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The British Immigrant Ancestors of President Thomas Jefferson
President Thomas Jefferson was the namesake of his paternal grandfather and great-grandfather. In other words, they were also named Thomas Jefferson. I, too, am a direct descendant of these two men since my ancestor John Robertson Jefferson was the President's first cousin. The President's father was Peter Jefferson, and John's father was Field Jefferson, Peter's brother. I've always had two predominant feelings about being related to Thomas Jefferson. First, I'm proud of his brilliant leadership in the founding of our country. Second, I'm thrilled about being related to a President because someone else has already done most of the hard research!
There was a lot of intermarriage in these early Virginia families. For example, the President's wife, Martha Wayles, (pictured) is also descended from some of my ancestors, the Eppes and Isham families, about whom I will write at another time.
My ancestor, John Robertson Jefferson, was also a patriot and is listed with the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). His recognition came about because he was prosecuted in August 1777 for not paying his assessed levy to the local parish. His reason for not paying was that the minister, Rev. Christopher McRae, was a Loyalist. Many of John's Cumberland County neighbors who wanted independence also refused to pay. All of the President's immigrant ancestors mentioned below were also the forebears of John Robertson Jefferson.
It is believed that the President's great-grandfather Thomas Jefferson immigrated to Virginia via the West Indies, but he was originally from either England or Wales. There is some evidence for both origins, but it is generally accepted that this family is not connected to the Jefferson who was at Jamestown. Great-grandfather Thomas was living at Osbornes, Henrico County, Virginia, in 1677, when his first son, Thomas, was born. He had married Mary Branch, a native-born Virginian, and was a planter and surveyor. In 1682 he purchased 157 acres in Henrico County from William Byrd, and in 1692 he purchased a town lot. By 1697, he was living near the James River below present day Richmond. Genealogists have determined that the family had a respectable standing and comfortable estate but they were not part of the wealthiest class of plantation owners. An inventory of Thomas's estate was entered into public record in 1698, and his heirs were son Thomas and daughter Martha. There was no mention of daughter Mary.
As previously stated, Mary Branch was born in Virginia; however, her grandfather, Christopher Branch, and grandmother, Mary Addie Branch, were immigrants from England. They had married in London in 1619 at the age of 17. Christopher was part of a prominent family descended from several signers of the Magna Carta. He and his wife and small son arrived on the ship London Merchant. By 1625, they were settled in Henrico County, Virginia, where they eventually had six sons. Unfortunately, Mary Addie Branch passed away in 1630. In 1639, Thomas served as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. His will is dated June 20, 1678, and was proved in February 1681/82. In the will he makes a bequest to his granddaughter, Mary Branch Jefferson. Several of his sons had preceded him in death.
The paternal grandmother of both President Thomas Jefferson and John Robertson Jefferson was Mary Virginia Field Jefferson (left), wife of their grandfather, Capt. Thomas Jefferson. She was born in Virginia, but her mother and paternal grandfather were born in England. Her mother, Judith Soane, was born in Sussex County, England, in 1646, and immigrated to James City County, Virginia, in 1651. She was the widow of Henry Randolph when she married Peter Field in 1678, in Henrico County. At the time of her death, her name was Judith Soane Randolph Field. The paternal grandfather of Mary Virginia Field Jefferson–father-in-law of Judith Soane–was the English immigrant James Field. He arrived in 1624 on the ship Swan and settled in Elizabeth City, where he was listed with the militia. It is unknown if his wife, Ann Rogers Clark, was an immigrant.
Both the President and his cousin John had other immigrant ancestors, but the ones listed above are the only ones they shared unless there is an as yet unknown connection. I've always wondered how close John (b. 1742) was to his cousin Thomas (b. 1743) since they were almost the same age. I have a feeling that is one question that will never be answered.
Sources for Pres. Thomas Jefferson and John Robertson Jefferson
Coldham, Peter Wilson. The Complete Book of Emigrants. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997.
The Colonial Virginia Register. Accessed at
www.newrivernotes.com.
"Genealogies of Virginia Families." William and Mary
College Quarterly, Vol. III, Heale-Muscoe.
Historical Southern Families, Vol. 1.  Accessed at
Hoff, Henry. English Origins of American Colonists.
Accessed at Ancestry.com.
Hopkins, Garland Evans. The Story of Cumberland
County, Virginia. Privately published, 1942.
The National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons.
Accessed at www.magnacharta.org.
Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 500
Immigrants. Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002.
Weisiger, Benjamin B. III. Henrico County, Virginia,
Deeds, 1706-1737. Privately published, 1985-6. Richmond, Virginia.
Wimberly, Vera Meek. The Branch Family.
Self-published, 1990.
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Of all the magicians in this century, Dante was the greatest of them all. So a letter from his niece is a treasure to me. You ask if I have "an exhibit" on him. Actually, a great portion of the museum consists of Dante material. I think, in fact, that we might have the greatest collection of Dante material existant.
Dante played Nashville the year before I came to Nashville from St. Louis. Afterwards he started his great tour of the world. So when he returned to the USA, my wife and I made a trip to Cincinnati just to see his show. I am so glad that we did as he shortened the show, in subsequent years: but, we saw the BIG Dante show and it was the greatest ever.
After Harry's death, I corresponded with "Mom" Dante until her death. When my son was with the circus, he called "Mom" when he was in Los Angeles and although she kindly invited him out to the ranch, business prevented him from accepting. In 1966, Alvin and Ruth Race Jansen visited us. So you see, we are truly Dante fans.
Our little museum is not public and we say "admission by invitation". Very few have ever been turned down. In the case of your daughter and her family, it goes without saying we will honored to have them. Just give us a date and time and we will arrange it. I am enclosing a copy of our map to make it easier. My pictures on the envelope and letterhead were made 15 - 20 years apart.
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According to research conducted in late 2021, the fear of catching COVID is at an all-time high among people in Australia.
More of us than ever are saying we're worried we'll be infected sometime soon.
These results don't surprise Associate Professor Jill Newby, a clinical psychologist from UNSW and the Black Dog Institute, who led a study in early 2020 which explored our fear of contracting COVID just a few months after the pandemic started.
"Over the past couple of years, we've been bombarded with information that makes us anxious about our own health and other people's, so no, it doesn't surprise me that people continue to feel worried," she says.
Health anxiety and COVID-19
There's even a name for it. Health anxiety is the experience of believing there may be a threat to your health, which triggers your anxiety response.
Given the easing of restrictions, the opening of borders and the emergence of newer, less-understood variants and it's understandable that people may be experiencing health anxiety relating to contracting COVID-19.
