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At first glance, the building looks like any other in the area. However, the brick facade – much like a geode – hides a crystalline treasure on the interior. The unique design of the five-unit residential building began with optimizing the footprint to create a layout that would be conducive to a quality living environment, based on maximum efficiency. By blending the street entry and alley space, the architects created a central entryway that leads into the inner courtyard.
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Twitter has introduced a new prototype application at CES in January this year. Now, the company started rolling out the beta testing enrollment process for the twttr app. Here in this article, we'll share with you how to sign up for Twttr app.
Twitter is using Twttr as experimental testing where the users can focus only on the newly designed conversations. The current design of this prototype app seems quite identical to Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp chat interface. The replies in threads will appear as a color segment. So, that everyone can understand easily the messages.
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International child abduction is not a new problem, however, the incidence of such abductions continue to grow with the ease of international travel, the increase in bi-cultural marriages and the rise in the divorce rate.
International child abductions have serious consequences for both the child and the left-behind parent – the child is removed, not only from contact with the other parent, but also from his/her home environment and transplanted to a culture with which he/she may have had no prior ties. International abductors move the child to another state with a different legal system, social structure, culture and often, language.
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When you start out in any branch of medicine there are so many unknown unknowns that it makes sense to follow the well trodden path of those that have gone before you. It makes sense to use checklists and flowcharts to make sure you are not missing something. It makes sense to look at resources like DFTB. But then what? Not all patients fit into neat little boxes, presenting with classical signs and symptoms. Then what do you do? Paediatrician, Robyn Brady, explores how we can learn to think beyond the algorithm.
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Don't you worry… 'bout a thing
October 4, 2008 at 7:20 pm LeoPardus 41 comments
This is for any of you de-converting folks out there.
If you've seen the rather silly movie, "I Am Legend", you might make the connection between the title and body of this article. And believe it or not, I'm gonna use the silly movie for a bit of an analogy. (Though some preachers have already beaten me to it.)
If you haven't seen the flick, "I Am Legend", here's the situation. Will Smith is the only living human left in New York City. A virus wiped out the rest of the population of the world except for some whom the virus turned into rabid, killer zombies. (Hey, I didn't write it, I'm just recapping.) So Will's trying to survive in this rather empty, scary world.
Those of us who've been through de-conversion, know how it looks when you're right in the middle of the process. It's upsetting, and frankly scary. Familiar beliefs, touch points, and in many cases even people that you knew are gone. It's a bit like the I Am Legend world.
In I Am Legend, Will occasionally plays "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley. The song has the chorus, "Don't you worry 'bout a thing, 'cause every little thing's gonna be all right." The song seems quite out of place in a lonely world where rabid, killer zombies are on the rampage.
So how does this tie in for the de-converting folks out there?
If you're in the midst of feeling your faith slipping, or you're in the middle of giving it up, or you have just given it up, then you're world is changing/will change/has changed. Right now your world looks lonely, it looks scary, it may even look monstrous.
Along the de-conversion way, you will encounter troubles, and feel the uncertainly of a world now bereft of the faith that has probably defined your very existence, and you may face animosity, or even lose touch with friends or family members.
But from the vantage point of a year to two or more post de-conversion, many of us on this blog can tell you that it's not so bad in the end. From the far side of the whole process we can tell you that it will be OK. You will rebuild your life. What we on this blog can say to you is, "don't you worry", "everything's gonna be all right".
I can't tell you what a wonderfully clear view of the world, and of life, one has from a 'no deity' perspective. It's, well … to borrow a line from a different song, a familiar hymn, it's as if, "I once was blind, but now I see". De-converting may not be easy or pleasant to go through, but for me, and for many others, it's well worth it.
Take it away Bob…
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Nice post. I think I am one of the few who have made it to the other side of my deconversion. I've finally accepted that I am a non-believer – and while this may bother everyone around me – to me, it IS a peaceful easy feeling (another good tune from the Eagles, there). II'm so glad ot be rid of all the fear and confusion from religion that was so much a part of my life for so long.
I haven't seen this movie yet. I use to love scary movies, but, over the years I realized I didn't reallly like those either… I do like Will Smith, though… so, maybe I could take it. 😉
Like Samantha, I am on the other side too! 2 years and counting! I still haven't "come out" to my family, and I don't know if I ever will (So I guess I am not totally free). But essentially there is no more fear!
During de-conversion, fear is present I think because your whole foundation for existence is gone. I became afraid once I realized that the "comforter" I thought I had, was gone. No more God to talk to in the dead of night. No more easy answers. No more allowing sin to take responsibility for the fuck-ups in my life. Also, the fear of hell. What if I AM wrong? I really really don't want to burn for eternity…
It's amazing how the fear just eventually evaporates and you feel free. I do admit that I am more afraid now of dying young than I was when I was Christian. But I would rather be afraid of things that are realistic – than fearful of stuff that is total myth.
Another thing I felt in the midst of my deconversion besides fear, was that I felt pathetic. I felt duped. I distinctly remember one night, about 2 months into my de-conversion process(which eventually amounted to about 8 months in length), I was kneeling on the floor asking God to reveal himself to me. I asked, 'why me?! Why was I destined to have a hardened heart?! Was I chosen to be condemned to hell?' And I was crying, and I felt so stupid because all that I received in that moment was silence and the unwavering sense of being alone. I cried more because I envisioned myself from the outside looking so pathetic. I envisioned people around the world – victims of rape, torture, starving people, poor children, grieving mothers CRYING out into the moonlight for God's protection, and just getting silence and loneliness in return.
The De-conversion process can be fearful, painful, cruel, lonely. But it is worth it. The real freedom does come.
Oh dear. LP using zombie movies, Bob Marley and his personal
assurance to convince you that you are on the right path.
Do you really think that's trustworthy? Are you really willing to
risk *everything* on that? Please dig into the matter more than
just letting LP induce a *mood* in which you fall in with his
unproven assertions, which would fall to bits if you analyzed
them rigorously.
(LP – if you have trouble understanding this, I'll write a special one syllable version just for you. I know you've had trouble
with my posts in the past)
I struggling in the middle. I don't know if I will deconvert. I guess that is up to God, right? But anyway, I am scared of hell, can't get over it. But much much worse, I have two children, 6 and 4, and I am scared I will blow it and they will burn in hell. Frankly, those are two precious girls; I can't imagine a God exists that would torture them eternally because their father had doubts. I am a bit in turmoil but trying to put myself at peace recognizing these options. If God doesn't exist, I need not worry. If God does exist, then he loves me and my children, and I can trust Him to do what is right for us.
I go to a fairly conservative church. Everyone else is all having a grand old time. Why does all the myth and fairy tales make sense to them and not me? Why don't they notice that God doesn't answer prayer beyond the coincidental?
If I had to label one thing that is keeping me in the faith, it is reading the NT. Not to OT, that portion is whacked and I now feel in parts clearly fabricated. But in the NT, you got these guys who were with Jesus and they wrote with such incredible conviction about what happened. Are they flat our lying? Are they high on some good whiskey? They seem so compelling. So for now I still believe.
And it's not even effective spam as I still don't know what the heck he is talking about…
I guess that is up to God, right?
Well, not if he doesn't exist. There is nothing he can do in that case. But if he does exist, and he does what people to believe in him, then yes, he has the burden of proof.
