For the first time this season the whole family was able to get out for some skiing together, and we were greeted with some fantastic conditions in the Bolton Valley backcountry.
After the good conditions I experienced yesterday on my tour of the Bolton Valley Backcountry Network, I knew today had some great potential depending on how Winter Storm Noah performed. It wouldn't take much to produce some really excellent skiing, and when the numbers finally came in this morning, Bolton Valley was reporting 5 inches of new snow. That was more than enough for the whole family to get together for a tour.
Although it's already mid-February, today was actually the first day of the season that the whole family would have a chance to ski together. It really looked like a beauty though, with close to 10 inches of snow in the past couple of days, temperatures in the upper 20s F, and snow showers giving way to clearing skies in the afternoon. Arriving up at the mountain in the mid-morning timeframe, the resort was really humming with visitors once again. We were able to get a prime parking spot right along the edge of Broadway, geared up, and we were on our way.
Since I'd like what I found on my tour yesterday, I brought E and the boys on a variation of that trip. We headed up to Bryant Cabin, stopped for a quick break among about a dozen other backcountry travelers, and then headed on above Gardiner's Lane as I'd done yesterday. My skin tracks had just about disappeared with all the new snow overnight, but there were just enough vestiges of my passage to allow me to use my old track as a guide.
We descended through a lot of glades I knew well, in addition to a few different lines that we found in our explorations. There were definitely plenty of good crashes in the powder, especially by Ty who seemed to enjoy the crashes as much as any aspect of the tour. The powder was typically 10-12" in depth, with some areas even more, and a few open spots with less if the wind had pushed the snow around.
We stopped in for some lunch at the Bolton Valley Deli & Grocery after the tour, and I got a great shot of Ty grappling with his huge sub. It was great to finally get the whole family out together, and what a day for great ski conditions!
We had some great ski conditions in the area last weekend thanks to a couple of winter storms putting down a solid resurfacing of the slopes. Ty and I hit some beautiful powder on Saturday at Bolton Valley, and the good snow conditions carried right over to our BJAMS ski program session on Sunday at Stowe. Some mixed precipitation moved in as the weekend closed out though, potentially setting up some dicey conditions as temperatures cooled back down during the week. Some new snow would likely be needed to soften up the slopes, but the only real possibility in the forecast was a cold front coming through the area on Friday. It was only expected to drop an inch or two, but true to form, the resorts along the spine of the Northern Greens managed to reel in a solid four inches. A subtle but important aspect of the snow that fell was that it started out dense and wet, then gradually dried out. That held the potential to really bond it to the old snow and actually create a rather soft subsurface that would be great under the new powder. You never know exactly how the layers are going to come together, but the potential definitely piqued my interest enough for a trip to the Bolton Valley Backcountry Network.
We had a morning of blue skies and bright sun, but it was dimming just a bit ahead of incoming Winter Storm Noah as I headed up to the mountain around midday. Arriving up in the Village, there was no doubt that it was President's Day weekend – it took me several minutes to get a parking spot even down by the Sport Center and Nordic area because the lots were just jam packed. Hopefully that's a great sign that the resort is going to have a great weekend of visitors. I can't blame anyone for wanting to get out today though – it was simply spectacular out there with sunshine and temperatures in the upper 20s F.
My first real sign that there might be some great snow on the hill came as soon as I walked to the back of the car to gear up. I'd backed into my parking spot and was pleasantly surprised when I had to remove almost a foot of powder to clear a spot so I could get my ski boots on. The snow had clearly drifted some, but it was obvious that the resort had picked up a good shot of accumulation and I was eager to see what the protected environs of the trees held.
Starting my ascent I generally found about four inches atop the old base, very consistent with what the resort had mentioned in the snow report. It was actually tough to gauge the depth of the new snow at times though, because indeed the new snow had bonded so well to the old snow that it was hard to find the interface. In many areas my pole would simply go down 15 to 20 inches to a previous base layer.
I was inspired to try a couple of new areas on my tour today. First, I ascended up the Bryant Trail, then past Bryant Cabin to Gardiner's Lane. I then ascended up above Gardiner's Lane at an angle until I hit the evergreen line, and then contoured across at that elevation until I reached the North Slope area. I stopped where I could catch a nice line all the way back down to Gardiner's Lane, and got in some great turns. Then, instead of continuing along Gardiner's Lane, I dropped off into one of the glades and skied fresh lines down to the next bench. I contoured on the bench until I found myself entering Gotham City, where I caught a series of various glades back down to Bryant.
Those turns had been so good, and it was such a nice day, that I decided to tack on some more touring. I headed back up Bryant, and ascended back up to the bench near the bottom of A1A. I worked back toward Gotham City and then ascended into some lines above. I finished off my descent heading down Alchemist and back toward the Village for a stop in at the deli for some subs.
The Bolton Valley Deli & Grocery was really hoppin', but I definitely have to give a shout out to Gus and his crew for some great work managing all the holiday visitors. Thanks Gus, the sandwiches were great!
The Northern Greens are definitely back at it now, with Bolton Valley picking up 16 inches in the past few days from Winter Storm Liam and Winter Storm Mateo.
With the combination of Winter Storm Liam and Winter Storm Mateo over the past few days, Bolton Valley is reporting 16 inches of new snow and the ski conditions are taking off. E and Dylan were off to Lake Elmore to do a polar plunge today, but Ty and I headed up to the mountain to make use of all the new powder.
We had snow falling at the house in the morning, and were surprised to see what looked like some brief sleet or rain as we passed through ~1,000' elevation band on the Bolton Valley Access Road, but as we got to the switchbacks below 1,500' near the Timberline Base we were hit with a wall of steady light snow. We arrived at Timberline in the 9:30 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. range when the Timberline Quad was just opening, and had light snow falling with a cloud ceiling around 2,200'.
Winter Storm Liam + Winter Storm Mateo = Let's Go!
We kicked things off with a quick run through Wood's Hole and the Corner Pocket Glades. The powder was good, although you could feel that the freezing level had rise to just about the Timberline base elevations. We found that total snowpack and coverage is OK below 2,000', but those elevations could use one more solid storm to cover up some obstacles that still remain.
We spent time over at the main mountain after that, with a couple of great runs connecting from Hard Luck to Show Off, which hadn't seen much traffic and had excellent snow. The main mountain was well above the freezing level and base depths are plentiful up there. We had a quick break with some slices at Fireside Flatbread, and then we finished off at the main mountain with a trip through the Villager Trees before heading back to Timberline. Eventually we took a lunch break at the Timberline Lodge before we finished off the day skiing over there, and it was definitely disappointing to see that South of Solitude isn't running in the lodge – we were really amped to have some burritos!
There was light snowfall when we first arrived, and it ramped up to moderate intensity at times, but the flakes were fairly small early on. We had a period of heavier snow with big flakes near midday, but snowfall was typically on and off through the day. The freezing line was climbing during the day, and at least based on the temperature's effect on snow surface consistency, I'd say it was around 1,700' around midday, and 2,000' by the time we were leaving near 3:00 P.M.
Overall the skiing is excellent right now as one would expect, but I'd say the biggest improvements have been on piste. The groomed terrain is skiing very nicely. Off piste there has been a nice shot of snow (probably 16 to 18 settled inches above 2,000') from that combination of Winter Storm Liam and Winter Storm Mateo, so there's plenty of powder out there. There really wasn't a lot of champagne to top it off with this last storm, so I can't put it up there with those primo dumps where you get that amazing density gradient of powder, but the powder skiing was still great.
It's nice to have some more typical Northern Greens conditions back in the house. We've got some big flakes falling here at our place this evening, so hopefully we'll get a nice addition for more fun on the slopes tomorrow!
This morning there was a great skin track on Twice as Nice bringing everyone up for turns in all the new snow.
Light snow fell yesterday during the daylight hours while we were at Stowe, but the snowfall intensified after dark and we picked up more substantial amounts of snow in the evening. Knowing that the same thing was going on at the local resorts, it seemed like this morning would be an excellent time to catch some turns in the fresh powder. So, I decided to head up for a quick ski tour at Bolton Valley.
When I'd left the house the temperature was still right around freezing, but by Bolton Flats I hit winds associated with the cold air moving in, and by the time I got up to Timberline the temperature was down around 20 F. I found several cars in the usual parking spots off to the right, and they belonged to various skiers and riders coming and going from trips in the new snow.
On my ascent I found a nice skin track in place on Twice as Nice, and I frequently checked the depths of the powder. Wind had pushed the snow around a bit, but I generally found depths of 5 to 8 inches with spot amounts up to 10 inches near the Timberline Mid Station. I opted for Spell Binder on the descent, and even though the headwall had seen a lot of its snow blow around, the usual spots that hold the snow yielded excellent turns. Throughout the trail, turns were bottomless aside from a few contacts with the subsurface here and there, and I found protected spots with depths of over a foot.
Today yielded some of the best turns in at least a couple of weeks, and it looks like the skiing is only going to get better with another storm predicted for Wednesday.
Snow from our incoming winter storm began in the area this morning, and maintained a steady light intensity through our arrival at Stowe a bit before noontime. After the family had some lunch at the Great Room Grill, everyone gathered up for the afternoon's sessions. With the past couple of week's program sessions having rather stale snow, there was a bit of a buzz in the air with the incoming storm, even if new snow accumulations were still on the minimal side at that point.
Molly was continuing with her snowboarding, so Ty snowboarded as well, while Dylan and I went with Telemark skis. E feels that Molly is progressing really well with her turns, and just needs time on snow, so that's exactly what we gave her. We did several runs off the Meadows Chair, which provided Molly with great terrain for her boarding, and it was an excellent area for Dylan's Telemark practice as well. I drilled him using a technique that he actually invented, which involves skiing all turns in both directions in the same Telemark stance. In this case I made him work on his weaker stance, which is left foot in the back.
We had a good hot chocolate break back in the Great Room Grill before finishing off with a couple of bigger runs off of Sunny Spruce. The snow continued to fall lightly, but ended up adding a couple inches to freshen up surfaces before we left. We only took the occasional quick jaunt into the off piste, but it skied quite nicely with about 6 inches of powder, even down near the base elevations. The snow's been chugging right along this evening at a slightly invigorated pace, so tomorrow should be another excellent day for turns.


