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Posted on August 26, 2021 by Xenia Gazette
GCCC has new secondary education director
By Darryl McGee - dmcgee@aimmediamidwest.com
XENIA — Rob Robinson has been hired as the new Greene County Career Center director of secondary education.
He comes to Xenia from the Springboro Community City School District.
"Being in central office at Springboro made me realize I wanted to be around students," Robinson said. "I am very excited to be in a beautiful, state-of-the-art facility like GCCC. I am excited to be here and take this place to a new level."
He officially started on July 19 and although Robinson has been on campus only for a short time, he has goals in mind.
"One of the goals I have is to really learn and observe what's happening and what is expected from us," Robinson said. "I am wanting to set a focus on what we're honing in on this year."
Robinson has not always been in education. He spent the first nine years of his career in finance and accounting. At one point, Robinson realized that he wanted to get into the educational field.
"I applied for a position at the Warren County Career Center," Robinson said.
He eventually took a position with the Springboro Community City School District. While there, Robinson helped the district financially.
"I took a small budget and was able to reduce it and save a quarter of a million dollars," he said.
Robinson also spent time at Kings High School where he made a major contribution.
"I started business academy. I took it from one class to an entire program," Robinson said.
Robinson also has experience teaching at the collegiate level. Being an adjunct at Cincinnati State he was able to teach college classes at Kings.
Robinson would like to make similar impacts at GCCC.
"I want to look at growth," he said. "I want to help students grow and be better. As an administrative staff, how do we commit resources to help the teachers?"
Robinson said he has not noticed many differences in working in Greene County as opposed to other schools.
"The biggest difference I see is the investment in this career center as opposed to the Warren County Career Center," Robinson said.
Robinson is liking the transition process to his new position.
"It's been good," Robinson said. "The people are really nice and accommodating. I have received good direction from GCCC Superintendent David Deskins."
Deskins is pleased with Robinson.
"Rob is a welcome addition to our leadership team," Deskins said. "He brings to the position experience both in career-technical and comprehensive education platforms. He also brings a strong background in business and technology. His leadership will continue to allow GCCC to build our local workforce with well-trained students who possess the foundation for college and are ready for the world of work."
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EXO's Lay (Zhang Yixing) stars in "The Golden Eyes" available now on Viki
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A new original drama series starring K-pop singer and actor Zhang Yixing (EXO's Lay), "The Golden Eyes," just premiered and is available to watch on the Rakuten Viki platform.
"The Golden Eyes" is adapted from a popular online novel of the same name and produced by the team behind the hit drama "The Mystic Nine". The drama tells the story of a pawn shop employee who encounters an antique from which he gains unexpected magical powers.
With high quality production value and fast paced storytelling, "The Golden Eyes" follows on the heels of other internationally successful titles including "Tientsin Mystic" and "Burning Ice."
Steeped in traditional Chinese culture, this new series is just one of several dramas to successfully integrate ancient Chinese motifs with Western-style fast-paced storytelling.
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Basically a flatwater group in its infancy, the paddlers named their new organization after a stream on which many early trips were taken. Ironically, Conewago is an Indian word meaning "big water."
The Club now offers canoe and kayak courses for the beginner, the intermediate, and the advanced paddler. In four months under club guidance a new paddler can accumulate enough skills to successfully negotiate Class III to IV water. Club members have logged thousands of miles across the continent making friends and spreading the name Conewago. Over the years some members have been motivated to become politically involved on the local, state, and national levels in such issues as river conservation, land preservation, non-powered boat registration, and the fight against pollution.
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Lan Huynh plays in racquetball tournaments across the state and around the world.
At home, she holds court at the YMCA.
Her conversations are interrupted by a steady stream of hugs and kisses from friends of all ages. She carries plastic bags full of candy for children and tropical fruit and vegetables for adults.
"I'm like the mom for the whole world," she says, laughing. "I have something for everyone."
Huynh -- her name sounds like "Wing" -- is a 56-year-old native of Vietnam who speaks spirited English with a heavy accent. Her words are hard to understand, but most people are bowled over by her energy and enthusiasm.
She serves as a one-of-a-kind good will ambassador for the YMCA, racquetball and a general zest for life.
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Huynh and her family came to the United States following the Vietnam War. After studying accounting at college in Buffalo, N.Y. -- "Too cold," she says -- she settled near Seattle, where she met her husband.
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Hyunh developed back problems after the birth of her second child. She gained weight and used a wheelchair for a while.
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"I bought a little $5 racket and hit the ball, hit the ball by myself," she says. "I was so bad people didn't want to play me."
Eventually, she won over partners and coaches. She began playing tournaments on the West Coast. She even represented Vietnam at International Racquetball Federation championships.
Hyunh lost weight and developed a powerful physique. She has the toned thighs of a competitive player, though her short black hair shows a trace of gray under her lucky visor.
When her husband, Hat, turned 59, she urged him to retire. They had taken cruises in Florida and decided upon Venice, even though she has 10 brothers and sisters who live in California, Oregon and Washington.
"Now they call me the black sheep," she jokes. "I'm the only one."
In Florida, Huynh learned she had uterine cancer. After rebounding from treatment, she was given a diagnosis of colon cancer and made another recovery.
Huynh, characteristically, says she got lucky. Doctors saved her life by finding her illnesses at an early stage. She notes that her cancer did cause at least one awkward moment.
At an international tournament, unsure of her health, she announced her retirement and received a standing ovation. Then she completed her treatment and returned to competition.
"It's almost embarrassing," Hyunh says, laughing.
Rietveld, her doubles partner, survived his own bout with prostate cancer.
"We both went through it with a positive attitude," he says. "We both thought that we'd beat this, and we did."
Last week, Hyunh was in Las Vegas for a national competition. Last month, she was in South Korea for an international tournament.
Hyunh played in the Friendship Cup, rather than the elite IRF competition. New rules require players to live in Vietnam and have a travel visa.
After her mother died, her father moved back to Vietnam. She has visited her birthplace of Hoi An, a small town near Da Nang. Sometimes, she dreams of returning home to build a proper court and teach racquetball.
"We only have one squash court in the whole country," she says. "Maybe I'll go home and start a new sport."
In Venice, where the climate reminds her of Vietnam, Hyunh has been introducing racquetball to youngsters at the YMCA. She did not think she had the patience to be a teacher, but lessons have gone well.
Hyunh tries to share a love for the social part of the game.
"Racquetball, it makes me get involved with people," she says. "It helps me connect with people. I love sport, but my passion is people."


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Entire Studio Ghibli Slate To Be Streamed Exclusively On HBO Max
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The entire streaming landscape is changing, quickly. Entertainment companies are trying to reclaim their rightful franchises so that they can stream it on their own services. NBC paid billions of dollars to rebuy the rights to The Office, and WB did the same so that Friends and The Big Bang Theory could be streamed on HBO Max, while Disney let the deal they had with Netflix expire so that they could get their content back so that it could be streamed on Disney+. And WB's latest move only leaves fewer franchises left for mainstream streaming sites like Netflix.
WB has acquired the streaming rights to all of the Studio Ghibli films, which will now be added to their HBO Max streaming services. More on the report below.
The news was confirmed by THR. According to them, the entire Studio Ghibli library will be available to stream on the premium service starting spring 2020. Titles include, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, Ponyo, Spirited Away, The Wind Rises, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, and more.
But the news also comes as a bit of a shock, considering GKids had no plans to bring Ghibli films to streaming. This was based on the wishes of the animation studio to preserve the theatrical experience. However, it looks like GKids is doing a bit of backpedaling, as they have expressed that that the sentiment was untrue.
"We are excited to be working with HBO Max to bring the complete collection of Studio Ghibli films to streaming audiences in the US. As a premium content brand, HBO Max is an ideal home for our films," said Koji Hoshino, Chairman of Studio Ghibli. "Upon launch of the service this spring, existing Ghibli fans will be able enjoy their favorites and delve deeper into the library, while whole new audiences will be able to discover our films for the first time."
"Studio Ghibli films are visually breathtaking, completely immersive experiences," Kevin Reilly, chief content officer of HBO Max and president of TNT, TBS and truTV, said in a statement. "Exciting, enchanting, and deeply humanistic, these wonderful films have captured people's hearts around the world, and we are proud to showcase them in an accessible way for even more fans through HBO Max."
Now, it's not all bad. Finding a theater that showed a Ghibli film was extremely hard and could only be seen if you lived in some of the bigger cities, if it was shown during a Fathom Event, or if you bought it on Blu-ray. Of course, now these films can be seen in the comfort of your own home, through HBO Max. Unfortunately, it doesn't come with the theatrical experience.
[Source: THR]
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Utah high court to hear death penalty appeal
The Utah Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of a condemned inmate set to die by firing squad.
Ronnie Lee Gardner is scheduled to be executed June 18.
His attorneys filed an appeal seeking to stop the execution and asking for a review of Gardner's 1985 death sentence.
Gardner was convicted in the fatal courthouse shooting of attorney Michael Burdell.
The high court on Thursday set a June 3 hearing date and issued a schedule for attorneys to submit written arguments.
Gardner's attorneys will argue he was denied state funds to pay for experts and investigators who could have provided mitigating evidence during the penalty phase of his trial.


