[Mon Mar 4 11:20:03 AEDT 2019] Can not init api.
[Mon Mar 4 11:20:03 AEDT 2019] Try new-authz for the 0 time.
[Mon Mar 4 11:20:20 AEDT 2019] Could not get nonce, let's try again.
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Is the system's DNS resolver working at all? Can it resolve, say, google.com or ntp.org?
letsencrypt.org mail is handled by 10 aspmx3.googlemail.com.
letsencrypt.org mail is handled by 10 aspmx2.googlemail.com.
letsencrypt.org mail is handled by 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.
letsencrypt.org mail is handled by 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.
letsencrypt.org mail is handled by 1 aspmx.l.google.com.
What's the resolver? Any idea what might be wrong with it?
Exactly what does "dig acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org" show?
letsencrypt.org, onenote.net and npr.org use different DNS services, but acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org, cdn.onenote.net and www.npr.org are all CNAMEs to Akamai's CDN.
mattnordhoff.net is on a different DNS service and doesn't use Akamai.


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Q: Error, Using deprecated class PySimpleApp after removing EPD I am using spyder on Mac OSX 10.8.2 and I had Enthought which I uninstalled. In my code I used pyplot from matplotlib.
However I keep getting the following warning when I run the simple plot program.
 /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_wx.py:1382: wxPyDeprecationWarning: Using deprecated class PySimpleApp.
      wxapp = wx.PySimpleApp()

I tried pip, manual installing of matplotlib and non of them helped. What should I do about it?
These are my code lines related to plotting:
markerSize=400;
fig = plt.gcf()
plt.scatter(X,Y,marker='+',s=markerSize)
circle=plt.Circle((X[i]+k*meshStep,Y[i]+j*meshStep),frequency/magnification,color='r');
fig.gca().add_artist(circle)
plt.xlim(min(X)-1,max(X)+1)
plt.ylim(min(Y)-1,max(Y)+1)

Before uninstalling Enthought I didn't have this problem and my figure had zoom and move buttons but right now I only get the graph itself.
Thank you.

A: You should use wx.App(False) instead of wx.PySimpleApp. PySimpleApp has been deprecated in wxPython 2.9. wx.App(False) does basically the same thing.

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When there's a disabled child in the family, how are normally developing siblings affected? According to Kate Strohm, a counselor and health educator, siblings of the disabled face particular emotional challenges that are often overlooked. Able siblings commonly struggle with feelings of isolation, grief, anger, and anxiety—and these and other emotional issues can have lifelong effects.
Being the Other One is based on the author's own experience (as a sibling of a sister with cerebral palsy) and on extensive interviews she conducted with siblings of all ages. In clear and compassionate terms, Strohm explores the often secret feelings of siblings and offers valuable strategies for coping with the challenges they face.
Being the Other One reveals the difficulties faced by siblings at all stages of life, from early childhood through adulthood, when siblings must often assume responsibility for the care of their disabled brothers and sisters. Though the book looks honestly at the many challenges that siblings face, it is full of encouragement and practical strategies. Strohm emphasizes that when siblings are able to clearly identify and openly express their feelings and concerns—and when parents and health professionals offer the needed support—siblings can thrive. This book includes writing exercises for personal exploration and a substantial resources section listing helpful books, organizations, and websites.
Kate Strohm is a counselor, health educator, and journalist. She is the director of Siblings Australia, a program that provides resources and support for siblings of children with special needs, as well as for their families and health care providers. She is a sibling herself to a sister with cerebral palsy.


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COVID-19 Could Usher in a New Normal, Sustainability, Social Purpose
Andrea Weiss discusses how to make the retail recovery more sustainable.
Andrea Weiss
May 20, 2020, 12:30am
Pedestrians wearing protective face masks cross an intersection on a shopping street in the Causeway Bay district in Hong Kong. JEROME FAVRE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Many of us in the fashion and retail industry were looking forward to celebrating Earth Day's 50th anniversary on April 22 by marking the progress we've made on sustainability and continuing to raise awareness about how we can be part of the solution to global climate change. But the anniversary was greatly dampened by the coronavirus pandemic, which has left our industry fighting for survival.
In times of crisis, it is tempting to lose focus on initiatives that support longer-term business goals such as creating a more sustainable industry and contributing to the social good. And with the uncertainty COVID-19 has brought, it's understandable that cash-strapped companies would view any programs that are not critical to their immediate survival as unnecessary right now.
But we can't afford to lose the momentum we've built in terms of raising awareness and taking action to create a more circular fashion economy and a more purpose-driven industry because, if there's one thing the pandemic has highlighted, it's how closely we're all connected globally on both a business and societal level.
One thing we must deal with constructively in both the near and long term is excess inventory. Another is shortening supply chains and making them more transparent, socially conscious and environmentally friendly. A third is making sustainability a core part of every company's business model rather than simply an aspect of good marketing. COVID-19 may be the catalyst for the industry to improve its reputation for making a positive impact with regard to these issues and many others.
Here are four ways retail and fashion companies can put sustainability and social responsibility at the core of their recovery efforts:
Donate Excess Inventory Instead of Destroying It
Post-pandemic, retailers and brands will be left with unprecedented amounts of excess inventory. Store closures that stretched for weeks or months mean companies are sitting on out-of-season apparel, footwear and accessories at a time when cash-strapped consumers have tightened their wallets. Unlike the restaurant and food service industries, which were able to immediately redirect much of their excess food supply toward feeding America's medical professionals, children and unemployed workers, the fashion and retail industry did not have a unified platform from which to address the inventory problems resulting from the pandemic. We can learn from the example of José Andrés and other extraordinary leaders in the restaurant industry who have turned the problem of excess food into an opportunity to feed those in need.
We just have to ask ourselves how the fashion and retail industry can deal with its excess inventory in a similarly constructive way that benefits the social good. Perhaps some product can be stored or sold through discounting or sale events, but for the rest, the answer must be to donate it rather than destroying it.
This is an opportunity for the entire industry to say good-bye to the days of sending unsold inventory to landfills or burning it — disposal techniques that are environmentally and socially irresponsible in normal times and practically immoral now, when so many people are facing financial distress and in need of clothing and shoes. In our lifetime, it has never been more important for retail and fashion companies to donate their unsold goods because we've never before seen so many of our fellow citizens impacted economically, perhaps even facing poverty for the first time. Unemployment recently hit 14.7 percent and some 36 million people have filed for unemployment in recent months. Many of these newly furloughed and unemployed people formerly worked in the retail industry.
Andrea Weiss Courtesy image.
Now is the time for the fashion and apparel community to make sure we are helping support our neighbors, including our colleagues who have worked so hard to ensure our industry's success, by donating the apparel and footwear they may need to get through a lean time. By working with leading nonprofits, fashion and apparel companies can redirect their excess inventory to ensure it can be distributed directly and effectively to those dealing with economic hardship.
Rethink and Rebuild Supply Chains
The coronavirus crisis has revealed just how fragile many supply chains are and retail and fashion companies are wise to use this opportunity to analyze what, if anything, needs to be changed in their supply chains to build in resiliency and flexibility. Post-crisis, many companies will look to shorten their supply chains to ensure they have more control at each stage and to make them more transparent, socially conscious and environmentally friendly. Right now, companies must focus on doing right by their suppliers and including them as key partners in scenario planning and transformation. Longer-term, the industry has an opportunity to create more agile supply chains that anticipate some level of charitable giving.
Heed Consumer and Investor Demand for Sustainability
Consumer attitudes regarding sustainability were already changing before the pandemic hit and that shift will accelerate as we recover from the crisis. Gen Zers are especially interested in buying from brands that commit to the social and environmental good, but consumers across demographics are becoming more mindful about which retailers and brands they choose to buy from. Post-crisis, they will continue to favor brands with purpose that work to benefit the broader community or society.
For public companies, investors' focus on sustainability issues will continue to play an important role, so making sustainability and social responsibility a core part of the business model will yield benefits in the future. Companies with strong environmental and social governance (ESG) credentials have already proven a safer haven in this period of market disruption and viewing critical actions through a sustainable and purpose-driven lens, not only a financial lens, will be one key to success in the post-COVID-19 world, too.
Focus on the Social and Environmental Good as We Recover
In response to the global pandemic, the fashion and retail industry rallied to support frontline workers with medical supplies, made charitable donations to research organizations and provided economic support for designers, among many other initiatives. The reactions and generous responses of so many leaders and companies were heartening to see. Thankfully, retail businesses are finally beginning to reopen or resume more normal operations in dozens of states, but the recovery will likely be long and volatile.
Once the industry sorts out workplace and customer safety issues, we will need to look much more deeply into our social and environmental responsibility in the post-COVID-19 world. This will include not only turning excess inventory into an opportunity to help those in need, but also finding ways to help the broader community recover and return to long-term prosperity, such as by using the CARES Act's tax benefits for corporations and individuals who make charitable donations. It will also include building more agile and transparent supply chains and building ESG into business models. Over the long term, we must keep moving toward a more circular fashion economy and acting in ways that inspire and encourage others in our industry to be more generous and mindful about how they operate their businesses.
Andrea Weiss is chairman of the board of Delivering Good, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that unites retailers, manufacturers, foundations and individuals to support people affected by poverty and tragedy. She is also founder and ceo of The O Alliance, and currently serves as a board member of several publicly held companies.

