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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
I tried reading Olga Tokarczuk Booker International Prize winning novel "Flights" last year. I really tried. But, although I could appreciate what an engaged and intelligent writer Olga Tokarczuk is, I just wasn't enjoying the book's fragmented nature. So after 60 pages I regretfully shelved it to try again another day. Therefore, I was so delighted when I immediately connected much more easily with the story and protagonist of her most recent translated novel "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead". Here a teacher/caretaker/translator named Mrs Duszejko dwells in a remote Polish village during the dead of winter when most of the community's inhabitants have left for the season. One snowy day she and her neighbor (who she calls Oddball) discover their only other immediate neighbor (who she calls Big Foot) dead in his home. She soon believes this is part of unusual murder plot orchestrated by the animals of the woods who are motivated by revenge. Mrs Duszejko is wonderfully eccentric. She rigorously consults astrological charts, dresses up as a wolf for the mushroom pickers' ball and sometimes encounters the ghosts of her mother & grandmother. She surmises that "the best conversations are with yourself. At least there's no risk of a misunderstanding."
Unsurprisingly, the surrounding villagers and police force (who she frequently writes to with her ardent conspiracy-theories) don't take her very seriously and consider her a kook. She's very aware of this, but is steadfast in her opinions even though she seems to have manic-depressive tendencies. As the title of the novel would suggest, she's prone to a lot of bleak self-reflection. At one moment she might reflect "one day we shall all be nothing more than corpses" and the next "How great and full of life the world is." She feels somewhat like a deliciously bleak Jean Rhys character - but less drunk and unconcerned with romance. Mrs Duszejko even goes so far as to postulate "that sorrow is an important word for defining the world. It lies at the foundations of everything, it is the fifth element, the quintessence." Through the lens of this idiosyncratic woman's sensibility, we're introduced to a way of viewing the natural world, society and human relationships from a refreshing new perspective.
That's not to say I agree with most of Mrs Duszejko's cockeyed theories or philosophies and I don't think we're meant to buy into her ideas. For instance, she has an odd reverence for angry impulses believing that "Anger makes the mind clear and incisive, able to see more. It sweeps up the other emotions and takes control of the body. Without a doubt Anger is the source of all wisdom, for Anger has the power to exceed any limits." This goes against the common adage that anger can make us blind to the truth. At another point when thinking about her neighbor who is a writer (who she calls the Grey Lady) she suggests: "people like her, those who wield a pen, can be dangerous... such a Person is not him or herself, but an eye that's constantly watching, and whatever it sees it changes into sentences; in the process it strips reality of its most essential quality - its inexpressibility." It's enjoyable how Tokarczuksimultaneously pokes fun at the endeavour of writing and a particularly dour perspective on the literary impulse.
Mrs Duszejko herself is often consumed with literature as she helps her sensitive younger friend (who she calls Dizzy) to translate the letters of William Blake. Each chapter is headed by a quote from a Blake poem and it's interesting how these ideas meld with Mrs Duszejko's thoughts. She seems intent on creating theories through which this community that's dominated by patriarchal rule can exist more harmoniously with nature: "People have a duty towards Animals to lead them - in successive lives - to Liberation. We're all traveling in the same direction, from dependence to freedom, from ritual to free choice." Certain words are capitalized in her sentences highlighting when she's defining these terms for her philosophical systems of thought. In this way, she strives towards elaborate theories which no one takes seriously and this prompts her to take alternative action.
I really enjoyed this intriguing story and portrait of an idiosyncratic personality. There's a dry sense of humour at the heart of it which I really appreciate. It's prompted me to want to go back and try reading "Flights" again because Tokarczuk has such a unique point of view.
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Q: How should you prove a rational function increases?
Suppose that $f(0) = 0$ and that $f'$ is increasing. Prove that the function
      $g(x) = f(x)/x$ is increasing on $(0,\infty)$. hint: Use the mean value theorem
      on $f(x)$ on the right interval.

I tried very hard to do this problem but I failed repeatedly. One of the issues is the interval being to infinity?
$$f''(x) > 0$$
Obviously,
$$g'(x) = \frac{xf'(x) - f(x)}{x^2} > 0$$
Is the objective to be proven;
$$xf'(x) - f(x) > 0$$
Meaning,
$$f'(x) > g(x)$$ For $x \in (0, \infty)$
I will try proof by contradiction.
Suppose $f'(x) < g(x) = \frac{f(x)}{x}$ $\forall x$
By the mean value theorem,
$$f'(x_1) = \frac{f(x_1) - f(0)}{x - 0} = g(x_1)$$ for two points, $x = x_1$ and $x = 0$.
Which is a contradiction to $f'(x) < g(x)$.
Now, suppose $f'(x) = g(x) = \frac{f(x)}{x}$.
Then by the hypothesis, $f'(x)$ is increasing, which would mean $g'(x) > 0$.
Proof complete?

A: As you've noted, it suffices to show that $f'(x) > g(x)$ for all $x$. However, in your proof by contradiction, you assumed $f'(x) < g(x)$ for all $x$, which is not the negation of the statement $$f'(x) > g(x)\quad \text{for all $x$}.$$
What you should suppose in your proof by contradiction is that $f'(x) \le g(x)$ for some $x$.
I'll show you a direct way to prove $f'(x) > g(x)$ for all $x$ (or $xf'(x) > f(x)$ for all $x$). By the mean value theorem, for each $x > 0$, $f(x) - f(0) = f'(c_x)x$ for some $c_x\in (0,x)$. Since $f(0) = 0$ and $f'$ is increasing, $f(x) = f'(c_x)x < f'(x)x$ for all $x$.

