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Cell separation is a critical process for plants. Germinating seedlings emerge from their seed coats, anthers dehisce, fruit ripen, and organs are shed as a result of plant cell separation. To date, several cell wall remodeling enzymes associated with cell separation have been identified, however very little is known about the signals and mechanisms controlling their expression. The host laboratory has recently made major advances in the identification of the signals and molecular mechanisms regulating cell separation during lateral root emergence. The auxin influx transporter LAX3 allows the auxin inducible expression of a set of cell wall remodeling genes in front of the lateral root primordium to promote cell separation. The expression of these genes is dependant on the AUX/IAA proteins SLR1 and SHY2. The main aim of the present project is to study the signals and regulatory network that coordinates plant cell separation employing lateral root emergence as a model. I propose to adopt a Multidisciplinary Integrative Biology based approach which takes advantage of the facilities and expertise available in the host laboratory. Functional genomic, chemical genetic and mathematical modeling approaches will allow to identify new regulatory components and target genes then to build a regulatory network that will be modeled and tested.
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LIVE PE: Wednesday 24th Feb at 2 pm
We have big news this week! Tomorrow (Wednesday) we will have a LIVE PE lesson. To join us all you need to do is to check the 'PE at Home' class on Wednesday at 2 pm and there will be a link for the 'Meet'.
You will need: comfy clothes and a willingness to have fun!
Amanda and Salvi look forward to seeing you!
The PE at home classroom on Google is updated weekly and the team are doing a great job in providing a range of activities to suit pupils of all abilities. These include Dance, Boccia, Orienteering, Scavenger Hunts (this week's is a lovely sensory, texture hunt) and our regular PE with Salvi and Amanda, ably supported by our own Young Leaders in school.
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The Wildings – who live beyond the great northern wall – are about to take center stage in season three of Game of Thrones.
As such, it is only fitting that HBO has posted a featurette highlighting the folks over the wall, where Winter is a perpetual fact and warmth a distant dream.
Game of Thrones – Season 3 – Inside the Wildlings
As you may recall, when Game of Thrones was last on the air, Jon Snow was being
taken to the King Beyond the Wall, AKA Mance Rayder.
Apparently, the bastard son of none other than Ned Stark will have to make a choice between keeping his oath the black of the Night's Watch, or starting a new life in the far north with the Wildings and Ygritte.
The video features interview snippets from the likes of George R.R. Martin, Kit Harington and Rose Leslie, along with a number of other prominent cast and crew members.


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A ways back, we did an extremely popular post entitled, Hire the Right Type of VP Marketing or You'll Just End Up With a Bunch of Blue Pens with Your Logo On Them. The basic idea was to help folks who haven't hired a VP or Director of Marketing hire the right one for a pre-Scale sales-driven SaaS company. Someone that knows, lives and breathes leads, funnels and funnel management, drip marketing, and all the rest. Someone who knows how Marketo and Hubspot actually work, how to deploy capital and measure CAC, who knows how the whole playbook from first touch to money works, as a science.
And most importantly … someone who knows how to deliver leads. A lead commit.
I want to bring this up again because I interview so many VP/head/director of marketing candidates. And these days, they all can talk the talk. "Positioning". "MQLs". "Demand generation". Blah blah blah.
But can they actually do it? You can find out pretty quickly if your VP of Marketing candidate can deliver leads (and thus, hopefully, increase your revenue growth rate) with just 2 or 3 questions:
- Question #1: What Was Your Lead Commit At Your Last Company? Now sometimes, it may have been an Opportunity Commit, or some other metric. Whatever it is — if the candidate can't answer this question fluently, without stumbling, in about 60 seconds … she or he didn't really "own a number". I'd pass. And ask how was it determined. It doesn't matter exactly how. Did the CEO pick it? The VPM together with VPM? who knows. But learning how they decided this #1 KPI and metric from your VPM will teach you a lot about if he can actually do it. Again, you'd be surprised how many candidates will stumble and say "I don't know how the lead commit was determined." Pass.
- Question #2: I Want to Hit $Xm in ARR By Calendar Year End. What Should We Do In the First 90 Days to Kick That Off? A great VP of Marketing won't actually know the answers yet. But if you give her your raw data — she will start working through the math. Average deal size, close rates, current growth rate, incremental growth required to hit the number … and she'll have a very rough plan and some good ideas. And I sure hope that plan doesn't start with a "brand review" for 30 days. It should start with figuring out how to grow leads Y% so you can create the incremental growth required to hit the plan.
- Question #3: How should marketing and sales work together to hit this plan? This is sort of a catch-all. You'd be surprised how many candidates don't see the roles as connected. If not … I'd pass every time. Your VP of Marketing and VP of Sales need to be your Dad and Mom of Revenue in your company. More on that here.
Try these three questions. You'll be shocked how many "head of marketing" candidates fail them. If they pass this test, if the answers sound right-ish to you … you may have someone good.
But if you want more revenue and leads … and not just blue pens with your logos on them … and the candidate never really owned that metric, a true lead commit … it just never works out.
More and more detail on the topic from the SaaStr Spring Soiree in the video below:
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Jameela Jamil criticises designers over sample sizes. Jameela Jamil has hit out at fashion designers over tiny sample sizes.
The 'Good Place' actress – who is campaigner and advocate for body positivity – explained that, while on a fashion shoot, she tried on a designer dress and that it 'exploded open on my ass'.
"I mean exploded open, tore the whole thing open, no one else can wear it today. And I'm a size six,".
"So for the dress to be that small for me, what size is a sample size still even in this day and age, even with people of varying sizes and people from varying ethnicities which means varying body shapes and with various ages and heights – it's still a f****** two? That's still happening?"
Jamil told her Instagram followers: "The reason I bring it up is that it's a massive part of what's wrong – that the designers make the samples really not much bigger than which would be worn by a child.
"And then all of the actresses and the models normally have to starve themselves a lot of the time just to get into these sample and so the only people that we see in the magazines are people who are thin enough to get into these samples.
"So the rest of us, who are reading the magazines, think that that's the size other people are able to achieve being."
"But the lengths that so many people have to go to, especially as we get older, to fit into these tiny, tiny, little samples are so extreme, I can't even tell you!"
She added: "I work in this business and I see how little so many people eat and the extremes that they go to.
"I really wish designers would just pulling a Christian Siriano and making their samples bigger and making their sizes bigger and more inclusive because this is crazy."
She also issued message 'to the designer whose dress exploded open on my ass', saying "Shame on you, not shame on me".
"I'm 33 and 5'10" and I'm a size six so I shouldn't be exploding out of anything, nor should anyone."
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Hillary Clinton's Benghazi moment: her biggest test yet?
Hillary Clinton appears Thursday before the House Select Committee on Benghazi. She has no room for error.
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Hillary Clinton is having quite a run.
She nailed her debate performance last week, and won a bounce in the polls. Then on Wednesday, the biggest question mark hanging over the 2016 presidential field was resolved. Vice President Joe Biden announced he's not running, easing Mrs. Clinton's path to the Democratic nomination.
Next up, the House Select Committee on Benghazi. On Thursday, Clinton sits before the panel to deliver long-awaited testimony on the deadly 2012 attack by Islamic militants on US diplomatic and intelligence facilities in Libya's second-largest city. She has testified on the Benghazi attack before, early in 2013, in her waning days as secretary of State.
This time, the stakes are much higher. She is running for president, and there's no room for error. Her manner, analysts say, must be presidential – assertive, not aggressive, straightforward while not appearing defensive.
"Being matter-of-fact is critical," says Susan MacManus, a political scientist at the University of South Florida in Tampa. "Any perceivable tone that's overly harsh or overly friendly will be open to criticism. The more matter-of-fact she is, and almost the more boring she is, the better for her."
Clinton can't know with certainty what she will be asked. The committee has received a flood of new e-mails, including some written by Ambassador Chris Stevens, who died in the attack. Clinton's own e-mails from her controversial private server are also fair game, and could form a central line of questioning.
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R) of South Carolina, chair of the House Benghazi committee, says his inquiry has unearthed new information. He is under the gun, too, after members of his own party suggested or stated outright that the investigation is political. His challenge is to prove the worth of his panel's investigation, the seventh conducted by Congress, in addition to a State Department inquiry.
But it will be Clinton under the klieg lights, a day-long test that requires nerves of steel – all on live television.
She appears to be taking nothing for granted, having dialed back on campaign activities and spent the week preparing. But in a way, she's had decades of preparation, with more than 30 appearances as a witness before Congress under her belt.
As first lady, Clinton testified on her health-reform plan, and as secretary of State, she appeared routinely. As a senator for eight years, she was on the receiving end of testimony. She can also draw on her experience as a young lawyer advising the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate scandal.
Her mistakes on the hot seat have been few, but they're memorable. Most prominent was the moment during her January 2013 testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Benghazi, when she grew agitated while speaking of those who perished in the attack, including her friend, Ambassador Stevens.
"The fact is we had four dead Americans," Clinton said. "Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some Americans? What difference, at this point, does it make?"
That last line has appeared in countless attack ads against her. And on Thursday, she knows that every word and every facial expression are going out live to the American people, and being recorded for that one sound bite on the evening news – or the next attack ad.
Working in Clinton's favor is the political circus that has sprung up around her appearance before Congressman Gowdy's committee. House majority leader Kevin McCarthy's recent comment linking the committee's work to a decline in her poll numbers was a pure gift, forever shattering any sense that the panel is above politics.
Another Republican congressman, Richard Hanna of New York, added to the injury when he told a radio host that the panel was "designed" to go after Clinton. A fired Republican staffer on the Benghazi committee fanned the flames when he made the same point.
"A political show, rather than a fact-finding mission, is my expectation" for Thursday's hearing, says Bruce Buchanan, a political scientist at the University of Texas in Austin.
Gowdy has told Republicans to keep their mouths shut about the panel's work, and that those who have spoken out don't know what they're talking about. Neither McCarthy nor Hanna is a member of the committee. Gowdy has also reportedly tried in vain to get conservative activists to stop fundraising off Benghazi.
It may be that Gowdy's panel has been hopelessly politicized. That, at least, is the point of Clinton allies, who have filled the runup to her testimony with speeches and ads saying as much.
But that doesn't mean Clinton can ease up. "She will go in well-prepared, but not overconfident," says Kristina Horn Sheeler, a professor of communication studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
And inevitably, Benghazi will be in the public eye until Election Day.
"It's a serious issue, and it's one that won't go away," says Ms. MacManus. "How each side handles it will be a good get-out-the-vote mobilizer for the other side.
The issue matters far more to Republicans than to Democrats or independents, polls show. Ditto the issue of Clinton's private e-mail server.
Ultimately, the reality of Thursday's hearing may not live up to the hype. And if it doesn't, that's a win for Clinton. But if it does, if there's a startling new revelation or if Clinton loses her cool, then her string of good fortune will have run out.


