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WEST POINT, N.Y. – Ohio State men's gymnastics head coach Miles Avery won the 2005 Central Region Head Coach of the Year Award Wednesday evening at the 2005 NCAA/CGA banquet. It is Avery's second-career accolade, winning in 2002, and the fifth in program history.
The NCAA/CGA banquet kicked off the 2005 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships weekend at the Holleder Center in West Point, N.Y., with the No. 1 seeded Buckeyes set to compete in Session I of the National Qualifier at 1 p.m. EDT.
Avery has garnered a 16-2-1 overall record, including an 11-1-1 mark in the Big Ten during Ohio State's 2005 campaign. After beginning the season as the No. 4 team in the country in the 2005 GymInfo/NCAA preseason poll, Avery guided the Buckeyes to the No. 1 ranking for 7-of-11 weeks. This is Avery's second head coaching honor of the year, as he won 2005 Big Ten Head Coach of the Year laurels following OSU's No. 1 finish at the conference championships March 25 at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich.


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Amidst the advertisements and brain-numbing material, sometimes there's a glimmer.
Back to the final episode, though. It made me wistful — it made me remember just how much I loved the characters — the old band, to borrow a phrase. I won't quibble about it or how the series changed (now, anyway), but I will say that it was interesting to see how everything got wrapped up.
President Bartlet walking through the west wing and thanking the staff. It was especially nice to see some of the past recurring characters, e.g. Ed and Larry, Ginger, and Nancy (with an amusing inside-joke greeting to her mother — Nancy was played by Renée Estevez, Martin Sheen's daughter). One of the strengths of the earlier seasons of the show was how well the minor characters were written.
C.J. finding herself walking into the empty press briefing room, and then standing at the podium. I didn't expect it — it was a nice touch.
Google Video Search: searches transcriptions of television programs.
I tried to think of a distinctive episode title of a TV show. I entered "tunguska" into the search box. What does it mean when the first distinctive title I can think of is of an X-Files episode I haven't seen in over eight years?
Clicking on the page for the episode currently displays five screen caps and portions of the transcription at various points of the show that include the words "only" or "connect" — and this is the funny part: the transcription includes commercials! So in this case, three of the results are from adverts.
The search results display images, but as of now, no video files. It's an interesting new tool, in beta. I'm not sure how it works; the About page does not specify the transcriptions' sources, but they may be the same ones used for closed captioning (which is not always accurate). The page does say that there's currently a limited amount of programming available online, beginning from "late December 2004." I don't know if I'd use it often.
Mucho thanks to madbard for taking the time to relay the happy news to me. 🙂 I missed the show on Thursday, but I'll try to keep an eye out and catch the repeat.
I'm still waiting for the first TV show to mention E. M. Forster's name (positively would be good).
Spoilers for tonight's episode, and major speculation on my part. Don't read the rest of this post if you don't want to be spoiled at all!
I was reading the TV listings on Yahoo this a.m.: "The president considers military options when a congressional fact-finding team's vehicle is bombed during their investigation of the Palestinian and Israeli conflict." Based on this, the preview from last last week, and a previous episode, my knee-jerk reaction was: "Nooo! Don't kill off Andie!" Because, Congressman Andie Wyatt is supposed to be on the fact-finding trip (there was a big deal about it with Toby), and if she's in the car when it blows up, then there's probably no chance of her surviving. I know of no other spoilers (nor do I want to seek them out to see if my guess is true), but if this is indeed true, I don't know what to think. I'll have to e-mail Bird York and tell her how much I'm going to miss her on the show — she's perhaps my favorite recurring character on the show. <Sniff> First Mrs Landingham, now maybe Andie Wyatt? Why target the strong women characters? (Have you also noticed how the senior White House assistants save Donna, e.g. Ginger and Bonnie, have pretty much disappeared in the past year?) Besides the fact that it causes serious upset within the White House and particularly for Toby, I would imagine…why???
Of course, the car bomb could be a red herring, but it being the second-to-last episode of the season, I'm not holding my breath.
Update, 13 May '04: Oh no, they killed off Fitzwallace! Remember when the show received so much press before it even premiered, about having no minorities in the Bartlet administration? And how the character of Charlie was added as a result of protests over its all-white cast? What a way to go, killing off one of the very few minority characters on the show.
So, my fear about Andie Wyatt was false. Heck, she hardly had any screen time. We got to see her from afar on a TV monitor in the communications bullpen, and later saying one (or two) lines to Donna.
Since I hadn't seen the previous new episode in its entirety, I hadn't realized that Josh had sent Donna on the trip. She certainly got a lot of screen time (this seemed to be "her" episode), and although I dread saying this, I still wouldn't be surprised if this is all a setup for Moloney leaving.
That aside, however, I still didn't enjoy the writing of the episode. I've grown to dislike the repetitive use of the "tease with a dramatic moment, then rewind 24 hours (or whatever) and show what led up to it" device. I don't hate the device itself, I just think it's been overused on The West Wing now. I think ultimately, it was a way to get the viewer to watch a very political episode about the Middle East crisis (as this episode was airing, I flipped the channel to news, and saw the latest on bombs and people killed — a chillingly true juxtaposition of reality and fiction), which many people may not want to watch in a fictional show and idealized White House administration. So, showing Donna as a victim of a car bomb, and getting the viewer invested in her story (and the Irish journalist's place in it: I'm still at a loss as to why there weren't more journalists there, e.g. American journalists who are seemingly everywhere else on the show), was a way to hold interest through an underlying story about a very charged issue.
Whatever happens to Donna after this, I'm pretty certain that we're witnessing the show changing drastically. For the better? Well, let's put it this way: I still think that the golden years of the show were 1999-2001, and with a few exceptions, its later episodes have never been able to live up to their predecessors. Madbard is right: the love just isn't there anymore.
"What the he** was that??"
That was my very eloquent reaction to the episode, and largely based on the out-of-left-field conversation between Donna and C.J. I watched maybe the last two-thirds of the episode, so I had to guess what happened during the first couple of acts, but it didn't seem strong, and rehashed an idea that was used previously.
But, seriously, what the heck was up with Donna and C.J.? I really don't understand why they were sniping at each other. I mean, I understand why, in the context of the story given in the episode, but not why it had to be written at all, in the context of the series.
Now, based on the limited amount of story I saw, the only interesting conversations were that of Abby and Leo, and Donna and C.J. The rest, seriously, I have no idea what purpose they served except that scenario #1 demonstrated a little bit of who the characters were. One of the best lines was when Debbie said re: Charlie, something along the lines of, "He's not gonna forgive himself." Josh and the agent: pretty useless material. Toby and Will: All this proved to me was that nobody has figured out how to write Josh Malina's character. It's really too bad — what a waste of a character that was actually good when he first got the job at the White House.
But, Donna and C.J. was interesting because I had no idea what the heck it was about, and why it turned out to be the most pivotal conversation for the episode, and perhaps, the show (which it and of itself illustrates why the episode was weak). Why were Donna and C.J. sucker-punching each other? Was there something that preluded it in the first act?
The only rational thing I could think of was that maybe Janel Moloney wants to leave the show, and the writers need to write her out somehow. Or, maybe she doesn't want to leave the show, and the writers need to write her out somehow because someone does want her to leave the show … if either of those theories are true, then the setup of her exit is an undeserved and heartless way to let her go. So I truly hope they're false theories.
I'm all for drama based on characters and their flaws and strengths. But a few weeks ago, I watched the show (after I hadn't seen it in a while), and I kept thinking, "Where are the characters I know and love? They've been replaced by dopplegangers who seem to act and think differently." Then I tune in last night, and, wow … welcome to Doppleganger C.J. and Doppleganger Donna.
Maybe I should just stop watching altogether, because since Sorkin left last season, I really haven't enjoyed the few episodes I've seen — they just made me more puzzled and frustrated, thanks especially to how the characters were written. If you can recommend any West Wing episode, and I mean any episode this season that could hold a candle to season 1 — heck, I'll even settle for season 2 or 3 — I'd love to know.


