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By: David Donaghe
Narrated by: Kenn Stremme
Earth's top-secret Space Force is decimated when the Myrmidons, a race of ant-like creatures commonly known as the Brood, invade the Sol System. The Black Fleet and the Earth Defense Force Fleet, two breakaway societies whose sole mission is to protect the solar system, flee and head to the Galactic Federation's capital world.
E-Collar Training Step-by-Step
A How-To Innovative Guide to Positively Train Your Dog Through E-Collars. Tips and Tricks and Effective Techniques for Different Species of Dogs.
By: Paul Davis
There are so many factors that come into play when it comes to training your dog. This book comes packed with all useful information and no fluff that can help you navigate your way for training your dog, even with an e-collar. Let this guide take any overwhelming feeling you may have and put it at ease so that you can start enjoying the improved relationship between you and your furry friend. Even if you don't have any prior experience, this guide will equip you with what you need to know in order to get started and implement successful training methods.
Wrong Title
By Leslie Brodie on 12-04-22
The Survival Guide for Empaths
The Beginners Survival Guide Book for Healing a Highly Sensitive Person
By: Suzanne Cron Heuertz, Ian Christian Stabile
Authors Suzanne Cron Heuertz and Ian Christian Stabile offer gentle guidance for new empaths. The Survival Guide for Empaths will help lead your spirit to embrace the many blessings of being an empath and will open up new opportunities for you to live your life of abundance. This book also includes a comprehensive self-assessment section to help you define and understand your unique empathic gift. You'll also find powerful techniques for protecting yourself against the overwhelming energies that are constantly fighting to drag you down.
Excellent empath resource or sensitive folk!
Incredibly Handsome, Insidiously Dangerous
By: Rory Diablo
Damien Ashwell comes from a wealthy family on the Upper East Side, and he has no doubt been quickly taught how to navigate the dark side of the rich and wealthy, though he wants to form his own path as a writer and live the experience of true love. Though they have money, the family is broken, desperate, and full of schemes. He's intelligent, sexy, handsome, and willing to take anyone down. Though love is his guiding compass, he has a deadly way of showing it. It's a game of chess and he must win—even if it means calculated or impulsive murder.
The Social Anxiety Solution
The Proven Workbook for an Introvert to Cure Social Anxiety Disorder & Overcome Shyness - For Kids, Teen and Adults
By: Ed Jones, Gary Cure
Even if you're completely crippled by your social anxiety, you can overcome it quickly and painlessly with The Social Anxiety Solution. If you have a burning desire to be free from your social anxiety and feel completely confident in any situation, then get this audiobook now.
Training Your Puppy Step-by-Step
A How-To Guide to Early and Positively Train Your Dog. Tips and Tricks and Effective Techniques for Different Kinds of Dogs
One of the greatest joys in life is to be the proud parent of a little puppy. From chewing and barking, to using the bathroom in your home, you can run into a lot of issues with a new puppy if you're not properly prepared. In this book, you will gladly discover how to choose the best dog for your home; conditions that are specific to a dog breed to keep in mind for the future; preparing your home for the arrival of your new pup; how to implement positive habits from the beginning; dog training principles; and more.
All of the dog training keys in one place
By Beverly Perkins on 04-15-21
When a Circle Is a Square
Making the Illogical Logical (Off the Wall Thinking, Book 6)
By: Steven Levi
In a decade, half of all Americans will be working in jobs that do not exist now. How do you figure out what they are going to need before they need it? When a Circle Is a Square is a combat manual for the entrepreneur who is looking the tap the business opportunities of the future. It offers a spread of options to turn illogical concepts into money-making products and services that "have never been seen before".
Series: Off the Wall Thinking Series, Book 6
Planet Stories - Fall 1941
By: Eando Binder, Radio Archives
Total pulp experience. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy listening as an audiobook and feature every story, every editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine.
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By Jesse Wright on 09-28-22
Dog Training Step-by-Step
4 Books in 1 - Learn Techniques, Tips and Tricks to Train Puppies and Dogs
Are you looking to implement dog training methods into your life and the life of your pup? Have you spent countless hours of research on the topic and still not sure where to start? The problem is there are too many resources out there, and people typically end up being overwhelmed and don't know which option is best. These options range from online and in-person training, physical books, suggestions from friends and family, online books and videos, and so on.
This book wonderful
By Charles Goodman on 04-17-21
The Adventures of Lazarus Gray: Volume Five
By: Barry Reese
The winds of change blow for everyone...even Lazarus Gray. The Adventures of Lazarus Gray: Volume Five by Barry Reese continues the tale of the man once without identity and now filled only with purpose! Forming an alliance with other lost souls, Gray and his team stand as Assistance Unlimited and now face their greatest threats ever!
Series: The Adventures of Lazarus Gray, Book 5
A Tale of Murder, Revenge and Redemption (Pigeon-Blood Red, Book 2)
By: Ed Duncan
When a teenage girl witnesses a carjacking gone bad, she is marked for death by a crime boss. A lawyer and an enforcer forge an uneasy alliance to protect the girl from a hit man with an agenda of his own. Soon after, Paul Elliott - lawyer and close friend of the witness's family - begins counseling them and becomes entangled in the murder plot. As the long-simmering feud between Rico - the white enforcer - and the hitman John D'Angelo reaches boiling point, bodies start to pile up in rapid succession...and old scores will be settled.
Series: Pigeon-Blood Red, Book 2
Damn Padres!
Matt Granite Baseball Series, Book 5
By: Greg M. Sheehan
Matt Granite and his San Francisco Gladiators find themselves in a flat-footed tie with their arch rivals, the Los Angeles Tangelos. Johnny Morinda, the hard-nosed manager of the Tangelos, will do anything to pull out a win against the young star catcher and the Gladiators.
Series: Matt Granite Baseball, Book 5
Emotional Intelligence 2.0
A Step-by-Step Guide to Boost Your Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence and Master Your Emotions to Finally Overcome Social Anxiety and Build Happy Relationships
By: Russell Mind
Would you like to enhance those skills that will help you to connect with others and develop effortless charm in both personal life and business? Do you feel that your life could benefit from better self-awareness and better relationships? Are you aware that Emotional Intelligence is a major contributor to success in the workplace and in our social lives? If your answer is "Yes" and you want to improve the quality of your life and your relationships, then keep reading. This book is meant for you!
Tips and Tricks to Dog Training
A How-To Set of Tips and Techniques for Different Species of Dogs. Based on Real Experiences and Cases
This book Tips and Tricks to Train Your Dog is a comprehensive guide that will show you the most ideal and effective techniques to train your dog! It's been laid out in such a way that it covers the fundamentals, but also serves as a great refresher. Even if you've never really had any experience in dog training before, this book will provide the knowledge that you can use in order to get started.
Best training guide for puppy
By Michael Dahlen on 04-15-21
Freedom's Light
Another Rob and Tex Adventure
By: Robert J. Saniscalchi
Once again into the fray we must go to stand firm in the goodness of the light - Freedom's Light - against those that hide in the dark shadows of evil. From the streets of NYC, to the remote badlands of Iraq, the world finds itself against an enemy as evil and ruthless as ever before. Follow Rob and Tex as you are pulled into an action packed story of love, loss, faith, and enduring friendship
Fiction Centred Around Real Events
By Angelina D. Staples on 06-27-20
Series: Rob and Tex Adventures, Book 2
The Third Gate to Hell
By: Don Reichardt
Suave, intelligent, small-town Kansas boy Will Martin cannot resist temptation; he is a striver who does not learn the lessons of his failed Ponzi schemes and other investment frauds. "Hell has three gates," says the ancient Sanskrit verse of the Bhagavad Gita, "lust, anger, and greed." The third of these destroys careers, ruins personal lives, and sends some over the edge.
Down on Second Street
By: John M. Delehanty
This a true story from the perspective of "a middle child" during the 1950s. Take a working-class family of 13 and put them in a three-bedroom house built in 1908, and you'll never have a "dull moment". Small slices of life that will make you angry, laugh, and maybe cry.
By: Bruce Savage
At a time when the world is at war against terrorism, FBI Special Agent Thomas Dewitt faces a traumatic loss when his wife and unborn child are murdered by a suspected terrorist. He sets out on a personal mission to find the man responsible and is thrust into a hunt to stop one of the worlds most wanted terrorist from attacking the west with a biological weapon that will kill millions if he is not stopped.
Rico Stays
Pigeon-Blood Red, Book 3
After enforcer Richard "Rico" Sanders stepped in to protect his girlfriend from a local mob boss's hot-headed nephew, all hell broke loose. When the smoke cleared, the nephew had vanished and three goons lay dying where they'd stood. Fighting for his life, Rico was alive but gravely wounded. Out of the hospital but not fully recovered, he needed a place to crash - a place where he wouldn't be found. A place like the cabin owned by lawyer Paul Elliott, whose life Rico had saved more than once.
The beginning of the end is here! A young man witnesses his little brother's abduction by aliens and years later embarks on a mysterious quest to find out what happened to him and uncovers a conspiracy that will lead to the end of humanity on Earth. Can the aliens be stopped in time before it's too late?


