Holden Christian Academy is thrilled to add a Nature Explore Courtyard to our school. It beautifully enhances our options for learning and playing outside.
We believe that God has created an incredibly intricate and fascinating creation that can evoke wonder, awe, deep learning, and most importantly a connection to the Creator.
Romans 1:20 says it well "Forever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. NLT" We want to give our students opportunities to experience nature by being immersed in it. We want them to use their bodies and all their senses to examine, enjoy, and appreciate nature as it reflects our Creator.
This courtyard has been lovingly designed, constructed, and equipped for the purpose of giving children (and adults!) a safe place where they can enter into fun, self-directed activities, play, and reflection. It is aesthetically pleasing, yet deceptively rich in learning opportunities! We are appreciative of the help, planning, workshops and research-based ideas provided by Nature Explore and are thrilled to become a certified Nature Explore site in Massachusetts.
Today, as one enters through the new arbor, gate, and white picket fence, the space looks rather serene and quite spacious. Then the school doors open and children come pouring out. Some run up and down the hill with their friends, making large circuits around the entire space. Others are itching to build a fort and cover it with brightly colored fabric. Still others pick vegetables and herbs from the garden and compare the scents and textures of the leaves. The water area, equipped with an old fashioned pump, is always a favorite space, as is the music area where today some alumnae are visiting and jamming.
Our alumnae not only come back to visit and help maintain the space they helped to construct it. They enter right into the action with the kindergartners. The older students were enlisted by the younger ones to help build a fort, observe a chipmunk house, chat about when they were in kindergarten, and cut up herbs. This all happened naturally and joyously in a space conducive to connecting, both with nature and one another.
We call our space the Nature Explore Courtyard because it's in the courtyard which is in the heart of a busy church and school. The space is highly visible to all who enter the main door of the church and is directly accessible to all through both the school and church doors. Because of its convenient location, teachers may use the area frequently for all kinds of lessons. Recently, several grades made use of the sandbox for an introductory lesson on the differences between geology, paleontology and archaeology. Prior to the lesson, interesting rocks, fossils and artifacts were randomly buried in the sand. The students were then able to find them, brush them off, and decide if what they found would be best examined by a geologist, paleontologist or archaeologist. It was quick, simple and a big hit because the children were actively involved.
Because we want this space to be used by all our student PK-8th grade, a community playgroup of toddlers, and the church as well, we've added a few areas that we hope will meet a broader spectrum of needs. We have two new spaces for quiet, reflective time and for reading. We have designated a shady, grassy area as a reading spot. It is at the top of the space, against the fence, and a bit away from the more active, noisy areas. We hope to help our students do more reading and journaling outside in the fresh air.
The second area is called, "Be Still and Know That I am God". Our prayer is that it will be a quiet, reflective area with a water feature for white noise and tall grasses and plantings for a little privacy. We may install a bench if needed. There, anyone so inclined can separate themselves from others to think, reflect and pray. We hope to create a lovely, natural space where people of all ages can connect with the living God.
We are very thankful for this space and want to thank the Holden Chapel family for their continued encouragement and willingness to provide the space required as well as the loving encouragement to see this project through. We also thank the students, staff and parents of HCA who have provided countless hours and brawn for building and maintaining this area. We owe a great debt of thanks to the Cleveland Foundation for a grant that made this possible. Lastly, we want to thank our preschool teacher, her family, and in particular, her father for their amazingly creative gifts which they have lavished on us in every way!


Divorce can be one of the most frightening and emotionally draining events in your life, but with the guidance of one of our Tacoma divorce attorneys, the process does not need to be overwhelming.
Washington is a "no-fault" divorce state. This means that either you or your spouse may file for divorce without needing to provide any reason for the request.
The legal process starts when you file for divorce with the court. Our Tacoma divorce lawyers will prepare the necessary documents to start your divorce and have your spouse "served" with them. Once this occurs, you must wait a minimum of 90 days before the court will enter the final papers that legally end your marriage.
How will divorce impact our children?
How will we divide our property?
We invite you to set up an appointment with one of our divorce attorneys. Tacoma, WA, and the greater Pierce County area have been turning to Helland Law Group for answers to tough questions like those above for over 35 years.
Questions about Divorce? Ask Slater.
Wow. A question that gets right to the point. Reminds me of a few German Shepherds I've met. A divorce can be as inexpensive or as expensive as the parties involved make it. The cost of a divorce is largely determined by the amount of attorney time required. Therefore, the more the parties are able to cooperate and work together, the less the divorce will likely cost.
Yes. Washington law does allow certain relief for "omitted property" — this is lawyer talk for property that was not addressed in the divorce decree either because of an accident or deception. However, it is super important to know that there are time frames in which a case can be pursued. If you believe that there was property omitted from your decree, or if you believe a mistake was made, it is important to contact an attorney immediately.
Property that has been omitted from a divorce is held as tenants in common by you and your spouse. What does "tenants in common" mean in English? Basically it refers to property that isn't specifically included in a divorce decree and is therefore considered shared property in community property states. The court has the ultimate ability to divide or award the property based upon what is fair and equitable considering all factors. One of our talented Tacoma divorce attorneys can help you discover if your spouse has omitted any property from a divorce decree that you may have partial rights to.
It depends. If you do your divorce on your own, you will need to go to court at least once. However, if you have one of our attorneys represent you, it is possible to never have to step into a courtroom ― but obviously this depends on your individual case.
You bet. But to be honest, I wouldn't advise it. Unfortunately, even a divorce that seems simple may have unforeseen problems lurking just below the surface. Although it is possible to file for divorce without an attorney, your chance of falling victim to an unforeseen legal problem drastically increases when you divorce without counsel. Therefore, we strongly encourage you to consult with a Tacoma divorce attorney to help determine what issues might come up in your divorce process.
In Washington, it is possible for the court to order your spouse to pay some or all of your legal costs. The determination of whether or not the court orders such payment, and the amount of the payment, comes down to individual factors unique to your case but they often include such things as financial resources of the parties, moral conduct, and education among other factors.
Washington is part of a handful of states considered "community property states." This means that there is a presumption that all property acquired during the course of a marriage belongs to the marital community — that's lawyer talk for both members of a marriage.
Good question. Divorce involves legally ending your marriage, dividing all your assets and debts, setting up a parenting plan (if you have children), and determining child support. After becoming divorced, you are free to remarry or do anything that a single person can legally do. A legal separation does everything a divorce does, except it leaves you legally married, and therefore, you cannot legally remarry. People often legally separate if health care benefits, or other benefits, are available to them through their spouse's employment that they wish to remain on. There may be other considerations to discuss with one of our Tacoma divorce attorneys at our offices. They can help you choose which route is better for you and your family.
Nope. Washington allows you to file for divorce in any county in the state, providing that you have a substantial relationship to Washington State. The venue — this is "lawyer speak" for which county can hear your case — is determined by a variety of factors, including your tie or your spouse's tie to any given county in the State. Normally, it's best to file in a county where you or your spouse resides. However, where to file is an issue best addressed with a Tacoma divorce attorney.
Yes. We have attorneys that are licensed to practice in tribal court, state courts, and in the western district of Washington federal court.
Yes. I've greeted quite a few men and women in uniform at the door of our legal offices. It's always our pleasure to serve those who serve and protect us. Our office is very familiar with the issues that face the men and women serving in the armed forces. We are very knowledgeable regarding the unique issues confronted when one or both spouses is serving in the armed forces, and we know how to help you navigate through many of the common issues facing military divorces.


