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Conference News Update—Fifth Canadian Stroke Congress
Neurology Reviews. 2014 November;22(11):48-49
Care May Be Delayed When Strokes Occur in the Hospital
Delays in performing the appropriate tests and obtaining the right drugs can be longer when people experience a stroke in a hospital, compared with outside a hospital, according to researchers.
Investigators from the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, and the University Health Network analyzed data from acute care facilities in Ontario, Canada, over nine years. They examined stroke care delivery and outcomes for about 32,000 individuals who had a stroke in the community, and for more than 1,000 people who had a stroke while hospitalized for another reason such as a hip replacement.
Using the Heart and Stroke Foundation's Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations and the American Heart Association best practice guidelines for stroke care, the researchers compared stroke care delivery and outcomes between the two groups. Compared with the patients brought into a hospital from the community, people with in-hospital strokes waited significantly longer from the time stroke symptoms were recognized to the time of neuroimaging.
People with in-hospital strokes also waited longer from the time a stroke was confirmed to receive clot-busting drugs. These people also were less likely to receive clot-busting drugs than were patients who were admitted following strokes that occurred outside hospitals, even when they were eligible. After adjusting for age and other factors, the investigators found that patients with in-hospital strokes had longer hospital stays and were more likely to be disabled.
"There is evidence that people do worse when they have a stroke in the hospital, and not just because they are already sicker," said Alexandra Saltman, MD, a third-year internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto and one of the authors of the study. Two possible explanations may explain the apparent lag in response, she continued.
First, the signs of a stroke often are overlooked. When patients are admitted for other medical reasons (eg, heart surgery or pneumonia), hospital staff on that ward are focused on that ailment or condition and are not specifically looking for stroke symptoms. "We're all human, and things get missed," said Dr. Saltman. "In a medically or surgically complicated patient, it may be harder to detect the stroke symptoms than in someone with no other acute issues."
Second, hospitals lack a standardized approach to stroke that occurs on their premises. When patients are taken to the hospital with a suspected stroke, "code stroke" protocols are in place. A team is ready to assess the patient, obtain and read images, and implement the appropriate treatment. "When somebody has a stroke on a ward, no such standardized approach exists," said Dr. Saltman.
The study highlights an opportunity for increased awareness, standardized protocols, and better coordination between internal departments throughout all acute care hospitals, said Patrice Lindsay, Director of Stroke Best Practices and Performance for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. "Hospitals already have sound protocols on handling strokes coming in from the community. We need the same awareness and services within the hospital for patients who are already admitted, to ensure their rapid access to stroke care."
Period of High Risk for Repeat Stroke May Last for Years
People who have had a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) are at high risk for a second similar event or other serious medical problems for at least five years and need better follow-up and strategies to prevent these problems, researchers reported.
At present, most patients with stroke or TIA in Canada are followed closely by specialty clinics for approximately 90 days after an event, which is the period during which they are considered at highest risk for a repeat event. If no such incident occurs during that period, the patients often are transferred back to community care (eg, a family physician).
Data indicate, however, that these patients have an approximately 10% risk in the first year of having a repeat stroke, dying, having a heart attack, or being admitted to long-term care. Over the long term, these patients remain at high risk. After five years, these individuals' risk of such events was double that of people of the same age and sex who did not have a previous stroke or TIA.
"This high long-term risk was surprising and shows that we need to develop better strategies and interventions for these patients to prevent as many of these serious problems as we can," said Richard Swartz, MD, PhD, Director of the University of Toronto Stroke Program and lead author of the study.
The research was performed at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences using data from the Ontario Stroke Registry, which includes about 34,000 patients discharged from the hospital following a stroke or TIA from 2003 to 2011.
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Cortana can now check your email for you on Windows 10.
Microsoft's Cortana voice assistant is still trying to catch up to its rivals in many areas, but soon productivity may not be one of them. A new feature that lets you ask Cortana for new emails is now live for those using Cortana with U.S. English on Windows 10 or who use the Harmon Kardon Invoke speaker (see our review). Unfortunately, the feature does not yet work for iOS or Android, as far as we can tell.


