Since its development over 50 years ago night vision technology has grown to include a wide range of devices that in some manner or another create the ability to see in what for all practical intents is near or total darkness. Starting out as an active infrared system, early military night vision was little more than an infrared light source coupled with either special goggles that allowed a user to see in the infrared spectrum or an infrared sensitive electronic scope or screen that produced images using the light emitted by the infrared light source. These types of night vision systems are known as active infrared because they rely on an artificial source of infrared light to produce visible images. This sort of system lost favor with the military quickly however as it became easy for anyone with the proper equipment to view the infrared light source as well and adversaries were fast to take advantage.
The next step in night vision came with the development of passive night vision technology which basically takes any available light and electronically amplifies it to produce an image on a screen. This is known as light amplification night vision and it quickly became the dominant form of night vision as it is not so easily detected and preserves the covert abilities that make night vision so valuable. Passive night vision quickly went through several advancements and each represented what came to be known as generations of device technology. Each successive generation represents an improvement in the equipments ability to gather and amplify light and thus produce ever sharper and more detailed images. Currently, 4th generation night vision represents the highest order of this technology and remains controlled at the federal level, making it difficult for civilians to obtain such equipment. This has led to earlier generations such as 1st gen and 2nd gen becoming prevalent in the civilian sector. Although not as powerful or effective as 4th generation night vision technology, these earlier generations are still quite effective for use in the less demanding civilian sector.
Another more recent development has led to an even better option for those in the civilian sector who wish to procure their own night vision technology. Charge-coupled devices or "CCDs" have become the dominant type of technology used in digital cameras today. These devices basically take information in the form of light and convert it into electronic data which is manipulated within the electronics of the device to form an image which can be displayed or stored digitally. A side effect of the CCD is that in most applications they are sensitive to a wider range of the light spectrum than the human eye, meaning that light in the infrared and near infrared end of the light spectrum which is normally invisible to the human eye is very much visible to a CCD device. This is interesting because it means that most cameras and image producing devices which utilize a CCD can in effect be used as a type of night vision device as well.
The implications are obvious. If a business currently has a system of cameras installed for security purposes, it is very possible they can gain further benefit by adding an infrared light source to the system. The effect would be to create a security system that not only is effective during daylight hours, but capable of producing detailed images at night as well without any source of visible light. Of course, not all CCD devices are capable of taking advantage of infrared light. Some of these devices are equipped with filters that prevent light in the infrared spectrum from being processed for various quality and feature reasons. Should a person desire to find out if their camera is capable of detecting infrared light, they can either contact the manufacturer, or in many cases simply point an infrared device such as a remote control at the camera to see if the infrared light it emits is picked up.
One of the beneficial aspects of infrared lighting as it pertains to night vision technology is that almost all types of night vision technology except thermal imaging can benefit from an external infrared light source. Since most night vision devices rely on some form of CCD to produce images, the addition of an infrared light source can greatly improve the range and resolution of the device by adding more detectable light energy for the device to "see". This is why so much of the night vision capable security cameras on the market today are being packaged with integral infrared light emitters. Usually arrayed in a circle around the camera lens, these emitters are generally LEDs that emit their light only in the infrared spectrum. The net effect is that invisible infrared light is directed wherever the camera is pointed, allowing the camera to produce images regardless of the ambient light levels.
Although generally effective, these camera/infrared light systems are limited in their range and resolution. Most of this limitation stems from the limited amount of infrared light they produce. These limits can be greatly expanded however by the addition of another external infrared light source such as a Larson Electronics LEDLB-20-IR IR Emitter Light Bar. Just like with normal visible light, increasing the amount of infrared light effectively creates a greater amount of illumination that is visible to the camera. With more light available, the cameras effective range and resolution is improved, expanding its field of view and effectiveness. This type of setup has proven extremely effective and is used extensively both in military and civilian applications. One of the best benefits to be had from this sort of supplemental infrared lighting is that it requires little to no modification of existing monitoring systems. Users can potentially improve, or even create night vision capability within their existing monitoring systems without the need to replace any of their existing hardware.
Business and companies interested in such upgrades and modifications should check with the manufacturer of their systems before beginning any such additions to their systems. Although it is not guaranteed that their systems are able to take advantage of an additional infrared light source, the mere fact that their system probably relies on CCD technology makes it likely. The savings in costs and increased effectiveness of their systems makes such an inquiry not only worthwhile, but just plain good sense.


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by Karen Gough on December 05, 2017
REDONDO BEACH, CA – Kelly Fedio is living proof that the cyber age is a game changer for the kind of mom and pop shops that spent decades in decline as massive retailers dominated retail. The Redondo Beach lawyer-turned-entrepreneur credits Amazon's Cyber Monday with helping her line of fitness products grow into a seven-figure brand within a year.
As an active mom and wife living in Redondo Beach, Kelly Fedio wanted to find a way to inspire women to enjoy the same activities she does – whether it's a day at the beach, hiking, bike riding, or "glamping with her girlfriends." Fedio founded One Savvy Life in 2014, creating products like infusion water bottles and sling backpacks meant to inspire, guide, and motivate women to get the most enjoyment from their outdoor experiences, she said.
"The biggest challenge as a small business and starting a new brand is gaining widespread exposure and building a loyal customer base," Fedio said. "Amazon has played a pivotal role in helping shoppers discover us and has provided us with the incredible opportunity to establish an enduring brand."
Selling One Savvy Life products on Amazon helps drive "massive amounts of traffic and sales," and allows Fedio's company to build brand awareness, she said. This Cyber Monday, their sales were ten times better than that of an average day. Fedio says the visibility and sales she gets from using Amazon on Cyber Monday would be "simply unattainable" on her own.
"Cyber Monday has typically been our biggest sales day of the year, so we do a lot of planning to prepare for it," Fedio said.
The One Savvy Life team prepares for Cyber Monday by significantly increasing marketing and advertising budgets in order to leverage the biggest online shopping day of the year. They offer deals and optimize their product listings to highlight their potential to make great holiday gifts, she said.
After years of success, Fedio's biggest advice for new entrepreneurs is not to do it alone. If there's one thing she's learned, it's to surround yourself with others that believe in your mission and want to help you succeed, she said.
She also suggests getting involved in local communities and conferences with like-minded entrepreneurs, as the relationships she's forged with fellow entrepreneurs has had the biggest impact on her business and drive to succeed. As a woman who has built her business from the ground up, Fedio understands the importance of balance and connections.
"In the world of business and especially ecommerce, there is no limit to what women can achieve while still having an amazing work-life balance," she said.
Now that her brand has gained some traction, she plans to re-invigorate the company from the inside out through rebranding and updating the ecommerce site. The team "dug deep and looked inward," realizing the need to deeply connect with their audience so they serve them better, grow bigger, and expand into other channels. One Savvy Life's 2018 plans include ramping up product development and releasing new items that they think their customers will love, she said.
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Organised the Norwegian Climate Foundation, the first five of these morning meetings have had an average attendance of roughly 100 people. Subjects have varied from green innovation and solar energy to oil drilling in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian government's intentions with its ownership of fossil fuel giant Statoil.
"Our emphasis is on a balanced panel, where the speakers contribute from their various standpoints to a knowledge-based discussion," explains project manager Anne Jortveit.
"Because highly qualified players come to share analyses, research and views, these breakfasts are very worthwhile for those who take part.
Key civil servants, politicians, industrial decision-makers, academics, opinion-formers and journalists are the main targets for the Climate Breakfasts. The first five were held at Oslo's Grand Hotel. Continued support from the Kavli Trust for the next two years means at least one breakfast every six months can be staged in other big cities.
"Thousands of decisions are taken every day by companies, central government and local authorities which help to speed up or delay the transition to a low-carbon society," notes Jortveit.
The Norwegian Climate Foundation prepares reports in connection with the breakfasts. The most recent of these was entitled What does the solar energy revolution mean?
Each of the Climate Breakfasts is filmed and transmitted directly (in Norwegian only). They are also subsequently published on Energiogklima.no.
was established in 2010 and has particularly close ties with Norway's leading knowledge institutions. Its council is drawn from such bodies as the Universities of Bergen and Oslo, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Christian Michelsen Research, Sintef Energy, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, the Nansen Centre and UNI Research.