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Q: Remove the last special characters of strings in a list I have an array with words, some ending with special characters. I would like all the special characters at the end of the words to be deleted. Is there an elegant way to do it?
aArray=["palabra...","algo,.", "si ...", "onomatopeña", "asi;","www.google.com"]

output:
aArray=["palabra","algo", "si", "onomatopeña", "asi","www.google.com"]

I was trying this:
rxx = re.compile(r'(.*)([.,]{2,})')  # Extend [.,] as needed; {2,} means >= 2
aArray=["encontarla....", "esta,.", "sr.", "texto", 'www.google.com', 'encontrarla.']
aArray=([rxx.sub(lambda m: m.group(1), word) for word in a])

I think I did not understand at all. For example the string www.google.com as it is a url, should not elminate the dots.

A: You can use a regular expression to do that. Although your question is not very clear on the definition of 'special characters', but here is a sample code that gives the output that you posted:
import re

aArray=["palabra...","algo,.", "si ...", "onomatopeña", "asi;", "www.google.com"]

for i in range(len(aArray)):
    aArray[i] = re.sub(r'[.,;]+$', '', aArray[i]).strip()

Output:
['palabra', 'algo', 'si', 'onomatopeña', 'asi', 'www.google.com']

If by 'special character' you mean any non-alphanumeric, then you can use this:
import re

aArray=["palabra...","algo,.", "si ...", "onomatopeña", "asi;", "www.google.com"]

for i in range(len(aArray)):
    aArray[i] = re.sub(r'[^\w]+$', '', aArray[i]).strip()

Output:
['palabra', 'algo', 'si', 'onomatopeña', 'asi', 'www.google.com']

Also note the strip(), it is there to remove the trailing spaces
UPDATE
The $ at the end of regular expressions, means that we expect this pattern to be at the end and nothing else should be after it. So it can handle your URLs as well.

A: To strip all non-word characters only from the end of the strings:
import re

aArray = ["palabra...", "algo,.", "si ...", "onomatopeña", "asi;", "www.google.com"]

aArray = [re.sub(r'\W+$', '', s) for s in aArray]

Result:
['palabra', 'algo', 'si', 'onomatopeña', 'asi', 'www.google.com']

Explanation:
\W+ matches any number of non-word characters, and $ anchors the match to the end of the string.

A: This could be done using a list comprehension and filter, without needing to use regex:
>>> aArray=["palabra...","algo,.", "si ...", "onomatopeña", "asi;","www.google.com"]
>>> [s.rstrip('.;, ') for s in aArray]
['palabra', 'algo', 'si', 'onomatopeña', 'asi', 'www.google.com']

Note I'm assuming '.;, ' are the all "special characters you're referring to.

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require File.expand_path('spec/spec_helper')
require 'output_interceptor'

describe Boom::Remote do
  def dummy type
    m = stub 'storage_type', :class => type
  end

  it "remote" do
    Boom.use_remote false
    Boom::Output.capture_output

    local  = [Boom::Storage::Json, Boom::Storage::Keychain ]

    remote = [Boom::Storage::Gist, Boom::Storage::Mongodb, Boom::Storage::Redis]

    (local + remote).all? do |type|
      Boom::Remote.allowed? dummy(type).should_not be_nil
    end

    Boom.use_remote true

    Boom::Remote.stubs(:output)
    remote.all? { |t| assert Boom::Remote.allowed?(dummy(t)), "#{t} should be allowed" }
    local.all?  { |t| assert !Boom::Remote.allowed?(dummy(t)), "#{t} should not be allowed"}
  end
end

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Home » News » UTC Sheffield City Centre » UTC Sheffield Students Meet Expert Employer Mentors
UTC Sheffield Students Meet Expert Employer Mentors
Every term UTC Sheffield meet with mentors from an array of Creative & Digital and Engineering sector businesses as part of the exciting 'Employer Mentor Programme.'
Local, national and multi-national businesses continue to support the region's first University Technical College by providing project support and mentoring to students through participating in the programme.
The event is highly beneficial to both employers and students as it offers employers the chance to meet students and discover emerging talent, and gives students the chance to meet industry leaders and experts to discuss their personal skills development and career paths.
The 'Employer Mentor Programme' runs sessions outlining the different levels of support that employers can offer. This ranges from mentoring and setting coursework or work-based projects through providing work experience and placements.
Assistant Principal, Brigidin Crowther who designed the programme, explains how it works,
"We match students to employers very carefully to ensure that both employers and students have the most valuable experience possible. This is a fantastic opportunity for our students to meet employers face to face and discover more about the industry they wish to enter. Employers like meeting potential future recruits and young people have the benefit of specialist career advice from industry insiders."
Businesses also have the chance to tour the facilities, meet staff and students and hear about the UTC's progress and future plans.
The session began with an update on the progress of the UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park campus which is due to open in September 2016 and will specialise in Human Sciences and Computing. Businesses attending included: Atkins Global Engineering, Benchmark Recruitment, HR Media, Sumo Digital, Can Studios, Cutlers Hall Hospitality, Evolution Printing, Finger Industries, Mott MacDonald, Newburgh Precision, Portland Works, Sheffield International Venues, Siemens, Aardvark Swift, HLM Architects, Lavender International, Rolls Royce, Warp Films and Primetals.
Chloe Wood from Cutlers' Hall Hospitality commented, "I'd have loved something like this when I was in school, it is definitely something I would have done. I feel that this type of opportunity was missing from my school experience and it is great to help young people by giving them experience and insight by starting networking early."
Jonny Ford of Finger Industries, who was taking part in the event for the first time after providing masterclass sessions to UTC students, commented, "When I was at school I didn't have a sense of where I fitted in, events like this at the UTC offer career guidance to talented students who aren't sure of where they fit – it's good to know there is somewhere for you as a result of these sessions." He added, "There is a shortage of animators and 3D modellers within the local area, as many are situated around the bigger companies in London. It's great that UTC students are learning these skills from a young age; it means we can encourage them and show them progression routes."
Another newcomer to this term's event was Atkins Global Engineering. David Jenkinson commented on the value of their first session, "We are struggling to find top quality skilled applicants for all job levels, and the UTC has allowed us to engage with younger people to gather interest and create awareness." He added, "Programmes like this allow us to inspire people to become engineers, whether it be with us or anyone else in the industry, and we can encourage them to carry on their study to University from as young as primary level."
Over 50 employers are already backing UTC Sheffield in a range of ways. This includes providing guaranteed recruitment interviews, sponsorship and work placements, setting industry-based projects, 'Spot the Talent' and the mentoring programme.
Key supporters include Siemens, Newburgh Precision, Rolls-Royce, Sheffield Forgemasters, The University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing, Performance Engineered Solutions, Warp Films, Sumo Digital, Resolve IT, Visionmix and Red Tape Studios.
Aime Niyona gize who met top global civil Engineering Mott MacDonald said, "It was inspiring and really, really useful! Thank you!"
Anjali Kaladagi added, "It made me aware of new and exciting areas I hadn't even thought about before. Thank you to Atkins Global!"
And for Ben Singleton and Maddie Fearn the chance to meet Sumo Digital was "inspiring!" and "just excellent! I was blown away."
To get involved email Brigidin Crowther, Assistant Principal, bcrowther@utcsheffield.org.uk.
Further details about our work with employers can be found on our employers page.


