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Jon Toda: Seabury Hall's tech and music whiz
Angela Schmitt, Staff Writer|February 5, 2015
Angela Schmitt
Jon Toda brings his passions for technology and music to his jobs as Seabury Hall's director of technology and director of the Hawaiian Music Ensemble.
Maintaining the technology at Seabury Hall is not easy. Someone has to manage the computer systems and the Internet service, oversee purchasing for hardware and software, and make sure everything runs smoothly. Luckily, Seabury Hall has a very talented man up for the job: Jon Toda, who is not only great with technology and computers, but also an outstanding music teacher.
Toda is Seabury Hall's technology director as well as the ukulele and Hawaiian ensemble teacher. He has been working at Seabury Hall for 15 years, and he has made many contributions to the school. But Toda did not plan to be a tech master and music teacher; from high school, he wanted to be an architect.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Toda moved to Maui as a child. He has had a music-filled life, and he has been interested in music since a young age. Toda started off by playing piano, but then learned both guitar and bass. He has also been playing ukulele since he was a child, however, not seriously until he started teaching at Seabury Hall.
After attending Maui High for high school, Toda went to the University Colorado at Boulder, majoring in Environmental Design. He said, "From high school, I wanted to major in architecture, so I went to Colorado, and I was actually studying architecture in the Environmental Design program." When Toda graduated, he followed the plan and he worked in architectural offices for 15 years. "I got my architectural license, and I am still a licensed architect," said Toda.
After that, Toda started teaching a Computer Aided Design (CAD) class to architects and engineers. From that, "I discovered that number one, I like teaching. And number two, I like computers," he said.
Eventually, Toda started working part time at UH Maui College, and then full time to run the college's new non-credit computer program. Working with technology became something Toda did often and enjoyed, so when there was an opening for the technology director 15 years ago at Seabury Hall, he took it.
"I applied for it because I thought it would be a good job. I'd be working with education and computers," Toda said.
Now, Toda does many things for the school's technology department, such as providing the students and faculty with the Internet, managing the computers for administration and the library, and overseeing the purchasing for hardware and software.
"I also help set the policies for the Internet. You know how you can go on the Internet using WiFi with your phones? That's something I pushed for. Many people would say, 'Oh no! Don't let students go on with their phones! That's just for teachers!'" he added, laughing.
But aside from being an outstanding technology director, Toda is also a freshman advisor and music teacher.
Louis Turbeville, the upper school technology coordinator and dean of students, said, "[Toda] has been doing his job, but he has also done a lot more. He is an advisor for the freshman group. He takes a lead in He Ha`upu Aloha for our team. He has always been very active, and he teaches his music class. And he started the Hawaiian Ensemble a few years ago, and now they perform all over the island."
"He is hard working. He is easy to get along with. He is very collaborative, always asks for people's input, gets their feedback. But he is very precise in what he wants to do, and he gets it done," continued Turbeville.
The Hawaiian Ensemble is a program that Toda started a few years ago, and it has been hugely successful. The group performs all over the island, and they get great feedback and reviews. "I have had people come up to me after they have seen the Hawaiian Ensemble perform, and they always have great things to say and how impressed they were," said Turbeville, who has seen many of the performances.
Toda has been working at Seabury Hall for a long time, and has brought much to the school. He is a great technology director, providing us all with secure and fast Internet, computers and printers for the library, and the computer systems for administration. Toda is also a fantastic music teacher, with his ukulele class and the Hawaiian Ensemble both bringing us wonderful music.
Toda has been in the academic world for a long time, and has some advice for students. He said to be flexible, attentive, and open to new ideas and opportunities.
"The main thing in school is to be a good learner. Because you never know where your path will take you in the future. Being able to be a quick learner, I think, has helped me be flexible and change to do many different things, depending on what my interests were," Toda said.
Angela Schmitt, Staff Writer
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Marrying a controlling man can happen to anyone. Perhaps the warning signs weren't present until later in the relationship, or maybe you didn't realize his jealousy and intense financial management were warning signs. No matter what your situation, knowing whether your husband is behaving in ways that are controlling or abusive can help you take control of your relationship and life. Helpguide.org says that if you believe your husband is controlling or abusive, you should contact someone you trust—such as a counselor, a domestic violence shelter, a family member or friend—for help.
A controlling husband will often become jealous and will monitor your behaviors, making sure you are always where you say you are and doing what you say you are doing, according to Helpguide. A husband who makes you account for every single action you take and dollar you spend is likely a controlling one who may be emotionally or psychologically abusing you.
If you feel that your husband is keeping you from family, friends or experiencing events outside of the home, your husband is probably controlling. According to the Red Flag Campaign, a controlling partner may put down your relatives and friends, hoping to keep your relationships at bay. He may even call them names and seem angry with them. Your husband may also try to make sure you are spending time with "acceptable" people. Physical abuse can also serve as a means to isolate a partner, according to Michigan State University's Safe Place. Bruises and injuries that are obvious to onlookers can keep the abused at home to avoid questions or embarrassment.
Taking charge of finances is a subtle form of abuse a controlling husband may use to keep you in check, according to Helpguide. While a husband managing the bills is common and normal, an abusive husband may attempt to withhold money from you and will demand records of every dollar you spend. He may even give you an allowance, keep you from purchasing basic needs like clothes and medications, or take your money from you.
Controlling husbands may use violence or threats to maintain a sense of power. The Helpguide says that this could take the form of threatening injury, pain or even murder. He may also threaten to take your children from you, threaten to commit suicide to manipulate you, destroy your property or have a temper that frightens you. Forced sexual encounters is also an example of violence and is a clear sign of control and abuse.