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The inaugural PCR Woman of the Year award kicks off on Friday, October 17th – here's our guide to the event including times and location.
A new award ceremony and networking event celebrating leading women in the tech industry, following on from the success of our Top 50 Women in Tech feature earlier this year.
In the feature we highlighted some of the industry's top female professionals from companies across the UK tech and PC industry, including distributors, vendors, retailers and the wider tech landscape.
At the event, one of them will be presented with the debut PCR Woman of the Year award. As well as honoring one particular individual, the day will also provide a valuable forum for peer to peer networking. A buffet lunch and free drinks are included in the ticket price.
Entatech is the headline partner, while Acer and CompTIA are also event partners.
October 17th, 11.30am to 2.30pm. Arrive at 11.30am.
Home House, 20 Portman Square, London W1H 6LW.
Home House is a private members' club in the heart of London, occupying a terrace of Georgian townhouses with 18th Century architecture.
It's a few minutes' walk from the nearest tube station, Marble Arch, which is on the London Underground's Central Line. Bond Street is also close by on the Central and Jubilee Lines.
Yes. The event is open to men as well as women in the PC/tech industry.
Yes. You can book your place easily online here. Tickets are just £59 (plus VAT) per person and are open to everyone. Included is a buffet lunch and free drinks.
As long as you buy the e-ticket before the event starts, this will get you in on the day.
For any questions at all, contact Andrew.Wooden@intentmedia.co.uk.


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First 11 startups in Black Founders Network program introduced at U of T event
Professor Rhonda McEwen, a member of the Black Founders Network leadership council, speaks during a recent kick-off event at ONRamp for the BFN Accelerate program (photo by Duane Cole)
The inaugural cohort of a University of Toronto program to support Black entrepreneurs was introduced last week at an in-person event on the St. George campus.
The kick-off event – hosted by the Black Founders Network (BFN) and U of T Entrepreneurship – welcomed 11 early-stage startups to BFN Accelerate, a three-month, cohort-based accelerator that's open to companies from the U of T community with at least one Black-identifying founder.
It was the first large scale event in more than two years to be hosted at ONRamp, the university's co-working and collaboration space for startups.
"Selecting the cohort was difficult, with many exciting startups being built in our community," said Efosa Obano, program manager of the Black Founders Network.
"It will hopefully be the first of many, and we are really inspired by this special group. We are also grateful to the BFN community of mentors, advisers and investors who will be helping us take them to the next level."
The Black Founders Network, introduced by U of T Entrepreneurship last fall, aims to celebrate Black excellence in entrepreneurship and is built on a foundation of community support and allyship. Its mission is to create a community of Black entrepreneurs at all stages of their journey – from ideation to scaleup – and support them as they launch, fund and scale impactful businesses.
BFN Accelerate is the first of the network's three main pillars (Core, Accelerate and Scale) to be set in motion.
From left to right: Anu Oladele, Rae Massop and Bimpe Ayeni (photos by Duane Cole)
"This is a major step forward in our execution of the Black Founders Network – part of a larger institutional response to the recommendations in the Anti-Black Racism Taskforce's final report," said Jon French, director of U of T Entrepreneurship.
The inaugural 2022 BFN Accelerate cohort comprises a variety of early-stage companies bringing innovative solutions to industries ranging from clean tech and drug discovery to beauty and wellness.
Led by U of T alumnus Anu Oladele, AfterData AI enables organizations to better understand their own data by helping them to access, connect and explore existing data sets in easy and interactive ways. Oladele, who completed his master's degree in information systems at U of T, worked in data architecture and enterprise information management for a decade before launching his company.
Another startup in the cohort, Aworie Health, was founded by U of T alumna and social entrepreneur Rae Massop, who holds a master's degree in social work from the university. Her company provides convenient, affordable, and accessible mental health services for marginalized Canadians.
Dr. Bimpe Ayeni, a board-certified plastic surgeon and U of T lecturer in the department of surgery in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, founded Blair + Jack with her husband Ade Ajayi. The skincare startup, which formulates its products to address common skincare problems experienced by men, aims to simplify the process of having physician-formulated skincare delivered without a prescription.
"I didn't understand the magnitude of this program until seeing everything that happened at last week's launch event: brilliant people, solid networks, generous humans. I'm thankful to the BFN community for making all of this happen," said Ayeni.
Over the next three months, Oladele, Massop, Ayeni and their eight fellow cohort members will undergo a first-of-its-kind program that is tailored to the lived experience of the most successful Black entrepreneurs. The key outcomes of which include increased effectiveness of each startup in meeting their customers' needs, a boost in user growth, more revenue generation and new key-value chain partnerships.
The BFN Accelerate Selection Committee from left to right: Jon French, Elsie Amoako, Craig Wellington, Efosa Obano, Gwyn Chapman and Ruth Mengitsu (photo courtesy of Efosa Obano)
Designed to complement other accelerator programs and opportunities within the U of T Entrepreneurship community across the three campuses, BFN Accelerate provides Black-led startups with access to a network of peers and mentors, resources, education and support with venture funding.
More than 70 Black-led startups were part of the initial applicant pool, which included a competitive selection process featuring in-person presentation and interviews led by the BFN selection committee. In the end, 11 successful applicants were chosen to join the inaugural cohort with a commitment from the larger BFN community to support all applicants however possible.
The launch event, which doubled as the orientation session for the cohort, concluded when founders presented their business pitches to an audience of BFN supporters, investors, community partners and mentors.
The three-month program will culminate with a Venture Demo Day in the fall when the 11 startups will share their progress and pitch once again to an audience of investors, business leaders and university leaders.
Rhonda McEwen, the outgoing U of T Mississauga vice-principal, academic and dean who was recently appointed president and vice-chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto, is a member of the leadership council which governs the BFN.
She shared words of encouragement and support to the cohort after they showcased their businesses.
"It is an honour to serve on the inaugural BFN Leadership Council, along with UTSC Principal Wisdom Tettey," McEwen said at the event. "As you begin your journeys through BFN Accelerate, you will have the highest levels of leadership at the university doing our best to support you."
View the 2022 BFN Accelerate cohort
Alyson Bruce
Black Founders NetworkTemerty Faculty of MedicineAlumniEntrepreneneurshipStartupsU of T Mississauga


