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23rd licensing round – strong interest in new exploration acreage in the North
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Published under: Solberg's Government
Publisher Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Press release | Date: 04/12/2015No: 096/15
26 companies in total have submitted applications to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for new exploration acreage in the 23rd licensing round on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The Government announced the 23rd round on the 20th of January 2015.
"New exploration acreage is crucial for long-term activity and value creation in the petroleum sector, and thus employment throughout the country. It is therefore encouraging that so many companies have submitted applications, and that there is competition for many of the blocks, in particular for the newly opened area off the coast of East Finnmark," says Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien.
The 23rd licensing round particularly targets the part of the Barents Sea, which the Norwegian parliament (Stortinget) decided to open for petroleum activity in 2013.
"The fact that such a diverse group of companies are competing for new exploration acreage in the Barents Sea is promising for the future of petroleum activity in the North. The plan is to award new licences before summer, so that the first drilling activity can be carried out as early as in 2017," Lien continues.
57 blocks or parts of blocks were announced on the 20th of January of this year: 54 blocks in the Barents Sea and three in the Norwegian Sea.
Applications have been received from different types of companies: major international companies, medium-sized companies, as well as smaller companies. The Ministry will now process the received applications.
More information about the 23rd licensing round can be found in the here, including a map of the announced blocks.
The plan is to award new licences in the 23rd licensing round before the summer of 2016.
The following companies have applied for production licences:
A/S Norske Shell
BP Norge AS
Capricorn Norge AS
Centrica Resources (Norge) AS
Chevron Norge AS
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS
DEA Norge AS
Det norske oljeselskap ASA
DONG E&P Norge AS
E.ON E&P Norge AS
Edison Norge AS
Faroe Petroleum Norge AS
Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS
INPEX Norge AS
KUFPEC Norway AS
Lukoil Overseas North Shelf AS
Lundin Norway AS
Moeco Oil & Gas Norge AS
OMV (Norge) AS
PGNiG Upstream International AS
Pure E&P Norway AS
RN Nordic Oil AS
Spike Exploration AS
Statoil Petroleum AS
Tullow Oil Norge AS
Wintershall Norge AS


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File Transfer from other server to AmeriCommerce?
We have a few warehouse CSV files that show inventory levels, that are updated at regular intervals (for the items that we drop-ship). These files are on another server. They can be accessed by either FTP or by simply going to the URL.
How can we automate this? The AmeriCommerce Scheduled Import function works great, but will only use files already in our AmeriCommerce account.
Our roadblock is getting the files copied from the other server to our AmeriCommerce account. Is there any automated way to do this?
Any suggestions?
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Not sure if you ever got and answer on this. As far as I am aware there is no built in way to do this. The only options that I am aware of are to use another webserver or FTP client to download the file from your suppliers ftp location and then upload it to AmeriCommerce via FTP.
I think you could accomplish using Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Service, aka web server) built into every Windows Pro machine if you have or know someone with asp programing experience. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/247132/how-to-perform-a-server-to-server-ftp-transfer-by-using-iis
This is possible, but there are some security risks and it takes some technical knowledge of FTP clients or web server languages to accomplish.
In case anyone sees this, I have had a script written that accomplishes this goal. Contact me if you are interested in licensing it.
No local computers are needed. It's all server to server based. It takes a files (or series of files) from your server and copies them via SFTP to your AmeriCommerce site. Works like clockwork.
For example, one of our suppliers updates their warehouse inventory file at 11pm. At 11:05pm, I run the script to transfer the CSV file to a folder on my AmeriCommerce store. At 11:15pm, I run a scheduled import to update the inventory quantities I have available for sale on my AmeriCommerce site.
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The establishment started its life as a family-run restaurant that became famous for its cooking and hospitality, and now is a clean and comfortable hotel, offering its guests a central location and good service. This fine-looking boutique hotel in an ornate 1930s villa has a lovely large garden out back where guests can enjoy breakfast under a canopy of wisteria, while canaries flutter in cages. The garden is the real treat of the place; surprisingly big for the heart of the city, there is enough space for outdoor dining as well as a kid's playground, car park and an old well. Comprising a total of 25 guest rooms, the air-conditioned establishment welcomes guests in a lobby with 24-hour reception. Further facilities on offer to guests include a hotel safe, currency exchange facilities, a cafE', bar, conference facilities and room and laundry services.


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Poland's most powerful politician says the country's future is in the European Union and that there will be "no Polexit," but that Poland at the same time wishes to remain a "sovereign" country.
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who is the head of the governing conservative Law and Justice party, made his comments in an interview with state news agency PAP that was published Wednesday.
It follows some harsh comments last week about the 27-member bloc from some key members of his party which led many opposition politicians to accuse Poland's leadership of seeking to take the country out of the EU.
Some political observers in Poland, where support for EU membership is very high, also fear that harsh comments about the EU could put Poland on a path to leaving the bloc by accident.
Donald Tusk, leader of the Civic Platform main opposition party, said last week that "catastrophes" like Brexit often happen not because they were planned but because people didn't plan a wise alternative.
But Kaczynski told PAP that Poland won't follow Britain's example and won't leave the EU.
"There will be no Polexit. It's a propaganda invention that has been used many times against us," said Kaczynski, who is also a deputy prime minister. "We unequivocally see the future of Poland in the European Union."
Last week, two high-ranking Law and Justice officials made strong comments about the EU after the bloc moved to punish Poland financially for actions that increase the governing party's control over the judiciary. Brussels says they violate the rule of law.
Ryszard Terlecki, the party's deputy leader, said that if things don't go the way Poland likes, "we will have to search for drastic solutions."
"The British showed that the dictatorship of the Brussels bureaucracy did not suit them and turned around and left," he said.
Marek Suski, another leading party member, said that Poland "will fight the Brussels occupier" just as it fought the Nazis and Soviets in the past.
Suski added: "Brussels sends us overlords who are supposed to bring Poland to order, to put us on our knees, so that we might be a German state, and not a proud state of free Poles."
Tusk, the opposition leader, said last week that "such rhetoric, comparing ... the European Union to the Soviet Union or the Nazi occupation, such words are not without effect."