"Art of the Bath Gallery" is the new artistic and emotional journey undertaken by GRAFF, an original, visual leitmotiv displayed at next Salone del Mobile in Milan.
Tying GRAFF to art comes natural: on the one hand, the American company is hugely esteemed all over the world for its unique vision and for the originality of its trend-setting and trend-forecasting collections. On the other hand, its products are veritable works of art whose execution implies the use of the highest quality materials in agreement with the long manufacturing tradition acquired since 1922.
Moreover, art, as well as home décor, is at the very foundation of fine living. "We have chosen the emblematic and high-impact iconography of Vincent Calmel's works as the new display concept for 2016, because we believe that real beauty springs from timeless and classical shapes, reinterpreted and adapted to the changing contexts with which we are confronted today ," says Emanuela Tavolini, Sales Director for GRAFF Europe.
"This is the goal we want to achieve through the design of GRAFF products, by introducing iconic objects with a strong aesthetic content in today's world of bathroom design," Tavolini concludes.
GRAFF's innovation springs from a solid tradition, inspired by the concept of classical beauty, seen with a modern twist, just like Vincent Calmel's work. At the International Bathroom Exhibition, the atmosphere of a veritable art gallery comes true. An art gallery hosting as many artists as much time passes by.


This TAS is faster than the current segmented WR by approximately 1 hour and 26 minutes.
Follow Ash as he travels throughout the young Republic of Ishtaria to try to prevent a conspiracy against the country. Vandal Hearts is one of the first 3D tactical RPG, released in 1996 on Playstation, and it helped popularize the genre out of Japan. The game runs mostly at 30 FPS and is made of 34 mandatory chapters and 6 optional ones.
Blocking an attack : There are 3 types of physical attacks : front attack, side attack and back attack. The odds of blocking these attacks are respectively of 10%, 5% and 0%, and these odds may slightly vary depending on the attacker's and defender's Agl stat. Magic attacks can't be blocked.
Characters' stats boosts : The base stats of a character (HP, MP, Atk, Def and Agl) are all solely based on his current level and class, then a "boost" to each stat is applied and can increase or decrease it by up to 3%. These boosts are only updated when leveling up and so they were manipulated as often as necessary.
Status inducing attacks : Some enemies (all bats and chapter 2-2 enemies) have a decent chance of paralysing or poisoning their target, which should always be avoided.
Mages with 2 spells : Later in the game (starting with chapter 4-5), some mages will have 2 usable spells. Each enemy phase, the game will first randomly choose one of these 2 spell, and then act accordingly to this choice (if there is only 1 of the spell that the mage can cast on my units, the game may still choose the other one and thus not make any action at all).
Apart from these, there is no luck involved. In particular, the A.I. will always react the same way to the same situation, and the damage done by an attack will always be the same (there is no critical hit mechanic).
The game use the "default" PSX RNG, and the only way to manipulate an action is to wait.
Death isn't permanent, but it's game over if Ash is killed. You get money at the end of each chapter based on how many enemies and allies are dead.
There are 12 recruitable units (you can't miss any), and each of them can be promoted 2 times when visiting a dojo in any city, when they reach level 10 and 20 (Ash can also be promoted a third time after doing a serie of side quests). All characters but Ash have 2 paths choice when promoting for the first time : knights can choose Knight or Armor, archers can choose Archer or Airman, mages and priests can choose to keep their class or to go for Monk. Even with the same stats, a promoted unit is far stronger than an unpromoted one.
Damage dealt with a physical attack depends on the attacker's class and Atk and the defender's class and Def. It is increased when doing a side attack or (better yet) a back attack, attacking from a higher height (decreased if attacking from a lower height), and if you have allies next to the target (the more the better).
You need 100 experience points to gain a level, and the amount you gain depends on the amount of damage you dealt (one of the strong point of the mages with AoE spells) and on your current level compared to the expected level for the chapter (when attacking an enemy) or the target's level (when using a spell/item on an ally). There is no limit to how much experience you can get at one go, and an underleveled unit can easily catch up with the rest of the army any time by doing cheap damage or healing an ally.
The main purpose of getting overleveled would be to get Eleni and Zohar to Lv25 to learn the strongest black magic spell and kill large group of enemies with it in the mid game (more or less from chapter 2-5 to chapter 5-3, though it would arguably be useful only for 10 of these chapters). Now I didn't use this exploit first because I don't think it's faster than the normal way, especially for a TAS. Sara would need to spam Mystic Shield for 34~42 minutes (and also the chapter would need to be done differently, costing some extra minutes) to get 17 level-ups, and I doubt it could be compensated later on. The second reason is obviously because it would be extremely boring to watch (in fact all the numbers I gave previously are estimates because nobodyhas ever speedrun this game using this exploit, that's how lame it is).
Airman is the class with the highest mobility, it can go over water and lava and it even has high stats compared to other classes, so the 4 archers will be promoted to that class to ensure fast chapters clear (Archer is by no means a bad class in this game, but Airman is just better for a TAS). The drawback is that they are weak to the Archer class, but they can usually take 1 or 2 hits just fine.
Next are the 2 mages who will keep their class for their strong AoE spells, and I need them anyway to kill Armor class units. Ash will also be trained because he isn't allow to die and he has access to some spells while being a Knight class, thus helping to kill Archer and Armor units. The Vandal Heart (strongest weapon of the game) is also his weapon for the last four chapters.
With this team, the only units I may have some trouble to deal with are other airmen, though they will still die in 2 hits most of the time.
Nonetheless, the other unused units aren't completely useless as, at the very least, they will lure attacks into them.
Nothing special to do here, just defeat the boss as soon as possible.
Chapters with "reach the exit" objectives are weird in this game, as it will only be completed once all units still alive reach the exit, so it's often faster to let an unit die rather than moving him to the exit. This being said, Diego One Hit KO (OHKO) the ghosts because Ash and Clint can't and he must be Lv8 by the start of chapter 1-4, and then I let Diego and Clint die while Ash reached the church.
After his first level-up, Ash must have 112 Atk (from now on, Atk = Atk boost and Def = Def boost to simplify things) to effectively kill the golem. Diego found a Fire Gem after dealing with his golems and barely reaching Lv8 (very expensive item at this point of the game).
Now that Diego is Lv8 he can OHKO the bats. If Eleni is still alive after the first turn, she will start a conversation with Diego. Both choices cost pretty much the same amount of time, so I went for the one that gave me the least amount of waiting time to manipulate the RNG (the bats must not paralyze Diego and he must block some attacks). Ash must have a high Atk for the next chapter.
The formation on turn 1 minimize the enemy phase duration while allowing me to kill the boss on turn 2. The xp of Diego and Kira is managed carefully because both of them must be Lv10 at a specific timing on chapter 2-1.
The first two Fire Gems were used to trigger the "I will only move if someone is in range or if someone hurt me" I.A.,saving a lot of time.
Diego must have at least 900 xp (Lv10) after the first statue, else he would not have OHKO the next statue later on. he ended up with 901 xp. Kira must have at least 900 xp after her two hits against the statue (she can't OHKO it even with 119 Atk anyway), she ended up with exactly 900 xp. While Grog can reach his statue while staying out of range, he can't OHKO it without a side attack, thus he took a spell on purpose.
All the enemies on this map have a decent chance of poisonning. With Diego and Kira promoted, I can reach every enemy without pushing the switch. Since after the dog's attack on turn 3 there is no path available to reach any of my units, the zombies didn't move at all, saving some time.
One of the most luck reliant enemy phase of the TAS as there are a lot of attacks to block. Eleni got a stronger weapon (no effect onher spells damage) in order to finish the golem with it (she mst have at least 113 Atk when using Dark Star, and then at least 116 Atk to finish him). Other mandatory stat caps include 94 Atk for Diego and Kira, 117 Atk for Ash.
Ideally the fastest way to clear this chapter would be to only take the elevator with Ash, but there is absolutely no way he can reach the entrance alone because of the 2 golems and the ghost, so Diego helped him. Both of them must have above average Atk to kill the golems though.
Lv4 Clint got a perfect opportunity to kill an unit (he must get some levels for a chapter 3-7). I made sure that Kira had a high Atk at the end of the chapter because she will leave the team for a long time and she will still have the same Atk at her return.
The A.I. is a little bit weird and sometimes they will stay in range of my units despite the existence of a safe spot. I took advantage of that as much as possible. I made sure that Clint's last level-up had enough defensive stats.
The first sparkie is paralyzed to minimize the overall time while still feeding enough xp into Zohar.
The NPC is actually competent since he can kills the bats in 2 hits (nobody can OHKO them in my team).
Boulders halve the current HP of it's victims, and Zohar with enough Atk can deal just enough damage to finish them.
The enemies will start to flee as soon as I do any action. Zohar and Sara must have very high Atk (something like 114+ on average) to kill the boss with only 3 spells.
The armors in this chapter have 100% chance of blocking front and side attacks.
Clint previously got good defensive stats on his level-up because else he would have to block an extra hit (it's game over if he dies in the chapter). From now on I started optimizing Eleni's xp because she must be Lv20 by the end of chapter 4-3.
Ash can reach the exit on turn 3, so anyone you can't is going to die. Every one of them can be OHKO, though for some of them (Zohar, Grog) it can't be done by any enemy. I also purchased 4 Aura Gems (I will get 3 other ones later on), which is the strongest purchasable item and can only be bought throughout chapter 4.
The "archers" in this map can attack from very far away, therefore they are baited by my weak units to stay close enough from me.
After 2 Phase Shifts, my physical units split into 4 groups to kill everything left alive in one hit. Lots of Atk caps to have here (high Atk on Eleni and Zohar, 114 Atk on Darius, 96 Atk on Kira, ...). Out of my 5 units who must be Lv20 at the end of this chapter, 3 made it for less than 5 xp.
It's faster to let every unused unit die instead of moving them up to the third wagon.
Fights were avoided as much as possible. On the last turn, the 2 mages were manipulated to choose their spell which didn't have enough range to reach me.
It's starting to be hard to OHKO enemies, even with a class advantage.
Similar to chapter 1-6, the boss will start to move if he is wounded.
Eleni and Zohar each took the only paths that allow them to reach all the golems in the middle with a Phase Shift.
Diego must block the path on turn 2 else a skeleton will attack Darius, which subsequently lead to the boss not moving because there is now one in range.
The boss is too far for Eleni and Zohar so they must stay behind, though Eleni did a Spread Force at the end to go directly from Lv23 to Lv25 and learn Salamander for the next chapter.
There is not much you can do to speed up this chapter beside killing enemies, the latterbeing particularly bulky.
My Lv27 Airmen must have above average Def if order to take 2 Plasm Waves without dying. The boulder on the boss was very effective to save some time since I was short on manpower.
Apart from the bats, the enemies are weak and easily OHKO.
Clint and Dolan must die else each of them will trigger a time consuming dialogue at the end of turns 1 and 2.
Unfortunately I can't kill his first phase with one less attack given my current army, and even the second phase was a really close kill (Ash deals 84 damage with 119 Atk).
I think the overall strategy ispretty good, as I doubt you can go faster by training any more or any less unit than I did. It wouldn't surprise me if fastest strategies were possible for specific chapters, especially for ones where the way to go isn't clear like chapter 3-3 or 3-7.
ThunderAxe31: The route is well planned, as well as the execution of the battles.
While the movie is long and the votes weren't all positive, I have to note that there are aspects that can make it entertaining for most of the watchers. The RNG manipulation in conjunction with the appropriate strategies result in very fast victories that can't be rivaled by RTA attempts, which is satisfying to see. It also helps that the game features diversity in the battle situations and the relative approaches adopted. The game does also feature a deep plot, which helps with keeping interest towards the development of the events, even if having breaks while watching.
For these reasons, accepting for Moons.