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COVID-1922 September 2020
Opioid overdoses in region may surpass 2019 numbers
By Sue Tiffin
Preliminary data in the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district reports 15 suspected overdose deaths from January to May of this year, compared to 20 opioid related overdose deaths in all of 2019, while in the province, an approximate 35 per cent increase in overdose deaths was reported from April to July this year, compared to the same period last year.
According to statistics released by the City of Kawartha Lakes Police Services in August 2020, an overall increase in overdose rates in 2020 might occur compared to last year. The Kawartha Lakes Police Services board reports 88 suspected overdose incidents and six deaths so far in 2020, compared to 93 suspected overdose incidents and nine deaths last year in total.
Anecdotal reports from other local police services, emergency medical services and other community partners also point toward an increase in the number of overdose events in recent months during the pandemic.
Dr. Lynn Noseworthy, medical officer of health for the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, provided an update on the health unit's harm reduction program enhancements at the board of health meeting held through a conference phone call on Sept. 17.
"In responding to COVID-19, access to supports and services for people who use drugs has been limited," said Noseworthy. "Physical distancing and social isolation may be necessary to slow COVID-19, but using substances alone increases the risk of overdose. Rising anxiety and depression due to the pandemic, as well as an increase in toxic drug supply, have also fuelled the increase in overdoses."
The health unit response to addressing the opioid crisis in the HKPR district throughout the COVID-19 pandemic included
– continuing operation of the Needle Exchange Program supply distribution at health unit office locations with additional safety measures in place, and continued distribution of naloxone kits to registered agencies
– regular consultation with other agencies, including PARN, Green Wood Coalition and FourCast, that have a more direct relationship with people who use substances, "adding perspective beyond the official stats, such as people experiencing overdoses not calling 911, the local presence of a new drug or a drug with increased potency, and barriers and challenges people face to access support services"
– working with two area shelters to ensure client access to harm reduction supplies, assisting with issues as they arose
– creating and distributing information resources to people who use substances on safer substance use and harm reduction during COVID-19, including to shelter clients
– sharing relevant overdose data and alerts with EMS, police and hospital partners, as well as member agencies of the Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland Drug Strategy, to provide for a coordinated response – so far in 2020, four surveillance reports, two drug alerts and five drug alerts from neighbouring health units have been shared.
Additionally, the health unit distributed more than 48,000 needles, with 31,000 needles returned (a 64 per cent rate of return) and made 452 contacts with 41 new contacts in the first quarter. In the second quarter, more than 36,500 needles were distributed with more than 17,000 needles returned (a 47 per cent rate of return) and 407 contacts were made, 30 of those being new. The health unit acknowledged "the second quarter numbers may be inaccurate due to the simultaneous occurrence of a new data inventory and reporting system and COVID-19."
In the first half of the year, 354 naloxone kits were distributed to community agencies, compared to 329 kids during the same time period in 2019.
"During COVID-19, harm reduction efforts have continued to be a priority for the health unit and our community partners," said Noseworthy. "The health unit continues to provide the needle exchange program and the naloxone program, as well as its opioid surveillance, early warning and local opioid response programs."


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Times of London Weekly: Fantastic app, but I want it in… London
By Ben Davis	 February 3rd 2016 13:01
The Times launched 'The Times of London Weekly', its international digital offering, last month.
After investigating the app, I loved the idea of it and wanted to try a subscription for a month or two.
One problem, I can't get it in the UK. It's an interesting quirk of the all-or-nothing subscription model; let's take a look in more detail.
Simplicity and scrolling
The Times weekly app is all big images and bold headlines.
All of the content is there on the homescreen, consisting of the best 90 or so articles that have featured in the grown-up paper that week. These articles are manually curated.
The simple menu (see below) simply jumps you to the right section of this scrolling content.
It's very focused, easy to use and feels a very different beast to the sophisticated, multiformat Guardian app, for example.
The new The Times of London Weekly app is beautifully simple
..a stark contrast to The Guardian's sophisticated multiformat app.
…and designed to be 'finished'
There's a reason this new Times app and The Guardian's app look different.
Here's a quote from Nick Petrie, The Times' deputy head of digital (taken from this excellent NiemanLabs article):
An edition is something that can be finished. When you've read it, you feel up-to-date; you've been told what you need to know for the day or the week.
The weekly app takes that idea as well. This idea will appear in more and more of our products as time goes on because it's resonated so well with our readership.
So, let's take a look at the content
Here's where we stumble. The Times of London Weekly is available in 46 countries, but not in the UK (where I am).
So, even though I managed to download the app from the App Store by creating a new US Apple ID as a workaround, once I tried to subscribe, Apple wouldn't let me without a US payment card.
The articles, if you're in the right country to access them, are also lovely and simple, with the editor apparently built on WordPress. They are just text and images, no video, audio etc.
An article from The Times of London Weekly - I took this screenshot from the aforementioned NiemanLabs article, as I couldn't purchase the app content in the UK.
Why I want to subscribe to The Times of London Weekly
I would have liked to subscribe (if only for a few trial months) to this new weekly, international app, for the following reasons:
I like Times journalism a lot more than I used to a decade ago. That's because its paywall seems to have inured it to the effects of the web (namely it doesn't produce as much clickbait as other publishers).
The $3.99 per month price of the 'weekly' app is a lot more up my alley than the $8.50 I would need to pay for the full digital subscription (the only one currently available to me).
I like the fact that the weekly app contains only the best articles. It would broaden my reading.
Whilst the NYT is busy experimenting with multiple digital products and unbundling subscription packages, The Times is currently cut and dry – paper and digital, or just digital. No option for a funky condensed product.
But who am I to argue? The Times became profitable in 2014, and many other newspapers are not.
The weekly app is apparently going to include video eventually, and the ability to feature fast running stories more effectively.
It's exciting times for The Times; though some would say this sort of content is available for free elsewhere, it's packaged nicely and designed (and written) to appeal to the serious news reader.
Perhaps this weekly platform will be used to develop further products, or to update the main Times and Sunday Times app, which is looking a little tired (and getting poor feedback).
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How to embrace creativity in the programmatic age
If taking the lead on trends is part of your brand identity, then it follows that Topman should offer up a crop of fresh ideas in its creative strategy as much as on its shopfloor.
Last year, while it proffered cool military and camel styles to its sartorially conscious customers, Topman applied a creative programmatic strategy to the big fashion trend of khaki.
It shot the khaki look onto five different models, each of which matched to one of the brand's five different types of customer.
Why 80% of SaleCycle's B2B content marketing failed
Like many companies, in the last 12 months the main focus of our marketing strategy at SaleCycle was to produce content. And lots of it.
However, on further inspection it turns out we might have been focusing on the wrong metrics.
February 2nd 2016 16:45
Top 10 digital marketing stats of the week
In the undeniably factual words of YouTube star and all-round deep thinker Rebecca Black: 'Yesterday was Thursday, today is Friday, tomorrow is Saturday, and Sunday comes afterwards.'
Yes, it's that time again. The coveted Econsultancy digital marketing stats round-up is here and waiting to blow your mind like a Starman in the sky.
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Свинаватн () — группа озёр в Исландии.

