Skiing can be expensive, so if you are a family that likes to ski, it's best to get a season pass. Here is what you should know about current pass promotions for families with kids and teens. I'm posting now even though Vail Resorts' Epic Pass has not posted their 2018/19 season pass details because there are some time sensitive season pass decisions to be made. Here's what we know about family-friendly promotions for the new IKON Pass and the Mountain Collective.
IKON Pass. The new IKON offers different levels of passes just like the Epic, but does it a little differently. They offer unlimited access to Winter Park, Copper Mountain, Steamboat, Eldora, Mammoth, Squaw Valley, and a few more. with then limited access to mountains like Aspen, Snowmass, Jackson Hole, Big Sky, and more. They offer 26 ski destinations in North America. The passes for kids or teens fully match up with the adult pass products.
Kids 12 & under: $149 for Ikon Base Pass & $199 for Ikon Pass. The kids pass price is good through April 9, 2018.
Kids 12 & under: Get a kid's pass for $1 with the purchase of an adult pass and $99 for additional kid passes.
Teens/College: No Discount – real bummer!
Get the details @ Mountain Collective.
Epic Pass. No news yet from Vail Resorts on their 2018/19 season pass products. I'm wondering what to expect from Vail – I assume we will see the FREE Epic School Kids back which offers 16 days of skiing between Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone, for kids K-5th grade. The question is will Vail Resorts jump in with more discounted kids and teen passes? If they want to get more ski families in the Front Range and beyond, I sure hope so. I'm crossing my fingers!
I'm excited. A quick check in this morning for tickets to Seattle found this: $45 or 2,055 points each way Denver [DEN] to Seattle [SEA]. That's $90 round trip. This is cheap travel, but in my experience flying Southwest doesn't feel like a discount airlines. You can pay for Early Bird check in [$15] and they don't charge for up to 2 bags. We are considering this option for taking a ski trip to Whistler/Blackcomb with the family.
To find cheap fares on Southwest I pick my city pair. Then I pick random dates to get into the search engine. Then pick points or dollars [these are very interchangeable, so just pick one and then you can see the other one later]. Click on the dates you want to travel.
One thing about Southwest is that their flights will not turn up on other search engines [e.g., Google Flights or ITA Matrix]. You have to go directly to Southwest.com. It's super easy.
This was a great find! I can take my family of 4 round trip to Seattle for 16,440 points. Unreal. So I poked around just a little and found that I can also take my family to San Diego for the same amount of points. Thank you, Southwest Airlines!
Wondering how to get Southwest points, I suggest signing up for the Southwest Airlines credit card and getting 40,000 points. Then you can take your whole family to Seattle and San Diego in the future and have a few points left over.
Why Southwest Airlines Rocks It For Traveling Families!
Traveling with a family can be tricky. It can be expensive. Things come up. It's tough to get everyone's calendars synced. Needs change. Southwest Airlines to the rescue. The fact that Southwest in budget conscious and very flexible make me loyal to this brand. Southwest Airlines really rocks it for families!
Change Your Flights Without Fees. Unlike any other domestic airline, you can book flights [paid or points] and then make a change to them up to 10 minutes prior to boarding for FREE. This is golden for my family!
I often book flights on Southwest with the idea that we MIGHT go. Sometimes I am just dreaming. Sometimes I need to figure out if this trip works with everyone's schedules. I book the flights and then figure things out. I can take more than 24 hours that other airlines let me have to get things figured out or wait to see if the other pieces of the trip will come together.
For example, we have tickets booked to go from Denver To Salt Lake City this winter because we want to ski at Park City Ski Area. I'm still not sure how the snow will be in Utah, so I'll sit on these tickets until we have a clearer idea of snow fall, without worrying about change fees. Flexibility is key for my family!
Free Checked Bags. You get 2 free checked bags which saves you a bunch over other airlines unless you have elite status or have their credit card.
This is self explanatory, but if I was flying on United or other major airline carriers, I would pay a fee per bag if I did not have elite status or their branded credit card. This could cost my family hundreds. I hate to pay extra fees!
Early Bird Check In. You don't get a seat when you book a flight on Southwest, but you can pay $15 to get their Early Bird Check-In. Since you don't have assigned seats you can just have one parent go on board early [just pay $15 once] and save seats for the whole family. Everyone does it, so it's not strange.
If cost isn't an issue then just get everyone in your travel party Early Bird Check-in when you purchase tickets. If you want to save some $ then just divide up your reservation and make sure one parent is going on early to save seats for the entire family.
Excellent Value/Use of Points. If you plan ahead, and sometimes last minute, Southwest offers really low cost travel options – which is great for my family of 4!
Southwest is a great option any time you are traveling last minute as they are definitely worth checking and at times offer an excellent value.
Southwest points are usually a better deal than most other airlines. For example, I wanted to fly from LA to Denver this month [November] and there are plenty of $44 [2002 points] or $79 [4045 points] one way. On United would cost me much more if I purchase a revenue ticket or between 12,000 and 25,000 points one way.
Easily Transfer Ultimate Rewards Points to Southwest Points. If you have a credit card that earns Ultimate Rewards points you can easily transfer then 1 to 1 and fill up your Southwest points account when you need them most.
More details on how to get and use Ultimate Rewards Points. The points transfer instantly to they are in your account when you need them!
Southwest really works for our family. The things I love the most are their flexibility and low cost/low points. I regularly transfer Ultimate Rewards points into my Southwest account to book flights. I love that I can leave the points in my rewards card until I need them – just in case I need them for some other reason. Southwest just makes my life so simple and helps our family to travel more!
How about the rest of you traveling families – what is your favorite airlines and why?
You Can Still "Google It" When Traveling Out Of The Country: Otherwise I'd be lost half the time!
It's hard to imagine life before Google Maps. Wondering how long it will take between one location and the other? Google it. Wondering how bad the traffic is? Google it. But what about when we are traveling and have limited data plans? Can you use Google then? Yes!
The great news is Google Maps can be used by turning on your data plan briefly. Googling your location and where you wish to go. Once Google has located you and your desired location then you can turn off data. Yup, just turn it off. Your phone has a GPS built in and even with data turned off you can still use the Google Map function to find your way around. It is like magic!
This past summer we were in Paris. I don't know my way around Paris. I also don't really like to be pulling out my map a lot and looking like a silly tourist. Though map reading is an important skill that I like to teach my kids, when I'm in a big city on foot I really like to know where I am. Even with a very limited data plan on my iPhone I used it to navigate by foot all around the city using the Google Map strategy outlined above. I felt so much more comfortable knowing I had Google Maps when I needed to cheat and take a look at where I was or where I was heading.
On the other hand getting "lost" together can be a big learning experience and a fun adventure for the whole family if you have the time and no one is melting down. So, maybe turn off Google Maps at times and get lost. Don't worry about exactly where you are as long as you are all together. This is one of my favorite parts of family travel time!
How to you navigate around foreign cities these days? Are there other apps we should know about?
If you just realized that in a bit over a month your kids will be off school for a whole week [Spring Break] and you are dreaming of getting out of town with your crew, then this post is for you! If you are considering a beach vacation or visiting family and you need to find a flight I suggest trying Google Flights – http://www.gooogle.com/flights.
Google Flights is one of my favorite ways to find good flight deals. You cannot purchase flights at this site – but this powerful search engine finds you great flight options you can compare from many, many, many airlines. Then you just head over to the airline site and book your tickets out of town.
Fixed Dates but Open to Many Destinations: If you do not know where you want to go enter your dates of travel and scroll down to the map feature. Click on the map feature and you can see what your cost for travel will be. This is my favorite as it gives you lots of options.
You can get more specific by listing general "Places" you want to go and/or your "Interests" for travel. You can also not if you want to travel for a specific duration.