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Hokuto ga Gotoku
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise Launch Edition comes with reversible Japanese art
Seems that SEGA is listening to its fan base, since a lot of people complained that SEGA changed the Japanese cover for the US release of Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise. If you didn't know, the Japanese cover for the game was original artwork made by the Fist of the North Star mangaka Tesuo Hara.Now if you pre-order the game and get the launch edition you will get the 'Destiny Tailisman Set' bonus DLC, Deathcry decals and a reversible cover featuring the awesome Japanese box art, but extended. Wow, did we luck out and get the best release of this game? I think so!
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Yakuza 6 survey gauges interest in Fist of the North Star game Hokuto ga Gotoku – is localization likely?
In case you forgot, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life released yesterday to the west. As is the new norm, SEGA tacked on a survey for those who purchased the game (accessible from the console's home screen). The eleven page long survey asks the standard questions one might expect, however it also asks the following: "While no localization has been announced at this time, how interested are you in the Fist of the North Star game created by the developers of Yakuza?" with the possible replies being: "would not buy it," "I probably wouldn't buy it," "I'd buy it under the right conditions," "I'd probably buy it" and "Day One! I would pre-order it!".
This isn't the first time SEGA of America has asked fans about the Fist of the North Star game Hokuto ga Gotoku. In August of last year, SEGA asked if fans were interested in the newly announced Yakuza Studio titles including Hokuto ga Gotoku. Also on that list? Yakuza Kiwami 2, which has since been announced to be coming west on August 28, 2018.
So while we are not saying Hokuto ga Gotoku is coming west, all signs sure are pointing to yes. Fire up your PS4 and take the survey today!
Shining Resonance Refrain Only Shifts 23k Units in Japan
April 4, 2018 by George
Shining Resonance Refrain has launched in Japan and it has not put up great numbers. The game debuted number 6 in the Japanese Media Crate charts only shifting 23,054 units, this only being on the PlayStation 4 in Japan. The game was even outsold by Far Cry 5 which shifted 75,474 units! SEGA also saw a massive drop in sales for Valkyria Chronicles 4, with the game only making the chart at 9,108 units sold this week (bringing the total to 72,029). SEGA's Hokuto ga Gotoku also charted at number 17 by selling 4,604 units (bringing the total to 156,805).
I have to say its not a great time for SEGA's Japanese sales, all these numbers seem rather low. I guess we will have to see if they try to 'shift' directions once again. Who knows, maybe a few of these games will do good in the West?
[Source: Gematsu]
Hokuto ga Gotoku gets a great review score from Weekly Famitsu
February 27, 2018 by George
The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu has reviewed SEGA's Hokuto ga Gotoku, the Yakuza Studio's take on a Fist of the North Star game. The following are the review scores in the latest issue:
Crossing Souls (PS4) – 7/8/8/7 [30/40]
Fortissimo (PS Vita) – 8/8/8/8 [32/40]
Hokuto ga Gotoku (PS4) – 9/9/9/8 [35/40]
Immortal Redneck (PS4, Xbox One) – 7/7/8/7 [29/40]
Lucky Dog 1 (PS Vita) – 8/8/8/8 [32/40]
Tower of Babel (Switch) – 7/6/7/7 [27/40]
Your Four Knight Princesses Training Story (PS4, PS Vita, Switch) – 8/7/7/7 [29/40]
As for the legitimacy of the scores, a lot of people online agree that Famitsu is a industry magazine that always gives good scores to high bidders. Is it true? Who knows, but I had some hands-on with the Hokuto ga Gotoku demo and quite enjoyed it myself. Now we just wait to see if the game heads west…
SEGA News Bits: Hokuto ga Gotoku Demo Hands-On Impressions
SEGA has released their demo for Yakuza Studio's Hokuto ga Gotoku (Fist of the North Star). The demo had two different modes to try out, one that taught you the basics, while the other mode sends you on a quest to fix your newly acquired vehicle. On this episode of the SEGA News Bits we discuss our impressions of the demo, how the driving works, how the combat is different from past Yakuza titles and what we noticed in our initial play through of the demo. Check out our video and have you tried out the demo? Let us know in the comments below.
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Hokuto ga Gotoku demo hits Japanese PSN later today
If you have been waiting to get your hands on Hokuto ga Gotoku, the Yakuza Studio's take on a Fist of the North Star game, you won't have to wait that long since the demo is launching in Japan on February 22nd! Considering how time zones work, if you live in America it should be later tonight.
If you live in America (like me) it will hit the Japanese PSN store at 5:00 pm PT/8:00 pm ET.
The demo will include
"Experience Hokuto Shinken" – Learn the game systems by battling Shin. Includes a battle tutorial.
"Experience the Story" – Play a side mission from the game. This mission will have Ken driving a buggy, fighting scoundrels, and exploring Eden.
Hokuto ga Gotoku will hit PlayStation 4 in Japan on March 8, no release dates announced outside of Japan. Yet SEGA was (not so) quick to announce Shining Resonance Re:frain, so don't count this game out yet.
[Via: Gematsu]
SEGA reports video game division doing well, everything else not so much
February 6, 2018 by George
It seems that SEGA is really working hard to turn their console publishing arm around, with recent changes on how they localize games which included announcing three Yakuza games coming to the West. This of course has fans like me very excited and yesterday SEGA-Sammy posted their financial report that ended on December 31st, 2017. It was filled with good and bad news.
Let's take a look at what SEGA-Sammy had to say about their performance in the last nine months.
SEGA releases over an hour of Hokuto Ga Gotoku gameplay
January 12, 2018 by George
For SEGA fans that are big fans of the First of the North Star (Hokuto Ga Gotoku) series, SEGA of Japan have now done a long form stream showing off over an hour of gameplay. As you can tell from the gameplay, Hokuto Ga Gotoku is very much a licensed Fist of the North Star game built on top of the Yakuza 0 engine. This isn't the first time that SEGA has done something like this, Yakuza Kiwami was built this way. I just find it weird that they kept a lot of the same UI design from the Yakuza series, would have been cool to see reworked maps and other UI designed by the manga creator instead of just reusing the Yakuza look.
Hokuto ga Gotoku is coming out on PlayStation 4, in Japan on March 8 with a standard and "Century's End Premium" edition. SEGA hasn't mention anything about this game coming out outside of Japan… fingers crossed!
SEGA Master System Fist of the North Star gets English translation patch
If you are one of the many people excited for the upcoming PlayStation 4 Fist of the North Star (Hokuto Ga Gotoku), you might have something to play while you wait. If you didn't know SEGA has created and published several Fist of the North games in the past, their first title was Hokuto No Ken (Fist of the North Star in Japanese), which released on the SEGA Master System (Mark III in Japan) in 1986. The game did make it outside of Japan as Black Belt, dropping all licenses to the manga. SEGA would later release a sequel to the game, which we got as Last Battle.
Fist of the North Star (SMS) Translation
As far as the Fist of the North Star Master System game, the title was actually one of the early games programmed by famed Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Yuji Naka. Looking at all the past SEGA published Fist of the North Star video games makes me want SEGA to port the 2005 arcade/PlayStation 2 game by Arc System Works. Please SEGA? While its cool to have a English patch, I don't think you really need it to play the game.
The SEGA Master System version of the game will also be playable in the upcoming PlayStation 4 game, as an unlockable. No idea if the new one will make it over stateside. I guess we can only hope.
SEGA News Bits: What to expect from SEGA in 2018
On this episode of the SEGA News Bits, we say goodbye to 2017 and start discussing what SEGA has in store for 2018. Join us as we discuss all the major releases from SEGA, SEGA related games not published by SEGA and what surprise announcements we think SEGA has for us next year. So sit back, listen in and let us know what SEGA title you are looking forward to the most in 2018!
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Hokuto ga Gotoku Limited Edition PlayStation 4 announced
While I put SEGA in the title, this was actually shown off by Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia. This Hokuto ga Gotoku limited edition PlayStation 4 is set to hit Japan this March 8th, 2018. The limited edition console will be sold on the Japanese Sony Store and come in 500GB for 33,480 plus tax ($296 USD) or 1TB model for 38,480 plus tax ($340 USD).
PlayStation 4 console (Jet Black)
Hokuto ga Gotoku PS4 top cover
Hokuto ga Gotoku PS4 original theme
Hokuto ga Gotoku PS4 original designed package
DualShock 4 Jet Black controller
Monaural headset
Yeah, it does seem that the Hokuto ga Gotoku limited edition PlayStation 4 won't be coming with a copy of the game. It seems to be a normal think for Japanese limited edition consoles. Seems like a good move for a publisher like SEGA but not so great for consumers. SEGA has yet to announce Hokuto ga Gotoku localization, but they already announced Catherine: Full Body? What gives?
Hokuto ga Gotoku unleashes trailer, details Pressure Point Action system
First up we have a new debut trailer for Hokuto ga Gotoku, which was revealed by SEGA via their live stream. This trailer has about six minutes of gameplay. We get to see a few things displayed in this trailer, including the "Pressure Point Action" system, various mini-games and even shows of Kenshiro racing in customized cars. Just like the Manga (wait, was that in the Manga?). Also, we see a SEGA Mark III console!
Hokuto ga Gotoku Japanese box art released and it looks amazing
November 22, 2017 by George
Below I have posted both the clean and retail box art for the upcoming Hokuto ga Gotoku on the PlayStation 4. If you guys didn't know, Hokuto ga Gotoku is a game based on the Fist of the North Star IP, being done by the team behind the Yakuza games. The game's box art was drawn by the and only Tesuo Hara, who obviously did illustration for the manga.
Hokuto ga Gotoku hits Japan, exclusively on PlayStation 4 this February 22nd! No western release plans have been shared by SEGA, but don't be shocked if we get an announcement release early next year.
Fist of the North Star (Hokuto ga Gotoku) Extended Trailer shows off gameplay systems
The Fist of the North Star (Hokuto ga Gotoku) seemed to come out of nowhere. It was announced a few months ago and in Japan its already going to get a early February 2018 release. It seems that the Yakuza Studio people are on a roll with releasing Yakuza Kiwami 2 in December, 2017, then a few months after that releasing this! I have to say, very ambitious studio.
This extended Tokyo Game Show 2017 trailer gives you a look at the story, some fighting mechanics, how leveling up works, mini-games (which we wrote about), and the most important thing is that they confirmed that Out Run is playable in the game. What is your opinion on The Fist of the North Star (Hokuto ga Gotoku)? Do you want to see the title come to the west?

