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How to Enable or Disable Transparency in Windows 11
Here's how to enable or disable transparency in Windows 11. By default, they are enabled in Windows 11. It adds some fancy acrylic blur effect to a number of apps and components. For example, the Start menu, the Settings app, taskbar, and context menus are all using the Fluent Design style with bits of transparency.
So, Windows 11 comes with the transparency effects out-of-the-box. However, you can disable them using one of the three methods.
When you turn off transparency, the context menu, Settings app, taskbar, and all its flyouts are opaque. Let's have a look at some screenshots.
Windows 11 with Transparency Enabled
Windows 11 with Transparency Disabled
Also, you may notice that with transparency disabled, the login screen won't apply acrylic blur to its background image.
If you don't like the current style of your Windows 11, you can turn on or off the transparency effects for what you want.
Enable or Disable Transparency in Windows 11
Enable or Disable Transparency in Windows 11 with Settings
Disable Transparency in Windows 11 with Accessibility Settings
Turn On or Off Transparency Effects in the Registry
Download REG Files
To enable or disable transparency effects in Windows 11, you can do the following.
Use the Settings app and toggle enable the Transparency Effects option.
Change an Accessibility Settings option under Visual effects.
Finally, apply a Registry tweak. The latter can be useful in certain scenarios.
Let's review all three methods in detail.
Press Win + I to open the Settings app. You can also use an alternative method of opening it.
Navigate to Personalization > Colors.
On the left, disable the Transparency effects option. This will disable Transparency in Windows 11.
By enabling the same option, you will restore transparency effects for shell components and apps.
You are done.
Besides this obvious method, there are a few other options that you can use. For example, accessibility settings include a special switch that enables or disables transparency.
Right click the Start button and select Settings from its context menu.
Click the Accessibility item on the left.
On the right, click the Visual effects button.
Disable the Transparency effects toggle option to make the Windows and apps opaque.
You can later re-enable the same option to enable Transparency in Windows 11.
Finally, if the above is not enough, you can apply a Registry tweak for the same. Having a registry tweak will allow you to automate the appearance change for new user accounts, or for setting new devices to match your preferences.
Press Win + X on the keyboard and select Run from the menu.
Type regedit into the Run dialog to open the Registry editor app.
Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize key.
In the right pane, modify or create a new 32-bit DWORD value named EnableTransparency.
Set it to 1 to enable transparency, or set it to 0 to disable transparency in Windows 11.
You can now close the Registry Editor.
To save your time, I have prepared ready-to-use Registry files. Download this ZIP archive and extract its contents to any folder of your choice. You will get the following files.
Disable transparency effects.reg turns off transparency.
Enable transparency effects.reg - enables it back.
Author Sergey TkachenkoPosted on November 1, 2021 Categories Windows 11
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zidane says:
very clear and good article easy to understand. Thank you
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Op-ed: Utility-free restrooms in Cesar Chavez Park — A briefing
by Martin Nicolaus Jan. 19, 2016, 8:48 a.m. October 4, 2022
Cesar Chavez Park has had porta-potties for 25 years Photo: Martin Nicolaus
The need for permanent restrooms in Cesar Chavez Park has been on the City's agenda since at least 1977, when the North Waterfront Park Land Use Plan said that "of course, a park headquarters building and restroom structures will be needed for the park to function." [1] The 1991 Conceptual Master Plan for North Waterfront Park envisioned restrooms as part of a constructed park entry area.[2] "Permanent restrooms" in the park formed part of the 2003 Berkeley Marina Master Plan.[3]
Utility-free restroom near dog park in Lathrop, CA. Photo: courtesy Martin Nicolaus
Yet to date nothing has been done. Visitors to Berkeley's largest park, coming from all over the region, get their impression of the City of Berkeley from widely detested plastic porta-potties. Porta-potties are designed for temporary use. The units in the park have been there since the park opened in 1991 — a quarter-century.
Two main obstacles are usually cited against the construction of permanent restrooms in the park. They are (1) funding, and (2) the landfill gas issue. Both of those problems had considerable traction in the past, but with the advance of time they are fading to the rear view mirror. New restroom technology — the utility-free flush-vault restroom — dissolves these objections and puts permanent economical and ecological park restrooms within the City's reach today
Soil deep enough for tall cypresses is more than deep enough for trench-less toilets Photo: courtesy Martin Nicolaus
Old Technology. Old park restroom technology is costly because it requires custom construction and hookups to the municipal sewer lines. An example is the windsurfer bathroom currently slated for construction near the South Basin of the Marina. The floor area of this custom-built old-technology structure will be 530 square feet[4] and the cost will be $600,000. That sum is approximately twice the cost of building a Class 1 single-family residence complete with kitchen, heating, and all fixtures.[5]
The windsurfer restroom will cost $1,132 per square foot. For comparison, the median cost of building a 1-story office building in San Francisco in 2015 was $118 per square foot and for a 1-3 story apartment building, $86 per square foot.[6] In 2015 you could purchase a 5+ unit apartment building in Pacific Heights for "only" $631 per square foot, half the cost of the windsurfer bathroom.[7] On a square foot basis, the windsurfer restroom will be among the most expensive construction projects in the history of Berkeley.
A significant cost element for old-technology park restrooms is the sewer hookup. The windsurfer restroom will require a trench ten feet deep[8] in places, running for about 175 feet to University Avenue.[9] The trench would cut into 18 feet of highly variable landfill including organic material.[10] The risk of encountering and releasing landfill gas at this depth in this area has not been measured,[11] is not considered in the Initial Study, and is liable to lead to additional mitigation expense if the project proceeds.
New Technology. By contrast, the new utility-free restrooms available today utilize pre-fab technology and require no sewer hookups. The leading vendor of this technology, Greenflush Technologies of Portland, OR, (www.greenflushrestrooms.com) offers a variety of models, all prefabricated and shipped to the site by truck. I recently visited a new installation in Lathrop CA (a suburb of Manteca), see photos this page. Located at a dog park a quarter-mile from the nearest sewer, this unisex bathroom with a flush toilet, waterless urinal, and sink for handwashing cost the city $53,000 installed, less than one tenth the cost of the projected Berkeley windsurfer bathroom.
City officials from Sausalito, Tracy checking out new Lathrop restroom Photo: Martin Nicolaus
The utility-free flush-vault technology is essentially a happy hybrid between standard sanitary flush bathrooms and the rustic no-flush vault toilets typically found in state parks.
To the user, the facility appears entirely like a conventional residential or commercial bathroom with a flush toilet, urinal, and sink.
There is a vault underneath. But unlike the campground toilets, there is no odor and no optic opening onto the waste matter.
The invisible vault is considerably more capacious than the campground units. It gets pumped out a few times a year, depending on use, by the same vacuum trucks that service porta-potties and campground toilets.
Utility-free restrooms have flush toilets, are ADA compliant. Photo: courtesy Martin Nicolaus
No Trench Required. The flush-vault models can be set into a rectangular excavation no deeper than 24 inches. They require no sewer hookup and therefore no trench. The whole expense and environmental risk of trenching is a non-issue.[13]
Spot excavations 24 inches deep made at the present locations of the two sets of porta-potties along Spinnaker Way in Cesar Chavez Park would create no risk of penetrating the landfill cover and causing landfill gas leakage.
Both of these sites are in line with the existing row of cedar trees on the north side of Spinnaker Way. The trees are planted on the levee that underlies Spinnaker Way, and are not on landfill.[14] If the soil here is deep enough for tall trees, it is more than deep enough for utility-free restrooms.
Storm drains over landfill demonstrate ample thickness of cover soil Photo: Martin Nicolaus
Even if hypothetically the restroom structures had to be sited over landfill, the protective cover over the refuse in this area is much thicker than required. Test drillings made in 1988 show a cover thickness of between 8 feet and 26.5 feet near one site, and a thickness of 8 feet near the other.[15] These cover thicknesses were measured prior to the additional cover material (approximately four feet)[16] laid down before the area was opened to the public as a park in 1991.
Currently, there is a string of concrete stormwater drain boxes in the ground over landfill just north of the paved pedestrian path along Spinnaker Way. Each of these boxes is sunk as deep or deeper than the excavation needed for the permanent restrooms. No gas escapes because the cover is much deeper. There is no danger of cover penetration or gas leakage resulting from the installation of the utility-free restrooms.
Installing the utility-free toilets will not require moving any landfill pipes and will not require shutting down the gas extraction system even for one minute.
Porta-potty sites hug Spinnaker Way access road Image: courtesy Martin Nicolaus
[1] North Waterfront Park Land Use Plan Summary pp. 2, 6. Cesar Chavez Park was formerly called North Waterfront Park.
[2] Conceptual Master Plan for North Waterfront Park, p. 73, maps pp 11, 13.
[3] Berkeley Marina Master Plan June 1, 2003, pp. 4, 42, 77-78.
[4] City of Berkeley, Department of Parks, Recreation and Waterfront, Berkeley Marina South Cove Parking Lot Renovation and New Restroom Project, Mitigated Negative Declaration/Initial Study, p. 4. ("Initial Study")
[5] Retrieved from http://www.building-cost.net/CompMatrix.asp on 1/8/2016 for construction in zip codes 945-947 in January 2016.
[6] Retrieved on 1/8/2016 from http://www.buildingjournal.com/construction-estimating.html
[7] Retrieved on 1/8/2016 from http://www.paragon-re.com/Bay_Area_Apartment_Building_Market
[8] Initial Study, p. 28
[10] Initial Study, pp. 24, 25, 28.
[11] Initial Study, p. 28
[12] See http://viva-cesar-chavez-park.org
[13] The flush-vault toilets require no electric hookup; they use a solar panel on the roof. Water lines to supply the toilet and sink already run along the north side of Spinnaker Way, partly on the surface. Note that the flush-vault toilet uses only one quart of water per flush.
[14] Berkeley Marina Master Plan, p. 27. "Landscaping and plantings are restricted at Cesar Chavez Park because of the Regional Water Quality Control Board's concern that tree roots have the potential to compromise the landfill's clay cap."
[15] Harding Lawson Associates, Berkeley Landfill Well Drilling Logs and Dailies, September-October 1988, Extraction Wells 1-6.
[16] Conceptual Master Plan, 1991, p. 12.
Berkeleyside welcomes submissions of op-ed articles. We ask that we are given first refusal to publish. Topics should be Berkeley-related, local authors are preferred, and we don't publish anonymous pieces. Email submissions, as Word documents or embedded in the email, to editors@berkeleyside.com. The recommended length is 500-800 words. Please include your name and a one-line bio that includes full, relevant disclosures. Berkeleyside will publish op-ed pieces at its discretion.
Martin Nicolaus is a 23-year Berkeley resident, a park activist and blogger (http://viva-cesar-chavez-park.org) who is leading a campaign petitioning for better restrooms at Cesar Chavez Park. He has no connection with any party involved in the design, sales or construction of the restrooms. Nicolaus published a photo-book about Cesar Chavez Park in 2014.
Tagged: Cesar Chavez Park, Parks, Urban planning

