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Steen Bocian (født 27. oktober 1971 på Nørrebro) er en dansk cand.polit., som er debatredaktør på Dagbladet Børsen. Bocian er tidligere cheføkonom i Dansk Erhverv og før det i Danske Bank.

Historie
Steen Bocian er opvokset på Christianshavn og har bl.a. boet på Christiania i to år. Han blev matematisk-fysisk student fra Christianshavns Gymnasium i 1990. I 1996 blev han kandidat i økonomi fra Københavns Universitet. Sideløbende med studierne arbejdede han i Økonomiministeriet og Danmarks Statistik. Som nyuddannet blev han ansat på Det Økonomiske Råds sekretariat og i 1999 blev han ansat i AErådet.

I 2000 skiftede han til en stilling som chefanalytiker i Danske Bank. I 2007 blev han udpeget til cheføkonom for bankkoncernen.

En opgørelse i 2006 fra Finansforbundet og InfoMedia viste at Steen Bocian for fjerde år i træk, var Danmarks mest citerede økonom, og at han optrådte hver 10. gang, Danske Bank var omtalt i medierne.

Bocian meddelte i oktober 2015, at han efter 15 år i Danske Bank, havde opsagt sin stilling, for at tiltræde som cheføkonom for Dansk Erhverv den 1. januar 2016.

Referencer

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 Steen Bocians profil  på Dansk Erhvervs hjemmeside

Økonomer fra Danmark
Personer fra Nørrebro
Personer i Kraks Blå Bog
Bankfolk fra Danmark

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By Barbara ForsterGatehouse Media
Feb 25, 2019 at 5:54 PM Feb 25, 2019 at 5:54 PM
Built in 1928 and renovated five years ago, this spacious bungalow is truly memorable. Incidentally, so is the location close to Grace Oliver's Beach plus Redd's Pond and Black Joe's Pond and the surrounding conservation land and trails. Downtown Marblehead isn't far either.
ADDRESS: 18 Norman St., Marblehead
BATHROOMS: 2 full
Oh, a two-car garage is another convenience. Even better — as one does not live by location alone — wait 'til you see what's inside.
Just the act of going inside this almost 100-year-old home is very pleasant whether you select the front door or the back/side one. They each lead to a spacious and appealing entry/foyer.
The side door, for example, is an extra-large vestibule while the front door, which opens to the former enclosed porch, is also quite spacious and comes with a view overlooking the street. Both connect to a large foyer — think big hall table and such. A built-in three-shelf niche original to the home is a handy reminder (for decorative displays) of unique 1920s architectural details.
But that's getting ahead of the inside story. Consider that what is especially noticeable (or perhaps, even more so) is that the many period details of this home were thoughtfully maintained throughout the updating process.
Stunning hardwood flooring is one example. These beauties gleam in the abundant sunlight flowing through many of the interestingly designed (and original) double-hung windows with vertical mullions in a four-over-one pattern. The millwork, which has a natural finish, is wide with gently curved detailing and the bump boards are deep and prettily trimmed. Even door hardware like glass knobs are period perfect. The bonus is that these all complement the modern elements that reflect today's preferences.
The dining room, which is very large and seats six, eight or more comfortably, is the width of the house and overlooks the street via four oversized windows. The bead board ceiling — this was the former porch — is quite the captivating albeit unexpected touch.
The natural traffic flow into the open kitchen-living room is through an extra-wide doorway that tends to "frame" these rooms coming and going. The living room, however, has its own focal point: an extra-wide, prettily patterned, brick-front fireplace with a gas insert. An adjacent built-in cabinet provides covered storage and decorative display space.
Leathered granite countertops are subtle scene stealers in the L-shaped kitchen with beautiful cherry cabinetry accented with a glass and stone tile backsplash. Under-mount lighting and stainless steel appliances (including a five-burner gas stove) are sparkly touches. In addition to providing even more working space, the center island seats two easily.
And then …
In addition to a full bathroom with a Carrera marble vanity top and a step-in shower with a marble tile surround in a glass enclosure, the first floor has two sizable bedrooms — each with two windows.
The slightly smaller room has a mini curved wall framing the door and in keeping with the attention to the excellent craftsmanship of the times, the bump boards are also curved. The effect is quite charming.
Given the proximity of the loo, creating a first-floor master suite is certainly an option.
Large and inviting, the second floor landing can easily accommodate a desk/computer station or comfy seating. The nearby full bathroom has a cast iron tub/shower ensemble with a Carrera marble surround and a large vanity. Tile flooring in a classic basketweave pattern is a nod to the past.
Almost identical in size, the two bedrooms on this level are big, as in very. Both rooms have two windows, hardwood flooring and access to an enormous amount of eave closet/storage that runs the width of the house.
Oh, one room has an appealing angled ceiling.
Before a "Wow" or two escapes, let's take a look at the full basement that is the footprint of the house and has walk-out access to a yard with fruit trees. Yes, it's big with great ceiling height, laundry facilities complete with a sink and a wrap-around work bench.
If you need more space though, not to worry. Step through a sliding metal barn door to another space that was most likely the site of a one-time boat shop. The work bench in this room is even bigger.
Did I mention this home has a two-car garage? Talk about a house with everything…
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The article details the story and the news that made it viral on social media. Drew's Video and Brees Lightning provide the details.
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Many media sites tried to find out if there was something wrong with the video, and some, such as NBC Sports, concluded that it might have been fake. Drew Brees, who was able to verify the authenticity of Drew Brees' video online, found it hilarious enough to even laugh about. Saints fans might disagree.
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Fever Breaks, the tenth studio album from acclaimed singer/songwriter Josh Ritter, was produced by Grammy Award-winning musician Jason Isbell. Recorded at Nashville's RCA Studio A with additional recording and mixing at Sound Emporium, the 10-track collection was engineered by Matt Ross-Spang and features contributions from Isbell (guitar and vocals) and his band the 400 Unit, which includes Derry Deborja (piano, organ and Hohner accordion), Chad Gamble (drums and percussion), Jimbo Hart (Fender electric, ukulele and upright bass), Sadler Vaden (electric guitar, acoustic guitar and 12 string acoustic guitar) and Amanda Shires (violin and vocals).
Of the album, Ritter shares with Rolling Stone, "The songs are very reflective of the times in which they were written. As we started coming together and playing, the songs that felt like they were gonna work really jumped out as obvious. From there on, after we recorded in August [2018] we had this really nice time to stop and listen and let the songs marinate a little bit. In that time, the world has just become even crazier. There's a lot of the record that feels reflective of the moment it was in."
Ritter's previously released track, "Old Black Magic," hit No. 1 on the Americana Radio "Singles Chart" and received widespread critical praise. NPR proclaimed, "The combination of Ritter and The 400 Unit is magical. There is a sense of drama that give the lyrics an extra dose of power that hasn't been heard in previous recordings. Considering the turbulent times this music was created during, the music is elevated, giving Ritter an even stronger voice while taking his career and music to a whole new level."
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Q: How to pre select items in react-native-sectioned-multi-select? I'm using a multiple selection list to React Native. It is react-native-sectioned-multi-select.
I used it to input data to form. When inserting data using the selection list, it works fine. No problem. Now, I need to edit form. So, when I load the form, it does not load selected items to the selection list. I used onSelectedItemsChange to load data. But, I'm getting an error. Instead of automatically calling that function, if I call the function using a button, it loads selected items. But, I need to do it without manually clicking a button.
Here is my code regarding the multiple select.
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                  items={this.state.items}
                  uniqueKey="id"
                  subKey="subItem"
                  selectText="Select"
                  confirmText="Select"
                  searchPlaceholderText="Search"
                  removeAllText="Clear all"
                  showDropDowns={true}
                  readOnlyHeadings={true}
                  showCancelButton={true}
                  showRemoveAll={true}
                  onSelectedItemsChange={this.onSelectedItemsChange}
                  selectedItems={this.state.selectedItems}