On the Big Outdoor screen!
No roads. No hotels. No phones. No electricity. No support.
Western Nepal, & the first paraglider crossing.
This film, by Alun Hughes, documents a 300km aerial trek over the high Himalayas, starting on a hill top near the Nepal/Indian border, and ending in Jumla amidst a cloud of dust in a dangerously strong pre-monsoon valley wind. 46min.
P.S. Bring a Lawn Chair for the Movie.


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Surging COVID-19 Cases In US, Nigerian Doctors, Nurses Leave Their Country With Mixed Feelings
November 2, 2020 Greg Abolo	0 Comments
The lure of greener pastures abroad is proving irresistible to poorly paid Nigerian nurses and doctors who are abandoning their home country in droves, and the reasons are not farfetched.
As of 2017, the expenditure on health in Nigeria amounted to 3.8 percent of the country's GDP
Take France, Germany, the UK, or better still, the OECD countries, consider the percentage of their GDP that they spend on health.
Among OECD member countries, the United States had the highest percentage of gross domestic product spent on healthcare in 2018 – or latest year available. The U.S. spent nearly 17 percent of its GDP on health care services. Switzerland, France, and Germany followed the U.S. with distinctly smaller percentages. What makes the difference compared to other developed countries is the significantly higher private spending in the United States, while public health spending is on line with other developed countries.
OECD stands for Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. It is an economic organization consisting of 36 members, mostly high-income countries and committed to democratic principles and market economy. This makes OECD statistics more comparable than statistics of developed and undeveloped countries. Health economics is an important matter for the OECD, even more since increasing health costs and an aging population have become an issue for many developed countries.
Percentage of GDP spent on health care in select countries 2018
Among OECD member countries, the United States had the highest percentage of gross domestic product spent on health care in 2018 – or latest year available. The U.S. spent nearly 17 percent of its GDP on health care services. Switzerland, France, and Germany followed the U.S. with distinctly smaller percentages. What makes the difference compared to other developed countries is the significantly higher private spending in the United States, while public health spending is on line with other developed countries.
Health expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product in selected countries in 2018
Percentage of gross domestic product
United States 16.9%
Switzerland 12.2%
Germany 11.2%
France 11.2%
Japan 10.9%
Canada 10.7%
Denmark 10.5%
Belgium 10.4%
Austria. 10.3%
Norway 10.2%
Netherlands 9.9%
United Kingdom 9.8%
For example, physicians' salaries are much higher in the U.S. than in other wealthy countries. A general practitioner in the U.S. earns almost twice as much as the average physician in other high-income countries. Pharmaceutical spending per capita is also distinctly higher in the United States
Therefore when Nurse Bamidee Virrage Geh decided to call it quits despite one, having a good job in Abeokuta, secondly, she was an Assistant Chief Nursing officer in a renowned psychiatric hospital.
She said she wasn't rich, neither was she poor and therefore could afford the basic things of life.
But her friends living outside the country kept calling her relentlessly to ask what she was still doing in Nigeria.
"Most times I turned the conversation into jokes and they were always left wondering what kind of person I am.
But it got to a time I sat down and had a talk with myself and right there I decided I was ready to move.
See; when it's time for something good to happen in your life, it will be as if you're doing magic as things will just begin to align together on its own for you", she writes in her travelogue. .
She continued that her journey to the US was stress free maybe because as a professional, she simply had to follow the laid down processes.
The first thing she did after taking an additional degree in psychology from the University of Ibadan, South West Nigeria was to do the required examinations and that was it.
At a time I was asking myself if it was real especially during the heat of the covid 19.
Bamidee Virragegeh was completely disarmed with the flow of care coming from her would be employers in the US. She says, "There were several days that I'll wake up to voice notes, mails, messages from my present employer and the content was always, "Hi, Bamidee, this is………….., just checking up on you to ask if you're okay. Pls stay safe and if you need anything, pls let us know".
And she'd swoon.
"Are you kidding me? I'm still in Nigeria anyway, I've not even started work with these people and they are so concerned about my welfare.
Whereas my own government didn't give a damn if I was okay or not during that period.
In fact the 3months COVID-19 allowance they promised to pay was paid after a strike action we embarked upon.
They cared not about health care workers and the rest of the citizenry."
Finally, she left. The young man sitting with her on the flight, was himself, a medical doctor, leaving the country of his birth to live and work in the US, and Bamidee wondered how many more of them were headed to the US in that flight alone, amidst many more flights everyday , abandoning the Nigerian healthcare system behind.
"In the time that I've gotten here, the difference between Nigeria and the US can't be quantified.
For as many that have it in their heart to leave Nigeria, feel free!
I'll only advise that you do it in the right way. Follow the due process of living and working in the country of your choice either as a professional or as an artisan.
There's nothing as good as being able to get a good job, move freely within that country and even go in and out of that country without fear.
Bamidee
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Q: Pandas convert integer zeroes and ones to boolean I have a dataframe that contains one hot encoded columns of 0s and 1s which is of dtype int32.
a     b      h1      h2     h3
xy    za      0       0      1
ab    cd      1       0      0
pq    rs      0       1      0

I want to convert the columns h1,h2 and h3 to boolean so here is what I did..
df[df.columns[2:]].astype(bool)

But this changed all values of h1-h3 as TRUE.
I also tried
df[df.columns[2:]].map({0:False, 1:True})

but that does not work either. (AttributeError: 'DataFrame' object has no attribute 'map')
What is the best way to convert specific columns of the dataframe from int32 0s and 1s to boolean (True/False)?