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package hip.ch7.shortestpath;

import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Map
    extends Mapper<Text, Text, Text, Text> {

  private Text outKey = new Text();
  private Text outValue = new Text();

  @Override
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      throws IOException, InterruptedException {

    Node node = Node.fromMR(value.toString());

    System.out.println("input -> K[" + key + "],V[" + node + "]");

    // output this node's key/value pair again to preserve the information
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        "  output -> K[" + key + "],V[" + value + "]");
    context.write(key, value);

    // only output the neighbor details if we have an actual distance
    // from the source node
    //
    if (node.isDistanceSet()) {
      // our neighbors are just a hop away
      //
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      // node name to the list
      //
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        outValue.set(adjacentNode.toString());
        System.out.println(
            "  output -> K[" + outKey + "],V[" + outValue + "]");
        context.write(outKey, outValue);
      }
    }
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Бра́жники — місцевість Харкова, колишнє село.

Географія
Місцевість Бражники розташована на берегах річки Немишля, вище за течією на відстані 3,5 км розміщені села Слобідське і Прелесне. Поруч проходить автомобільна дорога  () - Харківська окружна дорога.

Історія
Село Бражники було засноване в 1778 році.

6 вересня 2012 року Верховна Рада України прийняла постанову «Про зміну і встановлення меж міста Харків, Дергачівського і Харківського районів Харківської області», згідно з якою територія села була включена в межі міста Харкова.

5 березня 2013 року Харківська обласна рада прийняла рішення про виключення села з облікових даних.

Примітки

Місцевості Харкова

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Der Südpol ist im allgemeinen Sprachgebrauch der südlichste Punkt der Erde. Er entspricht dem südlichen Drehpunkt der Erdachse, wird auch als geographischer Südpol bezeichnet und liegt auf dem antarktischen Kontinent. Darüber hinaus gibt es weitere Definitionen des antarktischen Magnetpols und antarktischen geomagnetischen Pols sowie des Südpols der Unzugänglichkeit.

Geographischer Südpol
Der Geographische Südpol wird durch die Erdrotation festgelegt. Er liegt auf dem südlichen Ende der Erdachse als Antipode des Nordpols und hat eine feste Position bei einer geographischen Breite von . Der geographischen Definition der Himmelsrichtung entsprechend blickt man von hier aus in jeder Richtung nach Norden. Der Südpol hat keine eindeutige geographische Länge. Er liegt auf dem Festland des Subkontinents Ostantarktika unter dem ewigen Eis, das an dieser Stelle bis zu einer Höhe von 2800 Meter über dem Meeresspiegel reicht.

Erforschung
Spätestens ab dem Beginn des Goldenen Zeitalters der Antarktis-Forschung seit Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts gab es Bestrebungen, den antarktischen Kontinent zu erforschen und dabei auch näher an den Pol zu kommen. Die Belgica-Expedition (1897–1899) erreichte  71° 30' S, die Southern-Cross-Expedition (1898–1900) schon 78° 50' S und die Discovery-Expedition (1901–1904) 82° 17' S. Die Nimrod-Expedition (1907–1909) musste schließlich unter Führung von Ernest Henry Shackleton am 9. Januar 1909 bei 88° 23' S, nur 180 km vom Pol entfernt, wegen Proviantmangels umkehren.

Die ersten Menschen, die den geographischen Südpol erreichten, waren der Norweger Roald Amundsen und seine Expeditionsgruppe (Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, Oscar Wisting). Sie erreichten den Südpol am 14. Dezember 1911. Amundsen nannte sein dortiges Lager Polheim und das den Pol umgebende Polarplateau "Haakon VIIs Vidde" (König-Haakon-VII-Plateau) zu Ehren des Königs Haakon VII. von Norwegen.

Amundsens Konkurrent beim Wettlauf um das erste Erreichen des Südpols war der Engländer Robert Falcon Scott. Er und seine Mannschaft (Henry Robertson Bowers, Edward Adrian Wilson, Lawrence Oates, Edgar Evans) erreichten den Pol einen Monat nach Amundsens Gruppe am 17. Januar 1912. Auf der Rückreise vom Pol starben Scott und seine vier Begleiter an der extremen Kälte und an Unterernährung.

Im Verlauf der ersten Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928 bis 1930) überflog der Pilot Berndt Balchen am 29. November 1929 als erste Person den Südpol. Mit an Bord befanden sich als Co-Pilot Harold June, als Navigator der Expeditionsleiter Richard Evelyn Byrd und als Bordfunker Ashley McKinley.

Nach Amundsen und Scott dauerte es fast 45 Jahre, bis erneut ein Mensch seinen Fuß auf den Südpol setzte. Am 31. Oktober 1956 erreichten Konteradmiral George J. Dufek und eine Expeditionsgruppe der US-Marine in einem Militärflugzeug (Douglas DC-3/R4D) den südlichsten Punkt der Erde. Sie hatten den Auftrag, den Bau der Amundsen-Scott-Südpolstation vorzubereiten. Im Verlauf der folgenden Monate und des Jahres 1957 wurde die Station dann errichtet, indem man Material, Arbeiter, Wissenschaftler und Forscher ebenfalls auf dem Luftweg an den Südpol transportierte. Die Station ist seitdem ununterbrochen zur Antarktisforschung im Einsatz.

Erst im Jahr 1958 wurde der Südpol erstmals nach 1912 wieder über den Landweg erreicht. Im Rahmen der Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition erreichten der Neuseeländer Edmund Hillary und dessen Begleiter am 4. Januar 1958 und eine Gruppe um den Engländer Vivian Fuchs am 19. Januar 1958 den Südpol. Hillary war am Rossmeer und Fuchs am Weddell-Meer gestartet. Beide Gruppen benutzten bei ihrer Reise neben Hundeteams auch Raupenfahrzeuge und wurden durch Luftaufklärung zur Planung der Route und der Standorte für die Depots unterstützt.

Im antarktischen Sommer 1989/1990 durchquerte Arved Fuchs zusammen mit Reinhold Messner die Antarktis über den Südpol zu Fuß, bei einer Laufstrecke von 2800 km. Am 13. November 1989 startete er mit seinem Begleiter. Am Morgen des 31. Dezember 1989 erreichten beide Abenteurer den geografischen Südpol. Am 12. Februar 1990 trafen Arved Fuchs und Reinhold Messner in der Scott Base im McMurdo-Sund ein und beendeten damit ihre Antarktisdurchquerung zu Fuß und auf Skiern. Damit erreichte Fuchs 1989 als erster Mensch beide Pole innerhalb nur eines Jahres zu Fuß.

Am 21. Dezember 2008 erreichte der US-Amerikaner Todd Carmichael den geographischen Südpol von der Westküste des Südpolarmeers aus allein auf Skiern und ohne fremde Hilfe in 39 Tagen und knapp acht Stunden. Damit unterbot er den bestehenden Trekking-Rekord der Britin Hannah McKeand für die etwa 1100 Kilometer lange Strecke, allerdings nur um wenig mehr als eineinhalb Stunden.

Vom 16. bis 26. Dezember 2013 überwand die Britin Maria Leijerstam im Rahmen einer "challenge" gegen einen Spanier und einen US-Amerikaner die rund 800 Kilometer lange Strecke von einer russischen Station aus zum Südpol in der neuen Rekordzeit von nur 10 Tagen. Dabei lief sie jedoch nicht auf Skiern, sondern verwendete ein Liegedreirad, das vom Hersteller auf der Basis eines Standardmodells für die extremen klimatischen und geografischen Verhältnisse umgerüstet worden war. Neben der Inhaberin der schnellsten Zeit auf dem Landweg ist sie somit der erste Mensch, der den Südpol je auf einem Fahrrad erreichte.

Klima
Ein großer Teil des Tageslichts, das die Oberfläche erreicht, wird durch den weißen Schnee reflektiert. Dieser Mangel an Wärme von der Sonne sowie die große Höhe (ungefähr 3000 Meter) bewirken, dass der Südpol eines der kältesten Klimate auf der Erde hat. Auch im Vergleich zum Nordpol sind die Temperaturen wesentlich niedriger. Dies liegt neben der Höhe auch daran, dass sich der Südpol inmitten einer kontinentalen Landmasse befindet, während der Nordpol in einem Ozean liegt, der Wärme speichert.

