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package ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.entity;

import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.model.entity.ResourceTable;
import ca.uhn.fhir.util.ValidateUtil;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.EqualsBuilder;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.ToStringBuilder;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.ToStringStyle;

import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.FetchType;
import javax.persistence.ForeignKey;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.JoinColumn;
import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
import javax.persistence.OneToOne;
import javax.persistence.SequenceGenerator;
import javax.persistence.Table;
import javax.persistence.Transient;
import javax.persistence.UniqueConstraint;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;

import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.length;

@Table(name = "TRM_CODESYSTEM_VER",
	// Note, we used to have a constraint named IDX_CSV_RESOURCEPID_AND_VER (don't reuse this)
	uniqueConstraints = {
	@UniqueConstraint(name = TermCodeSystemVersion.IDX_CODESYSTEM_AND_VER, columnNames = {"CODESYSTEM_PID", "CS_VERSION_ID"})
})
@Entity()
public class TermCodeSystemVersion implements Serializable {
	public static final String IDX_CODESYSTEM_AND_VER = "IDX_CODESYSTEM_AND_VER";
	public static final int MAX_VERSION_LENGTH = 200;
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	@OneToMany(fetch = FetchType.LAZY, mappedBy = "myCodeSystem")
	private Collection<TermConcept> myConcepts;

	@Id()
	@SequenceGenerator(name = "SEQ_CODESYSTEMVER_PID", sequenceName = "SEQ_CODESYSTEMVER_PID")
	@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO, generator = "SEQ_CODESYSTEMVER_PID")
	@Column(name = "PID")
	private Long myId;

	@OneToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
	@JoinColumn(name = "RES_ID", referencedColumnName = "RES_ID", nullable = false, updatable = false, foreignKey = @ForeignKey(name = "FK_CODESYSVER_RES_ID"))
	private ResourceTable myResource;

	@Column(name = "RES_ID", nullable = false, insertable = false, updatable = false)
	private Long myResourcePid;

	@Column(name = "CS_VERSION_ID", nullable = true, updatable = true, length = MAX_VERSION_LENGTH)
	private String myCodeSystemVersionId;

	/**
	 * This was added in HAPI FHIR 3.3.0 and is nullable just to avoid migration
	 * issued. It should be made non-nullable at some point.
	 */
	@ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
	@JoinColumn(name = "CODESYSTEM_PID", referencedColumnName = "PID", nullable = true, foreignKey = @ForeignKey(name = "FK_CODESYSVER_CS_ID"))
	private TermCodeSystem myCodeSystem;

	@Column(name = "CODESYSTEM_PID", insertable = false, updatable = false)
	private Long myCodeSystemPid;

	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
	@OneToOne(mappedBy = "myCurrentVersion", optional = true, fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
	private TermCodeSystem myCodeSystemHavingThisVersionAsCurrentVersionIfAny;

	@Column(name = "CS_DISPLAY", nullable = true, updatable = true, length = MAX_VERSION_LENGTH)
	private String myCodeSystemDisplayName;

	/**
	 * Constructor
	 */
	public TermCodeSystemVersion() {
		super();
	}

	public TermCodeSystem getCodeSystem() {
		return myCodeSystem;
	}

	public TermCodeSystemVersion setCodeSystem(TermCodeSystem theCodeSystem) {
		myCodeSystem = theCodeSystem;
		return this;
	}

	public String getCodeSystemVersionId() {
		return myCodeSystemVersionId;
	}

	public TermCodeSystemVersion setCodeSystemVersionId(String theCodeSystemVersionId) {
		ValidateUtil.isNotTooLongOrThrowIllegalArgument(
			theCodeSystemVersionId, MAX_VERSION_LENGTH,
			"Version ID exceeds maximum length (" + MAX_VERSION_LENGTH + "): " + length(theCodeSystemVersionId));
		myCodeSystemVersionId = theCodeSystemVersionId;
		return this;
	}

	public Collection<TermConcept> getConcepts() {
		if (myConcepts == null) {
			myConcepts = new ArrayList<>();
		}
		return myConcepts;
	}

	public Long getPid() {
		return myId;
	}

	public ResourceTable getResource() {
		return myResource;
	}

	public TermCodeSystemVersion setResource(ResourceTable theResource) {
		myResource = theResource;
		return this;
	}

	public TermCodeSystemVersion setId(Long theId) {
		myId = theId;
		return this;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean equals(Object theO) {
		if (this == theO) {
			return true;
		}

		if (theO == null || getClass() != theO.getClass()) {
			return false;
		}

		TermCodeSystemVersion that = (TermCodeSystemVersion) theO;

		return new EqualsBuilder()
			.append(myCodeSystemVersionId, that.myCodeSystemVersionId)
			.append(myCodeSystemPid, that.myCodeSystemPid)
			.isEquals();
	}

	@Override
	public int hashCode() {
		HashCodeBuilder b = new HashCodeBuilder(17, 37);
		b.append(myCodeSystemVersionId);
		b.append(myCodeSystemPid);
		return b.toHashCode();
	}

	public String getCodeSystemDisplayName() {
		return myCodeSystemDisplayName;
	}

	public void setCodeSystemDisplayName(String theCodeSystemDisplayName) {
		ValidateUtil.isNotTooLongOrThrowIllegalArgument(
			theCodeSystemDisplayName, MAX_VERSION_LENGTH,
			"Version ID exceeds maximum length (" + MAX_VERSION_LENGTH + "): " + length(theCodeSystemDisplayName));
		myCodeSystemDisplayName = theCodeSystemDisplayName;
	}

	public TermConcept addConcept() {
		TermConcept concept = new TermConcept();
		concept.setCodeSystemVersion(this);
		getConcepts().add(concept);
		return concept;
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		ToStringBuilder b = new ToStringBuilder(this, ToStringStyle.SHORT_PREFIX_STYLE);
		b.append("pid", myId);
		b.append("displayName", myCodeSystemDisplayName);
		b.append("codeSystemResourcePid", myResourcePid);
		b.append("codeSystemPid", myCodeSystemPid);
		b.append("codeSystemVersionId", myCodeSystemVersionId);
		return b.toString();
	}

	TermCodeSystemVersion setCodeSystemPidForUnitTest(long theCodeSystemPid) {
		myCodeSystemPid = theCodeSystemPid;
		return this;
	}
}