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China is set to tighten its grip over the internet by updating the existing legislation, popularly called 'Great Firewall', for the first time in two decades. The new norms are quite comprehensive and complicated when compared to those in other countries.
They will affect both published as well as the viewing of online material. A wide range of content or material would come under censorship.
This is likely to affect the freedom of the press within the nation. The new regulations are also aimed at curbing what China sees as foreign government interference in domestic policies or governance, and misinformation on social media.
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The Chinese government often blocks websites and monitors access to the internet, and as per its requirement, major internet platforms of the nation have established elaborate self-censorship mechanisms.
There is an intensive effort on the behalf of the companies to follow the protocols, and some of them even hire teams and invest in powerful artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to carry out policing and removal of illegal content from the internet.
The process of blocking websites and pages is carried out by methods including DNS (Domain Name System) spoofing, the blocking of access to IP addresses, analyzing and filtering of URLs, and the resetting of connections.
According to Nikkei Asia, on January 8, China's internet watchdog, The Cyberspace Administration of China, came out with draft amendments to rules which regulate online services. The proposal is the first big revision of its kind since the directives were issued in 2000.
Under the new proposal, the number of articles has been doubled from 27 to 54 in order to accommodate the rise of smartphones, social media applications, and video-sharing websites.
Moreover, the Cyberspace Administration of China will launch a crackdown on illegal activities including spreading rumors regarding the pandemic by implementing heavy penalties.
Reports suggest China's internet watchdog, along with the competent telecommunications authorities or the public security organs, will issue warnings and confiscate illegal gains of internet information service providers that resort to fabricating and spreading false information regarding sectors of disease, natural disasters, and production that disturb social order.
The maximum fine for disseminating misinformation or content that may disturb social order has been increased to 1 million yuan ($154,000). The penalty will especially target misinformation regarding the Covid-19 pandemic and the national security of China.
Wang Jing, an internet lawyer in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province, told the state-owned Global Times, "Although the current law on public security is issued by the public security authorities, the latest regulation, led by the CAC, is more of an economic punishment."
Since the outbreak of the virus last year, rumors regarding the pandemic have led to the disruption of social stability and epidemic prevention.
If the draft law is implemented, the punishments will be the harshest since the issue of penalties for the administration of public security in August 2005.
Wang noted how the stringent control of the internet will be beneficial to the country as it would further increase the cost of internet crimes and reduce the possible impacts on social stability brought by the spread of disinformation.
The draft law, if implemented, would double the punishment for crimes committed on the internet, in addition to the existing law on public security administration, said Wang.
Under the new rules, there will be a provision for a ban on services that delete social media posts for a fee as well as improper trading of online accounts.
The new regulations are expected to take effect later this year, and the Chinese authorities will now be taking the opinions of experts on the proposed rules until early February.
China recorded a total of around 163 million cases of illegal and inappropriate material in 2020 alone, a 20 percent increase from the previous year.
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When is a smoker an adult? Why we shouldn't raise the legal smoking age to 21
March 30, 2016 1.01am EDT
Simon Chapman, University of Sydney
Simon Chapman
Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
University of Sydney provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU.
I support nudging smoking choices by taxation policy, packaging, warnings and information campaigns. But redefining adulthood is a step too far. Lana Veshta/Shutterstock
The Tasmanian government is considering whether to raise the age at which people can legally purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 or possibly even 25. California is also moving to increase the legal age to 21.
The rationale being made for the move is that Tasmania has the highest smoking prevalence in the country and that the number of people who ever take up smoking after the age of 25 is as rare as rocking horse poo.
No one is arguing that such a plan would stop those aged 18 to 21 or 25 from buying tobacco entirely.
Juvenile smoking suppression acts have existed in state legislation since the early years of last century. But these long-standing laws that can fine retailers from selling tobacco to those under 18 have not stopped 5.1% of 12- to 17-year-olds from smoking in the most recent national survey.
Young people can ask older people to purchase for them, they can get given occasional cigarettes from smokers or sneak them from family members' supplies.
And with prosecutions of shopkeepers for selling cigarettes being very uncommon, many would reason that the risks of being caught selling, let alone of being fined, are minuscule.
So many kids who smoke know that buying cigarettes is still child's play.
It hardly follows from this though, that such laws should be abandoned and cigarettes should be able to be sold to children of any age. Your ten-year-old included.
In 2011, 40% of Perth shops were found to be selling tobacco to children, but this means 60% didn't.
While kids' intelligence networks quickly spread word of which shops will sell cigarettes, if all did, access would be far easier and an important step taken to re-normalise a product that is deservedly subjected to exceptional regulations such as plain packaging, advertising and retail display bans.
Children's smoking rates today are the lowest on record, an achievement worth keeping and furthering.
But what would be the merits of bumping up the legal purchase age to 21 or 25?
Tasmanian retailers argue that it would be unworkable because young cashiers would be intimidated by 18- to 24-year-old customers.
Hire car company staff are apparently made of sterner stuff. That industry has long run its own version of moving the boundaries of the effective definition of being an adult. Avis, Budget, Hertz, and Thrifty will not rent cars to those under 21, and if you are under 25 you will pay a steep premium.
But the retailers' main concerns are unabashed anxiety that the move would reduce cigarette sales, which is clearly the intended outcome. A Tasmanian Small Business Council spokesperson said:
Tobacco products are a legal thing to sell and for lots of small businesses, especially in rural and remote areas, it's a significant part of their daily income. It's a major part of their convenience offering… it's going to have a significant effect on their viability. The last thing we're going to do is stop our regional areas from having any sort of good-quality businesses just for some idiot sort of policy like this.
While I have great sympathy with my Tasmanian colleagues' desires to pull smoking rates to at least national parity, I am personally unsupportive of the proposal.
Supporting efforts to symbolically reduce retail access to tobacco has long been a card played by Big Tobacco. For many years it has enthusiastically supported efforts to put notices in shops advising that kids will not be sold cigarettes and encouraging prosecutions of retailers who sell.
But they know that the signs are useless, that retailers are rarely prosecuted and most of all, how vital to their future it is to capture and hold teenage smokers as customers.
But my concerns go wider. An argument often against raising the legal smoking age to 21 is that legal adult age for many significant rights is 18. At 18 you can vote, sign contracts, get married without parental consent, join the armed forces, be held criminally responsible for your actions, and serve custodial sentences in adult jails.
The argument here is that in all these areas sentience and responsibility are assumed. The freedoms involved carry consequences (both positive and negative) for which those engaging in those freedoms should take personal responsibility. I find that argument pretty hard to disagree with.
I support nudging smoking choices by taxation policy, packaging, warnings and information campaigns, ingredient controls, and not forcing non-smokers to breathe second-hand smoke. But redefining adulthood is a step too far.
The simplest and most obvious way of addressing controls on retailers selling to kids would be to ban any shop or shop owner found selling tobacco to minors from ever having a tobacco retail license. Full stop.
When I recently put my concerns about the redefinition of adulthood to a Facebook page on global tobacco control that I moderate, one reply came back that in the United States the 1984 National Minimum Age Drinking Act puts the legal age to purchase alcohol at 21. This person said:
and there is virtually no opposition to it. The difference between smoking and the other behaviours you mention is that none of them are addictive, whereas cigarettes are.
Yes, that is certainly a difference. But the ethical test of a policy or law is not its popularity.
I'm unaware of any social justice arguments that elevate potential for addiction way ahead of all the other risks that go along with the other things that society deems mark the difference between being a non-legally consenting child from a fully legally consenting adult at 18.
For example, are we all comfortable arguing that young adults aged 18,19 or 20 who have committed a crime could be sentenced to jail and subjected to the brutalities of living among hardened criminals, but could not legally purchase a cigarette outside jail?
The US's attitude to legal drinking age is deeply rooted in its historical puritanism. I remember going to a baseball game in Virginia when I was in my 40s and having to produce ID to show I was over 21 to buy a beer. I can see the tobacco law is consistent with that, but I'm not sure that this is an argument that would wash outside the US with that culturally puritanical heritage.
Another person replied that "Sixteen year olds are allowed to drive here – another activity where sentience is assumed, with the freedoms involved carrying consequences." Does that argue for raising the driving age or lowering the age of everything else? That stuck me as the nub of the debate.
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Through research, the world has been shown the work environment has an effect on the productivity or staff. However, there is no correct way to design an office that works for everyone. Therefore, it is down to the individual business to experiment, observe and design the best environment for their staff and their requirements.
Over the course of this post will outline the positives and negatives of both sides, in an effort to give you a helpful insight into the two most common office plans used throughout the world.
An open plan office is an office plan in which there is no use of separated workstations for individual workers, commonly without anything in between them. An open plan office can come in various forms, the most basic being row upon row of workstations consisting of merely desks and chairs. More advanced open plan offices will make use of modular and movable partitions (commonly partitions screens), alongside the pre-existing office surroundings to help create an original office space, designed to meet the requirements of the business.
An enclosed office plan is an office space that utilises walls and panels to create separate areas for individuals or teams. It is ideal if you are dealing with multiple projects at a time or confidential information, as you can separate teams to deal with specific projects, tasks or departments. Lately, we have seen a rise in the number of enclosed offices coming back into mainstream businesses, without the near constant distractions of the open plan work productivity is a big factor in the change back.
One of the biggest positives of an open plan office is the fact that it makes use of the most amount of space possible. It allows the business to allocate for finances to other areas of the business by lowering the cost of purchasing a business space, which if you are based in an inner city environment, can be insanely expensive.
Open plan office will allow staff to communicate and collaborate more between themselves since there is nothing to get in the way. Since the boundaries have been taken away, it is easier for staff to regularly interact with each other in a formal or informal manner. Staff can interact with one another without the need for scheduling meetings or appointments.
When working in an open plan office there is nowhere to hide, everyone can see you. This makes staff less likely to waste time on things that are non-work related. In an enclosed office you may be able to way with scrolling through social media or playing mobile games, but in an open plan office, you will be more attuned of your surroundings and more likely to work.
Arguably the biggest flaw of the open plan office is the fundamental lack of privacy for staff members. However, you will be pleased to know that this is not a problem with enclosed offices. Staff can enjoy near complete, if not complete privacy, meaning they don't have to move away from their desk to take phone calls or to have a spontaneous meeting. It also allows staff to create their own environment, something that they can comfortably work from.
Enclosed offices are generally healthier for staff members, in open-plan offices the risk of contracting an illness from a co-worker is twice as high as in an enclosed office. Since staff will generally be in their own 'cubicle' or office, or only in small teams and will not move out of that area often, it is likely (but not certain) that the bug will stay contained in that room.
Creative work generally calls for a quiet area for thinking which an enclosed office will give to staff. In an open plan office, you may be disrupted by co-workers or by the sounds of the office, that may make you lose the train of thought for a brilliant idea.
Since there will typically be more people in the same room with no walls in the way, it can generate many distractions for staff, leading to them losing time to focus on the tasks at hand. Many professions require near 100% concentration, in these lines of work it open office plans may have a negative effect on the quality of work due to constant disruption.
Open plan offices without question provide less privacy for staff over closed plan offices. Whilst this will most likely impact high ranking staff members such as managers and executives, it is going to have an impact on the general members of staff. It is said to have a psychological effect on staff members and at the end of the day, will have an effect on productivity.
Since there will be a continuous number of distraction within an open plan office, the creativity of staff members may be put in jeopardy. Open plan offices are more likely to develop higher stress levels and decrease the concentration of staff due to high noise levels, non-stop disruptions and a lack of privacy. All of these factors contribute to reductions in creative thinking and will have a negative effect on staff.
Closed plan offices can lead to difficulties when supervising staff. The supervisor would have to go door-to-door in order to see what each member of staff is doing at a particular time. In doing this the supervisor is taking time away from his work to ensure staff are doing what they should be, resulting in the supervisor having to work longer hours to get their work done.
In an enclosed office, there are more barriers that prevent staff from communicating with each other. Since staff members are divided either individually or in groups, they are less likely to interact with others in the office. Typically, staff will only talk to each other as and when needed to get the job done, this creates a communication barrier between staff.
Close plan offices are made up of multiple smaller offices that have been erected to separate individuals or teams from each other. This style of office design will greatly reduce the amount of floor space available within the office, as walls and partitions will need to be erected in order to create the individual offices.


