Overnight diaper leaks were tormenting me for months and I was ready to find a way to stop them from waking up my son! We had used overnight diapers before but they didn't always stop from leaks and nighttime wake ups.
You finally make it to bedtime, and plop in a chair, ready to do your 'mom tasks' before bed.
You jump into your bed ready to doze off and, an hour or two later, you hear crying from the other room.
You go and grab the baby and put your hand on a super wet bottom and soaked sheets.
You groan because you know, that if the diaper had done its job, you would have probably gotten a ton more sleep.
Yup. I've been there too.
Like any mom, I love when my kids sleep through the night. But for a while, my sleep was getting interrupted by diaper leaks and crying littles. And, since my kids share a bedroom, my 1 year old waking up meant that my 2 year old would be up as well. We were caught in a cycle of no sleep and it felt like we were in newborn land again!
I had the same problem with my daughter, who didn't sleep through the night until about 13 months. I got lucky with my son who, around 5 months, was sleeping through the night until the leaks started.
Luckily, we decided to fix up our bedtime routine to a system that worked for us AND the kids and finally helped stop having to change diapers and sheets in the middle of the night!
This was one of the first things we started to implement once we began potty training but for some reason, I never even thought about doing it with my younger son.
I made sure his last nursing session was at least 30-60 minutes before bed and he had no water after dinner. Giving your child's body time to adjust and get any pee out BEFORE bed is key!
In full transparency, we give our kids baths every other night but, I find on the days we do give them a bath before bed, they definitely go to bed faster.
I know some parents who start their bath and pajama routine super early but I completely suggest waiting until the last possible moment. You want to get them changed and in a fresh diaper right before bed so that they don't even have the chance to wet it before hand.
There have been times where I changed the kids about an hour before bed and yup… my son would wet his diaper before we even read our book.
Even with this tips and our bedtime routine being smoother, I found that he was still having leaks overnight. I tried to size up a diaper (which may work for some) but it still wasn't enough to hold it all in.
So luckily, I came across Sposie pads and thought I'd give them a try. Sposie pads are INCREDIBLE mamas! They look a little bit like feminine pads and are designed to fit right inside a regular or overnight diaper.
And get this… they absorb 8 oz of wetness BEFORE it even hits the diaper! It's your first line of defense when it comes to extending the amount of time your diaper will not leak! They are also meant for boys and girls which means one pack works for both my littles! And yes mama… you can use them on cloth diapers too!
I was pretty nervous about 1. Whether they would work or 2. If they'd give him a rash. We all pretty sensitive skin over here and I noticed that certain diapers give him a rash. Luckily Sposie pads are hypoallergenic and we had no rash! There is nothing worse than a poor little baby with diaper rash!
After we get all the kiddos ready for bed, I highly recommend a super predictable routine with them. My kids now know what to expect, my 1 year old will start to fuss as soon as we get to prayer because he knows it's just about time, and it helps them sleep better and decrease pre-bed anxiety.
We spend about 10 minutes in quiet play, which mostly looks like blocks or manipulatives. My daughter loves to run around but we try to make sure that is done BEFORE we head upstairs. Once we get upstairs, she's reminded we're in 'quiet play' zone which helps them both get ready for bed. And since they share a room, we want to make sure they are both ready at the same time.
Play is followed by 1-2 (okay more like 3-4) books and prayer, which is one of my favorite parts of the day. My daughter is in the stage where she can repeat most of the books since we've read them so many times and it's cute watching her read.
After bed, I check and make sure the baby still has a dry diaper and my daughter heads to the bathroom. She's completely potty trained during the day but isn't at the point where we're in underwear overnight. Her pull ups don't always hold her so I sometimes will toss a Sposie liner in too! This is great because instead of buying overnight pull-ups, I can turn any diaper or pull-up into a nighttime one. If she gets up over night, she is MUCH harder to get back to bed because she becomes a negotiator and then becomes afraid of the dark room.
Once we're sure everyone is ready to go, night light goes in, a goodnight song is sung and mommy and daddy get to tiptoe out of the room, collapse in the other room, and sigh that we've made it to bedtime! And luckily, we've found a great routine and systems that allow us to sleep through the night again!
What are some of your tips for a great bedtime routine? Post them in the comments!
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Psycho-Pass – 11
Last week, when Kogami finally made contact with the rest of the team it felt like a victory hard-one by having to balance Yuki's life with the need to play the game set out for him. All that was left was for him to stay out of Senguji's sight and wait for the cavalry to move in and destroy the cyborg while Makishima, again let down by one of his "clients", simply retreats. How wrong I was.
Sensing the MWPSB will be on to him soon if they aren't already (a suspicious proven right when Akane finds him), Makishima accelerates his plans in the most basic way possible: by exploiting the known weaknesses of his adversaries. Kogami takes out Senguji, but gets shot in the process, and so is helpless to stop Makishima from snatching up Yuki right in front of him.
Kogami directs Akane to where Makishima was headed, but when she arrives at a catwalk where he's seemingly waiting for her, she too is utterly powerless to stop him, but not because she's shot, or because he has a hostage. Akane's weakness is that she relies on the Cybil system to activate the Dominator, and Makishima's Psycho-Pass is pure white, despite his obvious criminal conduct.
I've been lambasting Cybil to kingdom come for the whole run of the show, as any free will-loving human being would, but I thought that at least it kind of worked on some level, i.e. is able to identify criminals through cymatic scans. Turns out it can't' even do that, at least with Makishima. Sure, he's just one man, but who's to say he's unique in the world? Even if he isn't, he's a game-changer.
Makishima in his sporting generosity tosses Akane Senguji's rifle and gives her an ultimatum: if she doesn't kill him with that gun, he's going to slit Yuki's throat right in front of her. It's basically the worst choice you can give someone who's life will be ruined forever the moment she pulls that trigger. But I guess that's his point: Makishima will have value for him if she puts in an effort.
But she doesn't. She can't. She holds the rifle with one hand, wobbles and shakes, closes her eyes, and aims nowhere in particular. She's lucky she didn't accidentally shoot herself, but poor Yuki isn't so lucky. The round misses her, but Sakishima's razor doesn't: punishment for his disappointment. He then disappears, leaving Akane to fester in her grief.
We'll see how Akane's hue fares following the most traumatic experience of her life by far: not only watching her friend be murdered before her eyes, but being unable to save her despite possessing the exact tools to do so. Makishima is convinced his criminal coefficient is nil because criminality cannot be measured by the Cybil system. His will to observe humanity "in all its splendor" is impervious to technology; impervious to judgement.
Right now Makishima is just getting his jollies testing how far he can go with that goal, and how many others like him he can find. Akane seems like a long shot, but he's really excited about Kogami, who after all didn't lift a finger to stop Makishima because he was bleeding out, not because he lacked the will.
Here's where I have to ask, isn't there some kind of entity in government that is above Cybil, so that society can be defended against those like Makishima? It doesn't seem like there is, so I guess it's up to the MWPSB. They certainly have their work cut out for them. As for this show, it's found a new level of cruelty.
Author braveradePosted on Mon, 29 Sep 2014 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2012, Psycho-Pass, RABUJOI World Heritage ListTags サイコパス, criminal coefficient, cybil, cyborg, death game, enforcers, free will, funahara yuki, garden of eden, ginoza nobuchika, hanazawa kana, hue check, immune, kogami shinya, latent criminals, makishima shougo, masaoka tomomi, robotic dogs, senguji toyohisa, sybil system, tsunemori akane
Makishima is one magnificently manipulative bastard. Initially, his newest mark Senguji Toyohisa believes Makishima merely procured fresh, intelligent prey for him to hunt the old-fashioned way with a twist: a big shotgun and robo-foxhounds. But Senguji is only a formidable but ultimately expendable means to test Kogami, and while he's not quite out of the frying pan by episode's end, he's passed that test so far.