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I was pleasantly surprised to get a few emails from inquiries I had made over the holiday week. The first not such good news…
Case Worker's Update to Families:1.2.14 L's social worker will be looking at families in Oregon and Washington first and then will widen their search
OK it happens the child's status went to urgent so it is understandable that they are looking for families that are closer to where the child lives. After all if it is urgent you can't really be moving the child across country quickly. Well maybe you can but that isn't my kind of luck.
Next email: Thank you for your submitting your interest. We are currently reviewing all families. The child's profile will be sent to your case worker.Thank you and have a good day!
Sounds positive right??? Well my worker won't forward it to me she will eventually email the sender back and say contact me directly but in the mean time we hear nothing. Yes I did contact the worker myself and let her know but she won't email me till she hears from my worker. My worker after all is a home finder for foster care not an adoption worker. Sigh…so frustrating.
Last email: Thank you for your inquiry regarding R. For your family to be considered as a prospective adoptive home, please contact the following Alaska state caseworker. They can assist you in finding the best way to forward your family's home study.
I sent an email, explained the situation and hope to hear soon. R is a long shot though she is in Alaska so I doubt anything will come of it at all but what heck here is to trying!!!
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About Vascular Screening
a healthy lifestyle reduces stroke risk
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Eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly and avoiding smoking are the best ways to reduce the chances of a stroke. Simple regular checks such as blood pressure monitoring are also useful. Less frequent but more detailed tests such as an ultrasound screening may help reassure that your healthy lifestyle is on track. Going for any type of screening should be considered carefully; try to imagine beforehand how you would feel if the results were positive, what you would do with this information and who you may or may not share it with. The following is a guide to some common cardiovascular conditions and, whilst we will always accept self referrals for reassurance, if you are already suffering from any of the symptoms described you should contact your GP in the first instance who may offer you a choice of referral clinics, including NHS, to receive your screening test.
Peripheral Arterial Disease or PAD
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According to the British Medical Journal, 27 million people in Europe and North America are affected by Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) every year. PAD can often lead to limb ischemia (limb tissue death), which occurs when the blood flow is severely restricted, causing pain in the toes, feet and legs even when resting. In severe cases leg / foot ulcers or gangrene may develop and sometimes amputation may be needed. Limb ischemia is such a serious condition that it can be life threatening. Recent studies show that an increase of 500-1000 new cases of limb ischemia are diagnosed within every one million of the population each year with
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the primary method of diagnosis using ultrasound.
According to a recent study in the British Medical Journal strokes are a major cause in morbidity and death in the UK. In 2013 the Stroke Association undertook a study of stoke incidences and reported that more than 100,000 strokes per year occur within the UK population. There are various types of strokes the majority of which, according to NICE Guidelines (2010), are preventable although there are some causes which cannot be changed for example age,
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The aorta
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Most people with a AAA have no symptoms. A small percentage of those who do, feel the effect of the aneurysm putting pressure on surrounding organs experiencing vague back / abdominal pain or an awareness of an abdominal pulsation. The majority of AAA's are therefore often found incidentally whilst investigating other pathologies and large AAA's can be determined by a clinician palpating the abdomen. AAA's are less common in women than in men and, in both sexes, those who have a strong family history (of AAA's) the prevalence is increasingly higher.
The modality of choice for
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Zoom through the water like never before-- with stand-up paddleboarding! Come see what all the fuss is about on this guided SUP tour of Long Island's East Islip Beach.
In this 2-hour tour, you will rent a paddleboard and, after a quick primer, will travel around the beautiful and serene harbor, led by an expert guide.
You'll be provided with everything you need to have a safe and informative experience on the water, so all you'll have to worry about is having a good time.
If you're a beginner in the world of SUP, then this is the tour for you!
Note: Participants must be at least 12 years old. Expect to be on the water for a little over 90 minutes.
SUP Rental - 2 Hr (East Islip Beach)
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- Receive a quick primer on paddling, then hit the water at East Islip Beach
- Paddleboard with an experienced guide who can show you all the most beautiful sites
- Get away from the hustle and bustle while enjoying Long Island's natural beauty
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I'm Dave, your nature-loving, responsible travelling explorer trying to make my mark in this big, beautiful world. When one gap year turned into two, which turned into 3 and 4, then perhaps you realise it's not a gap year, and this how you want to live. Although I miss my home in the UK there is so much to see out there and I'm only just getting started!
My blog is my space to talk about all my passions, which include outdoor experiences, adventure travel and top tips that I have picked up over the years. Finding my way around the world wasn't always the plan but I have learnt so many life lessons that you will not get from being sat in an office and connected with amazing people from all over the globe.
I hope I can help show you that there is more to life than your standard 9 to 5 job, and even if it's not quite your thing, you can still live vicariously through me. Watch me as I get lost and share my highs and lows along the way. So let's go!


