Many would think that a busy mom of four, who happens to be a Registered Dietitian, would have it figured out when it comes to getting her kids to eat healthy and help in the kitchen. There are some days when it is smooth sailing, other days it's not so easy. My New Year's resolution this year involved making it a point that my kids would be in charge of at least one meal each month. We have made it through the first few months, and all is going well. My five year old son helps with age appropriate tasks such as setting the table, rinsing produce, measuring ingredients, and clearing the table. The three older girls are in charge of planning an entire meal including the entree and sides (usually a fruit and/or vegetable). Once they know what they want to serve they are responsible for all of the steps.
All four of my kids "helping" in the kitchen. Do you think the three not flipping pancakes are telling my 11 year old how to do it or cheering her on?
I know they are only 13, 11, and 9, but my goals for this experience are: 1) to help them understand that food doesn't just appear on the table, 2) to understand there are many steps involved in preparing a meal, and 3) to teach them to fly solo in the kitchen so they can cook their own food (and clean up after themselves). Their roommates and spouses will hopefully thank me later.
They are learning and honing many skills, including meal preparation, problem-solving, measuring, reading recipes, multi-tasking, and time management. They are responsible for looking at our family calendar and deciding what night they are free and able to make a meal, and determining what they need to do ahead of time. One example, taking out hamburger the day before so it is thawed for them to make tacos the next night.
So far, they have made some of their favorite recipes. My oldest daughter, who is 13, made her meal with one day to spare in the month of February, but she got it done. My youngest daughter loves chicken tortilla soup, which was a great recipe for her to make. She was able to put all of the ingredients in the slow cooker in the morning, and her supper was done when we got home from school and work. She added some fresh fruit and drinks (water or milk) and "dinner was served". She chose to make a macaroni and hamburger skillet meal her second time around. When dad complimented her on a good meal, she said "I know Dad, I made it". Another learning opportunity: confidence is good, but she also needed to say "thank you". We had a blast in the kitchen. She did a great job of working on every task from using the can opener to stirring her skillet meal. We also did a little singing and dancing, which helped keep things fun.
Shyann working basic kitchen skills; using a can opener and carefully adding noodles to a pan of boiling water.
"I'm getting pancake everywhere!" – Learning to pour pancake batter on the griddle takes practice.
"Is it done yet?" – She got a quick lesson on knowing when to flip pancakes. Hint: Look for bubbles in the batter.
"I got pancake in my hair." – Ummm, pull your hair back in a pony. And me telling her, you get to eat that one.
"I can't!" – Yes, you can…you just flipped the other four pancakes. You can do it!
"Is this enough water?" Making pancakes was a great way to help her learn that you can always add more, but you can't necessarily remove it. In this case it was adding liquid to the pancake mix to get the right consistency.
Camry concentrating on making the perfect pancakes. She did a great job flipping them! She did pull her hair back after getting pancake in her hair.
I'll be honest, I have loved and hated this learning experience at the same time. I love spending time with my kids in kitchen, but time seems to be an issue and they don't seem to want to do anything extra. I guess it's all part of the teaching (and learning) process. I want them to understand food doesn't just appear on the table; it's a process and often times I do it by myself while they are doing homework or playing. I also want them to understand that the process doesn't stop once the food is on the table, there is also clean up. They have always been good at clearing their dishes, but it's been a constant battle to get them to clear the rest of the items (sides, condiments, other dirty dishes), wash the dishes that don't go in the dishwasher, and wipe the counter and table off.
Last, but not least, I want them to have more respect for the cook. It's not always hard work, but it still takes time to put a meal on the table. It's important to me that my kids be respectful, especially when they don't like something that is being served, and use their manners. Bottom line, parents shouldn't feel like they need to do all the meal planning, prepping, cooking and cleaning. Teaching our children those skills will benefit them for the rest of their life. Plus, they are more likely to try something they've helped prepare, and cooking with them is fun.
Sitting down to enjoy a family meal is pretty special, especially when you have had help in the kitchen.
If you're interested in trying this in your own home, start with letting the child pick out one of their favorite meals. Help them think through what ingredients they need (do you already have them at home or do you need to purchase them at the store?), and when and how they are going to make their meal. Be sure you allow enough time and have fun!
One of our favorite family recipes is the chicken tortilla soup I mentioned above. It is made in the slow cooker, so is a great one for kids to start with. They can work on reading a recipe, measuring, and using a can opener.
Combine all ingredients, except chips and shredded cheese, in a slow cooker.
Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours in a slow cooker.
Remove chicken from slow cooker. Shred chicken using two forks. Put chicken pieces back into slow cooker.
If desired, serve with tortilla chips and shredded cheese.
Nutrition Information per Serving: Calories 169, Total Fat 3 g, Saturated Fat 1 g (2% DV), Cholesterol 43 mg (14% DV), Sodium 665 mg (29% DV), Total Carbohydrate 18 g (14% DV), Dietary Fiber 7 g (28% DV), Sugars 7 g, Protein 18 g, Vitamin A 6%, Vitamin C 24%, Calcium 8%, Iron 13%.
In a large bowl, combine milk, margarine, and egg. Mix well.
Add the flour, baking powder, and sugar to the milk mixture. Stir just enough to wet the flour. Add more milk, if necessary, to make the batter about as thick as heavy cream.
Cook pancakes on a lightly greased griddle or frying pan. Cook until the pancakes are full of bubbles and the under-surface is lightly browned. Lift with a spatula and flip over. Lightly brown the other side.
Nutrition Information per Serving: Calories 220, Total Fat 8 g, Saturated Fat 2 g (10% DV), Cholesterol 60 mg (21% DV), Sodium 340 mg (14% DV), Total Carbohydrate 31 g (10% DV), Dietary Fiber 1 g (5% DV), Sugars 6 g, Protein 6 g, Vitamin A 8%, Vitamin C 2%, Calcium 20%, Iron 10%.
Post reviewed by Donnia Behrends, MS, RD, LMNT and Morgan Hartline MS, RD, LMNT. Photos by Natalie Sehi.
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From my personal experience of setting up and supporting my friends' modems on the Exetel network, I'd like to designate in this simple post the differences of the 10.x.x.x IP addresses that may be given to users if they are blocked for one reason or another. This will hopefully help some of you when you are questioning why you have been blocked but aren't shown the blocked pages.
- 10.35.x.x is simply a incorrect username and/or password that you have entered into your modem. You should follow the instructions at http://www.exetel.com.au/a_connecting_to_exetel.php to resolve this problem.
- 10.32.x.x is a spam block - these are put on accounts if they are known to be sending out 'spam' from their IP. This is sometimes caused by a virus or trojan. I recommend downloading/updating your virus scanner and also a spyware scanner. These should pick up the problem and you can then apply for your service to be unblocked - but only if you are sure that you have removed the cause of the spam.
- 10.34.x.x is a payment block; which is self-explanatory. To find out what to do with this, you simply need to login to your user facilities and it will be on the first page as you login. You are given options on how to fix this.
- 10.33.x.x is an abuse block. Usually you should receive an email about this if you are ever blocked for this reason.
Thanks JamesR As far as I know, you are correct. I've made the thread a "sticky".
JamesR wrote: From my personal experience of setting up and supporting my friends' modems on the Exetel network, I'd like to designate in this simple post the differences of the 10.x.x.x IP addresses that may be given to users if they are blocked for one reason or another. This will hopefully help some of you when you are questioning why you have been blocked but aren't shown the blocked pages.
Great idea. I was blocked recently, but my Firefox or IE did not show any pages, so I had no idea why. As it was about the middle of the month, and I had not changed any settings in my router, I concluded that I was spam blocked. Turned out that my guess was correct.
I would also like to find something like this in the user facility. That way I wont have to search the forum for the information.
I will ask a sysadmin for the actual redirect code from the captive portal server and post it.
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Membres

 Bennie "Big Peter" Pete (sousaphone et leader de la bande)
 Terrell "Burger" Batiste (trompette)
 Harry "Swamp Thang" Cook (grosse caisse)
 Jerome "Baybay" Jones (trombone)
 Alvarez "B.I.G. AL" Huntley (trompette)
 Dinerral "Dick" Shavers (caisse claire)
 Raymond "Dr. Rackle" Williams (trompette)

 Keith "Wolf" Anderson (trombone)
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 Wendell "Cliff" Stewart (saxophone)
 Demond "Bart" Dorsey (trombone)
 Jacob Johnson (trompette)
 Joseph "Shotgun Joe" Williams (trombone)
 Gregory "Koon" Veals (trombone)

Télévision
 À la suite de l'ouragan Katrina, le Hot 8  fait une apparition dans Katrina (téléfilm) (When the Levees Broke : A Requiem in Four Acts) de Spike Lee en 2006.
 En 2010, le groupe participe à la série HBO Treme.