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I shrugged and started walking towards the glacier. It looked nothing like a den from where we were standing.
"Ava, what are you doing? If we go in there, she'll kill us!" Myra hissed.
Myra sighed and looked up at the dragon as I continued to walk towards its "den." Even from my new viewpoint it didn't look remotely like a den.
"Myra, have any dragons ever been caught in a glacier or under some ice?" I asked.
"… Yes, just not ice dragons…" She replied.
I shrugged. Myra continued to stare at me, her expression slowly getting more suspicious and annoyed.
I started getting closer to the glacier. The ice was beautiful like glass, but I wasn't here to admire it.
"Where can I get into this glacier… That dragon got inside somehow, there should be a way." I stared into the ice and finally saw an entrance.
"Myra, are you coming?" I asked.
"Yeah, I guess…" She said.
We started to go towards the entrance and as we were walking, I began to realize just how massive this dragon was. We soon came to the entrance. It was just big enough for us to enter, but it was shrinking quickly. Both of us ran quickly through the entrance as it closed behind us.
I looked at Myra, seemed like we wouldn't be able to escape easily if we had to. We then stared at the massive icy blue dragon ahead of us.
The dragon didn't look ready to kill and eat us for dinner, but she didn't look like she was going to sit around and tell us stories either.
"Finally, someone has decided to come let me out." The dragon said, flicking her tail.
Myra and I were shocked, dragons usually don't talk.
"Never seen a dragon talk?" The dragon asked, looking slightly confused, but otherwise calm.
To tell the truth, neither of us had heard a dragon talk before.
"Hm." The dragon said, stretching her wings.
"We are here to free you." I said, trying not to sound as afraid as I was.
The dragon nodded and Myra stared at me and mouthed "How are we even going to do that?" I glanced at her staff. She turned pale.
"My magic isn't even reliable!" She blurted out.
The dragon stared at her. "Magic? What?" She asked, glancing at both of us curiously.
"Fire magic to melt the ice..?" I said slowly.
"It'll work." The dragon said.
The dragon seemed to realize she had forgotten something. "Also, my name is Kiara, so you all don't have to call me 'dragon.'" She said, smirking slightly.
"Maybe. I wouldn't be too hopeful." She replied.
Myra looked down at her staff, took a deep breath, then channelled as much energy into her staff, causing it to glow red. She then shot the fire towards the exit of the glacier, melting it.
Myra rubbed her eyes for a second and exhaled slowly. Magic, especially fire magic, is exhausting.
"Now, would you care to assist me with a quest that I have been attempting to complete for 200 years?" Kiara asked.
I looked at Kiara for a moment.
"What is it?" Myra asked, barely able to keep her eyes open.
I thought for a second. How were we going to defeat a dragon king? Myra and I were just teenagers, not fully trained knights.
"Alright." I said, after a while.
Kiara nodded and smiled, then lowered her wings to the ground. I stared blankly at her for a moment.
"Climb on my back, it'll be faster if we fly." She said, sighing slightly, almost in annoyance.
I climbed onto Kiara's back, and then helped Myra up as well. We all exited the glacier, and then took off.
It was much colder up here, but it was beautiful as well. The clouds were white and wonderfully fluffy.
Slowly, a dark mountain emerged from the blue skies. It looked quite ominous from here.
Soon enough, we landed on an outcropping of rock on the side of the mountain. There was a massive entrance to a cave in front of us. I shuddered slightly.
"How do we plan on defeating this guy, Kiara?" I asked.
I looked at my hands, then at Kiara.
"But I don't have anything to smash the crystal with…" I said.
"Legend says a sword is in his treasure collection. Only that can smash the crystal." Kiara said, staring into the darkness of the cave.
I nodded and hopped off Kiara's back. Myra came shortly after. We started walking into the cave.
First, it was completely dark. I walked with my hand on the wall, occasionally tripping. The deeper we got into the cave, the more there started to be a glow ahead. Soon enough, it was bright enough to see by. Then we entered a massive room.
Mounds of treasure lay on the ground, all of it seemed to be glowing somehow. And then, there was the massive black dragon in the center of the room.
"This treasure is quite amazing, these dragons must have worked rather hard to get it." The dragon laughed.
Myra and I stared at the dragon, in amazement and fear. Kiara tapped her tail on the ground and we were startled back to focusing.
"Find the sword." Kiara whispered, looking at Myra then me.
"I'll find the sword." I whispered, not even thinking.
To be honest, it wasn't the smartest idea I'd ever come up with, I'm not good at finding things, and I probably wouldn't be able to lift a sword able to smash a crystal keeping a massive dragon in a world, but I didn't want to make Myra do it either.
Kiara nodded slightly, raising her eyebrow slightly, as if she knew it was a bad idea for me to find the sword. She ran towards the dragon, ready to attack. The other dragon immediately stood up and prepared to defend himself.
Myra fired magical bolts of energy at the dragon, but no matter how devastating they'd be to a human, they did pretty much nothing to the dragon.
I took the time that Kiara and Myra were giving me to find the sword. I ran around the mounds on treasure, trying to find something that looked slightly like a sword, but I had no luck. There were mirrors, chunks of gold, armor, jewels, shields, and a sword with a hilt covered in jewels that appeared to be glowing ever so slightly, but no— wait! A sword?
I looked at the sword for a second. Could that be the sword we were looking for? I yanked the sword out of the mound of gold and jewels, and then started looking for the crystal, even faster than before. More jewels, sapphires, rubies, diamonds, every kind of gem imaginable, but where was the crystal?
I saw another mound, with more gems, and a dark purple one with teal lightning inside of it.
"That must be it!" I thought. I grabbed it and put it on the ground, raised the sword above my head, and sent it crashing down on the crystal, smashing it.
The lightning went everywhere, zapping the mounds of treasure, until it final hit the black dragon. It roared in shock and rage as a purple rift opened behind it, dragging it in with the sword and the shards of the crystal.