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A New York Times Bestseller Renowned neurologist Dr. Frances E. Jensen offers a revolutionary look at the brains of teenagers, dispelling myths and offering practical advice for teens, parents and teachers. Dr. Frances E. Jensen is chair of the department of neurology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. As a mother, teacher, researcher, clinician, and frequent lecturer to parents and teens, she is in a unique position to explain to readers the workings of the teen brain. In The Teenage Brain, Dr. Jensen brings to readers the astonishing findings that previously remained buried in academic journals. The root myth scientists believed for years was that the adolescent brain was essentially an adult one, only with fewer miles on it. Over the last decade, however, the scientific community has learned that the teen years encompass vitally important stages of brain development. Samples of some of the most recent findings include: Teens are better learners than adults because their brain cells more readily "build" memories. But this heightened adaptability can be hijacked by addiction, and the adolescent brain can become addicted more strongly and for a longer duration than the adult brain. Studies show that girls' brains are a full two years more mature than boys' brains in the mid-teens, possibly explaining differences seen in the classroom and in social behavior. Adolescents may not be as resilient to the effects of drugs as we thought. Recent experimental and human studies show that the occasional use of marijuana, for instance, can cause lingering memory problems even days after smoking, and that long-term use of pot impacts later adulthood IQ. Multi-tasking causes divided attention and has been shown to reduce learning ability in the teenage brain. Multi-tasking also has some addictive qualities, which may result in habitual short attention in teenagers. Emotionally stressful situations may impact the adolescent more than it would affect the adult: stress can have permanent effects on mental health and can to lead to higher risk of developing neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression. Dr. Jensen gathers what we've discovered about adolescent brain function, wiring, and capacity and explains the science in the contexts of everyday learning and multitasking, stress and memory, sleep, addiction, and decision-making. In this groundbreaking yet accessible book, these findings also yield practical suggestions that will help adults and teenagers negotiate the mysterious world of adolescent development.
"Instead of trusting kids with choices . . . many parents insist on micromanaging everything from homework to friendships. For these parents, Stixrud and Johnson have a simple message: Stop." —NPR "This humane, thoughtful book turns the latest brain science into valuable practical advice for parents." —Paul Tough, New York Times bestselling author of How Children Succeed A few years ago, Bill Stixrud and Ned Johnson started noticing the same problem from different angles: Even high-performing kids were coming to them acutely stressed and lacking motivation. Many complained they had no control over their lives. Some stumbled in high school or hit college and unraveled. Bill is a clinical neuropsychologist who helps kids gripped by anxiety or struggling to learn. Ned is a motivational coach who runs an elite tutoring service. Together they discovered that the best antidote to stress is to give kids more of a sense of control over their lives. But this doesn't mean giving up your authority as a parent. In this groundbreaking book they reveal how you can actively help your child to sculpt a brain that is resilient, and ready to take on new challenges. The Self-Driven Child offers a combination of cutting-edge brain science, the latest discoveries in behavioral therapy, and case studies drawn from the thousands of kids and teens Bill and Ned have helped over the years to teach you how to set your child on the real road to success. As parents, we can only drive our kids so far. At some point, they will have to take the wheel and map out their own path. But there is a lot you can do before then to help them tackle the road ahead with resilience and imagination.
What Would Freud Do? uses the key ideas of more than 80 psychological thinkers, past and present, to shine new light onto today's everyday problems. Ever wondered what a great therapist like Freud or Jung would have to say about your horrible boss, your phone-checking addiction or an occasional wish to cheat on your partner? Ever wished someone would explain why you sometimes act like an idiot just when you want to look good, or generally keep doing things you don't really want to do? From Erich Fromm on how to find Mr/Mrs Right, to Jaak Panksepp on road rage and Magda Arnold on how to deal with 'banter', these theorists have intriuging suggestions for ways to see and do things differently. Divided into five sections, including 'What am I like?', and 'Why am I acting like this?', other questions include: -'My family's a nightmare -- shall I cut them off?' -'Is my partner lying to me?' -'Why do I keep buying the same brand all the time?' -'How can I stop people unfriending me on social media?' -'Why do I lie when she says "Does my bum look big in this?"' With Sarah Tomley's enlightening commentary throughout, this book provides the answers to the most deep and meaningful (or, indeed, shallow and meaningless) questions that you have ever pondered. A pocket guide to facing the hurdles and obstacles of life, with the advice of all the greatest psychologists at your fingertips.
How yoga, aromatherapy, teas, and more can help you get and stay well. Stress. Fatigue. Depression. Sleeping problems. Issues with focus and concentration. Headaches. Substance abuse. These are all common problems that teenagers deal with. We have long been acquainted with the conventional treatments of therapy and prescription medications. It turns out there are also many complementary and alternative therapies available that have evidence-based track records of success. This book presents therapies based around the five senses—including acupressure, aromatherapy, yoga, sound/music therapy—to help teens with their mental health. Each chapter reviews the signs and symptoms of a problem and presents detailed treatment protocols and therapies. This all-inclusive book is one-stop shopping for teens and parents looking for new, synergistic, and different ways to handle life's problems. As both a trained medical doctor on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and a noted complementary and alternative medicine specialist, Nada Milosavljevic brings a rich background of experience to this book.
Peel back the cheerful façade that parents present, and you'll find that many are worried about their teens. Mood swings, impulsiveness, poor judgment, and other problems peak in these years. Add stressors such as screen addiction, cyberbullying, increasing academic demands, and time-consuming athletic commitments . . . and it's no surprise that today's teenagers rank as the most anxious in 50 years. Parents long to help, but how? Based on a career counseling kids and their parents, psychologist Michael Bradley locates the most powerful protective trait: resilience. Teens with this crucial quality know how to handle difficulty, overcome obstacles, and bounce back from setbacks. Packed with insights from neuroscience and psychology, real-life case studies, and a dose of humor, Crazy-Stressed sheds light on the teen brain and offers a wealth of resiliency-boosting strategies. In it, Dr. Bradley reveals: What kids these days are really going through Ways to strengthen the seven skills every teen needs to survive and thrive What-to-do-when suggestions for common behavior, school, and social issues Tactics for coping with conflict, teaching consequences, improving communication, staying connected, and more It's not easy being a teen—and it's certainly not easy parenting one. Always frank and often funny, Crazy-Stressed will become your go-to guide . . . and your kids may even thank you for it.


Andersson Wise Architects have designed a modern residence in Austin, Texas, called the Tower House, for obvious reasons.
This tower shaped dwelling is a result of the client's request for a larger home with additional bedrooms, baths and living areas. Instead of extending the old limestone cabin, the architects decided to create a brand new vertical home that rises up out of the forest, providing stunning views of Lake Travis.
In considering an addition to the original, stone lodge at this Lake Travis property, the notion of a tower was born out of several factors: taking advantage of views, minimizing the footprint on the site, and accommodating the rising flood plain elevation.
There are a few small limestone cabins from the 1930's located along Lake Travis, the longest of the Highland Lakes that terrace the hill country west of Austin, and they are used primarily in the summer. One such cabin sits on a slope rising from the water under a canopy of native oaks and cedars. It had one large room, a little sleeping room, a kitchen, and a porch facing the water.
Our clients requested two additional bedrooms with baths and a living area for larger groups to gather. We chose to locate the new sleeping quarters in a separate tower. Two small bedrooms occupy the first and second floors. Above, a third level terrace opens to a panorama of the lake and distant rolling hills. On this terrace, some thirty feet above the ground, even the hottest summer afternoon can be enjoyed under a roof open to the prevailing breezes blowing in from the lake. The original stone cabin is now juxtaposed with a vertical tower of wood, rising up out of the forest and into the bright Texas sky. The Tower draws you up to see the lake, barely visible at ground level through the thicket of trees.


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Published by: St. Martin's Press
Series: Nick Heller Series #2
Winner of the Strand Critics Award for Best Novel for 2011
Joseph introduced Nick Heller — a "private spy" who finds out things powerful people want to keep hidden — in the New York Times bestselling novel VANISHED.
Now, in BURIED SECRETS, Nick Heller returns, finding himself in the middle of a life-or-death situation that's both high-profile and intensely personal.
Nick has returned to his old home town of Boston to set up his own shop. There he's urgently summoned by an old family friend. Hedge fund titan Marshall Marcus desperately needs Nick's help. His teenaged daughter, Alexandra, has just been kidnapped. Her abduction was clearly a sophisticated, professional job, done with extraordinary precision, leaving no trace evidence. Alexandra, whom Nick has known since she was an infant, is now buried alive, held prisoner in an underground crypt, a camera trained on her, her suffering streaming live over the internet for all to see. She's been left with a limited supply of food and water and, if her father doesn't meet the demands of her shadowy kidnappers, she'll die. And as Nick begins to probe, he discovers that his old friend Marshall Marcus seems to have been running a Ponzi scheme. His fund has collapsed, the FBI has arrested him, and now he's become the most hated man in America. He has a lot of powerful enemies who may have the motivation to go after his daughter. But to find out who's holding Alexandra Marcus hostage, Nick has to find out why. And once he does, he uncovers an astonishing conspiracy that reaches up to the highest levels of government. If he's going to find Alexandra, he has to flush out and confront some of the most deadly opponents ever…
Nick Heller likes nothing more than being underestimated by an opponent. He's self-deprecating, irreverent, a man who can't stand pretense. Or bullies. He really doesn't like being lied to — and no one's more loyal. After serving in the Special Forces in undisclosed locations, doing things he's not allowed to talk about, he became a "private spy." Now he's got his own boutique international investigation firm in his hometown of Boston. And as some very bad people are about to learn, he never, ever gives up.
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"A total wow of a read, Finder's second novel starring Nick Heller...gets off to a quick start and keeps the throttle wide open for the whole ride. This is the kind of book you have to look up from, every once in a while, just to collect yourself... About as perfectly plotted and suspenseful as possible, this is a tremendous high-wire act."
"Bestseller Finder's compulsively readable sequel to VANISHED opens fast and never slows down... Self-effacing, wry, and ridiculously competent, Heller makes a reasonably engaging protagonist, but this thriller's real star is the suspenseful, expertly paced plot."
"Following the acclaimed VANISHED, Nick Heller is back... Crisp, clipped chapters and numerous cliff-hangers propel the action at a breakneck pace. Finder's outstanding writing and engrossing plot twists embellish a captivating summer read."
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Q: How can I create a cross-product object with names from a list? I have an in-memory representation of a list of some n data columns
Dim l As New List(Of KeyValuePair(Of String, List(Of Double)))

For example
Column 1: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
Column 2: {-0.05, 0, 450.7}
etc.

I need to cross join, take the Cartesian product of, or whatever nomenclature you prefer, the entire list, retain the names, and store the result into an object.  The result would look like
 Col 1   Col 2
 1       -0.05
 1        0
 1        450.7
 2       -0.05
 2        0
 2        450.7
 3       -0.05
(etc.)