"They do not go unpunished. They are ruinous for our reputation in Europe," added Tusk, a former leader of the European Council.
Poland accuses the EU of infringing on its sovereignty by opposing changes to the country's judicial system introduced by the government.
Kaczynski argued that rule of law is an area of responsibility for the member states alone, and "cannot be the subject of the type of interference that is currently occurring."
In his opinion, member states aren't being treated equally, which goes against the bloc's principles.
"We want to be in the (European) Union, but at the same time we want to remain a sovereign state," he said. "We want what was agreed in the treaties to be very strictly observed."
The EU, however, argues that because the bloc's legal order is integrated, it is essential to protect the independence of courts in each member state.


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On Using Gamestar Mechanic
I want to give a shout-out to the designers of Gamestar Mechanic, which is the web-based application we used for our Game Design Camp. I am not sure what I
would have done without the site, to be honest, since so many other game
creation applications that I tried came across as clunky, difficult to use and
didn't have the learning mechanisms built in as nicely as Gamestar Mechanic
does. I'll admit that those difficulties are more with me than the sites, given
my fair level of inexperience. But Gamestar's emphasis on the learning made all
the difference in the world.
While we paid a little for our premium service at Gamestar, the site has free
accounts for students and for teachers. The premium service opens up different
possibilities and extends the abilities of users, but the free service would be
a fine starting place for any teacher thinking about bringing gaming into the
classroom. It's important to note that Gamestar is about Game Design, and not
about programming. I had some students in the camp who wished we had plunged
into more programming of games. But we were all about game design.
What I like about Gamestar Mechanic:
- Simple to set up a "classroom" account by teachers and easy to share the link with students for joining in. It literally took just a few minutes;
- No email necessary for student accounts, although you would be better off linking the student accounts to a classroom/teacher email (in case passwords get lost);
- Quests are designed for students to play games and learn gaming skills.
I particularly liked that users have to "repair" broken games and learn
about the elements of building games. Also, as you move through the
Quests and other challenges, you "earn" more tools, such as sprites,
backgrounds, music, etc. That reward system for playing the Quests was
pretty powerful;
- Graphic novel stories introduce the characters and
the overall narrative of the Quests. Not every student read the graphic
stories, but it appealed to certain kids, for sure;
- As the teacher administrator of my gaming classroom, the site gave me data about my players.
I could "see" how far my students were in their Quests, how many
comments they had posted on other games and how many games they had
designed — both in draft stage and in publishing stage. This would be
valuable in a classroom learning setting;
- I loved that the site kicks out some basic statistics for a student game creator,
too — allowing you to see how many people started the game, how many
finished, and what level was most difficult for users. I used this tool
with a few students to revise their games;
- It's good to have a place in the site where users can play and experience top-rated games,
see the various contest winners (we were playing some STEM games), and
also view classmates' games in our own classroom area. Known as Game
Alley, this area became a regular destination for our gamers;
- You can embed games and links to games created by students in other websites.
The downside is that you have to be logged in as a user at a Gamestar
to play the games. Or at least, that's what it seemed to me. It may be
that there is a time limit on how long a link is open to the public.
- Tech support for Gamestar Mechanic was fantastic.
Whenever I had a question, the tech people were back to me within a few
hours, with answers. One student found a glitch in a Quest and when we
emailed it to tech support, they were grateful for the discovery and
gave kudos to the students (and also, a special little award badge that
you collect in Gamestar).
Thoughts from students about Gamestar Mechanic:
- They wished they could do more player vs. player game design. The site is only set up for player vs. computer.
- They wanted to manipulate more of the controls of sprites and design elements.
- They wanted to upload their own backgrounds and music and create their own sprites from scratch.
- They wanted more game immersion possibilities (first person)
Overall, it was a very positive experience to use Gamestar Mechanic
for the camp, and I would highly recommend it as a starting point for
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The experiment that boosted my consulting rate 70%, and what it means for you
One of the things I emphasize on this blog is the benefit of experimentation. Without experimenting, I wouldn't have been able to do things like raise my consulting rates over the years, or tap into new marketing channels which have brought me some of my biggest clients. Experimentation is one of the best ways to learn and to grow your consulting business.
Over the years, I've steadily increased my hourly rate so that I'm near the ceiling for what I can charge per hour in my niche.
Not bad, but I've started to see a little pushback from some clients who are more budget-conscious.
That's OK, since I'd rather focus on clients who see the value in investing in services that will produce exceptional value for them.
While it's been great to have increased my rate 7-10% every year, I wanted to see if I could boost my rate more than that, with the goal being that I'd be able to earn more while working a bit less–and still give exceptional value to my clients.
So, while in past years I've raised my rate incrementally, this year was different, and the results so far have been a breakthrough.
To raise my hourly consulting rate in past years, I'd send an e-mail to my clients thanking them for their continued business, and gently announcing my new rates, which would be about a 7-10% increase. For new clients, I'd simply quote a higher hourly rate, testing out a price ceiling, and seeing if I met any resistance on price.
(For those of you who might be thinking of getting more business by LOWERING your consulting rate, keep in mind that competing on price alone is a losing strategy).
What I did (the short version)
In January, I got a call from the IT consultant for a law firm who had already talked to a few other consultants in my niche. We talked in general terms about a few projects the client wanted, and apparently, they liked what I had to say, since they scheduled a follow-up meeting with me to discuss further details.
That led to a few more conversations with the client, on up to the managing partner of the firm, where I discussed the project objectives, focusing on the specific value they'd get. I sent the managing partner a proposal with 3 options for services, and within a few days, he sent me the signed proposal. Since this was the first time I'd worked with the client, they chose the option with the lowest price point.
I did the work, and ended up boosting my hourly rate by 70% (the project price was $4,750, and I worked about 16 hours on it).
What did I do to boost my consulting rate 70%?
There were a number of things I did differently compared to how I'd scoped projects and written proposals in the past. The main difference was that I realized that clients don't care about what's involved in a project–they only care about the end result.
With that in mind, I didn't bother detailing the specific tasks I'd do and how many hours each task would take. Instead, I emphasized the value the client would get from what I delivered.