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Salma Hayek Fans Shocked To Discover Her Age as She Posts Stunning Birthday Pics
Emily Puckering
Salma Hayek celebrated her birthday this week and fans were utterly shocked to discover her age...
Salma Hayek has well and truly shocked her fans recently...
And it's all over some stunning birthday photos that completely defy her real age.
The American-Mexican actress is best known for her stunning beauty on the big screen.
Raised in Mexico, Salma started her career as an actress from the age of twelve when she attended the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana.
Salma was extremely lucky to be raised in a wealthy family...
Because the majority of working-class families in Mexico wouldn't have had the resources to fund their child in an American acting school.
Her first role came when she was twenty-three.
She landed the title role in Teresa (1989), a successful Mexican telenovela that rocketed her to stardom in Mexico.
Like many Mexican actresses, Salma made the big move to Los Angeles in 1991.
She went on to study acting under Stella Adler - but as a woman with limited English and a diagnosis of dyslexia, this proved to be extremely challenging.
Nevertheless, Salma broke through in Hollywood and landed herself some high-profile roles.
After a couple of minor roles, the actress landed a small but major role in the 1996 cult classic From Dusk Till Dawn alongside George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino.
Her first star billing came the following year when she landed a big role in Fool's Rush In alongside Matthew Perry.
These roles gave Salma a lot of exposure in Hollywood and she went on to work in movies such as Breaking Up (1997), Dogma, and Wild Wild West (1999).
In 2002, Salma co-produced for the first time.
She also starred in the movie, which was called Frida, and it was met with a lot of critical acclaim.
In more recent times, Salma played the wife of Adam Sandler's character in Grown Ups...
And she co-starred with Antonio Banderas in the Shrek spin-off film Puss in Boots.
So there's no denying that Salma Hayek is a Hollywood icon...
And she most certainly looks like one!
Salma has been recognized over the years for not only her talents as an actress...
But also for her naturally beautiful looks.
She has been married to French billionaire François-Henri Pinault since 2009...
And they share a daughter together who was born in 2007.
And earlier this week...
The stunning actress celebrated her birthday!
A day before her birthday, which was on Wednesday, the actress shared an Instagram snap of herself in aid of the big day...
And when she disclosed how old she'd be turning, fans simply couldn't believe their eyes!
Here's the gorgeous snap...
Along with the caption, "Guess who's turning fifty-four tomorrow? By the way, this is not a Throwback Thursday! Thank you Marjo for turning into a photographer during the vacation!"
How on Earth is this woman fifty-four?!
Nevertheless, happy birthday Salma! For more celebrity birthdays, keep on scrolling...


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Gowda, I.N.D.reyappa; Ramanjaneya, K.H.; Iyer, C.P.A.; Subramanyam, M.D.; Dinesh, M.R.
Four new mango hybrids, 'Arka Aruna (H-10)', 'Arka Puneet (H-13)', 'Arka Anmol (H-17-3)' and ('H-51)', developed at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, were compared with two commercial cultivars, 'Alphonso' and 'Totapuri' to assess their physico-chemical and processing characteristics. 'Arka Puneet' and 'Arka Anmol' were very much comparable with 'Alphonso' with respect to fruit weight, volume, breadth, total soluble solids, pH, acidity, reducing sugars, total sugars, viscosity and quality of canned juice. Fruits of 'Arka Anmol' were slightly longer than 'Alphonso' and had lower firmness, whereas 'Arka Puneet' had good firmness at ripe condition. All hybrids gave marginally higher pulp yield and possessed lower peel, stone and fibre contents. Carotenoid contents of all hybrids were significantly lower than those of 'Alphonso', but higher than those of Totapuri', except in case of 'Arka Aruna'. Vitamin-C content was also significantly lower in all hybrids, except in 'H-51'. 'Arka Aruna' had higher fruit weight, volume, breadth and possessed lower fibre content, than all other hybrids and varieties. Both 'Arka Aruna' and 'H-51' were not suitable for canned juice preparation.


I recently stayed in a hostel in which I got bitten by bed bugs and although I have not continued to sleep there I have been thinking of an eradication took that could prove lethal.
Abstract: Bedbugs will die if exposed to great amounts of carbon dioxide; when dry ice melts carbon dioxide is created; bedbugs will flee and either die or get stuck in a duct tape trap.
Detail: As bed bugs are typically found in beds and around them in the crevices of walls and hence it is hard to get rid of them using some of the methods out there so I propose a sort of fusion of ideas outlined here.
Some preliminary work must be done to eradicate these things, again this is a hypothesis and it has not been proven.
Seal up all windows in the room with masking tape or towels including the door when you are done.
Place the duct tape around the feet of the bed, you can use masking tape to protect the finish and the put duct tape on top of that sticky side out. Also place duct tape around the edges of the room and around the bottom of places of interest where you think it would be possible for bed bugs to live. If there is a multitude of things in your room you can put duct tape everywhere on the ground to catch the fleeing critters.
Place the dry ice in the freeze proof bowl on top of the bed then leave the room sealing up the door behind you with tape or a towel.
Leave the room for a few hours, when you come back you will be able to see if you have caught the bed bugs.
Theory: Dry ice creates carbon dioxide when it melts and carbon dioxide is heaver than air and poisonous to bed bugs the bed bugs will flee and because of the duct tape trap they will get caught fleeing.
Unfortunately it is not know if this will kill the bed bug eggs as there might not be a large enough concentration of carbon dioxide to do the trick as they are in an egg state, but if all goes well you will after getting rid of the bugs see where most of them were coming from and use that information to figure out where the eggs are and hit it with a good amount of pesticide or insecticide.


