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Hachimitsu to Kuroba
Title: Hachimitsu to Kuroba
HachiKuro
Honey and Clover
Honey Clover
2005, College, Comedy, Drama, Friendship, Josei, Modern, noitaminA, Romance, Slice of Life, TV
Animation - JC Staff
FUJIWARA Keiji
KAMIYA Hiroshi
KUDOU Haruka
Original Concept - Kodansha Manga Award Winner
SUGITA Tomokazu
TAKAHASHI Mikako
UEDA Yuuji
A group of college students happily share their small apartment together. While they struggle in poverty, they find joy in each others company and in the small things in life. But their precious and treasured world grows larger with the appearance of Hagumi (a young blonde girl with incredible talent as sculptor), and expands again by the importance of Rika (a widowed architectural designer). And slowly the world they hold so dear begins to change.
[TV series, 2005, 24 episodes + 2 specials, 23 min; based on the manga of the same title.]
There are also Hachimitsu to Kuroba Specials and a (2nd season) sequel Hachimitsu to Kuroba II. A live-action movie was released last summer and can now be ordered on DVD from Japan. An 11-episode live-action TV series was recently completed in Japan (ending in the first quarter of 2008).
Buy 4 8 8 10 8 9 9 Silence [series:1044#2939]
Hachimitsu to Kuroba Honey and Clover is a really special anime, showing how people deal with rejection in love, yet find the strength to continue their love.
There isn't a strong overarching plot, just the daily lives of 5 college students and their teacher. Yet, through the simple exchanges in their lives, subtle yet strong feelings are brought through to the audience. From early on, the strong comedic aspect introduces us to the characters, and allows us to feel for them. Later on, when we learn of their personal struggles, we can empathize them even more. In here lies the strength of this series.
Each principle character is plausible and likable. As I see them change and grow, I cannot help but to root for them in their rough times, and cry alongside them. However, emotional parts are at times spoiled by untimely humor, and I cannot help but feel that this series could have delivered more impact, and mercilessly crushed with its emotional hammer. However, it stopped short, and let this series remain bittersweet. Even so, I gave up this series halfway on my first try due to the angst. But I returned and rewatched the entire series, with no regrets. In the end, there is no real resolution, which leaves me very hungry for more, but the ending is very legitimate in my opinion.
Music wise, the opening song and the second ending song are not spectacular, but I loved the first ending theme, and the bgm is nice too.
Overall, this is a true gem in animation, providing an exceptional ride emotionally.
Last updated Monday, April 12 2010. Created Tuesday, March 30 2010.
Buy 4 9 9 8 8 9 9 Dreamer [series:1044#2279]
Hachimitsu to Kuroba Wow! This is one of those feel-good animes. I'd have to say it's one of my fav of all time.
Art, Animation and Character Design
The art and animation is somewhat unusual. Not in the sense that it's out of wack or oddly drawn but the whole anime seems to have a "dreamy" feel to it. The art is "almost" washed out or hazy at times. In fact, as Ggultra2724 mentioned below, the art is pastel-like; and with that the whole anime is presented as one whole art piece in motion. It's fitting since our character's lives are protrayed in an art school of sort. Character designs were not that much different than your average anime.
The OP was nothing interesting however, the animated sequence was..... different. It was interesting to say the least. Throughout the anime, there's a background song that plays (especially in episode 6), that's softly done and quite nice. It's the type of song you would play softly as someone is recanting their memorable past... conjuring up good times. Then there were other ones that just caught my interest and then I knew I had to pick up the OST.
Series and Episode Story
To tell you the truth, there's really nothing to this story. There's no grand plot, no spectacular battles, no breathtaking romance, no climatic endings. Nope, none of that. However, what you will find is a simple story about a group of college kids trying to live day to day and learning of theirs hopes, their dreams, heartbreaks or victories, and most of all, honest to goodness heartwarming friendships. With that said, you're thrown into the lives of 6 characters and how they handle their existence called life. There's also plenty of laughter via Morita.... especially in the first episode where he's dead asleep and Takemoto is frantically trying to shake him awake.... lol. Episodes 21 through the end, had really touched me personally. Takemoto ends up going on a bike ride that takes him to the end of japan.... looking out to sea and all this in search of one-self. It was purely on a whim... hopping on a bike and going and going without a thought of where. It was a journey in search of oneself, soul searching.... something that I myself had once done.
Overall, this one is well worth the buy. In the end, I felt all nice and warm inside and just got an overall good feel.
Last updated Friday, February 20 2009. Created Friday, February 20 2009.
Buy 4 8 8 8 7 8 8 Ggultra2764 [series:1044#1552]
Hachimitsu to Kuroba Honey and Clover was a different series for me to take in the first time I seen it. It was the first josei anime series I seen with a focus on young adults compared to the pressures of high school I seen through shoujo titles like Fruits Basket and Kareshi Kanojo no Jijoo. This series mixes around comedy and drama as it explores the lives of art school students making decisions about their futures and dealing with their love lives over a three-year period in this 24-episode TV series. Even though six characters make up the main cast of this series, we only get to look into the heads of three of the main cast members to know their thoughts which include Mayama, Takemoto, and Ayu. Even with these perspectives, we still a good look into the quirks of each of the other personalities of the characters we see. Morita provides much of the laughs of the series with his quirky personality, but even he has a serious side that is explored through his interactions with Hagu. Unfortunately, we don't know much of just who Morita is like what he is doing with his brother Kaoru or his thoughts regarding Hagu.
I also had some issues with Ayu's character. She grated on my nerves at some points as the series progressed as she continually whined over her unrequited love for Mayama. The series spans a three year period and I found it rather unbelievable that she couldn't move on from Mayama as the series progressed, even by the end of the series.
Honey and Clover's artwork had a soft, pastel feel that was uncommon with other 2005 anime titles that I seen. It goes along well with the delicate mood of the series. The music to the series mostly considered of standard J-pop songs and were even used as insert music in many episodes of the series. The insert music felt rather intrusive to the episodes at a number of times for me as their mellow lyrics didn't flow well with the tense scenes taking place with the characters.
Honey and Clover's comedy and character drama brought me into enjoying the series. Its watercolor animation and josei genre stood out for me when I first seen the series and it is still memorable for me since it led me to enjoy later josei titles like Nodame Cantabile and Nana.
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Hachimitsu to Kuroba [Score: 77% = Rent (but the sequel is a Buy). Other recommended non-Fantasy Romance Drama animes: Koi Kaze, Lamune, Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora, Suzuka, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien]
Drama: Med (serious issues but no bitter conflicts)
Comedy: Low/Med (many smiles, few LOLs despite Morita being pure slapstick)
Action: None/Low (a few chasing scenes)
SciFi: None (plain old earth, normal people)
Ecchi: None/Low (about one pantsu/breast joke every three episodes)
The visual effects are something to get used to, with those "living food" 3D animation gimmicks during the absolutely unnerving OP song with its extremely childish vocals (I hate this OP sequence, the first ED song is okay but the second one from episode 13 on is a bit too "hip" for my taste) and lots of SD faces during the conversations; then again, those realistic faces are easy to tell apart and allow for a large number of characters without neon-colored hair.