First, when I discussed the project with the client, instead of focusing completely on the specs for the deliverable they wanted–which is what I used to do–I focused much more on learning about their overall objectives. What did they want to achieve? What were their goals? Once I knew that, figuring out the specs for the deliverable were pretty easy.
More importantly, once I knew their objectives and what they were trying to achieve, I was able to quantify the value of the deliverable.
Specifically, they wanted an automated report that allowed them to pull up and analyze information for groups of their clients. They wanted a tool that would give them profitability measures for their firm, and that they could use to demonstrate their effectiveness to potential clients.
In other words, they needed a tool that would help them:
- increase their revenue (through more effective marketing), and
- improve their efficiency.
This wasn't some nice-to-have doodad. It would directly add to their bottom line.
Being able to point that out in a clear way in my discussions–and proposal–made it a much easier sell, and allowed me to price my services far higher than simply doing and hours-times-rate quote.
How is this different from a flat-rate proposal?
A flat-rate proposal is a bit similar, but flat-rate projects aren't based on the value the client gets. Flat-rate pricing is based on your time + materials (if any).
If I did this as a flat-rate proposal, I would've estimated my hours to complete the project, padded slightly for a fudge factor, and capped the project cost.
Instead, I used some rough calculations of what the value was for each of their clients, and used that in my proposal narrative to show how even boosting their efficiency or marketing by small amounts would return the investment in my services several times over.
Yes, I did estimate how many hours the project would take, and partially base my pricing from that estimate, but I didn't present the hours estimate to the client. My hours didn't matter. What mattered was the value the client was going to receive.
Isn't this like a revenue-sharing arrangement?
Not at all. A revenue-sharing arrangement would've been me taking a cut of any extra business the client generated as a result of my services.
There are times where that makes sense, but for most consulting projects, value-based pricing like I did was a better way to go. Revenue-sharing arrangements require you to trust, quantify, and verify the results the client gets from your services. In addition, revenue-sharing arrangements typically require the client to implement recommendations you make–which may or may not happen; if the client doesn't do what you've recommended, they may not see results, and you won't get any revenue.
Some takeaways
A few things to note:
- Asking about higher-level objectives and goals often allows you to connect directly with the top decision-makers–who will ultimately be signing off on the project. Mid-level employees often won't be able to answer more detailed questions about objectives, so you'll have an easier time getting in front of top decision-makers.
- Discuss the value and options thoroughly before writing and delivering the proposal. Your proposal should just confirm what you've discussed with the client. Most of the selling (where you discuss the objectives and the value) is done before the client receives your proposal.
- Quantifying the results of your work re-frames your services from a cost to an investment. In your client's mind, it's a much easier decision to invest, say, $10 to get $100, than it is to pay someone $300/hour.
- Keep in mind, this isn't just about charging more–it's about highlighting the exceptional value your client will receive from your services.
- On a similar note: earning more is nice, but earning more while working less is even better, since it means you have more discretionary time to spend time with your family, volunteer, and pursue the other things you value in life.
What you can do
- When discussing the project, focus on their objectives and goals.
- Instead of a task and hours breakdown, the proposal should list a bullet-pointed narrative outlining the value the client will receive, and options for achieving their objectives.
- Instead of listing a single deliverable, give the client 3 options, each of which has more value; prices for each option increase according to the value to the client.
Your turn
Have you tried value-based pricing?
How did it work for you?
How did you quantify the value of your services?
How did it affect your effective hourly consulting rate? Did you earn more, less, or about the same?


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How to make a CO2 ppm meter with MQ135 sensor and Arduino NANO
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I know some people might think this question is silly because I google it immediately but I have referred to MANNNNYYY blogs and videos but ALL of the comments were negative and now I dont know WHAT TO DO exactly. Really sorry being rude in this comment. PLEASE help me out
Hi @sandim_kaushik, welcome to the forum!
Have you tried the gas sensor example? If so, what were the results?
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I'd check this out: https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/6528/mh-z19-co2-sensor/17


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Why is humidity a problem though? Humidity is a big issue because it makes it a lot harder for your body to cool off. The fact is that you feel warmer when the air is too humid in your home. If there's a heavy, thick layer of moisture in the air, your sweat can't evaporate from your body the way that it should. Sweating is your body's personal cooling system. Humidity is a big obstacle for your personal comfort. Make sure you have the right home service that you need with our team.
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Oh, dear. Golf pro Paul Azinger has offended the P.C. gods at ESPN. Why? He joked on Twitter about Obama golfing.
Elisabeth Meinecke at Townhall.com noticed his light-hearted tweet yesterday:
Several conservative bloggers and Twitter users shared Azinger's jab, which apparently set off the ESPN censor alarm. USA Today reported earlier today:
ESPN is coming down on Paul Azinger for mocking President Obama on Twitter. The golf analyst tweeted Thursday the commander in chief plays more golf than he does — and that Azinger has created more jobs this month than Obama has.
On Friday ESPN 'reminded" Azinger his venture into political punditry violates the company's updated social network policy for on-air talent and reporters.
"Paul's tweet was not consistent with our social media policy, and he has been reminded that political commentary is best left to those in that field," spokesman Andy Hall told Game On! in a statement.
ESPN's Hall would not comment on whether Azinger, who won the 1993 PGA Championship, will be fired, suspended or punished in some way. "We handle that internally," he said.
After being publicly chastised, Azinger declined an interview request. Hall said he just wants to "move on."
Sure, they want to move on. ESPN would rather not have to answer questions about their blatant political double standards, as exposed by Dana Loesch (with assists from Marooned in Marin, The Scruff, and First Team Tommy) over at Big Journalism.
ESPN personality Kenny Mayne was free to tweet anti-Palin vitriol.
No surprise there. In 2007, Mayne made "Obama!" his signature sports call.
ESPN personality Adam Schefter railed about a looming government shutdown on Twitter in April.
And of course, ESPN and its whopping set of political double standards were on full display during the Rush/McNabb debacle.
Yep, ESPN has exposed itself completely as the Elite Sports Progressives' Network.
I call foul.
You can, too.
Contact ESPN here. Tweet them at @ESPN_FanCentral.