As for your concerns over your children, I'm not a parent yet, but remember that your kids will grow into independent adults. They will be able to make up their own minds about religion. Of course your beliefs will influence them, but in the end the decision is theirs alone to make. My parents are evangelical conservative Christians, they raised me in the faith, sent me to Christian school, and did everything they could to make sure I was a born again Christian, but in the end I made my own independent decision regarding my belief. Their belief in God affected my childhood years, but when I matured and learned to think on my own and form my own opinions, their beliefs no longer influenced me. If you decide to de-convert you can still tell your children about God, you can even send them to church, but you can also tell them that some people, including yourself, cannot find enough evidence to believe. In the end they are going to make up their own minds anyway, and it is always best to present them with ALL of the information, not just one narrow world view.
Lots of people grow up in the church and leave. If I do, that will be the case for me. The sad fact is that more people are raised into the faith then are converted. Lets look at the two options.
1) Christianity if false. This then makes perfect sense. There is no real Holy Spirit convicted people so you are much more likely to accept it if you learn it very young from people you trust about everything. Every other religion would propagate the same way.
2) Christianity is true. This is more of a head scratcher. Why would God want to work this way? It seems a bit arbitrary. But nevertheless, lets assume Christianity is true. Then given clear statistics on the matter, my own doubts risk my children's eternity, for whatever reason God decides to work this way.
Pascal's wager returneth!
Exactly, BigHouse.
Jason, do you feel scared or guilty for not believing in Islam or Hinduism? Are you afraid your disbelief in those religions might prevent your children from going to heaven or being reincarnated as higher beings?
And by the way, Jason, this isn't meant to trivialize your fear for your kids, which I'm sure is very real. It's meant to help you examine WHY you hold THESE PARTICULAR fears and understajnd if they are valid pnes or not?
Heck, I fear for my kids every day for a lot of reason!
It's meant to help you examine WHY you hold THESE PARTICULAR fears and understand if they are valid pnes or not?
Oh, I'm well aware why I have THESE PARTICULAR fears, they were the ones taught to me when I was a child. They were just taught very well and I am still surrounded in a community that seems to find this all makes perfect sense. That last post wasn't supposed to be pascals wager, I was wondering why people tend to be raised in the faith and not converted, considering the two options that the faith is real or is imaginary. Clearly it makes more sense that it is more likely that our faith is not real if you will likely only believe in it if told it from a very young age. If the Holy Spirit really is running around convicting hearts we should see all manner of people being saved (at least on the same proportion as those who grow up in the faith).
My first post, yes, that was a bit pascalish.
My problem with Pascals wager is that it is not harmless to believe in God when he does not exist. Because we just don't believe in Him, we attach some fairly specific commands along with it, such as homosexuality is bad. Pretending there is no God for a moment, telling homosexuals they can't marry and have healthy relationships is terrible persecution.
Every thing you are saying might very well be true. I just want to point out that within the Biblical narrative God wasn't just relying on pretty stars and sunsets to convince everyone of His existence. In the OT, God often answered with supernatural acts to prove His existence, He outright declared that His acts to the Egyptians was to demonstrate that He was the only God. But even better, when it was all called into question again, He rained down Holy Fire on Elijah's alter, burning the sacrifice, alter and water up completly. I would be thrilled if we could recreate this, down in the parking lot right now lets set something up and find out who is the true God. God saw it fit to do so then, so surely there would be no reason He wouldn't want to validate His presence now.
Jason, it's good to see you quesitoning Pascal's wager. There are other good criticisms of it on wikipedia in addtion to the one one mention above.
Good luck dealing with your fears and hopefully discussions here will help you with getting resolutions.
Having thus shredded the trees of certainty, he then asks the reader to analyze our position. If reason is truly corrupt and cannot be relied upon to decide the matter of God's existence, we are left with a coin toss. In Pascal's assessment, placing a wager is unavoidable, and anyone who is on the fence like he is, incapable of trusting any evidence either for or against God's existence, must at least face the prospect that infinite happiness is at risk. The "infinite" expected value of believing is always greater than the expected value of not believing.
I had not studied "Pascal's Wager" before. I really don't need to be persuaded by his argument, but I think he is a very intelligent man for coming to the conclusion he does. What is to be lost by serving God and believing in him? More is lost by not believing—I agree totally.
The first paragraph was cut and pasted from an article about Pascal's wager.
What is to be lost by serving God and believing in him? More is lost by not believing—I agree totally.
"Christianity – The Narcissistic Religion" by Cooper.
Actually it appears the true author that book would be Blaise Pascal—-he says the same thing. 🙂
What is to be lost by serving God and believing in him? More is lost by not believing—I agree totally.
"Christianity – The Narcissistic Religion" by Cooper.
Seriously though. Let's say Christianity is false, and there is no God. That would mean I spent my life trying to be the best I could be and trying to help as many people as I can. I have also had great joy doing so. True—an unbeliever can do exactly the same—I am not questioning that.
But what if it's true? All of the above still applies, yet for the unbeliever there is a difference. He must now face all that the Bible says faces an unbeliever, and realize he could have had the very salvation he rejected.
It just seems to me that Pascal was right. If you are not sure if there is a God or not, serving him is the best choice—you will live a moral life if you are sincere, help many people, and die knowing that you did the very best you could in uprightness. If no one is there then you go into obscurity and nothingness—no regrets—because there will be no regrets—you will be extinguished into nothingness. But if someone is there and what you beleived is true you will enter great joy—but the same can't be said for the unbeliever.
Is that narcissistic or a real consideration? Apparently Pascal thought a lot about it. Not saying he was right—just makes good sense.
Seriously though. Let's say Christianity is false, and there is no God. That would mean I spent my life trying to be the best I could be and trying to help as many people as I can.
You're ignoring Quester's third point in explaining how the wager is a false dichotomy. What if you spend your life trying to be the best, but then you die and find yourself in hell because Islam is the One True religion, or maybe the ancient Nordic tribes had it correct, or the Greeks, or maybe the Hindus.
This also presupposes that religious rules are all positive things, intended to make people better and help other humans. Jason brought up the problem that if Christianity is not real, the persecution of homosexuals is a terrible injustice. What about Muslim terrorists? They're just trying to be "good" according to their religion. And so are those non-violent Muslims who require their women to live in subjugation and want them to cover up their entire bodies, leaving only one eye unconcealed. Or the radical Jews who have taking to throwing rocks at women who wear immodest colors like red? Aren't they just trying to be good, and even, in some cases, help others?
The biggest problem with Pascal's wager is that it assumes that whatever God you decided to believe in, just in case, is the right one. That's why it falls short of a truly convincing argument for belief.
The Bible does not give a clear or consistent set of guidelines as to God's will. If you fear hell for your children, by what basis will you choose which branch of which religion to raise them in?
I am not trying to defend Pascal's wager, though I admit I slip into it sometimes. And I admitted above my own particular fears and religious affiliation is based on what I learned as a child. But to answer your question specifically, salvation to me would be "If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and Believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved". I don't get much more specific than that, and am not hung up anymore of any of the myriad of protestant, roman catholic, or eastern orthodox faiths. Not to say I don't agree or disagree on some biblical interpretation but I think trust in dependence on God is what would please God, not whether your really believe you metaphorical open hand is really empty to receive God grace…
Yes, I am excluding consideration of Hinduism, Buddhism, Norse Gods, invisible dragons in my garage. And you are right that I don't fear them because of where I came from. But I will say this, I have seen no evidence whatsoever that they have any merit. At least in Christianity, I have heard the testimony of people's lives being changed. I wish I had more than that, I wish I could still get God to burn alters from the sky, but it is what it is. Maybe there are other reasons. I suspect there might be.