Im Mittsommer, wenn die Sonne ihre maximale Höhe von ungefähr 23,5° über dem Horizont erreicht, steigen die Temperaturen am Südpol im Durchschnitt auf −25 °C. Im Winter bleibt die Temperatur bei ungefähr −65 °C unveränderlich. Die höchste Temperatur, die jemals an der Amundsen-Scott-Südpol-Station notiert wurde, ist −12 °C, die tiefste betrug −83 °C. Die niedrigste jemals in der Antarktis nachgewiesene Temperatur wurde am 21. Juli 1983 an der Wostok-Station gemessen und betrug −89 °C. Im Jahr 2018 wurde der Kälterekord mit −98,6 °C gebrochen. An den Küsten und vor allem auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel kann die Temperatur im Sommer auch etwas über 0 °C steigen.

Antarktischer magnetischer Pol
Der antarktische magnetische Pol ist der Punkt der südlichen Hemisphäre, an dem die magnetischen Feldlinien des Erdmagnetfelds vertikal zur Erdoberfläche stehen. Die Nadel eines speziell für solche Messungen konstruierten Kompasses zeigt am antarktischen magnetischen Pol mit ihrer Süden-Markierung zum Erdmittelpunkt. Folglich stellt der antarktische magnetische Pol im physikalischen Sinne den Nordpol des Erdmagnetfelds dar. Ein gewöhnlicher Kompass, dessen Nadel nur um die vertikale Achse drehbar ist, zeigt am magnetischen Pol und in seiner Umgebung "irgendwohin", weil keine waagerechte Komponente der Feldlinien vorhanden ist. Der antarktische magnetische Pol bewegt sich ständig und liegt zurzeit nicht mehr auf dem Festland, sondern im Meer bei ca.  (Stand 2007), rund 30 km nördlich der Zunge des Dibble-Gletschers an der Clarie-Küste, Wilkes-Land. Im Rahmen der Nimrod-Expedition unter der Leitung von Ernest Shackleton wurde der Pol durch Edgeworth David, Douglas Mawson und Alistair Mackay am 16. Januar 1909 erstmals erreicht (siehe Marsch zum antarktischen magnetischen Pol).

Südlicher geomagnetischer Pol
Der geomagnetische Pol auf der südlichen Halbkugel ist ein berechneter Pol des unregelmäßigen Erdmagnetfeldes unter der Annahme eines ungestörten Magnetfeldes, wie es sich durch einen sich im Erdmittelpunkt befindlichen Stabmagneten ergeben würde. Er lag 2010 bei etwa , in der Nähe der Wostok-Station, Ostantarktika. Auch dieser ist wie der magnetische Pol im physikalischen Sinne ein magnetischer Nordpol.

Südpol der Unzugänglichkeit
Der Südpol der Unzugänglichkeit ist per Definition der Punkt der Antarktis, der am weitesten von allen Küstenlinien entfernt liegt. Er befindet sich bei  (bezogen auf die Eisfläche) beziehungsweise  (bezogen auf die Landmasse). Erstmals wurde der Ort 1958 von sowjetischen Forschern mit Schneefahrzeugen erkundet.

Für den Nordpol in der Arktis ist dies entsprechend der Punkt, der im arktischen Meer am weitesten von allen Küstenlinien entfernt liegt.

Verwendete Ortszeit
In Antarktika sind keine Zeitzonen definiert. Aus praktischen Gründen wird auf der amerikanischen Amundsen-Scott-Südpolstation die neuseeländische Zeit verwendet, da der logistische Hub der amerikanischen Antarktisaktivitäten in Christchurch, Neuseeland, liegt.

Würde man die idealen, durch Längengrade definierten Zeitzonen bis zum Südpol fortsetzen, so wäre es möglich, mit der Umschreitung des geographischen Südpols alle Zeitzonen mit wenigen Schritten zu durchqueren. So stellte Forscher Bob Reid auch seinen "Spaß-Weltrekord" in der Bumerang-Wurfdisziplin MTA-100 auf: Er warf seinen Bumerang so, dass dieser am Südpol durch alle Zeitzonen kreiste. Auf diese Weise konnte er die Zeitwerte der Zeitzonen zur Wurfzeit hinzufügen und erreichte 24 Stunden und 11 Sekunden Flugzeit. Allerdings müsste man eigentlich, was Bob Reid nicht tat, auch die Datumsgrenze entlang des 180. Längengrads bis zum Südpol ziehen, wodurch bei einer vollständigen Umrundung des Pols die 24 gewonnenen Stunden wieder durch einen Tagesrücksprung zunichtegemacht würden.

Weblinks

  von 1998 bis heute (täglich aktualisiert)
 Antarktis online
 360° Südpol Panoramas eines deutschen Antarktisforschers
 Novo to Inaccessibility Antarctic Expedition (englisch)
 Artikel über die Expedition zum magnetischen und geographischen Südpol

Einzelnachweise

Astronomisches Koordinatensystem
Mathematische Geographie
Antarktika
Geographie (Antarktis)


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'Sink holes' appear at historic Barnsley reservoir caused by 'wave erosion'
Injury forces Sheffield Eagles' boss to ring the changes
Sheffield Eagles are set to make their first changes of the campaign this Friday, with director of rugby Mark Aston forced into utilising this season's enhanced squad.
By Matt Young
Wednesday, 13th February 2019, 10:18 am
Updated Wednesday, 13th February 2019, 10:22 am
Sheffield Eagles boss Mark Aston
Aston has overseen two wins from two following the narrow success at Barrow, but the victory came at a cost with the long-serving coach losing two key players to injury.
Pat Walker's penalty sealed a late victory at Craven Park, but Aston confirmed James Davey (hamstring) and Brad Knowles (rib) are extremely doubtful for the visit of Bradford Bulls this Friday.
With the Eagles increasing their numbers after often being left short with last season's threadbare unit, Aston knows he has options at his disposal as he prepares for the showdown with former Eagles coach John Kear.
"You cannot change things when they are doing what you are asking them to do. But when you get injuries, then that changes things," Aston told The Star. "Brad Knowles is as tough as nails, but he'll struggle for Friday. Matty James will be all right. He took a bang to the face but he got up and carried on, so he'll be available on Friday. Jimmy Davey and Brad Knowles will be pretty doubtful.
"Jason Crookes also took a knock, but I think he'll be okay.
"We'll see what the lads are like over the next couple of days. It has been physical and it has been bruising, so we'll have a look over them. We'll have to make sure we manage them, and then we'll go again on Friday."
Aston has been hugely impressed with his side's application in pre-season, admitting a host of players who survived the pre-season cull have stepped up following the introduction of 14 new faces.
The 51-year-old has often praised the likes of Greg Burns and Blake Broadbent in recent weeks, but neither have made his final 17 for the opening two rounds.
The door now looks open for someone to throw their hat into the ring, as Aston looks for a hat-trick of wins to the start the new campaign.
"We have players like Greg Burns, Blake Broadbent and Rory Dixon - plus one or two others - who haven't had a game yet. There will be an opportunity potentially on Friday for some of them.
"There is a nice balance here now. There are some good options."


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First Trailer for The Northman Promises Viking Revenge
December 28, 2021 Mr. Greg Universe
Robert Eggers has proven he has a very unique voice in modern filmmaking with films like The Witch and Lighthouse, and now he's teaming up with Focus Features for this Viking epic The Northman. Check out the first trailer starring Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, and some Eggers alumni.
Here's the official description:
From visionary director Robert Eggers comes THE NORTHMAN, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's murder. With an all-star cast that includes Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe.
If you've watched Eggers' previous movies, you'll know that he's brought back leads from The Witch (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Lighthouse (Willem Dafoe). The cast list also includes other Witch supporting cast Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie, plus Game of Thrones' Mountain actor Thor Bjornson.
The film also has some interesting casting with Björk who is acting out a part for the first time in a long while.
With A24 having a very specific brand of film, Eggers' work is a shining example of what kind of content the studio pumps out. With Focus Features distributing this movie though, I have a feeling The Northman is going to be something more commercially friendly. Don't get me wrong, the trailer still feels a lot like an Eggers film, but there's just something in the preview that makes me feel like this one is not going to alienate the general audience.
It's just a feeling.
Catch The Northman when it comes out April 22, 2022.
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Q: Power supply PCB I made a PCB board (my first one) recently and I ran into some issues with it while troubleshooting. The PCB board is connected to an Arduino and draws 5V and the 3.3V supply from it. Also, the board and the Arduino shares a common ground. Since I need + and - 3.3V and 15V on the board, I used a 5-15V converter (After I get the + and - 15V I divide it to + and -3.3 V). When I assembled the board I ran into a problem which I need help troubleshooting. If I ground the +3.3V terminal and just use the -3.3V, I get -3.3V at both the ICs and vice versa. However, If both +3.3 and -3.3 V are present on the board, the ICs get +1.5V and around -0.92 V. I really do not understand what's going on. Would a buffer fix the problem?

A: Well just as a quick suggestion the AD8130 uses 10.8mA in the quiescent state, or when it's doing nothing.  You're trying to power it with a resistive divider that can supply what (15-3.3) / 3300 or about 3.5mA at 3.3V.   As @corecode said resistive dividers for power supplies are a poor choice better to use some regulators, they're not going to hold their voltage when your opamp starts to draw power because how could they with no feed back?   The voltage divider formula you used to calculate those resistors only holds if there's no load.  Once you attach the load the calculations changes, and as you see the output voltage changes as well.

A: You will not achieve a stable regulated voltage with a resistive divider. Instead, you should use a 3.3V regulator at that end. You don't mention current, efficiency or budget requirements, so I'll just suggest a DC/DC Converter like this V7803-500.
You can use two of these regulators to achieve +/- 3.3V from a single 15V rail.