A: You can select all columns by positions after first 2 with DataFrame.iloc, convert to boolean and assign back:
df.iloc[:, 2:] = df.iloc[:, 2:].astype(bool)
print (df)
    a   b     h1     h2     h3
0  xy  za  False  False   True
1  ab  cd   True  False  False
2  pq  rs  False   True  False

Or create dictionary for convert columns names without first 2:
df = df.astype(dict.fromkeys(df.columns[2:], bool))
print (df)
    a   b     h1     h2     h3
0  xy  za  False  False   True
1  ab  cd   True  False  False
2  pq  rs  False   True  False

A: There is actually another option, not the most Pythonic. Nevertheless I'll provide it, can be useful if you want to convert strings (e.g.: 'Cat' versus 'Dog') to Boolean (False, True) in one step:
df = pd.DataFrame({'a':['xy','ab','pq'], 'b':['za','cd','rs'], 'h1':[0,1,0], 'h2':[0,0,1], 'h3':[1,0,0]})

df = df.replace({0:False, 1:True})

Checking for data type:
df.dtypes

a     object
b     object
h1      bool
h2      bool
h3      bool
dtype: object

A: You were quite close with your second try. Try this
df[df.columns[2:]].applymap(bool)

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We were pleasantly surprised to have the reprint for Rifts® Book of Magic arrive a few days early. The Palladium warehouse was busy with mail order and a few small distributor restock orders today, so people with back orders for the title will see them ship tomorrow.
I have tried to stay focused with work on Bizantium, but there were a number of distractions today. I have the Weekly Update and business matters to attend to tomorrow. Wish I could get in a solid week of just writing and editing.
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Letter to Prof Carmi, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Ronit Lentin January 23, 2010 September 5, 2010
Prof. Rivka Carmi
President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Dear Prof Carmi,
We, Israeli, Palestinian and British academics, are writing to express our deep concern at the treatment of Dr Ahmad Sa'di, a Senior Lecturer at Ben-Gurion University's Department of Politics and Government, who was subjected to racist treatment on 3 January 2010 when he arrived at Ben-Gurion University train station, as he does every teaching week. He was humiliatingly searched, yelled at and embarrassed by the security staff at Mexico Gate, which we find offensive and unacceptable.We believe that Dr Sa'di's reaction on the date was exemplary; he did not block the entrance nor did he insult the security staff. Continue reading "Letter to Prof Carmi, Ben Gurion University, Israel"
Race and State in contemporary Ireland
Paper presented at the 'Better Questions' seminar series in Seomra Spraoi, Dublin, Tuesday 19 January 2010
'Only one world… Let foreigners teach us at least to become foreign to ourselves, to project ourselves sufficiently out of ourselves to no longer be captive to this long Western and white history that has come to an end, and from which nothing more can be expected than sterility and war. Against this catastrophic and nihilistic expectation of a security state, let us greet the foreignness of tomorrow' (Alain Badiou, 2008: 70)
'If the world cannot be changed, the (neo liberal) argument went, the left should concentrate on small-scale projects, moral concerns and the protection of vulnerable identities. Multiculturalism could replace radical change, membership of Amnesty that of political organisation' (Costas Douzinas, The Guardian, 1 January 2010)
On 11 June 2004 the government of the Republic of Ireland put forward a referendum to amend article 9 of the Constitution to remove birth-right citizenship from children born in Ireland to an Irish citizen (or entitled to Irish citizenship). Birth right citizenship prevailed since the establishment of the Republic in 1922. The amendment did not include the children of the 1.8 million holders of Irish passports not born in Ireland who have one Irish grandparent and therefore entitled to Irish citizenship without having to set foot in Ireland. 79.8 per cent of the electorate voted in favour.
My argument is that the nation-state, theorised by David Theo Goldberg (2002) as a 'racial state', remains the focus of any analysis of racism, viewed by Foucault as 'inscribed as the basic mechanism of power, as it is exercised in modern States'. Foucault argues that 'the modern State can scarcely function without becoming involved with racism at some point' (Foucault 2003: 254). Continue reading "Race and State in contemporary Ireland"
Migrant statistics and 'integration'
Since the onset of the recession, it became clear that the state's integration policies and all the talk about 'cultural diversity', 'interculturalism' and so on were becoming redundant. What started with draconian cuts in the integration and antiracism sector and the demise of bodies such as the NCCRI very quickly turned into complete silence on the subjects of immigration, integration, and interculturalism, and culminated with the axing of many community development projects. The new Minister for Integration was nowhere to be seen, and even though the government was boasting that Ireland was 'getting it right' by avoiding the pitfalls of both (French) assimilationism and (British) multiculturalism, it became clear that in the recession the state was not interested in migrants, no longer seen as the engine of Ireland's economic boom.
In recent days the media reported somewhat triumphantly that 'foreign nationals' were going home. Using PPS statistics, a downward trend was reported across the workforce. According to December 2009 CSO figures, '57,112 of the 117,983 foreign nationals who received PPSNs in 2004 were still either working or claiming welfare in 2008'. In the absence of statistics for those who actually left Ireland, it was less clear 'what happened to the rest, but it is very likely that they left the Republic'. Continue reading "Migrant statistics and 'integration'"


Tao Ruspoli's Blog: A sign?
When I first drove by this sign, I loved what it said. I assumed I had halucinated that it said Tao at the top. The next day, I went looking for it, and, to my utter amazement, found that it was directed specifically to me!
Great sign - when are you coming back?
Wow! What a cool find! :)Hope you are having a great time!


This summer the Loire Valley's iconic castle of Chambord celebrates the renaissance of its 18th-century gardens with a contemporary art show marking the 40th anniversary of the Centre Pompidou museum in Paris.
When asked to showcase their prowess in the English language during a primary debate this week, Socialist presidential candidates Manuel Valls and Benoît Hamon were less than convincing. But they're hardly the exception.
The French capital's first humanitarian camp has come under criticism since it opened three months ago in an effort to get homeless migrants off the streets of Paris. FRANCE 24 took a look inside.


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Palestine firefighter injured in accidental handgun discharge
A firefighter was injured when a handgun was accidentally discharged outside of a fire station Saturday morning.
By KLTV Digital Media Staff
Published: Dec. 3, 2022 at 2:08 PM CST
PALESTINE, Texas (KLTV) - A firefighter was injured when a handgun was accidentally discharged outside of a fire station Saturday morning.
At 10 a.m. on Dec. 3, emergency services responded to Palestine Fire Station #2 in reference to a reported accidental shooting, according to a release from the Palestine Police Department.
Officers arrived and found that a firefighter had been struck in a lower extremity by a single round from a handgun, the release said. Members of the Palestine Fire Department administered medical aid immediately following the incident, and the firefighter was transported to a Palestine emergency room, according to police. The firefighter is stable and expected to recover.
Witnesses stated that a member of the department was outside of the station showing another firefighter a new handgun when it discharged, striking their co-worker in the leg, the release said. The handgun had reportedly been stored in the personal vehicle of the firefighter prior to the incident.
The Palestine Police Department is investigating the incident, and the PFD employee has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation.
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Warwickshire Vision Support has been supporting people living with sight loss for more than 100 years. Offering a combination of rehabilitation and social support services, we aim to promote independence and self reliance to enable people living with sight loss to live full and satisfying lives.
As the population gets progressively older, the number of people living with sight loss is increasing. Sight loss can lead to a loss of confidence, a sense of isolation and a tendency for people to withdraw from family and friends. Warwickshire Vision Support is here to help people to lead life to the full - to give new skills and confidence and to help rebuild social networks.
Warwickshire Vision Support works with over 3,000 people across Warwickshire with the invaluable support of our 300-stong volunteer network. Every day, our volunteers are making a difference to the lives of many people - helping them stay connected and maintain their independence.
We have 14 Clubs, 5 Vision Support Centres, an IT Training programme and a county-wide home visitor service. We are also looking for volunteer fundraisers for street and store collection and events. If you would like to volunteer please contact us.