I might be irrational. But how can I not fear hell for my children. There are the most precious things in the world. I heard second hand a quote that I believe Kant said, someone please correct me on this or find the real quote, "you have to lose your fear of damnation in order to think rationally about religion". I want to know who and exactly what was said here because I think this statement is dead on. I can think rationally about other religions because I don't fear them at all. As I begin to think rationally about my own, I stop short of carrying through because of the threats of Hebrews that are often repeated on this very forum. If Christianity were true, I shouldn't have to fear hell to accept it. I should accept it because I thought about it rationally and it proved itself true.
Agreed, Snuggly. I also disllike the premise that belief can be conjoured up, as a result of contemplating the wager. You cannot fake or force belief, even if I were to accept that the belief side of the wager was the one to take..
If you don't like I am Legend…You could always watch the original Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price. Which is much better.
I think this post highlights one of the greatest wrongs of religion. Fear. The fear does not come from the deconversion but the faith that was abandoned. You spend your whole life usually being told the Bogeyman man is gonna get ya if you don't toe the line. That brainwashing is hard to overcome. It plays on primal biological fears of the unknown monster in the cave. This invisible being that controls the universe, sees everything you do, and also controls you is gonna torture you forever unless you choose to submit. It is hard to shake that.
Actually it reminds me of the old twilight zone with the kid that had the power of god. That did horrible things when he didn't get his way. It takes a certain level of confidence in your conclusions. There is a need to continue to think and question. When you rest on your laurels and become satisfied with your condition you have done nothing more than replace a faith with another worldview.
The nice thing about atheism is that its not dogmatic. You can go to church with your family and celebrate holidays. Your motives are different than theirs. They may be going to perform the rites of their religion. You can go to be with your family and perhaps learn something else that is ridiculous about religion.
"But I will say this, I have seen no evidence whatsoever that they have any merit. At least in Christianity, I have heard the testimony of people's lives being changed."
One of the main reasons my husband and I began to question Christianity was that we kept seeing people claiming answered prayer who were not (evangelical) Christians ie a Muslim's pilgrimage to Mecca, a friend who was a Jehovah's witness, another friend who was some kind of witch.
I was asked by a Christian friend how I could explain how someone with a violent, drug filled background could change so suddenly ie surely God must be the cause
My thoughts are that strong belief in something can make people change in all sorts of ways. Combine belief with an emotionally charged atmosphere and a lot can happen.
What are other people's thoughts?
bigham, your fearmongering is pathetic. And this:
If you don't believe the Bible, then you wouldn't believe even if somebody came back from the dead and spoke the truth to you.
…doesn't make any sense. The Bible and a resurrected dead witness are pretty different forms of evidence.
Maybe it's time you take your fear and spam and head on home..
I found your anecdote of praying and only hearing silence to be touching.
I was an atheist/agnostic for five years before relapsing into theism. Thankfully I'm back on the right side now. I'm new to this blog but have really enjoyed what i've read so far.
Which side is the "right side" Mr. President?
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Awards honour
I'm delighted and honoured to announce that I have been asked to join the final panel of judges to pick the overall winner of the 2015 Costa Book Awards. As reported in previous posts, I was a member of the judging panel for the children's category, which I will now be representing when the prestigious £30,000 prize for book of the year is decided ahead of the awards ceremony in London next month.
The five winning books from each of the categories – Novel, First Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's – will be announced on BBC Radio 4's Front Row on January 4th (with a prize of £5,000 for each author) and one of these titles will go on to be declared the overall winner at a star-studded event at Quaglino's restaurant, in St James's, on January 26th, to be hosted by presenter and broadcaster Penny Smith. The nine-strong panel of judges will meet that afternoon to discuss the books and reach a decision.
Chair of the panel will be James Heneage, the historical novelist and founder of the Ottakar's bookshop chain. The other judges are: Jane Asher, actor and author; Katy Brand, writer, comedian and actor; and Janet Ellis, actor, broadcaster and writer, as well as the five writers who will be representing the award categories which they helped to judge – Julia Copus (poetry), Louise Doughty (novel), Matt Haig (first novel), Penny Junor (biography) . . . and me!
This will be my second visit to the final Costa awards ceremony, having been invited as a shortlistee in the children's category, with Flip, in 2011, when the overall winner was Andrew Miller's novel, Pure. My abiding memories of that evening (through a haze of seemingly limitless free champagne) are of eating too many lemon-curd mini-doughnuts and standing in the cloakroom queue in front of Ian Hislop. Who says a writer's life isn't glamorous?


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* Basic Protein Deep Conditioner *
Ingredients Needed:
- ½ Cup of Honey
- 1 ½ Cups of Water
- ½ Cup of Organic Coconut Milk
- 1 TBSP of Coconut Oil (Olive Oil can be used instead but coconut oil is more penetrative)
- Blend the ingredients thoroughly in a food processor or blender and heat in sauce until warm.
- The mixture should be able to be handled without burning your fingers.
- Do not overheat.
- Apply to hair from root to tip and then cover with a plastic cap and then let it steam for an hour.
- You can leave it on for more if you want your hair to be super soft.
* Moisture is extremely important to dry hair but so is protein. A mild moisturizing protein treatment will do wonders for hair especially if you want to increase the volume of the hair *
No ratings, have not tried this one yet, but gotta try this wash day. Our hair loves coconut so both the oil and milk works wonders on our tresses so this is more like a hair dessert for when your hair really needs a lifter upper 😀 Any leftovers, just refrigerate.
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One of our customer success stories recently made headlines in the Credit Union Journal. Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union used Centerprise to migrate its legacy data to a new Fiserv core banking system. With over 400,000 members and assets exceeding $5 billion, RBFCU serves more than 2000 membership groups and communities across the South Central Texas area and beyond, making the conversion project quite daunting.
Credit unions are increasingly investing in newer software and technologies. Embracing new technology is helping these businesses develop innovative new services that give them a competitive edge. Basing these services in the cloud is helping to lower their costs. Both of these trends mean considering new software systems, which is a challenge to IT departments. One of the biggest issues is mapping years of legacy data from old software systems into fields in the new system.
Data migration issues were blocking RBFCU's move to a new banking system and keeping it from modernizing its services. Years ago, the credit union internally developed a core banking system to store and maintain member account information. As its membership and product offerings grew, the homegrown solution soon grew to hundreds of tables storing hundreds of gigabytes of data.
Because of the legacy system's design, the credit union's ability to develop modern, member-centric software applications was severely hindered. Fitting new products and services into the system took excessive amounts of time and the team was already burdened with completing many regulatory changes to keep the core system compliant, which prevented them from focusing on developing productive software applications.
RBFCU evaluated IBM, Talend, SSIS, and Centerprise and ultimately selected Centerprise because it met and exceeded all objectives. The learning curve was not too high as the team discovered the interface to be fairly straightforward; developers were able to drop and come back to the tool without having to relearn it. And, with the Centerprise SQL Source and Lookup components, they were able to leverage and translate their SQL skills right away. Additionally, the Name Parser component was an unexpected bonus, which saved them additional development time. What would have taken at least a week with an in-house solution was now getting done in half a day.