For the last 25 years the Cape Town based Exclusive Getaways created and organised tailor-made wildlife safaris, eco holidays, beach getaways, golfing trips, city stays, luxury-rail-experiences and hot-air balloon-adventures in South Africa.
Over the last year or so I met Patsy and Pam (sort of) on a weekly base on #travelchatSA, the first twitter chat about South Africa founded by Patrycja from Cape Town. Maybe you too would love to use twitter on your travels? Read what I think about twitter and travelling in How to use twitter as a tourist and make the world your neighbourhood. In summer I was eventually so very lucky to meet Patsy and Pam of Exclusive Getaways for a chat in Cape Town in the Western Cape. I truly felt their passion for their beautiful home, and I have the feeling that to only make their customers happy, they won't let anything between them and their goal.
See what the two tourism professionals with a big heart have to tell us about Cape Town. It is all about caves, drinking tea, pearl-white beach sand, mountain streams, sunbirds, and also a special link that Cape Town has with Berlin in Germany.
Patsy and Pam: Dazzlingly gorgeous, a little temperamental, and packed with natures best secrets.
Patsy and Pam: Much of day-to-day life in Cape Town happens with private transport. But as nature people, we walk a lot – and Cape Town has an endless number of beautiful places to walk.
The Touristin: What is the best kept secret about Cape Town?
Patsy and Pam: The mountainsides of Cape Town have some fabulous secrets – intriguing caves make good discoveries, and there are some fascinating sacred sites on Table Mountain. For nouveau-type movie-lovers, skip the chain cinemas and go to The Labia Theatre on Orange Street. It calls itself the oldest art repertory cinema in South Africa and it makes for an interesting, unpretentious and retro outing.
Patsy and Pam: The suburbs that sandwich the city bowl and Table Mountain are most beautiful. They feature a lot of old Victorian homes that have been reincarnated as trendy-chic suburban pads in beautiful old leafy suburbs. The vibe near the city is wonderfully cosmopolitan.
The Touristin: The best place for a hot chocolate or coffee in Cape Town?
Patsy and Pam: We have a serious confession to make: we are not coffee drinkers! But: the places to go for magnificent teas are The Mount Nelson Hotel on the edge of the city or The Twelve Apostles Hotel on the Atlantic seaboard.
Patsy and Pam: For a top-notch experience, eat at The Greenhouse at Cellars-Hohenort Hotel in Constantia. On the casual side, do go to Grand Café & Beach near the waterfront where you can eat outdoors on a private beach with pearl-white beach sand between your toes. When in Cape Town, do as the locals do and grab some fresh-from-the-sea fish and chips at Salty Dog at the Simon's Town harbour.
Patsy and Pam: You'd find us up on mountain paths, close to our magnificent fynbos, or beside the stream in Cecilia Forest, or sitting with shiny-jacketed sunbirds in Kirstenbosch, or on the shoreline of one of Cape Town's exquisite beaches. We love sea-mingling with the penguins at Boulders and Seaforth beaches.
Patsy and Pam: Historic Simon's Town is a pretty old maritime village with some lovely museums – The Warrior Toy Museum in St Georges Street exhibits thousands of dolls and teddy bears, dolls houses, model cars, toy soldiers, ships and model railroads.
In the city, the District Six Museum is a poignant depiction of racially based forced removals in what was once one of Cape Town's most colourful and lively residential areas.
One of our favourite galleries is the Irma Stern Museum in Rosebank – Irma Stern was an artist well-recognized in Cape Town for her accomplishments. She studied in Germany and held her first exhibition in Berlin! That's just one special link that Cape Town has with Berlin.
Patsy and Pam: The Saturday Neighbourgoods Market at The Old Biscuit Mill in Salt River is a great place to buy fresh produce and delicious artisan goods. Big Blue sells some great clothing – made from South African made cotton using local craft techniques. The Kalk Bay Big Blue shop is a lovely one to visit, because it rubs shoulders with all the quaint and artsy stores along Main Street in the cute fishing village town of Kalk Bay.
Patsy and Pam: Visitors can support local traders and purchase hand-made curios from market- and street-vendors. Local traders are easy to find near Cape Town's tourist attractions. There are some lovely gifts at the Kirstenbosch curio shops – they have some outstanding books on the fynbos of the Cape which make special take-home items. Our Cape wines make wonderful gifts for special people back home. Artvark in Kalk Bay is a special emporium for souvenirs – local artists are well represented in their prints, paintings, ceramics and sculptures.
The Touristin: Thank you so much for your time. I wish you all the very best Patsy and Pam. Hope to see you soon again in Cape Town.
Would you like to meet more eyewitnesses? Here are 10 fantastic things to do in Cape Town and 12 photos that make you desperately fall in love with South Africa.


