Happy Friday and happy first day of APRIL! I have always loved when April rolls around because although spring has officially already started, I feel like April is the real start of spring. It's finally starting to get nice outside, the trees are all starting to bud and the flowers are slowly but surely blooming (!!). The sundresses and sandals are for sure being brought back to life, and we are one month closer to summer. Yay!
With the start of this month, I wanted to share some things that are on my radar for April and also some things that are catching my eye this month!
First Monday in May // For those of you who may not know, The Met Gala is one of the most important events in the fashion world that is hosted to mark the opening of the Costume Institute's annual fashion exhibition. It is one of the most highly anticipated events and everyone who is anyone in the world of fashion, art, film, and music is in attendance. I am so very excited for this film to debut, as we will all get a behind-the-scenes look into a world that is so very different than our own. Anna Wintour might just be the most post powerful women in the fashion industry (she's amazing), and it will be beyond impressive to see what goes into pulling of as bash as important as this one. This will likely be the closest I will ever get to actually attending the Met Gala, and I will just have to be happy with that.
Bittersweet Feelings // Attention all soon to be college graduates. If you read only one thing today (because lets face it at this point in time what's school?) please have it be this. I came across this again recently, but I still distinctly remember reading it at this time last year as I was heading into my final few weeks of college. It gave me all the feels then, and rereading it now still gives me goosebumps and makes me slightly emotional. I urge all of you soon to be college grads to make the absolute most of the next few weeks. They will sadly be over in the blink of an eye, but they also have the potential to be some of the absolute best. When I look back on my college years, I am lucky to say that they were all beyond amazing, but the last month or so of college was really the best. I will never forget the moments, the people, and the way I felt in those final weeks. Make the most of it because "you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you'll never be this way ever again."
You're Not Lost // And then there is this one, for all the twenty-somethings feeling lost and unsure in the post-grad world. Boy oh boy, one year really changes things up a bit doesn't it? I just wrote this post about feeling a little bit lost and uncertain about the future, and this couldn't have been timed any more perfectly. Maxie does a hell of a good job reminding us that no matter what, we are never lost, but only finding our way.
Overnight Oats // I am always on the look out for new breakfast options, so I was thrilled when I came across this. Although I can go for weeks eating the same thing for breakfast, I do like to switch it up a bit! I have made overnight oats in the past, but I like that this gives you a bunch of different recipes to try out. I made the strawberry-chocolate recipe and peanut butter-banana (fav), which were so good, and I am definitely going to be trying out the blueberry-almond oats! The best part (besides the taste) about overnight oats is how easy they are to make, and because you make them the night before, there is no excuse for not having something healthy to eat for breakfast. With summer quickly approaching, this is the perfect options for getting that bathing suit body! While we are on that subject, I will be doing a post this month about getting in shape for the summer - be on the look out!


