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Nicole Richie talks to Nylon about House of Harlow 1960 and Y2K Fashion
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Ahead of 2021 NYFW, Nicole Richie spoke to Nylon about her memories of NYFW, going back to the roots of House of Harlow 1960, running a fashion business for the past 13 years, and her thoughts on early 2000s style making a come back!
"I think that [Revolve] really [knows] how to speak to millennials and Gen Z," Richie told NYLON ahead of the space's official opening over a Zoom call. "I love the idea of having a presentation be a true experience. I think that's what people are wanting right now." When it comes to House of Harlow's milestones, Revolve happens to be involved, too. After originally launching in 2008 as a jewellery business, Richie partnered with the company to expand into ready-to-wear 18 months later. Now, more than a decade has passed, and House of Harlow's showing at NYFW for the first time seems like a full-circle moment.
"The collection as a whole is really inspired by '70s Hollywood glamour," explains Richie. "I wanted to combine that with my appreciation for nature, which is something that also has just been such a big inspiration to me, especially over the past year and a half in this pandemic. We have to value our connection with nature."
If cottagecore was a thing back in the '70s, then House of Harlow's fall collection would be a boho take on the ideal wardrobe to live your best bucolic life. "Oh, I have heard of cottagecore," quipped Richie when asked about the popular aesthetic. "I have a 13-and-a-half-year-old daughter, so I'm very familiar with cottagecore. It's a real vibe."
So what's House of Harlow's "nap dress"? Meet the Badia, a satin midi style covered in paisley prints and fringe trim. The halter neckline is also connected to a scarf that drapes in the front. "It's all one piece. This is actually one of my favorite dresses. I just wore mine the other night," recalled Richie. "I am obsessed." Other favorites include a three-piece corduroy set, headscarves, and a House of Harlow choker, which is part of the brand bringing back its jewelry line.
"I think that nature just brings so many different layers of textures and feelings, and that's something that we also did within the collection," said Richie. "With a lot of vintage-inspired silk prints, which is what we've done in the past, and then also combining that with beautiful, novelty knits, corduroys, and velvets."
With House of Harlow debuting at NYFW, do you have any early memories of attending fashion week?
I just remember it was a lot. I was going to so many different shows and that was the time when I was running into friends. No matter what was on your schedule, everything would change because there was always some surprise after-party or an extra dinner. We were out all night, up super early. It was just so much fun. As the years went on, I started going to less shows and really picking which ones I actually wanted to see, but it was so exciting.
The Fall 2021 collection is bringing jewelry back to the brand. What's the story behind reintroducing it again?
The brand started with me doing costume jewelry, and I had put a pause on it when the world changed and the market changed and I was figuring out where I wanted the jewelry to sit and what I wanted it to mean. Once we started really diving into our own website — combined with people reentering the world — I was just really excited to bring costume jewelry back.
Then as far as fine [jewellery], I've been doing fine on a very small scale with crystals. That's something that I've been doing myself because I source them and I charge them with the full moon and I sage them. So it's really just been this labour of love, but what's been so amazing is, over the course of two years, I've been able to really work in fine and figure out what I wanted to say when I decided to have a full collection with it. So now is the time, and I'm so excited about it.
Are there any jewelry pieces that you really love?
I'm very excited about my hoops that I've been working on for a very long time. I love hoops and they are the perfect weight. Everything was originally handmade and then reproduced, so you are really getting that handmade feel.
Then this necklace [that I have on] is actually part of my Honeycomb Collection, which is inspired by my love for the bees. I have bees, I harvest my own honey, and it's really important to show them love. Without bees we can't be here. Proceeds from the sale of the Honeycomb Collection are going back to the Los Angeles Beekeepers Association. It's just very close to my heart, so I'm really pumped for it.
You've been running House of Harlow since 2008. What advice can you give to someone who's looking to start in the fashion industry?
I would say just start. There are things that cannot be taught; you just have to experience them. Some things just take time and it's getting to know yourself and really understanding yourself and understanding your eye. What I love so much about having this brand for so long is that you learn a lot about yourself when you are coming from a creative place, because there are things that I have not been open to in the past that I am obsessed with now and vice versa.
Designing and creating is really emotional. It does come from a place of feeling. I think it's cool to look back on past collections and I'm able to kind of tap into what emotional state I was in at that time and what I was gravitating towards.
The brand consistently taps into fashion nostalgia from the late '60s and early '70s. Right now, a lot of early 2000s trends are making a comeback. Your style was such a huge influence during that era, how has it been witnessing Y2K fashion's return?
It's been very interesting seeing it come back because, for me, I think it's a version of it that I don't necessarily recognize. To me, it just feels like its own thing. I don't love it or hate it per se. I wouldn't say that it's 100 percent accurate of what the actual 2000s was. I do think that we're doing some cherry-picking of just the best of the best. I'm sure someone would say that's been around in the '70s about a brand like mine, that is like, "I love the '70s." But I appreciate all of it and it's fun — and funny — to see.
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Nicole Richie Talks House of Harlow and Apologies for 2000s Fashion Trend
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Nicole Richie spoke to Bustle about the last year and a half, and how it's influenced her craft, creativity, and outlook. "For everyone, it's been a hard and complicated year, and as we are approaching fall, I'm feeling even from my own friends that people are a little scared of being down and inside. So I wanted this collection to feel colourful, bright, and alive, but still have that feeling of fall behind it."
Bustle notes that some pieces from Nicole's House of Harlow 1960 Fall 2021 collection give a nod to '90s menswear tailoring and outerwear, while others channel the Bohemian aesthetic of the '70s with cheetah jacquard dresses and paisley prints.
"I live in LA, so I don't know weather-wise when this is happening for me, but this three-piece suit, I am so excited about," Nicole says. "I cannot wait to wear it. I love the vest, the blazer and the fit of the pants. It's just my absolute favourite look."
Nicole is also reintroducing jewellery to House of Harlow, a category which initially launched the brand in 2008. "One of the groups I'm the most excited about is the Honeycomb Collection because I love bees," she says." I have bees. I make my own honey. You'll see there's a honeycomb cigar ring, honeycomb hoop earrings, and proceeds from that are going back to the Los Angeles Beekeepers Association."
Bustle also took Nicole down memory lane as they looked back at her fashion choices in the 2000s. One thing they revisited were trucker hats. "Trucker hats are a no from me," she says. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry for wearing them. And I'm sorry for not liking them now. It's an overall 'I'm sorry' and an overall 'no.'" Check out the other trends the comments on over at Bustle.com.
Nicole Richie and Joel Madden buy new property for $10.2 million after selling house to Adele
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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden sold their house, which they originally paid $6.7 million for back in 2015, to Adele this past June, who have been neighbours since 2016. Built in 1957, the house has been renovated and expanded since. It spans over 5,500 square feet and has four bedrooms and four bathrooms.
Architectural Digest say, "The spacious backyard boats a bug grassy lawn, a patio for alfresco dining, and a swimming pool and jacuzzi. There's also an edible garden and custom-built chicken coop," which they toured in 2017. Nicole and Joel built the chicken coop a smaller house that mimicked their own. "We did a miniature version of my own house in terms of colour and style," Nicole said at the time. "I wanted one colour palette throughout."
Nicole and Joel have recently purchased a new properly for £10.2 in the same zip code within a gated community that Hilary Duff, Serena Williams, and Pete Wentz also call home. The five-bedroom, six-bathroom mansion was originally built in 1987 in the style of a French chateau, though the previous owners (design couple Sam Gnatovich and Alexi Rennalls of Simi Design) improved it with a renovation in 2019. "We looked at the Chanel store in Paris and [ancient] stone building of storefronts that honoured the push and pull of old and new," Gnatovich told AD during a home tour last year.
Here are some photos from inside Nicole and Joel's new home. See more at Vogue Australia.
Sources: AD – Buy Home / AD – Sell Home / Vogue AUS – Inside
Introducing Nicole Richie's House of Harlow 1960 Fall '21 Collection
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Nicole Richie's new House of Harlow 1960 Fall 2021 Collection debuted today, September 9th, online at Revolve.com and also at the Revolve pop-up shop within the Revolve Gallery at Hudson Yards in New York from Friday 10th to Saturday 11th.
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Nicole Richie and Sofia go hiking (September 8)
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Nicole Richie and her sister Sofia were spotted hiking in Santa Monica on September 8th.
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Nicole Richie's House of Harlow 1960 Fall Collection to debut September 9
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Nicole Richie announced on Instagram that her House of Harlow 1960 Fall 2021 Collection will debut tomorrow during New York Fashion Week via Revolve Gallery. NYFW is from September 8-11th and the Revolve Gallery will take place on the 9th.