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NRL COMMUNITY
Allana Ferguson's family ramps up fire relief campaign
Margie McDonald Senior Reporter
Tue 7 Jan 2020, 08:34 AM
A family brainstorming session on New Year's Eve has led retired Jillaroo Allana Ferguson on a bushfire relief mission targeting the Lake Conjola area of the NSW south coast.
"It's not just me. It's been a wonderful response from people who want to help," Ferguson told NRL.com.
But Ferguson and her family's name and reputation has been the driving force in not only collecting more than four semi-trailers worth of food, clothing and household goods, but now more than 1,000 care packs for fire-affected residents and volunteer fire fighters alike.
"We have a house in Lake Conjola that we holiday at – I've been going there forever. So we know a lot of the community. We have a lot of great mates down there and also at Bendalong," she said.
Ferguson has not been able to check on her family property as yet but it was water-bombed several times and she understands the home is still standing.
It was at her mum and dad's place on New Year's Eve that rescue plans were hatched.
#day4 SUPPLY PACKS READY TO HEAD DOWN THE COAST We spent today making more supply packs ready for the fire affected communities that are low on resources or isolated. We have been in touch with emergency services as to how to get the supply packs into the targeted areas. Your donations made this happen, we were able to make several trips back and forth to the shops to stock up on specific items as the day went by. So far we've sent 500+ packs directly to the people who need it by boat, and today got to work to create more that are heading down via escort first light tomorrow. We have estimated that close to 1000 packs in total have been made and after tomorrow will have been taken directly to the people in need. My family and I are so incredibly mind blown with the lengths everyone has gone to and are so proud to be part of a country that never hesitated to rally in a time of need. Our friends, the community and local businesses have been unbelievable in making this all happen. Thank you so much! If you've donated via the link in my bio or dropped off earlier in the week then YOU are the ones making this possible. In the truck heading down tomorrow we also have generators, chainsaws, petrol, protective clothing, baby formula, nappies, baby food, hygiene products for the elderly, slabs of water, eye drops and masks. In a time of heart brake and devastation, when our country is burnt and burning, you have proved that it is the people who have kept it together. Thank you again for making such a significant difference and helping us, help them 🖤
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"We were sitting around the pool in Bulli at mum and dad's and we had decided not to go down to the area for safety reasons. But we felt so helpless as so many of our friends were there," Ferguson said.
"So we brainstormed some ideas… and one was to collect items that people would need immediately as they'd lost everything. There were more than 80 homes lost that first night."
#day5 SUPPLY PACKS DELIVERED, GENERATORS DELIVERED & SEMI TRAILER UNPACKED and SORTED With ongoing help and support from the community and through your donations, we have been able to achieve an immediate impact on fire affected communities. Due to the extent of your generous donations, we are now going to be able to help more people in need. We estimate that the sheer amount of physical goods collected will be able to help numerous communities. If you have a DIRECT contact of someone in a town that needs our help, please get in contact with myself or @kingtidesurfboards Our aim is to help as many families as possible. Your donations continue to make our work possible!
A post shared by Allana Ferguson (@allanaferg_) on Jan 6, 2020 at 12:49am PST
Social media posts gave two collection points – Ferguson's father's Taren Point and Wollongong shops for his outdoor sporting goods, Fergo's Tackle World – for goods and/or monetary donations.
"Because we had so many ties down there [Lake Conjola area] we could get goods to them immediately."
The response was also pretty quick. In 48 hours Ferguson had to put a halt to the physical donations as they'd run out of space at their two warehouses.
"We'd filled four semi-trailers of good – that's how generous everyone has been – of a whole range of things like food, water, hygiene, medical supplies and clothing.
"Everyone rallied in the Sutherland shire and Wollongong because a lot of them holiday down there too. So people bought brand new items and brought them to us."
Ferguson is still collecting money and that is being used to make up individual packs of water, food, eye drops, face masks, hygiene essentials like toothpaste and deodorant that are being distributed by boat, NSW police escorts and the Rural Fire Service vehicles.
"The police and RFS have contacted us because the pre-made packs are easier to get to people than the logistics of having a central collection point where people can have a free-for-all."
Specific packs have also been made for the RFS workers that include aloe vera cream, lip balm, snack foods, eye drops hydrolyte and electrolyte powder to add to their water bottles.
Ferguson and 30 friends have been assembling the care-packs over the past few days and will continue to do so.
The other donated food and goods have been placed onto 80 pallets and will be delivered once the roads are all open.
Ferguson is still after monetary donations as her team is also using this money to buy generators.
"They still have no power down there which is affecting everything in their lives. So we've sent 10 generators down there and we're working on getting more," Ferguson said.
Jillaroo Millie Boyle, whose family lives in Cobargo in another badly affected bushfire region 200km south of Lake Conjola, has set up a fund-raising initiative via her social media pages.
"We don't know how long it will take to rebuild our town, but we have to start somewhere," Boyle wrote in her Instagram post.
Other Jillaroos are auctioning off signed jerseys while the response right across the NRL and NRLW has been to pitch in wherever possible to try and raise funds for the RFS and those who have been hit hard by the bushfire criis.
With the heartbreak and devastation still occurring across the country, our hearts are breaking for those who have lost so much. The beauty of growing up in a small community is knowing that everyone gets behind each other, now we need your help. @_bellakerr and I have made a GoFundMe page for the families in Cobargo and surrounding towns. We don't know how long it will take to rebuild our town, but we have to start somewhere. Link is in my bio. Picture taken by my sister @daisyboyyle at our family farm
A post shared by Millie Boyle (@millie_boyle) on Jan 4, 2020 at 3:18pm PST
Casualty Ward: Each team's injury list heading into 2020
Torn Gagai withdraws from All Stars clash
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NRL stars auction jerseys to support Bushfire appeal
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Q: Post-hoc test for lmer Error message I am running a Linear Mixed Effect Model in R and I was able to successfully run my code and get results.
My code is as follow:
library(lme4)
library(multcomp)
read.csv(file="bh_new_all_woas.csv")
whb=read.csv(file="bh_new_all_woas.csv")
attach(whb)
head(whb)
whb.model = lmer(Density ~ distance + (1|Houses) + Cats, data = whb)
summary(whb.model)

However, I would like to do a comparison of my distance fixed factor that has 4 levels to it. I tried running a lsmean as followed:
lsmeans(whb.model, pairwise ~ distance, adjust = "tukey")

This error popped up:
Error in match(x, table, nomatch = 0L) : 'match' requires vector arguments

I also tried glht using this code:
glht(whb.model, linfct=mcp(distance="tukey"))

and got the same results. A sample of my data is as follows:
Houses  distance   abund       density
House 1 20         0           0
House 1 120        6.052357    0.00077061
House 1 220        3.026179    0.000385305
House 1 320        7.565446    0.000963263
House 2 20         0           0
House 2 120        4.539268    0.000577958
House 2 220        6.539268    0.000832606
House 2 320        5.026179    0.000639953
House 3 20         0           0
House 3 120        6.034696    0.000768362
House 3 220        8.565446    0.001090587
House 3 320        5.539268    0.000705282
House 4 20         0           0
House 4 120        6.052357    0.00077061
House 4 220        8.052357    0.001025258
House 4 320        2.521606    0.000321061
House 5 20         4.513089    0.000574624
House 5 120        6.634916    0.000844784
House 5 220        4.026179    0.000512629
House 5 320        5.121827    0.000652131
House 6 20         2.513089    0.000319976
House 6 120        9.308185    0.001185155
House 6 220        7.803613    0.000993587
House 6 320        6.130344    0.00078054
House 7 20         3.026179    0.000385305
House 7 120        9.052357    0.001152582
House 7 220        7.052357    0.000897934
House 7 320        6.547785    0.00083369
House 8 20         5.768917    0.000734521
House 8 120        4.026179    0.000512629
House 8 220        4.282007    0.000545202
House 8 320        7.537835    0.000959747
House 9 20         3.513089    0.0004473
House 9 120        5.026179    0.000639953
House 9 220        8.052357    0.001025258
House 9 320        9.573963    0.001218995
House 10 20        2.255828    0.000287221
House 10 120       5.255828    0.000669193
House 10 220       10.060874   0.001280991
House 10 320       8.539268    0.001087254