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KAGRA Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Telescope Project
Japanese(日本語版へ)
About the KAGRA Project
The KAGRA Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Telescope is a project aiming to detect "gravitational waves," a propagating phenomenon ringing throughout the universe. When Albert Einstein developed the general theory of relativity, he left us next generation scientists with one last piece of homework, which was to realize the detection of the gravitational waves. By detecting gravitational waves, we seek to gain insight into the intrinsic nature of space-time, which contains everything existing in the universe. Furthermore, we aim to observe the moment of birth of a black hole, and eventually contribute to the field of gravitational wave astronomy.
In 2010, we started the construction of KAGRA, Japan's gravitational wave telescope, at the Kamioka mine in Kamioka-town, Hida-city, Gifu prefecture. At depths of 200m below the surface of the mountain, we have newly excavated a L-shaped tunnel with arms 3km in length and have placed telescope instruments in the cavern. The KAGRA project is conducted by an international collaboration with more than 250 researchers from around the world.
Click here for the latest news from the KAGRA project
Messages from the KAGRA project leader
The Institute for Cosmic Ray Research of the University of Tokyo promotes the KAGRA Project with the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences as its main collaborating organizations and with the cooperation of many universities and research institutes in Japan and abroad. Approximately 45 years have passed since the challenge to detect gravitational waves had been drawn up as a concept in the 1970s. This project is filled with 45 years of research effort, where generations of scientists have strived with a desire to pioneer the horizon of human knowledge and to contribute to the progress of 21st century's physics and astronomy, and opening the field of gravitational wave astronomy by answering the one final piece of homework from Einstein. It was under these circumstances when LIGO's two gravitational wave telescopes in the United States made the historical announcement that they had observed signals of gravitational waves, considered to be emitted by the merging of two black holes on September 14, 2015. As members of the KAGRA project, we were also delighted and impressed with this first observation, just as though it were our own achievement. 400 years ago, mankind was fascinated when Galileo made the first optical telescope and observed planets, stars, and the universe. Today, we are experiencing the same excitement through our encounter with the historical moment brought to us by this new "window" of gravitational waves.
The field of gravitational wave astronomy is an emerging discipline. In order to detect gravitational waves more clearly and frequently in the future, we need to improve the performance of our telescopes, compose and coordinate the global network of detectors, and maintain their stable operation. To achieve high performance, cutting-edge, or pioneering advanced technology is required in almost every part of the telescope. So, the performance of the device must be continuously improved by innovative technologies, and recruitment of internationally talented researchers and international exchange of researchers are necessary to accelerate it. In addition, gravitational wave telescopes on a scale similar to KAGRA have been developed in the United States and Europe, and these telescopes are also planned to receive or are currently receiving upgrades. In the future, KAGRA is expected to play an important role in the international gravitational wave observation network with these telescopes. KAGRA is being constructed with the understanding and financial support of the Japanese government, but your support is also indispensable for KAGRA to develop gravitational wave astronomy while securing international competitiveness and attracting global attention. The official name of this project was nicknamed KAGRA after receiving input from the public who were interested in the gravitational wave detection project. I hope that, together, we can take the next step forward in witnessing a whole new universe observed through gravitational waves.
Takaaki Kajita, Director of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research
Scenes from the KAGRA construction site
Entrance of the KAGRA underground site. An air blower for sending fresh air into the mine and a meeting room are in the right-hand building.
Installation of a beam splitter and its vibration isolation system into the vacuum chamber.
A cryostat to cool down the sapphire mirror, one of the most important components of KAGRA, to minus 253 degree Celsius. It is enclosed in an ISO class 1 clean booth.
A vibration isolation system of the sapphire mirror installed at the end of the 3km-long arm.
A sapphire mirror to be installed at the end of each arm. A protective layer is coated to protect the mirror surface from dust.
The control room to monitor all data from the KAGRA gravitational wave telescope.
Donor Appreciation
To express our gratitude, your donation of over 100,000 yen will be recognized with a permanent personalized nameplate on a plaque near the laboratory entrance of the KAGRA gravitational wave telescope.
KAGRA Observatory website

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With over 30 social, cultural and sporting clubs and associations, there's always something going on.
The island's biggest annual event is Alderney Week : 3-10 August 2019 – with some 100 different happenings – a perfect time to bring friends and family to enjoy free family fun and entertainment.
The 2018 theme was "Myths and Legends" and "nautical" events during this madcap week included the Daft Raft Race, the Man-Powered Flight in the Inner Harbour and the Family Dinghy Scramble open to all. More Information.


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NOTE: Current release Requires [Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/) and [Windows SDK 15063](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk)

~~[Visual Studio 2015](https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/cat/Visual-Studio-2015/categoryID.69407500?s_kwcid=AL!4249!10!13675262506!84040865656&ef_id=WA5uGgAABWJOSWR6:20170130221540:s)~~

We may provide support for older versions of Visual Studio, but likely will contineu to require Windows SDK 15063.

Make sure when you install Visual Studio, you install support for building UWP/Windows Store apps.

[Arduino](https://www.arduino.com) - Necessary to install [custom Arduino firmware](https://github.com/bytemaster-0xff/WinIoTSoccerBot/tree/master/src/mBotFirmware).  At this time installing custom firmware isn't 100% required bit it will provide better performance and advanved features.

[Visual Micro](https://www.VisualMicro.com) - Not 100% necessary but provides a much better IDE for working with Arduino.

### Software Organization
* [Design Documents](DesignDocuments.md)
* [Project Structure](Documentation/ProjectStructure.md)
* [User Interface Requirements](Documentation/UserInterfaceRequirements.md)

### Installing Firmware on mBot

Note: We are using custom firmware for optimziation, do so at your own risk.  Every effort has been made to ensure that it will not brick your device, however if you have problems you should be able to install the default firmware from the MakeBlock [GitHub repository](https://github.com/Makeblock-official/)

The mBot is very similar to an Arduino.  If you know how to upload firmware to and Arduino, you know how to upload firmware to your mBot platform.

#### Open your IDE and load the Firmware Source Files
You have two options to upload the firmware, if all you are doing is uploading the existing firmware to get your mBot up and running, you should probably just use the Arduino IDE as specified above.  If you are planning on making changes and are a Visual Studio user, you should choose Visual Micro.

Although the steps identified heare are for the Arduino IDE, using Visual Micro is very similar.