Свинаватн, Эйстур-Хунаватн
Большое озеро, расположенное в долине Свинадалюр, к югу от Блёндуоус на высоте 123 м.
На берегу озера расположена церковь Аудкюла (), одна из двух восьмиугольных деревянных церквей в Исландии.

Озеро является хорошим местом для ловли форели.

Свинаватн, Кьёулур
Небольшое озеро на севере маршрута к Кьёулур (), к западу от Блёндуоус.

Свинаватн, Хваммсфьёорда
Маленькое озеро в районе Хейдалюр возле Хваммсфьёорда (), на полуострове Снайфедльснесс.

Озёра Исландии
Бассейн Датского пролива
Водные объекты региона Нордюрланд-Вестра

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Girls Basketball loses to West Des Moines Valley in the State Tournament 76-64
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Evan Newcomb
The girls basketball team holds their state semifinalist trophy after their game against West Des Moines Valley on Feb. 28. This was their second straight state semifinal appearance.
Evan Newcomb, Sports Editor
Up by seven points with 1:54 left in the state semifinal game against the West Des Moines Valley Tigers on Feb. 28, it looked likely that the girls basketball team was going to go on and play for a state championship, however in basketball no lead is secure until the clock hits zero and when the other team has Zoe Young '19 who is a top thirty recruit in the nation and going to play basketball at Maryland in college it is even less safe. 41 seconds later the game was tied up at 62-62 with 1:13 left to play. The game went to overtime tied at 62 when Young missed a game-winning jumper with two seconds left.
With overtime came a much-needed break for the girls and a huge sigh of relief from the fans in the student section. The overtime period did not go as expected for the girls as they had many costly turnovers and Valley shot lights out from the field going five of six which is a crazy 83 percent. The Tigers were able to pull away and win the game 76-64.
The aforementioned Young had 37 points and was the source of just about everything Valley did. Regan Nesheim '19 lead the girls in scoring with 26 points and was a force in the paint the whole game.
The game started out slowly with both teams struggling to score the ball early on, but Valley got out to an 11-8 lead until Anna Gossling '22 hit a layup and was fouled, she hit the ensuing free throw, tying the game up at 11 where it would stay until the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter was when the teams started to heat up from the field with the girls jumping out to a 25-19 lead with 3:25 to go in the half through strong play from Gossling and the teams leading scorer Maya McDermott '20. Valley went on a 12-2 run to end the half with nine of their 12 points being scored by Young and Shea Fuller '19 to give them a 31-27 halftime lead.
In the third quarter, Valley jumped out a 39-31 lead with 4:47 left in the quarter when Nesheim took over, she scored the girls first 10 points of the quarter and 14 of the team's 20 total points in the quarter. With the lead down to four points, Maddie Mock '20 hit a huge three-pointer to make the game 41-40. After a pair of Valley free throws, Nesheim had a huge basket and was fouled, she made the ensuing free throw tying the game up at 43 with 2:28 left in the quarter. Valley looked to be taking a three-point lead into the fourth quarter when McDermott hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer from NBA (National Basketball Association) range to tie the game up at 47.
The story of the fourth quarter was Young's foul trouble as she had four fouls going into the fourth quarter and did not start the quarter on the court. This allowed the girls to jump out to a 52-47 lead with 6:30 left in the game and forcing Valley to bring on Young to try and close the deficit. Young did just that scoring five points in 35 seconds to tie the game up at 52. Valley eventually took the lead on a Fuller three-pointer to make the game 55-54. The girls then went on an 8-0 run and took a 62-55 lead with 1:54 left. After multiple turnovers and missed shots by the girls and Valley making great use of their opportunities, the game was tied up at 62 headed into overtime. Valley dominated the overtime period outscoring the girls 14-2 and went on to win 76-64.
The girls finished their season 22-3 with the 22 wins being the most in school history. Nesheim made the final game of her career one of her best scoring 26 points and adding nine rebounds, two assists and a steal. Macy Thompson '19 also played the last game of her career, she had seven points, two assists and two rebounds.
Full Game Statistics:
Starters:
Maya McDermott '20: 12 points, five assists, three rebounds
Macy Thompson '19: seven points, two assists, two rebounds
Kendall Nead '20: two points, two rebounds
Maddie Mock '20: nine points, seven assists, 11 rebounds, two steals
Regan Nesheim '19: 26 points, two assists, nine rebounds, one steal
Bench:
Anna Gossling '22: eight points, one assist, one rebound
Senior Tribute:
Regan Nesheim '19 finished her 79 game career with 810 points, 453 rebounds, 116 assists, 138 steals and 86 blocks with averages of 10.3 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 1.5 APG, 1.7 SPG and 1.1 BPG. Nesheim was a fantastic rim scorer, rim defender and rebounder and was a strong physical presence in the paint during her career.
Macy Thompson '19 finished her 79 game career with 242 points, 235 rebounds, 107 assists, 77 steals and six blocks with averages of 3.1 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 1.4 APG, and .9 SPG. During her career, Thompson was great ball handler and facilitator of the offense and was also a great perimeter defender.
Both of these players played their hearts out for the team and were the second and third players in girls basketball to qualify for four straight state tournaments.
