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Amber's photos are fun, colorful, joyful, and always with a little glam city flare! We love her heart for marriage and for encouraging her couples throughout their engagements.
A husband and wife team based in Asheville, North Carolina, we believe in a marriage that is even more beautiful than your wedding day. We have built our business together based on authentic relationships with each of our couples. We truly love working together and feel so honored to be a part of each wedding we photograph! It is our goal to create genuine, romantic, and timeless images that you will treasure for a lifetime. Our mission is to capture your day as it happens naturally and provide you with photos that preserve moments that would otherwise pass away — photos that show how greatly you lived and how widely you loved on one of the biggest days of your life!
Things you'd write home to your Momma about: I'd write home to my Momma to tell her I absolutely love my job, the couples I work with, and the life I've been blessed with. As they say, if you are able to turn your passion into your career, you will be successful. I'd thank her for supporting my dreams and let her know I wouldn't be here without her support. I've been featured in many wedding publications and had the joy of shooting weddings all over the Southeast!
How I got into weddings: I have always enjoyed photography as a hobby, but it wasn't until I graduated college that several friends started asking if I would take their engagement photos. I LOVED it from that moment!! Before long, they were asking me to capture their wedding days, and to be honest, it terrified me. I knew how important that role was. After shooting my first wedding, I knew this was something I wanted to do more of, but I also knew I needed more training and education. I attend some classes and workshops with established and well-respected photographers. Before I knew it, my business had taken off and I was a full-time wedding photographer. I haven't looked back and I'm over the moon to call this my job. Having Mitchell work alongside me since we got married about four years ago has been the absolute best!
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As we learned on our trip to Oxford last weekend, we have a mixologist in our midst: Mr. Brett Meeks. And if there's a blog that screams more for this kind of expertise than ours, I have not yet found it. Here Brett offers his basic margarita recipe.
From Brett: Finally, we've got a real holiday. February 22nd marks National Margarita Day and another excuse to drink too much tequila on a Tuesday. To prepare for this wondrous festival of merriment and dancing on tables, we're going to walk you through the basic margarita recipe. There are tons of variations, but to keep things simple, we're going with classic.
The margarita is simply equal parts tequila, triple sec (or other orange liqueur), and lime juice. So that's exactly what you'll need: tequila, triple sec, and limes. It's a good idea to invest in a hand citrus juicer if you're making these for a party, because squeezing limes can be very tedious. Also, I think it goes without saying, but stay the hell away from margarita mix unless you like headaches and heartburn.
Tequila – pick a good one. That doesn't mean expensive, but try to branch out from the usual Jose Cuervo Gold. This is a holiday damnit, not a 10th grade pool party. I'm using a reposado to get a nice balance of smoothness with a little age to fight off the infamous "bite" tequila causes.
Triple Sec – this is just an orange liqueur and you can use any you want, but try to go for quality. The absolute best is Cointreau, but it's about $40 for a 750 ml bottle. Gran Marnier is also great to use, but you can always go for one of the cheaper brands if you must. I've selected Gran Gala which is more like Gran Marnier than Cointreau but about half the price.
Limes – typically you can get about 1 oz of juice per lime, so depending on how many and what size you're going to make, you're going to need a bunch of limes. Like I said, getting a hand citrus juicer is a really good idea.
Shake or stir with ice and strain into a glass of your choice.
Drink, repeat, turn music up louder, love Tuesday, send unnecessary text messages, make another one, don't be afraid to just go for it. Margarita Day comes once a year.