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Biographical Chronicle
Recollections Interviews
Douglass in His Own Time: A Biographical Chronicle of His Life, Drawn from Recollections, Interviews, and Memoirs by Family, Friends, and Associates
by John Ernest
University of Iowa Press, 2014
Paper: 978-1-60938-280-3 | eISBN: 978-1-60938-289-6
Library of Congress Classification E449.D75D687 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.8092
One of the most incredible stories in American history is that of Frederick Douglass, the man who escaped from slavery and rose to become one of the most celebrated and eloquent orators, writers, and public figures in the world. He first committed his story to writing in his 1845 autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Over the course of his life, he would expand on his story considerably, writing two other autobiographies, My Bondage and My Freedom and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, as well as innumerable newspaper articles and editorials and orations.
As valuable as these writings are in illuminating the man, the story Douglass told in 1845 has become rather too easy to tell, obscuring as much as it reveals. Less a living presence than an inspiring tale, Frederick Douglass remains relatively unknown even to many of those who celebrate his achievements. Douglass in His Own Time offers an introduction to Douglass the man by those who knew him. The book includes a broad range of writings, some intended for public viewing and some private correspondence, all of which contend with the force of Douglass's tremendous power over the written and spoken word, his amazing presence before crowds, his ability to improvise, to entertain, to instruct, to inspire—indeed, to change lives through his eloquent appeals to righteous self-awareness and social justice. In approaching Douglass through the biographical sketches, memoirs, letters, editorials, and other articles about him, readers will encounter the complexity of a life lived on a very public stage, the story of an extraordinary black man in an insistently white world.
Professor and chair of the Department of English at the University of Delaware, John Ernest is the author or editor of twelve books and more than twenty-five journal articles and book chapters. His recent books include Liberation Historiography: African American Writers and the Challenge of History, 1794–1861, Chaotic Justice: Rethinking African American Literary History, and A Nation within a Nation: Organizing African American Communities before the Civil War. Before arriving at the University of Delaware, he was the Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of American Literature at West Virginia University for seven years. He also taught for twelve years at the University of New Hampshire, where he received several awards for teaching and for his commitment to social justice.
"In Douglass in His Own Time, John Ernest has compiled a rich resource of documents that reveal the abolitionist's life and ideas as well as his place in public memory. The collection is extraordinarily wide-ranging, including contemporary correspondence by and about Douglass, reminiscences, poetry, tributes, and critiques well into the early twentieth century. Especially valuable are Ernest's selections on religion and on controversies in Douglass's personal and public life."—David W. Blight, author, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory
John Martin Hammond, "Wye House, Talbot County, Maryland, Lloyd" (1914)
Parker Pillsbury, From Acts of the Anti-Slavery Apostles (1884)
David N. Johnson, From Sketches of Lynn; or, The Changes of Fifty Years (1880)
Vincent Y. Bowditch, From Life and Correspondence of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch (1902)
James N. Buffum, From Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Organization of the American Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia (1884)
William A. White, "The Hundred Conventions" (1843)
Nathaniel P. Rogers, [Two Reports by an Antislavery Editor] (1841 and 1844)
[Anonymous], "Farewell Soiree to Mr. Frederick Douglass" (1847)
[Anonymous], [Incident aboard the Cambria, En Route to England] (1848)
[Anonymous], "Reception of Frederick Douglass at the Belknap-Street Church, Boston" (1847)
Samuel J. May, "Frederick Douglass" (1869)
Jane Marsh Parker, "Reminiscences of Frederick Douglass" (1895)
William J. Wilson, "A Leaf from My Scrap Book: Samuel R. Ward and Frederick Douglass" (1849)
R. R. Raymond, "Outline of a Man" (1853)
[Various Authors], [The Great Controversy] (1847–1891)
Frederick Douglass and William Wells Brown, [Exchange with William Wells Brown] (1855)
James McCune Smith, Introduction to My Bondage and My Freedom (1855)
Isaiah C. Wears and Frederick Douglass, [Frederick Douglass, Religion, and Politics] (1870)
"M," "Frederick Douglass in the West" (1873)
William Wells Brown, "Frederick Douglass" (1874)
Grace Greenwood [Sara Jane Lippincott], "Occasional Notes" (1877)
Francis J. Grimké, "The Second Marriage of Frederick Douglass" (1884)
Thomas James, From Life of Rev. Thomas James, by Himself (1886)
Theodore Stanton, "Frederick Douglass in Paris" (1887)
I. Garland Penn, "The North Star" (1891)
E. W. Blake, "An Account of the Tuskegee Institute Commencement" (1892)
[Anonymous], "Frederick Douglass: One of the Most Remarkable of All Living Men—a Nice Tribute" (1893)
James M. Gregory, From Frederick Douglass the Orator (1893)
J. E. Rankin, "Frederick Douglass's Character and Career" (1895)
William Lloyd Garrison Jr., "Frederick Douglass as Orator and Reformer" (1895)
[Anonymous], "Frederick Douglass Loved Music" (1895)
Theodore Tilton, From Sonnets to the Memory of Frederick Douglass (1895)
Cordelia Ray, "Frederick Douglass" (1897)
Paul Laurence Dunbar, [Two Poems] (1897 and 1913)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, From Eighty Years and More (1898)
Charles Waddell Chesnutt, From Frederick Douglass, a Biography (1899)
Frederic May Holland, From Frederick Douglass: The Colored Orator (1891)
Monroe Alpheus Majors, "A Tribute to Frederick Douglass" (1906)
John P. Green, "Reminiscences of Frederick Douglass" (1916)
Horace McGuire, From "Two Episodes of Anti-Slavery Days" (1925)
Booker T. Washington, From Frederick Douglass (1906)
Kelly Miller, From Race Adjustment: Essays on the Negro in America (1909)
See other books on: Abolitionists | Biographical Chronicle | Drawn | Friends and associates | Recollections Interviews
See other titles from University of Iowa Press
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Proportional Plus Reset Control Summary
Figure 26 Rate Control Output
Instrumentation and Control 2 of 2
Process Controls PROPORTIONAL PLUS RATE CONTROL SYSTEMS PROPORTIONAL PLUS RATE CONTROL SYSTEMS Proportional plus rate control is a control mode in which a derivative section is added to the proportional controller. EO 1.4 DESCRIBE the characteristics of the following types of automatic control systems: e. Proportional plus rate control Proportional-Derivative Proportional plus rate describes a control mode in which a derivative section is added to a proportional controller. This derivative section responds to the rate of change of the error signal, not the amplitude; this derivative action responds to the rate of change the instant it starts. This causes the controller output to be initially larger in direct relation with the error signal rate of change. The higher the error signal rate of change, the sooner the final control element is positioned to the desired value. The added derivative action reduces initial overshoot of the measured variable, and therefore aids in stabilizing the process sooner. This control mode is called proportional plus rate (PD) control because the derivative section responds to the rate of change of the error signal. Definition of Derivative Control A device that produces a derivative signal is called a differentiator. Figure 25 shows the input versus output relationship of a differentiator. The differentiator provides an output that is directly related to the rate of change of the input and a constant that specifies the function of differentiation. The derivative constant is expressed in units of seconds and defines the differential controller output. The differentiator acts to transform a changing signal to a constant magnitude signal as shown in Figure 26. As long as the input rate of change is constant, the magnitude of the output is constant. A new input rate of change would give a new output magnitude. Rev. 0 Page 37 IC-07


15 Music Hall Theater located on the corner of Hollis and Tremont Streets., ca. 1967 Harvey, Robert D.
16 Street corner and surrounding buildings in the South Cove area, ca. 1967 Harvey, Robert D.
19 Nurses standing behind the Ziskind Laboratory, ca. 1964 Lenscraft Photos, INC.


