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Kevin Cederstrom herald@eot.com New York Mills boys track and field coach Clyde Gimbel called what Ted Rud did at the section meet incredible and an outstanding accomplishment. Thats quite a compliment from a coach whos been hanging around the tr...
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New York Mills boys track and field coach Clyde Gimbel called what Ted Rud did at the section meet incredible and an outstanding accomplishment. Thats quite a compliment from a coach whos been hanging around the track for 30 years.
Rud won three individual titles at the Section 6A track meet June 1 in Moorhead. Impressive enough, but the outstanding accomplishment is this was the third year in a row Rud has won section titles in each of the three events high jump, long jump and triple jump. Nine career section titles and 100 career first place finishes. Impressive and outstanding.
Triple Jump (1st) 439; Long Jump (1st) 214.5; High Jump (1st) 64
This weekend Rud will compete at the state meet, set to defend his state titles in the triple jump and long jump. His track and field days will not end after the state meet. Rud will compete next season at North Dakota State University.
The Eagles sent 11 boys and girls to last weeks section meet but Rud is the only one to advance to the state meet. Three other Eagles did place in the top six. Junior sprinter Kenny Szymonowicz just missed qualifying for the state meet. He placed 3rd in both the 100 Meter Dash and the 200 Meter Dash. His time in the 100 was 11.84 (2nd place was 11.68). He ran a 23.71 in the 200 (2nd place was 23.38). Brittnie Menze placed 5th in the shot put with a mark of 333. Ashley Hagen jumped 50 to place 3rd in the high jump. She tied the second place jumper for 2nd but lost out on criteria.


The Presbyterian Church (USA) faces difficult discussions ahead. Marriage is once again being is debated and discussed in presbyteries across the country as we consider recommendations from the 221st General Assembly, in particular, recommendation 14F. My thoughts turn to what it will take to inspire gracious, productive conversations about marriage in our church. For me, it starts with shared feelings, a topic I recently wrote about for a post on More Light Presbyterians' website.
Below is an excerpt from the piece. You can read the full post on MLP's website.
As befits our "presbyterian church," politics is, in many ways, our spirituality. The coming voting season is a test: are we ready to be the church of Jesus Christ? Can we listen prayerfully to every speaker? Can we choose not to fight among ourselves any more? Can we create together common ground, not so much as compromise, rather, as something else, something new, something that will blossom as the Body of Christ into the future God has in store for us?
I'll be sharing more thoughts on this topic in the future, but I want to know: where do you see opportunities to build a gracious space in your church? How important are shared feelings to bridging the divide between us? I look forward to reading your comments below.
It is so clear to me that Christ's love encompasses everyone of us just the way we are, right now; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, pansexual, polysexual, intersex, asexual, heterosexual, any kind of sexual, we're blessedly beautiful alive and that is beautiful. Christ didn't make distinctions in love, why should we?
In answer to your question: No reason why we can make any distinctions in love when we follow Jesus.
What we seem to be doing in the PCUSA is catching up with Jesus with regard to His love for all.
As I am reading through "Life Together" by Deitrich Bonhoeffer, I am compelled to offer as a subject of conversation his notion of Christian community: that it is nothing in us that creates it, only Christ.
"What persons are in themselves as Christians, in their inwardness and piety, cannot constitute the basis of our community, which is determined by those persons are in terms of Christ. Our community conisists solely in what Christ has done to both of us…" Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, p 26.
Here's hoping the best for the PC(USA).


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At the Los Angeles International Auto Show 2010, Fiat celebrated its return to the North American market with the launch of the Fiat 500, the heir of a legendary and iconic 500 model. The Fiat 500 was chosen for the return to the American market because of its appeal to the new generations of Americans.
The 500 for the American market is built in Mexico and has a starting price of $15,500 and features the new 1.4 litre MultiAir engine, Blue&Me hands-free communication system and seven airbags supplied as standard. The car is offered in three trim levels, with only one engine type, 14 colour combinations and materials for the seats, two interiors (black or ivory) and a complete line of accessories made by Mopar to further customise one's car. Fiat 500 customers are also able to make use of the free eco:Drive software application that collects the journey data through the Blue&Me interface of the car and analyses them to give the user personalised tips to cut travel costs and the environmental impact of his driving style.
The Fiat 500 for the USA suffered several adaptations due to regulations and different customer demands. They include a redesigned body structure to increase resistance, suspensions made exclusive for the U.S.A. market, more than 20 specific modifications/additions to the body components to reduce noise, vibrations and harshness and new anti-lock braking system (ABS) on the four wheels with front calipers redesigned. The fuel tank has also been increased to extend the Fiat 500 range, the heating and cooling system have been adapted for the extreme North American climates and seats for the driver and front passenger redesigned with a new armrest and new cushions to improve comfort over long distances.
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GST is a single tax on the supply of goods and services, right from the manufacturer to the consumer. The Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn GST percentage in India is covered under the chapter 53 of HSN code. The GST tax rates for the Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn are finalized and all the state and union territories are paving the way for the smooth rollout of the tax.
Every goods and service are rated with different GST tax rates. The GST Percentage for Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn in India is fixed by the GST council. The above GST rate item wise list 2017 allows you to calculate the GST tax levied on Aluminium and articles thereof in India.


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Sweden's Crown Princess Couple Celebrated in Postage Stamps
Posten today presented postage stamps of Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Mr Daniel Westling to celebrate their wedding this summer. The new issue consists of three postage stamps available to purchase at Posten outlets from 13th May.
The stamps were unveiled on Monday at Posten Norden's headquarters in Solna, just outside Stockholm, by Andreas Falkenmark of Posten.
"It is with great pleasure that I present these stamps of the Crown Princess Couple, which we are issuing on Thursday. A Crown Princess' wedding is both a contemporary and historical event that is a reflection of our time. These stamps are a commemoration to be both used and to keep," said Andreas Falkenmark, Head of the Posten Meddelande business area.
This is the fifth occasion on which the Crown Princess has featured on a postage stamp. Crown Princess Victoria and Mr Daniel Westling have followed the development of the stamps and visited Posten's stamp printing press in Kista, North of Stockholm to watch the printing process and give their approval of the final stamps. There are three different postage stamps, each with a denomination of 6 kronor. The three motifs are:
Crown Princess Victoria and Mr Daniel Westling at the announcement of their engagement on 24th February, 2009 in Princess Sibylla's apartments at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
Crown Princess Victoria with the Cut-Steel Tiara made of steel crystals and brass, a French piece from the Napoleonic period.
The Crown Princess Couple's monogram - with the initials V and D face to face - topped with the Crown of Sweden's Heir Apparent.
The margin around the stamps features a reproduction of the wallpaper motif from Princess Sibylla's apartments at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, and bears the Swedish text "The Crown Princess Couple, 19th June 2010."
The stamps have been designed by Kristian Möller, who trained at University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm and Falmouth College of Arts, Art & Design. This is his debut as a stamp designer and his work also included the Philately typeface, which is used in the new issue.
The engraver for the issue is Lars Sjööblom, one of the world's leading engravers who has worked on over 400 stamps since his first such work in 1982. For this issue Lars partly used pointillism engraving, giving the faces a softer effect.
The photographs of the Crown Princess Couple and Crown Princess Victoria were taken by Henrik Montgomery, and the Crown Princess Couple's joint monogram was created by heraldic designer Vladimir Sagerlund.
The stamps are available to purchase from 13th May from Posten outlets throughout Sweden, or via the dedicated website
www.posten.se/kronprinsessparet
Previous stamp issues featuring the Crown Princess were presented at the press viewing and can also be seen at the exhibition Crown Princess Victoria & the Bernadottes on Postage Stamps at the Post Museum in Stockholm, which opens on 13th May. The exhibition also includes stamps featuring Bernadotte regents from Karl XIV Johan to Carl XVI Gustaf. Find out more at www.postmuseum.posten.se
Posten Norden Media Relations, Telephone +46 8-23 10 10. e-mail: press@posten.se
Posten Norden was formed through a merger between Post Denmark A/S and Posten AB. The group offers communications and logistics solutions to, from and within the Nordic region. It has sales of approximately SEK 45 billion and employs over 50,000 people. The group consists of the Breve Danmark, Meddelande Sverige, Logistik and Informationslogistik business areas. The parent company is a Swedish public company with headquarters in Solna, Sweden. Find out more about Posten Norden at www.postennorden.se
Images: The Crown Princess Couple in postage stamps
Click on the link for digital images of the Crown Princess Couple stamps, photographs from the Crown Princess Couple's visit to Posten's printing press and photos of the stamps' production: http://cws.huginonline.com/P/134112/pressbilder_v2.html
Other information about the new stamp issue
The postage stamps were printed using a combination of steel-plate and offset printing with the addition of silver metallic colouring. The pack is a sheet of three stamps in 27.5 x 35.91 mm format (two stamps, Crown Princess Victoria and The Monogram) and 55.0 x 40.59 mm (The Crown Princess). The sheet is in 83.33 x 125.0 mm format. The denomination is 6 kronor, for a domestic letter. Two stamps can be used for international letters.
1976: Royal Wedding. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia before their wedding that year. Photo: Lennart Nilsson. Engraver: Czeslaw Slania. Printing method: steel-plate.
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Previous stamp issues featuring the Crown Princess
1980: New Successor to the Throne. On the occasion of the new Act of Succession granting female descendants the right to inherit the throne, on 26th February 1980 Posten issued postage stamps in two different denominations. Crown Princess Victoria is featured together with her father King Carl XVI Gustaf. Photo: Claes Lewenhaupt. Engraver: Czeslaw Slania. Printing method: steel-plate.
1986: King Carl XVI Gustaf's 40th birthday. One of the birthday commemoration postage stamps issued on 23rd April, 1986 depicts the Royal Family at their summer residence Of Solliden. The eight year-old Crown Princess Victoria is second from the right. The stamp was engraved by Czeslaw Slania from a photograph by Jan Collsiöö. The stamp was printed with a combination of steel-plate and offset.
1993: 20th Anniversary of King Carl XVI Gustaf's reign. The entire Royal Family is portrayed between the Royal Palace in Stockholm in the foreground and Drottningholm Palace in the background. Victoria is 16 years old in this picture. The series from which this stamp is taken was issued on 2nd October, 1993. Designer: Ingalill Axelsson. Engraver: Czeslaw Slania. Print: combination steel-plate and offset.
1996: King Carl XVI Gustaf's 50th birthday. This stamp, designed by Lars Sjööblom and engraved by Czeslaw Slania, features the entire Royal Family posing for photographer Toni Sica. Issue date for this birthday collection: 19th April, 1996. The 18 year-old Crown Princess Victoria is in the middle, flanked by her parents and siblings.