Spending estimates released by the Quebec government last week indicate that Concordia's share of cuts to education next year will be about $5.85 million, about $200,000 more than anticipated. Quebec is cutting a total $56.585 million from the operating grants of all Quebec universities for 1998-99.
Larry English, Concordia's Chief Financial Officer, said the University's deficit will include this $5.85 million, plus another $2 to 2.5 million for salary increases, depending on the results of contract talks still in progress, for a total deficit -- for now -- of about $8 million.
Rector Frederick Lowy told TheGazette last Thursday that this created a new challenge for the University. "We are going to try to meet it without too much damage to our programs," he said, "but it's not going to be easy."
Following the government's figures is a discouraging task for university officials as they try to interpret complex, shifting messages from Quebec City. Projected figures rarely stay in one place, and final figures are often absurdly late. English said that he still hasn't received the government's final budget figures for the 1997-98 academic year, which ends in two months.
The spending estimates are the result of voting by the Treasury Board, which holds the government's purse-strings. They are released before the budget is presented and passed, which happened this week.
Quebec plans to balance its budget in the 1999-2000 fiscal year, after which it must tackle a whopping accumulated debt. Cost-cutting over the past four years has hit the education and health sectors particularly hard. Concordia will soon have suffered a 26-per-cent cut to its operating budget in a five-year period.
The University has been ahead of many other universities in tackling the cuts, successfully offering generous early retirement packages and, after much consultation, blending some academic programs.
There is no fat left to cut, the Rector has warned the University community. Everyone knows the options, and none of them are pretty: borrowing, across-the-board cuts, opening the doors of limited-access programs, more departmental mergers, layoffs or simply declaring a deficit, a bad habit Concordia broke about five years ago.
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I mentioned in the other thread about CNC noise issues that I had a problem with my machine. I decided to follow it up some more before switching the machine to a more powerful one for Mach 3.
I have already determined that the problem is noise from the computer and not related to the controller. The computer began to show signs of excess noise from the on board parallel port after I removed an extra parallel port card. That should have no effect whatsoever yet that is the only event that coincides with the onset of the noise problem. This am I set out to find out some more. Using a digital oscilloscope program I had a look at the onboard parallel port while under the control of Turbo CNC. The o-scope program takes input from the sound system input and can be connected to the outputs on the parallel port to troubleshoot itself in a sort of diagnostic mode. No special hardware is required except a plug for the parallel port and for the sound input, either line or mic.
It is also necessary to have some way of calibrating the o-scope by feeding a known signal into the sound card. I used a simple AC wall wart feeding a 5K potentiometer with the center tap set to provide 150 millivolts to the o-scope input.
Then I ran some easy tests using TCNC in a DOS box to see what happens on the parallel port. The port was not connected to the control, this is a test of the computer only.The results are very enlightening.
This is a full screen shot of the setup. The two traces are the step and dir lines for the x axis, pins 2 and 3. TCNC isn't doing anything in the shot, just sitting idle with no commands sent. The o-scope shows around 21 to 22 millivolts of noise on the quiescent port pins. That is reasonable and won't present a problem. That reading is after starting TCNC but before using it to send motor commands.
However, it all changes for the extreme worse as soon as TCNC has the focus and some jog commands are sent. Jogging the X axis results in a huge amount of noise related to the step and dir signals being output. These next images show only the noise level, not the DC offset of the logic levels. The measured noise is over .5 volts which is far too much for reliable operation. The motherboard shown no signs of failure such as failing bypass capacitors but this amount of noise is an indicator that the computer is going downhill. It won't take much more and the computer will begin to show problems as well.
This noise is most likely due to a combination of factors. The power supply seems weak as the power monitoring chip reports only 4.89 VDC for the 5vdc supply. It's a cheap motherboard with cheap components. Although none of the capacitors show signs of failure that doesn't mean some of them aren't failing. Failures of a number of bypass capacitors or simply not enough of them will result in this sort of issue. It cannot be reasonably fixed and just means that this computer is not a suitable candidate for controlling a CNC machine.
Be interesting to see this same computer running Mach3 if it's a possible candidate as Mach3 has a built in driver test taht should show up some of these faults you have highlighted.
It may not be up to spec to run Mach thought, I can't remember if you posted the specs at anytime ?
[Edit] forgot to add what O-scope program isit you are using ?
The computer is a 1000 mhz Duron not suitable to run XP so not good enough for Mach 3. That's ok, I have Mach 3 installed on my file server which is an Athlon XP2500 with a gig of ram and 500 gigs on three drives.
The scope program is Rscope. I don't recall where I got it but it is freeware and free to distribute for free. Accordingly I have put it up so you (and everyone else) may download it. It's only about 260KB, no install required. Just unzip and run. Follow the destructions.
Do you have an old copy of W2K? that should fit onto a 1000mhz machine.
It would be interesting to see if Mach's driver program matched your scope results.
Only time I have seen another diagnosis result other than the driver test.
That's the sort of thing I did for 23 years John. When I started the machines all had cams, relays and switches. When I finished they had a PC running Unix tucked away behind a door in the back.
I'm not going to go to the trouble to put another OS on that machine. The noise problem is a hardware problem and it won't matter what software is used. One of the things I had to do first off was disable the onboard USB hubs because they were causing missed steps even in DOS with TCNC.
A good test in this case would be to swap in another computer power supply. A lot of the switching regulators I've checked out use the 5 volt output to derive the feedback signal for regulation. The caps in the 5 v output work hard, and even though they are the proper types for the job, they do weaken. Once the feedback signal becomes dirty, I would expect that noise would increase, and regulation will suffer.
I'll be looking at it further when I find some time. The cool thing is that the scope software will run on the machine you are diagnosing. I can also run it on my laptop but not until I build an optoisolated connection for the audio input. Hmm. A simple local oscillator in the optoisolator would allow a much larger range of frequencies to be examined. It would act as a hetrodyne down convertor.
I am using a 1200mhz machine with mach3 and win2k, very pleased with the performance.
A couple thoughts... The scope software is cute but hardly a sub for a real scope. Don't you own a real scope? They are cheap now days, I picked up a tek solid state 100mhz for $50 at a local surplus house, that the normal price. With its internal shielding, sheilded probes etc. I would not be at all surprised to see a real oscope show something far different.
Second, a half volt noise on a 5v nominal signal, although not desireable, I wouldn't think would cause problems. Even with the 5v low, say 4.5, the bottom of the noise is still at 4v which I would expect to be well above the 1/0 threshold of the digital chips.
You may well be getting concerned and attempting to fix something that isn't broke. Mach3 may also cure some issues. I finished up my mill setup and the only issue I ran into was noise on the y axis limit switch lines causing a occasional false trip. A .1 on the line at the breakout cured it instantally. The bridgeport 2j is running like a charm under mach at 100ipm using 860oz steppers and 2:1 timing belt drive.
Don't you own a real scope?
Sure, three of them. It's a lot easier to haul software to the computer in question and it does the job I need done. They also don't have the features that the software scope has.
That isn't how it works. TTL is a current sinking logic and it is the low levels that matter when it comes to noise. A low is defined as being below around 1.0 volts to 0.7 volts depending on exact chip family. A high is any value over 2.0 volts. The range in between is indeterminate with the resulting output of a gate being unknown. The traces show a P-P value of a bit over 0.5 volts. When a TTL gate is sinking current it will never be able to pull the output down to zero. It is common for it to run around .3 to .5 volts for a low output. Add to that .5 volts of noise and the gate is now in the indeterminate range.
That P-P value is derived from only a few milliseconds of data. If that noise is superposed on the step and dir signals, which it is, then critical timing is disturbed. This is most important when the edge sensitive step signal input is rising from low to high as that is what the Xylotex driver works on. If the Dir signal is changing too then the noise may cause the step signal to precede the dir signal. This will cause a missed step. It's also very likely that the actual peak noise value is much greater than only 0.5 volts.
There is no guarantee in TTL logic that a low will be anything other than than the maximum of 0.7 to 1.0 volts. This is dependent on the chip family and the fanout from any particular gate. The fanout spec is how many gates a particular output can drive and still maintain a valid low output. It is standard practice to mix logic families in a design. There are many variations of the TTL family with varying fanout specs. In some cases one sub family may only be able to drive a single input of another family and the output will be close to the ceiling when it is sinking current from the input it drives.
This applies doubly to the parallel port outputs since they are only specified as TTL signals. The current source capability of a TTL gate is usually much lower than the sink capability since TTL logic is a current sinking logic. The load imposed by an input is further increased by the use of pullup resistors that are normally used to insure that a high will be present when the input is open or tristated.
The drive capability of any particular parallel port on any randomly selected motherboard will depend on the choice of chips used on that board. The parallel port is an ad hoc specification as it was originally used by Centronics as a proprietary printer port. The actual drive capability can and does vary depending on the chipset.
Keep in mind that the signals I captured were with no other load or even cable on the port. Add a cable and a distant load with a lot of capacitance and the signal quality will be worse, guaranteed.
The signals are ringing like crazy when there is a level change. If one rings down at the same time the other rings up and both are changing state then the relative timing may be reversed. As the signal goes from low to high the line begins to ring. That produces the effect of the signal going from a determinate state back to an indeterminate state many times as it is crossing the noise margin.
During the transition of a TTL signal the time spent in the indeterminate state is part of the rise/fall time spec of the output. This is added to the rise time of the input which in this case is very long (relatively) since it is at the end of a long cable with a lot of capacitance and the possibility of crosstalk as well. Ringing in particular is very bad since it will cause high frequency harmonics to be radiated to other wires in the cable bundle.
Ringing also will cause a signal that is supposed to have a certain hold time to not meet that spec because it was busy oscillating from indeterminate to low or high during the transition. This will also cause the input it drives to do the same with the actual effect unknown. The state of a gate with the input in the indeterminate range is also indeterminate. During the transition of any logic signal consideration must be given to the propagation delays along the entire chain of gates to the point where the signal is finally used to produce a logic result.
With the ringing that is present on the port outputs with no load it is most likely that this represents fluctuations in the Vcc caused by level changes in the logic that drives the parallel port registers. This, as I said is most likely related to the amount of bypassing on the motherboard as well as a possible weak power supply. Also, the motherboard may just be a crummy design with poor routing of critical signals.
Thanks, I'm learning a lot. (Long ways to go on electronics).
Thanks for the excellent investigation, Evan.
I've had several boxes that just wouldn't run TCNC well. I was able to solve the problem by switching to another box. Now we can see why.