"Suddenly we're surrounded by more people and are perhaps going back into situations we might not feel comfortable with anymore, and that's only likely to heighten those fears of becoming infected," Newby says.
Different people will be concerned for different reasons. Some may have underlying health issues to consider, while others may worry about passing the virus onto a loved one who's more likely to get sick. Newby says that even without those types of factors, it's okay if you feel fearful.
Fear can occur regardless of genuine risk, too. "Our brains are notoriously bad at accurately perceiving risk and there's a lot of different reasons for that, but just being surrounded by information, stories and images of people who are really sick with COVID can make it harder for us to see what the real risk is of that happening to us."
How much fear is too much?
While feeling some fear and anxiety can be helpful because it encourages us to avoid risky situations, it can be unhelpful if it becomes overwhelming.
"If your worry or anxiety feels like it's really difficult to stop or to keep in perspective, that's the first sign your fear or anxiety might be out of control," Newby says.
"The other thing is if you're spending a lot of your time preoccupied with your worries or if it's starting to affect other areas of your life. For example, if you're struggling to sleep or you can't concentrate at work because you're so preoccupied with this worry.
"And, finally, if you're experiencing a persistently high level of distress, anxiety or fear, that's another sign that your anxiety has become unhelpful."
Ways to manage
Here, Newby offers seven tips to help you cope with your anxieties.
1. Look after your lifestyle.
"Simple lifestyle strategies like heading outdoors to exercise regularly and trying to get enough sleep each night can be really helpful when you're feeling anxious."
2. Maintain contact with others.
"Talking to people and seeking support from those you trust can be a great help, often because simply getting a different perspective on things can ease your worries."
3. Monitor your media habits.
Newby says it's important to check-in and ask yourself whether the way you're using media is helpful in terms of how you're feeling. "Staying up to date with every new COVID-related development might give some people some sense of control, which may be beneficial. But for others, actively seeking out information about COVID may only take them further down a rabbit hole, which increases those feelings of fear. It's a matter of working out what works for you and what doesn't as an individual and making choices and decisions based on that."
4. Distract yourself.
If it feels like you can't escape those constant reminders of COVID whenever you're in public, Newby suggests making your house a COVID-free zone. "Actively engaging with something that distracts you or simply making a conscious effort not to talk about it when you're at home can be really helpful."
5. Go at your own pace.
"Everybody will feel differently right now – some people will be ecstatic about getting 'back to normal' but others will need to take more time, particularly where there's genuine fear of catching COVID involved, so don't feel rushed. Take things at your own pace and slowly build your confidence, so you feel safe, rather than jumping back into everything because you feel pressured to."
6. Take action.
She also suggests seeking out information to learn how to manage anxiety. "There are so many great resources, including those on the Beyond Blue and Black Dog Institute websites. There's also a range of digital mental health services that people can access at home, including some really useful and comprehensive online programs that have been shown to be effective for improving health anxiety. These can help you learn ways to manage those anxious thoughts and behaviours that are more unhelpful than helpful."
7. Reach out to support services.
If you'd like to talk to someone about what you're feeling, contact Beyond Blue's Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service. Trained counsellors are available 24/7 for a chat over the phone or online.
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Reddit March Madness
Bob Huggins Mauls Innocent Ref as West Virginia Eliminates UCLA
The whole international pandemic thing that's going down forced the 2020 March Madness to be cancelled. Or so you thought.
The NCAA is skipping this year's tournament at all levels, but /r/CollegeBasketball has sponsored its own alternative Men's Division I tournament: Reddit March Madness. Streamed exclusively on YouTube and executed with a college basketball video game from almost 15 years ago, this year's March Madness is sure to be unpredictable and full of really dumb turnovers.
Nothing But Nylon is providing the exclusive* coverage of the event from the bedroom of our headquarters. Don't miss any of the real* quotes and bone-breaking analysis that you'll only find here because of how exclusive* this content is.
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Reddit March Madness First Round – 6 West Virginia 80, 11 UCLA 69
West Virginia topped UCLA, 80-69, on Sunday in Denver, but the game didn't come without tragedy.
After disagreeing with a series of calls in the first half, West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins was beside himself at the break. After the horn sounded to end the half, he confronted the officials in the tunnel. After one ref told him to stop and began to walk away, Huggins lunged and tackling him, pinning him under his body weight.
He then savagely tore into his flesh, first ripping at the ref's chest and shoulders before mauling his neck and face. The cries and screams of man who knew his life was coming to an end deafened the arena, and a frightened silence befell the crowd.
Press Virginia strikes again. GIF courtesy of /u/typicalbaseballfan.
For minutes, the brutal attack wore on with thousands listening to the tearing of skin, the breaking of bones and the final yelps of a dying man's last pleas. After it was done, Huggins slowly rose, standing on only his hind legs and faced the two remaining refs, bearing his teeth.
The two officials cowered, understanding the message was sent. Bob Huggins stood down and meandered to the locker room, grunting to himself the whole way. The fourth official took over for the deceased, and the game carried on as scheduled.
"You wish you could grab those 5-6, 140-pound blowhards and choke them," Huggins said in 2017. "But obviously you can't."
"I grabbed that 5-6, 140-pound blowhard and choked him," Huggins said in 2020. "So obviously I can."
Bob Huggins wasn't available for long after the game as he had to go to the river to catch salmon, a common activity for the Huggins family in the spring months.
UCLA head coach Mick Cronin wasn't as angry as expected in the post-game press conference after what seemed to be a successful attempt at referee intimidation. He said that before tip, he had received important word from home that meant he couldn't possibly be in a bad mood.
"Ding dong! The Witch is dead," he sang. "Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! Ding dong! The Wicked Witch is dead!"
The UCLA athletic department released a statement that it doesn't care enough to do anything.
West Virginia will play the winner of No. 3 seed Duke and No. 14 seed Hofstra (Sunday at 6:30 p.m. EST) in the second round some time in the untold future. Be sure to follow along with Nothing But Nylon's comprehensively exclusive* coverage of the 2020 Reddit March Madness.
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Q: My Huawei E173 dongle works in Ubuntu 12.04 not in 13.10 As the topic mentions, I have this problem. I use the normal "connect" option on the right hand top and I am able to successfully connect to the network using 12.04 but not using 13.10.
May I know why and if there is a solution?