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From Science News: "LIGO [and VIRGO] on the lookout for these 8 sources of gravitational waves"
From Science News
Lisa Grossman
Astronomers still hope to catch a star going supernova and a bumpy neutron star, among others.
BANG, CRASH Physicists using the LIGO and Virgo observatories are catching all sorts of cosmic collisions, including of pairs of neutron stars (illustrated). But scientists hope to bag even more exotic quarry. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab
Seekers of gravitational waves are on a cosmic scavenger hunt.
Since the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory turned on in 2015, physicists have caught these ripples in spacetime from several exotic gravitational beasts — and scientists want more.
This week, LIGO and its partner observatory Virgo announced five new possible gravitational wave detections in a single month, making what was once a decades-long goal almost commonplace (SN Online: 5/2/19).
In just one month, scientists have already spotted 5 possible gravitational wave events, plotted here as a function of their approximate distance from Earth. That's compared to 11 events from all previous observations combined. Most detections are from merging black holes, but neutron star mergers (red) are also in the mix. And one event (yellow) might be a mash up between a black hole and a neutron star.
Gravitational wave detections by LIGO and Virgo are becoming more frequent
E. Otwell, T. Tibbitts
"We're just beginning to see the field of gravitational wave astronomy open," LIGO spokesperson Patrick Brady from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee said May 2 in a news conference. "Opening up a new window on the universe like this will hopefully bring us a whole new perspective on what's out there."
The speed and pitch of gravitational wave signals allow astronomers to make out what's stirring up the waves. Here are the sources of gravitational waves that scientists that already have in their nets, and what they're still hoping to find.
1. Pairs of colliding black holes
Status: Found
SWEET SUCCESS For the first time, physicists have directly observed gravitational waves, caused by two black holes colliding (illustrated here). SXS collaboration.
2. Pairs of colliding neutron stars
3. A neutron star crashing into a black hole
Status: Maybe
TOUGH STUFF An exotic substance thought to exist within a type of collapsed star called a neutron star (illustrated) may be stronger than any other known material.
Casey Reed/Penn State University, Wikimedia Commons
4. A collision involving an intermediate-mass black hole
Status: Not yet
HIDDEN FIGURE An intermediate-mass black hole about 2,200 times as heavy as the sun may lurk at the center of this dense ball of stars, a globular cluster called 47 Tucanae.
NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, J. Mack/STScI, G. Piotto/University of Padua
5. A bumpy neutron star
6. Supernova explosions
LIGO and Virgo might also be able to pick up gravitational waves from supernova explosions, the bright cataclysms at the end of massive stars' lives.
SHINE BRIGHT Supernova 1987A shone as a brilliant point of light near the Tarantula Nebula (pink cloud) in the Large Magellanic Cloud, as pictured from an observatory in Chile.
Supernovas emit many types of light and particles, including ghostly subatomic particles called neutrinos that are born deep in the heart of the explosions (SN: 2/18/17, p. 20). But scientists still don't know exactly what makes a star explode as a supernova in the first place.
What they do know is that during a supernova explosion, the central core of the star collapses, and the resulting proto-neutron star gathers material from the remainder of the collapsing core. The turbulence at the surface of the proto-neutron star makes it vibrate like a bell, sending off gravitational waves. That specific gravitational wave signal is strongly related to the strength of the turbulence and the structure of the nascent neutron star, astrophysicist David Radice of Princeton University and colleagues report April 29 in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
7. Waves triggered by the Big Bang
8. New sources?
LIGO Caltech. LIGO and Virgo detect neutron star smash-ups. May 2, 2019.
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The staggering growth of Logistics and Aviation industry in India is a clear indication of the prospects of career opportunities in this sector. By 2015 nearly 4,20,000 skilled manpower will be required to meet the increasing demands of human resources.
The scope of careers in logistics and aviation industry has manifold considering the fact that India aviation sector recorded a steeped increase by 25% in the last 5 years. In plan terms, Logistics and Supply Chain Management broadly refers to the process of physical management of business materials starting from the procurement process, storage and transportation, subjected to its safe handling in both ends-business premises and consignment destination.
Logistic businesses are interlinked with almost all the existing industries because they are the main driving force in forming a chain between the supplier, producer, distribution center, retailer & the consumer. In the process transportation poses as the link between all the stages namely- transportation firms, third party logistics firms, manufacturing firms, merchandizing firms, service institutions and other organizations. So, the role of a logistician work in close connection with other business sectors like- Automobiles, Clothing & Apparel, International Trade, Food & Grocery and Retail to name a few. It is an upcoming industry in India with its business estimation going to be worth $110 billion in the next two year.
Therefore, opting for a career in Logistics and Supply Chain Management can be a smart choice given the fact that the global supply chains are expanding enormously. Today, there are many educational institutes offering Bachelors as well as Masters level courses in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Few important points must be kept in mind before you register with an institute. First of all, it is important know if the institute is affiliated with educational Government body like the UGC (University Grant Commission).
After all, there are many institutions operating without UGC approval, falling into the trap of one of these institutions may jeopardize your academic prospects. Secondly, a good institute is easily identifiable from its successful placement rates which means a thorough study on the institute's placement history can help you decide on your call. Thirdly, like in every other academic firm it is important to find out the quality of the academic faculty of the Supply Chain Management Training Institute.
2. Companies that apply standardized processes have managed to make 73% more profit in comparison to the organizations that lack this profitable chain management according to "Process Standardization Proves Profitable" was published in Quality.
3. By lowering the cost, improving the productivity and with the growing opportunities a return of 40% on investment can be achieved by applying supply chain management in "Build Supplier Metrics, Build Better Products" which was published in Quality magazine.