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Road wrecks, nationally and locally, are killing and injuring far too many bicyclists and pedestrians, the poor and children, and motorists, including the scofflaws themselves. They add to the misery of already downtrodden communities of color, news organizations reported.
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Dr. David Spiegel, director of Stanford Medical School's Center on Stress and Health, told the New York Times that people across the country have been overwhelmed by dealing with the pandemic and its stresses, while also losing the human contacts they need to retain the perspective to treat others well and gauge risks appropriately. This means they get in their huge bubbles of metal and glass, don't pay attention, misbehave, and ignore road rules:
"If they do, [think about safety] they don't care about it that much. There's the feeling that the rules are suspended, and all bets are off."
In the Washington, D.C., area, the fatal and debilitating results have been slammed poor, predominantly black areas, the Washington Post reported, based on its analysis of available data on road crashes:
"Lower-income neighborhoods in the District recorded eight times more traffic fatalities in recent years than the city's wealthiest area, an analysis shows, as residents call for more enforcement and road improvements following the deadliest year on city streets in more than a decade. The 40 traffic fatalities in the nation's capital last year were the most since 2007 … The toll has fallen disproportionately on the city's two poorest wards, which contain less than one-quarter of Washington's population but nearly half of its road deaths. A Washington Post analysis of eight years of data shows wards 7 and 8, which are majority black and largely east of the Anacostia River, have borne the brunt of traffic fatalities and are home to the city's deadliest traffic corridor. The rise in deaths comes seven years after the city launched a multipronged strategy to reduce traffic-related injuries and deaths — actions that have done little to stem the bloodshed."
The newspaper also found this in its deep dig:
"The Southern Avenue corridor, which separates D.C. from Maryland's Prince George's County, accounted for nearly 1 in 5 traffic deaths in the city last year, The Post found. Among those killed were two pedestrians struck in the same block — one while crossing the street and the other a victim in a hit-and-run — about eight months apart. Ward 3, which contains many of the city's whitest and wealthiest neighborhoods in upper Northwest, had no traffic deaths last year. Cases have often garnered more attention in wealthier areas, where advocates and residents are more vocal on social media, at vigils and during government hearings. The spike is also occurring amid an increase in collisions involving children, which has inspired new legislation and brought calls for tougher consequences for unsafe drivers. Four-year-old Zy'aire Joshua was fatally struck in April as he crossed a street in the Brightwood Park neighborhood, and 5-year-old Allison Hart died while riding a bike in a Brookland crosswalk in September. At least five other children were injured while walking or riding bikes in recent months, including three on a single road in Southeast."
The newspaper reported in its graphics (including the one shown above displaying the geography of traffic fatalities) that 40% of the road deaths were pedestrians and 44% were between the ages of 20 and 40.
This is in keeping with distressing national trends, the New York Times reported in its news article on spiking pedestrian deaths across the country:
"Crashes killed more than 6,700 pedestrians in 2020, up about 5% from the estimated 6,412 the year before, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association. Based on another commonly used road safety metric — vehicle miles traveled — the group projected that the pedestrian fatality rate spiked about 21% in 2020 as deaths climbed sharply even though people drove much less that year, the largest ever year-over-year increase. And preliminary data from 2021 indicates yet another increase in the number of pedestrian deaths. While other developed countries have made strides in reducing pedestrian deaths over the last several years, the pandemic has intensified several trends that have pushed the United States in the other direction. Crashes killing pedestrians climbed 46% over the last decade, compared with a 5% increase for all other crashes, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association."
Both newspapers round out the statistics with reporting on the tragic losses of life — the 47-year-old killed on Southern Avenue and who will be forever mourned as his mom's "baby boy;" the Uber Eats delivery guy, killed on his bike at 10th Street and Michigan Avenue NE; the grief-stricken parents in Albuquerque whose 7-year-old was killed by a driver blowing through a red light as the family crossed at an intersection.
The Washington Post details the pokey responses by governments at various levels to improve signage, boost enforcement, and better safety measures on road to protect pedestrians, bicyclists, and, yes, motorists. The newspaper says that poor, predominantly black neighborhoods have been left behind in the region's economic boom, which also makes them targets of suburbanites zooming through during their daily commutes. Planners only now are reckoning with discriminatory practices that cut up communities of color with highways and broad, fast streets for the convenience of others around them.
The New York Times reported that, nationally, older people too often are becoming traffic fatalities or are suffering serious injuries, especially as they move to Sunbelt communities as they age. Those newer areas sprawl and may be less mindful during their rapid growth of putting a priority on road safety for pedestrians and bicyclists, as opposed to ensuring speed and convenience for motorists.
In the meantime, those motorists, the newspaper reported, are getting around more and more in ever-bigger vehicles — SUVs and trucks. Though the vehicles come with more assistive technology, including cameras and warning systems — they are becoming so heavy, tall, and wide that they have become more deadly and debilitating to those struck by them.
In my practice, I and my colleagues see not only the harms that patients suffer while seeking medical services, but also the damage inflicted on pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers by motorcycle, vehicle, and truck wrecks. The country had made significant progress in reducing road harms but the positive trends reversed in recent years and went off the rails during the pandemic.
We have an individual responsibility to right this wrong. We can ensure we do our own part to ensure we don't drive while distracted — especially while texting or using electronic devices — drunk, drugged (with recreational or prescription drugs), or otherwise impaired, especially by sleepiness. We can return to the fundamental idea of reciprocal altruism by restoring basic courtesy, consideration, and concern for others. This means we take to heart the idea that we won't, and neither will others, engage in reckless, aggressive conduct behind the wheel — flouting common sense laws, speeding, and ignoring stop and other signs.
We also need to hold accountable government officials at all levels to make our roads and vehicles as safe as possible, notably when spending the $1 trillion that Congress and the Biden Administration have approved in bipartisan fashion to improve the nation's infrastructure. Transportation Pete Buttigieg has emphasized that a chunk of the infrastructure funding will be targeted to road safety and officials in the District, Maryland, and Virginia have expressed an eagerness, too, to end the carnage on our streets and highways.
We have much work to do to slash the preventable, debilitating, and deadly harms of our vehicles and roads.
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Inspector Jay
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Inspector Jay is an inspection utility that can help you to debug and/or understand Clojure/Java code. Just pass an object or data structure to the `inspect` function and you can quickly examine its contents in a simple graphical user interface.

- Inspect just about anything reachable from an object by navigating Inspector Jay's tree structure.
- Examine the field values of objects and the return values of invoked methods.
- Similar to `clojure.inspector`, Clojure data structures and Java collections can also be examined.
- Inspector Jay can be used in both Clojure and Java applications.

![Inspector Jay logo](https://raw.github.com/timmolderez/inspector-jay/master/resources/images/screenshot-edit.png)

### Installation

If you're using [**Leiningen**](https://github.com/technomancy/leiningen), add `[inspector-jay "0.3"]` to the dependencies in your `project.clj` file.

If you're using [**Maven**](http://maven.apache.org/), add the following dependency to your `pom.xml` file:

```xml
<dependency>
  <groupId>inspector-jay</groupId>
  <artifactId>inspector-jay</artifactId>
  <version>0.3</version>
</dependency>
```

Finally, you can also [**download Inspector Jay** as a stand-alone .jar](http://timmolderez.be/builds/inspector-jay/) file.

To find out what's new in the latest version of Inspector Jay, have a look at the [release notes](https://github.com/timmolderez/inspector-jay/blob/master/RELEASES.txt).

### Usage

If you're using **Clojure**, give these examples a try in the REPL:

```clojure
(use '(inspector-jay core))
(inspect (new java.io.File "."))
(inspect [[1 :2] {:three 3.0 :four "4"}])
(inspect (new javax.swing.JFrame) :inherited false :private true)
```

Note that calls to the `inspect` function can be configured with various keyword arguments. The complete list of configuration options is available in [gui.clj/default-options](https://github.com/timmolderez/inspector-jay/blob/master/src/inspector_jay/gui/gui.clj#L41).

If you're using **Java**, you can call Inspector Jay as follows:

```java
inspectorjay.InspectoryJay.inspect(new java.io.File("."));
```

### License

Inspector Jay is released under the [BSD 3-Clause license](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

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All Deities
Vedic Science
These Mysterious Holes On The Earth Are Absolutely Terrifying
by Ramesh
Earth has gone through various changes throughout its life since the creation of the planet. Here are some of the mysterious deep holes on the earth. Most of these mysterious deep holes were created naturally.
On this Article
1. Dean's Blue Hole on Long Island in the Bahamas, 660 feet deep
2. Glory Hole – Monticello Dam, California
3. Great Blue Hole, Belize
4. Mount Baldy Sand Dune, Indiana – 11 feet deep
5. Guatemala
6. Antarctica – 2 miles deep
7. Siberia
8. The Nope Hole
9. Blue Springs Geyser
10. Siberia
A "blue hole" is a large hole whose entrance is below sea level. This one in particular is the deepest saltwater blue hole in the world. It's almost twice the depth of most others.
This man-made dam with a fairly provocative name can drain approximately 48,000 cubic feet of water per second
This hole was made famous by Jacques Cousteau, who said it was one of the top scuba diving sites in the world. You can take a tour and dive in, if you're not scared of giant, Pacific Rim monster-aliens from another dimension portaling through.
These weird, Sarlacc-pit-looking sink holes are starting to appear around the Mount Baldy Sand Dune near Lake Michigan. One sink hole even swallowed a child in 2011. Luckily, after three hours, he was dug out of the pit.
In 2010, the mysterious sinkhole blew through Guatemala City's Zona 2, swallowing a three-story building whole.
This was the hole that mysteriously appeared in Russia. It measured up to 300 ft deep and was believed to have formed due to rising temperatures. The darkening of the rim is evidence of heat during a possible explosion during the enormous crater's creation.
amazingearthPhotosplacestravel
15 Most Amazing Swimming Pools Around The World You'll Want To Dive Into
20 Places To Travel That Are Ranked Number One In The World Based on Facts
10 Stunning Places To Visit So That You Can Expand Your Travel Bucket List
10 Most Romantic Destinations in Europe
7 spectacular wonders of the world you have probably never heard of
A Couple Traveled 41 Countries With Their 4 Year Old Son To Show Him The World
Most Interesting Facts About Hinduism You May Not Know
15 Ancient Hindu Predictions that have come true
20 Reasons Why Hinduism Is Very Scientific Religion
25 Amazing Facts About Hinduism That Most Hindus Probably Wouldn't Know
Shiva Linga Symbolize Ascending Energy of Consciousness And Life In Nature


