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The Sprint HTC EVO 4G Review
by Anand Lal Shimpi on June 28, 2010 6:04 PM EST
EVO 4G
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It's really not that big. It seems like it would be based on the specs and photos, but in reality the Sprint EVO 4G by HTC just isn't that big. And it's not levied as an insult, I just mean to say that the EVO is manageable in size.
The screen has the same 800 x 480 resolution of the Nexus One and HTC Incredible, but the pixels are spread out over a much larger 4.3" screen. The display setup to be overly red just like the other Android screens we've seen thus far, but it looks great.
The size of the screen is really what sets the EVO 4G apart from the competition, and honestly I couldn't think of a better phone for browsing the web. Loading full websites is a pleasure and the screen is large enough where you can actually read a lot of content. It's not a tablet replacement, but it is easier to work with than a 3.5 - 3.7" screen.
From left to right: HTC EVO 4G, iPhone 3GS, Nexus One, iPhone 4
I've heard it referred to as a mini tablet and honestly I don't believe that's the case. The 4.3" screen is big but I'm telling you, it's not that big in practice. It just ends up feeling like a phone with a good sized screen. Move into the 5" and beyond territory and then you start triggering me calling things tablets.
HTC EVO 4G (left) vs. iPhone 3GS (right)
HTC EVO 4G (left) vs. iPhone 4 (right)
The phone measures 4.8" x 2.6" x 0.5" and it's the largest smartphone I've ever held. That being said, it is absolutely pocketable as long as you're not wearing skinny jeans. Even then it is thin enough that you could slip it into your back pocket.
Physical Comparison
HTC EVO 4G (Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8650) HTC Droid Incredible (Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8650) Apple iPhone 4 Google Nexus One (Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250)
Height 121.9 mm (4.8") 117.5 mm (4.63") 115.2 mm (4.5") 119 mm (4.7")
Width 66.0 mm (2.6") 58.5 mm (2.30") 58.6 mm (2.31") 59.8 mm (2.35")
Depth 12.7 mm (0.5") 11.9 mm (0.47") 9.3 mm ( 0.37") 11.5 mm (0.45")
Weight 170 g (6.0 oz) 130 g (4.6 oz) 137 g (4.8 oz) 130 g (4.6 oz)
CPU Qualcomm Scorpion @ 1GHz Qualcomm Scorpion @ 1GHz Apple A4 @ ~800MHz Qualcomm Scorpion @ 1GHz
GPU Adreno 200 Adreno 200 PowerVR SGX 535 Adreno 200
RAM 512MB LPDDR1 512MB LPDDR1 512MB LPDDR1 (?) 512MB LPDDR1
NAND 8GB micro SD 8GB micro SD 16GB or 32GB integrated micro SD
Camera 8MP with dual LED Flash + Front Facing Camera 8MP with LED Flash 5MP with LED Flash + Front Facing Camera 5MP with LED Flash
Screen 4.3" 480 x 800 3.7" 480 x 800 AMOLED 3.5" 640 x 960 LED backlit LCD 3.7" 480 x 800 AMOLED
Battery Removable 5.5Whr Removable 4.81 Whr Integrated 5.254 Whr Removable 5.18 Whr
HTC ditched the silly scroll ball of the Nexus One and the optical sensor of the Incredible and just left the EVO 4G with a row of touch sensitive buttons along the base of the screen. Home, Menu, Back and Search are all you get.
If you need a navigational aid the screen is big enough where HTC was able to include directional arrows on the on-screen keyboard. They are awkward to use at first because you're not used to them, but afterwards they just make sense. I hardly used the scroll ball/optical trackball of the other Android phones so HTC's decision to reclaim that real estate makes total sense to me. The screen is used for scrolling, if you need fine tuned movement just rely on the virtual arrow keys. Fine by me.
The touch screen supports haptics, which can be fully disabled. When enabled certain button presses will cause the EVO's motor to vibrate a bit to confirm the touch. It's a concession for those who still want some tactile feedback.
The EVO 4G is the first Android phone I've used with something interesting on its back: a kickstand. The metal stand lets you prop a horizontally oriented EVO on your desk at around a 45 degree angle. It's great for watching videos, using as a clock or an alternative to a costly dock.
The stand is actually a nice touch, unfortunately the Android UI doesn't rotate to landscape mode so it's only useful within apps that support rotation.
Also on the back is the 8MP camera lens (there's a 1.3MP camera on the front), two LED lights used as a flash and a speaker for the speakerphone. Along the bottom is a standard USB micro B connector and a micro HDMI (D-connector) video out. The HDMI out can only be used to output movies, it won't mirror your display.
As its name bluntly states, the EVO 4G works on Sprint's 4G WiMAX network. Sprint's 4G service is currently only available in 43 cities spread over 15 states, if you find yourself in one of those states then the EVO has more than its large screen to tempt you.
The phone currently sells subsidized for $199 from Sprint after a $100 mail in rebate. Service starts at $69.99 for 450 minutes and unlimited messaging/data and goes all the way up to $134.99 per month including tethering.
Cost of Ownership Comparison
AT&T iPhone 4 Sprint EVO 4G Verizon HTC Droid Incredible
Cost of Device $199 w/ 2 year contract $199 w/ 2 year contract after $100 MIR $199 w/ 2 year contract
Plan with 900 Minutes, Unlimited SMS/Data $104.99/mo, unlimited SMS, 2GB data $99.99/mo, unlimited SMS, unlimited data, 4G $109.98/mo, unlimited SMS, unlimited data
Tethering + $20/mo + $29.99/mo + $25/mo*
Total Monthly + Tethering $124.99/mo $129.98/mo $134.98/mo
Total Cost of Ownership over 2 Years $2718.76 $2598.76 after $100 MIR $2838.52
Total Cost of Ownership over 2 Years w/ Tethering $3198.76 $3318.52 after $100 MIR $3438.52
*Verizon hotspot service goes up to $30/mo in late July
Without the mobile hotspot service, the EVO 4G is the most affordable smartphone out of the three majors over the course of two years. AT&T actually offers a better deal with tethering but you need to keep an eye on your usage; go over 2GB per month and you'll incur additional charges, which isn't tough to do if you tether a lot.
Death to Physical Buttons It's Not That Big Death to Physical Buttons The Basics Task Switching - The Android Way FM Radio & MP3 Playback The Best Smartphone for Video Playback The Keyboard The Camera The Network Sprint Mobile Hotspot Performance Battery Life Final Words
Adul - Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - link
Any another thing.,,
EVO owners I suggest you try the swype KB.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnQts9NUnL4&fea... Reply
alainiala - Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - link
While I agree that 99% of the time, Sprint's apps are beyond useless, I have found Sprint TV to be fantastic during this World Cup season. I can catch games over 3G or 4G while away from home. In fact, I watched USA vs Ghana from a coffee shop over 4G and the experience was fantastic. Smooth playback with only a very occasional hiccup that would clear itself up after a second. Now that both of the teams I've been rooting for have been eliminated, Sprint TV will go back to being useless. Reply
Zebo - Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - link
Great review Anand. Good things come to those who wait, right...:P
Evo is a non starter for me since I spend at hours on the phone each day and in the field and battery life kills it in addition to poor screen outside.
Looking forward to iPhone review on battery life and outdoor capability.:) Reply
sapient2k7 - Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - link
One thing not mentioned in the article while comparing plans is the fact that Sprint Navigation is also free on EVO with the plan. Sprint family plans are also much cheaper than any other carrier.
Personally I like the sprint apps, Sprint TV, Sprint navigation and the Nascar app are great. On an EVO Sprint TV looks great much better than my PRE. However, I am waiting for the next version of Palm PRE before making a jump :). Reply
docmilo - Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - link
I'm dealing with the issue of Evo on Sprint's poor coverage and finding a phone the wife likes as much as the Evo. Motorola's version of the 4.3 inch screen the Droid X is out on July 15th. Any info out there on this device? I would prefer to stay with Verizon. The Droid X doesn't have the front camera and the fancy kick stand my wife really likes.
We took the Evo on a trip to Leavenworth a few weeks back and rarely got signal. Yesterday we were off to the Seattle Aquarium and I popped out the Evo, turned on Sprint Navigation and if I didn't know where we were, we would have been lost. Sprint Navigation was off a couple of blocks. Reply
adam7425 - Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - link
You(and others, including Engadget) have described Sprint's $69.99 plan as just giving you 450 minutes and unlimited messaging/data. A little more clarification would go a long way. The 'Everything Data - with ANY Mobile, Anytime' plan gives you Unlimited talk to any cellphone on any network. The 450 minutes only apply to landlines. For some people thats all the unlimited they need. I myself have months where I don't use a single one of those minutes. Reply
You should point out that sprints 450 minutes are for landlines only. Any cellphone to cellphone is unlimited. Reply
sssbbb - Thursday, July 1, 2010 - link
on Performance page: "Zotac XBOX HD-ID11" -> "Zotac ZBOX HD-ID11" Reply
steeda1974 - Thursday, July 1, 2010 - link
I personally own this phone. After around 10 days, the battery life got extremely better. Has anyone else experienced this? It went from around 4 hrs max with everything running. I would highly suggest to turn GPS, 4G, and WiFi off when your on the move or at work. This has increased my battery life to around 12-18 hrs. And to anyone that says they need to have 4G on to watch flawless TV, who the heck watches TV on a 4-5in screen for more than 30 minutes at a time? I would just go upstair or downstairs and watch it on a Flat Screen TV instead of this smaill screen. If I'm wrong then I apologize but I think everyone is with me on that one. As far as the UI being a little shaky, who really cares, its hardly noticeable and its just a phone that is mearly played with for over 10 secs at a time. The phone is the best thing that I have personally come across in 2-3 yrs. For all that get this phone, immediately save contacts to google account as soon as you get it. This is the only way to get back your contacts from Sprint at this moment. Reply
I personally own this phone. After around 10 days, battery life got much better. I would suggest turning off WiFi, bluetooth, GPS, and 4G when on the run. GPS will automatically turn on if you use navigation. UI is smooth, I do not notice any lagging at any given time. I'm sure if you pay attention all day long, you would find a problem or lagging at times. But its not that big of a deal compared to all other phones at the moment. Its been the best thing to come along in around 2-3 yrs. I love it!! Plus if your using it as a mobile hot spot, dont you think you would plug it into a USB connection from the device that you are using and turn 4G on? Just me personal opinion though. Reply