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Spot Light Post- Dead Remnants by Armarna Forbes
Welcome to the afterlife of Denver—where phantom buffalo roam and ghost factions wage war.
Seventeen-year-old Ashen Deming is dead, but she can't move on. Not with the soul of her best friend on the line. He is stuck in a horrific curse—a curse no spirit knows how to break.
Ashen is determined to find a cure, but at every turn opposing factions try to snatch her for themselves. As the menacing specters close in, a new threat is exposed—one that looms over the dead and the living—and Ashen and her posse of ghosts have one brief chance to stop them. If they fail, the entire world will be lost to darkness forever.
But Ashen's time is running out. If she doesn't cross over soon, she will be damned to roam the haunted city for eternity.
Dead Remnants is a YA urban fantasy, filled with dark humor and spliced with historical flashback stories, revealing real ghosts of America's ugly past. Perfect for older teens and fans of JOSS WHEDON, NEIL GAIMAN, STEPHEN KING, and GUILLERMO DEL TORO.
Excerpt from Dead Remnants, Chapter 5 :
"But why am I dead? Why am I on fire? What did you do to me, cowboy?"
He raised his hand defensively. "Hold your dang horses a minute. First off, let's get your circumstances square. I didn't do a thing to you. I didn't kill you. Heck, that's just an unfortunate event that occurs on the daily. And you ain't special `cause you're dead, Little Missy. Everybody dies. You're like all the other bags of bones on this rotating ball of mud."
Macajah tugged down on the brim of his Stetson and continued. "Secondly, I'm none too fond of being referred to as 'cowboy.' It's disrespectful. Tends to vex me something terrible. Granted, when you modern folks lay eyes on me, I reckon that's what you see. But back in my day, most Easterners confused that with being a rustler, which meant a man was a horse thief. As I'm a gentleman and no horse thief, I would be much obliged if you'd call me Cage or Macajah. Or even the formal Mister Sloan."
Ashen scowled. She crossed her arms in dramatic indignation, spun around, and stomped back to the curb. The cowboy followed, punctuating the tongue-lashing he had given her by roughly smoothing imaginary wrinkles from his duster. Ashen's thoughts flitted to her short life. How she'd never go to college, get married, and have children. How she'd never have the chance to become a better mother than her own. How she would never know what it felt like to fall in love.
She hung her head, blinking fast to fight back the tears. In the end, the tears won, spilling out to form fat splatters on the concrete. Macajah looked up from his preening to catch her quickly dab at her eyes. His gaze met hers and the hard edges of his face softened.
"I know this whole affair of dying makes you all-overish and downright afraid," he said. "I can assure you, it'll pass."
The cowboy's words punched her in the gut. Hot tears streamed down her cheeks and she crumpled to her knees in the gutter. A group of the living walked through her as she sobbed. With each passing polychromatic soul, she could see her own body flutter, the tiny fragments of herself folding into uncoordinated loops.
"I can't be dead."
Groaning, Macajah sat on the curb next to her. "I wish that were true, Missy. I really do."
Why did I write this?:
Primarily, I wrote this to teach teens about pieces of American history without them realizing they were learning about American history. I wanted to explore certain events that aren't often discussed or taught in public schools, and I found weaving these stories into an immersive dark fantasy setting worked incredibly well. Each of these ghost characters have a story to tell. Each want to be heard. Each want to be remembered, and I want others to remember them as well.
Also, it was just a lot of fun to write. The world-building, the mythos, the characters, the different dialects, the kind of campy dark humor--there's a lot of "me" in those pages.
Where did the idea come from?:
I've always had a love for history and particularly, extraordinary people in history. Folks who, against all odds, achieved the extraordinary.
About 12 or so years ago, the cowboy character, Macajah, started talking to me. At first, it was a line here and there until eventually, he just wouldn't shut up until I started to write things down. I wrote a few chapters, but never felt ready to actually write the entire thing. A year or so after I moved from Colorado to Scotland, I finally felt ready, and after a lot of research and interviews and documentaries, the story was written.
What inspired me?:
There is an old tabletop role-playing game called, "Deadlands" that definitely inspired some of the mood throughout the book. Also, one of my all-time favorite shows, Dead Like Me.
Beyond that, writers like Stephen King, Neil Gaiman and movie/show directors like Guillermo del Toro and Joss Whedon were hugely influential--pretty much anything edging the dark side with an ensemble cast.
Author website: armarnaforbes.com
Amazon: mybook.to/DeadRemnants
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46751025-dead-remnants?from_search=true
Twitter: @armarnaforbes


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2019 is in full swing and we're in the midst of our first new update of the year! The Not Yet Spring Cleaning mini-event brings a new prize track to Springfield, one full of buildings and a new character! For ease I thought I'd break the prizes down into two posts, one for the buildings and one just for Alice Glick and her animated task.
Remember, this event is designed to follow a series of tasks via the questline to unlock prizes. For each of the parts of the Mystery of the Brown House questline, you'll have to earn via various character tasks in order to unlock the prize for that part.
Make Milhouse Investigate Ominous Voice- 4hrs.
Squeaky Voice Teen: I hate cleaning for Ms. Glick! She expects perfection. This mop is terrible!
Willie: Hey! She may be old and useless, but she's got a good heart! One magical evening, after too much whisky, she even taught me to dance.
Squeaky Voice Teen: Wow, I never knew you and Ms. Glick were a thing.
Willie: Me and Ms. Glick? I was talking about the mop!
Squeaky Voice Teen: Oh, that's… less weird?
Alice Glick: Wow, you guys did an amazing job cleaning up.
Willie: It was a labor of love.
Alice Glick: I have one more job: can you guys fix my water heater?
Willie: Is that an adjustable pipe wrench with a soft rubber handle?
What Does it Do?: Building for Springfield, earns cash and XP. Has a permanent (4hr) task for Marge, take a Night Class.
Marge: With the kids playing after-school hockey, and Homer drinking after-work hooch, I don't know what to do with my nights.
Apu: You could borrow my bulletproof vest and work the graveyard shift at the Kwik-E-Mart.
Fat Tony: You could launder some… "clothes" for me. The clothes are filled with illegally obtained money.
Marge: I didn't know so many Springfielders were interested in furthering their education.
Helen Lovejoy: I'm just here because I wasn't getting enough gossip at church.
Gil: I come for the indoor heating.
Otto: I'm here because the textbook pages make great rolling papers.
Marge: Ah, home sweet home. What will I do first.
Marge: Oh, right. Take care of my infant child.
What Does it Do?: Building for Springfield, earns cash and XP. Permanent tasks for Lisa, Alice, and Lewis. Animated when in use.
Nelson: Man, my fastball is on fire today. I've thrown rocks through six of the Brown House's windows!
Lisa: Stop it, Nelson! How would you like it if I threw stuff at you?
Nelson: I'd like it a lot. It'd mean someone was paying attention to me.
Lisa: Aw, Nelson. Come on, I'll help you fix the windows.
Master Brown House: No. *sniffs* Don't worry about me. Just work on fixing yourself, little boy.
Nelson: Heh-heh, my crippling loneliness pays off again!
Lisa: What's the matter, Mr. Brown House? You seem down.
Master Brown House:My floor boards are really creaking today. I think I may be… haunted.
Lisa: There's no such thing as ghosts.
Lisa: I'm sure there's a logical explanation. But just in case, I have a how-to book on performing exorcisms. It's called "The Power of Advice Compels You".
Master Brown House: The exorcism worked! The ghost is gone!
Lisa: It wasn't a ghost, it was Nelson squatting in your house.
And that's it my friends, the details on the buildings from the Not Yet Spring Cleaning prize track!
For now, what are your thoughts on the buildings? Where have you placed them in your town? Sound off below, you know we love hearing from you!
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At first, I thought that none of the prize buildings would have any tasks with them but I was surprised that they all have tasks with them though Springfield University is a bit underused since it only has a task for Marge. I like that EA gave Alice Glick some tasks at her house and one at the Original Brown House. I'm planning on placing Ms. Glick's House and the Original Brown House in my residential area which I finished just before the Christmas event started. I'm thinking of placing Springfield U with the prep school since they have a similar design to each other and adding some Maple and Willow trees with them both.
Am I crazy but shouldn't this mini event have been saved for a precursor to Halloween? Haunted house that devours kids souls to keep nana alive forever?
I keep getting 99 totals before I get the next prize meaning I only need 1 more candy. I have to wait 4 hours for that one or use 2 donuts… I'm slow too. Only at the second prize.
I didn't get the fifth prize even if I completed everything. Anyone else had the same problem?
The fifth prize is not an item but it unlocks a visual 8 hour task for Alice Glick "Have a Knitting Circle". You should have a questline for Alice Glick start after you got the fifth prize and you should've seen a screen pop up similar to the one that appeared at the start of the main event's questline.
Finished the event this afternoon, along with lvls 57-59. Finished lvl 60 months ago because it popped up somewhere around lvl 20. I have finished all the levels now, thanks to the Addicts level guides (in times when levels would get stuck midway through). Woohoo!
LOVE this event! I've finished it already but absolutely A1 in my opinion. Love the buildings and the Golden Goose 😍 Thank you EA. Totally awesome.
Did anyone get their Xmas tree farm back??
I loved this event! The prizes were great and so was the story! Now to "patiently" KEM farm until next Wednesday.