This is Evan Newcomb, he is a senior and he has been here for a little while (4 semesters, 5 by time he graduates). He has a passion for sports like no...
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The past two weeks I was busy traveling around Europe. By coincidence and good fortune, I was in Brussels for the EU Sustainable Energy Week and was invited to be part of a panel at PUBLENEF & Energy Advice Exchange policy roundtable "Think local first: designing an EU building policy framework centered on consumers, local authorities and energy advisory services to deliver on Europe's renovation challenge". The event was held at the Renewable Energy House in Brussels, a place very familiar to me as I used to work there while living in Brussels.
The roundtable brought together key actors players in the energy efficiency policy area from the Brussels arena as well as from several European countries. Throughout the first panel there was an active discussion on the role of the EU directives against the national and local policy in making the energy efficiency transformation happening faster.
I brought an international perspective to the table, and particularly cities and local governments' experience in California with Community Choice Energy – CCE – business model. CCEs are not only focusing on developing renewable energy locally, but also implementing energy efficiency measures to reduce their overall energy requirements.
With this respect, I found it interesting to talk about Marin Clean Energy (MCE) best practices in this area. MCE, the first CCE created in California in 2010, set a long-term goal to reduce by 2% its overall annual energy consumption and capacity requirements through energy efficiency and distributed generation programs (1). In 2013, MCE launched a portfolio of energy efficiency programs, available to all ratepayers within its service area, that ranges from technical assistance and financial incentives for multifamily properties (with a particular focus on low-income property owners), to free energy assessment and rebates on lighting, heating, HVAC, refrigeration, and building envelope upgrades for commercial properties.
An on-bill repayment loan through a public-private partnership with a local commercial bank to provide a source of funding to residential and small commercial property owners to complete energy efficiency projects on their properties. The loans vary from 2 to 10 years at 5% interest rate, while MCE further provides a 20% loan loss reserve.
A liaison with the state PACE – Property Assessed Clean Energy – program focusing on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water upgrades to residential and commercial buildings (2).
A consumer-friendly online tool, sortable by city and zip code, to help consumers and contractors navigate a variety of financing options, including PACE financing, secured and unsecured loans, and solar-specific options.
For the multifamily program, MCE uses a point system. Measures that achieve greater savings or directly impact tenants receive more points that are later converted to a dollar amount and the total rebate is calculated by multiplying that dollar amount by the total number of treated units. According to MCE, this incentive system is "much easier to communicate to program participants and allows property owners to more easily estimate the amount of the program rebate before committing to a project" (3).
What is noteworthy mentioning is the role of grassroots organization in California, and in the US in general. From international organization like the Sierra Club or the 350.org, to local established groups such as the Oceanside Climate Action Planners, aka O'side CAPers, which I personally chair, those grassroots organization have a strong voice in public and citizens' education and awareness, and lobbying efforts towards the local authorities for 100% clean energy goals, GHG emissions reduction, and energy efficiency improvements.
Concerning the role of local authorities in attracting private sector finance and investment for building renovation, I would recommend cities and local authorities to (a) take a more active role in providing solutions that encourage the demand at the local level, as for instance the MCE public-private partnership example with local banks, (b) ensure more public educational outreach efforts, and (c) stimulate the market through regulations and new ordinances, and streamlined processes for energy measures (e.g. rooftop PV installation).
What is of utmost important, and also discussed during the roundtable, is the process of building trust in the public sector, and the importance to establish a closer relation with the customers, and the contractors. Universities also play a fundamental part in this process and can provide benefits to cities and local governments by educating the future generations for the energy transition while conducting research on innovative solutions and new business models. Local authorities, together with local energy advisory services and related stakeholders, have the power to create the right framework at the local level to make the energy efficiency revolution faster.
The next day I continued my journey to Berlin to attend the 1st MBA Renewable Alumni Conference, but that will be discussed in another post. So stay tuned!
(2) Property assessed clean energy, or PACE, financing allows property owners to fund energy efficiency, water efficiency and renewable energy projects with little or no up-front costs. Property owners can get 100% upfront funding that they repay as a tax assessment on their property taxes. The new owner upon property sale, and under most leases may assume the assessment obligation.
About the Author: Silvia Zinetti, a regular contributor to EiD, is a sustainable energy expert and policy advisor, based in California.


