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This great photo shows The Volunteer Firefighters Riverside Park
Helping to build our community both yesterday and today
This week's Reflections looks at the strong community support in building playgrounds past and present.
Mike Rainone
Some of us old-timers may remember when all the rambunctious students of the Ponoka Elementary School got to march down to a spot near 46 Avenue to hang out all afternoon and carefully throw rocks into a great big hole that would eventually become our first outdoor swimming pool. It turned out to be the coolest place in town, where we and future generations would splash and play dive and learn to swim for the greatest summer days of our lives.
I think that was back in the 1950s, and for those of us who grew up in and around Ponoka, it was always amazing how many fabulous places we had to play, both indoors at the arena, swimming pool, curling rink, school gyms and churches, as well as outside on the outdoor skating rinks, soccer fields, ball diamonds, playgrounds, tennis courts, splash park and so much more that has been added. As well as the town and county councils providing the ongoing funding and planning for these facilities, there were and will always be countless service clubs, organizations, youth groups, businesses, and individuals who organize the funding and willingly volunteer endless hours of their time and labour to make these facilities and equipment a reality for all age groups then, and long into our future.
Also heavily involved along the way are a great number of sports and youth organizations who organize all facets of the yearly programs such as hockey, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, figure skating, curling and so many others. As always the community also chips in not only as volunteer coaches, officials, and of course parents, but also with the kindly donations to help purchase the vast amount of uniforms and equipment that will always be an important part of every good and fair game or event.
The long and colourful history of community support
From as far back in our history books as one can go you will find countless delightful stories about the hardy new families that had settled in the vast area of Ponoka Town and County, who will always be remembered for their sheer determination and hard work, as well as for finding precious time for group and family social and recreation fun-time. There were always the weekend picnics, which was also the ideal time for everyone to team together to build the community hall, the curling rink, the ball diamond, the rodeo grounds, and all that was required for the games, the dances, and the special family events to begin.
Some of the early service clubs in this area were the I.O.D.E., Eastern Star, Royal Purple, Riverside Good Neighbour Club, Kinsmen, Kinettes, Knights of Columbus, Masons, Lions, Moose, Stagettes, Kinettes, Oddfellows, Elks, and Legion, many who have continued to serve and support the community and districts for many decades, with many others who have come on board as the town and county grew. There have also been those very dedicated ladies' clubs, church groups and countless others who have hosted their annual longstanding traditional box-socials, bake sales, bingos, dances, garage sales, quilting bees, raffles and on and on in support of the Red Cross, our soldiers overseas, to assist and welcome new babies and neighbours, and for so many other very special causes and community support.
It would likely take several Reflections pages to list all of the clubs, youth and adult sports and recreation, agricultural, arts and culture and other organizations who faithfully serve our urban and rural areas all year round in so many worthy and wonderful capacities. As they all plan and pursue their lofty goals and projects big and small, these dedicated and very much appreciated groups rely completely on the ongoing support of their members as well as the kind assistance of hundreds of volunteers and the generosity of the citizens in and around our community. A very large contact list of these most vital support and organizing groups is available on Page 15 of your free Town of Ponoka 2016 Community Program Guide, which also lists the many programs and events that are available for the enjoyment of every family member. As we salute their ongoing efforts with our stories, we will remind everyone that they will always all have the welcome mat out for new members and volunteers to join in on the fun and camaraderie of their keen teams.
Community group hosting Tragically Hip live viewing


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If It Sounds Unbelievable, It Probably Is | Righting America
If It Sounds Unbelievable, It Probably Is
Sep 25, 2018 | Apologetics, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Evolution, Genesis, Historical Science, Inerrancy, Jack Power, Mark Wastler, Messiah College, Religious Absolutism, William James | 0 comments
by Mark Wastler
Mark Wastler is a sheep farmer in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley and an Episcopal priest serving a village church in Maryland. Mark's spirituality, politics, and way of life have been deeply shaped by agrarian thought and American Pragmatism. He studied American intellectual history in graduate school at the University of Maryland, then went to seminary in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he studied Pragmatism with Richard Niebuhr at Harvard Divinity School. He became a radical empiricist the day he encountered William James, "The Will to Believe" in Bill Trollinger's "History of American Thought" class at Messiah College in 1990. The following is adapted from his March 4 2018 sermon to the St. Paul's Church, Sharpsburg, Maryland.
It was 1979 or 1980, I can't quite remember the year or what grade I was in at school. I think I was in eighth grade. But I do remember the girl. I was in love. She went to a fundamentalist Baptist church in town, and so I decided to go. I would have gone just about anywhere that she went, and so church seemed like a reasonable place. I could show her and her parents what a fine, upstanding young man I was. It didn't work. I got my heart broken.
One Sunday morning I was snapped out of my daydreams of Lori, as she sat two pews in front of me and to the right. I was brought back to the moment when Pastor Jack Power, a hell-fire and brimstone preacher whose booming voice could wake the dead and scare the hell out of teenage boys, proclaimed with great authority, "I would believe the bible if it said that Jonah swallowed the whale." (For those of you who are unfamiliar with the story, the ancient prophet, Jonah, spent three days in the belly of a big fish that then vomited him out on shore.)
"I would believe it if it said that Jonah swallowed the whale," he said. Thirty-eight years later and I can still hear him say it. He laid down the gauntlet for everyone there. He set the standard for what it means to believe the Christian message. What he was saying is that the more unbelievable things are, the bigger your faith is. To be a Christian, in his mind, was to believe outrageous things in spite of what anybody else might think.
I remember that I admired his audacity and simplicity. But I also quickly realized that this was going to lead to my exit from the church. There was no way I was going to live up to his standard for belief. His faith lacked intellectual curiosity, and he really believed that there was no truth to be found outside of a literal reading of the bible.
That preacher could easily have been preaching on St. Paul's words to the Corinthians that we heard this morning. In 1 Corinthians, chapter 1, verse 20, Paul wrote, "Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world." That verse and plenty of others like it make it very easy to set up a dichotomy between Christianity and the world. You don't have to be a very smart preacher to set up an "us versus them" scenario. Those kinds of binaries preach pretty well, especially if your audience already feels under siege.
Throughout the history of Christianity, but especially in modern times, we have asked people to believe some pretty extraordinary things—things that have little, if anything, to do with the core message of Christianity.
In 1859 Charles Darwin published his book titled, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. In that work Darwin argued that species change and evolve over time—over millions of years species change and adapt to their environment, and that process eventually brings about new forms of life.
Some people thought this was a radical new idea, and to many it was. Most farmers just kind of yawned at the idea because they had known this for years. You can easily change an animal through selective breeding. That is why there is such diversity among domestic animals, from cattle to dogs.
Christians divided over Darwin's ideas. It is called the fundamentalist/modernist controversy. Some Christians, like Episcopalians, found ways to rethink their theology in light of these new ideas about biology and evolution. Others, however, said that Darwin was evil, that his ideas were demonic. The bible said that God created the world in six days, and if you did not believe that, then you were not a Christian. The litmus test for where you stood was whether or not you believed that Adam and Eve were real people, not part of a mythic story that conveyed spiritual truth.
I went to a small, Christian liberal arts college in Pennsylvania. As part of our general education requirements we had to take "Introduction to Bible Study." It was a college level bible class, not your average Sunday School sort of thing. We studied textual and historical criticism, and looked at the bible from a variety of angles.
I went into that class with Pastor Jack Power's assertion that true believers believed it all, just the way it was written on the page, still echoing in my head. His assertion dominated my definition of what it meant to be a Christian. I could never live up to his literalism and I always felt guilty about it.
We got to the part in the class on Genesis, about Adam and Eve and evolution and all of that. We learned that there were other ways of looking at it. We learned that the writers of the bible were not addressing modern, scientific questions. We learned about ancient ideas of the universe. We learned that the early writers probably thought that Adam and Eve were metaphors for humanity at large.
I was talking with the associate pastor at the church I went to in college. He and I were good friends. I told him the ridiculous thing my professor had said that week, that Adam and Eve were not real people. I fully expected him to say how stupid that was. Instead he said, "I don't believe that Adam and Eve were real people. I think they are ways the biblical writers used to talk about deeper truths."
I was a bit shocked, relieved, and excited. I was excited to find out that one could believe in the message of Christianity without buying into all the fundamentalist stuff. I could follow Jesus and not buy all the alternative truths. My friend and pastor saved my faith that day by showing me it was possible to be a Christian and still have intellectual integrity in the modern world.
I am sharing all of this with you for two reasons. The first is because I want you to know that being a Christian is about living the radical message of God's love. It is not about believing in unbelievable things. You can believe those if you want, but they are not essential to the Christian project. Jesus calls us to love, plain and simple. Do that and you are a Christian.
The other reason I share all of this is because I have become deeply concerned with the long-term impact of Christians and their so-called alternative forms of knowledge. Every time we say that science is a bunch of lies, we undermine the public good. Every time we assert some conspiracy theory about the anti-Christ and the end of the world, we are teaching people to be suspicious and not trust one another. Every time we say that the bible is to be taken literally, we call into question all other pursuits of knowledge.
Sowing such doubt and mistrust is not an act of love. It is deception. The long-term impact of asserting wild claims and undermining the bonds of trust will not take us good places. We bear a large responsibility for all of this talk of fake news these days and for the general mistrust that permeates society. For almost a hundred years now, we have said that it is a Christian thing to do to deny science, promote conspiracy theories, and believe in fairy tales.
Love, Jesus tells us, is about embracing the truth wherever it may lead us. And he was deeply convinced that the truth, no matter how we discover it and no matter how uncomfortable it makes us, will set us free.