A: Follow these simple steps.
From here: Hoovam:Ubuntu 13.10 Not detecting dongles
Step 1 :
First thing first, plug in your dongle :)
Step 2 :
Click the network indicator in your menu bar.
You will  see that Ubuntu 13.10 is not showing the 'Enable Mobile Broadband' option in the network indicator.
Step 3 :
Open the 'Disks' application.
Step 4 :
You will see some 'Disk Drivers' listed under 'Devices' list.
Eject the 'CD Drive (dongle specific)'.
'CD Drive HUAWEI Mass Storage' in my case.
Step 5 :
Within 1 minute, you will see the option 'Enable Mobile Broadband' in your network indicator. Go ahead and connect. Done.
Hope it will solve your problem.

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"Take a look at what takes place within a 24-hour period in a tropical rain forest. Learn firsthand about the features, plant life, and animals of the habitat"--Provided by publisher.
Gr 4-6-Schomp introduces ecosystems by focusing on one day in a specific locale. Whether describing the Great Barrier Reef, Florida Everglades, or Sahara Desert, the easy texts reveal how plants, animals, and people adapt to challenges. For example, Tundra examines the unique environment created by a short growing season. The conversational style incorporates specialized terms such as "ergs" and "wadi" that reappear in the glossary. Stock photos and additional topics explained in sidebars relate to the main texts. Diagrams would have helped visualize concepts such as rain-forest layers. In most of the volumes, a world map identifies locations of major examples of the ecosystem and emphasizes the one featured. A final "Fast Facts" page discusses representative plants and animals, temperature, population, and other statistics. Although each volume stands alone, concepts such as adaptation, camouflage, predators, and environmental threats that appear in each one could support small group activities to analyze one ecosystem and compare results with others.α(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journal. LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.


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This Is What An Official Auburn Offer Letter Looks Like
In today's age of social media, the public gets access to much more than they used to, and some of the best sources can be college football recruits. The days of waiting for a reporter to give us information about a player's thoughts on a visit are long gone. Now all you have to do is follow them on Twitter and wait for the random rants about what schools he likes.
Apparently, the new thing to do is to tweet out a picture of your college offer letters. In the last few days, 2013 Auburn commitments Jordan Wilkins and Arshad Jackson have done just that. Arshad tweeted the picture below with the message "My official letter." Jordan went with "WAR EAGLE BABY!!" in his tweet. If you compare the two pictures (click Wilkins's tweet for the other), you will notice that the wording is identical, but that they are actually signed by the Chiz. At first, it may seem a little impersonal to send everyone the same letter, but these things are just formalities. The offer was made verbally, and the relationship was made in person, long before these letters were sent.
I like that the letter offers the scholarship, but then tells the player everything they must do to uphold their end of the bargain. It may seem like coaching staffs will do anything and everything to get a guy in, but as the letter states, it's a two-way street. We want you to play here, but you're going to have to do this.
And no, I'm not giving away any big secrets here. I guarantee you almost every offer letter from every school in the nation reads almost exactly like this. I just wanted all of you to feel like you got an official offer to play at Auburn from Chizik, ok?!
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It's right there, in black and white – "You must maintain a high standard of personal conduct."
It's a pity that Zeke Pike either didn't read that, didn't believe it or didn't take Gene at his word.


Have your eyes ever tricked you? You're certain you are looking at one thing, but come to find out it's actually something quite different. Fascinating, really. As I've gotten older I've found that what I used to be able to see up close is now fuzzier and my far away vision is a little clearer. While this can mean more time with the eye doctor, it can also be a helpful reminder of what kind of vision I need for my spiritual eyes.
Do you recognize this commonly found item in your kitchen? At first I thought it was a gross collection of hair in a drain (ick!), but it's actually something quite different. Looking at this item up close like this, though, will never help us identify its true nature. We need a different perspective to do that.
I wonder if this is what the apostle Paul was saying when he exhorted the Colossians to set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. In several of his letters to various churches, Paul challenges the saints to remember that their old life, the one marked by sin and fleshy desires, is dead. Not put into the closet to be taken out at a later date, but dead. No longer alive! If you believe the Holy Spirit-inspired truth that Paul was preaching then, and that still applies to us today, then perhaps you will join me in pursuing clearer long-range spiritual sight.
As I think about the warnings we receive as Believers--to put off the fleshly mind and desires, to not let sin have dominion over us any longer--I realize that most of my fleshly wants and behaviors stem from having my eyes fixed on the up close, the here and now, the short term. What about yours?
How many times do we get upset with a friend because we feel offended? What about the couple who justifies sexual sin? Bursting forth in anger and unkind impatience, resisting authority, dwelling on feeling unappreciated. All of these things flow out of a focus on the short-term rather than the long-term. We are fixing our perspective on the things of this earth and not setting our minds on things above.
That up-close-and-personal image at the top of this post? It's just a tea bag. With a proper perspective, we quickly recognize it. We don't get caught up in the nitty gritty, but rather we are able to focus our eyes on what is helpful to see clearly.
If we live in such a way that our ego is hidden in Christ, that our rights are hidden in Christ, that our feelings are hidden in Christ, then we can respond in ways that are more Christ-like because it is HIM who will be seen, not us. Remember, we are hidden. Hidden in Him. Like John the Baptist wisely said, "He must increase but I must decrease".
I imagine that all sin is probably due to our wrong focus on the short-term. When a couple decides to ignore God's command for purity, it is a short-term need of the flesh that they are satisfying. When a woman lacks self-control with eating, it is an immediate feeding of the flesh. When someone nurtures a grudge, it is a feel-good-now response. There will be a reckoning, though, as sin will eventually be seen for what it is. What looked good up close will eventually become like rottenness to the bones (Psalm 32) when seen with a proper perspective, a godly perspective.
May we all cultivate long-term vision in our eyes and hearts as we hide ourselves with Christ in God.


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Little Marais is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Minnesota, United States; located on the North Shore of Lake Superior.

The community is located northeast of Silver Bay at the intersection of Minnesota Highway 61 and Lake County Road 6 (Little Marais Road).

Little Marais is located 39 miles northeast of the city of Two Harbors; and 44 miles southwest of the city of Grand Marais.

The community was originally known as Philips Trading Post.

Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center is nearby.  The boundary line between Cook and Lake counties is also nearby.