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  def index
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      render 'new'
    end
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    if @user.valid?(:email)
      @user.save!
      redirect_to users_path, notice: t('notice.update', model_name: f(User))
    else
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      render 'edit'
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  def email
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    @user.attributes = params[:user].permit(:email, :current_password)
    if @user.valid?(:email)
      @user.save!
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    else
      flash.now[:alert] = t('alert.cant_save')
      render 'email'
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I know something about that. I've written about music off and on since the late 1980s, which, considering I can barely remember what I wrote about in the early days of blogging in the late 1990s, seems like several lifetimes past. There was a review of Steve Lacy's CD The Window (1998) in a print magazine that no longer exists, some stuff about Carl Ruggles on a BBS that no longer exists, articles on Jean Sibelius and Jason Moran for an online magazine that hasn't been updated since 2011. The print has hopefully long since been recycled, the digital detritus is probably headed for a landfill somewhere—do websites and blogs, if left untended, evaporate slowly over time, byte by byte?
Music seems to me to elicit more passion among the public than any other medium, and that can be a problem. People who write about music are motivated by passion, and that often means they write about the quality of their love, rather than the quality of the music itself.
So we get the pernicious influence of High Fidelity (1996) and the Nick Hornby/The Believer school, with the pedestrian one-upmanship and social validation of musical taste codified as criticism. The words offer no insight into music, but say everything about fandom and consumerism. Since the subject of the vast majority of music writing is popular music—no matter how accomplished, inventive, or stylish, it's music that embraces commodification—the end product is mostly a vapid and ephemeral apology for the flavor of the moment meant to show why listening to it makes the writer special.
Commodification is a black hole of taste and critical thinking. Even important and intellectually charged topics can't escape the event horizon. In March, Sarah Sahim published a welcome salvo at Pitchfork, "The Unbearable Whiteness of Indie," pointing out how few artists of color there are on the "indie" scene. This was enhanced by Noah Berlatsky's response at The New Republic, "Why 'Indie' Music Is So Unbearably White." But neither writer can escape special pleading for what they love. Sahim states that "indie rock and the DIY underground, historically, have been proud to disassociate themselves from popular culture." This may have been true when bands were touring the all ages circuit, spreading the word via Napster, and selling directly to fans at the merchandise table, but with the advent of Pitchfork as a taste-making juggernaut and indie as a substantially successful market segment, this is now nothing more than the received opinion and mythology about indie, an element of the cred the term confers.
Even if indie were indeed a subculture at some point, the fans who made it such—white college kids—went on to become the mainstream of society, where their past dabbling in the commercial underground served as a pedigree. When they took their places in the white middle class, they brought their taste with them, and their taste, with barely a dash of true cult genres like jazz and contemporary classical music, was never much outside the entropic regression to the mean that is mass culture. The "DIY underground" arguably reached its pinnacle in 1988, when Sonic Youth produced Daydream Nation. The basement homebrew values of DIY are touted in disposable cycles—it took less than a year for dubstep to move out of Burial's bedroom and into television commercials and Las Vegas discos. Music supervisors for the better quality cable shows are constantly trawling for the hippest, most of-the-moment music to play at the end credits. And the young black kids making mixtapes, and hawking their CD-Rs on the street, are looking for that one big break.
Indie cred affirms both quality and authenticity. The former leads to a tautology and the latter to a peculiar cultural chimera. I—call me Nick—like good music, so the music I like is therefore good. I'm also cool and appreciate authenticity, and indie is authentic, so therefore indie is good. Authenticity is supposedly the sincere expression of values in conjunction with a lack of interest in popularity—everything else being fake—and both pop musicians and politicians, each of whom want to sell to the most people, are judged on their authenticity. Sahim points out that M.I.A. "looks like me," and wraps her in the indie blanket, but M.I.A. is so thoroughly woven into the celebrity-media-industrial complex that what Sahim is fundamentally revealing is the commodification of identity politics and aesthetics.
Sahim and Berlatsky's arguments boil down to the struggle with quality and authenticity mediated by ego and money: I'm cool and I have good taste, so of course I like indie, and I also like Kanye and Belle and Sebastian and FKA Twigs, so why don't the arbiters of indie reflect my taste back to me? Pop music is dominated by the styles of black music and black artists themselves, and white artists—Robin Thicke, Madonna, Iggy Azalea—who emulate both. Indie in particular is rooted in rock, and rock is black music made safe for white parents to buy for their kids. Wishing indie culture included more artists of color strikes me as the listeners' self-consciousness about race, a recognition that while indie may be culturally hip, it is musically square.
Writing about music in any meaningful way means listening to the music and thinking about it on its own terms. How does the music work? What is the band doing? Berlatsky wonders why Beck is indie when Kanye is not. "Yeezus," he argues, "is a swaggering left-field electronica soundscape with hip hop elements. So was Beck's major-label debut, Mellow Gold." I think he's confusing the press materials for the actual contents: Mellow Gold (1994) uses studio techniques to show off Beck's mastery of pop production styles as a genre in and of themselves (no one should take "Analog Odyssey" seriously), while Yeezus (2013) is an enormous statement where the music supports what Kanye is telling you he thinks and feels. Berlatsky, like too many music writers, fetishizes techniques over purposes, and discounts the lyrical content when it muddles the neat niche he's formed—in this context, Beck is indie and white because he's knowingly, coyly eccentric, while Kanye is hip hop and black because he sees no division between eccentricity and the mainstream. That last is enormously important in black music, where Sun Ra, Cameo, Stevie Wonder, and Missy Elliott are part of the same continuum—there's nothing like that in indie.
Berlatsky also conflates Moby's use of gospel samples—the pluperfect example of a white artist appropriating black culture to gain both authenticity and soul—with Jordannah Elizabeth's actual singing—which derives from her musical background in gospel. Moby's music uses someone else's voice, Elizabeth's music is her voice. Berlatsky thinks indie should embrace Elizabeth, I think Elizabeth should stay as far away from indie as she can and make the music she wants to make. Critical opinion might catch up.
All the way back in 1980, Andy Partridge said, "There's no youth culture / Only masks, they let you rent." I've loved that song since the first time I heard it, even though I know it's only rock and roll.


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Jim Beard
Atlantic Records publish Mike Stern's third album : 'Time in Place' (1987)
Mike Stern's 'Time in Place' is his third studio album recorded during December 1987 with among others Peter Erskine, Don Alias and Michael Brecker and released in 1988 by Atlantic Records.Track Listing : 1.Gossip (Mike Stern) - 05:59…
John Scofield Band goes to Hamburg (1988)
October 26, 1988 - the John Scofield Band - that is John Scofield (g), Jim Beard (kb), Gary Graininger (b) and Dennis Chambers (d) - is at the 13th NDR-Jazzfestival in Hamburg, Germany
Heads Up International release Mike Stern's fourteenth solo album : 'Big…
Mike Stern's 'Big Neighborhood' is his fourteenth solo studio album released on August 11, 2009 by Heads Up International. Track listing : 1.Big Neighborhood (Mike Stern) - 07:40 . 2.6th Street (Mike Stern) - 07:49 . 3.Reach (Mike Stern) -…
Rounder publishes Madeleine Peyroux' fifth album 'Bare Bones' (2009)
Madeleine Peyroux' 'Bare Bones' is her fifth studio album released on March 10, 2009 by Rounder.Track Listing : 1.Instead (Julian Coryell, Madeleine Peyroux) - 05:13 . 2.Bare Bones (Walter Becker, Larry Klein, Madeleine Peyroux) - 03:26 .…


It was great to get such an overwhelming response from all the participants. First of all, I would like to thank all the participants for sharing your amazing DIY ideas for monsoon hair care using coconut oil.
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If you are reading this you have lived though every interpreting appointment you've had thus far and there is no reason to believe that streak will not continue.
If you need something, maybe talk to the interpreter who is NOT actively interpreting.
Referral Agency: I know you had your first appointment at 5:00 a.m., but we will pay time and a half if you run and swap out an interpreter who had an emergency. It's for a new night-shift employee's orientation and shouldn't be more than a couple of hours.
May ASL Bless your life as much as it has blessed mine!
Author uncledalesrulesPosted on April 15, 2018 April 15, 2018 Categories Random is FunTags admit it, advocate, ASL, Bless, Culture, Deaf, Education, Extra Linguistic Knowledge, Humor, interpreter, Love, Pay Attention, Respect, rules, Self-worth, skill, student, thank you, trust, worshipLeave a comment on Happy National ASL Day!
We have a last minute appointment, are you familiar with Hamilton?
Note from Uncle Dale: Millie Continues to ROCK!
A Quiet Place is here!
Number one movie in the country and Millie is getting fantastic reviews.
There is a reason she is! The movie is great and she is AWESOME!
Most important, HOLY COW IT'S A SCARY MOVIE. It is like nothing you have EVER seen. You spend the whole movie on the edge of your seat… listening, oh and holding your breath.
If you have anxiety MED UP before you go!
I am teaching a class this semester called "Visual Linguistic Analysis." The purpose of the class is to analyze how prosody impacts meaning in ASL (anyone who is fluent can tell you what was said, the skill of an interpreter is being able to discuss why you know). One of the points of analysis we discuss is genres of discourse. One of the genres is "Deaf Gain" or "because I'm Deaf I win." This movie speaks to Deaf Gain at a level so subtle and in such an imbedded manner that I have not decided for myself if it was on purpose. In the end, who cares! Millie carries the Deaf Gain off with a skill that is frankly stunning.
The funniest thing to me is the main criticism I am seeing is the thing I loved about it; it tells you nothing that the characters would not know. The movie wastes no time explaining why, where or how. I just allows you to watch what the characters do.
I would say "run do walk" but don't run, just stay on the sand so they don't hear you, and get to A Quiet Place.
Took my kids to see A Quiet Place in a very quiet theatre!
I can't wait to see where Millie goes next!
Author uncledalesrulesPosted on April 9, 2018 April 16, 2018 Categories NotesTags admit it, ASL, Culture, Deaf, Education, Extra Linguistic Knowledge, facts, Love, Millie, Pay Attention, random, Respect, rules, skill, thank you, theatre, trustLeave a comment on Note from Uncle Dale: Millie Continues to ROCK!
The definition of a successful workshop: everyone stayed awake while you taught something they didn't know when they came in.