A: Using a resistive divider is a bad way to generate a stable voltage: any load you put on it will change the output voltage.  If you need a stable voltage, better use a linear regulator, e.g. the LM317 (positive) and LM337 (negative).

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Hardy Diagnostics aboard the ISS!
Posted on September 4, 2019 by Daniel Ballew
photo courtesy of NASA
In total silence, a nearly 463 ton marvel is traveling at 17,000 miles per hour, but it garners little attention from those on Earth. In a modern age where space travel has become so mundane that private space flight companies are better known for their founder's tweets than the incredible feats of scientific achievement they are conquering, little attention is given to the fast-moving speck that darts across the night sky every ninety minutes. For over twenty years, the International Space Station (ISS) has orbited the Earth, allowing astronauts to conduct experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology, and other sciences differently than the planet's surface.
The International Space Station is a joint operation of five space agencies: NASA (USA), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (EU), and CSA (Canada). Launched in 1998, the ISS has been continuously manned for 18 years and 294 days as it has grown via additional modules. The newest module was added in 2016. During that time, 236 people have had the opportunity to visit the most remote workplace possible. However, while we are as fascinated with unfathomable expanse we not so eloquently refer to as space, here at the HardyBlog we are interested in something much, much smaller. Turns out, so were those aboard the ISS.
Over the course of 14 months and three separate flights, a catalogue of the bacteria found on internal surfaces of the International Space Station was catalogued to better understand the fungal and microbial communities aboard the ISS. Not only was this study done for the pragmatic reasons, such as developing safety measures and protocols for extended space travel, but also to better understand the effects microgravity on the development and proliferation of bacteria and fungi.
Dr. Kasthuri Venkatewaran, the corresponding author of the study, said, "Specific microbes in indoor spaces on Earth have been shown to impact human health. This is even more important for astronauts during spaceflight as they have altered immunity and do not have access to the sophisticated medical interventions available on Earth." As you hurdle through space nearly 249 miles above the nearest possible hospital, it is understandable that even the slightest of infections would be far more inconvenient.
Researchers found that the vast majority of microbes found on the ISS were human-associated in nature. Found most prominently were Staphylococcus bacteria at 26% of total isolates, followed by Pantoea (23% of isolates), and Bacillus (11% of isolates.) While most of these bacteria can be found in gyms, offices, and hospitals, suggesting that the ISS is similar to other human occupied structures, there is still cause for concern.
"Whether these opportunistic bacteria could cause disease in astronauts aboard the ISS is unknown," says the primary author, Dr. Checinska Sielaff. "This would depend on a number of factors, including the health status of each individual and how these organisms function while in a space environment." Staphyloccocus aureus (10% of isolates identified) is a common Gram-positive bacteria that can commonly cause skin infections that are easily treated. However, the rise of antibiotic-resistant strains of S. aureus such as MRSA (Methicillin-resistant S. aureus) and VRSA(Vancomycin-resistant S. aureus) have researchers far more concerned due to the remote nature of the ISS and her crew.
The study, which used both Hardy Diagnostics R2A agar and Potato Dextrose Agar, found that while fungal communities were stable over time, microbial communities changed over time. While the first and third flights produced similar results, the second flight had a far more diverse microbial diversity. The authors suggest that the differences could be attributed to the different astronauts on board during these times. As space travel becomes increasingly more common, even commercial in nature, this has interesting implications regarding astronaught hygiene and cleaning protocols of spacecraft.
The study which acted as the first comprehensive cataloguing of bacteria and fungi found on surfaces of closed space systems could just be the first in a series of studies that intend to further improve safety measures including those in place by NASA for deep space human habitation, such as a manned mission to Mars. Hardy Diagnostics is proud that our products are helping to diagnose and prevent disease , whether it be on this planet or the next.
Reference Guide to the International Space Station (PDF) (Assembly Complete ed.). NASA. November 2010. ISBN 978-0-16-086517-6. NP-2010-09-682-HQ.
Characterization of the total and viable bacterial and fungal communities associated with the International Space Station surfaces,Aleksandra Checinska Sielaff†, Camilla Urbaniak, et. al, Microbiome, April 2019. https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-019-0666-x
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Two Bears Farm and the Three Cubs: A Rattle you DON'T want to Hear!
A Rattle you DON'T want to Hear!
The other night I was getting ready to head out for a run, when I decided to give the ladies (our hens) some fresh hay in their nesting boxes.
I headed into the barn.
I didn't want to spend a lot of time with it, and since the hens don't need our best hay (which is reserved for the horses to eat) I decided to just grab a busted bale towards the front.
Right as I grabbed the bale, I heard a rattle. A rattle I hadn't heard since my days of riding horses in the gravel pits of Texas. Yes, it was THAT kind of rattle.
Now you may or may not know, but Virginia has timber rattlers in the mountains.
Timber rattlers are shy snakes. We've lived here for years and I haven't encountered one yet, but I know they are out there, and certainly have friends who have crossed their paths while hiking.
Here is a google image of a timber rattler.
Note how nicely they blend in.
Now as soon as I heard the rattle, my eyes started scanning, I dropped the hay in my arms, and I slowly started backing away from the hay.
The hair on my arms stood up. Just a little bit.
And as I walked backwards, the rattle got LOUDER.
Why was it getting louder?
Quickly I looked to my sides, and twisted to look behind me, as I continued moving AWAY.
I couldn't spot the rattler anywhere.
And then as the volume increased yet again I had a realization.
The reason it kept getting louder?
Because it was on my Ipod.
I was listening to some tribal music for my run, that had rain sticks incorporated in.
Lucky me, the rain sticks just happened to pick up right as I scooped up that hay.
Well, that was one way to get my adrenalin pumping for my evening run!
I'm linking up today with Tuesday's Show and Tail at WV Treasures. Click HERE to go read more great animal stories!
LOL!! I'm sorry for laughing but that sounds like something that would happen to me. I bet so read y to take off once you heard him rattle!!
So happy it was just your iPod though and not the actual thing.
Yikes! I would have been terrified...I do the same thing when I'm in the car and a song comes on the radio featuring police sirens..freaks me out every time.
You tell that story wonderfully! How funny! It sounds like something that would happen to ME!!! Have a great day!!!
LMBO I m glad it was just your music and not the real thing..
I was ready to read "Then the snake struck me on the arm" That was a good story and glad it was only your ipod...lol!
JP says "Be brave and Be strong' in her blog today.. I think that will be my motto for everyday to say to Ben...I ususally say Be Careful..But I like this one better..Be brave and Be strong... Have a great day~!~!
That is funny. I so thought there was a snake in a bale.
You had me shaking in my boots girl! Whew! I was thinking the snake was on you and going to get you too! Years ago we had an old barn. I peeked into one of the old stalls and a black snake came out on me! It was only 2 or 3 feet away. My collie dog was barking at it which I had just tied him to the barn. The snake was between us so I couldn't help the dog. I turned around to run. My 1 yr old daughter was behind me so I picked her up running and I tripped and fell over with my daughter! I was just 4 steps away from where I was when I first seen the snake. lol My knee instantly was swollen and I could hardly walk. Made it to the house and my husband was cutting grass. He couldn't hear me and I couldn't walk so I jumped in my truck and drove in the yard to where he was to tell him to rescue our dog!
I hung on every word,just expecting a rattlesnake killn' any minute.Glad it was your Ipod.Hey from southest Georgia,I am new follower via West Virginia Treasures.
Thanks for the laugh. This is something that would happen to me. Better an ipod than a disturbed snake!
I was so worried for you - whew - I am so glad it turned out to be your Ipod. You tell a darn good story. Thanks for visiting my blog too.
Do you live near Angela? She is a dear friend. And Monica too.
OMG, that's crazy... perfect way to get that heart rate up, no speed work necessary... what are you doing picking hay up while running anyway?
Lisa you had me scared on that one!!
Holy smokes I would have freaked out BIG TIME! So glad it wasn't the real thing!!!


This weekend I went to Bass Lake to celebrate my grandpa Delbert's 80th birthday.
He is the kind of grandpa that tells bawdy jokes and has nicknames for all of his grandchildren (and now great grandchildren). I grew up being called Dawiloh (dah-wee-low) – who knows what it means or how to spell it, but everytime I hear it a huge smile lights up my face.
Grandpa Delbert has lived and loved. He has been married to Grandma Peggy, raised 4 children, and watched his children raise 7 grandchildren. Now he even has two great grandchildren. His friends adore him and he is famous around Bass Lake for telling his jokes and building/fixing boat engines.
and I could go on, but how boring!
Quite a list, but I do have some time…I will be 80 in 50 years, making it the year 2058. Half of the 21st Century will have evolved, and who knows what will have happened by then. Having the first African American president will be a milestone well passed.
So I raise my glass of Early Times on the rocks to Delbert. May he have many more birthdays to share with family and friends!


Located in the Westerville Plaza, The Pancake House is a family owned American diner serving breakfast and house-made lunch since 2009.
The Pancake House opened in December 2009 and is located in the Westerville Plaza (across from Roush Honda). Since then, we have been serving both quality classic diner dishes and daring new ventures into the uncharted territories of food (found in our Weekly Specials).
The Pancake House interior provides the look and feel of an American diner while offering the choice to watch the art of cooking as it occurs in the open kitchen. The cozy atmosphere appeals to all members of the family.