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Q: Exception vs. error-code vs. assert I'm working on a library that generates reports of devices. The generate_report (const std::string& no) member function can fail due to various reasons:

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*invalid report no.

*invalid state (the report_generator is a FSM)

*no device is active

*error during report generation

Which error-handling mechanism is best for these errors?

*

*just return true or false

*return error code

*assert and log

*throw exception(s)

*any combination of the above

Some context information: the normal workflow is as following. The user activates a devices, chooses a report from a list and clicks on "generate".
EDIT: Thanks for the replies so far! For me it's clear now when to use asserts and when to do error-handling. As for error-handling, error codes and exceptions both have pros and cons. I think I go for exceptions (and create four classes for the above errors), but I'm not yet really convinced. I always thought of exceptions of 'unexpected situations'. An invalid report no isn't really unexpected. Any advice? :)

A: Exceptions compared to true/false and error codes have several important advantages:

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*Exceptions cannot be ignored. If your code throws an exception the caller has to catch it to avoid getting an unhandled exception.

*Exceptions can be handled at a higher level than the immediate caller. If you use error codes you may end up in situations where you at all layers of you application have to check for errors and pass them back to the caller.

Asserts are used to express stuff like preconditions in your code and will hopefully uncover any bugs during development. However, you should not rely on asserts in your release code, and for performance reasons asserts are normally removed from release code.

A: I recommend reading the Boost community guide [boost.org] to exceptions and error handling.

A: It is often a matter of taste what strategy to choose. I say pick up what best integrates with the clients of your library. If they adopt exception strategy, use exceptions. If they are accustomed to error codes, stick with it.

A: How reliable are the devices you are reporting on?
I ask because for a large class of devices not connected, not switched on, out of batteries, busy doing something else etc. etc. are fairly normal states.
If this is the case I would favour returning a status code (note not an error code ) if the device is somehow unavailable.
If on the other hand you consider these devices super reliable and it really is exceptional for them not to respond then exception handling may be the way to go.
It doesn't really matter that mutch as 'exceptions' are really just a fancy way to code 'if (x != 0) { goto error_routine; }, but, I personally prefer exception handling to deal with exceptional situations not routine events like end_of_file.

A: I'm going to go against the grain and suggest both error codes and exceptions, but only because you are making a library. Since you say you are making a library, I'm guessing that library will be made available to code written by people you have no control over. So, making your code friendly to different compilers and possibly even languages is a good thing.
So I would code a C++ exception library and provide header files detailing your exception classes. I would also code a C interface that handles the exceptions for the user. Now the user can link against which ever interface is appropriate:
#ifdef __cplusplus__
void generate_report(const std::string& rep_number, ostream& output);

extern "C"
#endif
int generate_report(const char* rep_number, const char* outputfilename,
                    int* error_code, char* error_text, int max_error_text_len);

The C implementation calls the C++ implementation:
extern "C"
int generate_report(const char* rep_number, const char* outputfilename,
                    int* error_code, char* error_text, int max_error_text_len)
{
    ofstream os;
    try {
        os.open(outputfilename, IOS_WRITE);
        generate_report(rep_number, os);
        os.close();
        return TRUE;
    } catch (base_exception& e) {
        os.close();
        if (error_code) *error_code = e.error_code();
        if (error_text) strncpy(error_text, e.str(), max_error_text_len);
        return FALSE;
    }
}

A: Any of these have different purposes:

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*error code vers. exception(s): exceptions and error codes represent different idioms of how result codes shout be handled. Exceptions are more robust - result codes can be ignored or lost. A library should usually strongly distinguish where/what exceptions are thrown, and when error codes are used. At best, use only one of both at all.

*return true or false: A specialization of error codes.
Usually the worst idea - only good if there is no more to report than good or bad (i.e. malloc returns either good or bad (= NULL).

*assert and log: These are debugging techniques, and should not be used as report mechanisms to users / clients. Asserts just say "something happened, that I can not handle - I quit".

A: assert is not the right choice.  Use assert when you have an invariant; something that should never happen.  Don't do things like assert() that an argument will never be null if it is an error condition and not an invariant.
If it were me, I would use exceptions in the interface and, if I had to, translate error codes by functions used internally if they do not use exceptions.  Just be consistent about it (and don't use assert for this stuff).