Mining and Smithing update makes Rune Minotaur pouches too cheap to make now, in my opinion. Perhaps the Spirit shard cost of creating such pouches should be increased?
Hey thanks, I'll get on that before they nerf it. Hi.
any idea if there are plans to nerf this? give me back that filet o'fish! give me that fish!
Not sure, I only use these forums so I don't know if it has been discussed on whatever platform Jagex favours this month.
there seems to have been talk on discord but that's literally cancer give me back that filet o'fish! give me that fish!
Then if you want to profit (experience-wise) from it, it might be worth doing as soon as possible. In-case they do change it soon. It doesn't actually take that long to mine and make the Rune Bars.
Mod Shauny confirmed that the shard cost will be increased. If you want to take advantage of this, you should make your Rune Minotaur pouches now, as the shard trade value would be 70% of the shard cost (~80% if you trade it at Priff).
Thanks for this information, Ethereal.
It's now 100 shards. So assuming the sell back price si the same that's 100 to make, 77 to sell back. Headcanon Haven, where everything is made up and the points don't matter.


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Historical perspectives, such as historical concepts, primary and secondary sources, global interdependence, changing international and interpersonal relationships, critical events, trends and advances.
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Senator Bernie Sanders hosted a rally at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena Tuesday evening, with more than 6,000 spectators in attendance.
The line to enter the rally began to form early Tuesday afternoon and wrapped around the block until doors opened at 5:30 p.m.
People from all different walks of life and political views attended the rally.
Marshall University senior Hannah Howes said she is voting for Sanders in this election because she considers him the most consistent and trustworthy candidate.
"I'm backing Bernie in this election because I feel like he is the most honest and unswerving candidate," Howes said. "Over the years Bernie has always held the same stances on issues that really matter. He was preaching the same message in the '80s and '90s that he does today and that's really important to me."
Howes said she was excited to meet people of the same political views, experience the energy of a Bernie Sanders rally and take part in this rare opportunity in her home state.
"West Virginia is not usually a place that serious presidential candidates visit," Howes said. "The fact that Bernie came to a small college town in West Virginia is really exciting because it shows that he cares about the little people too."
Marshall freshman Jacob Miller attended the rally and said he can see why college students are drawn to the Democratic candidate.
"Bernie has a very energetic personality and he puts off a very young vibe even though he's old," Miller said. "I'm a conservative Republican but I wanted to go to Bernie Sanders rally because you don't get a lot of chances to do stuff like that in West Virginia."
Miller said Huntington was a great location for Sanders to visit while campaigning for the 2016 presidential election.
"Huntington was a good place for Bernie to come because there's a high demographic who supports him here," Miller said. "It's great to see so many people my age get involved in a political election, no matter what side of the fence they're on."
"With the primaries just around the corner, it's so important to get my age group to turn out at the polls and I think that this rally will really help our voices be heard," Howes said.
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New Way of Turning Sun's Heat into Electricity
MIT researchers and their collaborators have come up with an unusual, high performance and possibly less expensive way of turning the sun's heat into electricity.
Their system, described in a paper published online in the journal Nature Materials on May 1, produces power with an efficiency roughly eight times higher than ever previously reported for a solar thermoelectric device — one that produces electricity from solar heat. It does so by generating and harnessing a temperature difference of about 200 degrees Celsius between the interior of the device and the ambient air.
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The concept "is very radical," says Gang Chen, MIT's Carl Richard Soderberg Professor in Power Engineering and director of the Pappalardo Micro and Nano Engineering Laboratories, who co-authored the new paper with MIT doctoral student Daniel Kraemer and collaborators from Boston College and GMZ Energy. The work is funded by the Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center at the U.S. Department of Energy.
While solar thermal electricity systems aren't a new idea, they typically involve vast arrays of movable mirrors that track the sun and focus its rays on a small area. The new approach uses flat, stationary panels similar to traditional solar panels, eliminating the need for tracking systems.
Like the silicon photovoltaic cells that produce electricity when struck by sunlight, Chen's system is a solid-state device with no moving parts. A thermoelectric generator, placed inside a vacuum chamber made of glass, is covered with a black plate of copper that absorbs sunlight but does not re-radiate it as heat. The other side of the generator is in contact with ambient temperatures. Placed in the sun, the entire unit heats up quickly, even without facing the sun directly.
The device requires much less material than conventional photovoltaic panels, and could therefore be much less expensive to produce. It can also be integrated into solar hot water systems, allowing the expenses of the structure and installation to serve two functions at once. Such solar water heaters are rarely seen in the United States, but are already a highly successful mass-market product in China and Europe, where they provide households with hot water and in some cases space heating as well.
The materials used to build such solar thermoelectric generators, made through a nanostructured process, were developed jointly a few years ago in Chen's lab at MIT and in co-author Zhifeng Ren's lab at Boston College. Their teams have continued to work on improving these materials and integrating them into complete systems.
Chen points out that the U.S. Department of Energy has programs to develop thermoelectric systems, mostly geared toward harnessing waste heat from car and truck engines. He says that solar applications for such devices also can "have an important role to play" in reducing carbon emissions. "Hopefully we can prove that," he adds.
The new system wouldn't be a substitute for solar photovoltaics, Chen says, but offers "another way" of tapping into the enormous amount of solar energy that bathes the Earth every day. And because it can be piggybacked onto the existing solar hot-water industry, the thermoelectric device could be a relatively inexpensive addition, with "no subsidies required," Chen suggests. "It can be a game-changing thing," he says.
Written by David Chandler, MIT News Office
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AGSC is a public art gallery featuring exhibitions of regional, provincial, and national works of visual art. Contact the gallery to arrange guided tours. See something to think about -- visit your public art gallery. Admission free. Mon to Wed 1 - 5 pm and 7 - 9 pm, Thurs to Sun 1 - 5 pm. Closed between exhibitions, statutory holidays, and Sundays in Jul and Aug.
Nicole Bauberger has been painting along the side of Canadian highways since 2008.
"Douglas Bentham: The Tablets" is on exhibit at the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery from September 16th to December 31st, 2016. It will be touring to the Art Gallery of Swift Current, with exhibition dates of January 7th to February 26th, 2017.
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Artist and curator Jeffrey Spalding exhibits new abstractions created in seemingly random ways from printmaking materials cast off by other artists at Novak Graphics in Admiral, Sask.
"Feed" by Mindy Yan Miller is one of the most ambitious and impressive installations I have encountered in many years.
You enter a large white room where nine, flat, screen video monitors are hung on three of the walls. In one corner and positioned to view all of the monitors, is an internally-illuminated, whitish resin, bust of an androgynous human viewer.
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As the title to Shirley Brown's extensively traveled exhibition, "Vestiges," might suggest, this installation, originated at Brandon's Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, imagines a museum display of what is itself an imagined civilization.