onSelectedItemsChange = (selectedItems) => {
    this.setState({ selectedItems});
};

When I try to automatically setState of selectedItems it gives the error. But, if I set the state of selectedItems by a button press, it works and selected items are displayed.
Can anyone help me in this case?
https://github.com/renrizzolo/react-native-sectioned-multi-select
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A: You need to save the items in async storage. When you edit the form get the items storage and add them to selectedItems array.
for example
storage.js
// create function for saving items to storage
export const SaveItem = async (key, value) => {
  try {
    await AsyncStorage.setItem(key, value);
    console.log('saved');
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e);
  }
};

// create function for saving items to storage
export const ReadItem = async key => {
  try {
    var result = await AsyncStorage.getItem(key);
    return result;
  } catch (e) {
    return e;
  }
};

and use the functions to read and save data, using each forms name as a key. like SaveItem('form1', [23,34,45]). Import the functions in your components.
import { SaveItem, ReadItem } from './storage';

// get items for a form
editForm = key => {
  ReadItem(key).then(res => {
    const selected = JSON.parse(result);

    this.setState({
      selectedItems: selected
    });
  });
};

// save form data using each forms name
saveItems = (key, value) => {
  const items = JSON.stringify(value);

  SaveItem(key, items)
    .then(res => {
      console.log('saved', res);
    })
    .catch(e => console.warn(e));
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Why Twitter struck a deal with Google
During Twitter's fourth quarter earnings on Thursday, CEO Dick Costolo confirmed the reports: Twitter and Google are partners once again.
Costolo declined to share many details about the deal, which was widely reported on Wednesday. That left plenty of unanswered questions, such as how much Twitter stands to make from the deal and what kind of data would be shared.
"The way we think about the Google deal is distinct," Costolo said on the analyst call, adding it was all about "eyeballs."
Beyond that, Costolo simply said that it would be "several months" before we'd start to see any Google search results that take advantage of the Twitter deal. …
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The Folklore of the Hag and Crone.
The origin of the term 'hag' is from the Old English for witch or haegtes, which in Middle English is hagge, and is akin to the German hexe meaning witch. The hag is also seen as being derived from the Anglo-Saxon maera which has its roots in ancient German superstition. The term is connected etymologically with the Scandinavian word mara. The image of the crone in fairy tale and folklore is also of a malicious and sinister old woman. Etymologically the word crone ,' known from around 1390, is derived from the Anglo-French carogue meaning an insult. This in originates in the Old North French word carogne or caroigne which means carrion and is applied to a disagreeable old woman or hag. The crone known as Elli personifies old age in Norse mythology and, in a similar vein, the Baba Yaga crone of Slavic folklore is really a guardian of the Otherworld. In Somerset the crone appears as an old hag gathering sticks known as the 'Woman of the Mist.', and in Ireland Bronach is a now forgotten crone goddess with links to the rituals of Samhain.
An aspect of the nocturnal activity of the hag is that they are reputed to 'ride people' at night. The term 'hag ridden' is derived from the belief that the hag visits at night and sits upon the victim's chest to produce a sensation of distress and discomfort called a nightmare. The term 'hag' and Old Hag' has come to mean, in both British and north American folklore, a nightmare spirit causing in modern terms a sleep paralysis. In Persia the hag called Bakhtak (which means nightmare) also sits on upon a sleeper's chest making them waken unable to move or breathe.There exist many tales of hags being a type of nursery bogeyman. Reference to hags is used to frighten children into being well behaved and going to sleep on time. Examples from English folklore include the green river hag called Peg Powler, who is known as Jenny Greenteeth in Yorkshire, and in a number of counties there is Nellie Longarms.
In Irish folklore hags are known as cailleaca. In Scotland the Cailleachan are a group of 'storm hags' who are believed to personify the destructive elements and forces of nature. Wind storms indicate when the are particularly active during the springtime – a time described locally as the A Chailleach. In the ancient myths of Ireland and Scotland the Cailleach is a goddess as hag figure whose role is involved with the harvest, the weather and creation. She is an example of the numerous sovereignty figures that populate the realms of Irish mythology. The goddess called Bride is the ruler of the Summer and acts in tandem with Cailleach who seasonally is the Winter. For example in Greek myth the Three Fates, especially she called Atropos, are also often depicted as hags.
The hags or cailleaca of Irish folklore are shown as wise, and supernaturally empowered old women from ancient times, who share a commonalty with the ancient fairy queens such as Aime and Cliodna. Examples of Celtic hags and crones include the Hag of Beare, the Hag of the Cats, the Hag of the Mist and the Hag of Hell from Wales, as well as Black Annis from Leicestershire. The Hag of Beare or Cailleac Beara features in both Irish and Scottish folklore and is also known as Dirri and Digdi. She is sometimes referred to as the Old Woman of Dingle because of her association with Dingle in West Kerry. She took part in rural pursuits in the island of Beare where she fostered fifty children.
Hags in Irish folklore lived for a very long time and are often portrayed surrounded by stacks of human bones as in the illustration of Black Annis. The activity of hags was assumed to be prevalent during the bonfire nights of Midsummer and Beltane celebrations. The hag Black Annis, who is also known as Black Agnes, preyed cannibalistically on children and lone travellers. She was a wind hag also known as the Blue Hag or Cat Anna, as well as Ana in Ireland and Ynguna in Denmark. In myth Black Annis lived in a cave in Leicestershire in the Dane Hills and was of a frightening appearance. She was called the Blue Hag because of her blue face complimented with a single eye, iron claws and long white teeth (Briggs, 1976). In Celtic mythology she was supposedly descended from the Irish goddess Dana or Anu. However, as a bogeyman figure, she was possibly based on the medieval anchoress called Agnes Scott or Annis – hence the confusion about identity.
The Hag of the Cats in Ireland was known as cailleac na glat who was allegedly fed by cats and, like many of the hags of Celtic myth, was a builder of mountains and cairns. The Hag of the Mist, as was the Irish banshee, was depicted as an ugly woman who was wont to wail and wave her arms as a portent of death in the household. In Welsh she was called Gwrach-y-Rhibyn or the Hag of the Dribble in English. Again, in common with the banshee her wailing and calling of the victim's name were a death warning. The Hag of the Mist, as her name implies, lived in fog shrouded places that were associated with water. She was invisible normally but could seen stalking her victims near streams and lonely crossroads. The Hag of Hell, or the Gorddu, also featured in Welsh Folklore, being the daughter of Orwen the White Witch.
Hags in common with crones shared many of their characteristics. Both hags and crones were archetypal figures described as hideous in appearance with dark eyes, filthy unkempt hair and adorned in rags. Both hag and crone, because of their advanced age, as well as nearness to death, were perceived as excluded from the reproductive cycle. This may explain their being a symbol of the end of the cycle, representing the dark of the moon. Nonetheless their age conferred on them the aspect of the wise woman imbued with occult knowledge. The term crone in many instances was a less common synonym in folklore and myth for an aged woman. Neo-paganism in the form of Wicca has popularised the third aspect of the Triple Goddess which, according to Robert Graves, is the stage of the hag and the crone.
References and Sources Consulted.
Alexander, M. (2002). A Companion to Folklore, Myths & Customs of England. Pantheon Books.
Briggs, K. (1967). The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature. University of Chicago Press, USA.
Briggs, K. (1976). An Encyclopaedia of Fairies.
Clark, R. (1991). The Great Queens: Irish Goddesses. Savage, Maryland.
Lysaght, P. (1986). The Banshee. Roberts Rhinehart, USA.
Newell, V. ed. (1973). Witch Figure, Routledge, London.
oss, A. (1973). The Divine Hag of the Pagan Celts. In: Newell, V. ed.
Sagan, C. (1997) . The Demon-Haunted World. USA.
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Willis, R. (1993). World Mythology. Macmillan.
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I recently read an article which described tho origins of Crone, Hag, and Witch, as being: Crone – the crowned one, Hag – the Holy one, and Witch – the wise. These all are descriptive of older women, and it is from fear that different connotations were added to distort the original meanings. What is your take on this?
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Eric W. Edwards: 23rd April 1944 – 13th July 2017
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The Art and Influence of Caravaggio
The Celtic Triple Goddess and the Divine Hag
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Gigi Gorgeous just introduced her new baby to the world, with a touching post on Instagram.
In the photo, the 25-year-old YouTube star is seen holding a baby next to her billionaire oil heiress girlfriend Nats Getty. In Gigi's hand is a beautiful little baby.
The caption reads, "Thank you so much to our beautiful surrogate," followed by a female and heart emoji.
Commenters on the post are freaking out, as it looks like no one knew about her goal to have a baby until now.
Gorgeous has 2.3 million followers on Instagram. At press time, there more 68,000 likes on the photo and almost 3,500 comments. On Twitter, the same pic was shared to her 315,000 followers there. The pic had almost 2,000 likes and 250 retweets there as of press time.
However, many on Twitter and Instagram are questioning if the post is legit and not just some cheeky joke being blown way out of proportion. Considering the bank account of her girlfriend, it's very likely that the two hired a surrogate to carry their child, and decided to stay mum on the situation until now.
Over on Getty's Instagram, another pic of the couple holding the baby was shared with the caption, "Our little angel." In Getty's Instagram stories, you can see a sign that reads, "Welcome baby Enzo Matteo," and two onesies with the name "Enzo" written on them.
We're looking forward to finding out more information about her pregnancy and plans. The 25-year-old YouTube star will be able to educate many on the experience of being transgender and conceiving a child.
Another famous person currently in the news for using a surrogate is Kim Kardashian West. After she had trouble with her first two pregnancies, the 37-year-old reality star was told by doctors it would be unsafe for her to carry a third child.
"I've come to the conclusion in my mind that I can't carry another one. So now I want to explore surrogacy," she told her mother, Kris Jenner, on their show.
Kim Kardashian West's surrogate is due in January 2018.