Nicole Richie attends Baby2Baby Back to School event (July 21)
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On July 21st, Nicole Richie attended the Baby2Baby Back2School event, presented by Stitch Fix Kids and Epic. She was joined by Zooey Deschanel and Katy Perry, who all stepped out to help the Boyle Heights community in Los Angeles who are battling increasingly high rates of income and housing insecurity caused by the pandemic. Over 95% of families in attendance have either lost their job or have their work hours reduced.
Stitch Fix Kids donated more than $1 million worth of clothing for the children Baby2Baby serves across the country. Nicole helped to distribute clothing in their pop-up shop, where students could pick out brand new back to school outfits. Zooey worked in the Epic library and helped students stock up on Epic Originals books for the upcoming school year.
At the event, Nicole spoke to PEOPLE about what the pandemic taught her about being a mother:
"I've just learned to listen, to really take a pause and listen," she tells PEOPLE. "I've always stressed that going outside and being in nature is important, but it really became a true necessity once everyone was locked into their computers, Zoom work, all of the things. We really had to make an effort to go outside and be in nature and connect to the earth. I think that is something we have to prioritize in our lives."
Richie, who shares her kids with husband Joel Madden, adds that Harlow and Sparrow had "completely different experiences" in quarantine, however, the "one through line was — especially last school year — it was really hard."
"We were all in shock and everyone was trying to figure out how to make it work," she says, adding, "Everything was happening at once and I think everyone was just trying to make it work, and then we had the summer to kind of prepare for that new [school] year and the kids, they just did it. They gave it their all. … It just really made me so proud of them."
"These kids are very strong and it'll be interesting to see and hear from the future writers and creators of what this experience has been, because they've gone through something that I didn't go through at their age," says Richie. "It's really interesting."
Nicole also spoke about her work with Baby2Baby:
"I work with Baby2Baby all the time," she says. "Because I work so closely with them, obviously their focus has been, especially in L.A., what are the areas that have been hit the hardest from COVID, and Boyle Heights is definitely one of them. A lot of these kids have not gone to school since March of 2020, and they're gearing up to go back to school and they need the supplies and the support to get them started, get a kick-off."
"I say all the time, you know, the ones who have suffered the most have been the kids. Also, just from my own experience of being a mom, I know that going back to school is really exciting but also very overwhelming," adds Richie. "In a world where we've been told to be afraid of going outdoors and being around people, this is going to be their first step into that, so having StitchFix and these other amazing companies be able to come and support them and kind of get them excited about school and really take the weight off of the parents of having to get all the necessary school supplies is something that we just needed to do."
She tells PEOPLE that giving back to others is a key element of her parenting in raising her kids.
"It's very important. The way that I was raised it wasn't even an option. It was just a responsibility that you had, and that's how we continue to communicate with our family about this," she says. "You take care of your community, and you take care of the people around you. So that's all they know."
Nicole also made a video co-starring Julie Bowen, both Baby2Baby board members, with Makers Women and Funny or Die, which you can watch below.
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8bit wrote: This is hands down one of the best nintendo collections ever. The room is great and I only wish I could have some shelves made just like yours. Does the room have any seating or tables for hanging out?
Why would you want to defile the Nintendo Sanctuary with vulgar activities like hanging out!?
Okay, okay... I do have one of those gamer chairs that sit on the floor, it works great and is very portable if I want to stick it in the closet when I'm not in there playing a game. Perhaps someday I'll put a small couch in there.
Excellent room man,love the lightgun lamps:).Would you ever be willing to make some for others who would pay you?
Wow. Amazing. I LOVE the light gun/NES Advantage lamp. That is very cool.
"Oh great, another box of useless sh*t."
Main Collection: http://connect.collectorz.com/users/ynjmwil/games?viewCollection=in-collection - Not looking to move anything on this list but would entertain offers.
Thought I'd so a small update. I built a Sega Game Gear/32x shelf.
I also completed my SNES set.
The games are impressive, but those shelves are sliiiiiiiiiiiiick. Well done.
I drool every time I see your collection, my friend. I'm slowly getting that SNES collection together...up to 221 carts now.
It's funny how easy it is to spot Doom and Maximum Carnage on that shelf.
AppleQueso wrote: It's funny how easy it is to spot Doom and Maximum Carnage on that shelf.
The black cart has the advantage of blending in with the shelving a tad better than those bright red ones.
Man, I didn't think that many GG carts were released.


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Q: Local versus global embedding dimension Fix a complex projective scheme $X$ and a closed point $x\in X$.
Let $d_x$ denote the dimension of the Zariski tangent space at $x$.
This is the local embedding dimension of $X$ at $x$ -- the minimal dimension of a smooth scheme containing an open neighbourhood of $x$.
In a paper I blithely asserted that $d(X):=\max_{x\in X}d_x$ is the global embedding dimension -- the minimal dimension of a smooth scheme containing $X$.
I had assumed we could embed $X\subset\mathbb P^N$ and then take an intersection of $N-d(X)$ generic sufficiently positive hypersurfaces containing $X$.
But since a troublesome referee has quite unreasonably asked me for a proof (I'm joking) I checked more carefully and saw this construction does not work everywhere at once (even when $N-d(X)=1$ and $X$ is smooth!).
Can anyone suggest another construction, maybe by suitable projections, or a reference, or...?

A: It seems there is a counterexample. This is based on Jason Starr's suggestion in the comments.
If we have a surface $S$ with two smooth disjoint curves $C_1$ and $C_2$, which are isomorphic, and let $X$ be obtained by gluing $C_1$ and $C_2$ along that isomorphism $i: C_1\to C_2$, then $X$ is projective if there is an ample line bundle on $X$ whose restrictions to $C_1$ and $C_2$ are equal (under $i$).
$X$ has singularities locally isomorphic to a nodal curve cross a smooth curve, thus has local embedding dimension $3$. Can $X$ be embedded as a hypersurface in a smooth $3$-fold? If so, then by (part of) Jason Starr's obstruction, the sheaf
$$\mathcal{Ext}^1_{\mathcal O_X} (\Omega_{X/k}, \mathcal I)= \mathcal{Ext}^1_{\mathcal O_X} (\Omega_{X/k}, \mathcal O_X) \otimes \mathcal I$$
must be globally generated, where $\mathcal I$ is the conormal line bundle. This sheaf is clearly supported on the glued curve $C$, and we can calculate that it is isomorphic to $\mathcal I $ tensored with the normal bundle of $C_1$ and the normal bundle of $C_2$ there. (It suffices to work, carefully, locally in $k[x,y]/xy$, where $\Omega$ is generated by $dx$ and $dy$ with relation $xdy+ ydx=0$ and the generator of the $\mathcal{Ext}^1$ is precisely the linear map that sends $xdy+ydx$ to $1$, which the automorphism group acts on the same way it acts on the tensor rpoduct of the normal bundles.)
So for this sheaf to have a nonvanishing section, the conormal bundle $\mathcal I$ of $X$, restricted to $C$ must be isomorphic to the tensor product of the conormal bundle of $C_1$ to the conormal bundle of $C_2$.
So here's what we're going to do. We will take $E_1$ and $E_2$ two distinct, but isomorphic, elliptic curves in $\mathbb P^1$. In fact, we will take them to be two isomorphic curves appearing in the Dwork family, so their intersection points will be $3$-torsion. We will blow up all $9$ intersection points, plus two points $P_1, Q_1$ on $E_1$ and two points $P_2, Q_2$ on $E_2$. We choose $P_1, Q_1, P_2, Q_2$ very general, subject to the condition that $i(P_1) + 2i(Q_1) = P_2 + 2 Q_2$ in the group law on $E_2$.
To make our ample class, we'll just take a sufficiently high multiple of the hyperplane class, minus the sum of the exceptional divisors at all $9$ intersection points, minus the exceptional divisors over $P_1$ and $P_2$, minus twice the exceptional divisors over $Q_1$ and $Q_2$. Because of our assumption on the group law, this restricts to the same line bundle on $E_1$ and $E_2$, as each exceptional divisor corresponds to that point in the Picard group.
However, the Picard class of the tensor product of the two conormal bundles on $E_2$ will be some multiple of the hyperplane class, plus twice the sum of all the $3$-torsion points, plus $i(P_1) + i(Q_1) + P_2 + Q_2$. If this class comes from a global line bundle, then it must come from a sum of hyperplane classes and exceptional divisors, which means (projecting to Pic) it must come from a sum of $3$-torsion points, $P_2$ and $Q_2$. The exceptional divisors over $P_1$ and $Q_1$ don't contribute because they don't intersect $E_2$. Thus, it can only happen if we have some relation that $i(P_1) + i(Q_2) = a P_2 + b Q_2$ for $a,b\in \mathbb Z$, up to $3$-torsion. But there are countably many such relations, and none of them is forced by our condition on $P_1,P_2, Q_1,Q_2$, so none of them will hold for our very general choice.