This instructable is a modified version of the various LED Sun Jar and Night Light instructables on this site. This is my first instructable posted and is really just a proof of concept at the moment. Revision plans have already started.
Due to unforeseen inebriation, the taking of pictures had been forgotten.
Assemble the components as per the wiring diagram below. Bear in mind that the LEDs will be inserted at different levels. So varying lengths of wire may be needed.
Initially I made all the lengths the same, which was the total height of the jar. so any every LED is the same distance away from the switch when held up. This allows for any LED to be at any level but causes some minor problems with the slack being pushed up into the lid.
First up cut the aluminium can up so as to give a single flat piece of aluminium. If no aluminium can is available, aluminium foil could be used.
Place to jar on top on the aluminium and trace around the base, then cut out the circle of aluminium. Insert the aluminium disc inside the jar shiny side up.
This should help reflect light from the bottom LED. Not much good it shining right into the ground.
Drill the holes in the lid of the jar to mount the rotary switch in. Bear in mind that 2 holes are needed. one for the shaft and another for a locking pin to stop the switch spinning.
Depending on the type of lid, attaching the wiring harness to the lid may be possible. It really comes down to how much slack is in the wiring harness and what type of lid the jar has.
First place a small amount of broken glass in the bottom of the jar over the reflector. Insert the first LED on top and use a dowel to hold it in position while packing more glass over the top. The glass should start holding it in position fairly quickly so the dowel can be removed.
Make a gap with the broken glass, how big will depend on the size of the jar, and insert the second LED. Repeat the process with the dowel and glass covering.
Once again leave a gap and inser the last LED. This final one should only require a light covering of glass.
Remember that there will be a battery and the base of the switch that will require room. I packed the glass a small amount at a time checking the space left for the battery and switch in between.
The final product in all its ??glory??
i did this except i used colour changing leds looks really cool.
Can someone explain to me how the calculations for the LED resistors to work?
Yes, i will be using a 9-volt akaline battery which has 565 mA-h (mA hour).
As Scromple stated or just use an online LED resistor calculator.
brooklyn: Okedoke... The math for calculating the resistors needed for a given LED and power source is as follows.
If you use a search engine and do a look up, I think there are some people that have actually written web pages that where you can just plug in the info and it spits out the resistor needed.
Also if you take a look at the circuit diagram, I put the formula on there.
Also, when i'm activating 2 LEDs at the same time, should i put a lesser ohm resistor instead of 2 resistors?
Can someone tell me how to make one of these so it plugs into the wall?
You need an AC/DC power adaptor. Remember that LED's cannot run on AC, which is what comes out from your wall sockets. I'm sorry I don't know how resistors work, otherwise I'd tell you how many resistors you'll need.
Same circuit but with mains power instead of a 9v battery. Were you going to go directly into the mains socket in a house or do you have a power pack that will step the voltage down from mains to 12v???? Either way you would need to work out the resistors to use as the one I state above would not be correct. The formula to work out the resistors to use is in the comment for COMMODORE64 and in the instructable above.
Not really sure the number of hours exactly... I generally only use them when I have friends around. I can vouch for at least 6 hours. But that is not constantly on for 6 hours. I know that because of the 3 reasonably powerful LEDs the efficiency is not over the top. If you insert another resistor to drop the voltage that can be drawn from the battery you could make lights like this last quite a while on one 9v battery.
This is good, but problem, i would like to have some individual color, so that's mean few switches? If so, please tell me what to do about it, because i tried this on edison4, and i'm not satisfied with it.
Yes it is quite similar.... I had not seen yours before, it's pretty cool. Never thought to use a light bulb.
That would be awesome.... Mind the mercury though.
Alrighty, I have made version 1.1.
Bought a specific glass jar with a metal lid. Located a bought a bunch of clear glass marbles from a $2.00 shop which makes everything a little safer.
Also used colour switching LEDs this time round that makes the whole thing appear a bit like a lava lamp.
Wow, this thing looks very cool, I think I'll make one of these. It will be a good idea to add this Instructable to one or more groups, then a lot more people would see it.