BELGRADE (Sputnik) - Serbia on Saturday launched the biggest military exercise in the country's history involving 8,000 soldiers to mark the centenary of the end of World War I, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
The drills, dubbed the Age of the Winner, are being aired by the Serbian national broadcaster RTS.
"The latest exercises, the scale and complexity of which could be compared to the Age of the Winner were the Freedom and Unity exercises that took place back in 1971 and 1975. Since then no one dared to or could demonstrate such strength and organisation," Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said, commenting on the matter.
According to the minister, 100 М-84 tanks, 100 armoured infantry fighting vehicles, more than 60 River Flotilla vessels and 24 planes and helicopters are involved in the ongoing military exercises.
The drills come a few weeks after Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic addressed the plans of the Kosovo administration to turn its security forces into a 'NATO-compatible army,' stating that the move would violate the breakaway region's own constitution and the spirit of all its agreements with Belgrade.


Liquidating, or winding-up, a company means its assets are used to pay its debts. There are three types of liquidation: members' voluntary liquidation (MVL), creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) and compulsory, or court, liquidation as it is known in Scotland. A liquidator is an authorised insolvency practitioner who runs the liquidation process. The duty of a liquidator is to wind up the company's affairs. This is achieved by liquidating all the company's assets and distributing the proceeds to the company's creditors. If there is any surplus, the liquidator would distribute this to members of the company. At the end of the process, the company is dissolved.
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The distinction between an MVL and a CVL is that with MVL the directors have to make a statutory declaration of solvency. This declaration states that the company will be able to pay off its debts in full within 12 months from the start of the liquidation.
In a CVL, there is no such declaration. It is a process designed to allow an insolvent company to close voluntarily. The company passes a special resolution to say it cannot continue in business and it is advisable to wind it up.
Once appointed, the liquidator acts in the interests of the creditors, not the directors.
A compulsory liquidation is a court-based procedure through which the assets of a company are realised to satisfy the company's debts and liabilities as far as possible.
If a company is unable to pay its debts, a creditor may petition the court for it to be liquidated. In Scotland, this process is known as court liquidation. If an order is granted, a licensed insolvency practitioner is appointed as interim liquidator. Creditors can choose a different liquidator at the creditors' meeting or agree the continuation of the interim liquidator.
With any liquidation, the news of the company entering the liquidation process would be publicised in the Edinburgh Gazette by way of alerting all creditors.
Once a liquidator is appointed, the company directors no longer have control of the company or its assets. They cannot act for the company and must cooperate with the liquidator.
Creditors with security over the company's assets are entitled to be paid first and receive the proceeds of the sale of those assets. In insolvent liquidations, the unsecured creditors will receive only some or none of the debts due to them.
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The number of days lost due to industrial disputes almost halved in the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same three-month period a year earlier, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
As many as 572 days were lost due to industrial disputes in the second quarter, as against 1,136 days lost for the same period a year earlier.
In the first quarter of 2011, some 2,451 days were lost to disputes.
During the months spanning April to the end of June 2011, there were three disputes in progress which involved 462 workers and three firms.
One of these disputes involving a construction firm accounted for 70 per cent of days lost in the second quarter.