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Obama's climate-change plan would stretch Clean…
Obama's climate-change plan would stretch Clean Air Act limits
By New York Times
WASHINGTON — With little chance of congressional support, President Barack Obama is staking part of his legacy on a big risk: that he can substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions by stretching the intent of a law decades old and not written with climate change in mind.
His plan, unveiled Tuesday at Georgetown University, will set off legal and political battles that will last years.
Obama issued dire claims about the environment: Temperatures are rising, sea level is climbing, the Arctic ice is melting, and the world is doing far too little to stop it. Obama said the price for inaction includes lost lives and homes and hundreds of billions of dollars.
"As a president, as a father and as an American, I'm here to say we need to act," Obama said. "I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that's beyond fixing."
Declaring the scientific debate over climate change and its causes obsolete, Obama mocked those who deny that humans are contributing to the warming of the planet.
"We don't have time for a meeting of the flat-earth society," Obama said.
But experts say that if all goes well for the president, the plan could potentially meet his stated goal of an overall emissions reduction of 17 percent by 2020, compared to the level in 2005.
"If the question is, 'Will this solve our emissions problem,' the answer is no," said Michael A. Levi, an energy analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations. "If the question is, 'Could this move us along the path we want to be on,' the answer is yes, it could."
In his speech, Obama:
• Said he would use executive powers to restrict the amount of carbon dioxide that power plants could emit, ordering the Environment Protection Agency to devise such a plan.
• Called for government spending to promote the development of energy alternatives.
• Committed to helping cities and states protect themselves from rising seas and other effects of climate change.
Obama also broke his relative silence on the Keystone XL pipeline, which would connect oil from Canadian tar sands to Texas Gulf Coast refineries, explicitly linking the project to global warming for the first time in a clear overture to environmental activists who want the pipeline nixed.
"Our national interest would be served only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution," said Obama, directing the State Department to approve the project only if emissions aren't increased overall.
Experts say he will be lucky to get a final emissions plan in place by the time he leaves office in early 2017.
Obama is trying to ensure continuation of a trend already underway: emissions in the United States have been falling for several years. But at the global scale, they are rising fast, and as the president acknowledged, it will take much stronger international action.
The success of Obama's goal will depend on how far the administration is able to stretch the boundaries of the Clean Air Act, signed into law by Richard Nixon in 1970.
The Supreme Court has already ruled that it can be used to regulate greenhouse gases, which include carbon dioxide emissions, but figuring out how to do that within the technical requirements of the law will be a major challenge.
The administration's thinking appears to have been influenced by a proposal from an environmental group, the Natural Resources Defense Council called on the federal government to set a target level of greenhouse gases for each state, taking account of historical patterns.
States would presumably be allowed to use market signals, like a price on greenhouse emissions, to achieve their goals, as California and nine Northeastern states are already doing.
It is unclear how much all this might cost at the retail level. The NRDC argues that electric bills for many consumers could actually decline as homes were retrofitted to use less energy.
In his speech, Obama sought to reclaim global leadership on climate change for the United States. His plan includes ideas and money for making global progress.
Daniel P. Schrag, head of Harvard's Center for the Environment, said it would succeed only if it created market conditions unleashing the creative power of American capitalism, calling forth greater innovation in the energy industry.
Obama nodded to that point in his speech, noting that "countries like China and Germany are going all in" on the clean energy race.
"I believe Americans build things better than anybody else," Obama said. "I want America to win that race, but we can't win it if we're not in it."

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Here is the election breakdown and demographics from America's 100 most welfare-dependent counties. Statistics on welfare dependence are drawn from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and comes with a big thank you to Brian Kelsey at Civic Analytics.
Apache, AZ 42.9% 42 66.2% Native Am.
Navajo, AZ 39.7% 87 45.2% Native Am.


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Q: Json converter change date format while deserializing I have json where date is defined like this;
{\"$date\":\"1947-11-13T00:00:00.000Z\"}
and my deserilising code look like this:
return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<U>(szResp,
                     new IsoDateTimeConverter { DateTimeFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd"
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The object I'm creating is just
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but instead of 13/11/1947 00:00:00
I'm receiving : 11/13/1947 00:00:00
I have no clues why this deserilizer behaves like this and changes data format.
More over if I try to see data in Json visualizer in visual studio my date is shown properly "13/11/1947 12:00:00 πμ"

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Q: Is it possible to use an if statement in a factory (FactoryGirl)? I've got two traits in my factory, and I want one of them to be included when I create the object, without it defaulting to one (so randomly pick the trait). Here's what I'm doing:
FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :follow_up do
    first_name      { Faker::Name.first_name }
    last_name       { Faker::Name.last_name }
    phone           { Faker::PhoneNumber.cell_phone.gsub(/[^\d]/, '').gsub(/^1/, '2')[0..9] }
    email           { Faker::Internet.email }
    email_preferred true
    consent         false

    if [1, 2].sample == 1
      by_referral
    else
      by_provider
    end

    trait :by_referral do
      association :hospital
      association :referral
      source { FollowUp::REFERRAL}
    end

    trait :by_provider do
      association :provider
      source { FollowUp::PROVIDER }
    end
  end
end

However, it seems to be ignoring that if statement and going straight to by_provider trait. Anyone know how I'd do this?

A: Use an ignore block.
FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :follow_up do
    text "text"
    author "Jim"

    ignore do
      if x == 1
        by_referral
      else
        ...
      end
    end
  end
end