A: I wonder if the following example, adapted from section 18 of Kollár's Links of complex analytic singularities, would also work: Let $E_i := V(x_i^3 + y_i^3 + z_i^3) \subset \mathbb{P}_i^2$ for $i = 1, 2$, let $\tau: E_1 \to E_2$ be an isomorphism corresponding to a translation of the elliptic curve $V(x^3 + y^3 + z^3)$ and use it to glue the 2 copies of $\mathbb{P}^2$, to get $X(\tau) := \mathbb{P}_1^2 \cup_{\tau} \mathbb{P}_2^2$. Let $E \subset X$ denote the common image of $E_1, E_2$.
Then using $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}_1^2}(1)|_{E}$ as a basepoint, we can make the identification $\mathrm{Pic}^3(E) \simeq \mathrm{Pic}^0(E) \simeq E$. Under this identification $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}_2^2}(1)|_{E} = \tau^*(\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}_1^2}(1)|_{E} = \tau \in \mathrm{Pic}^3(E)$, and more generally $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}_2^2}(d)|_{E} = \tau^d \in \mathrm{Pic}^{3d}(E)$ for $d \in \mathbb{Z}$. So $X(\tau)$ is projective if and only if $\tau$ is torsion, in which case $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}_1^2}(d), \mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}_2^2}(d)$ glue to form a line bundle on $X(\tau)$ if and only if $\tau^d = 1$.
On the other hand, $N_{E \subset \mathbb{P}_i^2}^\vee = \mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}_i^2}(-3)|_E$ for $i = 1, 2$ so that $N_{E \subset \mathbb{P}_1^2}^\vee \otimes N_{E \subset \mathbb{P}_2^2}^\vee = \mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}_1^2}(-3)|_E \otimes \mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}_2^2}(-3)|_E$, corresponding to $\tau^{-3}\in \mathrm{Pic}^{-18}(E)\simeq E$. Hence $X(\tau)$ is an snc divisor if and only if $\tau^3=1$.


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Scout Condos Toronto is a new condo project by Graywood Developments Ltd. The new development will be located at 1791 St Clair Avenue West, Toronto ON M6N 1J6. It is in Carleton Village city of Toronto. Scout Condos is 12 storey building with 261 number of units.The Estimated occupancy of Scout Condos is in 2022.
Located at St Clair Ave W & Old Weston Rd, Scout Condos is steps from over a dozen shops and supermarkets, and more restaurants, cafes and bars. For more shopping options, you are minutes far from the Dufferin Mall and Galleria Shopping Centre. With many parks just a stroll away, you have immediate access to lush greenspaces too. For easy transit, a decent walk far or a short drive away are subway stations, including Dundas West, Keele and St Clair West, and the Bloor GO train station. Merely 8.7km far from the downtown core, all it takes is 20-25 minutes to reach the heart of downtown.
Scout Condos comes after the success of Scoop Condos. With the addition of this exciting new mid-rise, Graywood is all set to further enhance the St. Clair West neighbourhood. Designed by SMV Architects to fit seamlessly into the neighbourhood, Scout Condos will have a total of 261 units in a 12 storey building. A combination of brick and glass lends the condo a traditional and suave look, and floor-to-ceiling windows offer spectacular views of the neighbourhood. The condo's ground floor and terrace are expected to include indoor and outdoor amenities. The renderings of the condo suggest private balcony or terrace for each unit.
Builder of Scout Condos, Graywood Developments is a Toronto-based private investment management company that specialises in the development of real estate properties in Canada and select markets in the United States. They have expertise in many areas from acquiring development sites, deal underwriting and structuring to all aspects of development management. Graywood's investments are primarily made through partnerships with institutions, pension plans, family offices, high-net-worth individuals, land owners and residential home builders. Some of the other developments of Graywood include Peter and Adelaide Condos in Toronto, Wonder Condos in Toronto, and Parliament Street in Toronto.
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Spoonflower allows individuals to design, print and sell their own custom-designed fabric, wallpaper, and home decor products. The Spoonflower marketplace hosts the largest collection of independent fabric designers in the world, with over 1 million designs available to suit every taste and style. With environmentally sustainable on-demand manufacturing, no minimum order requirements, and zero finished goods inventory, Spoonflower exemplifies an integrated "pixel to output" approach.
Gart Davis, who co-founded Spoonflower in 2008, said: "Spoonflower is not just a service for custom fabric printing, we are a community that prizes individuality, self-expression, and a human connection between designers and those who want to bring design into their homes. Pigment printing is a future technology that we use today thanks to the hard work and strong partnership with Durst. Our collaboration on home decor has been successful; the Alpha produces beautiful fabric with a precise, fine print, a broad gamut, and strong fastness properties, which is why we have invested in two more pigment Alpha 330s."
Gart Davis (left) shakes on the deal with Christoph Gamper. The pair are flanked by Martin Winkler, Durst Group's Segment Manager, Textile Printing (left), and Mike Syverson, Durst Image Technology U.S. Textile Manager
Christoph Gamper, Durst CEO and Co-Owner, said: "As a pioneer in the web-to-print for fabrics, sustainability and pigment sectors our technology platforms represent the "new" textile. It's not only speed but clever solutions too. The world needs more companies that question the status quo. We're at the forefront of the evolution that will sweep across the textile industry. This is just the beginning."
The Alpha 330 Series 5 is the fifth generation of Durst's Alpha printing systems. It features newly-developed software to meet the increased demands of textile digital printing as well as improvements in material handling, efficiency and material diversity. The technology platform offers a sustainable, flexible and scalable solution for every application and enables waterless one-step production with Durst Advanced Digital Pigment ink. SuperMultipass™ provides 30% better performance than comparable systems by integrating new technologies in the printheads, inks and drying units. The Alpha Series 5 can also have a patented SwiftJet Pretreatment System positioned upstream of the Alpha printer – valuable for short-run and fast-turnaround jobs.
A family-owned company with a history stretching back more than 80 years, Durst Group's values are focused on innovation, customer orientation, sustainability and quality. The US division of Durst, which is based in Rochester, is a full-service subsidiary and highly integrated service provider.
Backed by consultancy and seamless integration provided through Durst Professional Services, all systems can be equipped with the new Durst Workflow Print, monitoring tool Durst Analytics and Durst Smart Shop. Expansion modules are integrated with the printing system to create a complete production process "from pixel to output".
For further information on Spoonflower, please visit www.spoonflower.com.
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There has been limited private sector engagement in OGP to date. This discussion paper commissioned by the OGP Support Unit seeks to explain why this is so and suggests some options for promoting increased private sector engagement going forward.
History/Context: OGP's policy and guidance documents take an ambivalent position towards the private sector as a stakeholder to engage, without acknowledging the private sector's unique potential value. The private sector includes a diverse set of actors and an effective OGP engagement strategy must pay attention to different entry points and concerns of the private sector at various levels. Two attempts at engaging the private sector – through OGP's Networking Mechanism and the Private Sector Council – failed to gain traction, mostly because they focused on creating a "supply" of private sector expertise without facilitating the demand from governments and civil society. Among the many actors in the global governance and sustainability fields, OGP is poorly known by the private sector. Articulating clear value propositions regarding the mutual benefit of the private sector to open government/OGP is critical to attracting private sector interest.


As a full-time financial coach, I get asked a lot of questions.
Surprisingly, the most common question isn't "how do I save more money" or "how can I get out of debt", it's "where do I start?"
In today's financial world, it's extremely easy to become overwhelmed sometimes it feels like your spinning multiple plates on sticks and you're always worried one or more is about to come crashing down.
If you're taking this course, you've probably felt that way about your finances - you know you have to get better at managing them, but the thought of starting is mind numbing.
"How do I build a budget I'll stick with?"
"What should I save for an emergency fund?"
"When do I start saving for my kid's college education?"
"Which debt should I pay off first? The one with the higher interest rate? Should I make an extra $25 payment on all of them?"
"What books should I read?"
I imagine that's not even half of what's going through your mind - and when you're faced with so many decisions, the easiest one ends up being "I'll figure it out later" and you kick the can down the road.
It's this conundrum that prompted me to create The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom.
The steps guide you toward financial freedom, but also force you to focus on one step at a time, the most essential task at hand.
You see, when you focus on only the most important task, you'll devote more energy to it.
This theory was brought to my attention in the book "Essentialism" by Greg McKeown.
While looking at this image from the book, I want you to think about your finances and how you're currently managing them.
