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presumably they could use several of them to enable firing longer bursts?
Dude, these things weigh 35 kilos apiece - how many do you think a shark (bear in mind it's already carrying a head-mounted frikkin' laser cannon) can reasonably carry while still being able to operate usefully?
So you're going to need to genetically engineer giant sharks to fit lasers to.
I don't see that being a problem for any evil genius worth his salt.
Thank you Lewis, for as usual you provide us with respite from the abysmal standard of journalism found elsewhere on the site. And I approve highly of your jocular musings.
$20 says the wax-type material is actually just wax but with a really high price tag.
Keep up the good work, sailor.
...expect you to talk, I expect you to die.
Thank you Lewis for putting this tricky scientific jargon in to language that we, the common would-be-supervillian, can understand!
HTML no, only text plain, mmmm.
they turn the heat energy back into power to help keep the ray gun firing, and make the whole thing relatively efficent.
You've heard of the second law?
If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations — then so much the worse for Maxwell's equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation — well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.
A cryptic reply, it would seem.
What are you implying exactly, pray tell, my good sir?
Remember the entire point of the article was that it is difficult to dump 100kW into air. Computers dump heat into air by raising its temperature. You want a large difference in temperature to reduce the amount air whistling through the fans. For a generator running on waste heat, you want to maximise the amount of air screaming through your cooling turbines to avoid increasing Tcold. You also have the same problem on the hot side - you have to run the lasers just short of melting point and pump coolant through them very hard so the coolant is not much colder than the laser and you get a useful Thot at the generator.
The wax stores what is referred to as 'low grade' heat energy, which, by definition, isn't very useful, and won't give you a large enough difference in temperature to run an efficient thermal cycle, which is how you to convert it to mechanical or electrical energy. The best you'd probably end up with is a few percent conversion efficiency at the cost of large, heavy, and expensive equipment.
It could, however, be used for heating or possibly cooking. So now at least the shark tank water is warm, to avoid your captors going into shock before they get torn limb from limb by teeth and high energy weaponry.
The reason why sharks are the carrier of choice for lasers is they normally swim in the sea - which is a much easier place to dump heat than the air. Dumping 100kW into sea water requires about 1L/s of water going through the heat exchanger. (You could use less, but then you risk scolding a shark armed with a big laser.) To fire your 100kW laser continuously, you need to pump over 600kW of fuel into an engine to get 200kW of electricity to the laser. As well as dumping 100kW of heat from your laser, you also have to dump 400kW from the generator.
Fitting a 3 ton generator onto a 2 ton great white shark is going to sink the shark. Perhaps a 21 ton whale shark could carry the kit, but they are filter feeders. They lack the 'I am going to bite off your torso' image that people expect from a shark guarding an evil super-villain's base.
But if you've got a handy swimming pool you can dump vast qualities of energy into there and turn the whole thing into a hot tub.
Images of Sister Mary saying "Naughty shark, write out 100 times 'I will not attempt to singe Mother Superior with my head-laser'"!
...shark fin soup with extra meaty chunks.
But perhaps he also had a taste for shark's fin soup?
They've just invented a big lava lamp!
There wouldn't even be time to finish your Campari and soda - and the only music quick enough to finish before your lava-lamp-of-death goes nuclear is going to be punk, which rather puts the dampeners on the romantic mood - almost as much as being showered in molten wax and flying glass.
Surely sharks have the advantage that they can simply heat the pool?
40Kw into a swimming pool isn't going to make a sauna.
Can anyone explain why this is difficult?
Consider a (largish) 130bhp motorcycle - this has a peak power output of 100kW. It also has an efficiency somewhat south of 25%, so about 300kW thermal output. On a full-bore launch, the rider is dumping the power into the oil-cooled clutch, starting at the full 100kW, and declining to zero as the bike starts rolling and the rider stops slipping the clutch. Additionally a proportion of the thermal output has to be dissipated through the engine's liquid or air cooling system (the remainder leaving via the exhaust gas). Such a bike can usually sustain a steady state cruise at max power for several minutes: the clutch isn't a consideration here, but it still has to dissipate 300kW (thermal load, via cooling system and exhaust) plus 100kW (aerodynamic drag, and thermal loss from transmission).
Re: Can anyone explain why this is difficult?
The key thing is that a large proportion of the heat generated in an internal combustion engine is going to be lost via its exhaust. A car engine might only need to shift ~20kw of heat via its cooling systems. It is possible to have an open cycle laser, but a device that chucks out very hot, very toxic clouds of gas is commonly known as a 'chemical weapon' and would be frowned upon.
Next, vehicle design takes advantage of forward movement through air to provide a fair bit of cooling. Static or slow-moving laser emplacements don't have this luxury. Try running an engine hard on a stationary vehicle and see what happens.
Engines can also run quite warm and are generally made of quite robust components, whereas lasers like to run cool to prevent degradation of the beam or damage to delicate optical bits.
"[A 130bph] bike can usually sustain a steady state cruise at max power for several minutes"
Nah, most sports bikes will run out of fuel well before that, and in any case the distance to journey termination is strictly limited by the next bend, tree, pothole or the natural predator of bikes, a BMW X5 helmed by a peroxide blonde on her mobile.
"a BMW X5 helmed by a peroxide blonde on her mobile."
Careful. I think that might be viewed as a slur against non-blonde women.
You don't want to feel the wrath of the Moderatrix?
Many sharks are only found within certain temperature ranges and that the pool is like to be pr-warmed anyway to suit the shark's metabolism. As for the solution to this issue, the article mentions that heat build up only becomes a major problem is the super-villan waffles on at length about his plans. The simple remedy is to have said shark carved up the super-villan with aforementioned skull-ray, thus allowing the plot to move forward and scoring points with the whole "ironic death" thing.
I'm fine with the quantum hijinks, but I need more details about the scantily-clad women - preferably in the form of photos (with or without their Eee netbooks) bonus points will be awarded for going the extra mile and providing their phone numbers.
..have you ever heard of the term "evaporation" ??
Water is particularly good at absorbing heat while evaporating: 2.2 MegaJoule per Liter (yeah, that's a French-Euro-Communist unit of volume, ya know).
I admit that you might need a refrigerator-type heat-pump to cool your laser, because it might not allow for 373 Kelvins (or 100 degrees in French-Euro-Communist units of temperature).
Early engines (steam or internal combustion) use(d) this principles very effectively. Also machine guns.
You could also collect soldiers/airmen/seamen piss and excrement and use the H20 of that as a coolant.
Are we talking tea-light values here or the whole contents of Madame Tussauds?
Forget the sharks, mount all the crap you need on some monster tank or robot, can anyone say mechwarrior?
but seriously, how long does it take to actual course 9mm like damage, mobile foot soldiers are unlikely to stand around too long whilst getting shot at by regular weapons. I have no idea of the technical side to these things but if you had to choose between smaller laser based weapons that may be slower than convential weapons or some form of weapons platform that can dump a shed load more energy in to something for those "quick" shots i think id rather the later.
threatening to ravish the scantily clad table-mounted female side kick? And how would a shark do that anyway?
Hey - aren't these the heatsinks that you mount in the Mechwarrior games?
So, exactly the same as what was on the lunar rovers then. Progress eh ?


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Captain William Hayward was an English sailor. He was in command of the steamer  when it undertook a trial, day return, crossing of the English Channel organized by the South Eastern Railway from Folkestone to Boulogne-sur-Mer in June 1843. The crossing was a part of the first one day round trip from London across the English Channel, which included a 2 hour 10 minute stopover for passengers in Boulogne. This crossing was considered to be the first one day round trip on this route.

In June 1843, because of difficulties with Dover harbour, the South Eastern Railway company developed Boulogne-sur-Mer-Folkestone route as an alternative to Calais-Dover. The first ferry crossed under the command of Captain Hayward.