A: *

*logging should be used if you don't have access to a terminal for producing/reading error reports.

*returning True/False should be combined with error codes. Example: A function returns True on success, False on error, and sets a variable (global or parameter, your choice) with an appropriate error code/description.

*exceptions: in my opinion, it's good to combine them with logging and graceful recovery from errors. If this is not possible, you might as well resort to error codes, as exceptions then provide no additional benefits.

*assert(): As others have pointed out it compiles away on release builds, so fire at will.

2c

A: First - be consistent!
Second:

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*just true/false is not enough. It has to be combined with error codes (false + getLastError for example).

*error-codes are fast, but build some infrastructure to convert them easily into strings.

*assert/log: no, you want the application to be able to react on the error

*exceptions are slower than error-codes, but easier to program with a difficult control flow.

*combinations: only true/false + error codes combine, for the rest BE CONSISTENT which means: do not combine.

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Snow Patrol Band (Image Source: snowpatrol.com)
Snow Patrol are an alternative rock band from Bangor, County Down. They formed in Dundee, Scotland in 1994 and rose to prominence in the "post-Britpop" era. The band are most famous for their world-renowned track 'Chasing Cars.' The band was inactive for a 7 year period from 2011-2018 but has now made an astonishing comeback with their latest album 'Wildness' and their world tour.
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Snow Patrols Background:
When Snow Patrol originally formed in Dundee University in 1994 it was under the band name 'Shrug.' The original members were Gary Lightbody, Michael Morrison and Mark McClelland. They later changed their name to Polar Bear to avoid conflict with an American band who shared the same name.
Shortly after this, drummer Michael Morrison departed the band after suffering a breakdown. The band then renamed again in 1997 for the final time and Jonny Quinn joined as drummer. Snow Patrol's debut album 'Songs for Polar Bears' was praised by critics far and wide, however, it did not make a good enough impact with the general public and therefore did not sell.
The band tried again with 'When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up" and achieved a similar result to the first album. Snow Patrol was then dropped by record label Jeepster in 2001 and was then broke with no record deal.
Lead singer Gary Lightbody had to sell a significant amount of his personal record collection to raise money to keep the band going. The band stayed positive however and continued to write songs. It was in this dull period that the band wrote 'Run', which later became the band's breakthrough single.
Gary and co went on to have several worldwide-selling albums including; Final Straw, Eyes Open, A Hundred Million Suns and Fallen Empires. After the release of Fallen Empires in 2011 Snow Patrol drifted away from the limelight for many years.
Gary Lightbody's Struggles
Gary self-admittedly fell into a period of depression and has since bravely spoken openly about his mental health struggles. "Plenty of people reached out to me to try and find me in my darkness, bless their hearts for doing that. It means a lot to me now – but at the time I felt hurried. I wanted to stay in the place that I was in," he told BBC News.
This triggered a four-year period of writers' block for the singer hence the seven-year gap between albums 'Fallen Empires' and 'Wildness'. Steve Strange, Snow Patrol's agent said: "when a band is away for seven years there's always a little bit of a grey area as to what they are going to come back to, especially with such a changed landscape in the industry."
Wildness Tour
Snow Patrol's 'Wildness' tour turned out to be one of their most successful tours to date in terms of ticket sales. The single from the Wildness album is quite fittingly called 'Don't Give In'. Gary originally stated that he was writing this song about a friend who was going through a tough time but eventually realised he was writing it about himself and his own struggle. This track, you could say, sparked the fire in Gary's belly to come back even stronger as a band and as a person.
In December 2018 Snow Patrol announced they would play their third and probably final Ward Park gig on 25th May 2019. On the day of the announcement, Gary said "Northern Irish music at the moment is in its rudest health.
It's very exciting to be able to celebrate that at a time when it's a good time to celebrate all the good things about Northern Ireland." The gig at Gary's hometown of Bangor was a memorable one and towards the end, he thanked all the acts that had performed before him saying they had done Northern Ireland proud.
He then went on to say he wanted to pay homage to all the great music that comes from the Republic of Ireland and said he wanted to sing 'one' song to represent this "just one." Queue the one and only Bono of U2 to walk out and duet with Gary to U2's hit song One.
What Snow Patrol Achieved
What Snow Patrol has achieved is nothing short of heroic. The obstacles they have overcome as a band and as individuals is inspirational to anyone and they will go down as one of the greatest alternative rock bands of all time.
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Socialism Without a Proletariat?.
Something is missing in the social agenda of Elizabeth Warren that is much more consequential than the question of how she is going to pay for Medicare For All and for the other dozen plans she has unfurled. Where is the social force that will carry her policies, i.e., the social group that will play the role of the proletariat in Marxist theory and — of the free market in libertarian ideology?
There is a tendency to assume, by those who were brought up to believe in the democratic form of government, that whoever wins the election carries the day. That the presidential candidate and the political party that gain the majority can introduce the changes they promised to bring about. Indeed, when a president and a party win with a big margin, they are often able to make significant progress on implementing their campaign promises. For example, in 1984, President Reagan won in a landslide, carrying every state except Minnesota and DC, securing an 18.2% margin of victory in the popular vote. Additionally, the Republicans maintained control of the Senate. These victories allowed Reagan to usher in an era of unbridled capitalism. However, most times, elections are won by a small margin of the popular vote (or even won only in the Electoral College and lost in the popular vote), and a majority of the Senators hail from different ideologies (even if they are of the same party and certainly if they belong to the other party). Hence, whether the election is also accompanied by a rise of a new social force — or a new coalition — plays a very key role in all that follows.
To illustrate the point, all one needs to do is look at the history of health care. President Clinton assigned the reform of health care to First Lady Hillary Clinton, who deeply believed that policies that are supported by evidence will be embraced by the public once they are properly explained. (I know this not merely from listening to her at half a dozen evenings at the Renaissance Weekends but also at two small private dinners in the White House.) She accordingly assembled a group of health care experts and instructed them to ignore politics, not to consult with any interest groups or lobbyists, and to come up with the best health care plan for the nation. It had little political support and was dead on arrival when it reached Congress.
President Obama is reported to have made two key phone calls early in his presidency (or had those calls made on his behalf). One was to promise Big Pharma that, if it did not oppose his health care program, he would not ask Congress to allow Americans to purchase medications overseas, including in places like Canada, where they cost a small fraction of what they cost in the US and are just as safe as those sold in the US. He also promised not to ask Congress to give Medicare the authority to negotiate prices with Big Pharma, which the drug manufacturers much feared. In the other call, he promised health insurers that if they did not oppose his program, he would not even consider the public option. Voila, we got the odd the creature known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Obamacare, which has no price controls whatsoever, leaves us with very expensive medications whose prices keep rising exponentially, and only offers private health insurance options. Lacking a "proletariat," Obama's other reforms did even worse than his ACA. (Obama tried to convert the millions of young people who voted for him into a social movement, however that effort fizzled when he asked the young people what his first priority should be, and they chose legalization of marijuana.)
President Johnson's great success in achieving several major reforms is often attributed to his exceptional negotiation skills. However, one should note that he had a major new social force working for him, namely the civil rights movement. And, when it waned, so did the liberal reforms Johnson championed.
Warren is now following in Hillary's foot steps in the sense that her plans may make wonkish sense, but it is difficult to discern how she hopes to bring about the needed realignment of forces. She can rest assured that the health insurance industry she is seeking to put out of business will not simply fold and look for another line of work and that Wall Street, which she is planning to tax, will not take such ideas lightly. Both industries are already mobilizing to oppose her election and to ensure that if she is elected, she will face debilitating opposition in the Senate. Where is the new social force, or new coalition of existing forces, that will support her vision beyond bringing out the vote?
Bernie Sanders's rhetoric suggests that he is aware of the need for a major realignment of social forces, well beyond the electoral box. He openly calls for a revolution. While Warren emphasizes that she wants to keep capitalism, Sanders famously calls for socialism. However, it is unclear who Sanders sees as the social force that will bring about the revolution, unless he is counting on his young supporters, many of whom are children of the upper middle class, who for some reason adore this old man. These, you can bet your lunch money, will return to their dorms, books or bongs, as soon as the elections are over.
The rebuilding of democracy after Trump, healing the nation and shoring up the social bonds where now tribalism of class, race, and politics prevails, is essential as a foundation for all other polices that are called for, because they all require a capacity to work together and give and take. It will take a major social movement, of the magnitude and force engendered by the civil rights, progressive, and environmental movements. The focus on electoral politics in an election year is fully understandable. However, unless attention is paid to social and not merely political forces, whoever is elected will not have the support that will be required to bring up the badly needed, and vastly overdue, reforms.
Amitai Etzioni is a University Professor and professor of international affairs at The George Washington University. Click here to watch a recent, four-minute video " Political and Social Life after Trump." His latest book, Reclaiming Patriotism, was published by University of Virginia Press in 2019 and is available for download without charge.
Amitai Etzioni is a University Professor and professor of international relations at the George Washington University.
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Rather than have each player ante a token amount, hold'em uses "blind" bets posted by the two players immediately to the left of a rotating "dealer button." In poker lingo, the blind bets are referred to simply as "the blinds." Because the button moves one player to the left with each new hand, all players pay their fair share of blinds as it moves clockwise around the table.
A typical hold'em games uses two blinds. The first, or "small blind," is posted immediately to the left of the dealer button. The second, or "big blind," is posted immediately to the left of the small blind. The small blind is generally one-half or one-third the size of the big blind, and the big blind is usually the size of a small bet. For example, in a typical $2$4 hold'em games, the small blind is one dollar and the big blind is two dollars.
You'll find these concepts easier to grasp when you play through the Wilson Software mini-program, "Demo Turbo Hold'em," on the CD. For example, you'll know you have the blinds when the button is just to your right and one or two chips are on the table in front of you before any cards are dealt.
Also notice the community cards: The first three, called the "flop," come after the first betting round, and the fourth and fifth, called the "turn" and "river," respectively, join the flop one at a time in the center of the table after the second and third betting rounds.
We urge you to use the mini-program right after reading this page - or even as you continue reading - since playing actual hands interactively against computer opponents will put your learning curve into orbit as well as allow you to visualize the way the games is played. Don't be concerned at first with which cards to play - that will come later. For the moment, concentrate on the games mechanics and order of play. Later on, you'll be able to play through the program as many times as you wish, understanding more with each pass.
After the shuffle, two cards are dealt face down to each player and a round of betting begins. Each player - starting with the player just to the left of the two-dollar big blind - may fold, call the big blind, or raise. The player who posted the one-dollar small blind bet has an option to fold, call, or raise - but only after everyone at the table except the big blind has already acted. The player who posted the big blind acts dead last on this first betting round, but may raise his own blind bet if nobody else has, or re-raise if someone has already raised. In most games, a bet and either three or four raises per betting round are permitted.
On subsequent betting rounds, the small blind acts first, followed by the big blind, then the rest of the players still in the hand, moving clockwise around the table. The button player - if still in the hand - acts last. Again, this will be easier to visualize and comprehend hands-on by playing through the CD mini-program mentioned earlier.
follows the arrival of the flop. Then a fourth communal card, called the "turn," is dealt. It's followed by a third round of betting, this time in four dollar increments.