Like most other individuals, you probably associate more with the circle on the left.
You try to do a little bit of everything.
You save a little every month.
You pay a little extra on your debt.
You save a little more for your retirement.
You set aside a small amount in your kid's college fund.
Well, what if I asked you to take that list and cross off everything except the most important task?
Would you focus more on that task if it was the only one you were working on knowing that you couldn't do anything else until it was complete? Absolutely!
That's how I want you to focus on your finances.
Focus on what's most important, do it, and then move on to the next step.
Now, it's difficult to figure out what's most important, and that's where I come in with the 9 steps to financial freedom.
In the next lesson, we'll go over all 9 steps.


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New Pastor Appointed to Aldersgate UMC
by AUMC Webmaster | Feb 25, 2018 | News & Events
Pastor-Sung-Ho-Lee-handout-.pdf	(372 downloads)
Bishop Mark Webb appoints Pastor Sung Ho Lee to serve at Aldersgate UMC effective July 1, 2018.
Sung Ho and Jung Lee
Sung Ho Lee was born and grew up in Korea. Upon completion of college education in chemical engineering, he came to the United States for graduate studies. He received a Ph.D. degree from State University of New York at Buffalo in chemical engineering. He went back to Korea for his career in research. Having worked in Korea for three years, he came back to the United States to go to seminary. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Drew Theological School. He also received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Drew Theological Seminary. Sung Ho is an ordained elder of the United Methodist Church and has served churches in New York: Burdett UMC, Ithaca Korean UMC, Park UMC in Hamilton and First UMC in Corning. After serving as District Superintendent of the Mohawk District, Sung Ho is currently serving Trinity United Methodist Church in Grand Island, New York.
Sung Ho has passion for ministry for all ages: children, youth, young adults, middle aged and older adults. Sung Ho believes that worship must be exciting, dynamic, inviting and engaging with inspiring messages relevant to the real life. Sung Ho has a great passion to help people grow in their faith that can be applied to their daily life. He is also committed to the ministry of encouraging and empowering people to go into the world both locally and globally to share their faith by telling their faith stories and doing good works.
Sung Ho and his wife Jung have two adult children, daughter Sarah and her husband James and son Joey and one grandchild, Harper.


Update: 8868 Class Code Changes - Proposed WCIRB Changes Awaiting Public Hearing August 3rd — Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, Inc.
Author, Chase Hixson, Account Executive, Human Services Group, Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, Inc.
On August 3, 2018, the California Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing regarding the proposed changes to the 8868 Class Codes.
These changes, if approved, could have a significant impact on California businesses. A recent article by the Workers' Compensation Executer, a leading news source in the insurance industry, suggest up to 25% increases in some of the proposed class codes.
Rancho Mesa has specialized in the education arena for nearly 20 years and is prepared to assist clients with this transition. If you have any questions, please give me a call at (619)438-6905.


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Five members of 'debt-ridden' Assam family commit suicide
According to the initial probe by the police, debt forced the family to take the extreme step.
Published: 02nd November 2020 12:34 PM | Last Updated: 02nd November 2020 12:34 PM | A+A A-
For representational purposes
By Express News Service
GUWAHATI: All five members of a "debt-ridden" Assam family allegedly died by suicide.
The bodies of Nirmal Paul, his wife Mallika Paul, daughters Puja, Neha and Sneha were found hanging at their home by the locals on Monday morning. The incident was reported from Tulsibeel in Kokrajhar district.
Puja, a science graduate, was working as a teacher at a private school. Neha and Sneha were pursuing studies.
"The locals said the family's financial condition was very weak. The man was under heavy debt. The investigation will reveal everything," Kokrajhar Superintendent of Police Rakesh Roushan told The New Indian Express.
He said the police were trying to find out if the deceased persons had left any suicide note.
According to the locals, the man's accumulated loan was to the tune of lakhs of rupees and he was struggling to repay it. He was an employee of an LPG agency.
(If you are having suicidal thoughts, or are worried about a friend or need emotional support, someone is always there to listen. Call AASRA's 24x7 Helpline: +91-9820466726 for assistance)
GUWAHATI: All five members of a "debt-ridden" Assam family allegedly died by suicide. The bodies of Nirmal Paul, his wife Mallika Paul, daughters Puja, Neha and Sneha were found hanging at their home by the locals on Monday morning. The incident was reported from Tulsibeel in Kokrajhar district. Puja, a science graduate, was working as a teacher at a private school. Neha and Sneha were pursuing studies. According to the initial probe by the police, debt forced the family to take the extreme step. "The locals said the family's financial condition was very weak. The man was under heavy debt. The investigation will reveal everything," Kokrajhar Superintendent of Police Rakesh Roushan told The New Indian Express. He said the police were trying to find out if the deceased persons had left any suicide note. According to the locals, the man's accumulated loan was to the tune of lakhs of rupees and he was struggling to repay it. He was an employee of an LPG agency. (If you are having suicidal thoughts, or are worried about a friend or need emotional support, someone is always there to listen. Call AASRA's 24x7 Helpline: +91-9820466726 for assistance)


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Take Care: Warning Signals for Canada's Health System
by Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong, Jacqueline Choiniere, Gina Feldberg and Jerry P. White
128 Pages, 6.02 x 8.98 x 0.33 in
Take Care: Warning Signals for Canada's Health System examines the modern Canadian health care system and exposes the impact of neo-conservative and market-oriented policies, showing the effect these have on patients and caregivers, particulary women. The voices of hospital workers, relating their own daily experiences in the wards, add a poignant urgency to the crucial question: What kind of health care system will Canadians inherit in the twenty-first century?
By Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong, Jacqueline Choiniere, Gina Feldberg, and Jerry White
Health Care in Canada
Health Care as a Business: The Legacy of Free Trade
Voices from the Ward: A Study of the Impact of Cutbacks
Closer to Home: More Work for Women
Epilogue: Listening to the Voices from the Ward
Health & Medicine / Health


January | 2011 | Go Chapel Hill!
Chapel Hill Transit's phone system will be undergoing an upgrade Friday, January 28, 2011, through Sunday, January 30, 2011. While they don't anticipate interruptions in service, they wanted to make you aware of this update in case you experience difficulties reaching them through their general phone numbers. If you do experience difficulties during this time, please contact the Regional Call Center at 919.485.7433. The Call Center will be providing information regarding schedules, EZ Rider services and lost & found from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, and 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Real time route and schedule information is also available at www.chtransit.org. They apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Planning your transit trips is now available wherever you go.
Google and the GoTriangle family of services are pleased to announce that the Google Transit trip planner (www.google.com/transit) now includes all local transit schedules and routes for the Triangle region. The GoTriangle family of services include Capital Area Transit (CAT), Cary Transit (C-Tran), Chapel Hill Transit (CHT), Durham Area Transit Authority (DATA), North Carolina State University Wolfline, and Triangle Transit. The addition of GoTriangle trip planning services to Google marks the beginning of the full regional technology program, GoLive, which will also include a regional real-time system and an open-source data warehouse.
In 2003, GoTriangle launched a Transit Trip Planner at gotriangle.org so that transit riders can find a best match for their next trip. Triangle commuters can enter destination information in "from" and "to" fields from the GoTriangle.org home page. Using all of the local transit schedules, the trip planner calculates the length of time the trip will take and suggests the quickest, most efficient route. Customers can select not only transit but also a combination of biking and walking.
With Google Transit, Triangle visitors and regular transit users can now plan their trips using familiar technology while on the go with Google mobile apps, allowing for searches on smart phones such as the iPhone and Droid. By utilizing Google search, riders have more options for starting and destination points, making for a smoother trip planning experience and easier integration into a transit-oriented lifestyle.
As part of the GoTriangle's commitment to openness and providing resources to Triangle commuters, all bus system data will be available as GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification) files. These files will be available late January 2011 on GoTriangle for developers to create useful mobile phone apps.
About GoTriangle (www.gotriangle.org) — The regional transportation resource, GoTriangle coordinates and promotes the services of local and regional transportation providers with a goal to provide a more seamless transit system for people traveling between cities and counties in the Triangle region. All of the services and information of GoTriangle are provided through the GoTriangle family of services– Cary's C-Tran, Durham's DATA, Raleigh's CAT, NC State University's Wolftrails, Chapel Hill Transit, Triangle Transit, local universities and municipalities.
NCDOT is conducting a survey to collect citizen feedback on statewide bicycle and pedestrian safety issues.
The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete and will assist NCDOT in assessing the public's needs and concerns regarding bicycle and pedestrian safety.
Your participation and comments are highly valued! You are welcome and encouraged to circulate the survey to friends and colleagues who reside in North Carolina. Survey responses will be collected through February 8.