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I have put together this yummy summer Sprouted Quinoa and "Roasted" Cauliflower Cranberry & Pepita Salad after I got inspired by the local Italian cafe down the road from home, as it looked delicious but was loaded with pasta and dairy. This version is much healthier using sprouted quinoa, and a delicious miso cashew dressing. Enjoy!
In a bowl toss the cauliflower florets in the tamari, paprika, raw honey, ACV, olive oil & salt and pepper. Place on a dehydrator tray and dehydrate at 115°F for 4 hours. Set aside while you make the rest of the salad. If you don't have a dehydrator you can do a normal roast in the oven with the cauliflower. Ssssh don't tell anyone.
In a bowl combine the remaining ingredients including the sprouted quinoa and cauliflower and toss together. Set aside while you make the dressing.
Place all dressing ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth. Add water if necessary. Pour dressing ingredients into a mason jar and serve with the salad.


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Norway in Georgia Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Norsk næringsliv Georgia
Reiseinformasjon for Georgia
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We are keen to attract outstanding international students and researchers and can offer them the opportunity to take part in top-notch research activities in Norway. A wide range of nationalities are already represented in Norwegian research centres, and in 2015, just under 40 % of all Norwegian doctorates were awarded to international candidates.
Norway spends around 1.7 % of GDP on research and development. Arctic research, climate change and renewable energy are among the areas where Norwegian research enjoys international acclaim. Norway is taking part in Horizon 2020, the world's largest research and innovation programme, on an equal footing with the EU member states. There are good grant schemes for researchers in Norway, which you may qualify for if you take up a research position here.
There is a high level of education, social trust and gender equality in Norway. Technology use is widespread, and there is close cooperation between the business sector, the authorities and research institutions.
For more information about research in Norway, contact the Research Council of Norway.
Norwegian universities
Norwegian Univerity of Science and Technology (NTNU)
The Arctic University of Norway (in Tromsø)
University of Agder
University of Nordland
Contact information for these universities can also be found here
How to apply for residence permit
Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tbilisi
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You accidentally left the lights on or some other accessory that pulls power from the battery even when the ignition key is off. There is a key off parasitic electrical drain on the battery because a relay is sticking, a module is not shutting down (going into "sleep mode"), or there is a shorted diode in the alternator.
The first things you want to check are the battery and the output of the charging system (alternator). After charging the battery or jump starting the car, connect the voltmeter to the battery the same as before and not the charging voltage.
After the battery has been recharged, the battery should also be tested to see if it is capable of holding a charge. The average service life of a wet cell lead-acid car battery is only about four to five years, and can be as little as three years in really hot climates (like Arizona and Florida).
If your car battery is less than six years old and tests okay, and the charging system is working normally, your battery may be running down because of a key-off current drain (also called "parasitic battery drain"). When you turn the ignition off, switch the lights off and remove the key from the ignition switch (or the smart key fob from the vehicle), the electrical load on the battery should drop to almost nothing.
Many modules have internal timers that either turn off the module to put it into a "sleep mode," or power down the module to a "standby mode" to reduce the parasitic power drain on the battery after a predetermined length of time when the key is turned off. WARNING: When disconnecting or replacing a car battery on a late mode vehicle, you should always maintain voltage to the vehicle's electrical system to preserve learned module settings. As a rule, the parasitic drain on most late model vehicles should be less than 50 milliamps one hour after the vehicle has been shut off and left undisturbed. Keep in mind, though, that opening a door, the trunk or turning anything on can wake up various modules and start the timer countdown all over again.
Check for Voltage Drop: Use a digital volt meter to measure voltage drop across individual fuses with the key off. Use an ammeter with an amp probe to measure key-off current flow at the battery: Connect an inductive amp probe to your ammeter or digital multimeter, then clamp the probe around one of the battery cables. Use an ammeter to measure key-off current flow at the battery: This method requires disconnecting one of the battery cables and connecting the ammeter in series between the battery and cable so any current flow will pass through the meter. Causes of excessive current drain from a car battery include things like lights that remain on (trunk and hood lights, interior lights, brake lights, etc.) and also relays that may be stuck on, or modules that are not going to sleep or powering down.
A fuel pump relay that sticks on may keep the fuel pump running after the engine is shut off.
An accessory such as a DVD player, game console or cell phone charger left plugged into a rear seat power receptacle may be pulling power from the battery.
If the key-off current reading is above specifications (typically, more than 50 mA one hour after the vehicle has been shut off), the current drain is too high. Once you've found the circuit that is causing the excessive current drain, check the relay, switch, module or other components in the circuit and replace as needed. BMW recalled 2004 to 2010 BMW 5 Series and 6 Series cars for a faulty battery-cable connection in the trunk.
I put together the following chart which indicates the state-of-charge (percent) as it relates to battery voltage or specific gravity. How I determined the voltage values: I researched as many battery manufacturers that I could find regarding their own published SOC data.
Note: Voltage measurements are only approximate to determine SOC, and measuring battery voltage is NOT the most accurate way to do this (there are variables under varying circumstances).
Note: For longer battery life, batteries should remain in the green zone (40% or more SOC). Note: The 100% voltage is NOT the recommended charging voltage (which will be higher, and multi-stage). If the gravity of each cell stays relatively the same (usually all in the green) does that mean that I don't need to equalize that battery? The reason I ask is: I have 90 watts of harbor freight panels, run thru a sunsaver controller that charges 2 wally world deep cycle batteries and the gravity has almost never been below the green level, and I never really have had to add much water.
My other set up has about 750 watts of poly panels, run through a xantrex 30 amp charge controller charging a trojan 12 volt golf cart battery. I guess my question is do I need to do this since the wally world batteries always seem to be in good shape as per hydrometer readings? I built an off-grid system for my home and have expanded and maintained it myself over the years, so that is my knowledge base. Also, NEVER combine different types, or age, or widely differing state of charge of your batteries when charging.
Thanks Carl, and as you insinuated, there are variables, including temperature compensation measurements and others. Saw this as I was looking for a SG to SOC chart and thought I would make a couple of comments.
A bolt that connects the battery cables in the trunk may come loose, creating increased electric resistance and an overheated cable connection.
Or better use another browser which respects html and css standards - Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Safari etc. Voltages and Specific Gravity are listed for a 6-volt or 12-volt battery, and battery banks of 24 and 48 volts. Some were slightly different from each-other with regards to their SOC values, however I averaged all of them together to come up with a chart which represents what I believe to be a good general indication.
A more accurate method is to measure the specific gravity of each cell within the battery, however for many batteries this is difficult or impossible (AGM batteries, for example).
Occasional dips into the yellow may not be harmful, but continual discharges to those levels will shorten battery life considerably. Just thought it might be helpful to add that one tool I've found useful is the little floating balls thing for checking individual cell status in lead acid batteries. I mainly use this system for 12 volt water pumps,a few LED's and cfl lights and occasionally power tools. My immediate thought about the differences in your two battery banks is that the wally world batteries are newer, or less heavily used than the Trojan. I do off grid solar for a living, 25 years now and I sent a customer the link to this chart to give him an extra tool to keep tabs of his system. Measuring and knowing the SOC of a battery or battery bank is useful when applying towards alternative energy, or any other situation where you need to know its condition. Many (most) alt-energy systems incorporate a DC-shunt which keeps track of SOC by monitoring the current flow in and out of the battery or battery bank, which is a very accurate way to track state-of-charge.
To be somewhat accurate, the battery should be in that condition for an hour or two before taking a measurement, while for a more accurate measurement you should wait 6 hours up to 24 hours. Generally speaking, the less you discharge the battery before recharge, the longer the battery will last. The Trojan sounds like it is getting old, and needs more frequent watering and equalizing to keep it functioning.
The one thing I would disagree with somewhat from your well written article is concerning the accuracy of state of charge meters. Most alternative-energy systems are designed to keep the battery bank at least 50% or higher.
When batteries are in series they do not necessarily charge at the same rate and can become imbalanced.
In addition, there may be a burning or melting odor, smoke, and possibly a fire in the trunk.
It is set to equalize every 30 days, however sometimes I have to do it more than that, to bring them all back to green. The plates may have become heavily sulfated enough that the equalize mode can't get it all off into solution. The equalizing charge ups the charging voltages in order to get enough voltage to the lesser charged batteries in the series chain.
I combine the batteries whenever we lose power for more than a few hours so we can run TVs, fans DVD player and lights etc. The standard meter for years has been the Tri-Metric meter but I finally gave up on using them because they arent very accurate unless fine-tuned beyond the level most homeowners are capable of understanding. Yes it will over charge the higher charged batteries, which is why the equalizing charge is only applied for a short time, however if the system uses a single battery equalization is not required and can be detrimental. You should probably start saving your shekels for a new battery because that one is not going to live much longer. It doesnt help that the manual makes little sense to the layman or that the meter cant read battery voltage and often keeps compounding small errors into bigger ones.
It would be wise to buy a desulfator unit for your batteries in order to reverse sulfation of the plates after long periods of less than 100% charge. The meters that you can get that take their info from the inverter or in the case of Midnite Solar from the charge controller are more accurate because they temperature compensate but they need fine-tuning as well. Just yesterday a customer called because his inverter shut down at 23 volts, a definite low battery but the SOC meter claimed he was at 81% full. I sent him a link to your chart and told him to call Magnum tech support to learn to tweak the meter.
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Cosmetic packaging tests: how to optimize your cosmetic product packaging