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I'm with Biggun, the only work that old lady needs is hot steel and a hammer, the edges are just right and her face will clean right up when you build her a stand put her to work. Excellent score by the way. Frosty The Lucky.
Welcome to the club Meatman, we've all found out what we should've done after we did what we did. That'll still make an excellent anvil when you put it on a stand and you have a bushel basket of useful steel to make good stuff from. Frosty The Lucky.
Those look like outdoor dogs alright. We have one long haired dog but she's Deb's service dog and lives indoors, the smooth coat Dachshunds are definitely indoor dogs in winter. We can't let ours run anyway, we live on a busy road. We use child gates to keep them from chasing the upstairs cat or jumping on Deb to play. You humble me every time you show your work Alexandr. You're a blacksmith artist in the truest sense of the term. Thank you for showing us your work. Frosty The Lucky.
The topic of shop expedient crack checking might be a good subject of it's own. Dykem layout fluid works pretty well in this capacity. In Dad's shop we'd transfer blue prints to sheet steel, aluminum, whatever, to make a permanent template or cut out precise parts. It is VERY penetrating and reveals cracks when sanded off. I don't believe that's its intended purpose but it is hard as heck to clean off mechanically, it gets in every nook and cranny. I just looked at Dykem company and they make a bunch of different kinds of makers and fluids, they may have a crack detection product but I don't want to search the site. Frosty The Lucky.
Welcome aboard Bob, glad to have you. Please slow down, your last post doesn't really make a lot of sense. I'm old and don't text folk on my phone. I'm looking at my laptop and use a keyboard. Hmmmm? I have to assume you have a pretty major car repair and may have to sell the anvil. If you aren't a blacksmith or collector the money makes it tempting. Am I close? I'm no anvil guru, I don't have THE book, "Anvils n America," that is the current reference manual for identifying and dating anvils. . . In America. What I can say is that old lady looks like she was made that way and is probably DARNED old. Maybe colonial or older. Possibly a sawyer's anvil or a similar specialty anvil. I'd leave her just like she is. I'd dust it with flour and wipe the surface off to bring out surface features like stamped marks and photograph it with oblique lighting; ONE light at a shallow angle to bring out features. Id take several photos from several angles of each side. Yeah, I'd be taking probably 40-50 pics. If she's what I think she may be worth a pretty penny. So please don't try to pretty her up, no grinding, heck I wound't take a wire brush to her. Wipe her down with an oily rag maybe but that's about it. Frosty The Lucky.
Not a thing wrong with tinkering around no matter how well a thing is working right now. I wouldn't have lucked into a working NARB if I wasn't willing to tinker and accept the high probability my idea wasn't going to work and bull ahead anyway. It just worked with a little tweaking. It was a lucky thing and I'll take it. About that animation. It's cool but everybody needs to bear something in mind. The animator is ASSUMING particles actually behave THAT WAY. I think there's a good chance they do behave that way but that's an assumption on my part. It's an animated model and probably holds true with a physical model say, clear plastic and smoke or colored water. To A DEGREE. No matter, they're still MODELS not working devices. That's why we draw pictures, bounce ideas off each other, make models then prototype and test in the real world. It's all part of the process. Right now we're brainstorming static mixers in HOME MADE devices. AKA SkyBalling. Skyball on Brothers. This is Fun Stuff. Frosty The Lucky.
I have to agree, trim it down to YOUR working height and mount it on end. The remainder is good stock for anvil tooling , top or bottom. Anvil face height for ME is approximately 31" but I can adjust how I address an anvil to take up for other people's anvil height. You can determine your comfortable working height with the, very general departure point meter of standing in your work shoes and measuring from the your hammer hand wrist to the ground. THAT is a good starting height for the anvil face. It is ONLY the departure point it isn't THE right height for you. A good test to determine your best within reason anvil height if you can't use it a while and adjust the anvil, would be to make a practice or test stand anvil. Cut a piece of 4" x 4" lumber wrist height and practice hammering 2" x 4" or 1" x 4" lumber and examine the hammer marks. The hammer marks made to the 2" x 4" will probably be crescent dents open away from you. This indicates the impact point is high but t hat's to be expected if you were forging on a piece of stock 2" thick. Yes? If the hammer marks on the 1" thick lumber are even all round then the hammer face is striking parallel to the (test anvil) face. Yes? Good. Yes? Now try it on a piece of 1/2" plywood and look at the dents, are they circular? Good, yes? If they're open towards you then the model face is low IF you plan on working 1/2" thick stock or less. Yes? On the other hand as a working blacksmith you need to be able to adjust your hammer strikes to account for different stock thickness. You can't be changing your anvil height every time you change stock can you? Sure 2" is pretty darned thick stock but not if you're using a top tool, say a swage or chisel. Is it? A reasonably common stock STARTING thickness is 1/2" to 1/4" and every darned time you hit it it gets thinner and wider or longer. THAT is WHAT WE DO. Yes? As a practical matter the blacksmith MUST be able to adjust his strikes to match the project while he's working. That's just a matter of practice. If you are going to be working with top tools: swages, fullers, chisels top dies, flatters, etc, or on bottom tools: swages, fullers, dies, closed or spring dies etc. frequently, then you may want the anvil face closer to the lower knuckle height, as for strikers. So, I recommend you make some cheap lumber mock ups and see where YOU strike comfortably with a moderate, 2 lb. smooth faced hammer. Take into account what you'll be using as a stand. That's a LOT of heavy steel so you WILL want a stable safe stand that won't get in your way. Were I making the stand I'd probably torch a 2" diameter circle from 1/2" or a little thicker depending on what I had at hand or could buy cheap from a steel supplier's drops, (OLD timer tip!! As the guys in