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11th Annual Bus Tour
The destination of the 11th annual WWHP bus trip is Newport, RI. The bus boards at 8:00 AM at YWCA, One Salem Square, Worcester, and arrives for 10:00 AM at the first stop, the Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Avenue. Founded in 1912, the Newport Art Museum operates a gallery in the John N.A. Griswold House, a National Historic Landmark that is the premier American Stick-style building. The permanent collection of more than 2,300 works of American art concentrates on art and artistic activity from the late 19th century to the present, and on those contemporary and historic works emphasizing the role played by Newport and New England artists, established and emerging, in the development of American art.
After the museum, participants will enjoy lunch at La Forge Museum, 186 Bellevue Avenue. The restaurant is situated on the grounds of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and has been operated by the Crowley family for over 35 years.
The afternoon portion of the trip will be a tour of Rough Point, the oceanfront estate of Doris Duke, heiress, philanthropist, and art collector (1912-1993). Rough Point was built in 1891 by Frederick Vanderbilt and purchased by James B. Duke in 1922. After her father's death, Doris hired Horace Trumbauer to redesign the house, elegantly altering its original Gothic design. Currently on exhibit at the estate is No Rules: The Personal Style of Doris Duke. The exhibit examines a portion of Doris Duke's clothing collection ranging from lavish evening gowns with exquisite embroidery to the simple silhouette of a little black dress.
To reserve your spot on the trip, please download the flyer and submit by June 22, 2014. Cost of the trip: $85 members, $90 non-members.


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Review by C.J. Bunce
In the never-ending adaptations and updates of stories and novels by Agatha Christie, Hugh Laurie (House, MD, Roadkill, A Bit of Fry and Laurie) may have created the best yet. In the three-part limited series Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Laurie, the always witty and sometimes dry writer, director, comedian, and actor has found the perfect story to add his signature style. In stressing the fun of the thrill of the chase–and merging exquisite banter with the perfect cast of leads–Laurie's series runs circles around the popular dark, dreary, and sometimes even unnecessarily grotesque Sarah Phelps adaptations of Christie's stories (see our reviews of the recent Ordeal by Innocence, The Pale Horse, and The ABC Murders). And even without the all-star casts of Kenneth Branagh's big-screen adaptations of Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, we'll bet you walk away from Why Didn't They Ask Evans? with a new favorite Agatha Christie story.


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Last weekend, I did my first signing for Thirteen Orphans. As such events go, it couldn't have been more ideal. The books arrived on time (which doesn't always happen), and attendance was fantastic, so much so that more and more chairs kept having to be set up. (Thanks, Tori and Rowan, for taking charge). Even so, a few people ended up standing.
I did a short reading from Thirteen Orphans, and followed this by answering the audience's really intelligent questions. Finally, I signed lots of books. Like I said, as an event, it couldn't have been much better.
Why then did I feel afterwards as if I'd been hit by a truck?
One of the ironies of being a professional writer is that, if you are even moderately successful, the very traits that let you succeed as a writer are not much help when the time comes to head out as "The Author."
To be a writer, you need to like spending a lot of time by yourself, in the company of imaginary people. There are entire weeks when, Monday through Friday, the only people I talk to face to face are my husband, librarians, and store clerks.
So suddenly, there I am, Lady Solitude, up in front of the room, dreading I'll disappoint those who have been kind enough to show up. After all, these people haven't really come to see me. They want to see Firekeeper or Mira or Pearl… They probably don't expect to see any of the guys, but one never knows.
There are other types of public appearances a writer does in addition to book signings and readings. Each calls for different skills. None of these skills, needless to say, are those that go into writing books.
Panel discussions are different in that you can't be sure who the audience has come to see or hear. Does anyone care what you have to say or are they there for the Big Shot two seats away? Or maybe the topic of the panel is what drew them. If so, curses on your head if you can't address it intelligently.
Even with this uncertainty, I find panels fun, whether at conventions or elsewhere. I usually learn something or have my imagination sparked. I like to moderate, because that way I can make sure everyone has a chance to talk.
(I can't help it. I get frustrated if one person motor-mouths over everyone else.)
Here in New Mexico, I have a good number of friends who are also writers. Sometimes when invited to sign at "hard" venues, like chain stores, I've arranged to transform a single author signing into a panel. Too often, when doing a single author event at chain stores, you end up sitting awkwardly at a table near the front door. It seems that most of the people who stop just want directions to the bathroom.
Trade shows are another type of gig entirely. There, your audience is more narrow. They are not necessarily readers of your books or even readers of your genre, but instead are people who work for bookstores and who are trying to decide what to put on their shelves.
Usually at a trade show you have a set signing slot, and about two seconds per person (among those who even bother to stop) to tell them what they want to hear. You get used to hearing, "I don't usually read 'that stuff,' but…"
I'm not much good at summarizing into a few words a book that took me between 600 and 1,200 manuscript pages to write, but I give it my best. During this last set of trade shows, I designed two summaries for Thirteen Orphans: the short and the long. I was pleased to see that, especially when asked to give the long version, I'd gather a crowd.
Booksellerseven those who don't read "that stuff"are usually captivated by a story, so they're basically a friendly audience.
In fact, the nice thing about Author Events of any sort is that, most of the time, the audience is on your side. That's a real relief, especially after the place where I first learned to shed my stage fright: teaching English Composition at 8:15 in the morning.