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Q: How to integrate the adobe flash player in webview in android? I am integrate adobe flash player in webview but  getting the error plug in could not supported
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A: is because not all android phones have flash player so it may not work, i suggest to sorround your code with a try catch like this:
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Caribbean cruise: Day 1: San Juan, Puerto Rico!
We took a nonstop flight from DC to San Juan the previous night, in case there were delays that would cause us to miss our ship. After reaching San Juan, we checked ourselves into a hotel in downtown San Juan, and spent an uneventful night. We stayed at the Best Western Plus Condado, which had a clean room, and was conveniently located next to pharmacies and public transport. The area was very safe, and walkable.
The next morning, we checked out a CVS pharmacy opposite our hotel to buy extra diapers and baby food. This little tip saved my from lugging tons of baby stuff all the way from DC. We took a cab to the cruise terminal. Getting off at the cruise terminal was a bit chaotic, especially with a baby and lots of luggage. It took us a while to get our bearings and not get run over. We were eventually approached by a guy in a red T-shirt who promised to deliver our luggage to our stateroom on the ship for a fee. We decided to trust him and offloaded everything onto his cart, and made our way in.
We had purchased the FTF (Faster To Fun), Carnival's version of the FastPass. Boarding was supposed to start around noon, and we had gone through check-in by 11:30am. After waiting around for 10 or so minutes, FTF boarding was announced. Boarding itself was pretty fast, and within a couple of minutes, we were in the atrium of the ship!
Another benefit of FTF was early access to our stateroom, a balcony on the 6th floor. With the baby, I figured we would like to unwind in our room and prep her for the day's activities. I had also requested a crib to be in our stateroom. Upon arriving in our room, there seemed to be just enough space for us to walk from one end to the other, crib and all. We spent a little while playing with V in our room, and checking out the balcony, and unpacking. Around 1pm, we headed to lunch in the Lido deck.
The buffet was chaotic to say the least. I suppose everyone on the ship had only this option to get lunch, which led to super long lines. The food was less than average, and vegetarian options here were limited. This started making me nervous for the rest of the trip, but little did I know, I had nothing to be worried about (more on this later). There was free champagne being offered, and desserts galore. After a lengthy lunch, we decided it was time to explore San Juan. The ship doesn't depart until 10pm, so we had the whole afternoon and evening to walk around town.
Baby V in carrier, we set out into the warm afternoon. The cruise terminal is conveniently located in Old San Juan, near most of the tourist attractions. Our first stop was Fort San Cristobal. En route, we walked through some interesting crossroads.
Fort San Cristobal is a large fort sitting on the water, built to protect San Juan from water-based attacks.
Heading to the higher levels, the views got better. We could see our ship docked nearby.
After checking out the fort, we decided to walk on the waterfront walk towards the other fort, Del Morro. The weather and walk were pleasant. There was supposed to be a free shuttle that goes between the forts, but there was a lot of traffic and the walk was only 20 minutes, so we figured it would be faster walking.
Fort Morro also offered great views of the ocean and we spent about half an hour there. The fort closes around 5:30pm so once we started hearing the announcements, we made our way out. The vast expanse of green outside the fort was inviting, and there were several people flying kites and relaxing, so we joined them, as the sun set.
As it was getting dark, we decided to make our way back to the ship and get ready for dinner. Unfortunately for us, it started raining as were walking through old town San Juan. Taking shelter in various places, we made it back to the ship entirely wet, baby and all!
We got dressed for dinner and headed to the Silver Dining room at 8:30pm, our assigned seating time. The menu had an 'Indian Vegetarian' option, so we both chose that. We were also offered appetizers, and I chose the vegetarian spring rolls. The main course was divine! We had 2 vegetable curries, a lentil soup, basmati rice, yogurt, and various condiments. The best thing was that it all tasted authentic and fresh! Just the right amount of spice and richness, and felt home-cooked. We were pretty full after dinner and tired from walking around, so we retired into our room for the night.
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Q: Unity camera rotation script shaking camera I am trying to make a camera that can be rotated by using the mouse, but for some reason the camera jitters and shakes when I move the mouse.
Here is my code:
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using static UnityEngine.RuleTile.TilingRuleOutput;

public class rotatecamera : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject camera;
    public float turnSpeed = 4.0f;
    private float rotX;
    private void Update()
    {

        rotX = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * turnSpeed;
        camera.transform.localEulerAngles = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * turnSpeed, 0, 0);
    }

}

A: You are rotating by 4 degrees per frame.
The frame rate will depend on your FPS, but it is probably going to be at least 60.
Thus you will be rotating up to 240 degrees per second. That's probably not what you want.
You should use
 new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * turnSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0, 0);

Time.deltaTime will give you the elapsed time since the previous frame. This will give a rate of rotation up to 4 degrees per second.
You might also want to consider using FixedUpdate where the update rate is fixed and use Time.fixedDeltaTime.