On the day of the inauguration, a special train left London at 6 a.m. The distance of  from London to Folkestone was covered in 2 hours and 40 minutes. The ferry, under the command of Captain Hayward was boarded by the party which included several members of parliament and reached Boulogne at 12:30 p.m.

After a reception by the authorities in Boulogne, after 2 hours and 10 minutes the ferry left port still under Captain Hayward's command. The ferry reached Folkestone at 6:30 p.m. and the train arrived in London at 10:05 p.m.

To honour the event, English rosarian Henry Bennett named a rose cultivar after Captain Hayward.

The new Water Witch, commanded by Captain Hayward had before this event, been carrying passengers from Dover to Boulogne, since November 1836. Two ships ran the service, the other being Royal George whose master was Captain Swaffer. The ships sailed from Dover, every Sunday, Tuesday and Friday, returning the following day.

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The Abraham Window
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This sermon is part of an Advent series featuring our stained-glass windows at Redeemer.
Text: Gen. 12:1-9, Heb. 11:8-16, John 8:48-59
For centuries, stained-glass windows have been used to teach the Scriptures. In the grand tradition of illuminated manuscripts with their gold and crimson pictures of what the words in the Bible are saying, stained-glass windows are illustrations of the words that the people of God are hearing when they're in the sanctuary. They have provided beauty and light in countless churches and cathedrals. They surround the congregation with depictions of what happened in the Scriptures so that those seated in the middle of them can find themselves right in the middle of those stories too.
Here at Redeemer, our use of stained-glass windows follows in these ancient footsteps. In the mid-nineteenth century, one member donated from his own money for Redeemer to begin a series of stained-glass windows so that his wife, who was hearing impaired, could meditate on the Scriptures during the service while she sat in the sanctuary. In these coming weeks, we'll look a few of these windows that teach us about the promise of the Messiah and the coming of our Lord to take share our human nature.
We begin tonight with the window depicting the call of Abraham, our forefather in the faith, the father of the Old Testament church Israel. He was called to leave Ur, a city of the Chaldeans, which may be the city depicted in the background behind him. When the Lord called Abram, He made a promise to him. "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." The Lord promised to make Abram, already 75 years old, into a great nation, with descendants as countless as the sands on the seashore and the stars in the heavens. Up until this point, Abram and his wife Sarai had no children. Sarai was barren. This meant that the heir to everything Abram had was a much more distant member of his household by the name of Eliezer of Damascus. But the Lord promised an heir that would be born from Abram and Sarai. It would be through this heir, a child of promise, that Abram's descendants would multiply and become as numerous as God had promised. As a token of this promise, the Lord changed Abram's name, which originally meant "exalted father", to Abraham, meaning "the father of nations." The Lord also changed Sarai's name to Sarah, meaning "princess."
Along with this promise of an heir, the Lord vowed to give Abraham an inheritance for him and all his descendants—a land of their own where they could live, under the Lord's care and protection, free from the idols and false gods of the Chaldeans and others. God would give them a home, unlike Ur. He would give them, as the Bible verse at the bottom of the window says , "the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God." As we noticed before, there's a city in the background of our window. It may be that this is Ur, where Abraham left. But it may also be the city Abraham was looking forward to, a depiction of the inheritance he and his descendants would obtain, even though they had to wait for it.
So, on the strength of those promises, Abraham set out. He left with his wife Sarah and his nephew Lot, both of whom are also depicted with him in the window, along with their sizable flocks and the other people and servants who were in his household. And for the rest of his life, this promise—the promise of an unlikely, even impossible son to be born—the promise of a land that would be his and would pass to this child—this promise shaped Abraham's entire life. It is, as Hebrews says, that he received these things in faith, having seen them and greeted them from afar, and acknowledging that he was a stranger and exile on the earth, seeking a homeland that God would show him. And when the Lord did bring him to the promised inheritance, the land of Canaan, the Lord directed human history to ensure that Abraham's descendants would receive what He had vowed to give their forefather. Thus, the Lord's promise shaped not only Abraham's life, but the life of all his descendants, all who heard that promise and believed and called on the name of the Lord. It is this name of the Lord, the faith of God's ancient people, that's depicted toward the top of the window, in the six-pointed star and the Hebrew letter yod in the center of it. The letter yod is the first letter of the Divine Name, YHWH. The six-pointed star, sometimes called the Creator's Star, marks the six days of creation. This six-pointed star would be adopted much later as the symbol of Judaism, in the 200s AD. And at the pinnacle of the window, we can see the breastplate of the high priest Aaron, with its twelve precious gems in it, one gem for each tribe of Abraham's descendants, worn by the high priest whenever he would serve at the altar in the tabernacle, reminding God's people of the promise of forgiveness, of the Messiah, and of life.
So the promise to Abraham continued to shape God's people, even centuries after Abraham's death. With each passing generation, the promise was handed down to the next: there would be a descendant of Abraham, an heir, who would be the infinite source of blessing for all the families of the earth, who would bring the fullness of all that God had promised to Abraham and Israel, not just here in time or in a stretch of land in the Near East, but for all eternity.
The promise continued until the fullness of time. When everything had been arranged just so by the Lord's hand working through history, the Descendant of Abraham, the Heir, was born in Bethlehem, within the boundaries of that inherited land. He was as unlikely a Child to be born as Abraham's son Isaac was. This Heir was not born to an aged father and mother though. He was born to a woman that had never been with a man. And this Heir would make even greater claims than that. He spoke of His ancestor Abraham, who had lived millennia before, as if He had known him personally. "Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day," He said, "Abraham saw it and was glad." This Descendant's detractors scoffed. "You're not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?" Then Jesus, the Heir replied, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM." Jesus, the Descendant of Abraham, claimed to predate Abraham. And in doing so, He also took for Himself the divine name, I AM, YHWH, the name depicted by the Hebrew letter in our window. It was a bold claim, this man, this Descendant, to claim to be the source, the Creator, the all-powerful Lord who called Abraham. Yet Jesus didn't flinch or stutter. He was God in human flesh. He was the Lord.
Some rejected Him. Some even picked up stones to throw at Him and kill Him for such a claim. Others did not. And for those who didn't reject Him, for those who trusted Him like their ancestor Abraham trusted Him, He led them to a greater homeland, a heavenly one, through the gates of death and the grave, to their own promised eternal inheritance.
Much like Abraham, much like his son Isaac, much like their descendants, we have our lives shaped by a promise. A promise has been made and fulfilled in Jesus. This promise of One who will be a source of blessing for all the families of the earth, who will bind all the peoples of the earth together into His own holy, Christian, and apostolic family, the Church—this promise shapes our lives. It most certainly shapes this time of the year. Everything in our lives now is leaning forward, even tripping over, into Christmas, when we recognize the birth of this Heir and Descendant, Jesus. This time of year, built on observing this promise, has a way of shaping our every waking moment right now, from music to activities to meals and parties and general hecticness. But even if we strip away all that busyness that comes from the shape of this time of the year—and I for one think we should strip a lot of it away—even then, without all those things, our lives would still be shaped by the promise given to Abraham, the promise of Advent. The Savior has come to walk this pilgrimage with us. He's come to get His feet dusty and wear out His shoes with us. He's come to lead us to a better homeland, an eternal, heavenly one.
But even more than for just a season, our entire lives are shaped by this promise, like Abraham's entire life was. So whenever you get the chance, even tonight after the service, or on Sunday, when the light streams through the colored glass in this sanctuary, really stop to meditate on this promise. Be there in the pilgrimage with your forefather in the faith. Look for details you didn't see or understand before. Rejoice in the promise of the Child who shapes this season. Rejoice in the promise of an eternal homeland—something you look forward to in such a way that it shapes your actions here as you move toward it. See what Abraham longed to see and rejoice with him. See that Jesus, who is I AM, has come and is coming back, to be the fulfillment of all that our fathers in the faith have hoped for—and all that we have hoped for. In the name of Jesus, who is God with us. Amen.