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Richard J. Manning completed a Diploma of Fine Art at Monash Caulfield in 1984 and a Post Graduate Diploma in Electronic Design and Interactive Media at RMIT, Melbourne in 2002.
Richard had been a brickworks labourer, public servant, ward assistant, tram conductor and driver, taxi driver and a MFB firefighter. Always in the search for something else before finding his true vocation and beginning study in Fine Art at Monash Caulfield. Leading a double life he juggled obligations and swapped shifts with fellow firefighters to study full time and complete a diploma of fine art. In 1990 he resigned from the MFB to pursue opportunities in the area of Public Art.
Richard has worked extensively in the arts industry including roles with both the NGV and Museum Victoria. In 1999 Richard formed Glass Street gallery with co-director Mary-Ann Manning and worked closely with the Melbourne / North Melbourne artistic community to host a diverse catalogue of exhibitions and performances with local and international artists over a three year period.
Richard maintains strong links with his location and environment actively seeking out proximity to the natural world. This immersion of himself in his immediate environment has been a characteristic of his work that previously focused on inner city Melbourne extending to rural and coastal Victoria. The Great Ocean Road is the environment explored in this current body of work.
Based on reality and then evolved into paintings with a surface both beautiful and intricate, Richard J. Manning is not afraid to follow his instinct, to take risks with paint and medium, leaving traces of layers and remnants of marks to describe a romantic connection to the ocean, rivers and sky of the south west coast. Each painting begins with a vision, and often a story, that drives the progression through the months it takes to complete a work.
"These paintings are my constants, my way of looking closer at the moments that have inspired me over time, they are my pause button in my everyday life" – Richard J. Manning