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iKare Success Stories: Valeo announces key partnerships with C2A and Zutacore at CES 2023
Anne Baer leads a week long workshop for women and girls in Ivory Coast, December 2022
Anne Baer, Les Echos 15.11.2022: Israël se présente en leader d'un "Moyen-Orient renouvelable"
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The StartUp Nation at the Highway junction
Autocars Co. Ltd was founded in Haifa, in the 1950s as Israel's first car manufacturer. Among their popular models were the Sussita, Carmel, Sabra, and Gilboa.
After two decades of production, the company eventually ceased to produce cars in 1980.
That is pretty much the car manufacturing history of the country of Israel.
Sabra, Sussita, and Carmels cars at the Autocars factory in 1967
Fast forward in 2017, why are all the big automotive players rushing to Israel? OEMs and their top suppliers from Detroit, Stuttgart, Paris, Seoul, Munich, Tokyo, seem to have embarked on a gold rush for exploring and identifying all innovations out there that will help make there autonomous and fully connected cars agenda a reality as soon as possible. They are all aiming at 2021 to release their first self-driving cars onto the market. In order to do so, Toyota, Volkswagen, General Motor, Bosch, Denso, Continental, Valeo and others can count on their tens of thousands of highly qualified engineers across hundreds of top notch R&D centers globally. Yet it looks like some thousands of Israeli creative engineers might be developing game changing technologies in the heart of the Start-Up Nation that will eventually enable the fast coming arrival on our roads of smart and autonomous cars.
You might not be aware of it but most of us are already getting a taste in our day to day commutes of the Israeli engineering strength. We are getting to work and back home faster thanks to Waze, and safer thanks to Mobileye. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. EcoMotion Israel, a non-profit organization founded in 2013 building a global community for innovative smart transportation counts already hundreds of Israeli startups that contribute in promoting Israel's positioning as a leading player in the field.
General Motors is seen as the first mover when in 2005 it identified the potential of the Israeli startup scene for the automotive field, and then opened an advanced R&D center. But it's only for the past two years that the dynamic has very quickly intensified, with 2016 reaching an all time record in terms of 'AutoTech' investments, acquisitions, and opening of global groups' R&D centers and Innovation Labs in Israel.
With regards to the Israeli ecosystem, GM Ventures President Jon Lauckner said in an interview with Globes last year: "there are many capabilities here that suit our needs". That view is clearly reflected with impressive investments figure, with Israeli automotive startups raising close to $1 billion in the last two years.
In the future our cars will need to see and understand their surroundings, hopefully even better than we do as humans. This is where the deep expertise of the Israelis in the fields of Radar, Laser scanners, cameras, computer vision, and machine learning come in very handy and high demanded. Today companies like Innoviz developing a high performance low cost Lidar, or Brightway Vision that are demoing a night vision system, are making the headlines.
XchangE concept car (Credit: Rinspeed)
Eventually if our vehicles are smart enough to drive us from place to place, they won't see past the parking lot if we don't have trust in the manufacturers for securing them. Imagine a hacker blocking your car braking system remotely, or not letting you exit the car unless you pay a ransom in Bitcoin. There are tons of potential nightmare scenarios linked with the connected and autonomous car of tomorrow. This is also an area where the Israelis are at the forefront of innovation. Needless to mention that the IDF has something to do with that, but companies like Argus are here to make sure that our mobility smart friends won't be breached and put our lives in danger.
Hundreds of other Israeli startups have been identified by iKare Innovation in the fields of location and mapping, driving experience, human-machine-interfaces, driver monitoring systems, connectivity between cars and their surroundings, aftermarket innovations, and of course electric batteries and energy storage.
The breakthrough innovations leading to the advent of driverless cars is most likely to be remembered as one of the most impactful industrial revolution since the appearance of the internet. A car with a combustion engine and a human driver will soon become a memory from the past. Our lives and the way we look at Mobility will be forever changed, hopefully for the best, and to some extent thankfully to Israel Start-up Nation. This paradigm shift is the source of tough competition in an industry that's valued above $1 trillion, and creates an uncertain future ahead for OEMs and suppliers, but also for Energy giants which need to adapt to the electrification of cars. To survive that mobility revolution, without a doubt, finding the right startups to collaborate with will become crucial.
tehila@ikare-innovation.com
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Juicer Reviews
5 Best Juicers for Greens in 2022 - Reviews and Buying Guide
Phil Cooper
Top Picks of 2022
Best Overall Omega MM900HDS
Best performance
Best for celery
Runner Up Hurom HP Slow Juicer
Upgrade Pick Tribest GSE-5010
Twin-gear system
Highest juice quality
Budget Pick amzchef Masticating Juicer
Entry-level masticating juicer
Best Centrifugal Breville JE98XL Juice Fountain Plus
Very quick and low food prep time
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Best Juicer for Greens: Omega MM900HDS Slow Masticating Juicer
Runner-up: Hurom HP Slow Juicer
Upgrade Pick: Tribest GSE-5010
Budget Pick: amzchef Masticating Juicer
Best Centrifugal Juicer for Leafy Greens: Breville JE98XL Juice Fountain Plus
How We Picked the Best Juicer for Leafy Greens
Centrifugal vs. Masticating Juicers
Whether you want to upgrade your current juicer or start a new healthy habit, picking the best juicer for leafy greens can be overwhelming. We've found that juicing leafy greens is a particular case on its own. Typically, it's hard to juice leafy vegetables because they are very fibrous and don't contain as much liquid as other fruits and vegetables, like apples and carrots.
The best juicers for greens will manage to extract a lot of fresh green juice from leafy greens such as kale, and the process should keep the green juice cold as it happens to keep the nutrients intact.
But there are so many different types of juicers to choose from; how to know which one will do a good job on leafy vegetables? Pick the wrong one, and you'll be very disappointed with the amount of juice produced. You'll be wasting your hard-earned money on using too much produce to make a single glass of juice.
We've been there before. And thankfully, we've done the research and the testing for you. So in this article, we're highlighting the best juicers for leafy greens of 2022 to help you pick the perfect one to start juicing confidently.
Unsurprisingly, our pick for the best juicer for greens is a masticating juicer from a brand that's been a pillar in the world of juicing for many years. Juicing enthusiasts swear by their products, and they offer the best warranty on the market. The Omega MM900HDS wins hands down our pick of the best juicer for leafy greens for the following reasons.
The Omega MM900HDS is a slow masticating juicer, the best kind of juicer to make juice from greens. Its auger masticates the ingredients to create a wet pulp before compressing it to extract the juice. The auger turns at the slow speed of 80 RPM, which is actually a huge plus: this makes the juicer very silent when it is operating compared to other types of juicers. But it offers another significant advantage.
The slow speed of its auger is essential in preserving the nutrients of the green juice. Some other devices, like centrifugal juicers, spin so fast and shred the ingredients so much that they end up heating the juice and damaging its healthy enzymes, nutrients, and vitamins. The Omega MM900HDS, on the other hand, is known as a cold juicer. It acts like a cold-press juicer in a way that minimizes friction while extracting juice, leaving the juice fresh and the nutrients intact.
This process also enables you to preserve the fresh juice longer. The juice will remain fresh for up to 72 hours after the initial extraction, which helps prevent any waste and allows you to save time by preparing your juice a few days in advance if needed.
The Omega masticating juicer differs from other similar juicers because it comes with two end caps. The standard end cap is good for all fruits and vegetables, including greens. So you can juice anything from apples, carrots, kale, spinach, and even lemons with it. But if you want to get as much juice as you can from celery, you can use the second end cap designed explicitly for juicing celery. Omega claims that this unique end cap allows for a tighter squeeze on celery, helping you produce more juice than any other juicer.
Using the celery end cap when juicing celery, we found the leftover pulp was dryer than when we used the regular cap. That means we managed to extract more liquid from the celery stalks. There is a slight downside, though - it was a bit harder to clean the mesh strainer screen because of the dryer pulp. The celery fibers also tend to spin around the grinder head, making it a tad harder to disassemble - but it's still one of the easiest juicers to clean on the market.
A juicer that's hard to clean can quickly kill your motivation to pursue your juicing habit! That is why cleaning is such an essential factor in our juicer reviews. Thankfully, the Omega juicer is easy to clean, especially when using the regular end cap for all other fruits and vegetables. It requires only a minimum amount of disassembly to clean the parts and brush the filter with the included cleaning brush. The parts rinse very quickly, and there are no creases that make it hard to reach any pulp you need to remove.
We have found but a single flaw in the design of the MM900HDS, and it's relatively minor. In our opinion, the feed chute is a bit too narrow. That makes preparing fruits and vegetables for juicing a bit more time-consuming because you have to chop them up in pieces that fit the chute. But while other juicers exist on the market with a larger tube, none of them have the performance of the Omega juicer, so the extra prep time is well worth the effort.
The Omega MM900HDS is an investment in your health and well-being. While it is not the cheapest masticating juicer on the market, it offers the best return on your investment. And in case anything breaks, Omega provides the most extended warranty in the industry: a 15-year limited warranty so you can rest assured the juicer will serve you a long time.
Overall, we were very impressed with the Omega MM900HDS as the best juicer for greens. It produces a good quantity of juice, is easy to clean up, and the included end cap for celery ensures that you get the most juice out of celery without producing any waste.
Produces high-quality juice and minimizes waste
Relatively quiet operation
Special end-cap specifically made for celery
15-year warranty, longest in the industry
Narrow feed chute can lead to more food prep
More expensive than other juicers
The Hurom HP Slow Juicer is one of the most stylish juicers on the market. It is also a vertical juicer compared to our top pick, taking less space on the countertop. In our opinion, it looks better in the kitchen than the Omega juicer, but it is a bit less performant, which is why it got second place.
Like the Omega, the Hurom HP Slow Juicer is a slow masticating juicer, but the motor is a tad less powerful at 150 watts. While it makes the juicer slightly less noisy, it operates at a slower speed of 43 RPM. The biggest downside is that the fruits and vegetables need to be cut into smaller pieces to help prevent clogging. If that happens, though, you can put the juicer into reverse to help unclog it. In our experience, that hasn't been a problem.
The Hurom HP Slow Juicer is an excellent juicer for leafy greens. However, it doesn't come with a celery attachment as the Omega does. Because of the fibrous nature of celery, you will need to cut it into smaller pieces to help the Hurom extract as much juice as possible from the celery stalks. If you're looking for the absolute best juicer for greens, we recommend the Omega instead.
Like the Omega, the Hurom HP Slow Juicer is easy to disassemble and clean. The whole process takes roughly 5 minutes to clean thoroughly. And the product is backed by a 10-year warranty, which ensures that it should last you a long time.
If you're looking for the best juicer for leafy greens and the style of the juicer is a principal factor for you, the Hurom HP Slow Juicer is a perfect pick. Despite being a bit less powerful and not having a celery attachment, it's easy to use, the vertical juicer looks great in your kitchen, and it will not disappoint.
Smaller footprint on the countertop
Good overall performance
Motor not as powerful
Not celery attachment
Requires a bit more food prep