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The Rise and Decline of the Kerosene Kitchen: A Neglected Energy Transition in Rural America, 1870–1950
Mark Aldrich
MARK ALDRICH is Marilyn Carlson Nelson Professor of Economics Emeritus at Smith College. His most recent book is Back on Track: American Railroad Accidents and Safety, 1965–2015 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018).
Agricultural History (2020) 94 (1): 24–60.
https://doi.org/10.3098/ah.2020.094.1.024
Mark Aldrich; The Rise and Decline of the Kerosene Kitchen: A Neglected Energy Transition in Rural America, 1870–1950. Agricultural History 1 January 2020; 94 (1): 24–60. doi: https://doi.org/10.3098/ah.2020.094.1.024
Beginning in the 1870s, kerosene stoves became fixtures in many farm kitchens, as households shifted from wood or coal to oil fuel. Surveys during the 1930s reveal that, outside of cities, oil was afar more common cooking fuel than gas. Yet the literature on farm and rural women says little about this important energy transition before electricity and gas. For rural and farm households, where the alternative was coal or wood, oil offered significant benefits, and to farm women especially it was a godsend. Oil was cleaner, quicker, cooler, lighter, and more portable; it changed women's work patterns and improved their economic status. Thus, focusing on the transition from wood and coal to electricity and gas in home heating and cooking misses a step. Moreover, as this story reveals, energy transitions differed between men and women and were contingent upon economic status and place of residence. Especially for women in rural and farm households, kerosene provided an important bridge fuel to the newer age of gas and electricity. To ignore it is to ignore what was for many an important introduction to modern times.
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Who are the NDP?
E.P. Whinters
Today, I'm going to take a look at the history of the New Democratic Party. It definitely is a baby in comparison to the Liberals and Conservatives, who have ran Canadian politics since the first prime minister in 1867. The NDP officially began in 1961 in Ottawa at a convention that united the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), affiliated unions of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and New Party clubs. Where once this party was only a background blip, with the majority of its support coming from the wheat fields of Saskatchewan, today it appears to be poised on the brink of making a definite impact in Canada's history. But before we take a look at what they stand for today, let's see how they came to be in the first place.
The CCF was founded in the early days of the Great Depression (1933) and originated out of groups like the United Farmers of Alberta, some academics and labour groups and allied farm and union organizations. Back in those days, the CCF stood for a mixed economy (both characteristics of capitalism and socialism), nationalization of key industries and a people's "welfare" state. Universal health care came out of the first CCF leadership – a provincial government in Saskatchewan led by Tommy Douglas. Its full name was: "Cooperative Commonwealth Federation – Farmer Labour Socialist"; they supported a full cooperative commonwealth, eradication of capitalism and were generally not in favour of Canada's involvement in WW2. Let it be clear that though they did begin to lay the groundwork for labour unions in our country during the Depression, they, like the Conservatives and Liberals of the day, did little to help Canada's great suffering during this time. Had it not been for WW2, who knows where we'd be today!
In 1956, they joined with Canada's labour groups to form the Canadian Labour Congress, which in August 1961 formed the New Democratic Party, incorporating the CCF but welding a stronger working arrangement with organized labour, under the leadership of Tommy Douglas. As a political party, their hold was not strong for most of the time until the 2011 election. In these 50 years, the best they could hope for was to influence the minority governments in whatever way they could.
Found in How To Be A Canadian by Will and Ian Ferguson, a slightly satirical (and slightly truthful) commentary on this group can be found: "The NDP are about as fashionable as permed hair and disco sideburns. As Canada's national socialist party fades into the twilight of its increasingly irrelevant ideology, many a media pundit gets nostalgic and speaks wistfully about a possible "retro-craze" that will see the silliness that is socialism taken seriously again by someone outside the CBC. The NDP believes in massive government intervention at every level of your life, from the bedroom to the boardroom. Living under an NDP government would be like renting a room from your parents. Party Motto: 'Vote NDP, because more red tape is just what this country needs!' Question: They oppose capital punishment but they support abortion? Answer: Yes. Question: What are they, a bunch of idiots?" … No comment. (2001, p.194)
As satirical as the above is, there are solid points from these 50 years in NDP history – they were the 'flower children' of Canadian politics (remember their opposition to WW2 involvement?), they were socialist in origin, the CBC did love them because they would completely fund them, and they do believe in having their fingers in every part of what this country does. They did oppose capital punishment, they did support abortion and a fully funded child care. That's what their roots are.
In 2011, something began to happen – Jack Layton took over the leadership reigns. He was a charismatic leader and suddenly, the NDP vaulted past the Liberals and ousted the Bloc Quebecois's hold in Quebec to become the official opposition. In great part, it seems that their surge was a vote against the Liberal government, who was led by Michael Ignatieff. He was not admired by the Canadian populace and was seen as arrogant and anti-Canadian as he did not have sole Canadian citizenship. Some of the NDP major platform promises in the 2011 election included: capping credit card rates at 5% above prime, pledged to train 1,200 more doctors and 6,000 more nurses, reduce the tuition fees by increasing transfer payments to the Provinces, to abolish the Senate, a gradual doubling of Canada Pension Plan and QPP benefits and to hire 2500 more police officers to prevent crime. Apparently, according to the Liberals, the NDP platform of 2011 contained over $30 billion of new spending from sources not credible.
I'm not sure if people have set the NDP history aside, if they have neglected to find out their roots, if the NDP has moved away from who they once were or if it no longer applies. Maybe this leopard has changed its spots … regardless, it seems a 'retro-craze' is in full bloom.
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BMW and Porsche are already working together and with other major automakers, like Mercedes and Ford, on the major Ionity ultra-fast (350 kW) electric car charging network in Europe.
But now they want to lay a path to improve that charge rate to 450 kW in order to enable quicker electric car charging.
BMW is leading the project through the 'FastCharge' consortium in partnership with other companies, like Porsche, Allego, Siemens and others.
Interestingly, the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure supports the project with a € 7.8 million grant, which is supervised by the National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Organization (NOW).
They have now confirmed that the bulk of their research will focus on improving charging rates using the existing Combined Charging System (CCS), but at a voltage of 900 volts and an amplitude of 500 amperes for a charge rate of 450 kW.
The group sees this charge rate as ideal to charge an average long-range electric car in about 15 mins.
They also specifically mention finding ways to cool down charging cables, plugs and vehicle power sockets during the charging process.
450 kW sounds like a reasonable target for passenger cars powered by batteries. We know that larger battery systems in electric trucks and buses can take higher charge rates, but passenger cars will never carry such large battery packs and their limit will be lower.
Considering charging time only matter for long-distance travel or commercial applications since most charging is done overnight or whenever a car is parked for long periods of time, there's not really an actual necessity to bring electric car charging to the speed of refueling a tank of gas as a lot of people claim.
Nonetheless, something like 15 minutes would certainly make long-distance travel with electric cars more convenient than it is today.
I think it's important that automakers get more involved in the process to bring the charging standards to that level since as BMW explains, it's not just the charging station technology that needs to improve, but the actual vehicles need to support it, which is not the case today.


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Carlos Celindo Maussa Díaz es un exboxeador nacido el 24 de septiembre de 1971 en Montería, Colombia. Se coronó campeón mundial el 25 de junio de 2005 al noquear en el séptimo asalto al entonces campeón, el guayanés Vivian Harris, en un combate realizado en Atlantic City, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos.  Perdió el título mundial el 26 de noviembre de 2005, cuando enfrentó al inglés Ricky Hatton, en Sheffield, Reino Unido.