Makishima's scheme seems ridiculously convoluted at first: kidnapping Akane's friend Funahara Yuki, using her phone to text Akane about something, assuming Kogami would accompany her to the obvious trap where he'd go in and enter Senguji's hunt. But as Kogami puts it all together, it's all very elegant an ingenious. Senguji typically hunts for his own amusement, but this time someone's "watching from the bleachers," and not actually rooting for him, but Kogami.
As I said, Kogami doesn't disappoint, treading carefully, noticing when things aren't right and knowing when to run and hide. Poor Yuki doesn't know what the hell is going on, and would've gotten killed a dozen times over, but she's not a cop. When Kogami realizes he's the target, he also realizes Yuki's presence there has a purpose he hadn't considered.
That's when instead of leaving her behind, he tells her to strip, and ends up finding the transponder antenna hidden in her bra which she didn't even know was there. This was ultimately a very weird but clever extended application of fanservice, as there turned out to be a logical reason for Yuki to be running around in her nightie, but required significant intelligence—and grace under pressure—to divine.
When Kogami treads too far into the abandoned complex, Akane loses all contact with him, and when Gino arrives with backup, he's quick to suggest Kogami may have set this whole thing up to run away, and Akane was naive enough to trust him. When he decides they're going in with Dominators, essentially leaving it up to Cybil whether he should live or die, then telling Akane she only has herself to blame for it, Gino's far enough across the line to piss of Masaoka, who grabs him and throws him against a crate.
Before things get right out of hand, the question of whether Kogami ran away is settled when he makes contact with the transponder. He and Yuki aren't out of there yet, but Makishima has intentionally given him a fighting chance, however small, and he's going to take it. And while I sorely hope Yuki gets out of this okay, if she doesn't, that can't possibly bode well for Akane's Psycho-Pass.
Author braveradePosted on Thu, 25 Sep 2014 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2012, Psycho-PassTags サイコパス, criminal coefficient, cybil, cyborg, death game, enforcers, foxhunt, funahara yuki, garden of eden, ginoza nobuchika, hanazawa kana, hue check, immortality, kogami shinya, latent criminals, makishima shougo, masaoka tomomi, robotic dogs, sasayama, senguji toyohisa, transponder, tsunemori akane, underwear

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לסדר כי תצא
כִּי תִהְיֶיןָ לְאִישׁ שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים וכו' לֹא יוּכַל לְבַכֵּר אֶת בֶּן הָאֲהוּבָה עַל פְּנֵי בֶן הַשְּׂנוּאָה הַבְּכֹר
If a man has two wives, one beloved, and another hated . . . that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, who is indeed the firstborn (Deuteronomy 21:15-16)
It is puzzling that the Torah felt it necessary to inform us of this law. For on what ground would we have supposed that a father, out of his love for the mother of the second son, could treat the second son as if he were the first-born son?
It appears to our master that the Scripture is here warning us not to use the underlying rationale for a law as the basis for a halakhic inference (שלא נדרוש טעמא דקרא). Thus, one might have said that the reason why the Torah gave the first-born son the right to take a double portion of his father's inheritance is that the first son issues from the union between a husband and the wife of his youth, motivated by a surpassing love and an absolute unity. As the product of such a loving union and the first fruit of his father's strength, a first-born son is thus endowed with noble and honorable qualities, as is apparent from the opposite situation: the children of enmity and of conflict become rebellious and sinful, "offspring of evil-doers, sons who deal corruptly" (זֶרַע מְרֵעִים, בָּנִים מַשְׁחִיתִים) (Isaiah 1:4), as the Sages deduce (Nedarim 20b)
"And I will purge out the rebels from among you and those who transgress against Me" (וּבָרוֹתִי מִכֶּם הַמֹּרְדִים וְהַפּוֹשְׁעִים בִּי) (Ezekiel 20:38). R. Levi said: This refers to children belonging to one of the nine categories of enmity between a husband and wife.
It might therefore be supposed that if a man has two wives, one beloved and one hated, and his first-born son is the child of the hated wife, the above reason for bestowing a double portion on the first-born son is invalid, so that the son of the beloved wife is the more deserving of the double portion. To counter such reasoning, the Scripture is teaching us here not to use the underlying rationale for the law as the ground for inferring any qualification in its application, and, thus, to allow the father to treat the son of the beloved wife as if he were the first-born son. The Torah emphasizes that it is the first-born son who is the first fruit of his father's strength and therefore retains the right to be treated as the first-born son under all circumstances.
כִּי יִהְיֶה לְאִישׁ בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה אֵינֶנּוּ שֹׁמֵעַ בְּקוֹל אָבִיו וּבְקוֹל אִמּוֹ וְיִסְּרוּ אֹתוֹ וְלֹא יִשְׁמַע אֲלֵיהֶם
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them (Deuteronomy 21:18)
In the Sifri, R. Yehudah says that if the boy's mother was unworthy of his father, he cannot be judged a rebellious son. The Sages say in the Talmud that by this he meant that the mother must be similar to the father in voice, appearance, and height. What does this mean?
It appeared to our master to explain the matter in an aggadic fashion. In the natural course of events a child will always listen intently to the words of his father and mother and will be very careful to obey and follow whatever they say. However, if the father and the mother are not in accord but in conflict with each other, so that his father guides him in one direction and his mother guides him in another, then their honor will be diminished in his eyes. He will then not pay heed to either of them any longer even in a matter about which they both agree. He will stop caring about what they say and will not be interested in following their advice. And this we also know from experience.
This is what is meant by the verse "if a man has a stubborn and rebellious son" (כִּי יִהְיֶה לְאִישׁ בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה). The reason that the son is rebellious is that he "will not obey" (אֵינֶנּוּ שֹׁמֵעַ). But understand that the son does not give heed, because he cannot give heed and obey "to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother" ( בְּקוֹל אָבִיו וּבְקוֹל אִמּוֹ). The word "voice" (קוֹל) is repeated to signify that the parents' opinions are in conflict, so that the son cannot fulfill the will of both. Therefore, even if "they both chastise him" (וְיִסְּרוּ אֹתוֹ) about a matter that they both agree upon, "he will not give heed to them" (וְלֹא יִשְׁמַע אֲלֵיהֶם), but instead tosses their words aside. It is about this that R. Yehudah said, if his mother was unworthy of his father, he cannot be judged a rebellious son, because such a verdict can be rendered only if the father and the mother are in accord in all their opinions and guide him along a single path. Only on this condition, if he does not listen to them, may the verdict appropriate to a rebellious son be rendered upon him.
כִּי יִקָּרֵא קַן צִפּוֹר לְפָנֶיךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּכָלעֵץ אוֹ עַל הָאָרֶץ אֶפְרֹחִים אוֹ בֵיצִים וְהָאֵם רֹבֶצֶת עַל הָאֶפְרֹחִים אוֹ עַל הַבֵּיצִים לֹא תִקַּח הָאֵם עַל הַבָּנִים שַׁלֵּחַ תְּשַׁלַּח אֶת הָאֵם וְאֶת הַבָּנִים תִּקַּח לָךְ לְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ יָמִים
If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young; thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. (Deuteronomy 22:6)
In the Midrash Rabbah it is written: This bears on the verse (Proverbs 4:23): Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life" (מִכָּל מִשְׁמָר, נְצֹר לִבֶּךָ: כִּימִמֶּנּוּ תּוֹצְאוֹת חַיִּים).