If you're looking for an upgrade from our top pick and want the absolute best juicer for leafy greens, look no further than the Tribest GSE-5010. While more expensive, the Tribest uses a unique system to extract juice from the most stubborn ingredients.
The Tribest uses a twin-gear system that rotates at a slow speed of 110 RPM, preventing heat buildup in the juice produced. The gears contain stainless steel and a unique magnetic and bioceramic material to help minimize juice oxidation and keep it fresh longer in the refrigerator (up to 72 hours).
The mastication system mimics human teeth to process the ingredients very effectively. It slices, cuts and crushes even the stringiest vegetables to preserve all the enzymes and nutrients. That allows it to handle sinewy vegetables like celery very well without getting clogged and with less food prep on your part.
One downside of the twin-gear system of the Tribest GSE-5010 is that we've found it more challenging to clean than the Omega or the Hurom juicers. It's hard to clean the fine mesh screen thoroughly with the tools provided, and you can expect to spend roughly 10 minutes cleaning the juicer after every use. But even with this, there is one area where this juicer outshone all the others:
The Tribest GSE-5010 produced the best juice we've tasted. The juice extracted by the twin gears tasted noticeably better than the Omega and the Hurom juicers. It was pulp-free and uniquely delicious. The juicer also seemed to produce a better yield and leave a dryer pulp than many other juicers we've tried.
Despite its higher price tag and the juicer being a bit harder to clean, we recommend the Tribest GSE-5010 as the best masticating juicer to any serious juicing enthusiast looking for a juice of very high quality.
Excellent quality of juice produced
Twin-gear system great at preserving nutrients
Sturdy and does not clog up
Does not require a lot of food prep time
Harder to clean up until you get the technique down
While masticating juicers are the best for leafy greens, they tend to be expensive. However, over the past few years, a couple of budget juicers have made their entry into the market and can do a decent job of juicing leafy vegetables. The amzchef Masticating Juicer is one of them.
The amzchef is an inexpensive entry-level slow masticating juicer for someone who wants to get their feet wet into juicing. Like all our other picks so far, it's a slow juicer that aims at preserving the nutrients in the juice produced. It is slow, though - despite its auger that rotates at 80 RPM, it takes the longest to make juice than the other juicers we've tested.
Also, be aware that you'll need to do more food prep with the amzchef. For example, it does a decent job at juicing celery if you cut it up into small pieces, but it can struggle with harder vegetables like carrots, especially if the pieces are too large. Despite this, we found that the juicer did a decent job for the price. In addition, it manages to juice leafy greens such as kale just fine.
Cleaning the juicer is not as simple as the manufacturer makes it out to be, but we still found it more straightforward than the Tribest. You're supposed to disassemble the amzchef with the push of a button - after which you still need to take out a couple of parts to clean them up thoroughly. That takes longer to do than the Omega and the Hurom, but it's pretty acceptable.
When comparing the amzchef to higher-quality juicers like the Omega and the Hurom, we found that the yield produced by the amzchef was a bit lower. The pulp that came out of the machine was still wet, meaning it contained more juice that the juicer couldn't extract. But to be honest, the comparison is a bit unfair because of the much lower price point of the amzchef Masticating Juicer. For the price, the amzchef does quite a decent job.
Overall, if you are looking to start juicing and are not yet ready to invest a large sum of money, the amzchef Masticating Juicer is perfect. Despite a few drawbacks, it's hard to argue against its price, being one of the cheapest slow masticating juicers available on the market.
Great entry-level masticating juicer
Easy enough to clean up
Relatively low price
Doesn't handle hard vegetables very well
Food prep is required to chop up ingredients into small pieces
Slow to operate
Let us make something clear from the get-go: no centrifugal juicer will work amazingly well with kale, spinach, and other leafy greens. You'll be hard-pressed to obtain an amount of juice you deem satisfactory if your sole purpose is to juice leafy greens.
However, centrifugal juicers are more attractive for their lower price point than masticating juicers. Furthermore, a good juicer can make all kinds of different juices that incorporate leafy greens. The following recommendation is thus for anyone looking for a high-quality juicer that is versatile enough to process small quantities of leafy greens in a juice.
Our choice for the best centrifugal juicer for greens is the Breville JE98XL Juice Fountain Plus. It is an excellent juicer, but it will struggle when fed only leafy greens. Still, if you mix some leafy greens with other ingredients such as apples, pears, and other fruits and vegetables that are easier to juice, you should be able to add some extra nutrients to your juice.
However, you can't expect it to compete with other high-end masticating juicers. But we found the quantity of juice produced from the juicer to be satisfactory, and despite some froth in our juice, the quality of the juice was good.
Their speed is a significant advantage that centrifugal juicers like the Breville JE98XL have. The Breville managed to output a full glass of juice in less than a minute compared to a masticating juicer. In addition, its food chute is large, allowing you to insert whole apples. That can reduce the time needed to prepare food considerably.
Again, the Breville JE98XL won't be among the best juicers for leafy greens. Still, if your mind is set on a juicer for its speed and convenience, we highly recommend the Breville JE98XL.
Requires practically no food prep time
Makes a glass of juice very quickly
Very noisy
Hard to juice leafy greens without mixing them up with other food
Less juice produced than with masticating juicers
We've written dozens of individual juicer reviews over the years. By doing so, we've acquired a vast amount of experience and developed a system by which we rate juicers based on multiple criteria:
Quality of the juicer produced: Whether the juice coming out of the juicer stays cold, the amount of froth produced by the juicer, and the presence of pulp.
Quantity of juice produced: How much liquid can the juicer extract from the ingredients and whether the pulp is dry or still wet.
Noise: How silent or noisy the juicer is (will it wake the whole neighborhood in the morning?)
Speed: How fast can the machine produce a full glass of juice. Does it clog up often, requiring intervention?
Cleanup: How easy the juicer is to clean up. Nothing breaks the juicing habit more than a juicer that is a hassle to clean up!
But we don't only base our reviews on our own experience and opinions. After all, we use each juicer for a relatively short time compared to users who use them for months (or years!). As such, our own experience with the machine could be an outlier. So we also browse the reviews left by other users and consider only those that are the most complete and trustworthy. That way, we can ensure that our experience represents what a buyer will typically expect from buying the model we review.
When you're shopping for a new juicer to make green juices, it's important to remember that not all juicers are created equal! Some serve a specific purpose and will do a terrible job of juicing leafy greens.
Let's go over each major type of juicers and see how they generally perform on greens:
Centrifugal Juicers Are to Be Avoided
Centrifugal juicers are among the most popular juicers because of their price and availability.
They start by shredding the ingredients used into a pulp using a cutting disc. Then, they use centrifugal force to pull the juice from the pulp by spinning it at a very high speed.
The shredding process and the spinning action adds a lot of friction between the particles of the ingredients. That tends to create additional heat. As a result, the juice produced by centrifugal juicers tends to be warmer, which could cause the process to destroy some of the nutrients.
These juicers also make a lot of noise as they can reach a rotation per minute of more than 10000 RPM! Therefore, they are generally not the best if you try to be quiet in the morning.
Despite being very popular, centrifugal juicers are not good at producing leafy greens juice. This is because the greens contain too much fiber and not enough liquid, making it hard to extract the juice efficiently by the centrifugal force.
Masticating Juicers Are Better Suited Slow Juicers
Typically more expensive than centrifugal juicers, masticating juicers are simply the best to make green juice because of their ability to extract as much liquid as possible from leafy greens.
Instead of shredding the ingredients and using high-speed spinning action to extract juice like centrifugal juicers do, masticating juicers work much more effectively. Using a system of augers, they can "masticate" the ingredients at a much lower speed, keeping the juice cold. This process can also extract a larger quantity of juice from greens than any other type of juicer.
Because their auger system typically rotates anywhere between 40 and 100 RPM, they are also quieter and operate more silently.
Masticating juicers are, however, not cheap and are slower. But if you're looking at the best juicer for greens, you should definitely look into purchasing a masticating juicer.
To sum up, you should look into purchasing the best masticating juicer if you're serious about juicing greens.
Our top pick, the Omega MM900HDS, strikes an outstanding balance between price and quality and comes with a special adapter for juicing celery.
The runner-up, the Hurom HP Slow Juicer, offers a great vertical design that is a pleasing visual addition to any kitchen while still retaining good performances.
Our upgrade pick, the Tribest GSE-5010, offers incredible juice at a much higher price.
And our budget pick, the amzchef Masticating Juicer, will allow you to make green juice if you're on a budget.
But if you would prefer convenience and speed over the ability to make juice from leafy greens, look no further than the Breville JE98XL juicer.
Juicing is a fun and healthy journey that makes incorporating new enzymes, nutrients, and vitamins from greens easy. The sooner you start, the sooner your body can begin experiencing the benefits!
What kind of juicer is best for kale?
Masticating juicers are the best to extract juice from kale and other leafy vegetables. They can grind kale and produce more juice where other juicers can't by using a system of augers or long gears. We recommend the Omega MM900HDS or the Hurom HP Slow Juicer as our top picks to extract all the juice from kale.
Which juicer is best for hard vegetables?
The best juicer for hard vegetables will be a high-quality masticating or centrifugal juicer. Cheap juicers might clog when processing hard vegetables, so we recommend you avoid them. We recommend the Omega MM900HDS if you're looking for a slow masticating juicer and the Breville JE98XL if you want a faster juicer.
Can leafy greens be juiced?
Of course! Leafy green juices are a great way to add healthy nutrients, enzymes, and vitamins to your diet. However, you need to buy a good quality masticating juicer if you don't want to be disappointed.
Is it good to drink green juice every day?
Drinking green juice is generally good for your health. It can provide your body with healthy enzymes, nutrients, and vitamins. But it needs to be consumed in moderation. Drinking an excessive amount could lead to blood sugar issues and other health problems.
Do I need a special juicer for celery?
Most juicers will be able to make juice out of celery. However, some juicers will struggle with the stringy nature of celery unless you chop it up into tiny pieces. If you're looking for the best juicer for celery, we recommend the Omega MM900HDS, which comes with a special celery attachment to produce a very high yield.
Phil is the founder and editor in chief of The Kitchenizer. He writes articles to help busy people spend less time in the kitchen, save money on gadgets, and impress guests with kitchen hacks. He's also a hopeless computer geek!
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Louisiana – KNOE 8
About	KNOE 8
KNOE-TV went on the air on September 27, 1953. Initially, the station had a 774-foot tower, weighing 4 tons and costing $65,000. At the time, it was the most powerful tower in the American South. KNOE is the oldest surviving station in the northern part of Louisiana. Its sign-on forced its only competitor, KFAZ (channel 43), off the air in the summer of 1954. James A. Noe, Sr., former governor of Louisiana, owned the television station as well as KNOE radio (AM 540, now KMLB, and FM 101.9, now KMVX).
The station affiliated with all four television networks of the "golden age": CBS, NBC, ABC and DuMont. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network. KNOE continued to air ABC programming until 1972 when KTVE became a primary ABC affiliate and NBC programming until 1974 when KLAA signed-on.