Hagu-chan is rather moé than kawaii, actually a shy genius brat and as such IMHO not the most likely candidate for forming a competition. And Morito is so absolutely bipolar that he frequently kills the serious mood of the show with his slapstick interludes. All other characters are likable (this show was aired in a "women's anime" slot in Japan after all) and have enough depth to be interesting, and their relations are growing over time.
With unrequited love and the insecurities of growing up being core themes the tone of the narration is much more serious than in School Rumble, yet certain slapstick elements are always there. I have seen anime series telling similar stories such as Aishiteru Ze Baby or Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto both of which go without that silly overhead and consequently are more to my liking. The ending (with a sudden twist putting one character of this group of friends into the focus of events) is a bit of a non-ending but suitable for this show, given that a sequel has been released as well.
This show had a lot of substance (if you like slow slice-of-life series)... it's just that I dislike certain parts of the presentation. But the serious mood of the narration is great and most of the characters feel real... with a bit less slapstick or some music that's more to my liking this grown-up version of Boys Be would have been a sure "Buy" candidate.
Last updated Friday, June 06 2008. Created Friday, April 18 2008.
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There are times when I start an anime and find myself not all that gripped by it for a few episodes. However, because I want to give proper reviews, I almost always press on to watch the whole series. This is such a title that starts off as an odd comedy title. Unlike other titles I've liked that started off slow, this title grew on me so subtly that by the time I realized it, I was already hooked.
The series takes 24 episodes to cover a few years of time. So at the beginning, the core-group of student characters are all college students attending the same art college and at the end, some are in their adult lives, some are nearing the end of their college life, and one apparently plans to never leave school (Morita). The core six characters (Mayama, Morita, Takemoto, Ayu, Hagu-chan, and Hanamoto-sensei) have their lives explored as well as their friendship with each other. Of the group, the odd Morita is the only one who really doesn't have any moments of self reflection where his character's thoughts are shown the the audience. While he has important serious parts to play, he often plays the comedic role, which may account for his lacking self-reflection moments with the audience. Hagu-chan doesn't get many either now that I think about it. So the show focuses most on Takemoto, Mayama, and Ayu.
The show does two things, and does them well. On one hand, we have a look at life as students go through college, prepare for the future, and take on their new lives as productive members of society. Through this, we see their relationships with each other. For example, Ayu is in love with Mayama and has been for some time. He loves her, but not romantically since that is reserved for Rika-san, a woman in his career field whom he worked for as an assistant. Rika-san uses Mayama (in a way that doesn't seem evil) but doesn't allow herself to fall for him. Ayu is pursued by the single men from the shopping district where her family owns a liquor store, but she's blind to their feelings. Takemoto falls in love with the tiny Hagu-chan. In his own weird way, so does Morita. At first, Hagu-chan seems mostly attached (in a non-romantic way) to her guardian Hanamoto-sensei, but that changes as she starts considering romantic possibilities with Takemoto or Morita.
But its not all angst, self-reflection, or some other serious stuff. As the audience grows attached to the characters, the humor of the show comes out. At times, I was literally laughing out loud and some of the stuff and antics going on. Because I didn't know and love the characters in the beginning, I didn't find the humor back then funny. I do plan to go back and rewatch the early episodes to see if those moments strike me as better this time.
One of the things that took me by surprise was the passage of time and subtle changes in some of the characters as they grew older (in looks, but also in character). This adds to the sense of realism in the anime. I could believe this group of characters could be real people dealing with the issues people that age deal with.
A quick note on the art -- it is done in a soft, pastel style that is at times (as Stretch mentioned) like watercolors. Its not a favorite style of mine, but for this show, it works rather well.
Bottom line: This is my first josei title that I'm aware of, and the experience was a good one. Likable characters, good character development, and good, well-written stories let me understand why the show (and manga) is so popular in Japan, to the point that they have released a live-action film in mid 2006. As such, I rate this a buy.
Last updated Monday, January 08 2007. Created Tuesday, August 01 2006.
Rent 4 Stretch [series:1044#628]
Hachimitsu to Kuroba How's a person to explain a series in which the characters seem to spend a lot of their time talking about unexceptional things, yet somehow become endearing people you can identify with? While watching episode 1, the thought which popped into my head was "Ah, this show knows how to be funny!". I like the silly antics of the odd characters (especially Morita). This show knows how to be dramatic, too; romance, with it's ups and downs, is depicted in a more realistic manner than the usual high school series, but not in an overly angsty way, and I like the balance between the two extremes. One problem is that it's hard to take "Hagu-chan" seriously as an 18-year old love interest when she looks and frequently acts like she's about half that age. I find it interesting that other than Ueda Yuuji (Morita) the principal VAs of this series only have a handful of roles to their credit in other series, and Kudou Haruka (Hagu-chan) isn't listed anywhere else in our notables database. That would go along with my impression that Honey & Clover is a neat series that hasn't gotten the attention it deserves (not in the US, that is). Artwork often seems to have been done with watercolors, and I like the way colors tend to be carefully chosen to "go" with each other in a pleasing manner. I thought the OP song is a lot of fun--I'm glad it was retained for the second half of the series while the ED song was changed. More later...
Last updated Friday, June 30 2006. Created Tuesday, December 13 2005.
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Hachimitsu to Kuroba Unlike some other manga turned anime, I'm afraid this series does not add that much to the manga series, still unfinished after 6 books. Yet, the anime series retains all the key points from the manga and helps to understand it better. The main character is Takemoto, and this series is about him maturing. The only problem in this series is that the female characters are less realistic and less developed compared to male characters. Yamada's continued infatuation with Mayama and her fighting prowess seems very cliched and Hagumi's physical immaturity is over exaggerated. Off course, the most weirdest of them all is Morita whose antics borders on insanity. The anime episode 1 to 5 mainly deals with first two books and the power of this manga series intensifies from the third book, so I recommend you all to have patience with it. It is a series that doesn't seem much at beginning, yet slowly grows in you, and after a while makes you review the early episodes.
Last updated Friday, May 20 2005. Created Friday, May 20 2005.
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Human — Leopard Conflict; Lessons from Junnar, Maharashtra
Vidya Athreya
A captured leopard ready for relocation
Leopards are adaptable predators, adept at living close to humans as long as food and cover are available. Translocating them to nearby forested areas only increases the chances of attacks on people near the release sites, as seen in this study.