What is the connection between this verse and the commandment of sending away the mother before taking the nestlings? It appears to our master to explain that the Torah promises the same reward for fulfilling this commandment as for honoring one's father and mother. Concerning both it says (Deuteronomy 22:7), "that it may go well with you, and that you may live long." (See also Deuteronomy 5:16)
But the Midrash (Deuteronomy Rabbah 6) finds it problematic that the reward for the two commandments is the same,
"She does not take heed to the path of life" (Proverbs 5:6). The honoring of parents is the weightiest commandment and its reward is long life . . . and the sending away of the mother bird is the least weighty,1 and what is its reward? Length of days.
So it is astonishing that both commandments should carry the same reward. But the matter may be explained as follows. If we should serve the Eternal for the purpose of receiving a reward, just as a slave serves his master, then we shall each receive a reward commensurate with our service. The greater the service the greater the reward. But we may also serve the Eternal in the manner of a son who serves his father, a son whose every longing is to give honor to his father and to carry out his wishes. If we serve the Eternal in this way, and all our desires and longings are to serve Him in joy and gladness without regard for any reward, then we shall all receive the same reward whether our service is great or small. For then the Eternal will treat us just as a father who, in dividing up his estate, does not distinguish among his children according to how much service they provided him, and does not give a larger portion to the son who was able to do more in his behalf and a smaller one to the son who could provide only a trifling service.
This is the meaning of the Midrash. The verse: "Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life" teaches us that from the equality between the reward for honoring one's parents with that for sending away the mother before taking the nestlings, it is clear that it is the intent of our heart which is of greatest importance. What is essential is to direct our heart toward heaven, for it is from heaven that the longevity mentioned here is bestowed.
And in this way one can explain what the Talmud says at the end of Hulin (142a). A man once told his son to bring him nestlings and the son went to the roof and brought the young birds from their nest and on his way down the son fell to his death. What happened, the Talmud asks, to the longevity that this one was promised for obeying his father and for sending away the mother before taking the nestlings? And the Talmud replies that perhaps he had been harboring idolatrous thoughts, by which the Talmud must have meant that the son did not perform the commandments with the proper intent, for the sake of the Eternal to give Him satisfaction, but instead performed them only for the sake of reward. And this improper intention was referred to metaphorically as "idolatrous." For his intention was not to serve the Eternal, but to serve himself. And although the Eternal does provide a reward even to those who serve Him for the sake of a reward, the longevity promised in this verse relates only to those who serve Him out of love.
Another answer that one might offer is that our Sages say that one who says that the commandment of sending away the mother before taking the nestlings is instructed to keep silent. And this presumably applies to anyone who provides a reason for any of the commandments dictated by reason such as honoring one's parents. The Talmud thus may have meant to say that perhaps the son fell to his death because he had been thinking that he was performing these commandments out of mercy, and because he performed the commandments with that intention, his performance of them did not safeguard him against a fatal mishap. Perhaps this was also the meaning of the Midrash: "Keep your heart with all vigilance." Do not think that we perform the commandments of the Eternal out of mercy.
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Lady 'Landers open season with win
The Cloudland girls basketball team opened the 2017-18 style with a convincing 62-24 victory at Hancock County on Thursday night.
"It was a great all around game," Head Coach Mike Lunsford said. "We played a great game and the kids played really hard."
Trinity Vines led the way with 26 points. Kenzie Birchfield added 11 points to the CHS cause. Stacia Wilson had a team-high 10 rebounds.
Megan Lunsford and Jasmine Birchfield had nine and eight rebounds, respectively. Lunsford (nine rebounds, seven steals) and Birchfield (eight assists and eight steals) also led the team in assists and steals.
Saturday will be a busy day for the Lady 'Landers as Cloudland will play three games at Sullivan East.


HI All, I thought I would post a tutorial for all of those who would like to use cheat codes with their PS2 backups. I hope you find it useful.
The GS/AR disc stops spinning so the swap should go smoothly.
10. Press X again after the swap trick.
11. Your backup and the codes should boot up and work !!!
I hope you find this useful and kudos to the CDloader team (without them none of this would work).
I have version 4.1. Will this work as well?
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ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2020
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2020, 15,159 young leaders applied to join the Class of 2020 on 1,458 campuses across 135 nations. 80 campuses worldwide (just 6%) were selected to host the 1,000+ Millennium Fellows. The Class of 2020 is bold, innovative, and inclusive.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT MUSKAN SUNISH SHAH, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW AND CAMPUS DIRECTOR FOR THE CLASS OF 2020.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hung Hom, Hong Kong | Advancing SDG 11 & UNAI 9
" The famous quote "be the change you wish to see in the world" epitomises my eagerness and exhilaration on receiving this opportunity to be a Millennium Fellow. It is truly an honour, as through this platform I have the ability to offer my thoughts towards the development of the better world I'd like to live in. With just a basic foundation of ideas to combat fashion being one of the largest contributors to the degradation of our environment, I am eager to develop and grow the ideas through the Fellowship. Through the years I have expressed this need of momentum towards sustainability in my varied projects and now am thrilled to be able to apply my ideas in the real world. Not only can I build from here but I can build with a community of determined and passionate Fellows, connecting with them and their work, mingling to innovate a brighter future; further inspiring me to do more. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Rethinking Fashion
We will be working to advance SDG 11 (Sustainable cities and communities), SDG 12 (Responsible consumption and production) and SDG 13 (Climate action) on campus and in our local area. Our project "Rethinking fashion " will aim at making people conscious consumers who are aware about the negative effects of fashion and that their consumption impacts the society at large. Being fashion enthusiasts, it's really heartbreaking for us to see hoards of garments being dumped into the landfills which are hardly being worn. We want to create an awareness about how dumped clothing has a negative impact on our environment. To overcome this, we want to bring out humanity, a human connection to the garment which is missing today and how we can reuse our old clothing. We want to remind people of the environmental based sustainable ways to improve fashion. We have made a commitment to make fashion a force of good.
- Reach out to at least about a few hundred students on campus through sending department based emails about articles or post we put out
- Establish a strong Instagram page with at least a hundred followers
- Post at least 20 posts on instagram with engaging information
- Connect and encourage 2-3 influencers/sustainable fashion enthusiasts to share their advice through webinars
- Raise awareness on 2-3 # events/activities (eg; haulternative)
- (optional) Donate to 1-2 charities
- (larger-scale/ optional) present our university with a possible 'trash to fashion' annual event
Social Media Page for Rethinking Fashion (Instagram): rethinking.fashion
About the Millennium Fellow
Muskan in Muskan Shah translates to 'smile', which is what she aims to spread through her work. Born in India, raised in Thailand and studying in Hong Kong, Muskan hails from a culturally diverse background: a pioneering factor in motivating her to unite the world. She aspires to carry out ventures, helping our world grow and become a tranquil place. While her passion lies in fashion, she enjoys experimenting with new hobbies, widening her virtues, namely: badminton, dancing, writing. Through the years, Muskan has bloomed with confidence, eager to learn more and offer her help in these struggling times.
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The federal agency said in a Thursday news release that it will accept nominations until Oct. 1 for spots designated for a host of different sectors who have interest in the management of the 315 square mile-monument in southeastern Utah.
There are openings for local and state government officials, a private landowner, a local business owner, a conservationist, paleontologist, a hunter and outdoor recreationalist, among others.
Pat Gonzales-Rogers, executive director of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, says each of the five tribes in the coalition should have a spot on the committee.
Utah has long stood out for going far beyond other western states in trying to get back control of its federally protected lands.