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Energy, the environment, and health care are key challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century. Chemical engineering is a discipline well placed to confront these challenges. Chemical engineering is rooted in the basic sciences of mathematics, chemistry, physics, and biology; a traditional engineering science core of thermodynamics, transport phenomena, and chemical kinetics; a rigorous design component; and an expanding focus on emerging topics in materials, nanotechnology, and life sciences. The discipline has grown from its petrochemical origins to become central to state-of-the-art technologies in microelectronics, alternative energy, biomedicine, and pharmaceutics.
The Chemical Engineering program is principally focused on basic and engineering sciences and on problem solving. Additional emphasis is on communication, analysis of experiments, and chemical process design. A special feature of the program is the accessibility of laboratory research—most Chemical Engineering majors participate in faculty-led research projects, often resulting in publication and/or presentation at national meetings.
Chemical Engineering graduates find a wide range of professional opportunities in academia, industry, government, business, and the nonprofit sector. Many majors go on to graduate programs in chemical, biomedical, or environmental engineering, or to medical, law, or business schools.
The educational objectives of the Chemical Engineering program are the following. Graduating students will achieve positions of leadership within academia, industry, and government; excel in top graduate programs in chemical, biomedical, environmental, and related engineering fields; excel in top professional schools in fields such as law, medicine, or management; join and rise in the ranks of large and small corporations; become successful entrepreneurs; practice engineering toward the benefit of humankind.
Students considering a Chemical Engineering major are encouraged to take two terms of chemistry and mathematics during the first year, and to contact the DUS.
Students in both degree programs (see below) take the following prerequisite courses: MATH 112, 115, and ENAS 151 or MATH 120; CHEM 161 and 165, or CHEM 163 and 167; CHEM 134L and 136L; ENAS 130; PHYS 180, 181. Students with advanced high school preparation may reduce the number of prerequisites by placing out of certain courses.
The major for the Class of 2019 With DUS approval, the following changes to the requirements of the major may be fulfilled by students who declared their major under previous requirements.
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The program in Chemical Engineering principally focuses on basic and engineering sciences and on problem solving. It also emphasizes communication, analysis of experiments, and chemical process design. A special feature of the program is the accessibility of laboratory research. Most chemical engineering majors participate in faculty-led research projects that can lead to publication and/or presentation at national meetings.
The program's educational objectives include providing graduates with an excellent engineering science background for graduate study in chemical, biomedical, or environmental engineering programs or in medicine or law; preparing graduates for a diverse range of industrial careers; and providing graduates with a broad liberal arts education.
Two degree options are offered: a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering that is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc., and an unaccredited B.S. degree in Engineering Sciences (Chemical). The prerequisites for both degree programs are three terms of calculus, two terms of general chemistry with laboratory, and two terms of physics. Students with advanced high school preparation may move ahead to more advanced courses.
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By: angiehongmn September 10, 2010
Yards and LandscapingBlue Thumb, deep-rooted plants, erosion control, leadplant, native plants, shoreline plantings, water conservation
Putting Down Roots
The roots of the leadplant chart a course toward the center of the earth. Thirsty and longing for stability, they branch, spread and burrow further and further into the soil. Encountering a rock or a flat pan of clay, they will pause, turn, and then continue their travels laterally. In sandy soils, where rainwater is a quickly vanishing commodity, leadplant can easily grow roots 16 feet deep. Above ground, its delicate grayish purple blooms stand only two or three feet tall.
Finding leadplant growing deep in your back-forty is an indicator of remnant prairie and a reminder that which once blanketed the Great Plains states. Where now there are corn fields, wheat fields and houses with close trimmed lawns, once grew big bluestem, purple coneflower, compass plant and cylindric blazing star. With sprawling root systems four feet, nine feet, even fifteen feet deep, these prairie flowers and grasses can withstand the ravishes of nature, finding water in the midst of drought, retaining life during the most frigid winters, and even surviving fire.
American pioneers plowed the prairie under and then watched as the crops they planted gradually robbed the soil of its nutrients. When drought hit in the 1930's, vast stretches of open land dried up and blew away in the wind. Soil and Water Conservation Districts were created in response to this catastrophe and began working with farmers to manage the land more wisely. Among the practices that SWCD's continue to promote today is the use of cover crops to stabilize soil on fallow fields, as well as the planting of deep-rooted native plants in erosion prone areas such as streambanks and steep hillsides.
These days, many local residents are rediscovering the benefits of native plants. Easy to please, Minnesota natives demand no sprinklers, watering cans or hoses, unlike non-native Kentucky Blue Grass. Ill-equipped with paltry roots only two to three inches deep, our most favored lawn grass requires life support from sprinklers and store-bought fertilizers. With groundwater levels projected to decline by 10-20 feet in many east metro communities, and more than 40 feet in southwestern Washington County, it will become harder and harder for us to justify using precious drinking water supplies to keep our grass green.
Surprisingly, though native plants are adapted to repeated drought cycles, many are also quite adept at managing wet weather. During winter months, approximately one third of their roots will slough off, leaving tiny channels behind that help guide rain and melting snow into the ground. This process also helps to soften compacted soils, a major problem in developed areas. The roots of the native plants cling tenaciously to the earth, refusing to relinquish their grasp even when they are pummeled by waves or coursing floodwaters. Stubborn nature makes a well-established community of native plants as effective a stabilizer, if not more so, than rocks or retaining walls for hillsides, streambanks and lakeshores.
Beneath our feet, the roots of the leadplant have yet another secret in store. Tiny nodules along the length of their sinewy fingers produce nitrogen compounds that help the plant to grow. When the roots slough off, the fixed nitrogen is released, making it available to other plants and helping to fertilize the soil. Leadplant is a model in self-sufficiency.
Ignorant to the invisible world of life below ground, many of us invite native plants into yards both large and small, simply because they are beautiful. In shades of purple, gold, pink and yelow, some bloom with brillance in the late summer, while others offer small and delicate petals that quickly vanish in the spring. With this beauty comes life. Blazing star, milkweed and golden alexanders draw butterflies like magnets, while native shrubs like serviceberry, chokecherry and wild plum provide feasts for the birds. Pheasants, deer and grouse join the banquet, and soon a beautifully planted landscape is no longer a still life.
A wide-range of programs exist to help local residents bring native plants back into our landscape. The St. Croix Oak Savanna Chapter of Wild Ones, www.for-wild.org/chapters/scos, hosts monthly talks by guest speakers, along with tours of nearby prairies, woods and wetlands. Blue Thumb – Planting for Clean Water, http://www.bluethumb.org/, features a plant-selector tool on its website to help people select the best native plants for their yards, as well as a list of local retailers and sample garden blueprints. Many local watershed agencies also offer grants for people to plant natives along shoreline property and in raingardens. Visit www.mnwcd.org/cleanwater to learn if grants or other assistance are available in your area.