Cafe Volcano Cookies. Easy Meringue Cookies. Watch the video!
So finally, my channel on You Tube is up! A new beginning, uncharted waters. Intimidating but so exciting! The channel is going to be basically about baking for beginners, an extension of the series here. An endeavor to reach out to more wanna be bakers and baking enthusiasts. It will take me some time to get comfortable with the camera ( I am terribly camera-shy!), but am am sure you will be with me in this journey as well. Go ahead and laugh at the first few videos, I hope I will laugh at them too when I learn to face it better! Please do subscribe to the channel for updates and don't forget to leave your comments for me. To celebrate the new beginning, here are some Cafe Volcano Cookies - crisp-crunchy, coffee flavored meringue cookies loaded with nuts!
Incredibly easy cookies, hardly any ingredients, almost no effort - I wasted no time in baking these! Now how difficult is it to stir together egg whites (no whipping!), toasted nuts, sugar and coffee, heat them for a minute and bake them? I see you nodding your head and mentally checking your freezer for the nuts you could use. Well, you could use walnuts, pecans, almonds or even cashews or a mix of these.
What appears like a little masses of nuts barely held together by the sticky whites, magically puff up in the oven! They turn into 'higgledy, piggledy bumpy shapes' as Dorie Greenspan calls them. Well, who in their right minds will look for glamor when the toasty crunchy nuts, coffee and the crisp-crunchy meringue more than make up for it!
Thank God for coffee, the magical ingredient that adds so much flavor while cutting back on the sweetness of the meringue. I can't imagine appreciating these as much without the coffee, as otherwise the cookies would be cloyingly sweet.
The ingredients below will make a large batch, I quartered the recipe and baked two batches. Would suggest you do the same unless using a large oven.
1. Position the racks to divide the oven into thirds and preheat the oven to 180 C / 350 F.
2. Toast the nuts till fragrant either in the oven or in a skillet on the stove. Be careful to stir them frequently or they will burn. Transfer them to a plate, cool.
3. Take all ingredients including the nuts in a heavy saucepan*, this is very important. Stir well with a spatula to mix.
4. On low heat, keep stirring constantly till the mixture is just warm to the touch. This will take a minute or so. Do not walk away or stop stirring! Remove from the heat.
5. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of batter on the lined sheets, spacing them an inch apart.
6. Bake for about 15 -16 minutes rotating the pans half-way through the time. (Recipe specifies 20 minutes). The cookies are done when they look puffed , cratered, shiny and dry. Bake less than more, bake a couple of minutes longer if needed. Be careful not to burn the cookies.
7. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them remain on the sheets for 5 minutes before gently peeling them from the liners and transferring them to racks to cool to room temperature.
8. Storing: Kept in a cool, dry place at room temperature (they should never be refrigerated), the cookies will hold up for about 3 days. As with all meringues, humidity will make them go soggy and sticky.
Please note : I used 60 grams (1/2 cup) of cashews for 1/4 recipe and then 60 grams walnuts (1/2 cup) for another 1/4 batch. I made some with walnuts and some with cashew. Surprisingly the cashew ones tasted even better to me. Am going to making these with almonds next time. Hazelnuts shouldn't be bad either!
Eminently enjoyable cookies these are, can imagine it would be great crumbled over vanilla ice cream as well! Please do try these and let me know how you liked them.
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Laaast time wen i made meringues they were too sweet for us.


Guys... which do type of body type on a women do you find more attractive?
Lets say they all have amazing personalities. Skinny http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1073/593517804_8227b39c42.jpg http://tresceleb.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/sienna.jpg Voluptuous (not... show more Lets say they all have amazing personalities.
I'm not even going to get into muscles because that's just too scary.
Update: Not on a women, I meant women. Haha.
Best Answer: voluptuous. the skinnier women feel like ur about to break them in half. and besides i like to see smooth skin not count every bone in thier ribcage.
very own decision in basic terms, i'm no longer judging. My greater decrease may be the middle lady. back, in basic terms conversing approximately possibilities right here. I additionally do in comparison to too skinny, like something smaller than the scale 8 could be too small. So in between could be super for me.
Thin falls somewhere between skinny and voluptuous.
skinny i find the most attractive, but im fine with the other two if their mounted on me.
Ones that are gerbil shaped!
I only find the first one attractive, the others are too fat.
Guys: What type of body on a woman is most attractive? (pics included)?
What body type on a man do women find most attractive? (women only please)?
Guys, what body type do you prefer for women?
GUYS/MEN ONLY ANSWER! What BODY TYPE do you find more ATTRACTIVE in a WOMAN???
Guys: Which body type is more attractive? (Pics)?


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Coelocybidae — семейство паразитических наездников из надсемейства Chalcidoidea (или подсемейство Coelocybinae в Pteromalidae) отряда перепончатокрылые насекомые.

Описание
Антенны с 11 члениками жгутиками. Глаза вентрально расходятся. Клипеус с поперечной субапикальной бороздкой (простирающейся от одной передней тенториальной ямки до другой). Лабрум скрыт за наличником, гибкий, субпрямоугольный, с краевыми волосками в ряд. Мандибулы с 3 зубцами. Субфораминальный мост с постгеном, разделенным нижним тенториальным мостом. Мезоскутеллум с френумом и с парой волосков на нём или рядом, а также с аксиллярной бороздкой. Мезоплевральная область без расширенного акроплеврона; мезэпимерон не выступает за передний край метаплеврона. Все ноги с 5 тарзомерами; шпоры передних голеней длинные и изогнутые; базитарзальный гребень продольный. Метасома с синтергумом, без эпипигия.

Систематика
Около 20 родов (Австралия, Южная Америка). Группа впервые была выделена в 1988 году как подсемейство Coelocybinae в составе подсемейства Pteromalidae. В 2022 году в ходе реклассификации птеромалид это крупнейшее семейство хальцидоидных наездников было разделено на 24 семейства и Coelocybinae выделены в отдельное семейство Coelocybidae. Их бывший род  (Австралия) перенесён в состав подсемейства Colotrechninae (триба Amerostenini) из семейства Pteromalidae, а род  выделен в подсемейство Cecidellinae из семейства Pirenidae.

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки

Chalcidoidea
Паразиты насекомых
Семейства насекомых

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What started as an ambitious entry for a design competition has made Slovakian architect Soňa Pohlová and her partner into a team of ecological entrepreneurs. Soňa is part of a team of architects, who submitted a bid in 2009 for a competition to design a luxurious mobile home that could operate off-grid.
Their brain child, the Ecocapsule, is a self-sufficient 8.2 square-metre pod, equipped with solar panels, a silent wind turbine and water collection system that has proved to be so popular that the team continued the project for 8 years after the competition.
During the transition from architect to founding a start-up, Soňa and fellow architect Tomáš Žáček picked up a "lot of skills along the way" and adapted the way they worked.
While Soňa enjoyed the new "freedom" that comes with entrepreneurship, she would like to continue working in architecture as well, striking a balance between the two.
Her team's product is based on being "respectful to nature" and the Ecocapsule has less of an impact on the environment than a regular home. This portable home leaves no trace when you move on and is self-sufficient – making it an ecological, off-the-grid dream home.
To ensure this is a home of the future, the team hired experts in the environment and sustainability sectors to ensure not only that the pod "leaves no trace" but also brings with it a sense of freedom and mobility.
Energy for the pod is renewable, sourced through solar panels and a silent wind turbine, which is then stored in batteries for later use. With this energy, the pod can be off-grid all-year-round, and can even charge an electric car.
Ecocapsule has received celebrities' seal of approval from Hollywood actor Susan Sarandon to tv-show host and comedian James Corden.
In light of the above, Soňa's path to success was not straightforward, and while being a woman has not always been a boundary, Soňa says that business partners occasionally treat her differently.
Currently the Ecocapsule is in the final stages of prototyping, with two final prototypes withstanding.
In the next year, Soňa and her team plan to produce 50 limited-edition homes which are pre-ordered on their website.