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Q&A: Want to do something about global warming? Talk about it with your family and friends
Simply increasing the frequency of climate-related discussions shifted people's perceptions of the scientific consensus around human-caused global warming, as well as their own attitudes on the matter, new research suggests.
(Dreamstime)
By Julia RosenStaff Writer
July 8, 2019 12 PM PT
There's the old saying that you should never discuss politics or religion in polite company. Nowadays, it seems climate change has joined that list.
Barely more than a third of Americans broach the subject often or even occasionally, according to a recent survey by researchers at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
All this not talking about climate change has given Americans a rather skewed perception of what the rest of the country thinks about the issue.
The average person estimates that only 54% of her fellow Americans believe climate change is happening. In reality, 69% do, according to the same Yale survey.
The more we talk about global warming, the more we might move the needle on public opinion, the Yale team reported Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The researchers found that simply increasing the frequency of climate-related discussions shifted people's perceptions of the scientific consensus around human-caused warming as well as their own attitudes on the matter.
"These findings suggest that climate conversations with friends and family enter people into a proclimate social feedback loop," the researchers wrote.
Matthew Goldberg is a social psychologist at Yale University and lead author of the new study. He spoke with The Times about climate silence and how to break it.
What is climate silence?
Our most recent nationally representative survey shows that 69% of people find climate change to be at least somewhat important to them. But only 37% discuss it at least occasionally. So most people think it's important yet most people don't talk about it. This discrepancy is often referred to as climate silence.
Why don't Americans talk about climate change more?
There are a lot of reasons. For some, the issue just isn't salient to them. But there's also a lot of research on perceptions about what others think. People are hesitant to talk about something that they see as contested or potentially controversial in their social network, so they remain silent.
But you found that people are often wrong when it comes to judging what others think about climate change. Does that help suppress conversation?
If you think everyone disagrees with you, or most people disagree with you, then you are not going to want to speak up. It starts this spiral of silence where people misjudge the beliefs of others, and then they remain quiet about this important issue.
Is everyone equally mistaken, or do misperceptions vary across groups?
In general, you tend to think that people around you share the beliefs that you have. So the most accurate folks were liberal Democrats. They were off by just 6 percentage points, guessing 63% instead of 69%. That's likely because liberal Democrats know a lot of other Democrats, so they correctly believe that a lot of people around them believe climate change is happening.
Where we see the biggest discrepancy is at the opposite end of the political spectrum: conservative Republicans. If you're only hearing from elite Republicans who are largely dismissive of climate science, then you are going to infer that a lot of people around you don't believe it's happening. So they were way off. They estimated the percentage was 48%.
It seems like this 69% must encompass a broader swath of society than just liberal Democrats. Who are the others?
There's no doubt that it's not just a liberal phenomenon, and I think that needs to be part of our messaging strategy.
We've been highlighting prominent Republican voices, to the best extent we can, to show that there are people across the spectrum that believe this is an important issue. It's just that their voices aren't loud enough.
Can you describe your new study?
We dug into data that we collected back in 2015, when Pope Francis was giving speeches across the United States talking about the importance of climate change, and there was a lot of change in public opinion because people heard about it more in the media.
In the surveys, which were taken seven months apart, people reported how frequently they talked about climate change with family and friends. We wanted to know whether talking more about it altered people's perceptions of the scientific agreement around human-caused global warming, and we found that it did.
Why did you focus on the scientific consensus?
One reason is that past research coming out of our center has shown that it's very influential. There's still work to be done on why, but what I suspect it's because it's easy to communicate and it's very powerful.
And what is the scientific consensus?
Studies show that 97% of climate scientists have concluded that human-caused global warming is happening.
When you looked at the numbers, what did you find?
We found that an increase in discussion — from rarely to occasionally, or occasionally to often — predicted a 2 to 3 percentage-point increase in the belief in the scientific consensus.
It's a modest effect, but it matters a lot when you're hovering around 50%, which is the most common estimate of scientific agreement. People have this false dichotomy that some scientists believe it's happening and some scientists don't.
What else happened when people talked more about this?
Changes in the perception of scientific consensus led to significant changes in people's own beliefs that climate change is happening, that it's human-caused, and in their worry about the issue. So those small changes can lead to big practical differences.
Why are family and friends so powerful?
Messengers matter very much. If a message comes from a credible communicator or one that has moral authority, then that will be very persuasive. And family and friends are the most important messengers. For one thing, they have closest proximity. They also are not easily ignored.
Your results suggest there's a kind of feedback loop. What's going on there?
We found that discussion leads to increased belief in the scientific consensus around human-caused warming and that belief in scientific consensus leads to more discussion. That could potentially start this positive cycle toward belief change.
It's hard to say why that is. I speculate that once you have more certainty in a belief, it's easier to go and share your belief rather than your ambivalence.
How do you suggest starting a conversation about climate change?
Start with common ground. To the extent that you can overlap the issue of climate change with the values of whoever you are talking to, the more effective your message will be.
For many people, climate change is really low on the list of issue priorities. But it's so far-reaching that it can wrap into most other important issues. So you could take a healthcare angle, you could take a national security angle, an economic angle, or a campaign finance one. A lot of people care about these issues.
I find that taking a pollution perspective makes it very easy to talk to people about climate change. Because who is not against pollution?
What's another example?
We have a new study coming out where we engaged Christians on the issue of climate change. And we found that, of people that believe it's happening, 19% cited protecting God's creation as the single most important motivation for wanting to reduce global warming. That's one in five.
We followed that study up with two experiments. We wrote messages that tried to convey that other Christians clearly care about this issue, and that it is our moral and religious obligation to deal with it. Basically, we said, "If you believe that God created this Earth, then this is something that you should want to protect and not allow to be degraded." And we found that that was a very influential message.
Isn't that kind of manipulative?
I see it more as understanding what's most important to people. I'm trying to speak to what you care about.
Got any ice-breakers?
It's almost comical how often weather is used for small talk. But that's a good entry point. For instance, you could mention that there are temperature records being broken all over the world. Weather is also a good way to not touch on the buzzwords for potentially skeptical audiences.
Another approach is to weave in climate change if you're already talking about another issue, like extreme weather or natural disasters. There's a way to ease into it by saying something like, "Did you know that a warming climate will make hurricanes worse?"
In the big picture, how important is it that we start talking more about climate change?
I think it's massively important, particularly because we are not doing it enough. A lot of the time, we assume that we are always going to be having these conversations with a skeptical audience. But in many cases, the other person cares about it just as much as you do.
There is the potential for it to backfire when you have people that are very strongly on the other end of this, but they are in the minority. This is why I emphasize the role of friends and family, because they are not relationships you can easily ignore.
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Just days after celebrating her birthday, Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth are now husband and wife!
The Oscar winner wed Toth at a small ceremony at her ranch in Ojai, Calif., Usmagazine.com confirms. Leading up to the ceremony, elegant white tents were seen being erected on Witherspoon's lush, green Ojai property, which she bought in 2008 and dubbed Libby Ranch.
Among the 120 guests comprised of family and friends were Tobey Maguire, Renee Zellweger and Alyssa Milano.
Witherspoon wore a gown designed by Monique Lhuillier and both her daughter and son with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe -- Ava, 11, and Deacon, 7 -- were part of the nuptials.
After a breakup with longtime boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal, Witherspoon began dating her groom in January 2010. Toth -- a Pennsylvania native who's employed at one of Hollywood's top talent agencies, but has reportedly never represented Witherspoon -- popped the question in December with a 4-carat, $250,0000 engagement ring.


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General & Introductory Architecture
The Architects' Handbook
Quentin Pickard (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-470-69619-4 April 2008 Wiley-Blackwell 464 Pages
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The Architects' Handbook provides a comprehensive range of visual and technical information covering the great majority of building types likely to be encountered by architects, designers, building surveyors and others involved in the construction industry. It is organised by building type and concentrates very much on practical examples.