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How to prevent ugly primary feuds
David Daley
Alex Gibney on Putin and the oligarchs
Andrew O'Hehir
How the punks beat Spotify
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Labor gets a voice in Washington
Backwater or beachhead? Economist Jared Bernstein is appointed Vice President-elect Biden's chief economist.
Andrew Leonard
December 5, 2008 11:31PM (UTC)
As Paul Krugman likes to say, "elections have consequences." Case in point: The announcement Friday that Jared Bernstein will be Vice President Joseph Biden's chief economist and economic policy advisor.
Jared Bernstein is a liberal economist. Previously, you were most likely to see Bernstein's name in a news article explaining a point of view that could generally be assumed to be pro-labor. Until today, his job was as chief economist for the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit usually described as "left-leaning" by journalists seeking "balance." In other words, Bernstein has been one of the leading proponents of a kind of economic thinking that has, shall we say, not been well represented in the Bush White House, or, for that matter, the Clinton White House either.
One could well ask what kind of influence the vice president's chief economist has, of course. Certainly not as much as Larry Summers or Paul Volcker or Austan Goolsbee, most likely. And so far, I've been unable to ascertain whether Vice President Cheney even had his own chief economist. But if you review the gallery of conservatives and right-wing hacks (I'm looking at you, Arthur Laffer!) who Fortune magazine named as Vice President Cheney's economic brain trust then you have to conclude that there is clearly a new team in town. And the more Bernstein makes his voice heard over at the White House, the better off American workers will be.
UPDATE: Reader timothy3 reports that the position of chief economist to the vice president is indeed a brand new position.
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Best Dragon Ball Z Games For Android 2018
April 4, 2018 by Yatin
It's time to Ka-me-ha-me-HA!! Dragon Ball Super series is over and Android 17 won the tournament. Continue the DBZ action on your mobile device and defeat the enemies in action-packed battles. Check out the best Dragon Ball Z Games for Android 2018
There is no shortage of Dragon Ball Z games on Google Play Store. In this post, we have shared the list of best Dragon Ball Z games for Android in which you play as Goku, Vegeta, and other Dragon Ball Z characters and defeat the enemies. Let's start;
1.) Dragon Ball Legends
Dragon Ball Legends is one of the best Dragon Ball Z Games for Android, featuring all of your favorite characters, 3D graphics, fully action-packed gameplay. However, Dragon Ball Legends is currently in beta[CBT-Close Beta Test] and available to only a few players. DB Legends is an online multiplayer 3D fighting game in which you choose your best fighters/DBZ characters for the battle and fight against other players from all over the world. Gameplay; you just tap on the screen for the basic attack, pinch to go back, swipe left/right to dodge, and additionally, each character in Dragon Ball Legends has unique skills; to cast skills, you just tap one of the cards, at the bottom of the screen. Download – Here(Google Play Store). MG Coverage – Dragon Ball Legends News, Updates
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2.) Z Champions – Best Dragon Ball Z Games For Android
Z Champions is another one of the best Dragon Ball Z Games For Android. It features almost all of the characters of Dragon Ball Z Anime Series. It comes with three different game modes; survival, single-player, and mini-games. In the single-player mode, you choose one of the unlocked fighters and start the fight. It's easy to control; just like a platform game. The survival mode in this DBZ game is really hard; to get the victory in this mode, you have to defeat 7 enemies and you have only one chance. Overall, it's a great game and you should give it a shot. Download – Here(Google Play Store). Type – Offline.
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3.) The Final Power Level Warrior
The Final Power Level Warrior offers a similar type of action and taste[like DBZ games] in its gameplay; that's why we have added it to our list of top best Dragon Ball Z Games For Android. Inspired by DBZ Anime series, this game features lots of cool characters, amazing graphics, and fully action-packed gameplay. If you have a low-end device, then I would not recommend you to install it as it requires at least 3GB-4GB RAM. It features challenging levels, boss fights, and much more. The controls are simple; you use the joystick to control your character; fly in the air, come down, left/right, at the bottom right corner, there are skills options; just tap on it and cast the ultimate skill. Download – Here[Google Play Store].
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4.) Dragon Battle Legend – DBZ Games
Dragon Battle Legend by Gmod Studio is among top best Dragon Ball Z Games for Android. Similar to the above-mentioned game, in this game too, you fight against enemies and use skills; normal, ultimate, melee. It features a lot of characters, challenging levels, good graphics, and easy controls. You can play it offline. Downloads – over 1 million, ratings on Google Play Store – 4.6[19K reviews]. Download – Here(Google Play Store).
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5.) Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle
Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle is the most popular and one of the best Dragon Ball Z Games for Android, by Bandai Namco. It features all of your favorite characters and a good story-system. However, gameplay is not too good, it's boring. And it is an online game. Download – Here(Google Play Store).
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2010 U.S. Nationals Underway in Tulsa
Kelly Stayton and DF Magnifico win the Arabian Western Pleasure Select AATR. Photo by Mike Ferrara.
The end of October means Arabian horses in Tulsa, OK, and right now 1,565 of the world's finest Arabian, Half-Arabian and Anglo-Arabian show horses are competing for 134 national championship titles. The U.S. National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (U.S. Nationals) is underway at Expo Square through October 30. U.S. Nationals is the flagship competition for the Arabian horse industry and is produced by the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) of Aurora, CO.
U.S. Nationals
The nine-day show is the grand finale of the Arabian horse national show season, which also includes Youth Nationals, Canadian Nationals and Sport Horse Nationals. The show hosts 134 classes across several disciplines, including English, mounted native costume, pleasure driving, reining, halter, working cow, hunter and Western pleasure. This year 45 states, six Canadian provinces and a total of eight countries are represented, making for outstanding competition.
Sessions begin at 8 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. daily, three arenas run simultaneously. The last two evenings of the show often offer the best of the best as competitors have worked all week to make their cuts and have the opportunity to show in class finals, exhibiting some of the best show horses in the industry.
The Shopping
When they're not in the ring, exhibitors and spectators can enjoy the U.S. Nationals Shopping Expo, located in the Exchange Center at Expo Square. The Shopping Expo offers 22,000 square feet of equine lifestyle vendors that offer everything from jewelry, tack and furniture, to small gifts and fine art. The Shopping Expo is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Judging Contest
Friday, October 29 will feature the 40th anniversary of the nationally-accredited Arabian Horse Youth Judging Contest where youth judging teams across three divisions: 4-H/FFA, Jr. AHA and Sr. AHA/Collegiate, practice to fill one of the most respected positions in our industry. The contest awards youth contestants over $10,000 in scholarships and prizes annually.
Admission is free for the Ford Truck Arena, Mustang Arena and Shopping Expo for the duration of the show. Tickets are required for October 28-30 in the Pavilion and can be purchased in the ticket office at the southwest corner of the Pavilion or at www.exposquare.com. General admission is $10, students and seniors are $7.50, kids 12 and under are free.
For daily updates from U.S. Nationals visit www.ArabianHorses.org/USN.
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One of my most favourite trips: Eildon-Jamieson or EJ as it's now often known. The usual preflight checks complete and I set off nice and early from home for the ~60 odd minute "commute" to Yarra Glen. A rather idyllic commute as I take the Christmas Hills and Kangaroo Ground bypass (aka Pigeon Bank Lane etc) route. I come across Cliffy on his way too and he makes a most effective radar cover, just in case! No, seriously, it's rather nice to watch how he takes corners with smooth lines and near constant momentum. Arriving nice and early at the "non sugar" fuel station, smiling faces greet Cliffy and I as we cram bug juice into our missiles. Just up the road and the meet point is looking crowded and we're still about 15 minutes away from a launch.
After the group pre-flight checks are complete (read: briefing) we've donned our kit and are almost ready to depart when a friendly cager yells out from across the street that Vic's Finest are pulling up bikes just up the road on our intended flight path. A hasty conversation ensues between leader and compatriots and we take an alternate route: initially a round trip of the more untrodden parts of Yarra Glen then onto the route proper bypassing the offending area.
What ride report would be complete without an assessment of the weather and the road surface conditions? Indeed. Most important stuff. Cool, cloudy and with the chance of rain. A big band of rain though is ominously moving east to south east on the radar. EJ could be right in the thick of it. Meh. I'm reminded of Ben's catch cry a few weeks previously as we kit up on a trip down to Gippy "Time to get wet!". Indeed. It could be again. The chance of a cleansing shower or three doesn't put off the crew as we've got a good turnout. More on surface conditions as we progress.
Heading up in the direction of Healesville we take familiar roads to Chum, which is in surprisingly good condition and remarkably untouched by the controllers who try to constantly arrest our velocity by reducing the maximum permissible flight speed. A well-spaced flock of bikes and by now as a group we've settled into a pace with the "faster" riders taking the lead and the "less" rapid opening up some navigating room. I do love riding through forest. Especially on cloudy days. The cloud enables an excellent view of the runway surface conditions without harsh shards of sunlight spearing through the trees dappling and obscuring road debris. Oh, I quickly gain on a fellow traveller decelerating into and around a corner. He's pulling over, damn that's early for issues to develop. Looks OK though, nothing mechanical. I later find there's been some movement of his rear seat cowl.
Up Chum, down Myers and through Healesville onto threatening territory. The Black Spur is such a short but great bit of road. The initial corners are some of my most favourite. Shame they're so few in number but such a great surface. A good place to scrub in fresh rubber (I'm loving the Bridgestone S20Rs!) and I'm constantly reminded of the need to pay close attention to my speedo as I near the "straight" replete with its far too short dotted line. As I descend, I cheekily wave my hand in greeting to the watchers in the forest only to find that yes, they were there, as comfortably slipstreaming a 4WD, I espy a blue uniformed maintainer of the peace having just pulled in one of our crew. Bugger. They got someone. Doesn't everyone know they sit under a camo net on that straight and radio ahead to their denizens? Apparently not.
Unperturbed I encounter a log jam of boat trailers up the road and decide to play it safe on overtaking until I'm reasonably certain that we're safe from harassment. Trees blur as we pull away from the roadhouse and onto the sweepers heading into Marysville where I pay a visit to the newly rebuilt sweet shop – a tax I pay to my (far) better half whenever I'm in the area. Laden down with food of the gods I strike up a conversation with the proprietors remarking about the Ever Vigilant on the Black Spur. It goes something like this: "How many injuries do you think that's avoided?" I retort: "None at all". They're bemused. I explain. They listen. I'm surprised that they're actually listening. I thought Newspeak had taken such a steely grip that they'd be immune to my arguments. Noting that I rarely venture here during the peak season, I feel that perhaps their loss of commerce could be a persuader. Maybe. Time to go.
Heading past the golf course, which I must have ridden past for two years before noticing it (concentrating on the grey ribbon ahead of me) – and further ahead I round a corner to see a Jabberwocky dressed as a dark tinted 4WD parked parallel and close to the edge of the road. Not today! I ensure I'm at the permissible cruise speed (and I must have surprised that bloke right behind me with a rapid adjustment in altitude) and trundle onwards to the flatlands heading into Eildon.
I see the sign. I hear the road. I feel my heart beating. I put my game face on. It's EJ time! Surprisingly I'm close to the front on the pack, perhaps two or three in front of me then our leader for today. This will be good. I fleetingly wonder how long I'll have them in sight? Nothing behind me. This will be fun. I assume the attack position, feet up, perched on the balls of my feet, thighs pressed against the tank, leaning forward, trying not to laugh maniacally. Concentrate. Flow. Become one with my machine. Make it an extension of me, of my thoughts, of my being. Flying through the forest I remember how much I love this road. The surface is good to excellent, some tree debris, a smattering of light gravel on some of the hairier corners…but what's that? Behind me I feel the presence of other bikes. I steal a very quick glance and note that it's probably Misho's yellow CBR. Yep, that makes sense. I'm not holding him or them up yet so I own my sector of the road, comfortable in the knowledge that Misho and I have talked a lot about this. I refocus on the task. Flying on air, defying gravity, working with the physics of riding a sportsbike. Soon I'm passed and they take off around the corners, incredible how adept they are. The "new" section of EJ starts and surprisingly I shortly find myself behind our leader. Should I pass him? Could I pass him? I think he can feel me behind him, the pace quickens. I'm in heaven.
Three years after the first metalling of this section and the surface has finally settled down. It tears at my tyres but it's mostly secure now, seldom the sound of barrages of stones pelting my bike's most intimate parts. I love how the entire section has a dotted line even around hairpins, maybe the makers were economising on paint? It's a great ride. Rounding the final sweeping corner towards the brewery I accelerate to attack speed; crossing the bridge I note that Misho and crew have had sufficient time to unburden themselves of gloves and lids, light smokes as necessary, and man the corner – apparently one is convening with nature.
I mark the final corner into the Jamieson township and for shits and giggles start my lap timer, smoke a cigarette, eat two muesli bars, sip half a litre of water and clean my visor. An undisclosed duration later and the rear rider comes through. I'm still feeling like I'm on fire. Adrenaline must still be pumping through me. It's a good thing that we take breaks even after such a relatively short distance.
A brief respite swapping stories and we're off again to repeat EJ, this time heading back through Skyline, Alex, through Whanregarwen, and finally Yea and Kinglake. It's been an awesome day's riding. I always look forward to riding and despite being spent when I get home, I can think back now to the day's ride and still smile. Until the next one!