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HOMEREVIEWSNEWSBUSINESSCONTACTMAGAZINE
You are in: HOME > mobiles > smartphones
By Hanleigh Daniels 24 January 2012
SUMMARY REVIEW TECH SPECS COMPARE
iPhone 5 Review
Quick review - iPhone 5c
Quick review - iPhone 5s
Apple's latest iPhone might not be the 5 everyone was expecting, but the 4S is certainly faster, cleverer and more usable than before.
Despite boasting a new processor, improved camera and a voice controlled digital assistant, for many the fact that the 4S looks the same as the previous model came as a big disappointment. Yep, the iPhone 4 retains the same measurements (115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm) and the excellent 3.5" (640 x 960, 326 ppi) Retina Display as the previous model.
Same design, but faster
Unhappiness about its lack of a new design aside, Cupertino chose to do most of the tinkering underneath the smartphone's bonnet. This makes for an all-round faster experience, such as in its new dual-antenna design, which allows the 4S to intelligently switch between these to send and receive data. In practice, this translated to significantly faster downloads over 3G, compared to the iPhone 4.
Apple also included its A5 chipset, which incorporates a dual-core 1GHz Cortex A9 processor along with a PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU - the same chipset that does duty on the mighty iPad 2. Although it doesn't match the frequency of Android-powered dual-core boasting rivals the likes of the Samsung Galaxy SII and HTC Sensation, the difference the A5 makes is no less discernible. Its use has resulted in smoother and noticeably quicker performance whilst navigating the iOS 5 mobile operating system (OS) and when opening, running and closing apps.
That said battery life is still not the best though, and will see you having to charge the device at the end of the day (more or less depending on factors such as internet use, calls made, wi-fi active and more).
The iPhone 4S's iOS 5 operating system may look a lot like iOS 4, but there are numerous improvements. This includes the BBM-like iMessage instant messaging service, allowing users to send and receive messages, as well as multimedia content such as photos to other iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users over 3G and Wi-Fi.
Unlike BBM though this IM-client isn't an app which you open, since it involves going to Messages, as you would do if you wished to send an SMS. The phone will automatically pick up if the number you are sending the message to is an iMessage-capable mobile device, allowing you cheaper rates by sending the messages via the data network.
Besides iMessage you will also have access to other new functionality including Twitter intergration, being able to access the camera and music player from the lock screen, as well as the enhanced Android-rivalling notification system along with a pull-down bar displaying the weather forecast for your area amongst others.
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One function that the iPhone 4S sports over any other iOS 5-running mobile device is of course the helpful Siri, an intelligent digital assistant for the smartphone. Voice commands and voice search functionality certainly aren't new, but Siri's ability to understand context definitely is. Like most voice-controlled apps, using Siri can be a hit-and-miss affair, but when it works (more often than not), it enables users to speak naturally to the phone as though they are talking to another human being. Unfortunately you need to be connected to the net for Siri to do its business.
Siri doesn't just have its practical uses, such as calling people, setting reminders, searching for info on the web and sending SMSs. It can further be used to indulge in some clever dialogue. For instance, we asked it what the best iPhone is that Apple makes and it replied: "The one you're holding." When asked who makes the best computers it came back with: "All truly intelligent users prefer Macintosh". Telling Siri "I love you" came back with "You hardly know me."
An even better camera
As flashy as Siri is the iPhone 4S's new 8 MP rear-facing camera with a new custom lens, a larger f/2.4 aperture and an advanced hybrid IR filter to produces sharper, brighter and accurate images. By employing this snapper we were able to capture more crisp looking, well lit and detailed photos when compared to the iPhone 4's camera.
It certainly is one of the best, if not the best, camera on a smartphone. You are able to use a grid now to help with composition, while on-board touch-up is also possible via a number of post capturing editing tools. The latter includes a cropping tool, red-eye reduction and auto-enhance feature. This new camera also allows for the recording of full HD (1080p) videos, putting it in the same video-recording league as devices such as the LG Optimus 3D.
Whilst Apple's new iPhone 4S may look like the outgoing model, its faster CPU, enhanced antenna and new optics combine to make it one of our top 3 smartphones currently on the market. Regarding Siri - it sure is an interesting concept, but we soon lost interest as the novelty faded. The iPhone 4S comes with an RRP of R7699 for the 16 GB model, R8999 for the 32 GB model and R10299 for the 64 GB model. Thanks to Vodacom for providing us with a review unit.
Faster processor, Siri, enhanced optics, full HD video recording, improved antenna design for speedier download speeds.
Same design to the outgoing model, gets warm in the hand after extended usage, not the most drop-friendly smartphone available.
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Cardflick, a new app which launched in the iTunes store today, hopes to revolutionize how people stay connected with their mobile phones. The beautiful app lets people "flick" their contact details between phones, with all the information stored in the cloud. What's more, once you've accepted someone's contact request, you can call or email them directly from the app, without having to search your phonebook.
What makes CardFlick unique is that digital cards are not only useful for storing and transmitting people's information, they're downright gorgeous. The team has worked with some of the top digital designers to make sure that each person's visiting card is a piece of art.
We built CardFlick because we wanted to put the people back in contact sharing. Too many other services focus only on the data, losing the personal brand and experience that comes with handing someone a business card. We want to turn that around, and bring everything awesome about business cards to the ease and power of digital sharing.
CardFlick is similar to Bump, where users exchange information by tapping their phones together. With CardFlick, you literally flick your card, like Gambit from the X-Men, and the information is passed on virtually. In a crowded room it could turn into a fun game. And because all information is stored in the cloud, should you change your email address or phone number, CardFlick will automatically update your data.
One of the great features of CardFlick is the pre-designed templates, such as Bateman, which harkens back to Christian Bale's character in the movie American Psycho. Swagga is another stunning example, as is Metropolis. If either are not your flavor, there are more than a dozen to choose from currently. In the future, expect many more templates, all created by top designers.
Cardflick comes from Kid Bombay, the makers of IceBreaker , an app that lets you connect with similar Twitter users based on interests, and proximity (hmm, a theme?). Kid Bombay also created the Yammer app for the Android platform.
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First European case of new Covid variant detected in Belgium Variant found in unvaccinated woman with no links to southern Africa, as UK bans flights from six countries
First European case of new Covid variant detected in Belgium
Variant found in unvaccinated woman with no links to southern Africa, as UK bans flights from six countries
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Grand Place in Brussels. Belgium recorded a case of the new variant in a woman who had recently travelled from Egypt via Turkey. Photograph: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP
The first European case of the new B.1.1.529 variant has been detected in Belgium, as the UK imposed new restrictions on travel from South Africa and five other nearby countries because of the risk that vaccines may not protect against it.
Just hours after the UK health secretary, Sajid Javid, warned it was highly likely the new variant has spread further than where it was first discovered in South Africa, Belgium recorded a case in a woman who had recently travelled from Egypt via Turkey.
The case was identified in an unvaccinated young adult woman who developed mild flu-like symptoms 11 days after travelling and had no links with South Africaor other countries in southern Africa.
The identification of the variant in Europe raises questions about whether the restrictions on travel from six African countries will be enough to stop the variant reaching the UK.
Javid said on Friday that he was "concerned this new variant may pose substantial risk to public health" because of the fear it may evade current vaccines.
He said there were no known cases yet in the UK, but precautions were being taken because current vaccines "may be less effective against it" and it may be more transmissible than other variants.
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Flights from six countries – South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Namibia – have been temporarily banned from midday on Friday until hotel quarantine is set up again. The accommodation costs £2,285 for one adult.
From 4am on Sunday, UK and Irish nationals arriving from those countries will be required to book and pay for a government-approved hotel quarantine for 10 days. Non-UK/Irish nationals will be banned from entry.
Any UK nationals who arrive from those countries before Sunday, or who have arrived in the last 10 days, must get day two and day eight PCR tests even if they are vaccinated, and isolate at home along with the rest of the household. NHS test and trace will be contacting any travellers in this category and asking them to get PCR tests and undergo isolation.
Javid said the government would not do anything to help British nationals get back from South Africa before midday and argued that the best thing for anyone who was now on one of the red list countries was to make their own way back and enter hotel quarantine from Sunday.
He acknowledged that thousands of tourists and other travellers were likely to be hit by the restricitions, involving paying many thousands of pounds in hotel quarantine bills.
"I understand whether it's sports teams or the thousands of British tourists and others that currently find themselves in South Africa, Botswana and these countries, this is very difficult news, but I hope they will understand," he said.
Those who cannot pay may be eligible for hardship arrangements, which include repayment plans or fee waivers in "exceptionally limited circumstances".
The rules apply to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as all the devolved nations are aligning on the policies.
Javid said it was a "fast-moving situation and there remains a high degree of uncertainty". He urged everyone to get their Covid vaccine booster shots as soon as possible.
The health secretary said there were "very live" discussions over the prospect of adding further countries to the travel red list.
He was pressed on whether further public health measures – such as mandatory masking in public places and a return to social distancing – were necessary, but insisted they was not needed for now.
"The plan A, the policies that we put in place, they remain the policies that I think we need at this time," he said. "[The questioner] won't be surprised to know we do keep this under review and if we need to go further, we will."