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John Scott's monumental drawing of an ominous war machine reads like the scrawls of a survivor from a post-apocalyptic world, where missiles and jets are the stuff of our collective nightmares. The theme of the cold war and its omnipotent threat of destruction runs through the bulk of Scott's work. His well-known sculptural ready-made, Trans-Am Apocalypse No. 2 (1993), also in the NGC's collection, embodies this sentiment as a real-life sports car covered with primer and black latex paint and incised with the writings of Saint John the Evangelist from the Book of Revelation. The move between drawing and sculpture, and into film and other graphic publications, exemplifies the multi-faceted thrust of Scott's oeuvre and that of other artists at the time, notably Sandra Meigs. In the 1970s, Scott also worked as a curator at the Ontario College of Art's Gallery 76, where he helped mentor a new generation of painters and multi-disciplinary artists, including Rae Johnson and George Whiteside.
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Texas may be one of the most conservative states in the nation, but times are changing — and it looks like Texas politicians are realizing they need to keep up. Continued marijuana prohibition in a country where a majority of state governments have introduced some form of legislation that legalizes or decriminalizes cannabis is becoming an increasingly hard sell. Now that the Texas Republican Party has announced their support of decriminalizing cannabis, people are wondering: Will Texas be the next state to end cannabis prohibition?
Delegates met at the Texas Republican Convention in San Antonio over the weekend near the end of June, and they added four marijuana-related items to the party's platform. Some of these new revelations include: decriminalizing small amounts of cannabis, updating the state's CBD oil prescription policy, and reclassifying the plant entirely.
This is big news for Texans who support health freedom and personal liberty.
At the convention, 83 percent of delegates supported ending jail sentences for people caught with an ounce or less of cannabis, while another 82 percent were in favor of improving the state's CBD oil prescription policy, dubbed the Compassionate Use Program. Under Compassionate Use, doctors can prescribe low-THC CBD oil to patients with severe seizure disorders. Eighty-three percent also said they want state lawmakers to pass laws permitting the cultivation, production, and selling of hemp products.
Perhaps the most startling vote, however, was the 90 percent of delegates who said they'd want to see marijuana's Schedule 1 drug classification lowered to Schedule 2.
"Now that the GOP and the more conservative members of the Senate see that the sky isn't falling, we're not talking quasi-recreational like California, I think that they will be willing to not step in the way of progress again," he continued.
Polling data suggests that a majority of Texas citizens would support cannabis legalization. And as RonPaulInstitute.org reports, the state House of Representatives Criminal Jurisprudence Committee approved a piece of legislation in 2015 that would "treat marijuana the same as tomatoes for adults." While the proposal did not garner any votes from the House, some are still hopeful that it's a good sign of what's to come down the road. As a liberty-loving conservative state, some believe that one day soon, Texas could actually be pioneering the future of cannabis legislation. At the very least, medical marijuana will hopefully become more readily available for those who could benefit from it.
Other experts believe that Texas legislators will take a "wait-and-see" approach, especially now that it seems the federal government is poised to make their own changes regarding cannabis prohibition.
Gardner has said Trump "promised" that he would support and protect states' rights regarding cannabis and would be in favor of federal-level changes to provide more consistency across the board.
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Grant's family files $50 million lawsuit in New…
Grant's family files $50 million lawsuit in New Year's Day shooting
By Kelly Rayburn | Bay Area News Group, MediaNews
PUBLISHED: March 2, 2009 at 9:56 p.m. | UPDATED: August 15, 2016 at 5:30 p.m.
OAKLAND — The family of Oscar Grant, the 22-year-old man shot and killed by a BART police officer early New Year's Day, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit for $50 million against BART in federal court Monday.
The shooting prompted massive public outcry and protest in Oakland, and Johannes Mehserle, the BART officer who resigned in January rather than submit to questioning in BART's investigation of the shooting, is charged with murder in the incident.
"This is the most egregious police shooting case that I've been involved in," said John Burris, the attorney representing Grant's family who has been involved numerous high-profile police-misconduct cases.
Burris filed a $25 million tort claim against BART and Mehserle in January. He said he increased the dollar amount after learning more about what happened before and after the shooting, as well as learning more about the officers who were at the scene and about Grant and his family.
Burris' account — which is at odds with descriptions offered by attorneys representing officers named in the lawsuit — says Grant and other young men were detained against a retaining wall at the Fruitvale BART station without evidence they had committed a crime after reports of a fight on a BART train.
Grant questioned the reason for his detention but did not act in a "physically aggressive manner" toward officers at the scene, the lawsuit said. It also said that Officer Anthony Pirone "aggressively assaulted" Grant, forcing him to his knees, and then he pushed him to the ground. With Grant on the ground, Mehserle pulled his service pistol and fired a single shot into Grant's back, the lawsuit says. Grant died later at the hospital.
Burris' lawsuit said Grant was denied emergency medical treatment. An attorney for Pirone said that's flatly untrue.
The lawsuit names BART, Mehserle, Pirone, BART Police Chief Gary Gee and BART officer Marysol Domenici. BART spokesman Linton Johnson referred questions to Dale Allen, an attorney representing the transit agency. Allen could not be reached for comment Monday evening.
Michael Rains, the defense attorney representing Mehserle in the criminal case, declined to comment. A judge has placed a gag order on the parties involved in that case.
Attorneys for Pirone and Domenici said key portions of Burris' complaint involving their clients are inaccurate.
"I'm confident that (Pirone) has done nothing civilly wrong or criminally culpable," said Bill Rapoport, the attorney representing Pirone. "And I know that I can prove that and I will. This is not about sensationalizing stuff which is what John Burris does. This is about truth and facts — and those are on my side."
It was only after Grant tried to punch and kick Pirone, landing one kick in the groin, that Pirone tried to "sit him down" to arrest him, Rapoport said, adding that Pirone immediately called paramedics after the shooting while another officer grabbed a trauma kit to treat Grant.
Alison Berry Wilkinson, an attorney representing Domenici, also said her client did nothing wrong.
"She did exactly what she was supposed to under the circumstances," Wilkinson said.
Burris' lawsuit said Domenici was threatening to use her Taser, before Pirone brought Grant to the ground.
Mehserle, meantime, has pleaded not guilty to murder and is free after posting $3 million bail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 23.
Court papers Rains filed before the gag order was put in place suggested Mehserle intended to use his Taser on Grant when he drew his service pistol instead.
But Burris said he sees no reason why even a Taser was necessary to control the situation.
"I see no reason for him to pull the gun out, No. 1," Burris said. "And No. 2, I see no reason for him to pull the Taser out "… to be lying on the ground face down and shot — I've never seen anything like it happen before."
Wire services contributed to this report. Reach Kelly Rayburn at 510-208-6435.
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Ear bands come in especially handy when a regular knit cap makes wearing a helmet unsafe.
An ear band keeps your forehead, back of your neck and ears warm while allowing for your bicycle helmet to be properly placed to protect your head. A must in a cold biking mission.