Purchase new flashlights and new batteries, include batteries for all radios and portable TV. After Feb 2009, old style analog TV tuners on older style sets will no longer work when the digital mandate goes into effect.
Purchase new bottled water at least one gallon per person per day in your household for at least 1 week. Last years water is probably rancid by now, discard and recycle the containers please, freeze the small small bottles if you have freezer space, they will help save your frozen foods/perishables, and provide cold drinking water for days.
Canned goods including high protein items which can be warmed to eat or eaten cold; include juices. Paper plates, plastic utensils and heavy duty garbage bags. Dry pet foods. Don't forget a manual can opener.
Evaluate prescription drugs, make sure you always have a 30 days supply. Including pet medications.
Freeze a couple of empty milk or water jugs for a large block of ice, this will help preserve your perishables for several days. DO NOT DRINK milk jug ice water, but use for washing, or a cool refreshing wipe off in the heat.
Keep gas grill tanks full during summer months, refill quickly. DO NOT STORE INSIDE THE HOUSE.
Go to your bank and get some cash. ATM's will not be working for days after the storm, some stores will be open but will not be taking credit cards or checks. Helpers will ask for cash to help cut trees and clear lots. In the past a family of four has found that $500.00 was usually adequate. Keep your cash safe and secured throughout Hurricane Season.
Call your insurance agent, make sure that you have adequate coverage and it is up to date.
Cook some pasta, freeze portions of cooked pasta in small sandwich bags. Thaws quickly, mix with canned sauce; it is even good cold.
Turn fridge and freezer to coldest setting, watch out for frozen milk and juices in the refrigerator and adjust.
Do every piece of laundry in the house. You will not have water or washers for days after the storm, and in the summer heat you will be changing clothes often. Do laundry every day to keep up with it until the watch is lowered.
Fill every gas tank with gasoline, buy gas every day till the watch is lowered so tanks are always full. DO NOT store or hoard gasoline in garages in cans or jugs.. As of 2007, many gas stations are required to have backup generators, so gas will be available when the emergency is over. Find out which station in your area is equipped with backup power.
Inspect all hurricane protection. Consider installing second floor panels while the wind is still tolerable.
Locate all passports, identification, insurance documents, computer backup disks, bank account records, medical records and other family important papers and secure them in an airtight/watertight "tupperware" container.
Charge up cellular phone and laptop computer batteries.
Determine the "safe room" in your house. Assemble your family for a safe room drill. Assemble bedding, games, radio/tv, overnight foods, your tupperware of important papers, tools, an axe or sledge hammer (emergency escape assistance).
Ask your Vet about a light sedative for your animals. Lowered barometric pressure, noise and family stress can make animals uncontrollable in small spaces. Consider crating your animal for their own protection. Make sure your leash and muzzle are in your safe room.
Repeat all of the above under Hurricane Watch if not yet complete.
Take in all lawn furniture, barbeques and potted plants. Don't forget hoses and sprinklers.
Remove bulbs from flood lights, they become flying debris. Consider removing porch chandeliers and other fixtures which will just slam around and be destroyed.
Place a 5 gallon bucket of water near each toilet. Water pressure will drop and you may not be able to flush toilets, particularly on the second floor. Clean and fill bathtubs 3/4 full of water for washing, and flushing.
Put cars in garages whenever possible. Many people have been saved by getting into their cars inside a garage when the homes were substantially damaged. Of course, DO NOT RUN THE ENGINE inside a garage!
PLEASE, Don't take chances. You are our neighbors and we care about you very much and want to see you safe after the storm as we put our property back into order.


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Things will get bloody, Nigerian militant group says
New warning coincides with report from Amnesty International critical of Shell, a militant target.
Daniel J. Graeber
A group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers warns oil companies things are about to get bloody. Message came at the same time that Amnesty International issued new report critical of Shell, a militant target. Photo courtesy of Amnesty International
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 31 (UPI) -- A militant group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers issued a warning to oil companies working in the region that its campaign is about to get bloody.
The Niger Delta Avengers have launched a steady string of attacks on energy infrastructure in the region, issuing a manifesto earlier this month that warned oil companies the attacks marked only a beginning. The group said it was frustrated by what it saw as a lack of attention to the region paid by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.
The military said it led a successful campaign against the group during the weekend. In response, the group said it was not engaged in combat with the Nigerian army and no arrests were made.
"The Nigerian military cannot intimidate us by harassing innocent Niger Deltans," spokesman Mudoch Agbinibo said in a statement.
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In its latest string of attacks, the group took credit during the weekend for blowing up pipelines operated Royal Dutch Shell and a subsidiary of Italian energy company Eni. It warned Saturday that "something big" is about to happen.
"To the international oil companies and indigenous oil companies, it's going to be bloody this time around," Abginibo said. "Your facilities and personnel will bear the brunt of our fury."
The group's latest statement coincided with a report emailed from Amnesty International that said Shell was not making good on its pledge to clean up decades of oil pollution in the Niger Delta. The company was behind at least 130 different oil spills last year, the advocacy group said.
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"The tragedy is that the oil spills continue to destroy the livelihoods of thousands of local people to this day," he said.
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This organization held its first meeting on June 27, 1987 in the Stephen F. Austin State Park at San Felipe, TX.
To encourage and foster research, leading to the preservation and publication of the history and the records of this first group of Texians.
Our Charter was issued on January 28, 1988. The organization then held the Charter Membership period from June 27, 1987 to June 30, 1990 and ending that same period with 358 Charter Members who represented 81 ancestors.
In June 2010 at the Annual Meeting, the above flag, designed by the late Mr. John F. Herzer, was adopted as the official flag and emblem of the organization with the encouragement of then President, Mrs. Dorothy Wilbeck. The name Austin's Old 300 was adopted as the official moniker of the Descendants of Austin's Old Three Hundred.
In June 2012, the organization celebrated its 25th Anniversary at Leidertafel Hall in Sealy, TX with many dignitaries, honored past officers and a boisterous general membership in attendance. K.R Woods performed music from his anthology of Texas history. This event marked a benchmark for the organization as it turned to the future under the careful guidance of President William "Fred" Strauss and his wife, Mrs. Betty Strauss.
As of August 2012, memberships have been established based on direct blood lineage from 128 ancestors of the original 300 settlers.
On May 31, 2018, the organization purchased its first headquarters and event center, the S.O. Eidman house, on Constitution Square in San Felipe, TX.