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This poem, "KX," is from Simon Artmitage's forthcoming collection, , out in late September from Knopf.
Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus The Corduroy Kid
I'm in Montana right now, and it fit the bill.
Northerner, this is your stop. This longhouse
of echoing echoes and sooted glass,
this goth pigeon hanger, this diesel roost
is the end of the line. Brace and be brisk,
commoner, carry your heart like an egg
on a spoon, be fleet through the concourse, primed
for that point in time when the world goes bust,
when the unattended holdall or case
unloads its cache of fanaticized heat.
Here's you after the fact, found by torchlight,
being-less, heaped, boned of all thought and sense.
The camera can barely look. Or maybe,
just maybe, you live. Here's you on the News,
shirtless, minus a limb, exiting smoke
to a backdrop of red melt, onto streets
paved with gilt, begging a junkie for help.


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I got married to my boyfriend in October 2008 in Los Angeles, in that brief interlude when the California Supreme Court determined gay marriage was legal, and before the people of California approved Proposition 8 and made it illegal again. I did it because the fight for equality had already become defined largely as a fight for marriage rights, and I wanted to support my community, not necessarily in its fight for the "M" word, but in its fight for equality.
I have two arguments against gay marriage, one is rational and the other emotional. Rationally, I don't believe that our fight for marriage is the fastest way to real equality. And emotionally, the trappings of marriage leave me cold. My heart doesn't beat faster when I see a couple clad in black and white marching down an aisle, and I don't feel sentimental when I hear a couple exchange the mostly empty promises of the traditional marriage ceremony. I also have no problem accepting that this institution was not created for same-sex couples. For most people and in almost all cultures, marriage means a contractual relationship between a man and one or more women. Let it mean that.
But then I am an atheist. And I do understand that the United States is a traditional country and old fashioned institutions like marriage are close to the American heart and close to the gay American heart as well. And so the fight for legally recognized LGBT relationships quickly turned from a fight for relationship equality into a fight for marriage equality. How did that happen? Does the LGBT community really care so deeply about words? The relative paucity of marriages contracted in the few states where lesbian and gay marriage is legal makes me wonder. But the leadership of our community has no such doubts. It drew the battle line around the word. It took the whole LGBT community, which always fought for its rights, and made it fight for a word: Marriage. And so our moralistic conservatives meet their moralistic conservatives: "We want the word." "No, you can't have the word."
Ironically, in this fight about the word, the actual legal content of marriage has been forgotten. All our marriage fights, all the resources that are spent and all the emotions that are expended, happen on the state level. And the marriage rights that are conferred on state and local levels are paltry and could easily be packaged differently.
The really important marriage rights exist on the federal level, and this is where we find Bill Clinton's gift to the LGBT community: the Defense of Marriage Act which has made passage of gay marriage highly unlikely. Will the right wing of the Congress agree to abolish DOMA? Not in our lifetime. And will the recent decision by a Massachusetts court, that certain parts of DOMA are unconstitutional, survive scrutiny by our increasingly conservative Supreme Court? I doubt it.
But a conversation that's not about marriage but about the rights associated with marriage still has a chance. If Prop. 8 in California had been mounted against civil unions and not against marriage, it probably wouldn't have passed. If we took our national leaders—those who unanimously support legal equality for gay people through civil unions—at their word, we might actually make real progress.
But here we run again into the arguments of LBGT traditionalists: If one group of people is allowed to be married and another is only allowed civil unions, even if there is no legal distinction between the two institutions, is that true equality? Personally, I believe we should fight for equality of rights, not equality of words. If civil unions conferred the same rights as marriage, civil unions would be just fine by me. I'd be perfectly happy with "Separate but equal," if "equal" means real equality. Actually, "different but equal" is what we should be. We should be proud of and preserve what makes our community distinctive and at the same time have access to the same rights as the majority.
Those who stand against gay marriage are not all little red monsters. Many are just conservative people. If you ask them if gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry, most will say no. But if you ask them, "Should gays and lesbians have the same rights?" many will say yes. I am not saying that this conversation will be easy. In Hawaii, Gov. Linda Lingle just vetoed the legislature's civil union bill. But it's the only conversation that has a chance to succeed in the foreseeable future, and by fighting for marriage at all costs, the LGBT leadership has made it impossible to achieve equality. That's criminal and elitist. The wealthy in our community can hire the lawyers who will create a framework around their relationships, their adoptions, their inheritances, and so on. It's really the less privileged in our community who desperately need access to the rights marriage confers, automatically, and at no cost.
Of course I am not saying that the religious and traditional among us shouldn't have the right to exchange rings in a nice ceremony and call each other husband and husband or wife and wife. But let that be between them and their churches and synagogues and let our leadership direct the fight where it has the best chance to achieve substantive results.


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Text and photos
by Yulia Mikhalchuk
On Friday night, October 8, MOCA in Georgetown presented new exhibit for art connoisseurs: "Artists without borders". Curated by Pakistani American artist Fareeha Khawaja, show features 13 innovative artists from various countries, who share one vision – art bringing peace and harmony and uniting nations. This project is traveling exhibition which makes its start in DC and then travels within the US and abroad. The show is free and will last in MOCA till October, 30.


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Shahjahanpur CM Housing Scheme 2021 | Shahjahanpur PM Housing Scheme 2021: A housing scheme is being launched in many cities of India as well as in Shahjahanpur may award this opportunity.
Shahjahanpur CM housing scheme 2021 is primary requirement of residential of Shahjahanpur. There are lots of reasons behind interesting projects of housing scheme, like low cost, easy installment and state government services etc.
Shahjahanpur PM housing scheme 2021 project is another big real estate housing scheme, which should be liked by people of Shahjahanpur. Its application can apply through online mode. All the best information about Shahjahanpur housing projects can also available online. PM housing application form can be applied through CSC and eMitra centers.
Housing flats for sale in Shahjahanpur: Shahjahanpur real estate is not small, but is on the way of progress and in future Shahjahanpur property business may be hike more than expected. According property experts property bazaar of Shahjahanpur is growing day by day and in future it will show more demand in Shahjahanpur. Specially housing 1BHK, 2bHK flats buying demand are showing more in these days.
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EWS, LIG and MIG houses in Shahjahanpur: Both state and central governments are bringing housing schemes for Shahjahanpur residentials who can buy dream houses in Shahjahanpur housing scheme 2021. The application of Shahjahanpur housing schemes 2021 for EWS, LIG, MIG and HIG can grab from bank or its bank branches. Online housing portal of Govt is where can apply online for Shahjahanpur housing scheme 2021.
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Continuing with the start of Book 4 of the Academy of the Accord series. Last week Marsden asked Vinadi why he was telling him about his relationship with Koppaerna, a Wyverian (non-human) shaman.
(Please note: this is still a first draft and therefore hasn't had much editing.)
"Because I received a message from Koppaerna last night. She said that there is a child in the village that she believes should be trained here at the school and she wants her to be tested."
Marsden waited, sensing that Vinadi had not yet told him everything.
"I… I think she's my daughter. I don't know for sure, but…"
Marsden nodded. "When do we leave?"