Little Marais is located within Lake No. 1 Unorganized Territory of Lake County.

History
A post office called Little Marais was established in 1905, and remained in operation until 1964. Little Marais is a name derived from French meaning "little marsh" Some say it means in Pigeon French "little harbor".

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Unincorporated communities in Lake County, Minnesota

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The mumps is a viral infection that in the past has been common in children but is now a relatively rare in the UK due to the national vaccination schedule. It causes a distinctive swelling of the face under the ears. Other symptoms include high temperature, headache, joint and muscle pains. Most people recover from the mumps within a week or so, however in a small number of cases it can develop into a more serious complications including hearing difficulties, deafness, inflammation of the ovaries in women and sterility in men. It can also lead to encephalitis which in severe cases can be fatal.
Mumps is given as part of the combined Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine.
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Mumps is given as part of the combined Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine and is given to most people in the UK as part of the national vaccination schedule. It is given to children routinely usually when they are around 13 months old with a booster prior to school.
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The Mumps is now a relatively rare disease due to comprehensive vaccination programmes in the UK and other developed countries throughout the world. There are however outbreaks from time-to-time.
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Mumps is spread through coughs and sneezes from infected people. The virus lives in the small droplets of the sneeze of those infected and people catch it by breathing in these droplets.
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Is the Mumps Vaccine suitable for me?
The MMR vaccine is part of the UK national vaccination schedule and is given to babies at around 13 months as well as a booster prior to beginning school. It is not suitable however for babies under the age of 6 months. Older children and adults who have not been given this vaccination as part of the national schedule and are therefore non-immune can have a catch up course of two injections.
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Luxury home market on rise
The Nixon Mansion on California Street in Reno is listed at $16.4 million, the highest priced home currently on the market in Washoe Meadows. Built in 1907, the luxury home is 17,964 square feet and overlooks the Truckee River just west of downtown.
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As the northern Nevada real estate market climbs, Realtors in the highly specialized luxury market are seeing sales climb.
From January through September 2015, home sales in the $1 million and above market increased by 27 percent compared to the same period in 2014, according to a report released Oct. 6 by Chase International. Sales of homes priced less than $1 million increased by 7 percent year over year.
"The majority of the clients I'm working with are tech workers moving from L.A. and the Bay Area," Reno Redfin agent Jaime Moore said in a press release. "We're also seeing an increase in the number of buyers looking for vacation homes here.
"Many live in the Bay Area, but are buying a second home in Reno. They appreciate the lively local culture and proximity to Lake Tahoe."
Redfin reports that prices for luxury homes in Reno increased 20 percent in the first half of the year compared to last year.
The expansion of giant tech companies like Tesla, Apple and Switch to the Reno area has focused attention on the business benefits in northern Nevada.
"Right after Tesla announced, we saw a spike, then it retracted," Sandi Solomonson, a luxury home expert with Chase International, said in a phone interview. "Some sellers had a bit of a Gold Rush and wanted to raise prices."
With Tesla's Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center battery plant not scheduled to go online until 2017 plus several more years before it reaches capacity, the influx of jobs and people isn't expected to skyrocket just yet. But it is coming.
"We are beginning to see the impact and some of our agents have seen sales to some of these execs," said Kathie Bartlett, an agent with the luxury homes division of Dickson Realty, and the listing agent for the iconic Stremmel House. "Things are definitely happening."
Bartlett said the record sales of a beautiful horse property in Spanish Springs and sales of unique properties in Reno's Old Southwest are pushing values up a little bit.
Chase's Solomonson said she has seen a trickle of executives from Tesla and Switch looking at homes in Reno and Lake Tahoe.
"If you only have to go out to the plant once a week, you don't have to live close," she said of the interest in Tahoe homes.
Truckee Meadows luxury homes currently on the market range in price from a mere $1 million to more than $16.4 million, the price of the historic Nixon Mansion, still a bargain compared to homes at Lake Tahoe.
Solomonson is the listing agent for the Nixon Mansion, which is almost twice the price as the valley's next highest-listed home and more than three times the asking price for the Stremmel House listed at $5.48 million.
The Nixon Mansion on California Street, overlooking the Truckee River, was constructed in 1907 for U.S. Senator George Nixon. It has 17,964 square feet with eight bedrooms and 14 bathrooms and many luxury features.
The listed price "is not just some crazy figure someone dreamed up," Solomonson said.
The neighborhood is zoned professional office so buyers aren't limited to those looking for a residence.
It's been on the market for more than a year, which is common for homes in the price range.
"For luxury homes, the buyer pool is much smaller" so it often takes longer, Solomonson said.
Currently, 19 luxury homes are in escrow in the Reno market, with 164 active listings.
The area has an 8.5-month supply, Solomonson said, which is considered a balanced market.
"So sellers still need to work with their Realtors to price correctly," she said.
Like many of her clients, Solomonson is a Bay Area transplant who came to Reno for the tax benefits and discovered the area had a lot more to offer, something she's happy to communicate to those looking to relocate.
"I think it's a privilege and honor to work with companies and individuals to relocate here," she said.
"They're delightfully surprised by the lifestyle and diversity. My responsibility as a luxury Realtor is to get that message out. It's not the Reno that it was 25 years ago when they were in college."
Nevada's tax advantages continue to be a big sell, as well.
"I get so excited to see the look on their faces when they meet with my partners and go over the numbers," she said. It's a way to help them protect the investments they've worked so hard to build.


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Building a garage is full of potential. Functional spaces such as garages and sheds can be used for almost anything. You're really only limited by your imagination. Sure, you can use them to park your cars, boats and motorcycles. But a man-cave or artist studio might be much more fun. And garages and sheds can always be converted into additional living space with a little insulation, an attached bath and some heating and air conditioning.
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Being a pro cyclist is like going to school every day, coming home thinking you might have it all figured out, and then going back the next and realizing you're still learning. More or less, it is a never-ending education.
When I think about what I learned as a professional cyclist, a few things become apparent to me. The first that comes to mind is that cycling taught me how to really push my limits, seek out barriers, and try to break through them. There were countless times during training and racing where I thought I had reached both my physical and mental limits, but I made myself try, and I prevailed more often than not. Cycling helped me learn that barriers are meant to be broken. They are not stopping points – they are meant to be goals that you achieve and reset.
Another thing cycling taught me is that helping a teammate achieve success is just as rewarding as individual success. I tasted individual success on several occasions throughout my career, but I also played an instrumental role in many of my teammate's successes. Working toward those achievements was just as rewarding for me as winning individually. When I extend that beyond cycling, it helps me to see that helping others and being good to people is just as rewarding if not more so than focusing on what I want personally.
The school of cycling was hard, but it certainly taught me more about myself than I could've ever expected.


