pair structure $v_1$, the density matrices
\begin{eqnarray}
\rho_{12} \equiv \langle \phi_{N} | a_2^\dagger a_1 | \phi_{N}
\rangle =
\delta_{12} n_1 ,  \label{rho_diag} \\
\kappa_{12} \equiv \langle \phi_{N-1} | a_2 a_1 | \phi_{N} \rangle =
\delta_{\tilde{1}2} s_1 , \label{kappa_diag}
\end{eqnarray}
and the mean fields
\begin{eqnarray}
f_{12} \equiv \epsilon_{12} + w_{12} \equiv \epsilon_{12} + \sum_{34} V_{1432} \rho_{34} = \delta_{12} e_1 ,  \label{f_diag} \\
\delta_{12} \equiv \frac{1}{2} \sum_{34} V_{1234} \kappa_{43} =
\delta_{1\tilde{2}} g_1 .     \label{delta_diag}
\end{eqnarray}

Now we begin the derivation of N-RPA. Here we do not include angular
momentum because in some cases (for example the deformed QRPA)
rotational symmetry is not conserved. We assume that the correlated
ground state $|0_N\rangle$ and the excited state $|1_N\rangle$ are
related by
\begin{eqnarray}
|1_N\rangle = A^\dagger |0_N\rangle ~,~~ A^\dagger = {\rm Tr}\{c R\}
= \sum_{12} c_{12} a_1^\dagger a_2 ,     \label{phonon}
\end{eqnarray}
where $R_{12} \equiv a_2^\dagger a_1$ are density matrix operators.
$c_{12}$ in the phonon creation operator $A^\dagger$ are parameters
to be determined later by the main equation (\ref{N_RPA}). The
correlated ground state $|0_N\rangle$ is not the unperturbed pair
condensate $|\phi_N\rangle$ (\ref{gs}), but has ``2-particle-2-hole
components'' in it.

Let us calculate the following quantity
\begin{eqnarray}
\langle 0_N | R_{12} | 1_N \rangle = \sum_{3} c_{13} \langle 0_N |
a_2^\dagger a_3 | 0_N \rangle  \nonumber \\
- \sum_{34} c_{43} \langle 0_N | a_2^\dagger a_4^\dagger a_1 a_3 |
0_N \rangle , \label{R_01_exact}
\end{eqnarray}
where we have used Eq. (\ref{phonon}). Here we make the main
approximation of the theory, the so-called ``linearization''. We
assume that
\begin{eqnarray}
\langle 0_N | a_2^\dagger a_1 | 0_N \rangle \approx \langle \phi_N |
a_2^\dagger a_1 | \phi_N \rangle = \rho_{12} ,     \label{fac_1b}
\end{eqnarray}
and
\begin{eqnarray}
\langle 0_N | a_4^\dagger a_3^\dagger a_2 a_1 | 0_N \rangle \approx
\langle \phi_N | a_4^\dagger a_3^\dagger a_2 a_1 | \phi_N \rangle
\nonumber \\
= \langle a_4^\dagger a_1 \rangle \langle a_3^\dagger
a_2 \rangle - \langle a_4^\dagger a_2 \rangle \langle a_3^\dagger
a_1 \rangle + \langle a_4^\dagger a_3^\dagger \rangle \langle a_2
a_1 \rangle
\nonumber \\
= \rho_{14} \rho_{23} - \rho_{24} \rho_{13} + (\kappa^\dagger)_{34}
\kappa_{12} ,     \label{fac_2b}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\langle a_3^\dagger a_2 \rangle$ means $\langle \phi_N |
a_3^\dagger a_2 | \phi_N \rangle$, $\langle a_2 a_1 \rangle$ means
$\langle \phi_{N-1} | a_2 a_1 | \phi_N \rangle$, etc. In Eqs.
(\ref{fac_1b}) and (\ref{fac_2b}) we made the usual approximation
(see Ref. \cite{Peter}) that the correlated ground state
$|0_N\rangle$ does not differ much from the unperturbed ground state
$|\phi_N\rangle$ if the vibrational amplitudes are small. Under the
approximations (\ref{fac_1b}) and (\ref{fac_2b}), Eq.
(\ref{R_01_exact}) becomes
\begin{eqnarray}
\langle 0_N | R_{12} | 1_N \rangle = c_{12} n_2 (1 - n_1) +
c_{\tilde{2}\tilde{1}} s_1 s_2 .     \label{R_01}
\end{eqnarray}