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Galaxy S4 vs Xperia Z: the best of Samsung against the best of Sony (video)
Years ago, the idea of Samsung ever beating Sony at anything would have been met with derision, or at least with strong skepticism. Yet here we are today, judging two competing devices from the two companies, and guess what, the once mighty Sony is the underdog, while Samsung is the undisputed champion of the smartphone world.
That's not to say that the Sony Xperia Z is a bad device. The Xperia Z is by all means an excellent Android device that was received with favorable reviews and strong demand. But the Xperia Z's odds of winning today's confrontation are slim, considering the caliber of its opponent – the Samsung Galaxy S4. The Galaxy S4 isn't just a flagship Android device, it's an entire fleet condensed into one device. But the S4 has its shortcomings, and the Xperia Z shines in certain areas. So many customers are likely to actually prefer the slightly older and less feature-rich device from Sony to Samsung's uber-hyped Galaxy S4.
Let's kick off our Galaxy S4 vs Xperia Z review. Join us for the full treatment or jump straight to the hands-on video review.
Plastic versus glass
Samsung's choice of materials for the Galaxy S line is… controversial. But that doesn't mean that many people won't absolutely love the plastic-made Galaxy S4. Why? It's a matter of taste, mostly, but the truth is Samsung created one heck of a device. The S4 sports a larger display, yet it's actually slimmer and lighter than the Galaxy S3. Moreover, in our time with the device we found it to be handling better than any other device in its class, including the Xperia Z. The fact that the Galaxy S4 is well balanced and easy to handle is a major advantage in our book.
Design-wise, our competitors couldn't be more distinct. The Xperia Z has a black slate look to it, and we have to say it, its monolithic allure is quite refreshing. The angular corners, glass back, and prominent silver power button make for a sleek appearance that is guaranteed to draw the attention of people around you.
The Galaxy S4 however isn't likely to draw much attention with its design. In fact, many people will mistake it for last year's Galaxy S3. That's not to say that Samsung hasn't improved over the design of the S3. As we said, the S4 is more compact, features slimmer bezels, and the brushed metal-like band around its edges give it a sturdy, classier look. Overall, Samsung wanted to make the S4 familiar to S3 users, and it's mission accomplished from this perspective. We can't gloss over the fact that the S4 is still plastic, and while opinions vary, we think that the Xperia Z has a more premium look and feel.
One more thing – the Xperia Z is waterproof and dustproof. Is that important to you, though?
Displays: same specs, different technologies
Judging from the numbers alone, you'd be forgiven to think that the displays of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the Sony Xperia Z are very similar. Both feature 5-inch 1920 x 1080 resolution panels, of a whopping 441ppi pixel density.
But the similarities end there. The Galaxy S4 features an AMOLED display of the PenTile variety; however, don't fret if you know PenTile by its bad rap – the S4 features a new type of PenTile arrangement matrix, with diamond-shaped subpixels. As a result, the panel provides one of the best viewing experiences on any smartphone. The experts at DisplayMate have lauded it and went as far as to say that it's very close to taking the crown from the iPhone 5 as the best display on any smartphone.
How does the Xperia Z fare? The phone's TFT display is no match to the S4 when it comes to viewing angles, though not all users will be annoyed by this inconvenience.
Besides this problem, the Xperia Z has slightly less bright colors and contrast levels than the AMOLED Galaxy S4. Sony's Bravia Engine compensates by making colors more saturated when watching video or displaying images, but Bravia doesn't work across the user interface. To sum up, the Xperia Z features a good display (it is full HD after all), but the Galaxy S4's is simply better.
Uneven specs, but that probably doesn't matter
If you like to live your life on the bleeding edge of smartphone specifications, the Galaxy S4 is probably the best you can get right now. It features a powerful Snapdragon 600 processor, an Adreno 320 GPU, and 2GB of RAM. Samsung's phone tears through benchmark leaderboards, but remember that's not necessarily going to mean much to you, unless you are obsessed with specs or if you're planning to run specific processor-intensive application on your smartphone.
The Xperia Z is a generation behind when it comes to the processor, but the difference in performance between the Snapdragon S4 Pro and the Snapdragon 600 on the Galaxy S4 won't blow you away. The S4 Pro still is a powerful processor by most standards, and the 2GB of RAM help it run like a champ. Sure, the Snapdragon 600 will crush the S4 Pro in benchmarks, but in real life use the difference won't be that significant.
Both phones feature microSD slots, but only the Galaxy S4 has a removable battery. For Sony, the sealed battery was a necessary compromise in order to make the Xperia Z waterproof and dustproof. The device can safely be submerged in water (as long as you don't forget to close the flaps protecting the slots) and can take a beating, as numerous torture tests have shown us. If durability is high on your list of nice-to-have features, pick the Xperia Z. Just don't forgo the case, because that glass back will eventually break if you drop it hard enough.
The Galaxy S4 outshines the Xperia Z when it comes to sensors. In addition to all the sensors in the Xperia Z, Samsung's flagship also comes with an IR sensor, an air gesture sensor, a thermometer, a barometer, and an IR blaster. More details in our Galaxy S4 review.
Battery and cameras
In addition to being removable, the battery on the Galaxy S4 is notably larger than the Xperia Z's, at 2600mAh over 2330mAh. When we reviewed the Xperia Z, we noticed a peculiar inconsistency in the power consumption rates, with media consumption in particular taking a heavy toll on the battery. Between this behavior and the smaller capacity, the Xperia Z will take you through a day of use in most cases.
The Galaxy S4, on the other hand, will take you through two days of usage, as long as you don't subject it to too much stress. Even if the battery isn't enough, the possibility to change it with a charged unit should be a boon to power users.
The Xperia Z's camera is a testimony to Sony's prestigious pedigree in camera development. The 13MP Exmor RS sensor is among the best on the market, and Sony did some good work in the software department too, with features like Superior Auto, which will pick the right settings for you depend on the scene.
However, Samsung crushes the Xperia Z when it comes to the sheer range of software features it packed in the camera app of the Galaxy S4. A quick enumeration: Eraser Mode, Sound and Shot, Drama shot, dual capture, animated images, and more. Check our New Features Explained post for more details.
Software: Zen garden vs Disneyland
If you know anything about Android smartphones, we don't have to tell you which phone is the Zen garden and which is the theme park.
Samsung's TouchWiz is over the top, colorful, cheerful, but also a bit bloated. It packs a dazzling array of features, some of which you will certainly find useful. Perhaps the most dazzling of all is the Air View ability, which lets the user interact with the screen without touching it, but S Health, WatchON, and Group Cast are also worth checking out.
The Xperia Z's user interface is much more low key, and sticks in most parts to the precepts of stock Android (Ice Cream Sandwich). With its darker tones and understated design elements, Sony's Xperia UI could prove refreshing for someone used with Samsung's excesses.
With that said, if you're willing to embrace TouchWiz, the abundance of features (some of which are enabled by the presence of sensors and other hardware elements) on the Galaxy S4 makes it the more compelling option.
Pricing and final thoughts
The Galaxy S4 is available from US carriers for $199 on contract, while the Xperia Z can only be bought unlocked for now, for prices starting at $630. Meanwhile, the unlocked Galaxy S4 is slightly more expensive, with prices ranging from $675 to $750 or more. So, the Xperia Z holds an advantage in this area, and its price is likely to go down faster than the Galaxy S4's.
To wrap up this versus, the Galaxy S4 is clearly better than the Xperia Z in many areas, but that shouldn't put you off from trying out the Xperia Z. Why is that? Simple, plastic and TouchWiz. If these two words bother you, the Galaxy S4 might not be the phone for you. The Xperia Z, on the other hand, is anything but plasticky, while its user interface is much more simple and understated than Samsung's TouchWiz.
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Sanity & Tallulah by Molly Brooks (9781368008440)
Living on Wilnick, an outdated and aging space station at the end of the galaxy could be dull, but not for best friends Sanity and Tallulah. Sanity, who has always wanted a pet despite rules against having one, decides to create one herself. It turns out to be a very cute three-headed kitten with a taste for meat. The kitten manages to escape soon after Tallulah's mother finds out that she exists. The girls set out to find out whether the problems that are happening across the space station are the fault of one cute kitten or maybe it's something else. Meanwhile, there seems to be a very large monster on the loose and the coolant tank appears to have been drunk dry. As disaster looms aboard the space station, it's up to Sanity to save the day thanks to the technology she explored when creating her illegal pet.
Brooks sets exactly the right tone in this graphic novel. The girls best friends who tend to talk one another into getting into even more trouble while trying to fix what they have already done. Add in a three-headed kitten and mayhem follows. The two girls could not be more different, which makes for an odd-couple chemistry between them. The story is fast paced and a delightful mix of STEM and girl power.
The art in the book is done in a limited color palette with pinks and deep blues. The art brings to life the space station and its size, conveying the hazards of keeping it functional while giving the girls a lot of space to run into trouble. The cast of characters is wonderfully diverse and that extends to all of the people who live aboard the space station.
A strong graphic novel with plenty of appeal. Appropriate for ages 9-12
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Jude Deveraux is in class all her own. As a romance author, she has written countless books that are endearing, entertaining and unforgettable. Most of her books are contemporary in feel. Some are historical and she even has some that are time-travel romances. I would call her an old school author.
She's an amazing author and a master storyteller. Check out her site.
Jude Deveraux has written a whole bunch of books, and while they do belong to several books series, you will find that her stories can be read alone.
When you read the Montgomery/Taggart Series, the books stand more on their own then they follow each other. Each book is interesting and fun to read but the characters are not heavily in the other books.
Whereas if you read the Edilean Series, you will find that they do follow each other closely. The characters and the background plot is all connected and reading this series together will help to understand the whole series.
I would call her sensuality level to be a medium to low. She doesn't go into detail in each scene, sometimes it is left to your imagination. Other times, she does go into some detail. They fit with the plot line and don't overpower it.
You will find a book page behind any active link when you click on each book cover.
This is a contemporary romance series that has a couple of its books listed as historical romance. Take a look at each book page as well as the book series page for you to know which is which.
The Moonlight Trilogy is an extension of the Edilean Series. You will find the characters are connected very closely to the characters in the other series. And it's a continuation of the Edilean Series.
While I haven't read this entire series, I included all the book covers to show you where my favorite book fits in this series. Check it out!!
She has a ton of stand alone books that are just as good as any book series book! She has also included a book or two of hers in an anthology!
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text: Associated Press Writer A federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday confirmed the freezing of $300 million in cash held by Venezuela's state-run oil company, finding it probable that Exxon Mobil Corp. will win its legal battle against the company. Exxon Mobil is challenging Petroleos de Venezuela SA, or PDVSA, over compensation for the nationalization of one of four heavy oil projects in the Orinoco River basin, one of the world's richest oil deposits. Irving, Texas-based Exxon Mobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, is seeking to freeze billions in Venezuelan assets in the United States and Europe to guarantee a payoff in the event it wins a decision by an international arbitration panel. U.S. District Judge Deborah A. Batts on Wednesday confirmed the "order of attachment" on the $300 million in Venezuelan cash after listening to arguments from lawyers for both oil companies. A British court issued an injunction last month temporarily freezing up to $12 billion of PDVSA's assets. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez rattled international oil markets this week by threatening to cut off all oil supplies to the United States in response Exxon Mobil's legal challenges. On Tuesday, PDVSA said it would stop selling oil to Exxon Mobil, although it was not clear how much crude that would affect. Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez, who also heads PDVSA, on Wednesday vowed to mount "a defense of the nation's interests" in the battle with Exxon Mobil. U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack, meanwhile, said the United States supports the U.S. oil company's efforts to seize assets to get a "just and fair compensation." Venezuela did not immediately respond to the judge's decision in New York. But Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said in Caracas that the U.S. State Department's expression of support for the company "makes things clearer: behind Exxon Mobil's maneuver is the United States government." "It's not a commercial dispute. It's a political dispute between a government exercising its sovereignty \u2026 and the government of the United States," Maduro told reporters. The $12 billion British court order was mentioned frequently during Wednesday's arguments. PDVSA lawyer Joseph Pizzurro said the $12 billion demand by Exxon Mobil was so inflated that PDVSA's representatives told the company it was ridiculous. "There's such a huge dispute between what Exxon Mobil says it is owed and a reasonable valuation," Pizzurro said. He said the U.S. oil company originally demanded $5 billion in private negotiations with PDVSA but asked for $12 billion in court. He said the dispute should be settled in arbitration proceedings. Steven K. Davidson, a lawyer for Exxon Mobil, told the judge it was inappropriate to reveal the $5 billion that was mentioned during negotiations. Davidson told Batts it was necessary to freeze the assets because PDVSA was "likely to dissipate its assets, which is one of the reasons for the award in London." Pizzurro said PDVSA has $80 billion to $90 billion assets worldwide that would be available for any award in a U.S. court. __ Associated Press writer Ian James contributed to this report from Caracas, Venezuela.