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Besides the VantageWest Connect Rewards Visa and US Bank Cash+ (sorta, for cell phones at least), does anyone know of any cards out there that gives more than 2% on utilities? This is a guaranteed $1500+ annual expense, so it'd be great to claw back a few more $0.01's, and also a great way to help meet any spending requirements for sign up bonuses (if any exist).
According to Magnify Money:
"At its core, this is a basic card. You earn 1% cash back on your everyday spend, and there is no annual fee.
But, every quarter you have the ability to choose your own category where you can earn 3%. So, if you know you are going to spend a lot at Wal-Mart, you can actually choose the category "Wal-Mart" for your 3% rate. Or, if you are going to do a summer road trip, you can sign up for gas.
The bonus is limited to $2,000 of spend per quarter."
I've never heard of this one.
The only card I can think of that gives more than 2% cashback on utilities is the Chase Ink Cash Business card. It's 5% cashback on phones (think both landlines and cells), internet services (dunno what this includes) and cable services. As you alluded to some people use their monthly expenses such as utilities to meet spending bonuses so could look into that as well depending on how you spend looks.
Oh trust me if I had a "business" I would've grabbed the Ink card already. Maybe it's time to start a 'business" eh? The Huntington card looks interesting, but is basically the same as the VantageWest just with less CB%.
I'm surprised none of the big players has offered a good utilities CB card. It's a necessity and I'm sure there'd be demand for one. OTOH we have way too many gas cards on the market.
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I don't think the Ink Cash works here. It is 2% on gas and restaurants and 5% at office supply stores. Pretty sure the Ink Preferred is 3% on utilities.
And you'd be surprise how many people that have business cards that don't have a business.
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My mistake then. I have the card and don't even know what it does. *smacks forehead*
The more you know!
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@ALK11 wrote:
I don't think the Ink Cash works here. It is 2% on gas and restaurants and 5% at office supply stores. Pretty sure the Ink Preferred is 3% on utilities.
And you'd be surprise how many people that have business cards that don't have a business.
Time to setup an eBay
shell company oops I mean store
If you have an in with Vantage West, their Connect Rewards card has utilities ("water, cell, electric, etc.") as a 5x point category. But AFAIK, it's pretty much limited to areas of AZ and certain other groups.


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Business Unit Sites
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The Business Units Sites pane enables you to select the sites you want to be included in the business unit. To open it, select a BU and in the right-side pane, click Sites.
Sites Pane Controls
|Save Now
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|Add Site to Business Unit
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Adding Sites to Business Units
To add a site to your business unit:
- Select a business unit.
- In the Sites pane, select Add Sites to Business Unit .
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- Select a site and click Apply .
The site appears in the Sites pane and is assigned to the selected business unit.TipIf you select a site that cannot be applied for any reason, the Review Validation Messages pane opens with an error description.
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Eyelet-Bending Section for Right/Left/Down Angles. Sold Individually.Bending Section 1.6mm OD
Guangzhou Smart Tech Technology CO., LTD is a premier worldwide endoscope repair facility servicing all major endoscope and surgical camera brands. Smart Tech frequently accepts repair orders for angulation system repairs. The angulation system includes a series of control cables connected to a gear/pulley system in the control body. The cables are manipulated through a series of metal wiring that runs throughout the insertion tube and into the bending section. When the mental wiring does not move together properly, abnormal bending of the angles and performance specifications outside of OEM standards occur. For a quote on a repair??please contact us .
Follow these tips to prevent these types of repairs in the future.
Common Causes:
1.Overtension or tightly coiling.
2.Fluid invasion causes internal components to bind together.
3.Compressed, buckled, soft, or weak insertion tubes can make internal components tight and put stress on cables/bending sections
4.The condition of the forcep channel may cause issues. This includes the age, length and stiffness.
5.Kinked or damaged coil pipes can cause an angulation wire to fray or break.
Prevention Methods:
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2.Avoid extended periods of coiling and/or sharply bending the insertion tube. This increases the friction on the cables and puts a great amount of stress on the solder joints.
3.Avoid extreme twisting and torque on the insertion tube during procedure.
4.Use sinks or soak baths large enough, where the scope does not have to be over-coiled for long periods of time.
5.Use bite blocks to prevent damage to the bending section.
6.Avoid stacking endoscopes at any period of time.
7.Scopes should be stored to allow insertion tubes to hang straight and untangled in the unlocked position.
8.Leak test the scope thoroughly after each procedure. Any fluid invasion can cause corrosion and binding with internal components.


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Welcome to the Department of Biology
The Biology Department offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology or Forensic Science and a Master of Science degree in Biology. We also offer a minor in Biology. The faculty comprise a diverse array of expertise in the Biological Sciences. Our faculty specialties range from ecosystems to molecular interactions. The departmental curriculum includes a diverse set of courses corresponding to these many areas of expertise.
Students in the Biology Department are engaged in much more than just attending classes. Faculty prepare students for careers in Biology by mentoring students in their research labs. In fact, much of the research in the department is performed by students. Students also assist in the teaching mission of the department by working as peer tutors or graduate teaching assistants. Students are invited to attend weekly seminars where they have the opportunity to interact with renowned biologists from across the country.
The department is currently training over 1000 undergraduate Biology and Forensic
Science majors and approximately 50 graduate students. Many of our undergraduate majors
go on to pursue higher degrees.
Our department is engaged in numerous research and outreach programs. We invite you to visit the departmental faculty web pages and explore our many activities.
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"Fire Dance – Abstract Expressionism," work explores the feelings and emotions associated with abandoning one's responsibilities, having not to worry about work and career and just enjoy the moment. My sense of that is dancing with fire, a true feeling of freedom. Painted in the style of abstract expressionism with impasto layers.
I like using acrylics as the colours blend so well together.
"Fire Dance – Abstract Expressionism," is UNFRAMED and was painted on Hahnemühle Etching Paper 300gsm Warm White, with dimensions 78 × 110 × 0.3 cm (unframed). The frame is NOT included and is just for illustrative purposes.
"Fire Dance – Abstract Expressionism," was created on the 20th Jan 2019.
In my paintings, I use the finest quality professional Liquitex acrylic paints, gallery canvas. The painting was sprayed with a glaze of varnish.
A Certificate of Authenticity with hologram – verification is attached to the image.