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

A: So which problem is it that needs fixing? One issue is the model, and another is the follow-up to it.
The model displayed is fitted using the fixed effects ~ distance + Cats. Now, Cats is not in the dataset provided, so that's an issue. But aside from that, distance enters the model as a quantitative predictor (if I am to believe the read.csv statements etc.). This model implies that changes in the expected Density are proportional to changes in distance. Is that a reasonable model? Maybe, maybe not. But is it reasonable to follow that up with multiple comparisons for distance? Definitely not. From this model, the change between distances of 20 to 120 will be exactly the same as the change between distances of 120 and 220. The estimated slope of distance, from the model summary, embodies everything you need to know about the effect of distance. Multiple comparisons should not be done.
Now, one might guess from the question that what you really had wanted to do was to fit a model where each of the four distances has its own effect, separate from the other distances. That would require a model with factor(distance) as a predictor; in that case, factor(distance) will account for 3 degrees of freedom rather than 1 d.f. for distance as a quantitative predictor. For such a model, it is appropriate to follow it up with multiple comparisons (unless possibly distance also interacts with some other predictors). If you were to fit such a model, I believe you will find there will be no errors in your lsmeans call (though you need a library("lsmeans") statement, not shown in your code.
Ultimately, getting programs to run without error is not necessarily the same as producing sensible or meaningful answers. So my real answer is to consider carefully what is a reasonable model for the data. I might suggest seeking one-on-one help from a statistical consultant to make sure you understand the modeling issues. Once that is settled, then appropriate interpretation of that model is the next step; and again, that may require some advice.
Additional minor notes about the code provided:

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*The first read.csv call accomplishes nothing because it doesn't store the data.

*R is case-sensitive, so technically, Density isn't in your dataset either

*When the data frame is attached, you don't also need the data argument in the lmer call.

*The apparent fact that Houses has levels "House 1", "House 2", etc. is messed-up in your listing because the comma delimiters in your data file are not shown.

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Le Skate America est une compétition internationale de patinage artistique qui se déroule aux États-Unis au cours de l'automne. Il accueille des patineurs amateurs de niveau senior dans quatre catégories: simple messieurs, simple dames, couple artistique et danse sur glace.

Le vingt-huitième Skate America est organisé du 12 au  à la Herb Brooks Arena de Lake Placid dans l'État de New York. Il est la cinquième compétition du Grand Prix ISU senior de la saison 2009/2010.

Résultats

Messieurs

Dames

Couples

Danse sur glace

Sources
 Résultats du Skate America 2009 sur le site de l'ISU
 Patinage Magazine N°120 (-)

2009
Événement sportif à Lake Placid (New York)
Compétition de patinage artistique dans l'État de New York
Patinage artistique en 2009
Sport aux États-Unis en novembre 2009