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More than five hundred comic strips are reproduced, as well as such rare or never-before-seen items as a sketchbook from Schulz's army days in the early 1940s; his very first printed strip, Just Keep Laughing; his private scrapbook of pre-Peanuts Li'l Folks strips; developmental sketches for the first versions of Charlie Brown and the other Peanuts characters; a sketchbook from 1963; and many more materials gathered from the Schulz archives in Santa Rosa, California.
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Anne will add to your understanding of what being assertive means and more importantly demonstrate the techniques you can use to be more assertive in your day-to-day interactions with others at work and in your private life.
This workshop will be a relaxed and enjoyable session with a smaller number of like-minded people. There will be an opportunity to try role-play if you wish, but this is voluntary!
Assertion skills are techniques that are easily taught. Observe Kaye and Anne demonstrating the differences between passive, aggressive and respective assertive communication. Learn to use powerful body language and techniques to defuse criticism and difficult situations.
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Џони Логан (, право име -{Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard O'Hagan}-), рођен 13. маја 1954. крај Мелбурна, је ирски певач и композитор.

Џони Логан је без праве конкуренције најуспешнији учесник у историји Песме Евровизије. Имао је учешћа у чак три победе Ирске са снажним баладама. На Песми Евровизије 1980. у Хагу Логан је победио певајући -{What's Another Year}-. 1987. у Бриселу је поново тријумфовао са својом песмом -{Hold Me Now}-, изабраном 2005. за трећу најбољу песму у историји такмичења. На Песми Евровизије 1992. у Малмеу је победила Линда Мартин са песмом -{Why Me?}-, коју је Логан компоновао.

Често га зову -{"Mr. Eurovision"}- ("г-дин Евровизија").

Биографија
Шон (дакле Џони) је рођен у Франкстону крај Мелбурна (Аустралија). Његов отац је био чувени ирски тенор Патрик О'Хаген, који је три пута певао у Белој кући, за председнике Кенедија, Џонсона и Никсона. Имао је троје браће и сестру. Породица се вратила у Ирску када је Џонију било три године. Научио је да свира гитару, почео са компоновањем својих песма када је имао тринаест година и професионалним певањем са четрнаест. Након школе се запослио као шегрт електричар, у исто време изводећи музику у фолк и блуз клубовима. 1977. године је играо Адама и ирском мјузиклу "Адам и Ева". Као електричар је радио пет година.

Песма Евровизије

-{What's Another Year?}-, баладу са којом је Џони Логан победио на Песми Евровизије 1980. у Хагу, је компоновао и текст писао Шеј Хили. Песма, која препознатљивом деоницом саксофона, описује чекање и безнадажено чекање човека који је изгубио жену коју је волео, "све што је имао". Песма је освојила прво место са 143 поена; била је то друга победа Ирске након победе Дане 1970. са -{All Kinds of Everything}-. Након што је проглашен за победника, Логан је био толико узбуђен да није могао отпевати високе ноте пред крај песме у победничком извођењу; уместо тога, узвикнуо је "Волим те, Ирско!", поклич који је поновио седам година касније. Песма је достигла изузетну популарност и продата је у преко три милиона примерака.

Песма -{Terminal 3}-, коју је Џони Логан компоновао за Линду Мартин, освојила је блиско друго место на Песми Евровизије 1984. у Луксембургу, иза брзе победничке нумере -{Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Ley}-, коју су изводили Хериз из Шведске. Логан је признао да је главни мотив песме (-{"Terminal Three: flight's on time"}-), која описује стрепњу жене која чега свог драгог из Америке, написан напросто зато што је био на терминалу 3 лондонског аеродрома Хитроу у време кад је писао песму.

За снажну баладу -{Hold Me Now}-, са којом је победио на Песми Евровизије 1987. у Бриселу, Џони Логан је сам писао музику и текст. Песма описује осећања човека кога напушта жена коју воли и коју моли за још један загрљај; музички, ово је типична евровизијска снажна балада, у којој завршни рефрен преузимају пратећи вокали након Логанових исцрпљујућих високих нота пре него што им се он поново придружи кроз енергични рефрен ка мирном емотивном завршетку. Песма је убедљиво победила са 172 поена, а Логан је у победничком извођењу узвикнуо "Још увек те волим, Ирско!" Песма -{Hold Me Now}- је продата у преко милион примерака и вероватно је најпрепознатљивија евровизијска балада широм Европе и посебно на простору некадашње Југославије. Обрадили су је многи извођачи укључујући и реге изведбу Тање Стивенс или обраду у стилу ритма и блуза са белгијским репером Кеј Стајлс као -{Don't Cry}-, на којој сам Логан изводи рефрен нешто бржим темпом него у традиционалној верзији.

Џони Логан је такође компоновао и писао текст за песму -{Why Me?}-, са којом је Линда Мартин победила на Песми Евровизије 1992. у Малмеу са 155 поена. На свим ирским евровизијским наступима од 1980. до 1998. оркестром је дириговао Ноел Килехан.

Каријера
Осим ових, Џони Логан је био и аутор више песама које су учествовале на националним финалима за избор за представника на Песми Евровизије: -{Hearts}- за Мајка Шерарда (осмо место) 1985, -{If I can change your mind}- за Линду Мартин (четврто место) 1986. и -{When do I get over you}- за Мајка Шерарда (шесто место) 1991. у Ирској, као и -{The Story Of My Life}- за Арноа Коленбрандера 2004. и -{How Does It Feel}- за Ерфорс (друго место) 2005. у Холандији. Сам Џони Логан је пре своје прве победе освојио треће место на ирском националном избору 1979. са песмом -{Angie}-.

Веома су ретке победничке песме у којима су извођачи компоновали своје нумере. Логан је до данас (2006) једни извођач који је на Песми Евровизије победио са песмом писаном за њега, затим победио изводећи своју песму, те компоновао другу победничку песму. Чест је гост на националним изборима за представнике на Песми Евровизије и свим другим евровизијским догађањима; тако је неколико својих песама отпевао и на првој Европесми-Еуропјесми 2004. у београдском Сава центру. У посебном телевизијском програму Честитамо!, који је у октобру 2005. године поводом педесетогодишњице Песме Евровизије организовао Дански радио, Логанова песма -{Hold Me Now}- је изабрана за трећу најбољу у историји такмичења. И -{What's Another Year?}- је била међу 14 финалиста које су гледаоци у претходном општем гласању номиновали између преко хиљаду дотадашњих наступа.