##### Basic mBot and Rover
Our custom firmware is located [WinIoTSoccerBot/src/mBotFirmware](https://github.com/bytemaster-0xff/WinIoTSoccerBot/tree/master/src/mBotFirmware).  This has been copied from the original MakeBlock repo and has been optimzied for working with our custom Raspberry PI app.  We will make a best effort to maintain compatibility between our Win 10 IoT core app and the stock firmware however you are encoraged to use the custom firmware.  You can find the stock firmware [here](https://github.com/Makeblock-official/Makeblock-Firmware/tree/master/mbot_firmware):

The easiest way to work with the custom firmware is to simply [clone](https://help.github.com/articles/cloning-a-repository) the [Soccer Bot Repo](https://github.com/bytemaster-0xff/WinIoTSoccerBot) and open the file in either the Arduino IDE or Visual Macro

##### Ranger
Although we are using custom firmware, you can follow the instructions provided at the [MakeBlock Site](http://learn.makeblock.com/learning-arduino-programming-ranger/) for details on how to update the stock firmware.

The latest custom firmware for the Ranger can be found on the [Official Make Block respository](https://github.com/Makeblock-official) under [libraries](https://github.com/Makeblock-official/Makeblock-Libraries).  The source for the latest version is [here](https://github.com/Makeblock-official/Makeblock-Libraries/tree/master/makeblock/examples/Firmware_for_Auriga).

If you decide to install the custom firmware you will still need to follow the instructions on this site to add the required libraries.

#### Identify COM Port
First off you'll need to identify the serial port your mBot is connected to, the easiest way to do this is to plug your mBot into a USB port. You should hear the sound of the USB device being recognized and connected.  Then open your device manager by typing **Device Manager** at the start prompt in windows.  Then find the Ports (COM and LPT1 section)

![Alt](Documentation/DeviceManager.png)

Watch the ports that are currently listed.  You may/may not have the same number of ports as shown in the image below.  Unplug your mBot.  Watch for the port that disappeared.  Then plug it back in, the port that disappeared and reappeared is the one you want to work with.

After you have identified the COM port, you will need to select it in the Arduino IDE
![Alt](Documentation/ComPort.png)

#### Select Board
In addition to the serial port, you also need to identify the type of board you are targetting

##### Basic/Rover mBots
For installing firmware on the Basic mBot and the Rover mBots, you will need to use the Arduino Uno board
![Alt](Documentation/BasicRoverArduino.png)

##### Ranger mBot
For installing firmware on the Ranger mBot select the ATMega2560
![Alt](Documentation/RangerArduino.png)

At this point you are ready to install the firmware.

### Install Windows 10 IoT Core

Follow the instructions [here](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/GetStarted) to get Windows 10 IoT core up and running your Rasperry Pi

In summary you will need to

1. Download the Windows 10 IoT Core Dashbaord
2. Give your installation a name, this will be used to identify your Soccer Bot
3. Set a password to allow admin access, remember this password
4. "Burn" the Win 10 IoT Core image onto your MicroSD card
5. Install that card in your Raspberry Pi
6. If at all possible you should connect a monitor and keyboard to your Raspbery Pi to get started
7. Apply network and power to your Raspberry Pi
8. Let it go through the initial power up sequence, be patient
9. Observe the IP address of your Raspberry Pi
10. If you don't have an monitor, you can find the ip address by typing

    ping [COMPUTERNAME] -4

11. You can also open use the Windows 10 IoT Core Dashboard to look for your device, it won't always find it.
12. Open a browser and open the page admin page this will be at http://[MYIP ADDRESS]:8080
13. You will be prompted for a user name and password, enter the user name administrator and the password you created above.
14. Connect your Raspberry Pi to the WiFi network under the network tab.

Again, much better instructions can be found at the [Windows Developer Site](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/GetStarted)

### Installing the mBot app on Windows 10 IoT Core

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We love Notability- and we want to make sure your Notes are backed up to your Google Drive so that you never have to worry about losing or misplacing a file.
In a few easy steps, you can complete a 1-time set up so that all Notability notes you create/edit/annotate will automatically back up to your FCS Google Drive account. Check out this short video with an overview on how to do just that!
*This video recommends backing up files as a PDF, but you can back up files as a Note, as well!