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Over the years personal alarms have been widely used as a deterrent from thieves or would be attackers. A thief intent on robbing you typically doesn't want anyone else outside of the situation to know what they are up to. Likewise a person trying to harm you wouldn't want someone to intervene or come to your rescue. A personal alarms loud pitch sound easily detters and notifies people around you that something is wrong. Best case scenario the alarm would cause the theft or attacker to stop their actions and run away from you. The unexpected loud noise may surprise them long enough for you to strike and get away. It will also let others around you know that something wrong is going on. They will hopefully come to your aid or call the authorities to assist.
Where can I use a personal alarm?
Personal alarms come in many shapes, sizes and can be customized for your daily life. So whether you are looking for personal alarms for runners or trying to find the loudest personal alarm there are many options. There are even alarms for your home or car. Ones that you can carry on your person or a personal keychain alarm. There are alarms for doors that would work great while on vacation, or in an apartment or dorm room. There are many ways personal panic alarms can be applied to make your life a little safer.
How do I use personal panic alarm devices?
Personal alarms come in a variety of sizes, uses and styles. Some of the alarms can be activated with a simple push of a button, while many other alarms uses a pin to activate the loud noise. Pin alarms are rather common. They work be separating the pin from the alarm housing. For instants some of these are keychain alarms, where the pin is attached to the chain. If the alarm device is pulled and disconnected from the chain the alarm will sound.
What if I need an alarm for my hotel or dorm?
Maybe you are away on the vacation and staying in a hotel, or maybe you or your child are a student away at college. These are places that typically do not come with alarm systems. In these instances there are personal panic alarms that can be used on doors or windows. Some use pins or motion sensors in order to set the alarm off.
Can personal safety alarms do more than alarm?
You can find alarms that also have flashlights built in, providing extra security to the users. One could use this light to temporarily blind their attacker or to help find your way in the dark if necessary.
Some personal panic alarms are designed for people who have trouble staying awake while driving on long road trips. An alarm will go off if the drivers head drops like they are falling asleep.
How loud should my personal self defense alarm be?
As you look through the options of personal alarms look at how many decibels there are. You want to look for a device with decibels that range from 105 to 140. Many alarms fall around 130db. If you start going over a 140db personal alarm or even a 150db personal alarm you may cause damage to your ears. You want a safety product that deters an assailant or notifies people to danger. You don't want something that harms or puts you out of the fight also. This is one of those tools that when looking for the best personal alarm for you, it is not best to try and find the loudest personal safety alarm.
Are all personal safety alarms battery powered?
No there is also a segment of personal safety alarms that are aerosol alarms. If you don't want to have to replace batteries in your alarm look into aerosol spray alarms or gas alarms. Most spray alarms will give you 30 - 40 quick bursts of sound. The decibel quality is the same as the battery powered alarms. Safety note when using these, just like other aerosol can's avoid extreme hot and cold environments.


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I'm weary. It's only hump day and I need a) a weekend, b) better yet — a vacation or c) a trust fund.
The Lawn Surgery which I spoke of last weekend resulted in stitches which didn't hold. A leak returned, and with it, my sanity quickly dwindled.
My eyes rival the color of beets. I am crabby, cranky, and I want to fall face-first into a plate of comfort food. I can't tell you which I'd be more happy to swim through: mac and cheese, or the beany, cheesy mixture inside a soft, supple tortilla. Mmm, carbs.
If I blink on the way home, I fear I may fall asleep. Forget sleepwalking, what about sleepdriving? I could do it today, I tell you.
The leak returned Monday, spotted by yours truly only because I went on my four-mile walk and came home to the sound of water running — right as I passed the water meter. Looking down, I saw that the Nile had migrated to Southern California — and on my street, no less. Geography, shmeeography. Oh, and two thumbs down.
The water got shut off until [another] fix could happen, so I packed a bag, crammed my makeup and hair product into another bag and stayed with my parents. Enticing on the surface (a home-cooked meal, some coffee chatter in the morning), but since they live 30 miles from me, my morning commute tripled today. My 45-minute drive turned into close to two and a half hours. By the time I got here — an hour late thanks to a traffic accident and whatnot — the fact that my computer has been having issues made me want to throw in the towel: on the week, on my laptop, on life. Sleeping in a bed that's not my own makes for a sore back and hourly waking during the night. Tackling a commute that is roughly one-third of the time it takes to drive to San Francisco from Orange County — minus the fantastic destination — is ridiculous. And mind boggling. Ridiculously mind boggling.
The solution? Tonight I'm going to rebel against my usual evening routine: no evening walk, no healthy dinner. In their place, a couch (go Red Sox) and Del Taco (see above reference to the bean and cheese burrito). Insert: snuggle time with my kitts (kittens — the single girl's version of kids), an early bedtime, and voila — the towel has officially been thrown in. Take that, hump day!
Today, despite extreme exhaustion, I am thankful for the existence of bean and cheese burritos, furbabies, my own bed and a couch ready to support me the way a therapist does for a person in need. Here's to sliding towards the weekend, hopefully the same way Boston will do a bit of sliding into home tonight.
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CARR In The News
CARR Launches Pop-Up Senior Care Coaching Clinics
San Diego has a multitude of referring agencies in the private and public sectors offering older adults and their families resources about care options and planning. What our community lacks is a program exclusively focused on empowering and educating older adults how to successfully navigate the aging network and troubleshoot dead ends.
This Pop-Up Coaching Clinic program was developed in response to calls CARR continues to receive from seniors and families frustrated by "dead-end" referrals ("dead-ends" include ineligibility for programs, limited confidence to narrow down choices and/or verifying quality) and feedback from senior community centers unable to handle the volume of inquiries from older attendees.
Launched this March, CARR gerontologists, Chris Murphy and Christina Selder, will be conducting Pop-up Senior Care Coaching Clinics throughout San Diego, starting in Balboa Park, San Ysidro, and La Jolla. The clinics are open to the public and aim to give older adults in our community greater confidence and clarity. Each attendee will leave their session with a tangible checklist, suggested timeline and contact information for resources to empower action. Attendees will also receive ongoing support from CARR through a 60-day follow-up and anytime via phone or email.
The program's secondary function is to explore the most pressing concerns of San Diego's seniors. CARR will be surveying attendees to collect data on the needs, preferences, and opinions of individual community members who are actively considering senior care options. CARR will use this local data to compile a database of issues addressed during sessions, resources provided, barriers to access and additional support required to secure services. CARR will share the results of the Clinics with the public to encourage dialogue on the needs of older adults within specific communities.
CARR thanks the City of San Diego, and the County of San Diego, both of which contributed funding for the portable equipment and software which makes it possible for CARR to untether itself from its office, and take its Pop-Up Clinics 'on the road.'
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Opening/Closing
The Sail Inn Returns
Benjamin Leatherman January 21, 2009 5:10PM
Since the Sail Inn's old location was unoccupied (a danceateria called Trax had taken over the spot in the interim but eventually fizzled out), Lombardi decided to resurrect her old joint, albeit after a complete renovation.
"I had to do a bunch to get this place in shape again. I took out all the stripper poles and dancer cages the Trax people had put in there," she says. "I'm gonna have a lot of classy couches, guitar-shaped tables, a much better sound system, new bathrooms, and an outdoor bar. It's 10 times better than the old Sail Inn was."
In addition to bringing back bands like Xtra Ticket and The Noodles, Lombardi is also planning on booking a wider variety of musical acts this time around, including Antedote and other members of the backpack hip-hop scene.
Here's a YouTube clip of The Noodles performing "Iko Iko" at the Sail Inn a few years back.