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Design Patents & Amazon – A Match Made in Heaven
Rich Goldstein is the Principal Patent Attorney at Goldstein Patent Law, a boutique law firm dedicated to patent prosecution. In this role, Rich guides small businesses, startups, e-commerce marketers, and investors through the time-consuming and complicated process of obtaining patent protection. His goal is to connect, protect, and educate his clients while understanding their problems and needs.
In addition to his work as an attorney, Rich is also the host of the popular Innovations and Breakthroughs podcast and the author of the best-selling book, The ABA Consumer Guide to Obtaining a Patent.
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Rich talks about patent protection on Amazon
What is the difference between a design patent and a utility patent?
How Rich and his team find and innovate expired patents
Rich explains the difference between a trademark and a patent
Where to learn more about Rich and his patent protection expertise
Do you want to protect your products from being copied or knocked off by other businesses? If so, it may be time to invest in a patent or a trademark.
Obtaining a patent or trademark is complex and time-consuming. However, it's an essential step in mitigating risk for your business and creating maximum value for your future exit. Protecting your brand at all costs prevents your competitors from taking a share of your market—and, consequently, devaluing your business. Fortunately, Rich Goldstein is on the Quiet Light Podcast to share his patent wisdom with the world!
On this episode of the Quiet Light Podcast, Joe Valley sits down with Rich Goldstein of Goldstein Patent Law to discuss the ins and outs of patent protection and risk mitigation. Listen in as Rich shares how and when to obtain a patent, the various types of patents to use for your products, and the real difference between a patent and a trademark. Patent protection can make or break your business—so stay tuned to learn more!
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Hey folks, Joe here from theQuiet Light Podcast, today's guest is Rich Goldstein. I've known Rich for a while now he's a patent attorney, speaker, host of the Innovations and Breakthroughs podcast. He's also author of the best selling book The ABA Consumer Guide to Obtaining A Patent. He's a product innovation specialist counsels entrepreneurs and individuals and venters startups regarding the best steps to take for patent protection. And when patent protection is available, kind of an important step there. I've seen Rich at almost every ecommerce event I've been to in the last two and a half years he seems to know everyone. He helps everyone. And I'm thrilled to have him on the podcast as a guest today. Today's episode is brought to you by you guessed it Quiet Light Brokerage, where every member of the team, every eminent m&a advisor here has built, bought or sold their own online business. There are no junior brokers here, folks, I personally sold close to 100 million, and I'm just one of 11 advisors on the team. We currently have a slew of new listings coming up. So be sure to visit the buy page quietlight.com. And if you're a seller and want to know the value of your business, which is likely your most valuable asset, don't go to the watercooler and talk to your friends about what they sold their business for. Figure it out for real. Talk to one of the advisors on the team. We're here to help it's free. We don't care if you're ready to sell now or not planning to sell in the next 24 months. We're definitely here to help. And we will we've learned from experience that planning does help you get a higher value. So take that step. Rich my friend. Welcome to the Quiet Light Podcast. How are you?
Rich Goldstein 1:59
Hey Joe. I'm doing well and thanks for that intro That was great.
That is a beautiful background. There you is that a virtual brick office background? Or we have virtual brick background? Yeah, I can't do it. The lighting it makes me look like I get a halo on and all that stuff.
Well, I think that's part of the secret is I have good lighting. And you know I have lights in front of me and the most critical is the hair light the light above that makes you stand out from the background. So even though I don't have much hair, I still have a hair light.
hair light I'm gonna have to look that one up. Yeah.
I'm three if you look up three point lighting. That's like the the light that's behind you typically.
Well it makes you it's making you look for folks that are listening instead of watching YouTube and look at it Rich looks very nice with his three point lighting and his brick office. Thank you.
And I have to say though, I really kind of struggle to find a background that I like because because so many of the backgrounds, the virtual backgrounds, just kind of silly.
No, you're not really in that house. So you're not really on that beach, or you're not really in outer space. I was just talking to a friend of ours in common. And he's actually on vacation so I can't make fun of him too much but he's not at the beach yet. The background was a beach and the waves it was actually a video background so the waves kept repeating so I did notice after FYI on his john Yeah, you're not actually at the beach because no no no, I'm in the Airbnb. So right. Pretty funny
that you log thing they used to have a Christmas time with the fireplace. It is. And actually if you watch really closely, one of the little ashes on the log suddenly jumps and that's where you know, the end of the loop. That's it right there. If you if you want to be a nerd about it, I guess but I guess.
So you have nerds. Right. You You're in Europe, you're a patent attorney. That's not nerds. Because it's bigger. Totally complete. No, you man. Look, I've seen
you as nerdy of them. patent attorney. I don't
think I've seen another patent attorney at any of the events. I you know, I see you at every e commerce event mastermind group, whatever it is, I think the last one we were at together was billion dollar summit with Kevin King. I see you everywhere. You're helping ecommerce entrepreneurs, you know get Is it is it. patents, trademarks? What did tell us what a little bit more detail about what you do?
Yeah, I mean, it is patents and trademarks, I'm going to help them to protect what's protectable. I mean, a lot of times when you're, you're out in business or you're launching a new product, you want to prevent people from just copying what you're doing and jumping on top of the bandwagon that you create. And so the extent possible, it's great to create IP protection, intellectual property protection, to to protect the thing that differentiates you from others so that the thing that consumers So looking for and your products is also something which you can keep exclusive. And that's what I seek to do.
You just said new product when you're launching a new product. Talk to us about the timing around when somebody can file for a patent because I think there's a certain period of time and whatnot. If it's out to market, it's still okay. Can you touch on that? Yeah, absolutely.
And I think that's critical. And, and and I'm glad you asked, because I think that's one of the most important things for entrepreneurs to know, because it's where I've seen them lose out the most, is by filing too late. And so the way it works is that in most of the world, if you make the idea public, before you apply for a patent, and then it's too late, so in most of the world, it's what's called absolute novelty. Where, if it was made public in any way, before you apply for a patent, then it's game over. But in the US, there is technically a one year ice period. Okay. But in the US, there's technically a one year grace period, where if you put it out there, and then you, you file a patent application within a year, you still can be okay. But many times what happens is that, you know, people launching a product, they want to be conservative with their resources, which is extremely understandable in business, you want to spend money on what you need to spend money on. And so they'll say, Okay, well, patents are expensive, so why don't I put it off? And if things go, well, then I'll get a patent. The problem is, they come to me after two years have gone by, and I have to give them the unhappy news that it's too late to ever apply for a patent.
Absolutely, yeah. And then everybody you asked one year, it's game over. Okay. And and if you do it nine months in, the rest of the world is off, right? You clock
most of the world is off, there's still some places where there's a grace period, but most of the world is off. And that's why I mentioned that it's that the rule about the most of the world first, because a lot of times people that know a little bit of patents, think about that one year rule. And they say, Well, I don't really have to do anything until a year goes by. I mean, that's fine. If you want to give up your foreign foreign rights.
Yeah, right. So and And usually, those are the ones who are going to knock you off the most, you know, the Chinese competitors, which is challenging.
But that's also a good thing to understand about this, too, is people wonder like, well, do I need Chinese patents? Or do do I need a patent in every country around the world? So the way to back into that question is, what a US Patent does a US Patent prevents anyone else from making using or selling the product in the US? So okay, can they make it in China? Yes, but then can they bring it here and sell it here? No, not if you have a US Patent? So the most common thing people are worried about when they say, Do I need a Chinese patent? is whether it can be made overseas and brought in here? And the answer is no. If you have a US patent,
and how do you fight that? Let's just go straight to the beast, Amazon, you know, anybody that's selling a product these days, they're more than likely selling on Amazon and more than likely sign the majority of their revenues on Amazon. And I'm obviously generalizing there. But patent protection wise, let's say somebody has a patent utility design, and we'll get into that in a bit as well. Amazon's gotten a lot better at helping their sellers fight infringement, I believe, right?
Yes. And I would say that, from, from the standpoint of someone who has the patent, you know, Amazon is practically a dream, you know, you just do when you make an IP complaint, and and they shut down the competitors listings and in most circumstances, so it's great to be the one that's holding the patent when you're dealing with Amazon. Because the problem is that the avail they're even a bit overzealous in terms of shutting people down. As you know, a lot of times people get shut down unfairly because of patents. So if you have the patent, Amazon's great. If someone's coming at you with a patent, it's not so great.
Yeah. And we've we've both had a client in common in that regard. Talk to us about the different types of patents. And let me just say that, you know, I've been doing what I do here as an advisor quite light for eight years now. And, you know, of all the transactions I've done, Rich, I think probably only a handful of them, maybe five have had any kind of patent protection. Everybody has seemed Have a trademark. And we'll get into that a bit as well. But for those listening, if there's an opportunity for you to get a patent, and you believe in yourself in the marketability of the product, you will get more value, because one of the four things that buyers are looking for is defensibility of the business, and there's nothing better than a patent. Now, let's talk about breaking that down a little bit Rich, design, patent and utility patent, because I hear this, you know, easier to get a design patent. But utility patent is more defensible. Can you talk about the differences between the two? Yeah,
Rich Goldstein 10:36