How can this be done?
Update:
The below answer works in C#.  For posterity here's a VB.Net equivalent (due credit to the author)
    Private Function CartesianProduct(Of T)(sequences As IEnumerable(Of IEnumerable(Of T))) As IEnumerable(Of IEnumerable(Of T))
        Dim result As IEnumerable(Of IEnumerable(Of T)) = {Enumerable.Empty(Of T)}
        For Each sequence In sequences
            Dim s = sequence
            result = From seq In result
                     From item In s
                     Select seq.Concat({item})
        Next
        Return result
    End Function

A: You can use LINQ
Dim c1 = New List(Of Integer) From {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
Dim c2 = New List(Of Double) From {-0.05, 0, 450.7}
Dim product = From first In c1 From second In c2 Select New With {first, second}

For Each x In product
    Console.WriteLine(x)
Next
Console.ReadKey()

If you need to get the cartesian product of more than 2 columns, here is a an article of Eric Lippert on this subject (C#): Computing a Cartesian product with LINQ
I am using an Anonymous Type, Collection Initializers and LINQ.

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Book review: Last Seen Alive by Claire Douglas
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Interestingly I thought this book was going to be about macabre domicile-related happenings when Libby and Jamie arrive in Cornwall for a house swap. And it is. Kinda. But though there's a sense of menace around the amazing house they've briefly traded for their small flat, we soon learn their problems have little to do with where they're living. Rather, they're a result of who they are and what they've done. Cue dramatic music….
Last Seen Alive
by Claire Douglas
Published by Penguin
Source: Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 1405926422, 9781405926423
Libby Hall never really wanted to be noticed. But after she saves the children in her care from a fire, she finds herself headline news. And horrified by the attention. It all reminds her of what happened nine years ago. The last time she saw her best friend alive.
Which is why the house swap is such a godsend. Libby and her husband Jamie exchange their flat in Bath for a beautiful, secluded house in Cornwall. It's a chance to heal their marriage - to stop its secrets tearing them apart.
But this stylish Cornish home isn't the getaway they'd hoped for. They make odd, even disturbing, discoveries in the house. It's so isolated-yet Libby doesn't feel entirely alone. As if she's being watched.
Is Libby being paranoid? What is her husband hiding? And. As the secrets and lies come tumbling out, is the past about to catch up with them?
I liked Libby. The Libby we know for most of this novel is a good person. She loves her husband but hides a lack of confidence and uncertainty she struggles to contain.
Jamie seems devoted but annoyingly oblivious to the way he exacerbates Libby's insecurities. We learn that she's now survived a couple of major incidents in her life and Jamie tries to be understanding but his patience is thinning and Libby feels unable to keep her fears under control.
This is another novel offering characters in many MANY shades of grey. Like I said, I liked Libby but, even early on, we're privy to some contrasting behaviour… and the candle incident (for anyone who's read the book) left me a little conflicted. And then there's Jamie and his family and their ongoing relationship with Jamie's ex-girlfriend who practically lives with them.
On top of that, there's the whole messy history between Libby and the friend who perished in a fire in Thailand almost a decade earlier.
It's hard to say too much about the characters and the types of people they are because it'll reveal some of the books major twists.
There's an interesting dilemma put forward in this book when it comes to sharing our secrets and telling the truth. I think most of us have a natural tendency to lie or abbreviate the truth: if it reflects badly on us; if it's not hurting anyone else; and if it's unlikely we'll be found out. But that backfires spectacularly in this book and I can't help but wonder if the person involved SHOULD have learned a lesson the first time around.
I enjoyed this novel of suspense, but it also frustrated me. I think readers kinda guess what's happened just before Douglas tells us. But the twist isn't as simple as we initially expect so there are complications thrown in and, though we later think things are resolved we're never really sure justice is served or if – ultimately – karma lands where it should.
Last Seen Alive by Claire Douglas was published in Australia by Penguin Random House and is now available.


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In-House - At age 13-14, our in-house program will field 3-5 teams who compete in the North Surburban Pony league against several other area organizations. The schedule normally begins in late April and runs through mid-June, and consists of 18-20 games. This program is intended for players of all skill levels to play together in a community based program.
Select 13 - Players who play in the in-house Pony program and meet the 13 y/o age requirements are eligible to try out for the Select 13 team. This team will compete against other Associations in the Quad County North Pony league. The schedule begins in mid-May and concludes in early July. Post-season opportunities are available as well.
Select 14 - Players who meet the 14 y/o age requirements are eligible to try out for the Select 14 team. This team will compete against other Associations in the Quad County North Pony league. The schedule begins in mid-May and concludes in early July. Post-season opportunities are available as well.
Try-outs for Select 13 and Select 14 will be held in early April.
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Summer arrives and you are tempted to soak under the sun. The desire to achieve a lovely bronze look becomes strong. But did you know your face and neck are the most vulnerable to sun damage while sunbathing?
Always, always—use sunscreen. Keep a small sunscreen tube in your bag to meet those unpredictable urges to visit the beach.
The only way to save your skin from sun damage is staying out of it. But you cannot miss the beautiful beaches and the joys of life, can you? Schedule your visit accordingly. Avoid the sun between 10 am and 4 pm. This is the time when ultraviolet A and B rays are at their maximum.
If you must go out between 10 am and 4 pm, look out for shaded areas.
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Q: Check all Parse.com fields for existing string before saving? I am using Parse.com for some storage in my iOS app utilizing both User/password login and Facebook Login. I want it so that once a user logins in through either password or email, it asks them to choose a username, but will only save the string in the custom 'userHandle' field under the Users table if it doesn't already exist. If it does, of course rejection and an error will take place.
Any ideas how I would go about doing this? I assume use some sort of query to check all user's userHandle field to see if the userHandle exists?

A: Unless they have changed it i am pretty sure Parse's built in User class only allows distinct username values. You can use Parse's Cloud Code so that after a successful save it saves the username value in a userHandle field. That way it already did the checking for the username.
Also you can create a Parse Userquery and set a constraint on the userHandle field for equalTo: the username.
Then call countObjects/countObjectsInBackground.


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Eid-ul-Azha: Its message
Published: August 10, 2019 22:14:48 | Updated: August 15, 2019 22:08:15
Like in the previous years, Eid-ul-Azha this year, too, is set to be celebrated with traditional fervour. It will be observed tomorrow. Since its observance originates in the episode of the believers' unalloyed submission to the will of God, this Eid carries a highly distinctive significance. It was the eager willingness of Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) to slaughter his beloved son Ismail (AS) in the name of God, and finally the replacement of Ismail with a lamb and its slaughter, which prompted the tradition of the ritualistic animal sacrifices. In accordance with the Islamic tradition introduced by Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM) in mid-7th century, the 3-day Holy Hajj concludes with animal sacrifices on the day of Eid-ul-Azha. Hajj pilgrims from around the world make the sacrifices on the day falling on the 10th of Zilhajj. Thus the slaughter of animals --- 'qurbani' in Arabic, has been a part of Hajj over the centuries.
To view quintessentially, Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest Islamic festival in Muslim-majority countries including Bangladsh, chiefly symbolises the virtue of abiding by the dictates of God. Traditionally, Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated in this country amid much fanfare and jubilation. But this jubilant mood is reinforced with some other features. Fellow feeling, fraternity, empathy and compassion for the relatively disadvantaged and those harried by misfortune thus emerge dominantly during the celebration. Perhaps these are the great attributes which have distinguished this year's Eid-ul-Azha. No sooner had the devastation of a prolonged flood subsided completely than the capital Dhaka and other parts of the country began to be afflicted by a frightening dengue outbreak.
Flood assails the rural areas on the riverbanks with potential for causing different types of dislocation and displacements. Many other types of ordeals affect the flood-stricken people. But all of these hazards remain within a tolerable level. When it comes to a full-blown onslaught of dengue, the victims find themselves in a most precarious state. The outbreak being mosquito-borne, the disease thus runs the risk of spreading as Eid holidaymakers go to villages to celebrate the festival with their near and dear ones. Pockets of aedes mosquitoes have already been discovered in many rural areas. That calls for precautions at the community level including access to emergency treatment.
After the start of the dengue outbreak in the country in 2000, the coming Eid has an added solemnity to it amid a worse dengue affliction. This one and the impact of the receding floods may take away some of the festivity but hardly the fervour. In such a situation, persons capable of celebrating the Eid are expected to stand by the people who are going through unexpected ordeals. The solution lies in the very basic spirit of the festival. What's rather worth noting is while some hazards stalk the 2019 Eid the country finds itself self-sufficient in livestock resources. However, adversities should not baffle the nation gifted with inherent resilience. Let us participate in the Eid celebrations in the true sprit of brotherhood and sacrifice. The joy of Eid can be meaningful when it is shared by all. Eid Mubarak!
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Saving poultry and dairy industries
Making level crossings safer
Circular railway for Dhaka
Fixing LPG price
Surveying country's smaller bridges, culvers
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Saga of LPG cylinder tragedies
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O'Connor's Landing was a family lakeside resort in Logan County, Ohio, United States, on the shores of Indian Lake.  It was one of twenty-one hotels and cottage resorts listed in the 1911 travel atlas for the area. Indian Lake is formed by two forks of the Great Miami River and it resided at the confluence of the north and south forks.  For the better part of the twentieth century, families came to visit and stay at the 30 cottages and 8-room hotel.  The main building included a general store which provided bait, groceries, boat rentals and souvenirs.  There was a restaurant located along the water for lakefront dining.  It flourished until June 15, 1985, when it was destroyed by a fire.  It was the last family style resort remaining on Indian Lake of the initial twenty one.