Microsoft have announced bunch of new services to their Skype for Business Preview services that are based on O365. One of the services that was announced, was the preview availability of the cloud PBX with on-premises PSTN Connectivity. With the cloud PBX service, organizations will now have the ability to leverage their existing on-premises PSTN lines such as ISDN or SIP Trunks to terminate calls to users that are enabled for O365.
Before jumping on to preview Cloud PBX services, there's a very important prerequisite that need to be fulfilled. That is having a Lync\Skype for Business Server hybrid setup already in place that configured with Enterprise Voice. Also, you would need to have Office 365 E4 licenses for the number of users that are enabled within Office 365.
This option is available for organizations that are having Lync 2010 servers that are running with CU no earlier than October 2012. But, the catch is that, they need to have Lync server 2013 or Skype for Business Server 2015 Edge servers to support the hybrid integration. So if you're having Lync Server 2010 and considering Cloud PBX, it's high time to move to Skype for Business Server 2015.
Even though cloud enable users are losing some of features, most of important and critical features are still available for them which is really good.
Microsoft have announced the availability of Azure Express Route to Office 365 several months ago. Organizations can leverage on this to enhance the connectivity to O365 with assuring a better bandwidth availability and control rather than using the standard internet services. This would also benefit in configuring Quality of Service (QoS) for media traffic that is essential to improve the media quality and overall cloud user experience. On side note, this would improve the user sign in time as well. Below is a sample diagram that illustrate the connectivity between corporate network and O365 over express route.
Moving users to Cloud PBX and enabling for Enterprise Voice.
Enable users for Enterprise Voice (performed while the users are homed on-premises).
Assign a voice routing policy (performed while the users are homed on-premises).
Obtain and activate a promo code, so that you can preview this feature.
Synchronize users to the cloud and assign licenses (performed using Office 365).
Move users to Skype for Business Online (performed using Windows PowerShell on-premises, but using your Office 365 administrator credentials).
Enable the users for Enterprise Voice and Cloud PBX Voicemail (performed using Remote PowerShell).
Migration of user accounts should be none intrusive and users will not lose any configuration that they made on their client.
As mentioned above, the service is still on it's preview stage and it will become GA pretty soon and this would be a one step forward for the organizations that are looking forward to move in to Office 365.


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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has displayed the spirit statesmanship by conceding defeat and congratulating his main contender Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the Lagos State APC governorship Primary election.
The Governor also vowed to support the All Progressives Congress, APC, to emerge winner of next year's governorship election in Lagos.
In his speech, Ambode also thanked the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the leadership of APC at the ward to the national level, all party faithfuls and all Lagosians for the faith and trust reposed in him.
Ambode, in a brief speech broadcast by the Lagos State Television, urged all not to relent in their support for the party as they prepare for the 2019 election.
"Fellow Lagosians, the last few days have witnessed intense political activities that have gripped the attention of the nation and created palpable tension in the polity. I strongly believe that the time has now come for the State to move forward in order that the gains of the last three and half years are not lost," he said.
Naija News recalls Akinwunmi Ambode, got 72,901 votes, thereby losing to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who Scored 970,851 votes in the primary election held on Tuesday.


You can sell minilab spare parts either new or used.
Our website for minilab parts is as quoted in the bottom of this page and is working fine.
Problems are always arising because Noritsu and Fuji are increasing prices in secret.
About Noritsu: 2901 and 3001 machine parts is getting expensive nowadays. Machines after these two models along with 3101/2, is still remaining the same price and stable.
About Fuji: Frontier 330/340/350/370 machine's parts has increased price a bit while ago.
We cannot improve the website yet, because we donot have the right data of those models with price, so we are manually rectifying the prices in the admin area.
Almost all customers says strange because prices will be edited after shopping cart is checked out. Our check out system is not simple, bank transfer and credit card and paypal.
For the first two, we can do it manually, so no harm. Paypal is linking to our website "labparts.jp" and when an user checked out with old digital machine's parts, the price will increase and we have to send an invoice from paypal system manually for an additional payment. As we are applying user discounts in this parts shop, we have to modify the prices according to user's discount status. Anyway, it is already accustomed thing that old machine parts are expensive and users sometimes refuse and sometimes proceed.
In this web database, you can find Chinese OEM parts and also third party repair services.
OEM parts are defined with "-FF" extensions and you can search all details there.
Repair services are defined with "-K" extensions. We offer repair services from the brand and from third party. Fuji original repair services we did in the past, but now not available.
Third party repair, we can offer from Asia and from Europe.
Available in the end of May, probably.
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Today we had many shipments a day.
We had 5 shipments of spare parts today.
WE got samples of inkjet cartridges for Drylabs today and we are now trying to test in the local market.
After finishing the testing, we will start to sell these cartridges in local market.
We sell no branded for US$130.00/pc/order of 100pcs assorted.
They are still cheap comparing to original NK and FF.
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You know, with so much superhero movie news coming out lately, it's sometimes nice to relax and think about other stuff. Like say, that time you made up your own plan to take over the world only for it to come true twenty years later. Or maybe that just happened to me and the guys in 20th Century Boys?
20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa, is a manga about a group of childhood friends who reunite after one of them die, only to slowly realize that their friend's death may part of a much larger conspiracy involving the enigmatic cult leader "Friend." What follows is story taking place in three different times (technically four), but each echoing within across one another. Kenji Endo stars in the first half, and his niece Kanna leads the second.
Although the series is a complex and multilayered mystery-thriller, a lot of the themes have to do with growing up and how the past never really stays in the past. So many of the characters in the story are affected by their previous decisions and selves, to the extent that the main antagonist is working off a plan the heroes came up with!
While it's fun to slowly untangle the twists and turns of the story, the real hook to 20th Century Boys is the character work. You get to see each of the protagonists in three stages of their lives, their childhoods, mid-twenties, and early forties. What Urasawa accomplishes brilliantly is making each character act age specific while still retaining their core self. The optimistic Kenji of 7 may not be identical to the calm weirdo of 40, but you can still call them the same guy. You become invested in these characters because you feel that you've seen them grow up right before your eyes.
The only part where the manga may tumble a little is with the reveal of "Friend." But to be fair, after building him up so much, any revelation concerning his secret identity would have been a letdown. It may have been better to just keep the mystery unresolved.
What's really great about 20th Century Boys is that it feels really universal. This story works in any setting and with any culture. You could have replaced the manga references to comic references and set it in North Dakota, and it still would have worked. The manga has already been made into a live-action trilogy in Japan, but I hope and prey they being over an adaptation here in the states. Or even an anime. WHY ISN'T THIS AN ANIME!
I'm trying to be a vague as possible with 20th Century Boys because it's a must read. I'd say it easily goes on Funny Book's Top 3 recommended reading. Only behind All-Star Superman and Saga.


24/08/2018 · bagsluxumall.com-Clean Bathtub Jets Run the jets for 15 minutes. Drain the tub and refill with clean lukewarm water. Run the jets for another 15 minutes.... I've posted this somewhere else, maybe on the bath forum: the bath shop gal who sold us our tub said never to run the pump if there is anything but water (bubble bath, bath oil, etc.) in the tub b/c the residue left in the jets would harbor mold or whatever that black stuff is.
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I've posted this somewhere else, maybe on the bath forum: the bath shop gal who sold us our tub said never to run the pump if there is anything but water (bubble bath, bath oil, etc.) in the tub b/c the residue left in the jets would harbor mold or whatever that black stuff is.
Fill the tub with hot water to at least three inches above the height of the jets. Add two to four teaspoons of powdered dishwasher detergent (or another low-foaming disinfectant).
22/06/2017 · kingofcccam.com-Clean Out Bathtub Jets Don't let dirt and grime build up or you'll have more scrubbing to do to get the tub clean. Fill the tub with hot water, approximately an inch above the highest jet.