absolutely. I mean, and you're totally correct about that. I mean, design patent tends to be easier to get, actually a lot easier to get. But in many scenarios can be less valuable. Amazon is an exception to that. And we'll talk about that in a moment. So first of all, the difference between the two utility patent is what we what you typically think of when you think of an invention, or you think of someone patenting an invention, you think of someone made an improvement, somebody worked in their garage and came up with a, like a better way for a can opener to operate. And so they come up with a mechanism. And the utility patent then is what would protect that improvement and protect that structural difference, that those functional differences. That's what a utility patent is all about, like the kind of stereotypical notion of what an invention is. And that's how it's protected. A design patent is strictly about the appearance, it's strictly about the way the product looks. So the shape of the product. And so if you get a design patent, then it's really only protecting a product that has that appearance. And so if someone had copies the concept of what you're doing functionally, and just and makes it look different, then it's not going to infringe the design patent. So over the years, people would always say that, well, utility patents have valuable design patents not so much, because with a design patent, you just change the way it looks, and then you're getting around the patent. And that has you know, that's that's valid, except that these days, on Amazon, there's certain advantages. So first of all, because a design patent is about the way that the product looks. Then if you do an IP complaint on Amazon, for let's, let's go the other exam for utility patent. So utility patents about a functionality. Now utility patents and infringement. It's about wording. It's about kind of a definition in the patent that describes exactly what's covered. It's like a table that has four legs, and it has, you know, rubber feet on the base of whatever it's, it doesn't fit the definition, where the design patent is just about the way it looks in the drawings. So the Now again, look toward the situation, someone does an IP complaint on Amazon. They say this hijacker is copying my utility patented product, Amazon is faced with trying to interpret this patent. But if it's a design patent, then you're saying, hey, this hijacker that product, it looks like my design. Well, Amazon is just going to look at the drawings in the design patent, they're going to look at the the product listing, that's that you're you're looking to shut down and they'll say, Okay, looks the same. And they shut them down. So it's actually easier to get recourse on Amazon with a design patent than with a utility patent. So it could be quite valuable. And the other thing is, you know, just think about how people copy you on Amazon, people typically don't say, hey, that's a great concept. Let's take some time and design our own. They say, you know what, I'm just gonna knock this off. Let me see if I could find the same manufacturer to sell me some of that product, or, or even just, he has another manufacturer in China, and they send them a sample and say, can you make this exact thing. So when people copy you on Amazon, they don't get imaginative about it, which means it's going to look the same, which means it's going to infringe the design patent. So what traditionally design patents might be less valuable. they've actually been very patent. They've been very valuable on Amazon. And I advise people that if you have a product that you're launching on Amazon, that has a fairly distinctive look. You might as well do a design patent because it could really pay off later.
Joe Valley 14:46
Can you work with the folks you know, gamba or down here at inventus in Charlotte and and and get an industrial designer to change the look and design of the product even though the functionality the utility of is the same? Can you design it differently? And then apply for a design patent? obviously don't know if you can if you can,
yes, I mean it. The situation matters, of course. But, uh, but often Yes, you can do that, like if if you recognize that when someone has a design patent, it's not about the functionality, then yeah, you could you could make your own design and, and get your own patent for it.
Well, let's talk about, you know, one of the I think, one of the reasons people don't apply for the patent, obviously, they thought they had more time megawatt to market and it's right 13 months out, like, too late. The other is that like, Man, that's just it's a lot of dough. It's I'm barely scraping together money here for inventory. What What is the cost difference between utility and design? And I think there's quite a
significant difference. So there is quite a significant difference. And, you know, and you're right, I mean, people that are launching products. I mean, a lot of times, being successful on Amazon is about being scrappy, it's about being able to move quickly and get something out there and not spend a lot of money on launch, because it's a bit of a numbers game, and not every product is going to be successful. So if you get a few out there a few irons in the fire inexpensively, then that can be the the key to success. So with that in mind. Yeah, I mean, it's something you want to carefully consider whether it's worth patenting. But in terms of the difference in price, typical utility patent is going to be at least $10,000. Where design patent just a few. So it's just a few. Yeah.
So I applied once upon a time, my wife and I just designed a product, and we applied for a utility patent. And looking back, I kind of wish we had just focused on the design pattern, it's before I knew Otherwise, I would have used you and I would have gotten the patent. Whereas I actually didn't get the patent. But I wished I had focused on the design aspect of it. But it's an e commerce business. And I'd never go in there. Again, I love doing what I do here as an advisor, Quiet Light. So I'm actually working with the folks down at inventus. in Charlotte, they're going to give it to somebody a former client of Quiet Light's, actually, and let them run with the product if they can. Oh, interesting. But for those that are listening and have products and are thinking Well, how do I find an industrial designer, I've mentioned them twice. inventus partners down in Charlotte, very, very good at what they do been around for about 2022 years. Louis Foreman is one of the founders, the company lives down the street from me, one of my friends, and then Zack over at gumba. Great guy. We've had him on the podcast, they do fantastic.
I've had jack Zack on my podcast as well. And I love the guys again, but they're really great, really fantastic. I agree.
One of the things that you actually talked about at the billion dollar summit, and when we were there was Zach as well, was taking expired patents and innovating them to keep talking about that a little bit in terms of people with, you know, motivation now. Yeah.
Do you? I'm glad to remember that. You know, like you remember my talk from last November that I was that
one guy that was listening. Just for the record. Look, everybody. Richard, I bet
it was all for you.
Richard, I both did a presentation on the same day. And after the presentations of the day, Kevin, who's the founder of the event, he has everybody breakout into different groups. There's, there's a table where Rich and Joe or there's a table for Matt and Jason and the different things that they talked about. And that event was all about, you know, driving revenue and importing from China and competing and knocking off competitors. Rich, I sat at the table alone together. No one had any advice?
Yeah, talking to us. Right. Right. So so no one had any question. I guess our presentations were so complete that no one had any questions. And that's what I was thinking. Yeah, exactly. And so you and I had got a chance to talk. So Exactly.
Let's talk about reverse engineering something. Okay, an expired patent. How do you do that?
Okay, so, so few principles here that are that are important to that. And one is that once a patent expires, it can't be renewed. And once a patent expires, it's fair game. So if you want to do exactly what was in the patent, the expired patent, you're free to do that. It's kind of like the whole basis of the patent system is that in exchange for protecting you, for a limited time, say 20 years with your patent, you're essentially explaining it, you're explaining the the product, you're explaining the idea in full in that patent application, so that at the end of that time period, you've explained to the future essentially how to go ahead with your product, how to go ahead with your invention. So this There's some real beauty to that. And that not only is it that it's free for you to use it, but the inventor laid out for you exactly how to go ahead doing it. So, so there is this invaluable resource in the the patent record in the 10 million plus issued United States patents, where there are tons of bring it out of the darkness into the light and have it and have that idea half its day. And there's nothing you need to do, you don't need to contact the inventor, you don't need to get permission from their errors, you just can go ahead and do it.
How do you go ahead and search for expired patents?
Aha, the million dollar question. Yes. Um, so um, so one of the the best resources for for searching patents easily, not thoroughly, but easily is Google patents. So that's patents pa t nts.google.com. And there are some kind of, you know, expert navigation features on the left hand side, one of them allows you to limit limit the date that the patent is from, and you can say that it was that it's that issued more than or that it was filed more than 20 years ago, because essentially utility patents filed more than 20 years ago now expired. design patents issued more than 15 years ago, are expired also. So you want to limit it by date. And then it gets a little bit complicated in terms of the search query. The best way is to look by classification. And that's probably more involved than I could just describe right here. But the point is that there's over 100,000, different classifications where where patents are arranged. So basically, all kind of hand tools might be in, in class for and hand tools with a sharpened edge might be then in subclass 161. Yeah. And so you do a little research, find that subclass, you could plug it into Google patents. And then you find all the patents that fit the category you're looking for. You're looking for sharpened hand tools, and, and you do that, and then you limit it by date, and then all of a sudden, you're looking at expired patents. And you have to do a good amount of hunting to find those good ideas. Because there's a lot of mediocre ideas. It's
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The Regional Transportation Plan recognizes that in 2035 we will have to deal with millions of more cars and trucks on our highways, resulting from a larger commuter population and freight-based economy. Expansion of public transit and tolled highway travel are key ingredients to fight greenhouse gas emissions, foreign oil dependence and traffic congestion. Yet it's unlikely that urban infill, light rail construction, tolling, carpooling or bicycling can realistically meet our environmental, energy and mobility goals by 2035.
Approximately 80 percent of urban trips are by commuters in single-occupant vehicles traveling less than 20 miles roundtrip to work. So what's the problem with an electric car that only carries two people and has a range of 60 miles? Nothing.
If the car were sized for a driver and passenger seated in tandem instead of abreast, it would be possible to double the number of cars occupying a 12-foot-wide travel lane on our highways.
Most American households already own two cars, both sized as a "family" car or utility truck. As a society, we can no longer afford to waste the space in a travel lane devoted to a car that's driven four-fifths empty to and from work every day, with its consummate carbon emissions.
You can keep your gasoline-powered pickup and family car. Just make your other car — the one you should be driving to work (if not taking public transit or biking) — a narrow-bodied, two-seats-in-tandem EV. They are now being made in Eugene (the Pulse by Arcimoto), Spokane (the Tango by Commuter Cars Corp.) and Los Angeles (the Persu by Persu Mobility Inc.). They can go 100 mph, accelerate zero to 60 mph in six seconds, and have a minimum range of 40 miles at 75 percent discharge. They get the equivalent of at least 80 miles per gallon of gasoline, and are built with race car roll-cage construction, including full harness and/or airbags for crash safety.
No, they don't look like your typical car. But what's not to like?
Unfortunately, because they are not yet mass-produced, some of these EVs currently are very expensive — about $100,000 per car. Then again, the proposed $3.5 billion bridge over the Columbia River would carry approximately 35,000 cars during commuter rush hours, or about $100,000 per car.
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Larry Weymouth is a professional planner for a Portland consulting firm. He has had a deposit on a Tango for four years and has been on a waiting list for two years to acquire a Persu. After seeing a Pulse on display recently at Pioneer Courthouse Square, he has also been thinking about putting a deposit on a Pulse.
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Q: Seleção automática em menu drop-down Em um programa para previsão meteorológica por selecção de cidades estou usando uma dropbox que funciona bem, mas o sistema não está totalmente automático. Quando é iniciado, preciso de selecionar uma cidade para mostrar a previsão. O que eu pretendia é que a lista não tivesse "Selecionar cidade" e abrisse logo com a previsão para a primeira cidade (Caldas da Rainha). Muito obrigado por qualquer dica (sou principiante!) :-)
 O site é esse [1]: http://www.meteocaldas.com/previsao3.php
 O código é esse: `