Vinadi smiled as a sense of relief flooded through him at Marsden's easy acceptance. "Thank you," he said, his voice a choked whisper, and as Marsden continued to hold him he shook his head. "I should have known you would react this way."
"You should have known I'd figure something was up," Marsden replied, and chuckled at the look on Vinadi's face. "We took a lot of journeys south, my friend," he grinned.
And with this I think we are going to leave Book 4 for a while. Next week will be… a surprise even to me at this point.
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A Brief History of Mold • The Huffington Post
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
If you have a hard time falling asleep later, check out my most recent Huffington Post piece, A Brief History of Mold. It's part of the intro for a book that's in progress, so stay tuned for more exciting content. I'm here purely for your pleasure and entertainment. Well, also to help you in your quest for better health.
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Live video monitoring systems are great — except for the fact that someone actually has to be watching for them to be of much use. Even if that doesn't mean watching it live, that means pouring over hours of footage that likely contains a lot of the same thing: Nothing. And that's why HighlightCam is cool. It condenses video down to just moments where there is actual activity.
It does this by watching for changes in video streams, which is to say that it looks for motion happening within the video. When it senses something, it knows to remember that portion of the video. And, if you set it up to do so, it can also send an email to you to let you know there is activity currently happening on the video stream. You can probably dream up a bunch of uses for something like this, but the obvious ones are monitoring babies from other room, watching your pets when you're away, and yes, watching to make sure no one is breaking into your house.
This sort of technology has only existed up until now in high-end security systems for big commercial buildings, we're told. But HighlightCam does this at a fraction of the cost. To use it, you simply have to set up a webcam and then visit the HighlightCam site. The service is entirely browser-based. And you don't even need an account to start using it (though you will need one to access recordings later).
If you want to see it in action, Justin.tv has been using it for their pets section, and it was a part of their recent API launch.
The Y Combinator-funded HighlighCam makes use of the freemium model. With the free version you get the core features including the ability to use any webcam and e-mail notifications. But the main limitation is that your recorded videos are only stored for 24 hours. With the premium version (which is $8.99 a month), videos are archived for 2 weeks, and you get higher resolution recordings, no ads on the site and the ability to download recorded videos.
I think we definitely need to set this up for the TechCrunch CrunchCam. Most of the time when I'm not in the office and I tune in, I just see Jason and Leena diligently typing away with absolutely no perceivable motion occuring. It'd be great to get an alert for the 15 minutes a day when there is actually something going on, like Segway jousting.


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Even before medical school, I have always been enthusiastic of becoming a physician for the Filipinos. When I finally became one in 2013, I have since been very vocal to my friends and colleagues how a wonderful opportunity it is to serve the country.
I was never afraid and have fully enjoyed hospital duties, until now. With the rapidly increasing incidence and deaths of patients with COVID-19, chaotic experiences at grocery stores because of people hoarding essentials for home quarantine, doctor friends actually getting quarantined, admitted, and DYING, plus the shortage of PPEs (personal protective equipment), one cannot help but think "T**g i*a, what am I doing here?"
But in the midst of all my doubts, insecurities, and fear, I received this message from one of my previous interns:
Hi Sir! Pina-uwi po kami ng residents because of the APMC memo. But we volunteered to stay po to help out in the non-frontline areas. Hindi din daw siya maccredit ng APMC as training hours, but it's okay. We're here for the patients. Stay safe po!
After reading this, my mind froze. Tears started falling. And I found myself asking, "How did we even get here? Why are we feeling afraid? Why are we doubting ourselves?"
I took out a pen and paper, started reflecting, and realized that perhaps maybe we have forgotten.
So Dear Doctor, if you feel the same way, allow me to share these three reflection points as we face the very toxic days ahead of us.
Go back to the time when you wanted to be a doctor. Why did you want to be one?
We all have our own reasons but I believe that generally we went into medicine because we wanted to serve. Despite the rigors and difficulties of medical school and training, we still choose to persevere. Remember the times when you told yourself "Ayoko na. Pagod na pagod na ako."? Yet you didn't give up. You pushed through the times when you think were the most difficult moments of your life, and now you are here -still standing strong. Still a doctor. Still continuing to serve.
Why did you choose to stay in the country?
Some of us might have thought of training abroad, or even start a new life in more advanced countries -and that is totally okay because you continue to improve medicine in your own ways nonetheless and make us all proud.
But for most of us who chose to stay here, why? Whatever our reasons are, I think for the most part we choose to stay because we love this country. Despite all of its inadequacies, we find joy in living here and in finding ways to make the Philippines a better place for everyone.
The world is in a public health emergency. Your country needs you now more than ever. Are you backing up? Or are you joining the fight?
You already know the answer to this. Do you remember that time when you were already home but you couldn't sleep well because you had a toxic patient admitted at the hospital? Do you remember that patient crying out to you "Doc, tulungan nyo po kami." Now, the WHOLE COUNTRY is crying out to us for help. For sure, every physician, nurse, or paramedical staff all know how to respond.
So Dear Doctor, even if most establishments are closed, everyone is advised to stay home, and yet here we are on skeletal duty, DO NOT BE AFRAID. We're all in this together. 10-15 years of medical training has prepared us for this moment.
We have been through a lot of tough and harsh times before; we will sail through. Remember: To serve your country is always an act of privilege, and not a sacrifice.
Sipag. Tiyaga. Pananampalataya. We got this.
*Pic by a good friend, Prim Paypon.
Shout out to all UP-PGH interns who volunteered to stay and continue to serve. Jose Rizal was indeed right when he said "Ang Kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan!"
To all consultants, residents, nurses, paramedical professionals, and my co-fellows, #OneGenMed starts tomorrow. No distinction of subspecialties. Everyone's an internist -residents, fellows, and consultants. One division. One Gen Med. It is truly an honor to be serving the country with you guys!
Lastly, knocking your kind hearts for donations. Remember, these PPEs are what keeps your healthcare workers functioning and even alive. We need all the help we can get. Our sincerest gratitude to all.
From the UP-PGH. Department of Medicine:
In line with the increasing number of COVID cases and the potential hazards to our healthcare workers who serve as frontliners in the assessment and delivery of care, we are calling for donations to be able to procure Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) for those who will be taking care of these patients . The PPEs will serve as their protection to decrease the chance of them getting the COVID virus.
We believe that during this time of uncertainty, we should all unite with a common goal of serving our patients by also protecting our healthcare workers.
Please direct your contributions to the followIng accounts. Thank you very much and may God be with all of us.
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Valentine's Day is a zero-sum game. And I say that as someone who loves Valentine's Day, as someone who knows terms like "Hallmark holiday" and "Singles Awareness Day" are just the protests of the unhappy and the bitter.
The entire day is a big, wonderfully schmoopy cliché. But all these "What to Give" gifts are trying to make the opposite happen. Now flowers are unimaginative, jewelry is a risk, clothing is an insult and candy means you're breaking up.
There are very few gifts left to give that mean "I love you." But if you're trying to say just the opposite, there is a bounty of candy that universally says "Let's be friends." Just know that if you break up with someone on Valentine's Day, neither the Pope nor your mother will pardon you.
1. Candy advertising a movie
I have a friend who spent his teens working in a drugstore. He swears all the Indiana Jones M&Ms and Shrek Snickers sat on the shelf for years. The treats eventually became stale and marked down to pennies. So this option will only cost you what you can scrounge out of your cup holders. And unless your recipient has a green nougat kink, it will get the message across.