Spent a couple days down in southern Arizona this past weekend. Namely, Tombstone and Sierra Vista. Went to Tombstone so my kids could watch 'the shootout,' and if you don't know what 'the shootout' in Tombstone is, go look it up. This is my second time visiting the town that calls itself 'Too tough to die.' I love it. My kids now love it too. The shootout is as exciting as it was the first time. The town folk dress in authentic 1880's garb and remain as sassy as ever. For me, it provides a peek into old-west life. But after a couple hours, I have my fill and get in my truck and roll. Will say, it is a money grab. Every vendor in every shop is pushing hard for sales. Aint nothing cheap. Best way to enjoy, keep on moving.
Next stop was Sierra Vista where my cousin was getting married. Have to say, both Tombstone and Sierra Vista are surrounded by incredible mountain scenery. Was captivated by the views the whole time. Kinda had a lost day in SV, waiting for the wedding. Not a whole lot to do. If I were to return, think the best way to enjoy would be to do some camping and hiking. Btw, wedding was awesome, wish my cousin and her man all the best!
Nevertheless, I'm always amazed at the scenic beauty of Arizona. It's a wonderful contrast of worlds between the Valley and our surrounding state. Most of us are tied to the economy of Phoenix and have to live here. And Phoenix is fine, be better if the Valley wasn't completely paved. No matter though, there is plenty of beauty and wonderment to escape to just out our back door.


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Q: Xcode 12 deployment target warnings when using CocoaPods I get this warning on Xcode 12:

The iOS Simulator deployment target IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET is set to 8.0, but the range of supported deployment target versions is 9.0 to 14.0.99

How to support this version?

A: Update: To fix this issue you just need to update the Deployment Target to 9.0. This can be updated by opening the .xcworkspace file, choose the Pods.xcodeproj on Xcode, and updating the iOS Deployment Target to 9.0 or later as depicted in the below image.

Another easy fix is to add the following to your Podfile and running pod install on terminal in the directory.
post_install do |installer|
 installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
   target.build_configurations.each do |config|
     if config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'].to_f < 9.0
      config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '9.0'
     end
   end
 end
end

Previous: You can't provide support for iOS 8.0 on Xcode 12 unless you import the support files. To provide support by default you would have to use Xcode 11. It would be better to check for the number of users that use your app on iOS 8 and update the minimum supported version to iOS 9 or higher.

A: Flutter now requires an additional line for this to work as of late 2021.
Paste the updated code snippet below at the end of your Podfile and run pod install command.
  post_install do |installer|
     installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
         flutter_additional_ios_build_settings(target)
         target.build_configurations.each do |config|
            if config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'].to_f < 10.0
              config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '10.0'
            end
         end
     end
  end

Note: If you have the below code in your podfile, then replace it with the above code.
post_install do |installer|
  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
    flutter_additional_ios_build_settings(target)
  end
end

A: A short working solution is here! Just copy and paste the code snippet at the end of your Podfile and run the pod install command.
    post_install do |installer|
     installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
         target.build_configurations.each do |config|
            if config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'].to_f < 12.0
              config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '12.0'
            end
         end
     end
  end

In this case, 12.0 is the minimum supporting iOS version for AppStore submission. You can change it based on your project requirements.

A: This is happening because support for iOS 8 has been dropped in Xcode 12 but the minimum deployment target for the offending pod is still iOS 8. This is documented in the Xcode 12 release notes:

Deprecations

*

*Xcode now supports debugging apps and running tests on iOS devices running iOS 9.0 and above.

Workaround. You can append the following to your Podfile as a workaround for now (and then run pod install as usual):
post_install do |installer|
  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
    target.build_configurations.each do |config|
      if config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'].to_f < 9.0
        config.build_settings.delete 'IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'
      end
    end
  end
end

This will remove the deployment target settings from all pods using iOS 8 or below, allowing them to simply inherit the project deployment target that you have specified at the top of your Podfile. For instance:
platform :ios, '10.0'

A: This is a problem with the target at your cocoa pods.
To me, the answer was to put this code at the end of your pod file:
 post_install do |installer|
     installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
         target.build_configurations.each do |config|
             config.build_settings['DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT'] = 'dwarf'
             config.build_settings.delete 'IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'
             config.build_settings['ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH'] = 'YES'
         end
     end
  end

It resolved all my problems, compiling and archiving the project.
Another way is just to change the IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGETin the pods project like described in this image:

Best regards.

A: I also needed to add
s.platform = :ios, "9.0"

to my .podspec file for this to work, as well as the post_install script from any of the above (or below) answers.
Note: s.platform was
s.platform = :ios

A: I'm using Flutter so my steps:

*

*delete Podfile.lock file

*Change to platform :ios, '10.0'