Since the Paper Airplane project has completed its research goals, my role with the associated P2P Sockets project is now done. Alex Lynch is now the new maintainer and project owner for P2P Sockets. He has already done great working porting RMI on top of P2P Sockets, which means that you can transparently use the RMI framework over a P2P overlay network and distributed domain name system to quickly port over existing applications to be P2P, as well as easily create new P2P apps using your P2P skills.
P2P Sockets makes it easy to write peer-to-peer applications based on JXTA. P2P Sockets allows programmers to gain much of the power of JXTA, such as NAT and firewall traversal, without being exposed to its complexity. It does this through ports of popular software projects, such as a web server and web services stack, to work on the JXTA peer-to-peer network. This includes a web server (Jetty) that can receive requests and serve content over the peer-to-peer network; a servlet and JSP engine (Jetty and Jasper) that allows existing servlets and JSPs to serve P2P clients; an XML-RPC client and server (Apache XML-RPC) for accessing and exposing P2P XML-RPC endpoints; an HTTP/1.1 client (Apache Commons HTTP-Client) that can access P2P web servers; a gateway (Smart Cache) to make it possible for existing browsers to access P2P web sites; and a WikiWiki (JSPWiki) that can be used to host WikiWikis on your local machine that other peers can access and edit through the P2P network. P2P Sockets also introduces implementations of java.net.Socket and java.net.ServerSocket that can work on the JXTA network as well as a simple, light-weight, distributed, human-friendly, and non-secure DNS system.
I have made a screencast of the Paper Airplane plugin prototype, complete with narration. Check out the Flash screencast.
What if community and editing were a central and transparent part of the web and browsers?
What if the web was extremely integrated for usability, with instant messaging, site creation, the web server, and more all integrated into one whole?
What would this web look like if despite being integrated it was massively decentralized on a peer-to-peer network, able to exist and run without businesses or governments?
I have been working on a new vision of the World Wide Web and browsers that deeply embed collaboration and editing, starting from the questions posed above, and am proud to announce the final paper describing this vision.
The paper describes a new web browser, named Paper Airplane, and a new World Wide Web, called The Two Way Web. This new system has two main components: native support for collaboration and massive decentralization of the new web's technical plumbing.
The web browser supports instant site creation by including everything necessary to create and serve web sites; there is no separation between browser and server. Every browser is automatically a server and can handle requests for web sites, and includes wizards for creating sites. The instant site creation tools also support the full spectrum of public and private, allowing everything from completely private work groups to completely editable public sites.
Like a Wiki, this new browser includes a way to edit pages. This editor is a full-featured word processor built into the browser, an Internet-focused light office suite. Unlike existing packages such as Microsoft Word, this new editor is focused on web-based collaboration rather than printing pretty documents. Further, this Internet-centric editor has one click editing and saving; no more FTP or uploading files. Editing and saving documents is now similar to WikiWikis, but far more powerful and brought into the browser.
Instant messaging is integrated into every web site, including the editor. Every web site now supports instant messaging, so that as you browse a site you can communicate with that site's members. You can edit documents in the editor while communicating with others who are also editing that document, collaboratively creating a page using synchronous edit tools. Further, instant messaging for a site hooks into how public or private you decide to make your web community during the instant site creation process, empowering site creators to choose how they want instant messaging to work.
The browser includes a set of new features known as the smart browser, which is a new concept for the browser's relationship with a site. The browser now includes many things that used to be on the server, standardizing and making many common tasks much simpler across the web. For example, the browser includes single sign-on, so that users can sign into the browser itself on startup and then authenticate against other sites automatically. The smart browser vision also includes many tools for working with and viewing web sites in much more sophisticated ways, including searching, tagging pages, viewing pages by tags, tracking site changes, automatic indexing, and more.
The Two Way Web Directory is a Yahoo-like portal that is decentralized and which makes it easy for users to find and search the Two Way Web. During site creation using the instant site creation tools inside the browser, users can choose up to three tags to describe their site, such as Politics and Campaign Finance Reform, for example. This information is stored in the P2P Mesh in such a way that a Yahoo-like index can be shown to end-users in the browser, generated from all of the tags. This directory also supports Google-style searching. No one company or entity controls this virtual Yahoo; it appears to the end-user as a centralized, easy to use website but is in fact a fantasy, a creation put together by the Paper Airplane browser while communicating in the P2P Mesh.
The browser hooks into a peer-to-peer network of all other Paper Airplane browsers that are running named the P2P Mesh. The Two Way Web is actually a virtual illusion created from all running Paper Airplane browsers, a co-creation of many browsers autonomously creating a P2P Mesh. These browsers work cooperatively to do routing, distributed naming, automatic provisioning of storage and replication, etc. When a user wants to create or save a website using the Paper Airplane browser, they do not have to worry about storage or uploading files; Paper Airplane works with the cooperative P2P Mesh to automatically get the user started without having to know how to set up a web server, save files, or configure DNS.
Paper Airplane and the Two Way Web do not exist; they are a series of user-interface mockups and a vision for what a new version of the web could look like. The paper explains the vision by presenting the major portions of this new network and providing a UI walkthrough with high-quality mockups.
The paper is a thought experiment, a vision of how the web will be drastically different when it supports seamless community as a major component of the browser. The goal is to expand and consider ideas and technologies that push the boundary of what is technically possible. Engineering constraints and pragmatism are extremely important but can sometimes limit designers from imagining new ways of structuring software. Rather than focus on the technical how the paper focuses on the what in order to stimulate thought beyond current engineering capabilities, providing future possibilities that research and coding efforts can steer toward.
Simple prototypes of the Two Way Web peer network and the Paper Airplane browser have been created, however. An open source implementation of the Two Way Web has been created as a prototype framework named P2P Sockets. P2P Sockets is also an experiment in creating a P2P network that exposes an API that is familiar to existing programmers, namely the BSD Socket interface. It also includes higher level ports of software such as web servers, the Java Servlet and JSP APIs, XML-RPC clients and servers, etc. to a P2P network, as well as a simple distributed implementation of the Domain Name System that is non-secure.
A simple browser prototype has also been created to mimic some of the functionality of the Paper Airplane browser. This prototype is a Mozilla plugin that allows people to easily create collaborative P2P web sites, without setting up servers or spending money. It does this by integrating a web server into the browser itself, including tools to create collaborative online communities that are stored on the machine. The sites are stored locally on a user's machine, and a peer-to-peer network using the P2P Sockets framework is created between all of the Paper Airplane nodes that are running in order to resolve site names and reach normally unreachable peers due to firewalls or NAT devices. See the screencast demo of the plugin to get a quick overview.
The Paper Airplane project is now finished with the release of the paper, the plugin prototype, and the P2P Sockets framework that drives the prototype. At this point the vision is out there and I will be moving on to other ways to create Web 2.0, such as bringing these features into existing client/server WikiWikis. I will no longer be maintaining the P2P Sockets or Paper Airplane plugin so that I can make space and time for future projects and consulting; I've got a new million ideas I want to explore, especially around WikiWikis. The P2P Sockets project will live on with a new project owner and maintainer, Alex Lynch.
I hope the paper and prototypes inspire you to imagine just how much more powerful the web can be. Now that developers are experimenting with blogs, Wikis, tags, and DHTML, its time to innovate in the browser as well.
I have released a new build of the Paper Airplane prototype, version 0.1.2, and have also created a screencast of the prototype running, with narration of what is occuring as I run through the application; this is useful if you are interested in Paper Airplane and want to get a quick overview.
This version fixes a bug in the uninstaller so it now works and various other bugs.
The Paper Airplane project is now finished with the release of the paper, the plugin prototype, and the P2P Sockets framework that drives the prototype. At this point the vision is out there and I will be moving on to other ways to create Web 2.0, such as bringing these features into existing client/server WikiWikis. I will no longer be maintaining the P2P Sockets framework or Paper Airplane plugin so that I can make space and time for future projects and consulting. Alex Lynch will now be the new project owner for P2P Sockets.


A student dream project. The innovative backpack with a purpose: designed to bring families closer together.
74 backers pledged HK$ 98,522 to help bring this project to life.
MFB 5.0 is a labour of love from 5 passionate, talented and enthusiastic students. Modular, flexible and designed for the family, with MFB 5.0 you won't need to buy another bag again.
Mosquito-repellent* Coated with Anti-Mos™, invented by the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA), the picnic mat safeguards you and your family from insects, making your day out more pleasant and bug-free! The anti-mosquito technology coats fabric with microcapsules loaded with insect repellent certified by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) USA. It has been tested to effectively repel insects even after 70 washes.
Behind MFB 5.0 are 5 students from Shau Kei Wan East Government Secondary School in Hong Kong. MFB 5.0 was designed with passion, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. It gave the students the unique opportunity to apply what they have learned in their 'Technology and Living' course and The Mills Summer Program, to a real-life project. The final result? A well-designed, thought-out product with the vision of bringing families closer together.
The Mills Summer Program 2017 We were the winning team of The Mills Summer Program. Held in June-August 2017, the program provided students with the opportunity to explore their interests and build skills that put them on the path to success, giving them a real taste of the business world. 25 students from 6 secondary schools were given tours around leading corporations and met with designers, business partners, startups, NGO's and professionals within the textile industry. Visits to workshops allowed the students to see first-hand the design process, paper pattern drawing and sewing techniques. The Program also taught students about business basics: product development, supply chain and production, sales and marketing. Mentoring was provided by The Mills Fabrica team, incubatees and professionals.
About The Mills The Mills is a landmark revitalization project by Nan Fung Group, a celebration of shared industrial legacy with Hong Kong, and a step towards a future of applied creativity and innovation. Announced in 2014 by Nan Fung Group on its 60th anniversary, The Mills project will transform and revitalize the company's former textile factory into a destination for innovation, culture, and learning. The Mills is composed of 3 pillars, each contributing a unique perspective and experience.
Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT) - A non-profit art centre interweaving textile arts, history and science The Mills is targeted to open in 2018.
About The Mills Fabrica The Mills Fabrica is a business incubator, fund and space/lab for techstyle startups and strategic partners -- companies at the intersection of technology and style. Fabrica Incubator onboards startups with great potential and puts them through an intensive program of self-improvement, practical business guidance, and marketing exposure while Fabrica Fund invests in leading techstyle entrepreneurs creating the future. Fabrica is dedicated to co-creating techstyle startup success stories and a global techstyle community, a catalytic hub where new ideas spark and game changing collaboration takes off.
We have spent a year developing this project. It has been a big challenge to find the best suppliers but we eventually found good partners and manufacturer to supporting our future entrepreneurs. Hope you can support us to make students' dream come true!
Maybe you just love our project and you want to make it happen. With this pledge you will receive a special MFB 5.0 postcard.
We would really love you to back our future entrepreneurs, so this exceptional offer is our welcome.