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The Beauty and Benefits of Storytelling for Building Connection
I was recently inspired by a question that was raised on Jordan Hall's Collaborative Inquiry experiment. The question was rich and multifaceted, covering a variety of crucial terrain:
Whether it's really possible to predict Game B from a Game A lens?;
If self-evolution (and cleaning our own instrument of consciousness) isn't a prerequisite for GameB before we can consider systems redesign?;
Whether evolutionary development first requires you to craft your own authentic narrative and rewrite your own life story?; and
If practice with like-minded folks is the most effective means of achieving this in our experience?
For anyone who happens to be interested in reading my substantive response to these questions you can click this link to the Collaborative Inquiry.
I was particularly moved by the third piece outlined above.
"Whether evolutionary development first requires you to craft your own authentic narrative and rewrite your own life story?"
In his question Andy had referenced:
"Robert Kegan's research suggests that those who are able to grow through self-authorship and into self transformation will be able to shape not only themselves, but humanity's future."
As I outlined in my response, this is an essential element to making the move from Game A to Game B, because of how coherence is a function of real relationship.
I love how Jordan Hall puts it so clearly and succinctly in his Qanon paper (that I came across in August this year):
"We live in a non-linear world, stop thinking linearly. Once you have accepted this as the task, you will eventually come to an important conclusion: you can't. By yourself, you can't think non-linearly. This isn't your fault.
Individual human beings can't think non-linearly. Only "collective intelligences," those agents of "inter-subjective consciousness" can.
To put it more simply, we implement and do things as individuals. We innovate as tribes. And the world we live in today — the world of the 21st Century is a world of continuous innovation."
That's a big piece of why, in our culture at Transformation Agency and Light Leadership, the first step, or the first "Initiation" if you will, in coming into relationship with each other was sharing our origin stories with as much transparency, courage and vulnerability as we can muster.
In my experience, this is a skill and a discipline that evolves over time as we continue to do it, but there has been little that's been more supportive in building initial trust in connection than our willingness to share ourselves in this way.
It is the kind of innate bonding ritual that is so natural and familiar to us because it harks back to the tribal days of storytelling around the campfire, before technology was even a thing. We've literally been doing it for thousands of years.
If anyone of you watched the Firepit Dialogues story that I shared on 3rd October, it speaks to how as a group we spent many months in the early stages of our relationship simply sitting around the fire pit telling our stories and, whether we realised it at the time or not, developing our presence and ability to be attentive and attuned to one another.
Given that coherence is primarily a local phenomenon, in person, this is key. It supports our bodies and our nervous systems to acclimate to the parasympathetic state with one another. The more relaxed our bodies are, the more open we are to possible feedback from the others in the group.
Online, the cultivation of coherence is more challenging by virtue of the fact that we're more distributed, which creates the added potential for miscommunication and misunderstanding that comes from the cue-depletion of not experiencing the person's facial expressions, tone, pheromones and other sensory data because we're primarily expressing through the written word on a page.
So in the online environment, being able to have more context of someone's come-from, their cultural norms, their self-perception, and more information for how we can relate to them or empathise with them, will be supportive in building the relationships and, over time, being able to discern if:
(a) we want to be in closer contact, perhaps meet in person, attend the same event or spend more time together to build real relationship (a good example of this was a message I received after I posted my story in RPA that said, "I saw your post in RPA and just wanted to reach out as you sounds like someone I would like to get to know" and we subsequently hopped on the phone); and
(b) if a person's online signal is more or less "off" or noisy on a given day as we become more familiar with them through that lens.
So if we're only participating in a group to occasionally sprinkle our perspective into the group, with no intention of building real relationship with the other participants, or with no commitment to coming into a truly collaborative dialogue with a view to creating a depth of shared reality, such that coherence becomes possible, then stories aren't strictly necessary (but they would still be valuable for clearer communication nonetheless).
However, if we're seeking to cultivate the conditions for the kind of coherence that creates emergent collective intelligence within a group, since coherence is a function of real relationships, then the telling of our origin stories is a foundational element to building those kind of real and meaningful relationships; the kind that will create the anti-fragile bonds that will keep you in the game when things inevitably get tough further down the road.
And what I've learnt in that process within our own culture, is that by hearing ourselves express our stories out loud, in a space that is dedicated to listening with presence:
(a) we get to bring ourselves all the way into the present moment, charting the path of how we came to be sitting sharing our story, and to feel truly seen, heard and understood by people who are singularly focussing their attention on us in that moment, which (believe it or not) is a surprisingly rare and precious gift to receive;
(b) We get to hear and feel the places in our stories where emotional energy is still stuck or uncomfortable or we are still operating under a false belief or victim orientation;
(c)We get an opportunity to feel that emotional energy, and in it being felt (and ideally witnessed whether in person or on video), it supports in releasing it from our system and thereby creates space for a new frame (or as Andy called it, a "rewrite") around the story;
(d) It is extremely useful for others to be able to see the lens that we, as the person speaking, are seeing the world through, in addition to where the potential misaligned beliefs or stories might be hiding out — especially if we're in an endeavour toward greater group coherence; and
(e) If we are intending to come into deeper connection as a group at some juncture, we also get to see the themes in our group's collective experience that we are representing as micros of the macro, which offers the potential for us to traverse those themes on behalf of the collective and thereby transmute collective patterns through our personalised life stories.
And, as Kegan expresses above, all of this supports us in being "able to shape not only [our]selves, but humanity's future".
And while I appreciate the cognitive explorations and feel that they have their place and value in the GameB realm, it also feels like there is the potential to inject more of our humanity into these conversations.
Which is why I then submitted my story to Rally Point Alpha, GameB and Futurethinkers — all groups that are expressly committed to exploring and understanding more about the phenomena of coherence and collective intelligence.
The post was accepted in Rally Point Alpha and approved in GameB, but rejected from Futurethinkers on the basis that it was initially perceived as:
"signaling to a desire for attention and personal brand building, and not a desire to help others or contribute ideas."
And after diligently clarifying my intentions with the moderators, the post still hasn't been accepted and I've not yet received any communication back.
Soon after, Bruce, a fellow member of some of these groups, beautifully expressed on another post:
"I think most would find that given a commitment to developing skillful means of connection, beyond the proselytizing of intellectual conjectures, and instead learning to connect to the most basic of human values in action… starting where the heart beats, those very things that are common to us all, not starting from the differences (which is our current sad knee-jerk conditionings/tendencies)… Might just prove to be practical catalyst in tractoring us forward towards a *game~b* emergence. THIS and holding hands with dissonance as a value to be practiced into…"
Bruce's statement beautiful illuminated why it felt valuable for me to share my story so openly in the "GameB"-type forums and to invite other people to share theirs.
And as I did, something beautiful started to happen.
People started to share themselves too.
Some in the most touching, heart-breaking (in the sense of it breaking open), raw, vulnerable and courageous ways.
We got to learn something about the diverse nature of some of the participants in the group.
We got to feel eachother……..as humans………..who have lived rich and varied lives.
And we got to have, even if just for a moment, a fleeting taste of "home".
It reminded me (on so many levels) of a story that had touched my heart so deeply at the beginning of my journey with this team, called The Gathering of the Tribe by Charles Eisenstein. It's a story it says,
"As you begin to awaken to your mission you will meet others of our tribe. You will recognize them by your common purpose, values, and intuitions, and by the similarity of the paths you have walked. As the condition of the planet earth reaches crisis proportions, your paths will cross more and more. The time of loneliness, the time of thinking you might be crazy, will be over.
You will find the people of your tribe all over the earth, and become aware of them through the long-distance communication technologies used on that planet. But the real shift, the real quickening, will happen in face-to-face gatherings in special places on earth. When many of you gather together you will launch a new stage on your journey, a journey which, I assure you, will end where it began. Then, the mission that lay unconscious within you will flower into consciousness. Your intuitive rebellion against the world presented you as normal will become an explicit quest to create a more beautiful one."
Finally, for the purposes of brevity there are two posts that I feel called to share from these early exploits in the storytelling realm, because to me, they feel like beautifully exemplify the essence at the heart of what I'm speaking to:
One from Caroline who said:
"Is it possible to build community around the task of solving the biggest problem(s) without letting forth an incredible degree of intellectualizing?
The intellect is, by nature, cold. Especially when it is the intellect expressing through pixels on a screen.
This is serious work. We have our hard-won perspective; we have theories and proposals.
But we also yearn for the warmth of conversation, the warmth of understanding (not in the sense of 'agreeing' with one another, but in the sense of {meeting in presence}).
Your words reminded me that THIS must come first.
To Anna and to anyone who may encounter these pixels, I am beaming you my gratitude — may we be united in our common striving!"
Caroline then quoted a gentleman by the name of Peter Block, which really resonated with me:
"Questions bring people together.
Answers drive us apart. Ideology, the conflict you see in the world. People thinking they're right and being more wedded to their ideology than working something out.
A friend of mine is a math teacher and she said something I can't ever forget.
She said, "What I do is create a classroom where the students fall in love with each other, in the presence of a math teacher."
And I thought, "Now *that's* practical!"
If people don't get connected, they can't learn anything.
Questions bring intimacy into a world where people are deeply isolated and disconnected.
Thank you for inviting in the intimacy, Anna!"
Another from Andy who shared:
For the first time since leaving my trusted and spiritual martial arts tribe, I am starting to feel a real sense of reconnecting to like-minded sapiens currently 'in transition'.
Just as Anna conveyed to to me what she felt as she read my intro, I would like to borrow her comments as they apply perfectly to my felt sense as I read your intro bro…
"This gives me such a rich insight into your journey and I feel a lot of resonance with a whole bunch of aspects of it."
There's no place like home….🙏
To me, this is the blessing of true community and coherence-building in action in exquisite form.
With blessings —
The prisoner's dilemma that explains what influences more when making decisions
Mandsh
The "I'm Perfect As I Am" Mindset Might Be Hampering Your Growth
Anangsha Alammyan in Mind Cafe
Your Relentless Guardian: Episode 9 — Mind Hacking with "Frames"
Michael Smikun
Archetypes of collective unconscious
HadiaNadeem
Why the World Will End
Jonah Ogunsanya
How Consumer Behavior Will Change After The Pandemic — 3 Proofs It Has Already Begun
Kulmohan Singh
Scientists are trying to keep you on the 15th floor of your being.
Sophie Benshitta Maven
If all I talk about is lies
Udochukwu Ikwuagwu


My G5 crashes ALWAYS if I move windows in the Finder, except when the monitor is set to 256 colors. I assume the problem is related to the NVIDIA Geoforce 5200 graphics card or am I wrong?
Try an Archive and Install to rule out software first, then assume hardware.
We re-installed Panther 10.3.4 and all the updates through the internet.
After moving some windows in the finder, there can be some distortion of the screen, we hear some disk activity and then the computer freezes.
We can still move the mouse but the computer doesn't react anymore.
Does sound like hardware - get it back to Apple or the Reseller you bought it from for a warranty repair or call them and get them onsite if they offer that service.