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Q: reachability best practice My app pulls a json data feed , I have just added the reachability check in to the applicationDidBecomeActive in the app delegate . If the network is contactable then the viewcontroller is loaded. From the view controller the parser class gets called which populates a UITableview.
If the network is non-contactable it displays an alert. If the user presses the home button activates the wireless or cellular data and then returns to the app the viewcontroller gets loaded. Whilst this works the solution isn't particularly elegant as each time the user returns to the app after placing in the background the viewcontroller calls are run through again. I wonder if there any better alternatives?
AppDelegate.m
  - (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(UIApplication *)application {

// Check for network connectivity

reachability = [Reachability reachabilityForInternetConnection];
[reachability startNotifier];

NetworkStatus remoteHostStatus = [reachability currentReachabilityStatus];

if(remoteHostStatus == NotReachable) {
    UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Connection Error" message:@"App cannot connect to the internet" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
    [alert show];
    [alert release];
    self.internetActive = NO;
}

else {

    NSLog(@"internet available");
    self.internetActive = YES;

}

// if internet available call viewcontroller;

if (self.internetActive) {
    navController.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObject:viewController];
    [window addSubview:navController.view];
    [window makeKeyAndVisible];
}
else {
    //error pic background display
}

And then the viewcontroller.m
  - (void)viewDidLoad {

UIApplication* app = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
app.networkActivityIndicatorVisible = YES;
[loadingActivityIndicator startAnimating];

Infoparser *cparser = [[FCO_parser alloc] init];
[cparser queryclistwithViewCont:self];
[cparser release];

[super viewDidLoad];

}

A: Your existing reachability check is almost certain to return false negative results. Reachability does a good job of telling you when a network connection is certainly not available or when a connection might be available but not that a connection is available or that a request will succeed.
Suppose a user only has access to a WWAN network and their network interface is currently inactive. You create a new Reachability instance, start requesting reachability notifications, and immediately check -currentReachabilityStatus. This will return NotReachable until several seconds later when the WWAN interface finally comes online.
Instead I suggest you think about this problem differently and separate your display of data from the process of fetching it.
When your view appears display whatever version of this json feed you have or an appropriate message if you do not yet have any data.
When your app becomes active (or on some other appropriate event) attempt to fetch a new copy of the data feed. If this attempt fails then subscribe to reachabilityChanged notifications and try again when Reachability indicates that a network connection might now be available. Repeat until you successfully fetch data and update your view when you do.
You can then cache the current version of the data feed and display it until you get a more up to date version. If you save a timestamp of when you last successfully updated the feed you can even choose to discard it if it becomes sufficiently out of date or show the user how old their view of the feed currently is.

A: My personal opinion is not to halt loading of your initial view but, instead, let the view load and handle the potential lack of a network connection appropriately.
As far as displaying messages to the user, I would still leave that in the appDelegate as a central location.  From there, you could display a modal view controller with the message / image.  This could be added to the window and thus be set on top of anything currently visible to the user.
Just my 2 cents...


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package com.uiguard.nativedriverfactory.imp.remote;

import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;

import com.uiguard.exception.UiGuardException;
import com.uiguard.nativedriverfactory.INativeDriverFactory;

public class RemoteInternetExplorerDriverFactory extends RemoteDriverFactory implements INativeDriverFactory {

	@Override
	public RemoteWebDriver getNativeWebDriver() throws UiGuardException {
		return getNativeWebDriverByCapabilities(DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer());
	}

}

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In 1992, Manon Rheaume became the first woman to play in an NHL exhibition game. 27 years later marked the first time four women competed in the NHL All Star Skills competition.
Kendall Coyne Schofield, who plays for the Minnesota Whitecaps in the NWHL, became the first woman to compete in the competition breaking down barriers for women in hockey along the way. Coyne Schofield finished her lap in14.346 seconds, and came out in seventh place out of eight skaters. She beat out Arizona forward Clayton Keller's time of 14.526 seconds. Connor McDavid came in first with a time of 13.378 seconds.
The biggest story was yet to come.
U.S women's hockey star Brianna Decker participated in the passing challenge on Friday night as well, and this is where things got interesting.
The NHL was NOT timing her, but fans sure as hell were. Her time of one minute six seconds was clocked by fans on social media, however Elliott Friedman reported the NHL went back to check her time and found that it was "around 1:12-13". That ensured that Oilers Leon Draisaitl was the official winner at 1:09. Guess the oilers have to win at something??
So, long story short, Decker won by three seconds over the men's best time, but since she was "demonstrating" the time was unofficial, she wasn't awarded the $25,000 prize money.
The hashtag #PayDecker was born, with many NHL players chiming in, following CCM to do the coolest (and right) thing.
It's a well known fact that women athletes are paid pennies compared to their male counterparts. The world knows it, hence #PayDecker. Draisaitl earls a total of nine million dollars a year, and so many thought Decker cold use that cashe more. And here's why.
CWHL players make a TOTAL between $2,000-$10,000 a YEAR. NWHL players $10,000-$26,000 a couple seasons ago before the league announced salary cuts. All of these salaries are paid in Canadian dollars, meaning as of 2017 that $10,000 converted to $7,921 USD. To put things into perspective,according to a report published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, dishwashers in the U.S. earned an average of $18,930 per year in May 2012.
Look at Phil and Amanda Kessel. Phil earned $9 million a year, while Amanda's annual salary was $26,000. Amanda who is part of the US Women's National Hockey team, along with other players boycotted the 2017 world championship unless their demands were met. Those demands included $68,000 annual salary, childcare and maternity leave, and a national youth development program for girls. To put things into perspective, USA Hockey spends about $3.5 million a year on programs for boys, but has nothing similar for girls.
So here we are. At the 2019 NHL All Star game.
The NHL got inviting women to showcase their talent right. They got it wrong when they failed to recognize them as equals.
This is the issue. The NHL needs to do better, and women's hockey needs to do better in giving their athletes a liveable wage. We all need to do better in supporting women's hockey. This weekend and the #PayDecker movement proved that we are on the right track, but we still have a long way to go.
A couple weeks ago, I had the chance to attend an event empowering women in hockey, which you can read on our site. On the panel was Sarah Nurse, a player for the Toronto Furies. I put her message in my review and I would like to share it with you again, as it hits the nail on the head after this weekend.
That's it. It's so simple, yet so difficult and why? All these women are asking for is to earn a liveable wage so that they can work and earn a living playing the game they love, and we love watching. They aren't asking to become NHL players. They love women's hockey. They're asking to be recognized when it comes to equal pay for the word they do, with frankly more responsibility.