You are Fugu, a pufferfish kidnapped from your ocean home and brought to a mountaintop restaurant by a crazed sushi chef who wants nothing more than to feature you on his menu! Lucky for you, you've managed to slip his net just as you reach his door. Time to roll away home!
Guide Fugu down the mountain and back to the safety of the ocean by doing what a pufferfish does best — puffing up! But beware that the chef will not let you go easily… and a whole mountain of tricky obstacles and hungry cats stands between you and freedom!
- Press Z to inflate yourself, giving you a speedy hop and enough size to survive a cat attack!
- Press X to deflate yourself, giving you the maneuverability to slip over and under obstacles without breaking your stride!
One of the best entries I've played so far. The visuals are fantastic and the whole thing just felt very polished. Very cool!
A little heads up about the sound effects would have been grand, played this at work with the sound up..... Very fun game though, well done!
Funny game! When I started to feel more comfortable with it, I was making such matrix dodges that I most died from laughter... then lost.
A very good game, the best I've played so far ! Your interpretation of the theme is SO FUN haha.
It was unfortunate that the only obstacle was the same tree. The idea was very cool and I so trampled that cat haha!
The game works and looks very good and polished, but i found it a bit boring and i had the feeling that i didn't have a lot of control.
A nice way to blend the two themes, good job!
I liked it, and nice graphics. Is it on purpose that rapidly alternating between grow and shrink makes you accelerate?
Beautiful visuals, very impressive, and quite fun too!
A fun game, nice art style, simple and addictive gameplay... Congrats!
A deeply inspiring work of art.
Loved this, fitted great to the theme and showed what you can fit in 72 hours.
Very funny and unique little endless runner! I loved the physics-based mechanics and the overall idea is hilarious! Keep up the good work!
Cool game, I can't believe someone even managed to come up with such a simple and genius idea.
@Gins: It seems to be working right, you accelerate when you inflate near the ground.
@ Christina: We didn't notice that the WebGL version doesn't have shadows until too late, so we just added that to the post jam version!
This was a fun game! The audio was fun!
nice job. the graphics are quite impressive and the gameplay is simple but interesting.
solid idea for both themes!
does the roll actually end in the ocean?
Pretty well-polished game, although the random spawns sometimes makes it impossible. Still, well done!
Best use of the themes I've played so far!
Really fun. It actually took me awhile to figure out I can inflate more than once lol.
5/5 in every category, one of the best ludum dare games i have ever play, amazing and thanks for your comment too, pretty nice, good luck!!
Really well made. Each category of a game has been worked on and given time. The chef does get a little quick on some parts but overall pretty fun.
I think some power ups or ways to boost would of made it even better.
Loved the art, very slick gameplay and a unique take on the theme!
Nice entry. Would have been nice with some more obstacles, but quite beautiful and fun nonetheless.
I love that you are rolling to avoid becoming sushi. This entry has elements to what I was aiming for had I had a designer or more design skills myself ;) Well executed infinite… roller.
- Sometimes there's a cat right after a tree or right in front of a tree. In these situations there's nothing you can do to avoid dying or slowing down so much that you're caught. You should make sure that cats are not spawned in such places.
- The chef should slow down when traversing steep hills. Right now if he's close by when going down such a hill, he'll run down faster than the fish can fall and waits there to catch the fish.
- A restart hotkey would be ace.
Thanks for the great constructive feedback HuvaaKoodia!
-We were kind of debating the cat under the tree: there's a specific size you can be that will get you under the tree and past the cat, but if you aren't aware of that it can seem impossible, and in some instances it is anyway, so I'm working on a fix for that for the next version.
-Also working on a fix for the chef on the hill. It's part of revamping the chef speed mechanic in general.
-If you hit escape it pauses and brings up a menu to return to the main menu, but yeah I like restart hotkeys in this kind of game, so that would be a good addition.
After the new year we're planning a new version with lots of other cool additions as well! Thanks to everyone for the encouragement!
very nice! i takes a bit time to figure out how it works but then it makes fun! great entry!
Fantastic idea - loved playing it!
Cool aesthetic with a great idea. Good job!
Love the modeling and texturing on your fish and chef!
Awesome little game. Great models.
As mentioned, the tree obstacle is a little played out, a couple more alternate obstacles would be nice. Also shadows would be nice, especially to give a sense of when you hit the ground. Also the animations for getting caught by chef or cat are maybe lacking? You could probably fake something by overlaying claw or knife swipes using sprites or something?
@Froganus -- (One of the game's devs here) Thanks for the feedback! Just wanted to see if you'd be interested to compare the jam version with the "Post-Jam" version (linked below the game), to see if we're adequately addressing some of the things you mention so far. I mention because a few of the changes were things you noticed -- so we've cleaned up the cat animation, added a shadow below the fish, and slowed the chef down at least a little bit. (But you're right that the ocean is unreachable for now! We've been calling this our "high score endless" mode for now, haha!) Thanks very much again, and we'd love to hear your thoughts on some of those updates!


Chaos Will Happen. Let It Control You or Learn How to Handle It.
Finance entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David moved his entire family and business from California to Texas earlier this year. But instead of just focusing on that, he took time out in the middle of the chaos of moving to film a YouTube video on how to handle chaos, naturally.
"How do you handle all of this chaos? It's a perfect episode to put together, because the question gets asked a lot," he says.
In the video, Bet-David discusses four types of chaos every entrepreneur will inevitably face involving personal life, finance, health and business -- and they are not separate from each other -- and outlines seven ways to deal with them.
"What experts do is anticipate chaos, they're not afraid to ask for help and they process issues quickly," he says.


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Autor: Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample
Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 2016
Cities structure our lives, resources, interactions, and identities. From Sebastiano Serlio to Rem Koolhaas, architects have used the metaphor of theater, presenting the city as stage, as comic sets for comic acts, as a delirious city for delirious subjects, generic city for generic subjects, and so on. Today, however, we are social anywhere, actors on- and offstage. So what happens when the city no longer structures us, or when basic urban elements – streets, buildings, facades, and addresses – have been augmented, superimposed, and untethered by or replaced through technology?
First presented at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, A Situation Constructed from Loose and Overlapping Social and Architec-tural Aggregates is a playful investigation into urban alternatives. Employing neither the holistic worldview of mapping nor the isolated islands of architectural typology, MOS imagines a proposal where the city is everywhere…
Includes essays by Jack Self, Curator, British Pavilion, 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale; T. Conrad Therrien, Curator of Architecture and Digital Initiatives, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum; and Ana Miljački, critic, curator, and Associate Professor of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