The Commuter Folio kit is great for those who commute and need a stylish clutch to hold their tablet, documents, and accessories as well as a vessel for their liquids.
This Handmade Vintage Leather Clutch uses selected thick genuine cow leather, quality hardware, and nylon fabric to make the clutch as good as it gets. This clutch has multiple compartments and is big enough for your iPad, documents, and accessories.
Pick/pack charge (to assemble the kits and ship them out).
The minimums are defined by the highest minimum order quantity of the products included.
These kits can be adapted and changed as needed - switching out boxes, products, colors, etc. Subject to price changes.


Study: Depression Among Women May Be Inherited From Their MotherScientists find depression link passed down from mothers to daughters.
In what could be considered a ground-breaking study for mental illness, scientists have discovered a link between mothers and their daughters' depression.
Science Daily reported that in a study done by Fumiko Hoef, a psychiatric researcher in the US among 35 families, it was revealed that the brain's corticolimbic system, which regulates a person's emotion and mood disorders, can be passed down from mothers to their daughters. But it is more unlikely to be inherited by their sons, while fathers do not generally pass it on to either their daughters or sons.
It is the first clinical research study of its kind to link depression with mothers and daughters, although it does not mean that mothers are necessarily responsible for their daughters' depression.
"Many factors play a role in depression — genes that are not inherited from the mother, social environment, and life experiences, to name only three. Mother-daughter transmission is just one piece of it," Hoef said.
Using an MRI, Hoef and her research team were able to measure the "grey matter volume" in the corticolimbic systems of parents and their children in the study.
Results showed that no family member was diagnosed with depression, but the association between the corticolimbic grey matter volume of the mothers and daughters corticolimbic was "significantly greater" compared to mothers and sons, fathers and sons, and fathers and daughters.
Hoef said that using an MRI to study the pattern of brain structures in both parents and children is a first.
"This gives us a potential new tool to better understand depression and other neuropsychiatric conditions, as most conditions seem to show intergenerational transmission patterns," she said.
Considering the success in using MRI to study brain patterns, Hoef and her team will now use MRI as well to study brain structures of families who have children conceived and delivered through various types of in vitro fertilisation (IVF).
They will then study through imaging the brains of parents and children among families with the following characteristics: those whose birth mother was implanted with a donor egg; those where a surrogate was implanted with the biological mother's egg; and those whose mother was implanted with her own fertilised egg in a homologous IVF procedure.
"With donor eggs, there is no maternal genetic input, but there is maternal prenatal and postnatal influence," Hoeft explained.


Crochet a Sweater in Chunky Yarn! It'll Be Warm and Cozy!
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Prep Wrestling: Rams, Falcons ranked
Josh Depies moved up to No. 3 at 106 pounds for the Rams
Prep Wrestling: Rams, Falcons ranked Josh Depies moved up to No. 3 at 106 pounds for the Rams Check out this story on sheboyganpress.com: http://shebpr.es/1JwlyIm
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Random Lake maintained its No. 9 spot in Division 3 when Wisconsin Wrestling Online released its sixth set of rankings this week while Sheboygan Falls maintained its honorable mention status in Division 2.
Josh Depies moved up to No. 3 at 106 pounds for the Rams, who also netted individual rankings for Jon Mudladd (No. 5, 138), Levi Kohn (HM, 145), Helton Vanenbush (No. 9, 160) and Hunter Huiras (No. 7, 195).
Also in Division 3, Ozaukee was represented by Daniel Watry (HM, 113) and Sam Schuette (No. 10, 195).
The Falcons came away with four rankings — Josh Becker (HM, 145), Sean Mattek (No. 3, 152), Dustin Setzer (HM, 195) and Brady Koller (No. 4, 220).
In the same division, Oostburg netted rankings from Sam Loomans (No. 7, 113), Garrett Hackl (No. 8, 220) and Jesse Rogers (HM, 285).
New Holstein notched a pair of honorable mentions from Jordan Wagner (182) and Jacob Kaiser (195).
Lone representatives of their Division 3 programs were Cedar Grove-Belgium's Isaac Brockman (No. 4, 126), Kiel's Tanner Woepse (No. 4, 132) and Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah/Howards Grove's Brock Bonebrake (No. 9, 145).
South's Skylar Kroening, still the area's lone Division 1-ranked grappler, fell a spot to No. 15 at 113 pounds.
Sheboygan Lutheran's Jacob Ognacevic nears 2K point, 1K rebound club
Plymouth's Aiden Reilly, football player of the year, 'exceptional'
Sheboygan Lutheran welcomes tough competition as defending state champs
Kiel focused on 'family,' not championship loss
Watch live: Kiel welcomes home state runner-up football team
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Since the emergence of NdFeB onto the permanent magnet market, followed by an extended period of price reduction and an almost continuous improvement in properties, permanent magnet devices have been steadily getting smaller, lighter in weight and consequently more efficient..
Whilst ferrite materials are cheaper than rare-earth materials, and for low cost applications or applications where space constraints are not an issue rare-earth designs can be replaced with ferrite designs relatively easily, the significant lower energy product of the ferrites and other disadvantages simply make them not viable for many modern applications.
Bonded magnets such as BREMAG however, have a much higher energy product than ferrites and therefore can be considered for many more applications, and the fact that they are dysprosium free unlike sintered NdFeB means they will have more price stability and often reduced cost. This combined with the other advantages such as ease of manufacture, high tolerance net shape manufacture, and post assembly magnetisation make BREMAG magnets very much a viable alternative to even sintered NdFeB.
In the case of sintered rare-earths, if the main criteria for magnet selection is purely maximising the energy per unit volume of magnet, then BREMAG magnet materials cannot realistically compete. Typical remanence values for sintered NdFeB magnets are now in the region of 1.3 to 1.4T compared to 0.7T for BREMAG magnets. Equally energy products of the sintered NdFeB are in the range of 35 to 52MGOe compared to 10MGOe for BREMAG. While anisotropic bonded NdFeB magnets are now possible, with remanence values in the region of 0.9 to 1.0T they are still a long way short of sintered magnets and tend to be either limited to injection moulding applications where the volume of binder materials is higher and the material flows more easily or to very simple block shaped compression moulded parts. Of course the higher volume of binder reduces the magnetic properties further, but when compared to injection moulded isotropic NdFeB or ferrite there is a place for this material and they do find some niche applications.
However, as long as size constraints do not preclude the use of bonded rare-earth magnets, then materials such as BREMAG should always be considered as a viable alternative to sintered rare-earths, particularly for brushless dc motors and when the cost of the whole manufactured assembly is considered. The cost savings that can be achieved, by pressing a single piece ring magnet, that can be glued onto a rotor hub of a brushless dc motor in one single operation are potentially very significant when compared to assembling and gluing a number of individual pre-magnetised high energy magnet segments that either repel or are attracted to adjacent magnets, increasing the potential for chipping or cracking the magnets as they attach themselves to the steel hub due to the brittle nature of the material. Features can often be added to the magnets to aid location or alignment of the poles and in some cases it is also possible to over-mould the magnetic material directly onto a rotor shaft or hub. For companies that produce a range of motors with perhaps with different pole numbers, there is the potential for using one single magnet ring for a number of different products simply by using different magnetising tools to change the pole number of the magnet. In the case of sintered rare-earths, a change in pole number requires a completely different size of magnet segment, with more parts and labour costs for assembly as the pole number increases. In addition to the manufacturing savings there are the magnetic benefits of lower eddy current losses, and being able to have different shaped magnetisation waveforms such as trapezoidal, sinusoidal or skewed.
In summary, BREMAG materials should always be considered as an alternative to ferrites when there is a need to increase the magnetic energy or simply the field strength within a product and as an alternative to sintered NdFeB in order to reduce manufacturing costs, take advantage of the more complex magnetisation patterns that can be achieved or the environmental benefits of utilising Dysprosium free magnetic material that produces virtually no waste during its manufacture.