*delete Pods folder in ios folder

*Goto Terminal and Pod install everything

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Be The Boss People Never Want To Leave
Kevin Kruse
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How can you be the boss that nobody wants to leave?
We all remember that one leader, boss, or manager that inspired us to grow and become better. They challenged us when necessary and coached us when we were lost. Or maybe you never had a boss that truly understood your potential, but sorely wish you had. So what leadership style makes people want to stick around, and is it something you can replicate?
Scott Love is a former US Navy leadership trainer and Annapolis graduate. He's the founder of the Attorney Search Group and a global keynote speaker. His new book is Why They Follow: How to Lead With Positive Influence. I recently interviewed Scott on the LEADx podcast about how to become a leader who inspires loyalty and greatness. (The interview below has been lightly edited for space and clarity.)
Kevin Kruse: What do you mean by 'positive influence'?
Scott Love: Leading people in a way that they feel engaged, where they want to be… you want to be the light. You want to be the joy. I don't want to say "the joy in their life" as the boss, but you want to be at least some sort of inspiration for them that makes their lives better rather than takes away from that. We've all worked for bosses good and bad. Whenever I do a seminar, I'll ask people, I'll say, "Let's put on the board the character qualities, the attributes that you would use to describe someone that you would trust and follow." Number one is always this is someone that's worthy of that trust, they're usually honest, but then all the attributes usually lead up to someone that's generally a positive person, someone that generally has that optimistic outlook. I think that is what gets people to work harder and to stay longer and to put the energy in, rather than someone that's cracking the whip all the time.
Kruse: What are the steps to leading in a 'servant leadership' way?
Love: I think, number one, it's to have a prosperous heart, where you believe that there's room in the organization for everybody to achieve satisfaction, everybody can achieve victory when the team does so that it's inclusive. Everybody on the team is important. Something that you and I both learned as parents is that everybody in the family matters. The emotions of our kids matter. If your son is in tears because he wants to go to the game and you've got a conference call you've got to get ready for, he absolutely has a right to feel upset even though we've got to get this thing going. Show your kid that his feelings are valid. I think having that prosperous heart for everybody on the team matters.
Number two: living in a way that's congruent with your heart, because the people that work for you are always observing and they're always making judgments. Are you living in a way that's congruent with the values that you tell people that are important to you?
Number three: it's to communicate that to your staff, to communicate that trust because you're living in a predictable sort of way that's in alignment with your heart or your core values. I think it's good, especially if you're in a supervisory role directly with them, that you're creating this silent accountability. When you are putting yourself in a position of leadership, it's a vulnerable position because you're always being observed. You're living in a glass house. People make judgments about you, and that judgment translates into what sort of response level they're going to give to you, how hard are they going to work, based on how you live in congruence with your values.
Kruse: How can millennials manage people who are a generation or two older?
Love: I'd say three things, Kevin. Number one: always get focused on what the outcome is of the group. When you're in a position of leadership, that's important.
Number two: look at the strengths of those people and the assets of those people. The goal is to align those assets, those desires, with the team. This is something I learned by interviewing General Walt Boomer, who is a retired four-star Marine officer and former CEO. I asked him, "Walt, what's more important–mission accomplishment or taking care of your people?" He said, "Let me think about that… Taking care of your people. As long as you've got the right people in place, they'll get the job done." I think it's important to have that sense of mission accomplishment and then also looking at the assets, looking at the resources that your team brings and always align that with the organizational goals.
Then, number three: ask your people questions. Ask them things like, "What can I do to make your job a lot easier? Is there anything I can do to help you accomplish this?" I think taking a genuine interest in your team, walking around and engaging with them, and asking how you can help out are some of the ways that you can definitely get their enthusiasm going.
Kruse: By leading from the heart and asking questions of how to help first, and then following up with the other pieces, you'll never have a problem winning people over.
Love: I think that takes a special person, Kevin, because so many people with their personal hubris, their ego sometimes gets in the way. And leadership isn't about that. It's all about getting the job done, aligning the resources of your people, making sure that they're engaged, they're fulfilled, and not about pounding your chest and saying, "Hey, look at me." In fact, I think true leadership is invisible. At the end of the day, you want the team to say, "We did this ourselves."
Kruse: I like to challenge our listeners to become 1% better every day. Is there something you'd like to challenge them to try?
Love: I would say do these two things. Number one: write down your personal core values, not necessarily what you think are good at work. Here's a question that helps you hone in on this: If you had all the money in the world, all your relationships were perfect, and you had all the time in the world, what's left over? What are those values that you hold true to you? When you clarify those, you get them on paper. When you make decisions ask yourself, "Does this decision line up with my personal core values?" That's the thing. What's true too, Kevin, is that leadership is very personal. People are making personal decisions when they come to work by observing you and how you live in accordance with those values.
Then, number two: write down your personal mission statement. What is it you want to do on this planet? It might not have anything to do with business or making billions or anything like that, but what are you on this planet for? I think that gives you clarity in what direction you're going in and it also builds up your personal confidence.
When people see someone that lives in congruent with a set of core values and makes that hard right, and they know exactly where they're going, that's attractive to people. That's what causes people to respond in a way that says, "Yes, I'm willing to follow and I'm willing to stay with you to the end."
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Increased risk of tuberculosis in health care workers: a retrospective survey at a teaching hospital in Istanbul, Turkey
Caglar Cuhadaroglu1,
Mustafa Erelel1,
Levent Tabak1 &
Zeki Kilicaslan1
Tuberculosis (TB) is an established occupational disease affecting health care workers (HCWs). Determining the risk of TB among HCWs is important to enable authorites to take preventative measures in health care facilities and protect HCWs. This study was designed to assess the incidence of TB in a teaching hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. This study is retrospective study of health records of HCWs in our hospital from 1991 to 2000.
The mean workforce of the hospital was 3359 + 33.2 between 1991 and 2000. There were 31 cases (15 male) meeting the diagnostic criteria for TB, comprising eight doctors, one nurse and 22 other health professionals. Mean incidence of TB was 96 per 100,000 for all HCWs (relative risk: 2.71), 79 per 100,000 for doctors (relative risk: 2.2), 14 per 100,000 for nurses and 121 per 100,000 (relative risk: 3.4) for other professionals. The mean incidence of TB in Turkey between 1991 and 2000 was 35.4 per 100,000. Incidence of TB was similar in the Departments of Chest Diseases and Clinical Medicine but there were no TB cases in the Basic Science and Managerial Departments.
HCWs in Turkey who work in clinics have an increased risk for TB. Post-graduate education and prevention programs reduce the risk of TB. Control programs to prevent nosocomial transmission of TB should be established in hospitals to reduce risk for HCWs.
Tuberculosis (TB) is an established occupational disease of health care workers (HCWs) and those infected may transmit the disease to susceptible individuals. Previously, it has been reported that HCWs are at increased risk of TB [1–6]. There is a large number of studies from North America about the risk of TB among HCWs and TB control programs have been established to protect HCWs in these countries. Prevalence of TB among HCWs in high-prevalence countries has been poorly documented [4–6] and TB control programs are not widespread. Turkey is one such country and had a TB incidence of 26.3 per 100,000 in 2000 [7]. Also, in Turkey there is no central control program for the prevention of TB in HCWs. Determining the risk of TB among HCWs is important to enable authorites to take preventative measures in health care facilities and protect HCWs.
In the present study, we aimed to determine whether HCWs in a Turkish teaching hospital have a higher risk of TB than the normal population and if the incidence of TB varies between hospital departments.
This retrospective study was performed at the bed acute care hospital of the Istanbul Medical Faculty. We reviewed health records of HCWs from 1991 to 2000, obtained from the Department of Chest Diseases and Human Resource Department archives. TB is diagnosed by bacteriological culture or histological evidence of granuloma with caseafication necrosis or clinical findings consistent with active TB (fever, sputum, malaise, fatigue, loss of apetite, weight loss, night sweats) and full course of chemotherapy is indicated for these patients.
Demographic data for HCWs were provided by the Human Resources Department of the hospital. Population in December was taken as the study population for each year. Incidence rates of TB for Turkey's general population were taken from the annual statistics report of the Ministry of Health [7].
The Department of Chest Disease was evaluated separately from the Department of Medicine. The Department of Basic Science was including laboratories as Microbiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Forensic Medicine and Physiology. Managerial department and services were including the Dean's Office, Human Resource Office, laundry, central kitchen, mechanics, central heating unit, accommodation and student affairs
Between 1991 and 2000 the mean work force of the hospital was 3359 ± 33.2, consisting of 879 doctors, 670 nurses and 1810 allied health professionals. There were 31 cases (15 male, 16 female) meeting the diagnostic criteria for TB. Thirteen cases were confirmed by sputum culture and one by urine culture, eight cases were verified by histological examination, and nine patients showed findings consistent with active pulmonary TB. The 31 cases of TB comprised eight doctors, one nurse and 22 other health professionals. Mean age was 35 (range: 22–50) for doctors, 27 for nurse and 25.7 (range 19–58) for other professionals. All of the TB patients had worked as an HCW for at least 12 months.
Twenty three of the cases were pulmonary TB and 8 were extra-pulmonary. In the pulmonary TB patients, chest x-ray revealed typical lung parenchyma pathology. There were no cases of active TB in the families of HCWs.
Mean incidence of TB for 1991 to 2000 was 96 per 100,000 for all HCWs (relative risk: 2.71), 79 per 100,000 for doctors (relative risk: 2.2), 14 per 100,000 for nurses and 121 per 100,000 (relative risk: 3.4) for other professionals. Mean incidence of TB for Turkey as a whole was 35.4 per 100,000 [7]. Fig. 1 shows the incidence of TB in our study and in the general population.
The comparison of the incidence of tuberculosis for health care workers (HCWs) and the general population by years. Between 1991–2000, mean incidence of Tuberculosis for HCWs is three times more than general population
Incidence rates were similar in the Departments of Chest Diseases (151 per 100,000) and Medicine (157 per 100,000). Incidence in the Department of Surgery was lower, at 107 per 100,000. There were no cases of TB in the Basic Science and Managerial Departments.
In our study the results indicated that the incidence of TB among hospital staff was approximately three times more than that in the general population of Turkey. Previous studies made by Turkish hospitals also showed that risk of TB among HCWs was higher than in the general population [8].
The demographic characteristics of TB cases among our hospital HCWs were different from the general population. In Turkey, it has been shown that TB is more common among persons with a mean age of 37.5 years (range 20–39) and 85% of patients are male [9]. However, in our hospital staff, the mean age of TB patients was 27.7 years and 50 % of them were female. These differences support the idea that TB in HCWs was of nosocomial origin.
There are two limitations in our study. First, we do not have information about staff that left the hospital to pursue another occupation. Our data was limited to the time that they worked in the hospital. The second limitation concerns the incidence rates of TB in the general population. We accepted the Ministry of Health figures but we estimate that the reported incidence rates are less than the true rates due to the deficiency in registering TB cases in Turkey.
Those that have investigated TB infection risk by tuberculin testing have shown that HCWs have a higher infection risk than the normal population [1–3]. In Turkey, BCG vaccination is routinely given twice in a person's life; at birth and at 7 years of age. As a result, tuberculin skin test surveys are not relevant for Turkey. All of the HCWs in our study had been vaccinated at least once.
Previous studies from other countries have demonstrated different results for TB in HCWs [4–6, 8, 10–16]. Kruuer et al. showed that TB risk in Estonia was higher for HCWs than the rest of population [4]. Similar results have been found in Serbia [5], Malawi [6], Japan [10], North America and Western Europe [12–14]. However, two studies had different findings [15, 16]. Firstly, in the UK, McKenna showed that risk of TB among HCWs was similar to that of the general population. Secondly, Raitio found that the overall risk of TB among HCWs was lower than in the general population. The incidence of TB in Turkey in 2000 of 26.3 per 100,000 is lower than the rates in Estonia, Malawi and Serbia but higher than North America and Western Europe. Nevertheless, our results are in line with those of other countries.
In Turkey there is no specific TB prevention program for HCWs. There are several chest clinics where HCWs and TB patients use surgical masks but there is only one clinic which has negative ventilation for its TB ward. In North America, on the other hand, TB prevention programs for HCWs have been established and performance is regularly controlled [17]. In spite of this structural difference, the similar, higher TB risk for HCWs in Turkey and North America is significant. In our Department of Chest Diseases, the last TB case in an HCW was in 1991. Surgical masks have been used in the department since 1992. A separate TB ward was set up in 1996 and in 1998 it was fitted with a central negative ventilation system. We observed that in other hospital departments, with the exception of nurses, staff did not take precautions against TB. The incidence of TB among nurses was very low in comparison with other staff. All the nurses in our hospital have a regular post-graduate education program but the doctors and other staff do not. We speculate that the low incidence of TB in nurses is dependent on this regular education. TB is still a disease that affects low income groups in Turkey. The level of income for HCWs is higher than the poverty threshold. Indeed, the incidence of TB in that income group would have been expected to be lower than in the general population.