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Description: Self-employment in Canada, 2018
15% (2.9 million) of the total Canadian workforce was self-employed in 2018.
Among the self-employed, 62% were men and 38% were women.
Older workers were more likely to be self-employed than younger workers.
Share of workers in each age group who were self-employed
Occupations with the highest proportion of self-employed workers:
Managers in agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture
Fishing vessel masters and fishermen/women
Managers in food service and accommodation
Optometrists, chiropractors and other health diagnosing and treating professionals
Creative and performing artists
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(STEVENS POINT, Wis.) – IceWorks Skating Complex and the Philadelphia Sports Congress are set to host 21 of the top U.S. curling teams as the 2012 USA Curling National Championships get underway Feb. 11.
This is the first time that the Nationals have been hosted in the Philadelphia area and first time since 2007 that the event is being hosted on the east coast. The 10 women's and 11 men's teams will compete in a round robin with the top four teams advancing to the playoffs.
Webstreaming throughout the event will be featured courtesy of USA Curling's involvement with the 12th End Sports Network (http://12thendsportsnetwork.weebly.com/index.html), which is owned and produced by Rochester, N.Y., curlers Joe Calabrese and Brian Anderson. One sheet will be streamed throughout the round robin and playoffs. A complete game schedule will be announced soon. Live scoring and a stats package also will be incorporated into the coverage courtesy of Gerry Geurts of CurlingZone (www.curlingzone.com).
"TESN is proud to work with USA Curling to present the 2012 National Championships," Calabrese said. "Webstreaming brings access to the top level of the sport in the U.S. to everyone. It's great for the sport and for TESN, where our goal is to bring webstreaming technology to curling clubs all over the U.S. and beyond."
"Joe and Brian at 12th End have provided USA Curling with an exceptional opportunity to greatly expand the amount of web streaming coverage of the National Championships. This could not be done without their knowledge of curling and production support, and the additional support of the U.S. Olympic Committee," said Rick Patzke, chief operating officer for USA Curling. "One of our primary goals for web streaming of events is to achieve a consistently professional standard of production and delivery. We are excited about the possibilities presented by 12th End, and will be eager to evaluate the results and future potential after the championships."
The opening ceremonies will take place at 2:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 11. Members of USA's first Youth Olympic Games team will throw out the ceremonial first rock. Team members include YOG bronze medalist (mixed doubles) Korey Dropkin (Southborough, Mass.), Tom Howell (Brick, N.J.) and Philadelphia‐area curlers Sarah and Taylor Anderson (Broomall, Pa.). Local professional and college mascots also will be on hand for the opening ceremony and throughout the week. Entertainment in the Fan Zone throughout the event includes bands, Wii curling, Learn to Curl events, and more.
The first round of curling action gets underway at 4:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 11 following the opening ceremonies. The Erika Brown rink earned the women's No. 1 seed while the Tyler George rink is the top men's seed. The defending champions are the Pete Fenson and Patti Lank rinks.
This is the first opportunity for teams to qualify for the 2014 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, which will take place Nov. 11‐16, 2013, in Fargo, N.D. The top two men's and women's team from the 2012 Nationals earn direct berths. In addition, the winning teams from the 2012 Nationals earn the privilege to represent the U.S. at the 2012 World Championships. The 2012 Ford World Women's Championship will
take place March 17‐25 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The 2012 World Men's Championship will be staged in Basel, Switzerland, March 31‐April 8.
To request media accreditation for the event, please go to http://2012usacurlingnationals.com/ and look under the "News and Press" section. A complete competition schedule also is located at the link above.
The men's field features 11 teams this year instead of the traditional 10 due to Pete Fenson's selection to represent the U.S. in the Americas Challenge against Brazil to determine which side would earn the second Americas berth in the 2012 Men's Worlds. However, the Brazilians backed out in early January so the U.S. earns the automatic slot into the world championship this season. This year's field features 10 skips who have previously won the event and 15 Olympians (1998‐2010). Here is a look at the competing teams in the 2012 National Championships:
2012 Nationals field:
No. 1 seed, Team George: Tyler George (Duluth, Minn.), Chris Plys (Duluth, Minn.), Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, Minn.), Colin Hufman (Seattle), Coach Phil Drobnick (Eveleth, Minn.)
No. 2 seed, Team Brown: Craig Brown (Madison, Wis.), Kroy Nernberger (Madison, Wis.), Matt Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.), Derrick Casper (De Pere, Wis.)
No. 3 seed, Team P. Fenson: Pete Fenson (Bemidji, Minn.), Shawn Rojeski (Chisholm, Minn.), Joe Polo (Duluth, Minn.), Ryan Brunt (Bemidji, Minn.)
No. 4 seed, Team Birr: Todd Birr (Mankato, Minn.), Greg Romaniuk (Snohomish, Wash.), Doug Pottinger (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Tom O'Connor (Minneapolis, Minn.), Kevin Birr (St. Peter, Minn.)
No. 5 seed, Team McCormick: Heath McCormick (Sarnia, Ontario), Bill Stopera (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.), Martin Sather (Hastings‐on‐Hudson, N.Y.), Dean Gemmell (Short Hills, N.J.)
No. 6 seed, Team Farbelow: Mike Farbelow (Minneapolis, Minn.), Kevin Deeren (Chicago), Kraig Deeren (Waunakee, Wis.), Tim Solin (St. Paul, Minn.)
No. 7 seed, Team Shuster: John Shuster (Duluth, Minn.), Zach Jacobson (Langdon, N.D.), Jared Zezel (Duluth, Minn.), John Landsteiner (Duluth, Minn.)
No. 8 seed, Team E. Fenson: Eric Fenson (Bemidji, Minn.), Trevor Andrews (Bemidji, Minn.), Quentin Way (Bemidji, Minn.), Mark Lazar (Toledo, Ohio)
No. 9 seed, Team Clark: Brady Clark (Lynnwood, Wash.), Darren Lehto (Seattle), Leon Romaniuk (Kirkland, Wash.), Steve Lundeen (Seattle), Wes Johnson (Snohomish, Wash.)
No. 10 seed, Team Morton: Blake Morton (McFarland, Wis.), Marcus Fonger (Cottage Grove, Wis.), Tommy Juszczyk (Madison, Wis.), Calvin Weber (McFarland, Wis.), Mark Hartman (Sun Prairie, Wis.)
No. 11 seed, Team Sampson: Owen Sampson (Edmore, N.D.), Ned Sampson (Edmore, N.D.), Tucker Smith (Bismarck, N.D.), Kyle Young (Fargo, N.D.)
No. 1 seed, Team Brown: Erika Brown (Oakville, Ontario), Debbie McCormick (Rio, Wis.), Jessica Schultz (Minneapolis, Minn.), Ann Swisshelm (Chicago), Coach Bill Todhunter (Menasha, Wis.)
No. 2 seed, Team Lank: Patti Lank (Lewiston, N.Y.), Nina Spatola (McFarland, Wis.), Caitlin Maroldo (Rochester, N.Y.), Molly Bonner (St. Paul, Minn.), Mackenzie Lank (Lewiston, N.Y.), Coach Phil Drobnick (Eveleth, Minn.)
No. 3 seed, Team Pottinger: Allison Pottinger (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Nicole Joraanstad (Verona, Wis.), Natalie Nicholson (Bemidji, Minn.), Tabitha Peterson (Eagan, Minn.)
No. 4 seed, Team Potter: Cassie Potter (St. Paul, Minn.), Jamie Haskell (White Bear Lake, Minn.), Jackie Lemke (Medford, Wis.), Stephanie Sambor (Minot, N.D.)