Whether you appreciate native plants for their beauty, their ability to attract birds, or simply because they offer the gift of leisurely landscaping, one fact is clear. While they may provide many benefits above ground, their true magic is in the roots.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has found E. coli O157:H7 (a bacterium that can cause serious food borne illness) in a sample of prepackaged Nestlé Toll House refrigerated cookie dough currently under recall by the manufacturer and marketer, Nestlé USA. The contaminated sample was collected at Nestlé's facility in Danvi lle, Va. on June 25, 2009.
On June 19, the FDA and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned consumers not to eat any varieties of prepackaged Nestlé Toll House refrigerated cookie dough due to the risk of contamination with E. coli O157:H7. The warning was based on an epidemiological study conducted by the CDC and several state and local health departments. As of Thursday, June 25, the CDC reports that 69 persons from 29 states have been infected with the outbreak strain. Thirty-four persons have been hospitalized, nine with a severe complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome. No one has died.
Nestlé USA has fully cooperated with the FDA and CDC investigation and has recalled all of its prepackaged Nestlé Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products.
For answers to consumer questions about this recall and warning, go to: http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm168346.htm.
For more information about E. coli, visit the CDC Web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/.
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GINA BROOKE
"The concept of creating beauty is inseparable from that of creating art. It is from artistic conviction that beauty emerges."
– Gina Brooke
Gina Brooke is an American beauty expert/makeup artist and recognized as one of the leading talents in the world of beauty.
Known as the creative force behind some of the most memorable beauty trends and the development of numerous award-winning beauty products. Brooke is most renowned for revolutionizing the false eyelash industry "Brooke's miraculous feats of lash architecture and utterly transformative contouring didn't come from thinking snug inside the box." – SOMA Magazine. Through her creations of extraordinary false eyelash architecture most notably resting the world's most expensive false diamond lashes sold at Neiman Marcus
at $10,000 a pair.
While known for her outstanding skill
as a makeup artist and her work with some
of the world's most iconic faces, Brooke
is increasingly channeling her expertise
and artistry into collaborations with international beauty brands. Her vision and beauty philosophy is evident in the groundbreaking products she as Artistic Director and Global Beauty Consultant for leading cosmetic companies.
By bringing awareness and her creative vision to companies, ranging from international conglomerates to niche brands, Brooke is an asset for those looking to nurture a distinct voice and develop an innovative product in a highly competitive market. Brooke continues to focus on product development with a conscious and ethical approach to beauty whilst encouraging consumers and brands to protect and preserve our planet.
Brooke's dynamic approach to beauty and emphasis on "individuality" quickly attracted the attention of pop icon Madonna in 2003 – lead to over a decade of creative collaboration from countless editorials, album covers, red carpets, to video/film, media events, and five world tours.
In 2004, L'Oreal commissioned Brooke as the Artist Director to the Shu Uemura brand, where she hand created lashes that revitalized the false eyelash industry and attracted the media attention of the likes of Oprah Winfrey. During her tenure from 2004 - 2010, Brooke traveled extensively, expanding the brand opening Lash Bars creating media attention for L'Oréal in Japan, New York, London, and Paris as the global authority on false eyelashes.
In 2006, Brooke applied her artistic vision and created the now-iconic diamond lashes which set a record-breaking $10,000 per pair – The media frenzy was documented by every major fashion, beauty, and news outlets worldwide.
In 2006, Brooke was awarded an MVPA (Music Video Production Award) for Best Makeup Artist.
"The foundation to beautiful makeup begins with the skin," says Brooke, who has long been vocal about skincare. This philosophy led her to years of researching innovative skincare products and eventually to the Australian brand 'Intraceuticals'. Where Brooke has served as Global Brand Ambassador from 2010 to the present. Brooke introduced her A list celebrity clientele to the brand from Katy Perry, Madonna, Kim Kardashian, Justin Timberlake, and Naomi Cambell name a few to the brand, all of whom provided an unpaid written testimonial in support of the brand.
"Brooke's trajectory into the ranks of super successful makeup artist was a fairy come to life . . . " – Los Angeles Times
In 2010, Brooke was drawn to Hourglass mission of reinventing the luxury cosmetics industry with their vegan and animal cruelty-free ideology and was signed on as the brand's Artistic Director from 2010 - 2012. Utilizing her influence with the media and social media influencers, she opened stores with Hourglass worldwide.
In collaboration with LVMH Make Up For Ever brand, Brooke became an international trendsetter yet again, in 2012, when she brought her concept of unifying women of all ethnic backgrounds with the perfect red lip shade designed for all skin tones. During the period of 2012-2013, the industry reported an enormous rise in the sale of red lipsticks worldwide thanks to Brooke's influence.
In 2014 - 2016, Brooke was appointed Global Cosmetic Consultant for L'Oreal Group's Urban Decay, where she utilized her expertise in product development for one of the top-selling brands at Sephora worldwide.
"There are no rules to makeup," says Brooke. "With makeup, the possibilities are endless."
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Brooke grew up in New York City, where her love of art, photography, and design was fostered during her studies at Fashion
Institute of Technology. Gina Brooke is bi-coastal with homes in Southern California and New York.
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What Does the 'Baby Shaker' iPhone App Say About Apple?
What Does the 'Baby Shaker' iPhone App Say About Apple?April 24, 2009 TL
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Sometimes, you just have to shake your head in bufuddlement.
Somehow, someone at Apple thought it would be acceptable to release a "Baby Shaker" game for the iPhone. The game is simple and simple-minded: an image of an infant is presented on the screen, and when you shake the iPhone hard enough, two red "Xs" appear over the infants eyes.
Mission accomplished: the baby is dead. You are scored on how quickly you can kill the infant.
From the Chicago Tribune:
Here's a lesson in the obvious: Making fun of shaken baby syndrome — or any other type of traumatic brain injury — doesn't make for uproarious comedy or light entertainment. It's also not great for public relations.
Apple just learned that lesson the hard way. The company apologized Thursday for selling a 99-cent iPhone application called "Baby Shaker" in its online store. The application allowed iPhone users to silence a virtual crying infant by shaking the device. After enough shakes, the baby on the screen stopped screaming and a large red "X" appeared over each eye. Apple first posted the application Monday, the start of Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week.
"Anybody with any decency would be appalled by this," said Jennipher Dickens, the mother of a child with the syndrome and a spokeswoman for the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation. "An application that simulates killing a baby, because it's crying? What sick person would come up with that?"
I don't care for the iPhone for a number of reasons (See: Why iDon't Like the iPhone At All). But an application to simulate the death of an infant?
Apple can have their iPhone.