Unfortunately, we do not have detailed information about TB in Turkey that takes account of different income levels. However, we predict that TB incidence in nurses in our hospital will be similar to non-medical personnel who have the same income as HCWs. Two other factors may account for the different TB risk in nurses compared with other health professionals. Nurses usually work in wards where it is known if a patient has TB, therefore, nurses can take steps to protect themselves against infection. Doctors and other health professionals work in out-patient and several other departments at the same time. In these circumstances there may be patients with undiagnosed TB, leading to increased risk of infection.
Table 1 The Incidence of tuberculosis: differences between departments. * the incidence per 100000
Although the risk of TB was higher in all clinical specialties than in the general population, the incidence of TB in surgery and pediatrics was lower than in other clinical departments. This could be because TB patients are not usually admitted for surgery and transmission of TB from children is unusual. There have been no TB cases in the Basic Science Department for last ten years, even though this department has both pathology and microbiology laboratories. However, adult autopsies have been performed rarely in the pathology laboratory since 1991. The microbiology laboratory performs a limited number of sputum examinations for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, given that there is another specialized laboratory in Istanbul for this purpose.
HCWs in Turkey, especially those working in clinics, have an increased risk for TB. Post-graduate education and preventative measures reduce the risk of TB. Control programs to prevent nosocomial transmission of TB should be established in hospitals to reduce the risk for HCWs.
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Caglar Cuhadaroglu, Mustafa Erelel, Levent Tabak & Zeki Kilicaslan
Caglar Cuhadaroglu
Mustafa Erelel
Levent Tabak
Zeki Kilicaslan
Correspondence to Caglar Cuhadaroglu.
Authors 1 initials carried out the all archives research in medical department, performed statistical analyses and write manuscript. Authors 2 : contact with human resource department and collect data of health care workers. Author 3 participate the writing of manuscript and revised it. Author 4 revised article, coordinated all study and get official permission for archives research.
Cuhadaroglu, C., Erelel, M., Tabak, L. et al. Increased risk of tuberculosis in health care workers: a retrospective survey at a teaching hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. BMC Infect Dis 2, 14 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-2-14
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Did you know that 5% of salespeople close 80% of the deals?
One of the main reasons we are not closing more deals can be narrowed down to what I call "the other f-word" – follow up. Instant gratification is part of our genetic makeup, so after just a few follow up attempts, we move on to the new leads. We become so focused on lead generation that we forget that the lead is a real person. Our focus is on quantity when it should be on quality.
I don't have to tell you that people's situation can change on a dime, especially in the senior living industry. New leads are great, but we are missing out on a tremendous amount of opportunities because of our follow up. Studies have shown that 80% of deals are closed after a minimum of 5 calls. However, the average salesperson gives up after three attempts. Only 5% make 5 or more attempts. What does that mean to you? It means that 5% of salespeople are getting 80% of the business. That leaves the other 95% of salespeople competing for the remainder 20%. If you are not cringing right now, you should be. This statistic alone should send shivers up and down your spine.
I have conducted a number of Sales and Marketing Audits at the community level. Regardless of the type of community or where it is located, the common challenge is the follow up. Most communities do a good job in getting a hand written note sent to the prospect within the first 24-48 hours of the tour. This kind of personal touch is a necessity. The challenges occur after the note goes out. We make a couple calls and send a couple emails. If we do not get a response, we list them as a "cold" lead in our CRM.
Now that the cold lead has gone to the abyss, we send them the occasional email and invite them to our monthly community events. We might even call and ask how the selling of their home is going. However, this is where we drop the ball. The little follow up that we do revolves around business – not building the relationship. We need to be more creative with our follow up. Instead of making the follow up about business, send something that has nothing to do with the community but everything to do with being remembered. Send a card. Personalize it and add a simple message like, "I just wanted to send you a hug." We should be reaching out and making contact on a monthly basis with every prospect in our CRM. This is especially important when working with Independent Living prospects. As a result, when their situation changes and they do need to make that decision, you will be on the top of their list.
This kind of follow up takes time, right? However, what would you say if you could automate the entire process and send a personalized card to every prospect for less than $1 per prospect per month? Would it be worth the investment? If you consider the cost of a qualified lead is $400-$600, it's worth it. When you consider the amount you invest in marketing collateral, it's worth it. The greeting card can contain a personalized message and images. So, you could insert a picture of yourself or the community in the card. Imagine the smiles when your prospects open the card just to find a nice message and know that someone was thinking about them.
When the resident moves in, let them send a card to their family member and friends. You could insert an image of the community and another image of the resident in their new room or doing activities with other residents. Not only are you assisting your new resident with the change of address duties, but you are also marketing your community at the same time.
Send cards to the family members. Remember, most of the time, at least one family member is involved in the decision making process.
Set up an automated campaign for the entire year. Once you set it, you can forget it because the program takes care of the rest.
You are only limited by your own creativity. The service will print your card, put it in the envelope, place the postage on it, and then send it to the recipient. All of this for around $1 per card! Did you know that people are 11 times more likely to open a greeting card than any other piece of mail? Once the campaign gets rolling, you can periodically invite them to an event in the message of your card. By this time, they are excited to get your cards and will open them every time. Instead of your marketing material going in "the pile" or in the trash, your card goes on the counter or mantle for all to see. You become the kind of person that sends cards just to make someone's day. You become the kind of person that people want to do business with.
This kind of marketing is called Relationship Marketing. It probably seems like a foreign concept because not many people are doing it. However, it is a concept that I am recommending to all of my clients. We all know that people buy on emotion and back it up with facts and logic. However, most of us sell to the logic. Guess what, we do the same with our follow up. It's the small things done consistently that make the largest impact.
Ok, so I guess you are ready to hear how you can take your marketing to the next level. The company is called Send Out Cards. Perhaps some of you have heard of it. If so, I hope you are using it. If you want to learn more about it, go to www.sendoutcards.com. The next step is critical. I would encourage you to go to our personal Send Out Card website: www.lmcardshop.com. Watch the three-minute video, and then take advantage of the offer to send a free card so you can see how easy it is. I would recommend sending a card to yourself or a family member so you can see the awesome quality.
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'Mad Men' stars John Slattery, Christina Hendricks reteam for 'God's Pocket' starring Philip Seymour Hoffman
John Slattery, who directed the movie God's Pocket, with actress Christina Hendricks. Thursday, May 1, 2014, at the SLS Hotel in L.A. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker/L.A. Daily News)
By Rob Lowman | rlowman@scng.com | Daily News
PUBLISHED: May 7, 2014 at 12:51 p.m. | UPDATED: August 29, 2017 at 9:22 a.m.
Longtime newspaper reporter Pete Dexter was severely beaten up after he went to a bar in South Philadelphia to talk to a man who had complained about a column he had written. The moment changed his life: He decided to become a novelist. The incident, however, found its way fictitiously into his 1983 book "God's Pocket," which has been been turned into a new movie opening in select theaters today.
For John Slattery and Christina Hendricks, two longtime stars of "Mad Men," the small-budget "God's Pocket" was a labor of love. It's the first directorial feature for Slattery, who co-wrote the script. Besides Hendricks, it stars Richard Jenkins, John Turturro, Eddie Marsan and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Slattery, who had known Hoffman for a couple of decades, says he waited for the Oscar-winning actor to be available to make the film.
"I didn't want to think about anybody else," he says, adding there were pressures on him to look elsewhere. Slattery didn't approach anyone else for the film until Hoffman was ready. "As soon as Phil was involved, everyone said, 'Yes.' "
The loss of Hoffman still hangs over the film — and it hurts. In January, just two weeks before Hoffman died of a drug overdose, he was with Hendricks and Slattery for the premiere of "God's Pocket" at the Sundance Film Festival.
"A great actor," Slattery says simply about his friend, who was also a producer on the film.
The movie is set in 1978 in a tough Philadelphia neighborhood called God's Pocket. Hoffman plays Mickey Scarpato, an amiable low-level criminal who hijacks meat shipments. Hendricks, her hair brunet rather than her familiar red, is Mickey's wife, Jeanie. Early on in the film, her adult son is killed in an "accident" at a construction site where he worked.
Believing something else was going on, Jeanie pushes Mickey, who is having problems coming up with funeral expenses, to find out the truth about the death. The incident also has raised the interest of a local celebrity newspaper columnist (Jenkins) who is immediately taken with the vulnerable Jeanie.
Hendricks was drawn to the role because it was a "very intense slice of this woman's life. She's grieving for her son and desperately looking for love and acknowledgment while not getting the answers she needs."
Slattery has directed Hendricks before in "Mad Men" episodes. In the series, he plays the womanizing, hard-drinking Roger Sterling, and Hendricks is Joan Harris, his onetime mistress who has worked her way up to the top echelons of the 1960s advertising firm where the show is set.
"God's Pocket" created a new dynamic between them.
"It was fun working with John on the film because we had thoroughly and deeply explored Roger and Joan," Hendricks says. "But this was completely new people with different scenarios and in a different time period."
A feature film, especially a low-budget indie with a 24-day shoot, was a different animal for Slattery, 51. On "Mad Men," he says, "Many decisions are made beforehand, but with the film, there was something new every day."
It was shot in Yonkers, N.Y., as a substitute for Philadelphia in the '70s. "Finding places where you can film without interruption of contemporary nature wasn't easy on this kind of budget," he says.
The only other person Slattery approached early about the film besides Hoffman was Hendricks "because she had been getting all this attention for the series and was doing other films; so I thought I should at least get a placeholder in there." Hendricks wasn't at the first couple days of shooting when Slattery was getting his bearings, and when she did show up, the director says he felt a sense of relief.
AMC's "Mad Men" is currently airing the first seven episodes of its final season, while Hendricks and Slattery are in the midst of shooting the final seven episodes, which will air next spring. Both of them are looking ahead to life after the series is over.
Hendricks, who turned 39 last week, made three films, including Slattery's, during her last "Mad Men" hiatus. "Lost River" is a neo-noir fantasy film written, produced and directed by Ryan Gosling, in his directorial debut, which will premiere at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. She'll also be in the mystery "Dark Places," based on the novel by Gillian Flynn ("Gone Girl"). She plays the mother of Charlize Theron's character in flashbacks.
After Hendricks and Slattery finish shooting this season, it's all over for "Mad Men" except for doing some press next year. That will make it 10 years since they shot the pilot for the landmark show. Because of contract disputes, the series hasn't aired consistently, but Hendricks says it was always a home to come back to.
"Over that period," notes Slattery, "you've gotten married," he says, looking at his co-star. In 2009, Hendricks married actor Geoffrey Arend. Slattery, who has been married since 1998, has one son.
"People have had kids," Slattery continues. "People bought homes. My kid was 6 years old when we started, and he will be 16 when it's finished."
As for what he will do next, Slattery doesn't have anything set, but he has been reading scripts and books, looking for something to adapt; he wants to direct again. What he hopes is to find something "you just have to do. 'Mad Men' was like that. It doesn't get better than that."
Hendricks says they will walk away from the series feeling proud to have been on a show that has had cultural significance and has helped change the landscape of television. Leaving it, though, will bring "a sense of the jitters and excitement about the future," she says.
"Like, get a job," Slattery jokes, and they both laugh.
"Yeah, there are some exciting things out there."
Rob Lowman | reporter
Rob Lowman began at the L.A. Daily News working in editing positions on the news side, including working on Page 1 the day the L.A. Riots began in 1992. In 1993, he made the move to features, and in 1995 became the Entertainment Editor for 15 years. He returned to writing full time in 2010. Throughout his career he has interviewed a wide range of celebrities in the arts. The list includes the likes of Denzel Washington and Clint Eastwood to Kristin Stewart and Emma Stone in Hollywood; classical figures like Yo Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel to pop stars like Norah Jones, Milly Cyrus and Madonna; and authors such as Joseph Heller, John Irving and Lee Child. Rob has covered theater, dance and the fine arts as well as reviewing film, TV and stage. He has also covered award shows and written news stories related to the entertainment business. A longtime resident of Santa Clarita, Rob is still working on his first more-than-30-year marriage, has three grown children (all with master's degrees) and five guitars.
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Thank you for participating in the Chat on Change held November 27, 2012. During the TweetChat, we were joined by Julie Kliger from the Integrated Care Leadership Network to discuss nurse-led innovations. The Innovations Exchange also provided several examples of relevant innovations during the Chat.
Julie Kliger, MPA, BSN, RN, is Director of the Integrated Nurse Leadership Program at the University of California San Francisco and Founder and Principal of The Altos Group LLC. She is also founder of the Integrated Care Leadership Network, a grassroots community of frontline clinicians who share quality improvement information. Over the last 26 years she has established herself as a leading voice for patient safety and improved outcomes. Her work addressing practice redesign in health care has been nationally recognized for its unprecedented achievements in reducing medication administration errors and sepsis mortality.