The results will be used as a primer to for a series of roundtable discussions scheduled for later this year and will be helpful in determining the level of public support for future investment in the state's bicycle and pedestrian network.
The survey is being administered in partnership between NCDOT Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation and theInstitute for Transportation Research and Education Bicycle and Pedestrian Program at North Carolina State University. For more information, please contact Sarah O'Brien at skworth@ncsu.edu.
Effective today, Triangle Transit has made minor schedule changes to routes 100/105, 201, 301/303/305/311, 400/405, 420, 700, 800/805, CRX and DRX.
The new schedules can be seen here: http://www.gotriangle.org/go-info/news-alerts/. If you have questions, please call 919-485-RIDE (7433).
Thanks for riding Triangle Transit!
Chapel Hill Transit (CHT) will implement schedule changes beginning Monday, Jan. 10, to improve service and efficiency throughout the transit system. CHT makes changes to its schedules twice a year in response to ridership trends, changing traffic patterns, and growth in the area. These changes are made in January and August.
Weekday S: Extension of the 9:50 a.m. trip from the Hospital to 54 Park and Ride, due to increased demand. This trip currently goes out of service at the Hospital.
Weekday NS: Discontinue the 6:15 p.m. trip, due to low ridership. Trips will still be available at 6:10 p.m. and 6:25 p.m.
Weekday F and Saturday FG: Reverse the direction of the loop on Colony Woods Drive, Fountain Ridge Road and Landerwood Lane due to safety concerns.
New schedules will be available on the website beginning Jan. 5 and on buses beginning Jan. 7.
For more information, visit www.chtransit.org or call 919-969-4900.


Adventures with loadbalanced multimaster puppet.
At $work we use glorious puppet for our configuration management needs. The first version of our puppetmaster was a xen virtual machine with 2 cores, 8GB RAM and 60GB diskspace. This was fine for a while. However soon it started struggling under the load as the amount of servers managed increased, so the puppetmaster was upgraded to a Dell R320 with 12 cores, 32GB RAM and two 240GB SSDs in RAID1.
We also started using puppetdb for fact collection (and foreman for reporting, but that is on another server). This setup worked fine for just over a year (system_birth => Thu Jan 23 13:15:23 2014), but again it started struggling under the load of managed hosts (well over 2000 currently and increasing at a steady rate). The load would spike and we would get batches of failed runs due to timeouts.
A plan was made to investigate and setup a loadbalaced multimaster environment for better load management. Two Dell R630's with 32 cores, 128GB RAM and 2x480GB SSDs in RAID1 were provisioned. Plenty of performance for our puppets. The plan was to setup a dedicated haproxy box for the loadbalancer and to use puppet to update the server setting on each node to point to this as the master to use.
However that's not what happened, instead we had what I will affectionately call "puppet failure friday". I'm not entirely sure what happened, since I was asleep at the time.. but it looks like the server swapped, apache hit max clients and then couldn't keep up with the resulting load which climbed rapidly and resulted in puppet agents failing runs due to timeouts or runs stagnating. This is shown in the below diagram.
This therefore meant the multimaster plan was expedited somewhat, as I couldn't get the current master to handle the load at all. Having your puppet master sit at a load average of 200 isn't particularly great for having it do anything useful!
As I couldn't use puppet to set the server on each agent to a new one, I used the existing puppetmaster as the load balancer. We run puppet under apache so I changed the vhost on the existing master to listen on 8150 instead of 8140, haproxy now listens on 8140. The new masters were setup as per the puppetlabs documentation (which is generally awesome, as documentation goes), with alt_dns_names configured.
The newer servers have a higher weight than the existing master, as they are way more awesome in terms of specs. The existing master also runs puppetdb.
The existing master is also the ca master, so the other masters are set to forward any certificate requests to it (on port 8150).
The new masters have also been configured to talk to puppetdb and send reports to theforeman. As we use svn for our manifests and modules, there is currently a cron to rsync changes to the two other masters when the existing master is updated. They will be set to do a svn up everytime their puppet agent runs (like the existing master) and added to our chatops ability to run svn up (modules|manifests) on the master(s) from our internal chatserver.
The setup is handling the current load very well (as one would hope!) and manages fine if you remove a server from the haproxy pool. The only issue is that if you restart httpd on any of the servers (or haproxy itself) you get a handful of servers failing runs due to timouts in the ~10 seconds it takes it to restart!
Future plans: Add another server to the pool to take over the master duties of the existing master (leaving it to just do puppetdb/ca). Possibly move haproxy to it's own server, though that would be another adventure.
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08 Nov 2013 - ti 84 plus C se : hello world assembly !
Today I will explain how to create and compile your first ti 84 plus CSE assembly program !
I have made this hello world without having the calculator (and never tested it before today!), it was a blinded development ^^, but as it's only a small hello world, I can't complain about it :p. But now I tested and it works, now it's your turn !
So basically we have some defines (taken from kerm Martian pcse ball source (but the biggest part is really standard).
We define a label to contain our string to print. Then we use puts and newline then return.
spasm complains about the .org but don't worry about it.
Great ! This is your first ti 84 plus C se assembly program.
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08 Nov 2013 - Interview : Stefan Bauwens !
Hi Stefan Bauwens, you're a great member of the TI community (z80 and 68k), thank you to answer our questions !
Let's talk a bit about your projects, maybe we could start with the one which is the most famous Myst 89 ?
When I was browsing our iPod's application store I stumbled across the game Myst. I had never played it, but I remembered my father mentioning it, so I told him and he advised me to download it. So I did it and at first it didn't look like it was the kind of game I would like, but then I got really into it and it became much more enjoyable.
When I finally finished the game I felt like I wanted to make this on my calculator, but I quickly rid myself from the idea since it seemed quite impossible to me. Several weeks later I realized that Riven : The sequel to Myst had come out too. So, after downloading, playing and finally finishing it, I again felt the urge to make a port of it on my calculator.
I can't remember exactly what happened but I decided to give it a try anyway. So, by means of the application, I took screenshots of all the possible images that were able to be seen on the Myst Island. I then had to edit all of them on the computer and put a special grayscale effect on them, so they would turn out 'decent' when I converted them to and 89 image, which was a tough job too since I had to set the contrast manually by each picture(about 350 pictures).
I created an 'engine' too, which made use of a giant matrix but later I discovered that using separate lists were (sadly) a better way, because else it would slow down the game too much. I must say that probably one of the main reasons I really did an effort to finish it was because the people on Omnimaga, a calculator forum I had then recently joined, really supported me.
I was very glad when it reached the news on Omnimaga and TI-Planet, but when it appeared on Ticalc.org I was extremely happy. Then, when Ticalc.org had their POTY voting, the 68k section (sadly) only had two games. Myst had to compete against the assembly game Trapped(Made by Apcalc). Then at New Year's Eve I was given the best present: Myst had won the 68K POTY 2011!
First of all I want to say again I'm honored you made such a tutorial page for my game .
Squareball was another iPod game I had begun to like. When the zContest 2011 started, I decided to join too. This was my first contest I entered and happened to be in the same year I made Myst.
I first planned on making another game I had played online: Grey(http://armorgames.com/play/12117/grey). But the game actually goes about a dark grayscale world which turns eventually into a colorful one. And making this on a calculator which I wasn't really used to at that time(TI-83+), in a language I was not too good at too(AXE), it didn't seem such a good idea so I eventually changed the plan and decided to try and make Squareball which seemed to me as a simpler game, which would be more plausible to complete before the deadline.
However, time was NOT on my side, and therefore I had to drop several game-features such as levels. Instead it had one random level, where you only had to hurry to the end and try to get an as high possible score.
I can still remember that in the last evening I was having a very nasty bug, and because of it I would not have been able to enter the contest if they had not delayed the deadline for a couple of hours. Eventually, with the right shell, it turned out quite okay.I didn't win the contest, but I was glad the pressure was gone.
Why did you started programming calcs?
I think it was in 2006, when I was just 11. My brother Jim, who wasn't that much older too, tried to teach me all he had learned about calculators, which he had learned himself from the manual but more importantly from our oldest brother Manuel. He's kind off a generation older than us, but with his exciting stories of what he made on the calculator in his time, we were excited to start our own 'adventure'. And he had left us two Ti-92 Plus's(one was a TI-92 II with a Plus module) and a TI-92(non plus) to work with. I remember downloading some chatbots written in TI-Basic and changing the source to see how the program would respond. Till this day, I'm still fascinated by chatbots and I guess it is because of then. I was however a slow programmer and I limited myself to non-graphical programs. Only later on I started playing around with graphical things. Later my brother Jim sold me(for very cheap) a second hand TI-89 he had bought because he had stopped programming on calculators (Later though, when I joined Omnimaga(early 2011) he realized the community wasn't dead and he started again.). I too was no longer into calculator programming, but I bought the calculator from him anyway, because I thought I might be able to use it just to play some games on. Much later, in 2009 I released my first graphical program : Magic Quest-Quest For the key(http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/421/42187.html), which was an attempt to make an RPG. Then in 2010 I made some one-pixel-per-second games(if not slower), which weren't so great too. It was only around 2011 I started more 'seriously' programming. Not that I hadn't programmed serious before, but I guess I was starting to mature more and was capable of doing better.