Updated everywhere but here — we now have 3 speakers coming due to the late addition of Dr. John Miller of GA-ASI. I believe this is our first 3 speaker event that was just a meeting. Looking forward to seeking everyone there. -K.
Just got the word, due to corporate restrictions we won't be able to distribute the slides from these talks. All three are presentations from the recent SPIE conference, so there are approved publications associated with each that can be obtained from the recent SPIE Radar Sensor Technology XVIII.


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Proposed raising of Osplaas Dam, Hex Valley, Western Cape
PROPOSED RAISING OF OSPLAAS DAM ON PORTION 6 OF FARM BUFFELSRUG NO. 611, REMAINDER OF FARM NO. 611, REMAINDER OF ERF NO. 2 AND REMAINDER OF FARM NO. 181, HEX VALLEY, WESTERN CAPE: NOTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION
(DEA&DP Ref No: 16/3/1/1/B2/3/1133/14)
The Hex Valley Water User Association (HVWUA) propose to raise the Osplaas Dam, located approximately 7km north east of De Doorns. The present gross storage capacity of the dam is 2.7 million m3 and the dam is filled from various sources by means of pumping, as the runoff from the catchment of the dam is minimal. The height of the existing dam wall is 35m. The HVWUA proposes to raise the dam (i.e. the spillway and embankment) by 5m, which would result in an approximately 8.2ha increase in the water surface area of the dam, and would increase the storage capacity from 2.7 million m3 to 4.2 million m3. The proposed raising of the dam will also include an extension of the embankment on the left flank, to prevent the raised dam from impacting on a nearby railway line, as well as maintenance and upgrade of infrastructure at the Grootkloof Weir.
In terms of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations (2010) enacted in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA), as amended, the proposed project triggers a number of listed activities identified in Government Notices (GN) R544 and R546 of the 2010 EIA Regulations, as well as GN 983 and 985 of the 2014 EIA Regulations. Accordingly, the proposed activities required authorisation from the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEA&DP) via the Basic Assessment process outlined in GN No. 543.
Interested and/or Affected Parties are hereby notified that DEA&DP has issued an Environmental Authorisation in terms of NEMA, the EIA Amendment Regulations (2010) and 2014 EIA Regulations for the proposed project. DEA&DP has granted environmental authorisation to the Applicant (i.e. the HVWUA to undertake the following activities listed in terms of the NEMA EIA Regulations (2010): Activities 11, 18, 37, 39, 40, 41 & 55 of GN R544 and Activities 12, 13, 14, 16 & 24 of GN R546. Furthermore, the following listed activities in terms of the EIA Regulations, 2014 have been authorised: 12, 19, 27, 45, 48, 49, 50 & 66 of GN R983 and Activities 12, 14 & 23 of GN R985. The Environmental Authorisation, which was dated 20 May 2016 and issued by DEA&DP on 20 May 2016, is downloadable via the link below.
We would like to draw your attention to your right to appeal against the decision to the Minister in terms of Chapter 7 of the EIA Amendment Regulations (2010). Any person who wishes to appeal must lodge a Notice of Intention to Appeal with the Minister within 20 calendar days of the date of DEA&DP's decision. The Appeal must be submitted within 30 days of the lodging of the Notice of Intention to Appeal. All Notice of Intention to Appeal and Appeal Forms must be submitted by means of one of the following methods:
By post: Western Cape Ministry of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Private Bag X9186, Cape Town, 8000
By facsimile: (021) 483-4174; or
By hand: Attention: Mr Jaap de Villiers; Room 809, 8th Floor Utilitas Building, 1 Dorp Street), Cape Town, 8001
An electronic copy (Microsoft Word format) of the appeal, responding statement and any supporting documents must also be submitted to the Appeal Authority to the address listed above and/ or via e-mail to Jaap.DeVilliers@westerncape.gov.za.A prescribed Notice of Intention to Appeal Form and Appeal Form, as well as assistance regarding the appeal process, is obtainable from the office of the Minister at: Tel. (021) 483 3721, email Jaap.deVilliers@westerncape.gov.za or URL http://www.westerncape.gov.za/eadp.


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Featured Article: Emma Corrin for Issue Magazine Summer 2021
The Crown star Emma Corrin is fronting the 7th-anniversary issue covers of Issue Magazine, shot by Hew Hood with styling by Fabio Immediato. Hair and makeup by Daniel Martin and Florrie White. (source)
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Featured Article: Claire Foy for Town & Country October 2017
The Crown star Claire Foy wears Bottega Veneta dress and Van Cleef & Arpels ear clips on the October cover of Town & Country photographed by Matthew Brookes with styling by Nicoletta Santoro.
On playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown and the idea of Her Majesty watching the show: "I would hate the idea of her watching it. When you're playing a real person, you never want to be ghoulish. I don't want to pick apart a person. I want to invent someone. So I would hate for her to watch it and think I overdramatized anything."
On her rise to fame: "I've never been a particularly ambitious actor. I was eager to do great things, but I never was like, 'What I have to do is become massive.' I just thought, maybe I'll do a job here and there, and that I'll be nice and I'll move on to a different stage of my life."
On her experience at the Golden Globes: "The Golden Globes were really weird—absolutely amazing, but strange, because suddenly, without me knowing, while I've been busy working, people felt like I belonged in that room. And I'd be like, 'No, you don't understand. I haven't changed, it's still just me.' There was definitely a moment after the awards where I needed to be alone in a dark room to try to understand what's happening. I never got that moment. I got a martini and cracked on."
On her upcoming departure from The Crown (the show plans to change its cast every two seasons to depict the royal family at different points in time): "I'm in massive denial. I don't feel like it's over. I'm waiting for it to hit me at some point that this stage of my life is finished, but it hasn't happened yet." (source)
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Q: twitter bootstrap: show progress bar with percent centered I'd like to use these progress-bars: http://getbootstrap.com/components/#progress-low-percentages
but show the percent in the middle of the bar no matter the current value, and not centered in the colored part of the bar
any idea how to achieve this?