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The Spirit of America—Haunted and Hallowed
When describing American society, the traditional image has been that of a melting pot. The idea being that immigrants to the United States assimilated, leaving behind their traditions and values. For an emerging nation seeking to establish itself the politics of sameness may have been a unifying force. But while early immigrants may have been unable to import tools to support traditions and cultural practices, the rise of globalism eased this challenge and made it easier for immigrants to remember their histories. Increasingly today, to be American does not imply a standard set of traditions and values—there is room to remember your own roots. We are a richer culture for it. For this reason, the metaphor describing Americans has shifted to favor cultural diversity, proposing an image of a tossed salad or salad bowl: the different ingredients in the salad each retain their individual properties but are united in the salad bowl. My trouble with this image is that it doesn't account for the common element that binds people together in the formation of a nation. If we are a nation of salad ingredients, are we held together by dressing? The bowl?
There are certain traditions and practices that seem to reach through culture. They are shaped by multiple histories and adopted by most people, making them social markers. Halloween is one such observance. Its history is rooted in the past. As an observance, it has been touched and shaped by major political and social forces through the ages. Today it is celebrated around the world in some form, providing a unifying basis for many people. In America, the present form of Halloween suggests that perhaps we should consider describing our nation as a patchwork quilt. We are different elements, even unique elements, sewn together by an underlying belief in freedom. That we can all share in Halloween festivities regardless of our ancestry suggests that festivals that are flexible can not only survive, but bind people together.
[Image: A local graveyard installed on a neighbor's lawn.]
Halloween traces its roots to the Gaelic festival of Samhain, which was marked on November 1st by the Celts. It was a harvest festival—timed to prepare for the coming cold. It was a moment of change, and during this transitory period the Celts believed the border between this world and the next was thinnest: Spirits could pass easily into this world to walk the earth. On Samhain night, the Celts wore animal skins to confuse the spirits and to avoid their tricks. It was also thought that because the spirit world was so close that this was an optimal night for divination. To thank the earth for the harvest, the Celts offered blood sacrifices, such as livestock, and Druids read the entrails of the animals to foresee what lay ahead—who would die, who would marry, etc. The predictions provided entertainment for the evening.
While Samhain was being observed by the Celts, the Romans were worshiping the goddess Pomona in a similar harvest festival. The offered her fruits, notably apples—the basis for bobbing for apples. When the Romans conquered the lands that the Celts occupied, the two traditions merged. However, the rise of Christianity did not permit the worship of nature spirits. A concerted effort began to erase Samhain, which stood as a symbol of paganism. The conversion of Constantine helped this cause, but missionaries found it difficult to carry out his orders, so they devised a plan to modify paganism to mask Christian beliefs. In the 8th century, Pope Gregory III turned Samhain into All Saints Day—a day to honor the saints who did not have a special day already. The eve of All Saints Day, All Hallows Day, became the day in which the practices of Samhain were observed. The "evening of Hallows" ultimately became Halloween. [Image: A modern day ghost.]
People continued to dress in animal skins, put out offerings for spirits, and mark Samhain in the name of All Hallows. In the 10th century, November 2 was pronounced All Souls Day. It was a day to honor all dead—the church's attempt to completely replace Samhain with a church sanctioned holiday. The resilience of what we call Halloween suggests it provides us, as human beings, with something we are reluctant to relinquish. Halloween permits us to believe in a spiritual world that we can reach without the intervention of a empowered other, such as a priest. In fact, it was on these grounds that the church ultimately splintered: In 1517, Martin Luther would nail The Ninety-Five Theses to a church door, discrediting the practice of indulgences, and bringing about the Protestant Reformation. Luther sought to bring people closer to god, without the help of priests or saints. All Saints Day was cast aside, and Halloween become a symbol of protest.
Halloween in the American colonies was a scant affair. The Puritans who settled here found the holiday too pagan and too Catholic. It was the arrival of the Irish in America that helped Halloween blossom:
The Irish originally carved turnips to frighten away "Stingy Jack," who made an ill-fated deal with the devil and was forced to wander the world with a lump of coal in a turnip to light his way, which people called "jack-o-lanterns." Turnips were harder to come by in America, but pumpkins were available and easy to carve—and the name stuck.
As mentioned, Halloween night was a time when spirits would walk about and play tricks on people. Ireland is littered with fairy mounds, and the Irish believed that fairies would emerge from their mounds on this night. The practice of costuming and the tradition of tricks on Halloween night is meant confuse these spirits.
Halloween night is an optimal time for divination. There are several Halloween games that allow you to predict your romantic future which are played today. Similarly, the practice of telling these predictions gives us the precursor for telling ghost stories on this haunted night.
The word witch comes from an English word, wicca, meaning wise one. The embodiment of the witch as evil was so powerful that animals associated with witches also became powerful—cats, which are nocturnal, were thought to be the wandering spirit of the witch. Today, black cats are a popular decoration item.
Bonfires were a big part of the Samhain celebrations. But bonfires would attract mosquitoes, which in turn would attract bats, which also became a popular Halloween decoration.
We have woven these elements together to create our own particular brand of Halloween. People add their own touches to the holiday all the time. In this way, Halloween can belong to all of us and still hold its mystique. Its survival despite the church's attempts to sanitize and edit it as a festival and observance is something that many immigrant groups can relate to—whether they do so consciously or not. And in some ways, its survival represents the American ideal: that you can come here, from anywhere, and live free of persecution and be accepted. This is an idea that many Americans hold to be sacred—though not many may know that a supposed spooky tradition embodies this ideal.
What are your favorite Halloween traditions? Share them below.
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A series of different TV-commercials for Zonnic, that were aired in Sweden, Norway and Finland. The visual concept and storyboards were created by our friends at the Malmö based agency Garbergs.
In total we made 5 different TVC versions for the cigarette substitute products from Zonnic. They were used online in Sweden and Norway, and broadcast in Finland.


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La ermita de Nuestra Señora del Huerto o bien 'ermita de Nuestra Señora del Huerto Cerrado' (en neerlandés: Kluizenarij Onze Lieve Vrouwe van de Besloten Tuin) está situado en la antigua iglesia parroquial de Warfhuizen, una localidad en el extremo norte de los Países Bajos.

Es la única ermita actualmente habitada por un ermitaño en el país. El nombre se basa en el epíteto tradicional de la Virgen María ("Nuestra Señora") del hortus conclusus o jardín (huerto) cerrado.

La ermita fue fundada en 2001 como la morada de un católico consagrado como ermitaño. Como es típico de las ermitas holandesas, incluye una capilla pública que tiene un papel distinto en las devociones populares, aquí dedicada a la Virgen María, también conocida como "Nuestra Señora". Es el santuario mariano más al norte de los Países Bajos.

Véase también
 Abadía
 Monasterio
 Priorato (religión)

Referencias

Monasterios de los Países Bajos
Arquitectura de los Países Bajos del siglo XXI
Arquitectura de 2001
Países Bajos en 2001
Huerto
Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Huerto
Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Huerto