Very few corporate leaders are "natural" communicators, comfortable in front of the camera and confident facing a barrage of journalist questions.
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Andrea provides one-on- one corporate training that goes far beyond the typical "how to dress and sit, where to look" coaching that so many offer. Each session is custom-designed to your speaker, whether they are a C-suite exec or start-up founder.
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Trump speaks publicly about Michael Cohen for the first time in weeks, says it's 'far too early' to think about pardoning him
Allan Smith
Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump spoke publicly on the investigation involving his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, for the first time in weeks on Friday.
Trump told reporters that he hasn't considered pardoning Cohen yet.
The president added it was "far too early to be thinking about that."
President Donald Trump spoke publicly on the investigation involving his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, for the first time in weeks on Friday, telling reporters outside the White House that he hasn't considered pardoning the attorney.
"I haven't even thought about it," Trump said of pardoning Cohen and Paul Manafort, his former campaign chairman who has been indicted as a result of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. "They haven't been convicted of anything."
He added that it's "far too early to be thinking about that."
Ahead of his trip to Canada to participate in the G7 summit, Trump also expressed his displeasure with the FBI's raids on Cohen's home, office, and hotel room in April.
"Incredible that you can break into a lawyer's office," he said.
Cohen is the focus of a criminal investigation in the Southern District of New York into whether he violated campaign-finance laws or committed bank fraud. Though Trump tweeted in the aftermath of the raids that attorney-client privilege was "dead," lawyers for Cohen, Trump, and the Trump Organization have marked a minuscule number of documents obtained by the government in those raids as privileged.
Asked about a potential pardon for Cohen in April, Trump snapped back that it was a "stupid question."
Last month, The Washington Post reported Trump was venting about the Cohen raids as often as "20 times a day" to close associates. Trump's allies have feared that Cohen will cooperate with the government if he is faced with prosecution.
Trump last went into detail on his thoughts regarding Cohen during an April interview with the Fox News morning show "Fox & Friends," saying Cohen handled a " tiny, tiny fraction" of his "overall legal work."
Michael Cohen.
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"Michael is in business — he is really a businessman, a fairly big business, as I understand it," Trump said. "I don't know his business, but [the investigation] doesn't have to do with me."
Though Trump said Cohen's legal work for him was minimal, he said the lawyer "represents me on some things," mentioning "this crazy Stormy Daniels deal."
That references the $130,000 hush-money payment Cohen facilitated to the porn star just weeks before the 2016 presidential election to keep her quiet about her allegation of a 2006 affair with Trump.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is suing Cohen and Trump in California, seeking to void that nondisclosure agreement, and last month filed a motion to revive that lawsuit. On Wednesday, she filed a new lawsuit in California court alleging that her former attorney, Keith Davidson, who helped ink the hush money agreement, had betrayed her and became a "puppet" for Trump and Cohen.
Trump's outside attorney, Rudy Giuliani, told Business Insider last month that Trump's legal team isn't terribly concerned about the developments in the Cohen investigation because "it doesn't really affect us."
"I hope they're not using him as a pawn, that would be really unfair to him," Giuliani said, suggesting that the government could be pursuing Cohen in an effort to implicate Trump. "But, you know, if history is any guide here, that may be what they're doing."
Giuliani said he has only seen "lots of speculation" but "no proof of any kind of evidence of any kind" that Cohen committed any wrongdoing.
"And I feel sorry for him because I haven't yet seen anything that showed he did anything wrong," Giuliani said. "So we'll have to see what happens."
SEE ALSO: Melania Trump's office disputes Rudy Giuliani's comments about her thoughts on Stormy Daniels
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Dominion Rd is one of the city's busiest and most important bus routes accounting for almost 3 million trips annually. At peak times it already sees many more people on buses than in cars – Auckland Transport saying 23% more. The future of Dominion Rd is for light rail. However, while that's very much needed, one of the causalities of the push for it has been any improvements to the bus lanes to improve transport in the interim. Planned improvements had been on the cusp of happening many times in the past, only to be delayed again and again. In some ways it was understandable to put the last lot of plans on hold, AT had hoped to be putting rails in the ground by now. But after it quickly became clear that the debate over light rail wasn't going to be a fast one, AT should have got on bus lane improvements.
It looks like Auckland Transport are finally going to do that, announcing yesterday that they'll starting soon.
Early next year Auckland Transport (AT) will extend the lanes to make them continuous between Horopito Street and Mt Albert Road. They will also operate for an extra hour in the mornings and evenings. The city-bound bus lane will be open from 7am to 10am and south-bound lane from 4pm to 7pm. Bus lanes can be used by buses, bikes, motorbikes and mopeds during the restriction times.
These improvements will help ease congestion in peak hours allowing fast and frequent bus services, making public transport an attractive option. The main cause of congestion is private vehicles with one occupant.
At the same time that the bus lanes are extended, AT will move some bus stops to comply better with the standard 400 metres between stops. All bus stops not covered by verandas will have shelters put in. There will also be some changes to pedestrian crossings so people can cross Dominion Road to more easily access bus stops.
"These changes will help with traffic flow for all road users. Buses will have a dedicated lane during the weekday peak hours so they won't have to move in and out of traffic," says David Nelson, AT's Group Manager Major Projects.
AT has provided information to property owners and occupants directly affected by these upcoming works. Prior to the works commencing AT will send out information to the entire stretch of Dominion Road between Horopito Street and Mt Albert Road and install road signage.
Extended bus lanes that operate for longer and with better stop spacing, finally. It's fantastic that it's happening but really should have been done years ago.
If you want to know more about what's planned, including just what stops are planned to be added or removed, there are details on ATs website. The various sections that will see changes are shown below.
I counted seven trucks parked in the Queen St bus lanes today.
It's one thing to paint bus lanes, it's another to actually enforce them.
Same goes for clearways, however bus lanes are more often ignored.
We need more enforcement, most definitely!
A law that is not enforced is not a law at all: merely a 'suggestion'.
One thing the new govt could do quickly is ensure legislation enables bus drivers to record instances of vehicles parking in bus lanes (e.g. using an onboard camera) and then issue fines automatically. I understand this system is used in London, for example.
That's a great idea – Do you know if anybody has mentioned it to an MP?
There are several places on Dominion Road that regularly have cars parked in the bus lane.
Outside Le Voie Fracaise bakery at 875 Dom Rd I regularly see cars stopped to pickup stuff from there or the shop next door. I suspect some people stop there just about every day without worry of being ticketed.
Many cars were parked in driveways and across the new cyclelane in West Lynn yesterday morning at 7 am, each pushing the cyclists into the traffic. Cycleways without enforcement = angry car dependents yet poor amenity for cyclists. Given that road policing seems to get more money each year than public transport funding and waaaay more than walking and cycling funding, you'd think some of that road policing could benefit the users of PT and people who use active modes.
One of the most frequent offenders at blocking a 24/7 bus lane is the NZ Bus driver change over cars which stop in the lane outside Victoria Park Markets despite parking spaces directly opposite.
Causes congestion for all users, and increases dangers for those on two wheels legitimately using the bus lane.
AT enforcement of this is woeful.
That car is a nightmare – I have to cycle there regularly and it forces me into general traffic.
Yes, this is so obviously part of the set driver protocol yet breaks AT's rules and endangers cyclists. Needs to be challenged.
I've challenged AT and NZ Bus over this many times in the past year over the breach on the bus lane and the safety issues it's causing. AT have been pathetic with actually getting the problem solved.
NZ Bus ignore every attempt to discuss with them – simply no response at all. When I raise the issue with AT about one of their contracted operators ignoring queries and complaints, I get zero support at getting anywhere with NZ Bus.
Even involving local board and councillors has produced nothing more than a lip-service response from AT.
I wonder if there have actually been any crashes as a result? Would be interesting to see what happens to NZ Bus if their standard practice were to injure a cyclist.
A side benefit is a little more protection for cyclists – I have an end to end cycle way from work to home except for the Hiropito to View Road section. So thanks from me, AT.
This is an interesting problem – and we will have the same problem in Wellington with Lambton Quay and Adelaide Road. So, currently, bus lanes are on the footpath side of the road, with cars going down the middle of the road, right? But in the future, with Light Rail routes, the tracks will go down the centre of the road, correct? Not at the footpath side, but in the centre? So, cars will be on the left of the Rail – assuming that all buses are removed and replaced by rail. That's fine – very common overseas, with small islands needing to be built to receive passengers.
But it is the changeover process that interests me – how to get there? As in, how to get a bus lane on the left to change into a LR down the centre. Logically, probably, you would move the bus lanes over first, to the centre, and build the passenger islands, and then get people used to working with PT in the centre. But then you'd have to close it all off again as they dug up the centre and installed rails. Nightmare. What to do? Ideas?
Just keep running the buses kerbside while you build the rail in the centre. Then when you are finished start running the rail, stop running the buses and let cars use the former bus lanes.
interestingly enough im told those centre of the road gardens on Lambton Quay still have tram rails buried under them. That will be ironic if they have to remove tram tracks to make way for LR.
You'd build it in sections and temporarily close the bus lane in the non peak direction so that the peak buslane can still operate and cars would go around on the other side of the road (barriers in place) while non peak traffic would temporarily use the non peak buslane. Doesn't actually take that long to lay down concrete and rails, it's all the other stuff that takes up time. Could probably complete about 70m per day.
"Doesn't actually take that long to lay down concrete and rails".
AKLDUDE is correct, the actual laying of rail is relatively quick as they will come on precast units and laid in place. Its the moving and protecting of services, upgrading of exisiting services and installation of overhead or underground wires that will take the time. Even the prep for precast units shouldn't take long given that the majority of dominion road is a concrete road. The platforms may need some more prep work however, extra piling etc. The biggest job will be the cut and cover at k-road end.
It's finding and moving the underground services that's fiddly and time consuming.
Send the buses down Customhouse Quay and along the waterfront during construction. Awkwardly discover that this is in fact a much better transit route and forever regret having LR crawl down the golden mile.
You can't move buses to the centre of Dominion Rd as the LR will have fewer stops. If you let people get used to many stops in the centre then it will be impossible to get rid of half of them later.
That is how they will make it faster. Reduce the number of stops and make people walk.
errr? quite the reverse Russell, 800m to 1km is Rapid Transit standard, 400m is slow bus styles.
Are you suggesting we need to add more stops to the Northern Busway and the rail network to make it true mass transit?
Combining short and long-distance transit on the same light rail line is a problem with the airport proposal.
+1, this is the biggest risk with the LRT. If the public don't buy into reducing stop spacing it may well ruin the line for residents of the southwest and people headed to the airport.
They also need to add bus priority traffic light phasing optimisation.
Good to see finally, How's Mt Eden Rd going?
Why bother with "restricted" "extended" bus lane hours at all?
Should make them permanent bus lanes i.e. 24×7 because once LR is built, there will be no/zero/nada on street parking along there anyway.
So car and delivery drivers need to start getting used to NOT stopping on Dominion Road for any reason.
No matter how convenient for them.
Best time for that lesson is now rather than once LR begins operating when it won't just be the folks in the "loser cruisers" who are held up anymore.
And also because between now and when LR opens there will be a ton of disruptions and road closures as LR is built, so all the better to make not parking anywhere on Dominion road the "new normal".
That way once the road works begin there will be no dramas, the screaming and shouting by shop keepers will have happened already and no "woe is me, my customers can't park right outside my shop so I'm going broke" stories we normally see.
And also makes enforcement simple – somethings parked in the bus lane that is not a bus – ticket then tow it. Won't get too many repeat offenders that way once word gets out.
Good point. Might as well kill off the businesses now so they can relocate somewhere else sooner.
haha the thought dominion road businesses needing doorstep on street parking to survive is hilarious.
Yes. I sure hope AT have done some good data collection on people's assumptions, the reality of how customers arrive, and on how it changes. Would be very useful.
That's something that AT should be doing city-wide as a matter of course.
I know that numbers don't convince people where emotion comes into play, but you need to have the numbers before you can even think of making a proposition.
More data is good, as long as they can actually present the data.
Ah, the people doing a quick stop in the town for shopping. Contrary to popular belief, doing a quick stop is quite inconvenient by car. Way easier to do on foot, on bike or on a frequent bus route.
On the other hand: It's not just buses which count a 'loser cruisers', the streets give us plenty of cues that 'worthy' people are not meant to be out there on foot. Auckland is a brutal environment to be outside a car. So don't be surprised if people prefer a 5 minute drive instead of a 10 minute walk, or if there is some anxiety about having to walk a bit.
Yes if walking environment was improved, we wouldn't even need bus stops every 400m for even the slow bus routes….saving money, time etc while we are at it.
Many of the Dominion Rd businesses are restaurants, theatres etc, places people stay for a while. I imagine they would already be broke if they relied on Dominion Rd parking, I'm pretty sure I parked on a side street last time I was over there.
Has anyone every actually tried and suceeded parking on Dominion Road itself?
Yep, but only after 6 pm . Look for loading zones, unless stated otherwise they only apply mon-sun 8am-6pm.
The dreaded "I have to do a tight parallel park in front of a pedestrian audience & while traffic is snarling up behind you and I haven't done one of these in 3 months" fear.
Why now? Isn't light rail a labour priority? They might be digging it up next year. Do AT know something we don't?
Even if LRT is starting next year, this is well worthwhile.
Great to see less bus stops as the closeness and bunching must be affecting travel times. Speeding this up is always the trade off a walking a little further for some. Some are only 150 metres apart. Hopefully the 'greater good' approach applies here.
It might free up a peak bus or 2 if it saves a few mins travel time – which can be reinvested to provide even more frequency and capacity for customers.
"Some are only 150 metres apart" – Yes perhaps the walking is so bad they have done this.