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· references to key technical standards and design guidance
· a comprehensive bibliography for most building types
The book also includes sections on designing for accessibility, drawing practice, and metric and imperial conversion tables.
To browse sample pages please see http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/architectsdata
Quentin Pickard, BA, RIBA, MiMgt, studied architecture at Newcastle University and Thames Polytechnic and qualified in 1976. After working for Haringey Council he established a practice in 1978 with a colleague, specializing in ecclesiastical and conservation projects. He has been the Inspecting Architect for several churches in north and central London. He is currently working for the Methodist Church Property Office.
Quentin comes from a publishing family and has contributed both artwork and the written word to several books. He has been chair of the Aqua Group since 1989 and has been closely involved with several recent editions of three of the Group's books (Pre-Contract Practice, Contract Administration, and Tenders and Contracts for Building, all published by Blackwell Publishing).
He is the RIBA Conservation Advisor and has commented on numerous consultation documents and has taken part in several radio interviews. He set up the RIBA London Region Conservation Group, and he has helped to establish the national Register of Architects Accredited in Building Conservation. Quentin teaches on the Architectural Association Professional Practice Part 3 course, on the subject of building contracts. For several years he led building conservation teaching at South Bank University, as well as lecturing in architectural history, design and drawing practice. He has also lectured at several other universities and colleges, mainly in London. He has always believed strongly in the need for greater co-operation within the construction industry, and he was chair of the Junior Liaison Organisation in 1984. He is a member of ICOMOS and a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects.
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Cliven Bundy Wins: Malheur Verdict Redefines Civil Disobedience
When the Bundy brothers and their gang took over a working federal facility at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon last winter, they claimed to be peaceful "cowboy campers" exercising their First Amendment rights in a classic act of civil disobedience. That portrayal seemed practically ludicrous, given the regular display of guns -- and reports of menacing by local residents -- that characterized the occupation.
Nevertheless, all seven gang members who faced federal charges over the incident were acquitted by a jury in Portland, Oregon, last week.
The Bundys and their supporters are celebrating the verdict as a vindication of their tactics and their cause, but a much more complicated picture emerges in the context of the Black Lives Matter movement and the recent protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline.
What is civil disobedience, anyways?
TriplePundit has been following the Bundy case since its inception because Ammon Bundy is a businessman who purports to be acting for the benefit of the community.
Those of you new to the case can catch up by browsing the TriplePundit archives. The short version is that Ammon and Ryan Bundy lead a group of armed followers into an administration building at Malheur in January, effectively chasing out Bureau of Land Management employees and preventing public use of the property.
Deploying arguments that neatly dovetailed with the land privatization lobby spearheaded by ALEC and other conservative organizations, the Bundys claimed to be acting on behalf of the local community. They promised to turn the land over to ranchers, loggers and miners.
Without the weaponry, one could adopt a reasonable case for civil disobedience in the occupation of Malheur or practically anywhere else.
After all, the conventional understanding of civil disobedience involves passive actions, such as occupying a space, in order to draw attention to laws or situations perceived to be unjust.
Some of the highest profile episodes of the 20th-century civil rights movement -- occupying a seat on a bus, or a stool at a lunch counter -- involved just such passivity.
Civil disobedience, with guns...
One critical element in conventional civil disobedience is the protester's expectation that arrests will occur, and that the protesters will be called to account for breaking laws.
In organized actions, protesters are carefully coached to remain passive throughout, including during arrest. Aside from helping to prevent serious injury, passivity underscores the protesters' commitment to justice and helps to amplify their message.
The constant presence of guns throughout the Malheur episode puts an entirely new wrinkle on the concept of civil disobedience.
Regardless of the intent of the protesters, bringing guns into an occupied space is not a passive act.
Nevertheless, the show of arms enabled the Bundys to hold their space for weeks, drawing attention to their cause throughout.
... unless you are POC.
Federal law officers handled the Bundy occupation with an excess of caution partly because of continued fallout from the Waco, Texas, incident of 1993, in which 70 members of the Branch Davidian cult and several officers were killed.
To be clear, the Waco incident was not a response to civil disobedience -- the episode was sparked when federal agents raided the cult's compound on weapons charges -- but it has impacted the tactics that federal officers use to defuse situations on federal property.
Be that as it may, the "kid glove" approach that federal officers deployed at Malheur is a stark contrast with racial patterns of local police violence highlighted by Black Lives Matter and some violent responses to peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters.
Observers are also drawing contrasts with the ongoing response to protests over construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, in which state-based law enforcement agencies have brought in military equipment to remove protesters by force from at least one protest site.
The difference in jurisdiction is a critical differentiator. As of this writing, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided Dakota protesters with a legal right to occupy another protest site, located on federal land. By way of broader context, that decision appears related to the agency's emerging emphasis on environmental security, under which U.S. ACE has leveraged Native American treaty rights to prevent the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure.
Black Lives Matter protests generally take case on city streets (and the occasional freeway), where a variety of city police forces and state troopers, who come with a wide range of training and tools in protest response, hold jurisdiction.
What comes next
Some commenters on the Bundy verdict believe that it may have normalized armed protest, leading to more acts of violence in the future.
There are a number of reasons why that probably won't happen, at least not in the context of the land privatization movement.
In an article last week, Think Progress charted the decline of the land rights movement. For one thing, its and Bundy's central argument -- that the federal government has no constitutional authority over land outside of Washington, D.C. -- has been thoroughly debunked by constitutional scholars.
Even within its western constituency, the movement has failed to attract mainstream legal support. In September, the Associated Press reported that a two-year study by the Western Conference of Attorneys General cast doubt on the arguments advanced by "land rights" advocates in Utah. The organization, which consists of 15 western states and three territories, voted 11-1 to adopt the finding.
The movement is also receiving significant pushback from the recreation industry, which cuts across party lines.
Last week, for example, an op-ed appeared in the conservative-leaning website The Hill drawing attention to widespread support for land preservation.
The Hill also provided space for an op-ed attributed to the organization Western Watersheds Proejct, which had this to say about the Bundy verdict:
This sorry episode of armed bullying succeeded only in spreading public awareness of pernicious attempts to despoil or steal outright our national treasure of Western public lands.
Ammon and Ryan Bundy are still due to stand trial in Nevada for another armed standoff on federal land orchestrated by their father Cliven back in 2014. The outcome of that trial could be quite different, especially if lessons learned from the failure in Oregon are applied.
In the end, the Bundy show of force did nothing for the land rights movement, and may have done serious damage to its public profile.
On the other hand, despite isolated episodes of violence, Black Lives Matter continues to gather force, and the Dakota Access protests are gaining a sympathetic public response while drawing more attention to the risks and impacts of new fossil infrastructure.
Perhaps armed "civil disobedience" has its limits.
Photo: "Damage at Malheur NWR" by USFWS-Pacific Region via flickr.com, creative commons license.
Tina Casey
Tina writes frequently for TriplePundit and other websites, with a focus on military, government and corporate sustainability, clean tech research and emerging energy technologies. She is a former Deputy Director of Public Affairs of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, and author of books and articles on recycling and other conservation themes. She is currently Deputy Director of Public Information for the County of Union, New Jersey. Views expressed here are her own and do not necessarily reflect agency policy.
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Are they nothing more than a "glorified sock?"
Here's to putting your best foot forward.
It's time we take a hard look at the stated or implied benefits of traditional athletic shoes. Too often we look to fashion, trends, advertisements and celebrity endorsements for information on what shoes are good for our bodies. Instead, we should be looking at ourselves, letting our bodies tell us what works best. And that conversation starts with the way we walk.