The exact Heisenberg equation of motion for the density matrix
operators $R_{12} = a_2^\dagger a_1$ is calculated as
\begin{eqnarray}
[R_{12}, H] = [\epsilon , R]_{12}  \nonumber \\
- \frac{1}{2} \sum_{345} V_{5432} a_5^\dagger a_4^\dagger a_3 a_1 +
\frac{1}{2} \sum_{345} V_{1345} a_2^\dagger a_3^\dagger a_4 a_5 .
\label{exact_eom}
\end{eqnarray}
We bra-ket Eq. (\ref{exact_eom}) with ``$\langle 0_N|$'' and ``$|1_N
\rangle$''. On the left-hand side we have $\langle 0_N | [R_{12}, H]
| 1_N \rangle = (E^1_N - E^0_N) \langle 0_N | R_{12} | 1_N \rangle$,
where $E^1_N - E^0_N \equiv \omega$ is the N-RPA frequency, and
$\langle 0_N | R_{12} | 1_N \rangle$ is already given in Eq.
(\ref{R_01}). The right-hand side is handled in a way similar to
that of Eqs. (\ref{R_01_exact})-(\ref{R_01}): after substituting Eq.
(\ref{phonon}), we again use Eqs. (\ref{fac_1b}), (\ref{fac_2b}),
and their extension to three-body density matrix operators $\langle
0_N | a_6^\dagger a_5^\dagger a_4^\dagger a_3 a_2 a_1 | 0_N
\rangle$, which is approximated by all possible ``fully contracted
terms'' (there are $15$ terms) in Wick's theorem (although normal
ordering of operators may be hard to define). In the end we get
\begin{widetext}
\begin{eqnarray}
\omega ~ [ c_{12} n_2 (1 - n_1) + c_{\tilde{2}\tilde{1}} s_1 s_2 ] =
\sum_3 \epsilon_{13} [c_{32} n_2 (1 - n_3) + c_{\tilde{2}\tilde{3}}
s_2 s_3] - \sum_3 [c_{13} n_3 (1 - n_1) + c_{\tilde{3}\tilde{1}} s_1
s_3] \epsilon_{32}     \nonumber \\
+ \sum_3 w_{13} [ c_{32} n_2 (1 - n_3) - c_{\tilde{2}\tilde{3}} s_2
s_3 ] - \sum_3 [ c_{13} n_3 (1 - n_1) - c_{\tilde{3}\tilde{1}} s_{1}
s_3 ] w_{32}
  \nonumber \\
- (n_{1} - n_{2}) \sum_{34} V_{1432} [ c_{34} n_{4} (1 - n_{3}) +
c_{\tilde{4}\tilde{3}} s_{3} s_4 ] + c_{12} [ g_2 s_2 (1 - n_1) +
g_1 s_1 n_2 ] + c_{\tilde{2}\tilde{1}} [ g_2 s_1(1-n_2) + g_1 s_2
 n_1 ]
\nonumber \\
+ \sum_{34} V_{3\tilde{4}\tilde{1}2} c_{43} n_3 s_{4} s_{1} +
\sum_{34} V_{1\tilde{2}\tilde{4}3} c_{34} s_2 s_{4} (1-n_{3})
\label{N_RPA}
\end{eqnarray}
\end{widetext}
Equation (\ref{N_RPA}) is the main N-RPA equation. It is a linear
homogenous equation for $c_{12}$. The latter has a non-zero solution
only if the determinant vanishes, which fixes the frequency
$\omega$. The normalization of $c_{12}$ is determined by
\begin{eqnarray}
1 = \langle 1_N | 1_N \rangle \approx \sum_{12} [(c^\dagger)_{21}
c_{12} n_2 (1-n_1) + (c^\dagger)_{21} c_{\tilde{2}\tilde{1}} s_1
s_2] .     \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
Then pair-transition amplitudes between the ground state and the
excited state of neighboring even-even nuclei are calculated as
\begin{eqnarray}
\langle 0_{N-1} | K_{12} | 1_N \rangle \equiv \langle 0_{N-1} | a_2
a_1 | 1_N \rangle  \nonumber \\
\approx c_{2\tilde{1}} s_1 (1-n_2) - c_{1\tilde{2}} (1-n_1) s_2 .
\nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
In the above two equations approximations (\ref{fac_1b}) and
(\ref{fac_2b}) are used.