Walnut Cove Fire Department has managed to improve its protection class rating only a few years after being placed on a one year probation for failing to meet state requirements. This improved protection class rating will help residents and property owners in the Walnut Cove Fire District lower their property insurance rates. This new class rating took effect Jan 1st, 2014.
Property insurance, such as homeowners insurance, dwelling fire insurance and even business insurance policies like commercial fire insurance and businessowners insurance all develop their rates from several factors, one important one being the protection class in which the property is located. Each fire district is assigned a protection class rating from 1 to 10. The lower the number, the better the fire protection offered by that fire department and thus the lower the property insurance rates will be for property located within that fire district. These protection class ratings are certified by the state. In assigning these ratings, the state looks at the fire department's ability to respond quickly, whether or not they have water available at hydrants or if they have to carry the water on their trucks. The supporting fire departments in surrounding districts can also help reduce their protection class rating.
In Walnut Cove's case, they were able to make huge strides in a relatively short period of time to dramatically reduce their protection class ratings. For those inside the city of Walnut Cove their new protection class rating will drop from an 8 to a 5. For those within a 5 mile district surrounding the town limits, their new class rating has dropped from a 9 to a 6. The people of Walnut Cove and in particular their fire department should be proud of this accomplishment and what it means for the safety and protection the people and property in the Walnut Cove Fire District.
If you have property located in the Walnut Cove Fire District, keep an eye on your next property insurance policy renewal. If you don't see a reduction in your insurance costs at the next renewal, then I would advise that you contact your agent to be sure that your policy renewed with the new protection class code applied to the rate. It is easy for insurance companies to miss these changes and you wouldn't want to miss out on the savings that your fire department has earned for you.
At Clinard Insurance Group, located in Winston Salem, NC, we want all of our clients to be informed insurance consumers. If you would like help with your auto or home insurance, or your business insurance or even your life insurance, please feel free to call us, toll free, at 877-687-7557.
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Modifications to the von Laue statistical distribution of the times to breakdown at a polymer-oil interface
Given, Martin J. and Wilson, Mark P. and Timoshkin, Igor V. and MacGregor, Scott J. and Wang, Tao and Sinclair, Mark A. and Thomas, Ken J. and Lehr, Jane M. (2017) Modifications to the von Laue statistical distribution of the times to breakdown at a polymer-oil interface. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 24 (4). pp. 2115-2122. ISSN 1070-9878
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2017.006314
A statistical analysis has been undertaken to determine the statistical and formative times associated with breakdowns along a polymer-oil interface under impulse conditions. Early analysis was based on an assumption that the breakdown data followed the von Laue Distribution. However, it was found that in the Laue plots there were deviations from the expected straight line behavior at short times to breakdown, which may be due to a normal distribution in values of the formative times. In addition, the plots showed multiple straight line sections, which suggested that changes were occurring to the breakdown processes during the experimental run, or that more than one mechanism of breakdown was occurring. Values of the statistical time ts and the formative time tf were determined from the data by making choices on the straight line section to be considered, and ignoring the effects of the normal distribution on the derived values of ts and tf. The present paper is focused on further development of this statistical method, including a rigorous analysis of the experimental data, taking into account the effect that a normal distribution of the formative times has on the derived values of ts and tf. Optimal fits in terms of three parameters: ts, tf, and f (the standard deviation of the formative time) have been derived using Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistics to quantify the quality of fit. The quality of these fits and the applicability of this approach is discussed.
Given, Martin J., Wilson, Mark P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3088-8541, Timoshkin, Igor V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0380-9003, MacGregor, Scott J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0808-585X, Wang, Tao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3054-0772, Sinclair, Mark A., Thomas, Ken J. and Lehr, Jane M.;
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Panamerický turnaj v ledním hokeji 2015 byl druhý ročník turnaje v ledním hokeji, který je určen pro týmy z amerického kontinentu. Kanada ani USA se neúčastnili, zatímco ostatní země poslaly nejsilnější výběry a navíc Mexiko tým do 17 let a Argentina B-tým. Turnaj se hrál v jedné skupině od 3. do 7. června 2015 v hale Icedome v Ciudad de México v Mexiku. Turnaje se zúčastnilo šest mužstev, která spolu hrála v jedné skupině každé s každým. Vítězství si připsali hráči Kolumbie před hráči Mexika a hráči Brazílie.

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💬 Matt Taylor: "There'll be ins and outs over the month."
Matt Taylor gives an update on the transfer window
By Ben Strange
Exeter City manager Matt Taylor is expecting more transfer activity in January as he looks to bolster his squad for the rest of the 2018/19 season.
The Grecians have already welcomed striker Ryan Bowman to the club after he completed a move from Scottish side Motherwell, but they've also seen Jayden Stockley make the move to Championship side Preston North End.
On the current situation in terms of transfers, Matt explained: "We're a few days in now and we've already got one player in and sold one player. There'll be ins and outs over the month but the club has got to remain stable in terms of the business that we do in January.
"We can't disrupt the squad too much but if any players are unhappy then this is the time that they've got to go on loan or look elsewhere, and we're still looking to improve the group. Obviously, in terms of the loan situation, Chio (Chiedozie Ogbene) has gone straight back so if he doesn't return to us then we will need to replace him, and we'll have to assess what's going to happen with Dara (O'Shea) and Tristan (Abrahams.)
"With Jayden departing it's going to be a huge miss with 16 goals out of our team, but we have players who can score and create goals. It's how much work Jayden did in both boxes, people forget about how defensively at every set piece he was probably our go-to man so we need to find the solution in terms of that. I'll still be looking in defensive areas as well, but in terms of recruitment we're looking at good players, we're not limiting it to certain positions that we need to look at for this time of the season because if a good player becomes available then we'll look to get them."
On his latest signing, though, Matt said he is excited to have acquired the services of Ryan Bowman from Motherwell having been keen to sign him for some time.
He continued: "He's a physical presence at the top end of the pitch, obviously with Jayden departing we knew what we needed. He'll hold the ball up well and link play and he's a good age in terms of his development as well. His partner is from down this way in terms of the south west and he knows the area from having played at Torquay. He's a signing that we're excited about.
"He has to come into this team and add another dimension to us, he has to compete with the likes of Jonathan Forte, Tristan Abrahams and Matt Jay but he's also got to buy into what we're doing at the club in terms of developing players and if he improves then we will have a good player on our hands.
"It was a minimal fee to secure his services, he's been on our radar since the start of the season, Eric (Kinder) knew him previously from his time at Carlisle as a young player but we've got some contacts up in Scotland as well so we've watched him a few times and done as much research as we could so we knew what sort of player we were getting. The fans will see a whole-hearted centre forward who is going to give everything he possibly can for the cause."
The City boss was also keen to praise outgoing forward Jayden Stockley for the impact that he had on the club, as well as his ability to continue to work for the team ahead of a potential January move.
Matt explained: "It's a reward for the goals he's scored but he's really dragged this team through the last 18 months. Like I say, he's been our go-to man not only for set pieces but for goals as well. He's scored a lot of goals, some big goals for us during his time, and he's always wanted to improve.
"Full credit to him in terms of his character and we all knew about the clause in his contract, we tried as hard as we possibly could to get it out of his contract and offer him a new one. When a player knows what's coming in the future then they can often take their eyes off it in terms of their performance, but credit to Jayden, he didn't do that one bit. If anything, he got stronger and stronger in the last few weeks and it's only right at the end where we pulled him out of New Year's Day because we knew this move was coming.
"It shows the rest of the group what can happen, Ryan Bowman has come down from Scotland in a similar situation to Jayden. We develop our players here, we try and improve them and probably the last three or four players we've sold we've done that with them, really improved them dramatically. If the players keep buying into that then they've got every chance of moving on."
With Chiedozie Ogbene heading back to Brentford following the completion of his loan deal, Matt explained that he and his staff will assess the possibility of bringing the winger back to the club but understands that with a new manager at Brentford then his return may not occur.
"There's always a possibility," said Matt. "Since Chio's time began here a new manager has gone in at Brentford and he'll want to have a close look at him on a daily basis. He got injured with us, so it meant it was a slightly disjointed spell where he probably didn't get the game time he felt he wanted but the injury didn't help him, and the team were in form at times.
"He's still learning the game, it's his first time over in England, and we gave him his first taste of league football, so he's got a lot of development himself to do but we'll monitor it over the next couple of weeks and see the feedback we get from Brentford and Chio himself."
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This little gem started as a small Asian teahouse on Chapel Street in South Yarra. Started by iconic Melbourne restaurateur David Zhou, who is probably most famous in Melbourne for David's, an award winning Chinese restaurant in Prahran, which serves up traditional Shanghai cuisine (highly recommended). Oriental Tea House was aimed at creating an everyday accessible dining experience.
Today there are four Oriental Tea Houses dotted around Melbourne. Serving delicious dumplings and yum cha style dishes with a side of tea. An amazing selection of teas from black to white; and fruit to signature blends, all available to taste in-store and take home, the delicious aromas and pretty colours are a delight to the senses.
I heard they had tea cocktails, so I went along for the experience. Unfortunately, the cocktail list left a lot to be desired, literally. I was greatly disappointed by the missed opportunity as I saw such potential for an amazing cocktail menu featuring all those lovely teas. Ho-hum. Rather than allowing myself to be defeated, however, I bought two types of tea and headed to the home bar to see what I could create.
Pimms makes the perfect cocktail share jug, particularly ideal for garden parties. The traditional Pimms cocktail is made with lemonade, mint and slices of lemon, orange and cucumber. But Pimms is one of the most versatile mixers, especially for summer tipples and makes a great summer cocktail. It goes particularly well with iced tea and the flavour combinations you create are limited only by your imagination.
Fresh fruit: roughly 10 lychees (peeled), 5 figs (quartered) and 20 cherries. Plus 4 cinnamon sticks.
Pre-prepare a strong batch of tea – 1tsp per 200ml of boiling water. Steep and cool at room temperature, then chill in the fridge til you're ready to use it.
Fill the jug to about 1/3 with fresh fruit and cinnamon sticks. Add Pimms, Ginger Ale and Tea to jug and gently stir with a long cocktail spoon.
Serve with ice. I prefer to add ice to the glass rather than the jug to avoid diluting the cocktail.
Tip: try preparing it an hour ahead to allow the fruit and cinnamon flavours infuse.
Add ingredients to shaker. Shake well to chill. Strain into coupe glass.
Yes, you have found heaven.