Andrew served as the creative lead / VR Director for these films, guiding the process of converting each artist's concept and style into a 360º immersive video. This project leaned heavily on his expertise in filmmaking, animation, VR, VFX, and even software development; a cross-disciplinary gauntlet of creative and technical challenges that required solutions from multiple mediums. VAYR is a deep collaboration between artists, creatives, and technicians, and Andrew provided the intersection point for all parties to come together and work effectively towards the common goal of creating immersive art to honor the sights, sounds, and sensations of Las Vegas.
At the start of the project, each artist traveled to Las Vegas to be introduced to creating art in VR and to experience the city on their own terms. From there they collaborated with R&R's creatives and Andrew and John to brainstorm, develop narratives, storyboard, and to create mood boards for their artistic interpretations of Vegas. Once their story and vision was refined, the artists created style frames and 2D assets to be dimensionalized and brought to life by the production team.
Over the span of four months, this team created 3D environments, characters, and visual effects in the style of each of the featured artists – turning their visions into fully immersive stereo 360º videos. This relatively small group of veteran designers and animators created a staggering variety of elements – rendering over 2,000,000 frames of stereo 360º video and using almost every single 2D and 3D technique available. From character animations, to particle, fluid, and rigid body simulations, these LA-based creatives generated over 45TB of data as they pushed the bar ever higher to do justice to each artist's vision. The final pieces totalled over 12.5 minutes of final CG animation, all in stereo at 4k resolution.
In order to accomplish this highly ambitious project, the production team partnered closely with Maxon, Otoy, Mettle, Blackmagic, Side Effects, and NextLimit to leverage beta features of their software and to have direct engineering support to refine the software's 360º capabilities. A special shout-out also goes to NVIDIA and their TitanXP cards – this project used 68 of these behemoths and there is zero doubt that these films could have completed in time without them. In addition to these partners, the team created 3D models in Maya and Z-Brush and relied on Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator to generate assets, After Effects for element generation and some compositing, and Premiere for WIP edit reviews. X-Particles for C4D features heavily in many of the films, GoPro's VR Viewer was often used for review in headsets, and the team even used Unity to create some 2D smoke elements for Batista. Each program was leveraged for its specific capabilities in a 360º stereo environment, and moving data and imagery between packages required daily creative problem solving.
In 2018 you can expect to see this one-of-a-kind art experience in various cities around the world, with plans to visit each artist's country and to bring this unique form of animated art to events that focus on art, performance, fashion, and entertainment.


On February 11, 2011, Mr Alexander Leicht, Head of the Secretariat for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development from German National Commission for UNESCO, visited Daugavpils. He was accompanied by Ms Baiba Moļņika, the Education Programme Director of Latvian National Commission for UNESCO.
UNESCO officials attended an academic discussion at the Institute of Sustainable Education where future cooperation opportunities between UNESCO and the Institute of Sustainable Education were considered. One of the highlights of the meeting was the presentation of the book "Tomorrow Today" issued by UNESCO in November 2010 and containing the best practices of implementing the aims of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014), including the story of the experience of the Institute of Sustainable Education.
UNESCO officials visited Daugavpils State Gymnasium and Daugavpils University (DU). An academic discussion was held at the Institute of Sustainable Education (DU) with academic staff, researchers and representatives of the students' association "Students for Sustainability", reporters from DU paper "Lai top" and delegates from Daugavpils Education Board.
During the meeting, those in attendance discussed future cooperation opportunities between UNESCO and the Institute of Sustainable Education. One of the highlights of the meeting was the presentation of the book "Tomorrow Today" issued by UNESCO in November 2010. This comprehensive edition summarises the best practices of implementing the aims of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014). Among these best practice examples is the story of the experience of the Faculty of Education and Management (DU) about the activities of the Institute of Sustainable Education in the context of the Decade.


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Q: The cerr is not printing what is stated but rather is printing something else related to error? #include"std_lib_facilities.h"
int main()
try{
  int x = 0;
  int y = 1;
  int d = y/x;
  return 0;
}
catch(...){
  cerr<<"there is an error\n";
  return 1;
}

I am just learning how to use the try and catch so that i could define an error to the user but after writing the code, compiler is printing something else but related to error.I am not getting promising results in google.Just tell me where is the problem!
output:

Floating point Exception(core dumped)

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Just for Kids Calendar
AUDUBON PROGRAM
NATURE FOR KIDS Lakeland
Lake Region Audubon Society event helps students be environmentally aware. Presentation followed by experiments and crafts.
WHEN; 9-11 a.m. today
LOCATION: Circle B Bar Reserve Discovery Center Workshop, 4399 Winter Lake Road
YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE REGISTRATION Haines City
Parks and Recreation Department is accepting registrations for its youth basketball league. Boys and girls will play on the same teams.
WHEN: Through Nov. 4
LOCATION: Tykes, 5-6 years old; and Pee Wees, 7-9 years old, register at Haines City Community Center. Midgets, 10-11 years old; juniors, 12-13 years old; and seniors, 14-15 years old, register at Bethune Neighborhood Center.
COST: $40 for one child; $35 per child for two children; $30 per child for three or more children.
RECIPROCAL MEMBERSHIP
Explorations V will honor MOSI memberships for free admission while MOSI will honor Explorations V memberships for free admission.
WHEN: Oct. 1-Nov. 30
BOO! BASH
Celebrate with kid-friendly costumes and hands-on Halloween activities.
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 28
COST: Included with $7 admission. Senior citizens 65 and older are $3.50. Children younger than 2 and museum members are free.
LOCATION: Explorations V Children's Museum, 109 N. Kentucky Ave., Lakeland
CAMP FIRE USA EVENT
BUCKINGHAM TERROR Lakeland
Haunted house.
WHEN: 7:30-11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, 21, 22; 7:30-9 p.m. Oct. 23-27; 7:30-11 p.m. Oct. 28, 29; 7:30-9 p.m. Oct. 30; 7:30-10 p.m. Oct. 31
LOCATION: Camp Fire USA, 2600 Buckingham Ave.
COST: $6 adults, $3 age 12 and younger, except on Halloween night, when prices are $8 adults, $5 age 12 and younger.
AFTER SCHOOL ART Lakeland
Classes for children and their families.
WHEN: 4:30-5:30 p.m. Mondays in October
LOCATION: Polk Museum of Art, 800 E. Palmetto St.
COST: Free for members, $5 per child for nonmembers
FAMILY FUN WORKSHOP Winter Haven
Polk Museum of Art program features hands-on activity on "Drawing."
WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to noon Oct. 15
LOCATION: Winter Haven Library
GRILLIN' & CHILLIN' BARBECUE COMPETITION Lake Alfred
Also crafts, vendors, kids' activities, entertainment.
LOCATION: Lion's Park
COST: Free parking and admission
SPELLING BEE Winter Haven
Knights of Columbus Council 7091 invites boys and girls in grades five through 10 to compete in a spelling bee.
WHEN: Oct. 22. Registration begins at 10 a.m. followed by competitions at 10:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Winter Haven Public Library, 325 Ave. A N.W.
PHONE: 294-9184, 293-8203 for information, including list of sample words. List also available at schools and at the library.
[ Submit events especially aimed at children by Friday for Wednesday publication to JUST FOR KIDS, The Ledger, P.O. Box 408, Lakeland 33802; email features@theledger.com. Be sure to include a phone number. ]