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Several Bolton pubs shuttered as infection rate spikes
By Emily Hawkins contact
Worst-affected area: pubs and bars have been displaying extra caution amid rising infections in Bolton, Greater Manchester
Related tags: Coronavirus, Health and safety, Legislation, Bolton, Greater manchester
A handful of pubs in Bolton have temporarily closed their doors to protect public health amid a rapidly increasing infection rate.
The Greater Manchester town was subject to strict local restrictions on socialising between different households from Saturday 5 September after its Covid-19 infection rate increased to 99 cases per 100,000 people per week, the highest in England.
Bolton Council in consultation with the Government and Public Health England has asked all residents to only use public transport for essential purposes and to not mix with households indoors or outdoors.
Several pubs in the town have taken the decision to voluntarily close after confirmed cases of coronavirus were linked back to their venues.
The Alma Inn in the Bradshawgate area closed for a deep clean on Saturday after a customer testing positive for the virus.
The pub updated customers in a Facebook post and said it would open its doors again soon.
"We are closed until further notice due to a customer being tested positive for Covid-19," it said.
"We are so sorry, but we feel this is the best thing to do until we have done a deep clean and staff have been tested
"It sucks that this has come into effect, we will be back very shortly and hope you guys understand."
What's more, the Balmoral pub in the same area also shut briefly to deep clean.
It told customers: "Guys there is rumours going round about us shutting due to Covid.
"This rumour is true. We have had to shut to get the place deep cleaned and sanitised.
"We will be back open tomorrow. We had to put your safety first and prevent the spread. That is how we keep us all safe.
"So if you're having Covid symptoms please stay at home for 10-14 days."
The Bank Top Brewery Tap contacted authorities after learning a customer had tested positive for the virus.
The pub later said it had contacted all individuals who had been in close proximity to the customer and would reopen after a clean.
Astley Bridge Conservative Club and the Venue Bar also announced they would be closing after members of staff tested positive.
Officials have urged young people especially to ensure they follow the new restrictions, after more than 90% of cases in the town are people aged between 18 and 49-years-old.
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'India very like the All Blacks' - Pothas
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'India very like the All Blacks' - Pothas (3:14)
Sri Lanka's interim head coach, Nic Pothas, commended India's collective effort and work ethic, comparing them to arguably the most successful rugby team (3:14)
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India were so clinical in the cross-format trouncing of Sri Lanka, that Virat Kohli's side has drawn comparisons with perhaps the most successful rugby team in the world: the All Blacks.
Kohli and his team have largely been confident in public but have veered away from effusive self-praise, nor have they dwelt much on the paucity of Sri Lanka's performance. Sri Lanka's own interim head coach Nic Pothas, however, has showered compliments upon the opposition, after his team succumbed to their ninth consecutive defeat of the tour - this one in the sole T20.
"You look at their team and they are very All Black-like," Pothas said. "There's a lot of respect for the facilities and there's a lot of respect for the opposition. They are very ruthless in the way they go about their work. Their work ethic is immense. They are what a lot of teams aspire to be. The most important thing for us is learning from our mistakes, but most importantly: learning from them."
Chief among Sri Lanka's tormentors, as ever, was Kohli, who has lavishly walloped Sri Lanka in almost every series he has played against them. Where once there was some animosity towards him on the island, that has now been replaced by substantial respect. Kohli himself had also spoken well of the Sri Lankan public on this tour - even though at one point, an angry crowd disrupted an ODI for over half-an-hour.
He was again in stirring form in the tour-ending T20, initially defusing the tenseness of the early overs of the chase before going on to make 82 off 54 balls, all of which sent India pelting towards their seven-wicket victory. It was his fourth half-century in as many T20 innings against Sri Lanka. The performance was worth a few glowing words from Pothas.
"You see how Virat runs between the wickets, and you see the respect he commands on the field as a leader - he's a role model to people and he pulls people with him," he said. "When you look at the way they go about their work and the culture that Virat has created within that team, it's very, very impressive."
Though once a player who could was considered to be in Kohli's league - at least in the longest format - Angelo Mathews has experienced a striking dip in results over the past 18 months, in which his batting average has retreated across formats. He could make only seven from five balls on Wednesday before being undone by a sharp MS Dhoni stumping. Mathews had hit two successive fifties in the last two ODIs, but this still only brought his tour tally up to three fifties out of 12 innings.
"It's a funny one because you need to look at the dynamic," Pothas said of Mathews. "It's very tough on Angie as well. When you're a senior player, obviously the opposition targets you. Then you have that pressure of being a senior player to perform. It's very, very tough. Angie is a world-class cricketer and I don't think you can ever judge any person over a short spate of games. We're all clichéd about it, but form is temporary and Angie is a class cricketer. Outside of being a class cricketer he's a very, very intelligent man. So he'll go back, work on it, we'll have discussions - I have no issues with Angie."
On the T20 itself, Pothas said he felt Sri Lanka should have scored more than the 170 for 7 they mustered. Having been 99 for 3 in the 12th over, at one stage Sri Lanka seemed to be headed for a score in the range of 190, but, as has often been the case through the tour, a collapse broke their batting momentum. They lost four wickets for 35 runs through the middle overs - all to the spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav.
"If you looked at how we played, we were probably 15 short of what we could have got on that wicket," Pothas said. "We probably had a few too many little cameos that we could have dragged on a little bit longer. What we got was probably competitive but when you play a team of such quality, you're going to have to be very good in the field and with the ball to try and stop 170 being scored."


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Sitcoms/Other TV Comedy
Ed Blackadder
Super Trooper
Re: Sitcoms/Other TV Comedy
The Golden Fang wrote:
US entertainment, of any sort, almost always has to have an additional level of "fantasy" - everyone is rich, good looking and white, apart from the token characters. Unless the "show" is a "Black show" in which case everyone is black, apart from the token white characters. Do they have "Asian shows" yet? It's only a matter of time. You also a not allowed to have mixed race relationships in US entertainment, as that is just unthinkable.
There is a new-ish sitcom called The Mindy Project which I have seen advertised, the main character is played by an actress of South Indian descent. Other than that it looks a lot like New Girl to me (oh my GOLLY GOSH HECK how annoying is that programme). So... progress I suppose? I saw an article called something like 'Things You Never Knew About Celebrities' that 'revealed' here birth name wasn't Mindy Kaling but rather the magnificient Vera Mindy Chokalingam (yes I had to look it up). Tamil woman has Tamil name - whoda thunk it??
According to her Wikipedia page her parents deliberately chose an American name and so she's named after Mork and Mindy, hahaha.
Guardian-reading Fairtrade coffee-drinking bollocks
The Golden Fang
I think I've seen that advertised, is it just her who's "Indian"? I assume so, a whole cast of Indians would have the Tanks phoning the FBI.
Shallowthing
I vaguely remember quite enjoying Frasier. Niles usually stole the show when I saw it, though.
What an odd concept to say that he "stole the show". His lines were written by the same people - just because the show's called Frasier doesn't mean that he's supposed to be the one you laugh at.
Star Trooper
Location: wigan
The Wire is a notable exception to these all pervading norms. I'm surprised at the lack of mixed race relationships in London, they do exist but they are far less common than I'd imagined before moving here. Americans that I've met have told they are far more common here than in the US, which says an awful lot.
and yet we invented middle class sitcoms ,
American Office>The office .
andrew wrote:
I have not yet mentioned Venture Brothers, even though it is completely brilliant.
Venture Brothers.
JCC wrote:
Ed Blackadder wrote:
Even more so in How I MEt Your Mother, which sees another professor (at the age of 30-odd), a TV presenter, two lawyers and a teacher - everyone in New York leads such fabulous lives!
In the US all uni lecturers are "professors", unlike the UK, where you have rise up the scale. You've just highlighted another thing I hate about US sitcoms, the characters are, generally, all wealthy and successful. I'm aware that in the US they may have to pander to the "American Dream" bullshit and that Yanks like to see that sort of thing in their entertainment, it's just that it's money and success are often an obstacle to comedy than anything. There's a lot more humour in desperation or struggle, not to mention dramatic tension and pathos than there is in success.
I haven't seen it, if I ever do, I will remain unconvinced.
NO. Fuck you .
Forgotpassword
I'm surprised at the lack of mixed race relationships in London, they do exist but they are far less common than I'd imagined before moving here. Americans that I've met have told they are far more common here than in the US, which says an awful lot.
Rare? I see mixed race people all the time in England, regardless of where you go.
Fucking loads of them around here. The vast majority of them seem to be white women with black men - it's almost never the other way round.
i've noticed a lot of black men like big fat white women, this confuses me somewhat.
oneleggedpunk
Location: The wrong side of 50....... just
Megadeth > The Office
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Bloody hell mate, I know you're trying to be provative but there are limits, you know. Let's not say anything we'll regret.
Forgotpassword wrote:
I see mixed race people every time I go anywhere in London, children especially. Mixed race couples, i.e. where the people are two different races, whether either is mixed race or not, I virtually never see. People are clearly mixing enough to procreate, whether they are staying together is another matter.
When I do see mixed race couples it's usually Asian and White, with either gender being either race or, as Shal mentioned white women with black me, almost never the other way around. I frequently see young white women, often East European with children whose father's are clearly black.
I am going to Dorset and Devon next weekend, I imagine I'll see fuck all mixed race people in that part of England.
When I do see mixed race couples it's usually Asian and White, with either gender being either race or, as Shal mentioned white women with black me.
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That is my best typo ever and I've made quite a few.
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Only Duty Free is real.
oh dear I remember duty free ,it was a shocker .