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The latest in the growing number of efforts directed at reducing, repurposing and ultimately eliminating waste in all its forms.
P&G Achieves Zero Waste at 45 Manufacturing Sites Worldwide
On Tuesday, Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced that it recycles, repurposes or converts 100 percent of the waste at 45 manufacturing sites around the world and claims less than one percent of raw materials currently leave its plants as waste.
From Problem to Product: Enterprising Companies Making a Resource of Marine Plastic
Incorporating post-consumer materials into products has become common practice for numerous brands. But a growing number of companies and NGOs are going a step further, looking to upcycle harmful plastic debris from the ocean, even if it means creating a supply chain and tapping new technology. Aquafil, a company that makes nylon textile fibers, recently joined the Healthy Seas Initiative to retrieve and recycle nylon fishing nets. The company already is one of the world's leading recyclers with an insatiable demand for plastic waste.
Closing the Loop: Turning Waste Into Primary Packaging
Over 125 billion rigid plastic containers are produced and consumed in the US every year, but according to the EPA only 28% are recycled, with the rest piling up in landfills and oceans. There is an undeniable packaging waste problem in today's society, which suggests that innovation opportunities are plenty in the packaging industry.
Biofuel Waste Could Offer Concrete Gains for Greener Cement
This article first appeared on edie.net on March 26, 2013.
Resource Revolution White Paper Examines Risks and Rewards of Circular Economy
This article first appeared on edie.net on March 20, 2013.Environmental Data Interactive Exchange (Edie), an online sustainability resource based in the UK, has published an exclusive white paper highlighting the opportunities and challenges of circular economy realization, for both businesses and the waste management industry.The report, published in association with sponsor FCC Environment and sister title Local Authority Waste & Recycling magazine, investigates the implications of closed-loop thinking as businesses start to take back waste-derived materials and energy into their supply chains.
UK Researchers Make Eggshells into Bioplastic
Researchers at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom say they have discovered a way to make a new kind of decomposable and recyclable bioplastic from the thin wrappers found in eggshells.
Ecover Developing New Type of Recycled Plastic from Recovered Marine Waste
Last week marked the official launch of an innovative initiative supported by Ecover, maker of non-toxic cleaning products, and Closed Loop Recycling (CLR), a UK operation that takes discarded soda and water bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and milk bottles made from high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and recycles them back into food-grade plastic for use in new packaging (rHDPE). The collaboration will use waste plastic collected from the seas around the UK by EU fishermen and recycled at Closed Loop's Dagenham facility for reuse in new packaging.
Philips' Sustainovation Process Reveals Insights on Closing Loops
In 2008 Philips Consumer Lifestyle started a program for sustainable innovation with a series of workshops to investigate possibilities around closing the loop of its products. People from different functions and departments brainstormed around business model possibilities, alternative materials and value chain management.
Host of Innovative Recycling Initiatives Helping Walmart Push Toward Zero-Waste Goal
How many times have you finished a meal at a restaurant and felt guilty about the amount of food left on the table? So, in order to ease your mind about the waste of food, you take your leftovers home with honest intentions of eating it later. Fast-forward to cleaning out your fridge.
Dr Pepper Snapple Installs Bio-Wastewater Treatment System at Houston Bottling Plant
A BioViper™ biological pretreatment system by wastewater treatment systems provider Baswood Corporation is now operating at the Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS) Group's Houston bottling plant, Baswood announced on Tuesday.
AB InBev's Environmental Efforts Generate $420 Million in Revenue
Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) announced it has met its three-year global environmental goals on water, energy, carbon emissions and recycling operations.The company reached its goal of reducing its water usage by nearly 20 percent, the equivalent of 25 billion cans of AB InBev products. Energy consumption decreased by 12 percent and carbon emissions were reduced by almost 16 percent in breweries and soft drink facilities worldwide. The company also increased its recycling rate to just over 99 percent for solid waste and by-products.
Ford Aims To Cut Landfill Waste to 13.4 Pounds Per Vehicle
Ford announced plans to reduce the amount of waste it sends to the landfill by 40 percent per vehicle over a five-year period from 2011 to 2016. This would reduce landfill waste to an average of 13.4 pounds per vehicle worldwide, the company said.
PlanetReuse: Redirecting Building Waste from Landfill to LEED Projects
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EcoScraps Potting Soil, Made from Grocers' Produce Waste, Now Available Nationwide Through Target
EcoScraps, a provider of organic, chemical- and manure-free lawn and garden products, today announced that its 100 percent organic potting soil is now available at more than 1,700 Target stores nationwide. This marks the first time that EcoScraps will appear on the shelves of a major retailer at the national level.
Reducing Material Use Through Packaging Innovation: Aveda's Journey
As a leading producer of premium personal care products committed to environmental and social responsibility — articulated as Earth & Community Care — Aveda has long been focused on reducing the environmental impacts associated with product packaging. The sustained commitment has evolved over 35 years but can be summarized in three main themes:
C2C Thinking Helps Shaw Redefine Sustainability in Flooring Industry
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NYC Center for Materials Reuse Quantifying Benefits of Product Reuse in Urban Environments
Product Reuse is the exchange of secondhand or surplus products between individuals and/or organizations. This exchange is often performed by social service agencies looking to distribute goods to their clients or to raise funds for their operations.
How Preventing Household Waste Can Be Fun and Profitable
Ask a room full of consumers, "Who here hates to see things go to waste?" and every hand will go up energetically. But if everyone hates to waste, then how come we generate so much of it? And what can we do to prevent waste from being created in the first place? Answering these questions can be profitable and fun.
The North Face Launches Recycling Program for Apparel, Footwear
The North Face has announced a new initiative aimed at reducing the amount of clothing and footwear going to landfills.
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Kagan gets an endorsement from superstar conservative appellate litigator and Bush II appellate nominee (also my old boss) Miguel Estrada here (see last paragraph).
Commentators on the left … complain that Kagan never compiled much of a record of aggressively championing liberal causes during her years as a law professor. Some say she was too friendly as dean of Harvard Law School to conservatives and did not recruit as many women and minorities for the faculty as diversitycrats desired.
Kagan seems to be a woman who thinks for herself.
Taylor also highlights what many libertarians will find most troubling about her record (other than strong hints of her lack of sympathy, albeit predictable for a Democratic nominee, with the litigation interests of the business community): her apparent endorsement of the Bush administration's legal framework for detention of enemy combatants.