History
The resort was established in 1904 by John and Tom O'Connor on the east side of Indian Lake.  It was built on the northwest portion of the family farm.

The Cottages
The original nine cottages on the western shoreline faced the larger part of the lake which provided sunset views.  The largest cottage was Number 3 and the smallest was Number 8.  Cottage number 4 was the original home of Joseph and Margaret Cain, who became the first proprietors of the general store.  Number 8 was also referred to a "the fisherman's cabin" and was moved to its lakeside location after being purchased for $25.  These original cottages were supplied with coal oil stoves and ice boxes.  Cottages numbers 10-15 were not located on the water.  Numbers ten through twelve were all relocated farm housed from various nearby locations that were purchased and moved into place.  Cottage number 10 sufficed as the general store after the fire for a few years.  Cottage 13 was renamed "Mir-a-Mar" after the Daytona Beach resort visited by Tom O'Connor (son of John O'Connor referenced above) in 1944.  The number 13 was not used so the superstitious would not be deterred from renting the unit.  Cottages fourteen and fifteen were originally built as a single livery stable for horses visitors who arrived by horse and buggy.  In 1929, cottages 16–20 were added.  Stone was brought from Northwood Quarry via Ford Model T trucks.  Cottage #17 was initially located along the western shoreline, but was moved to its location beside the marina.  A well was drilled near the front step of cottage 20 and an electric pump was installed to supply drinking water to the sink and lavatory.  The last expansion phase of cottages added numbers 21 through 30 in 1949.  They were placed in a fashion that hugged the lawn and lake in front of them, where a playground would be located.  Each was constructed with cinder block and number 30 had hardwood flooring.  These 10 cottages cost $48,000 to build and in the summer of 1950, began renting for $60/week.  Cottage number 20 is the lone remaining O'Connor's Landing cottage and is privately owned.

The Lodge
The Lodge was built in 1908 with seven sleeping rooms.  In 1914, a two-story section of the grocery was built with three rooms above for the use of those operating the business.  In 1929, two rooms were added behind the grocery where bathers checked their clothes in baskets and rented swimming clothes.  However, these were subsequently torn down in 1933 and an office was added.  In 1930, three booths were placed along the front windows for soda pop, sandwiches, and near-beer.  Slot machines lined the front porch a few years, until a new sheriff was elected who disapproved of them.  In 1952, the upstairs was renovated into four bedrooms, and added to the west end of the building were two upstairs and two downstairs rooms.  A west dining room was added after the Department of Education from Columbus, Ohio needed a place for meetings.  Two minnow pools were located near the pump house that supplied water to the East cottages.  The minnows were eventually moved to a small room on the marina side of the general store and kept in old electric soda pop coolers along with 6 horse motors for the boat rentals.  Around 1976, the daily operations were assumed by Tom O'Connor, Jr. and the Lodge evolved into a robust area restaurant with a well known Friday night seafood buffet and a Sunday morning breakfast buffet.  Broasted chicken was the most famous draw.  A lighthouse and expanded dining was added in the winter of 1984 and 1985.  The lodge burned down on June 14, 1985.  The large oak trees remain and are the constant as they were there before, during, and now after the lodge.

Activities
Many recall the swimming near the point at O'Connor's Landing.  A gazebo and dock provided the initial ambiance, and a large slide was later added.  At its peak, 14 ft. boat rentals with 6 horse motors were rented, along with canoes, a pontoon, and a paddle boat.  There were two playgrounds with large swing sets, tether ball, and a large swing known as the "popsicle stick".  There was also a tennis court, a roofed picnic shelter and large grassy areas for picnics or a toss of the ball.

Notes

References
Heithaus, Chick; Indian Lake: A View From The East Side

Resorts in the United States

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On the new MacBook 12 inch (early 2016) the Lightroom gpu acceleration does not work. Whereas I can turn it on, it always disables itself again and gives me the "Graphics processor acceleration has been disabled due to errors" message.
Could you try out the Mac OS X 10.11.5 beta 3 (15F28b) to see if it address the problem? There was a fix to the issue after the Mac OS X 10.11.4 build was sent to factory for the 2016 MacBook.


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Another amazing adventure to The Last Frontier, saw us almost reach the magic 200 species, falling just one short. For the first time, we saw all three species of ptarmigan, and mammal write-ins included Walrus, Be-luga and Fin Whale. So many good birds this year, but a special mention should go to Spruce Grouse, Spec-tacled, Steller's and King Eiders, Gyrfalcon, Hudsonian Godwit, Black Turnstone, Surfbird, Rock Sandpiper, Bristle-thighed Curlew, Red-legged Kittiwake, Aleutian Tern, Marbled, Kittlitz's, and Ancient Murrelets, Para-keet, Least, Crested and Rhinoceros Auklets, Tufted Puffin, Snowy Owl, Northern Hawk-Owl, American Three-toed and Black-backed Woodpeckers, Varied Thrush, and Smith's Longspur. Eurasian rarities were full-on this time, particularly on St Paul. We found our own Eurasian Hobby, Little Stint and Common Sand-piper, and also enjoyed Tufted Duck, White-tailed Eagle, Common Greenshank, Common Cuckoo, Siberian Rubythroat, Eyebrowed Thrush, and Olive-backed Pipit.
We also logged no fewer than 33 species of mammal, the cream of the crop being an enormous male Wal-rus, and a totally unexpected Beluga. But let's not forget Brown Bear, Sea and North American Otters, Humpback, Fin and Killer Whales, Eurasian Elk (Moose), Reindeer (Caribou) and the hulking great Muskox. We were blessed with good weather again and, apart from a couple of hiccups that we soon overcame, we enjoyed generally smooth-running logistics.