HPBOSE 10th Result 2019: The Board of Secondary Education Himachal Pradesh Declares the 10th Result 2019 HP Board on May 2, 2019. Students who have participated in these exams will receive their HPBOSE 10th Class Result from 2019 after name Wise from their official website on hpbose.org and the following link in this publication. Board examinations took place in March and the tenth result of Himachal Pradesh will be announced on May 2, 2019 (expected).
About the HP Board: The Board of Secondary Education of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Shimla. It operates under the state government of Himachal Pradesh. He is responsible for conducting class 10 and 12 examinations, providing the syllabus, textbooks and other learning materials, and declaring the tenth HP Executive Board result after 2 months of the exam date.
HP Board has organized the tenth Class exams and is now preparing to declare the Result of HPBOSE 10th 2019. Students who have been written for board exams will attend Class 10 result 2019 HP meals by name below statement. HPBOSE will announce the result on its official website.
Last Update: Himachal Pradesh Board will declare the 10th 2019 HPBOSE result from May 2, 2019. Students who have written for board exams may soon be able to check their marks with name and exam number.
After the board exam completion seeking students for HP boarding 10.en earnings 2019 date will be informed that the official date is not available, and the result will be announced on May 2, 2019. After several years previously, HPBOSE is expected 10 Class Result 2019 Today. Since the official date will be available, we will update here so stay tuned.
We have listed here an analysis of the results of earlier investigations in tabular form. Students can check the percentage of passes from here.
Look on the home page for the link 10th Result 2019 HP and open it.
Complete the requested information (name and number of roles).
HPBOSE 10th Result 2019 appears on the screen.
The Board of Secondary Education Himachal Pradesh will announce the HPBOSE X 2019 results on May 2, 2019. Students will get the board's test results according to their performance in the exam boar. The 10th HP Board Result will be available online at the official website and students can verify it by name and exam number.
Students can review their earnings at HPBOSE 10,2019 on May 2, 2019. Applicants can review their brand names and receive the number of exams specified after the statement of the top-level driver in this publication. So you can continue to visit us for updated information. If you have any questions about HP's 10th 2019 results, please contact us via comment. Our experts will restore it as soon as possible.
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Mr Bayford was employed as a call centre operator working a 9.00am to 5.30pm roster. A year after being employed Mr Bayford's son was born and, with Mr Bayford's agreement, his rostered hours were changed to 9.30am to 6.00pm. Ten months later Mr Bayford's supervisor and a HR consultant held a formal counselling session with Mr Bayford about poor work performance and consistent lateness to work. During the meeting Mr Bayford explained that his lateness was related to his son's teething and the fact that he was "not getting much sleep". With regard to his poor work performance, Mr Bayford said that he hoped "it's understood that I have a wife and kid at home and they need me".
he exercised his workplace right not to be discriminated against due to his family responsibilities pursuant to Victoria Equal Opportunity Act 1995 and his employer's Equal Opportunity Policy.
The Federal Magistrate held that in finding whether there had been any adverse action he had to determine the "real reason" for the manager's decision, irrespective of the manager's subjective belief that his decision was not motivated by Mr Bayford's family responsibilities. In support of his argument, the employer provided detailed evidence in relation to the meetings with Mr Bayford, the subsequent warnings and the final decision to dismiss Mr Bayford. The Federal Magistrate found that the dismissal was not consciously or subconsciously because of Mr Bayford's family responsibilities and the employer had not been in breach of the Equal Opportunity Legislation as Mr Bayford had not requested his working times be changed to accommodate his family responsibilities.