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Heian-era aristocrats loved to hold contests in which exemplars of categories of "things" (mono) were compared and judged. Generically, these matches were known as mono no awase, a "matching of things." Both manmade and natural objects were used. Flowering branches, songbirds, incense, paintings, tray arrangements, poems, roots-any of these things could be declared the subject of a matching game. When clamshells were the item, the contest was kai awase, "shell matching."
In the eleventh and early twelfth century (the later part of the Heian era) another version of matching shells developed as a kind of parlor game, mostly for women and children. In this version, a set of 360 pairs of clamshells was used. The outsides of the shells were polished smooth, and matching miniature scenes were painted on the interiors of each pair. (Later, a simplified set of 54 pairs, painted with scenes from the 54 chapters of The Tale of Genji became popular.)
Often one can find miscellaneous painted shells in antique shops in Japan. These are from sets that were popular as wedding presents for upper class brides during the Tokugawa era. (Finding an entire set, preserved in its decorated wooden cases, is extremely rare.) People think that the purpose of the game was to match the paintings, but in fact the challenge was to match the naturally occurring subtle patterns on the outside of the shells, not the painted interiors.
The way the game works is like this: The shells are separated into two piles, the ji-gai ("set shells") and dashi-gai ("played shells.") The ji-gai are arranged, face down, in a pattern of concentric circles; the dashi-gai, also face down, are put in rows, piled three or four shells deep. A player chooses one dashi-gai and moves it, face down, to the center of the circle of ji-gai. She then peruses all the ji-gai, looking for a match. Deciding on one shell, she picks up her original dashi-gai in her left hand and places it face up in her right hand with the shell hinge closest to her body.
She then picks up the ji-gai she has chosen and, without looking, slips it (face down) over the top of the shell she is holding. If it is in fact a match, it will click into place in the natural grooves of the shell, and the player will know by feel if it fits. If it does not fit, she returns the ji-gai to its place on the floor. If it does fit, she triumphantly shows the match to all the other players and claims the shells for her pile. In this case, everyone can immediately see by the matching paintings that she has in fact found a pair.
In the chapter of my novel called "Out of Darkness" there is a scene where Murasaki plays this shell game with her young daughter Katako. At first glance, the natural variations of stripes and colors on clamshells look pretty much alike, but when you look closely, there are minute and subtle variations. This is what the eye must attune itself to. Of all the shells, there is one, and only one, which will fit the grooves of its mate. It is easy to see how symbolism from the matching of shells became incorporated into felicitous wedding gifts.
I had a chance to attend a party where the game of matching shells was played. The group sponsoring this event was the Kyoto branch of the Murasaki Shikibu Appreciation Society. Here I am holding what looks like a failed match.