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Iran sanctions: Stung by high prices, Iranians fear more pain as sanctions kick in
Posted Tue 6 Nov 2018 at 12:20am Tuesday 6 Nov 2018 at 12:20am Tue 6 Nov 2018 at 12:20am , updated Tue 6 Nov 2018 at 1:03am Tuesday 6 Nov 2018 at 1:03am Tue 6 Nov 2018 at 1:03am
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Skyrocketing prices are frustrating ordinary Iranians. (Photo: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
abc.net.au/news/iranians-fear-more-economic-pain-as-us-sanctions-kick-in/10468492
Iranians already struggling to get by amid spiralling prices fear even more hardship is on the way following the restoration of crippling US sanctions.
Iran's currency has plummeted over several months
In turn, the cost of medicines, clothing, and food have skyrocketed
The sanctions are likely to undermine the country's currency even more
At a Tehran pharmacy, customers said medicines were already getting further out of reach.
Manijeh Khorrami, who had come to buy tablets for his diabetic mother, said the Iranian-made version's price had tripled since the summer and the foreign version was no longer available.
"Can it get worse than the current situation?" Mr Khorrami said. "I don't know what will happen."
The new sanctions end all economic benefits America had granted Tehran for its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, though Iran continues to abide by the accord, which requires it to curb its uranium enrichment.
US President Donald Trump withdrew from the accord in May, saying it did not address Iran's regional military activities and other issues.
Prices skyrocket as the currency dives
Iran's currency, the rial, has plummeted in recent months and is likely to head lower. (AP: Ebrahim Noroozi)
Iran's national currency, the rial, has plummeted for months and is now trading at 150,000 to one US dollar, compared to around 40,500 a year ago.
The new sanctions will likely undermine the rial even more since they target Iran's oil industry, a crucial source of hard currency.
They also target dozens of Iranian banks, aiming to push the financial sector deeper into isolation.
The result has been skyrocketing prices for everything from clothes and transportation to food.
"Check the shops here one by one, there are no customers," said business owner Hossein Ahmadi.
His purse shop is located on a normally busy commercial street in the Iranian capital.
"People have kept their money for rainy days out of fear of sanctions, while the rent of the shop has gone up."
"I don't know how to explain this to my wife and children," he said.
At nearby clothes shops, a few women looked through the scarves and coats.
The cost of medicine is also hitting ordinary Iranians hard. (AP: Ebrahim Noroozi)
"A lot of people are not able to buy these things anymore," said shopper Mina Sholeh, 22.
US betting on public outrage
Iran's economic chaos sparked anti-government protests last year.
Washington has issued a list of 12 demands Iran must meet to get the sanctions lifted, including ending its support for regional militant groups, withdrawing from the civil war in Syria — where it backs President Bashar al-Assad — and halting its development of ballistic missiles.
On Friday, Mr Trump said the objective is "to force the regime into a clear choice: either abandon its destructive behaviour or continue down the path toward economic disaster".
In large part, the bet is that Iran's leadership will be pressured by public outrage.
Iran nuclear deal at a glance
The main points in the 2015 deal aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
Iran's economic chaos sparked anti-government protests at the end of last year which resulted in nearly 5,000 reported arrests and at least 25 people being killed.
At the time, the Trump administration cheered the protests.
"The government is wealthy, it sells oil abroad but it does not care about ordinary people," said Mohammad Ghasemi, who sells scarves on a street corner.
"They waste money where it does nothing to cure the wounds in our heart."
Demonstrations have become sporadic and rare.
But bitterness remains among many Iranians, who complain about corruption and their government's costly interventions in Syria and Iraq.
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The Kai Shin Kai is a traditional school of Aikido and is registered with the British Aikido Board. The organisation has around twenty member and associate member clubs in the UK and Italy.
The KSK also uses the central base of Quarrendon and Meadowcroft Community Centre in Aylesbury HP19 9HH for major courses throughout the year using senior Instructors from within Kai Shin Kai and occasionally inviting senseis from Japan, Italy and America.
Quarrendon and Meadowcroft Community Centre is also used for KSK senior gradings 1st kyu (brown belt) and Dan (black belt).
KSK practices traditional Aikido in the manner of Hombu Dojo (Tokyo), where senior Shihan all have distinctive styles but nevertheless all follow the path of starting as a triangle, moving as a circle and finishing as a square (posture, movement and stability). That is, the KSK recognises that there are many ways of expressing both basic and advanced Aikido, none being incorrect as long as the tenets of Aikido as taught by O-Sensei are followed.
Kai Shin Kai - formerly called `Yamarashi' - was founded in the 1960's by Mike Smith who was awarded his Nidan by Tielemans Sensei of Belgium. Shortly thereafter, Mike affiliated KSK to the British Aikido Association as a traditional group autonomous to, but working closely with the Tomiki-Kai. The BAA is recognised by the Japan Aikido Association - which later ratified future Dan promotions within the KSK.
In 1994 the KSK left the BAA to establish itself as a separate school recognised by the BAB. Mike Smith resigned from the KSK in December 02 to reform his own group in the BAA. Bill Harris (7th Dan) is presently the Chief Instructor/Chief Examiner, Vincent Sumpter (6th Dan) is the Treasurer / Technical Advisor and Nigel Vaughan (5th Dan) is the Deputy Chief Instructor.


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A: Step 1
Make sure you have installed ImageMagick.
Step 2
For the sake of simplicity, I create converter.tex which embed your code inside as follows,
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Locate \verb|diagram.png| in the folder in which you saved this source code (\verb|converter.tex|)
\end{document}

Step 3
Compile converter.tex with pdflatex -shell-escape converter.tex and done! The following proves what I said.