the yard NOT the counter!!) The guys at the counter have a minimum and cut charge they HAVE to charge. Yes? HOWEVER the guys in the yard are allowed to charge by the LB. and can cut to transport. Steel in the drop racks are often sold by the lb. at retail or scrap without the minimums. Okay, that's the old timer's tip for finding small quantities of steel plate and shapes. It also applies when you buy a couple 20' sticks of mild steel to practice with, say 1/2" round or 3/8" square mild. do NOT ask to have it cut to transport at the counter. The counter guy MUST charge per cut, usually in the $10 per cut range. The yard dogs just tick it on the say and whack it in half gratis. It keeps you from clamping it to your tail gate and cutting it with a hack saw. a 30 - 60 second job but you're in their way. Yes? Anyway, about a stand for a PRIMO anvil like your breaker bit a 24" diameter disk of 1/2" or a LITTLE thicker, 5/8" is't excessive but don't get silly okay? Weld your now trimmed breaker bit in the center and it's not going to fall over on your toe. and the stand won't trip you. Grind the edge at an angle if you catch your toe on it. No big deal yes? As a last thing I REALLY like about round plate stands like this is moving your anvil. Just tip it up on edge and roll it where you want it, Hmmm? Frosty The Lucky.
You can't mix them too much, it's not like they'll turn to butter or something. The trick is to find the point of diminishing returns where increased drag exceeds the value the flame improvements. ( Shhhhhh, I'm being Cagey here Mike. The more folk wanting to prove us wrong the more likely we'll see something really sweet come down the pike and not have to do the work ourselves.) You are aware I can unscrew the T inducer off the NARB Plenum by hand, I don't even need a wrench. Right? I can adapt and adopt a cool mixer thingy fast and easy. Two of my favorite kinds of improvements you know. Frosty The Lucky.
I don't know what's wrong with you Thomas, at that rate it'll be gone, zippo, pfft, nothing but a memory, in only 320 years! I have to say I would've liked to ask for a 30"- 32" length. Standing on end it'd right in MY happy anvil face zone. If it's not high carbon and spark testing would tell me enough, it'd be a prime candidate to lay two or three of hard face build up rod and lay another two passes of steel on stone hard facing rod for the final face. Grinding it smooth WILL be a job of work though, believe me. Still . . . The Gunter method's recommended Stoody rods are perfect, they're just not available to me here so I went with equivalent rods but can NOT for the life of me recall what. Frosty The Lucky.
The best cure method according to the maker is to treat it just like hydraulic concrete. It water SETS, it does NOT DRY. These are two entirely different things. Read up on working, and curing a patio or shop floor. Portland cement, concrete and Kastolite set and cure very closely to the same in time and steps. Kastolite refers to concrete procedures as THE way to cure Kastolite for maximum strength and temperature rating. Except for water % details the comparison is across the boards close enough to the same as to be interchangeable. So, when it sets close it up in a 100% humidity atmosphere for up to 7 days. We do NOT need a max strength cure, we aren't subjecting it to the kinds of forces temps and atmospheric changes a commercial forging or scrap furnace does. Frosty The Lucky.
Not really, I've just been messing with the things longer. After spending crazy money for an All State oxy. prop. torch set and showing others how much better it worked than oxy. acet. I got a call from Lyle, the inventor and owner of All States, seems I was selling more sets than the guy he hired and we hit it off. That and the boxes of induction device information Cruz gave me gave me a leg up of trying to figure it all out myself. It's getting pretty exciting in the last couple years. Lots of guys are trying off the wall ideas and coming up with some darned effective burners. I haven't said anything so far, I've been proven wrong too many times and am gun shy but I don't think an enhanced mixer will do much if anything in the NARB. The inside of the plenum just screams extreme turbulence and I don't see anything but clean flames. Like I said though, I've been wrong so often I'm more surprised when I'm not. Frosty The Lucky.
You butter with plain water or you CAN add a couple DROPS of Elmer's milk glue but I don't think it makes a difference with Kastolite, the stuff sticks to every darned thing. If you're applying 3/8" +/-- there's no need to sift out aggregate, it's there for a reason. I ONLY sift to fit into the small spaces between burner outlets in NARB or the one experiment using it as the binder in a kiln wash. You are NOT doing either, use it as mixed by the company. Be ready to move when you start mixing just stirring won't do the trick, you need to kneed it hard, I used a large stainless spoon and flipped and pressed very and over. When I do it again I'm going to make something to use like a pestle say 1" pipe with a cap so I can smash it then turn with a spoon and smash it. Don't be worried about getting it too wet, it doesn't take much water but a LITTLE too much is better than not being able to trowel it in. Just don't get carried away. Remember you only have about 25-30 minutes after you stop mixing before it begins to set up so don't dally around. Frosty The Lucky.
Another beautiful piece Alexandr. Open or closed it's a work of precisely planned and executed art. How does your dog like it? Frosty The Lucky.
Jack hammers don't make the right kind of impact though there are a couple guys who do hollow forming in steel plate with jackhammers. It'd be more practical Incorporating a roll forge and impact forge processes laying down a thick steel plate on a really solid floor and running over it with a vibratory roller. The kind used to compact road grades, yes? It'd be a neat video but . . . Frosty The Lucky.
You're close enough to make Quad State and give a wide selection of forges a try. I assume there will be induction forges available too. If I could scrape up the lucre I'd do 90%+ of my heating with induction. Keep the gasser handy for need and the coal forge for demos but . . . No fumes, fast, Fast, FAST heat and as localized as you wish. Sounds like heaven to me. Charcoal is always available and making an air blast is silly easy, a paper bag works a treat. Frosty The Lucky.
Different folks different techniques and opinions. As always YMMV Frosty The Lucky.