As you know, I'm getting ready to change teams at Microsoft. My current manager gave me the ok to spend a bit of time during my transition ramping up on my new team. It looks like I'm not going to get much of a chance to ramp up, but I think I will be able to get my new office set up in advance, and I spent a bit of time today moving furniture and setting up equipment (almost).
One quick aside about changing jobs at Microsoft. It used to be that when you changed jobs your computers stayed with your current team. Eventually, the finance guys realized that buying new machines after nearly every employee transfer was getting a bit expensive, and they changed the rules so that you could bring at least one computer with you when you move (or more if agreed upon by both managers).
Anyway – I'm in love with my laptop and chose to bring that with me (besides – my current work desktop machine is more suited for writing books and developing powerpoint slides than compiling large software products). I asked my new team if they could leave my new computer in my new office, and that I'd come by to set it up when I had a chance. I had an hour this morning to swing by and check on my new digs. It's going to be a bit weird working in an office all day – I'm so used to the team room (and meetings), that sitting in an office is going to take a bit of getting used to. The first thing I did was move the desk around – I don't like having my back to the door when I work. There was a big Dell tower computer in the office, so I started plugging in peripherals, power, etc. There were also two new 19" monitors, so I unpacked those and set them up … and ran into my first problem. They came with VGA cables only, but the computer only had DVI ports. I walked down the hall to find our groups business administrator (who is awesome, btw). She pointed me to the admin who gave me a funny look when I used words like VGA and DVI, but she pointed me to a box of cables. I found a DVI cable, then eventually found a 3-foot DVI cable (seriously, what is that good for). As a stop-gap, I found a VGA-DVI converter dongle and went on my way. I also noted that I need to order monitor arms since, for some reason, I like to flip my widescreens 90 degrees, and the stock stands wouldn't work that way.
I attempted to ask about the machine in a way that didn't sound ungrateful, but at the same time say, sheesh, this machine is five years old. It turns out that they did order me a brand new dev box, and they left this one around for me to use as a test machine (and an awesome test machine it will be (dual proc Xeon)– once I get it to boot). I'm thinking I'll have a pretty sweet setup fairly soon. If I remember to bring a camera to work, I'll even take pictures. In the meantime, I have loads more work to complete on my current team, so most of my effort will be on that through the end of the week.
I see bumper stickers, ring tones, posters….
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What is Umami – A History of the Fifth Flavor
by Mark Hinds | Updated Jan 9, 2019 | 0 comments
Almost everyone loves the deep savory flavor in soups and stews, the taste of aged parmesan, and the way slow-cured ham lingers on the palate. What ties all these foods together is they are rich in umami. The story of where umami comes from, what it tastes like, and how it was discovered is a journey wrapped up in culture and chemistry.
Discovering Umami
Dr. Kikunae Ikeda the discoverer of Umami
The story starts with a chemist at Tokyo Imperial University named Dr. Kikunae Ikeda, who thought there was a quality in Dashi, a clear stock essential to Japanese cooking, that was distinct from the other four basic flavors (sweet, salty, bitter, sour). He thought it should be considered a basic flavor because it couldn't be produced by any combination of the other four. As Ikeda said, "it is usually so faint and overshadowed by other stronger tastes that it is often difficult to recognize it unless attention is specifically directed towards it."
To understand where this flavor came from Dr. Ikeda started exploring the primary ingredient in Dashi, a type of kelp called konbu. To figure out what made Dashi so delicious he worked for months conducting a chemical analysis that involved boiling konbu down to a tarry like substance and using an evaporation technique to isolate specific compounds.
Ikeda knew he had found the right thing when he tried some small crystals and they tasted like a sour Dashi. What Ikeda had found was glutamate, which is an amino acid that gives Dashi its rich umami flavor. What's interesting when you taste glutamate by itself is how long the taste lingers on the palate.
The name umami, which is often translated as 'pleasant savory taste,' comes from the Japanese words umai, which is used to say something is pleasant or delicious and the word mi, which means 'essence,' 'essential nature,' or 'taste.'
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According to Mouritsen and Styrbaek, in their book Umami: Unlocking the Secrets of the Fifth Taste, Ikeda never intended for umami to be the permanent name for his discovery, but instead suggested it as a temporary name until something better could be found. Something both ironic and justified, considering how long it took the rest of the scientific community to acknowledge umami as a basic flavor and because when they finally did, they named umami in Ikeda's honor.
Why Did It Take So Long to Find Umami?
The real question, of course, is why did it take so long to find umami; it wasn't as if people developed the ability to taste umami after Ikeda's experiments or when scientists finally discovered umami receptors on our tongues ninety years later.
Ever since Democritus, an ancient Greek philosopher, there have been four accepted flavors sweet, sour, bitter, and salty in western cuisine. As the science of taste has evolved, scientists have been able to identify taste receptors on our tongues associated with each of the basic flavors.
A part of the reason it took so long for scientists to recognize umami as a basic flavor is because the first taste receptors specific to umami weren't discovered until 2000. Since then several more receptors have been discovered that react to different types of amino acids that produce different degrees of umami.
Another reason why it has taken longer for umami to be recognized in western cuisine is even though the flavor has been sought after for thousands of years, with a history stretching from the Roman's love of a fermented fish sauce called garum all the way to Americans' predilection for ketchup, there still isn't a single ingredient or dish that embodies umami in western cuisine in the same way Dashi does in Japanese cuisine.
Think about it, when someone wants to know what salty tastes like they can have a spoonful of salt, sweet try some sugar, sour here's a lemon, bitter drink a really hoppy beer. Ask someone for a bite of umami and you're likely to get a blank stare. One of the things holding umami back is that they way people usually describe a flavor is by using an analogy or by using the flavor's name; for example when someone describes something sweet they say it tastes sugary when something is really sour people say it's like sucking on a lemon.
Mouritsen and Styrbaek think a part of the reason for umami's recognition in Japanese cuisine is that the spread of Zen Buddhism in the 1300s helped deeply ingrain the search for umami through the monks' practice of a strict form of vegetarianism that forbids all animal products. This increased the importance of konbu, the base for Shojin Dashi, which has been described as the ultimate vegetarian soup stock and a true umami bomb.
The other piece of the umami puzzle is that while there are lots of ingredients that have umami in them: asparagus, tomatoes, shiitake mushrooms, parmesan cheese, pork, etc. The best way to bring umami flavors out is to combine ingredients with different chemical compositions, often referred to as umami's 1+1=8 synergistic effect and to use cooking methods such as drying, curing, or fermenting that can bring out more of an ingredient's umami flavor. Something we'll get into more in the next couple of articles in this series.
Umami and MSG
One last thing worth noting is the connection between umami and Monosodium Glutamate (MSG). MSG, which may be the most taboo ingredient on the planet, was created by Dr. Ikeda as a way to add umami to food.
MSG is glutamic acid derived by fermenting corn and is essentially what Ikeda found in the lab. The company Ikeda started to manufacture MSG, Ajinomoto, is still the largest producer in the world.
Without getting into the whole long tortured history of MSG and the misunderstandings around what it is and whether or not it's safe, which according to the FDA it is, the story of MSG and America is better served a la carte.
This article is a part of Umami's Understanding Umami Series. Future articles will include:
What is Umami
How to Get More Umami in Your Food
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Using the included extra-long power cable, you can run the cable through the seat and hide all wires offering the same factory look install as common in Mercedes, BMW and Lexus vehicles.
With the advanced mounting technology, the MEGA can be installed higher or lower on the seat to offer greater viewing for your short or tall backseat passengers.
The Autotain MEGA uses a new and thicker mounting bracket than earlier models. This offers less vibration on bumpy roads.
The included pipe clamps give the bracket a solid lock onto the metal posts for additional stability.
Most popular is the wireless IR headphones. These units offer dual channel stereo IR so each monitor can be heard without any audio overlap.
The 2 high fidelity built-in speakers offer a 3D surround sound experience much like watching in a movie theater.
TIP: the built-in speakers automatically turn off when the IR or FM signal is turned on. If you wish to hear the built-in speakers again, simply turn off the IR and FM signals.
Sometimes, young children will only wear their own wired headphones. No worries the Autotain MEGA have an easy access headphone jack for wired headphones. Tip: be sure the built-in speakers are turned on (explained above) before plugging in the headphone cable to hear the audio through wired headphones.
This option offers the ability to wirelessly transmit your Autotain MEGA audio to the vehicle stereo system by simply dialing to a desired frequency much like tuning into a radio station. There are many frequency choices available to help avoid overlap with local radio stations. Tip: if you live in a heavily populated area with many radio stations, this option may be more difficult to use.
Convert your movies to digital and travel with many movies at a time on a single USB thumb drive or SD card.
COOL FEATURE: The Autotain MEGA is enhanced with the ability to decode and watch 1080p, 720p or 480p movie sizes. This feature was not available in some earlier models or other similar models.
TIP: the USB is designed for USB thumb drives ONLY no external hard drives.
TIP: DON'T insert a USB or SD card with additional software on it. This can sometimes confuse the DVD player or possible corrupt the units internal software.
Included is a Native 32 (32 bit) video game dis containing 100's of video games, puzzles and educational games designed to entertain for hours.
Navigate the game menu using the "all-in-one" remote control.
Play the game with either the all-in-one game remote or the specially designed game remotes (included).
There's no price for your "Piece of mind" that you're getting the most complete and advanced headrest DVD player package from the most family friendly headrest DVD player retailer on the planet.
From our family to yours, we hope you ENJOY THE DRIVE!