Many of you will know Adam Yauch as a co-founder of the successful American hip-hop band Beastie Boys. However, it is not very well known that he also directed many of the group's music videos under the pseudonym Nathaniel Hörnblowér, a quirky Swiss filmmaker.
Yauch was the driving force behind the ambitious and humorous videos that we are at least as influential for the music video genre as the Beastie Boys' music was for hip-hop. "Homage to Homeboy" was shown in 2013 as part of the series "Independent Cinema USA" at the Kurzfilmtage Winterthur and celebrates Yauch, who died in 2012, as an indie artist, who was neither bothered by style nor technique and certainly didn't worry about good taste. All that counted for him were lunatic ideas, a fearless love for experimenting and the courage to produce creative trash, true to the motto "Fight For Your Right – to party".
A single from the Beastie Boys' second studio album, «Paul's Boutique». Each frame of this animation was painted by hand, designed by the Klasky Csupo-Studio in Hollywood. Because of its complex design and artistic value, the video was part of the «22. International Tournéeof Animation» through out the States.
Three upcoming actors are interviewed – they are the undercover cops from «Sabotage», the music video to the song of the same name, directed by Spike Jonze in 1994. Spike Jonze was the director of this parody as well. Actors were the Beastie Boys and Jonze's then-girlfriend and later ex-wife Sofia Coppola.
From the 5th studio album «HelloNasty» comes the winner of the MTV Music Awards 1999: A gigantic robot fighting an octopus-shaped monster. The video is a parody on the Japanese tradition of Kaiju-films (monsterfilms like «Godzilla»), and presents a fitting visual interpretation of the band's creative spirit and wit.
Another song coming from the studio album «Hello Nasty», which has won two Grammys back in the days. It marks the beginning of the Beastie Boys' cooperation with DJ Mix Master Mike, who is featuring prominently in the video. Unmistakable, too: The fisheye-look!
David Cross is Nathaniel Hörnblowér, Yauch's Alter Ego. Hörnblowér was born in Appenzell, Switzerland. At the age of 10, he shot his first short film called «My Drunken Toe nail», which, by mistake, was his entry ticket to the Geneva Film Academy. This film shows a day in his life in New York.
The Beastie Boys as action figures. It was Yauch himself who should have directed the band's last video. Everything was prepared – but due to his cancer, Yauch could not witness the shooting. Spike Jonze – good friend and long time collaborator – finally realised his vision.
The video of «Fight forYour Right» is no less than legendary. In his last project, Yauch follows up on the story from 1986: After the party, the young Beastie Boys wander the streets of New York and enter a breakdance-battle with their time-travelling alter egos – and presenting all of Hollywood's elite.
*Restored version with the original soundtrack, in German.
The Gigantic METROPOLIS is ruled over by a Mastermind, who lives in the Eternal Gardens, allocated only to the ellected, while the proletarians slave themselves in the underground. Maria takes on the role of comforter. The mastermind asks inventors to create a robot - a copy of Maria, to provoke the workers for a rebellion and punish them.
METROPOLIS is one of the highlights of 20th century German silent cinema, it's influence on the science-fiction genre and the cinematic assumptions about a futuristic civilization are on-going. METROPOLIS has been reffered to as both the most foolish film of all time, and earned the title: "One of the all time biggest insanities of Cinema". The film can gasconade with it's gigantism, it cost about 7 million German marks (an astronomic amount of money for that time), had 8 lead actors, 750 supporting actors, 25000 male extras, 11000 female extras, 750 children extras. The episode of the creation of the artificial human - robot Maria in the scientist's laboratory has become as classic as "Ballet Mécanique".
Being asked to create a programme on radical film immediately resonated with Encounters and our home, Bristol, where activism, street art and counterculture are defining elements of the city's identity. In Stokes Croft, Bristol's vibrant cultural quarter, Banksy's iconic Mild Mild West mural represents a teddy bear throwing a Molotov cocktail at three riot policemen. Exploring the idea of fighting against an enemy across different places and times has progressively become our pathway to this programme, which Encounters Festival co-curated with the Bristol Radical Film Festival, a truly thought-provoking collaboration.
From local to global, past and present struggles resonate and reveal aspects of each other. Dealing with political action, acts of resistance and the grating contradictions lying at the heart of any conflict, these films challenge the viewer with the aesthetic flair and structural anarchy inherent in short filmmaking, which we, as a festival, unconditionally celebrate.
Powerful short documentary on the struggle for civil rights of Black people in the United States in the 1960s.
The anti-capitalist statement by Bristolian collective Free Prop, a film as radical in its message as it is in its irreverent aesthetic approach.
A grating satire on consumerism tracking the path of a tomato from garden to dump.
France, summer, 1944: The public punishment of women accused of having affairs with Germans during the war.
One snowy morning 15 figures appear in traditional Afghan mourning costumes in one of the most crowded public spaces in Kabul.
On July 24, 2012, filmmaker Zju Rikun visited three human rights workers in Jiangxi province and was questioned by local police. Zhu turns their encounter into a real-time demonstration of civil disobedience, deconstructing the logic of interrogation.
At the beginning we see a woman – and she sees us. Her hands are fettered over her head, the look in her eyes goes right under our skin, until she becomes unconscious after countless blows. It won't be the only time in this programme that we will be directly addressed and confronted with unconsciousness and other states of mind. In Karin Fisslthaler's work tender embraces only leave behind lifeless bodies, while Ben Russel's protagonists get caught up in a trance, induced either by wild dancing or drugs, resulting in a trance-like cinematic experience due to the uncompromising filmic execution. Harmony Korine's fever fantasy, however, seems like a nasty trip, while the classics by Takashi Ito and Roy Andersson left a mark on radical aesthetics that one will never forget. This radical form of cinema doesn't aim for a punch in the gut, but a stealthy unfolding of emotions under your skin.
The video shows my face. The camera does not move and there are no cuts. My eyes gaze into the camera until I faint. image.
The camera becomes a sort of drill that eventually compresses and twists a room. Ito freezes and powerfully revives the space through his arduous and precise technique.
Satellites shows images of a strange ritual of powerlessness amongst youngsters spread through the video-sharing platform YouTube. At its center are posing, gestures and touching. Bodies are taken from the "disembodied" space of the internet and embedded into the social context of the cinema, to reflect the rep¬resentation of the body in todays media, the rift between the self and the world, the private and the public.
When a filmmaker of decidedly anti-commercial mindset (Kids, Spring Breakers) is given free reign by a fashion company for a commercial, controversies are inevitable: Snowballs is a four-minute fever fantasy, radical, irritating, provoking and rather creepy.
A plain, ordinary man tells us about his work as a real-estate broker, his dead father, his ordinary home and so on in a naturalistic voice, lacking any emotions, looking straight into the camera.
Cine-jam is like life, a film lab of trial sand errors, a place of freedom for an artist to look for him self and his cinematic language with no judgment or expectations; it is a filmmaking workshop that blossoms every time an artist creates from the heart and a genuine need for any form of cinematic art. Like the universe we celebrate creativity no matter how popular or accepted it is, in cine-jam we create to breathe.
The experience of transitional state from and to sleep.
In the land of childhood dreams the monsterisking. Four minutes of the monster within, a wolf, a girland a bed.
A chapter from a womans life.
The bloody childhood of a boy and the birth of a man.
The last moments of a father and son through the eyes of a grandson.
A girl in rage against abuse meets a deconstruction site.
Sixty years of the history of Lebanon seen through the story of the Mercedes Ponton (the 180 model) and its German-Lebanese "family" locally called "Marcedes".
Marcedes: the story of a car, the story of a family, the story of a country.
2ANNAS asks whether one can talk about other things unrelated to the sexual needs through sexual irritation.
Vivienne's extraordinary fetishism has taken her to a new level: necrophilia. She gets her kicks by violating the dead in a hospital morgue on the outskirts of the city, discarding them like trash. Tonight, however, Vivienne gets a whole new taste of what the dead can provide when she meets Jason, a fresh body who has some ideas of his own.
So, here's the deal. This is an immersive piece. And only through your thorough collaboration will it unfold in its full richness. Only you can give life to the artwork. You will not be a spectator anymore. You'll become much more than that. You'll become an integral part of the piece. You will in fact become everything! You will become the artwork!