Током своје каријере, Логан је издао чак 40 синглова и 19 албума. Наставио је са својом љубави према мјузиклу, и играо по Норвешкој у оперском мјузиклу -{"Which Witch"}-. Осим евровизијских песама, Логан је имао и друге веома познате нумере, као што су -{Stay}-, -{When Your Woman Cries}-, -{Heartbroken Man}-, -{Living a Lie}-, -{Such a Lady}-. Осим својих песама, Логан често изводи и обраде, попут -{Angels}-, изворно Робија Вилијамса, или евергрин нумере -{When you walk in the room}-. Има велики број обожавалаца у Ирској, као и известан број поклоника у Уједињеном Краљевству и другде у западној Европи (Немачкој, Холандији, Белгији, Данској). Изводио је за многе државнике укључујући и папу Јована Павла II, краљицу Елизабету II и принца Филипа, принца Чарлса, председника Ирске, белгијску и норвешку краљевску породицу. Водио је свој ТВ серијал на ББЦ-ју и играо себе у неколико филмова. Писао је музику за церемоније отварања неколико спортских шампионата.

2007. је био лице рекламне капмање Мекдоналдса у Ирској, чији су део били телевизијски спот за мени "евроштедиша" уз песму -{Hold Me Now}-, те мрежно место на којем је Логан на питања посетилаца "одговарао мудрим речима које ће решити сваки проблем" и понудио "осам правила за свакодневни живот", од којих је прво "Имиџ је веома важан. Можда бисте могли носити бело одело." а последње "Хеј, а ако ништа друго не ради, увек те чека Мекфлари да ти помогне да заборавиш на ствари!"

Ирске новине -{The Sunday Tribune}- објавиле су у децембру 2008. да ирска телевизија покушава да договори са Џонијем Логаном да овај поново представља Ирску на Песми Евровизије 2009. у Москви. -{RTÉ}- је Логану понудила фиксну суму новца, као и самостални телевизијски шоу у ударном термину. Логан је одбио да коментарише.

Живи у Ешбурну у Ирској (округ Мит). Ожењен је за Ејлис од 1976, има троје деце, Адама, Фијон и Џека. И даље пева и компонује.

Види још
 Песма Евровизије
 Johnny Logan Live at Zadar

Референце

Дискографија
 -{In London}-, Ирска 1979.
 -{Same}-, Ирска 1980.
 -{What's Another Year}-, Ирска 1980.
 -{The Johnny Logan Album}-, Холандија 1980.
 -{Johnny Logan}-, УК 1980.
 -{Straight From The Heart}-, Холандија 1985.
 -{Hold Me Now}-, Холандија 1987.
 -{Mention My Name}-, Немачка 1989.
 -{What's Another Year}-, Холандија 1989.
 -{What's Another Year, Erfolge}-, Немачка 1990.
 -{Love Songs}-, Ирска 1990.
 -{Endless Emotion}-, Немачка 1992.
 '-{'Living for Loving}-, УК 1994.
 -{I'm No Hero}-, Немачка 1996.
 -{The Best of Johnny Logan}-, УК 1996.
 -{Reach Out}-, Немачка 1996. (нова верзија)
 -{What's Another Year}-, Немачка 1998.
 -{Love Is All}-, Немачка 1999.
 -{Love Is All}-, Немачка 1999. (ограничено клупско издање)
 -{Reach For Me}-, Данска 2001.
 -{Reach For Me}-, Немачка 2001.
 -{Save This Christmas For Me}-, Данска 2001.
 -{We All Need Love}-, Данска 2003.
 -{We All Need Love}-, Немачка 2004.
 -{The Best of Johnny Logan}-'', ЕУ 2005.

Спољашње везе

Рођени 1954.
Ирски певачи
Представници Републике Ирске на Песми Евровизије
Учесници Песме Евровизије 1980.
Учесници Песме Евровизије 1987.
Победници Песме Евровизије

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New Colorado Carbon Fund license plates to boost Boulder County farms
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Farm Manager Marcus McCauley removes a rock from a temporary dam on an irrigation ditch on a property he is rehabilitating on Tuesday. The open space property is next to the McCauley Family Farm near Longmont and is part of a pilot program for carbon farming.
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New license plates from the Colorado Carbon Fund will be available later this week. Funds from the plates benefit efforts to help local farmers and ranchers work in a way that keeps carbon in the soil and out of the air.
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Find out how to get the new license plates at bit.ly/2Os785N. They will be available later in the week.
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Brandon Welch, the program director for the Colorado Carbon Fund, said that most people think that agriculture removes carbon dioxide from the air, but conventional methods can actually result in a net emission of carbon.
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Welch said that besides McCauley there are currently three other farms in Colorado implementing carbon farming practices — Ollin Farms in Longmont, Golden Hoof Farm in Boulder and Lewis Family Farm in Lakewood. The goal is to get that number up to 12 by the end of 2019.
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For the 10th anniversary of the plate, the Colorado Carbon Fund redesigned it to a blue plate that says "Go Carbon Neutral" and the funds raised from it will go toward helping more farms implement individualized carbon farming plans that are designed by the nonprofit Mad Agriculture.
Half of the cost of the individualized carbon farming plans for Colorado farmers or ranchers is paid for by the National Resource Conservation Service, a branch of the of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The other half of the cost is split between the farmer and other stakeholders.
"The idea is that we'll break it down into water and carbon and conservation and biodiversity and split it up," Welch said. "So the Colorado Carbon Fund is concerned with the carbon benefits of those different practices and helping pay for the practices that are the most carbon beneficial … a water utility or municipality may be interested in water quality and quantity and so on."
In the end, the farmer or rancher would be expected to pay part of the cost, say 5 percent, but Welch said that the Colorado Carbon Fund is looking into offsetting that cost.
The regenerative practices can be more profitable in the long run due to the ability to sell a specialized product, the decreased need for chemicals and water and increased soil stability. But, Welch said that there is a three-year "till penalty" in which farmers or ranchers may not see the usual level of yield for the first three years.
"Farmers and ranchers in a lot of cases don't have the extra money lying around to make this happen so we want to incentivize them to do so by offering them a free ride to integrate these practices," he said.
"We are looking into offsetting the till penalty. It's a hard sell if the farmers see a 10 percent decrease in yield for the first three years and we don't want them to be screwed over in that. So we want to figure out a way to offer a crop insurance of sorts."
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Karen Antonacci


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Jennifer Lopez - Dance Again (Lyric Video) ft. Pitbull Focus Dance and Gymnastics is a group on Roblox owned by Mimi_Dev with members. Motto: Find your focus. Founder: Mimi_Dev Opened: Oct 9, Proud and honored to be the #1 Dance and Gymnastics group on Roblox. Thank you EVERYONE!!! ❤ HANDBOOK AND RULES. 19 Jun Contemporary dance troupes, choreographers and audience will celebrate stage art by flocking to South Caucasus Contemporary Dance and Experimental Art Festival launching in Tbilisi on Tuesday. Dance is an enjoyable health promoting physical activity which many people worldwide incorporate into their lifestyles today. This physical activity appeals to some who may not be active and therefore may be another alternative of exercise . Dance for health has become an important factor in the prevention, treatment and.


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