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David Schrade is an Urban Designer and Design Thinking expert with a focus on smart cities and future mobility who enjoys to be part of building the future world. He developed the Berlin branch of 180 Degrees Consulting to foster social entrepreneurship and is now part of the Migration Hub Network advisory board. He is also the co-founder of the Airport Innovation Lab, which aims at challenging existing concepts to push further sustainable mobility and redesign the way of how people work in the digital future.


As with any magic-based story, there are spells – spells that have a vast array of effects (both positive and negative) to the user and/or castee.
And after twenty years of Harry Potter's existence, science has caught up and made five of the weirder (and scarier) spells possible in real-life.
So sit back in slightly scared comfort and see what five fictional spells have become non-fiction.
Also known as the Forgetfulness Charm, this is a rather self-explanatory spell that erases memories from an individual's mind. I don't need any help with being forgetful (ask my friends about the various social events I have missed), but it's becoming possible to wipe memories from a person's mind.
A recent study by Columbia University Medical Centre found it may be possible to delete memories that trigger post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety, based on experiments in snails.
This was done by stimulating the neurones with two different types of protein for either associative or non-associative memories and blocking the molecules from being active in your brain, effectively erasing a memory.
Great for if you need to have a private conversation when a stranger is close by, this spell keeps nearby others from overhearing your voice. Now, while scientists are dabbling with soundwave manipulation with surprising results, there is an immediate fix.
Say your significant other wants to watch something you don't like on the TV, or listen to music that you hate. Well, Holosonics have created what are called direct audio speakers, which project sound like a beam of light rather than spread it across the room.
Combine this with a video facetime call (pick your words carefully, as scientists haven't conquered the human voice yet), and you've got a secret conversation that only people stood directly in front of the speakers can hear!
First, a personal note of gratitude to J.K. Rowling. Twenty years ago, I opened up a copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone at the recommendation of my primary school teacher Mr. Holt. While I show the physically weathered signs of a workaholic lifestyle after two decades, the stories of one childhood wizard coming of age remain unforgotten – a staple part of my younger literary days that continues to captivate me. This is the importance of Harry Potter. An importance that was earned through the long-term commitment of reading books, which is easy to lose track of in an age of instant gratification. For that, I thank you. Thank you for transporting me and millions of others to this wonderfully realised world of magic, and helping ignite my love for reading and creative writing. New Rising Media wouldn't have been created if it wasn't for my burning desire to learn the quips of writing engaging prose and create my own Harry Potter fan fiction at 10-years-old.
We are getting closer and closer to making stuff levitate. Nowhere can this be seen more than in hover boards. Take the rather theatrical 'Slide' by Lexus for example, which uses Liquid nitrogen to keep the superconductors on the board cool to repel it off the pre-placed magnets on the floor.
Of course, this is based on the floor being metallic, which you can't guarantee. But this is an interesting step towards it – with infrastructure required of course.
Now this one is rather cool, because scientists at the German Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have actually built an invisibility cloak big enough to hide small objects. This is done with a very unique paint that slows down and bends light around the object.
Light waves are direct in their path, and being able to scatter it (like this does) will essentially make the object disappear.
Ever looked on in envy as any of the wizards on Harry Potter waved a wand and saw their bags be magically packed? Well, unfortunately that's not strictly possible.
But Panasonic have introduced something magical in Japan… An automated system that actually scans and bags products for you at a store. This is done by dropping your specially designed basket into a hole, which then opens up and slowly lowers your items into the bag. Sweet dreams are made of this during Asda rush hour.
Finally, a personal note of gratitude to J.K. Rowling.
Twenty years ago, I opened up a copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone at the recommendation of my primary school teacher Mr. Holt.
While I show the physically weathered signs of a workaholic lifestyle after two decades, the stories of one childhood wizard coming of age remain unforgotten – a staple part of my younger literary days that continues to captivate me.
This is the importance of Harry Potter. An importance that was earned through the long-term commitment of reading books, which is easy to lose track of in an age of instant gratification.
For that, I thank you. Thank you for transporting me and millions of others to this wonderfully realised world of magic, and helping ignite my love for reading and creative writing.
New Rising Media wouldn't have been created if it wasn't for my burning desire to learn the quips of writing engaging prose and create my own Harry Potter fan fiction at 10-years-old.
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While standards and safety for cars differ around the world, the testing methods for a vehicle's safety are quite similar. Understandably so, as every car is subjected to the same driving conditions. There are crash tests that determine the safety ratings on your new or Dubai used car. Below are some of the agencies that conduct these tests and determine their safety.
The safety components of a car are kick started in the wake of an accident to make sure that the passengers are minimally harmed. There are organisations in the world that test about every model and give a rating for it's safety.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is one of the organisation that tests and rate the vehicles on their safety. The five star rating programme provides the riders with the information of roll over safety and crash protection. One star signifies the lowest rating and five stars, the highest. To put it simply, more stars equals a safer car.
NCAP is based on Europe and recommends that you follow the newest safety methods for you car. They believe that car safety rating improves as the old tech becomes a bit stale and the newer one evolves. According to them, the car safety feature evolves as the previous technology becomes outdated and new technology evolves. It means that tests are updated on a regular basis, new tests are added to the system and consequently star levels are adjusted.
In UAE, ESMA, the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology provides safety standards in modern transport vehicles and Dubai used cars. They issue technical regulations and safety standards for every type of vehicles including self driving vehicles. Recently, ESMA also launched a system for the control and eradication of fake and counterfeit autoparts. Their mission is to provide safety and environmental protection to the public.
The insurance institute for highway safety (IIHS) is a non-profit organisation that is funded by auto-insurers. They are mostly interested in cutting down the number of accidents on the roads. They determine safety ratings based on four factors; measurements from survival space, seat belt effectiveness, dummies and air bags. They use six crash tests to determine the safety of the car; three frontal and three side impact crashes. A car is mostly rated as poor, marginal, acceptable and good.
We believe that safety is one of the best ways to assess if a car is right for you or not. When you are buying a new or Dubai used car it is worthwhile to assess the safety features of your car. Everything from active components such as headlamps, reverse back up sensors, automatic braking and passive components such as the seat belts, air bags and tempered windshields must be thoroughly inspected.
And talking about inspection, CarSwitch.com has a 200 point inspection list for every new or Dubai used car tested! Check out the inventory for some great deals and a transparent and hassle-free buying experience!
If you are like most Dubai used car owners, you want your car to look nice.