1.	Before applying Aldara, wash your hands and treatment area with mild soap and water and allow it to dry thoroughly. If you are using Aldara pump remove the protective cap and prime several times until cream appears at the nozzle. Alternatively, open a sachet of Aldara and squeeze some cream onto your fingertip.
2.	Apply a thin layer of Aldara cream onto the treatment area and rub it gently into the skin until the cream vanishes. For sBCC lesions enough cream should be applied to cover the lesion and about 1cm of surrounding skin.
3.	If using the pump, replace the protective cap back on the pump after application of the cream. Carefully store where children cannot reach it. Wash your hands with mild soap and water. If using the sachet after application of the cream, carefully dispose of the unused Aldara cream in the sachet where children cannot reach it.
4.	Leave Aldara cream on the affected area for 6 to 10 hours. Do not shower or bathe during this time.
5.	After 6-10 hours, the area where Aldara cream was applied should be washed with mild soap and water.


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Research Reports/
Shifts in space and self: Moving from community to university
Sarah O'Shea (University of Wollongong), Erica Southgate (University of Newcastle), Ann Jardine (University of New South Wales), Shamus Smith, (University of Newcastle) and Janine Delahunty, (University of Wollongong)
University enrolments have grown at an unprecedented rate over the last decade and this participation is only set to increase (Kemp & Norton, 2014; Universities Australia, 2015). However, rates of completion during the same period have remained relatively static, and the numbers of students who depart university remains significant, consistently hovering between 15–18 per cent of the total Australian student population (Higher Education Standards Panel, 2018). Disproportionate numbers of these early leavers are from rural and remote areas, so exploring how regional and remote learners consider their post-schooling futures can provide some insight into the fundamental issues behind this attrition.
In addressing the rates of attrition from university, a better understanding of the 'lived experiences' of learners is required (West, 1996; O'Shea, 2007, 2014). This research project employed a digital storytelling methodology to foreground the cognitive, affective and embodied nature of this university experience (O'Shea, Harwood, Kervin, & Humphry, 2013). For students from regional and remote regions the movement into higher education requires not only a geographic shift but also changes to both identity and relationships (Holt, 2008). Drawing upon a combination of interviews, focus groups and also digital storytelling, this project sought to deeply investigate two key areas. The first relates to how young people from rural and remote areas contemplate post-schooling options and the second area of exploration was the subjective experience of both considering and actually moving into the university space.
Our research points to the deeply embodied nature of this shift and how young people themselves reconcile the changes and adaptations such movements require. Interviews and focus groups complemented the digital stories, which enabled participants to narrate their own experiences incorporating a range of media including oral, written and pictorial representation. This audio-visual genre is produced via accessible software and in a diversity of formats ranging from voice-over PowerPoint photos to edited videos, interview style (iMovie) to light-weight animations with voice-overs.
This project was guided by three interrelated questions:
How do young regional/remote people articulate their movement into the university environment and the roles of their community/family in this process?
How do these young people understand themselves as university learners and how do these perceptions evolve throughout the first year of study?
How do members of regional/remote communities articulate the influences or impacts brought by these young people back to their communities of origin?
This was a three-staged study, and each of the questions was addressed through discrete activities associated with each stage:
Stage 1: Digital storytelling workshops were offered to commencing Year 11 students as part of the ASPIRE regional outreach program, seven high schools agreed to be involved. These digital storytelling workshops were themed as "ASPIRing for my/our future" and each session encouraged Year 11 participants to consider their plans post Year 12. A total of 26 digital stories were created and these were complemented by interviews with the young people and focus groups with their teachers in order to deeply explore how participants considered movements beyond high school and how this impacted the general community.
Stage 2: The next stage of the project involved current university students in the design, scripting and production of one digital story. These stories were complemented by blog entries that explored the following themes: i) arriving at university and being a student; ii) moving between university and community, and iii) reflecting on the first year.
Stage 3: The final stage of the project involved in-depth analysis of the stories including textual analysis of the scripts. In order to do justice to the multiplicity of perspectives and open up the analytic possibilities, each of the stories was examined in a multi-variegated way. This process began with the naming and categorisation of the visual data and scripts to create thematic codes using interpretivist frameworks. The analysis explored how students convey their experiences of moving between the university and their community.
The summary findings from this study are detailed below:
The very embodied nature of this movement away from the community and the ways in which this was conceived by young people in terms of 'hardship' or difficulty rather than being a positive rite of passage.
The complexity of transitions between the homeplace and the world that exists beyond the confines of rural community settings, these transitions were not only defined by geography but also, defined in terms of relationships and identity formation.
Perceptions amongst young regional people that university was not necessarily for "people like them"; a sense that attending higher education was an "exceptional" rather than an "expected" life course trajectory.
The ways in which the desire to "give back" to the community informed post schooling decisions about attending university and also, what to study.
Access the full report: Shifts in space and self: Moving from community to university.
Posted 9 September 2019 By ncsehe
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The Peter Sutherland Sr. Generating Station (GS) is now producing clean, reliable, low-cost electricity. The project, which is a partnership between Taykwa Tagamou Nation (TTN) and OPG, was completed on March 31, 2017 – safely, on budget and ahead of schedule.
Located at New Post Creek, which is about 75 km north of Smooth Rock Falls, the two unit station will provide 28 megawatts of renewable, low-cost and reliable electricity to the provincial grid, enough to power 28,000 homes.
Water flowing down New Post Creek will be used to generate electricity, while the remaining water will continue to flow over the falls to maintain the original beauty of the falls.
Peter Sutherland Sr. GS is named after a respected community elder.
The Peter Sutherland Sr. Generating Station project was assessed under the provincial Environmental Assessment (EA) Act, and was subject to the Class EA for Waterpower Projects as a new project on a managed waterway.
Learn more about how OPG's partnership with Taykwa Tagamou Nation creates employment and training opportunities.


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Little Black Book Fashion
Isabella Day Goldsmith
After a special ring, my precious? Isabella Day is a real old-fashioned goldsmith making contemporary treasure inspired by Nature, myth and folklore.
If you love quality handcrafted jewellery, made from scratch, you've come to the right place. Isabella Day is more than a jeweller, she's an artisan goldsmith of 15 years experience, who makes her own gold alloys and expertly works them into beautiful solid gold jewellery, all in her inimitable textural style which has earned her fans globally.
Unlike a jeweller, who buys in bullion from jewellery maker supply stores, a goldsmith takes fine gold direct from the dealers, mixes it with other metals, such as silver and palladium and melts them together to alloy them to their own special recipes – so you really can't get more bespoke. She's also really knowledgable about folklore and myth, which she weaves into her work, add meaning and definitely a hint of magic.
Isabella's favourite work is creating one-of-a-kind bespoke wedding and engagement rings or remarkable fine jewellery pieces, which tell her clients story, sometimes using their gold with sentimental value to remodel it in a more flattering and personal style. For anyone wanting to avoid a surprise engagement-ring that's too big or small, she makes a unique charm engraved with the Ango Saxon words 'Wedda me', then you can go to her studio for a celebratory glass of champers to discuss what you want for the ring.
Her partner, Ford Hallam is also a master goldsmith of 40 years and the world's leading expert in Japanese metal-smithing, and together they make films about the craft. She's an expert in something called Japanese kinko which gives her designs its intricate textures and patterns. You can see it in the detail – hours and hours of work right there.
Isabella has racked up loads of cred in the jewellery world and she's just found out she's been selected for the 2022 F: Entrepreneur's top 100 female entrepreneurs campaign. She's also collaborated on special projects with Not on the High Street, won the National Association of Jewellers competition to design a charm for Childline and has featured on Radio 4 You & Yours in a special edition about remodelling old jewellery.
And exciting things are a foot for Isabella and Ford in 2022 – they're opening a shop, The Remarkable Goldsmiths, on Foss Street in Dartmouth. It's currently planned for March, but don't worry we'll be sure to let you know when it's open.
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Q: How to read & write first line of text file in C#? I need to write first line of a text file, which is a name of the company while the other 3 lines is information (described in class).
I have a text file like this:
Turistines keliones;
Poilsine; 7; Italija; 500; Atostogauti;
Pazintine; 5; Cekija; 200; Pamatyti;
Turistine; 4; Kroatija; 350; Ivairiai;