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The Soil joins Mango Groove concert in London 7 March
March 3, 2015 southcapenetPress Releases
London Goes SA Presents:
MANGO GROOVE
Live in Concert at the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo, London
Special Guests: The Soil, Matthew Mole and Kinky Robot
Saturday 7th March 2015
FIRST MANGO SHOW IN LONDON IN OVER 20 YEARS!
Announcement: SA supergroup The Soil to join Mango Groove on Stage for Mango Groove's London Hammersmith Apollo Show on March the 7th:
Mango Groove's big SA London party at the Hammersmith Apollo on March the 7th just got a whole lot bigger! Mango Groove is delighted to announce that the award-winning, platinum-selling and globally acclaimed SA vocal trio The Soil will be joining the bill as special guests for the Apollo concert. In the words of Claire Johnston: ''This is a wonderful bit of news, as we are big fans of The Soil, and their highly original and uniquely South African style. True Serendipity, to be honest: Bongani Thembe from SA Seasons heard about the Mango Groove concert, he knew that The Soil were going to be in London at the same time, and he suggested that we get in touch with them. We jumped at the chance, and now here we are…it's going to be a night to remember!''
Mango Groove brings its outstanding live show to London for one night only to celebrate the launch of the Wilderness Foundation Global, Africa's first ever global conservation NGO. The NGO is directly supported by the world famous UK-based Tusk Foundation. Mango Groove will donate a portion of the proceeds of the concert to the Wilderness Foundation Global.
Mango Groove`s inimitable sound needs little introduction to South Africans: a magical, unforgettable and utterly distinctive blend of South African '50's urban styles and contemporary pop, sprinkled with that uniquely South African penny whistle, and topped with the soaring vocals of the iconic Claire Johnston. Support acts include up and coming singer songwriter Matthew Mole and electro pop band, Kinky Robot.
Claire Johnston says: "This has been a long time coming, and we are massively excited about it! The show will be about celebrating more than music: it's a celebration of our history, our tradition and our unfolding story as South Africans. "
Mango Groove last performed a sold out show at the Hammersmith Apollo in the early '90's. In the words of Beulah Hashe, one of Mango Groove's much-loved original members: "Apart from being such a beautiful building in its own right, the Hammersmith Apollo is such an iconic and prestigious venue. Everyone from The Beatles to Ella Fitzgerald to Queen to Bruce Springsteen has performed there through the decades. To be back on that stage again with Mango Groove will be a huge honour for us. ''
(1) Wilderness Foundation Global
The month of March 2015 will be a highlight for the Wilderness Foundation, with the launch of their global organisation, Wilderness Foundation Global, starting with the Mango Groove concert in London. It had been a lifelong dream of the organisation's late founder, Dr. Ian Player, to create a global organisation, and Wilderness Foundation Global will see this happen with the culmination of three of the organisations founded by Dr Player – The Wilderness Foundation SA, The Wilderness Foundation UK and the WILD Foundation USA – into Wilderness Foundation Global. The Wilderness Foundation Global is the first international conservation organisation founded out of Africa. Funds raised from our association with Mango Groove and this concept in particular will go towards conservation work in Africa.
Mango Groove's association with the Wilderness Foundation goes back many years, and it is one that they hold very close to their hearts. Claire Johnston said "John and I were privileged enough to have had several exchanges with Dr Ian Player through the years… our own experiences on the Wilderness Leadership School iMfolozi trails were, quite simply, life-changing for us and they had a very powerful and lasting effect on our own attitudes towards the natural world and our relationship with it."
The Wilderness Foundation Africa works in many countries from its base in South Africa to protect wildlife and wilderness in partnership with local communities. Whether it is direct action anti-poaching in the field, large landscape wilderness management, or developing rising young leaders from disadvantaged communities for a career in conservation, the Wilderness Foundation has over 40 years of results. The Foundation was established in 1972 by conservation pioneer, the late Dr Ian Player, who led the team that saved the white rhino from extinction in the 1960's, an action-legacy that the Wilderness Foundation continues today, working against wildlife crime and combating the rhino poaching crisis. The Wilderness Foundation Africa focuses on four main programme areas: Wildlife and Wilderness Conservation, Social Intervention, Leadership & Education, and Advocacy & Awareness.
www.wildernessfoundation.org.uk
MANGO GROOVE LIVE!
If you really want to understand the phenomenon that is Mango Groove, you simply have to see the band live in concert. Their massive record sales aside, Mango Groove have primarily built their deserved reputation on their power as a live act. Their timeless magic on stage was evident when they wooed the young crowd at South Africa`s largest annual Music Festival, Oppikoppi, in 2013:
"This year (2013) I heard Mango Groove had totally rocked Oppikoppi and had been noted as one of the best bands of the festival." www.boringcapetownchick.com
"Roxanne Burger @roxyburger on Twitter: MANGO GROOVE are blowing this festival UP! #oppikoppi."
"It's hard to describe the atmosphere that prevailed while they held the crowd captive with their absolutely mind-blowing virtuosity, playing hit after hit from a repertoire that still lives on in South Africa's cultural heart and cuts straight across age, race and gender. Incredibly, this was Mango Groove's first ever set at Oppikoppi, and they certainly did it in style." www.mio.co.za
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American Idol Season 5 Feb. 28, 2006 Note to Idol-heads, who may already know this: Producers usually place the strongest, most popular contenders in the first and last performance slots based on the …
Bachelor botches it — again — but we'll always have Paris
By Bruce Westbrook	on February 28, 2006 at 11:40 AM
The Bachelor: Paris Feb. 27, 2006 A confession: I was an avid Bachelor watcher until getting utterly fed up with the falseness of the process after several disastrous seasons. Bob, Jen and Jessie were …
The Apprentice Season 5 Feb. 27, 2006 Was it coincidence that Allie, whom Donald Trump randomly chose as project manager in the season opener, looks like a younger version of Martha Stewart? As we all …
He's seen Grey's 'anatomy,' and there's no going back
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Mexican-American Idol crowned on La Academia
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Battlestar Galactica holds up a mirror
By Louis B. Parks	on February 27, 2006 at 8:43 AM
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Becky, Bobby, Stevie and Patrick
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Runway reunion show gets the gang back together
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Dorks! Some lovable, some not
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JavaScript Playing Cards
      by Adam Eivy (antic | atomantic)

      A playing card JavaScript and CSS library for creating standard deck games. The library is wrapped to allow it to act as a plugin for jquery (or another framework)

We are looking for developers to create game pack extensions to add onto this basic set :)

License

MIT

Authors

Adam Eivy (atomantic [at] gmail dot com)

Contact

Adam Eivy (atomantic [at] gmail dot com)

Demo

    <input type="button" id="shuffler" value="shuffle" />
    <input type="button" id="draw" value="draw a card" />
    <input type="button" id="addCard" value="add drawn card back" />
    <input type="button" id="shuffleDraw" value="shuffle, then draw" />
    <input type="button" id="orderByRank" value="order by rank" />
    <input type="button" id="orderBySuit" value="order by suit" />