Do you intend to keep playing with ti calcs in the future?
Yes, I do. I may not be as much busy with it as I once am and was, but I'm quite sure I'll never abandon my calculators completely. However, I'm currently busy with studying and things. I'm kind of taking a break from calculators.
What do you want to be able to do, what are your goals (game devel?) in the mid term and long term period?
Well, this is a tricky question. I haven't worked precisely out what I would later want to do. I know I like calculator programming, math(although I'm not too good at it), and drawing. A combination of those things would probably be an ideal job.
I am considering when I'm done with my current studies, to perhaps go to college and learn programming for 'real'. Whatever job I later may get, I want to be able to get enough money to be able to buy a house and take care of a possible family.
Here's your ticalc profile : http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/authors/106/10619.html[/url], you're basically more a 68k programmer. Which languages do you know exactly? What do you like in calcs programming?
I have first been introduced to the TI-92(+)'s, unlike most calculator programmers who probably get first in touch with the Z80 calculators because of school. For most people it seems hard to switch from a Z80 calculator to a 68K one, but for someone like me, switching to the Z80 calculator somehow feels a bit like a downgrade.
I have learned and used, but am not master in the following languages: TI-Basic(Z80 and 68K), Newprog(68K) and Axe(Z80).
I like calculator programming because of the limitations such as the black&white pixel-y screen. I have never been a great 'spritist', but when it gets down to small sprites such as 4*4 till 16*16, I enjoy it. It also seemed to me that calculator programming was a lot simpler than computer programming. And it's portable!
Haha, yes. I've made some things in Minecraft. But I've quit playing it for quite a while now. And sadly when I look at the current updates it has, it doesn't look as attractive to me anymore. It's better to build things in real life anyway.
Yes, I was working on a newprog 2D minecraft clone for the TI-89. I had great plans, but here again my little knowledge of the language(Newprog) and giant amount of work made me decide to not finish it. However, the engine I created is not useless, and could be changed into a scrolling RPG-engine. But I've not been busy with it but if I decide to make such a game, I'll definitely use the code, so it isn't a complete waste.
I'm an 18 year old, home-schooled Christian. I live in a large family and there's always work to do, so I'm never bored either. If I'm not studying or working, I may be busy on the computer visiting forums and websites about calculators, drawing or Tamagotchi's , while listening to music. Which kinda sums up my interests as well. I've always have liked drawing, but more the comic-stuff. Recently I created a web-comic(http://stefan.bwns.be/comic/) and when I have the time and inspiration I may post there something. I've always enjoyed virtual pets such as tamagotchi's. I hang around on a forum about them too, but I mostly talk there in serious controversial threads that have nothing to do with them.
Do you do some other stuff (computer side)?
For the rest I mainly use my computer to browse the internet, listen to music and use photoshop.
Which kind of advice could you give to newbies?
Learn TI-Basic first! It's the basis to many other cool languages such as Newprog and Axe. Download some simple TI-Basic games, try changing the code and see the results.
The 68K series have a very nice program editor that can be handy for starters.
And finally, tell us what you want, you can say everything you want !
I want to graduate, get a good job, get a house, marry and start a family, God willing.
Thanks for wanting an interview with me.
It was a pleasure stefan ! Thank you for this long answer, very nice !
The HP prime has a nice look and feel !
Why arm is cool ?
Basically this is a close model to casio prizm or ti nspire (but a little bit better).
In fact, I wait because I hope this calc will be really open for native programming.
I never switched to nspire assembly because I think even if we can't play with it, each nspire model has different hack and it's really hard for users to instal third party games.
HP Prime could offer a good toy for every developpers like me.
Wait and see, time will tell !
But as soon as this calc will be released, I purchase on, believe me !
Who said C programming on ti 84 plus is totally crazy ?!
Some time ago, I made some testing on different C compiler for z80 platform (see this thread) and I finally conclude that "it could work" but without really conclude that it's a good idea. The compiler used was z88dk (sdcc should work too).
C programming on ti-84 is a good or a bad idea?
Yes that's the question, a lot of people says that C programming is not good because, due to the 8bits registers, compiler can't do a great job... Ok but we can avoid this problem if we do limited (subset) C (knowing which instruction is bad, floating stuff should be bad I guess).
There's a perfect sample of what I say on this thread (load custom font?) .
So the real issue was to provide ASSEMBLY functions to handle basic tasks (the z88dk lib is very poor). And deeph started to do it and proves us that C programming could be possible.
08 Nov 2013 - Interview : William White !
Hi William White, you're a great member of the TI community, thank you to answer our questions !
Let's talk a bit about your last project, qasm which seems very cool !
Why did you started this project?
I started the project several years ago when coding for several calcs at the same time.
Rarely do I release a program without porting to most models, so it was the sensible thing to try.
Do you intend to keep working on it in the futur?
Eventually I plan to have to program implement Kerm Martian's binpax8x and compile the code straight to program.
What is possible/impossible currently with this tool? Could you program a complete game like mario or tetris using qasm?
QASM can be integrated into ANY TI z80 asm project. What's not currently possible, other than listed above, is .wav (sound) and .mpg (video) conversion. Both are being considered, but unlikely due to usefulness.
I'll probably include sound and video just for the ticalc.org green sticker.
What about the size of the resulting file (generated), you tell the word "optimized", so I guess it's more or less not much bigger than a program directly designed in assembly?
The assembly code could be smaller in many cases, but the aim was compatibility. Most possible improvements are on a case-by-case basis and not generally needed.
Right now the focus is getting an Associates from ITT Tech while working 2 jobs and investing.
Hobbies: Numismatics, Coding, Texas Hold 'em, eTrade.
Why you started coding stuff for calc? Do you do some other stuff (computer side)?
And finally, tell us what you want, this is your part !!!


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HomeNewsComputational TribologyHow does roughness impact your EHD contact?
How does roughness impact your EHD contact?
08.03.2021 Jean-David Wheeler
A bit of context
The homogenisation method
Method assessment
Let's say you want to design a new car but that you are a new car manufacturer. You can't really step back and look at your previous experiences, so everything you design in this car has to be carefully calculated… and you will still make mistakes! Any resemblance to a real car manufacturer is purely coincidental.
So you are designing a new car! You want it to be sufficiently reliable and long lasting but not too heavy. At some point you will have to carefully choose your bearings and other lubricated contacts. To predict their lifespan you will need to identify their load cycles. From this stage onwards, your approach will be multi-scale. Your primary concerns will be the car components (meter scale) and their loads, the driving conditions and the way they are applied to the contacts (millimeter scale in the contact plan). Knowing the contacting bodies properties, you can determine the contact pressure through Hertz theory. Thanks to a Weibull analysis you can then start making your first predictions about the lifespan.
But it may not be sufficient: pressure distribution within lubricated contacts may be very different from Hertz distribution in hydrodynamically or elasto-hydrodynamically lubricated contacts. To take into account this new pressure distribution which may be locally much larger, you will need to include the flow contribution to the pressure and its effect on the elastic bodies: your approach will now be multi-physic. Still, this approach may not be sufficient: the roughness of the surfaces have an influence on the flow and therefore on the pressure distribution. The latter can vary drastically within the contact and affect the tribological system lifespan. Unfortunately, the roughness requires an additional scale: the micrometer scale. To be accurate, each bump and each depression will demand a computation cost similar to the whole contact. Within a single contact you may find several hundreds of those. It's just not yet possible to include them!
Different homogenisation methods have been developed in the past years and the approach developed by Checo et al. [2] is presented here.
Introducing the differentiation operator
Checko et al. [2] based their work on the introduction of a multi-scale differentiation operator and they consider periodical roughness:
is the scale ratio,
is the roughness wavelength,
is the contact size,
is the space variable describing the contact scale (also called slow variable) and
is the space variable describing the roughness scale (also called fast variable).