In many parts of India, leopards live in close proximity to human habitations with surprisingly low levels of conflict. They are capable of living and breeding even in degraded forests, plantations and croplands, and manage to survive on a variety of small wild prey, domestic dogs, livestock and feral animals. Rural folk in many of these areas are often remarkably tolerant to the presence of these wild and potentially dangerous predators; but the threat to human lives even if rare is real. Between 1999 and 2005, 201 deaths and 902 human injuries due to leopard attacks were reported from Maharashtra alone. Unfortunately, in the absence of a clear cut, science-driven policy to tackle such incidents, Forest Departments throughout the country often resort to capturing leopards from human dominated conflict areas and releasing them in the nearest forest. Now, a scientific study by Vidya Athreya and others reveals that this 'cure' may be worse than the disease. Here are some important insights gleaned from their study.
In Maharashtra's Junnar region, agricultural landscapes with a human density of 185 people/sq.km. have been known to harbour leopards. The region is devoid of wild ungulates, but domestic animals present include cattle, water buffalo, goats, fowl, dogs and cats, as well as feral pigs and dogs. In an 8-year period from 1993 to 2001, 33 attacks by leopards on people were recorded, averaging about 4 attacks a year.
In the year starting February 2001, a program of translocating leopards began with a view to mitigating the conflict. Initially 29 leopards were captured from human dominated landscapes and released in the only natural forests in the region – the slopes of the adjoining Western Ghats, particularly, Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, which, at about 131 sq.km., has the greatest area of natural forest in the region, and Malshej Ghat, which is a small forested patch of about 30 sq km that lies at the junction of Junnar and Ahmednagar forest divisions. These sites are accessible by road and are less densely populated by people, which makes them preferred release sites for leopards trapped elsewhere. More leopards were captured from other districts and also released here.
The study by Athreya and her colleagues reveals that the translocation resulted in an increase in leopard attacks on people in the vicinity of the release sites. In the three year translocation period from 2001 to 2003, leopard attacks rose to 17 per year (from an average of 4 per year for the 8-year period before translocation began), a whopping 325% increase. Attacks on livestock too went up substantially. In the period between February 2000 to January 2001, before translocation began, there were 106 attacks on livestock. During the 3 years of the translocation programme the average number of attacks on livestock went up to 166 per year.
The study showed that leopards had lived in densely populated areas in Junnar with relatively few attacks on people until translocations began. Further indication that translocation did result in human attacks came from information from microchipped leopards. When some of the Junnar leopards were translocated over 200 km away, to Yaval and Radhanagari wildlife sanctuaries, people were attacked near both sanctuaries by the translocated leopards, which could be identified by the microchips. Although wild leopards occurred near the release sites, no attacks on people were reported in these areas before the release of the translocated leopards. In Kenya too it has been reported that attacks on people by translocated leopards occurred near leopard release sites.
In the present study it was seen that attack frequency increased in Junnar following nearby releases of leopards and decreased when leopards were removed for releases far away; that attacks became more lethal when the number of leopards introduced from other districts increased; and that attacks were most likely to occur in the regions where the largest number of leopards had been introduced from other areas.
Translocation has been used worldwide to manage carnivore species that are potentially dangerous to humans. However, recent reviews suggest that it can have undesirable effects. Most post-translocation studies have made several inferences:
Translocated individuals may return to the area from which they were captured within a relatively short time.
Carnivores such as leopards are territorial. Those translocated to a forest that already harbours resident territorial individuals, tend to exit the area and move into human dominated landscapes where they again get into conflict.
Removal of problem animals does not necessarily decrease the incidence of conflict at the site of removal in the long term since the territores thus vacated are filled by transient leopards.
Translocating problem leopards to other regions may simply transfer the conflict to the release site.
Translocation procedures may trigger behavioural changes – including inreased aggression due to stress – since they involve capture and close interaction with humans during days or weeks in captivity, and may lead to loss of fear of humans. All these factors, many which we do not yet fully understand, perhaps led to the substantial increase in attacks on humans (by 325%) in Junnar following the large scale translocation programme.
So what are the alternatives for dealing with leopards living where we do not expect them to be?
Leopards are adaptable predators, adept at living close to humans as long as food and cover are available. In many rural areas it may be impossible and – some may argue – unnecessary to try and eliminate them entirely, since leopards have been living in human landscapes with minimum attacks on people. Translocating them to nearby forested areas only increases the chances of attacks on people near the release sites, as seen in this study. Therefore the study suggests that in chronic, low-intensity conflict areas, it is important that the existing tolerance is maintained by:
Improving techniques to protect livestock: Leopards are very versatile and can get through even a small opening in a livestock pen. If livestock owners are made aware of this and provided with practical and relatively inexpensive 'leopard proof' designs for livestock pens and sheds, it could reduce their losses.
Lowering the number of feral animals in areas with a high potential for conflict: If farmers protect their livestock, their own losses will decrease. But around towns and villages where there is a lot of filth, feral dogs and pigs thrive, attracting leopards to these very high density human congregations. This creates a situation with a very high potential for conflict. In such areas, it is important that we reduce organic filth so that feral dog and pig populations decrease, thereby decreasing the attractiveness of the area for leopards.
A robust and timely compensation/insurance scheme administered by the local community.
Finally, is there a practical alternative to translocation?
The two other options the authors mention are:
Lethal control (ie., put down/euthanize the problem animal
Permanent captivity
However even these are not as simple and straightforward as they may sound. Indian legislation makes lethal control virtually impossible in conflict situations (lethal control has been banned since 1972). Further, lethal control may not reduce the density of a carnivore in an area because, as mentioned earlier, transient individuals may immediately occupy the vacated territories.
As for permanent captivity, maintaining animals caught in the wild in perpetuity creates economic, logistical, and animal-welfare problems in addition to the vacant areas being filled up by the transients.
In a personal communication, lead author Vidya Athreya says "what we now know is that these animals avoid people and are not inclined to attack them. Therefore the focus should be on reducing the chances of people and these 'rural area leopards' from physically bumping into each other. This would be possible if we decreased the attractiveness of a human dominated landscape to wild carnivores like leopards, hyaenas and wolves by reducing food and prey availability (poultry waste, feral pigs and dogs). Ultimately it is in our hands to keep our villages and towns clean so that feral animal populations are not supported by our garbage. This will decrease the incursion of wild carnivores like leopards into village and town in search of prey".
Original source for this article: Translocation as a Tool for Mitigating Conflict with Leopards in Human-Dominated Landscapes of India by Vidya Athreya, Morten Odden, John D. C. Linnell and K. Ullas Karanth. Conservation Biology, 2010.
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Vidya is an ecologist working for the last 8 years on interactions between a large cat (the leopard) and humans when they share the same space. She is interested in understanding the drivers of man-animal conflict in the backdrop of the socio-cultural ethos in India which inspires tolerance for other life forms.