2. That cheap chocolate with the flavored goo
My first boyfriend broke up with me a week before our high school's winter ball. A year later, he drew my name for our English class's Valentine Secret Santa and gave me a box of chocolates that were filled with orange and raspberry filling. The message was clear: I had to get you this, but I still don't like you and I don't regret not being friends. Right back at you, dude.
3. Insect candy
One year, my brother's girlfriend gave him an empty Krispy Crème cup and a hunk of candy with a roach or something equally horrifying suspended inside. Their relationship didn't last. Crunch factor and protein aside, dead insects encapsulated in sugar passes "Let's be friends" and goes straight to "Don't ever touch my knee again. Also, I'm leaving town."
4. Pez dispenser
The kink exception applies here. Otherwise, nobody will love you if you give them a Chuck Norris Pez dispenser for Valentine's Day.
5. Period candy
Bags of Dove chocolates or those single-serving bowls of chocolate cake are more like a plea for mercy than a display of affection. These may come in red and pink wrappers, but they're not even moderately expensive and don't come in a heart box. Dove chocolates may be heart-shaped, but don't let the disguise fool you.


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General Matthew Ridgway visits Rome, Italy.
Short Summary
Unissued / Unused material.
General Matthew Ridgway, Colonel-in-Chief Atlantic Pact Forces, in Rome. Italy.
CU crest painted onto Ridgway's Constellation aircraft. Various shots Ridgway and wife coming down gangway from aircraft and being greeted by US Ambassador Bunker and Italian officials. MS party walking away from aircraft. MS Mrs Ridgway walking past camera. Various shots Ridgway shaking hands with Italian officers. LS cars leaving airport. MS Ridgway placing wreath on Italy's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. LS of Ridgway and officers saluting tomb.
LS Ridgway and Alcide de Gasperi in conference room. MS Ridgway. General view conference in session. MS cameramen. MS's Ridgway and de Gasperi shaking hands and talking. MS Italian guard saluting. LS Ridgway and Admiral Ferrante Capponi walking into Quirinale Palace. MS Ridgway and Luigi Einaudi shaking hands. Various shots as Einaudi, Ridgway and others walk through gardens. CU cameraman. Various shots Ridgway drinking coffee and talking.
Cataloguer's note: Italian commentary.
- Film ID:
- 2604.16
- Media URN:
- 70061
- Group:
- Unissued unused
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1952
- Sound:
- Sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:01:29:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:50:31:00 / 01:52:00:00
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While everyone was all excited and then yawning in tandem over HBO's anticipated gay snoozefest "Looking", NBC's low rated prime-time television series Dracula has been featuring not one, but two gay plot-lines this season.
Set in repressed Victorian England the shows created by Cole Haddon and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers has shown an impressive appetite for the dynamics of sex both straight and gay.
The show spends as much time in the plush and elaborate manses of London's elite as it does in the city's underworld. When Dracula, living under the assumed identity of an American businessman named Alexander Grayson discovers that his competitor Lord Laurent (Anthony Howell) is having a closeted gay love affair with Daniel Davenport (Lewis Rainer), a business partner's son, he finds out the location of the private gay club they frequent and shows up to threaten them with blackmail. Before he utters a word, though, Dracula walks up to Daniel and kisses him. "The kiss wasn't scripted. That was a decision Jonathan Rhys Meyers made as an actor."
Another gay subplot (and I use "gay" as all encompassing of LGBT) is is the unrequited love Lucy Westenra (Katie McGrath) has for her best friend Mina. McGrath's performance is both stunning and almost painful to watch because from the moment Lucy lovingly glances at Mina, it's clear there's no way she can win.
If you have a chance to catch "Dracula" on Hulu or Netflix give it a chance. There may not be any park setting handjobs (THANK GOD) but with Jonathan Rhys Meyers shirtless, hot Victorian era men gay sex and even some female wresting thrown in it just shows how badly Looking sucks.


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Trump fired Comey, head of the FBI, offering absurdly false reasons.Trump now intends to put a Trump loyalist puppet in as the head of the FBI. This transparent attempt to derail the Trump/Russia Collusion/Treason Investigation won't work.
In firing Comey, Trump showed his basic lack of understanding of how federal criminal investigations work. Firing Comey will not slow down or stop the investigation into Trump's Collusion with our enemy.
FBI Special Agents conduct Criminal investigations. They work with Federal prosecutors, Assistant United States Attorneys. These agents and federal prosecutors are often career public servants. These are not timid souls.
These agents and prosecutors quite often investigate and prosecute some of the most dangerous people in the world-like MS13 gang members. These same agents and prosecutors quite often investigate and prosecute large scale fraudsters- like Bernie Madoff.
Hard-nosed FBI agents and career federal prosecutors will not be bullied off of their investigation of Trump, by Trump's firing of their boss. Trump's Ham-handed Attempts to intimidate or bully FBI agents and career federal prosecutors will backfire. If anything, agents and career federal prosecutors will double their efforts to investigate Trump. Now they have skin in the game. When he fired their boss, he made it personal.
In firing Comey for bogus reasons, Trump guaranteed every field agent in the country will dig in and not quit until they get the truth on Trump and his corrupt cronies.
So I'm glad Trump fired Comey. It's a form of justice. Comey helped Trump get elected. Now Trump's firing of Comey will help Trump get impeached.
It cannot happen soon enough.
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Clinical Anatomy and Physiology for Veterinary Technicians - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
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Start your veterinary technician education off on the right foot with Clinical Anatomy and Physiology for Veterinary Technicians, 3rd Edition. Combining expert clinical coverage with engaging writing and vivid illustrations, this popular text is the key to helping you understand the anatomic and physiologic principles that will carry you throughout your career. In addition to its comprehensive coverage of the diverse ways in which animal bodies function at both the systemic and cellular levels, the new third edition features a variety of helpful application boxes, vocabulary lists, and Test Yourself questions in every chapter to ensure you have a firm grasp of anatomic structure and its relevance to clinical practice.
- Clinical application boxes help you sharpen your skills and apply principles to practice.
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- An extensive glossary provides quick reference to hundreds of important terms and definitions.
- Over 300 new illustrations help you identify structures with rich, realistic clarity.
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- Four NEW chapters give you the latest insight on the chemical basis of life, nutrition and metabolism, pregnancy, development, and lactation, and reptile and amphibian anatomy and physiology.
- A revised chapter on the cardiovascular system helps you most effectively comprehend the complex functions of the heart and blood vessels.
1. Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
2. Chemical Basis for Life
3. Anatomical Structure of the Cell
4. Physiology of the Cell
5. Tissues
6. Integumentary System
7. Skeletal System
8. Muscular System
9. Nervous System
10. Sense organs
11. Endocrine System
12. Blood, Lymph and Lymph Nodes
13. Immunity and Defense
14. Cardiovascular System
15. Respiratory System
16. Digestive System
17. Nutrients and Metabolism
18. Urinary System
19. Reproductive System
20. Pregnancy, Development and Lactation
21. Avian Anatomy and Physiology
22. Amphibian and Reptilian Anatomy and Physiology
Thomas P. Colville, DVM, MSc, Professor Emeritus Department of Animal Sciences North Dakota State University and Joanna M. Bassert, VMD, Professor Emeritus Program of Veterinary Technology Manor College Jenkintown, PA


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"There are always flowers for those who want to see them." – Henry Matisse
Growing up, neither of us loved or even liked the desert. Evan always dreamed of living by the beach or in a huge metropolis (high rise living is still a dream, actually). And with most of my family living in Illinois, I grew up wishing I lived with four seasons, heavily wooded surroundings, fireflies, and lots of rain.