I have written this and I don't know how to write the name.
static void SpausdintiKeliones(string fv, List<Firma1> _firmosKeliones)
    {
        using (var fr = new StreamWriter(File.Open(fv, FileMode.Append), Encoding.GetEncoding(1257)))
        {
            fr.WriteLine("| Nr. | Keliones tipas | Keliones trukme (dienomis) |  Vietove  | Kaina (eurais) | Keliones aprasymas |");
            for (int i = 0; i < _firmosKeliones.Count; i++)
            {
                Firma1 kelione = _firmosKeliones[i];
                fr.WriteLine("|{0, 4} {1}", i + 1, kelione);
            }
            fr.WriteLine("");
        }
    }

A: You are adding the blank line inside your method.
Consider removing the line:
fr.WriteLine("");

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Ray Borg Knows he "Opened a Lot of Eyes" in Memorable, UFC on FOX 11 Debut
Ray Borg (photo via UFC.com)
By Kelsey Mowatt
Although Ray Borg lost his Octagon debut, and experienced defeat for the first time in his MMA career, the flyweight did nothing but impress at UFC on FOX 11. Borg stepped up on short notice to face Dustin Ortiz at the recent event, and battled the promotion's #13th ranked flyweight to a split decision loss. If fans weren't aware of Borg heading into the card, there's a good chance they are now.
"You know man it was a great experience and I fought a tough guy," Borg noted on a recent episode of Full Contact Fighter Radio. "Mentally it put me in a good spot, because it made me realize that I can compete with the highest level flyweights, and, you know, honestly in my opinion I thought I won the fight. Sometimes it's not what you think; it's the judges that make the call and that's what they're going to stick by."
After the action filled bout, which featured plenty of entertaining scrambles and exchanges, two of three judges scored the fight 29-28 for Ortiz.
"Even though I thought I won the fight, I can't really sit here and mope about it," said Borg, who just two weeks before fighting Ortiz, tapped out Nick Urso while competing for Legacy Fighting Championship. "I just have to get in there, work harder to make sure that this doesn't happen again."
Borg (photo via Getty Images/ZUFFA)
Borg was booked to fight Ortiz after the latter's original opponent, Alptekin Ozkillic, was forced to withdraw due to injury. After the bout, Ortiz conceded that fighting Borg had been a "huge risk", since the FIT NHB fighter is a newcomer to the organization. In other words, Borg was in somewhat of a win-win situation, since few people were picking him to defeat the top ranked flyweight.
"I definitely agree; I opened up a lot of eyes," stated Borg, while discussing the notion that he had less to lose at UFC on FOX 11. "I hadn't had a full training camp leading into that fight, only because I had fought previously two weeks before that, but really, I didn't know much about Dustin Ortiz. I took the fight on two weeks notice and competed very well with him, and in some people's eyes, beat him. So it was very big opportunity to be able to go in there and compete with the highest level flyweights."
"I even told my trainer that it was a little difficult for me to get into fight mode, because it was just so hard to grasp the concept that this was actually happening," Borg furthered. "It was totally mind boggling for me to realize that I had only been fighting for two years, and finally, made it in the UFC. Although I'm really young, I've made a lot of sacrifices and had a lot of struggles to get here."
Borg made his pro debut in August, 2012, after going undefeated in four amateur fights while competing for King of the Cage. Now, seven years later after he began training at the age of 13, Borg has become one of the UFC's youngest fighters.
"I definitely feel like I'm in the wave of next generation fighters," said Borg, who has been booked to fight Ryan Benoit at the UFC's June 28th Fight Night card in San Antonio. "It's cool being part of the next generation, because one thing I really love is to be a role model for kids. I live a very clean lifestyle, and I have a little brother who looks up to me…I like to show kids a young age that I'm only 20 years old, and you can be where I'm at if you work hard."
Tags: Dustin Ortiz, Ray Borg, UFC, UFC on FOX 11
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The ceos of hsinchu science park
Yu Shing Chang, Tyng Ruu Lin, Hsiao Cheng Yu, Shih-Chi Chang
The San Jose Mercury News surveyed the educational background of the CEOs from the top 150 public companies in California's Silicon Valley in November 2007. The data was compared to the CEOs of Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Taiwan's high-tech center. The number of CEOs holding graduate degrees in the HSP and in Silicon Valley were close, 65% in Silicon Valley and 71% in the HSP. Among the HSP CEOs with graduate degrees, 38% obtained those degrees from foreign universities, mostly in the United States. But only 17% of Silicon Valley CEOs obtained their technical education abroad. In regard to work experience, 34% of HSP CEOs had prior work experience with foreign companies, most of them being multinational corporations in the United States. Sixty percent of the HSP CEOs are alumni from one of the top four universities in Taiwan, while 25% of Silicon Valley CEOs earned their undergraduate or graduate degrees from California universities.
Research Technology Management
https://doi.org/10.1080/08956308.2009.11657595
Science parks
Chang, Y. S., Lin, T. R., Yu, H. C., & Chang, S-C. (2009). The ceos of hsinchu science park. Research Technology Management, 52(6), 12-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/08956308.2009.11657595
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Girls Girls Girl
Scott has been on a hunting trip since Wednesday. He's thankfully home now. We always miss him when he's gone. My girls were so interested when he was packing all of his hunting gear. Harper really wanted to go with him. They sure look cute in camo but being quiet and still for hours in the cold woods? Probably never going to happen. ha!
Since Scott was gone I decided it would be a good weekend to keep my friend Jenn's girls and have a sleep over. She has been going through cancer and I think her mom has had her hands full helping her so I wanted to give them both a break! Plus my girls love having their friends over. We kept busy with lots of craft projects, movies, playing outside and just having fun.
We wore our fall clothes for church this morning. It was pastor appreciation day this morning at church which I loved because we have the BEST church staff. I love all of our pastors and their wives so much. We are so fortunate to have such great leadership. This month is pastor appreciation month. If you are active at a church - be sure and send them a note and encourage them. People in ministry need it!
You and Me plus Hudson is Three
When God's "No" Leads to the Best "Yes"
And Sophia Makes Three!
Fairies and not so pleasant bike rides...
Our Witness
Celebrating a life well lived
Glorious Restoration
Remembering Our First Two Years
Jenna's Journey
Teppan Edo: An Epcot Restaurant Review
The Sparacino Chronicles
Well, hello
Sunglasses & Sippy Cups
The Scarbrough Family
Cast Off Vacation
Slone Adventures
Binns Back Yard
Craft Time, Concerts, and Construction Begins!
Family of Four
The Loves of Jenn
Dance recital 2014
I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills...
Celebrate Arkansas Magazine
Big Mama
BooMama
Lots of Scotts
Small Words | Blog
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The Boyd Girls...
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Life in the Green House
a-n-n-a-l-e-e
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Trailing of Sheep Festival Attracts Record Setting Crowds
Judy Wampler took her best wool hat out of mothballs for Saturday's Sheep Folk Fair.
They moved food vendors to free up more room in Roberta McKercher Park. But, still, the park was elbow to elbow with sheep seekers who'd come from as far away as United Kingdom and Poland when it came time for the annual Sheep Folk Fair on Saturday.
And chairs of spectators watching the Sheep Dog Trials were stacked six deep, according to Sun Valley artist Lisa Holley.
"It used to be you could cruise in and plop your chair down," she said.
Peruvian dancers took part in Saturday's Sheep Folk Fair.
Look for a Sheep Jam on Ketchum's Main Street today as 1,500 struttin' mutton move through town in front of thousands of spectators from as far away as the United Kingdom and Poland.
The sheep will be preceded by a bagpipe band and Basque and Peruvian dancers and a few sheep wagons .
Cindy and Gary Braun will play cowboy tunes from 10 a.m. to noon on Irving's Hill at 4th and Main Streets. And Gator Nation will perform from 1 to 3 p.m. in partnership with Sun Valley Jazz & Music Festival.
Other things on tap to conclude the 22nd annual Trailing of the Sheep Folk Festival:
Peruvian children watch the Black Sheep perform.
8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sheep Dog Trials conclude in Quigley Canyon
9-11:30 a.m. Sheep Photography Outing leaving from Ketchum Post Office at 151 4th St. in Ketchum. Free.
10 a.m.-2 p.m. There will be sheep art and crafts in the Ketchum Town Square.
Noon--Trailing of the Sheep Parade commences with 1,500 struttin' mutton on Ketchum's Main Street. Wood River Sustainability Center will have lamb eats for sale at Irving's Hill.
Mary Jones of The Chocolate Moose brought out plenty of sheep goodies for ewe and me.
2 p.m.—Flat Top Sheep Rancher John Peavey who founded the Trailing of the Sheep Festival with his wife Diane Josephy Peavey, will conclude this year's festival with a Sheepherder Hike viewing sheepherder carvings on aspen trees. Those wishing to take part may meet at the Ketchum Forest Service Park at First and Washington Streets at 2 p.m. Participants can take a bus ride to the canyon north of Ketchum for $10 or they may follow in car.
A representative of Montana Wool Lab shows off a machine she can take on a sheep ranch to determine the fineness, length, color and uniformity of a ewe's fiber. "We even have wool so soft it can be made into underwear," she said.