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Tosca • Metropolitan Opera
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Workshop/Reading: Fabrizio Melano and Sherrill Milnes Master Class
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Start Time: 7:30PM
VOICExperience's annual Opera as Drama week in New York City is taking place from March 24-April 1 this year at Manhattan's National Opera Center.
Highlights of this week include a Master Class led by legendary stage director Fabrizio Melano on Monday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m. Melano is joined by the insightful Laura Melano Flanagan, Psychotherapist, who will work with singers on the psychological aspects of scenes and arias.
There will also be a Milnes Master Class at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26. You don't sing over 600 performances at the Met without learning a thing or two. Legendary baritone Sherrill Milnes will share wisdom on interpretation and performance.
New Camerata Opera
Gala/Fundraiser: Heroines of Opera
Web Address: https://www.newcamerataopera.org/tickets/heroines-of-opera
Please join us for an intimate evening at The Flea Theater that will include arias and songs representing the strongest female characters in the operatic world. The program will also include a preview of The Rape of Lucretia with a presentation by director, Bea Goodwin, who will discuss her vision for the upcoming production.
The showcase will feature performances from Erik Bagger, Allison Gish, Stan Lacy, Nicole Leone, Amelia Hensley, Mithuna Sivaraman and Eva Parr. Brian Holman will accompany the singers.
The evening will include open bar, hors d'oeuvres, and a special raffle which will be announced at the event.
Hosted by Trustee & Event Chair, Alexa Smith
Cocktail hour - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Performance - 7:30pm - 9:00pm


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Trucker Declared "Imminent Hazard" Now Charged For Killing Construction Worker
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Union County, Ohio – A 78-year-old truck driver who was placed out of service and deemed an "imminent hazard" by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) earlier this year has now been charged with serious crimes in connection to a fatal accident along U.S. 33 last year.
Douglas A. Jones of Mansfield, Ohio, has been indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated vehicular homicide and vehicular homicide, plus two counts of failure to stop after an accident.
Transportation Nation Network (TNN) first reported the crash last year shortly after it happened.
On December 7, 2018, authorities say Teresa Howell, 24, of Greenwhich, Ohio, was working with Lake Erie Construction of Norwalk, repairing guardrails along eastbound U.S. 33 when she was hit and killed by a big rig operated by Jones.
The deadly crash occurred at approximately 9 a.m.
Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton said the semi-truck ran over numerous traffic cones before striking and killing Howell.
Teresa Howell (pictured with her two children) was killed on December 7, 2018 along U.S. 33 when she was struck by a big rig while repairing guardrails. (photo courtesy of Teresa Howell/Facebook)
According to Union County Prosecutor David Phillips, Jones then continued on without stopping.
Eye-witnesses provided the license plate number of the truck and traffic cams help authorities track Jones to a warehouse about 30 miles away from the scene at 1580 Williams Road in Columbus.
Authorities then questioned Jones who was hauling baby food and baby formula for Ohio-based Estep Express Inc. at the time of the crash.
If convicted of involuntary manslaughter, a third-degree felony, Jones could face up to five years in prison, Phillips said.
The vehicular homicide charge is a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail.
Of the two failure-to-stop charges, the most serious is a second-degree felony punishable by a prison term of two to eight years, according to Phillips.
Jones is also facing a civil suit.
Howell's family sued Jones and Estep Express Inc. in March, according to Union County Clerk of Courts records.
The suit is seeking unspecified damages.
Not The First Time For Jones
The fatal incident in December, for which Jones is now charged, was the second such collision he was involved in last year.
On July 2, 2018, Jones struck a man who was standing near his disabled vehicle on the right shoulder of Interstate 81 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
Jones was charged with: careless driving causing death of another person; driving a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions; driving outside of a single lane before ascertaining if the movement can be made safely; and failing to wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt system.
Jones Placed Out Of Service
FMCSA placed Jones out of service on December 27, 2018, and deemed him an "imminent hazard" to public safety.
FMCSA's imminent hazard out-of-service order to Jones states:
"Your continued operation of a [commercial motor vehicle] substantially increases the likelihood of serious injury or death to you and the motoring public if not discontinued immediately."
Further, FMCSA warned Jones that violating the order may also result in criminal penalties.
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A wicker basket full to the brim of beautiful fabrics, ribbons and hand carved Oak wood buckles remains untouched in my sewing room. Alas, this is my yet to start belt project. I do hope to get something produced and for sale in time for Australian summer.
In the meantime I must set aside a few hours a week for my blog. After cooking, laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping and the school run I don't have much time. I'm not complaining, just trying to explain away my two week absence.
Again, short and sweet today. This week's post showcases the work of the 1970's textile designer Grace Sullivan. I absolutely love her work and here is a selection of favourites.
This opulent cotton sateen fabric below is 'Ophelia' and I have four glorious meters, enough for a pair of fabulous curtains. It features huge stylised flowers and is almost art nouveau in style. The colours are bright with shades of pale blue, turquoise, pink, lilac and deep blue. This fabric would look amazing made into cushions, lampshades or wall art.
'Desdemona' is another all time favourite. The stylised depiction of the real flower gives the fabric lots of texture and flow. It was avaiable in many colourways, here are four. It came in cotton, viscose and Irish linen.
Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo so I assume that Grace took inspiration from the flora there for this fabric of the same name below. I bought this from Anya's Attic on Etsy.
Another popular 1970's Grace Sullivan print was 'Tree Tops', also art nouveau in style. Unfortunately I don't have great images of this fabric so I'm using this fabulous cushion image from Lucy Bates Vintage Fabrics.
I've just purchased these wonderful books and I'm hoping they'll provide some much needed information on more of Grace Sullivan's work so I can add to this post.
I have a length of Grace Sullivan fabric called Sonata by Textra in lime green and white. I had it in my flat in West Hampstead at the beginning of the sixties. Is there a market for it? Approx. 4 metres in pretty good unused condition. Might benefit from a wash.
Hi there. Best not to wash it as it might fade..Just air it outside if you can.
1. I can buy it. I'd love to see a photo first of course. I usually buy for around £8/metre (UK pounds) so a total of £32. Plus I would pay for postage (I have a UK shipping address in Berkshire).
2. You can list it on eBay and it should sell, you may even get more for it (if I find it on eBay UK and like it I will bid on it so yu may well up selling it to me that way).
Let me know, I look forward to hearing from you.


After the Maldives I went to South Africa to check out the venues that we will film for the new Kenny Belaey's bigtime trialadventures later on this month... most of the venues are very epic and we believe it are going to be very interesting episodes, so stay tuned for that. Fien also flew in to join me and together we did a 7 day XC adventure in order to investigate the possibility to organise MTB holidays for her, during our cold Belgian wintertimes and we are even more convinced about this as well now. The main reason I am actually in South Africa was to do a demo at the Media launch of the 2011 mountainbike race Absa Cape Epic in Cape Town and in Joburg... really amazing events!
After the Maldives I went to South Africa to check out the venues that we will film for the new Kenny Belaey's bigtime trialadventures later on this month... most of the venues are very epic and we believe it are going to be very interesting episodes, so stay tuned for that.
Fien also flew in to join me and together we did a 7 day XC adventure in order to investigate the possibility to organise MTB holidays for her, during our cold Belgian wintertimes and we are even more convinced about this as well now. The main reason I am actually in South Africa was to do a demo at the Media launch of the 2011 mountainbike race Absa Cape Epic in Cape Town and in Joburg... really amazing events!
Tomorrow I will fly out to Ghana for shows and unfortunately the Ivory Coast Red Bull tour got cancelled so all shows will be in Ghana this time. Next, I will go back the 15th of November to South Africa, where I will meet Wesley and our cameraman Stijner from STL Visuals to start the roadtrip in Johannesburg for the TV show... we will try to update you with as much info we can.