The GOODFOOD project was created in the Ceramics and Porcelain Studio (based in Dubí) of the Faculty of Utilitarian Art and Design of the University of J. E. Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem (Czech Republic). Its ambition is to support communication, independency and student activity. The project's task is to create an arena for discussion, not only among students from various branches, schools and countries but also within the broader specialist as well as public contest, thus kindling interest in young design. Its task is to demonstrate new opportunities for cultivating dining culture, increase interest in the implementation of original and creative ideas, and to react to comprehensive solutions for the dining area. The project's topic – dining – includes dining accessories at the ÚĽUV Design Studio, starting with drinking sets and including salt and pepper shakers, textiles as well as furniture elements. Twenty-two students from three universities participated in the competition – from Ústí nad Labem (Czech Republic), Halle (Germany) and Bratislava (Slovakia). The GOODFOOD Project enjoyed its second public and first foreign presentation.


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Interview with Winston Pro Staffer Asher Koles of Bloodknots Fly Fishing
by winston | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog
What is the current film about?
"Our Two Hands" is an investigation into our society's complex and intimate relationship with fly fishing for Salmonids. How did we arrive at this crossroads of conservation and sportsmanship and what are the creative alternatives to the currently flawed management practices for Salmon and Steelhead?
Where are you filming? Where will you film the longer version?
We filmed the initial cut for the trailer mostly in Oregon and Idaho. The center of the controversy over fishery management is based in the Pacific Northwest and the northern part of Idaho, we will be focusing on the coastal rivers, Columbia River and Snake River tributaries. Depending on funding we would love to go back east, to the midwest and to wild steelhead and salmon country in BC.
What unexpected challenges have you faced so far in filming the short version?
Wrapping our heads around the story line and arc of a project as broad as this is challenging. Trying to stay focused on getting shots and sound that personifies the struggle that both the communities and fish are experiencing has been an interesting process. I have this picture of what it looks like in my head, and getting that to play out in front of the lens takes coordination and timing. The weather in the PNW is not always conducive to camera equipment either. We got creative this last trip and jimmy rigged a rain guard with an umbrella, some zip ties and a baby carrier.
Clearly you feel is it important to make this film. Why is this such a passion project for you?
I am relatively new to two handed casting and swinging flies for steelhead, but the process has taken over my headspace. I enjoy the journey that fly fishing takes us on. Fly fishing brings me to beautiful places, continues to introduce me to inspiring friends and mentors and allows me to interact in a unique way with amazing creatures. The mystery, superstition and human history with steelhead is what drives my passion these fish. It is a contentious time concerning the current status and future of wild steelhead and the people involved will ultimately decide what that future holds. I have never been so emotional and committed to learning about a fish like I am with Steelhead. The literature and lore, the flies, the toys (rods, reels, lines), the places, the cast and the grab have embedded their importance in my life as a fisherman. I want to introduce the fly fishing community and beyond to the guides, non-profits, politicians and companies that are fighting to come to a middle ground on the issues. What does that middle ground look like? These fish have held a place in the human experience for thousands of years. We think it's time they were recognized for their intrinsic value (value in and of itself). If that means not swinging flies or chucking gear (recreational or commercial), taking out the hatcheries and dams (economics) and protecting these ecosystems (litigation and activism) then so be it. Humans like Steelhead are amazing and adaptable creatures. It's time we conform to the conditions they demand for their health, not the other way around.
How have some of your past projects prepared you to tackle this new film?
Over the past few years I have been shooting photos and short films from trips and experiences I have had across the west and around the world. I never really saw myself as a filmmaker or photographer at the time. I merely enjoyed sharing my travels and adventures with others via my blog and website: www.bloodknots.com. When we first started talking about this project I knew we were going to need some guidance. I sought out talented partners to help visualize the story, shot list and technicalities that I may not have covered in my own head. It has been great to have several people involved in Our Two Hands that are not fisher people. It gives the film a diverse lens that can both appeal to the obsessed spey rodder and the interested viewer. Our passion for the fish and the sport is what has set us up to make this film. Those qualities are instilled in Bloodknots and have guided our project first and foremost. The technicalities, camera work, graphics, etcetera are all things that we have experience with and act as tools to express the message. We are always learning both in the film world and the fishing world. It keeps us coming back!
Who is supporting you in making the film?
Our sponsors so far for the film are: R.L. Winston Fly Rod Company, Simms Fishing Products, Scientific Anglers, Airflo, Goal Zero and Coalatree Organics. As we speak the Our Two Hands Kickstarter is up and running, concluding on 7/23. We have some great incentives for contributions including a 13′ 3" Winston BIIIX two-hander. We would like to say thanks in advance to everyone that helps make this project a success. Brian Roller of TWiG Media Lab is heavily involved in the filming and post processing as well. We are stoked to have him join us! This wouldn't be possible without the time and dedication of everyone that has been involved so far. Marty and Mia Sheppard, Bryan Silvey, Tom Larimer, Travis Johnson, Bill Bakke, Rick Tingey, and Steve Schmidt of Western Rivers Flyfisher, to name a few.
How different will the long form version of the film be from the short version?
The cut we released with the Kickstarter acts as a trailer or pilot of sorts that portrays the feel of the film, the general arc of the story, and the characters involved. This trailer shows the viewer potential for the full length feature and our commitment to the project. We have loads of great footage. We could cut a full length film right now, but we would like to delve deeper into the project, meet more people, and craft a more in-depth story about steelhead and society.
How do you plan to find funding for the long form version of the film? Are you getting any help? Is this something that's been done before in making a film like this?
Finding funding for the film has been one of the toughest parts of this process. We have some great sponsors that pitched in for the first round of filming, and we have set out our budget for the rest of the filming and post production. If successful, The Kickstarter Campaign for Our Two Hands will allow us to proceed filming over the late summer, fall and winter of 2014 and into 2015. These crowdfunding sites are interesting. It's the first time we have tried fundraising this way and it has really struck a cord with this project. This film is about community, and the Kickstarter can only be successful with an outpouring of support by people invested in some aspect of the project. We have invested our own small fortunes, hundred of ours of time and our hearts into this film and want to see it succeed. If you care about two handed culture, swinging flies for Steelhead and Salmon, building a sustainable future for these fish and bringing these issues to the world, please contribute what you can through the Our Two Hands Kickstarter Campaign.
Our Two Hands Kickstarter Link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bloodknotsflyfishing/our-two-hands
Asher Koles
Bloodknots Fly Fishing
www.bloodknots.com