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Oklahoma (/ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə/ (listen)) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, Texas on the south, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. It is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the fifty United States. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people". It is also known informally by its nickname, "The Sooner State", in reference to the non-Native settlers who staked their claims on land before the official opening date of lands in the western Oklahoma Territory or before the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889, which dramatically increased European-American settlement in the eastern Indian Territory. Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were merged into the State of Oklahoma when it became the 46th state to enter the union on November 16, 1907. Its residents are known as Oklahomans (or colloquially, "Okies"), and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma is the 20th-largest state in the United States, covering an area of 69,899 square miles (181,040 km), with 68,595 square miles (177,660 km) of land and 1,304 square miles (3,380 km) of water. It lies partly in the Great Plains near the geographical center of the 48 contiguous states. It is bounded on the east by Arkansas and Missouri, on the north by Kansas, on the northwest by Colorado, on the far west by New Mexico, and on the south and near-west by Texas. Much of its border with Texas lies along the Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen, a failed continental rift. The geologic figure defines the placement of the Red River.
The Oklahoma panhandle's Western edge is out of alignment with its Texas border. The Oklahoma/New Mexico border is 2.1 miles (3.4 km) to 2.2 miles (3.5 km) miles east of the Texas line. The border between Texas and New Mexico was set first as a result of a survey by Spain in 1819. It was then set along the 103rd meridian. In the 1890s, when Oklahoma was formally surveyed using more accurate surveying equipment and techniques, it was discovered the Texas line was not set along the 103rd meridian. Surveying techniques were not as accurate in 1819, and the actual 103rd meridian was approximately 2.2 miles (3.5 km) to the east. It was much easier to leave the mistake than for Texas to cede land to New Mexico to correct the surveying error. The placement of the Oklahoma/New Mexico border represents the true 103rd meridian.
The United States Census Bureau estimates Oklahoma's population was 3,923,561 on July 1, 2016, a 4.6% increase since the 2010 United States Census.
The state is in the U.S. Census' Southern region. According to the 2010 United States Census, Oklahoma is the 28th-most populous state with 7006375161600000000♠3,751,616 inhabitants but the 19th-largest by land area spanning 68,594.92 square miles (177,660.0 km) of land. Oklahoma is divided into 77 counties and contains 597 incorporated municipalities consisting of cities and towns.
Oklahoma is part of a geographical region characterized by conservative and Evangelical Christianity known as the "Bible Belt". Spanning the southern and eastern parts of the United States, the area is known for politically and socially conservative views, with the Republican Party having the greater number of voters registered between the two parties. Tulsa, the state's second-largest city, home to Oral Roberts University, is sometimes called the "buckle of the Bible Belt".
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The plain truth is that obtaining auto loans or any other kind of personal loan, for that matter, is not as simple as it used to be, especially in Oklahoma. Large commercial banks don't want anything to do with personal loans, especially financing new cars. In most cases, people who buy a new car from a dealer wind up financing their loan through the dealership. The dealer will most likely tack additional charges onto the bottom line.
If your credit score is less than perfect you understand that you are facing many restrictions on the type of financing you can realistically get. Lending is a high risk venture. Now more than ever. The lender evaluates your repayment history. Nobody wants to lend money to someone known for defaulting on loans. Those who do, charge more interest and apply more restrictions. More interest equals to more of the money being paid back before you default. How your credit score affects your work ethic is another story. But, it is true. Some employers will not hire you if your credit is bad.
Similarly, you have the "title loan." You put up your car as collateral and agree to pay back the loan in a very short time. Usually about a week. This is basically legalized loan sharking. If you borrow $200, you pay back in the neighborhood of $300 to $400 hundred. This may help you buy a second vehicle, but think about it - is a second vehicle really that important? Why not take the bus for a while, save up and buy your second or first vehicle without all the extra charges?
Always carefully read all of the fine print in any kind of financial deal. If a no credit car loan will benefit your financial situation without putting you out on the ledge, then go for it.
Are you afraid to go shopping for a car because of the embarrassment you may face at the very real possibility of being turned down due to bad credit? If this is you, you're not alone. More than ever before, many are faced with bad credit right now, even in Oklahoma. What you need right now is a little "credit score infusion". Your score needs to be high enough so you can qualify for that auto loan you so desperately need.
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I totally understand. In today's world an auto is a necessity. If you're lucky enough to still have a job right now, you've gotta have a car to get to work. If you've been laid off or just can't find a job, you need a car to go look for a job. You need to pick up your kids from daycare, you need to go to the grocery store. Whatever the issue is, you won't get far without wheels, so here are a few tips you can use to infuse your credit score immediately.
What's A Good Score For An Auto Loan?
Different lenders have different criteria in relation to what they deem to be a "good" score. Really, what it all boils down to is "What interest rate am I going to have to pay?" You can still probably find a lender who will give you a car loan with a credit score of 580, but you're going to pay a really high interest rate for it. Get yourself bumped up to over 600 and better yet, over 620, and you have a few more options, but the rate you're going to pay is still not going to be pleasant. If you have scores in the range of 650 to 680, interest rates are going to be decent. Get yourself over 700 and you've got shopping power!
Where Do I Get My Credit Score?
There are many scoring models out there, so don't be fooled. There can be a 50 to 100 point difference from one credit scoring agency to another, so your best bet is to stick with your FICO Score. This score is derived by Equifax and is the credit score that most lenders use, so you can be pretty confident with the score you receive.
You can get your FICO credit score for $9.95 if you sign up for their Score Watch program. This is the quickest way to get your score, and a great way to monitor how it's going to shoot up after I teach you a few tricks later in this article. If you do not wish to sign up for this free trial, then you can access all three of your credit reports for free, but you will then have to pay around $7 to $10 to purchase your score from each of the three major credit reporting agencies. You can only do this once a year for free.
Maybe you don't have enough income to qualify for that Ferrari you wanted, yet the loan officer will be able to advise you how much you can qualify for, as long as this is your only issue. If you're turned down because of your score, you can ask what is the minimum score they require to get approved. This will tell you whether or not you're going to need sub-prime car financing or not.
What If I Can't Qualify For A Bank Car Loan?
If you're not "bankable" just yet, don't worry. There are still auto lenders out there that will give you a loan, but the rate isn't going to be as pretty. I'd first ask the loan officer at the bank if they have anyone they'd recommend to refer you to. You can also do a search on the net for "bad credit auto loans" and you'll get a slew of links to click on. Some of these sites will search multiple lenders for you and could save you some time. If you like a more personal approach, you can look in your local yellow pages for "auto finance companies". Word of caution here though, finance companies usually carry much higher rates, so be sure to shop around.
What If The Payments Aren't Affordable?
Most people worry about whether or not they'll be able to make the monthly payments on a loan without taking into account the loan's term, total interest paid, and loan origination fees or pre-payment penalties.
Generally, the lowest rates on auto loans are available on short-term loans, from 12 to 36 months, which mean a large monthly payment but lower amounts of interest. Longer-term loans often come with higher interest rates. When you calculate the total price of your new vehicle, include the interest costs over the years. If it seems like too much for you, try to renegotiate the interest rate, offer a larger down payment, or shorten the term of the loan. Use our auto loan calculator to estimate your monthly payment.