Ah HAH we're typing at the same time! If I had a can I'd have to experiment and see if I could get it to harden up, otherwise I'd put it on a shelf in case I found something to do with it. I've had half a can for probably 20 years what I applied to my forge liner rubbed off probably 18-19 years ago. It stayed chalky and I'd have to look in deep seams or cracks to find any now. There's a lot of confusion about kiln washes, some think they're IR reflectors but they're actually re radiators. That means they conduct heat more slowly so they get hotter and then radiate the heat. Half goes back into the forge the other half goes into the liner. The "almost diamond hard" thing about ITC 100 relates to it's containing zirconium silicate which is almost diamond hard. The binder is kaolin clay and doesn't fire like pottery so it does not get hard. While it contains extremely hard particles the over all product doesn't get very hard. Please bear in mind the above is MY experience using the product and yes I followed the directions that came with it. I wouldn't buy another can if it were 1/4 the price. It's very effective for what it is formulated to do, act as a release agent in pottery kilns, it prevents glazes and pottery from firing to the kiln furniture. Either Plistex or Matrikote are excellent kiln washes for our purposes. They fire porcelain HARD to the walls of our forges, withstands the rapid thermal cycling a propane forge is famous for and is very resistant to: mechanical and chemical erosion. Scraping with work and being coated with welding flux. Some of us have played around with making high % zirconia silicate kiln washes. I added 3 pts Zircopax to 1 pt. sifted Kastolite 30 and it's ugly but has stayed the course for a couple years of occasional use. Other folk have had good results with approx less than 3% bentonite clay to 97% zircopax. He's using a clay called "Bentone" in the Netherlands but there are lots of clays in the bentonite group to play with. I've had interesting results plopping bentonite at toothpaste consistency directly in a yellow hot forge and it fired hard in about 5 minutes. The cool effect is it foamed as the water boiled out and it fired. I haven't figured out how to use that little effect though. Anyway, as you may have guessed we've been talking about forges, liners and washes a LOT. Frosty The Lucky.
But the cats track oil all over the place. I only tried filling the case to the "level" plug ONE time and that spot in the old tarp tent smithy is the only place with nothing growing on it. I'm betting an old school blower would be perfectly happy with a little dollop of bacon grease for lube. The things are from a time where "remote" machinery was intended to work well for decades on whatever was at hand. Heck, I've turned cranks on blowers that were dry as your yard and they just hummed around and made air. Any oil, no grit and they'll last centuries. eh? Frosty The Lucky.
Welcome aboard Alex, glad to have you. If you'll put your general location in the header you might be surprised how many members live within visiting distance. Max laid out the proper order but I certainly would not spend the money for ITC 100, it just isn't effective nor durable enough to justify the price. Frosty The Lucky.
Actually copper tubing and fittings are a lot less expensive than propane rated hose. The manifold on mine is 3/8" iron pipe because that's what propane hose couples are. Put the 1/4 turn shut off valves on the manifold so it there's a fire you don't have to reach into the fire or wait for the lines to empty using the tank valve. If you keep your eyes open at garage, yard, etc. sales you can find weed burners for cheap and as long as the hose is in good condition it's the right stuff. Certainly better than paying up to $30 for an 8' hose. Darned propane hose is the most expensive part of setting up a forge, regulators are cheaper than a safe length of hose. Yeah, I like being able to keep my propane tank a few feet away from the forge and have the hose laying flat on the ground. It's less of a trip hazard. I lucked into a road kill weed burner with a 10' hose in good condition. YMMV. Plumbing off the burners with iron pipe puts too much leverage against the jet mounts and tends to knock them out of alignment. Commercial forges run iron pipe between the burners as a manifold then T off to a hose connection. The problem with that set up is where you must put the 1/4 turn shut offs, directly on the burners so if there's a fire you have to wait for the lines to empty or reach into the fire. I like copper because it's soft and flexible. If someone trips or drops something on the hose the tubing just bends, isn't likely to break fittings and can't knock the forge off the stand. Copper doesn't care about the chimney effect, heat from a shut off burner may turn it old penny dark after a while but it won't cause it to fail. Sometimes I don't bother to block off the forge chamber or unused burner and let flame blow up and out. I know I should plug the burner as it becomes dangerously hot and folk don't think the burner should be nearly red hot but I'm almost always within screaming & swatting distance. Frosty The Lucky.
Excellent anvil Adam, good score. Radius edges as you need a new radius. No reason to rush anything. Frosty The Lucky.
I oil mine with a couple drops of chainsaw bar oil, it's formulated to be both sticky and remain fluid at low temps. Then again the lowest temp you probably have to worry about is mid 30s in dead of winter. If I put 90w in mine it would be a solid block on cold days. If I put more than 1/4c in mine it runs out on the floor so work your way up to enough lube or you might find out how far oil will spread on a concrete or whatever you have, floor. Frosty The Lucky.
Rescue dogs NEVER forget, thanks for saving Dudely. Aussies are good gate keepers and make good team mates for LGDs, I have some pretty emotional memories of our Great Pyrenees mtn. dogs. I'm alive because Libby a rescue Pyr got Deb's attention when I was hit by a falling tree. I have a T shirt that says, "Who rescued who?" Rescues RULE! Goats are my favorite livestock, Deb raised African Pygmies when we met and I miss the mischievous little stinkers. We never lost so much as a duckling to predators with Pyrs on duty. Shaun the Sheep. We rehomed our last sheep before I saw Shaun, too bad. Good save Bart, a Lab, Setter cross hard not to be a friendly dog. I don't know anything about Swiss Shephard dogs but he's a beauty. Shephards are a working breed so he WANTS, needs to work. Dogs are an excellent way to prevent your property from walking off with strangers. I believe that's a sweet looking Lap Setter you have there, or should I say has YOU. Frosty The Lucky.