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A Natural History of Ferns by Robbin C. Moran
A Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical Fraud by Karl Sabbagh
A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume
A Visionary Madness: The Case of James Tilly Matthews and the Influencing Machine by Mike Jay
Actual Minds, Possible Worlds by Jerome Bruner
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Cannery Row (Steinbeck Centennial Edition (1902-2002)) by John Steinbeck
Challenger & Company: the Complete Adventures of Professor Challenger and His Intrepid Team-The Lost World, The Poison Belt, The Land of Mists, The Disintegration Machine and When the World Screamed by Arthur Conan Doyle
Collected Poems by W.H. Auden
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Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea by Carl Zimmer
Eye of the Beholder: Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing by Laura J. Snyder
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Post all the places you think others might be interested to visit with or without a motorcycle, even better, with the FZ-07 of course.
If you are ever in Atlantic Canada, and specifically Nova Scotia, you need to visit Peggy's Cove, Hall's Harbour, the Look-off north of Canning, the Cabot Trail, and well really any of the coastal road.
During the 3 months or so that riding in this province isn't bloody cold we have a ton to offer.
Here are a few castles.
A family friend runs a b&b in Brittany. I was told to come visit anytime. I'll just have to do a bunch of maintenance on the grounds, which is a perfectly fair arrangement.
Where is your friend's b&b in Brittany? The only way to get your own bike over there is if you stay for at list a month. Some places do rent bikes, mostly Beemers, but prices are really high. It would be a once in a life time trip, to do with some very good friends.
Bora Bora would be nice and relaxing.
I'll go to ride dolphins and manta rays, not motorcycles.
Just a reminder: "might be interested to visit WITH OR WITHOUT a motorcycle."