New York City audiences got a sneak peak of USA Network?s summer original series during a screening of the premieres this week at Hudson River Park. GLOBALedit provided online talent approvals for publicity images for USA Network.
TV audiences will be able to see the season premieres of White Collar and Covert Affairs on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 on USA Network.
White Collar Season 3 premieres at 9 PM EST with Tim DeKay as FBI agent Peter Burke suspecting Matt Bomer as Neal Caffrey of stealing a priceless art collection off a Nazi submarine. GLOBALedit managed publicity and episodic coverage for this series. For more information on White Collar click here.
The Season 2 series premiere of Covert Affairs airs at 10 PM EST with Annie Walker played by Piper Perabo returning from a mission to Sri Lanka and getting reassigned as a handler for a professional tennis player from Estonia who now wants the CIA to leave her alone. GLOBALedit managed talent approvals for Covert Affairs. To read more about the show and catch up on previous episodes click here.


Granville street stretches across Vancouver from the northern to the southern waterfront. It's only apt that we name our latest go-to bag the Granville Tote.
This structured tote is a designer favourite. The body has a YKK zipper closure. It is made from a structured American cowhide leather creating clean architectural lines. The leather also brings strength and durability to welcome a laptop. There are two strap lengths to choose from, shoulder length and crossbody length. Straps are detachable to facilitate different lengths while retaining a clean look. A large internal black canvas YKK zipper pocket keeps you organized. We consider this the modern day brief case.
Looking for this item in a different colour? The Granville Leather Tote also comes in Black and Caramel/ Black.


The Geo Tag plugin allows your posts and pages to contain location information which includes latitude, longitude, region, and country. This plugin has an easy and simple interface that can detect your current location or you can choose your location by searching for an address or clicking on the Google map. The location information is saved to the post or page and is included in the RSS feed and meta tags. The location information is available for use in your theme with the get_post_meta method. The plugin can also display a Google Map of the current post or a list of posts through the shortcode [geotag /]. The shortcode also exposes posts as geoJson.
[Optional] In the Google API Console click on 'Services' and turn on 'Google Maps API v3′. Then click on 'API Access' and update your Google Latitude History plugin settings with your Simple API key. The api key tracks usuage and is not necessary. If your website uses a SSL certificate then set Google Maps to use SSL.


Hand hygiene is the most effective way to prevent the spread of infection among patients, families and healthcare providers.
The Hand Hygiene Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) performs individual hand hygiene observations across inpatient units, procedure and recovery areas, and across CHOP's ambulatory network. The team provides feedback in the moment while interacting with staff, families or patients, taking every opportunity to educate and respond to questions. Data is collected and shared with all members of the healthcare team.
The Quality and Patient Safety team at CHOP helps improve rotavirus vaccination rates for children on Medicaid.


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England Golf Support Longest Day Challenge
England Golf has announced it will be supporting Macmillan Cancer Support's Longest Day Golf Challenge to help raise the profile of the fundraising event among its 665,000 members and 1,900 clubs.
The challenge sees teams of four take on 72 holes – covering over 20 miles of course in one day – to fundraise for Macmillan. Players are encouraged to ask friends and family for sponsorship to help the charity support the growing number of people living with cancer.
After registering to take part in the Longest Day Golf Challenge participants can compete to win a three-night break to the final which will be held at Boavista Golf Resort, Portugal. The prize includes flights and accommodation and will be awarded to the four eligible teams who raise the most sponsorship money for Macmillan by 3 September 2018.
England Golf is urging all golfers to get involved and its staff will be tackling the dawn-to-dusk challenge at Woodhall Spa Golf Club, Lincolnshire.
Nick Pink, England Golf Chief Executive, commented:
"We are thrilled to support Macmillan's Longest Day Golf Challenge and to encourage more golfing heroes to set out on 14 hours of non-stop golf and help to change the lives of people affected by cancer."
Kirsty Hobbs, Fundraising Marketing Manager at Macmillan Cancer Support, said: "England Golf is helping us take our Longest Day Golf fundraising challenge to more clubs and players in the UK than ever before, which is really exciting. We're hugely grateful to everyone that will be getting involved and helping us support the growing number of people living with cancer."
In 2017, over 3,400 teams took part and raised £1.7 million. This vital money has helped Macmillan to provide emotional, financial, medical and practical support to people living with cancer across the UK.
How to get involved in Macmillan Cancer Support's Longest Day Golf Challenge
• Register your club by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Once registered, your club is listed as a venue at www.macmillan.org.uk/longestdaygolf
• Reserve a day on or close to the longest day, 21 June 2018, and let your members and other golfers know you're hosting the challenge on your course
• Plan to open when the sun rises, and consider waiving green fees and make refreshments available
• Once you have a team of four select a captain and register at www.macmillan.org.uk/longestdaygolf
• Plan your challenge for or close to the longest day, 21 June 2018, to maximise daylight hours.
• Play at your own club or any golf club around the UK- you can use the Macmillan website to find Longest Day Golf Challenge friendly clubs nearest to you
• Spread the word at your club and encourage other members to support you with sponsorship and fundraising events
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Opt for the traceability !
Give of the fluidity to your business !
To keep the track of all the components, quite the transformations, all the additions, all the movements of a product or a batch of product since the first stages of its manufacturing until the sale to the consumer. Today, the traceability does not limit itself to the company, it applies to its whole industry. Where from, a need for standards and technological means making the traceability system interoperable. The stakes are considerable: economic impacts in case of incident, image of the company or the industry even health of the consumers.
whatever their stage of progress.
in realization of specifications, definition, implementation and maintenance of solutions of EDI / EAI and Traceability.


BIRDscapes Gallery at Glandford near Holt in North Norfolk has an exhibition starting on Saturday 5th November. It features the work of the very skilled Stephen Message whose paintings feature small birds in landscape settings. Stephen is a keen birder and his illustrations have featured in several identification guides. His prints are very popular so this collection of original work is likely to sell out quickly.
The gallery is open daily from 11am to 5pm. The exhibition will close on the 20th November.
A pdf of work is available here.


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Q: getting null response of parsing XML using JaxB how i can parse the XML using Jaxb.
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <string xmlns="http://www.xyz.in"><root><Del><NUMBER>13691991</NUMBER><PIECES>2</PIECES><SHEETNO>D1415/001005</SHEETNO></Del></root></string>

A: Try to create these classes:
The class Del
package jaxb;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;

@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlRootElement( name = "Del")
public class Del {
@XmlElement(name = "NUMBER")
private String number;
@XmlElement(name = "PIECES")
private String pieces;
@XmlElement(name = "SHEETNO")
private String sheetno;
public Del() {
    super();
}

public void setNumber(String number) {
    this.number = number;
}

public String getNumber() {
    return number;
}

public void setPieces(String pieces) {
    this.pieces = pieces;
}

public String getPieces() {
    return pieces;
}

public void setSheetno(String sheetno) {
    this.sheetno = sheetno;
}

public String getSheetno() {
    return sheetno;
}
}

The class MyString
package jaxb;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;

@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlRootElement( name = "string")
public class MyString {
    @XmlElement(name = "root")
    private Root root;

    public MyString() {
        super();
    }

    public void setRoot(Root root) {
        this.root = root;
    }

    public Root getRoot() {
        return root;
    }
}

The class Root
package jaxb;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;

@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlRootElement( name = "root")
public class Root {
    @XmlElement(name = "Del")
    private Del del;

    public Root() {
        super();
    }

    public void setDel(Del del) {
        this.del = del;
    }

    public Del getDel() {
        return del;
    }
}

The file package-info.java
@XmlSchema( namespace="http://www.xyz.in",
            xmlns={ @XmlNs( prefix = "", namespaceURI = "http://www.xyz.in")},
                elementFormDefault = XmlNsForm.QUALIFIED)

package jaxb;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlNs;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlNsForm;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchema;

**The Main class to test **
package jaxb;

import java.io.StringReader;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args){
        try {
            String file = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n" +
            "<string xmlns=\"http://www.xyz.in\">\n" +
            "   <root>\n" +
            "       <Del>\n" +
            "           <NUMBER>13691991</NUMBER>\n" +
            "           <PIECES>2</PIECES>\n" +
            "           <SHEETNO>D1415/001005</SHEETNO>\n" +
            "       </Del>\n" +
            "   </root>\n" +
            "</string>";
            JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(MyString.class);
            Unmarshaller jaxbUnmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
            StringReader reader = new StringReader(file);
            MyString myString = (MyString)jaxbUnmarshaller.unmarshal(reader);
            System.out.println(myString);