Bunions, plantar fasciitis, hammertoes and pain in the ball of the foot, among others, can be treated, before a patient goes under the knife, podiatrists say.
Unfortunately, my passion for step finally caught up with my 50-plus foot joints, and I am on a temporary hiatus while I wait for my aching heel to heal. I'm also being forced to reevaluate my choice of shoe wear.
Watch your step when barefoot, because anything sharp -- from nails to snails -- can get stuck in your foot. Punctures and foreign bodies of the foot are serious and can lead to limb- and life-threatening infections.
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May brings awareness of three important medical conditions that can involve the feet and are associated with age: arthritis (National Arthritis Awareness Month), osteoporosis (National Osteoporosis Awareness Month), and neuropathy, which often stems from diabetes.


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Q: Using a pre-defined list inside a pgfplotset style I would like to place defined markers on certain datapoints in a plot using a predefined list of tuples \def\datalist{datapoint/mark}. I found a suitable solution of the same problem with labels which relies upon the nodes near coords. Unfortunately, it works only if the datalist is explicitly contained in the addplot+[nodes near some coords={datapoint/mark}]. The code does not compile if the macro \datalist is used directly in addplot+[nodes near some coords=\datalist]. I guess a solution is related to Using Macro Defined Lists in TikZ/PGFplots but none of the workarounds worked for me.
A MWE:
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes}

\def\datalist{0/rectangle,
           2/circle,
           4/diamond}

\pgfplotsset{
    compat=1.16,
    %%%
    node near coord/.style args={#1/#2}{% Style for activating the label for a single coordinate
        nodes near coords*={
            \ifnum\coordindex=#1 \fi
        },
        scatter/@pre marker code/.append code={
            \ifnum\coordindex=#1 \pgfplotsset{every node near coord/.append style=fill, draw,#2}\fi
        }
   },
   nodes near some coords/.style={ % Style for activating the label for a list of coordinates
       scatter/@pre marker code/.code={},% Reset the default scatter style, so we don't get coloured markers
       scatter/@post marker code/.code={},%
       node near coord/.list={#1}% Run "node near coord" once for every element in the list
   }
}
\begin{filecontents}{datafile.csv}
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\end{filecontents}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \begin{axis}[]
      \addplot
      +[
          %nodes near some coords=\datalist, % doesn't compile, returns 'File ended while scanning use of \pgfkeys@code. \par  mwe.tex'
          nodes near some coords={0/rectangle,  % works
                                 2/circle,
                                 4/diamond},
      ]
        table []{datafile.csv};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

A: You need the /.expanded key handler, i.e. nodes near some coords/.expanded=\datalist.
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
%\pgfplotsset{compat=1.17} %<-consider adding
\usetikzlibrary{shapes}

\def\datalist{0/rectangle,
           2/circle,
           4/diamond}

\pgfplotsset{
    compat=1.16,
    %%%
    node near coord/.style args={#1/#2}{% Style for activating the label for a single coordinate
        nodes near coords*={
            \ifnum\coordindex=#1 \fi
        },
        scatter/@pre marker code/.append code={
            \ifnum\coordindex=#1 \pgfplotsset{every node near coord/.append style=fill, draw,#2}\fi
        }
   },
   nodes near some coords/.style={ % Style for activating the label for a list of coordinates
       scatter/@pre marker code/.code={},% Reset the default scatter style, so we don't get coloured markers
       scatter/@post marker code/.code={},%
       node near coord/.list={#1}% Run "node near coord" once for every element in the list
   }
}
\begin{filecontents}[overwrite]{datafile.csv}
1.00    1.00
2.00    2.00
3.00    3.00
4.00    4.00
5.00    5.00
\end{filecontents}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \begin{axis}[]
      \addplot
      +[
          nodes near some coords/.expanded=\datalist, % works
      ]
        table []{datafile.csv};
\end{axis}
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by John J. Nance
In this "heart-pounding" ("Seattle Post-Intelligencer") aviation thriller, "New York Times" bestselling author John J. Nance ventures forward to 2009, taking readers on a riveting journey of life or death.
His once-in-a-lifetime chance...
Disillusioned with his life, when Kip Dawson wins a passenger seat on one of American Space Adventure's commercial spaceflights, it's a dream come true. Although his acceptance of the prize strikes terror in his family, Kip sets off, ready for adventure. But a successful launch quickly morphs into chaos -- a micrometeor punches through the wall of the spacecraft, leaving the radios as dead as the pilot.
...becomes a global fight for survival.
With nothing to do but wait for death, Kip composes his epitaph on the ship's laptop computer. Little does he know an audience of millions would soon discover his cries -- sparking a massive rescue mission in his honor. With no idea the world can hear him, his heroism in the face of death may sabotage his best chance of survival.
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Publish Date: February 2011
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them and why it never works. But those days are gone. Dead and buried in the cracks of my broken heart.
I need a woman. I need a woman bigger than me. Someone who can take me out of myself. I haven't met her. Ever. Well, maybe once or twice but I'm sure I fucked it up because I was wasted. Alcohol. Drugs. For sure they played a part in my demise. But I am rebuilding. From the inside out. Day by day. It's so much more difficult to create than it is to destroy. I'm so good at tearing things apart, scattering the remains on the ground and walking away. Never looking back. But hurting. With each footstep the pain intensifies until I'm numb and can't feel a single thing then slowly, ever so slowly, sometimes not even being aware of it I regain sensation – the sensation of living – but part of me has died. The trusting, open, innocent part that remained left over from my childhood. I was still a child. But not anymore. Now I'm just 32.


We have been talking about cloud computing for a long time now. But why do we not want to move our critical data application on cloud or we take risk only when Application vendor itself has setup its own cloud and offering the same. If application is critical and Cloud vendor is different, then there is a fear of keeping critical application on cloud. That's why most of us are comfortable on hybrid cloud which is keeping non-critical application on cloud and critical application on private cloud.
We know, cloud is flexible, scalable, pay as per use, no capex cost, etc. But still we think it's not physically secure, cyber security. We think that if we will keep critical application in private cloud then it will be more secure because there is a physical security and cyber security because we know what type of security tools / hardware we are using. In case of Public cloud, we always have a doubt of the tools or hardware used for security at the backend.
Data protection could also be one of the major concerns on cloud. On cloud, data is exposed to the internet digital world and could increase the risk of data protection. Any important data leakage to competitors could prove to be a loss to the company.


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Lecturer I (Sciences) at the University of Delta, Agbor - 7 Openings
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The University of Delta Agbor was established by virtue of the University of Delta (Establishment) Law 2021 with a Vision to be an Institution of Excellence geared towards producing competent graduates capable of meeting the challenges of National development. Our Mission is to produce well motivated, skillful graduates that are capable of exhibiting appreciable expertise in proffering solutions for the workplace of tomorrow.
In fulfillment of the mission and vision, we invite applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:
Job Title: Lecturer I
Location: Agbor, Delta
Faculty: Sciences
Applications are invited from suitable candidates in the Departments below:
Environmental Science and Toxicology
A Master's Degree, plus three (3) publications, two (2) of which must be Journal Articles or a Ph.D with two (2) Journal Articles.
In addition, candidate should have had at least, twelve (12) years teaching experience in an institution of higher learning.
18th August, 2021.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications and Curriculum Vitae (which will contain all Academic Qualifications) in Seven (7) copies. The Curriculum Vitae should contain the following:
Full Names
Academic Qualifications obtained with dates
Teaching and Research experiences as well as Publications and Technical Reports properly cited.