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Spitzer sees the glow of a boiling planet
May 8, 2012, 2:04 PM ET
Another Bad Astronomy debunkening.
Since the first planet was discovered orbiting another Sun-like star in 1995, nearly 800 more have been discovered. Only a handful have been directly detected: most are discovered by their influence on their star, either by tugging it or blocking its light as the planet orbits (at the bottom of this post is a gallery of images of exoplanets detected in these ways). But some have been directly seen: either glowing by their own light, reflecting that of their star, or -- ironically -- seen when they're not seen.
Say what? OK, this takes a sec to explain, but it's cool.
The star 55 Cancri hosts at least 5 planets. Located 40 light years away, it's one of the closer planetary systems, and has been intensely studied. One of the planets, 55 Cancri e, is bizarre: it's twice the diameter of the Earth and has 8 times our mass. It's thought to have a dense core surrounded by water... but Earth-like it ain't. It orbits its star in a very tight orbit, circling it once every 18 hours. It's so close to the star that the surface temperature is probably around 1700°C -- or 3100°F! That's hot enough to melt lead.
So yikes. If it does have water, it's in the form of a weird super-heated steam only held to the planet due to its strong gravity. Even then, the atmosphere may be boiling away like a gigantic comet. So again, this isn't like Earth at all. Even Venus isn't this unpleasant, and on Venus it rains sulfuric acid.
Anyway, an object at that temperature will glow in the infrared, quite strongly. If it were sitting all by itself in space, it would be easy to see. However, it's sitting next to a star which is millions of times brighter, making it a significantly more difficult target.
... but not impossible. The orbit of the planet 55 Cancri e is edge-on as seen from Earth, so every 18 hours the planet crosses in front of the star. When it does, the starlight dips a bit because the planet blocks it. However, if you wait 9 hours, the planet will pass behind the star. Even though the star is far brighter, that means there's still a small dip in the total infrared light emitted by the system (the folks at Spitzer have a nice graphic showing how this works).
Using the infrared-viewing Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers observed the star 55 Cancri and waited for the planet to go behind the star. What they saw was this:
The points represent the amount of infrared light they measured (at 4.5 μ, well outside what our eyes can see), and the x-axis is time. As you can see, the light from the star dipped a bit. Not very much! The depth of the eclipse is only about 0.01%, but that's enough to see. And by observing the event over and over again they were able to get pretty good statistics, and confirm they are seeing the light from the planet being blocked by the star. And while this has been done for other exoplanets before, this is the first time this technique has been successful for a "super-Earth" like 55 Cancri e.
How awesome is that? Even though the planet is only emitting light very feebly -- it's 400 trillion kilometers (240 trillion miles) away, after all -- the dull glow of its superheated surface can still be detected if you look at the right time, and you're ready to measure when it goes away.
And that's what I meant by seeing a planet by not seeing it. It's just like the saying goes: you don't know what you have until it's gone.
- Nearby "earth-like" planet: not so much
- Astronomers find 5 planet system!
- Dense exoplanet gets the lead out and in
[Below is a gallery of exoplanets that have been directly imaged using telescopes on ground and in space. Click the thumbnail picture to get a bigger picture and more information, and scroll through the gallery using the left and right arrows.]


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Avedis H. Seferian joined WRAP in 2004 and became its President and CEO in 2012. He has extensive knowledge of social responsibility issues within the highly complex worldwide supply chains of the apparel, textile and footwear sectors. A recognized expert in the area of social compliance and responsible sourcing, Avedis was named by Assent Compliance as one of the Top 100 Corporate Social Responsibility Influence Leaders for 2020. He often speaks on topics in this field at different forums around the world and has contributed to many leading trade publications and news outlets. Avedis is the Chairman of the Executive Board (and a member of the Stakeholder Board) of the Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors (APSCA) and sits on the Impartiality Committees of several audit organizations; he also served on the Board of Advisors of the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety.
Avedis began his career working for a business research and development organization before migrating over to legal research. Prior to joining WRAP, he was with a small law firm in Washington, DC. Avedis has also taught in various capacities in the business and legal arenas, including as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland University College. He speaks five languages, has lived in four countries, and holds three degrees from three continents – a Bachelor's in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University in India; an MBA from the American University of Armenia; and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in the United States, where he was a Law Fellow and made the Dean's List.
Avedis is a member of the American Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar. He resides in Fairfax, Virginia with his wife and their two sons.


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Several food safety alerts and recalls this season have made it difficult to know what's safe to eat. Even though we can't do much personally to control those national events except to pay attention and not consume recalled products, we can take some basic food safety actions, both as a guest and as a host, so we don't add insult to injury. Nearly 1 in 6 Americans get sick each year from contaminated food, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reducing that number by just 10 percent would keep nearly 5 million people from getting sick each year.
What is the most common cause of food poisoning?
There are more than 250 agents that can cause foodborne illness including viruses, bacteria, parasites, toxins, and foreign objects. Norovirus is the most common virus to cause food poisoning, while salmonella is the most common bacterial cause and results in more deaths than infections with other bacteria.
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The coincidence wasn't lost on either of us. Lee's films have been on the receiving end of several egregious Academy snubs, from his 1989 classic Do the Right Thingfailing to receive a Best Picture nod—the racially problematic Driving Miss Daisyended up winning that year—to Lee not receiving any nominations for his ambitious biopic Malcolm X, though it later landed on both Roger Ebert's and Martin Scorsese's lists of the best movies of the '90s.
As they say, the more things change, the more they stay the same. The biggest Oscar news Thursday was that the powerful Martin Luther King Jr. biopic Selmamanaged nominations only for Best Picture and Best Song while being snubbed in all the other major categories, most notably Best Director (Ava DuVernay) and Best Actor (David Oyelowo). Lee, who said Selma and Birdman were the two best films he saw last year, seemed annoyed but not surprised.
But it wasn't just Selma. This year's Oscars is the whitest since 1998, with no person of color receiving an acting nomination. It's a far cry from last year, when 12 Years a Slavetook home Best Picture, Lupita Nyong'o won Best Supporting Actress, and Steve McQueen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Barkhad Abdi garnered nods for Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor, respectively.
But Lee, who also expressed shock that the Roger Ebert documentary Life Itselffailed to be recognized, said he was optimistic about the Academy's trajectory under Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first black president in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences history.


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Today I have received neural network inference hardware accelerator Movidius Neural Compute Stick (USB stick). Movidius is now part of Intel (acquired by Intel in 2016).
SDK installation is smooth under Ubuntu 16.04. The SDK also contains script to fetch caffe-models from the internet. The following models are available by default: Age, AlexNet, Gender, GoogLeNet, SqueezeNet.
I have compiled examples written in C (located in ncapi/c_examples/ folder) and did some checks. All interactions with hardware are made at user-level using libusb (looks like libmvnc.so built on top of libusb) and doesn't require any kernel-level drivers.
As we can see Mona Lisa's gender is accurately detected (99.51% Female).
The detection took about 26 seconds, 100 times. This means that we have achieved about 4 fps (frames per seconds) using hardware acceleration.
"Gender" caffemodel and mona-lisa.jpg can be downloaded here.
I was able to control power consumption during this test and the average current was 0.18Amps.
On 5V USB this gives us 5*0.18 = 0.9Watts. This means that we can achieve 4/0.9 = 4.4 fps per watt. To be more explicit, a battery with the same specs as an iphone7 (11Wh) can power this device for about 12 hours. These are good results for mobile and autonomous use-cases. Like the Joker Walker.
By the way, with the Joker main module (with Intel's x5-z8500), using the same task (image classification), I have achieved 2 fps with power consumption of about 5W. Therefore this is equivalent to 0.4 fps per watt. This result is 11 times worse when compared to Movidius Neural Compute Stick. And a great feature is that we off-loaded the neural network tasks to "co-processor" and left the main CPU power for other important tasks.
Power consumption in suspend state is about 0.07 Amps (70 mA). This value is higher than defined in USB spec (should be less than 2.5 mA). This may cause higher battery drainage rates in mobile applications.
Additionally for a bonus, the disassembled photo can be seen below.
This device (chipset) looks very promising for Joker Eco-System use-cases. I will do more experiments and trials.
Thanks for the teardown picture – good to see before I get the Dremel on mine. It baffles me why Intel chose to make such an enormous enclosure without any obvious heatsinking benefits (the sides aren't connected to the centre via fins, for example).
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Exploring the Delft School's microscope collection – 1.
As I have mentioned before, the Delft School of Microbiology Archive has a small collection of old and unusual microscopes. We also have a range of attachments with varying (and sometimes unidentified) functions as well as two boxes of mysterious parts. One of my projects for this winter is to try as many of these things out as possible, and write a methods book for the collection.
I have started with two red boxes from Ernst Abbe's time at Carl Zeiss Jena (CZJ). Abbe was one of the founding fathers of CZJ and the inventor of many microscope techniques that we take for granted today, including standardizing lens quality. One of the boxes contains the parts necessary to convert a simple microscope for work with polarization, the other contains a camera lucida. Both were obviously routinely used in the times of Beijerinck, Van Iterson and Kluyver and we have enough of each for every student in a practical class to use them. None of the boxes included instructions, and nobody I've asked had tried to use either one. Since they turn up sometimes on auction sites, it seems to be worth outlining my findings here. I used my late 19th century jug-handled CZJ microscope.
The box contains a polarizer (top right in the photo), a calibrated ring (centre) and an eyepiece (bottom left). It took me a while to realize that the polarizer is actually two pieces which unscrew. The piece with the lens fits into the filter ring under the condenser, and the ring screws on underneath the filter ring to stabilize the polarizer. The calibrated ring fits around, and the eyepiece over the ocular.
The contents of the polarizer box.
Using my usual LED lamp, I adjusted the mirror and condenser to give optimum light and then inserted a slide. Rather than microorganisms, for these experiments it was simpler to use samples guaranteed to give the dramatic colour changes associated with polarizing microscopy and so I chose mineral samples prepared for the microscope by Dr F Krantz of Bonn around the beginning of the 20th century (and also in our collection). The pairs of photos show the extremes of uncrossed and crossed polarized light paths for 3 different minerals.
The box contains a ring which fits over the microscope's ocular. Attached to the ring is an arm with a mirror at its end and a shorter, moveable arm supporting the prism that combines the images from the microscope and the mirror. The arm allows the prism to swing over or away from the ocular, allowing the microscope to be used with and without it (very useful for focusing and sample placing).
Initially, I found this attachment very frustrating because everyone I had discussed it with confidently said that it projected the sample's image onto paper beside the microscope. This did not happen. It was only when I looked through the ocular to check the microscope's focus and saw a ghostly pen superimposed on the sample that I realised that the projection was the other way round! Thus far, I am not very satisfied with my photographs of the combined images, but I'll post a picture here when I'm happy with them. The problem is not in using the equipment, but in convincing the camera that it can focus on the pen and sample at the same time – I see that CZJ's catalogues of the time also offer a drawing platform for use with their camera lucida which was presumably exactly the correct height. If anyone wants to try, I've had better results with cream coloured paper rather than bright white paper which tends to reflect more in the field of view. Reducing the light in the room also helps.