Impacts, vibrations, compression forces, drops… The route traveled by cosmetic products since they exit the supplier's facilities until they arrive to the end customer is rife with hazards. The cosmetic packaging is the main protective barrier against these hazards of the distribution cycle. However, only by implementing a protocol that includes cosmetic packaging tests is it possible to guarantee that the packaging is adequate for each product and each distribution cycle.
1 The importance of cosmetic packaging tests for the safety of your products
1.1 1. Cargo safety
1.1.1 Discover the importance of impact testing during the distribution of your loads
1.2 2. Optimizing costs
1.3 3. Compliance with regulations
1.4 4. More sustainable solutions
2 Cosmetic packaging tests: success story of a cosmetics multinational
2.1 1. Distribution cycle characterization
2.2 2. Baling sequence
2.3 3. Defining and executing the validation testing procedures
2.3.1 > Horizontal impact test
2.3.2 > Compression tests
2.3.3 > Drops tests
2.3.4 > Multi-axis vibration tests
2.3.5 > Stability tests
3 Results and conclusions
The importance of cosmetic packaging tests for the safety of your products
Cosmetics is a global and booming sector that was valued at 380.2 dollars in 2019 and is expected to reach 463.5 billion dollars by 2027, according to Allied Market Research.
However, it is a moment of significant transformation and challenges for the industry:
Due to the way in which customers buy, with the onset of eCommerce and a newfound awareness in relation to the products' components and their packaging. The consumer increasingly demands products that are eco-friendly and care for the environment.
From a logistical standpoint, cosmetics are products that see a high inventory turnover at the point of sale: they require a small volume, but one that is often replenished. Therefore, the most common shipping method is "less-than-truckload." As a result, this multiplies the number of times that the product is handled, and consequently, the chances of it getting damaged.
To address this situation, the goods are organized into palletized unit loads and baled using stretch film.
By implementing protocols that include the right cosmetic packaging tests, these problems can be transformed into opportunities thanks to packaging optimization.
1. Cargo safety
Testing methods for packaging validation enable companies to verify that the chosen packaging offers an adequate protection during distribution, protecting the product itself in the case of a primary and/or secondary packaging, and a set of different products in the case of a tertiary packaging.
It is estimated that 25% of accidents during the transportation of goods on the road are caused by a poor load securement. This is the result of a poor choice of tertiary packaging, such as stretch film, or of it being inadequately used, which causes the load to slide, deform or topple over.
Discover the importance of impact testing during the distribution of your loads
Because of this, an optimized distribution packaging also improves the stability of the load during transportation, reducing the risk of accidents and preventing fines due to non-compliance with regulations.
Transport simulation protocols such as the tilt test and horizontal acceleration tests allow companies to test and verify their loads before releasing them to the distribution cycle, thereby avoiding the aforementioned situations.
2. Optimizing costs
An optimized packaging has an effect on company costs as well, since:
It prevents product damages and shrinkage caused by a poor choice of packaging or inadequate load securement. As a result of packaging optimization, goods are well-protected to withstand the hazards of shipping & handling, and as a result, costs due to product shrinkage are reduced.
Makes choosing the materials easier. In the case of cosmetic packaging, cosmetic packaging tests enable the selection of the most suitable container and packaging materials for the product – and ones that are in line with company values. Furthermore, it allows for the testing of greener and more recyclable materials to address consumer demands. As for the tertiary packaging, transport simulation tests enable the selection of a suitable stretch film and an optimal load configuration, reducing material costs mostly linked to over-packaging. In addition, packaging optimization allows for the creation of more efficient cargo units (UCE, as per its Spanish designation) and to make them lighter, which reduces transportation costs.
3. Compliance with regulations
Testing methods such as the EUMOS 40509:2020 standard are contained in Directive 2014/47/EU, which has the purpose of guaranteeing a safe road transportation in Europe.
The standard outlines the testing method and necessary equipment to simulate the inertia experienced during road transportation due to changes in direction, turns and hard braking, with the purpose of measuring the deformation of the load and subsequently optimize it. This leads to a stable and safe load that is able to withstand the hazards of transportation, thereby reducing the risk of road accidents.
4. More sustainable solutions
Today's consumers demand from the cosmetics industry a commitment to sustainability, and cosmetic packaging is the most visible part of this commitment.
Over 120,000 units of cosmetic packaging are manufactured every year, according to Zero Waste Week. In light of this, eco-friendly alternatives allow companies to use more sustainable materials in the design of their packaging, enabling their recycling and reuse.
Cosmetic packaging tests play an essential part in this regard, helping companies make decisions at the design phase in relation to the materials and allowing them to subsequently test their designs before launching the product to the market.
Cosmetic packaging tests: success story of a cosmetics multinational
We analyze the procedure of a series of cosmetic packaging tests using a real-world example. A cosmetics multinational contacted Safe Load Testing Technologies with the purpose of optimizing their packaging and fulfilling the following goals:
Increasing their turnover
Following their own quality policies
Minimizing the environmental impact of their products
Optimizing their packaging costs
Complying with Directive 2014/47/EU for road transportation in European territory
After learning about the needs and goals of the company, the first step consisted of analyzing the configuration of their packaging:
The primary packaging consisted of a 600 ml plastic bottle that contained gel.
The secondary packaging was a cardboard box containing six of these bottles.
The tertiary packaging was a palletized unit load baled using stretch film.
Afterwards, with the purpose of designing the most suitable cosmetic packaging tests for the company, a working method was developed that consisted of characterizing their products' distribution cycle, defining the testing protocols and studying the tertiary packaging to evaluate the load's stability.
1. Distribution cycle characterization
At Safe Load Testing Technologies we studied the company's distribution cycle to design an ad hoc testing protocol. We discovered that it involved a complex cycle that included mechanical and manual handling, in addition to road and rail transportation.
By using a data recorder, all 3-axis vibrations, impacts and drops that would take place during shipping & handling were recorded. All the information recorded in a micro SD card was analyzed and processed using the DR Software, generating a PSD that was ready for use in the various simulation solutions.
Thanks to the distribution cycle characterization, a testing protocol was designed to analyze the load's behavior when facing those hazards. In turn, this information was used to design a tertiary packaging and an alternative load configuration with the purpose of performing a comparative study on both samples.
2. Baling sequence
Studying the baling sequence was essential in accomplishing 3 of the company goals:
The main goal of bolstering the rigidity to withstand the requirements based on the study
The secondary goal of reducing the environmental impact
The tertiary goal of complying with the Royal Decree
The load's baling sequence as performed by the cosmetics multinational was analyzed for this purpose at their facilities, using their own baling machine.
The results reflected the stretch film turns for each level of load units and the pallet's residual depth as calculated after being wrapped, as well as the consumption of stretch film measured as the weight per palletized load.
The testing protocol would first condition the samples, and the stability test would be used to compare the different designs.
3. Defining and executing the validation testing procedures
All the information above was studied and analyzed until a custom-tailored validation testing protocol was designed.
The testing protocol consisted of subjecting the load to compression, impact and vibration forces through the following transport simulation tests.
> Horizontal impact test
In order to determine the resistance of the packaging to sudden and abrupt shock, as the ones that are usually experienced during shipping & handling, a horizontal impact test was performed in both directions, as per the UNE EN ISO 2244:3 standard.
The test was performed using the Horizontal Impact Tester designed by Safe Load TT, which allows impacts to be controlled to analyze how the load behaves.
> Compression tests
The testing protocol involved subjecting a unit load to compression forces in order to evaluate the resistance of the packaging to mechanical handling. Using a Compression Tester, the "apply and hold" test (ASTM D642) was performed to measure the BCT strength of the boxes, and the creep of the unit load was also characterized to know the deformation that takes place during storage.
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> Drops tests
The testing protocol continued with a rotational drop test as per the UNE EN 14149:04 standard.
The biggest model of the Drop Tester was used for this, which allows for simulating rotational impacts on heavier and larger packages or loads.
> Multi-axis vibration tests
The process continued by means of a multi-axis test based on the PSD measured with the DR2. This is a complex testing method where the sample is tested on more than one axis, achieving results that are closer to real-world conditions. To this end, we used our Vertical Vibrations + Pitch & Roll system, which can simulate vertical vibrations plus the roll and pitch motions that take place mostly in road and sea freight.
> Stability tests
The process ended with an acceleration stability test. The design acceleration requirements in the procedure of this cosmetics multinational were developed as per the EU2014 / 47 regulation, but this test is used as a criteria for comparison.
The acceleration test was performed with the Horizontal Stability Tester.
Results and conclusions
By the end of the testing procedure, the samples showed damages as if they had been subjected to a real distribution cycle. These conditions offer the perfect opportunity to evaluate the different proposed containers by comparing their stability.
This study resulted in the following conclusions:
The wrapping machine currently owned by the multinational was not able to control the pre-stretching or tension of the film.
The elastic wrap did not comply with the acceleration levels outlined in Directive 2014/47
The loads were not safe
As a result, the client was advised to modify the rigid wrapping to attain adequate acceleration levels and comply with the regulation. 4 alternatives were proposed with different baling configurations and different film thicknesses, which are subjected to various longitudinal and transversal stability tests at different accelerations: 0.2g to 0.8g for longitudinal measurements and 0.2g to 0.5g for transversal tests.
After analyzing the results and comparing them to the original configuration, it was observed that all alternatives increase the safety of the unit load during transportation.
It was also observed that three of the proposed alternatives reduce 70% to 80% of waste, which allows for savings of over € 500,000 within 5 years.
This means that the results of these cosmetic packaging tests achieved the planned goals, attaining safer unit loads with an optimal baling system.
Furthermore, by optimizing the stretch film, the weight of the tertiary packaging, as well as its cost, were reduced. The stability of the unit load was improved in compliance with Directive 2014/47/EU.
All of this translated into annual savings of € 113,000, in addition to achieving a more sustainable and safe packaging solution.
If you are looking to optimize your cosmetic packaging solutions, at Safe Load Testing Technologies we can help. Get in touch with us and let's discuss how transport simulation solutions can help you create a protocol that includes cosmetic packaging tests that are suitable for your products and your distribution cycle.