Bright purple/red with dark core. Bright Cabernet fruit aromas with toasty oak. Medium bodied, complex at the first instance, with fine layers of oak overlaying ripe Cabernet fruits. This wine has persistent fine tannins and savoury fruit sweetness to resolve the finish. This wine will reward those who cellar.
WINEMAKER'S NOTE: Deep colour with the classic bouquet of briar Cabernet and unmistakably Margaret River this wine has a rich and structured palate.
VINTAGE: One of the better years in the region for red wines.
VINEYARD/S: Located in north of the Margaret River region our vineyard was planted almost 17 years ago. Low yielding.
VINIFICATION: Hand-picked grapes were fermented in a single open fermenter and plunged daily. On dryness the wine was run to new and one year old barrels. It was finally bottled after twelve months in oak and laid down for further maturation until release.


Global emissions of carbon dioxide mainly from fossil fuel burning will rise 2.7 percent in 2018, scientists said Wednesday, signalling a world "completely off course" in the fight against climate change.
"This growth in global CO2 emissions puts the goals set out in the Paris Agreement in jeopardy," lead author Corinne Le Quere, director of the Tyndall Centre of Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, said in a statement, AFP reports.
"Emissions will continue to rise, rhetoric is increasing but ambition is not — we are completely off course," said co-author Glen Peters, research director at the Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo.
The United States will account for 15 percent of CO2 pollution in 2018, an increase of about 2.5 percent. Most of that growth can be traced to an exceptionally hot summer and cold winter. Despite attempts by Donald Trump to revive a moribund domestic coal industry, US emissions are expected to resume their downward trend in 2019 as cheap gas, wind and solar power continue to displace coal.


Thangka is a Buddhist religion painting literally painted on cotton or silk. Thangka is an art of representing and visualizing of deities. On, this thangka the elegant Amitabha Buddha is painted by an experienced artist which in this field from generations. Artist have used poster color with gold on canvas. Thangka measures 15.5" of width and 20.5" of height.The thangka is beautiful to hang on the walls of home, offices and other. Thangkas are especially used for mediation. But, nowadays thangkas are also used for decoration and worshiping to.
Amitabha is the most ancient Buddhas among the Dhyani Buddhas. He said to reside in the Sukhabati heaven in peaceful meditation. He is of red color originating from the red syllable HRIH. He represents cosmic element of sanjha (name). His vehicle is peacock. He exhibits Samadhi Mudra with his two palms folded face up one on top of the other lying on his lap. He has a lotus as his sign. When represented on the stupa, he always faces the west. He is worshiped thinking that one can have salvation, Sometimes holding a Patra on the some posture. His female is Pandara. Amitabha denotes"Boundless light" or Incomprehensible.


EXTREME avalanche danger: Monday is a NO-GO!
Unique situation in the Alps: snow cover of 450 cm!
What a difference compared to the last three seasons! There pretty much has been a storm almost every week in the Alps since the beginning of November and the snow cover has grown really fast in the northwest and north of the Alps since the last week of December. There is a snow cover of around 200-350 cm at an altitude of 2000 meters, with outliers towards 450 cm at the measuring station from the Swiss resort of Les Marécottes. An absolute record. Normally there is about 170 cm of snow at this measuring station at this time of year, while the maximum thickness ever measured here was 427 cm. Now that's record breaking snowfall.
And there will be more records that will be broken today. It's snowing heavily again in the northern French Alps and the west of Switzerland since Sunday evening with locally already 50-80 cm of fresh snow in the past 24 hours. About 8 meters of snow came down in these regions since the beginning of the winter. because snow consists for 90% out of air, the snow cover settles itself under the influence of temperature, wind and its own weight (check out this article). We have not seen this much snow in the Alps since the 'avalanche winter of 1999' and in some places the snow cover is already thicker than it was at the end of February.
Warmer air is arriving in the Alps right now and I expect the warm air to arrive in the west of Austria by noon. The freezing level will temporarily rise to 2100 meters in the French Alps and the west of Switzerland and to about 1800 meters in the west of Austria and about 1500 meters in the eastern Alps. The snow line will rise towards the 2000 meters in the west of the Alps during the day, towards 1500 meters in the west of Austria and towards the 1200 meters in the eastern Alps. You can expect rain and wet snow below these altitudes. These rising temperatures will result in a heavier snow cover and that will make the situation even more critical.
Huge amounts of fresh snow and the rising temperature result in an EXTREME avalanche danger (5 on a scale of 5) in parts of the French Alps, Switzerland and Tyrol in Austria. This is a very special situation that has not occurred since 1999 on this scale. The diagram above shows what EXTREME avalanche danger actually means. It has huge consequences for roads, trains, building and other vital infrastructure.
Due to the emergency situation, chalets in the Swiss resorts of Evolène and Les Marécottes have already been evacuated as a precautionary measure, a lot of roads have been closed to prevent avalanches from crashing into passing traffic and thus cutting off many ski resorts. Due to the extreme avalanche danger, a lot of ski areas will remain closed today.
A weak cold front enters the Alps in the night to Tuesday. It will be temporarily colder with some last snowfall. This drop in temperature will temporarily result in a stabilizing snow cover, but that won't last very long.
Milder air will be flowing into the Alps on Tuesday afternoon. The mild but dry air is sent to the Alps with a southwestern current. This will result in Föhn wind on the north side of the main alpine ridge and the freezing level will rise. The freezing level will rise towards 2700 meters in the western Alps and about 2200 meters in the eastern Alps on Wednesday. Because the air is pretty dry, this will have no consequences on shady faces, but it should be taken into account that the snow cover on sunny slopes might become very unstable during the day, which can have consequences for the opening of roads and ski areas because of the enormous snow cover. The nights are fortunately clear and cold and that gives the snow cover a chance to stabilize again. The Alps will have to deal with mild, but dry air till Thursday.
It is expected that ski areas will slowly return to their normal rhythm on Tuesday/Wednesday. You can ride great snow on the slopes, but don't think about going off-piste. The situation remains critical. Fortunately, the snow cover will soon settle itself this week and the critical situation will soon improve.
A new storm will come in at the end of this week. This storm will bring snow to the northwest of the Alps with powder days on Friday and Saturday. PowderAlert # 12 is already on the radar. A point of attention for this weekend are the warmer temperatures that might come in on Sunday. In short: be patient, Friday and Saturday might be powder days.
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Many lifts (actually most of the area) are closed as well, ski buses and taxis not operating (at least the case on Sunday).
But the off-piste skiing has been incredible. I have never hit so much powder in the 4 days we where there.
However watch the avalanche situations and stay safe!
Verbier (Bruson) on Saturday. Did not venture out yesterday.
Stay Safe out there... and Morris... spot on with forecast!!!
I have no special knowledge but I would imagine they'll have a fair number of lifts running tomorrow, especially serving some of the lower slopes.
I'm in Livigno and tree skiing is fantastic. However, most of the lifts on top are closed. Yesterday only the main Mottolino lift was open, and on the Carosello 3000 side you haven't been able to go higher than Costaccia.
At Livigno now, absolutely fab conditions looking forward, but today was excellent snow on slopes and in the immediate off-piste, radical no-go elsewhere, snow cover far too unstable (80+30cm in the last two days) with heavy winds today that created massive wind lips. Still, snow was falling at -7 thus pretty iced and powdery..check next two days for the snow pack to stabilize and enjoy some - carefully selected and never without the right equipment and experience -great free ride!!
Snow cover development in Crans-Montana @1650m between Tuesday night and Monday morning.
Had some 4 days of awesome deep powder in the trees, yesterday everything closed and raining.