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Q: "does not name a type" err when trying to use pointer to function I want to make a sorting function with a custom comparator, and the function lies inside a class. At first I followed my lecturer's instruction, but it turned out to be wrong when it came to member function (pointer-to-member and pointer-to-function is 2 different pointers, and they can't be treated as the other). I followed the instruction showed here, but it wouldn't make any different
http://www.radmangames.com/programming/how-to-use-function-pointers-in-cplusplus
Here's my code:
class llistStudent
{
public:
    void sort_list(bool (*comparator)(int &, int &));
    void swapStudent(int& positionA, int& positionB);

    bool sort_name_ascending(int& positionA, int& positionB);
    bool (llistStudent::*name_ascending)(int &, int &) = &llistStudent::method;
    name_ascending = llistStudent::sort_name_ascending;
};

And how I use it:
sort_list(sort_name_ascending);

It says:
'name_ascending' does not name a type

Where did I go wrong? Thanks!
Edit: It was a typo when I was editing the code to post it here: sort_name_ascending!`

A: There are two problems:
1) name_ascending = llistStudent::sort_name_ascending; is illegal in class definition. You cannot just slap random code in class like that. You should place it in some method, probably constuctor or make it part of declarator.
To fix this simply initialize your function pointer in declaration (C++11 and later only):
bool (llistStudent::*name_ascending)(int &, int &) = &llistStudent::sort_name_ascending;

2) sort_list(sort_GPA_ascending); is not going to work. sort_list expect parameter of type bool (*)(int &, int &), and name_ascending has type bool (llistStudent::*)(int &, int &)
To fix this we need to know if your sorting function should have access to the class internals. If it should not (as it appears from your usecase), you should make it static and adjust pointer type accordingly:
static bool sort_name_ascending(int& positionA, int& positionB);
bool (*name_ascending)(int &, int &) = &llistStudent::sort_name_ascending;

Otherwise, you need to change type of sort_list argument to bool (llistStudent::*)(int &, int &). Notice that member function pointers should be called on class instance (in your case it is probably *this).


I've been suffering with depression for so long now but this last month has been horrendous. My behaviour has been out of control and I am hurting everyone around me without meaning to. It's leading me to self harm on a regular basis and I just can't take no more.
What are you doing that is hurting others around you?
Okay. Can you tell me how old you are and tell me a bit more about your anger and drinking? Are you mostly self-harming once you've had a drink?
Need help. Can't stop crying.


We're loving our new 'Share the Road' athletic/bike shirts! Stylish and breathable, they're easy to wear and reflective too. Thanks to Fairware for helping us source the shirts ethically and keeping the price point affordable.
The shirts are $20 + HST to members and non-members alike and can be purchased at our office on Granville and Pender; call ahead (604-685-1393) or email (info@modo.coop).
We recently commissioned the very talented production team at OnDemand (who just happen to be Modo members!) to create this fun and informative music video-slash-tutorial on carsharing with Modo, featuring Vancouver band The Ruffled Feathers (also Modo members!) performing their song "All My Cities"!
We love it – and hope you do, too! Enjoy! And share!
Street Youth Job Action, which offers mentorship and soft-skills training to homeless and at-risk youth, is now operating a social enterprise mobile car wash called Keeners Car Wash. Servicing corporate parking lots and car share services around Metro Vancouver, the car wash is chemical free, uses only a gallon of water per car, and produces no waste water runoff.
Modo has been contracting Keeners to clean 60 to 80 of our cars a month - and we're delighted with the results!
"We have been really happy with their service," says Modo fleet director Douglas Dunn, "and their eco-frendly steam system makes our cars look like new."
As many may know, Modo marketing director Bernice Paul has recently given birth to a perfectly five-fingered and -toed baby girl!
Stepping into the role while she's on parental leave is Hilary Henegar, whom many may remember from her days as digital editor of Granville Magazine. A writer, social media'r, cyclist and gardener, Hilary brings to Modo her passion for connecting people with each other and the rich offerings of their city. She has worked closely with arts and community groups – such as W2 Media Cafe, CreativeMornings/Vancouver and HOT ART Wet City – and is co-founder of Vancouver media collective Girl Gang. She is also currently working on the documentary film and transmedia project Fractured Land.
Tweet or Facebook Hilary at @Modo_Coop or Facebook.com/Modo.Coop and ask, when's the next Amazing Grilled Cheese Giveaway?
You've booked a car, but your plans have changed and now it turns out you won't need wheels - what to do?
If the booking has yet to begin, you can cancel it online using Engage. Select the booking you'd like to cancel, and then click the "Cancel booking" button.
If your booking has already started, it's even easier. Just log into Engage, and the first thing you'll see is a button saying, "I'm done with this car." Click this button and you're done.
If you're not near a computer, please call our Member Care Centre at 604-685-1393 as soon as possible, and our staff will be happy to cancel the booking for you.
The sooner you cancel a booking, the better! Modo will still charge you for time that has already passed, but your cost for the next 12 hours will drop by half and any time booked beyond those 12 hours is free.
Find our 2012 orange Toyota Prius C (Car #391) parked at 577 Great Northern Way, next to the Centre for Digital Media at Great Northern Way Campus; we have a designated stall right next to the parking lot entrance. Follow the big blue arrow!
Find our 2011 green Honda CRV (Car #339) in its designated stall at 6005 Walter Gage Road, across the street from Gage North Tower. Our stall is directly on Walter Gage Road, half a block east of the Bread Garden.
Our 2009 silver Toyota Yaris Hatchback (Car #260) is located just south of Kootenay Loop, in the 400 or 500 block of Kootenay St (the two blocks between E Hastings St and Turner St). Park as close to Hastings as you can, but please take care to avoid the 2-hour parking zone.
Parking can be tricky in this neighbourhood, so please call Modo if you have to park away from the regular location. Later this fall, we will have a designated stall on Kootenay St at Hastings.
After a brief delay, the two vehicles we promised you in the last e-news, at the new Sry Quattro location, are now in place and ready to roll! Find the 2012 blue Toyota Matrix hatchback and 2012 yellow Fiat 500 hatchback (Cars #404 and #405) in their designated stalls, between 107A and 108 Avenues, just off Whalley Boulevard in the laneway between the Quattro2 and Quattro3 buildings.
Find more Modo vehicle locations at modo.coop/find!
Modo is a proud sponsor of the first annual Vancouver Art/Book Fair, held at the Vancouver Art Gallery. With more than 70 local and international publishers of books, magazines, zines and printed ephemera by artists, designers, publishers and institutions, VA/BF showcases emerging practices and contemporary dialogues in publication through a series of talks, book launches, readings and more - plus free tote bags and coffee. Hosted by Project Space and Fillip. Find the list of exhibitors and schedule at vancouverartbookfair.com.
See the complete collection of this year's winning images from the 2012 Hope in Shadows exhibition (the top 40 selected from 5,000+ entries), meet and hear from photographers and calendar vendors, and celebrate 10 years of Hope in Shadows, at Pendulum Gallery. The 2013 Hope in Shadows 10th Anniversary calendar (launching Oct 2) will be available for purchase.
Learn to recreate a cloche greenhouse in your own backyard! Vancouver Tool Library offers this workshop to show you how to protect your garden from the frostier winter months and keep it bearing vegetables for much longer. Register online or in the shop at 3448 Commercial St.
DOXA presents this feature-length documentary about a counterculture heroine and her spirited friends, who began delivering each other's babies in 1970, on a caravan of hippie school buses, headed to a patch of rural Tennessee land. Read more about the film, watch the trailer and buy tickets online.
The annual Harvest Festival at the West End farmers market returns with recipes, information, cooking tips and demonstrations. In addition to the seasonal bounty of squash, apples and pears, don't miss Heritage Grains Foundation's grain display and milling and sprouting demos and Hazelmere Coffee's coffee bean roasting demos throughout the day. And enter your pie in the pie competition!
The Vancouver Tool Library's ever-popular Intro to Tools Workshop is back! If you missed it in previous months, now's your chance. Become confident using commonly used tools through practicing and great tips from our instructor. Bring your questions and project ideas with you! Register online or in the shop at 3448 Commercial St.
Produced by Public Dreams, with more than 130 performers and 15,000 participants last year, Secret Souls Walk starts from a secret starting point in East Van and leads participants through alleys transformed by the neighbourhood and local artists, to become a journey back in time, through the past incarnations and hidden stories of Vancouver, with music, performance, installation art, and much more. Join one of the workshops leading up to the event, Oct 17-26 at Britannia Community Centre, facilitated by professional artists.