No. 5 seed, Team Hamilton: Becca Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.), Tara Peterson (Eagan, Minn.), Karlie Koenig (Oconomowoc, Wis.), Sophie Brorson (Duluth, Minn.), Coach Neil Doese (Menomonee Falls, Wis.)
No. 6 seed, Team Carlson: Alexandra Carlson (Wayzata, Minn.), Monica Walker (Brighton, Mass.), Kendall Moulton (Minneapolis), Jordan Moulton (Minneapolis)
No. 7 seed, Team Sormunen: Aileen Sormunen (Duluth, Minn.), Courtney George (St. Paul, Minn.), Amanda McLean (Duluth, Minn.), Miranda Solem (Cohasset, Minn.), Coach Tom George (Duluth, Minn.)
No. 8 seed, Team Stolt: Maureen Stolt (Plymouth, Minn.), Megan Pond (Minneapolis, Minn.), Emilia Juocys (Chicago), Sherri Schummer (St. Paul, Minn.), Coach Lynita Delaney (Trempealeau, Wis.)
No. 9 seed, Team Langanke: Janice Langanke (Middletown, N.J.), Nina Reiniger (New York City), Ashley Lawreck (Brighton, Mass.), Nicole Arsenault (Brick, N.J.), Coach Don Arsenault (Brick, N.J.)
No. 10 seed, Team Wapola: Kimberly Wapola (St. Paul, Minn.), Victoria Forconi (Circle Pines, Minn.), Carol Strojny (Mendota Heights, Minn.), Sharon Wright (Grantsburg, Wis.), Connie Kupferschmidt (St. Paul, Minn.)
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Start rallies in video games?
Start rallies in video games
Rallying is an extremely complex sport, it requires knowing how to drive a car, developing its technical specifications, adjusting it, knowing how to describe the road through a system of notes and above all knowing how to use this system of notes. to then pass the bends at the speed that we imagined. One of the difficulties of this sport is also that it is almost impossible to train between races.
For their part, video games have continued to improve, the rendering of 3D displays, initially software, are now subcontracted by specialized chips. Machine performance continues to grow allowing unparalleled performance that software can now exploit.
So we asked ourselves the question of knowing what were the differences and / or similarities between the most advanced rally game possible and reality, but above all to try to answer the following question: Are Video Games an aid to rally practice?
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Evolution of motorsport: increasingly virtual driving.
Whether we like it or not, the practice of rallying is now similar to simulation games.
All of the new racing cars currently being released now have a sequential gearbox and electronic gear display. If the display itself is reminiscent of a computer screen, modern cars no longer require knowing how to correctly practice the heel-toe and double-clutch technique. One step forward by dragging another foot no longer crosses between the brake and the accelerator, we can afford to have harder brake pedals on which we must press frankly with one foot, the ideal being moreover to do it with the left foot in order to manage the drifts of the car at the same time.
As we can see, the driving position of the cars has therefore really come close to that of a video game simulator. Controllers on the steering wheel, digital display, we are more and more close to a game!
Another phenomenon brings current cars closer to video games: the latest generation rally cars such as the DS3 R3, 208 R2 etc … are more and more efficient but also more and more stingy in sensations. identify the recognized limit. The most extreme at this level seems to be the Mégane RS N4 or R4.
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Evolution of video games
With the advent of consumer computing, programmers developed games including the first driving simulation games. Very simple at the start, they were in two dimensions and were limited to small games of reflexes or it was necessary to make a car slalom in a moving landscape or on a marked out track. But programmers were already dreaming of 3D and sliding across the middle of trees and virtual rocks.
The improvement of simulations:
With the appearance of WRC, WRC2, WRC Sébastien Loeb, Colin Mac Rae Rally 1, 2 etc, the rally simulations have come closer to reality. This evolution was done as much at the level of the improvement of the graphics and linked to the performance of the machines, as at the level of the improvement of the behavior of the cars, the sounds, the responsiveness to the settings, etc … The ultimate is certainly Richard Burns Rally, a game launched in 2004 and developed in collaboration with Richard Burns official driver Subaru then Peugeot. This game can be considered as the worthy successor of the Colin Mac Rae Rallye series, it was designed as a real rally simulator allowing even to adjust the distance at which the co-pilot had to announce the notes, added from time to time the crossings of 'animals, etc … In these games we really feel the understeer or oversteer of a car, we can make a car easier to drive or more distinctive by adjusting the settings: body heights, types of tires, brake balance between front and rear, gearbox ratio, etc., any modification of a setting is felt and has a result similar to the real one.
The "arcade" games
But simulation is not the only trend: alongside simulation games whose goal is to get as close as possible to reality, there are also "arcade games" whose sole purpose is to amuse the player. In this case, respect for reality is not an end in itself. Thus, for example, the behavior of cars is simplified and even sometimes completely surprising. In general, a simulation calls for adjusting the steering wheel, the accelerator or the brake where an arcade game will require the player to be fully. This also implies that simulation games will require equipment: bucket, steering wheel, pedal while the arcade can be satisfied with a simple joystick. This is how we can find games where we must never cross-steer and where a Sierra Cosworth, a Clio grA and a DS3 WRC have exactly the same behavior, or we find ourselves together on a rally special etc. ..
The hill climb too, here Nicolas Schatz's Norma
Interviews and videos of pilots, co-pilots, enthusiasts practicing video games and rallying
In addition to this survey, we offer you a series of interviews with pilots, co-pilots and enthusiasts on this subject, also find for example a Interview with rally driver Julien Saunier, Opinion of a talented young driver who explains to us how a video game, normally solitary activity, can become a team game.
Another interesting point of view with Interview with rally driver Fabien Véricel, opinion of an older driver , Fabien having started rallying in 1994, at a time when video games were not very well developed. He experienced the evolution of these and even participated in the development of one of them.
It is possible to start rallies beforehand, as Quentin Baron did, for example, who was already co-driver at 17, find the point of view of a young man in the Interview with Quentin Baron, young rally co-driver
Passionate about rallies, Guillaume cannot practice, which does not prevent him from satisfying his passion through photography, games and even by participating in the development of these games. You will discover all this in the Interview of Guillaume Gimbert passionate about rallies and creator of skins
We also offer you the Interview of Thomas Chauffray amateur rally driver , a talented driver who races in the West region and also regularly co-driver his friend Mickael Reydellet.
With each interview, you will find photos and videos of these boys in action.
Consumer simulators