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this is my pet hes a lutino cockatiel named Mr.Squawk............HES 28 THATS OLD FOR HIS TYPE OF BIRD!!!!!!!!
does this mean we can put whatever we want in the gallery from now on till we get some more excitement into this site?
i guess so but isnt my bird AWESOME!!
Can i eat it pls?


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Франс Блом (9 серпня 1893 — 23 червня 1963) — данський дослідник і археолог. Найбільш відомий за свої дослідження цивілізації мая в Мексиці та Центральній Америці.

Біографія
Франц Фердинанд Блом народився в Копенгагені, Данія, в родині середнього класу купців антикваріату. Він склав зрілий іспит в Рунгстеді і здобув торговельну освіту в Німеччині та Бельгії.

Захоплювався подорожами. В 1919 році дістався Мексики й знайшов там роботу в нафтовій промисловості, складаючи карти та геологічны обстеження штату Веракрус, Табаско та Чіапас. Подорожуючи у віддалених місцях мексиканських джунглів, він зацікавився руїнами мая, з якими стикався там, де працював. Він почав малювати та документувати ці руїни. Після того, як він показав свою роботу Національному музею антропології (Мексика), отримав від нього фінансування деяких своїх експедицій.

У 1922 році він міг покинути нафтову промисловість після нападу малярії . Він зустрів американського археолога та мезоамериканського вченого Сильвана Г. Морлі (1883—1948), який проводив польові роботи в Мексиці та Центральній Америці. Морлі привіз Блома до Гарвардського університету в Кембриджі, штат Массачусетс, де він навчався археології впродовж 1922—1923 років.

З 1923 року викладав в університеті Тулейна в Новому Орлеані. За цей час він здійснив кілька експедицій до Мезоамерики. У 1923 р. його дослідження в Паленке задокументували ряд особливостей, якими знехтували попередні дослідники.

У 1924 році Блом проводив археологічні розкопки мая в Уаксактуні в Гватемалі . Під час досліджень навколо Тегуантепецького перешийоку він написав одні з перших наукових звітів про цивілізацію Олмеків. Впродовж 1925 року він подорожував разом з американським антропологом Олівером Ла Фарджем (1901—1963) до того, що сьогодні відомо як ольмецьке серце. У 1926 році він був призначений керівником новоствореного Департаменту середньоамериканських досліджень Тулена.

У 1932 році він одружився з американкою Мері Томас, але через шість років вони розлучилися. Блом почав вживати алкоголь, що згодом змусило його піти з університету. Блом переїхав до Мексики, де в 1943 році познайомився зі швейцарською фотографинею Гертруду «Труді» Дубі (1901—1993), з якою згодом одружився.

У 1950 році Блумс придбав великий будинок у Сан-Крістобаль-де-лас-Касас. Цей будинок називалиCasa Na Bolom — «Будинок Блома або Ягуара». Блом перетворив будинок на культурний та науковий центр із кімнатами для відвідувачів, а Гертруда продовжувала підприємство десятки років після смерті Франса. Будинок став домашньою базою для експедицій та археології, таких як сусідній Моксвікіль та відомі експедиції в джунглі Лакандону. Блом продовжував проводити експедиції для уряду Мексики.

Блом помер у 1963 році у 70-річному віці у Сан-Крістобаль-де-лас-Касас у Чіапасі, Мексика . Нині його колишня резиденція функціонує як музей На Болом.

Відомі твори

 I de store Skove: Breve fra Meksiko (1923)
 Племена і храми (англ. Tribes and Temples) (1926—1927)
 Підкорення Юкатану (англ. Conquest of Yucatan)(1936)
 La selva Lacandona (1955), з Гертрудою Дубі

Список літератури

Інші джерела

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Посилання

 Asociacion Cultural Na Bolom — вебсайт культурного центру Na Bolom (in Spanish and English)
 Чіапас з бурштину — Франс Блом
 Документальні фотографії Гертруди Блом
 1930 Leyrer & Blom
 1930 — розбиття Марви — Франс Блом і «Назавжди бурштин»

Померли 1963
Народились 1893
Персоналії:Копенгаген
Данські мандрівники
Випускники Гарвардського університету
Маяністи
Уродженці Копенгагена
Данські емігранти до Мексики