International star Rihanna parties the Grammy night with billionaire boyfriend Hassan Jameel and was amid pregnancy claims after placing the protective hand on her belly.
Pop star Rihanna won Grammy for her joint collaboration with rapper Kendrick Lamar. She dressed in a gorgeous plunging gown. After all, it must be her special night with lover Jameel. Moreover, Jameel surly has what it take to make Rihanna feels that she is the only girl in the universe.
The couple left the Grammy after celebrating at 1 Oak in New York and it was the moment when she places placed her hand on stomach leaving alleged pregnancy claims.
Though it is not yet confirmed when they started dating for sure they are really serious in their relation. Rihanna has first spotted with Hassan in 2017 June when they were captured together moving out from a Spain swimming pool.
Last year the duo was noticed publically enjoying dinner at Swanky Park Chinos Chinese restaurant in London.


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Q: Show that $f(n) = -\sqrt{n} + n\log\left(1 + \frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}\right), f:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is a decreasing function. The way I tried to approach this question was to consider it as a continuous $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$. I then tried to show that $\frac{d}{dx}f < 0$. So
\begin{align*}
\frac{d}{dx}f(x) &= -\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x}} + \log\left(1 + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\right) -\frac{1}{2} \frac{1}{1+ \sqrt{x}} \left(x^{-\frac{3}{2}}\right) \\
&= \log\left(1 + \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\right) - \frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{2 + \sqrt{x}}{x + \sqrt{x}}\right).
\end{align*}
Using the substitution $x = \frac{1}{u^2}$ gives
$$\log(1+u) - \frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{u^2}{u+1} + u\right).$$
At this point I'm stuck. How do I show this thing is negative for $u>0$?