In this sense, the commercial failure of the RBR game may have meant the death of simulations, all the games that have been released since are more "arcade" type, the improvement being content to improve the quality of the graphics. It is difficult to say if this failure is due to the fact that it was too complicated for a neophyte or simply related to a business problem. But the game "Richard Burns Rallye" lives a second life. A team of enthusiasts has indeed taken up this game and continues to develop it by adding cars and stages. Communities have even appeared on the internet. The same thing happened for a 1967 F1 single-seater circuit racing game: Grand Prix Legends. This game has great similarities as much in its realism, its difficulty as its lack of success at the beginning and finally its longevity supported by a community of enthusiasts.
Professional simulators
In F1 all teams now have their own simulators. Ultra sophisticated systems costing over a million euros mounted on jacks. They are used for many things: training pilots, testing different configurations or strategies, etc … Besides, some companies have also set up simulators that can be rented. It is actually only improved games, the goal being more to have fun than to look like reality but the quality of the environment allows all the same to speak of simulators.
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What training on video games can bring:
– understanding the behavior of the car: A good game allows you to understand how a car reacts without the stress of breaking it! You can repeat a turn as many times as you want until you find the best way to pass it. You can also get used to understeer and oversteer, blind turns …
– coordination of limbs: For young people who do not yet drive, a game allows them to get used to synchronizing the action behind the wheel and that of the feet.
– reflexes: It is certain, the video games help to develop the reflexes and the speed of action between what the sight registers and the reaction at the level of the limbs on the controls.
– good and bad habits: On the contrary, we can wonder if they cannot also give bad habits in young people under 18 years old.
– modifications to the settings: A good rally game should allow you to modify the settings and the application on the behavior of the car that it induces. Likewise, we must be able to clearly feel the differences between driving a propulsion, traction or 4-wheel drive. In this sense it is a good way to learn simple settings because the reality is always more complex.
– Concentration: Here too, video games must undeniably make it possible to train to stay focused throughout a rally special. Not easy when you are just starting out in the race and have only done regional activities to stay at their best during the 20 minutes of a national rally special.
– Listening to notes: Rally games are a good way to learn notes, unfortunately they always include errors, for example places where they are announced too late and which encourage people to rote. We can note on this subject the original solution of Julien Saunier who played with a friend, that is to say a pilot and a co-pilot as in real life.
Evolution of computer hardware
Electronics has undergone a technical revolution over the past 30 years, it has allowed the birth of consumer computing and the first video games.
With the reproduction of the third dimension, games have evolved allowing the simulation of driving any floating, rolling or flying object. The 3D functions that each computer scientist had to program himself first became available in the form of ready-made libraries and then became more or less standardized to become, among other things, the OpenGL and Direct3D functions.
This has enabled manufacturers of electronic components and therefore of graphics cards to integrate all or part of these libraries directly into electronic components and therefore graphics cards. Thus appeared the notion of "hardware acceleration". To simplify, let's say that the display and drawing functions devolve directly to the graphics card and its processor, the main processor of the computer only having to calculate the positions of the elements to be drawn. The mathematical calculations of renderings of 3D displays designed as a set of elementary surfaces being particularly resource-intensive, this allowed images of much better resolution.
At the same time as complex electronic components became more democratic, the appearance of steering wheel / pedal assemblies, then force feedback steering wheels. Today the latest developments are in the form of steering wheel / pedals / gear lever assemblies with very realistic designs.
Today the performances of computer machines are so advanced that they have allowed 3D video games of all kinds to render more and more close to the real image. Technological evolution is such that the performance of current games exceeds the wildest dreams of the first game programmers: To evolve a shape as complex as a rally car with its spinning wheels, its decoration, in the middle of a complete landscape and calculate in real time its displacement and behavior according to the pilot's commands …
This article was written by Frédéric CAUNES for the journal Baquet Magazine N ° 9 of June 2014
Thanks to Guillaume Gimpert and Quentin Baron for the photos
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By Donna Berry
CHICAGO — Following news reports of adulteration and fraud in some sectors of Italian cheese, a four-generation family-owned U.S. cheese company, Schuman Cheese, Fairfield, N.J., is introducing what it calls the industry's first "trust mark." The on-package seal is intended to verify product quality and manufacturing integrity.
The True Cheese mark will appear on Schuman cheeses and snacks sold in supermarket and mass retail channels. The company said newly labeled products are already appearing in some stores and will be phased in as customer orders are filled.
The True Cheese label will mean the verified product is made only with milk, cultures, salt and enzymes.
The announcement follows a guilty plea earlier this year by an executive of Castle Cheese, Inc., Slippery Rock, Pa., who admitted to "aiding and abetting the introduction of adulterated and misbranded cheese products into interstate commerce, in violation of provisions of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act." Specifically, Castle's grated cheese labeled as "100% Parmesan cheese" contained wood pulp disguised as grated Parmesan. Castle is likely not alone in the practice of using unwarranted levels of starches, fillers and even vegetable oil-based processed cheese without proper label declaration.
The True Cheese label will mean the verified product is made only with milk, cultures, salt and enzymes. It also will ensure the cheese was aged as required and that any use of an anti-caking ingredient is at or below industry accepted levels and properly labeled.
To confirm credibility of the True Cheese label, Schuman Cheese has partnered with Covance Food Solutions, Princeton, N.J., to test True Cheese labeled products. Periodic testing of randomly selected products taken from retail locations will be performed at Covance's Madison, Wis.-based lab to ensure the guarantee the trust mark makes.
Apart from the seal and related testing of items displaying the mark, there's no way for consumers to self-determine exactly how a cheese is made or if excessive fillers may be included in the package. To learn more about the issue and the program, Food Business News spoke with Neal Schuman, the chief executive officer of Shuman Cheese.
Neal Schuman, c.e.o. of Shuman Cheese.
Food Business News: How long has the industry and government known about the adulteration of domestic Italian cheese and why has so little action been taken to rectify the situation?
Neil Schuman: Adulteration has existed in the hard Italian cheese segment for decades. Only recently has attention to this condition brought the issue forward from virtual obscurity. Economic conditions favoring adulteration gained momentum during the great recession starting in 2009.