Card Deck

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The question "am I ready to get engaged" isn't an easy one to answer. There are many considerations a couple must make before deciding if this is the right time to make this type of commitment, and ultimately it is a very individual decision that each person in the couple must make before putting on that symbolic diamond ring.
A new relationship and a new love feels fresh, exciting, and momentous, but that does not mean it is right for an engagement. A couple should take some time to learn more about one another, to see one another in different circumstances, and to experience the little ups and downs of life together before they decide to get engaged.
Getting engaged is an expensive event. Not only could the ring cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, but the couple should be ready for the other financial obligations of their committed relationship, including paying for a wedding, buying a house, or starting a family. The couple should also take the time to learn about one another's debts and spending habits to determine if they are financially ready to get engaged.
While your age shouldn't be one of the most important factors when deciding about an engagement, it should be considered. It is easy for younger couples to rush into getting engaged when they haven't experienced much of life on their own, and it is equally easy for older couples to rush into an engagement because they may feel that time is running out. Instead of considering a chronological age, consider the 'age' of your relationship and experiences together to determine if you are ready.
When deciding if you are ready to get engaged, take a good, close look at your partner. Do you share the same hobbies, passions, and interests? Can you develop new things to enjoy together in the years to come? Are you willing to learn about your significant other's passions and are they willing to learn about yours?
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For many people, getting married is a very spiritual occasion. Before you get engaged it is important to understand and respect one another's religious beliefs and values. Many couples successfully integrate two different types of beliefs into their relationship, but for others it may be important to coordinate those beliefs more rigidly.
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It may seem silly to a couple deeply in love, but politics can be a very divisive issue that splits up many couples. What political party is your significant other? Are they active in political causes or organizations? Can both of you reconcile when you have different viewpoints? Answering these questions before you get engaged can help you minimize tension in your relationship.
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Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se: it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The movie covers the two-month time period during 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped, and later murdered, by the left-wing terrorists of the RAF-Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction), also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang.
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Actor: Angela Winkler, Dieter Laser, Hannelore Hoger, Heinz Bennent, Helmut Griem, Joachim Bißmeier, Katja Rupé, Vadim Glowna, Wolf Biermann
Director: Alf Brustellin
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Angela Winkler
Deutschland im Herbst
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Maybe It's Luck
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
Where's My Roy Cohn?
Flow: For Love of Water
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Of Shark and Man
A Dog Called Money
Becoming Nobody
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See for the ad which are giving the juice as per their cost, stop them for a while or reduce the cost to save your money.
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Blast From The Past – Harappa and the Indus Valley Civilization | Insanity at its best!
The ancient city of Harappa (circa 3500BC – 1500BC), located 35 kilometers from Sahiwal (Pakistan) and part of the long lost Indus Valley Civilization, has always held a certain fascination for me; maybe its the sheer ancientness of the site, or the mystery that surrounds its destruction, but there is something that kept calling me. Interestingly though, I hated history back in school, but as I grow older, wiser (seriously?), I find myself being pulled to these haunts.
Still, no one knows for sure why the city was wiped out; most of what is known is based entirely on speculation. If you don't already know, the Indus Valley is one of the four major ancient civilizations. For all the other obvious details, check out Wikipedia.
Luckily, I had the opportunity to visit the old city a few days back. As I soaked in some ancient history, I couldn't help but think how we have failed to preserve this part of our culture. The whole site is in ruins, with little or no restoration; seems like no one even cares. I went there with high hopes and came back with a broken heart. See the pictures and decide for yourself.
Clay bangles, necklaces and a polished bronze mirror; what more could a girl ask for?
The shrine of Noor Shah – located within the ancient city.
Offerings to the shrine – turbans, garlands, and more.
Apparently, whoever writes his name on this wall in soot gets his wish granted! Yeah, right!
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Taking Good Care of Your Rock Tumbler and Associated Equipment.
We've learned a lot over the last 20 years when it comes to looking after a rock tumbler to help it last longer. Here are a few pointers to help you keep an eye on things as batches progress and new ones begin, this will hopefully keep your machine running longer and therefore providing more enjoyment over time you indulge in the hobby!
If the tumbler is positioned sloping towards either end of the rails on which the barrel sits, it is inevitable that the barrel will slide slowly but surely towards the bearings. It barely even matters if the slope is undetectable without the aid of a spirit level, because it has all the time in the world to slide when you're not there watching. If it ends up at either end of the drive rails, then depending on the angle of the slope, an amount of friction will occur between the edge and the barrel lid.
This can drag on the motor, wearing it out faster, and cause wear and tear on the barrel lid and bearings.
Use a spirit level to ensure the rock tumbler itself is level from left to right in particular. If it isn't 100% level, say only 99% – then that is better than 80% as there will be less friction on the points of contact.
We can't stress enough how important this is. It could be said that some manufacturer's do not emphasize this enough in order that they can make sales on replacement parts, however all good quality machines should have lubrication instructions and these should definitely be adhered to. This generally means a periodic oiling of the plastic bearings on either side of the tumbler. There are normally four – 2 for the drive shaft and 2 for the rotating balancing shaft which turns by virtue of its contact with the heavy barrel. Over time you will see an accumulation of debris gathering on the bearings and progressing along the metal bars. Wipe this off before applying the oil as it will prevent most of the oil getting through to the moving parts. Wear on the bushes is bad news and once it starts it just keeps getting worse – eventually leading to a very uneven and sometimes bumpy ride for the tumbling stones.
Use the manual for your individual machine to find out the correct ideal operating temperatures. This is normally around room temperature. The motors on a rock tumbler do not like it too cold, or too warm – and they certainly cannot be expected to last long in a damp environment – which will lead to rust building on the internal components. Rock tumblers will fail miserably if they are allowed to freeze, this does happen if it is situated in a garden shed or even a garage if the winter is cold enough. A barrel loaded with frozen ice will be unbalanced on the tumbler aswell – putting stress on the motor as it has to lift the ice all the way up and over instead of having it slide along the bottom of the barrel as it rotates. This can be a major problem, especially on large load tumblers which are full of water and rocks.
Rock tumbling barrels can and do wear through – typically they get thinner and thinner (mostly with 80 grit) until they are thin enough to crack. They crack because the plastic is worn and a rock will hit in just the right place causing a crack/split to appear. The machine will keep on turning – and the spillage will consist of a rapid dripping through the crack until there is nothing remaining to escape – and still it will carry on turning! By the time you become aware of the problem the slurry may have even dried and gone hard. In this case – chip it off the tumbler and clean the area with a damp cloth. There is nothing worse than placing a pristine new batch of rocks on a filthy dirty tumbler! Pay attention the rails if you do get a spillage, often the slurry will run along them and get into the bearings – along with its grit – this is devastating. The best bet it to press the sides of the tumblers each time you start to use them – or are about to use them. You will notice that they become easy to squeeze as they wear thin – at this point it could be time to change rather than risk a spill.
Various sized barrels are available and temptation is there if you get hold of one which is too large for your rock tumbler. If you overload it, two problems can occur (at least). The first is the barrel will stall when you are not present because the motor becomes too tired to turn a load for which it is not rated. If this happens and the motor sticks, a fire is the worse scenario. Do not ever overload your motor. Another thing which can happen is that the barrel will remain still, but the drive will spin rapidly beneath it and not "catch" and rotate it. In this case, damage to the drive shaft and any rubber on it (depending on the design) will be incurred. Overloading a rock tumbler is simply not a good idea. If you need to polish more rock – buy a larger machine.
Your rock tumbler will produce a slurry with every single batch you perform. This is essentially composed of the material which constitutes the rocks themselves. Whilst it will never be as hard as the original pieces, it will settle in the u-bend of the plumbing and water will be squeezed out as the sediment sinks. Once this happens the microscopic particles will set together and form a solid blockage – and the only remedy will be to replace the pipework, you will very unlikely be able to remove it.
Remember – take care of your rock tumbler – and it will take care of you!


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Located on Verner Mill Road near intersection of highways 28 and 107 in Mountain Rest, Oconee County, South Carolina.
There are a few choices of sauces and many sides to choose from to go with your hickory smoked BAR-B-Q cooked daily. The staff is also very friendly and will offer great advice, if needed.
A natural market with fresh milk, eggs, butter, jams, jellies, bread and a complete line of honey made products. We also offer gifts and many SC Certified products. Visit our gourmet coffee bar inside the market or you can drive through.