Step 4 (optional housekeeping)
If you want to delete auxiliary files, add
\foreach \ext in {dvi,ps,log,aux,pdf}{\immediate\write18{cmd /c del diagram.\ext}}

below
\foreach \compiler/\ext in {latex/tex,dvips/dvi,{ps2pdf -dAutoRotatePages=/None}/ps}{\immediate\write18{\compiler\space diagram.\ext}}

Note: It is only for Windows machines because cmd-like command might have different name and syntax for other operating systems.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Hey lovelies, I hope you are having a great week ? It is Wednesday which means…..
We are showcasing our very own Simon Says Stamp Products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would sure love to see them used!
The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week's prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post!
You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!
Before I get onto my cards for this week did you know Simon currently has a children's challenge running ? The theme is Anything Goes with Sparkle and runs until 29th July and they can win a fantastic goody bag full of crafty bits. The challenge is open for ages 2-16 and all the info can be found by clicking the banner below.
I don't know why but color themes are always something I struggle with. But this week I knew I wanted to do something with the Simon Says Flower Cluster Die. So I grabbed two Distress inks- Blueprint Sketch & Candied Apple and just went from there.
I did a wash background with each colour onto some watercolour card and left them to dry. I then die cut the Flower Cluster die 6 times so I could adhered 3 together for each card to add some dimension.
For the sentiments I used SSS Kind Flowers stamp set and stamped them in SSS Intense Black Ink and trimmed both pieces down.
I then adhered everything to each piece and onto an a2 top folding notecard.
They needed something extra so I used some Studio Katia Crystal Fashion Sequins to finish them both off.
Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you have an amazing day.
Supplies are listed throughout my blog post.
Tracy I simply ADORE these! SO BEAUTIFUL! I love the soft watercolor with the white die cuts! Perfect mix!
LOVE your cards, Tracy! I just got that floral die & you've inspired me to use it! By chance was that the item in the release that you thought I'd like?
LOVE the red & blue smooshing with a solid white intricate die! Such a cool concept!!
Both are fantastic, Tracy. I love the wash of color behind the beautiful white. I can't WAIT to get my hands on that flower cluster die.
Beautiful watercolor backgrounds!!! Love your cards!!!
The washes of colour, the crisp floral die cuts, the sweet sentiments…talk about a fabulous combination to brighten someone's day! You've certainly made my day brighter in having shared these!
Lovely take on the challenge, Tracy! You've showcased that lovely flower cluster die perfectly!


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You are here : Home Climate change will affect 150 Himalayan fish species: Study
An internal study of wildlife institute of India has revealed that climate change will affect around 150 native fish species of the Himalayan states, including Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh. Common snow trout, found in Himalayan region and much sought after as a food fish, alone would lose around 21% of its existing space of 16,251 square kilometres.
Scientists say that "continuous stalking of natural habitat by human being" is one major factor that is adding upon the miseries of Himalayan fishes. Other factors include pollution, global warming, the damming of rivers and introduction of exotic fish.
Brown trout, an invasive fish species, which was introduced in the Himalayas in 1860 by the British, has also emerged as a major threat to native fish species.
Dr Vineet Dubey, project scientist, wildlife institute of India, said, "Brown trout is a gift of the British to us. They introduced it in Jammu and Kashmir in 1860 for enjoying their fishing sport and also to add one more delicacy for their taste buds. However, it has turned out to be a major threat to the common snow trout and around 150 Himalayan fish species."
The invasive breed is found at a high altitude in cold water rivers and is carnivorous whereas the native common snow trout is found in cool water in the mid-altitude rivers of the Himalayas and is herbivorous.
"The rising temperature would push the native fishes to move upwards in search of comfort, which is where the conflict will arise among Himalayan fishes and brown trout. And the carnivorous fish would dominate the Himalayan rivers," said K Sivakumar, senior scientist and professor, department of endangered species management, wildlife institute of India.
Source: The Times of India, 27 August 2019, Chennai.


Ryan Phuong was bornon December 27, 2001 in San Gabriel, CA. Dancer, actor and singer who was on the Nickelodeon show The Fresh Beats Band for seasons 2 and 3. He has also appeared on Dancing with the Stars, The Voice and Shameless.
Dancer, actor and singer who was on the Nickelodeon show The Fresh Beats Band for seasons 2 and 3. He has also appeared on Dancing with the Stars, The Voice and Shameless.
He was 7 years old when he first started dancing.
He does a lot of live productions with Debbie Allen. He has also worked with Ne-Yo on ABC's Disneyland 60th Anniversary TV Special.
He was born in San Gabriel, California. He has an older brother named Jack.
He was on The Fresh Beat Band, starring Jon Beavers.


If you are driving a vehicle that can be driven off the tar and if you are not sure about all the features of your vehicle, this day is exactly what you need!
Our aim for this day is to empower women, to feel in control of their off-road vehicle in different scenarios and surfaces. This day forms part of the WOMEN'S AWERENESS MONTH with specific emphasis on familiarizing women with her own SUV/4x4 vehicle.
This is also a workshop exclusively for women that are insecure about the handling of their vehicle on gravel roads, sand roads or any terrain other than tar, that makes your heart beat faster and you end up with white knuckles on the steering.
Equip yourself with the necessary skills to drive your off-road vehicle with confidence and enjoyment. Our instructors will be on hand with practical information that is tailor made for you every day driving environment.
Our orientation program will take most of the day, so we kindly ask the dads to care for the children for the day. We will need your full attention. The training will cover the different surfaces and how to approach them with the correct techniques, jam-packed with tips and tricks and do's and don'ts.
At the end of the day you will be better equipped, with expertise and skills to handle your vehicle on different terrains. This workshop is not about testing the limits of your vehicle but rather ensuring your safety and confidence once you are driving off the road.
Included in the workshop is a light lunch and refreshments. Please contact us if you have any questions about this training day at Klipbokkop. If you cannot attend on these dates, we can book other days, when we have confirmation of five people on a specific date.


Published at Monday, April 15th, 2019 - 12:58:02 PM. Curtains. By Xavierra Besnard.
Cubicle curtains are extensively used for the purpose of creating room separation, particularly in hospitals. They are also utilized by institutions and corporate offices for special occasions or for certain specific purposes. Cubicle curtains is a generic name, with the varieties of blackout curtains, disposable curtains, bio-active curtains, shower curtains, eco-friendly curtains, and cubicle curtain track systems. Normally, a cubicle curtain could be defined as a cloth dividing the room into separate enclosures. In the hospital, the tracking systems are extensively used to provide privacy to the patients in a large room and to facilitate easier medical treatment.
NB It is important that you get the sequence 100% correct before you make the marks and the holes, should you realize that you want to change the roses around after the holes have been made you run the risk of having gaping holes in your curtain which could look rather messy. The next step will be to measure the top width of the window frame and then cut the dowel or curtain wire in order to fit (using either a pliers if it is wire or a hand saw if you are cutting the dowel).


There were birds from all over the place on the reserve today. All the way from Siberia; the yellow-browed warbler was again near Ivy South hide as I opened up, giving good views until it disappeared before our very eyes. It makes astonishingly fast changes of direction which mean that following its movements for very long is incredibly difficult.
From North America we had; lesser scaup, a drake near the furthest shore of Ibsley Water, probably last winter's bird returned by popular demand. These duck are similar in appearance to the greater scaup which is much more familiar in Europe, but smaller, around the size of a tufted duck.
From all over northern and eastern Europe we had all the other wildfowl and a good few other birds too. Arrived from the Alps and now to be seen on the shores of Ibsley Water are the water pipit, I got a mediocre picture of one today.
And finally from just up the road somewhere we have the rest, including this adult female peregrine, seen here in another iffy picture!
Other birds to be seen out and about on the reserve today were the bittern at Ivy North hide along with Walter the great white egret. Other birds to be seen on Ibsley Water included green sandpiper, pintail and in the gull roost several yellow-legged gull and three Mediterranean gull.
However the reserve is not just about birds, today there was also cake and lots of it, with another successful day for the pop-up cafe. I also took some non-birdy pictures, largely due to a failure to get very good ones of the birds. There are quite a few fungi about now, scarlet elf-cup are just starting to appear in numbers as are lost of Turkeytail.
The bare trees make it possible to appreciate how much lichen some of them have on their branches, the willow near Lapwing hide are especially heavily festooned.
Other species grow on the trunks of trees.
Lichens are a mash-up of alga and fungus, although it now appears it is probably rather more complicated than this.
The reserve was busy today despite reduced parking due to the ongoing levelling works near the Centre, but hopefully this work will be completed by the end of the coming week and things will be slightly closer to normal again, at least for a time.