Wearing an SPF of minimum 15 is an absolute must at all times, for the health and youth preservation of our skin. However, with the summer months now already settled and the sun shining lower and stronger, our skincare protection must also adapt accordingly. Although, bear in mind that even if you live or your holidays are in a colder place, a higher SPF protection might also required, especially if you are at high altitude or close to snow.
However, just upping your SPF skincare is not as easy as it sounds. If like me you also like to wear makeup, no matter how little or much, finding a high SPF product (or face sunscreen) that works well under makeup can be challenging.
After having tried a few and going through some successes and horrendous makeup failures, Paula's Choice Resist Youth-Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid SPF 50 is the one that worked best for me and I'd recommend as I chemist.
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I've purchased this product a few times now and it never arrived with an outer packaging.
The actual product comes in a plastic tube packaging with a nozzle. It doesn't look particularly designed or beautiful but it's not ugly either. Despite that, I personally like the metallic blue tube colouring and I thought that it makes it stand out.
Generally, it's an SPF moisturiser, it doesn't particularly need to be pretty but it looks the part.
There is a lot of writing all over the tube, both front and back which can be overwhelming. However, I'd take a tonne of information over minimal information any time and I wish that more products where as informative.
In a poetic way, you can see Paula's character on the product itself, as she is known, like me, to write long articles that separate science from marketing myth.
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Please note that I am not sponsored by any of them.
This product contains an amazing SPF 50, a must have for summer months or high altitude or even if you just want to greatly protect your skin on a daily basis throughout the year.
Although this is meant to be a mattifying product, I didn't feel that my skin was any more or less oily or shiny than normal, despite being in hot and humid environments.
This could mean that it actually helps to mattify the skin or simply that it doesn't add or remove oils. Either way it is a good result since a lot of other face sunscreens tend to make the skin more oily and more annoyingly, this process often results in some of the makeup coming off.
This product claims to minimise the appearance of pores and it definitely does. This was one of the best pore minimiser products I've tried so far, and I've tried, and it's not even a specialised pore minimiser. I am so happy with the visibly smoother appearance of my crater pores that I would wear this on a daily basis, winter or summer, just for that! The amazing ingredients and SPF protection are almost a bonus!
What is more impressive is that my pores stayed smoother and more hidden for the entire day. Usually, even if a pore minimiser works well, my pores tend to open up or reappear at some point during the day, as some of the foundation wears off, sweat and oils come through and the pores "breathe". This product kept me smooth throughout the day for wears of 12 hours+. If you see my how I did it note below, I also wore the Too Faced Primed and Poreless Pressed Powder over it however, the latter on it's own did not give me the all day results that the Paula's Choice Resist Youth-Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid SPF 50 added.
Here's how I managed to smooth out my crater pores, in order of application: Mattifying moisturiser (click to see the ones I recommend), Paula's Choice Resist Youth-Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid SPF 50, This Works In Transit Camera Mask, Moisturiser & Primer, then press into the skin the Too Faced Primed and Poreless Pressed Powder, Estée Lauder Double Wear foundation applied with a sponge (brush bristles can reveal your pores again), rest of makeup. No baking/powder on pores after the foundation is applied!
This is my least favourite thing about this product. The texture is actually fairly thin, just imagine a watery cream, but it is still more cream than water. It's easy to apply but it just doesn't feel as satisfying as applying a more solid-creamy product.
It's so watery-liquidy that you can hear the liquid mix when you shake the tube. This in turn makes the product packaging of a tube with a nozzle feel a little weird.
Nevertheless, this is just a tiny detail of personal preference, the texture doesn't change that this product works well and if nothing else, it's very easy to apply, feels lightweight and it gets absorbed quickly without leaving any sticky residues behind.
This sunscreen moisturiser has a subtle smell that is somewhere between a sunscreen and a cream and is overall neither pleasant or unpleasant, it's just sunscreen-like.
This product is suitable for combination skin, oily skin and breakout prone skin.
"A weightless anti-ageing moisturiser for oily skin.
This product lasts for 12M.
This sunscreen moisturiser is very easy to use, especially since it comes in a squeezy tube with a nozzle. The only downside if I can be picky, is the slightly more liquid nature that I'd prefer but the product works amazingly well under makeup, hides pores and doesn't add oils. What more can you want? Aw it is also a moisturiser with anti-ageing ingredients and hides pores. There.
Amazing. That's all I have to say in this section. Happy chemist. Full stop. Mic drop.
Let the looooong list of ingredient positives begin. Bear in mind that a lot of the ingredients play more than one role, I am mainly listing the more interesting "skin nourishing" roles while ignoring the formulation roles.
Octinoxate – Primarily a UV-B absorber but can also offer some UV-A protection.
Dimethicone – Can protect the skin and even act as a conditioner. It has a smooth and silky feeling and can even fill in fine lines and wrinkles temporarily to result in a more plump look. It forms a barrier on the skin that can lock in moisture.
Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract – A potent anti-oxidant that can help diminish skin's environment damage.
Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract – This ingredient has multiple benefits including: anti-oxidant, fragrance, skin conditioner, UV light absorber, anti-microbial, astringent, skin protecting, tonic and possibly helping the appearance of wrinkles and sagging skin.
Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract – A skin conditioner and powerful antioxidant with anti-inflammatory and astringent properties. May protect against free radicals, prevent sun damage and preserve the natural moisture barrier of the skin.
Peucedanum Graveolens (Dill) Extract – A tonic and anti-oxidant that can improve the skin's resiliency. It is a rich source of minerals (iron, potassium etc) and beta-carotene and can calm irritated skin. Some evidence of it being an anti-ageing agent.
Sambucus Nigra (Black Elderberry) Fruit Extract – An anti-oxidant and astringent that can also soothe the skin.
Avena Sativa (Oat) Bran Extract – A skin soother and anti-oxidant.
Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Extract – Rich in anti-oxidants (such as vitamin C) reducing sun damage and premature ageing. Can help skin heal faster.
Lycium Barbarum (Goji) Fruit Extract – A skin softener and anti-oxidant.
Hydrogenated Lecithin – A more stable form of lecithin which plays some formulation roles as well as being a skin conditioner and replenisher.
Titanium Dioxide – A powerful sunscreen.
Diethylhexyl Syringylidenemalonate – An anti-oxidant, preservative and skin protector.
Xanthan Gum – A skin conditioner that can hold water and also improve the shelf life of a product.
The following compounds present in this cream have been either proven or claimed by some to be sensitizers, irritants, allergens etc: Octinoxate, Octisalate (=Ethylhexyl Salicylate), Octocrylene, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Benzyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol.
Avoid this product if you are allergic to aspirin (acetylsalicylate) as it contains salicylate derivatives (incl. Homosalate).
This sunscreen moisturiser is very easy to use, gets absorbed quickly, hides pores well, is reasonably priced for what it is, doesn't add oils, works well under makeup, has amazing ingredients and an SPF of 50. Need I say more? Now one of my ride or die products. I highly recommend this.
That's really what I want to know – performance under makeup. I find it super interesting because with my skin that tends to be drier, even sunscreen gets soaked up if I give it a minute. As a result, I can buy really oily stuff and not have a problem unless it's sticky and makeup clings. I haven't found one that I love, and I'm keen on avoiding the pilling problem… And wasting money.