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1Background
2Construction and building
3Controversies within the community
4Ets Haim Library
5Interior
6Image gallery
Portuguese Synagogue (Amsterdam)
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Portuguese Synagogue
Exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in 2015
Sephardi (Spanish and Portuguese Rite)
Location in the city centre of Amsterdam
52°22′03″N 4°54′19″E / 52.3675°N 4.9054°E / 52.3675; 4.9054Coordinates: 52°22′03″N 4°54′19″E / 52.3675°N 4.9054°E / 52.3675; 4.9054
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Painting of the interior of the Esnoga by Emanuel de Witte (c. 1680)
The Portuguese Synagogue, also known as the Esnoga, or Snoge, is a late 17th-century Sephardic synagogue in Amsterdam, completed in 1675. Esnoga is the word for synagogue in Judaeo-Spanish, the traditional Judaeo-Spanish language of Sephardi Jews.
The Amsterdam Sephardic community was one of the largest and richest Jewish communities in Europe during the Dutch Golden Age, and their very large synagogue reflected this. The synagogue remains an active place of worship and is also a popular tourist attraction.
Background[edit]
The spacious interior is filled with benches
The Sephardim (Hebrew for "Jews of the Iberian Peninsula") were issued with the Spanish royal Alhambra Decree in 1492, whereby they were given the choice of exile from Spain, or conversion to Catholicism, or failing to do either, execution. Of Spain's estimated 200,000 Jews at that time, around half converted; many by coercion, others because of social and financial pressures preventing their departure, and a few out of genuine religious conviction. They became Spain's Jewish-origin New Christians or conversos (i.e. "converts" to Catholicism).
Of the other half of Spain's Jews who did not convert, and instead chose exile, some sailed south (becoming the North African Sephardim), others went east (becoming the Eastern Sephardim), but most crossed the border west to Portugal.
In Portugal, Jewish life was interrupted only a few years later, when there too they were issued with the Portuguese decree against the Jews in 1496. While in theory, the Jews now in Portugal who chose not convert to Catholicism also had the option to be expelled (or executed) by 1497, the Portuguese king, not wanting a similar Jewish flight and brain drain as happened in Spain, in practice blocked Portugal's ports of exit, and subsequently reasoned that those who stayed behind agreed to become Christians by default. Thus the Jews in Portugal were forced to convert to Catholicism in 1496 after the decree and, all but a few who did manage to flee, became Portugal's Jewish-origin New Christians or conversos.
For the next few centuries, the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal continued to investigate the conversos and their descendants on suspicions that they continued to practice Judaism in secret. Many in fact did continue to practice Judaism behind closed doors, while publicly professing to be Catholics; in Spanish and Portuguese these were called Marranos.
The persecutions and trials by the inquisition against conversos lasted well into the late 1800s. Furthermore, the legal distinction between so-called Old Christians and New Christians was maintained for centuries, with a person's pedigree always on record.
Both those who actively maintained Jewish practices in secret, and also some sincere conversos who had converted fully to Catholicism, were at times hounded, persecuted and executed on charges of being Marranos. This was often a pretext for the confiscation of their property. Many of them wished to have freedom of religion again and to be free from this institutionalized antisemitism. Amsterdam, then one of the greatest cities in the world, offered both of these things.
In this historical context, a substantial migration of conversos from the Iberian Peninsula to Amsterdam took place from the 1600s to the early 1800s. Once in Amsterdam, many returned to Judaism openly and publicly. They called themselves Portuguese Jews, even those who came directly from Spain. They wanted to avoid being identified with Spain, which was at war with the Dutch Republic at the time during the Eighty Years' War. This branch of Judaism is also known as the Western Sephardim.
The Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam were known as the "first modern Jews" because they were the first to distinguish between religious and secular spheres of their individual and collective lives. Their religious life was focused primarily on the synagogue, the religious calendar of Jewish life, and an eagerness to provide a Jewish education for their children.[1]
During the Holocaust, the facility was slated to become a deportation center for Jews, but Leo Palache and a team of volunteers managed to dissuade the Nazis from this plan. Instead, the building concealed Jewish ritual items for deported Jews in the sanctuary ceiling and attic floor.[2]
The World War II diary of executive director Salomon Coutinho was discovered in Amsterdam and details the synagogues works and efforts to protect the building during the War.[3]
Construction and building[edit]
Interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in 1695 by Romeyn de Hooghe
On December 12, 1670, the Sephardic Jewish community of Amsterdam acquired the site to build a synagogue and construction work began on April 17, 1671, under the architect Elias Bouman [nl]. On August 2, 1675, the Esnoga was finished. The design is based on the plans for King Solomon's temple.[4]
The inscription above the entrance is from Psalm 5:8: "In the abundance of Thy loving kindness will I come into Thy house". The sign also contains "1672", the year the building was intended to be completed, and "Aboab", the name of the chief rabbi who initiated the construction project.
The building is free-standing and rests on wooden piles; the foundation vaults can be viewed by boat from the canal water underneath the synagogue. The entrance to the main synagogue is off a small courtyard enclosed by low buildings housing the winter synagogue, offices and archives, homes of various officials, the rabbinate, a mortuary, and noted Etz Hayim library. The interior of the synagogue is a single, very high rectangular space retaining its original wooden benches.[5] The floor was covered with fine sand, in the old Dutch tradition, to absorb dust, moisture and dirt from shoes and to muffle the noise. Only five synagogues in the world had a sand floor, and this was the only one with such a floor surviving outside the Caribbean region.
During the 1955–1959 renovation, the former Etz Hayim seminary auditorium was redesigned as a winter synagogue; central heating and electric lighting were added. The benches were taken from a synagogue originally built in 1639 and the Hechal dates from 1744.The ark is made from a solid piece of jacaranda wood from Brazil and the main sanctuary does not have any internal electric system;[6] two chandeliers that hold 1000 candles are lit when necessary.[7]
Controversies within the community[edit]
In November 2021 Yitzhak Melamed, professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a world renowned expert on Baruch Spinoza, requested to visit the synagogue to film Melamed conducting research in the library's archives.
Serfaty banned Melamed from visiting the community's synagogue and library due to his research of the "heretic." Responding to the professor in a letter, Serfaty not only forbade Melamed to film in the building but declared the professor a person non-grata, essentially even denying Melamed to participate in prayer services in the Esnoga.
"The chachamim and parnassim of Kahal Kados Torah excommunicated Spinoza and his writings with the severest possible ban, a ban that remains in force and cannot be rescinded. You have devoted your life to the study of Spinoza's banned works and the development of his ideas," Serfaty writes.
"Your request to visit our complex and create a film about this Epicouros [heretic]… is incompatible with our centuries-old halachic, historic and ethical tradition and an unacceptable assault on our identity and heritage," Serfaty adds.
Serfaty concludes the letter by barring Melamed entirely from the Esnoga synagogue. "I therefore deny your request and declare you persona non grata in the Portuguese Synagogue complex," he writes.
Pinchas Toledano, the Hakham-Emeritus (Chief Rabbi-Emeritus) of the Esnoga and the former Chief Rabbi of the Beth Din in The Netherlands stands behind Serfaty. In a letter to Melamed, Toledano writes: "I hereby inform you that ten professors from all over the world, including Israel, came to a symposium on December 6, 2015. The Spinoza case has been widely discussed. Myself, as the Chacham of the congregation, gave a lecture on the subject and the conclusion was that the cherem (ban, ed.) imposed on him by our previous rabbis must be maintained. In light of the above, there is no opportunity to discuss Spinoza with you in our complex."
On November 30, 2021 the board of the Esnoga, sent a letter to its members. In the letter, they stated that both Serfaty and Toledano don't agree to retract their words. However, the board didn't fire them.
On December 2 the board of the Esnoga sent a second letter to its members, with attached a letter to Melamed with an invitation to do research and film in the Esnoga complex.
Ets Haim Library[edit]
The Portuguese Synagogue has one of the oldest Jewish libraries in the world, filled with original and rare texts and constantly called upon for academic and rabbinical research. It was founded in 1616 and has been housed in the historical complex of the Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam since 1675. In 1889 the private library of the then librarian David Montezinos was donated to Ets Haim and the library is known since then as Ets Haim/Livraria Montezinos.[8] In the 1940s, the library's contents were shipped to Germany by the Nazis and the books were returned to the Netherlands after the war; the books were sent to Israel in 1979 and returned to Amsterdam in 2000.[9] In 2014, in partnership with the National Library of Israel, a majority of the manuscripts were digitized, making the catalog available online and free.[10]
Interior[edit]
The interior of the Portuguese Synagogue is of the longitudinal Iberian-Sephardic type. The Holy Ark is situated in the South East Corner of the building and faces Jerusalem. On the other side of the room, opposite of the ark, is a tebah.
The Women's Gallery is supported by twelve stone columns, each which represents one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. In addition to these columns, there are four large brass chandeliers that hold a total of a thousand candles. All of the candles are lit in the synagogue during worship services. The light of these candles shine together through the 72 windows that exist in the building.
Around the building, there are numerous offices, archives, the rabbinate, the mortuary, and the Ets Haim. The Ets Haim (Tree of Life) is the library that contains valuable collections of Sephardic manuscripts.[11]
Image gallery[edit]
General view with the synagogue at left, 18th century
Exterior, side view
The exterior of the Esnoga
Interior, lit up with candles
Windows with Natural Light
Foundation memorial stone
Ark or Hekhál
Hekhál from upstairs
Hekhál
Looking to the Hekhál
The interior of the Esnoga
Benches in the Esnoga
Wedding canopy
Chapel in the compound
Memorial Plaques in the Chapel
Silver Torah Decorations
Cloth Torah Cover
Books from the Etz Chaim Library on display
Detail of Torah Breast Plate
Detail of Cloth From Torah Decorations
Room for Mourning where the body is watched over until burial
Jewish Mourning Room
Rabbinical Customer for official services
Sophorim from Etz Chaim
Sohporim from Etz Chaim
A close-up of Hezekiah da Silva, as portrayed in a drawing found in the Rabbis' room
Curaçao synagogue
History of the Jews in the Netherlands
Jekuthiel Sofer, an 18th-century scribe at the Esnoga.
Joods Historisch Museum, a Jewish historical museum occupying four former synagogues adjacent to the Esnoga
Sephardic Jews in the Netherlands
Spanish and Portuguese Jews
Tzedek ve-Shalom, Sephardic synagogue in Suriname built by a community that fled the Inquisition
^ Boden, Miriam (1997). Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam. Indianapolis, Indiana: University Press. ISBN 0-253-33292-3.
^ Lebovic, Matt. "How a volunteer Jewish fire brigade saved the Dutch Portuguese Synagogue in WWII". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
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Meet Kav, Intern to Graduate Engineer – Finding His Place at Partner Electronics
News / By Colin Jackson
When I asked Kav about his hopes on entering university, where he'd seen himself going with his well-earned MEng, it turns out he hadn't got his life planned out at 18 after all.
The study of Electrical and Electronic Engineering was inspired by his enjoyment of developing ("tinkering with") electronics so, investigating his next steps, Kav chose opportunities which would enable this pursuit further.
Having interned here before graduating from the University of Nottingham, we were incredibly happy that Kav chose to return to Partner Electronics after graduation. So, we decided to talk to him about why he chose us and what he does here.
Let's meet Kav.
From University to Real-World Engineering
While university is a time for learning your subject and how to survive in the world outside your family home, thinking about the future is never far from those thoughts either. At the beginning of his second year, spurred on by friends making plans for their next steps, Kav began thinking about what he was looking for outside the university labs and started a search for internships.
Engineering Internship – Work Experience with Real Work and Real Support
Having applied for a couple of internships through careers websites, Kav wasn't sure what to expect when he arrived at our Partner Electronics office on the edge of Silverstone.
Looking back, Kav says he walked into the interview with reasonable knowledge but realised there was still a lot to learn. Most importantly, though, he was happy to discover that those interviewing him would take the time to teach him things he didn't know – generously sharing their time and expertise.
Kav says he found the office and team "homely and welcoming", an atmosphere which created the ideal outcome with Kav leaving the interview happy and wanting to return.
Starting his internship a year late because of Covid, meant Kav had gained more university experience when he arrived in the summer of 2021 with two other interns.
When I asked Kav what he was most looking forward to that summer, he said he wanted to see "real engineering work", understand what was expected of him in this environment, and to meet other interns hearing about their experiences and learning from each other.
Kav says one of the highlights on arrival was discovering he wasn't going to spend time making coffee, instead getting involved in real development work feeding into real customer projects.
Being part of conversations about customer developments was fascinating and seeing how his work supported it directly was incredibly satisfying.
Kav also remembers the amazing support of the other engineers. Feeling that it was such a positive experience of "real working", he was pleased to be invited to return to an employed role once he'd graduated.
There's no question too, he says, that having a job offer took away some of the stress in his final year.
Graduate Engineering – A Solid Foundation and Commercial Awareness
So, stepping back into Partner Electronics HQ as a graduate, would that feel any different?
Kav tells me that returning to the team as a graduate engineer, was great. Not only did he love catching up with the team, he remembers being excited to follow-up on developments he'd been part of; seeing how they had become part of client solutions has been a highlight since his return.
Even as an intern, Kav says the focus on internal process at Partner Electronics has been key to creating a solid foundation and reassurance in his working practice. This contrasted with his university experience, providing a big learning curve and significant value.
Another highlight for Kav, is his immediate involvement in commercial discussions on projects which is incredibly rare for graduate engineers. This gives a different perspective on the work being done and provides valuable insights into client needs.
The focus now is for Kav to grow as an engineer; while his priority is his work serving clients and projects, he also has plenty of time for personal development and training. He says this feels like "being in at the deep-end, but with floating aids" – working directly with clients, while always having the support of a hugely experienced team to hand.
Graduate Engineer – What Comes Next?
Of course, I had to ask what made Kav choose Partner Electronics? And we're delighted with his response.
Variety of Work
Within the team here at Partner Electronics, there are different specialisms and various interests – ideal as our clients have diverse needs within a mix of industries (medical, industrial, energy and consumer just to start). As a graduate Kav is working on projects in various fields developing as an "all-round engineer" until he chooses to specialise – and there is plenty of opportunity to specialise at Partner Electronics too.
People Centred
The overall focus on support within the team has been obvious from his first visit, Kav went on, "the people are caring, friendly and I found I made good relationships quickly". Partner Electronics is a team who understand each other's strengths and are committed to giving people what they need to thrive, providing you with the support you need.
The work of interns and graduates like Kav is integral to everything we do at Partner Electronics. If you're working towards a degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering and are interested in what we're offering here, we'd love to hear from you: careers@partnerelectronics.com
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First step is acknowledging the problem.
You may notice that you have a family member, friend or co-worker who is constantly biting their nails, twirling their hair or picking at their skin. And you may think, "How gross?" or ask, "Why won't they stop doing that already?" However, there are countless reasons that trigger this type of behavior and many aren't always aware of their actions.
To recognize and overcome these unhealthy beauty habits, we turned to three medical experts for their best advice. Read on below to find out what we learned.
Patience and slow, steady change is the sure way to stop nail biting.
Habit and stress can trigger an individual to nibble away, according to Carol Mathews, M.D., a psychiatrist at the University of California, San Francisco. "In some extreme cases, nail biting becomes more of a problem -- causing infections, tissue damage, etc. This is fairly rare, but can also cause significant distress for the person, particularly if they are unable to stop," she adds.
Under these conditions, Mathews believes it could be considered a medical or psychiatric problem, falling under the category of pathological grooming behaviors.
Delay biting when you get the urge. First, for a few seconds, then for a minute and eventually increasing slowly. Set a timer if necessary and progressively shorten the time you "allow" yourself to bite.
Try Band-Aids to cover the nails as they provide a physical reminder. They don't keep you from biting if you are motivated, but they do slow you down so that you can consciously try not to bite.
Bad-tasting nail polish like this one can also act as a deterrent to nail-biting.
Self-inflicted hair loss can start as innocently as hair twirling, perhaps while watching TV or studying, which then can develop into the pulling of individual hairs.
Any action like twirling, brushing and twisting can cross the line from normal to compulsive, leading to trichotillomania, according to Elizabeth Cunnane Philips, trichologist at hair health-focused brand Philip Kingsley.
The extreme self-inflicted hair loss condition can start as innocently as hair twirling, perhaps while watching TV or studying, which then can develop into the pulling of individual hairs. It's much more likely to affect women than men, with an approximate ratio of four to one.
"Repeated and constant twirling and pulling can lead to frizzier hairs regrowing, and in some cases where the pulling is long term there can be follicular damage where the regrowth potential can be diminished," said Philips.
The continuation of any therapy that has proven helpful in the past. Managing any emotional and psychological issues is both vital and mandatory.
Identify individual triggers and set up ways to catch those.
Wear gloves while reading, watching TV or talking on the phone.
Explore therapy balls that are often used for sensory therapy or rehabilitation post-hand surgery.
When deciding whether you need to seek professional treatment for skin picking, pay close attention to "the intensity and frequency of the behavior."
Skin picking disorder, or dermatillomania, is a repetitive behavior of picking at one's own skin, usually on the face or fingers. Laura Lokers, a licensed clinical social worker and cofounder of the Anxiety and OCD Treatment Center of Ann Arbor, Michigan, told The Huffington Post that it is difficult to get accurate statistics for the number of individuals who suffer from skin-picking disorder because they often suppress the severity of it behind dermatological conditions such as acne and eczema. Not to mention, there are few resources for treatment and support.
Some people have attempted to self-treat picking with videos that magnify the disorder. However, Lokers has discovered that this isn't a helpful method.
When deciding whether you need to seek professional treatment, Lokers said its best to observe "the intensity and frequency of the behavior."
She explained, "If you're stressed and once a month you notice for a couple of days that you're picking at your fingers a little bit more, thats probably not a big deal. But if you notice that it's happening every day and you're having really severe damage that's being caused -- infection, scarring, that kind of thing -- that's where it starts to cross that line."
Portions of this feature was previously published on November 11, 2011, February 4, 2013 and June 10, 2015.