We emphasize that, unlike the conventional RPA or QRPA, in the
current theory $A |0_N\rangle \ne 0$. Considering the special case
of infinitesimal residual interaction (but pairing interaction has
normal strength), $|0_N\rangle$ would be almost $|\phi_N\rangle$,
and $A |\phi_N\rangle$ does not vanish for any one-body phonon
operator $A$ (\ref{phonon}).

\section{Degenerate Model}

We consider the degenerate model (degeneracy $2 \Omega$) with
``quadrupole-plus-pairing'' force:
\begin{eqnarray}
\epsilon_{12} = \delta_{12} \epsilon  ~,~~  V_{1234} = - G
\delta_{2\tilde{1}} \delta_{3\tilde{4}} - \kappa q_{14} q_{23} +
\kappa q_{13} q_{24}     \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
in the Hamiltonian (\ref{H_f}). The occupation number
(\ref{rho_diag}) $n_1 = N/\Omega$, pair-transition amplitude
(\ref{kappa_diag}) $s_1 = \sqrt{n(1-n)}$, mean fields (\ref{f_diag})
$e_1 = \epsilon - n G$ and (\ref{delta_diag}) $g_1 = G \Omega s$ are
already calculated in Ref. \cite{Jia_pairing}. Consequently Eq.
(\ref{N_RPA}) becomes
\begin{eqnarray}
(G \Omega - \omega) (c_{12} + c_{\tilde{2}\tilde{1}}) = \kappa (q c
q)_{12} + \kappa (q c q)_{\tilde{2}\tilde{1}} ,     \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
where we have used that operator $q$ is time-even ($q_{12} =
q_{\tilde{2}\tilde{1}}$). At infinitesimal $\kappa$, the N-RPA
frequency $\omega \approx G \Omega$, which is the correct pairing
gap.

\section{Zero-Pairing Limit}

In this section we show that the N-RPA equation (\ref{N_RPA}) goes
over to the usual RPA equation in the case of vanished pairing
interaction. In this case, $|\phi_N\rangle$ is a Slater determinant
with a sharp Fermi surface (F). The single-particle levels below F
are fully occupied and are empty above F. The pair-emission
amplitudes $s_1$ for $1 \ne F$ vanishes, and $s_F \approx
\sqrt{n_F(1-n_F)} = 0$. Introducing $r_{12} \equiv \langle 0_N |
R_{12} | 1_N \rangle = c_{12} n_2 (1 - n_1)$, Eq. (\ref{N_RPA})
becomes
\begin{eqnarray}
\omega r_{12} = e_{12} r_{12} - n_{12} \sum_{34} V_{1432} r_{34} .
     \label{RPA}
\end{eqnarray}
This is the usual RPA equation. $r_{12}$ is related to the
conventional $X$, $Y$ amplitudes (see Ref. \cite{Peter}) by $r_{mi}
= X_{mi}$, $r_{im} = Y_{mi}$, where $i < F$ is a hole level and $m >
F$ is a particle level.\\

In summary, a new version of number-conserving random phase
approximation is proposed following the procedure of deriving the
conventional (quasi-particle) random-phase approximation. The theory
is considered in two limits: the degenerate model (large pairing
case), and the vanished-pairing case. More applications/tests are
needed in the future.

In the next step anharmonicities could be included in the following
way. Using the ``factorizations'' (\ref{fac_1b}), (\ref{fac_2b}) and
their extensions, we could calculate the Hamiltonian matrix in the
collective subspace $\langle m | H | n \rangle \equiv \langle 0_N |
A^m H (A^\dagger)^n | 0_N \rangle$. Then we diagonalize the matrix
$\langle m | H | n \rangle$. Odd-mass nuclei could be treated
similarly by calculating the matrix $\langle m j | H | n j' \rangle
\equiv \langle 0_N | A^m a_{j} H a_{j'} (A^\dagger)^n | 0_N \rangle$
using the ``factorization''.