The antibody inhibits the activation of p34cdc2 kinase by cyclins. A study published in the Biotechniques journal suggests that ab18 cross-reacts with Cep152 protein. This should not be a problem for simple western blot experiments because of the difference in molecular weight (MW) between Cdk1 and Cep152. (Cdk1 has a predicted MW of 34-kDa. Isoforms 1-4 of Cep152 have predicted MW of 147, 158, 189 and 196-kDa respectively.) However, this could potentially cause misleading results in Immunofluorescence and pull down experiments. Abcam welcomes customer feedback.
Recombinant fragment corresponding to Xenopus laevis CDK1 aa 50 to the C-terminus (C terminal).
The epitope is thought to be residues 220-227 of mouse cdc2, LGTPNNEV.
WB: HeLa, Jurkat, MCF7, A431, RAW 264.7 and NIH/3T3 whole cell lysate. IHC-P: Human skin. Human lung cancer tissue. FC: MCF7 cells.
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WB Use at an assay dependent concentration. Predicted molecular weight: 34 kDa.
This blot was produced using a 4-12% Bis-tris gel under the MOPS buffer system. The gel was run at 200V for 50 minutes before being transferred onto a Nitrocellulose membrane at 30V for 70 minutes. The membrane was then blocked for an hour using 2% Bovine Serum Albumin before being incubated with ab18 overnight at 4°C. Antibody binding was detected using an anti-mouse antibody conjugated to HRP, and visualised using ECL development solution.
Ab18 staining human skin. Staining is localized to the cytoplasm and nucleus.
Overlay histogram showing MCF7 cells stained with ab18 (red line). The cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde (10 min) and then permeabilized with 0.1% PBS-Tween for 20 min. The cells were then incubated in 1x PBS / 10% normal goat serum / 0.3M glycine to block non-specific protein-protein interactions followed by the antibody (ab18, 0.5µg/1x106 cells) for 30 min at 22ºC. The secondary antibody used was DyLight® 488 goat anti-mouse IgG (H+L) (ab96879) at 1/500 dilution for 30 min at 22ºC. Isotype control antibody (black line) was mouse IgG2a [ICIGG2A] (ab91361, 1µg/1x106 cells) used under the same conditions. Acquisition of >5,000 events was performed. This antibody gave a positive signal in MCF7 cells fixed with 80% methanol (5 min)/permeabilized with 0.1% PBS-Tween for 20 min used under the same conditions.
Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-CDK1 antibody [A17] (ab18)Image from Zhang C et al., PLoS One. 2011;6(8):e23849. Epub 2011 Aug 24. Fig 3.; doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023849; August 24, 2011, PLoS ONE 6(8): e23849.
Immunohistochemical analysis of Human lung cancer tissue, staining CDK1 with ab18 at 1/100 dilution.
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Schaden genommen, werde ihn aber erstmal testen.
Der Antikörper sollte dies eigentlich unbeschadet überstanden haben. Wir versenden unsere Antikörper so z.B. auch nach Australien oder Thailand, und da kann es schon einmal zu Transitzeiten von einer Woche kommen, und bisher haben wir noch keine erhöhten Beschwerderaten für die so versandten Produkte.
Die meisten Antikörper sind für längere Zeit bei Raumtemperatur stabil. Versuche bei Abcam mit Antikörpern, die über einen längeren Zeitraum bei Raumtemperatur gelagert wurden, haben gezeigt, dass die Aktivität erst nach zwei Monaten nachlässt. Dennoch verschicken wir Antikörper als Vorsichtsmaßnahme mit Kühlpaketen, die die Umgebungstemperatur für 48 Stunden bei circa 4°C halten. Dieses verbessert auch die Haltbarkeit der Antikörper und verringert das rapide Auf- und Abkühlen der Antikörper.
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bzw. Goat Anti-Guinea-Pig-Alexa568 oder -488. Zellkernfärbung mit DAPI.
- Paraffinschnitte, Vorrbehandlung und Ag-Retrieval wie bei 2.
- Procedure wie bei 3.
so wie es in dem Abreview-Protokoll für HeLa-Zellen abgebildet ist.
Bilder von CdK1-positiven Zellen und Geweben ja zustande kommen.
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Es tut mir leid zu hören, dass dieses Röhrchen vonab18 keine guten Ergebnisse liefert. Ich stimme Ihnen zu, dass kein spezifisches Signal erkannt werden kann in all den von Ihnen durchgeführten Experimenten. Deshalb denke ich, dass Sie ein schlechtes Röhrchen erhalten haben.
Der hohe Hintergrund ist sicherlich auf den Sekundären Antikörper zurückzuführen, da auch die Negativkontrolle ohne primären Antikörper diesen Hintergrund anzeigt.
Leider muss meisten auch der Permeabilisierungsschritt optimiert werden. So ist z.B. Saponin reversibel und sollte deshalb in allen Puffern verwendet werden während des Experiments.
Ich weiß, dass Sie viel Zeit für diese Experimente verwendet haben und möchte Ihnen daher ein neues Röhrchen oder einen Gutschein als Ersatz anbieten (vorausgesetzt, das Produkt wurde in den letztensechs Monatengekauft). Dafür benötige ich jedoch ihre ursprüngliche Bestellnummer und die Lotnummeroder einen Kontakt in Ihrer Einkaufsabteilung und das Datum der Bestellung. Würden Sie mir bitte zusammen mit diesen Informationen mitteilen, welche Alternative Sie bevorzugen?
Thank you for your email. I have just been informed by my colleague that the blocking peptide is out of stock. Therefore they will not be able to publish the datasheet hence we are unable to fulfil your request this time. I have done my best to publish this product without delays however due to non availability of the product this happens to be not possible. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused. I hope this information is nevertheless helpful. Should you have any other question pleasedo not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for your email. I have sent request to datasheet team for publishing the datasheet of blocking peptide. They will be able to publish this on Monday next week. I will then send you the catalogue number for ordering. Many thanks for having patience!
Thank you for contacting us. Isotype controls are the primary antibodies that do not have specificity for any target. These can be used as negative control and are helpful in determining the background staining due to secondary antibodies. By comparing the result of actual primary antibody and isotyope control ab you may determine the target localization easily. No primary control also helps determining the background staining due to secondary antibodies. I hope this information is helpful to you. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any more advice or information.
Thank you for contacting us. We can provide blocking peptide for ab47329 as a special request. Could you please confirm if you are interested in buying this? We unfortunately will not be able to supply the blocking peptide for ab18. I suggest trying alternatives as isotype control or no primary control in experiment. We have isotype control products with catalogue number ab18414, ab91361 etc. https://www.abcam.com/Mouse-IgG2a-kappa-MOPC-173-low-endotoxin-isotype-control-ab18449.html https://www.abcam.com/Mouse-IgG2a-ICIGG2A-Isotype-Control-ab91361.html I hope this information is helpful to you. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any more advice or information.
We do not have any report that this or any other Cdc's are androgen regulated. We are sorry that we do not have any further information and suggest you refer to the latest literature in the field.
This antibody has not yet been tested for cross-reactivity with rabbit.