        } catch (JAXBException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}


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The march towards digitalisation
14 November 2018 • In Features
The key to improving efficiencies lies in the adoption of digital manufacturing techniques, such as 3D printing
Protolabs' special operations manager, Stephen Dyson looks at how advanced manufacturing techniques like 3D printing can be utilised to create a more efficient aerospace industry.
Manufacturers everywhere are facing an increasing demand from their customers for parts to be produced in rapid time, at the lowest possible price and without any compromise in the level of quality. In the aerospace industry in particular, it's vital that the structural reliability and safety of components is maintained as they move swiftly from initial design to completed part.
Safety precautions, such as these, are just one of a number of different elements that prescribe the pace at which parts can be developed for use in aerospace engineering. Manufacturing these parts is made slower by the test cycles, inspection procedures and certificates that accompany every step of the process, each of which is non-negotiable when human safety is on the line. The process is being slowed further still as a result of the shortage of skilled engineers currently faced by the aerospace industry, and the apparent hesitance it exhibits when it comes to employing new, advanced manufacturing technologies.
Serious skills shortage
Because of the global economic downturn, the aerospace industry, like many others, has had to make a number of cutbacks over the last decade. As conditions improve though, the next five years are expected to be somewhat kinder to the industry, with experts predicting more than 5% growth across the sector. It appears, however, that due to a significant increase in the average age of aerospace engineers, and a lack of interest in the industry from the next generation of school leavers, achieving this projected gain may not be as straightforward as many would hope.
Half of the employers questioned for a recent survey for Carbon60, for example, blamed issues with recruitment for delays in product development, with three in five expressing concern that a dearth of sufficiently qualified engineers could pose a threat to their business. The extent of the issues is revealed in the findings of the annual report from Engineering UK, which suggests that up to 59,000 engineering graduates and technicians will be required each year until 2024 to plug the skills gap.
3D printing is largely ineffective as long as aerospace manufacturers are unable to scale up from single parts to full production
Put simply, working in aerospace engineering appears to be considerably less popular than it once was. According to a US study, carried out in 2016, two thirds of young people did not consider manufacturing to be a high-tech career choice. Indeed, graduates now consider big tech companies such as Apple, Facebook or Google to be more attractive options.
What's more, the sector faces the prospect of losing skilled members of its workforce when qualified engineers leave their particular area of expertise to pursue a more lucrative career path in a completely different field, such as IT admin. The manufacturing industry as a whole must, therefore, take steps to address these problematic aspects of education and career development, the impact of which may otherwise be felt for many years to come.
Digitalisation as the way forward
Despite the current skills shortage faced by the aerospace industry, the ongoing adoption of advanced digital manufacturing techniques presents a light at the end of the tunnel. Manufacturing, in common with all other industries, is currently undergoing a form of digital transformation in a bid to improve operational efficiencies and customer service. In order to meet the needs of this transformation, and to stay one step ahead of the technology as it evolves, manufacturers will need to recruit and train a new breed of software and hardware engineers.
Where manufacturing processes may suffer from an outdated perception as being a form of repetitive manual labour, the move toward digitalisation may serve to change hearts and minds and, by doing so, attract the next generation of tech-savvy manufacturers.
Through the use of 3D printing, for example, prototypes can be rapidly turned around for use by product developers in presentations and assembly tests. Some providers even offer production-quality parts that can be used in meaningful tests, carried out in real-world conditions. Manufacturers can benefit greatly from 3D printing; being able to cheaply and quickly deliver parts, for example, can make the production cycle significantly smoother, while testing and certification processes are improved by the ability to physically hold production-ready parts within days of a design being submitted.
The majority of young people do not consider manufacturing to be a high-tech career choice
The poster boy for advanced manufacturing technology, 3D printing has been in existence for more than three decades but, as it continues to develop and evolve, still hits the headlines on a regular basis. Its benefits don't appear to have been fully recognised by the aerospace industry however, where wildly fluctuating requirements that have resulted in orders being spread out among a number of different suppliers, may be holding back its more widespread adoption. The fact is, the technique is largely ineffective as long as aerospace manufacturers are unable to scale up from single parts and components to full production.
Improving efficiencies
In order to thrive in today's fast-moving and competitive market, aerospace manufacturers must find ways of improving the efficiency of their product development processes. A large part of this will require the industry to address the current skills shortage, redress the existing misperceptions, and take steps to attract and recruit the members of the workforce needed to make up the deficit. Also key to improving efficiencies is the more widespread adoption of advanced digital manufacturing techniques, such as 3D printing.
Modern prototyping technologies provide manufacturers the opportunity to save time and money, reducing complexity within the supply chain, and adapting it to ensure it meets with growing customer demand for the delivery of more products at higher speed and at lower cost.
These technologies offer the aerospace industry a number of benefits, including increased efficiencies, and faster, smoother production, testing and certification processes. By embracing the technology, and by capitalising on these benefits, the aerospace sector will soon move from its post-economic crisis position to one in which it can deliver the growth that has been predicted.
www.protolabs.co.uk
Mike Richardson
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Hey! Glad to see you around.
Hey, man! I've missed you! Glad to see you, but that's pretty worrying about being unusually out of breath like that. I hope you're okay.
It was kinda silly, I called to see if I needed help. The nurse said I needed to see someone. So I got anxious and started tripping on my breathing. After talking to the fire dept and saying no to paramedics and then asking my neighbor for advice, my GF showed up. Then I was fine.
Sometimes the worst thing a person can do is call their health care folks.
Hey @jukebox. I'm doing okay, I've just been super busy! Hope you are doing well too.
Hey @LED! Missed you and the others too. Just been super busy lately.
We've all been getting over illness after illness, but I think we're all finally on the mend! Doing pretty well overall.


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Is there such as thing as an American garden?
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Raiders add former SMed stars Garcia and Singler
The Southern Oregon University football team's fruitful South Medford connection just got a little stronger.
Raiders head coach Craig Howard announced that former Panthers Adrian Garcia and Jack Singler have enrolled for the winter quarter and will join the team for the 2014 season.
Garcia, a wide receiver, graduated high school in 2013 and transferred from University of Oregon. Singler — the son of South Medford head coach and ex-Raider offensive coordinator Bill Singler — graduated in 2012 and spent the last two seasons playing quarterback at De Anza College in Cupertino, Calif.
Both cited their desire to return to the Rogue Valley and play alongside former teammates Matt and Ryan Retzlaff as reasons for signing.
"My goal is always to get the best players from the local high schools and we got a couple really good ones here," Howard said. "They could see we throw the ball a bunch and have a lot of success, and we're excited that they want to be a part of it."
Garcia, a speedy 6-footer, was a first-team all-conference performer on both sides of the ball as a senior. He accumulated 58 receptions for 778 yards and 11 touchdown as one of the state's premier receivers and nine interceptions at defensive back.
As a Raider, he'll strengthen what was already the top-scoring offense in the NAIA at 47.2 points per game. The Retzlaff's fingerprints were all over that number: Ryan's 85 receptions were tops in the country and his 1,191 reception yards were fourth, while Matt's 19 touchdowns were sixth in the country and his 60 receptions 22nd. Another Medford product, Jeremy Scottow, who attended North, was fourth on the team with 34 receptions for 393 yards.
"I see the success they're all having and it seemed super fun," Garcia said. "I got that itch and I wanted to play and be a part of it all again."
The 6-2 Singler was a second-team all-conference performer in high school, but his best work was in front of him. As a sophomore this fall, he completed 57.2 percent of his passes (215-for-376) for 2,646 yards and 31 touchdowns with just seven interceptions.
"I followed SOU all season with Matt and Ryan being there and the program's at a really good, exciting point," Singler said. "It's exciting to me that there's football being played this way in the Rogue Valley. I can't wait to get going."