A: Here is a way :
Bootply : http://www.bootply.com/TXVFiHpR7j
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.my-centered{
    position: absolute;
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
  }

A: With a bit of css:
.progress-bar {
  float: inherit;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

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On 25 January 1533, Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn in secret, possibly at Sopwell Nunnery in St Albans. This is suggested among others on the blog The Tangible Past.
Henry was very much attracted by Anne's charm and wit. To be able to marry her, Henry wanted to divorce his first wife Katherine of Aragon, to whom he had been married for 24 years. This meant he also had to break with the Church of Rome, who did not accept his reasons for a divorce. Their marriage was only annulled on 23 May 1533, when Thomas Cranmer declared it null and void. On 28 May 1533 he declared the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn valid.
However, as Anne did not produce the looked-for male heir, after approx. 1000 days of marriage, Henry ordered Anne's execution.
You might find Suzannah Lipscomb's article on this marriage of interest.
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Q: How do I store and retrieve a selected date object from datetimepicker to firebase? This is code that that sends and receives the data from firebase respectively.
class Fire {
    addAppointment(currentDate, addComplete) {
            firebase.firestore()
                .collection("appointment")
                .add({
                    date: currentDate.date,
                    createdAt: firebase.firestore.FieldValue.serverTimestamp()
                }).then((snapshot) => snapshot.get())
                .then((dateInfo) => addComplete(dateInfo.data()))
                .catch((error) => alert(error));
        }

        getAppointment = async ({ dateRetreived }) => {
            var dateList = [];

            var snapshot = await firebase.firestore()
                .collection("appointment")
                .orderBy('createdAt')
                .get()

            snapshot.forEach((doc) => {
                const dateCreated = doc.data();
                dateCreated.id = doc.id;
                dateList.push(dateCreated);
            });

            dateRetreived(dateList);
        }
}

Fire.shared = new Fire();
export default Fire;

This is the datetimepicker code that sends the "currentDate" to the code above. Note that onChange has been changed to handleChange.
class Booking extends Component {
    state = {
        isDatePickerVisible: false,
        date: new Date(),

    };

    showDateTimePicker = () => {
        this.setState({
            isDatePickerVisible: true
        })
    }

    hideDateTimePicker = () => {
        this.setState({
            isDatePickerVisible: false
        })
    }

    handleChange = (event, selectedDate) => {
        const currentDate = selectedDate || date;
        this.setState(prevState => ({
            currentDate: prevState.currentDate = currentDate
          }));
      };

    render() {
        return (
            <View>

                <View style={styles.picker}>
                    <Button
                        title="Show Date Picker" onPress={this.showDateTimePicker}
                    />
                    <DateTimePicker
                        cancelTextIOS={'Exit'}
                        confirmTextIOS={'OK'}
                        isVisible={this.state.isDatePickerVisible}
                        mode="date"
                        onConfirm={this.handleChange}
                        onCancel={this.hideDateTimePicker}
                        is24Hour={false}
                    />
                </View>

                <View style={styles.btn} >
                    <Button
                        onPress={() =>
                            Fire.shared.addAppointment(this.handleChange)
                        }
                        title="Book"
                    />
                </View>
            </View>

        )
    };
};

export default Booking;

I get an error saying:

FirebaseError: function documentReference.set() called with invalid data. unsupported field value: undefined (found in field date)

I made a few changes to the code:
addAppointment(currentDate, addComplete) {
        firebase.firestore()
            .collection("appointment")
            .add({
                date: firebase.firestore.Timestamp.fromDate(new Date(currentDate)),
             ...
    }

AND
On state:
   state = {
            isDatePickerVisible: false,
            Date: new Date(1598051730000),

        };

On handling change
  handleChange = (event, selectedDate) => {
            const currentDate = selectedDate || Date;
            this.setState(prevState => ({
                currentDate: prevState.currentDate = currentDate
              }));
          };

On DateTimePicker
onConfirm={this.handleChange}

On Book button
<Button onPress={() => {Fire.shared.addAppointment(this.handleChange)}}
                        title="Book"
                    />

I don't get a  ReferenceError: date is not defined after selecting the date. When i press BOOK, no error happens and no data shows in Cloud Firestore.

A: Since you are storing your Date in your state, there's no need to pass it as argument. Just access it directly:
<Button onPress={() => {Fire.shared.addAppointment(this.onChange)}} title="Book" />

addAppointment(addComplete) {
  firebase
    .firestore()
    .collection("appointment")
    .add({
      date: this.state.currentDate.date,
      createdAt: firebase.firestore.FieldValue.serverTimestamp(),
    })
    .then((snapshot) => snapshot.get())
    .then((dateInfo) => addComplete(dateInfo.data()))
    .catch((error) => alert(error));
}

A: I struggled so much, that I brought the addAppointment method into the DatePicker.js file. This is what worked for me.
const Booking = () => {
    const [date, setDate] = useState(new Date());
    const [mode, setMode] = useState('date');
    const [show, setShow] = useState(false);

    const showMode = currentMode => {
        setShow(true);
        setMode(currentMode);
    };

    const showDatepicker = () => {
        showMode('date');
    };

    const showTimepicker = () => {
        showMode('time');
    };

    const onChange = (event, date) => {
        const currentDate = date;
        setShow(Platform.OS === 'ios');
        setDate(currentDate);
        console.warn(currentDate);
    };

    const addAppointment = () => {
        firebase.firestore()
            .collection("appointment")
            .add({
                uid: firebase.auth().currentUser.uid,
                date: firebase.firestore.Timestamp.fromDate(date),
                createdAt: firebase.firestore.FieldValue.serverTimestamp()
            }).then((snapshot) => snapshot.get())
            .catch((error) => alert(error));
    }

    return (
        <View>
            <View>

                <View style={styles.picker}>
                    <Button onPress={showDatepicker} title="Show date picker!" />
                </View>
                <View style={styles.picker}>
                    <Button onPress={showTimepicker} title="Show time picker!" />
                </View>
                {show && (
                    <DateTimePicker
                        testID="dateTimePicker"
                        timeZoneOffsetInMinutes={0}
                        value={date}
                        mode={mode}
                        is24Hour={true}
                        display="default"
                        onChange={onChange}
                    />
                )}
            </View>

            <View style={styles.btn} >
                <Button
                    onPress={() => addAppointment(onChange)}
                    title="Book"
                />
            </View>
        </View >

    );
};

export default Booking;


Presentation of the Fund at KEF-2019!
On March 30, our Fund will present its activities at the Krasnoyarsk economic forum-2019!
The event will take place on March 30, at 12:30, in the international exhibition and business center "Siberia" (Krasnoyarsk, 19 Aviatorov str., hall №5).
The contribution of culture to the economy and to improving the quality of life in the regions is one of the priority issues on the state agenda. In may 2018, the national project "Culture" until 2024 was approved by the decree of the President of Russia. In January 2019, the State Duma introduced a bill "On amendments to the law on small and medium-sized enterprises", through which the creative industries will be referred to social enterprises. The law "On patronage activities", adopted in November 2018, and the "Concept of assistance to the development of charitable activities in the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025", undergoing public discussion, create new incentives for long-term business support of social and cultural initiatives.
"Economics of happiness": social and economic effects of investment in culture. New horizons for the development of creative industries and cultural projects as social enterprises.
"What business may be interested in the regional Museum?"State incentives to support culture. The law "On the philanthropic activities of" 2018. The concept of promoting charitable activities in the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025.
Target capital of cultural institutions: a tool for "titans from culture" or a common practice? Presentation of the endowment Fund of the Krasnoyarsk art Museum named after V. I. Surikov – the second in Russia endowment Fund of the regional Museum.
Maxim SHIROKOV, General Director Of public joint stock company "UniPro", Moscow.
Moderator – Veronika MISYUTINA, Director of the SKOLKOVO center for wealth management and philanthropy.
© 2018-2019 Development Fund of the Art Museum named after Vasily Surikov.