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An Asian View
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In this challenging, widely documented book, the distinguished Indian writer Patwant Singh examines US interventions in Asia from the Korean War to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and its aftermath. He demonstrates graphically how US administrations have preferred juntas rather than elected governments; how the US economy is overwhelmingly geared to war; how the violence of America's actions abroad has been accompanied by erosion of civil liberties at home; how, in short, in the last 50 years the ideals of America's founding fathers have been turned upside-down.
Patwant Singh is one of India's leading writers on international affairs. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, the United Kingdom's Independent and elsewhere.
PATWANT SINGH is one of India's leading writers on international and cultural affairs and the environment. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Canada's Globe and Mail, the UK's Independent, and elsewhere. He is author of The Sikhs (John Murray, 1999 and Knopf, 2000).
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Hi all you bachelors out there! You may have noticed that most decorating tips are geared toward women. But in today's society many males have an interest in having a cool, trendy home too. Gone are the days where a stereotypical bachelor's pad meant wide-screen TV and spilled beer. Don't get me wrong, most male homes still host those two items, they just don't define them. Today we will focus on how to create your personal male-centric home- cool, trendy, and stylish- with a definite guy twist.
When you're at the start of a decorating project it's important to begin at the most important place. From my years of experience 9 out of 10 men will tell me the living room is the most important and used room in their pads. The living room is also typically the entry-room as well so it's where you will be setting the tone.
Keep in mind, even if you don't have a lot of money to spend on your decorating project you can start small and still see big results. A trendy coffee table at the center of the room can really add an updated look at a small expense. If you want to be trendy keep to the minimalist style. Get yourself a low, rectangular table with small legs. Plexiglass looks really sharp and visually takes op zero room so that can be a good option. Simple designs are very versatile so you'll be able to rearrange as you desire.
Seating room is pretty important to a guy who hosts a lot. The sofa is often the guys most essential belonging. Try not to fall for the cliché "comfort or class"- you can have both!!! Get a straight lined, modern sofa that's comfy too. There are plenty of them you just have to look. Get a sofa in a neutral color so it will be easy to match up the rest of your furniture.
Another fabulous idea is a daybed. Daybeds are a trendy piece of furniture and provide the same purpose as a bench. They take up some room though so it's not a solution for everyone. If yo need more seating solutions but don't have room for it pile some beanbags in a corner and pull them out when company arrives.
If you already have a mini bar you are definitely on the right track, if not you still have hope. Keep it well stocked with a martini shaker, martini glasses, shot glasses and your favorite drinks. If you don't have room for a mini bar don't panic- a well stocked serving cart will do the trick and can look awesome too.
A lot guys underestimate the importance of having a quality couch. Considering we spend so much time there, eating, watching TV, relaxing, etc. you want to have something nice. Also, having a well stocked bar is key. The serving cart you mention is a great idea, something you can easily tuck away in a corner, or place against a wall while entertaining. I always keep a bottle of white wine in the fridge for my female guests, and always have a clean bathroom for them. That means the sink, countertop, and toilet bowl are void of anything that shouldn't be there. A fresh roll of toilet paper also gives a great impression.
Were Can i buy the coffe table made of plexiglass??!
Hi Henriette, I found the table here but it seems that it's no longer available. Good luck on your search!


It's been a little longer than I had hoped since my last post to you guys however my grandmother who I spoke of in my last post, passed away a week ago and her funeral was yesterday, so it's been a very emotionally draining and upsetting week, and blogging has obviously not been up there on the priorities list.
However, I did promise you a run-down on what I thought of Gabriel Cousins's lecture in Sydney a couple of weeks ago now, and I will deliver, largely in part due to the extensive variety of things spoken about and the fascinating things I learnt that I really want to share with you guys.
I was so excited to go and hear Gabriel speak; I had my paper and pen packed in my bag with a smoothie for brekkie, snacks to nibble on, my water bottle and more, and was ready like a new kid on their first day of school! I saw a few familiar faces as I had expected, but had a few wonderful conversations with people I had never met before as well, which I always love (shout out to Alex!!). A great day all up.
I wanted to sum up everything I took away from his talk (and will later on) but right now there's one big thing that seems to have influenced my eating habits since the talk which i thought would be good to discuss in detail (and I can get to the big summary another time).
How do you burn energy?
This question is the sole reason my eating has taken a drastic turn since hearing Gabriel speak. And it's not something that was directly asked, but it has had me thinking (and in turn trying something new).
According to Gabriel (and many others I'm sure; I've heard the terms used in Metabolic Typing principles), in terms of energy, and how your body uses it, we're all either a fast-oxidiser or a slow-oxidser.
Some people are fast oxidizers, because they rapidly convert food into energy. In order to balance their systems, fast oxidizers need to eat heavier proteins and fats to that burn slowly. In contrast, slow oxidizers convert food into energy at a slow rate. In order to balance their systems, it's recommended that they eat mainly carbohydrates rather than protein and fat.
Fast-oxidisers typically eat every couple of hours. "Oh I'm definitley a fast oxidiser then" I thought... but then fast-oxidisers function better on a higher protein/lower carb diet. HUH?!?! I thought I functioned best on high carbs! Apparently more of us are better off on a higher protein/lower carb diet, or at least 50/50. And very few (5% infact) are slow-oxidisers whose bodies function and work best on high carbs/low protein. If you're one of those few, then by all means, eat fruit til ur little hearts content! But due to recent happenings in my diet and health, I'm questioning whether that's me or not.
I used to be able to eat 10-20 dates quite easily.I would have an abundance of energy after that and not need to eat for a few hours. But now... I can barely get through 4 without my head pounding. I have felt this reaction before but little by little it's gotten worse the more I eat. And my intuition is very strong in telling me it's the glucose. Glucose is pure brain food; its the only fuel our brains use. So of course it is needed, but I can understand it's not needed in such high doses over a long period of time. It has felt like total glucose-brain-sugar-overload-inflammatory-pounding! Yep. Not nice. Then I began to feel the same thing after a banana smoothie (in which I'd typically put 6 or 7 bananas in the blender). Hmmm... I thought bananas were mainly fructose, not glucose (the main brain sugar), until I researched it and found that bananas too do infact contain glucose. Ok then. What was I to do? My two diet staples are no longer agreeing with me?!?!
- insulin stores excess sugars as triglycerides (which is fat) ; this was an AHA moment for me as my last blood test showed elevated triglycerides and eating a largely fruit based diet, I wondered how that could be so. Now I know.
Those are just a few of the tid-bits Gabriel has come across in his research and studies and made big impacts on me. Be it coincidental or divine timing, this information couldn't have come at a better time. So I decided I had to lay off the fruit a bit, and have been doing so ever since the lecture. Gabriel recommends 15-25g of fructose per day (which I gasped at as this is only 2 bananas), but I thought I'd see how I would go on that. And I've surprised myself!
Since the talk I have decreased my fruit intake considerably; if not almost totally in comparison! That delicious zucchini pasta has featured quite a bit this week in my kitchen. From having 6 bananas and a few dates in a smoothie for brekkie, more dates for morning tea perhaps, or a couple of oranges, more fruit at lunch, mid-afternoon and then some... yesterday my only fruit intake was one small mango and one small banana. Today I've had one banana. Who would have thought! Not me that's for sure. And on Sunday I still went for a morning run after the markets, did 4 hours at work, then 90minutes of hot yoga, and hasve done all my usual gym session this week. No signs of flaking energy as yet.
- and my home made flax crackers are hitting the spot quite a bit... and these have featured pretty much everyday this week whereas they used to be scattered around a typical week few and far between.
- Well the glucose hit to the brain is no longer there.
- I still have loads of energy but I feel a little calmer.
- I'm not hungry as much (I suppose eating carbs every couple of hours had to be done as it's not particularly long lasting energy) .
- I'm eating alot smaller portions (8-banana smoothie would fill me up as much as a handful of nuts is doing now).
But before you jump to conclusions that I'm a recent Gabriel-groupie, I'm the first to admit I get hooked in easily to 'marketing' and other people's opinions if they sound plausible and excited to present their knowledge and experience, so maybe this is just a trial phase for me and I'll find I do function better on carbs (just not such highly concentrated doses - of dates). But at the same time I'm always up for experimentation and trying something new to see what works best for me, and so I can then pass my knowledge and experience on to others. To do as they wish with it.
His website is here -loaded with info and tonnes of stuff to read.
And alot of great YouTube videos of his can be found her.
I will write more about what he spoke about, but for now I'm off to make Xmas Cakes! Thankyou to all who placed their orders in time! Ive got truckloads to make this week and can't wait to get in my kitchen with some Chrissie tunes on!!
What would you have for breakfast now then?
Thank you :) I've never tried just juice for breakfast? Would it hold you for a cardio-weights workout?