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Home » Music » Ariana Grande Says She's 'Grateful' for Ex Mac Miller After Breakup: I 'Adore Him Endlessly'
Ariana Grande Says She's 'Grateful' for Ex Mac Miller After Breakup: I 'Adore Him Endlessly'
Ariana Grande and Mac Miller have broken up — but they're gonna "Be Alright"!
On Thursday, the "No Tears Left to Cry" singer, 24 opened up about her relationship with the 26-year-old rapper.
"This is one of my best friends in the whole world and favorite people on the planet," Grande wrote of Miller (real name: Malcolm McCormick) in an Instagram story. "I respect and adore him endlessly and am grateful to have him in my life in any form, at all times regardless of how our relationship changes or what the universe holds for each of us!"
In the post, Grande shared a throwback photo of them cuddling on a couch and added a heart-shaped emoji.
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"Unconditional love is not selfish. It is wanting the best for that person even if at the moment, it's not you," Grande added. "I can't wait to know and support you forever and i'm so proud of you!"
Late Wednesday, PEOPLE confirmed Grande and Miller amicably split but will remain friends. The couple — who collaborated on her 2013 single "The Way" — took their romance public in September 2016. They were last photographed together outside Madonna's star-studded Oscars bash in March and, per Instagram stories, were together just weeks ago cozying up at the Coachella music festival.
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Miller has indeed supported Grande in recent months. When she dropped "No Tears Left to Cry" in April, he tweeted: "very proud of this girl right here. Welcome back. We missed You. One of a kind."
Grande will release her fourth full-length album, Sweetener, July 20.
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Turtle ceramic made by Shipibo artist Sankenyaká, hand painted in the traditional 'xao kene' designs. One of the few Shipibo ceramists remaining, Sankenyaká preserves the traditions of her ancestors by continuing to create in the traditional way, with natural materials and dyes.
The Shipibo are distinguished by their extensive knowledge of medicinal plants and their beautiful craftwork traditions in ceramics and textiles.
Size: 14cm (5.5") x 10cm (4") x 6cm (2.5") - Please note: All ceramics are one of a kind and may differ slightly to photo.. this is the beauty.
Armadillo ceramic made by Shipibo artist Sankenyaká, hand painted in the traditional 'xao kene' designs. One of the few Shipibo ceramists remaining, Sankenyaká preserves the traditions of her ancestors by continuing to create in the traditional way, with natural materials and dyes.
Size: 14cm (5.5") x 6cm (2.5") x 9.5cm (3.75") - Please note: All ceramics are one of a kind and may differ slightly to photo.. this is the beauty.
Caiman ceramic made by Shipibo artist Sankenyaká, hand painted in the traditional 'xao kene' designs. One of the few Shipibo ceramists remaining, Sankenyaká preserves the traditions of her ancestors by continuing to create in the traditional way, with natural materials and dyes.
Size: 26cm (10") x 5cm (2") x 6.5cm (2.75") - Please note: All ceramics are one of a kind and may differ slightly to photo.. this is the beauty.
Jaguar ceramic made by Shipibo artist Sankenyaká, hand painted in the traditional 'xao kene' designs. One of the few Shipibo ceramists remaining, Sankenyaká preserves the traditions of her ancestors by continuing to create in the traditional way, with natural materials and dyes.
Size: 18cm (7") x 5cm (2") x 7cm (3") - Please note: All ceramics are one of a kind and may differ slightly to photo.. this is the beauty.


Figueiró dos Vinhos is a small village located in Leiria district. With a great variety of landscapes which allow our visitors to enjoy several leisure areas, ranging from rivers where we can find excellent fluvial beaches and practice nautical sports, to hills where the Nature lovers can go for long walks or climbing.
In addition to what Nature reserves to us, Figueiró withholds a vast historical and cultural legacy which is interesting to see. These are only some of the many reasons that Hotel Rota Malhoa presents to you to assure you have a pleasant stay.
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No one looks forward to submitting their tax returns. The entire undertaking can be time consuming, confusing, and often times stressful. In the end, you just want to avoid owing any additional money to the IRS when you file taxes at the end of the year. If you're lucky, you may even have a refund to look forward to in the end. Unfortunately, many people end up leaving hundreds of dollars in refund money on the table due to simple filing error. In fact, the amount of money that taxpayers fail to claim amounts to over a billion dollars.
For instance, many people do not know that you may be able to deduct your state and local income taxes for your federal returns. If you live in a state like California that has high in-state income tax rates, you could be looking at a significant deduction. Other common deductions that are overlooked are student loan interest and medical expenses. You may be surprised how much your "small" deductions will add up to in the end. Your best bet is to let a tax professional handle your returns for you. Our team of experienced associates will comb through all of your expenses during the year and help you get the most out of your itemized deductions.
Lots of of these companies have the option to receive online updates if forms or rules change before you submit your taxes, and their automated system will check your return for errors prior to allowing you to file. However, even with these safeguards in place, it's still possible for errors to occur on your return. Even if your software doesn't find any errors, you should still check your returns thoroughly before submitting them. You could make entry errors on your reported income, social security number or other personal information that the computer software has no way of catching. If such a mistake occurs on your taxes if could result in the IRS rejecting your return or holding up your refund.


Spicy + Smoky + Honey + Ginger + Barrels.
Dr Todd. A beer inspired by a cocktail. Australian bartender Sam Ross created several enduring drink recipes whilst at Milk & Honey in New York, most famously the Penicillin Cocktail: a smoky, spicy mix of Scotch, honey and ginger and lemon. We have deconstructed these ingredients from the cocktail and put them all together to brew a beer we have been wanting to make for a very long time.
Dr Todd is our riff on the Penicillin cocktail. The end result is an Islay Whisky Barrel-aged, strong citrus sour. It's been brewed with ginger, some lactose sugar and aged in barrels with British Black Bee honey and finished with more ginger and lemon zest. The Penicillin was inspired by the Hot Toddy, invented by the revered Dr Robert Bentley Todd.