Click here for other interesting Hemoglobin Ltd Run discoveries.
Hemoglobin is a mismelt of Sangre. It is very close to Sangre- many of our testers suggested we "pass" it. However, we know many artists use Sangre for production work. Based on the slight difference we are now calling this batch Hemoglobin.
We are offering Hemoglobin at a reduced price to Sangre.
Special thanks to Heike Loos for the photo in this section.
"The glass remained relatively transparent when not worked for a long period of time. When introduced to a beadroller or press, the opacity of the glass seemed to intensify. Highly glossy, the color is reminiscent of Sangre."
"I wanted to see if Hemoglobin worked with silver glass as well as Sangre did and below is a photo of some flat tab beads with Double Helix silver glass murrini and Triton dots. The color stayed a true red with no liver or browning. Definitely a keeper!" Read more at Darlene's blog.
"Hemoglobin is a semi-transparent red [only the little nub on the side has remained particularly transparent]." Read more at Heather's blog.
"A lovely vibrant red - if you want it clear - heat the snot out of it, and if you want clouds - be cooler." Read more at DragonJools blog.
"At first glance ... and not in great lighting I thought it was a dead ringer for Sangre. So I made test beads to compare them. Both are made with red cores, encased in Effetre 006 and decorated with dots. Like Sangre, Hemoglobin went clear with heat and easily struck to a beautiful rich red. And as the red was small it kept it's transparency! It melted well with no issues in a moderate heat. I also made a plain slightly larger bead with Hemoglobin, and while not transparent it did not go as opaque as Sangre did. It's hard to capture in a picture, but it almost has a transparent top layer which made it shine."


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Luis Fonsi & Jimmy Fallon Hilariously Rewrite 'Despacito' With New Lyrics!
It's "Despacito" like you've never heard it before.
Luis Fonsi stopped by The Tonight Show on Wednesday night (January 30), and the hit-maker and host Jimmy Fallon hilariously rewrote his biggest hit with the wackiest lyrics.
"Flaming Hot Cheetos, they hurt my tummy but I still eat though. Would be so yummy in a beef burrito. God, I hope they are considered Keto," Jimmy said first.
Luis also talked to Jimmy about growing up in Puerto Rico, how Happy Days' Fonzie made his childhood nickname cool when he moved to Orlando, and gave a special performance of "Imposible" from his new album Vida – Watch after the cut!
Luis Fonsi: 'Vida' Album Stream & Download - Listen Now!
Clean Bandit, Luis Fonsi & Marina: 'Baby' Stream, Lyrics & Download - Listen Now!
Luis Fonsi Visits Disney World With His Family!
Luis Fonsi Feat. Stefflon Don: 'Calypso' Stream, Lyrics & Download - Listen Now!
Luis Fonsi Attends Billboard Music Awards 2018 with Wife Agueda Lopez!
BTS Hang Out With The Backstreet Boys Backstage at Billboard Music Awards 2018!
Ricky Martin Brings the Heat to Billboard Latin Music Awards 2018!
Demi Lovato & Luis Fonsi: 'Echame La Culpa (Not on You Remix)' (English Version) Stream, Download, & Lyrics - Listen Now!
Bebe Rexha, Luis Fonsi, Toni Braxton & More to Perform With 'American Idol' Finalists!
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Perform 'Despacito' at Grammys 2018 - Watch Now!
'Despacito' Stream, Lyrics & Download - Listen to Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber's Song!


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Articles filtered by topic: Tower Cranes
November/December 2022 – Vol. 24, Issue 7 Liebherr hydraulic luffers (PDF, 308.89 KB)
Liebherr announced its apparent late arrival into the hydraulic luffing jib tower crane market at Bauma. However, the company was in fact a pioneer of the concept in the late 1950s with its innovative HB cranes. Nick Johnson reports.
July/August 2022 – Vol. 24, Issue 4 Tower cranes (PDF, 1.05 MB)
Manitowoc - which includes Potain - is the latest tower crane manufacturer to add direct crane rental to its services. Will North looks at how this approach might benefit independent rental houses, as well as end users and the manufacturers themselves.
June 2021 – Vol. 23, Issue 3 Tower cranes (PDF, 903.44 KB)
Since their introduction the market for hydraulic luffing jib tower cranes has largely been limited to the UK - specifically in London. However over the past few years it has gone from a single supplier to a point where almost every tower crane manufacturer has entered the market, while several are extending their product range. Will North looks into why that might be?
April/May 2020 – Vol. 22, Issue 3 Tower cranes (PDF, 1.02 MB)
The tower crane market has been one of the more dynamic crane sectors over the past few years as more markets appear to be shifting towards their adoption. We look at some of the many new products launched in the last 12 months and review an accident in Nova Scotia.
The tower crane market is probably the most dynamic and interesting of all the crane sectors at the moment. New innovations such as fibre rope, the use of new materials, more sophisticated controls, greater attention to design details and easier to transport and set up all look set to transform the market.


Well recieved Sunday night extravaganza of phone-in games, which we have the haziest of memories about - although we could say this is a continuation of Cyfle Byw. To get the idea of it, think Telly Phonin' but with a bigger budget (or a slightly bigger budget).
The title translates as Sunday on the Phone.


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Q: No images in PDF generated by Pandoc XeLatex Engine Ive tried using <img> tag as well as the pandoc markdown format to add images.
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Both of these worked when i converted MD to HTML and DOCX. I do not have any error messages even when I convert to a PDF. is there something wrong with my Pandoc ?
and different image formats do not help either.
Here is an image of the PDF

A: Same issue here. But uninstalling and reinstalling MacTeX solved the bug.


The Real Estate Karlin Group launched an invited two phase architectural competition to re-develop a five hectare site on the south bank of the river Vlatava in Prague-Karlin. The brief for phase one was to master-plan the area, to provide ca. 85,000 m² residential and ca. 40,000 m² commercial accommodation.
Phase II asked to provide a design for each a residential and commercial building at the east edge of the site.
stephenson STUDIO collaborated with Jeppe Aagaard Andersen – a Danish landscape architect to integrate landscape and architecture from design inception.