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Islington Gazette > Things to do
Australian pop opera star Kate Miller-Heidke is happy to be free of labels
Published: 2:54 PM May 7, 2015 Updated: 8:02 PM October 15, 2020
Kate Miller-Heidke. Picture: Jo Duck - Credit: Archant
Ahead of her show at Union Chapel, the singer tells Alex Bellotti why she's part of a mini musical revolution.
With a kooky aesthetic, a platinum record under her belt and the weight of Sony Records behind her, Australian musician Kate Miller-Heidke had every tool to break the international music charts.
When it came to recording her fourth album, O Vertigo, however, she had a change of heart. Ditching Sony, the opera and pop star asked her fans to fund it, choosing artistic freedom over commercial gain.
Mixing folk balladry, melodic synth pop and her distinctive, acrobatic vocals, the record has been lauded as her best yet, so when she brings it to the Union Chapel on Saturday, will she feel the brave decision has paid off?
"I wish I could take credit for that but it didn't really feel brave, it just felt absolutely necessary. I guess I just embraced the idea of being a niche artist," says the 33-year-old.
"Obviously being on a major label comes with lots of bonuses – they'll probably get you played more on television and radio – but at the same time it can be hard working within such a large mechanism to do cool, interesting things."
Having initially studied as a classical singer in her hometown Brisbane, the singer has also lent her hand to a series of operas; last year's The Rabbits at Perth festival and a forthcoming show based on Borges' The Book of Fantasy are just two illustrations of the modern, crossover style she favours. "As a solo artist, it can get lonely sometimes so it's nice to work with other people," she says, but believes there is something special about opera that's attracting young people.
"The word opera – people have so many associations with it that aren't necessarily true. Nobody's out there trying to make more commercial operas – or maybe they are, but I don't find that very interesting myself.
"There are a lot of cool young people rejuvenating the genre, not from any sense of obligation or duty but because it's a really intoxicating, distinct art form. It's a kind of mini revolution."
The artist isn't sure what Saturday's set will consist of, but seems to be embracing her newfound freedom on the stage as much as in the studio.
"There are no rules now," she says. "Maybe it's got something to do with the breakdown of the whole system that was so firmly centred around making albums. Now it's much more everything goes."
Kate Miller-Heidke plays Union Chapel on Saturday. Visit unionchapel.org.uk


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Concepts from Future Past: 1983 Lincoln Quicksilver by Ghia
April 29th, 2020 by Paul Strauss
I've often said that the 1980s and 1990s were the worst decades for automotive design and performance. So many of the cars produced in that era were either boring boxes or bubbly blobs, often with anemic drivetrains. While I'm not certain that the styling of the 1983 Lincoln Quicksilver concept qualifies as "good," it certainly scored points for being interesting.
Built in collaboration with famed Italian design house and coachbuilder Carrozzeria Ghia, the Quicksilver was somewhere between a stretched hatchback and a station wagon. It had a ridiculously long wheelbase and low, teardrop-shaped roofline that was designed to minimize drag, and seated five passengers.
The car wasn't just a showpiece – it actually was built to be driveable. Oddly enough, its chassis came from a mid-engined two-door sports coupe known as the AC 3000ME, stretched like a limousine by about 11 inches. Its Ford-sourced 2.8-liter Cologne V6 engine sits transversely behind the second row of seats, which I imagine significantly reduced rear cargo capacity. On the other hand, its frunk offered plenty of space up front.
The concept first turned up at the 1983 Geneva Auto Show, and eventually made its way into the hands of private collectors. This unusual car last turned up for sale at a 2014 Mecum auction, where it ultimately fetched just $27,000 – which is a paltry sum for a driveable, one-of-a-kind prototype car from a major automaker.
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Working in many aspects of behavioral health, I've developed different approaches suit to the many different kinds of people I've worked with here and abroad. Behavioral Health runs in my blood. I grew up with a mother who worked as an investigative Social worker. From a very young age, I learned how important is for a person to have some listen to them and be there.
After I had graduated from my Bachelor program, I joined the Peace Corp to help bring HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) awareness to parts of the world where it was lacking. Three different times, three different parts of Africa and it was a wonderful and eye-opening experience. In Las Cruces, I work with a Head Start Program that supports at-risk youth and learned the importance of early intervention.
Since school, I have learned valuable skills such as; EDMR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprogramming), and DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy). Working as a case manager has broadened my knowledge of mental health guidelines. It also helped me to increased my organizational skills. Working with kids through adults of all ages the techniques I've developed are essential to me and my clients. I'm blessed to be able to share my knowledge with my clients and work towards a better quality of life for all involved.
Behavioral Support Consulting is a fulfilling career where I not only get to interact with the client but also with many caregivers in different settings. Being a BSC allows me to make sure care methods are consistent for the client from home to work to community activities.


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Q: Electronic Controller Unit (ECU) Vs. MCU Isn't the Electronic Controller Unit (which are used in automotive applications) a Microcontroller it self?
What is the difference between them in architectural point of view?

A: A Microcontroller is an integrated circuit (IC) that is usually a system on chip (SOC) meaning its processor core, memory and IO are all inside one discrete package. Microcontrollers are generic so to use them for specific functions they require supporting hardware and software.
In comparison an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) is a general term that abstracts from the hardware beneath it.
A Microcontroller can be used to make an ECU by integrating it on a circuit board with appropriate physical connectors, custom software, power circuitry and mechanical packaging. However an ECU could instead use an FPGA, mini-PC or purely analogue hardware

A: A microcontroller is just a single chip.
An ECU consists at least of:

*

*a metal enclosure

*printed circuit board

*microcontroller(s) or microprocessor(s)

*power supply

*protection components

These are two different things. Just like CPU != laptop.
This is what an ECU looks like (and the biggest chip is likely the MCU or MPU):
https://www.magnetimarelli.com/business_areas/powertrain/gasoline-system-gdi/ecu


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Q: Atomic locking of all rows of a JDBC batch update I have two threads running concurrent updates on a table similar to:
CREATE TABLE T (
  SEQ NUMBER(10) PRIMARY KEY,
  VAL1 VARCHAR2(10),
  VAL2 VARCHAR2(10)
)

The table is containing a large number of entries where the updates are similar to:
UPDATE T SET VAL1 = ? WHERE SEQ < ?
UPDATE T SET VAL2 = ? WHERE SEQ = ?

Both statements are run within two different transaction as JDBC batch updates with 1000 rows each. Doing so, I encounter ORA-00060: deadlock detected while waiting for resource fairly quickly. I assume that both transaction would partially affect the same rows where both transactions managed to lock some rows before the other one.
Is there a way to avoid this by making the locking atomic or would I need to introduce some form of explicit lock between the two threads?

A: When you update a record, a lock is taken to prevent dirty writes which would compromise Atomicity.
However, in your case, you could use SKIP LOCKED. This way, before you try to do the update you attempt to acquire the FOR UPDATE lock with SKIP LOCKED. This will allow you to lock the records that you plan to modify and also skipping the ones which are already locked by other concurrent transactions.
Check out the SkipLockJobQueueTest in my High-Performance Java Persistence GitHub repository for an example of how you can use SKIP LOCKED.