Names and Reports of Three (3) Referees must be provided.
Applications should be addressed and sent to:
The Office of the Registrar,
University of Delta, Agbor,
Delta State.
Applications should be submitted at the temporary office of the Registrar, Last Floor, ICT Building, University of Delta, Agbor.
Only shortlisted applicants would be acknowledged.
Candidates who have submitted applications hitherto, need not apply.
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A Porsche Taycan Took The EV Cannonball Record Across The Country In Just 44 hours and 26 minutes
1/12/2021 1:13 est Filed to: Electric Porsche, Porsche TaycanBy: Bradley BrownellComment
The Cannonball Run isn't quite what it used to be. There are so many more people on the roads these days than there were back in the Car & Driver underground hot rodder times that it just isn't safe. And some people have gotten the number so low that to beat it you need to average over 90 miles per hour, which just isn't tenable. Someone is bound to get hurt in the outright "competition" for which there isn't a trophy outside of a fleeting minute or so of fame. Now, in the electric car category, things get a little more interesting, because these speed runs are a test on the efficacy of the nation's charging infrastructure, and the vehicle's ability to hold its range.
While the EV record was initially set in the summer of last year by a team driving in a Tesla Model 3 Performance, auto journalist Kyle Conner (Inside EVs) and his two co-drivers, Drew Peterson and Tijmen Schreur wanted to see if that record could be beat with a non-Tesla. Obviously the Porsche Taycan 4S is the logical choice for such an excursion. Conner already held the Tesla record from last year, so he knew what it would take to get the job done. By using Electrify America's charging infrastructure, which is faster and easier to come by than Tesla's Supercharger network, and the Porsche's industry-leading charging speed, the record was well within reach. All of this in spite of the fact that this new record would be run in the dead of winter, and cold temperatures cut electric vehicle range not insignificantly.
The trip didn't go off without a hitch, however, as the Taycan's navigation computer never quite knew where it was. The Taycan usually has a "preconditioning" system onboard to warm up the batteries, because warm batteries accept a charge much better than cold ones. That system kicks on whenever the car is navigated toward a charging station, but as the nav was broken the team had to warm up the batteries on their own, by punching the throttle.
Because electric cars are more efficient at lower speeds, thanks to aerodynamic forces, this record run was a delicate balance between speed and stopping to charge. It makes sense to go a little slower if it means cutting a charge out of your route. As a result, the record run average was just 64 miles per hour. The team admits that they reached a maximum speed of 160 mph during the run, hopefully in the middle of the desert somewhere with nobody around.
"Though Porsche Cars North America does not condone, promote, or acknowledge any sort of activity that would violate the rules of the road, we were pleased to see how well the Taycan and the charging infrastructure did during Kyle's test," a Porsche spokesperson told The Drive. "It demonstrated the proliferation of EA's ever-developing nationwide charging infrastructure as well as the over-the-road capability of the Taycan. Though it carries the soul of a sports car, the Taycan is just as comfortable driving over long distances."
This just proves that range anxiety isn't really a thing. I've never been across the country this quickly in a gasoline car, so it's nice to know that I could easily do it in three days in an electric car.
Tagged With: Cannonball, Electric, Porsche, Taycan, Taycan 4S
Walter Rohrl Makes These Searing Porsche GT2 RS Laps Around Portimao Look Easy
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The program also includes pre-apprentices, center, who are gaining exposure to the trade.
Apprentices David Marquez, left, and Jose Flores float the concrete for a curb.
Jaime Barton, Business Manager of Cement Masons Local 500.
Scott Brain, Business Manager of Cement Masons Local 600.
Coordinator Armando Pena is a third-generation Cement Mason.
Cement Mason Apprentices Bring Trade to New Era
BY Al Stewart
ARCADIA, Calif.–The slow but steady return of construction in Los Angeles and Orange Counties is stirring demand for two essential elements found at nearly every building site: Concrete and the skilled Cement Masons who know how to work with it.
Meeting the continuing need for well-trained masons is the focus of the Southern California Cement Masons Apprenticeship Program, one of the oldest and most respected union training efforts nationwide. It includes seven training centers serving 300 active students throughout southern California. While much of what is taught has been used for generations, the instruction also reflects the latest advances and changes in the way concrete is handled. Apprentices are reminded that they are in a unique trade that is highly demanding.
"I am a graduate of this program from 30 years ago," said Jaime Barton, Business Manager for Cement Masons Local 500. "This is one of the best training programs you are going to find anywhere. We are seeing a lot of changes in the way we work with concrete. The whole program is designed to teach how to do it right and how to do it safe using the latest techniques."
Scott Brain, Business Manager for Cement Masons Local 600, said the commitment to adjusting the course material is a major benefit of the program. "This has been a very successful program because it changes as the construction industry changes. It is always evolving. That's why we are able to supply contractors with quality craftsmen."
Concrete Is Temperamental
"Concrete is a very temperamental material," said Armando Pena, a third-generation Cement Mason who serves as apprentice coordinator for two unions, Locals 500 and 600, and is on site for this visit to the Arcadia training center. "There is a lot to learn about concrete and it involves a unique skill. We tell the students, you don't get a second chance with concrete, you have to do it right the first time. You might have to work through lunch because that is the window of opportunity. That is why we have this program."
The four-year program charges no tuition and focuses on apprentice Cement Masons who are working full-time in the field for a participating contractor. Those selected agree to attend eight-hour classes held two Saturdays a month. Before completing the program and achieving journeyman status, participants must devote 650 hours to classroom training and 4,800 on-the-job-training hours. Those who satisfy the requirement receive certifications from the State of California and the U.S. Department of Labor.
In addition, the training center also hosts pre-apprentices who gain exposure to the Trade and may decide to become apprentices.
Changing with the Industry
The program is broken down into 13 sections, each addressing specific elements of masonry work and its hazards. After safety training, students learn proper equipment use, how to read construction plans and how to build a scaffold that conforms to code standards. Also covered is concrete repair, finishing techniques, form fitting and decorative concrete.
"About 80 percent of what they learn, they learn on the job," Pena said. He added that the focus on sustainability and efforts to reduce construction costs have had a significant impact on masonry work. For example, many large retailers are using polished-concrete floors, which are highly durable.
"It is very rewarding when you are working with a student and you see the light bulb come on," said Doug Palmer, instructor at the Arcadia school who has been a union member since 1976. "You are here with some good people who come here on their own time to try and better themselves. I enjoy being around that."
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اولیویا هاسی (اینگیلیسجه: Olivia Hussey) بریتانیالی اوْیونچو ۱۹۶۵–گۆنوموز ایللر آراسیندا سینما ساحه‌سینده چالیشیب.
1964 Drama 60–67 Mrs. Ken's daughter Episode: "Studio '64 – The Crunch"
1984 Murder, She Wrote Kitty Trumbull Episode: "Sing a Song of Murder"
1994 Lonesome Dove: The Series Olivia Jessup Episodes: "Where the Heart Is"
1997 Boy Meets World Aunt Prudence Curtis Episode: "A Long Walk To Pittsburgh (Part 2)"
1998 Pinky and the Brain Queen (Voice) "The Megalomaniacal Adventures of Brainie the Poo", "Melancholy Brain"
1999 Superman: The Animated Series Talia (Voice) Episode: "The Demon Reborn"
2000 Batman Beyond "Talia" (Voice) Episode: "Out of the Past"
اینگیلیسجه ویکی‌پدیاسی‌نین ایشلدنلری طرفیندن یارانمیش«Olivia Hussey»، مقاله‌سیندن گؤتورولوبدور.( ۲۱ دسامبر ۲۰۱۷ تاریخینده یوْخلانیلیبدیر).