A: Compute the first derivative again, you made a mistake (last term of your first line).
You'll get a function $f'$ whose sign is not straightforward. Therefore, you'll need the second derivative $f''$, which on the other hand is easy to study.
You should find that $f''$ is always positive on your domain, hence $f'$ is always increasing. Now, I said that the sign of $f'$ is not straightforward, but you could easily compute its limit as $x\mapsto\infty$.
Now, what can you say about the overall sign of a function, given the limit you've just computed and the fact that it is strictly increasing?
Final step, use the (constant?) sign of $f'$ to deduce the behaviour of $f$. Conclude.

A: Hint: To complete what you had begun, compute the second derivative and study the function $f'$. Deduce its sign from its table of variations.


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Researches have shown that outdoor activities be a fantastic learning process for children. You can take your son or daughter with a zoo permit him/her interpret nature by using coloring pages. Earth worksheets, pages for coloring, or activity books might be an excellent option for parents and preschool teachers. Pages with food drawings, animated drawings, alphabets drawings, and many more are offered also online that could be used as a printouts.
Coloring pages for the kids help them in drawing images of animals, cartoons, alphabets, leaves, numbers, etc, which provides them a better comprehension of living and nonliving things. These pages enhance their power of imagination and assist in enhancing their creativity on the fore. By making use of paper and vibrant colors, you can let your kid learn faster and in the better way. You can also takes place terrace, garden, or backyard for such activities.
Being a knowledge and caring parent, it is possible to enable you to child in mastering about various things and in creating awareness in a child in regards to the world that he/she lives in with the aid of coloring pages. You can use these pages for developing to be able to think logically in your child in a simple way without making learning a monotonous process for him/her.
Online coloring pages can be obtained on the internet in lots of possible variants like A-Z worksheets, animal worksheets, etc. You can download practice worksheets to your kids and place their printout. Always remember that you are able to give your youngster a platform that no one else can give. You can nurture your kids and help him/her in wanting to bo a greater individual.


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Intel Corporation is the American company that is the world's leader in semiconductor design, manufacturing and marketing (chipsets, motherboards, microprocessors, wireless and wired products). The main branches are microprocessors and chipsets production that makes about 80 percent of the world's market share. The components by Intel are included not only in desktops, but also in laptops, tablets, and smartphones, as well as in medical, industrial, and automobile equipment.
Intel Corp. started working in 1968 due to Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce's initiative. Today, its headquarters are in Santa Clara, California. For example, in contrast to such famous company as Acer that started with $25.000 only, Intel got off the mark with 2.5 million dollars initial capital guided by respected, perspective and experienced specialists.
In 1981, IBM chose Intel to create processors for its personal computers.
In 1990s, Intel launched producing motherboards which included networking and graphic chips as their components.
Dell and Hewlett-Packard companies are Intel's most important partners. Still, it has been fighting for superiority in the market against Samsung Electronics Co., Texas Instruments Incorporated and AMD.
In 2000, Intel was involved into a scandal. AMD Inc. accused it in abusing its leading position and filed an antimonopoly action. In 2009, the verdict of guilty was brought in, and $1.45 billion fine was imposed on Intel. While investigating the circumstances, it was revealed that since 2002 till 2007 Intel was bribing such companies as HP, Lenovo, NEC, Acer and Dell to refuse using AMD production. Soon, Intel appealed and spread the information that the companies mentioned above preferred Intel only due to its high-quality products; bribing was out of question. In the long run, Intel lost $1.25 billion, and AMD committed itself to withdraw the lawsuits all over the world.