The scientific imaging of works of art is crucial for the assessment of the presence and distribution of pigments and other materials on surfaces. It is known that some ancient pigments are luminescent: these include pink red-lakes and the blue and purple pigments Egyptian Blue (CaCuSi4O10), Han blue (BaCuSi4O10) and Han purple (BaCuSi2O6). Indeed, the unique near-infrared luminescence emission of Egyptian blue allows the imaging of its distribution on surfaces.
We focus on the imaging of the time-resolved photoluminescence of ancient Egyptian objects in the Burri Collection from the Civic Museum of Crema and of the Cremasco (Italy). Time-resolved photoluminescence images have been acquired using excitation at 355 nm for detecting the ns-emission of red lakes and binding media; by employing 532 nm excitation Egyptian blue is probed, and the spatial distribution of its long-lived microsecond emission is imaged. For the first time we provide data on the photoluminescence lifetime of Egyptian blue directly from objects. Moreover, we demonstrate that the use of a pulsed laser emitting at two different wavelengths increases the effectiveness of the lifetime imaging technique for mapping the presence of emissions from pigments on painted surfaces. Laser-induced luminescence spectra from different areas of the objects and traditional digital imaging, using led-based lamps, long pass filters and a commercial photographic camera, complement the results from photoluminescence lifetime imaging. We demonstrate the versatility of a new instrumental setup, capable of recording decay emission kinetics with lifetimes from nanosecond to microseconds.
While the combined wavelength approach for the imaging of emissions from different materials has been demonstrated for the study of ancient Egyptian pigments (both organic and inorganic), the method could be extended to the analysis of modern pigments and paintings.
The imaging of paintings and painted objects relies on the interaction between radiation and matter and the detection of reflected or emitted photons. Technical examination and analysis of works of artworks typically relies on the integration of non-invasive imaging and suitable spectroscopic analysis, often followed by taking and analysing samples. In this work we report an imaging study of Egyptian objects with a novel portable setup for time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) imaging and spectroscopy, with a focus on the analysis of Egyptian Blue and lake pigments on artefacts. Photoluminescence (PL) of pigments and paint has received significant attention due to its practical use in the assessment of the condition of works of art: for example, aged organic varnishes may appear more luminescent than freshly applied paint and some pigments, including semiconductor materials, emit characteristic PL signals . Among ancient Egyptian pigments, Egyptian blue and madder-based red lakes are luminescent and are routinely identified with the aid of microscopic and spectroscopic analysis . While the fluorescence observed in madder lakes is due to the anthraquinone molecules purpurin and alizarin, the optical emission of Egyptian blue has been ascribed to Cu2+ in a solid calcium-silica matrix [3–5]. Recent research on the mineral pigment has reported that synthetic cuprorivaite has a radiative emission with a maximum peaked at 910 nm and a lifetime of 107 μs and a quantum yield of 10 % .
The imaging of PL from painted surfaces is often carried out to detect the colour of the emission, for which various approaches have been suggested. Whereas ultraviolet (UV) light sources based on Mercury lamps require filtering of spurious radiation emitted in the visible to render them useful for imaging and photography, innovative uses of Xenon-flashes and digital photography have demonstrated the peculiar and noteworthy infrared emissions from Egyptian blue on paintings and painted objects from the British Museum and, more recently, on Fayoum Portraits [7–9]. Many other examples of digital imaging of Egyptian blue from objects have been documented.
In addition to digital photographic imaging, PL spectroscopic imaging techniques have found multiple applications for the analysis of paintings, including those carried out with a scanning Lidar approach [10, 11] and with light emitting diodes (LED) . With these methods, the detection of PL can be carried out with imaging spectrometers or suitably filtered imaging detectors [13, 14]. Another approach to the imaging of the PL from works of art relies on the detection of the emission lifetime, which can be achieved by combining pulsed laser excitation with a time-gated imaging detector, known as fluorescence lifetime imaging or, more generally, TRPL Imaging . Applications of TRPL imaging for the detection of organic materials on stone sculptures , wall paintings , and semiconductor pigments on paper  have been published, and demonstrate how TRPL imaging can map the chemical composition of surfaces based on significant differences in emission lifetime. In previous applications a ns Q-switched Nd:YAG laser emitting at 355 nm was employed as this wavelength can excite emissions from binding media and organic polymers and aforementioned fluorescent pigments. In this work we have modified our TRPL imaging set-up by adding excitation at 532 nm from the same Nd:YAG laser to allow the excitation of Egyptian blue. The combined wavelength approach has been applied to the imaging of painted objects from Carla Maria Burri Collection in the Civic Museum of Crema and the Cremasco (see sample description). Complementary laser-induced PL spectroscopy from selected points on the objects has been carried out and digital photography using LED excitation complement images acquired with TRPL imaging.
Preliminary PL spectroscopy analysis of a model sample painted with the commercially available Egyptian blue pigment reveals a characteristic emission spectrum with a maximum emission at 920 ± 6 nm and a mono-exponential emission lifetime of 138 ± 4 µs (95 % confidence) (Fig. 1), in good agreement with the spectral data reported by others from pigments from the same supplier [7, 19]. The emission lifetime measured in our commercial pigment is in agreement with Borozov et al.  but differs with respect to that reported for the synthetic mineral calculated using single photon counting and 637 nm excitation (τ = 107 μs ). It is possible that the discrepancy in the PL lifetime is due to grinding of the pigment rather than to differences related to the methods used for the estimation of the PL decay . PL imaging of the ancient Egyptian cartonnage (Fig. 2a) reveals the presence of different luminescent painted areas, effectively probed with the two lamp-based excitations: following UV-excitation (Fig. 2b) an orange emission on red-pink areas and an intense bluish emission in white areas are observed. Conversely, excitation in the green and following inspection of the emission in the near-infrared reveals the use of an infrared luminescent pigment in most, but not all, of the areas painted with dark colours (Fig. 2c). Some of the areas painted dark are black and do not contain luminescent pigments.
Results of PL spectroscopy of a dark painted area following excitation at 532 nm (point 3 in Fig. 2a), is clear evidence of the use of the Egyptian blue pigment, as the detected emission spectrum closely resembles that of the Egyptian blue model sample (Fig. 3). TRPL imaging of details of the cartonnage painted with some of the dark colours reveals a monoexponential microsecond decay kinetic with a mean lifetime in the analysed area of 119 µs (7.7 µs interquartile range) and a negative skewness of −3.04, a reflection of the distribution of lifetime values that tend to be shorter than the mean (Fig. 4b).
UV-induced optical emission of the cartonnage is associated with a nanosecond decay kinetic, typically ascribed to emission from organic molecules: following analysis of the first ten nanoseconds of the emission decay profile, red-pink painted areas, white painted areas (as the face and the decorative heat) and the yellow painted background have an effective lifetime close to 3.4, 3.8 and 3.1 ns, respectively (Fig. 4). Although the reconstructed lifetime values differ by hundreds of picoseconds, the lifetime map allows the rapid discrimination between the different painted areas, suggesting the presence of different organic pigments and binders. Specifically, the emission spectrum recorded on the red-pink painted areas (point 1 in Fig. 2a), peaked at 615 nm, resembles the spectral features of a red lake pigment, likely madder-based [4, 20] (Fig. 3). The broad spectrum recorded in the white painted area, with an emission peak at 590 nm, (Fig. 3) suggests the presence of a complex organic material, and is ascribed to emissions from binding media .
TRPL imaging of the stone mask, following visible excitation, suggests the presence of traces of the Egyptian blue pigment for decorating the areas of hair, beard and irises of the eyes in Fig. 5. Blue used to paint the irises in polychromy has also been reported by Verri . The clear identification of Egyptian Blue has been achieved through PL spectroscopy on a point on the hair of the mask: an emission spectrum comparable to that recorded on the commercial sample of Egyptian blue was recorded (data not shown). In terms of lifetime analysis, these painted areas show a microsecond decay kinetic close to that found from details on the cartonnage painted with Egyptian blue: here, we have detected a mean lifetime of 121.3 µs (6.6 µs of interquartile range) and a negative skew of −2.79 (Fig. 5).
The dual wavelength-excitation PL lifetime imaging approach reported here for the first time has been demonstrated to be valuable for probing the optical emission of different materials, of organic and inorganic nature, for the study of Ancient Egyptian artefacts. The same approach could be extended to the analysis of modern pigments and paintings, allowing an in-depth investigation of the emission properties of organic and inorganic artist materials, including Cd-based pigments, in a combined way [13, 21].
Whereas the PL properties of the naturally occurring cuprorivaite mineral have been widely investigated in terms of both spectrum and decay kinetics [3, 6] and its brilliant emission has been exploited for the rapid detection of the presence of the pigment in artworks from the Ancient Egypt , the near-infrared emission in Egyptian blue-painted ancient objects is not completely understood . The intense and long emission recorded with PL imaging which is on the order of 120 μs is nonetheless diagnostic for the presence of Egyptian blue. Differences in lifetime in objects with respect to that reported and detected from that of the pure mineral and the synthetic commercial pigment are noted. The reasons behind lifetime differences are beyond the scope of this work and require more refined analysis. Research in the future should address different degrees of crystallinity of the pigment in ancient objects following ancient synthesis processes, grinding or sintering of the pigments and determine if chemical interactions between the pigment and the surrounding matrix in objects affects the emission lifetimes. Further analyses with complementary methods sensitive to impurities which could account for differences in lifetime would be required to better refine these hypotheses.
The antiquities collection of the late Carla Maria Burri (1935–2009), Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Egypt from 1993 and 1999, was donated to the Museo Civico di Crema e del Cremasco in Winter 2010/2011 . In 2013, Christian Orsenigo was charged with the study of the artefacts, under the supervision of Dr. Francesco Muscolino of the Soprintendenza Archeologia della Lombardia. The collection consists of about eighty objects and covers a vast time span; ranging from the most ancient item—a faience tile once belonging to the decoration of the walls of the galleries underneath Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara (ca. 2630–2611 B.C.E.)—excluding some flints actually under study—to Islamic glass dating to the 11th C. (Orsenigo 2016, forthcoming). The collection includes objects belonging to different typologies, such as funerary statuettes (shabtis) from the late New Kingdom, masks and parts of sarcophagi, bronzes and amulets, other than Hellenistic and Roman terracotta figurines and lamps. In this work we examine a Cartonnage and a Mask.
Even if preserved only in its upper front part, the object is likely a miniature painted terracotta comic mask of an actor playing a slave character in the New Comedy. It shows a broad nose, brows flying up to the sides and wrinkled forehead. It can be dated to the Ptolemaic Period. See references for comparisons with similar objects [25, 26].
A painted model sample of Egyptian blue pigment (Kremer pigmente, GmbH) was prepared and analysed. The pigment, dispersed in Plextol, was applied as a painted layer on a glass substrate.
The TRPL imaging device is, described in detail elsewhere, and is summarized below. A schematic diagrame of the setup can be found elsewhere . The device is comprised of a ns laser excitation source combined with a time-gated intensified camera (C9546-03, Hamamatsu Photonics, Hamamatsu City, Japan), capable of high speed gating to capture images of transient phenomena. A custom-built trigger unit and a precision delay generator (DG535 Stanford Research System, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) complete the system, which has a net temporal jitter close to 0.5 ns.
The Q-switching laser source (FTSS 355-50 Crylas GmbH, Berlin, Germany), based on the third harmonic of a diode-pumped Nd:YAG crystal (λ = 355 nm, Pulse energy = 70 μJ, Pulse duration = 1.0 ns, repetition frequency = 100 Hz), has been modified in order to obtain the second harmonic of the same source emission (λ = 532 nm, Pulse energy = 60 μJ, Pulse duration = 1.0 ns). By using both wavelengths we probe the PL emission of materials with different absorption spectra. The two emission lines of the laser source are collinear; hence it is easy to switch between them during measurements. In order to spectrally clean laser emissions, proper bandpass filters (FL355-10 or FL532-10, Thorlabs GmbH Germany) are employed at the exit of the laser source.
The laser beam, coupled to a silica optical fibre, is magnified with suitable silica optics in order to illuminate a circular area of about 25 cm diameter on the surface of the object, with a typical fluence per pulse below 140 nJcm−2. This very low power density does not lead to detectable changes in the intensity of emission due to photooxidation in samples following typical measurements. The kinetics of the emission is detected by the gated intensified camera, which is based on a GaAs photocathode with spectral sensitivity from 380 to 900 nm. The gate width of the camera is adjustable from 3 ns to continuous mode, depending on the kinetic properties of the surface under investigation. In this work a gate width of 5 ns was employed to detect the nanosecond kinetics of the emission from organic materials. Long-lived decay kinetics ascribed to emissions from areas painted in Egyptian blue have been effectively sampled by increasing the width to 100 µs. A proper optical highpass filter w placed in front of the camera lens in order to remove excitation light: the B + W UV/IR Cut 486 M MRC filter (Schneider Optics), with high transmission from 380 to 720 nm, was employed for lifetime analysis following 355 nm excitation, whereas the Kodak Wratten 23A filter transmitting light beyond 550 nm was employed for measurements at 532 nm excitation.
As has been shown in previous research, the short temporal jitter of the system is key to the estimation of ns lifetimes which may be used to differentiate organic binding media and pigments . TRPL imaging is achieved through the reconstruction of the effective lifetime map based on a simple mono-exponential decay model .
A compact spectrometer and the same dual-wavelength laser source employed in the TRPL imaging device were used for detecting emission spectra from selected points on objects. The compact spectrometer (TM-CCD C10083CA-2100, Hamamatsu Photonics) mounts a back thinned CCD image sensor and a transmission-type grating, recording spectra between 320–1100 nm with a spectral resolution of 6 nm. Through fibre optics both the laser and the spectrometer are remotely connected to an optical probe, working in the 45–0° configuration mode. Proper transmission high-pass filters (FEL420 or FEL550, Thorlabs GmbH Germany) are mounted on the probe which, that allow excitation and collection of photons from a point on surface of approximately 1 mm diameter at a distance of 35 mm. The probe is equipped with a proper transmission high-pass filter (FGL420 or FELH550, Thorlabs GmbH Germany) depending on the employed laser wavelength. Spectra are reported following background subtraction (mainly related to the sensor read and dark noise) and correction for the spectral efficiency of the device.
As proposed in past research [7, 8], a commercial Nikon D7100 digital camera (D60) was employed for recording UV-induced digital images of the PL emission of objects. Excitation was provided from a Xenon-based flash equipped with an UV bandpass filter (DUG11, Schott AG), whereas a transmission filter blocking light in the UV and in the NIR spectral range (W UV/IR Cut 486 M MRC filter, Schneider Optics) was mounted in front of a 50-mm focal camera lens [7, 8]. Similarly, infrared digital photography of the emission of Egyptian Blue painted objects was performed using the commercial digital camera without the infrared blocking filter (supplied by Advanced Camera Services, UK) and mounting an). An infrared transmission filter (R72, HOYA) was placed in front of the camera lens  for detection only of the infrared emission. Excitation of PL emission was achieved using a 15 W Watt green LED-based lamp with emission in the green (4000 lx @ 1 m) (FLAT PAR CAN RGB 10 IR WH, Cameo (Germany)).
Analysis was carried out by DC, AN, VC and SM. Historical context and information has been provided by CO. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Research was partially funded through the Bilateral Project between Italy and Egypt coordinated by Daniela Comelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) and Abdelrazek Elnaggar (Univeristy of Fayoum, Egypt) (Progetti di Grande Rilevanza, Protocollo Esecutivo–EGITTO, PGR 00101.) Authors thank Daniela Gallo Carrabba and Fiorenzo Gnesi (Associazione Carla Maria Burri), Francesca Moruzzi and Simone Riboldi (Museo civico di Crema e del Cremasco), Francesco Muscolino (Soprintendenza Archeologia della Lombardia) and Patrizia Piacentini (Università degli Studi di Milano, Chair of Egyptology).
Petrie museum. http://petriecat.museums.ucl.ac.uk/. Accessed 1 Dec 2015.
British museum collection database. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online. Accessed 1 Dec 2015.