Deriving the multi-scale Reynolds equations
This differentiation operator is used in the Reynolds equation and replaces the classical operator. As the Poiseuille, the Couette and the squeeze terms expand, different scales start to emerge in the equation: they are distinguished by the
coefficients with
. This leads to different partial derivative equations and other conditions. The two may outcomes of this development are:
a contact scale equation which takes into account the homogenised roughness scale hydrodynamic contributions through the microscopic scale average operator
a constitutive parameter,
the entrainment velocity,
the lubricant density,
the lubricant film gap,
the homogenised pressure and
the microscopic pressure.
a roughness scale equation which describes the flow at the vicinity of a single roughness:
The two equations described here are interdependent but together they allow for computing:
the homogenised pressure and homogenised lubricant film gap
but also the local microscopic pressure and solid deformation.
The averaged terms in the macroscopic equation stemming from the microscopic equation can be compared to flow factors. They have been used in other approaches, but in the study presented in this blog a formal method is introduced to compute them.
Relocalisation
The homogenisation theory also introduces the relocalisation. It means that the full hydrodynamic pressure and film thickness can be reconstructed:
Even if the contact is not discretized at a sufficient scale to describe the roughness, it is possible to obtain a rather correct prediction of the actual pressure.
Checo et al. ran different cases and compared the result of the reconstructed film gap and pressure with the fully discretized rough contact (known as reference). The comparison is made on cases where the latter case can also be computed. The roughness considered is a sine wave. More details about the method evaluation can be found in the full article [2] but the agreement in Figure 2 is impressive. The reconstructed solution closely matches the reference solution.
Figure 2: Comparison between the reference solution and the reconstructed solution (H-µ in the graph), picture from Figure 7 in [2], colors representing different phase shifts in the roughness sine wave
The method developed by Checo et al. certainly makes roughness contribution more accessible to elastohydrodynamic modelling approach. Previously, the computation cost of such a contribution was unaffordable most of the time. Of course, this paper doesn't mean it becomes straightforward to design new elastohydrodynamically lubricated contacts, it provides new tools for the engineer to better predict their behaviour. Together with experimental approaches, it is still possible to innovate in the field of mechanics and automotive industry!
[1] Bearing photo by Georg Eiermann on Unsplash
[2] Hugo M. Checo, David Dureisseix, Nicolas Fillot, Jonathan Raisin, A homogenized micro-elastohydrodynamic lubrication model: Accounting for non-negligible microscopic quantities, Tribology International, Volume 135, 2019, Pages 344-354,
ISSN 0301-679X,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2019.01.022
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After a PhD thesis with SKF at the INSA de Lyon - LaMCoS dedicated to the lubrication of large size roller bearings, Jean-David joined SIMTEC (https://www.simtecsolution.fr/fr/) to continue helping industries to develop their processes and products.
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Dead Children's Playground: Freaky Facts
Who says cemeteries have to be drab and dreary? Not in Alabama!
Alabama's Maple Hill Cemetery is the oldest and largest graveyard in the state, and it is also home to the infamous Dead Children's Playground. It seems like an odd place to put a cemetery–sure, it's peaceful and quiet, but it's also surrounded by graves. But locals have fought to keep the playground in the middle of the cemetery, and the local government has even gone ahead and updated it over the years! But they're not keeping the playground nice and shiny for the local children, but rather, the ghost children that haunt the graveyard.
According to legend, there was a wave of child abductions in the area back in the 1960s, and most of the missing children didn't survive. Their bodies were found at (you guessed it!) where the playground now sits.
Paranormal investigators flock to the playground in the hopes of capturing evidence of a haunting. There are claims of swings moving by themselves, the sound of children laughing and singing, orbs of light flying through the jungle gym, and even ghostly apparitions of children.
If you're brave enough to spend a night at the Dead Children's Playground, you can find it by simply typing Dead Children's Playground into Google Maps. If you're already inside the cemetery, park near section 40 and just walk up the hill!
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The history of Microsoft Windows
by Josipa Štrok3. May, 2016
The most popular and widely used operating system in the world is Microsoft Windows. There have been various versions which users have relentlessly used through the decades. The popularity and success of this user friendly and widely available operating system did not appear out of thin air. Rather, it is a product of several years' hard work, long term efforts at maintaining and improving quality, and most important of all, appeasing of the customers. This post will discuss the history of Microsoft Windows – how it started out to become what it is today. First take a look at infographic below:
The story starts in 1985 when Windows was released under the name of MS DOS with some applications featuring an interface. The name became "interface manager" which was quickly changed to Windows on someone's suggestion.
In the year of 1987, the graphical versions of Excel and Word applications were released and this gave a major boost to the popularity of the operating system. The popular Aldus PageMaker was released as a Windows version.
In 1990, Windows was now featuring a wonderful graphical user interface which could be compare to the likes of Apple Macintosh. This version of Windows, also popularly known as Windows 3, became extensively popular and it gave a wider support and stability for all MS DOS applications. There were updates which added multimedia capabilities to the operating system.
After Windows 3, in 1993, Windows NT arrived in the market. This was a completely new operating system which was derived from various other ventures including IBM and many other reputable companies had also contributed to its development. Windows NT introduced a 32 bit API and could handle the needs of LAN networks, which were becoming increasingly popular. NT started a new branch of Server OS.
Windows 95 was introduced in, as you have guessed, 1995, and gave birth to the highly popular Start button and Taskbar. These two added features were very convenient and added to the popularity and success of the already successful operating system. This version of Microsoft Windows also introduced plug and play.
Windows 2000 came five years later in the year of 2000 and featured an expanded support for Firewire, USB devices, and Wireless products. This version was not aimed at the customers market since it was very resource hungry.
In 2001, Windows XP came out and is still considered a solid operating system. It is a very reliable version of Windows and brought together various services and features into a single build.
In 2007, the beautiful Windows Vista came into the market and featured a new visual design called AERO. It was visually appealing but asked for a lot of resources because of its high quality graphics. Then in 2009, came a viable replacement of Windows Vista – Windows 7. it was very stable and fixed the problems of Vista.
In 2012, Windows 8 broke through the previous design of Windows and replaced the Start button with Start Screen. The version also supported touch screen devices. Windows 8.1, released in 2013, was very similar to Windows 8 but returned the beloved Start button to its customers.
In 2015, Windows 10 comes to our lives and delivers some amazing graphics.
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Did Amazon make a mistake?
When I published my books in Portuguese I received a lot of questions about how to read them. I thought that was a specific problem related to the market. In Brazil, Amazon is fighting heavily with the big publishers, which hold the market with iron fists. Because of the low level of education of the majority of the population there isn't much pressure the consumers can apply to these publishers.
The answer is: YES, you can. Kindle is an App for iOS and Android, phones, tablets and computers can have it. Some of them aren't very pretty or good, but reading a book in one means you can continue where you stopped in any other platform. Amazon also has a cloud reader, where you can read books online and doesn't have to install or download anything.
When I started receiving the same question from friends here in Australia it surprised me. It made me consider if Amazon had adopted a wrong strategy when they released Kindle. I wonder if calling the publishing platform and their electronic e-reader — the actual equipment — by the same name was a mistake.
If Amazon had called Kindle just the publishing platform, the software, and called the equipment "KindleReader" or "Kindler" or even "Kindleroo" (like a kangaroo carrying its books, get it?); maybe they would have been even more successful.
It would be clearer to the consumer that Kindle is the platform, and therefore something you can get for any device and the equipment can be bought to read Kindle books. With that clarity a lot more people would have joined Kindle and then would benefit from the great variety, cheaper books, free offers and portability.


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Local place-based opportunity ecosystems – comprising mutually reinforcing public, nonprofit organizations working across systems such as education, health, workforce development and others – hold enormous promise in advancing social and economic mobility in particular cities.
We define "Opportunity Ecosystems" as systems work within communities that create strategic, action-oriented, dynamic and enduring environments and are, aligned by a shared purpose and set of values that supports the advancement and acceleration of social and economic mobility for children and families. We seek to promote collaboration across sectors and the integration of service delivery, community engagement and economic development at local levels.
Kresge and the American Public Human Service Association developed an Ecosystem Readiness Tool which measures six readiness factors against the Human Service Value Curve (HSVC) to assist in understanding an ecosystem's functioning and impact.
Building sites are developing the readiness and infrastructure necessary for a thriving opportunity ecosystem. These places will likely be operating primarily in the regulative business model as defined by the Human Services Value Curve. They may have elements of the collaborative model, but rarely elements of integrative and generative.
Advancing sites have the fundamental infrastructure, leadership and readiness elements needed to be well poised to operationalize an ecosystem model that could be sector leading. These sites in general are likely operating between collaborative and integrative business models with some elements of generative.
Accelerating sites represent the pace-setting examples of opportunity ecosystem activity. These are the bright spots with the capability to continue to serve as leaders in the field. These sites in general are likely operating between integrative and generative business models.