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Ensure the correct temperature is reached for the simplest performance – most models mechanically add the proper quantity of hot and cold water.
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White Bird in a Blizzard
By Tim Grierson | October 24, 2014 | 9:44am
Movies Reviews Blizzard
White Bird in a Blizzard is a mystery story, but not the mystery you're expecting. Set in motion by the disappearance of a teenage girl's mother, filmmaker Gregg Araki's latest is only sporadically concerned about the parent's whereabouts. Instead, it focuses on the young woman left behind, in the process delivering a rather thoughtful study of adolescence, budding female sexuality and the horrifying realization every child goes through about her parents: At one point, they were people, too.
Based on Laura Kasischke's 1999 novel, White Bird in a Blizzard is set in Southern California suburbia in the late 1980s. Shailene Woodley plays Kat, who's about a year from graduating high school when her mother goes missing. Even before then, though, Eve (Eva Green) was acting strangely, sleeping on her daughter's bed in the middle of the day and finding her way into the liquor cabinet, expressing bitter disappointment that she married the ineffectual office drone Brock (Christopher Meloni). When Eve vanishes, Kat and Brock aren't entirely surprised: They both privately conclude that she walked out on them to go find a better life somewhere. Maybe if Kat were braver, she'd do the same thing.
With such a setup, the film raises expectations that the plot will follow some sort of whodunit narrative as the police look for clues into Eve's disappearance. (Was she kidnapped? Murdered? In hiding?) But Araki (Mysterious Skin) has no interest in our expectations. As envisioned by Araki, Eve is a permanent specter, a ghostly presence in Kat's life even when she was around. Green plays the character with more than a touch of camp, giving Eve a boozy, bored-housewife vibe that suggests it's less a realistic portrait than the exaggerated image her daughter had of her.
That suspicion is backed by Araki and cinematographer Sandra Valde-Hansen's dreamlike tone to the proceedings. Even when Kat isn't waking up from visions of walking through snowstorms, White Bird in a Blizzard seems adrift in the character's teen-angst disillusionment, and the film has a bittersweet, melancholy air that borders on the artificial. At times, Araki seems to be making an ersatz '80s teen drama that's a knowing homage to actual '80s teen dramas, but the emotions sting in such a way that White Bird in a Blizzard transcends pastiche.
Much of the credit has to go to the performances, especially Woodley's. White Bird in a Blizzard extends her streak of empathetic, thoroughly lived-in turns that feel so natural she makes other young actresses look like they're emoting by comparison. Kat is her most adult character—before her mother's disappearance, she'd already become sexually active and wields a bitter resignation about her future—and Woodley is wholly convincing in the part, capturing Kat's buried insecurity and burgeoning confidence. (She has a terrific scene with Thomas Jane, playing the hunky local cop assigned to Eve's case, that is intensely erotic but also almost heartbreakingly vulnerable.) Kat isn't a particularly novel creation, but Woodley's sensitive, smart portrayal makes all the difference: She illustrates how every young person is, in effect, a work-in-progress, trying to find themselves within the unformed clay around them.
As time goes by and Kat and Brock begin to become accustomed to the idea that Eve isn't coming back, White Bird in a Blizzard starts to flirt with a darker tone. Just as Kat is establishing her own identity and making peace with her mother's absence, Araki slyly introduces an element of doubt, not just with Kat's understanding of her parents but also with what, precisely, happened to Eve. But because Araki treasures the mystery, the film radiates troubling uncertainty that's a universal condition for all young people longing to shake free of their parents' influence. And adding to that uncertainty is Meloni, playing a hapless father who seems so unable to guide his daughter into adulthood that it becomes doubly concerning when White Bird in a Blizzard starts making us suspect that he knows more about Eve's disappearance than he lets on.
Through consciously melodramatic flashbacks and Kat's intentionally flat voiceover, the film captures the emotion and studied cool that floods the nervous system of young people as they see the wider world beckoning, their experiences and memories so intense they feel like they could burn on contact. Araki has long been in love with those combustible sentiments, and even now in his mid-50s he's in touch with the pining of adolescence. And he's also still getting great performances—not just from his leads but also Gabourey Sidibe as a smart-ass friend of Kat's and Shiloh Fernandez as Kat's dumb-but-pretty boy toy. (Even Angela Bassett shines in a tongue-in-cheek role as a stereotypical movie shrink.) Too bad the film's ending is a letdown, tossing revelations at us that, frankly, we don't need. White Bird in a Blizzard isn't about the disappearance of a mother but, rather, the emergence of a young woman. And, of course, a reminder that a young actress is continuing to come into her own.
Director: Gregg Araki
Writers: Gregg Araki (screenplay); Laura Kasischke (novel)
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Christopher Meloni, Shiloh Fernandez, Gabourey Sidibe, Thomas Jane, Angela Bassett
Release Date: Oct. 24, 2014
Tim Grierson is chief film critic for Paste and the vice president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. You can follow him on Twitter.
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