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Good PR Can Guarantee High Job Approval Ratings and High Stock Prices What government and the private sector can learn from one another
The Bush Administration is being terribly hurt by the media.
The Government Accountability Office issued a report in January 2006 stating that the current administration in Washington spent $1.6 billion on public relations over 2-1/2 years. Of that, $1.1 billion was for military recruitment.
That leaves $500 million for image building. Yet the president's job approval rating is in the mid- to low 30s.
What's gone wrong?
Dwight Eisenhower, Master of PR
If you saw George C. Scott in "Patton," you will recall the slapping scene. Patton, visiting grievously wounded and dying soldiers in a field hospital in Sicily, came upon Pvt. Charles H. Kuhl of the 26th Infantry Regiment sitting on the end of a cot weeping. "It's my nerves, I guess," Kuhl told the general. "I can't stand the shelling." In his biography of Eisenhower, "General Ike," Alden Hatch recounted what happened next:
Patton's fetish was personal courage and this reply seemed to snap his own overwrought nerves. He roared a corrosive stream of abuse and profanity in which such printable epithets as "coward" and "yellowbelly" were the moderate exception. Finally he struck the boy with the back of his hand, sending his helmet liner rolling under the beds.
The Allies were suddenly faced with a public relations disaster. In those innocent times, it had potential consequences akin to Abu Ghraib.
Eisenhower moved quickly, ordering Patton to apologize in person not only to the soldier and all the personnel in the field hospital, but to the entire Seventh Army.
But how to deal with the press? The slapping incidents (there were more than one) occurred in the early summer of 1944. Hatch's "General Ike" describes how Eisenhower dealt with the press:
According to Quentin Reynolds, in his book, "The Curtain Rises," he said to Eisenhower at the press conference, "This would be a nasty story to get out. [Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph] Goebbels could do a lot with it. Every mother in America would think that her son was being subjected to this sort of treatment."
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In the middle of the ocean, feeling an animal's electric presence. The water comes alive, the air is filled with a unique scent. A jet of water vapor appears, bringing a splash of Mandarin Oil, Violet, Basil essence. At first, an apparition. Then, it reveals itself, with its skin colored like Elemi fruits, smooth and shiny, thanks to the millions of water drops. A whale, carrying with him the murmur of depths, the stories shared from boat to boat, with decks smelling like Cedar Essence, the strength of sailors, their look, the power of their hands. In its track, the citrus freshness welcomes deeper nuances of Sage Absolute, Nutmeg, Vetiver essence. Imposing as an ironclad, its cuirass, its leather skin, protects it. It is its force, its secret. And the Captain knows it.
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The exenum library offers constructors to build enumerations for datatypes, that is, functions from (arbitrarily large) integers to values. Such enumerations are typically used for unit testing. The library is efficient: the n-th element of an enumeration is returned without having computed the (n-1) previous elements. Complexity is in log(n), except for some pathological datatypes. See the homepage for details: http://exenum.forge.ocamlcore.org/ Inspired by Feat: Functional Enumeration of Algebraic Types, by Duregard, Jansson, Wang, Chalmers University. As an example, consider the following datatype: type term = Var of string | App of term * term | Lambda of string * term Using exenum, one may easily generate zillions of different lambda-terms. In our specific example, term number 2000000000000 happens to be ((((x v) (fun u -> y)) ((fun u -> y) (fun y -> y))) (((x v) (fun u -> v)) (fun u -> y))) Efficiency: computing lambda-term number 1E200 is instantaneous (on an antique Intel Centrino).


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Disentangling the functional consequences of the connectivity between optic-flow processing neurons.
Functional, but not anatomical, separation of "what" and "when" in prefrontal cortex.
Linear readout from a neural population with partial correlation data.
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Q: Where to start learning assembly - IDE, examples I have a solid knowledge of C#, I can use C quite well, and I am learning C++. I really would like to learn x86 assembly language for Windows, perhaps MASM, but I don't know where to start.
The first thing is the IDE. If at all possible I would like a syntax-highlighting, compiling, linking IDE, as I hate using command-line tools. I do have a nice enough editor, so just a compiler and linker GUI would also be fine. Does anybody have any recommendations?
I also am going to need some good tutorials on assembly, so if anyone knows of a good assembly intro, please post a link.

A: There are a number of assemblers you can use MASM, NASM, ObjASM, YASM, HLA, and TASM among them. Personally, I use MASM because it does everything I need and the macros allow you to transition from C style code to MASM pretty easily.
As stated earlier, Iczelion's Page is an excellent resource. If you want a group dedicated to Windows assembly programming try the ASM Community Message Board. Despite its detractors, I also believe that Kip R. Irvine's book is one of the best out there covering windows development in MASM.
For syntax highlighting, I would suggest Notepad++. For assembling, you can use the batch file I posted in this question: Project Options in Qeditor of MASM32 isn't working
Assembly programming is a lot of fun. Ask lots of questions and good luck.

A: I know of some books that are good to learn from. I am not sure of online tutorials. Some of the material you will find is a little outdated just be cautious.

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A: Iczelion's Page is almost all you need for Win32Asm programming. For an introduction in assembly look at Randy Hyde's Page

A: Since you are already familiar with c# then you should be comfortable with the Visual Studio 2010 IDE. My blog describes how to configure VS 2010 for MASM32 programming with libraries from MASM32.com. scriptbucket.wordpress.com

A: I started by learning MIPS in my university so switching to x86 is not that hard but it requires a lot of study.
I suggest to you to buy or look for a solid and big book of x86 asm that contains even all the math basics required (logic gates, boolean algebra, numeric encoding, floating point etc.)
As ide i suggest to you to use SASM or visual masm, even visual studio can be adapted as a masm ide.

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Like many golfers, after years of playing I began to feel the detrimental effects of the golf swing in my lower back. Upon the recommendation from my doctor, I sought the help of Bill Scibetta and the Play Better Longer Program. After seeing and feeling first hand the benefits of the Play Better Longer Program, I whole heartedly recommend this program. It is my job as a PGA teaching professional to correct swing flaws and put my students in position to make better ball contact. Many golfers have physical limitations such as lack of flexibility, poor posture, poor balance or coordination, inadequate physical strength or endurance that make it difficult to fully or permanently correct swing flaws. The Play Better Longer Program removes those physical limitations. By following this program you will find your instruction and practice time much more productive and playing time much more enjoyable. You will not only gain distance, control and consistency, you will just plain feel better.


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Denmark juice café expands in New York City
Amanda Fung
A Copenhagen, Denmark–based juice café is opening its fifth location in Manhattan. Joe & the Juice will set up an outpost at 430 Park Ave., at East 56th Street, this summer, according to the New York Post.
The company signed a 10-year lease for the 1,620-square-foot space. The asking rent was $350 a square foot. Joe & the Juice calls itself a "go-to place for health-conscious people who like their fresh-pressed juice served with a side of edgy."
Midtown East rezoning still on track (New York Post)
Building permits for residential projects up this year (The Real Deal)
Expanding digital business services firm consolidates offices (New York Post)
Property owners spend on quality of life (The New York Times)
JFK-area hotel gets new owner (The Real Deal)
Kushners bank $400 million from China's Anbang on 666 Fifth Ave.
Nonprofit director's compensation raises questions
Developers aren't worried about Manhattan rents dropping


The first customer Regera. After the two prototypes: the production spec car and the first prototype, and 2 years of development, the 80 Regeras (all of which are pretty much spoken for) start rolling out of the factory in Ängelholm. The first customer 1,500-horsepower hybrid is presented here in a well known sports car livery. The British Racing Green tinted carbon fiber goes perfectly together with the rich Saddle Brown leather. This car also has the Regera carbon fiber wheel option. The 'Tresex' hollow-core wheels reduce wheel mass by 40% compared to a lightweight alloy wheel of the same size. The second car has also already been shown, finished in candy apple red with a clear carbon centre section and candy apple red hood stripe.
Koenigsegg is rapidly growing, hitting record sales in 2016 and for the first time having two completely distinct models being built in parallel. To cut down on waiting times they are currently hiring 40 new employees. You can have a look here work.koenigsegg.com if this is something for you.