<?php

$arr = ["Caldas da Rainha", "Lisboa", "Peniche" ];
if( $_POST['city']){
   $city=$_POST['city'];
}
?>

<form name="f" id="a" method="post" action="">
<select id="city" name="city" onchange="this.form.submit()" >
  <option value="0">Selecione cidade</option>
  <?php

   foreach ($arr as $a){

    if($a == $city){
        echo "<option value='{$a}' selected >$a</option>";
    }else{
        echo "<option value='{$a}' >$a</option>";
    }

   }

   ?>

   </select>
</form>

A: Você pode simplesmente tirar o  e a a sua lógica que estará resolvido.
Retire este trecho:
<option value="0">Selecione cidade</option>

Ficará assim:

<?php
$arr = ["Caldas da Rainha", "Lisboa", "Peniche" ];
?>

<form name="f" id="a" method="post" action="">
<select id="city" name="city" onchange="this.form.submit()" >
  <?php
   foreach ($arr as $a){
        echo "<option value='{$a}'>$a</option>";
   }

   ?>

   </select>
</form>


Cloonacastle Tower House was built circa 1238 and was first in the ownership of the Fitzgerald family. By the early 14th century it had come into the possession of the Bourkes. During the latter half of the 16th century the Bourkes were in constant conflict with Sir Richard Bingham. At the time of the "Composition of Mayo" in September 1585 Richard Oge Bourke was the owner of Cloonacastle and he was granted 8 quarters of land adjoining his house there. He was hanged by Sir Richard Bingham the following year and his brother Walter Bourke was ousted from Cloonacastle in 1591 by Sir Richard's brother John Bingham. There is still a site close to Cloonacastle called "poll-na-marbh" or "hollow of the dead" where fifteen women, by the name of Mary Bourke, were executed by Sir Richard Bingham are supposed to be buried. The site is now commemorated by a cairn overlooking the 17th green.
John Bingham obtained a grant in fee from King James 1 of the castle and manor of Cloonacastle and 14 quarters of land on the 4th December 1609. He was succeeded at Cloonacastle by his nephew Sir Henry Bingham who was in possession at the time of Strafford's Inquisition of County Mayo.
It is unlikely the Bingham family had much direct contact with Cloonacastle during the 18th and 19th centuries. They derived income from the property by leasing it to the Gildea family. This began early in the 18th century and Gildeas remained there as tenants for well over a hundred years. A lease from Sir John Bingham to James Gildea in September 1745 mentions the "house" of Cloonacastle. It is not known when this James Gildea died but he was succeeded as tenant by his eldest son, another James. This James died in 1790 at Cloonacastle and the Gildea's lease of property was renewed in November 1790 when Lord Lucan leased it to George Gildea, son of James, for 3 lives or 31 years at an annual rent of £485.
The register of trees records the extensive tree planting that George carried out on the estate during the first two or three years of the new century. This register shows George's planting of 24,200 trees at Cloonacastle by 1803 and specifies the different varieties - 6,000 firs of different kinds, 500 oak, 1,500 ash, 2,000 beech, 3,000 alder, 1,500 elm, 600 birch, 300 mountain ash, 3,000 sycamore, 5,000 whitethorn, 300 fruit trees and 500 aspen.
By the time of Griffith's Valuation in mid 19th century the family of George's nephew James Cuffe Gildea had been living at Cloonacastle. Detailed descriptions of the larger houses of the time can be found in the House Booked of the various parishes. Cloonacastle was described in 1843 as a steward's house and it measured 49 x 25 feet and was 21 feet in height. A pencil plan of the house and it's outbuildings shows the position of the kitchen (which was not attached to the main house), coach house, stables, cow house, turf house, office and gatehouse. It is about this time that the Gildea connection with Cloonacastle came to an end. James Cuffe Gildea died in 1842 leaving a young family of 4 girls.
During the 1850's James Simpson, a Scot, became the tenant of 2,260 acres of Lord Lucan's estate including Cloonacastle where he lived. Simpson appears to have brought a new approach to farming in the west of Ireland. He went in for tillage on a large scale and kept many of his cattle in during the winter months. Simpson provided employment for many people and kept a steam engine at Cloonacastle which was used to drive a saw mill, a bone grinding mill and a threshing and winnowing machine.
Simpson's lease ran out in early 1880's and 1884 a new 25 year lease of Lord Lucan's Ballinrobe property began with Messers Egan, Daly and McDonnell. The Egans took up residence at Cloonacastle and in the 1901 census John P Egan, a bachelor was living there. However, before the 1884 lease ran out the estate was taken over by the Congested District Board in 1907. The owners of the lands were the Walsh family succeeded by the Hobans from whom the Golf Club purchased the Estate in 1992.


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The subtle charms of this excellent romantic drama are the kind you generally expect from European cinema. Sofia Coppola has made a stunning sophomore directorial effort, a beautifully shot story about two strangers who find each other in the most desolate of circumstances: they are both stranded in a Tokyo hotel. Bill Murray plays an aging movie star who has come to the city to film a whiskey ad that will pay him millions of dollars. Scarlett Johansson plays the wife of a photographer (Giovanni Ribisi) who lounges in the hotel while her husband goes off to work. Through chance encounters in bars and elevators, the two strangers overcome their culture shock and loneliness by becoming friends and going out to paint the town red. Shades of Nelly And Monsieur Arnaud abound as this perfectly natural relationship unfolds before you, and you'll be grateful for the experience.