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Stephen McCauley: How I Write
The author provides insight into writing humor, developing characters, and more about his writing process.
Stephen McCauley. Photo by Sharona Jacobs
Novelist Stephen McCauley is the author of seven novels, including several best-sellers and three books that were made into feature films. His most recent novel, My Ex-Life, is about the reconnection of David, a gay man, and Julie, his straight ex-wife. All of McCauley's books showcase the author's observational and witty writing. "I've always been more drawn to the novel," says McCauley. "I like the longer sweep of time and the larger cast of characters." In addition to his work as an author, McCauley is the co-director of the creative writing program at Brandeis University and has been teaching for more than 30 years. He is now working on his next book, tentatively titled Disappointing Friends.
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Minor characters usually appear complete, which is to say, I generally know as much about them as I need to know immediately. (In that sense, they're like one-night stands. You don't really need to know where they went to school and how much they make.) By the end, I try to find some redemption or deeper understanding for all my characters, including the minor ones. Some twist. The main characters develop slowly and change significantly depending on their actions. It's always fun when, in the writing process, a character does something you weren't expecting, and you see a side of them you didn't know existed. In My Ex-Life, David's kindness and desire to help his ex-wife and her daughter evolved as the book went on. I didn't plan it.
I think humor has always been a defense mechanism for me. And for everyone in my family. In that sense, it comes naturally and is loaded with the serious side of what's behind it, what the characters are defending against. In My Ex-Life, it's loneliness and fear of repeating mistakes. Writing a line that has some truth in it about people and behavior (that's essential) and is also funny usually takes a while. I'm a compulsive reviser. Word choices make a difference. ("Is Buffalo funnier than Rochester?" and that kind of thing.) The only advice I have is "don't force it." Nothing is more awkward or unfunny than a forced joke. I'm sure I have many in my own work, by the way.
Characters in novels rarely speak the way we speak in daily life. Thankfully! In that sense, realism isn't super real. The key, I think, is to establish a voice for each character and to hear it in your head. Reading aloud helps, too. Many years ago, I had an editor who changed a couple words of a character's dialogue. When I read the lines, they didn't ring true to me for that character. It's always most interesting when a character is saying one thing and meaning another.
Writing routine
It varies a lot, depending on where I am in the writing process. If I'm not at the library or café before 11 a.m., my day is pretty much shot. I like to work long days for a few weeks, then take some time off. Early in the process, I have a certain number of pages I aim for. I write longhand, so word counts are not possible.
On whether good writing can be taught
I think everyone can learn to be a better writer. As a teacher, my goal is to help students become better at their craft. "Good" is something for someone else to judge.
Allison Futterman is a freelance writer based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
By Allison Futterman


The Cotyledon tomentosa is commonly called Bear's Paw. It's primarily grown for its unusual bright green leaves with reddish brown markings that look like claws. It produces yellow orange bell shaped flowers, seen above. Mine is flowering right now, so I thought it the perfect time to talk about this fun succulent. Like my Spider Cactus, it originates in Cape Province, South Africa.
Our youngest grandson chose this plant when we visited a garden nursery several years ago. You can understand why children are fascinated by it. Bear's Paw is referred to as a succulent shrublet and grows up to 20 inches in height. They grow nicely outdoors in zone 10, but also do well indoors in containers.
Bear's Paw most often flowers during the growing season which is April to August. This year mine began flowering in Late October, perhaps because our Southern California summer was a long one this year.
Bear's Paw prefers a bright light, but not direct sun. If grown outdoors, it should be in slightly sandy well draining soil. If grown in a container, it should drain well, and be slightly larger than the root system. I like to use my old standby homemade cactus recipe. It consists of one part perlite, one part coarse sand, and one part vermiculite mixed together. During the active summer growing period, it's a good idea to fertilize with a mild water soluble fertilizer twice a month. Its water needs are moderate, and Bear's Paw should not be over watered. Bear's Paw is another easy to grow and fun to look at succulent. You might want to give this one a try. For more information on Bear's Paw you might like to read an article by Jenny Harrington , How to Care for Bear Paw Succulents. It has some wonderful details.
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Before my husband and I were married, we rented a house with a roommate. It was a 2 story house with us upstairs and our roommate downstairs. We quickly realized that we were not the only people that were there. We had a few people over one night and I had a headache and went to bed early. Later when I woke up, I went to get a drink downstairs and my husband asked what I had been doing upstairs. He said it sounded like I was jumping around and banging things but I had been dead asleep. After that there were many nights he would be downstairs on the couch and would hear footsteps coming down the stairs and look and no one would be there.
Then one day I was showering and my husband came into the bathroom to brush his teeth. No one else was there and all of a sudden we heard a women's voice call my name twice. He went out to see who was there and there was no one but we both heard it.
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It would be cool if it was an show/episode about that scary story!
Hey Kate I really liked your story, this happens to a lot of people but I have to admit that it is scary and sometimes quite annoying but I'm sure that anybody can grow used to it.
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Q: Multiple COUNTs on multiple joins mysteriously multiplies the counts I have three tables
CREATE TABLE posts (
    id    SMALLINT     UNSIGNED PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
    slug  VARCHAR(64)  NOT NULL UNIQUE,
    ...
) ENGINE InnoDB ;

CREATE TABLE comments (
    id    INT        UNSIGNED PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
    post  SMALLINT   UNSIGNED REFERENCES posts(id) ON DELETE SET NULL,
    ...
) ENGINE InnoDB ;

CREATE TABLE visits (
    id    INT        UNSIGNED PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
    post  SMALLINT   UNSIGNED REFERENCES posts(id) ON DELETE SET NULL
    ...
) ENGINE InnoDB ;

And this query
SELECT
    posts.*,
    DATE_FORMAT(posts.posted, '%W, %M %e, %Y') as d,
    COUNT(visits.post) as views,
    COUNT(comments.post) as comments
FROM posts
LEFT JOIN visits ON posts.id = visits.post
LEFT JOIN comments ON posts.id = comments.post
WHERE
    posts.slug = '$slug'
    AND posts.published = 1
    AND posts.visible = 1 ;

Unfortunately, both views and comments end up containing the same value: the number of comments multiplied by the number of visits. Either one of the count/join pairs work on their own, but once I have both together, I get this result. Why is that?
I've tried adding GROUP BY posts.id at the end, but it makes no difference.
Since the slug column contains unique values, there should only be one result from this query.

A: This isn't "mysterious".  This is how joins work.  If a post has 3 visits and 4 comments, then you will get 12 rows from your query logic before the aggregation.
In your query, you can fix this using count(distinct):
SELECT
    posts.*,
    DATE_FORMAT(posts.posted, '%W, %M %e, %Y') as d,
    COUNT(distinct visits.id) as views,
    COUNT(distinct comments.id) as comments
    . . .

This will work as long as you don't have hundreds of visits and comments for a given post.  In those situations, you need to pre-aggregate the results before doing the join or do the aggregation in a subquery for each post.

A: You want to add a group by post.id clause to you're query.
A join causes a "cartesian product" to occur wherever there is a match on the "on clause". (left or right joins allow 'missing' ons to return null values instead).  Group by will tell SQL to take that cartesian product, but combine results with matching values to be confined to a single row.