Today's face is called "Everyone is Beautiful". As you can see, I wrote those words in her hair.
When I started to sketch her, I decided to grab my camera and photograph some of my steps. I have some friends who are beginning their face painting and sketching journey, encouraged by 29 Faces. I thought it might help to see someone else go through the stages of a creating a face.
I started with a circle/oval and then divided the face up and placed my eyes, nose and mouth.
As you can see, I divide the face in half vertically, then half way down, I position the eyes with 2 circles and a line for a top lid, then half way down again I draw a circle with 2 dots for the nose and then half way down again I draw a line for the middle of the mouth with a wide M above it for the top lip and a semi circle for the bottom lip.
Then I define things a little more. I added ears (the bottom of the lobe lines up with the nose), shaped the temples, defined nostrils and added a little bit of a chin.
I added hair and eyebrows and worked on the eyes.
I added color with Neocolor II watersoluble crayons and acrylics.
I used ink to redefine the details and added a bit of shading. I wasn't loving her too much here. The eyes are too green. I tried bringing in a bit more blue for balance. I also lost the shape of the temple and the ear here, which I had liked before… It stays lost, but that's all part of learning. I'll worry about ears and temples another day.
Adding blush and more shading. I like using a lavender color for shadows. Her nose needs fixing along with the white areas on the face near her hair which should be darker.
I fixed her nose, added my song lyric "everyone is beautiful in their own way" and used some white acrylic for highlights. I added some sketchy scribbles and cross hatching. I still have to fix the shading on her face.
And she's finished. I used pencil crayons to shade the hair, add blue to the eyelids, and to fix the areas on the face that needed fixing.
On to the next face!
Posted in 29 faces, Creative Every Day, mixed media, portrait and tagged 29 Faces in February 2016, face, how to draw a face, how to paint a face, step by step, tutorial, wip, work in progress.
She's so sweet and adorable :).
Thank you for sharing your process. It's always interesting to see how all the different layers add up to a beautiful piece of art.
This is fabulous, Tori, and will help me so much. Thank you for a great step-by-step. I am absolutely determined to be able to draw cute faces of some kind before this month is over! hugs!!
Thank you for the step by step demo – she really is beautiful!
Very pretty. Love seeing the process.


One actor in the industry who has made his name synonymous of perfection is Aamir Khan. He is famous and respected for giving his 100% to every role, be it in the movie or in real life. He is among the most successful and influential actors of Bollywood Industry. His hard work and dedication towards Indian cinema has got him many awards and honors from the film industry and Government of India which includes National award, Filmfare Award, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and many more. He has established himself as a successful actor, director, producer and Television show anchor.
Despite of having a tight schedule he always appears fit, healthy and adores new look in every movie. His versatility and perfectionist nature attracts lots of fan following throughout the world. Some of the famous looks of the actor are from the movies Ghulam, Sarfarosh, Ghajini, and Dhoom3. All these roles demanded lots of workout especially in Ghajini where he has to build a muscular body while Dhoom3 in which he has to play a role of a gymnast which requires a flexible lean yet fit body. He gives all credit to his personal trainer Satyajit Chaurasia whose training has transformed Aamir's lean body into a muscular physique.
Although, gaining and losing weight for different roles is not a very easy task, for instance, after Ghajini Aamir has pulls off the role of a college student in 3 idiots so well that nobody can say that the same guy was having a big body frame just months ago, but Aamir make it possible with proper diet and workout. Let's have a look at his diet and workout plan.
Aamir always keeps a tab on his BMI(Body Mass Index) to trace any changes and regularly check out his weight. He understand the fact that one should calculate the intake of calories in order to gain or lose weight as it helps you to develop your diet and workout plan accordingly.
Aamir takes a balance diet which comprises vegetarian and non vegetarian food.
He used to have several small meals in day as this practice enhances the metabolism rate of body and burn out the calories.
He eats fruits like banana, apple or sweet potatoes before exercises as it helps in maintaining energy levels throughout exercise session.
He consumes at least 3-4 liters of water every day and drinks lemon water in between workouts. Lemon water reduces excess acid and prevent soreness and stiffness of muscles during workouts.
He suggests not to take carbs after 8 PM.
Aamir highly recommends a visit to qualified dietician before taking up a diet plan as a professional can customize a better diet plan for you based on your health status. He clearly mentioned in his blog that no one should blindly follow his diet or workout plan. According to him, eating less or starving is an unhealthy practice as it puts your body on "famine mode" and your body starts to store more fat. He says that he has lost weight while eating at interval of every one hour.
Aamir has mentioned in his blog that three things are very important to stay fit and that are: A balanced and healthy diet, Proper Exercise and Rest. He says that one should choose exercise wisely which depends on what you want to achieve. Suppose, if you want just fitness then go for walking, jogging, running or took up any sport. But, if you want to build muscle or shaping up of your body you should go for weight training. He suggests his fans to seek professional guidance like gym training but in case one cannot afford it then Pull ups, Push ups and crunches can also help you in body building.
Aamir takes an off from work out on Saturday and Sunday. As per Aamir, we generally underestimated the importance of rest. If you are working out, eating healthy food but you are not giving your body proper rest then most probably your body will not respond to the exercises positively. You will eventually find yourself more tired and low on energy. He used to take 8 hour sleep while preparing himself for Ghajini. He used to do Shavaasan after taking bath post training as it helps in relaxing and rejuvenating the body.
The last mantra from Aamir for his fans who wants to build a body like him is to have a positive attitude and have patience. He believes that nothing can be achieved overnight, one has to work hard for it. To achieve a fit and toned body you have to train hard consistently and on regular basis. Keep reminding yourself of his famous dialogue from his movie 3 Idiots " Bachcha kabil bano, kabil … kamyabi toh saali jhak maarke peeche bhagegi" which means "lets chase excellence success will follow". Last but not the least, you have to bring discipline in your lifestyle so that you can maintain your fitness after you achieve it.