I can't seem to find any brand of tripe (regardless of formula or flavor), that does not have carrogeean as an ingredient. Is there any out there? Why is this ingredient necessary? Is it really harmful? What's an alternative?
Are you willing to order a box of the real stuff? My Pet Carnivore, Hare Today, and Texas Tripe all have frozen green tripe with nothing added.
Also GreenTripe.com is carried by some retailers and there is freeze dried tripe (of course, this is the most expensive). If you're worried about carrageenan, don't feed canned products every day. After all, alot of canned products also have BPA!
Dr Harvey's, K9 Natural, Vital Essentials have freeze dried tripe. I use Merrick 96% tripe and frozen tripe.
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OLD PARKED CARS.: 1989 Ford F150.
Awesome hood patina...but I have a hard time seeing this as "classic". I mean, I probably see 25 of these trucks every day on my 1/2-mile commute to work.
You're definitely not wrong Cam, there is no shortage of light duty pickup trucks, particularly the F-Series. But I pass this one regularly and just found it to have amassed undeniable character for a late 80s vehicle. The action on the hood and the graphics really felt equally worth noting. Tony recently noted a pickup as being particularly honest, and that word keeps popping into my head when I look at this truck.
I agree- this is an honest truck.
not beautiful, but honest - yes.
Had a Lariat version of this one-meaning it had all sorts of options on it. Dual tanks. Back when gas was 90 cents a gallon it took $75 dollars to fill both and that wouldn't last very long. My house to downtown was 5 miles. You would see the fuel gauge go down noticably on a return trip.