As we've grown older though, and especially within the last 3 or 4 years, both of us have come to not only appreciate but be captivated and inspired by the beauty of the desert. Cacti and succulents have such a strong presence and are such fascinating plants to really look at and study. The intricacies as well as their ability to survive and thrive in sometimes harsh conditions is just part of their allure.
Also, despite the initial belief of most, the desert is actually quite green. Even now, it never ceases to amaze us when we're hiking or driving at a high point in the Valley (a spot that allows us to survey and gaze out a far distance) at how green it really is here in Phoenix. Just beautiful.
One of our favorite places to visit and stare at the desert scenery is the Desert Botanical Garden. The botanical gardens have a vast array of trees and plants, and there's always a fun event (or two!) going on. Do you enjoy art installations? These sculptures are all a part of Jun Kaneko's Sculpture Exhibit, going on until May 2018. Have a four-legged friend? Enjoy "Dogs' Day in the Garden" today (1/20) from 8:00am – 2:00pm. Love music? Their Spring 2018 "Music in the Garden" concert series begins in just a couple of weeks on February 2nd (click here for the lineup).
Whether you visit during the day or at night, you're sure to find overwhelming beauty in all that the Desert Botanical Garden has to offer it's visitors!


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// #include "http://www.byvac.com/mBlib/flb/Library/2016/lib_pwm.bas"
Any timer can be used if the timer is set to give a 6.4uS period and the timebase is a multiple of this, 781 will give 5mS.
The MX3 has the PWM on fixed pins corresponding to RD0 to RD4 but the MX1 can output PWM onto any pin that can output to OCn. This will be designated OC1s, OC2s etc.
*timer() is one of the timers as defined in the timer library e.g. *TIMER2()
channel is the channel number 1 to 4 or 5
pre is the timer prescale
timebase is the PWM width period
This is used to initialise a channel, there are 5 channels 1 through 5, on the MX3 the output is on RD0 to RD4. On the MX1 the output pin is chosen using the PPS facility, see pps library. The timebase will apply to all channels and so setting the timebase for on channel will make it the same for the other channels.
This will set the duty cycle for the specified channel. The channel is fully on when the duty cycle is greater than or equal to the timebase.
Example 1
Use timer 2 and channel 1 on RA0 and set a PWM timebase of 20mS using a prescale value of 7. This will give, according to the table in the timer library a period of 6.4us
1) Initialise the pwm pwm_init(*TIMER2(),1,7,3124) // 3124 gives a 20mS timebase
2) Set the PPS to use OC1 on RA0, look up the table in the pps library and look for OC1s on the output (green) bit of the table, along side this you should see PRA0 for MX170. For MX370 there is no port A so use RPD0 pps_out(*PRA0(),*OC1s()) or pps_out(*RPD0(),*OC1s())
Using these values gives 6.402 uS per count, so if a pulse width of 1mS is required then it would be 1 / 0.006402 or 156 counts.
Example 2 (SERVO)
To use the PWM as a servo driver we can use a more refined output a lower prescale value. The period needs to be 20mS and we must not go over a count of 65,000 in order to use a 16 bit timer so the ideal prescale value is 4 which will give 2500 counts per mS.
1) Initialise the pwm pwm_init(*TIMER2(),1,4,50000) // for 20mS timebase
2) Set pps as above pps_out(*PRA0(),*OC1s())
A standard servo goes from about 0.7mS, mid 1.5mS to 2.8mS. This will correspond to values 1750, 3750 and 7000 giving a very good resolution.
The value of course is placed in the pwm_d() function thus:
pwm_d(1,3750) for midpoint


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South African startup Skynamo, which has developed field sales management software and a mobile sales app, has expanded to the United Kingdom (UK) and is planning a push in the United States (US) early next year.
Formed in 2012, Skynamo is used by representatives and their managers to improve insights into field sales activity, reduce administration, and create coaching opportunities that lead to higher sales.
Its cloud-based app is used by over 5,000 users at 440 companies with teams of representatives in the field who regularly visit and service or sell to an existing customer base.
Chief executive officer (CEO) Sam Clarke, who was recently selected to join the international Endeavor network, told Disrupt Africa the business was initially set up the build a portfolio of B2B solutions.
"The first solution was a field sales management app that would become known as Skynamo. It was developed around the needs of a small beverage company with outbound sales reps," he said.
"The drinks were great but getting them to market required the management of a team of field-based sales representatives. It was their task to get the product on the menu in bars and restaurants and on the shelves of retailers."
The company asked Clarke and his team to build a mobile app that would let them know where their sales reps were, which customers they were seeing, and capture orders in the field.
"The product was created, and demand started snowballing," Clarke said. "The company became so focused on its delivery that it abandoned the initial plan of developing multiple products in favour of selling the one application."
Over the six years since, Skynamo has built itself into South Africa's leading solution for this problem amongst small and medium enterprises, and now has a team of 55 people. The success is down to the fact it solves a serious problem.
"Managing field sales teams effectively is nearly impossible – the entire process lacks visibility, connectivity, and automated tools. Insufficient real-time data surrounding individual reps' performance and each customer's sales history results in significant sales losses and reduced face time," Clarke said.
"Skynamo provides a cloud-based platform and mobile app that enables seamless management, administration, tracking and data collection for the outbound B2B field sales process for short-cycle B2B selling. It provides insights into inventory, pricing, and a customer's sales history in the field when reps need it most. In addition, it gives managers and business owners full visibility of activity in the field, in real time."
Skynamo received seed funding from its shareholders, with all other growth having been funded organically by the business. Clarke said the leadership team is currently investigating funding options to determine whether further investment is the best way to grow.
Growth, however, has already been impressive. The startup opened a UK office at the end of 2017, and though Clarke said South Africa remains a core market, it is increasingly looking further afield.
"Our expansion in the UK began with opening a sales office at the end of 2017 with a push into the US planned for early 2019. The regional expansion is supported by two different, but complementary routes to the market," he said.
The first is targeted at smaller sales teams, and centres on a purely digital purchasing model through the Skynamo website. The second route to market is a value-added reseller strategy, where Skynamo partners with accountancy and ERP software vendors such as Sage and Xero to package Skynamo and re-sell it to their clients as part of a packaged solution or value-add.
"The South African business has been built on the back of direct sales model, but international expansion will require a more scalable sales and distribution strategy. Currently, Skynamo has signed partnerships with Xero and Sage as well as niche regional ERP vendors such as Lakeview in the UK," said Clarke.
Skynamo is a software-as-a-service (Saas) product, with users paying a monthly subscription fee. There are three tiers of pricing depending on the size and needs of the sales teams.


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Listen to the full version of Sick Individuals and Axwell ft. Taylr Renee's 'I AM', now available to purchase now exclusively via Beatport.