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vivagarwal
How about non-lethal low voltage electric barriers around livestock enclosures as deterrent? Or, gun-shot sounds played over a loudspeaker every other week on a given night around the village with permission and intimation of local prefects? In areas, where defense shooting ranges exist, animals are scarcely spotted in the immediate vicinity.
Comments from the author, Vidya Athreya:
1. A high chain link fence or even a thorny bush barrier, which completely surrounds the livestock (like an African Boma) is very effective; so you don't need electric fences. Beside rural areas have no electricity most of the time to charge the batteries that run safe, non-lethal electric fences.
2. The main food for leopards in human-dominated landscapes are domestic and feral dogs, which they prey on near houses. So the actual conflict (in terms of losses to the farmers) is very low because not many livestock are preyed upon (because they are usually well protected). However farmers generally tend to take protective measures only after a loss has been suffered. So they need to be encouraged to take proactive measures to protect their livestock. If good livestock protection shed designs are given (that are designed with local material) that would help them further. Ideally, the shed should be sturdy, and completely enclosed even from above.
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When you're searching binging for how to add or remove websites to/from IE's security zones you'll find tons of samples all showing how to achieve this by creating and deleting registry keys. While doing so will probably work just fine in most scenarios, there is no guarantee that it always will. As the MSDN document About URL Security Zones states, "you should not directly manipulate the registry because information stored in the registry might not always be stored in the same location", which is another way of saying that these keys may or may not change in future versions of Windows (or even IE). So what are you supposed to do instead?
A bare minimum IDL file must contain the definitions for the interfaces IInternetSecurityMgrSite and IInternetSecurityManager as well as the aforementioned library statement. I've attached the file urlmon.idl to this post as an example which is basically an extremely stripped-down version of the urlmon.idl that ships with the Windows SDK. Once you have the IDL file, generating the type library and interop assembly is simply a matter of running MIDL and tlbimp.
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TlbImp : warning TI0000 : At least one of the arguments for 'IInternetSecurityManager.QueryCustomPolicy' cannot be marshaled by the runtime marshaler. Such arguments will therefore be passed as a pointer and may require unsafe code to manipulate.
TlbImp : warning TI0000 : At least one of the arguments for 'IInternetSecurityMgrSite.GetWindow' cannot be marshaled by the runtime marshaler. Such arguments will therefore be passed as a pointer and may require unsafe code to manipulate.
Now we have everything we need to instantiate an Internet Security Manager and call SetZoneMapping(), the method that lets us add/remove sites to/from security zones.
As I mentioned, SetZoneMapping() is used for both adding and removing sites. However, since we need to know the zone a site is currently in when removing it we need to call MapUrlToZone() first in order to determine the current zone.
Finally, please read Adding Sites to the Enhanced Security Configuration Zones for some general hints on dealing with the Trusted zone as well as what flag you need to set for adding a site to the Trusted zone when Enhanced Security Configuration is turned on.


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Dvon is an Atlanta based singer-songwriter. A self trained keyboardist and producer, Dvon delivers his own unique style of soul driven pop/rock reminiscent of artists like Prince and Lenny Kravitz on tracks like "Feels Like A Rollercoaster" and "Let's Make It All About You".
"All This Love" and "Your Body Warm" showcase the R&B side of Dvon's abilities while "I Will Show You Love" boasts late 70's/early 80's pop/disco influences that have helped him to surpass 400,000 online streams and 5000+ downloads.
In 1999, Dvon joined Pisces Kiss, a local pop/rock/cover band and performed local gigs with the lead singer Karsten Durand. After the band's break-up, Dvon continued to write and record with Karsten and featured his vocals on the gospel inspired "Waiting" and the upbeat retro pop song "It's Gonna Get Better"; a track recorded for the 'It Get's Better' campaign to prevent suicide among LGBT youth.
Dvon's heart felt message of social equality also inspired tracks like "Not Like The Other Girls", "End Of Days" and the protest song "Invisible Man". He continues to write and record with local musicians and is currently working on his sixth music video project.


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QUT creates earthquake sensor system for buildings
SHM systems part of a smart city future.
By Peter Gutierrez on Dec 7 2015 9:08AM
QUT's Science & Engineering Centre
Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have developed an advanced structural health monitoring (SHM) system and have embedded it into one of their campus buildings.
The sensor system has so far been able to successfully detect two earthquakes that struck the Queensland coast off Fraser Island, with magnitudes of 5.3 and 5.4.
QUT's Science and Engineering Centre (P Block) joins the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Brisbane's Story Bridge in possessing an SHM system.
P Block is equipped with multiple nodes of vibration sensors embedded throughout the building, relaying information back to a base station via Ethernet cables.
The SHM system also includes a structural strain/stress monitoring system and a sub-surface monitoring system in the basement.
Two main software packages perform data acquisition and data analysis, respectively.
The research is being spearheaded by Professor Tommy Chan, Professor of Civil Engineering at QUT. He has recently received a $360,000 grant from the Australian Research Council to further his research into transforming traditional civil structures into 'smart' structures.
The aim is that these smart structures can accurately identify current and future structural deterioration conditions, and automatically notify the infrastructure management for timely maintenance.
Professor Chan told IoT Hub that the implementation of the SHM system in P Block is part of a wider initiative for the building to become a world-leading centre for the development of STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) disciplines.
"We wanted to provide a dynamic hub of hands-on scientific exploration for QUT students and the wider public," he said.
"We wanted the building to be smart in every aspect, not just in design and construction, but also in terms of long-term operation and life-cycle management of this important infrastructure system."
Chan said that he's been able to use the building as a "living laboratory", allowing researchers to test different SHM methods.
"We also monitor the performance of the structure and use the information for students to understand the structural behaviour of the building," he said.
Chan believes that cities must become smarter if they are to become more sustainable and beneficial to society.
"With SHM technology, we as civil engineers can create smart buildings, smart bridges and then smart cities in terms of infrastructure operation and management," he explained.
He believes there are multiple benefits from implementing SHM systems into structures, including:
More efficient use of maintenance budgets
Increased availability of service to users (for example, reducing certainty to increase load carrying capacity)
Reduction of risk and uncertainty, and increase of safety and quality
Early detection of construction defects
Detecting damage that cannot be identified by visual inspection
Extension of structure lifetimes
Improved planning, leading to cheaper, safer and more durable structures
Chan has high hopes that SHM technology can advance the way infrastructure systems are operated and managed.
He is also hopeful that more Australian cities adopt SHM systems, in the same way cities overseas have already done so.
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Often asked: How Has Technology Improved Our Lives?
1 What are the positive effects of technology?
2 How has technology made our lives easier?
3 What are 5 advantages of technology?
4 What are the positive and negative effects of new technology?
5 Does technology improve or control our lives?
6 What is the most impactful piece of technology in our lives?
7 Why is technology so important?
8 What is the importance of technology?
9 Is technology harmful or helpful?
10 What are the positive and negative effects of gadgets?
11 How has technology improved health care?
12 How does technology affects the human person?
What are the positive effects of technology?