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Arsenal vs Chelsea
Where are they now? The Chelsea FA Cup Final XI which lost to Arsenal in 2002
We look at where each of the players involved at the Millennium Stadium that day have ended up
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Chelsea face Arsenal in the FA Cup final tomorrow as they look to complete the double in Antonio Conte's first season in charge.
Victory against the Gunners would add to the Premier League title they clinched with two games to spare.
And they will also be hellbent on getting revenge on Arsene Wenger's side for the 2002 FA Cup final, which Arsenal won 2-0 thanks to goals from Ray Parlour and Freddie Ljungberg.
But what became of the Chelsea players who turned out at the Millennium Stadium on that day 15 years ago.
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Carlo Cudicini – Cudicini left Stamford Bridge in 2009 to join rivals Tottenham Hotspur after a hugely successful spell in west London. The Italian later moved to LA Galaxy but he has since returned to the club and is now part of Antonio Conte's backroom staff.
Mario Melchiot – Melchiot enjoyed five seasons with Chelsea but he would depart for Birmingham City in 2004. Further spells with Rennes, Wigan Athletic and Umm Salal followed before retiring. Melchiot is now a pundit.
William Gallas – The Frenchman moved across London to move to Arsenal in 2006 as part of Ashley Cole's transfer to Chelsea. Gallas retired in 2014 after spells with Spurs and Perth Glory. The defender is now a pundit on French television.
Marcel Desailly – Captain of the Blues in the 2002 final in Cardiff, Desailly would depart west London two years later. Spells with Al-Gharafa and Qatar SC followed before retiring from the game. Just like his fellow defenders, the Frenchman is now working as a pundit.
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Celestine Babayaro – Nigerian left-back Babayaro joined Newcastle in 2005 after eight years at Stamford Bridge. The left-back moved to LA Galaxy to link up with Ruud Gullit again in 2008 but the move didn't go to plan. Babayaro was declared bankrupt in 2011.
Jesper Gronkjaer – Became a hero at the club after helping them secure Champions League football on the final day in 2003. Had spells with Birmingham City, Atletico Madrid, Stuttgart and Copenhagen before retiring from the game. Now lives in Denmark.
Frank Lampard – Will go down as one of Chelsea's greatest ever players. Left the Blues in 2014 after becoming the club's record goalscorer, before later playing for Man City and New York City. Now doing his coaching badges after retiring, as well as occasional TV work.
Emmanuel Petit – Petit enjoyed spells with both Arsenal and Chelsea but he will be remembered more for his time in north London. The midfielder retired in 2005 and now works as a pundit on BT Sport.
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Graeme Le Saux – Le Saux departed Stamford Bridge the following season to move to Southampton. The defender now works as a pundit on NBC Sports coverage of the Premier League.
Eidur Gudjohnsen – Gudjohnsen is looking for a club and hasn't ruled out playing in the Indian Super League. He left Chelsea in 2006 to join Barcelona, before returning to the Premier League for spells with Spurs, Stoke City and Fulham. Part of Iceland's successful Euro 2016 side.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink – Hasselbaink was a huge hit at Stamford Bridge and left in 2004 to join Middlesbrough. The Dutchman is currently without a job after he was sacked as QPR manager earlier this season.
Ed de Goey – The goalkeeper enjoyed six years with the Blues and moved to Stoke City in 2003. De Goey joined QPR as goalkeeper coach in 2007 but his contract was terminated six months later. Now goalkeeper coach of RKC Waalwijk in his native Holland.
John Terry – One of Chelsea's greatest ever players. Captained his side to multiple trophies across the years and he will leave the club following tomorrow's cup final. No announcement has been made on where he will go once he departs the club.
Slavisa Jokanovic – Endured a frustrating spell at Chelsea after joining the club in 2000 from Deportivo La Coruna. Now a successful manager and went close to guiding Fulham back to the Premier League for the first time since 2014.
Boudewijn Zenden – Left Chelsea in 2004 to make a permanent move to Middlesbrough following a loan spell. Returned to Stamford Bridge in 2012 to become assistant manager under Rafael Benitez. Now assistant manager of PSV Eindhoven's reserve team.
Gianfranco Zola – A true Chelsea great. Zola played his final game for the club in 2003 as he helped them qualify for the Champions League before returning to Italy with Cagliari. Zola is looking for a new managerial job in the game after he resigned as Birmingham manager in April.
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The eighth day of Chanukah always seems like a let down after the candles have burned out. The holiday will not be over for another twenty-four hours, but there is not much left to celebrate. Apart from reciting Hallel in the morning service and eating leftover latkes (as if anyone could resist them at the first serving), there is not much to do on the last day.
In some ways, though, this final day of the holiday's lingering seems appropriate. Chanukah was the last holiday added to the calendar by the rabbis of the Talmud, at least as far as its origins are concerned. The events that Chanukah commemorates occurred in the second century BCE, after all of the events recorded in the Hebrew Bible. As such, Chanukah represents the last celebration of a miracle performed by God for the Jewish people. Ever since then, we have been lingering anticlimactically — like we do on the eighth day of Chanukah, after the candles are spent — waiting for the next miracle.
Of course, just because we don't have a holiday on the calendar to celebrate another miracle, does not mean that there are no miracles today. (Some will argue, and I will agree, that Yom Ha'atzmaut is actually the commemoration of a modern miracle). Miracles surround us all the time.
Later today, I will be traveling to a mikveh in Orlando for the ritual conversion to Judaism of a woman I have been working with for the last year. Her story is nothing short of miraculous. She discovered, quite on her own, that Torah and the Jewish approach to God and life spoke to her much more powerfully than the religion of her upbringing. Without ever being a part of a Jewish community, she learned on her own until she came to the synagogue in search of a place to practice the tradition she had already adopted in her heart.
I love that story. I love the idea that in this crazy world with so many things tugging at us to abandon ourselves to our own immediate gratification, wealth, and privilege, people still have a deep craving to discover something deeper, richer, and more fulfilling. People are still searching for God, even in an age when God can sometimes seem very quiet. That, to me, is a miracle.
It is a miracle that is very fitting to the last day of Chanukah, after the candles have guttered. Even in a moment of lingering and waiting, we discover dear and beautiful miracles waiting for us, all around us.