In the photos, where the painting is shown mounted on a wall, these are purely for illustrative purposes. You should review the dimension of the artwork to be sure the work suits your needs.
Shipping costs for this work internationally can be prohibitively expensive and so the canvas is taken off the stretchers and rolled up and shipped in a tube. This provides reduced shipping rates, avoiding heavy shipping costs. However, the buyer would need to have the canvases remounted. This is always cheaper than paying excessive shipping fees on an artwork. However, bear in mind that all customs duty and related fees are the responsibility of the buyer.
If you would like to buy this work elsewhere, please go to Artfinder.com for international orders and Bluethumb.com.au for Australian orders. You can buy this artwork at many different online stores. However, I am the artist and buying direct is probably the best method.
Please check my online store for more artworks. Estelle Asmodelle is listed in Design and Art Australia.


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Hosting webinars is a farsighted strategy for introducing a business in the mercilessly demanding offline and online markets.
It doesn't matter whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur with an ambitious startup or an experienced operator with an innovated brand. Smartly run webinars can turn into an effective, large-scale, promotional channel that introduces an original novelty and reminds about an already familiar product equally well.
Although a webinar remains a very helpful, widely applied educational tool, witty marketers have unleashed its true potential and are now making the most of its informational, advertising, and entertaining powers.
Well, that's the theory of webinars in a nutshell. You can see that they are promising, ubiquitous, and useful. Fine. But what real-life benefit can these characteristics bring to a business?
Let's move on to practice.
In the marketing environment, a webinar doesn't and shouldn't teach. A webinar should convey an idea of a product or a company's philosophy and sell it, actually.
The success of webinars depends on a whole range of factors. The most determining of them are:
- the quality of presented content (its informativeness, logic, usefulness, novelty)
- technical support quality (equipment and connection)
- the quality of speaker's performance (knowledges, communicative skills, even appearance).
All these qualities must be excellent if you want a webinar to meet you and your target audience's expectations.
So, why should you really care?
Benefit 1. Make Your Business Keep up with the Titans
"Webinar" tends to become an integral part of corporate culture at large companies and organizations: Procter and Gamble, LinkedIn, Red Cross, Harvard, to name but a few.
Of course, the reason for their success lies not only in the fact that they hold weekly webinars. But such acts of interaction with audiences, interested in offered products or services, and between the members of these companies' teams definitely contribute to both the product's popularization and the company's reputation.
Webinars support multi-faceted management and communication within and outside the company. These are the two key ingredients in the recipe of successful business promotion, which results in expected profits.
But you don't need to be a multinational corporation to enjoy them. Just include webinars into a promotional campaign and make the most of the opportunities you obtain.
Benefit 2. Get Connected to People Regardless of Geography
The size of the office and the district where it's rented don't matter when the communication with the target audience or between team members occurs online.
What's more, both a speaker and a viewer may stay at their cozy homes or travel across the country without experiencing any difficulties during such information exchange.
Besides, running a webinar is a perfect way to attract audiences from different countries and hence to introduce the product or service abroad. If such test and practically costless introduction draw international attention, this becomes a safe reason to expand the geography of advertising and promotion.
Benefit 3. Interact with a Real Audience Directly
Interestingly, lack of interaction with viewers is considered one of the heaviest drawbacks of webinars. The most common arguments include the impossibility to check the viewers' reaction to the information they receive as well as the rather limited possibility to discuss this information, ask questions, and respond to the viewers' comments.
Although it may be quite intimidating for budding web-speakers to talk to the screens of their laptops for several hours, experience shows that the effectiveness of communication with target audiences online still doesn't yield to that of live meetings.
Each self-respecting webinar platform provides special tools that enable a speaker and viewers communicate in real time. Mostly, these are chats of different kinds.
Such chats allow viewers to comment on the webinar's content, discuss various questions, analyze problematic cases, and share stories related to the topic. Plus, all participants can keep in touch even after the webinar, therefore creating a strong network that can support the promotion of the product and spread information about it.
Benefit 4. Save Time, Money, and Other Resources
The cyberspace and digital technology eliminate the necessity to spend money on live events, paper materials, and snacks. It gives an entrepreneur the opportunity to manage the time of presentation and interaction with an audience. Invited guest lecturers from other towns and countries can also join a webinar online regardless of their whereabouts.
Running webinars proves considerably cost-effective and lightens the organizational and managerial burdens on entrepreneurs' shoulders.
Benefit 5. Help to Learn and Encourage to Buy
A webinar itself shouldn't be taken as an advertising campaign purely, though it is an integral part of such campaigns. Their integral teaching part, to be precise.
The content of a webinar should teach a target audience about your business values, philosophy, and aspirations. Yet, since your product or service is their material representation, the content can and should soft-sell this representation.
Speaking roughly, a promotional business webinar teaches why your products and ideas are worth buying. Its content should be aimed at highlighting the audience's needs that your offer can satisfy, as well as at clarifying why and how it can do that. If the content meets these requirements and is presented persuasively, the profits won't be long in coming.
6. Position Yourself as an Expert by Default
Even if you run a free webinar. Each potential participant, a member of your target audience, is going to pay you with their time. And this time covers not only those two or three hours of the webinar itself but also all those minutes spent on registering, checking your notifications, and following the updates.
Time is a valuable currency. And if people are ready to play with it before they actually get the info, which they pay you for, that means they position you as an expert in the industry you represent.
7. Train Managers, Teams, and Even Applicants
Webinars can unite a target audience of a certain product. But they also can unite the initiators, developers, and promoters of this product, making them all a better, stronger team. Teaching, training, exchange of experience and news can be provided online in a flawlessly organized and conveniently managed manner.
Email newsletters can also help, surely. But their positive effect on team building and corporate culture are quite questionable.
Yes, a well-run webinar can help with that all. But a smart and clear-sighted entrepreneur certainly realizes that so tried and trusted "webinar" is just one of the multiple marketing tools, serving to promote brands and their products.
Be ready that one webinar and even one series of webinars, however successful it was, won't be enough to increase consumers' awareness of your brand and encourage them to buy your product or idea.