According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, a highly regarded research and economics group, increasing lending rates have lessened mortgage activity for a second consecutive week. A seasonally adjusted index, acknowledging both refinancing and home purchase demand, has recently identified a 4.6 percent decrease in the week ending on August 16. Applications for U.S. home loans have continued to drop after witnessing high mortgage rates.
The two-week decline on loan applications most likely serves as a testament to high mortgage rates on 30-year mortgages. Interest rates are growing too fast for prospective buyers, suggesting that great deals may be a thing of the past. Lending rates have now matched this year's high, previously set in July at 4.68 percent.
Some professionals attribute the rise to talks of reducing recent stimulus incentives. As the Federal Reserve entertained the idea of scaling back their $85 billion in monthly bond purchases, interest rates were the subject of a steep increase in late May. Analysts predict the cutback may occur as soon as September, further increasing rates.
In responses to the possibility of a federal scale back, suggesting the tapering of stimulus activity, financial markets have begun to panic. As recent as this week, U.S. benchmark 10-year treasury yields settled at a two-year high, leveling off at 2.9 percent. The treasury yields are now more than a percentage point above their previous high in May.
High mortgage rates have simultaneously lowered demands for refinancing. Evidence of this regression was recognized on a recent refinance index. Refinancing activity decreased by 7.7 percent last week, the biggest digression we have seen since late June. The refinance share of total mortgage activity slipped to 62 percent from 63 percent the prior week.
While rates continue to exhibit a propensity for growth, they remain relatively low by historical standards. In fact, these rates still facilitate great deals in today's market. The gauge of loan requests for home purchases, a leading indicator of home sales, rose 1.2 percent. This is after it fell 5.4 percent the previous week.


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Crime as an Issue
The Los Angeles Times reports:
Catherine Mazzucco awoke recently to pounding on her door.
A friend of her son was standing on the front step, panting. Someone had shot her son, he said.
Mazzucco and her daughter followed panicked screams as they rushed to where Marcus McClendon, 52, was on the sidewalk, lying in his own blood. He died soon after the shooting.
"I never thought someone would come for my son," his mother said.
His shooting three weeks ago in South Los Angeles was one of 39 homicides in the city last month, making it the deadliest August since 2007, when 41 people were slain.
Until now, homicides had remained flat through much of the year — a bright spot as other violent and property crime rose throughout the city. But after last month's killings — fueled largely by gang violence in South L.A. — homicides are up citywide by nearly 7% since the start of the year, compared with the same period in 2014, according to LAPD data.
Across the city, 185 people had been killed through Saturday. And at least one other homicide occurred since then: the shooting of a 26-year-old homeless man on the Venice boardwalk early Sunday.
The violence has alarmed residents and left police scrambling to send more officers to the worst-hit areas.
Lloyd Green writes at The Daily Beast:
Suddenly, the Democrats are playing defense as our cities have turned into shooting galleries. Against a blizzard of crime videos, Hillary Clinton's exhortation in April, that "we should make sure every police department in the country has body cameras to record interactions between officers on patrol and suspects," is looking both naïve and opportunistic.
Oh, and in case anyone forgot, it was Bill Clinton, who as president, toughened the federal anti-crime laws that have now led to "mass incarceration." It was also Bill Clinton who left the 1992 campaign trail to preside over the execution of Ricky Ray Rector for the murder of Robert Martin, a Conway, Arkansas police officer. Heck, it was Clinton who took Sister Souljah to task for advocating that blacks kill whites.
To be sure, crime has real sway as a campaign rallying cry. As John J. Pitney Jr., a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, told the Daily Beast, "When crime goes up, it's not the economic and social elites who notice first. They live in nice suburbs, gated communities, or well-guarded apartment buildings."
Rather, according to Pitney, it's the folks scraping by who first feel crime's sting. The "the people on the front line are the people who aren't so well off. They live in the neighborhoods where you have to watch your step. And they're the ones least able to bear the consequences of a burglary or robbery."
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(10247) Amphiaraos ist ein Asteroid aus der Gruppe der Jupiter-Trojaner. Damit werden Asteroiden bezeichnet, die auf den Lagrange-Punkten auf der Bahn des Planeten Jupiter um die Sonne laufen. Er ist dem Lagrange-Punkt L4 zugeordnet, das heißt (10247) Amphiaraos läuft Jupiter in dessen Umlaufbahn um die Sonne um 60° voraus.

Der Asteroid wurde am 24. September 1960 von dem niederländischen Astronomenehepaar Cornelis Johannes van Houten und Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld entdeckt. Die Entdeckung geschah im Rahmen des Palomar-Leiden-Surveys, bei dem von Tom Gehrels mit dem 120-cm-Oschin-Schmidt-Teleskop des Palomar-Observatoriums aufgenommene Feldplatten an der Universität Leiden durchmustert wurden.

Der mittlere Durchmesser von (10247) Amphiaraos wurde mithilfe des Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorers (WISE) mit 26,826 (±0,693) km berechnet, die Albedo mit 0,098 (±0,015). Die Exzentrizität des Asteroiden ist mit 0,0073 gering, so dass seine Bahn um die Sonne einer idealen Kreisbahn recht nahe kommt, ähnlich der Exzentrizität des Planeten Venus (0,0068). Sie ist noch deutlich geringer als die Exzentrizität der Erde (0,0167).

Die Rotationsperiode von (10247) Amphiaraos wurde im Februar und März 2011 von Robert Stephens während eines Gastaufenthalts an der Goat Mountain Astronomical Research Station (GMARS) in Rancho Cucamonga, Kalifornien mit 34,26 (± 0,01) Stunden bestimmt. Damit dreht sich der Asteroid ungewöhnlich langsam um sich selbst.

(10247) Amphiaraos wurde nach Amphiaraos benannt, einem Seher des Zeus und Feldherren aus Argos. Die Benennung erfolgte am 24. Januar 2000. Vorauseilende Trojaner mit einer absoluten Helligkeit von weniger als 12,0 mag werden nach Helden der griechischen Mythologie benannt.

Weblinks

 Discovery Circumstances von (10247) Amphiaraos gemäß dem Minor Planet Center der Internationalen Astronomischen Union beim Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts (englisch)
  unter Zugrundelegung des Bulirsch-Stoer-Algorithmus über 1500 Jahre in Bezug auf Ekliptik und Lagrange-Punkt (GIF, englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Jupiter-Trojaner (L4)

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Metal testing is done to reveal a material's properties under dynamic or static force. These machines have been designed to ensure that materials are fit to use for their intended applications. Metal testing is done to test for features such as tensile strength, compression strength, impact resistance, fracture toughness, fatigue and more.
Extraordinary suite of testing equipment for metallic materials and their components is available with us. Whether you want to do metal testing as per a standard method or develop a customized testing program, our experts can help you to choose the right products which can provide you accurate, reliable results for large and small projects.
Various testing methods includes Bend testing which is done to find out a material's strength by flexing it over a given radius. You can use these machines to test for machinery and materials which are subject to folding or flexing, like fasteners and welds. Metal testing is done to ensure that metals are fit for their intended applications.
Impact testing is a high strain method which is done to determine the amount of energy engrossed during break. You can do testing with both standard and sub-sized samples. While testing, a pendulum like object strikes a pre-machined sample, and machine collects data regarding it.
Hardness testing is done to measure how well solid metals resist deformation when force is applied on them. Equipment for Rockwell and Brinell testing on standard metal samples, and Knoop and Vickers testing for micro hardness on sub-size samples are available.
A very popular metal testing method which applies tension on a metal till it fails is Tensile testing which can provide various material properties information from a single test, such as yield, elongation, Poisson's ratio and more. Using these equipment you can do tensile testing at ambient, elevated, and sub-ambient temperatures on different metals. Contact us for such mechanical testing equipment in the Middle East and GCC region.


The Father-Daughter dance from yesterday's wedding at DryCreek Estate was the perfect way for Brenton and I to wish a very Happy Father's Day to all of the Dads out there.
Emily and Nate were the very first wedding to be hosted at the newly constructed wedding venue; Dry Creek Estate. Let me tell you, this place is absolutely amazing. Dry Creek Estate is nestled in the lightly rolling countryside where Illinois and Wisconsin meet. Just minutes off I-90 and you are in a picturesque park-like setting that is like stepping into Tuscany. The incredible outdoor pavilion is where the reception was held---and is where we filmed this video.
Dry Creek is family-owned and operated.
Look for more pictures and video from this beautiful wedding very soon!