Jay Z and his crew have a long-standing annual tradition, which consists of Roc Nation throwing an epic brunch the day before the Grammy Awards take place.
Sure enough, this year was no different, with Jay Z, Meek Mill, Nipsey Hussle, Usher, Big Sean, Sean "Diddy" Combs and others in attendance for the big event at a Los Angeles hotel.
Giants running back Saquon Barkley is represented by Roc Nation Sports, so he was there as well. And because Saturday was Barkley's birthday, he got serenaded by Diddy and Jay Z, who sang "Happy Birthday" to him.


Piles of tax returns. Dozens of ongoing projects. When tax season comes along, it's hard enough to keep your head above water, much less have an accurate picture of your firm's performance….
The October 15th deadlines have passed, and it's time to gear up for tax season. Here are a list of tools you should consider as you delve into year-end planning in your firm….


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Individuals in search of chiropractic schools in South Carolina will find that in addition to on-campus programs, hybrid online + on-campus programs that combine distance learning and on-site instruction are available. To attain a chiropractic license in South Carolina, applicants must complete their courses of study at an accredited institution. The Council for Chiropractic Education (CCE) is the accrediting agency.
South Carolina currently requires two years of college level pre-professional education prior to transferring to four-year institutions. After completing the pre-professional requirements, candidates attend a four-year program to complete their chiropractic degree.
Clinical rotations begin in earnest in the third of year of education, and the fourth year includes hands-on clinical rotations of approximately 1000 hours.
Chiropractic candidates in South Carolina will complete their educations with a thorough education and a healthy dose of hands-on practice.


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Lucifer Is the Show You Most Want Renewed, Edges Out Timeless to Top Cancellation Countdown Poll
By Team TVLine / May 4 2018, 12:38 PM PDT
#Lucifans made one hell of showing in TVLine's Cancellation Countdown poll this year, leading Fox's Lucifer to edge out NBC's Timeless as the "bubble" show you most hope to see renewed this month.
Capping a week of fervent voting (nearly 350,000 ballots cast!) and ping-pong tournament-like back-and-forth among the top spots, Lucifer wound up with 8.05 percent of all votes (readers could choose up to seven shows), while Timeless followed oh-so-close behind with 7.81 percent. (While some may call that a statistical tie, we were told there would be no math in this job.)
Rounding out the TVLine poll's Top 7 were Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Fox's Gotham and then CBS' Scorpion and Criminal Minds.
Landing at the very bottom of the 37-show list were three comedies — CBS' Kevin Can Wait (#DonnasRevenge), NBC's Champions and ABC's Alex. Inc.
Going network-by-network — since that is how any given "bubble" show truly competes, against its very own kinfolk! — Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was ABC's top performer, while Scorpion, Lucifer, and Timeless were the favorite children of CBS, Fox and NBC. (Given the late/very recent starts for The 100 and The Originals, iZombie was the only CW show in the poll.)
Now, we just wait to see who survives the cancellation-heavy "Bloody Thursday" on May 10, leading into broadcast-TV's Upfronts Week.
TAGS: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Lucifer, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, Timeless
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The mystery behind Chris Brown's aggressive behavior may have just been solved.
According to legal documents obtained by E! News, the famous singer is believed to be suffering from bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The letter from the rehab facility states, "Mr. Brown will also require close supervision by his treating physician in order to ensure his bipolar mental health condition remains stable. It is not uncommon for patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Bipolar II to use substances to self-medicate their biomedical mood swings and trauma triggers."
It continues, "Mr. Brown became aggressive and acted out physically due to his untreated mental health disorder, severe sleep deprivation, inappropriate self-medicating and untreated PTSD."
Additionally, the judge ordered Brown to stay in his residential rehab program, despite receiving a favorable report from the probation department.
The singer, who looked clean-cut in a silver suit, sat with his eyes closed next to his mother, Joyce Hawkins, while his lawyer conferred with the judge. Judge Brandlin was quoted from the probation report saying, "It is evident that [Brown] has responded well to the dual diagnosis treatment."
The report states that Breezy has completed 250 hours of community labor and has a remaining balance of 750 hours. The celeb currently does community labor three times a week (24 hours) and at that rate is expected to complete the hours by Oct. 10.
The report also states that Brown "would like to inform the court that he appreciates what he has learned in the rehabilitation facility, as it has allowed him to change his life for the better," and that "he remains thankful to the court for the opportunity to find out and learn about himself, his anger issues and the type of person he wants to become, which is a man who is able to better himself and be a positive role model."
"Never really goes the way u plan. #LIFE," Brown tweeted earlier today, after telling his Twitter followers, "Court tomorrow. Prayers and Positivity. Thank you so much GOD and team breezy for everything you do."
Brown was ordered to appear back in the Los Angeles court on April 23 for a probation violation setting hearing.