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You're hired! Life as a newly qualified lawyer
Written by Kate Durcan
The impressive retention rates posted by some law firms this spring demonstrate a buoyant market for newly qualified lawyers. But what happens when those trainee reins are severed and you're let loose in legal practice? Kate Durcan speaks to NQs and training managers about their experiences.
They say you don't truly learn to drive a car until after you have passed your test, but can the same be said for newly qualified (NQ) solicitors and their legal practice? After all, you go home from the office one evening a trainee and arrive the next morning a fully qualified lawyer, buying your own pastry and latte en route now that those endless trainee breakfast meetings have ceased.
'It is a really big jump,' recalls Natasza Slater, who qualified into the intellectual property and commercial department at City firm Howard Kennedy last September. 'When you are a trainee there is a safety net and you are not held out as an expert. Now I'm qualified, people come to me for my expertise in IP.'
Fortunately, employers are realistic in their expectations and do not anticipate that NQs will morph from novice to rainmaker overnight. Iona Sinclair is the learning and development manager at international firm Mayer Brown. She says, 'we recognise the importance of becoming a technical expert, but we also realise that this is only one part of what is needed to become an excellent lawyer. Lawyers also need support and guidance in terms of developing their professional skills. We provide this support and encourage a balance between fee-earning and personal development.'
One of the biggest challenges on qualification is the increased responsibility. 'From day one of my training contract it was hands-on work, so it hasn't really changed in that way,' continues Natasza. 'You are just more accountable and you are expected to know more about your practice area. It is nice to be able to focus on one area of law now and develop my technical skills.'
The amount of responsibility given to NQs varies according to the type of work undertaken, the type of firm, and how confident an individual feels. Those who qualify into litigation are likely to be more closely supervised than transactional lawyers, for example, due to the contentious nature of their work; a small firm may demand more from an NQ due to the size of the team, particularly if a senior colleague is absent and the junior has to hold the fort; and some individuals will thrive on added responsibility in contrast to others who need slightly more support.
According to Leanne Maund, chair of the Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) of the Law Society, the experience of newly qualified solicitors is extremely varied: 'It's quite clear from our members that there is a degree of inconsistency of experience and treatment during your first year of practice, from the level of support provided to more anecdotal things, like the changing attitude of colleagues. Overall, the perception of newly qualified solicitors is one of apprehension. Although they are doing the same job, they feel more responsible for their work now they are admitted.'
Mastane Williamson is a commercial litigator at Bristol-headquartered TLT and qualified six months ago. 'You think you have responsibility when you are a trainee, but now it is a level higher. I have my own caseload, with greater independence and input, and now there is a lot more thinking involved: people ask me, 'what do you think we should do next?' Her caseload ranges from matters she is solely responsible for to big cases in which she is part of a team. She felt 'one hundred percent' ready for qualification: 'I couldn't wait to get going. When you're in a team for six months during your training contract, you are quite ready to stay and I felt confident enough to get going. We get a lot of support here. There is a lot to learn very quickly, and it is a big jump, but there is plenty of help.'
The day-to-day
As a litigator, Mastane does not have a 'typical' day, such is the varied nature of the job. There is plenty of drafting to be done, including witness statements and pleadings which she will handle herself, while other tasks include 'sending umpteen emails' to clients and the other side on a case. At least once a week she is out of the office, attending hearings or conference with her client and counsel – the barrister working alongside her team on a case. 'In my team everything is checked, which is unusual for NQs,' she explains, 'but we are doing contentious work, so it is checked as a security blanket. It also makes the quality of my work better, especially if it is tweaked slightly.'
George Clarke is an associate at Herbert Smith Freehills who qualified into the firm's corporate department last September. Since qualification, he has worked on two main projects, including the high-profile sale of retailer Homebase to Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers. Typical tasks included drafting the ancillary deal documents, negotiating with the other side's lawyers, and taking charge of the due diligence report (a detailed investigation of every aspect of a business undertaken by a buyer before purchasing).
George explains that supervision is largely informal: 'There are 13 partners in our department, so it depends very much on who you are working with, but you can go to their office at any time. However, the first port of call is usually one of the other juniors who has been through a similar situation recently.'
Thankfully, training does not stop the day that your coveted practising certificate is issued. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) requires all solicitors in England and Wales to comply with its Continued Professional Development (CPD) programme, currently being phased out in favour of the SRA's new Continuing Competence regime. However the majority of law firms, both big and small, also provide additional structured training in both technical and practical skills: you are the future of the firm and it is in their interests for you to be the best you can be.
'We want good technical lawyers, but we also want people who can grow the business,' says Hannah Milford, talent manager at Howard Kennedy. In addition to her firm's ongoing legal know-how training, it has sessions on non-technical skills such as business development, networking and client care, which Hannah is currently expanding, particularly at junior solicitor level.
Dannie Spencer qualified into the banking department at national firm Shoosmiths in September 2015 and is based in its Manchester office. She outlines the comprehensive training at the firm for all levels of fee-earner: 'Once a month we have a national banking training session which we all dial into, as well as an annual banking away day, where we all get together. We also get involved in the annual corporate away day as well as the corporate monthly training.' The sessions are run by a mix of partners, who will typically lead on complex document training, the firm's professional support lawyers and even the NQs themselves: 'It's a really good way to learn,' Dannie adds.
Although the NQ market is currently buoyant, like everything else dependent on the economy, it is cyclical. Many of today's NQs faced a 'horrendous market' when applying for training contracts four to five years ago, due to the backlog of deferred trainees caused by the 2008-2011 recession. But whatever the economic climate, the period leading up to qualification can be an anxious time. 'The issue is that being a trainee is stressful, because all you can think about is whether you'll get a job at the end of it,' notes Leanne Maund, chair of the Law Society's Junior Lawyers Division.
'There is a bit of a misconception that if your firm doesn't keep you on, then you are no good,' says Natasza Slater, solicitor at Howard Kennedy. 'But that is not the case at all – usually it is down to the business need of the team. For example, they might have taken on an NQ last year and are simply unable to take one on again this year.'
Hannah Milford, talent manager at Howard Kennedy, suggests trainees get proactive in standing out from the crowd as qualification approaches: 'Time and again we see people who are dedicated and proactive really flourish here. It is something we look out for and this also makes someone looking for an NQ role really stand out: even if you didn't do a seat in a particular department, if you demonstrate your interest in that area, for example, writing blog posts or delivering a training or knowhow session, these are good examples of the proactivity we really like to see and can get someone into an NQ job.'
Natasza offers this advice: 'If you have a strong idea about the department that you would like to qualify into, it is worth making it known to the head of that department as soon as possible. Heads of departments are often in charge of their own budgets and taking on an NQ will be a budgetary consideration. Also, the department may be wavering about having an NQ so making it clear early on that you are interested will provide the department time and incentive to give serious thought to opening up an NQ position.'
Mayer Brown's training structure is particularly impressive. 'We run a development centre for NQ lawyers designed to assist delegates with the transition from trainee to associate,' outlines Iona. 'We recognise that this is a significant step and we want to ensure that newly qualified associates feel supported. The development centre focuses on what we feel to be essential skills and qualities: confidence, assertiveness and how to influence. It also covers practical information including risk and compliance pitfalls and how to avoid them, and law firm finances. The session is followed by a celebration dinner attended by partners and senior management.' Alice Hill, who runs the development centre, adds, 'As well as the development centres, associates have the opportunity to attend a number of standalone courses throughout the year. These range from individual coaching session to workshops on how to network, cultural awareness, legal drafting and negotiating skills.'
In addition to ongoing training, NQs are subject to continued performance reviews, similar to that experienced during a training contract, though less frequently and with fewer biscuits. In Bristol, Chris Allen recently qualified into the corporate and commercial department at Burges Salmon. He explains, 'we have a dedicated HR person to chat things through with on qualification. After three months we have another catch up with HR, about whether we feel comfortable in our role, whether too much is being asked of us, or if we are worried about how we are doing, that sort of thing. We also get assigned a partner who we have a chat with two months into qualification, and then a more formal review at the end of January. Then there is a six-month catch-up, and of course you can approach them if anything crops up.'
At Herbert Smith Freehills, reviews are equally vigorous. 'Formal reviews happen every six months with a designated partner in the group and a second partner that you can nominate,' outlines George. 'We've just had the performance review documentation sent around yesterday. It covers what you have done over the past six months and what you want to achieve during the next six months.'
Crucially, the purpose of performance reviews and training during a solicitor's first year is not to identify high flyers, but to lay a solid foundation for a future career. 'NQs are doing the groundwork for a couple of years, so we are not yet looking for partnership material,' reveals Hannah at Howard Kennedy. 'The first few years are about understanding the team and developing their legal skills – it can be a short, sharp, shock to suddenly be responsible for giving advice and as trainees approach qualification, they can get quite anxious about that. So it's not about striving for partnership.'
The NQs interviewed all felt that their training contracts had prepared them well for practice. 'During my training contract there was always an opportunity to take on increasing levels of responsibility, especially as the two years went on,' says Chris at Burges Salmon. 'There were instances when you were thrown in at the deep end, for example because a more senior colleague was busy, and you have to handle the situation yourself. But you realise that it's not that difficult. We were always encouraged to take responsibility for our own work.'
So while there is undoubtedly an increase in independence, responsibility and expertise needed when you qualify, there is also a good deal of guidance, mentoring and training available out there. And you are more in control: 'We are given laptops now and have the freedom to work from home once a week as part of the firm's flexible working policy,' enthuses George. 'I haven't yet taken it up much, but I plan to. So there is a better work-life balance.' Now, that is surely worth the sacrifice of trainee pastries.
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One day, we'll meet again. It has to happen, right? One of these days!
I'm glad you've reappeared. It's been way too long. I still need to catch up on your work (I'm so easily distracted but you probably know that). Rest assured, even though I've been been neglectful as a fangirl, I have always been here for you.
I hope the future days bring you back into the spotlight and I look forward to your work even as I try to catch up on your previous stuff.
Tyler Rich is in California and of course I didn't find out until I saw him on Periscope. Thank you Joanne for streaming! Also, how do I get on the list of knowing when Tyler is in town? Someone tell me! I had a suspicion that he'd be here sometime because Dustin Lynch and Chris Lane are in San Jose on Wednesday (nope, not going) and then the Hell of a Night tour heads down to Southern California. Why did they not get a date up here? What is wrong with us here in Northern California?! SO NOT FAIR.
So Tyler is in town Monday and Tuesday and even though I know it's too soon to want to see him again, I do want to see him again. ::sigh:: Why is it never enough? I think I just want to get my time in before I can't (if that makes sense). One day, he'll do shows and I won't have the means to go and all I will have are these moments now. Music and memories. I just want to keep making the memories.
So Jacob Davis sings a song called "Rain on a River" and I am SO IN LOVE WITH IT. I think it's a demo of sorts, meant for another singer but I so LOVE the way Jacob sings it and I don't think I could love it as much if someone else does it. Is it him? Is it the music? Or is it the lyrics? It's the combination of it all and Jacob brings it all together in a way that just shoots straight for my heart. His version is always going to be the one for me. Take a listen. And then go to his site to listen to more of his music. He's seriously amazing.
Take Your Time – I realized something about the secondary characters that I need to add. I've also written more but not enough so I need to keep working on it. Right now the story seems at its end but it's not. Devin (the main fella) has already said the words (awww) but Athena (the main lady) has not and I need to get to that point before I end the story. Need to shake them up before I let them embark on their unwritten adventure.
"The Years Between" – I started this story this week and it's probably my first "mature" story. The characters are closer to my age (though not as old) and parents. Liam is a daddy to two little girls with an ex who abruptly left them. Ava is a mommy to a little boy with an ex who sort of wishes he wasn't an ex. Liam and Ava are old friends but in an unequal way that is now level after all these years.
"Bowling" (working title) – This story stalled a bit this week. Probably because I got to the steamy scene and those always take awhile for me to write.
"Don't Know Why" (working title) – This is a short story that started off as an outline. Not sure if I like the character names quite yet and also not sure who's playing the main fella. (Unlike the above stories) When I don't know who's playing the main man, stories tend to stall on me. Also, not having names is never a good way to start for me.