قارداش پروژه‌لرده اولیویا هاسی گؤره داها آرتیق بیلگی‌لر تاپابیلرسینیز.


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India says fresh firing at Kashmir ceasefire line
Several mortar bombs were fired from Pakistani territory into India's part of Kashmir on Thursday, the Indian military said, two days after accusing Pakistan of violating a regional ceasefire. No one was hurt by the mortar and machine gun rounds fired into the Poonch district in the western part of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir, an Indian army officer said. "The firing lasted for a very brief period. We don't know who fired the rounds. We didn't retaliate and maintained complete restraint," he added. Full Story


In response to queries about the unique-to-Japan cars, the GC-21s (nos. 3 and 4, above) are spec-built. Underneath they are F3 chassis, carrying a 2.0-liter Toyota engine. The Mooncraft company, also known as MCS, reconfigures them into full-bodied center-seat, single-seat sports cars. There is a GC (Grand Champion) series in Japan, typically held as support events for various GT and Touring car series.
Oscars, such as #52, were originally built for a small Can-Am like formula of the 1990s. They are most noteworthy as regular competitors in the Suzuka 1000, long Japan's premier endurance race. However, that event reverted to the Super GT series this year and thus the Oscars lost one of their homes. The JLMC is a good haven for them.
Tomokuni Waki is one of the drivers in #52, below.
The No. 15 Oscar, designated RS.KK-LM is an exception. It was built for this series with a Honda S2000 motor. The key difference between the Oscars and GC-21s is that the latter were bred for sprints, the former for endurance racing.
Other Oscars house Toyota or Mazda engines. As to why some Oscars are in P1 and others in P2, consider this. At the beginning of the season the Zytek was the sole entrant in P1. A championship cannot be held with only one car. You can insert the reason why some are in P1 accordingly.
Culture notes: It is interesting to compare and contrast Japan with either North America or Europe on the one hand, and North America with Europe on the other. Certainly, there are vast differences between Europe and North America, not to mention between the European countries. However, there are common threads, many of which can be traced to the fact that most Americans trace their roots across the Atlantic. Now consider that all three of these regions, North Am., Japan, and Europe are more or less equally advanced technologically. One might then postulate that socially and culturally they are more or less the same—wrong. That is what is perhaps most fascinating about Japan. It is at least as, if not more so, advanced technically than the other two regions, but in many respects very, very different culturally.
First and foremost is the emphasis on order, formality, and responsibility. These are all traits the West had at one time but they are no longer pervasive. They are fundamental attributes here. An example of formality: train conductors step to the front of the coach, belt about greeting the passengers, bow, introduce themselves by name and then ask for your ticket, which you hand to his white-gloved hand. He does this within each coach on each run of the train and seems very proud of his job. If I had to do that for a week, I'd toss myself onto the tracks during the second week.
An example of your responsibility: were you to have the wrong ticket, no doubt you have passed on shame to your ancestors. One of the benefits of all this is that the Japanese rail system makes the German one seem to be lackadaisically Latin by comparison. If your watch says 21:52 when the 21:51 train pulls into the platform, it's time to get a new watch. The city buses have white cloth covers on the headrests. How long would those last in London or New York? Okayama is awash with thousands of bicycles. People park them in front of homes, offices, shops. Perhaps 3 of every 100 is chained to anything.
Along those lines, as I write the above I know that it is 10:35, not by my watch but by the fact that the 20 engines below me have fired in unison for the 60-minute drivers' qualifying period. Each of the assigned drivers must lap within a specified percentage in order to start. However, given the small fields for this series, these requirements have been waived before.
In nearly every case, the fast drivers have taken the early laps. However, we're not sure who that is as the screens are not showing names—in any language (not quite perfect then Janos. Ed.). The Zytek sets an early 1:22.581, followed by the Courage's 1:23.714. The P2 contest does seem to be the interesting one as now the Oscar-Honda is quickest at 1:29.007 over the No. 18 GC-21 of Shinsuke Yamazaki at 1:29.506. The Lamborghini continues to be the fastest GT car at 1:30.226, then one of the other GC-21 entries (No. 4) at 1:31.209. Only then comes the GT1 championship leading Ferrari at 1:31.976. Another GC-21 (No. 3) is at 1:32.633, then the Oscar-Mazda (No. 111) at 1:33.305. The GT2 title leading Porsche (No. 27) is at 1:33.323.
Right on schedule, the three-driver cars stop at the 20-minute mark and hand over to the second person. In nearly every case the times have not improved, the key exception being the fast car of all, the Zytek now at 1:22.015.
The two Mazda GT2 cars seem to be the only ones in trouble of making the cut. No. 7 is down around 1:46 and No. 8 is about two seconds slower than that. It is an improvement for the slowest car, but their session has been cut short with a mechanical black flag.
The principle reason for the difference between the Zytek and Courage times is the extra 100 kilos hauled by the French car. The Mugen powered machine is set for 2006 rules while the English constructor's car is at 2004 levels. The No. 16 team had asked for a dispensation but were refused.
There were also rumors here that the JLMC tried to entice Aston Martin to enter the final round but the Yen wasn't there.
There was a state of the series press conference given jointly by Eiji Uzushiri (president of Cox, the JLMC promoter), Taji Kobayashi (president of SERO, the JLMC organizer), Daishiro Hosoi, general manager of the Okayama circuit, Patrick Peter (on behalf of the CERJ historic series), and Daniel Poissenot (president of the ACO), although the last named did not say anything.
Peter waxed upon the excellent historic series and how it mirrors the similar one within the LMES and the Le Mans Historique. There are about a dozen historic cars here, including an old MG, a couple of 1960s 911s, a fast but not pristine 904, a Lotus Elan, and a quite nice Alfa Romeo TZ.
The 2007 schedule (detailed yesterday) was unveiled, with much fanfare about the expansion to Fuji. Mr. Uzushiri discussed how they hoped to have a dozen Prototypes and a dozen GT2 cars next year. I am expressing hope that Santa will leave me a 550 Maranello. There is hope that some Japanese entrants with new 997s will come aboard.
Far and away the most interesting aspect of the conference was the announcement about an entirely new car aimed for the new Le Mans coupe regulations. It is being developed by Tokai University and is under the direction of Professor Yoshimasa Hayashi. He was behind the 1980s Group C Nissans and had since left for an academic career and has decided to take on this task.
The qualifying for the grid is taking place under warm dappled skies. Unlike at the ALMS, the Prototypes go first here for their 20 minutes of fame. Quite contrasting strategies between what could be considered the four front-running teams, the No. 18 and No. 15 P2 cars, and the two "real" P1 cars. All but the new Oscar waited until the end of the session. Thus the No. 15 was on top with a 1:28.517 and then pitted to wait if they would have to go out again. Shinsuke Yamazaki was unable to better it when he went out so the GC-21 will start fourth. Quite straightforward ahead of them, as the Zytek and Courage will occupy the front row. The Lamborghini remained blindingly fast in GT1 although the gap between it and the Ferrari has narrowed. The No. 27 Porsche is several seconds clear of its nearest competitor, the No. 77 Proto Works 996 that is making its series debut here. Lots of praise for the crew of the No. 8 Mazda. It was largely in pieces when the Prototypes headed out but somehow they put it together in time to get a few laps of running during the GT session. By contrast, the No. 5 Porsche remained on its jack stand all afternoon.
The race tomorrow starts at 11:00, with a 30-minute warm-up at 08:00. Don't even think about me calculating time differences. The race will score 10 points for the class winners. There's something in the rules about the number of entrants determining half or full points. Sayonara till then.