It is rare that all organizations in an ecosystem are operating at just one of the levels listed above, and we invest at all levels with the intention of helping ecosystems advancing over time and providing lessons to other developing. ecosystems.
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Minot man gets four years for police standoff
By Christopher Williams, Staff Writer
AUBURN — A Minot man facing trial for burning down both his and his estranged wife's homes last year was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday on charges stemming from an earlier police standoff during which he shot up his home.
Michael Callahan, 45, was sentenced on seven felony counts in the Dec. 21, 2012, incident at his Verrill Road home in Minot, where he kept an arsenal of guns.
Following a dispute with his wife and children that night, he armed himself with an AK-47 and held a Maine State Police tactical team at bay for more than six hours, spraying the surrounding landscape with bullets before surrendering.
Half a dozen uniformed Maine State Police troopers sat in the Androscoggin County Superior courtroom to witness the proceedings.
One of them, Sgt. Kyle Tilsley, shared with the judge the concern he felt for his fellow officers that night, imagining how he might have to tell their spouses that they had been wounded or killed during the standoff.
"I don't know what I would have done if I had lost someone that night," he said.
Deputy District Attorney Andrew Robinson recounted with dramatic detail the experience of police who responded to a 911 call from Callahan's daughter, Elizabeth.
She, her brother, Thomas, and their mother, Laurie, fled the home after a drunken Callahan loaded his rifle. The family had argued with him that night after he discovered that Elizabeth had told the Department of Health and Human Services about her father's abusive actions.
He declared: "If they're coming for me, you're going to bury me."
Troopers would have testified that they heard automatic gunfire and rounds "slicing through the air," Robinson said. There was little cover for the officers, who ducked behind trees or lay flat on the ground, he said.
A surveillance camera in the driveway was giving away their location to Callahan.
"They felt very exposed," Robinson said.
Seeing no muzzle flash from his rifle, a trooper concluded Callahan was shooting through the walls of his house, Robinson said.
Trooper Paul Casey spotted Callahan in a window and returned fire. Callahan surrendered.
The cost of law enforcement response that night totaled nearly $32,000, Robinson said.
Callahan's wife, Laurie, read from prepared remarks, wiping tears from her cheeks as she excoriated her estranged husband for what she called his "selfish" behavior that night.
"You chose to protect yourself that night. I chose to protect Liz and Thomas," she said.
She said the image of Michael Callahan standing in the doorway of their home, holding the rifle in one hand and waving with the other, remained imprinted on her memory. She piled the kids in her car and made them duck down behind the seats so they wouldn't be shot.
"We were terrified," she said.
He fired at his brother, who had responded in an effort to help, along with friends, neighbors, fraternity brothers and first responders, Laurie Callahan said.
"You destroyed the family home," she said, and turned it into a crime scene.
"You destroyed a family with decisions you made that night," she said. "You destroyed relationships."
She and their children now suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and have anxiety levels "through the roof," she said. They are all in therapy from the trauma.
"It's like a bizarre movie script," she said, as she wakes up thinking, "This can't be real. This can't be my life."
Michael Callahan's daughter, Elizabeth, wrote a letter to him that was read by a victim advocate: "Your actions ruined my life as I knew it," she wrote, adding that she still doesn't understand.
She had to sleep on a bed in their home that had bullets lodged in it from her father's gun, she wrote.
She was shunned at school because students would comment that her father was "crazy." That, she wrote, "sure wasn't fun."
She expects to focus on her goals and attain them despite his actions, she wrote.
"Your actions hurt me so much and I don't know what it will take for me to want a relationship with you again," she wrote. "All I know is how mad, how hurt and confused I am."
Callahan sat staring at the table in front of him, his hands folded in his lap as he listened. He walks with a cane and takes a dozen pills a day to treat symptoms of multiple sclerosis, a thyroid condition, anxiety and depression, among other ailments.
His trial on three arson charges, as well as attempted murder and aggravated assault stemming from a May 24 rampage in Minot and Mechanic Falls, is scheduled for June.
He has pleaded not criminally responsible, claiming he was insane at the time of the events.
Callahan will serve the four-year sentence imposed Tuesday after his June trial. Meanwhile, he is being held at Androscoggin County Jail. Guns recovered from the house following the standoff will be given to Laurie Callahan.
Michael Callahan, right, appears in court with his attorney, James Howaniec, at Callahan's arraignment.
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Why making it in a man's world is all a matter of mindset
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Being a woman at the helm of a logistics enterprise comes with its fair share of challenges, but Nonkosi Dyantyi, CEO of Lebama Group Logistics, wouldn't have it any other way. Despite having to defy the expectations of a male-dominated industry on a daily basis whilst juggling the demands of motherhood, Dyantyi's irrepressible fighting spirit has helped her beat the odds and pave the way for others looking to follow in her footsteps.
"I love the challenge," says Dyantyi, who founded Lebama Group Logistics in 2021. "And yes, there have certainly been days when I've wanted want to throw in the towel, but I work towards winning, and thanks to the support received from other strong females in the industry, I've managed to dispel my own self-doubts and put myself in a position to succeed."
Heading up a logistics fleet might not have been what Dyantyi had in mind at the start of her professional journey, but after spending time at Sasol, Total and Goodyear working in their respective communications departments, during which she met numerous transport and logistics business owners and grew to understand the demands of running a business, she realised that there could be space for her at the top too. Even if she had to carve it out herself.
"I've always been one to do things a bit differently," says Dyantyi with a wry smile. "My mom was my first role model, who for many years was a domestic worker, before becoming a teacher and changing her life entirely. She inspired me in countless ways, and taught me to break down barriers and believe in myself no matter what. And whilst I knew I perhaps didn't have the same technical knowledge as some of my male counterparts, I was confident that my drive, experience and commitment would see me thrive in this sector. And I was right."
While the road to success hasn't been without its share of speed bumps, Dyantyi has been able to navigate the ups and downs of entrepreneurship with the help of trusted mentors and fellow women leaders in the industry, with whom she has collaborated and formed strong bonds.
"A critical part of this journey has been the amazing help I've received along the way," explains Dyantyi. "I am fortunate to have a fellow female entrepreneur and friend who I have on speed dial, who gives me day-to-day advice and helps me to fill in the gaps in terms of my industry knowledge. She's been in the industry for longer, and has provided guidance, sub-contracting opportunities and moral support. Before putting in a tender, I sit with her and go through projections and ask for input, rather than immediately running to male counterparts. As women, we have to be more prepared and really know what we're talking about if we want to secure funding and projects, as we tend to be met with skepticism initially. So it's been amazing to learn the ropes from someone who has already had to deal with these challenges."
Cover is key
One of the primary challenges Dyantyi has faced during this initial phase of her entrepreneurship journey has been a financial one. Not only is it increasingly difficult to secure funding without long-term fixed contracts in place, but she has also had to deal with the pitfalls of managing a fleet from afar, an undertaking that comes with its fair share of risks.
"At any given time you have millions of rands worth of assets in transit all over the country, which are entrusted to drivers," explains Dyantyi. "Sometimes our vehicles break down in the middle of nowhere, and you could find yourself in a situation where a mechanic demands R50,000 to repair the vehicle! Initially it was difficult to navigate, as I wasn't able to argue and didn't have a great understanding of industry speak, so some service providers took advantage of that. For me, it's been critical to get the right kind of insurance in place to understand the ins and outs of risk management, and so that I don't compromise my working capital."
Having the correct insurance in place is key for those managing a fleet, says Jason Mellow, Head of MiWay Business Insurance. "When it comes to cargo, having to fund a loss from your own pocket can be crippling for a small business, and can cause many to go under. It's vital to understand your risks and ensure that you are covered for the correct amount. Many insurers offer specific cover tailored for the needs of entrepreneurs like Nonkosi, and provide access to a network of trusted repairers and other suppliers so as to minimise the financial impact of unexpected setbacks."
Juggling the pressures of parenthood and the stress of starting a business has also been a tough obstacle to overcome for Dyantyi, who battled initially to find a balance between the two.
"It's been difficult, and yes there have been precious moments that I've had to sacrifice with my children, but I know at the end of the day that what I'm doing is for them," says Dyantyi. "I want this to be their legacy, and to set an example as my mother did for me. At school we are taught to be employees, not entrepreneurs, but I want to instill this mindset of ownership in them from the get-go. It's why I'm living it, pursuing it now."
"It's really encouraging to see so many women succeeding at the helm of small businesses," says Mellow. "Stories like Nonkosi's really highlight the need for strong partnerships, both personal and professional, when taking on a challenge like this. Not only is it fundamental to have great role models, who pave the way for others to succeed, but it's also vital to ensure you partner up with suppliers and service providers capable of making the road to the top a little smoother."
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