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Spelman College Discontinues Bill Cosby Professorship
A historically black college is discontinuing its endowed professorship with Bill Cosby after recent details emerged of his testimony in a sexual-assault lawsuit.
Spelman told The Associated Press in a statement Friday that the college has parted ways with the 78-year-old actor and comedian. A deposition released this month shows the married father of five acknowledged he got sedatives to give to women before sex.
The program was established in the name of Cosby and his wife, Camille, to bring positive attention and scholars to the campus. The Cosbys donated $20 million to the college in 1988.
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Cosby says the sexual activity with various women was consensual. He has never been charged with a crime.
Spelman suspended its endowed professorship with Cosby last year.
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I really like the emphasis on buying genuine aboriginal didjes, it is important that people realize it is their instrument and we should all respect that.
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I think The site itself is a pleasure to be .
The help I got from Cathy is VERY good , a lot of patients !!!!
The Didjshop.com web site is excellent and has a great selection. I plan on buying a didj bag here soon as it is probably the only site on the net with any real selection of didj bags.
Well set out and has been the most user friendly didge site I have used. I am trying to purchase a quiver of concert didges and this site has definitely made the task easier. Most Importantly it is support for Indigenous Culture.
Good place to get your first didgeridoo. Would highly recommend going to Didjshop.com first.
Excellent site, easily navigated. The information is well written, easy to find and easy to follow. Your willingness to share valuable information has me convinced that you have a true love of the instrument, the Aboriginal peoples and their arts. I WILL buy my next instrument only from your company.
Informative. The information about the didjes on sale is very detailed and good.
Very nice site. Well organized, easy to find what you are looking for. First visit, will come again. Intend to buy things here!!
Great choices and the sound are very useful for didge choice !
I like it and I often tell my friends about it !
I find it most enjoyable. I will visit it consistently now and look forward to receiving the newsletters.
I find it to be more and more interesting every time I visit, I have just made a purchase which I hope will go smooth. The user interface is very simple and easy to navigate in. The ease of the navigation and the very good professional information and userfriendliness contributed to my final decision on buying one of your products.
A very comprehensive site, excellent!
I like your site; it is intuitive and easy to navigate. I get a positive vibe about your mode of business, and will most likely buy from you when I am ready to make a serious purchase. (Currently learning on PVC.) Preserving the cultural identity of the instrument, as well as the cultural integrity of the industry, is important, and I can see that you take it seriously. Your prices look quite competitive, for quality instruments.
This is one of the coolest sites for authentic instruments that I have ever been to. I first saw someone playing a didje in one of our local parks one day and sat for an hour and watched him. He showed me a couple of things about playing and have wanted a didje of my own for a long time. I really appreciate your concern with the preservation of the Aboriginal culture as well as the tradition of the didje.Keep up the good work and hopefully you will be getting my order soon.
I find the web site to be very informative and containing very little fluff about the didjeridu. It is very good for beginning players to learn about the background of an amazing instrument and equally nice for more advanced players in that we can hear the instrument before we purchase.
It is very informative. It's good to see people that care about the traditions etc and not just about making a profit.
Excellent web site Clear informative layout and extremely easy to navigate. I'm particularly impressed with the help given with regards to choosing 'the right' didge.
I didn't think was possible to find a site as complete as the yours. It is full of information about didje and it was very useful to me choosing an didjeridu from your (-huge-) list, especially the pages about technical information.
Very refreshing to find a site dedicated to more than just selling their products. I filled out a help sheet for some advice on what sort of didj to buy and found the help very un-pressured.This gave me a great vibe about who you guys are and what you stand for. I've just ordered my first didj after using pvc pipe for the last 6 months so I can't wait to finally have the real thing.
I have been visiting your site for a long time and have never been disappointed with your offerings.
Excellent! Very informative. There are a wide range of instruments and price ranges to work with. Never noticed the greeting cards before, you can bet I'll be sending a few out. My choice for purchasing a new didj.
The web site is great and extremely informative. A very useful resource.
I think it is very informative, helpful and especially for someone inquiring about the instruments for the first time. I would recommend your site to anyone interested.
Cool web site The most comprehensive didj web site I've ever seen.
The greatest site on Earth! and since this is the World Wide Web, that statement is hard to refute. Being able to hear them is such a great advantage for selecting. The site is easy to use and well organized. I truly figured I would need to venture a trip to Australia to get a good authentic didj but now I can visit your store everyday I get home. Your shop is now a primary target place to see when I some day take my desired vacation to your beautiful land.
Very easy to use, and very enlightening.
Easy to manouver Very good graphics. Nicely laid out. Pleasant experience.
You own (and sell) the largest collection of beautiful (great) didj I've ever seen!!
Until today I was proud of mine, now I have to change the way I look to my instrument (well I still like it, but yours...)!
It's a great shop - I think it is really a good thing. Super!
Like the quality comparisons, but fear the insufficiency of my current didj. However, I am unsure what key mine is for comparison.
Didjshop.com is a great web site it is easy to navigate and the colour scheme not only matches the subject of the web site it is also very pleasing to the eye.
Very impressed don't know who is in charge of thinking outside the box? but the take I get is someone who knows a lot about answering questions and has a genuine love the subject matter had a large hand in developing this sight.And because you wrote *Please here goes: I would like to see a on line index area that would link to the specific subject matter (like at the back of a book)IE:the artwork on the artifacts what do the individual animals mean? look up" seaturtle" and get a possible link to the history and stories that pertain to the individual animal? I have one on my bamboo and was wondering about it. Don't mean to be a pain but you asked!
You guys have a really great site! Interesting, unique and beautiful! Thanks!
COOL. You have a consistent rating system!!!
I think this is one of the most organised web sites I have ever seen. In my work I do a lot of research and visit many web sites. This one is commendable.
Very good site with good information. I always suggest your site when someone asks where they can buy a didj.
Awesome site!!...thanks for the cool contest!
I think the site is nicely laid out and has a lot of good information. I appreciate the sound files and descriptions of the instruments.
Bloody awesome, answers a lot of questions about didges that I never knew before - the more info the better!!! I love how you can listen to the didg's and view larger photos of them too, very helpful in picking out a didg to buy!
Good site. All the didges for sale exposed with the sound.
I thought it is excellent ,there is no room for improvement.
A very nice virtual shopping experience. The samples are great and gave me a great idea of the different sounds I need. Now if I only had enough money to buy everything I wanted.
I will search it more and come back!
A nice range of instruments and accessories.
Love the site. nice design and colours.
I found this web looking for some music instruments shops in the net. I was surprised I could buy a didj in internet, but as I can't learn how to play one on my own I didn't buy one the first time. Anyway I'm really interested in this instrument and its sound... it's amazing.
I'm so glad I found this web site,my son wants to learn to play a didjeridu,and you have so much information on here thanks.
Hi. Your site is very informative. It is easy to find what you want, easy to navigate through. All in all a cool site.
I think that it is a really great web site with very good format.
It's good, I hope I win the didgi!
Very interesting. I teach 2nd grade and will be teaching about Australia and am looking for more ideas. Thank you.
I love the Web site, but I would like to see more modern day didjes I say that only because a lot of my didj friends can't afford an authentic termite hollowed one.
You're doing a good job here. can't think of any improvements or the like...some of the recordings are a bit distorted but that's about all I can think of. the rest is all good. pics, stories, a.s.o. keep up the good work!!!
I visited your web site in case to know what can be bought and to do a small "research" for myself.
I was doing a Google search for didgeridoo music ... that's how stumbled across your web site. I have a business associate in Australia, and had asked him to find me a didgeridoo ... he said he had no idea where to get one ... I'm so glad I found your site!!!
I think this is a very cool site.
Your site has opened up a whole new world for me.
It's cool! very well laid out and informative. I'm going to recommend to my friends.
I like all the options you have on this web site.
It is quite helpful. The Didjshop is easy to navigate, and has an amazing array of didjeridoos.
Amazing web site , lot of MP3 Didje available make buying so long , can't leave the site before testing all of them ... I love it !
-You guys should try some other materials like Agave or Yukka didge for sell , they are awesome.
Like the site gave me more information didjs and circular breathing.
I love the pictures. I had no idea that some didjeridus were so ornate.
Great and easy to navigate. I support your ethic.
It's very easy to find , what you search!
Many Background information! Very COOL web side!
I think your web site is great and I will be visiting your site a great deal I think I haven't played a didj but I want to very bad and I am going to make one with pvc pipe I know this probably wont sound very good but it is the best I can do for now.
Looks like a very serious devoted site!
A lot of information, from beginners info up to experienced info!
Votre site est pas mal, très bien structuré et facile d'accès quand on le parcours mais il représente le coté "marketing aborigène" que je trouve un peu prononcé dans ce genre de 'shop'.
Very nicely set up - has changed the way I view Didgeridoos.
Incredible site, especially for beginners a lot of information. Wish I had seen it before I bought my didgeridoo last week. But I do have a good one for my present purpose. Will visit the site many more times.
It is a very good web site about dido.the most important thing to me is that you can listen to the sound of instrument.
Nice pictures and I liked how you explained the history and all the information about the Didgeridu.
Great and informative web site. Now if only I wasn't a student and could afford to purchase one. I hope to get one in the fall.
Nice site. Layout is pretty good, much good information.
I love this site and would like to order a didj. I can't wait to hear back from you!
I'm glad to have found another 'shop' where the focus is on the aboriginal culture and not on the money. Also glad that proceeds go to the people who deserve to get them.
Its a very good web site with very different subjects...that show and explain very good the different doubts that the people can have.
I find it very helpful, especially with its tips for buying a new didjeridu as I have little to no experience with them and hope to have much more in the future.
I think that it is the best web page about didgeridoo that I've ever been in. But I will like you to make a complete spanish version of this web page. Thank you all of you I love you.
Excellent information for someone who wants to learn about this incredible instrument.
I think it's a great web page, and very useful for people like me, who is learning how to play, because has lots of interesting information.
I like that we can listen to the mp3 before buying the didje. And you had a very good idea to provide two different player's music : it wasn't like this last time I came to visit your site.
I love the rage of didgeridoos but the web site could us a new layout. The site gives a very serious impression.
Very nice site. Lots of info and stunning didges. It's nice to hear the didges different sounds.
It is my first time here and still haven't looked at it all. If I had known there was going to be this question I would have been better prepared .I'm keen to learn more, so hopefully the site will feed that desire. The price of this contests prize is out of my range, so it's nice to have a chance at it.
Very interesting site, good information on didjeridu.
I haven't really spent a whole lot of time on your web site yet, the didj that this contest is for grabbed me by the boo and I had to sign up for it. The only ones I have are handmade of pvc, which plays alright, but I feel I'm cheating on mother earth.