Chia seeds were a staple food source for the Aztecs. They are are an excellent source of protein, dietary fiber and Omega 3 fatty acid and contain no gluten.
Chia seeds can be eaten raw or sprouted. Chia sprouts are a delicious addition to salads and sandwiches. Chia can be ground into a meal to make porridge or cakes, or as an addition to breads, cakes and biscuits.
Another of the super foods: Chia seed was once valued so much that it was used as currency by the Native Americans of the Southwest and Mexico . It was considered a high energy endurance food and was used as far back as the Aztec warriors during their conquests.
more efficiently. Chia seeds are are an excellent source of protein, dietary fiber and Omega 3 fatty acid and contain no gluten.
Chia seeds can be eaten raw or sprouted. Chia sprouts are a delicious addition to salads and sandwiches. Chia seeds can be ground into a meal to make porridge or cakes, or as an addition to breads, cakes and biscuits.
Sprinkle a thin layer of Chia Seed on the bottom of a terra cotta dish or plate.
Set the terra cotta dish in a larger plate of water.
Small amounts of water permeate the terra cotta plate upon which the chia seeds sit, and provide exactly the right amount of water to sprout them.
On the second day, lightly mist the seeds.
Harvest on the third day.
It takes about 2 or 3 days to get healthy Chia sprouts.
Lay a nylon or linen cloth on a plate.
Spray a fine mist of water onto the cloth.
Sprinkle 1 layer Chia Seed on top of the bag. Mist it lightly.
Cover with another plate, misting lightly once per day.
You will have Chia sprouts in about 2 to 3 days.


Hey guys, I've been going through the organic chapter for carbonyls and alcohols and couldn't help but ask, are protecting groups really necessary for the MCAT? TBR talks about ketals and acetals as protecting groups and also in another section but it would be classified as a very low probability subject right?
Maybe as a protecting group that knowledge wouldn't be likely. Seems like an easier enough mechanism to know though. I don't remember whether it's on the list of MCAT material or not though.
They talk about it in both Princeton Review and ExamKrackers review books also so I would be familiar with them. The mechanism is pretty basic nucleophillic addition stuff so you should def know it. As far as protecting ability I assume it would come up in a passage, but a sound understanding would probably save you a couple minutes on the test.
Ahh Yess. Organic..my first love. The protecting groups are pretty specific but I would know the principals of the mechanisms. Organic is fairly simple when you can master the primary principals. Protectors are not excluded. For the MCAT though everything is fair game. If anything just know why and how the mechanism goes the way it does rather than the actual groups and why is it that one is better than the other. When u find that out memorizing each one is useless. Good luck man!