These are just a few of the ways in which technology may positively affect our physical and mental health:
health apps to track chronic illnesses and communicate vital information to doctors.
health apps that help you track diet, exercise, and mental health information.
How has technology made our lives easier?
But today, technology has made it easier for us. Thanks to innovations, you won't need to wait for weeks to send a message to someone. You can just send your message via messaging apps and wait for seconds for it to be delivered. Sending important files is much easier because of the technology.
What are 5 advantages of technology?
Here are some advantages of technology in our lives:
Ease of Access to Information.
Saves Time.
Ease of Mobility.
Better Communication Means.
Cost Efficiency.
Innovation In Many Fields.
Improved Banking.
Better Learning Techniques.
What are the positive and negative effects of new technology?
The positive and negative effects of technology on children
Here are a few positive and negative effects technology can have on children to consider:
Positive:
Enhances Learning.
Fosters Problem-Solving Skills.
Develops Future Technological Leaders.
Negative:
Diminishes Relationships and Social Skills.
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Does technology improve or control our lives?
Technology Has Made Our Lives Far Easier And Better Through Better Communication. The role of technology has successfully made the communication aspect much easier and better for us humans. The user experience and interface have drastically improved with the upcoming modern age technology.
What is the most impactful piece of technology in our lives?
What is the most impactful piece of technology in our lives? In my point of view, the Internet is the most important technological advance of our time It gives us so many new opportunities to discover anything we want about our world!
Why is technology so important?
Technology affects the way individuals communicate, learn, and think. It helps society and determines how people interact with each other on a daily basis. Technology plays an important role in society today. It has positive and negative effects on the world and it impacts daily lives.
What is the importance of technology?
The development of new technologies helps to save lives; it improves work and makes the world better. In reality, technology has played a very important role in how we live in the world today and how we communicate in the atmosphere with everything around us. Impact of technology is higher than that we expected.
Is technology harmful or helpful?
The use of technology has made everyday life more convenient for everyone. Unfortunately, as a result, it has led to trouble sleeping, created unnecessary stress for its users and has increased laziness. It would appear that technology is just as harmful as it is helpful.
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What are the positive and negative effects of gadgets?
Positive Effects of Utilizing Modern Gadgets
They make us more efficient.
They can make it possible to stay connected all the time.
They can increase our productivity levels by saving time.
They can help in saving space.
They are an excellent source of entertainment and fun.
How has technology improved health care?
A number of industry analysts have observed that increased accessibility of treatment is one of the most tangible ways that technology has changed healthcare. Health IT opens up many more avenues of exploration and research, which allows experts to make healthcare more driven and effective than it has ever been.
How does technology affects the human person?
Increased isolation, reduced social interaction and social skills, and increased human -to-machine interactions are all a result of an overuse of technology, which has created a wall between many people globally.
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How Technology Affects Relationships?
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The Government of Jersey has stated its position concerning 'initial coin offerings' (ICOs). ICOs are a digital way of raising funds from the public by using distributed ledger or blockchain technology.
The Government supports the view that ICOs conducted through Jersey legal entities should only be open to companies and legal entities that are incorporated or registered and administered through the regulated financial services sector in Jersey.
Participants in ICOs are normally issued with digital tokens (coins) linked to a specific business or project. Participants will typically obtain the coins by transferring a certain amount of cryptocurrency to a blockchain-generated address supplied by those organising the ICO campaign. The coins may represent a share in a business or project, a right to use a particular piece of technology in the future or, in some cases, offer no explicit rights or discernible value at all.
The Government is committed to creating a modern digital economy in which innovation in the financial services and digital sectors can flourish. The Government is of the view that this approach to ICOs, by applying regulatory requirements (including anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism requirements) to the regulated institution, strikes the appropriate balance between encouraging innovation in fintech and managing the risk of emerging technology.
Implementation of the policy will be achieved by applying current legislation and the Jersey Financial Services Commission's Sound Business Practice Policy, which enables the Companies Registry to either add conditions to incorporation or registration of Jersey companies and legal entities or to simply not accept the application.
However, the Government will continue to examine the developments of regulatory regimes in this area to ensure that Jersey is best placed to take advantage of fintech opportunities.
In 2015, the Government and the Jersey Financial Services Commission consulted with the industry to introduce an appropriate and proportionate regulatory regime for virtual currency exchange. It was accepted when this policy was introduced that, while the policy demonstrated Jersey's commitment to encouraging confidence and innovation in fintech, it was a stepping stone along the path of evolution for virtual currencies. It was also recognised that the innovative potential of distributed ledger and blockchain technology was significant in the development of fintech globally.
Jersey, along with other jurisdictions worldwide, continues to observe the rapid development of ICOs and associated developments in the area of virtual currency systems. The Government acknowledges that distributed ledger systems, including ICOs, can be significant building blocks of a modern digital economy, and the introduction of an appropriate and proportionate regulatory regime may encourage innovation. However, there are equally inherent regulatory risks where the development of new innovative technology concepts is concerned. In this regard, the Government, in line with others in the international community, continues to examine how to appropriately cover new concepts, such as ICOs, in the regulatory regime.
On 30 November 2017, the Jersey Financial Services Commission issued an investor warning in relation to ICOs as part of its statutory duty in seeking to reduce the risk of financial loss to the investing public. The warning was issued to highlight the risks involved for retail investors participating in ICOs. Equally, that warning noted that, depending on the form of the offer, ICO activity in Jersey may already be regulated in Jersey.


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Mawson Resources (TSX: MAW) President Dr. Nick Cook & CEO Michael Hudson on the New Gold-Cobalt Discovery in Rumajärvi, Finland
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Gerardo Del Real: This is Gerardo Del Real with Resource Stock Digest. Joining me today, and I'm actually happy and honored to have him on, is the President of Mawson Resources (TSX: MAW)(OTC: MWSNF), Dr. Nick Cook, and of course, the Chairman, CEO and Director, Mr. Michael Hudson, all the way from Finland. Gentleman, good morning to you.
Nick Cook: Good morning.
Michael Hudson: Good morning, Gerardo. Am I chopped liver now? Am I?
Gerardo Del Real: Well you're going to have to take a backseat to Dr. Nick Cook today because I don't get a chance to chat with him often. It comes on a day that I think is perfect for this interview. Mawson just announced a new gold-cobalt discovery in Finland, you happen to be there.
I want to talk about assays and the new discovery, but before I get to that I want to provide a bit of color, and I'd love if Mr. Cook could provide it for us. The last time you and I spoke, Mike, I talked about the fact that the news release sounded like the team was a lot more confident about the handles of the system and where it was going and, obviously, I don't think it's a coincidence that just one release later, we have a new gold-cobalt discovery with 23 holes, I believe, with full assays remaining to be reported.