Yet, at the same time, webinar can and will become an effective, interactive, and attractive complement to a particular advertising campaign and to promotion in general. So, it turns really worth the hassle.
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Cayman Islands – In an
unexpectedly strong third quarter, Garmin reported
a higher net income, and said its selling prices for portable navigation device
(PND) increased.
Garmin's total net income for the quarter, ended Sept. 26, was
$215 million, compared with $171 million for the quarter last year. Total
revenues, however, fell 10 percent to $781 million, compared with $870 million
last year.
The company said average selling prices (ASPs) on its PNDs were
stronger than expected and that the company also lowered its cost of materials
and benefitted from a strong euro against the dollar.
Total ASPs for PNDs for the full year are expected to decline 15
percent to 20 percent below 2008, said Garmin, while noting that Garmin's low-cost
models on Black Friday will sell in the $99 to $119 range.
Gross margins for the quarter improved to 52.4 percent, compared
with 44.3 percent last year, and operating margins improved to 30.3 percent,
compared with 24.6 percent last year, said the company on an earnings call with
analysts today.
Garmin president and COO Cliff Pemble admitted that sales of
Garmin-Asus G60 Nuvifone have been "slow," but said the company is taking
actions to improve sales, including a just-launched television advertising
campaign, "which we feel is critical to establishing Garmin as a wireless
brand." AT&T also recently lowered the price on the G60 to $199. An Android-based Nuvifone is slated for 2010,
he added.
Pemble also addressed competition from GPS mobile apps, stating,
"While these developments are interesting, we don't think they will impact the
market of PNDs any time soon." He
claimed that free navigation apps "still require the purchase of a premium
device and a service plan for the carrier." He cited the pitfalls of navigation
on a smartphone compared to PNDs, including smartphone overheating and lesser GPS
Garmin said revenue in its automotive/mobile segment fell 13
percent for the quarter to $546, compared with $626 million last year, and unit
sales declined 2 percent from last year. However, ASPs improved over last year
and over the second quarter.
Garmin also increased its market share in PNDs to 60 percent, up
from 57 percent in North America in the second
quarter, and kept its European market share steady at 20 percent.
The company expects PND unit sales to improve by 40 percent to 50
percent in the fourth quarter when compared with the current quarter, and unit
sales in the category to be basically flat or down 5 percent for the year when
compared with last year.
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Read these 4 Kayaking Gear Tips tips to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. Each tip is approved by our Editors and created by expert writers so great we call them Gurus. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Kayaking tips and hundreds of other topics.
Most people think kayak rudders are used to make turns with the kayak. While using a kayak rudder will drastically improve a sea kayak's maneuverability, turning a kayak is not the rudder's main function. Rather, the main purpose of a kayak rudder is to help the kayak "track" straight.
Under calm conditions, it is fairly easy to keep a kayak moving in a straight trajectory without the aid of a rudder. When it is windy, even slightly, or when there is current in the water, it can be brutal to keep the kayak tracking straight. It is under these conditions that a kayak rudder comes in handy and will eleviate you having to paddle on one side more than another.
It is quite common to not give any thought to storing your kayaking gear. Most people just throw it somewhere in their garage and gather it back up the next time they need to go kayaking, hoping they can find it all and that it is still in working condition. While this may be the norm, there is a better way.
Before storing your kayaking gear, be sure it is dry and clean from debris. Storing gear while it is still wet is a sure way to secure a funky smell for your future kayaking trip. A laundry rack, a clothesline, or hooks in a garage are a good way to hang your stuff up. Once your kayaking gear is dry, fold it up compactly and place it in either a duffel bag or a Rubbermaid that is big enough to fit all of the gear you use each time. Most kayakers have a slew of extra kayaking gear that they don't use regularly or are just extras. This should be placed in its own storage device for easy retrieval.
Storing your kayaking gear in this way will help ensure that you don't forget anything on your next trip. It will also save you money in the long run by preserving your gear for longer and by protecting it while it is stored.
Getting into any sport can be expensive. Kayaking is no exception. Getting fully outfitted with new kayaking gear can easily come with a price tag in the thousands. Used kayaking gear on the other hand can be acquired for just a few hundred dollars. So which is best?
The decision to buy new kayaking gear instead of used kayaking gear, or vice versa, is dependent on a host of factors. Of course price is a major concern. The condition of the used equipment is an important thing to check out. Also, the age and features of the used kayak and gear should come into play. Ultimately, if you find some used gear that is significantly cheaper than buying new, if it is in good shape, and it is not too outdated or missing any of the latest innovations then you should buy used.
It is important to understand the anatomy of a kayak paddle in order to learn proper stroke technique, paddling form, and paddle placement. Unlike a canoe paddle, kayak paddles have two blades connected by a shaft. The shaft is the part you hold and the blades are the parts that you pull through the water.
Kayak Paddle Blades
The side of the blade that pulls against the water is known as the face of the paddle. Each blade face is usually smooth and curved in toward the direction of pull. Blades can be either symmetrical or asymmetrical. A symmetrical blade has the same shape on the top and the bottom. An asymmetrical blade is usually straight and longer on the top and then tapers down to the shorter bottom.
Kayak Paddle Shaft
Most people don't realize there are design features to the shaft of the paddle. A kayak paddle shaft can be one piece or two pieces. On a two piece paddle, there is a ferrule system that connects the pieces of the shaft together. The ferrule system usually includes a button on one side of the shaft that gets depressed and fits into a hole in the other side of the shaft. Kayak paddle shafts often have an ovular shape to them in the area where the control grip takes place. Finally, some kayak paddle shafts have drip cups on them to keep the water from dripping down the paddle. These are also used to mark hand placement.