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This City Has the Worst Bed Bug Infestation in America
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Hint: It's in the Midwest
This is one superlative no one wants their city to win. Pest control company Orkin recently released its annual Top 50 Bed Bug Cities list, compiled with data from the places Orkin performed the most treatments for bed bugs from Dec. 1, 2021, to Nov. 30, 2022. So where's the worst bed bug infestation?
For the third year in a row, Chicago took the top spot on Orkin's list—looks like bed bugs can't get enough of the Windy City. The Big Apple hopped up one spot on the list, from No. 3 to No. 2, bumping Philly down to the No. 3 slot. And making its way into the top 10 this year is Los Angeles; LA climbed a notable seven spots from last year and currently sits in the No. 5 space.
Here are the top 10 cities on Orkin's 2023 list:
Cleveland-Akron
Cleveland-Akron jumped four spots on the list, while Baltimore fell three spots and Washington, D.C. fell two spots. The only city that exited the top 10 this year was Cincinnati, which now sits at No. 13.
If you live in or are visiting any of these cities, it's wise to be a little more vigilant about your susceptibility to bed bugs—and maybe stock up on some bed bug killer.
Harris Bed Bug Killer
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What is the main cause of bed bugs?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bed bugs often come into contact with people by way of luggage, bags, clothes, bedding, furniture or anything else that lets them easily hide and hitch a ride. That means that if people travel somewhere with a bed bug infestation, they can bring home unwanted souvenirs. Long story short: Always inspect hotel rooms or any place you might be staying while traveling—here's how to do so properly.
Bed bugs have a long and pesky history that dates back to ancient Egypt. Colonists brought them to the United States, but by the 1950s, they had been pretty much eradicated, due to modern cleaning products (thank you, vacuums and washing machines) and new pest-control products. They made an unfortunate comeback in the late 1990s, due to an uptick in international travel and a lack of public awareness for pest prevention.
How long do bed bugs live?
According to Orkin, bed bugs typically live between four and six months. But some bed bugs could live for up to a year in the right conditions. Bed bugs thrive in cluttered spaces, where they can go unnoticed. (Yuck.)
It's natural to want to remove bed bugs and other insects from your home, but leaving certain crawlers alone can actually be helpful. Read up on why you shouldn't kill a centipede or a spider if you see them in your space.
Orkin's 2023 Top Bed Bug Cities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: "Bed Bug FAQs"
Orkin: "What is the main cause of bed bugs?"
Orkin: "How long do bed bugs live?"
Pest World: "Bed Bugs History: Information on These Annoying Pests"
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Short-Term Memory and How It's Affected by Alzheimer's
By Esther Heerema, MSW
Updated October 17, 2018
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Short-term memory is thought of as the brief period of time that you can recall information that you were just exposed to. For example, after hearing a phone number and repeating it a couple of times, you may be able to remember it long enough to dial it accurately. In five minutes, however, it's unlikely that you can recall that phone number.
Capacity of Short-Term Memory
Our short-term memories usually hold between 5 to 9 items of information. This capacity can be extended by using memory strategies, such as chunking information or attaching meaning to it. You can also hold information indefinitely in your short-term by rehearsing it (repeating it over and over), which may result in it eventually being transferred over to your long-term memory as well.
Clinicians' Definition
Some people, including doctors and psychologists, may define short-term memory more in hours, days, or weeks. For example, if it's late afternoon and you can't recall what you ate for breakfast or you forgot that you went to the doctor four days ago, your physician may call that "short-term memory impairment."
Technically, information from a few hours ago better fits into the term intermediate memory: the time period that bridges the gap of approximately a few minutes and extends into a day or two. However, that term is used with far less frequency.
How Is Short-Term Memory Affected by Alzheimer's Disease?
Short-term memory impairment is one of the earlier symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. It can cause people to forget the question they just asked or where they set their glasses down. Repetition of questions and behaviors is often a result of short-term memory impairment in dementia.
Other Causes of Short-Term Memory Impairment
It's normal to be concerned if you experience an occasional memory lapse, but you can rest reassured that not all short-term memory problems are a sign of Alzheimer's. There are also some benign reasons your memory might be less than stellar, such as when you're juggling too much in life. Memory can be inhibited by one or more of the following:
Acute Grief
Chronic Depression
Stress/Feeling Overwhelmed
Reversible conditions like normal pressure hydrocephalus or vitamin B12 deficiency
Other kinds of dementia
Delirium from an infection or illness
If you notice a persistent problem with your short-term memory or someone else has identified this as a concern, you should seek an evaluation to determine the cause and appropriate treatment. If it's related to a reversible condition, you'll be able to address the cause and improve the symptoms. If it's caused by a dementia like Alzheimer's, early treatment has thus far been the most effective in maintaining cognitive functioning and can help you cope with that new diagnosis.
The Newsletter of the Memory Disorders Project at Rutgers University. Glossary.
How Working Memory Is Affected by Alzheimer's Disease
What Types of Memories Are Lost With Dementia?
Explore These 7 Easy Tips to Improve Your Memory and Recall
Elaborative Rehearsal: A Better Way to Memorize
How Accurate Is a BIMS Score in Identifying Dementia?
4 Types of Memory That Everyone Has
How the Simple Stroop Test Detects Signs of Early Alzheiemr's
What Are the 4 A's of Alzheimer's Disease?
Tips on Managing Cognitive Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis
How Executive Functioning Is Affected by Dementia
Comparing Symptoms and Prognosis of 13 Different Kinds of Dementia
What Does Oriented x1, x2, x3 and x4 Mean in Dementia?
Alzheimer's Disease Signs & Symptoms
12 Benefits of Early Detection in Alzheimer's Disease
Can Yoga Improve Memory and Help Prevent Alzheimer's Disease?


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n° 48 – Ano XVI – Dezembro de 2018 → VOLTAR
Of Palimpsestic Memory and Reverse Merging: Mani Mehrvarz, Private Nostalgia, 2014
The project consists of more than 140 pieces of video footage, looped randomly to compose a long narration.
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Mani Mehrvarz, Private Nostalgia (2014), video still: courtesy of the artist.
The project Private Nostalgia by Mani Mehrvarz consists of more than 140 pieces of video footage, looped randomly to compose a long narration. Among them there are visual episodes from the history of Iran, the artist's homeland, as well as excerpts from Mehrvarz's family home videos from the past. The content of the moving images, shown one after another with no preset order, varies from scenic landscapes to social turmoil, from wedding scenes to politically engaged speeches and from football games to war. The sequence of these visual samples is never the same, since Mani Mehrvarz designed the series of video footage as a database, out of which an algorithm chooses the succession of images. Therefore, a non-linear narrative is created, as the artist notices in the project's description.
If a randomly accessed database with its hidden structure of keywords driven by code may be a metaphor of contemporary culture, as Lev Manovich noted in his paper Database as Symbolic Form (1999), then Private Nostalgia pertains to this meaning. Due to the present-day networked culture, history changes its quality from a linear narrative to an open project in a form of a database which content can be altered, remodeled and added to as well as subtracted from. The omnipresent connectedness available by networked media brings on the heterarchy of culture and challenges the way we perceive history through the wiki-model of organizing knowledge. As a result, history becomes, in a way, multidimensional and cannot be narrated using traditional and linear ways of storytelling. At the same time, it does not mean the end of history as declared by Francis Fukuyama (1992). It is rather a suggestion that history becomes navigable and heterarchical, instead of being linear (with points of beginning and end) and hierarchical (including the notions of 'big history' and 'small histories').
While nostalgia is a side-effect of dealing with memory and looking back at one's individual history, it can be also affected by some private and – looking at it from a broader perspective – also common factors. Nostalgia, defined as a longing for the past, sometimes one's own, but sometimes never experienced directly but only imagined as "those good old days", is a particular phenomenon, especially after the above-mentioned "end of history". Personal histories tend to be forgotten then recollected and re-lived in the process of storytelling. The individual history (the one "as I remember it") may be different from the one officially constructed. Common experiences may be often re-enacted in a form of a spectacle but they can also be altered and re-contextualized.
"Back in his days, writing about montage, Walter Benjamin predicted the emergence of artifacts sometimes created already with a potential of their further alteration…"
Mani Mehrvarz's decision of taking on randomness and using historical video footage as variables, in a way reminds of so-called "Kuleshov effect" which proves that various scenes, once recorded, are prone to numerous interpretative possibilities because of montage. Back in his days, writing about montage, Walter Benjamin predicted the emergence of artifacts sometimes created already with a potential of their further alteration. Nowadays, it is remix that enables repetition and re-contextualization as a form of discourse with the past, its clichés and iconic images, while being open to future alterations. Therefore, remix in a way that is applied by Mani Mehrvarz in Private Nostalgia becomes not only a new form of narration but it is also deeply rooted in the very qualities of contemporary media, particularly the way it shapes our perception and memory. As a result, memory becomes a palimpsest of images, some blurred while others quite vivid, some obviously meaningful, while others vague or even disturbing.
The "reverse merging" is a term from the field of economy, however it might be useful when applied to describe the process of remodeling history and memory through remix, as it happens with Private Nostalgia. In this way what's initially private (individual memory, affected by emotions and the Freudian "afterwardsness" – in a broader meaning as a knowledge of what happened next) becomes public, but at the same time the public factor (common imagination) is affected because we perceive it differently. A common imagination as a repository of images and episodes is never the same; it changes due to the perspective of every narrator, projecting his or her psychological stance onto the viewed subject. That's why the images seem to be so haunting and the series of algorithm-driven episodes seems to be meaningful and surprising. The private merges with the public not only because of today's mediated perception, shaped by the constant online presence and access to decentralized knowledge. It is also because of remix as a main feature of contemporary culture that derives from various resources and plays with variables to reveal a multi-faceted set of meanings, as it happens with Private Nostalgia by Mani Mehrvarz.
EDIÇÃO 48
CLIQUE AQUI E CONFIRA