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Radhika Das introduces us to the charming city of Ipoh…
CAUTION: BIASED LITERARY CONTENT AHEAD
You know you've arrived at the beautiful city of Ipoh when you drive through the enchanting limestone hills of Perak and set your eyes on the huge 'Hollywood' styled IPOH sign against its backdrop. In addition to this are the beautiful art-filled walls of roadside cafes, most of them painted by the immensely talented Ernest Zacharevic, a Lithuanian- born artist. The capital city of the state of Perak, Ipoh intrigues you and tugs at your heartstrings for all the right reasons. A prior warning to you all, for the high usage of adjectives in this writing, because it is justified if only the best ones are used to draw a scenic picture of Ipoh!
Guaranteed, not a lot of you have heard of this city before, let alone seen the particular assemblage of these four letters. I don't blame you, because Ipoh has always run its course modestly, in the humbling background of its culture, consistent weather and geography. What makes it so wonderful is the blend of its ancient past and contemporary present, that you experience on either side of the Kinta River, one of the tributaries of the second longest river in Malaysia.
I'd confidently say that if you gave the people of Ipoh 'space' (and I mean that in its most literal form), they'd come up with the most beautiful idea and turn it into something alluring, be it a pleasantly designed restaurant or an inviting little spa. This then becomes your safe haven, your paradise, if you will. Along the same lines, Ipoh's diners are significant because of the variety of food they offer that screams, 'Lazat!' in Malay or simply put, 'Delicious!'. Again, a no-brainer because of the people's constant love for experimenting with new dishes eventually attracting large crowds around food vendors.
This most certainly feels like I'm advertising for the city and helping promote it. Truth is, I'd do that repeatedly, which is because I believe that Ipoh is deserving of all the love and warmth it is showered with. This city has always been effortful in conserving its rich history through the existence of its museums, British Colonial Architecture, fests and heritage centres. Proud of its roots and cultures, Ipoh also knows how to have a good time and let its hair down, if any! A fifteen-minute breezy drive from town, "The Lost World of Tambun" is inarguably Ipoh's favourite family holiday destination, a theme park built around natural hot springs that are surrounded by its overlooking hills.
Apart from amusement parks are bars and resto-pubs such as "Bricks & Barrels" and "Michelangelo's Pizzeria" to name a few, that caters to every inch of your happiness and outwardly answers any of your existential questions! Besides this, Ipoh's splendour is depicted through its exotic and diverse ecosystems that include all things good and natural including cave temples, lakes, waterfalls, castles, rainforests and Hot Springs Retreats!
Ipoh's growth comes from its discovery of Tin, the mineral initially found during the seventeenth century which gradually helped the city build itself around tin industries. This iswhy you may come across plenty of Tin factories and exhibitions showcasing various tin-related memorabilia in and around the vicinity. The city also doesn't shy away from its absolute love for Cinema in all its languages, given the incredibly diverse multilingual community that dwells here.
Besides Ipoh's unified interests, what I genuinely believe contributes to much of its uniqueness and speciality is its dedication to moving ahead with sundry trends and patterns, simultaneously striving to remind every individual of its bountiful and respected history.
Consequently, Ipoh rightly captures the essence of Perak's exotic nature and hence, has every right to belong to a country that is called 'Truly Asia'! Period.
P.S. If you ever find yourself sitting at a Malay restaurant (especially in Ipoh), don't forget to order the 'Tauge Ayam' or 'Bean Sprouts Chicken' and a 'Kai Zhai Peng' for dessert!
Words, Radhika Das – @rdas13
Images, Suma Menon & Cecilia Lopez
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Kissee Richards, her mother (and Salter College student) Maria Calle, instructor Dr. Phillip Wong, and Kissee's sister (also a Salter College student) Jaheema Cole are shown in the classroom after an inspiring presentation.
Maria Calle is a unique Salter College student. She comes from the island of St. Croix, and her daughter Jaheema Cole is also a student in the Medical Assisting program. But Maria is also a truly exceptional mother, who has spent more than a decade helping her daughter Kissee Richards with a serious medical condition caused by a hemangioma.
On February 21, Maria did a PowerPoint presentation to her Anatomy & Physiology class on the differences between a hemangioma and a vascular malformation. A hemangioma, she explains, is a benign tumor that consists of extra blood vessels in a localized area of the body. Kissee, now 12 years old, was diagnosed with this condition when she was a newborn, and it affected her lower lip, chin, tongue, gums, and the front of her neck. Kissee was on school vacation the week her mother was making the presentation at Salter College, so she came to the class to meet everyone.
Those doctors treated Kissee, including a dermatologist and an ENT (ear, nose, and throat) specialist. This kind of condition can be highly dangerous, Maria says, because it can spread to the brain or the liver. Fortunately, this had not happened in Kissee's case. They gave her oral steroids to try to shrink the tumor. "This helped a little," Maria says, but they also recommended laser surgery when she was a bit older. However, two different hospitals later refused to perform plastic surgery on Kissee, because they felt it would be too risky.
At this same time, in 2008, Maria had been interested in starting the Medical Assisting program at Salter College, but because of Kissee's surgery she had to drop out so she could take care of her daughter. "But I knew I would come back," Maria says.
Since then Kissee has had several other surgeries. "In between there were many trips to the emergency room," Maria says, "because she was always getting infections." This condition caused a lot of bleeding from her lip and chin, because the tissue was so delicate and sensitive, and Kissee's clothes would often be stained with blood.
"It really took a lot of patience and strength, but I did what was necessary to save Kissee's life," Maria says. "I will always feel very protective of her." Maria was excited to have the chance to enroll in the Medical Assisting program again in 2017, having been inspired when she came to campus with her daughter Jaheema.
On the day of the presentation, Maria's classmates were able to see how well Kissee is doing. "We showed pictures of her when she was a baby and a toddler, and they were amazed to see the difference," says Maria. Today Kissee is a healthy middle-school student who likes learning new things. "I like studying and watching shows about doctors, because I want to be a doctor when I grow up," she says.
"All the students in my class appreciated hearing Kissee's story," says instructor Dr. Phillip Wong. "The family's visit to class enhanced their learning—it created a different perspective on how serious the condition can be." When Maria finished her presentation, the entire class gave the three of them a standing ovation. It was a unique opportunity for learning that grew out of this family's inspiring story.
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I got home last night and decided I had to make Irish Soda Bread. It's been on my mind ever since I made the Green Tea Pecan Crumbles. St. Patty's Day has just been buzzing around in my head. Luckily, you'll see that the web offers up tons of recipes on Irish Soda Bread and the vast majority of them are "easy as pie". Why do people say that? Pie is not that easy. This is way easier than pie!