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Modelling, Development, and Control of Snake Robots
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This thesis is motivated by the long-term goal of developing snake robots which can move in unknown and challenging environments in order to support human intervention tasks. Inspired by biological snakes, snake robots typically consist of a large number of serially connected joint modules which provide stable and robust locomotion skills. The aim of this thesis is to increase our basic understanding of snake robot locomotion and to present new control strategies for these mechanisms. The thesis contains two parts. Part I Part I considers planar snake robot locomotion across horizontal and flat surfaces. The treatment of this control problem is based on two different mathematical models of the snake robot. The first model is developed from first principles, while the second model is developed based on simplifying assumptions. The models are analysed using several techniques. A stabilizability and controllability analysis reveals fundamental properties of snake robot dynamics which have been assumed in the snake robot literature, but never formally proven. Several properties are also derived directly from the equations of motion of the robot, some of which explain why anisotropic ground friction properties are important during .at surface locomotion. An averaging analysis reveals important relationships between specific gait pattern parameters of the robot and the resulting velocity during locomotion. Two controllers for straight line path following control are proposed. By analysing a Poincaré map, all state variables of a snake robot, except for the position along the desired straight path, are shown to trace out an exponentially stable periodic orbit with the .rst controller. Using cascaded systems theory, the second controller is proved to κ-exponentially stabilize a snake robot to any desired straight path under the assumption that the forward velocity is contained in some nonzero and positive interval. Mor over, a waypoint guidance strategy is proposed for steering a snake robot along more general paths de.ned by waypoints interconnected by straight lines. The guidance strategy is guaranteed to steer the position of the robot into the acceptance region of each waypoint. Furthermore, it is outlined how the controllers can be extended to path following of general curved paths. The development of a snake robot for .at surface motion is presented, and the robot is employed to experimentally validate many of the theoretical results. Part II Part II considers snake robot locomotion in environments containing external objects (or obstacles), which is in line with practical applications of these mechanisms. A hybrid model of a planar snake robot interacting with obstacles is presented, where obstacle interaction is modelled by introducing a unilateral velocity constraint on each contacted link of the robot. The existence and uniqueness properties of the hybrid model are investigated based on the theory of linear complementarity problems. The control problem in this obstacle environment is attacked based on the notion of obstacle-aided locomotion, where the snake robot is propelled by active use of the contact forces from the obstacles. A general control principle is proposed which suggests that obstacle-aided locomotion is achieved by producing body shape changes where the links in contact with obstacles are rotated to increase the propulsive forces on the robot. This control principle is employed to propose a hybrid controller aimed at resolving situations where the snake robot is jammed between obstacles. The control principle is also instrumental in the development of a straight line path following controller in the obstacle environment, where the motion of the snake robot is speci.ed in terms of a body wave component, an environment adaptation component, and a heading control component. The development of a snake robot for motion in unstructured environments is presented. The robot, which can sense its environment due to a novel force sensing system, is employed to experimentally investigate the proposed control strategies.


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Student workshop at DEAF98.
This workshop for students, organized by V2_, was part of the curriculum of the Academie van Bouwkunst Rotterdam. Working on several assignments, students constructed two different programmes of requirements: one for a virtual environment and one for reality.
During this workshop these programmes of requirements were tested by practical experience. The students worked on the creation of a (virtual) 3D multi user environment and on an assignment that had to meet the requirements of physical reality.
Preparations for this workshop took place from September till halfway November. During this period students participated in so-called 'ateliers' (studios). These were organised by the academy and V2_. Through lectures and assignments specialists from various disciplines elaborated on both practical and theoretical consequences of the use of media and new technologies. The 'ateliers' (studios) were being co-ordinated by Menno Rubens and Joan Almekinders. Lectures were presented by Alex Adriaansens (V2_Organisation), Lars Spuijbroek (NOX) and Wim Nijenhuis.
In this way students were given the opportunity to gain more insight into the possibilities and implications of new technologies in the design and building process, in a step-by-step manner. The sessions were concluded by attending the symposium 'The Art of the Accident' and visiting the exhibition 'TransArchitecture'.
During the workshop itself the students worked on an assignment which was generated by computer. The assignment had two elements which had to be dealt with simultaneously.
1. a design for an interactive multi-user 3D environment
2. an architectural design that could actually be built in reality
The distinction, or similarities between the respective demands of functionality (program) for the virtual and the physical designs were the focus of this workshop. As a consequence students working on the virtual environment were told they could not use any metaphor from reality. During the workshop the leaders introduced the use of 'engines' (software-like machines). The students then proceeded to develop their own software and applied it in order to produce designs for 'liquid architecture'.
The workshop was supported technically and theoretically by Marcos Novak, Ted Krueger, the Academie van Bouwkunst (Academy for Architecture) and the V2_Lab.


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An Eclectic Mix of Design – Eames House & Los Angeles Architecture
OEN is made up of all the different areas of design that intrigue me, from furniture, ceramics, metalwork, woodwork, and many other creative pursuits that centre around simplicity, care and precision. Basically making something valuable that will stand the test of time. As any creative does, you look to expand your mind by using outside experiences, often these experiences that I have find their way back in to the project, which in turn hopefully inspires you.
I was lucky enough to fly out to Los Angeles a few weeks back and was adamant that I would stop by and peruse some of the beautiful modernist and mid-century architecture. From Eames to Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra, Pierre Koenig and Richard Meier, I wasn't disappointed. Armed with my camera I took a number of snaps on my travels and decided to archive them on my personal blog for others to enjoy as well (if you've not had a look already, why not click here to browse). I will be updating it with new architecture as the weeks pass.
The Eames house was particularly stunning, a few images of which I'm sharing here today. They had such an eclectic mix of objects in their home, from an Alexander Calder sculpture to small pots collected on their travels in India. Each had a place and there was no judgment on the origin of their creation, they were judged purely on design, function and aesthetic alone. Hopefully this mentality will rub off and I'll be able to bring this forward in to our own project. For now, I hope you enjoy this selection of imagery from my travels and will consider visiting this beautiful house next time you're in LA. I also hope to cover many other great homes and houses in the near future, so make sure you subscribe here to the blog for updates.


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The sports news yesterday in Connecticut was not the Olympics. In case you missed it, Jim Calhoun, legendary UConn basketball coach, went home after hip surgery. The Hartford Courant ran two stories on Calhoun's discharge from the hospital, one in the sports section, the other by humorist, Jim Shea. Anything regarding UConn basketball is big news here. This time I was intrigued, not because Calhoun said that this would not affect his future plans, that he would be following UConn recruitment efforts from home, but because of how he broke his hip. Calhoun, now 70, broke his hip when his road bicycle hit a patch of sand. I'm impressed. At a time when I dread aging, I fear being unable to run, to cycle, to kayak, to snowboard, Mr. Calhoun is a beacon of hope.