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All final quotes include fuel, insurance and licencing so there's no hidden costs. However we do charge 50% more for every hour after midnight.
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Tata Technologies Creating 400 Jobs in Detroit
Michigan: Life Sciences and Technology Elevating Auto-Devastated Economy
Michigan's Biotech, Energy, and High-Tech Sectors Growing Well
Tata Technologies is creating 400 engineering jobs at its Detroit, Michigan, facility to support North American auto projects. The company plans to fill the jobs by January 3, 2011.
"The positions are at automotive client sites - about 80 percent in metro Detroit, about 20 percent elsewhere in the U.S. We have about 500 employees in the U.S. now, and about 350 are assigned to the company's Novi, Michigan," said Tata Director of Communications Dan Saad.
Tata Technologies is part of India's Tata Group, which has more than 350,000 employees around the world.
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A historical overview of optical information processing, emphasizing the influence of and interactions with signal processing will be given. Analog optical signal processing, holography, digital optical computing, optical interconnections and optoelectronic computers, and optical switching systems are discussed. Optical and electronic devices and interconnections are compared.


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Taylor Swift Is More Influential Than Kanye West, Despite What He Says
Stacey Cole
Taylor Swift fans were just starting to forgive Kanye West after his shocking behavior at the Video Music Awards back in 2009 when he interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech to claim that Beyonce should have won the award rather than Taylor Swift.
But Beyoncé had one of the best music videos of ALL TIME….. pic.twitter.com/tEjhWvdsco
— AB (@ABDaleyy) August 31, 2015
Kanye's now-infamous words have been repeated and mocked umpteen times since the event took place, and it took many Taylor Swift fans years to forgive Kanye for ruining Taylor Swift's moment (and for putting Beyoncé in an extremely awkward position at the same time).
"I'ma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time!"
And just when Taylor Swift and her fans were truly putting the past behind them, Kanye West has come out with fresh jibes and attacks on Taylor Swift.
In particular, as Forbes reports, Kanye recently claimed that he is 50 percent more influential than "any other human being, dead or alive," and he included Pablo Picasso, Stanley Kubrick, and even Paul the Apostle as examples.
But what Kanye didn't take into consideration is that influence is a metric that can be measured, and Nielsen Talent Analytics has done just that. According to a recent poll, less than 25 percent of adults in the United States consider Kanye to be influential, compared to a 55 percent positive reply when asked about Taylor Swift's influence.
These figures came as a result of weekly surveys that Nielsen was already conducting, whereby they question approximately 1,000 consumers in the United States on a weekly basis and ask their opinion on 50 entertainers. The data is usually used to create Nielsen's "N-Score," a metric that measures various entertainers' endorsement potential.
As it turns out, Kanye West in his latest song "Famous" suggested that it was his comments at the 2009 VMA's that rocketed Taylor Swift into superstardom. On the face of it, he may have a point, as Taylor Swift's earnings in 2009 were $18 million, which then jumped to $45 million in earnings in 2010, and have proceeded to increase yearly ever since.
"For all my Southside n***as who will know me best / I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why, I made that b***h famous / God damn / I made that b***h famous."
But whether Kanye West is the reason for Taylor Swift's rise to superstardom, or whether his comments were merely a blip on the radar in what was already going to be a meteoric rise for Taylor Swift, remains to be seen. After all, Taylor Swift was already receiving an award at the VMAs before Kanye interrupted her, so she was already doing quite nicely without his "help."
Here is a list of #TaylorSwift's accomplishments BEFORE #KanyeWest "made her famous" https://t.co/PjUav23VQZ pic.twitter.com/aS85JSzqcp
— Perez Hilton (@PerezHilton) February 12, 2016
Pérez Hilton made a list of Taylor Swift's accomplishments prior to Kanye's now-infamous comments at the VMAs, which include having 15 songs charting in the Billboard Hot 100; one American Music Award, three Teen Choice Awards, five CMT Music Awards, and one Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, for which Amy Winehouse was ultimately awarded the prize.
It seemed to many people who watched the Grammy Awards last week that Taylor Swift took a huge dig at Kanye during her acceptance speech for her Album of the Year, especially when she advised young women to watch out for people who attempt to "take credit for your accomplishments for your fame," advising young women to "just focus on the work and don't let those people sidetrack you."
But in a bizarre coincidence, Forbes reports that Ken Ehrlich, Grammys producer, claims that Taylor Swift had not heard Kanye's "Famous" song prior to making her acceptance speech. Were these comments truly a coincidence, or is Taylor Swift now backpedalling after calling out Kanye in such a public way? And in any event, Ehrlich's statement could merely be a play on words: just because Taylor Swift may not have heard the song in its entirety doesn't mean that she hadn't been informed about its misogynistic lyrics.
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Most of use use plastic payment method to pay bills of our shopping or restaurants.But in near future you don't have to carry those cards and make your wallet heavy.
Google has introducing Google Wallet, Google Wallet is a mobile app that will make your phone your wallet. It stores virtual versions of your existing plastic cards on your phone, along with your coupons, and eventually, loyalty and gift cards. Our intention is that Google Wallet will be an open mobile wallet holding all the cards and coupons you keep in your leather wallet today.
Google Wallet app works with NFC, means all your cards details will be inside the app and when you have to make payment just tap and pay using Google Wallet anywhere MasterCard PayPass is accepted. Currently, MasterCard PayPass is available at hundreds of thousands of merchants across the United States.
Currently Google Wallet is only for US and supports only Nexus 4G, but soon you will find this app on other Android and might be on iOS too.


Learn to Quilt Fat Quarters is full of projects that show you how to use fat quarters in quilts, baby items, runners and more. It features an assortment of great designs that will inspire you to use fat quarters for your next quilting project.
You'll be surprised how easy it is to use preprinted panels. In record time, you will be able to make a myriad of projects of all shapes and sizes. Create some or all of the fabulous wall quilts, cute baby quilts, beautiful bed quilts, fun throws or easy table toppers. Simple panels will be transformed into unique projects to add beauty to your home or to give as a gift.


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Климат Астаны — резко континентальный с засушливым летом и холодной, снежной зимой. Среднегодовая температура — 3,5 °C. Среднегодовое количество осадков — 318 мм. Астана — вторая самая холодная столица в мире (после Улан-Батора).

Общая характеристика

Астана расположена на берегу реки Ишим. Из-за удалённого расположения от океанов зима здесь холоднее, чем в городах, находящихся западнее на той же широте (Уральск, Воронеж, Лондон). Лето здесь тёплое и засушливое, и, несмотря на это, большинство атмосферных осадков выпадает в тёплый период (апрель-октябрь). Летом возможны пыльные бури.