During this time, retailers, food service companies and their suppliers felt pressure to reduce costs. With a tight lid on price points, many were tempted to meddle with cheese-making practices in order to deliver a cheaper product. Without public pressure to change, these practices continue virtually unchecked. Regulatory agencies such as F.D.A. do not have unlimited resources and, appropriately, focus their available assets on health and safety.
Schuman Cheese estimates that approximately 20% of the hard Italian cheese category volume is misrepresented and mislabeled.
Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
How big is the problem?
Mr. Schuman: Some food industry studies report that economic adulteration impacts at least 10% of the U.S. food supply. In the case of hard Italian cheese, the problem is more acute; industry and Schuman Cheese estimates that approximately 20% of the category volume is misrepresented and mislabeled. That amounts to at least 90 million lbs of adulterated product sold each year at a dollar value of approximately $375 million.
Are consumers catching on?
Mr. Schuman: Recent media attention to the presence of economic adulteration has started to create change by raising the specter of risk as these practices are being discovered and reported on. More importantly, the consumer has changed. More than at any other time in the modern food industry, we find consumers demanding transparency, genuineness, higher quality and accurate labeling on the foods they buy.
There is very little tolerance now for products or manufacturers who misrepresent the truth about the products they are selling. In a national quantitative consumer study conducted by Schuman Cheese in June 2014, 95% of respondents indicated they are concerned that adulterated cheese is being passed off as the real thing. Seventy-eight per cent signaled companies making adulterated products should not be allowed to label them as Parmesan or Romano. Consumer preference for real, properly labeled and made cheeses will help drive improvements to these conditions.
In a recent study, 78% of consumers said companies making adulterated products should not be allowed to label them as Parmesan or Romano.
Why was the time right to introduce The True Cheese verification and seal program?
Mr. Schuman: With increased consumer awareness and scrutiny, for the first time adulterated product conditions are getting widespread attention. In fact similar moves in the olive oil, honey and seafood industries are also occurring for the same reason. Consumers want to know the truth about the products they are buying. Schuman Cheese has been quietly leading by producing high-quality and properly labeled products for decades.
It is not really possible for a consumer to know by looking at an ingredient statement exactly how a product is made. While laboratory tests can reveal what's in a cheese product, the consumer has the right to know at the point of purchase if the product is compliant to federal standards and properly labeled.
In many respects, True Cheese is also a new and more relevant way to talk about quality, craftsmanship and commitment to integrity in cheese-making traditions. It offers a natural bridge to the conversation around transparency and ingredient sourcing. The time is right to bring a trust mark to the cheese business.
In Italy, the cheese industry labels wheels of Parmesan cheese to verify their terroir and authentic type.
Are there similar programs elsewhere in the world for Italian cheese or for any cheese?
Mr. Schuman: True Cheese is the first trust mark in the cheese industry, designed to verify faithfulness to the Code of Federal Regulation for these types of cheese. Thus, for consumers and trade buyers it is a direct answer to the prevailing conditions of economic adulteration. In Italy, the cheese industry labels wheels of Parmesan cheese, for example, to verify their terroir and authentic type.
Until now, in the U.S., cheese companies have been content to assert quality rather than verify it. True Cheese is a step in a new direction to validate honesty and convey the cheese consumers are buying is made and labeled correctly.
Is the verification program and seal available to all domestic Italian cheese marketers or is it exclusive to Arthur Schuman brands?
Schuman Cheese welcomes other cheese companies to participate in the True Cheese verification program.
Mr. Schuman: Schuman Cheese welcomes other cheese companies to participate in this verification program. At the current time, True Cheese will be deployed by Schuman Cheese and our customers.
We believe this is a healthy step for the industry and further emphasizes our commitments to integrity and quality in an environment where less than honest practices have existed for some time.
How will the program be supported with consumer education?
Mr. Schuman: The value of the True Cheese trust mark is related directly to awareness and understanding of its meaning. We are committed to a consumer and trade education program intended to promote the mark. Our program will address all touch points in the path to market, from packaging to retail shelf communication to trade information to media tools, including social, content and earned media outreach.
The integrity of the U.S. Italian cheese category is at stake, Mr. Schuman said.
Our goal is to raise awareness and understanding of the True Cheese mark and to help consumers who increasingly want to know more. Today consumers want visibility to the supply chain. They are interested in how ingredients are sourced. They care about animal welfare and sustainability practices. In sum, they want to know how the foods they eat are made. True Cheese offers a platform for that understanding. You can find out more at www.truecheese.com.
What are your goals for the program? For the domestic Italian cheese industry?
Mr. Schuman: The integrity of the U.S. Italian cheese category is at stake here. Schuman Cheese is a four-generation, family-owned company devoted to this sector. We care deeply about quality and best practices. We believe consumers prefer real, properly made and labeled products. This is also their assurance of quality in ingredients and cheese-making practices.
Mr. Schuman said real, authentically made cheese tastes better and provides a richer and more satisfying food experience.
In the end, real, authentically made cheese tastes better and provides a richer and more satisfying food experience. So we expect consumers will embrace this, and as we invest in awareness building, we anticipate consumers will look for products bearing the True Cheese mark. We also believe this will serve as an example to the rest of the industry that proper labeling and assurance of standards compliance are good things for business and growth. No one argues that there will continue to be a market for cheaper cheese products. They just need to be properly labeled. If this move to more fully embrace truth in labeling sets a precedent that others follow, we believe it will create incremental growth opportunities in the category as consumers find their eating experiences improve.
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Q: Using unknown data type FLOAT I have written a migration to create a table using npm db-migrate and used mysql as the database.
Screenshot of the warningThe migrations are running properly and the columns are being populated in the tables
column_A: {type: 'float', notNull: false},
column_B: {type: 'float', notNull: false},
column_C: {type: 'float', notNull: false},
column_D: {type: 'float', notNull: false},