Regular, professional dental care is important to keep your pet healthy. Plaque and tartar that build-up on your pet's teeth can lead to gingivitis. Reddened, bleeding gums, difficulty chewing and bad breath are all signs of gingivitis. Untreated gingivitis can progress to a more advanced form of periodontal disease, a bacterial infection that, if left untreated, can cause the loss of teeth.
The same bacteria causing gingivitis and periodontal disease can be carried into the blood stream and cause damage to your pet's kidneys, heart, liver and other organs. Regular dental cleanings remove plaque and tartar and prevent gingivitis and periodontal disease.
Placing your pet under anesthesia and performing a comprehensive oral examination of each of your dog or cat's teeth, including his or her gums and mouth.
Dental x-rays to diagnose problems below the gum line.
Complete ultrasonic scaling, root planning and polishing, which removes plaque and tatar using modern and safe ultrasonic hand instruments and power scaling equipment to clean both above and below your pet's gum line and polish your pet's teeth to create a smooth surface that is more resistant to plaque and tartar buildup.
Comprehensive pain management before, during, and after any oral procedure that may cause discomfort.
Good pet dental care for your pet does not end after he or she leaves our hospital. After your pet's dental procedure or during your pet's wellness exam, we provide our clients with education and training for at-home dental care, including how to brush your pet's teeth and nutritional assessment and recommendations for good oral hygiene. We strongly encourage at-home dental prevention and maintenance procedures.
Dental care for your pet is one of the cornerstones of our wellness program. Discuss your pet's dental needs and concerns at your next visit to Tails-A-Waggin…because your pet deserves it!


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Волковысский военно-исторический музей им. П. И. Багратиона () — музей в Волковыске Гродненской области. Музей назван в честь генерала Петра Ивановича Багратиона (1765—1812), ставка 2-й западной армии которого перед началом войны 1812 года располагалась в Волковыске. Теперь в здании, где находилась штаб-квартира 2-й западной армии, располагается сам музей.

История
Создание музея связано с именем краеведа-любителя Георгия Иосифовича Пеха (1897—1969), долгое время занимавшегося изучением истории города. Особое внимание Пех уделял древней истории города, в связи с чем неоднократно проводил археологические раскопки. В 1935 на основе своих богатых личных коллекций он открыл в Волковыске музей краеведческой направленности. После Польского похода РККА и включения Волковыска в состав БССР на основе коллекций прежнего музея 1 января 1940 был открыт обновлённый Волковысский краеведческий музей, директором которого стал Пех. В 1940 Пех вместе с сотрудниками Гродненского музея начал раскопки Шведской горы в Волковыске и в окрестностях, что заметно пополнило фонды музея.

Во время Великой Отечественной войны фонды музея были разграблены, сам музей был закрыт.

Повторное открытие музея состоялось осенью 1948. В 1950 перед музеем установлен бюст Багратиона работы известного скульптора Заира Азгура. В 1953 Волковысский краеведческий музей был преобразован в военно-исторический с присвоением ему имени Петра Ивановича Багратиона.

Современное состояние
Музей расположен в двух зданиях, площадью около тысячи кв. м. Фонды музея насчитывают более 46 тыс. единиц хранения, из которых постоянно экспонируется около 1 600. Среди постоянно действующих экспозиций — «Древний Волковыск в X—XIII вв. Борьба славянских народов с иноземными захватчиками», «Военное искусство в XIV — начале XIX в.», «Отечественная война 1812 года» и «Войны XX века».

Сотрудники музея занимаются дальнейшим изучением истории города, как древнейшей, так и новой и новейшей. Важным направлением деятельности музейных работников остаётся пополнение фондов музея новыми экспонатами. В связи с военно-историческим профилем много внимания уделяется разработке военной тематики. Так, музей располагает богатой коллекцией французского оружия и обмундирования, отдельный стенд занимает коллекция значков французских головных уборов — это объясняется произошедшей поблизости во время войны 1812 года Волковысской битве. Значительное внимание уделяется изучению партизанского и подпольного движения в Волковыске и окрестностях, а также освобождению города в ходе операции «Багратион».

17 августа 2020 года был найден мёртвым директор музея Константин Шишмаков, отказавшийся фальсифицировать результаты выборов 9 августа.

Музей работает: с 10.00 до 17.00 ч. Выходной — понедельник. Телефон: 2-21462-25-34

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СсылкиВолковысский военно-исторический музей им. П. И. Багратиона
 Волковысский военно-исторический музей им. П.И. Багратиона // bel pronka. 21 мая 2015. (видео)