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Thailand | Thaiger Radio News – Friday
Government in control of Mor Chana app, says user data will be kept private
Visitors to Phuket from "highest risk" areas must show Covid-19 test results
BTS Skytrain's Green Line maximum fare to rise, Rail Transport Department disagrees with the move
Police arrest "prime suspect" in narcotics case linked to 10 deaths in Bangkok
Thai FDA expected to approve AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use
High demand for health insurance due to Covid-19 worries, premiums expected to rise
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As the devastating economic effects of Covid-19 restrictions persist, a record number of Thai tourism operators are quitting the sector for good. The number of tourism firms surrendering their licences peaked last month, and around 70% of outbound agents have shut up shop indefinitely. The final nail in their collective coffin has been the Covid-19 resurgence, which originated in a seafood market in the central province of Samut Sakhon and has now spread to over 60 provinces.
The president of the Thai Travel Agents Association says around 10% of outbound tour operators have returned their licences to the Tourism Department. Suthiphong Pheunphiphop says 2,598 tourism operators have left the sector for good, unable to survive having no international tourists for nearly a year now. He says the last quarter of 2020 saw the highest number of companies de-registering, at 765. Of those, 293 quit last month.
Suthiphong says domestic tourism may pick up again by April, but this depends on how effective the government is at bringing the second wave of the virus under control. He adds that with the arrival of spring in many parts of the world in the coming months, global infections may fall, but it's still a waiting game.
"Operators have to wait and see how things turn out in June The outlook for the outbound market is the most difficult to predict as the industry faces highly uncertain factors such as vaccine efficacy and policies in each destination to allow the flow of tourists."
The TTAA says that in 2019, 11 million Thai tourists spent 430 billion baht on overseas trips. Last year, that plummeted to 1 million spending 50 billion baht. The association has postponed the Thai International Travel Fair, which was due to take place in February. It is now scheduled for August 26 – 29.
According to a Bangkok Post report, the Tourism Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn will meet Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin this week, in order to discuss a co-payment scheme to protect those employed in the tourism industry. It's understood the proposal is to subsidise 50% of monthly salaries, up to a maximum of 7,500 baht per employee.
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The Thai government is taking full control of the Mor Chana application, which is used to trace Covid-19 infections and alert users if they are in a high risk area. The Digital Economy and Society Minister says the government will still be working closely with the app developers, adding that users can be assured that their data will be kept private.
The Mor Chana Volunteer Team, the app developer, made a post on their Facebook page saying the Mor Chana contact tracing application will be 100% under government management and control from now. The team will be responsible only for the open source programme development. The post has prompted public comments about the reason behind the application handover to the government.
Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta says the government will take full responsibility for the application management and control measures, but the collaboration with the app developers will continue. The developer team's announcement is just to inform the public about the app.
He also says some app functions will be redesigned and adjusted to be more friendly to use and won't violate users' data privacy. Personal information such as users' names and mobile numbers for registration won't be required anymore.
SOURCE: Post Today
369 new Covid-19 cases were reported today during the daily briefing. Most cases were detected in Samut Sakhon in a mass testing campaign. Thailand currently has 3,147 active Covid-19 cases under treatment and investigation.
12,423 infections have now been detected since the start of 2020 – 8,186 of them reported since December 20 last year… just a month back.
12 of today's newly announced cases were detected in quarantine from people arriving from overseas.
Police say they will issue arrest warrants for at least 2 people in connection to Saturday's bomb attack near the Chamchuri Shopping Centre and Sam Yan MRT, just a few hundred metres from Lumphini park.
The people are suspected of throwing a ping pong bomb into a group of police officers, njuring 3 policemen and 1 reporter. Metropolitan police say the perpetrators threw the bomb from a vehicle as they were travelling over the flyover. Police found nails, wire and black electrical tape at the scene of the modest explosion.
The attack occurred at 6pm on Saturday, during a pro-democracy rally over the government's enforcement of the lesé majeste law, which has seen over 43 people arrested, including students, since last November. Just last week, a Thammasat University student was arrested in his dorm room over lese majeste charges.
It might be a while until tourists can visit Australia, or Australians travel overseas. The Australian government has announced that borders might not reopen until at least 2022. Australia is rolling out its local immunisation program next month, but even if most of the population is vaccinated against Covid-19, the Australian government says it will probably wait to make sure the vaccine prevents the transmission of the virus before fully reopening borders.
Australia's borders are only open for citizens, residents, those with family in Australia and travellers who have been in New Zealand for the previous 14 days. All incoming travellers must quarantine for 14 days unless they come from an area classified as a "green safe travel zone."
The government announced today…. Already airlines have indicated that if you're not vaccinated you can't travel overseas and I think that'll be an incentive to a lot of people. Looks like I'll be chatting to family over Zoom for another year.
Thailand is on fire. The burning off of harvested crop plantations is lighting up the agricultural areas. The truth is starkly revealed in this live NASA satellite feed which tracks the fires around the world.
The website Firms.Modaps, shows the concentrations of the current fires around Central Thailand, north of Bangkok, parts of Isaan, north east of Bangkok, and around Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand.
Notably the concentration of fires in northern Cambodia and across the north-western border in Myanmar, is also causing plenty of problems as the foreign smoke drifts across the borders. No matter what Thai officials do to enforce the rice, sugar and corn plantation burn-offs, there is little they can do about the haze drifting across the borders.
Bangkok, so close to clusters of fires, is in for bad air pollution this week, or anytime the light winds of the start of the year blow from the north or the east. The lack of rain adds to the problem, the annual problem, that engulfs Thailand's capital during days between December and April, with the worst month, statistically, being March.
Chiang Mai also has a local geographic problem which exacerbates the bad smoke pollution. The city is in a valley, surrounded by hills, trapping in the smoke and helping block any breezes that could otherwise blow it away.
A 44 year old Australian man is wanted by Thai police for allegedly sexually abusing children in Thailand. Mr Adam Fox financially supported some migrant children in poverty stricken areas and allegedly sexually abused them.
He is wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting or abusing at least 3 Burmese boys, all under 15 years old, at his home in Tak's Mae Sot district near the Myanmar border.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Adam has claimed the accusations are a "set up." The Herald notes there is an explicit video allegedly involving Mr. Fox and a boy, as well as messages that go into detail about sexual abuse.
Reports of alleged sexual abuse came in after a local school principal noticed some of the boys had been absent from class, according to human trafficking investigator Daniel Isherwood.
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1. Ajay Jain: Three years ago, when I was swimming and often gasping in the murky waters of travel writers world trying to figure out the head or tail of this industry, a dear friend called me up and asked me to go to Kunzum cafe that is run by you. Being in a full time job, I was surrounded only by tie and suit clad sophisticated and some pretending to be sophisticated people. I found myself a misfit there but didn't have a choice. It was during a meetup of travelers in Kunzum cafe that I met people with whom I had common things to talk to. Kunzum was, and still is an amazing ecosystem of travelers and thank you Ajay for creating it. This was my first experience of meeting bloggers outside of the virtual world.
2. Shivya Nath: Flipping through the pages of a daily newspaper, I stumbled upon an article by you. I thought that travel writers especially those who quit their jobs to travel are only non-Indian. I searched for you casually on Google, and what I found did not let me sleep that night – 'Literally'. Till dawn, neurons in my brain were firing at the speed of light. Ever since I was in a corporate job, I felt confined in a box. I was a spectator in the stands watching things happening in this world and unable to make any difference despite having the desire and skill. I never traveled beyond cities. Travel to a village in Rajasthan happened by chance, and, Oh! my God, I was blown away by what I was missing [Read:Why I became a Rural Traveler]. Shivya, having seen your blog at the same time inspired me to choose villages and countryside over cities. I was clear what I wanted to write on and work for.
~ Shivya is a Travel Writer who quit her corporate job and took the leap of faith into the travelers world. She blogs at The Shooting Star.
4. Padma Madipalli: Padma, I met you during a travelers meet in Kunzum and ended up starting The Folk Tales with you. You taught me trust when you embarked with me on a journey to Rajasthan after having known me only for a while. While I was still afraid and speculating, you were the first one to quit your job to create the life you wanted. You worked in development sector but was in love with water and oceans, and always dreamed of living in a seaside hut. You created your dream into reality precisely that way.