The Benefits Of Nitrogen InflationTyres runs cooler, last longer and improve handling & braking. Quieter tyre - muting more road noise.
For some years, inflating tyres with nitrogen has been known to produce some substantial advantages over conventional compressed air. Its use has been limited to specialised applications such as aircraft tyres and motorsport, mainly on the grounds of cost of equipment and difficulty of generating this inert gas on the premises.
R-Tec are pleased to announce that the benefits of nitrogen inflation are now available at our workshop.
It is normally recommended that tyre pressures should be checked (including the spare tyre) monthly, and before any long trip. With nitrogen inflation, natural pressure loss is less and the interval for adjusting pressures is considerably extended. However, it is naturally still prudent to check your tyre pressures at the recommended intervals and particularly the pressure of any suspect tyre.
Condensation On The Inside Of Wheels Is Drastically Reduced - One of the most common everyday problems we face is corrosion on the inside of steel and alloy rims. This leads to leaking around the rim with corresponding suspicion of a slow puncture.The introduction of nitrogen inside the tyre prevents oxidization which causes a rapid ageing of the tyre and corrosion inside the rim.
The Possibility Of A Blow Out Or Explosion Is Reduced - Nitrogen doesn't heat up like oxygen, the tyre therefore runs cooler and thus reduces the possibility of explosion.
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Panasonic extends industry-leading warranty on solar panels
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NEWARK, N.J., June 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic today announced the expansion of its industry-leading 25-year warranty on solar panels to include labor on all components of the residential solar system, including the monitoring and interconnection hardware and racking system. This builds on the company's recent warranty expansion to cover labor on Enphase microinverters included in Panasonic AC modules.
The decision by Panasonic to move to a full-system labor warranty further demonstrates the company's commitment to provide complete peace of mind to homeowners; by adding the labor coverage, customers have one less step to worry about in the warranty claims process.
The previous arrangement only covered labor for solar panels through authorized and premium installers, while the new, enhanced labor warranty now applies to the the full system. Under the new warranty, Panasonic will alleviate the labor costs associated with servicing valid warranty claims for the solar panel and certain other hardware components if installed with a Panasonic AC module. Such other hardware components are the Enphase microinverter, Enphase Envoy™ communication gateway, Enphase IQ™ Combiner and Unirac racking system.
This new Panasonic "AllGuard™" warranty applies to labor in addition to the product workmanship warranty provided by the equipment manufacturer when installed by a Panasonic authorized, premium or elite installer. Coverage under the AllGuard™ warranty applies to Panasonic solar systems purchased on or after June 16, 2020, and adds an exclusive perk in the suite of value-added tools and warranty offerings available to installers who meet Panasonic's high standard of excellence.
"The AllGuard™ full-system labor warranty ensures homeowners have complete peace-of-mind, while making our valued installers' jobs easier and more efficient," said Mukesh Sethi, Director, Panasonic Life Solutions Company of America. "Panasonic listens closely to customer and installer feedback and is always striving to create products and solutions that meet their needs. The response was so positive from the warranty coverage extension of the Enphase microinverter announced last summer, it became clear that a more comprehensive claims experience is what customers and installers desire across solar system components."
A long-term warranty is only as reliable as the company backing it. Homeowners and installers will have peace-of-mind knowing that labor on the entire system, regardless of the original parts manufacturer, is endorsed by Panasonic's time-tested and proven reliability. Its 25-year warranty is one of the longest in the industry; in addition, it guarantees 91 percent of rated power for solar panels over the term of the warranty, which is higher than other solar modules on the market today. Backed by more than a century of financial stability, 40 years of solar power R&D and testing against rigorous quality standards, Panasonic has a well-earned reputation for unbeatable reliability and performance.
For more information about Panasonic solar technology, please visit https://na.panasonic.com/us/solar.
About Panasonic Corporation of North America
Newark, NJ-based Panasonic Corporation of North America is committed to creating a better life and a better world by enabling its business-to-business customers through innovations in Sustainable Energy, Immersive Entertainment, Integrated Supply Chains and Mobility Solutions. The company is the principal North American subsidiary of Osaka, Japan-based Panasonic Corporation. One of Interbrand's Top 100 Best Global Brands of 2019, Panasonic is a leading technology partner and integrator to businesses, government agencies and consumers across the region. Learn more about Panasonic's ideas and innovations at www.na.panasonic.com/us and @PanasonicUSA on all social media channels.
About Unirac, Inc.
UNIRAC is the leading provider of solar PV installation products and services for residential, commercial and light utility solar installation. With more than 20 years of experience serving global solar markets, UNIRAC products have been installed more than 750,000 times and are helping to provide more than 5 gigawatts of clean, sustainable energy. Proudly headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, UNIRAC offers products that are installed by leading solar contractors worldwide. For more information, visit www.unirac.com, follow @Unirac on Twitter or @UniracSolar on Instagram, or connect on Facebook and LinkedIn.
About Enphase Energy, Inc.
Enphase Energy, a global energy technology company, delivers smart, easy-to-use solutions that manage solar generation, storage and communication on one intelligent platform. The Company revolutionized the solar industry with its microinverter technology and produces a fully integrated solar-plus-storage solution. Enphase has shipped more than 27 million microinverters, and over 1.1 million Enphase systems have been deployed in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit www.enphase.com and follow the company on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Tips For Playing Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
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Final Fantasy Type-0 can be more than a little overwhelming. Between the barrage of proper nouns and 14—fourteen!—playable characters, it'll probably take you some time to get adjusted to the pace of Square's newest role-playing game.
We're here to help. If you want to get the most out of Type-0—which came out today for PS4 and Xbox One—here are some key tips that'll help you get the best out of both combat and exploration. (Check out our review of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD here.)
(Special hat tip to Prima for giving me some tips before I started the game last week.)
Take your damn time
Every time you finish a mission in Type-0, you'll find yourself back at your home base academy with a giant, imposing time-stamp on the bottom right corner of the screen. Don't worry too much about it. Though that timer can be intimidating, it actually only ticks down when you A) talk to people with exclamation points over their heads and B) step outside of town and then come back. The timer won't move at all when you're exploring the map or wandering around.
Although you won't be able to do everything there is to do on a single playthrough, you do have plenty of leeway to explore, fight, and take your time between each main story mission.
Talk to your classmates
As you wander around the world, you'll notice that some people have exclamation points over their heads. Talking to these people will both get you items and knock the mission timer down a couple of hours, which may or may not be worth it, depending how interesting those people are and what they wind up giving you.
One thing to look out for: when the people with exclamation points are your party members, talking to them will often lead to cut-scenes or other interesting side-bits that make for way better conversation than your average NPC. So prioritize talking to Class Zero classmates over everyone else.
Your best friend is the dodge button
Don't bother casting walls or trying to block enemy attacks; the best way to survive in Final Fantasy Type-0 is just to get the hell out of the way. Watch baddies' movement patterns and try to anticipate when they're going to strike, then roll to the side or behind them so they can't hit you. Usually, enemies will be most vulnerable right after they attack, so it's good to get in a rhythm of dodging and then immediately striking.
Don't just spam attacks
When enemies in Final Fantasy Type-0 are vulnerable, you'll see big red or yellow circles appear over their bodies, like this:
Attack an enemy when that circle's up and you'll either do heavy damage (if it's yellow) or instantly kill them (if it's red). This is by far the best way to take down enemies without dying and finish missions as quickly as possible, which gets you better rewards.
Every enemy has a different attack pattern and different vulnerability timing, so you'll have to figure the rhythms out as you go, but one key tip here: If you just mash the attack button, you'll prevent your opponent from ever triggering that vulnerability. Patience can be really useful in this game.
Pick balanced parties
Try to make sure you've got both a healer and a ranged attacker in your party at all times.
Keep some of your favorite characters in reserve
You may be tempted to just whip out your three best characters for every mission, but actually, you're better off keeping track of the Class Zero members you most like playing with, then picking just one of those and keeping the rest in reserve. If you like playing as Ace, Jack, and Queen, for example, you might want to play as Ace with two other party members, so if Ace dies, you can roll back in with Jack or Queen. If you started off with those three, on the other hand, they could all die at once and leave you stuck with inferior options.
One of the most entertaining and lucrative sidequests is also the simplest one: between every mission, go talk to the moogle in Class Zero and take every class he has to offer. The rewards are great.
Save often
You can screw yourself over in Final Fantasy Type-0, losing too many party members just before you're due to take on a big boss, and although you can always abort a mission and try again, it's also a good strategy to keep multiple save files, and save as often as possible.
Try to keep all of your characters leveled and equipped
Yes, this is a lot to ask—you have 14 damn characters. But it's worth taking a few minutes to go through them all, upgrade as many abilities as possible, and give them all decent equipment. You never know when you might go through your whole party on a single mission.
Be careful when asking for support
Before every mission, your moogle buddy will ask if you want to accept help from other cadets—this is generally not a good idea. Those cadets will randomly replace your party members, preventing your troops from gaining experience and leveling up. Though you'll get rewards for doing this, it may also weaken your party considerably.
Seriously, explore the world
If you don't take the time to wander through Type-0's optional towns and caves, talking to everyone and doing the random little activities they've got to offer, you're missing out on half the game, including guys like this:
Feel free to skip the RTS battles
They're honestly kinda dumb.
Get yourself an airship
It's possible to play through all of Type-0 without realizing that you can find and drive your very own airship. Do not make this mistake. When you get to chapter 7, go to the front of the academy and find the quest-giver who offers a mission called Operation Homecoming. It's really easy. Once you've finished that mission and you're in the city of Bazz, go find the person who wants you to kill an Iron Giant in the Silent Keys. When you get to the Silent Keys, kill all the giants and turn on all the engines.
Take some dramamine
You'll need it before you move the camera around.
Don't worry if you miss things along the way
When you finish Final Fantasy Type-0, you can start a new game with your old save file, carrying over all your characters' levels so you can start from the beginning on a higher difficulty setting. This game is built to be played twice. In fact, there are some essential albeit optional plot scenes you'll only see if you play through the game a second time. This is annoying, yes, but hey, at least you don't have to worry if you miss a sidequest or two.
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