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Also the commodore 64 emulator that's out there works really well.
thank you now I can compile a opk Neo4all thanks to the Open Package Creator jejejeje btw great job
packaging it into an opk wont make it work if it didn't work previously./offtopic
What about the official repository? Your list is missing some software from it, ie. Apricots, Stringrolled, UMG (preview), Sqrxz3, EDuke32...If I post the software directly to the repository, but don't announce it on the forums (like Eduke32 or an update to Sqrxz3), it doesn't get on the list?
The entry is wrong in the list: you listed "zx81" while the emulator is named "Caprice32"


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An interactive film designed to be driven by a viewer's mouse clicks bagged the Interactive Arts Ward in the South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival, an annual music, film and interactive conference held in Austin, Texas.
BLA BLA, by Vincent Morisset, a Montreal, Que-based filmmaker known for his interactive video collaborations work with the rock band Arcade Fire, is an interactive tale in six parts which has characters created by both traditional and high-tech methods. The film was produced with the help of the National Film Board of Canada.
BLA BLA was one of the winners of an Entertainment Award in the annual Communication Arts Interactive Competition. The SXSW event is a hugely popular arts and technology conference attended by a large number of technology startups.
According to NFB the BLA BLA explores the fundamentals of human communications. "The viewer makes the story possible: without him or her, the characters remain inert, waiting for the next interaction."
With the use of a mouse device, the viewer's clicks and searchs makes the movie move forward. Each of the six chapters depicts a different aspect of communication such as: learning a language, making small talk and expressing emotions.
"BLA uses xenography, drawing on paper, ActionScript-generated animations, puppet stop-motion combined with real-time 3D mapping etc," Morisset said..
"I am inspired by projects that feel free aesthetically. I wanted BLA BLA to feel hand-made, imperfect, fragile, so we forget about the technology," he added.


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"Seasons and Colors of the Appalachian Mountains" is a pictorial guide of the nature and natural beauty that God has created in the Appalachian Mountains. Bill Booz, an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker and professional photographer captures the images in this portfolio that transport you in to the very moment in nature every time you gaze upon the scene.
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Major resource projects, such as the LNG Canada export terminal at Kitimat, salvaged British Columbia's construction pace in 2020, as home building plunged 18.9 per cent and commercial construction fell nearly 8 per cent from a year earlier.
B.C.'s inventory of major projects, those valued at more than $15,000,000, increased to $369.8 billion as of Q3 2020, up 4.8 per cent compared to the same period last year.
Nearly a third of the major projects are under construction, including LNG Canada ($36 billion) the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project ($6.2 billion) and the Trans Mountain pipeline ($12.6 billion).
"B.C.'s major projects, driven by natural resource and infrastructure projects, provide thousands of both direct and indirect jobs and are spread across every region in the province. With employment and GDP expected to remain below pre-crisis levels in 2021, these projects will meaningfully increase economic growth and help pay down the large provincial debt incurred to support businesses and citizens through the pandemic," said Lori Mathison, president and CEO of the Chartered Professional Accountants BC (CPABC).
The data is contained in the CPABC's annual BC Check-Up for 2020.
Investment into both residential and private non-residential projects also cooled, and despite recent price gains, housing starts steeply declined. The overall number of housing units started was down by nearly a fifth (-18.3 per cent) through 2020 compared to the number started in 2019. Attached units, such as condos and townhomes, accounted for the majority of the decline, according to the CPABC.
Private non-residential investment, such as commercial and industrial construction, declined to $5 billion in 2020, representing a 7.9 per cent drop compared to the level of investment in 2019.
"Economic uncertainty saw investors delay or cancel both residential and non-residential investment projects in 2020," noted Mathison. "Over 7,800 fewer residential housing units were started compared to 2019, and over $430 million less was invested in private non-residential developments. This is worrying as construction has been a large factor in the province's robust economic growth. "
She noted that both attached and detached starts rebounded from earlier in 2020, and the pace has continued into 2021.
According to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. total Metro Vancouver housing starts in January 2021, at 1,394 units, were up 36 per cent from same month a year earlier. A total of 44,213 units are currently under construction in Metro Vancouver, including 37,135 apartments – 15 per cent of which are rentals – 2,994 townhouses and 3,464 detached houses.


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iOS 4, Apple's newest OS for the iPhone, has a helpful new folder feature that lets you reduce the number of iPhone app screens you must scroll through to find the app you want. You may be able to consolidate to just two screens. But using iOS 4 folders can be a little frustrating, as iPhone owners try to drag apps into folders using their bulky fingers.
[For more on iOS 4, see Five Ways Apple's iOS 4 Breathes New Life Into iPhone. ]
Then you might shake your head when you try to sync with iTunes, only to have your work wasted as the iPhone reverts back to the iTunes version of your screens. Here are ways to prevent that from happening:
1. First, connect your iPhone to iTunes. Go to the iTunes apps section on the device, and create folders and arrange your apps on the adjacent screen on iTunes, not the iPhone itself. Then apply the changes.
2. Trust us, this task is much easier using a mouse than your finger. Also, if you create folders and move apps around on the iPhone itself and then apply the changes, the work may be lost if the screens revert to the image on iTunes.
3. You might be tempted to click on apps you deleted because they had cluttered your screens but want them now with more manageable folders. Go ahead, but be ready for your iPhone to bog down when you update all these old apps.
4. In our test some apps seemed to be endlessly updating, forcing us to restart the iPhone to stop these updates. After rebooting and syncing with iTunes, most apps were updated. But they appeared outside of the folders, and we had to put them in the right places again.
5. Warning: Some old apps might not be able to update. In which case you'll just have to unclick them in iTunes and sync again.