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Casner Christian Academy has a rich history full of tradition and patriotic values that are rooted deeply in and governed by the Christian faith. Casner Christian Academy, originally called Highland Park Baptist Preschool, was established in 1965 at Highland Park Baptist Church. In 2008, the school became a 501c(3) non-profit and moved to its current home at Hillcrest Baptist Church. The school changed its name to Casner Christian Academy, honoring Ms. Lucille Casner, who had been an integral part of the school for over 45 years, and was the headmaster at the time. Ms. Casner began as a four-year-old teacher and later became the school's music teacher and headmaster. Under her leadership, the traditions of Flag Raising, Sing Song, Christmas and Spring Programs, as well as Chapel, grew into the wonderful events that carve such special places in our hearts. With the celebration of Casner's 50th Anniversary around the corner, the school continues to provide children with a foundation of faith and love that prepares their hearts and minds for the path that the Lord has planned for them.
Ms. Casner's Legacy
After 45 dedicated years, Ms. Casner moved into retirement at the end of the 2012 school year. We have all experienced Ms. Casner's love for our country and her fierce desire to teach our children to celebrate patriotism. Each one of us has been touched by her love, humor and true desire to give our children the very best. We all have personal stories of Ms. Casner and for years to come we will forever hear the ringing in our ears:
"Red, White and Blue, I love you!"


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Animated Charles and Gay-Lussac's Law
A slide and text version of this slide is also available.
Air is a gas. Gases have various properties that we can observe with our senses, including the gas pressure, temperature (T), mass, and the volume (V) that contains the gas. Careful, scientific observation has determined that these variables are related to one another and that the values of these properties determine the state of the gas.
The relationship between temperature and volume, at a constant number of moles and pressure, is called Charles and Gay-Lussac's Law in honor of the two French scientists who first investigated this relationship. Charles did the original work, which was verified by Gay-Lussac. They observed that if the pressure is held constant, the volume V is equal to a constant times the temperature T
V = constant * T
In a scientific manner, we can fix any two of the four primary properties and study the nature of the relationship between the other two by varying one and observing the variation of the other. This slide shows a schematic "gas lab" in which we can illustrate the variation of the gas properties. In the lab a theoretical gas is confined in a blue container. The volume of the gas is shown in yellow and is determined by the position of a red piston. The volume can be changed by moving the red piston using the red screw at the top of the piston. The number of moles of the gas is indicated by the number of small black "molecules" in the volume. The number of moles can be changed by injecting or withdrawing molecules using the pump at the left. There are two probes inserted into the bottom of the container to measure the pressure and the temperature. The pressure can be changed by adding or removing green weights from the top of the red piston, and the temperature can be changed by heating the container with the "torch" at the bottom.
Gas Statics:
NASA Glenn Learning Technologies Home Page
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12
by Tom Benson
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Ah what a beautiful view of smokestacks you get from the Marketing office. This is the track that plays when you visit the Marketing Division in the classic automobile company game, Detroit. Here you're able to spend money on advertising your cars either on billboards, magazines or even at sporting events. It's similar in style to most of the Detroit soundtrack, decadent, pompous and audacious - just the way you like your cars right?
The music was recorded through DOSBOX and consequently this is DOSBOX's emulation of OPL3 I believe, the FM synthesis sound chip used in a lot of old Soundblaster cards.


Since it was on his to do list two weeks in advance I think he already knows this.
To begin with I wondered why this was being upvoted, and then I saw your name. Well played, sir.
Why that's the name of the person of the article in question!
For Cheney to say he kept us safe for 7 1/2 years is like the Prime Minister of Japan saying he kept Hiroshima and Nagasaki safe for all but one day.
Since 9/11, I have been crossing my fingers... it's actually me that kept us safe, and Cheney is taking all the credit. My fingers are killing me!
When Clinton went after bin Laden with missiles, the cons claimed it was a distraction from the Lewinsky scandal.
Those internet arguments are still like yesterday to me.
I don't think anyone really "saw" it coming. Neither Clinton nor Bush did enough to prevent it. However, the missteps started under Clinton for sure.
It wasn't by chance that 9/11 happened on Cheney's watch -- he had a hand in it.
The fact he kept us safe AFTER the worst attack isn't much of an accomplishment.
Question: When does after the last attack become before the next one?
Lots of "normal" people (non-redditors) cut Bush & Cheney some slack for 9/11. After all, they say, "no one was expecting an attack on the scale of 9/11." That's true for the ordinary folks -- there was no reason for a regular person on the street to expect an attack like 9/11 in any way -- but it's not true at the upper levels of government. You and I are not briefed by the intelligence community on a daily basis, so we do not know where and how bin Ladin might strike. But it is the leaders' most important job to expect and address such threats. And these two doofuses completely screwed up -- Bush and Cheney had the necessary intelligence, collected without needing to torture anyone, and they failed to act on it.
This is why it's critical to pick leaders who can lead, as opposed to leaders who one can "have a beer with at a BBQ."
Sorry, but the idea that they simply were "incompetent" is way way dead horse. I mean that horse is practically decomposed already. There is abundant, highly correlated evidence that 9/11 was a covert operation planned by PNAC, the group behind the Bush Administration and its coup in 2000. 9/11 was also a coup attempt, but it didn't go as far as they wanted.
Right but nothing ELSE happened, that is his point. No matter how bad it got (imagine more if more 9/11s happenend) they would have just said it was their leadership and tough decisions that prevented it from being even worse.
That is the crux of the Bush presidency. No matter had bad it was, they believe they deserve credit for it not being worse.
If Barry Goldwater had been elected President, then none of this would have happened.
Everything bad has already been attributed to Bill Clinton and transferred completely to Obama. Everything good is the legacy of Ronald Reagan and upheld by the stewardship of Bush Sr. & Jr.
the cons say it's Clinton fault but when Clinton trie they yelled wag the dog that he was diverting attention because they wanted to impeach him for marriage infidelity. They say that was a impeachable offense But bush outing a spy for politics,lying to start a war,hiring only companies that pay him money instead of bidding,or breaking constitutional laws are not.
So when Iran tests its first nuclear weapon on Obama's watch, is it his fault?
If that nuke is aimed at America, and if Obama receives a memo warning him of it a month in advance, and if he allows it to happen, then yes.
if that test missle flies into a major US city while planes are scrambled to intercept and Obama orders them to hold back, then yes.


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Egyptian Islamist groups seek truce
The groups do not speak for the Muslim Brotherhood, but the initiative is a new sign of flexibility from the pro-Morsi alliance of mostly Islamist groups.
CAIRO — Two of Egypt's former militant groups are offering an initiative to halt the country's political violence, in which supporters of the ousted Islamist president will stop street protests if the military-backed government stops its crackdown on them, the groups' leaders said Monday.
The initiative led by Egypt's Gamaa Islamiya and Islamic Jihad movements, which waged an insurgency in the 1990s, aims to bring dialogue between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood, from which toppled President Mohammed Morsi hails. Morsi was overthrown by the military on July 3 after millions took to the street demanding that he step down.
Morsi's allies had previously insisted that he be restored to power as starting point for any talks, but Islamic Jihad leader Mohammed Abu Samra told The Associated Press that negotiations had no "red lines."
The groups do not speak for the Brotherhood, but the initiative is a new sign of flexibility from the pro-Morsi alliance of mostly Islamist groups. It comes as the Islamists' protest campaign wanes and numbers at their formerly massive rallies dwindle. Hundreds of Brotherhood leaders and organizers have been arrested in the crackdown.
Egypt's worst bout of violence in its 2 ½ years of turmoil was set off when security forces backed by snipers and armored vehicles moved in to break up two sprawling pro-Morsi protest camps on Aug. 14. More than 1,000 people were killed in the raids and other violence over the next several days, mostly Morsi supporters.
"We are paving the way for talks," Abu Samra said over the phone. "We can't hold talks while we are at the points of swords in the midst of killings and crackdowns." He said the groups were "extending their hands" to avoid a bloodier confrontation with the military.
He said that the Islamists will stop demonstrations so long as the military halts its crackdown and stops defaming the Brotherhood in mosques and in the media. Asked if Islamist groups would accept talks without demanding Morsi's reinstatement, he said, "Blood is more valuable than the seat of power."
Top Muslim Brotherhood negotiator Amr Darrag said that the group is open for talks but after "confidence-building measures." However, he added, "the other side didn't show a single gesture or any sign that it is ready for dialogue. It only talks about it but no action."
It was not immediately possible to reach the interim president's political advisers for comment. Egypt's Interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi had earlier told reporters that security measures will not be enough on their own and that Egypt "must go down the political path" to work out a democratic transition through reconciliation.
However, he ruled out talks with anyone who had committed acts of violence.


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