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Man's Last Chance: Impressions of Central America
Carly Cassano	September 3, 2012
By Klas Lundström
Think about isolated zones, and you'll end up in Latin America's most gridlocked valleys: the Mosquito Coast, in the heart of Central America, and "Fireland", or Tierra del Fuego, at the end of the world, only a strait from Antarctica. Your company: Charles Darwin, Bruce Chatwin and a fictional American family.
In common, both the Mosquito Coast and Patagonia depend much on their own seperate exposure, their own peculiar ways to choke the visitor (and perhaps even their own inhabitants). From time to time, the grip eases; only to allow some strange and colorful events to take place in front of your own footsteps.
The American writer and constant traveler, Paul Theroux, published his book The Mosquito Coast back in 1981, a novel he wrote after a breathtaking voyage to the exotic and complex region in the heart of Central America's largest remaining tropical rainforest. Theroux encountered human evolution and an imploding political atmosphere; everything is caught between the book pages, in a story about American goodwill exported, perhaps with the friendliest of intentions, to a vulnerable Third World region.
The story's protagonist is Allie Fox, an eccentric inventor who takes his whole family along and breaks out of the American way of life, to reach Ground Zero along unkown rivers of Honduras. (That is, shores the white colonialists never found interesting enough to explore further.) Mr. Fox purchases the rights of a whole society—Jeromino—one which provides a democratic and utopian alternative not only for the family, but also for the people already living there.
Habits, patterns and human behavior catch up with them even at the heart of Mother Earth—and Theroux's characters find themselves trapped in a corrupt system with no choice but to search for a better life in the unknown, the wild, the unpredictable.
The Mosquito Coast can be read as a case study in political evolution as well as a cultural contribution to the false picture of the world's hidden pockets. Who took that picture? The impression, despite Paul Theroux's many questions for the reader and unlikely visitor of "the real Mosquito Coast", remains intact: the region is likely to continue to play the part as nothing but an extra in the larger piece that global politics has turned into. Theroux's characters repeat the mistakes they thought they'd left behind in the U.S. Could it be a system-error impossible to run away from?
So where does one find the Mosqutio Coast Paul Theroux depicted? Traveling along the hidden rivers and roads in Central America's largest rainforest, you start to believe there are pieces of the Mosquito Coast inside all of us.
A Lost Eden, the civilization's "Last Chance," as Allie Fox saw it, erases the line between fiction and non-fiction—reality becomes the victim. The power of symbolism is the cornerstone in Theroux's story of an American family who doesn't fit in (or doesn't want to fit in) anywhere, no matter the environment or circumstances.
And what about the inhabitants of the Mosquito Coast, the fishermen and farmers who accept Mr. Fox as their new benevolent heir? They live in the background, dutiful as shadows, while the Westerner looks for a Gold Mine in U.S. Cold War backwaters. This is a conscious way of telling a story, like a modern Robinson Crusoe. Twenty years after its first publication date, the shadows and the background remain the same—no comfortable pictures for the backpacker to immortalize in on Facebook.
Paul Theroux's criticism on the surplus society makes Mosquito Coast the perfect travel partner for those who want to see the Mosquito Coast region with their own eyes. Urban neighbors of the Mosquito Coast, in both Honduras and Nicaragua, look upon the region—like Allie Fox—as "Man's Last Chance." As one urban woman put it, "To put things right and get back on the right track."
In the jungle, deforestation, illegal fishing, drug and human trafficking and poverty crush the myth of the "Untouched Paradise." "There isn't such a thing", a fisherman reflects during a dinner conversation. "Not even in the Bible."
Not only the Mosquito Coast—even Patagonia provides the image of Mother Earth's Disneyland for tourists to lose themselves before returning to their homes, without necessarily learning about the real, economic and humanitarian situation of the place. The romance between the traveler and myth seems internal; are we addicted to the notion that gridlocked regions provide us with a taste of the wild, of desperation and "the Real People?"
And if so, is there a way out of this method of thinking?
"Documentaries and anonymous guide books also contribute to devastate the less explored places on Earth", the Swedish author, Per Wästberg, wrote in the preface of Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia. Tierra del Fuego's long history is founded on captivity—slaves became the region's first inhabitants. Slave labor laid the very railroad that made commerce and trade flourish, helping the region become a major tourist attraction.
But what of humankind's wanderlust? The train, called "The End of the World," crawls like a snake along the track, and autumn has transformed the green valleys and forests into a sad, red fog, like a cushion over the National Park.
Germans, Argentineans, and Asian tourists compete over the best photo spots along the way, trying to capture the beauty and sorrow of Patagonia's southernmost forest.
Further into the National Park, in a brightly painted restaurant with huge windows and majestic views of colored forests and icy rivers, an exhibition shows how Charles Darwin found his way here thanks to the European shipping industry. We learn how—not what—the young biologist chose to depict Tierra del Fuego's population and ecology.
Darwin named the people of Tierra del Fuego "humanity's lowest class", and the label still lays like a flu under Patagonia's surface. Darwin's ideology has given generations of scientists the pretext they need to place nature, people and animals into categories.
Adventure tourism—sixty per cent of Tierra del Fuego's economy—take Darwin's "survival of the fittest" clause seriously, turning it into flesh and blood. In the wilderness, where you are abandoned in a paradoxical state of confinement, you learn that only the strongest survive. It's a kind of urban Darwinism that characterizes the world's southernmost city, its s social codes, and especially, the visitors of the National Park.
It's all about the metaphorical walls between background, social status and gender. Darwin and our colonial worldview and dominant politics remain the landlord in large parts of the world, and certainly in places such as Tierra del Fuego, Darwin's thoughts and conclusions have lingered—like a political compass.
Darwin invented a view on humanity that still characterizes the modern community and upholds the pillars of some Western democracies. It was in the autonomous indigenous peoples that Darwin saw what man should not be—he helped elicit cultural preference, the ultimate excuse to practice apartheid.
Many questions arise in the harsh environment of Patagonia, one of them regarding obedience. Nature, mankind and animals—what do they obey? Are we certain parts in a nameless process controlled by God, man or Mother Earth?
Darwin's theories have managed to maintain a place in modern education; many, including the theory of evolution, are considered the closest humankind has come to the truth about our biological existence.
Jeromino, therefore, can only survive in the pulp of these forests. The impressions of the Mosquito Coast and Patagonia leave many traces, scattered and nameless. One of them is no man's land, a place where the traveler and the domestic population alike become aware of cultural and environmental limitations. A place like this cannot be black or white, it only is.
Sources and inspiration:
The Mosquito Coast, Paul Theroux (1981)
In Patagonia, Bruce Chatwin (1989)
Preface (In Patagonia), Per Wästberg (1989)
Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin (1842—1846)
For more information on The Mosquito Coast, Tierra del Fuego and traveling to Central America, read our interview with the author, Klas Lundstrom, and join us as we take a look "Behind the Article."
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Q: Line spacing with inline formula including fraction I have a fraction in an inline formula as can be seen in the picture.
\dfrac from the amsmath package was used. (This is article class with 14pts and linespread 0.9.)
Though the space between the line including the formula and nearby lines are expanded, the space between the denominator of the fraction and the next line is still smaller than the one between other all-text lines.
How can I expand the space so that equal space is guaranteed? (I don't want to make the fraction part smaller.)
I already tried abovedisplayskip and belowdisplayskip, but they seem to work only in \display environment.
I may find a command that works only for specific lines, but I want this spacing applied to the entire document where there is an inline formula with fractions.

A: Such a big formula doesn't find its place in line; you could set (maybe locally) \lineskip to 2pt instead of the default 1pt:
... end of the previous paragraph.

\begingroup
\setlength{\lineskip}{2pt}

The paragraph with the big $\dfrac{\Pr(X-a)}{\Pr(X-b)}$ which
spoils the appearance of the page.

\endgroup

(Note the blank line before \endgroup to end the paragraph.)
However, the best way to typeset large formulas is to display them:
The paragraph with the big
\[
\frac{\Pr(X-a)}{\Pr(X-b)}
\]
which doesn't spoil the appearance of the page and
is clearer for the reader.

A: it appears that the last line before the line with the fraction contains no descenders.
thus it has zero depth.
add a \strut (a zero-width box with the depth of a parenthesis) to artificially provide the depth you need to avoid this effect.  don't put a space before the \strut.
regardless, everyone who says that displaystyle fractions shouldn't be used in text is correct; this is a bad thing.


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Henoch (, Chanoch, doslova "Zasvěcený"), kraličtí přepisují jako Enoch, je jedním z lidí a potomků Adamových žijících před potopou. Henoch je mimo jiné pradědečkem Noeho. Hlavní zmínka o Henochovi pochází z biblické knihy Genesis, 5,18-24. V esoterních kruzích je postava Henocha ztotožňována s Hermem Trismegistem či Thovtem.

Henochův rodokmen
Jeho rodokmen od Adama, dle knihy Genesis, je následující: Adam zplodil Šéta, Šét zplodil Enóše, Enóš Kénana, Kénan Mahalalela, Mahalalel Jereda a Jered Henocha. Henoch pak měl syna Metuzaléma, ten syna Lámecha a Lámech Noeho

Význam v biblické tradici
Význam Henocha spočívá v tom, že na rozdíl od ostatních jeho předků a potomků se o něm neříká jen standardní výpověď, totiž jak dlouho žil a koho zplodil, ale i to, že "chodil s Bohem". Navíc se o něm neříká, že by zemřel, ale jen, že "nebylo ho, neboť ho Bůh vzal". Zajímavá je i skutečnost, že žil relativně krátce, avšak přesně 365 let, což odpovídá dnům slunečního kalendáře, který je s ním v pozdním židovství (3.-1. stol. př. n. l.) spojován.

Těchto málo slov o Henochovi stačilo k tomu, aby z něj židovská tradice učinila jako z Božího oblíbence příjemce různých zjevení. Dochovaly se nám dvě tzv. knihy Henochovy, "Etiopský Henoch" a "Staroslověnský Henoch" (či 1. a 2. kniha Henochova). Jedná se o sbírky různých textů připisovaných právě Henochovi a obsahujících různá zjevení a odhalení pravd o dějinách a o běhu světa, astronomické poznatky a další.