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When a female is pregnant her body as well as her mind go through lots of different changes. Throughout the pregnancy there are not only lots of physical changes that occur in the womans appearance, there are also mental changes that can occur. One of the most common changes in a womans physical appearance is loss of hair.Therefore hair loss is one problem that a large number of women have to deal with straight after giving birth. Dealing with hair loss issues is not something women want to have to do just after giving birth to a child. Many women get so frustrated trying deal with this loss of hair as well as a new baby they end up just cutting it all off.
Normally your hair goes through three phases.The anagen phase which is the active growth phase of hair follicles and normally takes 23 years. The telogen phase which is the resting phase of the hair follicle before it sheds and normally takes about 3 months. The catagen phase which is a short transition stage that occurs between the anagen and the telogen phase and normally takes 2-3 weeks. A person will suffer from hair loss when hairs are forced prematurely into the telogen phase and pregnancy is one thing that can cause this to happen. There are many reasons why pregnancy.causes this hair loss to occur.
One of the main reasons for this loss of hair is not only does the female body undergo physical changes during pregnancy, it also causes her to go through severe hormonal changes as well (estrogen and progesterone) which causes less hair to shed each day during the pregnancy than what is normally shed on a daily basis. Due to this a womens hair will get very dense during pregnancy which causes the hair strands to become brittle and makes them very easy to break. Although that after giving birth a womens body starts slowly regaining its normal hormonal balance, the womens hair will revert prematurely into its telogen period and start to shed and although this loss of hair can appear to be excessive, most of the time the hair eventually grows back to its normal level, though in some cases the hair loss can be permanent. Another reason for hair is due to the nutrients your body is losing when you are breastfeeding your child.


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In the absence of clear and consistent government regulation, corporate policies have been pivotal to the provision of legal protections for LGBTQI workers. For companies, greater inclusion is associated with improved brand reputation, reduced turnover, and increased productivity and innovation. The most progressive companies seek to integrate their values into their operations, using their financial clout to push back on harmful practices even if they risk additional costs in the near term.
To be clear, policies have not eliminated discrimination: More than half of LGBTQI employees report that discrimination negatively affects their work environment.
As bias and discrimination toward LGBTQI people are related, at least in part, to normative expectations of gender within the workplace. Recognizing the intersection between gender discrimination and LGBTQI equity results in a profound reorientation of how investors and advocates can approach companies and their attitudes toward full inclusion.
As investors continue to make the case for full inclusion of LGBTQI people, there is a practical and ethical mandate to align LGBTQI interests with those of gender lens investors and others who recognize that the establishment of corporate cultures and practices that embrace all employees, customers and stakeholders, will benefit everyone.
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One of my dearest friends and followers asked me to explain what we do as Ham/Amateur Radio Operators. So this post is devoted to the subject of Ham Radio and what we do.
First let me define Amateur Radio per the ARRL: "Amateur Radio (ham radio) is a popular hobby and service that brings people, electronics and communication together. People use ham radio to talk across town, around the world, or even into space, all without the Internet or cell phones. It's fun, social, educational, and can be a lifeline during times of need. Although Amateur Radio operators get involved for many reasons, they all have in common a basic knowledge of radio technology and operating principles, and pass an examination for the FCC license to operate on radio frequencies known as the "Amateur Bands." These bands are radio frequencies allocated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for use by ham radio operators."
There are three license classes. The entry level license is the Technician Class, the mid-level license is the General Class (I'm a General Class holder) and the final class is the Extra Class.
We are inventors, innovators, scientists, and community service volunteers.
Part of being a Ham Radio operator is building antennas, transceivers (a device that can both transmit and receive communications, in particular a combined radio transmitter and receiver), test equipment, CW (Morse Code) Keys, and many other things. Ham Radio has many facets, many hobbies with in the hobby.
Hams are huge supporters of our Military, in fact we as Hams volunteer with MARS (Military Auxiliary Radio System). "Army MARS is a Department of Defense sponsored program which utilizes Amateur Radio operators to contribute to the mission of the Department of the Army. Army MARS members must have access to HF radio equipment, file a monthly report, and participate a minimum of 12 hours total, including a minimum 6 hours on HF radio each quarter. DoD Directives 4650.2 (26 Jan 98), 3025.1 (15 Jan 93) MSCA, 3025.15, 18 Feb 97 and AR 25-6, 21 Apr 86, defines the primary mission for MARS is to provide DOD–sponsored emergency communications on a local, national, and international basis as an adjunct to existing DA communications. What does this really mean? Army MARS members will be assigned, trained and prepared to provide essential emergency communications support via HF radio to the United States Army, and other Federal Agencies in response to natural and man-made disasters. Army MARS members support America's "First Responders."
We participate in contests. The biggest reasons we contest or DX is to keep our emergency skills sharp. Contents can be in the local county or the world. The biggest contest day for Ham Radio is Field Day! Click here to read about my experience last year.
"You can communicate from the top of a mountain, your home or behind the wheel of your car, all without relying on the Internet or a cell phone network You can take radio wherever you go! In times of disaster, when regular communications channels fail, hams can swing into action assisting emergency communications efforts and working with public service agencies. For instance, the Amateur Radio Service kept New York City agencies in touch with each other after their command center was destroyed during the 9/11 tragedy. Ham radio also came to the rescue during Hurricane Katrina, where all other communications failed, and the devastating flooding in Colorado in 2013.
You can communicate with other hams using your voice and a microphone, interface a radio with your computer or tablet to send data, text or images, or Morse code, which remains incredibly popular. You can even talk to astronauts aboard the International Space Station, talk to other hams through one of several satellites in space, or bounce signals off the moon and back to Earth!"
I participate in SkyWarn. This past Hurricane season, during Hurricane Matthew I manned a shelter, I was the link between the shelter and the Emergency Operations Center for my county. I am also a QSL Card collector; a QSL card is a written confirmation of a two-way radio communication between two amateur radio stations.
Are you familiar with the Great Balloon Festival in Albuquerque New Mexico, the Boston Marathon? You will find Ham Radio Operators there providing communications for the events. While I lived in Maine and was a member of the Piscataquis Amateur Radio Club I was on the team that provided communications for two big events. The Piscataquis River Race and the Sebec River Race.
We even have some celebrities that are hams…some unfortunately are now Silent Keys. Here is a list of them: Patty Loveless KD4WUJ, Walter Cronkite KB2GSD (SK), Worth Gruelle W4ZG (SK), Burl Ives KA6HVA (SK), Joe Walsh WB6ACU, Chet Atkins W4CGP (SK), Stu Cook N6FUP, Stewart Granger (Actor James Stewart) N6KGB (SK), Garry Shandling KD6OY (SK), Cardinal Roger M Mahony W6QYI, Prince Yousuf Al-Sabah 9K2CS, King Bhumibol Adulyadej HS1A (SK), Queen Noor of Jordan JY1NH, Bob Heil K9EID, Larnell Harris WD4LZC, Marlon Brando KE6PZH/FO5GJ held a US and French Polynesia License (SK) and last but certainly not least James E Damron N8TMW.
I'm a Rag Chewer (talker), now that I have my General I'm also going to try my luck at contesting and digital modes. Yes, we can even do Ham Radio on the computer as well as on the internet. You can send pictures, television, and even email over Ham Radio. We can talk via satellites and even bounce a signal off the Northern or Southern Lights and even a comet! I told you we are innovators! Did you know that a requirement of being a U.S. Astronaut is being at least a General Class Ham? Now you do!
Well that's it in a nut shell. Now how about you join me in this adventure. It's not to difficult and is a great hobby! Click here or simply ask me and I will get you started!
This is KC1FLG/AG bidding you 73! Hope to hear you one day soon on the radio waves!