I can't stress enough how much Wish Lists rock. I know there are people out there who believe they take the mystery and spontaneity out of gift giving. This is true, but consider that sometimes perusing someones gift list can at least tell you what kinds of things someone is interested in, and possibly help with sizes, even if you don't actually buy directly from the list.
Personally I love the Amazon Wish List feature. Not only does Amazon have a great selection of so many things, but if you can make your list accessible to anyone who knows your email address, and even send people the link to it if you feel they could really use some guidance. You can also make wish lists for your kids if you have them, avoiding that annual ritual of having to read the letter he/she/they wrote to Santa to every aunt and cousin in the lower 48.
In addition to putting things on the list that you can get from Amazon, you can also download a button to your computer that will add an item from any website from which you happen to find something you want. It's called the Universal Wish List and you can get it here.
So, please: If you are the slightest bit difficult to buy for, and there are tons of things you or your kids want, or there's any chance I'll get you in a Secret Santa pool: Make a wish list!!
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But seven years later, as journalist Leander Kahney reveals in this definitive book, Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level, things at Apple couldn't be better. Its stock has nearly tripled, making it the world's first trillion dollar company. Under Cook's principled leadership, Apple is pushing hard into renewable energy, labor and environmentally-friendly supply chains, user privacy, and highly-recyclable products. From the massive growth of the iPhone to lesser-known victories like the Apple Watch, Cook is leading Apple to a new era of success.
Drawing on unprecedented access with Apple insiders, Kahney tells the inspiring story of how one man attempted to replace someone irreplacable, and–through strong, humane leadership, supply chain savvy, and a commitment to his values–succeeded more than anyone had thought possible.
In his now-classic books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work!, both New York Times bestsellers, Austin Kleon gave readers the keys to unlock their creativity and become known for it. Now he offers his most inspiring work yet, Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad, offering clear, powerful guidance for how to stay creative, focused, and true to yourself—for life.
Some of Austin's key advice: The creative life is not a linear journey to a finish line, it's a loop—so find a daily routine, because today is the only day that matters. Disconnect from the world to connect with yourself—sometimes you just have to switch into airplane mode. Get outdoors and take a walk (as director Ingmar Bergman told his daughter, "The demons hate fresh air"). Pay attention, and especially pay attention to what you pay attention to. Worry less about getting things done, and more about the worth of what you're doing. Instead of focusing on making your mark, work to leave things better than you found them.
Keep Going offers timeless, practical, and ethical principles for anyone trying to sustain a meaningful and productive life.
Common advice is to find and follow your passion. A life of passion is a good life, or so we are told. But it's not that simple. Rarely is passion something that you just stumble upon, and the same drive that fuels breakthroughs–whether they're athletic, scientific, entrepreneurial, or artistic–can be every bit as destructive as it is productive. Yes, passion can be a wonderful gift, but only if you know how to channel it. If you're not careful, passion can become an awful curse, leading to endless seeking, suffering, and burnout.
Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness, the authors of Peak Performance, once again team up, this time to demystify passion in The Passion Paradox: A Guide to Going All In, Finding Success, and Discovering the Benefits of an Unbalanced Life, showing readers how they can find and cultivate their passion, sustainably harness its power, and avoid its dangers. They show readers how to develop the right kind of passion, the kind that lets you achieve great things without ruining your life. This thought-provoking book combines captivating stories of extraordinarily passionate individuals with the latest science on the biological and psychological factors that give rise to and help sustain one's passion.
Jez Burrows opened the New Oxford American Dictionary and sat, mystified. Instead of the definition of "study" he was looking for, he found himself drawn to the strangely conspicuous, curiously melodramatic sentence that followed it: "He perched on the edge of the bed, a study in confusion and misery." It read like a tiny piece of fiction on the lam and hiding out in the dictionary—and it wasn't alone. Was it possible to reunite these fugitive fictions? To combine and remix example sentences to form new works? With this spark and a handful of stories shared online, Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings was born.
This genre-bending and wildly inventive collection glows with humor, emotion, and intellect. Effortlessly transcending sentence level, Burrows lights between the profound and the absurd, transporting readers into moments, worlds, and experiences of remarkable variety. Featuring original illustrations by the author, Dictionary Stories is a giddy celebration of the beauty and flexibility of language.
In a very real sense we define our lives through our stories. Understand these stories, along with the motivations behind them, and we can positively change how our future unfolds. With this premise, Elle Luna, artist and author of The Crossroads of Should and Must, and psychotherapist Susie Herrick present Your Story Is Your Power.
Beautifully designed and illustrated with Luna's watercolor artwork throughout, this inspiring and practical hands-on guide shows women how to uncover and understand their own stories in order to live more confident, unapologetic lives. Your Story Is Your Power is a guided introspection, bringing us from the influences that created the way we think and engage with the world into our own personal stories. By using a series of psychologically astute exercises that focus on the reader's experience of being female, the reader will identify and understand how she is shaped by family, cultural stereotypes, personality type, personal myths, and more. And as in any successful therapy, the heart of this knowledge gained leads to a clearer sense of self and purpose, both in one's personal life and in the larger community of women.
A few common principles drive performance, regardless of the field or the task at hand. Whether someone is trying to qualify for the Olympics, break ground in mathematical theory or craft an artistic masterpiece, many of the practices that lead to great success are the same. In Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success, authors Brad Stulberg — a former McKinsey consultant and journalist who covers health and the science of human performance — and Steve Magness — a performance scientist and coach of Olympic athletes — team up to demystify these practices and demonstrate how everyone can achieve their best.
The first book of its kind, Peak Performance combines the inspiring stories of top performers across a range of capabilities – from athletic, to intellectual, to artistic – with the latest scientific insights into the cognitive and neurochemical factors that drive performance in all domains. In doing so, the book uncovers new linkages that hold promise as performance enhancers but have been overlooked in our traditionally-siloed ways of thinking. The result is a life-changing book in which readers will learn how to enhance their performance by a myriad of ways including: optimally alternating between periods of intense work and rest; developing and harnessing the power of a self-transcending purpose; and priming the body and mind for enhanced productivity. If you want to take your game to the next level, whatever "your game" may be, Peak Performance will teach you how.
Of all the world's great cities, perhaps none is so defined by its Art Deco architecture as New York. Lively and informative, New York Art Deco: A Guide to Gotham's Jazz Age Architecture leads readers step-by-step past the monuments of the 1920s and 30s that recast New York as the world's modern metropolis. Anthony W. Robins, New York's best-known Art Deco tour guide, includes an introductory essay describing the Art Deco phenomenon, followed by eleven walking tour itineraries in Manhattan, each accompanied by a map designed by legendary New York cartographer John Tauranac and a survey of Deco sites across the four other boroughs. Also included is a photo gallery of sixteen color plates by nationally acclaimed Art Deco photographer Randy Juster. Robins is a historian and writer who specializes in the architecture of New York City. A former division director at the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, has led walking tours of New York for thousands of locals and visitors to the city. In New York Art Deco, Robins has distilled thirty years' worth of experience into a guidebook for all to enjoy at their own pace.
An employee leaves and you post the open position. Resumes trickle in. You interview a few candidates. No one fits the bill. The next thing you know, three months have passed and that desk is still empty… Nothing drives business success like a staff of talented, productive employees. So why accept a hiring process that fails you time and time again? Well, there's one person who doesn't: Scott Wintrip. And in High-Velocity Hiring, he provides the tools and systems for creating a hiring process designed for today's fast-paced, talent-deficient landscape. Using the proven methods Wintrip has applied at some of today's more forward-thinking companies, you'll hire top employees faster — and smarter.
High-Velocity Hiring replaces the old, worn-out way of hiring with the simple but revolutionary approach of actively cultivating top talent before positions open. The old way is slow and inefficient. Wintrip's way is dynamic and proven-effective. You'll enrich and maintain a flow of high-quality candidates, harness this flow by identifying the most talented people, and channel it into a pool of ready-to-hire prospective employees. More than ever, hiring the best people requires foresight, planning, alertness, and decisive action. With High-Velocity Hiring, you have everything you need to seize the high-ground in the war for talent and maintain it for long-term growth and profitability.
Deep within the American Dream lies the belief that hard work and steady saving will ensure a comfortable retirement and a better life for one's children. But even for many families who seem to be doing everything right in an era of unprecedented prosperity, this ideal is still out of reach.
In The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty, NYU economist Jonathan Morduch and Center for Financial Services Innovation SVP Rachel Schneider draw on the groundbreaking U.S. Financial Diaries project, which followed the lives of 235 low- and middle-income families as they navigated through a full year. Combining hard facts with in-depth personal stories, The Financial Diaries presents an unparalleled inside look at the economic stresses of today's families and offers powerful, fresh ideas for solving them.
In 2000, Keith Devlin — Stanford mathematician, author of 30+ popular math books, and NPR's "Math Guy" — set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci has quite literally affected the lives of everyone alive today. Although he is most famous for the Fibonacci numbers — which, it so happens, he didn't invent — Fibonacci's greatest contribution was as an expositor of mathematical ideas at a level ordinary people could understand. In 1202, Liber abbaci — the "Book of Calculation" — introduced modern arithmetic to the Western world. Yet Fibonacci was long forgotten after his death, and it was not until the 1960s that his true achievements were finally recognized.
Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World is Devlin's compelling firsthand account of his ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci's story. Devlin, a math expositor himself, kept a diary of the undertaking, which he draws on here to describe the project's highs and lows, its false starts and disappointments, the tragedies and unexpected turns, some hilarious episodes, and the occasional lucky breaks. You will also meet the unique individuals Devlin encountered along the way, people who, each for their own reasons, became fascinated by Fibonacci, from the Yale professor who traced modern finance back to Fibonacci, to the Italian historian who made the crucial archival discovery that brought together all the threads of Fibonacci's astonishing story.
Is it possible both to be a conscientious citizen of the world and grow one's own wealth? Jonathan DeYoe, the author of Mindful Money: Simple Practices for Reaching Your Financial Goals and Increasing Your Happiness Dividend, says yes, and he explains exactly how.
Money drives many of our decisions. We all worry about earning it, spending it, and saving it ― regardless of our income level or spiritual perspective. Yet few of us understand money's true nature. Jonathan K. DeYoe, a California-based financial adviser with twenty years' experience as well as a longtime Buddhist, helps you create a unique financial plan that is guided by your deepest beliefs, and shows you how to save, invest, pay off debt, and fund your retirement and dreams by building a lifetime income stream. With a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winner Alice Walker, Mindful Money does all this while emphasizing that money is a tool you can use to support your lifestyle, reach your goals, and earn the "happiness dividend" everyone deserves.
In An Extraordinary Time, acclaimed economic historian Marc Levinson, author of The Box, and The Great A&P, describes how the end of the postwar boom reverberated throughout the global economy, bringing energy shortages, financial crises, soaring unemployment, and a gnawing sense of insecurity. Almost everywhere, the pendulum swung to the right, bringing politicians like Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan to power. But their promise that deregulation, privatization, lower tax rates, and smaller government would restore economic security and robust growth proved unfounded. Although the guiding hand of the state could no longer deliver the steady economic performance the public had come to expect, free-market policies were equally unable to do so. The golden age would not come back again. A sweeping reappraisal of the last sixty years of world history, An Extraordinary Time forces us to come to terms with how little control we actually have over the economy.
One of the earliest of all Buddhist texts, the Atthakavagga, or "Book of Eights," is a remarkable document, not only because it comes from the earliest strain of the literature–before the Buddha, as the title suggests, came to be thought of as a "Buddhist"–but also because its approach to awakening is so simple and free of adherence to any kind of ideology. Instead the Atthakavagga points to a direct and simple approach for attaining peace without requiring the adherence to doctrine.
The value of the teachings it contains is not in the profundity of their philosophy or in their authority as scripture; rather, the value is found in the results they bring to those who live by them. Instead of doctrines to be believed, the Book of Eights describes means or practices for realizing peace. Now in The Buddha before Buddhism: Wisdom from the Early Teachings, Noted Buddhist teacher and scholar Gil Fronsdal's rigorous translation with commentary reveals the text to be of interest not only to Buddhists, but also to the ever-growing demographic of spiritual-but-not-religious, those who seek a spiritual life outside the structures of religion.
Thousands of years ago, early humans had an innate need to communicate, but no written language. So they found an easy and natural way to share their thoughts and stories: pictures. Today, after so many years when speaking and writing grew dominant, we're back in another highly visual age. About 90 percent of everything shared online is now visual – selfies, GIFs, smartphone videos, and more. To survive and thrive in this new visual era, it's important to harness the power of imagery. You don't need to be Leonardo da Vinci to be an outstanding visual thinker and communicator. The most effective drawings are the simplest, and you can get good at those in three minutes. In this clear, powerful little book, Draw to Win, international bestselling visual thinking guru Dan Roam teaches you how to use seven basic shapes to explain just about anything to just about anyone. Get ready to work smarter, communicate more clearly, and get better at whatever you do, just by picking up a pen.
– Producer and performer Mike Rugnetta on why "Do what you love" is both the best and worst piece of advice you'll ever receive.
– Author, television writer, and humorist Emma Koenig on staying focused and productive no matter what life throws at you.
– Web comic Zach Weinersmith on the equation for success and using your creativity to do what the rest of us won't.
– Trendspotter Jess Kimball Leslie on identifying your skills and turning it into a successful career.
"Disruption" is a business buzzword that has gotten out of control. Today everything and everyone seem to be characterized as disruptive. Now in The Disruption Dilemma, leading young economist Joshua Gans cuts through the chatter to focus on the current realities of disruption, decades beyond its first introduction by Clayton Christensen (who in fact blurbed this book). Departing from the conventional wisdom, Gans identifies two kinds of disruption: demand-side, when successful firms focus on their main customers and underestimate market entrants with innovations that target niche demands; and supply-side, when firms focused on developing existing competencies become incapable of developing new ones. Gans describes the full range of actions business leaders can take to deal with each type of disruption, from "self-disrupting" independent internal units to tightly integrated product development. But therein lies the disruption dilemma: A firm cannot practice both independence and integration at once. Gans shows business leaders how to choose the right strategy so their firms can deal with disruption while continuing to innovate.
In this short e-book (about 14,000 words), Stanford mathematician and NPR's "Math Guy" Keith Devlin presents the fascinating similarities between 13th Century mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, more commonly known as Fibonacci, and Steve Jobs, the 20th Century founder of Apple computers. A companion to Devlin's book The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution, Leonardo & Steve: The Young Genius Who Beat Apple to Market by 800 Years shows the uncanny parallels between Leonardo's arithmetic revolution that took place in Tuscany centuries ago and the one that began in California's Silicon Valley in more recent times. It is a story about the personal computing revolution that occurred in the 1980s, but with the novel twist that it was actually history repeating itself.