It may also be possible to generalize the conventional
particle-particle RPA (see Ref. \cite{Peter}) by treating the
Heisenberg equation of motion $[K_{12} , H]$ of the density matrix
operator $K_{12} \equiv a_2 a_1$ in a way similar to that of Eq.
(\ref{exact_eom}).

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Q: Div forming a line inside another div How do I create a div with width size: 1024px, height: 200px and another div inside starting position with size 990px width: 20px, height: 200px forming a line.
I started to do but I'm not progressing:
Here is the code:
CSS:
div.wrap, div.header
{
    width:1024px;
    margin:0 auto;
}
div.header, header1
{
    height:100px;
    background-color:Purple;
}
div.header header1
{
    background-color:Gray;
    left:990px;
    position:fixed;
}

Html:

As should be the result:

A: Edit: Please note that you have a typo in your css, it should be .header1 instead of header1.
To answer your question:
div.wrap, div.header
{
    width:1024px;
    margin:0 auto;
    position: relative;    // added
}
div.header, .header1    // typo fixed, header1 is not a valid element
{
    height:100px;
    background-color:Purple;
}
div.header header1
{
    background-color:Gray;
    left:990px;
    position:absolute;    // changed
    width: 20px;    // added
}

However, can´t you just use the border property?

A: Something like this? http://jsfiddle.net/5ZuUZ/

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I Went to a Nickelback Concert and It Was Actually Great
by Cole H 2 years ago in bands
The world's most hated band is surprisingly alright.
Yeah, I took this.
This summer the world's most hated band gave me front row tickets to one of their shows. Yes, I'm talking about THAT band, Nickelback, the one responsible for countless memes and jokes that plague the internet. All of my friends didn't believe me when I said I was going, and they incessantly made jokes about how Nickelback was the "worst band of all time." But what many don't know is that Nickelback is actually one of the most commercially successful acts of all time. It is sad to see that they've become the subject of every joke ever, but hey that's the price they have to pay, I guess. But Nickelback still finds a way to overcome the constant barrage of memes and jokes. The band is actually still doing a lot, and in fact, they just released their ninth studio album, Feed The Machine. They even somehow managed to pull Chris Daughtry (that dude who was on American Idol back in like 2006) from whatever hole he's been hiding in for years and got his band to open up.
Look at this Photograph
Yeah, they played that song at their show. Contrary to popular belief, they actually have a lot of songs. I noticed several things when I was front row contemplating how the hell I was front row at a Nickelback concert. #1: I knew every single song that they played, and #2: The only thing funnier than the reputation of the band is the fans that actually PAID to be front row with me. One lady (who refused to be named for obvious reasons) told me that she paid $900 for her ticket and that she's seen the band a total of 12 times. Another individual actually shed real-life tears when the band took the stage and nearly passed out when she caught a guitar pick. At one point, the band invited two fans on stage to sing a song with them and people legitimately started climbing over each other and fighting to have the chance to get on stage. Who would've thought that a band that is hated this much would still have die-hard fans? A girl that was next to me was actually the one to get chosen on stage and the second they put a microphone in her hand she yelled "YOU'RE MY FAVORITE BAND EVER," to which the lead singer replied "you should listen to more music, then". As the show went on I slowly started to realize why their fan base loves them so much. Nickelback is really just a bunch of dudes doing dude things. This is fairly easy to tell purely based of off most of their lyrics that involve hot chicks and alcohol (speaking of alcohol, they took a break in between nearly every song to throw back shots with the crowd). The band knows that they are the butt of the world's biggest ongoing joke, and I think they love it. They don't even take themselves seriously and that's why its so fun. I would recommend to everyone that they see this band live at least once. The tickets are like $20, so you can't complain about price, but in all honesty it is 100% worth it. You get to see real-life living memes in person! Also let's be real, their songs are super catchy and not even that bad.
Nickelback's Setlist (if you care)
1. "Feed the Machine"
2. "Woke Up This Morning"
3. "Photograph"
4. "Far Away"
5. "Too Bad"
6. "Someday"
7. "Lullaby"
8. "Savin' Me"
9. "Song on Fire"
10. "Something in Your Mouth"
11. "Rockstar"
12. "When We Stand Together"
13. "Animals"
14. "Figured You Out"
15. "How You Remind Me"
16. "Gotta Be Somebody"
17. "This Afternoon"
18. "Burn It to the Ground"
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