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Happy New Year and a big thank you to all our followers! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are ready to craft with us in 2012. We were so amazed with all the wonderful submissions for our inspiration challenge. Congratulations to the following artists!
Each TUESDAY we announce the Artist Picks for the prior week's challenge. The winners receive a special badge to display on their blog to announce they were a Hand Stamped Sentiments Artist Pick.
Each week you have the chance to play along. We'd love to see your creativity. Check out today's newest post to see what challenge we have this week!


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Posted on 1/15/2018 by Dr. Shiotsu
|Having good oral hygiene habits is very important when it comes to your overall oral health. Not watching things, you eat or drink, and brushing and flossing sporadically can lead to numerous different problems.
We want to help you make sure you don't run into these kinds of problems now or in the future. We only get one set of adult teeth to last our lifetime.
We understand things may come up that sometimes go unnoticed until there are warning signs. Sometimes it is difficult to get into small spaces or between teeth and minor procedures need to take place. Our goal is to save your natural teeth for as long as possible. Whatever the case may be, you want to get as much information as possible. Let's talk about how long your crown will last.
How Long Can a Crown Last?It is important to know that each individual person is different. Crowns can be made from a couple different materials. They could be used to restore strength to a worn down, cracked or broken tooth, to cover or cap a tooth that has had a very large cavity, to cover an odd shaped or off colored tooth, or help support a bridge. Whatever the case may be the lifetime of your crown starts with your oral hygiene practices.
The better you practice oral hygiene the longer the crown can last potentially. Your crown can wear down from trauma or teeth grinding. Many things can determine how long it should last. Typically, a crown can last anywhere from five to fifteen years and sometimes longer. Your crown does not require special care.
Once it is permanently placed you can brush your teeth like you normally do. We do have temporary crowns that are placed while your permanent crown is made. We want to make sure it is aligned with the rest of your teeth.
Continue to brush your teeth twice a day and floss once a day to make sure you are keeping your teeth and gums are clean as possible. Please do not hesitate to contact us with anything that can be cause for concern.
We recommend that you come in for regular office visits, for cleanings and exams every six months, so we can help you keep an eye on things.
We would rather have you stop in as soon as possible if it is something as simple as filling a cavity than pulling a tooth out later on down the road. Please call us with any questions or concerns, or to schedule your appointment today. We look forward to hearing from you.
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IDT (NYSE:IDT, news, filings) is now looking to sell off its LMDS spectrum, hoping to recoup some value from the asset. The portfolio, held by subsidiary IDT Spectrum, includes some 931 licenses at 38 GHz and 16 licenses in the 28-31 GHz LMDS range. Originally, IDT Spectrum planned to use it to build a backhaul network, but that plan fizzled and they mainly just lease it out where they can. Who might want to buy it from IDT and how much might it sell for?
Various wireless networks might have use for it I suppose, but only if it is really cheap. If it weren't already clear by now, the purchase of this spectrum for hundreds of millions of dollars in the first place was not worth it by any measure. Now, 10 years later, commercial usage remains minimal and the buzz remains in hibernation even as 4G networks are beginning to be built out. Spectrum for the last mile is hard to find, but for backhaul there isn't a shortage and it is easy and cheap just to lease it when you need it most of the time. But perhaps TMobile is the best candidate, as they have yet to commit to 4G plans in the US and aren't as well endowed with any kind of spectrum as the competition.
Perhaps when IDT Spectrum CEO Michael Rapaport says, "We were five or six years too early for the marketplace" he should add 'and probably still are'? Another of the other major holders of LMDS spectrum is XO Holdings (news, filings), which also reigned in its dreams for its usage when it reabsorbed Nextlink over the summer. And Level 3, which holds a bunch of similar spectrum from its acquisition of Telcove, has not found anything useful to do with it yet either.
Then there is ftwr, which also sits on a fair amount of this kind of spectrum and is still making the only major attempt to use it commercially. But FiberTower has slashed its capex pretty heavily over the last year and only in the last 6 months managed to achieve positive gross margins. On the other hand, the company's stock has surged in the past few days without much in the way of an explanation, I wonder if that is related to IDT Spectrum's plans…
If nothing else, perhaps we will learn what price tag the market puts on this kind of spectrum currently, which could affect how we think of the assets belonging to XO, Level 3 are valued. Right now, the value many assign to that spectrum is, shall we say, not material.
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The epidural space is a space that exists in your spine within the spinal canal. This space sits between two planes of tissue: the sac of tissue that houses your spinal cord (dural sac) and the vertebral bones. The epidural space contains fat tissue along with blood vessels and nerve roots. Sometimes these nerves can be squeezed within the spinal canal, causing significant inflammation and pain.
Potential contributors to this include herniated discs into the epidural space, degeneration of the spinous structures such as the intervertebral disc and facet joints, or a narrowing of the spinal canal called spinal stenosis.
An epidural steroid injection can be used to diagnose and confirm the source of the pain as well as for therapeutic relief. Common conditions for which this procedure is used include disc herniations/radiculopathy, spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, post-herpetic neuralgia, post-laminectomy syndrome and vertebral compression fractures.
Steroids can be injected into your epidural space via needle, with live x-ray guidance as necessary for accuracy and safety.
When this procedure is performed in the portion of the spine responsible for neck and arm pain, the procedure is called a cervical epidural steroid injection.
When it is performed in the portion of the spine that is causing mid-back, chest or abdominal wall pain, it is called a thoracic epidural steroid injection.
And when it is performed in the part of the spine causing lower back pain, the procedure is called a lumbar epidural steroid injection.
Similar to any other procedure or medication, there are potential risks (although very low) of infection, bleeding, allergic reaction, spinal headache, nerve damage and prolonged increases in pain. Your Center for Pain Management physicians will use x-ray guidance throughout the procedure as well as sterile techniques to significantly reduce these risks.
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SpaceX's Starship has always been the loftiest of its extraterrestrial vehicles, but––thanks to the release of its first user manual––it just became a little more real.
Currently undergoing development in Boca Chica, Texas, Starship "represents a fully reusable transportation system designed to service Earth orbit needs as well as missions to the Moon and Mars," according to the company's website. The two-stage vehicle, composed of a rocket booster and spacecraft, respectively, it is designed to meet the variable needs of customers whether transporting satellites, payloads or people.
The new user manual is notably shorter than those of other, more established SpaceX vehicles, but it still manages to give the public a better idea of its intention and capabilities. Besides being able to carry payloads along its sidewalls and in its nose, another striking reveal was the possibility of ferrying normal passengers.
According to its initial plans, SpaceX says Starship can accommodate as many as 100 people, taking them into low Earth orbit and possibly to the moon or Mars for interplanetary activities it imagines could come along in the future. And it appears the craft can do this relatively comfortably.
The spacious configuration of Starship is set to include private cabins, large common areas, centralized storage, solar storm shelters and a viewing gallery to take in the sights. Starship even has potential for travelers who don't want to leave planet Earth. The manual suggests the craft could travel between spaceports dotting the globe by climbing to the edge of space before descending to a given destination, making the fastest-ever travel between distant points on Earth.
SpaceX is hoping to get a prototype functioning for high-altitude flight testing later this year.


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