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"Public health officials, pool operators, aquatic managers, service companies, suppliers and manufacturers will gain a comprehensive and detailed understanding about the control of RWIs by taking this online course. The course, intended to help professionals understand and prevent these often serious illnesses includes advanced material and a 114-page handbook.
RWIs can cause a wide variety of symptoms, including gastrointestinal, skin, ear, respiratory, eye, neurologic, and wound infections. Crypto, which can stay alive for days even in well-maintained pools, has become the leading cause of swimming pool-related outbreaks of diarrheal illness.
Participants work through the basic steps of identifying the health threats present, unique features to those threats, understanding what the possible consequences would be, identifying ways to reduce the risks and finally, prioritizing the risk reduction. Registrants have access to the online training for six months once purchased and can earn a record of completion by successfully passing the course and submit for IACET CEUs.
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I just didn't want you to know.
let's agree to call it my foolishness.
For I won't do anything as preposterous as that ever again.
not because I was at wrong.
I regret it so much.
As always you eat fast and cut me off.
As always you have somewhere to go.
There are too many people whom you must keep happy.
Today I won't throw everything on my plate for you.
I won't come to door to see your cold back.
where you took me to the doors of my new life.
But instead all I see in every face is your face.
who wanted to lean on someone like you.
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but lack of it goes deeper than that.
that you wouldn't otherwise even think about.
especially when i have got so much of it.
and wondering what is wrong with the ones who love me.
wouldn't be as bad as being smeared black by markers.
only after the world approves of the 'me' that i want to love.
and they say my name only with heart-breaking adjectives and assumptions.
that sometimes i end up sharing their hatred of me, of what they see.
there are days that i obsess over a passing comment.
there are days i beat up myself for being like this.
i try to hate myself and fail.
while they burn my body in the woods.
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Sit here and cry your eyes out.
to be the only things that keeps you standing.
to let you see my tears as well.
This love of mine, it is not much I know.
It cannot stop you from closing your eyes on me.
thinking of the day you heart will forget to beat.
that I will get to see the years that you won't.
I want to hear back the same words, I guess.
But these words, they refuse to come out of me.
when you said you hated me.
how did i turn out to be this pitiful?
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as if hiding is a better option than fleeing.
will deflect or reduce the hate in the eyes that look at me.
growing each second, trying to push me out.
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you told me I am calculating.
because I have no one else anyway.
you told me I am manipulating.
That a person like me can never love anyone.
that I am not evil as you speak.
that I am not all that bad.
I can still be loved.
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Samurais, Babes, & Streetwear :: A Peek Inside Wizzadaking's Illustrated World
By Mike Steyels
The world of Wizzadaking is both everyday and surreal at once. The illustrator creates scenes of brown boys and girls up late at night under Japanese lights, dripping in swag. They enjoy each other's company or, alternately, slaughter their foes. In one piece, a group of friends relax at home, dancing or lounging on a couch. In another, fires rage as masked figures watch in glee.
The digital drawings, created with PaintTool SAI and a Wacom Intuos tablet, capture close relationships and playful friendship, with characters interlocked in tight embrace or casual affection with a leg thrown over here and hand held there.
"My relationship plays a big role in my work," Wizzadaking tells The Hundreds. "I could say it's all about this girl I love." While the shorties change from scene to scene, like most of the characters do, there's one girl that reappears throughout. Other than himself, she's the only person from real life in his work. Her face is always hidden though, because they're separated and she's overseas now. "We did our best, but she gave up," he says. "I'm still fighting. I don't want to show her face until she's with me again. I want people to feel the vibe of love I have for that mysterious girl."
Wiz also uses art as a way to explore his interest in clothing design, calling himself a "wannabe fashion designer." His characters are usually fashionable youth, dressed in current styles like dad hats and Jordans. Sometimes they're even self portraits, with him posing in a hoodie under a yellow baseball jersey. Occasionally the pieces resemble streetwear lookbooks, with nothing drawn but a collection of different full-zip hoodies. But usually the clothes function as a way to cement the drawings in reality, with outfits you'd expect to see on any trip on the subway or to the park.
It quickly jumps into the realm of fantasy, though, which is a bigger interest for the 23-year-old. Apparitions and assassins populate the shadows of this world. "I was inspired first by chanbara movies (samurai movies), the bushido thing," he explains. "Samurai code and ninjas. The mythology and philosophy they have is very interesting to me." (Wiz does, however, have a manga comic in the works.)
The world is a creation of his own mind, after all. As an artist based in a small town in Colombia, it's something of an idealized vision. "There are a lot of artists here, but I'm the only one with this vibe in Colombia," he explains. "I've got some friends, but they are more designers than artists. I'm still looking for my 'people.'"
With 22k followers on IG, it would seem his people are starting to find him. They're drawn to a world that's constantly growing and improving. His style is becoming more refined, the backgrounds increasingly elaborate, and the interaction of the characters more complex.
It might be life's turn to imitate art.
Follow Wizzadaking on Instagram: wizzadaking
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Streetwear, Women, and the '90s :: Laura Callaghan's Badass & Beautiful Illustrations
"I think once I... started drawing purely for pleasure, that's when my style really began to develop." Irish-born artist Laura Callaghan discusses her incredibly vivid color palette, & the empo...
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The Game of SPACE: Magnet Strategy Game
2980-S-101
Magnet Strategy Game
By The Game of SPACE
Independent Maker
This magnetic game charts a fast-paced (and fun) course across the galaxy. Players plot their space rocks' positions on the board with the objective of not attracting another magnetic rock. If your piece attracts another, add it to your pile. Whoever loses all their rocks first wins the game. It takes some spatial reasoning skills to play and the board can be configured to amp up the difficulty level to keep kids engaged.
Materials: Game tiles: Rubber, fabric; Game pieces: Magnets
Care: Spot clean as needed
Includes: 4 triangular game boards, 20 earth magnets
Instructions: Divide magnetic rocks evenly between all players. Place game tiles based on desired level of difficulty. Turn by turn, place one magnetic rock down at a time. If a magnetic rock attracts another magnetic rock, the player must pick up all connected rocks. The first person to get rid of all their magnetic rocks wins the game
Board consists of game tiles that can be rearranged for different levels of difficulty
Two player game
Five minute average game time
Warning: Choking hazard, small parts. Not for children under 3. Seek immediate medical attention if magnets are swallowed
Recommended for ages 14+
Dimensions: 9.33" x 8" x 2"
6 Reviews (4.4 out of 5 Grommets)
1/1/2019 by JR
Bought for my 6 year old grandson. The magnets are fun and very strong although a little smaller than I expected. The game is easy enough and attracts the younger kids.More > < Less
About The Game of SPACE
The Game of SPACE magnetic game is made by game lover and toy store owner Aric Klar. Aric was inspired by a favorite game from his childhood to create his own take on a fun, fast-paced strategy game.
Aric opened his first toy store at 21, cementing his status as a kid at heart and making him the perfect creator of out-of-the-box games for kids. The Game of SPACE features a space-inspired game board that can be reconfigured to make playing more or less difficult. Players place their space rocks (also known as magnets) on the board. The objective is to place your rocks so it won't attract another one. If your piece attracts another, add it to your pile. Whoever loses all their rocks first, wins.
It takes some spatial reasoning skills to play this game and it moves quickly. Each round lasts about five minutes of thinking, plotting, planning—and hopefully winning.


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Simone Borgheresi (Greve in Chianti, 1 augustus 1968) is een Italiaans voormalig wielrenner. Na zijn professionele carrière werd hij ploegleider bij onder meer Ceramica Flaminia.

Overwinningen
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 4e etappe Ronde van Aragon

1998
 Subida a Urkiola

1999
 Ronde van de Apennijnen

2000
 1e etappe deel B Ronde van Trentino
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PFOS Detected in Water Well 14
June 2, 2020 in News, Water
On June 2, 2020, City of Paramount staff provided the City Council and Paramount residents with an update on the monitoring of per- and poly-flouroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Paramount's water.
Water testing completed on February 3, 2020, and confirmed on February 19, 2020, March 22, 2020 and April 20, 2020, indicate levels of perflourooctanesulfonate (PFOS) — a substance in the PFAS family — that are above the State of California's notification level (NL). Results detected PFOS in one of the City's three municipal wells, Well 14, at an average level of 7.9 parts per trillion (ppt) — slightly above the NL of 6.5 ppt and well below the response level (RL) of 40 ppt.
1 The Notification Level (NL) means that the concentration level of a contaminant in drinking water delivered for human consumption does not pose a significant health risk but warrants notification.
2 The Response Level (RL), when exceeded, requires further action recommended by the State Water Resources Control Board to reduce public exposure to the compound, by either removal of the source water from service, or providing treatment of that water.
3 The unit part per trillion (ppt) equates to one drop of water in 20 olympic size swimming pools put together; one drop of water in 42 million gallons of water; or one drop of water in a lake.
See the below chart for a summary of the testing results for PFOS. (Testing results for perflouroctanoate (PFOA), the other PFAS chemical tested for, were non-detect.)
Although regulatory agencies do not require the City to do so, the City voluntarily shut down Well 14 on February 20, 2020, while awaiting the confirmation test results, and the well continues to be offline. The City has taken the opportunity to complete required preventive maintenance on the well. To continue to meet the demand for water, Wells 13, 15 and additional imported water are being used to supply water to residents.
"PFAS is a complex issue affecting cities across the state and the country, and I'm proud of our City's efforts to voluntarily go above and beyond state requirements, conducting testing and being proactive to ensure the safety of our community's water supply," said Mayor Peggy Lemons. "Residents can be assured that we are continuing to provide residents with healthy, safe and reliable water."
The drinking water notification levels and response levels for PFOA and PFOS were updated by the State Water Resources Control Board in August 2019. While Paramount's previous testing results were non-detect and therefore below the notification levels, the City volunteered to run additional tests to determine whether or not PFOA or PFOS were in the water system.
PFAS are a large group of man-made substances that includes PFOS and PFOA. They are commonly found in consumer and industrial products, such as carpets, rugs, waterproof clothing, upholstery, food paper wrappings, non-stick products (e.g., cookware) fire-fighting foams, and metal products. High concentrations of PFAS are believed to cause adverse health effects, including developmental effects to fetuses during pregnancy or to breastfed infants, cancer, liver effects, immune effects, thyroid effects and high cholesterol. However, these chemicals are still unregulated, without a U.S. EPA Maximum Contaminant Level that would set a legal threshold for the amount safely allowed in drinking water.
The City of Paramount plans to conduct quarterly testing for PFOS for Well 14 moving forward, while exploring potential treatment systems.
Residents interested in viewing the City Council update can find the staff report online and view the City Council PowerPoint presentation here. For additional information, please visit www.paramountenvironment.org/water.
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