Henocha připomíná – avšak pouze jako starozákonní postavu, nikoli ve spojení s apokryfními spisy jemu připisovanými – kniha Sírachovcova (44,16). Henoch zde slouží jako příklad pokání. O Henochovi se zmiňuje na dvou místech dokonce i Nový zákon. Zaprvé jeho jméno najdeme v Listu Židům 11,5, kde se o něm hovoří jako o vzoru víry; zadruhé se objevuje v Listu Judově 1,14; v této pasáži je uvedeno Henochovo proroctví, které se jinde v Bibli nevyskytuje.

Henoch v judaismu
Podle židovské tradice byl Henoch jeden z těch, kdo směl převzít a číst Adamovu knihu. Pro svou čistotu směl též vstoupit do zahrady Eden a pobývat v obecenství andělů, kteří mu mimo jiné pomohli porozumět základním zákonitostem stvořeného světa. Pro svou spravedlnost byl též pověřen, aby lidem mimo zahradu Eden vyjevil Boží vůli týkající se správného způsobu života. Podle spisu Hejchalot rabati byl Henoch poté, co byl vzat zrakům pokolení potopy, proměněn v Metatrona, knížete andělů, kteří slouží u Božího trůnu.

Henoch v mormonismu
Mormonský zakladatel Joseph Smith vydal na počátku svého působení několikastránkovou "Knihu Enoch", kterou údajně přijal skrze zjevení. Vypráví Henochův příběh, který byl kvůli zlovolnosti lidí ztracen z Božího Písma (Bible). Kniha Enoch je dnes součástí Knihy Mojžíš v Drahocenné perle.

Podle mormonismu na Enocha sestoupil Boží duch a poslal jej prorokovat, ačkoliv byl "pomalý v řeči". Varoval ho před budoucí zkázou lidstva a předal mu pečetící moc na nebi i na zemi a "otevřel oči" (tedy sňal z očí závoj, který brání spatřit duchovní realitu). Enoch se tak stal prvním Vidoucím na Zemi.

Enoch také kázal o Ježíši Kristu a jeho příchodu a vykonal mnohá veliká zázračná znamení. Viděl Boha Jehovu plakat. Nakonec byl spolu se svým spravedlivým lidem z města Sion vzat zaživa do nebe.

Henoch v Islámu

Islám uznává za proroka také Enocha, který byl podle Bible vzat do nebe se svatým městem Sionem. Korán také zmiňuje fakt, že byl Enoch přenesen Bohem.Podle islámu se Enoch narodil na dnešním území Babylonu. Byl vyučován v náboženství proroka Adama a proroka Seta (Adamova syna) a odešel se svým lidem z Babylona do Egypta. Tam učil o půstu a almužně chudým. Kromě súry 19 je Idrís zmíněn už pouze v súře 21 (verše 85-86).

Odkazy

Poznámky
(Všechny citace dle Českého ekumenického překladu.)

Reference

Související články
 Předpotopní lidé
 Genesis

Externí odkazy

Osoby v Genesis
Mužská jména hebrejského původu
Mužská jména
Proroci
Islámští proroci
Korán


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Introducing Pleo's new Belonging Zine
13 January 2023•5 mins read
As a business, it's easy to get wrapped up in what you're building, who you're building for and delivering over and above for customers. All too often, we forget to stop and think: how are we giving back? How do we make the world a better place?
Sometimes, we need to pause and look at the bigger picture. Take a second. And breeeeathe.
As a company with no shortage of natural born problem-solvers ourselves, it's always been important to us that we're part of the solution, not the problem. We realised that we need to work together as a community to make sure that we're all actively working towards a positive future.
I might be biased, but in my mind, Pleo has always been inherently good.
When people need help, our employees show up. Donating money is one thing, but something Pleo'ers are great at is offering up their time and resources to make the world a little bit better. Whether it's giving free laptops to Ukraine, raising funds for the Australian wildfires, mentoring women in emerging markets or helping a colleague's son get a life-saving operation in Kenya, Pleo'ers are good people.
While that might be the case, as a company, we've never actively set an impact stance. We've never decided what our "thing" is and then committed to it.
It's time for that to change.
How we set our impact stance
Last year, we made the decision to set a company-wide impact strategy.
I'll admit, this was pretty daunting. There are so many good causes out there to support, which one makes the best sense for Pleo? Is it removing plastic from the ocean? Is it supporting small businesses? We're very fond of our dog-friendly offices, so is it pledging a monthly sum to Dogs Trust? Or is it... something else altogether?
Here's some insight into our thinking when it comes to having an impact at Pleo.
Building authentic impact
During the early days of our research, the most iconic impact strategies we stumbled upon integrated well into the company's vision. It was an extension of their offering, rather than an idea awkwardly shoehorned in at the last minute.
At Pleo, our company vision is to make everyone feel valued at work. People have always been at the heart of everything we do. So when we're solving for Environmental, Social and Governmental causes, it makes sense to hone in on the 'social' aspects and make sure that people are pivotal to our work here.
We decided our impact vision should focus on making all the exceptional talent out there feel like they truly belong at work.
Solving a big problem
At Pleo, we're lucky to have built a successful business for many reasons. One of those is our culture. (This became even more ingrained in our ethos when the world went remote during the pandemic.)
If you visit one of our offices or have a read of our Slack channels, it's obvious how much people genuinely care for one another. You get a sense that we get on with the people we work with and we enjoy the projects we're working on. It might sound like a given, but it's often not.
But through our research on the topic of belonging in general, we learned that not all communities feel equally valued at work all of the time. Not everyone looks forward to coming to work or feels like they're treated fairly all the time. In fact, a massive 40% of people say they feel isolated at work.
Not many people know this about us, but we chose the name 'Pleo' because it means 'more than expected'. So making an active commitment towards helping people feel like they belong seemed like a logical problem to solve.
Being forward-thinking
We've always been huge fans of pioneering the future of work and building progressive workplaces (just have a read of our many blogs to see what we mean!)
We strongly believe that one of the most forward-thinking things you can do is to build a workplace and environment where every employee - no matter their background or identity - feels that they can show up as their full self and belong, every day.
Anchoring our impact work around 'Belonging'
We use 'Belonging' as an umbrella term for all things Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. (We'll also be doing some work on climate, but more on that later.)
Setting our impact stance around this means that we will build, test and learn internally on how to create a sense of belonging. More importantly, we'll make that work open source. That means it'll be free for the wider community to try out 🙌
Our aim is to try to remove the barriers to work around belonging - be it resources (we'll share what we build), expertise (we'll share what we learn), or budget (it's all free!).
We're also sharing our knowledge and insights before they're 100% polished. It's all about learning and growing, and we're inviting you on our journey.
Be one of the first to read our Belonging Zine
Our first commitment: delivered ✅
We're so excited to publish the first edition of our Belonging Zine: The Beginning is a Very Good Place to Start.
Dive in and have a read to discover:
How our belonging journey began
The findings from four months of qualitative and quantitative research on different communities at Pleo
A workshop on how to build inclusive organisations (includes a free Miro workshop)
The best way we've found (so far) to gather diversity data (includes free Airtable survey)
Four belonging personas to help you identify who to solve for
The role of belonging when restructuring your organisation
AI's take on belonging in 2023 and beyond
We hope you learn something from the pilot of our Belonging Zine! Our next edition will cover our plan going forward and our Unconscious Bias research, as well as our training in the form of a playbook for you to use in your own business. Plus, we'll cover topics like building inclusive social events that cater to a wide variety of needs and interests (like our beloved Team Camps).
You might find blog posts, webinars and podcasts as part of our work on belonging. We're busy exploring which distribution channels work best for us, so nothing's set in stone just yet.
Planning to build on your belonging work in 2023 and want to stay up to date with Pleo's approach? Join our pledge to belonging by subscribing to our mailing list – keep your eyes peeled for updates!
Want to know more about working at Pleo?
Learn more about how we hire, and the magical teams that make Pleo what it is today.
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We would like to inform you that as per the Company`s Code of Conduct to regulate monitor and report trading by Insiders under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations 2015 (as amended) (`PIT Regulations`) and in view of the clarification letter issued by National Stock Exchange of India Limited vide Ref No: NSE/CML/2019/11 dated 2nd April 2019 and BSE Limited vide Ref No: LIST/COMP/01/2019-20 dated 2nd April 2019 on the provisions of Clause 4 of the Schedule B of the PIT Regulations the Trading Window for dealing in the Securities of the Company shall remain closed from 4th April 2019 till completion of 48 hours after the declaration of Financial Results for the fourth quarter and year ended on 31st March 2019.
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