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When you usually talk about real estate, you're thinking about selling your house or buying a new one. What if you'd start thinking about real estate as an industry that you can invest into and make more money? After all, this area has become one of the most common industries to invest into, especially in the last 50 years.
In this article, we will take the idea of real estate beyond moving homes, and we'll discuss about the basic, common practices of investing in this industry.
Think about it this way: a company is investing in buying or building a number of apartments. After the process is done, a number of investors will buy those apartments through that one company, and this is how they join the investment group.
Now the question is, why would you get involved with an investment group? Well, this is the perfect solution for those of you who don't want to go through the difficult process of being a landlord. If you own an apartment in a building through an investment group, the company that is operating that group will be responsible for managing all the units in the building. That's the key of this type of investment.
This one might be the most obvious, most traditional way of investing in real estate. But you have to be cautious either way, and that means that you should ask for expert legal assistance whenever you need it. According to the Law Offices of Marc J. Blumenthal, Ltd, an attorney can help from the moment you start looking for property. Their years of real estate experience means that he will develop a sound strategy to help you negotiate beneficial deals.
The process is as simple as you would imagine: one person buys a property and then rents it to another person. The owner will charge as much rent as he needs in order to cover all the taxes and costs of maintaining the property, and most likely a little bit more, so he can actually profit from this business.
The tricky part with this type of investment, is that you are responsible for everything that happens. You should be aware of the fact that it is possible to end up with no tenant, or with wild ones that ruin your property.
This is where we start telling an entirely different story. This type of investment implies people that act as investors, who are buying real estate but do not want to keep it or rent it. The main goal is to keep the properties for the shortest period of time possible, and then sell them for a profit. Being a short-term cash investment, this technique is not always the most reliable one, but if executed in the right manner, it can provide more than one would expect.
All of these being said, it is not an impossible task to get started with real estate investment. Actually, if you follow the guidelines and you are cautious when it comes to the real estate laws, everything should work out just fine. Now it's up to you to gain as much experience as possible, so you will be able to invest in the most efficient way.


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Jirard and Alex start their blind playthrough of Shigesato Itoi's 2nd Masterpiece, Mother 3! Also, beers and beards. Cha-ching!
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Q: SQL: How to convert date key to yyyy-ww format? I have a variable (order_date_key) that is formatted as the number of days since January 1, 1990. For example, the number 42711 represents 2016-12-09, or the date that is 42,711 days since 1/1/1990. I converted that number to yyyy-mm-dd format using:
SELECT DATE_ADD('1900-01-01', order_date_key) AS DateAdd
I want another column that converts the date to yyyy-ww format. For example, 2022-05 would represent the 5th week of 2022. I tried using the following as a first step, but I received an error that 'Week' is an invalid function.
 SELECT *
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  ,WEEK(DATE_ADD('1900-01-01', order_date_key)) AS Week'

Sample data (days since 1900-01-01): 42734, 42711, 42720, 42760
Desired output (yyyy-ww): 2022-05, 2022-03, 2022-03, 2022-01
If you know how to do this in one step, that would also be helpful.

A: Answered my own question thanks to this post.
SELECT *
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,DATE_FORMAT(DATE_ADD('1900-01-01', order_submission_date_key), 'Y-u')


For the fourth consecutive year, My Home Group (MHG) has been featured in Inc 500, the list of the top 500 companies in the nation. This year, MHG secured spot number 295 with an impressive 1649% reported growth from last year!
Based on growth, making it on the Inc 500 list is an incredible achievement that goes to show how well a solid growth strategy can perform when executed with clear intention and a massive effort. This prestigious award is based on the percentage of growth from the previous year and MHG is setting records while also gaining tons of national exposure and recognition. This will only lead to more growth and opportunities to expand.
Inc 500 has long been a list that is highly respected for its inclusion of various companies across industries who are making waves and growing at exponential rates. MHG has a unique position in this list as they are much more than just a real estate company. They are in the business of building businesses with a clear and defined focus on empowering the individual and building a model that is attractive to duplicate with licensing opportunities.
My Home Group is the #1 fastest growing real estate brokerage in Arizona and has sights set on national expansion in the near future. MHG has planted roots thus far and built locations in California, Washington, Florida, Nevada, and Michigan. The expansion plans for 2019 include Texas, Georgia, and New Mexico to name a few.
The licensing opportunities offered by MHG for franchise owners to "break-even brokerages" has allowed them to offer support and resources to brokerages who are in need of assistance while expanding into more markets and growing the brand into a trusted household name.
"Not to anyone's surprise, but coming in our 4th year in a row, typical to our growth strategy and we're not done yet. Plans for 2019 include more of the US – business model to licensing opportunities to franchise owners with 'break even brokerages' who are having a hard time scaling," says My Home Group's leadership team.
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Her work has received Lannan, Howard, Bard Fiction Prize, and Village Voice citations, Fulbrights to Sri Lanka and Cyprus, and has been called an editors' pick by the New York Times and other sites. Recently, she has served as a judge for PEN/Bingham, the Massachusetts Cultural Council and elsewhere. A senior editor at Conjunctions and a contributing editor at other journals, she teaches in the UMass Amherst MFA for Poets and Writers.