Музеи по алфавиту
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What is neurohacking and can it actually rewire your brain?
By Melissa Pandika
Although at one point, "hack" referred to a creative solution to a tech problem, the term can apply to pretty much anything now. There are kitchen hacks, productivity hacks, personal finance hacks. Brain hacks, or neurohacks, are among the buzziest, though, thanks largely to the Silicon Valley techies who often swear by them as a way to boost their cognitive function, focus, and creativity. Mic asked a neuroscientist to explain neurohacking, which neurohacking methods are especially promising, which are mostly hype, and how to make neurohacking work for you.
First things first: Neurohacking, is a broad umbrella term that encompasses anything that involves "manipulating brain function or structure to improve one's experience of the world," says neuroscientist Don Vaughn of Santa Clara University and the University of California, Los Angeles. Like the other myriad forms of hacking, neurohacking uses an engineering approach, treating the brain as a piece of hardware that can be systematically modified and upgraded.
Neurohacking techniques can fall under a number of categories — here are a few of the most relevant ones, as well as the thinking behind them.
Brain stimulation
This involves applying an electric or magnetic field to certain regions of the brain in non-neurotypical people to make their activity more closely resemble that seen in a neurotypical brain. In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration approved transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) — a noninvasive form of brain stimulation which delivers magnetic pulses to the brain in a noninvasive manner — for major depression. Since then, the FDA has also approved TMS for pain associated with migraines with auras, as well as obsessive-compulsive disorder. Established brain stimulation techniques (such as TMS or electroconvulsive therapy) performed by an expert provider, such as a psychiatrist or neuroscientist, are generally safe, Vaughn says.
This one involves using a device that measures brain activity, such as an electroencephalogram (EEG) or a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine. People with neuropsychological disorders receive feedback on their own brain activity — often in the form of images or sound — and focus on trying to make it more closely resemble the brain activity in a healthy person, Vaughn says. This could happen through changing their thought patterns, Vaughn says. Another possibility is that the feedback itself, or the person's thoughts about the feedback, may somehow lead to a change in their brain's wiring.
Reducing cognitive load
This means minimizing how much apps, devices, and other tech compete for your attention. Doing so can sharpen and sustain your focus, or what Vaughn refers to as your attention quotient (AQ). To boost his AQ, Vaughn listens to brown noise, which he likens to "white noise, but deeper." (Think the low rush of a waterfall versus pure static.) He also chews gum, which he says provides an outlet for his restless "monkey mind" while still allowing him to focus on the task at hand.
Reducing cognitive load can also deepen your connection with others. Vaughn uses Voicea, an app based on an AI assistant that takes and store notes of meetings, whether over the phone or in-person, allowing him to focus solely on the conversation, not on recording it. "If we can quell those disruptions that occur because of the way work is done these days, it will allow us to focus and be more empathic with each other," he says.
Monitoring sleep
Tracking your sleep patterns and adjusting them accordingly. Every night, you go through around five or so stages of sleep, each one deeper than the last. "People are less groggy and make fewer errors when they wake up in a lighter stage of sleep," Vaughn says. He uses Sleep Cycle, an app that tracks your sleep patterns based on your movements in bed to rouse you during your lightest sleep stage.
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Microdosing is the routinely consumption of teensy doses of psychedelics like LSD, ecstasy, or magic mushrooms. Many who practice microdosing follow the regimen recommended by James Fadiman, psychologist and author of The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys: a twentieth to a tenth of a regular dose, once every three days for about a month. While a regular dose may make you trip, a microdose has subtler effects, with some users reporting, for instance, enhanced energy and focus, per The Cut.
These are OTC supplements or drugs taken to enhance cognitive function. They range from everyday caffeine and vitamin B12 (B12 deficiency has been associated with cognitive decline) to prescription drugs like Ritalin and Adderall, used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy, as well as Provigil (modafinil), used to treat extreme drowsiness resulting from narcolepsy and other sleep disorder. (All three of these drugs promote wakefulness.) The science behind nootropic supplements in particular remains rather murky, though.
Does neurohacking work, though?
Vaughn finds microdosing, neurostimulation, and neurofeedback especially promising for neuropsychological disorders. Although studies suggest that larger doses of psychedelics could help with disorders such as PTSD and treatment-resistant major depression, there are few studies on microdosing psychedelics. "The little science that has been done…is mixed—perhaps slightly positive," Vaughn says. "Microdosing is promising mainly because of anecdotal evidence." Meanwhile, neurostimulation can be used noninvasively in some cases, and TMS has already received FDA approval for a handful of conditions. Neurofeedback is not only non-invasive, but offers immediate feedback, and studies suggest it could be effective for PTSD and addiction.
But it's important to note that just because these methods could positively alter brain function in people with neuropsychological disorders, that "doesn't mean it's going to take a normal system and make it superhuman," Vaughn says. "I think there are lots of small hacks to be done that could add up to something big," rather than huge hacks that can vastly upgrade cognitive function, a la Limitless. Thanks to millions of years of evolution, the human brain is already pretty damn optimized. "I just don't know how much more we can tweak it to make it better," Vaughn says.
As far as enhancements for neurotypical brains, he says that "you'll probably see a much greater improvement" from removing distractions in your environment to reduce cognitive load than say, increasing your B12 intake — which brings us to an important disclaimer about nootropic supplements in particular. As with all supplements, they aren't FDA-regulated, meaning that companies that sell them don't need to provide evidence that they're safe or effective. Vaughn recommends trying nootropics that research has shown to be safe and effective, like B12 or caffeine.
How can I start neurohacking?
As tempting as it is, adopting every neurohack under the sun is "not the answer," Vaughn says. Remember, everyone is different. While your best friend may gush about how much her mood has improved since she began microdosing shrooms, your brain might not respond to microdosing—or maybe taking psychedelics just doesn't align with your ethics.
Start by exploring different neurohacks, and of course, be skeptical of any product that makes outrageous claims. Since neurofeedback isn't a common medical treatment, talk to your doctor about enrolling in academic studies on neurofeedback, or companies that offer it if you're interested, Vaughn says. You should also talk to your doctor if you want to try brain stimulation. A doctor can prescribe you Adderall, Ritalin, or Provigil but only for their indicated medical uses, not for cognitive enhancement.
Ultimately, neurohacks are tools, Vaughn says. "You have to find the one that works for you." If anything, taking this DIY approach to improving your brain function will leave you feeling empowered, a benefit that probably rivals anything a supplement or sleep tracking app could offer.
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Shareholder activist fund shuts down
Published: June 30, 2004 at 9:54 a.m. ET
Commentary: Back to the boards for eRraider?
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- When the Gadfly wrote in early 2000 about a new fund hoping to capitalize on message board shareholder activism, it seemed a bit of a long shot but made just enough sense that many thought it could work.
Oh, how different everything looked in those days. Like so many investment ideas at the end of the 1990s, this one didn't make money.
ERaider, the Internet community that was the base of the Allied Owners Action Fund, announced this week it was closing down to restructure the fund and the business. Aaron Brown, the co-founder of eRaider, says he can't yet release details, but in place of the public fund he now sees a private investment fund with a similar focus.
"The fund did not grow to the size necessary to cover the high fixed costs of running a public mutual fund," Brown wrote in announcing the restructuring on the eRaider Web site. "...It's fun to declare a raid and agitate for reform, (but) it's hard work to continue a long-term partnership to make a good company better."
Brown tells the Gadfly he and his partners are rethinking the business model from its foundation, and they felt they had to shut down the fund, the eRaider message boards and the rest of the business while they did it. "You can't replace the transmission of a car while you're driving," he says.
When we first wrote about eRaider in March 2000, Brown and his co-founder Martin Stoller had high hopes that the communities of shareholder activists that formed on Internet message boards could help an activist fund change companies for the better -- while making money for investors. See earlier column.
The idea was to buy 5 percent stakes in small companies with good products, then get existing shareholders together to push for governance changes that would improve the company. That part seemed to work, more or less. But the end result was mixed, to be charitable.
The first raid target, Employee Solutions ESOLQ was liquidated in bankruptcy. Another, Comshare CSRE, was sold for what Brown believes was a good price. A third, Jameson Inns JAMS, restructured and attempted a sale, but the share price disappointed. Brown says the fund was able to have a good influence on raid target Goldfield GV, +0.90%, and the stock price is above where the fund bought in, but the gains haven't been spectacular.
At its peak, the Allied Owners Action Fund had nearly $10 million in assets under management. By the time it stopped taking new public investments in March of 2002, the fund was down to $3 million because of investment losses and redemptions. Brown figures it needed $40 million under management to break even.
So the fund decided to buy out its remaining public investors and close down. The partners plan to hold on to the fund's current investments, but say the new venture will be a "larger more focused private fund."
Brown says he thinks eRaider had the right idea, and at exactly the right time -- before the corporate scandals really broke. But he adds, "If everything goes your way and you still don't make money, something's wrong with the model. We aren't sure what."
He and his partners are trying to figure out what went wrong, and use the lessons in the new venture. He thinks it likely the new private fund will build alliances with institutional investors that will have easier access to company management. It will be "taking larger stakes" in larger companies, and be "a bit more confrontational."
The private fund will also go after a larger pool of accredited investors, with more money, rather than smaller individual investors.
Brown still likes the idea of rallying existing individual and institutional shareholders outside the fund to help the push for governance changes at target companies, but acknowledges the eRaider experience showed "we can't organize only on the Internet."
As for eRaider and the Allied Owners Action Fund, Brown says, "I'm very proud of what we did, but I'm glad I didn't have to live off the income."
Michael Collins writes on consumer and investor issues for CBS MarketWatch. Comments in The Gadfly don't necessarily represent the opinion of CBS.MarketWatch.
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According to the PRC a couple the years ago, 2011 Jan. 1, the oldest members of the Baby Boom generation celebrated their 65th birthday. In fact, on that day, every day since, and for every day for the next 17 years, 10,000 baby boomers will reach age 65.
The aging of this huge cohort of Americans (26% of the total U.S. population are Baby Boomers) will dramatically change the composition of the country. By 2030, when all members of the Baby Boom generation have reached that age, fully 18% of the nation will be at least that age, according to Pew Research Center (PRC) population projections. But don't tell Baby Boomers that they are old.
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We present a variation of Martin-Löf's logical framework with "beta-iota-equality", extended with first-order parameterized algebraic data types and recursive pattern-matching definitions. Our contribution is a proof of normalization for the proposed system, from which we obtain decidable type-correctness. Our result holds under the assumption that the call relation of the recursive definitions is well-founded. Recursive definitions can be read as intuitive specifications, which makes it easier to understand their intended meaning, compared to definitions that use only pre-defined recursion operators, called elimination rules in type theory. Pattern-matching definitions can be seen as the underlying mechanism with which we describe elimination rules. The arguments used to justify recursively defined elimination rules are essentially the same as those justifying pattern-matching definitions. The use of pattern-matching takes the proof system closer to the look and feel of a programming language like Haskell or ML. We use the "Size-Change Principle for Program Termination" (C.S. Lee, N.D. Jones, A. Ben-Amram 2001) to establish that the recursive definitions have a well-founded call relation. The size-change criterion subsumes many known characterizations of terminating recursions, including primitive recursion and lexicographical ordering, but it also deals transparently with permuted arguments and mutual recursion. When instantiating the size-change relation for this criterion to be constructor decomposition, it corresponds closely to what we could call well-founded structural recursion.