The increasing frequency of new product introductions force today's companies to continuously upgrade their production capacities. The frequent revision of production capacities and the capacity loss during this period increase the importance of ramp up duration in evaluating capacity investments. This thesis aims to explore how a firm should optimally allocate its capacity investments among different manufacturing systems considering the capacity evolution in ramp up period. The proposed models in this thesis address a production facility making products that has a specific life cycle pattern.
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A whimsical mission poster inspired by a 1970s advertising campaign.
Cassini Retro Poster: The Classic
This spectacular view is a mosaic of four high resolution images taken by the Cassini spacecraft narrow angle camera on Feb. 16, 2005, during its close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The view i...
Enceladus Mosaic
This image (N00156648.jpg) was taken on July 05, 2010 and received on Earth July 06, 2010. The camera was pointing toward DAPHNIS, and the image was taken using the BL1 and CL2 filters. This image ...
Daphnis Raw Image No. 1
Fractures on the surface of Enceladus record a long and complex history of tectonic activity. Many of the geologically youngest fractures define remarkably systematic patterns relative to Enceladus...
Enceladus: Global Patterns of Fracture (Southern Polar Projection)
Wispy markings on Rhea reach across the moon's icy surface. The Tirawa impact basin is seen straddling the terminator at upper right. The crater is about 360 kilometers (220 miles) across. This vi...
Wisp-covered Rhea
This graphic depicts Cassini's interplanetary flight path beginning with launch from Earth on 15 October 1997, followed by gravity assist flybys of Venus (26 April 1998 and 21 June 1999), Earth (18...
Cassini Trajectory
Among the highest features seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Ceres so far is a mountain about 4 miles (6 kilometers) high, which is roughly the elevation of Mount McKinley in Alaska's Denali Nation...
Tall Mountain: Enhanced View
A nearly full Rhea shines in the sunlight in this recent Cassini image.
Rhea's Day in the Sun
Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet-light image of Venus.
Venus Cloud Tops Viewed by Hubble
This image of complex patterns on Occator Crater's floor on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 5, 2018 from an altitude of about 32 miles (52 kilometers).
Complex Patterns on Occator Crater's Floor
This cutaway view of Saturn's moon Enceladus is an artist's rendering that depicts possible hydrothermal activity that may be taking place on and under the seafloor of the moon's subsurface ocean, ...
Enceladus: Possible Hydrothermal Activity
Sand dunes on the slopes of Nectaris Montes within Coprates Chasma, which is part of Mars' giant Valles Marineris canyon system, as seen by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbit...
Dunes in Nectaris Montes
The Cassini mission entered its second extended mission, called the Cassini Solstice Mission, in September 2010. This extension enables scientists to study seasonal and other long-term weather chan...
Cassini Solstice Mission
The face of Dione is almost fully lit as the Cassini spacecraft flies in between this moon and the sun with Dione at low phase. With a few hundred pixels of its digital camera, Cassini details do...
Details on Dione
The Cassini spacecraft examines the dark region of Senkyo on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Senkyo is in the center of the image, and it lies just south of the moon's equator. For an earlier view o...
Centered on Senkyo
Titan's atmosphere puts on a display with the detached haze to the north (top of image) and the polar vortex to the south.
Titan's Polar Atmosphere
The searing arc of light seen here is Saturn's icy F ring, seen nearly edge-on. In the background, Rhea (1,528 kilometers, or 949 miles across) is lit by reflected light from Saturn and the rings, ...
Bright Arc of Ice
This view of Titan's south pole reveals the intriguing dark feature named Ontario Lacus and a host of smaller features dotting the south polar region. The true nature of this feature, seen here at...
Land of Lakes?
Saturn's fourth-largest moon, Dione, can be seen through the haze of the planet's largest moon, Titan, in this view of the two posing before the planet and its rings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft....
Titan and Dione
From a distance Saturn seems to exude an aura of serenity and peace.
Serene Saturn
Phoebe's Radiation June 23, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06402 This image shows thermal radiation from the day and night sides of Saturn's mo...
Phoebe's Radiation
This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Arruntia crater, located in asteroid Vesta's Bellicia quadrangle, in Vesta's northern hemisphere.
Arruntia Crater
Two of Saturn's moons make appearances in this view in very different ways. Janus (181 kilometers, or 113 miles across) glides past at bottom, near the edge-on ringplane. Above are the arcing shad...
One hemisphere of Iapetus is covered with very reflective material while the other hemisphere is covered with some of the darkest material in the solar system. The leading hemisphere of Iapetus (...
NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained this raw image of the moon Mimas on Oct. 16, 2010, just before Mimas went into shadow behind Saturn. The camera was approximately 101,552 kilometers (63,1010 mil...
Mimas -- Oct. 16, 2010 (raw)


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