Saturday, Starting March 19th , 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM, SATURDAY NIGHT JAZZ! With the Gary Campbell Quartet.The Globe Caf� & Bar, 377 Alhambra Circle. Downtown Coral Gables. 305.445.3555.
Friday, 10 p.m. Sideburns at Titanic, 5813 Ponce de Leon. 305-667-2537.
Friday Night starting at 9:30pm Concert at Tambo with Jemina and Jeff's combination of Acid Jazz, Lounge and Funk. 275 Giralda Ave., Coral Gables, 305-476-9024.
Every Friday, , from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., Oasis offers sunset cocktails at the water's edge with a delectable menu of Chinese Dim Sum and other Asian specialties, and DJ Snezana's high energy music. Oasis , Mandarin Oriental, Miami, 500 Brickell Key Drive. No cover charge, valet parking is $5. The attire is from Beach to Boardroom. (305) 913-8358.
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, from 7:00 to 10:00 pm., Live Jazz Trio at Americana Restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach: August 5-6-7, Brenda Alford; August 12, Dee Dee Wilde; August 13-14, Nicole Henry; August 19-21, 26, Brenda Alford; August 27-28, Nicole Henry. Ritz Carlton South Beach, One Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. 786-276-4000.
Nightly, 11 p.m. till closing, Poolside Bar and Grill. LaTeDa Hotel, 1125 Duval St., Key West. 1-305-296-6706.
Nightly, 5:30 p.m. to midnight, Guitar and vocals Jimmy Buffet-style with Kevin Hurley or Bob Bonnen. Parrot Tapas Bar. The Westin Beach Resort, 9700 South Overseas Hwy., MM97, Key Largo. 305-822-5553.
Wednesdays, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Latin Jazz at Bice Bar. Wyndham Grand Bay Coconut Grove, 2669 South Bayshore Dr., Coconut Grove. 305-858-9600.
Wednesday - Sunday night live music and dancing and Saturday & Sundays live music on the beach from 1:30-5 p.m. Seabreeze bar, Sonesta Hotel. 350 Ocean Drive, Key Biscayne. 305-365-2340.
Wednesday - Saturday, 7-11 p.m., piano bar, soul and jazz music with a view. Rusty Pelican, 3201 Rickenbacker Causeway, Key Biscayne. 305-361-3818. Wednesday through Sunday, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Dixieland Jazz & Swing. Les Deux Fontaines, 1230 Ocean Drive, South Beach. 305-672-7878.
Friday, Salsa Night, with dinner and dancing. La Paloma, 10999 Biscayne Blvd., North Miami. 305-891-0505.
Thursday - Saturday, 10 p.m. till closing Live Piano with Larry Smith at By George Bar. LaTeDa Hotel, 1125 Duval St., Key West. 1-305-296-6706.
Friday & Saturday, Portuguese music and live pianist. Old Lisbon Restaurant, 1698 SW 22 St., Miami, 305-854-0039.
Friday & Saturday, 6 p.m., Surf-n-Turf, grilled steak and lobster dinner with live music. Jimmy Johnson's Sports Grille. Eden Roc Resort & Spa. 4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. 305-531-0000.
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Daily Music at Sunset, 5:30-9:30 p.m. with live bands, like Dave and Velinda, Case and Davidson, Bruce Tetley, and Big Richard's Family Fun Band Band. Lorelei, MM82, Islamorada. 305-664-4656.
Nightly Live Jazz upstairs at the Van Dyke Caf�. The Van Dyke, 846 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach. 305-534-3600. (Music charge $3).
Tuesday - Saturday, 6-10 p.m., 7-11 p.m. on weekends. Jazz and piano with Gerald Dimitri and Gordon Reynolds. Capital Grille, 444 Brickell Ave., Downtown Miami. 305-374-4500.
Wednesday, 6 p.m. Harry's Nights. Two for one specials with complimentary sushi bar and live jazz. Harry's American Bar. Eden Roc Resort & Spa. 4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. 305-531-000.
Wednesday, Friday & Saturday, Live Jazz & Blues. Bougainvillea's Old Florida Tavern.
7221 SW 58 Ave., South Miami. 305-669-8577.
Thursday - Saturday, Gus' After Dark romantic tropical nightclub, with music, dance, mingle and tingle. Key Largo Bay Marriott Beach Resort. Mile Marker 103.8, Key Largo. 305-453-0000.
Saturday, 11:30 p.m.-4 a.m. Live salsa band, Fiesta with salsa, merengue, Spanish rock. Se�or Frog's, 616 Collins Ave., South Beach. 305-673-5262.
Saturday, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Jazz Trios or Quartets with The Globe Jazz All-Stars. The Globe Caf� & Bar, 377 Alhambra Circle, Coral Gables. 305-445-3555.
Sunday, 7-9 p.m., Latin Rhythms and Brazilian bossa nova with Beatriz Malnic and Ivo Carvalho, with dining. Samba Room, Las Olas Center, 350 E. Las Olas Blvd. 954-468-2000.
Sunday, 8-11 p.m., Jazz night with Nick Lauren. Shula's Steakhouse, The Alexander Hotel. 5225 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. 305-341-6565.
Saturday, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. Irish Cabaret Night with Irish dancing, story telling and audience participation. John Martin's, 253 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. 305-445-3777.


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The Weekend That Was: Good, bad, and ugly
December 6, 2011 Pac-12Kevin O'Neil, Pac-12 Football Championshipawbutler
I'm not going to go into great detail on this weekend. There were few thrilling games (although Cal-SDSU lived up to its billing), no compelling match ups (although UCLA lived up to it's train wreck status, more on that later), and not much scoring (only three of the ten participating Pac-12 teams broke the 70-point mark which ain't gonna earn you free tacos).
The Good: Stanford and Oregon State are good teams – at least by 2011-12 Pac-12 standards. The Cardinal hosted a decent NC State Wolfpack and won, 76-72. It's become apparent, if you're following the national scene, that NC State is becoming the token big conference team giving other big conference teams relevant challenges and subsequent W's. They've now played this role for Stanford, Vanderbilt, and Indiana. Quickly, Chasson Randle is good.
Oregon State was particularly tested but did win, handily over Montana. Lately, I'm having to make the unfortunate argument of which teams are good/bad based on their easy victories. The Beavers, more than other teams, are handling the teams they should and are being rewarded for it on pachoops. I'm going to quit this little rant and just say, keep watching Jared Cunningham.
The Bad: For me, the most appealing storyline of the weekend was self-derived. I proposed this question to my nominal but terrific twitter following: While I received no responses, I thought it was a phenomenal question, my failure was in not following up with my own predictions but one had to assume USC would be a good bet. So as you may or may not know, the Ducks beat the hapless but spirited UCLA Bruins in the aforementioned inaugural Pac-12 Football Championship game, 49-31.
That means, per my question, ten teams played gunning to outscore the Ducks' 49 points.
A little statistical analysis shows us that on three occasions, a Pac-12 team has not eclipsed this mark. ASU put a 44 spot on the Fairfield Stags, Utah lit up Harvard for 47 big ones, and USC – this Championship weekend – blew up for 40 KOs (that's what I'm going to call USC's points this season). Not surprisingly, each of these efforts resulted in a loss.
I'm not going to go much further into this statistical analysis because, frankly, it's not worth delving deep into poor play. I'm more interested in looking at what good, happened.
The Ugly: On Friday, I asked you to tune into the UCLA-Texas game like you were rubber necking on the 405. Early on, the Bruins did their best to prove they weren't the awkward situation everyone is quickly making them out to be. They were rolling, up 30-19. Then, the lights went out. Sure, that may read metaphorically but I mean it in a literal sense. With just under four minutes remaining in the first half and the Bruins rolling, the lights went out in the LA Sports Arena. For thirteen minutes, the Bruins and Longhorns were delayed (along with a whopping 6,177 fans in 14,500 seats) for 13 minutes. From that point on, Ben Howland's sorry troupe was outscored 50-29. For more, read this, and know that Reeves Nelson and Josh Smith combined for 6-points, 6-rebounds, and 24 minutes.
POW: As per league headquarters, Solomon Hill was the player of the week. He continues his solid play, a "jack of all trades" who is "playing better than he ever has" according to his coach, Sean Miller. Hyperbole never hurt anyone, but come on...
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