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Kanye West & Kim Kardashian Attended Blue Ivy's Birthday Party, Order Is Restored
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At the end of 2016, before he pledged his allegiance to Donald Trump, canceled his tour and was admitted to the hospital, Kanye West publicly aired his grievances with family friends Jay Z and Beyoncé. Among his complaints were that the competition between Apple Music and Jay's Tidal was interfering with a Watch The Throne sequel, that Bey negotiated her way into a Video Of The Year VMA, that Jay never came by the house to see how Kim Kardashian was after her Paris robbery and, perhaps saddest of all, West claimed their kids "have never even played together." But now, things seem to have been smoothed over.
Kanye and Kim reportedly attended Blue Ivy's fifth birthday party on Friday (January 6). Saint and North weren't spotted with their famous parents, though, so it seems that play date is still on the to-do list alongside WTT 2. But at least the balance of power couples has been restored.
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Inspired by our best selling autumn bouquet, this beautiful centerpiece is hand-designed with a gathering of fresh blooms in the most brilliant colors. Accented with dried oak leaves for a rustic touch and a glowing orange taper candle, our classic arrangement will warm home - and hearts - throughout the season.
Our florist's hand-design each arrangement, so colors and varieties may vary due to local availability on flowers. All arrangements are shown as one sided for the pictures. Some flower may arrive in bud form and will open to full beauty in 2-3 days.


SEO stands for Search Engine optimization, and it has made itself an important element in the world of online business and marketing. Not a single online organization can get through the ways of online success without implementing the SEO factor and practices. Apart from getting your website rank better in the search engine results, it also attracts the search bots and crawlers that are an additional benefit to your website.
Many times it happens that web crawlers fail to understand your page with their perspective and despite the fact that you have implemented the best SEO practices and this impact badly on the image of your website. Today, you don't have to bother much as many initiatives have been taken to make the web crawlers and bot understand the perspective of your website and one such way is structured data.
Structured data displays the extra data related to your search for a specific thing like if you searched for a product, it will display the price and additional information of the product next to the result displayed. The structured data helps web crawlers to understand a website as many times even the web crawlers struggle hard to understand the true meaning and perspective of a website.
Structured data is very helpful for the website if implemented in parallel of the SEO practices. If you are familiar with the techniques of SEO, you must know the use and importance of the Meta page title and Meta page description, and these are often made marked in the blue linked text that too appears when the search engine displays something from your website.
You can incorporate the structured data along with SEO the way you use meta title and meta description. This helps the web crawlers get through your website and understand it thoroughly, and once you use structured data with SEO, chances are there that the search engine will not only understand the website but will display the result in when searched by someone.
Structured data makes it possible for the search engines to display the site implemented with structured data incorporated with SEO and the little information provided gets displayed as well.
Various types of structured data are used with SEO such as Schema.org and Microdata that work with different platforms. Based on your requirement, you can imply this with your SEO techniques.


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title: "Preorder traversal on binary tree"
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summary: Recursive and iterative code for preorder traversal on binary tree, analyze time and space complexity
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## **1. Problem statement**
Given a binary tree, print its node values in preorder traversal.

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  cap="Figure 1. Preorder of this binary tree is 2 7 2 6 5 11 5 9 4"
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## **2. Solution**

Preorder traversal means we visit the tree in **root, left, right** order: the root node is visited first (thus the word _pre_), then its left and right child.

## **3. Implementation**

### **3.1. Recursion**

{% highlight c++ linenos %}
void preorder(TreeNode* root) {
  if (root == NULL) return;

  print("%d ", root->val);
  preorder(root->left);
  preorder(root->right);
}
{% endhighlight %}

Let's call `N` is the number of nodes, `H` is the height of the tree.

* Time complexity: $ O(N)$ since each node is visited exactly once.
* Space complexity: $ O(H)$, the call stack can reach `H` in depth and each recursive call needs $ O(1)$ to store its parameters.

### **3.2. Iteration**

Using stack:

{% highlight c++ linenos %}
void preorder(TreeNode* root) {
  stack<TreeNode*> stack({root});
  while(!stack.empty()) {
    TreeNode* node = stack.top();
    stack.pop();
    if (node == NULL) continue;
    print("%d ", node->val);  // visit node
    stack.push(node->right);  // push right first..
    stack.push(node->left);   // ..then push left, so that left is visited before right
  }
}
{% endhighlight %}

* Time complexity: $ O(N)$ since each node is visited exactly once.
* Space complexity: Space complexity is the maximum size of `stack`.
  * If the binary tree is skewed, space complexity will be $ O(1)$.
  * Now imagine a binary tree is composed of complete left-skewed sub trees: for example the complete left-skewed sub trees (i.e. a path from root to leaf node by constantly turning left) of the binary tree in Figure 1 are `2 7 2`, `6 5`, `11`, `5`, `9 4`. We can present any path from the root to some node as the form **(not neccesarily complete) left-skewed sub tree, turn right, left-skewed sub tree, turn right..**: for example the path from root `2` to leaf node `5` can be represented as `2 7` _turn right_ `6 5`. Notice that on a path from root to some node, **the stack will store the right child of nodes on the left-skewed trees (except for nodes where we turn right**. In the worst case: this path will be a complete left-skewed sub stree, each node on this sub tree has a right child and the length of this sub tree is `H`, the space complexity is now $ O(H)$.
  * **Conclusion**: $ O(1)$ if the binary tree is skewed, $ O(H)$ in average and worst case.

## **4. Properties**

* Two binary trees have the same structure if and only if they have the same preorder traversal.

## **5. Practice**

* [Interviewbit - Preorder Traversal](https://www.interviewbit.com/problems/preorder-traversal/)
* [Leetcode - Binary Tree Preorder Traversal](https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-preorder-traversal/)


HBO has decided to sit out of this year's San Diego Comic-Con event, meaning there will be no panels for Game of Thrones or Westworld.
The announcement marks the first time Game of Thrones as ever skipped its annual SDCC appearance, where it has ranked among the most-anticipated panels at the event. Westworld debuted at San Diego Comic-Con last year. It's noted that gathering cast and creators at SDCC is expensive, and many outlets are taking this into consideration before announcing their intentions to appear at the massive marketing event.
Other premium cable networks such as Showtime, Syfy, BBC America, History, and AMC are all expected to return to San Diego Comic-Con, while Starz's appearance at the event is still in question as they are focusing their Outlander panel on the New York Comic-Con event.
Game of Thrones is set to return for its final season in 2019. The Westworld season two finale airs on June 24 and will eventually resume production for its third season.