A: In this situation, if your threads can't be controlled to not overlap data, then the only solution would be to lock the entire table, which isn't a great solution as the other thread (or anything else doing DML on the table) would hang until the locking session commits or rolls back. The other thing you could try is to have the "smaller" guy (the one updating a single row) commit more frequently (potentially every row/execution), thus allowing for the deadlock (or lock-wait) situation to potentially occur less often. This has performance side effects for the "smaller" guy.
Control your monkeys!
-Jim

A:
I assume that both transaction would partially affect the same rows
  where both transactions managed to lock some rows before the other one.

That's right. I can suggest two options to avoid this:
1) Use SELECT ... FOR UPDATE clause before updating:
SELECT * FROM T WHERE SEQ < ? FOR UPDATE;
UPDATE T SET VAL1 = ? WHERE SEQ < ?

SELECT * FROM T WHERE SEQ = ? FOR UPDATE;
UPDATE T SET VAL2 = ? WHERE SEQ = ?

Predicates must be the same to affect the same rows.
FOR UPDATE clause makes Oracle lock the requested rows. And as long as another session uses FOR UPDATE clause for SELECT as well, it gets blocked untill the previous transaction is committed\rolled back.
2) Use DBMS_LOCK package to create and control a custom lock. Acquiring and releasing the lock has to be performed manually.

A: One simple solution is to lock the table in share mode, to ensure no concurrent writes, before the largest update, with LOCK TABLE ... IN SHARE MODE.
Here are my two scripts if you want to reproduce:
The main one creates the table and runs the test case - /tmp/sql1.sql:
set echo on time on define off sqlprompt "SQL1> " linesize 69 pagesize 1000
set sqlformat ansiconsole
connect sys/oracle@//localhost/PDB1 as sysdba
grant dba to scott identified by tiger;
connect scott/tiger@//localhost/PDB1
exec begin execute immediate 'drop table T'; exception when others then null; end;
CREATE TABLE T (
  SEQ NUMBER(10) constraint T_SEQ PRIMARY KEY,
  VAL1 VARCHAR2(10),
  VAL2 VARCHAR2(10)
);
insert into T select rownum , 0 , 0 from xmltable('1 to 5');
commit;
-- -------- start session 1
connect scott/tiger@//localhost/PDB1
select sys_context('userenv','sid') from dual;
variable val number
variable seq number;
exec :seq:=4; :val:=2;
UPDATE T SET VAL2 = :val WHERE SEQ = :seq;
-- -------- call session 2
host sql /nolog @/tmp/sql2.sql < /dev/null & :
host sleep 5
select session_id,lock_type,mode_held,mode_requested,lock_id1,lock_id2,blocking_others from dba_locks where lock_type in ('DML','Transaction','PL/SQL User Lock');
-- -------- continue session 1 while session 2 waits
exec :seq:=1; :val:=3;
UPDATE T SET VAL2 = :val WHERE SEQ = :seq;
host sleep 1
commit;
select * from T;
-- -------- end session 1

The second one is called in the main one to be run concurrently - /tmp/sql2.sql:
set echo on time on define off sqlprompt "SQL2> "
-- -------- start session 2 -------- --
host sleep 1
connect scott/tiger@//localhost/PDB1
select sys_context('userenv','sid') from dual;
variable val number
variable seq number;
exec :seq:=5; :val:=1;
/* TM lock solution */ lock table T in share mode;
UPDATE T SET VAL1 = :val WHERE SEQ < :seq;
commit;
select * from T;
-- -------- end session 2

Here is the run with the shared lock, where we see DML lock 'Share' blocked by 'Row-X' (which is the one automatically acquired by updates):
SQLcl: Release 18.4 Production on Wed Apr 17 09:32:04 2019

Copyright (c) 1982, 2019, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

SQL>
SQL> set echo on time on define off sqlprompt "SQL1> " linesize 69 pagesize 1000
09:32:04 SQL1> set sqlformat ansiconsole
09:32:04 SQL1> connect sys/oracle@//localhost/PDB1 as sysdba
Connected.
09:32:05 SQL1>
09:32:05 SQL1> grant dba to scott identified by tiger;

Grant succeeded.

09:32:05 SQL1> connect scott/tiger@//localhost/PDB1
Connected.
09:32:08 SQL1>
09:32:08 SQL1> exec begin execute immediate 'drop table T'; exception when others then null; end;

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

09:32:09 SQL1> CREATE TABLE T (
  2    SEQ NUMBER(10) constraint T_SEQ PRIMARY KEY,
  3    VAL1 VARCHAR2(10),
  4    VAL2 VARCHAR2(10)
  5  );

Table created.

09:32:09 SQL1> insert into T select rownum , 0 , 0 from xmltable('1 to 5');

5 rows created.

09:32:09 SQL1> commit;

Commit complete.

09:32:09 SQL1> -- -------- start session 1
09:32:09 SQL1> connect scott/tiger@//localhost/PDB1
Connected.
09:32:09 SQL1>
09:32:09 SQL1> select sys_context('userenv','sid') from dual;
SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','SID')
4479

09:32:09 SQL1> variable val number
09:32:09 SQL1> variable seq number;
09:32:09 SQL1> exec :seq:=4; :val:=2;

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

09:32:09 SQL1> UPDATE T SET VAL2 = :val WHERE SEQ = :seq;

1 row updated.

09:32:09 SQL1> -- -------- call session 2
09:32:09 SQL1> host sql /nolog @/tmp/sql2.sql < /dev/null & :

09:32:09 SQL1> host sleep 5

SQLcl: Release 18.4 Production on Wed Apr 17 09:32:10 2019

Copyright (c) 1982, 2019, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

09:32:10 SQL2> -- -------- start session 2 -------- --
09:32:10 SQL2> host sleep 1

09:32:11 SQL2> connect scott/tiger@//localhost/PDB1
Connected.
09:32:11 SQL2> select sys_context('userenv','sid') from dual;
SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','SID')
4478

09:32:12 SQL2> variable val number
09:32:12 SQL2> variable seq number;
09:32:12 SQL2> exec :seq:=5; :val:=1;

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

09:32:12 SQL2> /* TM lock solution */
09:32:12 SQL2>  lock table T in share mode;

09:32:14 SQL1> select session_id,lock_type,mode_held,mode_requested,lock_id1,lock_id2,blocking_others from dba_locks where lock_type in ('DML','Transaction','PL/SQL User Lock');
  SESSION_ID LOCK_TYPE     MODE_HELD    MODE_REQUESTED   LOCK_ID1   LOCK_ID2   BLOCKING_OTHERS
        4478 DML           None         Share            73192      0          Not Blocking
        4479 DML           Row-X (SX)   None             73192      0          Blocking
        4479 Transaction   Exclusive    None             655386     430384     Not Blocking

09:32:14 SQL1> -- -------- continue session 1 while session 2 waits
09:32:14 SQL1> exec :seq:=1; :val:=3;

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

09:32:17 SQL1> UPDATE T SET VAL2 = :val WHERE SEQ = :seq;

1 row updated.

09:32:17 SQL1> host sleep 1

09:32:18 SQL1> commit;

Lock succeeded.

Commit complete.

09:32:18 SQL2> UPDATE T SET VAL1 = :val WHERE SEQ < :seq;
09:32:18 SQL1> select * from T;

4 rows updated.

09:32:18 SQL2> commit;

Commit complete.

09:32:18 SQL2> select * from T;
  SEQ VAL1   VAL2
    1 1      3
    2 1      0
    3 1      0
    4 1      2
    5 0      0

09:32:18 SQL1> -- -------- end session 1

  SEQ VAL1   VAL2
    1 1      3
    2 1      0
    3 1      0
    4 1      2
    5 0      0

09:32:18 SQL2> -- -------- end session 2

09:32:18 SQL2>
Disconnected from Oracle Database 19c Enterprise Edition Release 19.0.0.0.0 - Production
Version 19.2.0.0.0

And same example without the shared lock, where we see Transaction exclusive lock (which is the one when an update encounters a row locked by another transaction) leading to deadlock:
SQLcl: Release 18.4 Production on Wed Apr 17 09:39:35 2019

Copyright (c) 1982, 2019, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

SQL>
SQL> set echo on time on define off sqlprompt "SQL1> " linesize 69 pagesize 1000
09:39:35 SQL1> set sqlformat ansiconsole
09:39:35 SQL1> connect sys/oracle@//localhost/PDB1 as sysdba
Connected.
09:39:36 SQL1>
09:39:36 SQL1> grant dba to scott identified by tiger;

Grant succeeded.