The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) was pleased to present its work to the Facilitation Committee (FAL) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
The presentation covered the impact of corruption, how it acts as a trade barrier and hinders social economic growth, and its effect the well-being the seafarers. However, MACN is also able to demonstrate significant progress in tackling corruption, including in places where this had previously been thought impossible.
MACN was pleased to have this opportunity to present the issues and raise awareness of corruption at the IMO level. We received good input and encouragement from many member states and other organizations.
We look forward to continuing this dialogue and to working with the IMO to tackle corruption in the maritime industry.
MACN shares an update on a successful Spring members meeting in Panama City.


How Should the Exelon Patch Be Stored?
The Exelon Patch should be stored at room temperature, away from moisture and heat. Keep the patch and all other medications out of the reach of children. Do not remove a patch from its pouch until just before use. Dispose of a used patch by folding it in half, returning it to the original pouch, and throwing it away, out of reach of children or pets (do not flush it down the toilet).
What Should I Do If I Forget to Change the Patch?
If you forget to change your Exelon Patch, simply remove the old patch and replace it with a new one as soon as possible. Return to your normal patch-changing schedule and time the next day. Do not apply double the prescribed amount.
Exelon Patch 13.3 mg/24 hours.
At this time, the Exelon Patch is not available in generic form (see Generic Exelon).


UN/22-129-21 Diplomatic series. UN = United Nations. 22 = U.N. agencies. 21 = Diplomatic.
17-841-08 Normal series 1989-2017. 1989-99 plate style, still optional. Colours are black on yellow. This vehicle was "disguised" with fake plates 178-4108 front and rear. When I asked to take a photograph the driver fetched the real plate from inside the vehicle.
22-851-19 Normal series 1989-2017. "Disguised" with white plates.
17-471-54 Normal series 1989-2017. "Disguised" with white plates. The owner told me he changed to white plates when he left Israel and kept the original yellow plates in the caravan.
53-512-20 Normal series 1989-2017. Small size. 20 = Mitsubishi (car make coding was abandoned in 2000). The original yellow plate has been overpainted with white.
53-512-20 Close-up of the above showing parts of the yellow plate under the white paint as well as the Hebrew letter מ underneath the first hyphen.
53 512 20 Front plate of the above. This has been remade on a white plate with small Norwegian style numerals.
53 512 20 Close-up of the above.
39-677/01 Normal series 1989-2017. Moped. "Disguised" with white plates.


The organiser, Lucy Abel-Smith, is doing it again with another excellent line up of authors and events. This is a small festival with around 100 people attending each day, but one that permits those attending to mix and mingle with the authors in a way that is not possible at other events. All are tied together in the wonderful Saxon lands of Transylvania, in and around the village of Richis. It is more of a community of discovery than an event. And certainly a great holiday.
Find out more and how to book on the Transylvanian Book Festival website and enjoy this short video from 2013.
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