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The American Physiological Society recently published a blog story by KIP Masters student Kelvyn Van Laarhoven. Kelvyn's story, "The Iceman: Wim Hof is a Real-life Superhero" was published in the "I Spy Physiology" blog by APS on March 13th.
The blog post explores the physiological effects of certain controlled breathing techniques used by a Dutch adventurer that allow him to survive conditions of extreme and prolonged cold. You can read the full blog post here.
Kelvyn graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science from Michigan Tech last Spring. He is currently pursuing his Masters degree from the department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology at Michigan Tech. His academic interests include sports medicine, physical therapy and human performance.
Call for Applications: Songer Research Award for Human Health Research
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2018-19 Songer Award Recipients. Pictured Left to Right: Abby Sutherland, Billiane Kenyon, Jeremy Bigalke, Rupsa Basu, Matthew Songer, and Laura Songer.
Matthew Songer, (Biological Sciences '79) and Laura Songer (Biological Sciences '80) have generously donated funds to the College of Sciences and Arts (CSA) to support a research project competition for undergraduate and graduate students. Remembering their own eagerness to engage in research during their undergraduate years, the Songers established these awards to stimulate and encourage opportunities for original research by current Michigan Tech students. The College is extremely grateful for the Songers' continuing interest in, and support of, Michigan Tech's programs in human health and medicine. This is the second year of the competition.
Students may propose an innovative medically-oriented research project in any area of human health. The best projects will demonstrate the potential to have broad impact on improving human life. This research will be pursued in consultation with faculty members within the College of Sciences and Arts. In the Spring of 2019, the Songer's gift will support one award for undergraduate research ($4,000) and a second award for graduate research ($6,000). Matching funds from the College may allow two additional awards.
Any Michigan Tech student interested in exploring a medically related question under the guidance of faculty in the College of Sciences and Arts may apply. Students majoring in any degree program in the college, including both traditional (i.e., biological sciences, kinesiology, chemistry) and nontraditional (i.e., physics, psychology, social science, bioethics, computer science, mathematics) programs related to human health may propose research projects connected to human health. Students are encouraged to propose original, stand-alone projects with expected durations of 6 – 12 months. The committee also encourages applications from CSA students who seek to continue research projects initiated through other campus mechanisms, such as the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program, Pavlis Honors College activities or the Graduate Research Forum (GRF).
Funds from a Songer Award may be used to purchase or acquire research materials and equipment needed to perform the proposed research project. Access to and research time utilizing University core research facilities, including computing, may be supported. Requests to acquire a personal computer will be scrutinized and must be fully justified. Page charges for publications also may be covered with award funds, as will travel to appropriate academic meetings. This award may not be used for salary or compensation for the student or consulting faculty.
Students should prepare a research project statement (up to five pages in length) that describes the background, methods to be used, and research objectives. The statement also should provide a detailed description of the experiments planned and expected outcomes. Students must indicate where they will carry out their project and attach a separate list of references/citations to relevant scientific literature.
The application package also should provide a concise title and brief summary (1 page) written for lay audiences.
A separate budget page should indicate how funds will be used.
A short letter from a consulting faculty member must verify that the student defined an original project and was the primary author of the proposal. The faculty member should also confirm her/his willingness to oversee the project. This faculty letter is not intended to serve as a recommendation on behalf of the student's project.
Submit applications as a single PDF file to the Office of the College of Sciences and Arts by 4:00 p.m. Monday, April 22. Applications may be emailed to djhemmer@mtu.edu.
The selection committee will consist of Matthew Songer, Laura Songer, Shekhar Joshi (BioSci) and Megan Frost (KIP). The committee will review undergraduate and graduate proposals separately and will seek additional comments about the proposed research on an ad-hoc basis from reviewers familiar with the topic of the research proposal. Primary review criteria will be the originality and potential impact of the proposed study, as well as its feasibility and appropriateness for Michigan Tech's facilities.
The committee expects to announce the recipients by early May of 2019. This one-time research award will be administered by the faculty advisor of the successful student investigator. Students will be expected to secure any necessary IRB approval before funds will be released. Funds must be expended by the end of spring semester 2020; extensions will not be granted. Recipients must submit a detailed report to the selection committee, including a description of results and an accounting of finds utilized, no later than June 30, 2020.
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Iceland has launched an investigation into the mass death of tens of thousands of wild herring. One newspaper estimated the value of the dead fish to be almost $10 million. This is the second such occurrence in Iceland's Kolgrafafjordur fjord this winter, raising concerns about the country's fisheries. Johann Sigurjonsson, director of Iceland's Marine Research Institute, believes that roughly an entire season's worth of herring has been lost.
Researchers believe that low oxygen levels in the fjord, a result of overcrowding by the herring, may have caused the deaths. Government funding has been diverted toward monitoring the fisheries to determine what can be done to prevent more mass deaths.
Fortunately, we can take solace knowing that the fish will not have died in vain. Volunteers are already collecting the dead fish, which can be turned into feed for animals, and revenue from the sale will be donated to local schools.


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The NBA All-Star weekend is quickly approaching, which means that the time that you have to plan the perfect party is dwindling by the minute!
While no one would technically be mad at you for throwing a run-of-the-mill party, you want to throw a party that can't be topped – and we totally understand. From the food to the drinks, every sports fan would love to attend the party we've laid out for you below.
Here are some suggestions you can use to make the All-Star weekend an all-star experience.
If you and your guests have an affiliation, this is where you play it up! Normally we'd suggest you'd prepare drinks in the Eastern/ Western colors, but by now we probably all know that we're not going West vs. East this year. Instead, it's Steph Curry vs. LeBron James lead teams.
All-Star drinking game – aka take a shot every time something (that's bound to happen) happens. Create a list, blow it up in large lettering and hang it on your wall; make it so no one can miss it!
Assign everyone a player drinking game – put all of the players' names in a hat, shake it up, and have your guests pull a name (or two!). Every 3-point shot counts as 3 shots they can give away, every 2-point one counts as 2 they can give away, and every free throw counts as one. Better hope you pull Lebron or Curry!
Make player themed cups – they don't have to be fancy cups; red/ blue solo cups work perfectly well. Take a white marker and neatly replicate the players' jerseys on the cups, so that your guests can rep their favorite player. Or, if you know exactly who's coming, create personalized cup-jerseys with their names on it instead!
Let's face it: the food at someone's party can easily make or break the experience… it's half of the reason we agreed to attend in the first place! While many parties are BYOB, very few parties are BYOF, so it's up to the host to make it worth everyone's while!
Basketball hamburgers – this one is simple, and only requires a little extra effort on your part. Basically, assemble the hamburger as you normally would, and then take black food coloring and carefully paint basketball lines on the bun.
Basketball pizza – another party favorite, basketball-ized. Assemble the toppings on the pizza to resemble a basketball; this can be as simple as strategically placing olives throughout the pizza to emulate the lines on a basketball.
Turnovers – turnovers are a delicious pastry that is sure to have anyone crawling back for more. A turnover in basketball is when a team loses the possession of the ball before they had a chance to take a shot, making it the perfect punny food. For added clarity, stick tiny signs in them that say 'turnover'!
The All-Star game is the perfect reason to invite your friends over for the night and show off your party planning skills! Whether you're rooting for Team LeBron or Team Curry, if you throw a party with these tips, you'll be on the winning team!


Watch the fury of this boosted V-8 911, originally meant for the drag strip, take on a road course—sideways.
This looney LS swapped Porsche 911 with twin snails strapped to the side of the engine is a purist's nightmare, which seems to be a growing trend in the scene. It's been a long time in the making, and now that it's done, it's time to see how it does when taken to the track—as you can guess, it's a bit...out of hand.
Since this Porsche used to be a drag car, taking it to a road course makes testing it that much more hilarious. During an easy lap, we learn that the car has a lot of body roll and extremely long gears. When the owner opens up his 911, it's all about tire rub, understeer, and power.
While the suspension is in bad need of upgrading and the tune needs to be massaged, the car seems to really like wide open throttle. After the tires get warmed up, it starts to perform decently, but there's still a lot of sliding going on—which is pretty much the only reason to build a rear-engined, twin-turbo V-8, right?
This build appealed to the owner because he always loved the 911's chassis, but this car's old air-cooled engine was tired when he bought it. From there, he made the decision to do something different, and it was documented in a Speed Academy video series.
The chassis might be that of a standard 911, but the body has been converted to have a 964 Turbo look with a super-wide fenders. As you can imagine, getting this engine into place took a lot of fabrication, and the thick hips do seem to pull the aesthetic together. As you can see when the trunk is popped, the 5.3-liter V-8 is shoehorned in with zero room for play. To cool the pair of turbos, three separate radiators are fitted, making it all-the-more cramped.
The brakes have been upgraded to much bigger and beefier units. The front suspension is still the original design, while the rear has been converted to coilovers. On the inside, everything has been greatly simplified to just a set of seats, steering wheel, pedals, and exposed metalwork.
This car isn't done yet, even after the considerable modifications. The next step will be taming it a bit so it has some road course and street manners; no need to rush, though, as this seems like plenty of fun in its current form.
Bisi Ezerioha, owner of Bisimoto Engineering, stops by Hoonigan's Donut Garage to show off his newest Porsche creation.