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Mustard has been used since antiquity as a condiment, as it gives a strong flavor to foods; however, this is not the only utility that owns.
Indeed, mustard not only serves to flavor food, but is also great when used for other purposes, as an ingredient in medicinal preparations and even for household cleaning.
Mustard and its derivatives have been used for a long time to improve the appearance of the body, not just because it is a condiment virtually free of calories, but also because it can be effectively used for hair care and skin.
Vitamins, minerals and antioxidants mustard, for example, nourish hair and skin, strengthening them and giving them shine. In addition, mustard is a great source of beta carotene, which strengthens the hair and stimulates their growth.
Hair treatment, mustard oil is ideal, and can be easily applied to the scalp. For maximum effectiveness, you should wash the next day just being used. For skin treatment, mustard can be applied directly to the skin for a short period of time.
However, some care must be taken because some people may show allergic reactions. It is best to apply a very small amount of mustard on the skin to see if a reaction occurs.
But mustard is not limited to outpatient care: It can also be used to treat many diseases. Its effectiveness against respiratory diseases, for example, is due to its antibacterial properties. In addition, it's high content sinigrina mirosina and stimulates increased blood flow and relieves congestion.
Because of this, there is nothing better to combat sore throat gargle with a prepared mustard seeds, lemon juice, honey and sea salt in just over a cup of boiling water, which will be ready for use then let stand for fifteen minutes. For congestion, simply make a dressing of mustard on a warm cloth, which should be placed on the chest of the person concerned.
Mustard is also useful to treat minor ailments. Apply mustard powder on minor burns after washing with cold water relieves pain and reduces blisters. On the other hand, thanks to its sulfur content, it is useful for constipation.
In addition, its anti-inflammatory properties are effective against cold symptoms, headaches, and mustard make an excellent muscle relaxant, which can be used in warm baths of mustard powder with some essential oil and Epsom salts; or just in a bowl of warm water, for example, to treat specific parts, such as feet.
On the other hand, mustard can also face the most terrible evils: its antioxidant – like vitamin C – and isothiocyanates help prevent the onset of various cancers; especially those affecting the urinary tract.
Mustard has also proved its effectiveness in home care as a natural disinfectant and as an anti-fat. To remove grease from dishes, for example, simply applying a little mustard powder before washing.
Another property of mustard is its strong smell, which also allows deodorize containers and utensils: a mixture of mustard powder and water is sufficient to eliminate odors and leave your cookware as new.
Because of its many features and benefits, mustard – whether in seeds, oil and powder – is essential for all people who want to keep your body and your home clean ingredient.
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It's always exciting when new mobile technology is released to the masses. But it's even more exciting when said mobile technology can be used in a more practical way to improve processes, instead of just for entertainment purposes. It's no surprise that as real estate professionals' yours lives can be hectic and unpredictable, so it's necessary to have technology on your side.
There aren't many mobile apps for real estate agents and brokers available or ones made specifically for the real estate industry (aside from SnApp Real Estate); nevertheless, when practical mobile apps for agents and brokers are introduced, the industry takes notice. Such is the case with a new social media website in town specifically for real estate agents and brokers: A Social Strategy. And while this social media platform doesn't have all the bells and whistles of Facebook, it has just enough to do the digital marketing job for you.
You may or may not have heard of A Social Strategy because—aside from it not being a traditional social vehicle—it's only been out for little over a week. But, it's already making waves in the real estate industry.
According to Inman.com, it's ideal for all agents and brokers who are currently using social media for sales and branding. "The service allows agents to link their social accounts and choose which lines of business and interests will resonate most with their audience," the website affirms.
Although the app does include some nifty features, it also lacks the ability to upload videos. For real estate professionals, videos are becoming a main feature for those clients who aren't nearby to visit homes in person.
For real estate professionals looking for an easy, cost-effective platform, this tool will help you better manage your social media websites, especially if you're still trying to figure out the functionality. While similar apps like Hootsuite have some of the same capabilities, A Social Strategy is the only one of its kind to notify users of social media rush hour—as mentioned above. This enables real estate professionals to know when the peak hours their clients are utilizing the most popular social media websites, which in turn allows professionals to share content at the perfect times.
Here at SnApp Real Estate, we build high performance real estate mobile apps that work in tandem with social media platforms. We will help you streamline your business and connect with clients every day of the week. Take advantage of our easy-to-use and customize application technology, and make buying and selling easy.
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Franchising's 2012 Legal Eagles
By Nancy Weingartner
Click here to view the complete 2012 Legal Eagles report (PDF)
This year we decided to speak to our Legal Eagles in their own language—Leagalese.
"We (Franchise Times, hereafter to be referred to as FT) give and convey to you, the chosen, all singular rights, title, claim and advantages of and in this distinction of 2012 Franchise Times Legal Eagle, a trademarked and highly sought-after award. The award is to be used under and pursuant to the provisions of the spirit in which it was granted and in the exercise of the right, privilege and franchise granted in the goodwill and fair dealing in which it was bestowed."
This year our Legal Eagles will receive a set of commemorative wings—they are in the mail as you read this. Please wear them proudly, and please, at no time try to use them to score a free seat in first class on any airline, including your own personal aircraft.
But seriously, we may have some fun in announcing our Legal Eagles, but we do our due diligence in the selection process. It's a painstaking labor of love. It starts when we request nominations from the franchise community, including an endorsement, and then turn those names over to our editorial staff which further researches each nominee. The opportunity is only open to outside counsels in the United States and Canada, but we have plans to expand our list internationally next year. At some point, we'll also recognize in-house attorneys, who have their own unique set of legal job skills.
So in "plain English": Congratulations to the class of 2012..
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Here's the methodology behind our Legal Eagle choices
2012's list includes many of the same names as in years past. But we've done our best to elevate some newer lawyers to this high post.
Compiling Franchise Times Legal Eagles gets tougher every year—which is a good sign for the industries that rely on lawyers steeped in franchise knowledge. There are a lot of winners to choose from.
To finalize the list, we study the nominations and the reasons behind those nominations, of course, but we also look up candidates on their firms' website to see what they've contributed to franchising, other than just outstanding lawyering. We talk to people at legal gatherings and seek out advice from sage non-lawyers. The reason the task is becoming more difficult is that franchise law is no longer a practice segment business lawyers fall into, it's a specialty they're seeking.
Here are just some of the traits Legal Eagles share:
Putting in hundreds of hours and firm resources to present the legal year in review at the annual legal gatherings;
Writing articles, editing articles and commenting on articles (we're into writing) for legal publications that ups the bar on everyone's education;
Serving on committees, hosting conferences and speaking at industry events, once again with the objective to share knowledge so that everyone's the smartest lawyer in the room;
Volunteering their talents, legal or otherwise, to nonprofits;
Being accessible to clients 24/7. In other words, never turning off their BlackBerry or iPhone;
Finding creative solutions, thinking out of the box, raising the bar, leveling the playing field and going for the win-win—without becoming a cliché.
We also have found they share many of the qualities of a boy and girl scout, without the uniforms or cookies.
Franchise Times is extremely proud of our list and we hope the lawyers who do make the final cut are equally proud to be included on it.
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