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Do you want more textbooks than tanks?
Branwen Jeffreys Education Editor @branwenjeffreys on Twitter
How much money do England's schools need in the coming years?
On Wednesday, the Education Secretary Damian Hinds was asked to name a figure, but refused to be drawn.
"Do you not think the public would want more textbooks to tanks?" asked Robert Halfon MP, the chair of the Education Select Committee.
Trade unions have said they estimate an additional £2.7bn a year is needed to take funding per pupil back to the level of 2015-16.
The NHS has been given a financial settlement, and there has been noisy lobbying within government for more defence spending.
Perhaps Mr Hinds had in mind the reproach from Treasury Minister Liz Truss to colleagues demanding extra money.
The Conservative chair of the committee, Robert Halfon, told the BBC: "After we got a wonderful settlement for the NHS, I believe we also need a ten-year plan for education and a five-year funding settlement too."
Three teaching unions, the GMB, Unison and Unite have claimed the government is breaking a promise to maintain funding at the same level per pupil, after rising costs are taken into account.
They argue schools have been allocated an average of £4,630 per pupil, which is roughly £59 less in real terms than 2015-16.
The government says these calculations omit a large part of overall education spending, the central schools services block, which funds support services for schools.
"The claim that real terms per pupil funding has decreased in the last year is completely false," a spokesperson for the Department for Education said.
"These figures fail to take into account that in 2018-19, we have provided an additional £450m of funding - making this comparison factually incorrect."
Independent economists might think the government has a point, as it has previously been included in calculations.
Luke Sibieta, from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said: "Changes were made to the school funding system for 2018-19 and funding for central services was separated out. Previously it was part of overall school funding."
Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said: "It is no wonder that schools are increasingly struggling to provide pupils with basic essentials and having to ask parents to fill the gap."
Teachers' pay
All of this pressure comes ahead of any government announcement about the pay award for teachers.
The independent body that looks at their pay in England has been instructed to look at a pay rise above 1%.
Schools are employers in their own right, so unless there is additional government funding, they will have to find the money for any pay rises out of their own budgets.
School funding zoomed up the political agenda last year, with many head teachers encouraging parents to lobby their MPs for more money or a bigger share for their area.
Teaching unions joined forces to launch a website called School Cuts to show the funding outlook for each school.
To put it simply, they took government figures and, in political terms, weaponised them.
We don't know for certain what influence that had on votes in the general election, but the age group where the increase in turnout was greatest was 30 to 40 year olds, according to the British Election Study.
The age group of many parents.
After the election, with seats lost and majorities reduced for some Conservative MPs, the government promised an additional £1.3bn of education funding for England's schools to maintain per pupil spending for the rest of the parliament.
It was, one senior Tory told me, "too little, too late" to salvage the votes of concerned parents.
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Robert Panara (1920-2014) was one of America's leading deaf educators. His work helped pioneer the field and promote the idea that deafness is not a disability, but a different way to view the world.
Panara was born in 1920 in the Bronx. He lost his hearing at age 10 when he contracted spinal meningitis. Deaf education was nearly non-existent at the time so he relied on his classmates' help to take notes while attending public school. It was around this time Panara learned to read lips, a skill he later became famous for.
In 1938, Panara graduated high school and went to learn sign language at the American School for the Deaf. He attended Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., from 1940 to 1945 and New York University in 1948, studying English and literature. While a graduate student at NYU, he taught English, U.S. history, literature, and algebra at the New York School for the Deaf. In 1949, Panara became a professor at Gallaudet University. He taught there for nearly 20 years before helping found the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. While a professor, Panara also wrote several books, including one of poetry titled On His Deafness and Other Melodies Unheard.
Robert Panara was an accomplished teacher, poet and writer. To him, deafness was not a weakness, it was a strength he used to help make the world a better place.
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Overall I loved this app - fast, clean, easy to use, and integrates with the wallet. Then I needed to reset my phone. When I did it lost everything and I needed to add it all back in manually. This app would be perfect if it either automatically backed up with Windows, or if it had some kind of account you could set up to save your cards online.
You need a way to save the information per user. Get a new phone ? Rescan your cards. Have to reset your phone? Rescan the cards. Lose your phone... Phone crash....rescan your cards. It's ok if you don't shop often and don't mind going through the hassle of inputting your cards every tine you switch,lose,upgrade your phone.
Полезное и нужное приложение, однако есть ряд существенных минусов. Нет возможности создавать резервную копию коллекции карт - уж за год можно было бы и сделать. Отсутствуют российские авиакомпании. Можно было бы и паролем защитить.
....iOS and Android. It's not that difficult to make these the same on all platforms. Please update!!!
The app works well and has a decent interface. I really wish it backed up the data to one drive though. I've had to format and upgraded phones a few times and have to type in each card each time. A real pain.
The app should back up data onto Skydrive...every time I change phones I have to enter EVERYTHING again, very annoying.
The Stocard app for Windows Phone 10 operates as advertised. I would like to see a feature added that would allow backup on SkyDrive so that you don't have to re-enter your card information every time you get a new or different device.
Left iphone 6s plus for windows phone only to find that this app is missing the backup/restore feature. Please update.
Wish it could save to the cloud.


If business is looking a little slow and you need some quick sales to keep things heading in the right direction, take action. Here are five things you can do to get the sales sheet to a healthy state.
Pick up the phone and ring your customers to see if there is anything you can help them with. They might need a reorder of products, and you could add a special promotion such as free delivery to encourage sales. Often customers will respond: "I'm so glad you called — I was running out of that!" You end up doing them a favour.
If you offer a service, then touching base with your customers can give you more information on how you might be able to assist them further either now or in the future. Take them out for coffee and ask if there is anything they need help with. Even if no immediate work comes from this, you will be building relationship and learning more about your customer, which places you in a good position for future work. It's surprising though, how often just getting in touch can trigger work.


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Q: How to make a log as small as possible in a SQL database? This question might be kind of elementary, but here goes:
I have a SQL Server database with a 4 GB log file. The DB is 16GB and is backed up nightly.
Can I truncate the log regularly because the entire DB+Log is backed up each night?

A: you can something like this to you maintenance schedule to run every night before the backup.  This will try to shrink/truncate your log file to 1 meg
BACKUP LOG DBNAME
TO disk = 'D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Backup\DBNAME.log'
DBCC SHRINKFILE('DBNAME_Log', 1)

A: Are you sure the log is backed up nightly and not just the database?
If so, then what does this database do? Are you deleting and refreshing whole tables? If so, your log might be the right size for the amount of transactions you have. You want the log to be large enough to handle your normal transaction load without having to grow. A small log can be a detriment to performance.
If this database is not transactional in nature (i.e., the tables are populated by full refreshes rather than one record ata time), the change the recovery mode to simple. Do not do that though if you have transactional tables that you will need to be able to recover from the log rahter than simply re-importing the data.

A: If you can run log backups during the day (depending on load, etc. this may or may not be possible for you) you can keep the log file under control by doing so.  This will prevent the log file itself from growing quite so large, and also provide the side benefit of giving you the ability to restore closer to the point of failure in the event of a problem.
You'll still need to shrink the log file once using DBCC SHRINKFILE, but if it's backed up regularly after that point it shouldn't stabilize at a smaller size.


Math Galaxy is an award-winning Java-based math tutorial for grades K-12. I would liken it to extra practice math sheets for your computer, covering concepts from basic counting through Algebraic functions.
The goals of Math Galaxy are to help kids make conceptual connections through visual practice and to offer supplemental resources that allow kids limitless practice in both areas of struggle and new concepts. The website offers printable and online resources to give you a feel for the product. You can also take a guided tour of the product from the site home page.
We received Math's Galaxy's Whole Number Fun, a software program designed for grades 1-4. I focused on multiplication practice with Megan. While there were some quirky things that I wasn't crazy about, I did like the fact that Math Galaxy showed Megan how to figure out some "anchor points" when doing multiplication.
Basically, it would give her a page of multiplication tables, the three's for example, and first have her fill in the easy ones, such as 3X5 and 3X10. From there, it was easier for her to complete the table if she got stuck for an answer.
Overall, my impression of Math Galaxy was neutral — I wasn't terribly impressed with it, but I didn't hate it either. The practice was good, but not her favorite or mine of our available options. The colors and graphics weren't spectacular, but the information presented was solid. This isn't a product that I would whole-heartedly recommend, but I wouldn't tell you to avoid it either.
For $29.95, you receive the Whole Number Fun tutorial software that covers such concepts as basic operations, time, probability, graphs, money, and more. The software CD runs on Windows 98 or later and Mac. Math Galaxy offers a 30-day Money Back Guarantee.