but the console shows the following warning:
[WARN] Using unknown data type FLOAT

Can someone please help. Thanks!

A: This error is likely produced by the npm db-migrate, and it just calls the floating point number data type real instead of float: http://github.com/db-migrate/shared/blob/master/data_type.js
Most database systems have a wide range of (sometimes synonymous) names for different data types. Postgres doesn't know float, but float4 and float8 which are synonyms for real and double respectively.
MySQL technically knows float, but that doesn't mean the db-migrate abstraction will accept is as input when run ... unless you find a way, that you can precisely define the data type, because you know about the target database ... which defeats the purpose of using an abstract tool for database migration anyway.
tl;dr: RTM for the tool you're using. Your tool (npm db-migrate) uses real instead of float.


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The growth habits (including time to germination and time to harvest) of greens mix and lettuce mix was studied. We were working to determine the effect that planting in the heated versus unheated tunnel had on the crops. We also studied how the crops' growth habit is changed as we plant later in the winter (closer to the conventional growing season).
Though we faced many setbacks and did plenty of troubleshooting along the way, we were able to formulate some interesting results. First, let's discuss the problems. Craneflies were a huge pest species not only for the experimental lettuce mix plots, but all of the lettuce mix being grown in the tunnels. Craneflies are known for their destruction of seedlings. After multiple attempts, we were able to get the cranefly larvae under control… just in time for the winter tunnel flooding to commence. Flooding in and around beds caused the growth of algae and fungi, which can be detrimental to crop germination and growth. Further, saturated soils do not allow for proper gas exchange. Salinity also appeared to play a role in the many, MANY crop failures that we experienced. On multiple occasions, we had to remove plantings from the trial due to extremely poor germination rates.
All of these problems aside, we were able to determine that time of planting did not affect lettuce germination time, greens germination time, or greens harvest time. Time of planting did affect lettuce harvest time, though only in the heated tunnel; time of planting did not affect lettuce harvest in the unheated tunnel. Heating the high tunnel did not have an effect on lettuce germination time, greens germination time, or greens harvesting time. It did, however, affect lettuce harvest time.
Another interesting thing that we noticed in our experiment was that the greens perform significantly better than the lettuce mix when being grown during the winter. While the seed company suggests planting the lettuce mix a week prior to the greens mix in order for both to be harvestable at the same time, we determined that for winter growing, the planting gap should be around 12 days instead of one week.
These results are not what we expected, but are incredibly interesting nonetheless, and will hopefully spark further research into the growth habit of one of Farm to YoUNH's favorite crops, salad mix.
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When someone ends it with us, we go through so many different emotions. But amongst the first emotions are panic, the terror of abandonment, the grief of having lost someone, but not lost someone to a death, lost someone who's still there, who still exists, but has decided that they don't want us. One of the most difficult, exquisite pains we have to experience in life. Our instincts in that moment are to fight for this thing, to fight for the relationship that we want so badly. But this urge to fight is a dangerous one.
Here's a concept I want you to take to heart. It's not your job to fix what he broke. Think about it. He broke something. He shattered something. He violated the relationship. There are many different ways to violate a relationship, right? Imagine he cheated on you. You would see that as a fundamental violation of the boundaries of the relationship. But so is this. Why don't we see someone breaking up with us, someone disappearing, as a violation in itself? It's a violation of a truth that we held, a truth that you and I were bigger than any problem, that you and I were going to overcome, that you and I were going to do what so few people do and actually last together.
What's so sad is that during a breakup, so many women fight for him to give them back the relationship they've lost. But I want you to completely flip your mindset on this. When he broke up with you, he gave up his power. The relationship is no longer his to give. In fact, if he wants it again, that's something he has to fight for. That's something he has to earn. A challenge he has to overcome. The only way that he's going to fight for you is if he realizes that he broke something.
Now, how does he realize that? You have to change something about the way you're thinking about this. You have to begin the process of genuine acceptance that you didn't have what you thought you had. That you thought you were going to have something that was going to last. You thought you had someone that was willing to give their all and do that with you. It turns out you didn't.
Now, that's an unpalatable truth during a breakup. That's not something we want to hear. That's uncomfortable. But on the other side of accepting that is relief. What's truly painful is when you feel that that's the person you were supposed to be with forever, and that person left. Well, that's not true anymore, is it? Because what was sacred about that relationship beyond all else is that the two of you were willing to commit. This person isn't now. What's sacred has been lost. Accept that you haven't lost the great relationship of your life. It wasn't as it turns out the great relationship of your life. Accepting this truth is the beginning of inner peace. It is what will move you forward powerfully in your life. It is what will start you on the journey of doing new things, meeting new people, experiencing life again. Him seeing you with that level of acceptance, him seeing that he genuinely broke something, if anything is going to make him change his mind and realize the value of what he had and make him want to fight for it, it's that. It's seeing what he broke.
If you want practical ways of doing exactly what I'm talking about right now, beginning the path of acceptance, moving on, building your life powerfully again, I have a free guide for you that details four steps that you can take to do exactly that. It is at the link GetHimOrGetOverHim.com. I named it that because I have the fundamental belief that the same things that get someone running back to you are the things that get you over that person. That's the beauty of it. Go download that free guide now. I know you're in pain. I know you're suffering. But I swear to you, things are going to get better. This is going to get better. Let's do it together. I will see you at that link.


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11. Stopped federal funding of abortions in the U.S.
54. 11-29-17 put a stop to U.S. purchases of nuclear materials from Iran.
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New York, April 11 (IANS) Scientists have come up with a novel tiny, ultra-low power chip that can be injected just under the surface of the skin to continuously monitor patients of substance abuse.
The chip can be powered wirelessly by a wearable device such as a smartwatch.
"A tiny injectable sensor — that can be administered in a clinic without surgery — could make it easier for patients to follow a prescribed course of monitoring for extended periods of time," said lead author Drew Hall, Professor at the University of California-San Diego.
The new bio-sensor chip measures roughly one cubic millimetre in size and can be injected under the skin in interstitial fluid — the fluid that surrounds the body's cells.
It contains a sensor that is coated with alcohol oxidase, an enzyme that selectively interacts with alcohol to generate a byproduct that can be electrochemically detected.
The electrical signals are transmitted wirelessly to a nearby wearable device such as a smartwatch, which also wirelessly powers the chip.
Two additional sensors on the chip measure background signals and pH levels. These get cancelled out to make the alcohol reading more accurate.
The chip consumes as little power as possible — 970 nanowatts total, which is roughly one million times less power than a smartphone consumes when making a phone call.
The current most commonly used device to estimate blood alcohol levels is the breathalyzer, a clunky device that requires patient initiation. They are also not that accurate.
"The ultimate goal of this work is to develop a routine, unobtrusive alcohol and drug monitoring device for patients in substance abuse treatment programs," Hall added.
"We don't want the chip to have a significant impact on the battery life of the wearable device. And since we're implanting this, we don't want a lot of heat being locally generated inside the body or a battery that is potentially toxic," Hall said.
The team presented the results at the 2018 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) in San Diego.


Jay Srinivasan, the CEO of Spoke, is a repeat entrepreneur who'd worked with Gunderson Dettmer on his first company which he sold to Google in 2014. Jay and his co-founders envisioned Spoke as a beautifully designed, easy to use help desk that could answer questions from anyone in an organization using AI-powered, real-time knowledge management with incredible speed. He turned to Gunderson Dettmer for Spoke's launch because he wanted experienced counsel that could be a legal helpdesk for starting a company.
Jay began quietly looking for investors while he was still building his team and identified targets before Spoke was even incorporated. Jay found what seemed like a perfect fit right away, but was concerned that the dream VC might not be patient while he structured the company.
Jay turned to Ivan Gaviria, a Gunderson corporate partner, to form Spoke and to help manage the fundraising simultaneously. Ivan, who had extensive, trusted personal relationships in the venture community, was able to work with the investors behind the scenes and reassure them that all the critical deal elements would be in place in time to get a deal done.
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How can I learn The Balance Procedure TBP?
There are 3 ways that you can learn TBP – you can attend a one day practical workshop in person, do an online workshop or have a one to one session with me.
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Level 1 practical workshop teaches you 'The Balance Procedure (TBP)' from scratch.
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Understand the energy of each card which represents a geometric symbol, affirmation, colour, number, zodiac, gemstone, element, planet, chakra, and physical aspect and when all is in BALANCE you have the key to the unconscious mind.
If you are interested in attending a workshop and there are no upcoming dates that you can make, please register your interest with me and I can arrange additional workshops to suit your needs.
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The Level 2 Practitioner Online Workshop consists of 2 two hour sessions, four week apart.