Nick, could you do us a favor and explain the nature of the system that you have, the scale of it and where the focus is now? And then, Mike, we can definitely talk about the assays.
Nick Cook: Okay sure. People will probably know that we have three main resource areas that we've been working on. But in order to show the scale of the project, we also wanted to go outside those where we had some encouraging signs. While we were considering where we were going and how it was all working, we put some of our drill efforts across into the southwest corner of the project area where we had some hints in the past. We were happy to come up with reported intersections such as was released today, the PAL0182 hole at a place called Rumajarvi. That was 7.4 meters at 4.4 grams of gold equivalent.
And so we're very encouraged by that, and you mentioned the other 23 holes remain to be reported. We've reported that we've seen visible gold in some of those, so we're keen to see the assays come back from the lab and are looking forward to reporting on those soon, too.
Gerardo Del Real: Excellent. You mentioned the 7.4 meters of 4.4 grams per ton gold equivalent. I think it's important to note that that starts from a relatively shallow area. It starts I believe at what? 86 meters or so?
Nick Cook: Yeah, that's right. So relatively shallow, and also you'll see in that press release there was one from the surface. So the good thing about that is once we get onto these systems and now we believe we understand their controls, we'll be able to work them up and especially move out to the northwest.
We're actually almost already looking forward to next winter and preparing drill sites to continue testing this material out to the northwest. Readers and listeners will know that it takes a while to build these systems, and we'll certainly be keen to work on that next season, and we'll be following it up with some ground geophysics to see how far we can see it with that.
Gerardo Del Real: This new gold-cobalt discovery, this new zone, where is it relative to the current resource that's in place?
Nick Cook: Okay, so the main resource was at Raja. And it's across 700 meters to the west of the Raja prospect and about 1.1 kilometers to the south of the Palokas prospects. And it sits in a corridor that we knew about and so we were keen to go and spend some of, maybe 20% of, our time looking outside the current resource areas to see what new areas we could discover and provide some extra targets and extra tonnes for next year's work.
Gerardo Del Real: I'm always fascinated by the discovery process, and I understand that this new corridor has 6 modelled geophysical conductors and frankly, there's only been 4 drill holes, according to the release, that have tested these conductors out.
Now I understand that the way that you got to this is initially with the boulders, then the geophysical surveys and of course the scout drilling. Can we talk about that process a bit and kind of what's next and what you do to follow all this up testing those corridors there?
Nick Cook: Sure. Well one of the most exciting things, I suppose, about this area is it's actually the biggest boulder field of the lot. So there are lots of boulders there giving the idea that there's lots of material being eroded away by the glacier, so there's certainly more to find. Having gone in and found these conductive areas, we know that those conductors are nearly always associated with gold and then it's a matter or working up from there and looking carefully at those conductors.
So in this case, we did the ground geophysics and that showed that these conductors were there. You'll see from our other drilling at Palokas and Raja prospects that once you understand where in those plates the gold sits, you can follow them out with some success.
Gerardo Del Real: Excellent. As far as true thickness, do you have a handle on that on today's assays?
Nick Cook: This is a little harder to answer because some of these things are vein-like. It will be close to true thickness is the key. But we'll be working on following them up, and we will know more about that.
So far every time we drill away from the surface and go down, the grades certainly don't decrease. So we're encouraged by what we've got to date, and we're certainly encouraged that we will find more in the future.
Gerardo Del Real: Excellent. When we talk about this new discovery, and we talk about boulder fields, we're not talking five or six. I understand there's a total of 55 boulders and outcrops with greater than 0.1 grams per ton gold. Is that accurate?
Nick Cook: Yeah, that's right. That's right. It's certainly the biggest boulder field that we've got and given that our resources don't come from here, I suppose I find that encouraging as a geologist that it gives plenty of upside potential.
Gerardo Del Real: Excellent. You have an excellent partner, you're cashed up, you have 23 holes remaining. What's next?
Nick Cook: We've seen some visible gold in some of the material that's yet to be reported. As you mentioned earlier on, we've actually got fairly clear idea of the really quite linear control on some of the mineralization. And the good thing about that is I'm encouraged that usually where we see gold in the drill core, we come back with good numbers. So let's hope that trend continues. I'm actually looking forward to writing the next couple of press releases, because I've got quite a lot of faith in them.
Gerardo Del Real: Well I'm looking forward to having you and Mike back on for those. Mike, is there anything you'd like to add?
Michael Hudson: One simple line, Gerardo. "A legitimate discovery always keeps on getting better."
Gerardo Del Real: Well done, sir. Well done. That's why you are the Chairman. Thank you so much, gentleman, I really appreciate the time, and I can't wait for the next set of assays.
Nick Cook: Neither can we, take care.
Gerardo Del Real: You too now.
Michael Hudson: Thanks now.
Gerardo Del Real: Thank you.
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Pandemic may hinder achievement of Paris Agreement goals, says Javadekar
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said there is a direct link between COVID-19 and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of wellbeing and health, which is a part of the SDGs set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and intended to be achieved by 2030.
New Delhi: The impact of COVID-19 on the world economy may cause hindrance in achieving climate goals set under the Paris Agreement, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday.
In a web chat with environmentalists and the media on the occasion of Earth Day, the minister also said people must not get "too romantic" about the blue skies, fresh air and the green earth that they have seen over the last one month due to the coronavirus lockdown.
He said there is a direct link between COVID-19 and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of wellbeing and health, which is a part of the SDGs set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and intended to be achieved by 2030.
The economic consequences of the pandemic may lead to weakening our commitment to climate action, he said.
"There is direct link between sustainable development and climate action. Example: Farmers' well-being is directly linked to the extreme weather events linked to climate change, he said.
"COVID-19 has direct link with SDG-3 (Wellbeing And Health). The society that has been affected by COVID19, prima facie would not be in a position to meet the climate targets (NDCs) due to the negative impact on economy and the social structure," Javadekar said.
He, however, said that India sees the crisis as an opportunity.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated that inconvenient truth of climate change can be dealt with convenient action," he said.
He said the lockdown due to COVID-19 has in it some climate-related opportunities.
"I am not talking about reduction in carbon footprint due to lockdown, but the potential of Indian youth and soft power to use the modern technology to innovate to counter the climate change. International Solar Alliance (ISA)'s potential may now be looked at more closely if it helps farmers and poor people.
"Let us look at the positive side of the pandemic. COVID-19 in India has shown that the government under able leadership of PM Modi can act early, swiftly and decisively in a crisis, and that people are ready to change their behaviour for the good of the society. People are also willing to sacrifice their cherished civil rights for the better good of the society," the minister said.
He also urged the world to act in a similar way to meet the challenges of climate change.
"The economic consequences of the pandemic may lead to weakening our commitment to climate action. However, the habits like (work from home) set during the COVID-19 may lead us to less environmental footprint mainly due to reduced transportation and fossil fuel use.