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The Third Day Episode 2 Review:
The Third Day episode 2 is a very heavy episode. Also, the cinematography is so beautiful and haunting, it totally goes with the general vibe of the episode.
So, we pick up where we left off in the last episode. Sam wakes up groggy and in a very awkward situation, although later things return to normal. He gets close to Jess and they both share very intimate details about each other's lives. The details are dotted along the length of the episode, and it's riveting and heart-breaking at the same time. You realise that both of them are running away from things, and Osea might be the break that they need. These moments form the bulk of the episode, and the bond that they develop seems to be genuine, albeit rooted in grief.
Speaking of grief, The Third Day episode 2 has some of the most genuine description and discussion about grief that I have seen in a while. Jude Law and Katherine Waterston's acting is so wonderful that you can't help but resonate with what they are saying. It hits the nail on the head.
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How to make sure you are getting the most out of your contact centre.
Performance Management (PM) has taken on a wider meaning over the last few years. Traditionally it is defined as an operational process to measure, in a structured way, the productivity of a contact centre, i.e. the centre's efficiency. More and more PM has begun to encompass employee engagement and the contact centre's impact on customer satisfaction and behaviour, to ensure management understand the centre's effectiveness as well as its efficiency.
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We believe our industry needs to take a more holistic approach to PM and that there are inherent dangers in examining the different areas in isolation. This guide has been designed to try and help you adopt this holistic approach and ultimately to simplify your performance management.
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Assassin's Creed: Revelations: Editions: Confusions
November 3rd, 2011 by Lambert Varias
I'd like to think that I'm not as cynical or heavily nostalgic when it comes to video games, but sometimes I do miss the simpler times of gaming. Back in those days I didn't have to download a patch every week, and then after downloading that I have to download another patch for the game I'm about to play, even if it was released just a week ago (I'm looking at you, NBA 2K12!). But Redditor p4warrior also reminded me of another thing that's getting out of hand with video games:
The table above is from Wikipedia, and it tracks all six retail editions of the soon to be released Assassin's Creed: Revelations. There's the Standard Edition, the Animus Edition, the Collector's Edition, the Special Edition, the Signature Edition and the Ultimate Bundle. But no single bundle has all of the bonus items. For clarity's sake I've revised this post and am only now showing the two most complete editions.
If you want to get all of the physical bonuses, you get the Ultimate Bundle. If you want the in-game bonuses you spring for the limited Animus Edition. If you want both right away? Buy both.
You can pre-order the Standard Edition of Assassin's Creed at Amazon, the Collector's Edition from Amazon UK, the Special Edition from Gamestation and the Signature Edition and Ultimate Bundle from Gamestop US. I also saw a PS3 version of the Animus Edition at eCrater for $500 (USD), an Xbox 360 version at the UK Ubi Shop going for £68 (approx. $109 (USD)) and a PC version at Gamestop UK going for £60 (approx. $60). Whew.
But if I were you guys I'd choose between the standard edition and the Ultimate Bundle. We have to put a stop to in-game pre-order exclusives.
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Collective nouns?
Thread starter ESL-lover
ESL-lover
Hi my friends...........
Tell me about collective nouns like family,people etc....
Is it singluar or plural?
Can I say family is or family are?
Thank you very much....................
ESL-lover said:
Nouns like family are, in AE, almost invariable construed as singular. Thus it would be: "The family is...." In BE it's a little more complicated. If the emphasis is on the collective use singular. If the emphasis is on the individuals use plural.
People is not a collective noun. Instead, it is a plural of person.
RonBee said:
Used as a plural people is a form with no exactly corresponding singular. (English is not odd in this respect: the equivalent word is anomalous in Spanish, Italian, Russian, and many other languages.) In the past, grammarians have sometimes insisted that people is a collective noun that should not be used as a substitute for persons when referring to a specific number of individuals, as in Six people were arrested. But people has always been used in such contexts, and the distinction is now so widely ignored in general writing that it seems pedantic to insist on it. Persons is still preferred in quasilegal contexts, however, as in Vehicles containing fewer than three persons may not use the left lane during rush hours. Only the singular person is used in compounds involving a specific numeral: a six-person car; a two-person show. But people is used in other compounds: people mover; people power. These examples are exceptions to the general rule that plural nouns cannot be used in such compounds; note that we do not say teethpaste or books-burning.
Used as a plural people is a form with no exactly corresponding singular.
I don't know who said that, but I have no trouble figuring it out. IMNSHO, people is the plural of person. One person, two people. Also, people is not a substitute for persons. Instead, persons is used instead of people in quasi-legal situations (as noted in the quotation). It is certainly true that it is an unusual plural, and that upsets some grammarians. Nevertheless, I don't think it is truly a mystery about what people is a plural of. Ask 100 people and they will probably all say the same thing.
Yuo can see this in American heritage dictionary.
Thank you. The American Heritage Dictionary is a valuable resource. However, I do not always agree with them.
There is also singular noun people (plural peoples) meaning nation.
Persons is sometimes used as a plural of person in official language.
Yes, more or less. People is used in the singular to refer to an ethnic group, for example: the Jewish people.
When you say that 'people' is sometimes used as a singular noun, are you implying that it would take a singular verb? I find that hard to accept.
The Jewish people is...... ???
It may take a plural verb, but there is a plural form of the collective nouns- 'the peoples of the world'.
Lib said:
When you say that 'people' is sometimes used as a singular noun, are you implying that it would take a singular verb?
Not exactly. (It's a little complicated, I suppose.) I meant that when used in that sense the noun can be pluralized, for example: the peoples of Europe. We always use are with people. Example: "The Jewish people are...."
I guess you could say it is a plural that can be pluralized.


The FlexSheet control extends the FlexGrid control and provides an Excel-like functionality.
The FlexSheet control extends the FlexGrid control and provides an Excel-like functionality. FlexSheet supports all the FlexGrid's features, and focuses on the key features from Excel not included in FlexGrid.
Note:FlexSheet requires the JSZip library for loading and saving xlsx file, you should add jszip.js via CDN or include the script file in the project.
Include multiple separated sheets in a single worksheet.
Calculation engine includes built-in formula support, complete with nearly 100 formulas and auto-completion. Our formula operations were built to align with Microsoft Excel, including operations for aggregation, mathematics, logic and text.
Cell-styling support includes format, font, horizontal alignment, fore color, fill color and more.
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<b>Note:</b>FlexSheet requires the JSZip library for loading and saving xlsx file, you should add jszip.js via CDN or include the script file in the project.
complete with nearly 100 formulas and auto-completion.


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Often, when trying to pick a specific date for your SW12 removal, you are the victim of circumstance. This circumstance could be that you are part of a large chain of buyers and there is only one day afforded to you, it could well be that the removal company only had one slot available and you took it or it could be that family and friends only had one day where they were all available to help. Whatever the reason, it is rare that your SW12 removal day is completely in your control. This, however, doesn't mean that you should let the day be picked at random. If you are lucky enough to have a choice of days, there are many things that must be considered.
Firstly, you will most likely want to be wearing long sleeves and full length trousers to make sure that any cuts and scrapes to the arms and legs during the SW12 removal process are prevented. This also means that you will have to consider the weather. Don't go moving in a heat wave! Not only will you be unable to wear any protection in the form of clothing, sun burn also presents a real threat, as well as a hot day enabling a miserable and lazy moving environment. This could lead to the damage of your goods or a lack of friends and family turning up to help out.
Saying this, obviously you don't want to move in the middle of winter either. The cold weather will also make for a unsatisfactory moving experience, and everyone will be so keen to get out of the cold that your possessions won't receive the attention they need. You may well get a subpar service from your removal company. Also, wet or slippery outside surfaces will be very dangerous at this time, especially when trying to carry heavy items or getting complacent when doing the same short walk over and over again. In short, though the British weather will rarely do you any favours, try and find a nice climate to move in, preferably a nice spring or autumn day. Something that isn't too hot or too cold.
The weather isn't the only thing to consider when picking your moving day. There are a number of other factors to consider. Firstly, removal companies tend to charge higher rates at the weekends, so moving in the week may not only be cheaper, but also ensure less traffic on the roads. This idea also extends to moving at busy times in the day. The school rush and rush hour can complicate a move, trying to move at mid morning and early afternoon is the best time to complete a removal.
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