09:39:36 SQL1> connect scott/tiger@//localhost/PDB1
Connected.
09:39:36 SQL1>
09:39:36 SQL1> exec begin execute immediate 'drop table T'; exception when others then null; end;

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

09:39:37 SQL1> CREATE TABLE T (
  2    SEQ NUMBER(10) constraint T_SEQ PRIMARY KEY,
  3    VAL1 VARCHAR2(10),
  4    VAL2 VARCHAR2(10)
  5  );

Table created.

09:39:37 SQL1> insert into T select rownum , 0 , 0 from xmltable('1 to 5');

5 rows created.

09:39:37 SQL1> commit;

Commit complete.

09:39:37 SQL1> -- -------- start session 1
09:39:37 SQL1> connect scott/tiger@//localhost/PDB1
Connected.
09:39:37 SQL1>
09:39:37 SQL1> select sys_context('userenv','sid') from dual;
SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','SID')
4479

09:39:37 SQL1> variable val number
09:39:37 SQL1> variable seq number;
09:39:37 SQL1> exec :seq:=4; :val:=2;

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

09:39:37 SQL1> UPDATE T SET VAL2 = :val WHERE SEQ = :seq;

1 row updated.

09:39:37 SQL1> -- -------- call session 2
09:39:37 SQL1> host sql /nolog @/tmp/sql2.sql < /dev/null & :

09:39:37 SQL1> host sleep 5

SQLcl: Release 18.4 Production on Wed Apr 17 09:39:38 2019

Copyright (c) 1982, 2019, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

09:39:38 SQL2> -- -------- start session 2 -------- --
09:39:38 SQL2> host sleep 1

09:39:39 SQL2> connect scott/tiger@//localhost/PDB1
Connected.
09:39:39 SQL2> select sys_context('userenv','sid') from dual;
SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','SID')
4478

09:39:40 SQL2> variable val number
09:39:40 SQL2> variable seq number;
09:39:40 SQL2> exec :seq:=5; :val:=1;

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

09:39:40 SQL2> /* TM lock solution */
09:39:40 SQL2>  --lock table T in share mode;
09:39:40 SQL2> UPDATE T SET VAL1 = :val WHERE SEQ < :seq;

09:39:42 SQL1> select session_id,lock_type,mode_held,mode_requested,lock_id1,lock_id2,blocking_others from dba_locks where lock_type in ('DML','Transaction','PL/SQL User Lock');
  SESSION_ID LOCK_TYPE     MODE_HELD    MODE_REQUESTED   LOCK_ID1   LOCK_ID2   BLOCKING_OTHERS
        4478 Transaction   None         Exclusive        655368     430383     Not Blocking
        4479 DML           Row-X (SX)   None             73194      0          Not Blocking
        4478 DML           Row-X (SX)   None             73194      0          Not Blocking
        4479 Transaction   Exclusive    None             655368     430383     Blocking
        4478 Transaction   Exclusive    None             589838     281188     Not Blocking

09:39:46 SQL1> -- -------- continue session 1 while session 2 waits
09:39:46 SQL1> exec :seq:=1; :val:=3;

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

09:39:46 SQL1> UPDATE T SET VAL2 = :val WHERE SEQ = :seq;

1 row updated.

09:39:47 SQL1> host sleep 1

UPDATE T SET VAL1 = :val WHERE SEQ < :seq
             *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00060: deadlock detected while waiting for resource

09:39:47 SQL2> commit;

Commit complete.

09:39:47 SQL2> select * from T;
  SEQ VAL1   VAL2
    1 0      0
    2 0      0
    3 0      0
    4 0      0
    5 0      0

09:39:47 SQL2> -- -------- end session 2

09:39:47 SQL2>
Disconnected from Oracle Database 19c Enterprise Edition Release 19.0.0.0.0 - Production
Version 19.2.0.0.0

09:39:48 SQL1> commit;

Commit complete.

09:39:48 SQL1> select * from T;
  SEQ VAL1   VAL2
    1 0      3
    2 0      0
    3 0      0
    4 0      2
    5 0      0

09:39:48 SQL1> -- -------- end session 1

This share lock prevents all concurrent modifications, even some modifications on tables linked by referential integrity, so take care of the overall write activity on them. Another solution is to use a custom user lock with dbms_lock to serialize the two sets of updates.
Regards,
Franck.

A: I found a solution that required a bit of redesign on the inserting side but essentially still does the same thing as before. I have split the table into two tables:
CREATE TABLE T1 (
  SEQ NUMBER(10) PRIMARY KEY,
  VAL1 VARCHAR2(10)
);

CREATE TABLE T2 (
  SEQ NUMBER(10) PRIMARY KEY,
  VAL2 VARCHAR2(10)
);

Now I can update the columns without locking the same row, in a way I am emulating a column lock doing so. This would of course a major change but Oracle fortunately allows to define a materialized view for avoiding to change any selects:
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW LOG ON T1 WITH ROWID INCLUDING NEW VALUES;
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW LOG ON T2 WITH ROWID INCLUDING NEW VALUES;

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW T
REFRESH FAST ON COMMIT
AS
SELECT SEQ, VAL1, VAL2, T1.ROWID AS T1_ROWID, T2.ROWID AS T2_ROWID
FROM T1
NATURAL JOIN T2;

Doing so, I was able to retain all indices on the base table T which typically contained both VAL1 and VAL2.
Before this, I was able to reduce the amount of dead locks drastically by applying the batch updates in a given order (from highest SEQ to lowest). As a result, Oracle seemed to often use the index order to lock the tables but this was not 100% reliable either.


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Sealing the switches seems to be a failure point in the design, especially as they wear. How about using hall effect devices to replace the switches. Buttons on the outside of jar would contain a magnet which activates the switch when it is pushed and moved close to the hall effect device on the inside of the lid. Or, use reed switches and magnets.
And, you could gut one of the rechargeable toothbrushes that use inductive coupling to charge a rechargeable battery inside the jar. Seal the toothbrush electronics in the jar and use the charger as is to charge the unit.
Or if you want to go green, use solar charging to charge a rechargeable battery in the jar. During the day, the unit would charge by the pool.
Properly designed o-ring seals are pretty reliable. I am planning to modify the design for magnetic reed switches. Hopefully they will be slightly simpler than the current switch mechanism. Removing the switch seals might improve reliability. Properly designed static o-ring seals are extremely reliable.
As far as rechargeable, I don't think that would be an improvement. It is not difficult to change the batteries twice a year and the big benefit is that I don't need to give the timer special handling different from the rest of my swim gear. That means it won't be left on the charger when I go to the pool or left somewhere to get sunlight.
I just started swimming laps in my backyard pool just before bedtime. I can use the exercise and the workout helps me get to sleep when I'm done. I wanted to bring a clock outside to time my workout but I'd need one that would be weatherproof, and visible in the dark. So your post is timely. I have a surplus Arduino and quite a few loose 7 segment displays, but they are common cathode. Looking at your code I realized you are scanning the display bass ackwards. IE: turning on the same segment as required in all digits at once instead of all segments as required in each digit one at a time. This way you keep within the 20ma current limit of the AVR I/O (clever!). However if I reverse the logic levels for the segments and digits I can substitute common cathode displays for the common anode. Adafruit now has some nice waterproof 'Otter boxes' that might be the ticket for this. I'll probably run the timer off a wall wart as there is an outlet available by the pool.


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AMY PETERSEN
President of Design Services
Amy Petersen joined The Marketing Plant as President of Design Services at the beginning of 2016, but that certainly wasn't her start. After graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources from the University of Minnesota, Duluth Business School, she joined her father in a start-up company, DRAS Cases. There, she served as Vice President, taking on roles as lead designer, marketing and sales executive for 22 years. DRAS eventually grew into a multi-million
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BUILDING BEAUTIFUL BUSINESS
Our quest for greatness began in early 2013 when we began to recognize a real need for small and mid-size businesses. With technology turning global into local, competition in any industry has become overwhelmingly fierce - particularly for that small and midsize category. No longer is the quality of product or level of service enough to set you apart. Whether online, within your physical space, or in your print collateral, you must look good and be findable amidst your competitors. Thus, The Marketing Plant was derived. Here's what we think - no business is too small to compete.
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The Marketing Plant
137 South Broadway PO 209
Albert Lea, MN — 56007
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