"The decline in pollution from pandemic shutdowns is the occasion for us to realise the damage we do to the environment and health of the people," the minister said.
Talking about the blue skies and green earth as a consequence of the lockdown, the minister one must not get "too romantic" about it as for nature to be in its ultimate form, people will need to get rid of vehicles and industries.
"Last one month people have seen clean river, good flora and fauna, green earth, blue sky, stars in the sky and from Jalandhar also you can see the Himalayas. This is nature in its ultimate form. That is how we used to live in villages. When we created cities because of our needs and with increasing population, things changed world over.
"Let us understand that we should not be too romantic on this because if we want nature like this, then we have to stop few things like vehicles, industries and go back to old days of villages and can sustain only 30 crore people not 130 crore people.
So we must think of it in a holistic manner. The issue is the choices earlier generations have made. Our challenge is to make it sustainable even in these circumstances. Sustainable lifestyle is India's ethos. Need-based consumption is required not greed-based consumption," Javadekar said.
Earlier, several environmental experts, too, had said that the clean air and the blue skies are only temporary and will go back to pre-coronavirus days within a few days once the lockdown is over.
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After my (somehow) success of predicting 9/10 qualifiers from Tuesday'a semi, thought i'd try my hand at semi 2.
I am with you in believing Norway, Moldova, Sweden and Ukraine are safe as houses.
I feel vulnerable for leaving Poland out of the equation but I had them fighting for the last spot with Hungary, Australia and Latvia. I am not as confident in Hungary as some others are as I worry about how accessible it is going to be. A shock NQ would not surprise me. However I have them in as they do have a very strong USP and the staging does look incredible. With Australia I still believe they probably did better than deserved with the juries purely because it is a competent pop song and it is Australia after all. I think Jess will come good when it matters most tonight. I have Latvia in purely because of its quality and apparent jury bait-ness. If juries did not take to Hungary, I can see Latvia reaping those benefits.
Poland to me, while uplifting and somewhat fun, is just very lightweight and I fear for his vocal. Can see this having done awful with the juries last night. However it is Poland, and I wouldn't be surprised at all to see it qualify. Most likely at the expense of Latvia (or Australia?).
If Russia somehow qualify with that song and that performance the Eurovision world has literally gone mad.
Russia is an unequivocal qualification. Poland and Denmark seems to me in danger.
Sweden is the winner of this semi-final I think.
But I must say I'm not very confident about any of these possibles.
Happy with 8/10 in Semi 1!
Even when Australia were being talked about as winners, they were always going to rely on the juries for a majority of their points. I think they'll still have her in the jury top 10 here, but about 5th or 6th and I do not see this doing well at all on the televote. It's poorly staged, poor vocals, amateurish/unflattering choreography, middle of the road and Australia do not have anything to fall back on. Could be 15th or so with the public.
Denmark is vocally poor, repetitive and gimmicky and third in line for scandi votes. Jurors should not have this in their top 10. The televote probably will, but it's really borderline.
Netherlands is one of the worst staged entries of the year. It's neither authentic as a country/rock presentation nor made adjustments to sell this genre to Europe. I don't know if he wins over in enough neutrals here and AWS probably take any straight rock votes.
I have Russia right on the edge but it needs every last diaspora vote it can get and a few friendly jurors- both of which are fairly debatable. I'm putting it in because I don't believe the song is as bad as has been made out, and whilst the staging and vocals are poor that can be said for half the field in this semi. It's a testament to the weakness of the semi beyond about 5 songs that this still has chances to qualify though, Russia or not.
Georgia has just made it in for me. I can see this being the jury pick rather than Latvia and it feels somewhat stronger on the televote. It's unique and there may just be enough jurors and televoters who can see the appeal.
All the talk of Australia struggling leads me to believe its Blanche of Belgium all over again. The song is the best in this semi by far. Which isn't that hard mind. Will be an in play bet for me unless it is truly awful. Looking forward to seeing all the hype about Moldova as I think it's awful. That includes the clip on the official Eurovision site.
Poland really does not sing very well and it's just background music. I would rather qualify for Hungary instead.
All the "diaspora" did not qualify. Now you can close this question?
Russia simply tried to legitimize the phonogram. In fact, she was singing as a backing vocalist.
It is difficult to explain the qualification of Serbia. It seems to me that this is beyond good and evil.
Moldova is boring. This staging is similar to the amateur work of students..
Australia I think is at the bottom of the list. Sweden is the winner. Ukraine and Denmark is high. Netherlands, I also think are in the top five.
Germany's odds are collapsing right across the board!!
Could this be the winner coming up on the rails now – the song we were waiting for in the year that no-one quite seemed to fit the bill for the winner?
I say Moldova could be the winner! Sweden too!
Week year Where anyone could win!
What a terrible semi.Norway was as bad as i could imagine.Iv kept it £1 green in case Europe has lost its mind,but it was so bad its laughable.Australia was worse if thats possible.Shocking staging,shocking vocals,shocking song.The juries want shooting if they put that horror show through over the televote.50s? should be 10,000,utter rubbish.
Germany look like the one to take on Cyprus,Israel and Lith here.France still looks dangerous as well and Italy was two hugely talented artists that nobody will get probably.


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With the amount of multiple offer situations that have happened in San Carlos over the last few months, many buyers have found themselves on the losing end in at least one multiple offer situation. Perhaps they have been beat by a price that was completely unexpected, or by a buyer who had all cash. These types of losses can make many buyers re-think their viability to compete at the target price point.
With regard to the masses at open houses, understand that at least 50% of the buyers you see at our open houses will have absolutely no chance at all at landing the house in a multiple offer situation. This will happen, not because they do not have the resources, but simply because they are unfamiliar with just how strong the San Carlos market really is right now. They will not understand working on short time lines or how to go about making an offer in a fast moving, competitive situation. Of the remaining 50%, at least half, should they choose to move forward with an offer, will have at least one unattractive term in their offer that will most likely be an immediate dismissal for the seller. This term can be related to strange financing, odd credits in the offer, a contingency sale or a host of other strange terms. That leaves you really competing against 25% of the people you see at open houses, and even that number is assuming that everyone will make an offer. Want to improve your odds even further, match yourself with an agent who is extremely experienced with multiple offer situations. The agent does make a difference under these circumstances. There are certain agents that I look for in multiple offer situations with my properties because I know they will present the offer well, their clients will be informed and they are prepared. As a listing agent, your odds of closing the transaction for your clients goes up exponentially if the buyer's agent is on their game.
Previous Loss in a Multiple Offer Situation.
Odds are that you will lose a least one multiple offer situation. Not a big deal at all. Maybe you were comfortable in your price point and someone else just paid more….let them have it. It can certainly be discouraging, but understand that there are many factors in play with determining who wins a multiple offer situation and you can't control all of them, including who your competition. I have certainly lost my share. My experience has been that with most buyers who lose out on a multiple offer situation, they later find a house and are thankful the previous home did not work out. It's tough, but keep pressing forward.