Breakthrough DJ/Producer Dutch duo Sick Individuals and US vocalist Taylr Renee have collaborated with house music royalty Axwell on the standout track of 2013 that comes hot on the heels of Axwells Beatport No.1 'Center Of The Universe' Sick Individuals have turned heads across the electro and house landscape recently with releases such as their remix of David Guetta and Rihanna's hit 'Right Now' and their recent two-track release 'Drum Machine / Chase' through Size X. The latter signalled a rise in standards for the duo's productions, and this new release 'I AM' continues along that path.
With a history of discovering talented vocalists Axwell has uncovered yet another gem in California's Taylr Renee who is both the vocalist and lyricist on 'I AM'. Taylr's collaborations past, present and future alongside no less than Schoolboy and James Egbert, Tom swoon, Quintino and MOTI and Noisecontrollers show that Taylr's talents have not gone unnoticed and her star is set to rise over the coming months. The combination of talents here results in a driving yet euphoric progressive house track whose trajectory is constantly lifting the track to higher levels. The vocals add an unforgettable melody that lends the track an ethereal yet optimistic atmosphere. This is a song clearly crafted by three experts in their field and in doing so they have provided the house anthem of the summer.
Originally signed during last year's Amsterdam Dance Event 'I AM' was debuted by Axwell in Dallas on New Years Eve where following a fan video upload the moniker 'Lights All Night ID' was soon attached and from then speculation about the track soon grew on the blogosphere. Axwell – "Sick Individuals have been on my radar for quite some time and when I heard the track it was super nice, but needed a bit of work. I loved the vibe in the song – you know I always need to feel something and Taylrs vocal made me feel good on so many levels – so I signed it to my label, Axtone Records, and shortly after the guys suggested we finish the track together as a collaboration and I was happy to oblige!"


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I've been very lucky to have spent the summer with this beautiful Framed Marquette Carbon. The bike came well packed and was easy to assemble from their Minnesota headquarters. I had frequent communication with the company about what was coming and when. I've come to expect no less, from this company, after working with them through one of their dealers, Cranked Bike Studio in Neenah, WI.. The folks at Framed sent my test bike with two pairs of wheels. The first was the 27.5+ and the second was a standard 29".
Framed gives their customers endless options on their website to customize your own bike. With that being said, I would have eqipped this bike exactly as it came to me. I see it as a light and capable XC bike with the added fun of plus tires. After you throw in a dropper post, you have a REALLY fun bike.
Both sets of wheel I received with the bike were their PUB carbon rims laced to DT Swiss 350 hubs. This is the one part of the bike that usually suffers on more "affordable" bikes and is the first thing that eventually gets upgraded. If you're looking for an affordable set of carbon rims, I wouldn't look past Framed PUB rims. They were stiff, sturdy, and light. These wheels were a drastic improvement to the handling and rolling speed compared to entry level wheels. The Marquette, completely ready to ride, as I tested it, with the 27.5+ wheels, weighed in at 28.9 lbs.
First rides
Upon completing the assembly of the bike, which took about 30 mins, I took it out for a spin around town. I immediately felt comfortable on the bike and started the up-most important wheelie test. It passed. It doesn't have the ultra-short chainstays that I often enjoy on trail bikes, but was still hella fun to goof around on. After a few tweeks to the lever position I was ready to get rad.
I was able to ride a wide variety of trails on this bike and was able to experience this bike's potential. It is a great climber with the low front end (100mm travel fork) and a competent descender with the addition of a dropper post (RST). I never felt the need to test the 29" wheels on the bike as I thoroughly enjoyed the extra volume and traction of the plus tires. However, if I was to do a race on this bike I would appreciate the faster rolling 29" tires.
Ascending on this bike was better than what I am used to. It had been a while since I had ridden an XC bike and was pleasantly surprised and the Marquette's climbing abilities. I never once slipped a tire even over technical roots and rocks. I also never had any front end lift on the really steep climbs, which is one problem I run into on more aggressive trail bikes. The extra traction provided by the plus size tires and the stiff carbon frame and wheels translated every pedal stroke to the ground.
Although this bike may not seem to be a great descender on paper, it definitely shined on the trails. Having the ability to drop the seat out of the way with the push of a lever lets you move about on the bike and get over the back wheel. One the first steep descents that I rode with this bike made me think, back to the time before dropper posts. I remember resting my chest on the seat in the position shown above and remember the struggle to get back on top of the seat. Those days are over and I highly recommend adding a dropper post to your next bike.
Most of the bike was flawless and I didn't have any major issues. My only concern is with the RST dropper post. Although it was still funtioning on my last ride, it started to get rough while going through its travel. It never hindered its ability to rise or drop and I never felt it on the trail. But off the bike it felt rough when you would push it down with your hand. This just makes me question the long-term durability of the RST dropper post.
The only thing I would change on the bike, if it was mine, to keep, would be a fork upgrade. I didn't have any issues with the Reba in my time, but it was a little flexy on more aggressive trails and heavy load. I would like to see something with bigger stanchions to stiffen it up, for aggressive riding. But if you are sticking to cross country trails and racing, the Reba would be just fine.
Final thoughts
I truly enjoyed having this bike in my arsenal for the summer and found myself riding this more than anything else because of its diverse capabilities. Going on an XC ride with some fast friends… Framed Marquette. Going to ride a flow trail with your enduro buddies… Framed Marquette. The bike handled everything I could throw at it and never held me back from doing what I wanted to do.
I give the Framed Marquette 4 ½ out of 5 Gnomes and would recommend it for anyone looking for an alternative to the ridiculously expensive big name carbon bikes.
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FIRST RACE: 1. Missing Groom, 2. Beach Fever, 3. Mr. Casanova. LONG SHOT: Synnin.
SECOND RACE: 1. Chippette, 2. Warren's Assassin, 3. Pursuitofparadise. LONG SHOT: Dixie Deville.
THIRD RACE: 1. Sheezflippinsexy (best bet), 2. Hennythelovepenny, 3. Suite One. LONG SHOT: Doctor Susan (SCRATCHED) NEW LONG SHOT: Ill Tell You What.
Trainer Vann Belvoir and jockey Rafael Bejarano are a 50% combination at Del Mar the last two years. Here they team up on a first time starter named SHEEZFLIPPINSEXY (6-1), by Tale of the Cat, who is a good first out sire.
FOURTH RACE: 1. Intoxicating Move, 2. Fantastic Mizz, 3. Highly Rated. LONG SHOT: Boller Bomb.
FIFTH RACE: 1. Ashleyluvssugar, 2. Deraptor, 3. Public Policy. LONG SHOT: True Ten.
SIXTH RACE: 1. Big Tire, 2. Conquest Two Step, 3. Red Outlaw. LONG SHOT: Van Fraasen.
SEVENTH RACE: 1. Keepnherinthedark, 2. Nero's Pleasure, 3. Covey. LONG SHOT: Delphia.
KEEPNHERINTHEDARK (6-1), a daughter of Kitten's Joy, drops into a maiden claimer for the first time off a nine-month layoff. Trainer Mark Glatt is 21% with horses off a layoff of more than 180 days and he's 29% going from turf to synthetic.
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Thursday's top choice winners: 1 (Noble Bird $4.20, third race)
Thursday's second choice winners: 3 (Big Cazanova $3, second; Sheza an Eyeopener $7, fourth; Small Town Cop $10.80, fifth)
Thursday's third choice winners: 2 (Only Josie Knows $11.40, seventh; It Is Living Water $12, eighth)
Thursday's long shot winners: 1 (Chilada $9.80, sixth)