Наиболее тёплый месяц — июль, его средняя температура — 20,8 °C. Наиболее холодный месяц — январь с температурой -14,2 °C. Устойчивый снежный покров держится с конца октября по начало апреля.

Абсолютный максимум температуры: +41,6 °C (зарегистрирован 22 июля 1936 года). Абсолютный минимум температуры: −51,6 °C (зарегистрирован 5 января 1893 года).

Годовой максимум осадков — 780 мм (в 1892 году), годовой минимум — 113 мм (в 1951 году). Рекордный максимум осадков за сутки — 86 мм (отмечен в июле 1972 года).

Средняя скорость ветра — 3,4 м/с.

Относительная влажность воздуха — 67% (наибольшая в ноябре — 80%, наименьшая в июне — 53%).

Климат Астаны

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Ссылки
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War Torn But Beautiful: Photos From Nagorno-Karabakh
by Richard Collett | Sep 8, 2016 | Armenia, PHOTOS FROM THE ROAD | 1 comment
War Torn But Still Beautiful, These are the photos from Nagorno-Karabakh.
I visited Nagorno-Karabakh in April 2016. Immediately before my trip, violence had flared up along the border with Azerbaijan, threatening to reignite a bitter conflict which has never really disappeared since war broke out after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990's.
Soldiers and civilians were killed along the front line between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan. A few weeks later though, and things were quiet again. This is the way things have been for over two decades.
One one side of the conflict, Azerbaijan lays claim to Nagorno-Karabakh, while on the other, the Armenian population has declared what is an unrecognised independent state, and since 1994 both sides have continually broken the fragile ceasefire.
Despite the violence which had broken out earlier in the month, I decided to continue with my plan to visit Nagorno-Karabakh. There is no 'good' time to visit, and while things were quiet during my trip, a few weeks after, more clashes occurred.
In this article I won't go into the politics, I won't debate who is right or wrong, which nation rightfully owns the land or who killed who in this long and divisive 'frozen conflict' which explodes intermittently and viciously, leaving more casualties in what has been already a long, long war.
Nagorno-Karabakh is a beautiful place, undeserving of the political turmoil from which it is so hard to separate it from, and in this article, I hope to show you just a glimmer of this 'country'.
Here are the photos from Nagorno-Karabakh.
Nagorno-Karabakh is a mountainous region in the Caucasus. It is a beautiful, rugged and green land.
The 'We Are Our Mountains' monument lies outside the largest city, Stepanakert. It's also known as 'Tatik-Papik', the Grandmother and Grandfather of Karabakh.
Stepanakert is the de facto capital of Nagorno-Karabakh. It's surrounded by high mountains and in spring, lush verdant scenery.
The flags of Nagorno-Karabakh, or in Armenian, The Republic of Artsakh, fly alongside the parliament building in Stepanakert.
Armenian colours are displayed on every street corner in the city too.
This is the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in the Karabakh city of Shusha, restored after deteriorating under Soviet rule and being damaged during the war.
The mosques in Shusha however, have not been restored after the Azerbaijani, Muslim populations were expelled during the war. Shusha is a depressing example of the multiculturalism that used to flourish in Nagorno-Karabakh, but that ultimately led to such brutal division.
Shusha, like much of the region, was fought over and changed hands between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. The scars of the war are still vividly on display.
Nagorno-Karabakh has never recovered from the conflict which has never really ended.
But the mountains around Shusha and Stepanakert will always remain beautiful.
All Photographs Property Of Richard Collett
The only way to travel to Nagorno-Karabakh is from Armenia, as the border with Azerbaijan is the front line and a war zone. Azerbaijan claims the region as their territory and hence views entry from Armenia as an illegal act. If you plan to later travel to Azerbaijan, just ensure there is no evidence of you having visited Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Sue on April 4, 2021 at 8:24 pm
I'm interested in ideas for travelling to unusual, off the beaten track places in Australia


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The Dying Art Of The Straight Shave
Reviving The Dying Art
Of The Straight Shave
Autumn Giusti
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My girlfriend is really turned on by man buns. Should I grow one for her?
Answer Now >
So there you are again, fresh out of shaving supplies. You're left staring into the mirror, reduced to a pink sparkle Venus razor and your lady's can of citrus-scented Skintimate.
How did it ever come to this?
It used to be, a shave meant something — a time when male grooming was a rite of passage into manhood. It meant having your face blanketed with hot towels before getting lathered up in a barber chair and letting skilled craftsmen ply their trade on your jowls.
Now a proper shave — with a straight razor — is something of a lost art. Disposable razors and the unisex salon have practically sealed the fate of the straight shave. Save for a few holdouts, the barbershop shave and a haircut has been replaced by a quick-and-dirty trip to Supercuts and a DIY shearing. But more guys of this generation are getting fed up with hurried morning shaves and are yearning for a return to the old way of doing things — the civilized way.
Bringing sexy back … to the 1800s
For most guys, the only shave they've ever known involves standing over the bathroom sink, hurriedly scraping their faces with a plastic Bic and rushing off to work with bloodied little bits of toilet paper dotting each cheek. Shaving was never meant to be this way. Few guys have ever been on the receiving end of a shave, much less kicking back in a barber chair and being treated to shave oils and a heated lather.
If Beau Brummell knew this, he would be turning over in his grave. Brummell, of course, was famed for his impeccable style and grooming. (He was London's own nineteenth century metrosexual, if you will.)
Brummell is credited with bringing back the clean-shaven look. He actually set out to become a "gentleman of fashion" after inheriting a family fortune. Shaving became a pastime, and barbers became artisans. Story has it that barbers had to start working 90-hour weeks just to keep up with the clientele, who became bent on taking a few hours each week for their shaves.
No demon barbers
The demise of the straight shave doesn't have anything to do with Sweeney Todd. Yes, straight razors are also known as "cut-throat" razors, but that's not why they've fallen out of favor. For the most part, disposable razors made it much easier for guys to shave at home. Plus, most U.S. health departments also banned straight-edge razors over the years for sanitary reasons. In the 1980s, fears of AIDS further pushed the disposable-only movement to domination.
Straight razors need to be sterilized for about 20 minutes after each use, and some shops find this too time-consuming. Moreover, with the advent of unisex establishments, the barbershop lost its place as a domain for men only. Gossipy hairdressers and testosterone just don't mix.
Read on for how to revive the dying art of the straight shave in your own shaving routine...
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Placing a set of floats on your current plane may prove to be quite an advantage by further extending your fight experience and potential. Flying off of water and landing back on it takes a few practice runs as there are some differences. Floats are quite easy to design and build yourself, however it is very important to get all the dimensions and theory correct. This will improve your float flying experience.
The floats are mounted 2 to 3 degrees negative to the wing chord datum line. This insures lift during takeoff assisting in getting the plane on step.
The step is located on the bottom surface of the float. Its location is where the float changes in height. The step helps reduce drag on take off or landing. With a step and increasing angle after the step, the aircraft is able to rotate during takeoff.
The float set must be mounted with the step slightly behind the airplanes center of gravity. Never forward of the CofG. From the step forward the float is designed with an upward slope of 3 degrees. This is until the curved front section of the float. Behind the step, it is common to have another 3 degree slope up to the rear of the float.
Float planes require aggressive hauling power verse top speed. It is often required to prop up in diameter one size to achieve the required thrust for take off. In addition to increasing the diameter, it may be required to reduce the pitch one size for a reduction in load.
Never use wooden props when flying off water. They may break apart rather easily after ingesting water and become very dangerous.
Water rudders are important for taxiing on water. Without them it is very difficult to taxi with an air rudder only. It is in the best interest to install at least one water rudder on one of the floats. Two water rudders where one is mounted on each float would be the ideal setup.
It is quite common to use part of the tail dragger assembly for mounting the floats. More specifically the front wheel set. Generally, the front wheels may be removed and the remaining assembly is adapted for mounting to the floats.
The rear float mount location should approximately be one half of a chord width behind the main wings trailing edge.
The calculations have been made easy by use of an online calculator. The Calculator will provide the dimensions as noted on the drawings below listed from letters A through G. The input values are the wingspan. This is from wing tip to wing tip. The prop to elevator hinge line. Lastly the prop to the center of gravity on the main wing. To use the calculator follow the link by clicking on the photo.