This is a major source of frustration for many. This is also going to sound a little self-serving, but the reality of the situation is that the following is absolutely true: In a market where the inventory is so low and the market is transitioning so quickly, it is to every buyer's advantage to survey every possible available property. This being said, it is unlikely that discovering additional properties that are not necessarily being advertised to the public are going to come from an agent outside of San Carlos. San Carlos is a small town. San Carlos agents tend to know what is coming up on the MLS and which properties are available for an off-market purchase. As I have said before, this is not a knock against agents outside of San Carlos at all, but there is something to be said for agents that deal almost exclusively in San Carlos and live and breath San Carlos real estate on a daily basis. Most San Carlos agents can offer their clients more opportunities than agents who are outside of their home city of concentration.


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which one. Also how often do you bathe and again what shampoo and conditioner do you use .
I've been using fresh and clean tropical scent. Henry gets a bath once a week. And I use a puppy slicker brush on him.
I use the Furminator Puppy tool, its not a de-shedder or rough on the coat like the regular furminator, it just has slicker brush and comb attachments. I bathe every month or so, or if they get really dirty. For the puppy I use PetHead Oatmeal and blueberry shampoo with Furminator de-shedding conditioner, and for the 3 year old I use both Furminator de-shedding shampoo and conditioner, it smells really nice. For refreshing sprays I use the CHI detangler or the Pethead spray in the pink bottle - they both smell really great and it freshens them up between baths.
Fletcher gets a bath about once every 2 weeks due to all the swimming he has done this summer. I use a 2 sided brush pins on one side a sticker brush on the other, I also have a small toothed comb. I brush Fletcher every evening hoping to get to any tangles before they become mats. I use a sensitive skin baby shampoo, it has a lower ph. I also use a mix of a little coconut oil and water on a spray for conditioner. Its one part coconut oil 10 parts water shake well. I'm thinking after swimming season is over I will bathe Fletcher about once a month or only as needed.
I use an oatmeal based puppy shampoo for Tess. She gets bathed at most once a month. During shedding season, I brush her at least once a day sometimes twice using a pin brush all over, a slicker brush almost all over, and a comb on the very long feathers.
Maddie (blenheim with a tendency to roll in noxious substances and a cottony fluffy coat) gets bathed once every two weeks, which coincides with her hydrotherapy sessions, and brushed/combed twice a week.
Rosie (ruby with a fairly smooth silky coat at present but she's only a year old) has only had 2 baths and gets her ears combed every day, and a brush for the rest of her once a week.
I'm using Only Natural organic herbal shampoo and conditioner on Dillon who is 15 months old. It contains lemongrass and citronella among other herbs and smells really nice (to me anyhow) help repel the sand fly we get here as well. He is being bathed every 3-4 weeks, but ears are washed more often on an as and when basis....his coat is still quite lightweight and silky and he has long feathers and very thick cottony type ear fur which requires combing through twice daily to keep them tangle free. We are using just a comb for the body and leg feathers and either a spaniel comb or pin brush for the ears. Interested to see what you all use for the ears as we do struggle a bit keep these nice and tangle free!
Lady does not yet have her feathers at 6 months (she has some, but not much at all) so she is still pretty silky and has a manageable coat. My husband is a fanatic about bathing her! For some reason he just really enjoys it and just loves a sweet smelling pup. She is bathed probably every 2 weeks. The upside of his obsession with bathing her is that she is very used to it now and it does not phase her at all.
Because of her eye problems, we asked the ophthalmologist if there was a special shampoo we should use to not irritate her eyes. Her suggestions was, "Just use baby shampoo! No tears!" We previously were using some fancy dog shampoo from Petsmart. This definitely has done the trick. We can wash her face really well (gets tear stains up well) and the drool/water/grub off of her long ears. It smells wonderful and leaves her incredibly soft! The vet always ask what we use to bathe her! Because the hubby bathes her so much we use an ear cleanser that evaporates the water from her ears and cleans them. It is called "epi-otic" and works extremely well. She had a problem with ear slight buildup, but never again since we started using this. No more scratching ears!
No real brushing needed....yet! I saw a 9 month old black and tan boy at the vet on Friday and he was swimming in his feathers and fur! I said, "Oh my gosh, he must be full grown" and his momma said, "Nope, 9 months!" so...we have loads of hair to look forward to and I definitely will be searching for brushes!
Have you looked at the Mars Coat King it is very good, in fact I prefer it to the Furminator .
I have not seen that one. I do have a regular furminator but have only ever used it on my parents Cairn terrier, I feel like its too aggressive on their skin. But I dont strip my cavs, I just took the older one to the groomers when I got her (a month or two ago) and the puppy's hair is still really short. The furminator that i do use regularly is just the "puppy tool" with a comb with a slicker. I have started using a pin brush though and find it works the best. But if i ever get the courage to strip them myself, this is what I will buy!
Be prepared for the "Fur Balls" and lots of them .
Brian, we use Isle of Dogs (shampoo #12 conditioner #51). If BB needs additional help on her white spots we use Chris Christensen's White on White shampoo, I also finish her off with Chris Christensen's Ice on Ice leave in conditioner and dirt resister. This has worked really well to keep her clean and we bath monthly or as needed.
On brushing I have a basic Mason Pearson brush, a furminator (really only needed when she blew her puppy coat, now rarely use) and need to get some recommendations on a comb for the feather areas? After we got through BB blowing her puppy coat things have been much more manageable with daily brushing. She is getting tangles in the feather areas behind the ears and around her front "arm pits". Comb recommendations appreciated and hope the shampoo advice helps!
One additional note, while BB was a puppy we did weekly water things to get her use to bathing. Things may have included walking in some water in the bathtub, washing the face, rinsing with water or a full bath. Basically just tried to get her use to water and baths while not over bathing. She is really good with the bathing and does well so if there are owners with young ones just keep that in mind!


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A program that allows students to design a car is Toyota's new approach to market research. The result is a whacky but innovative design called the uBox.
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Toyota has teamed up with students from Clemson University International Centre for Automotive Research in South Carolina, USA, to create a car. It's a novel way of working out what the future market of car-buyers will look for in a car.
The result is the Toyota uBox concept car – and while it looks a bit crumpled-up, it's a fully electric, customizable, hand-built vehicle.
It's fairly safe to say the uBox won't be for those who want to blend in. The lightweight, carbon fibre car sits between an SUV and a van, with some hints of military vehicle design.
It took the students of Clemson University two years to design and hand-build the car which includes plenty of features we may see in the future, but perhaps the most successful are the structural rails used to support the glass roof made from a composite of carbon fibre and aluminium – a first for the automotive industry.
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