At the age of 70, three years after he broke several ribs cycling, Mr. Calhoun was still riding his bike. Some people would stop cycling after a broken rib. A few years ago, I caught an edge while turning on my snowboard and fell. For a moment, I couldn't breathe; then when I could, every breath was an icy knife. Of course, I rode down to the chairlift and went back up to do that same run again (which is what I also did after I sprained my ankle, after I traumatized my knee. . .). But a few days later, still in pain, I made my way to urgent care just to be sure that I hadn't broken a rib. Nothing showed up on the x-ray. So if bruised ribs hurt, how much more painful are broken ones? When my husband pulverized his collar bone so badly that it had to be wired back together (BTW: he did this skiing, see a family pattern?), he complained about the pain of his broken rib, not the collar bone. So I admire Mr. Calhoun for getting back on his bike after breaking his ribs and I am inspired by him planning to get back on his bike after breaking his hip. Mr. Calhoun is a survivor—two bouts of cancer and three NCAA championships. He must eat stress for breakfast.
So the question I have is what drives people like Mr. Calhoun to get up after a fall and keep riding? I don't just mean this physically, but mentally. How does one keep the wolves of fear away? A lessor person might have given up his bike after the first fall or, at least, as Jim Shea suggested in his August 8 column in the Hartford Courant, switch from a road bike to a more stable hybrid or mountain bike. Why do some people keep going? Why I am still running when I know that I have arthritis in my feet? Why not just walk? When I brought my road bike in for a tune up at a new bike store, the salesperson suggested I might be more comfortable on a woman's bike and at my age, I might be happier on a hybrid. I am still on my road bike. While I am younger than Mr. Calhoun, I have a very cautious nature. I prefer bike trails to streets. When I was forced to leave the trail because of tree trimming and ride on the highway this morning, I held my breath at first and muttered: "Three feet, three feet." After the first two cars passed by, I found riding on the road wasn't so scary and stayed there when I could have gone back to the bike trail. I am a hesitant risk taker. A college basketball coach needs to be a decisive one.
Adversity is a roadblock in life. Some of us face it with confidence; others avoid risk and thus avoid difficulty. When I was younger, I lacked confidence. I feared rejection. I took the bike trails of life rather than ride on the road. I have veered off the trail and on to the highway. I miss the safety of the trail (teaching) but I am enjoying the hairpin curves of writing a novel. We are never too old to pursue what we love or to keep doing what we love. Perhaps this is why Mr. Calhoun is still coaching.
Life is fraught with dangers, physical and mental. Every time one gets on a bike, one takes a risk. We take a risk just getting out of bed in the morning. But should we stay in bed afraid? I look to others for inspiration. While I could not manage to follow his advice in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, I still admire the author, Steven Covey, whose death at the age of 79 was attributed to a bike accident. I have to believe that he enjoyed life.
Is there a secret to enjoying life? Why do some people continue to work, to perform, while others relegate themselves to the sidelines? The poet Donald Hall, the essayist Joan Didion, the novelist Joyce Carol Oates, are all still writing. Jim Calhoun is still coaching. What gives them the energy to create? To plan? I need to know. I am not ready to sit on the sidelines.
People like Mr. Calhoun live life to its fullest. They have not a fear of death, but instead have a joy of life. What good is life if you can't enjoy it?


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Advocates of the parking meter hike claim that it will reduce vehicle congestion. As someone who lives and works in the French Quarter, I notice that taxis, delivery vans, motorcyclists, pedicabs, and freight trucks frequently cause most of the downtown traffic delays. Even if the parking meter hike encourages customers and tourists to ditch their cars, taxicabs and Uber drivers are likely to replace those vehicles, fish for new passengers and jam the streets again. Cabs always go where riders and fares are, and the parking meter hike will simply replace one type of congestion with another.
City Hall claims that the parking meter hike is not about money and is more of a public safety initiative to get traffic moving. There are at least three more important priorities for City Hall that would boost road safety more effectively. First, oversized buses and trucks continue to rumble through the narrow streets of the French Quarter, endangering sidewalks, streets, buildings, cars and bystanders. Second, businesses often put trash cans and dumpsters on the public right of way illegally, forcing pedestrians to walk on the street and hazardously share the road with automobiles. Lastly, aggressive panhandlers frequently block sidewalks, harass passers-by and clog intersections.
Finally, the new parking rules are alleged to be "good for business." Parking lots would reap the biggest windfall from the parking meter hike. Remarkably, the hike would make operating a private parking facility — either as a surface parking lot or a garage with multiple levels of parking — more profitable, and it would slow down the conversion of parking lots to residential and mixed uses. Everyone can agree that New Orleans benefits when parking facilities are replaced with new high-rises full of families and offices. When public parking fees are increased, private parking lot operators benefit for free and can artificially raise prices because the baseline price of their product — parking — has just been increased.
The cost of enforcing the new parking policy is estimated at $1 million. That is $1 million of public funds that would be diverted away from schools, police and emergency rooms. Hiring extra meter maids would do nothing to alleviate the terrifying robberies, rapes, and murders that seemingly occur everyday. The city claims that economists and experts were consulted to craft the new parking rules; why not ask the working people of New Orleans first?
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On Aug. 8, 2009, Kenny Florian had the most important fight of his life at UFC 101 against "The Prodigy" B.J. Penn. It was a lightweight title fight that ended up going four rounds.
Penn kept it standing most of the fight despite Florian's repeated attempts to take him down. Florian also could not seem to find his rhythm with his striking. In the fourth round, Penn got his own takedown, mounted Florian, and ended up choking the number one contender until he tapped.
Two days after his biggest fight, and undoubtedly his biggest loss, Pro MMA Radio spoke to Kenny Florian about the tough defeat, what went wrong, what he learned from the fight, where he goes from here, and more.


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The Knaggs Influence Honga model is a double cutaway with a contoured top and back, three on a side headstock, and a 24.75″ scale. Designed and built by famed builder Joe Knaggs, the Honga features a one-piece slim Mahogany body with a Maple or Maple/Sapele top, one-piece Mahogany neck, Rosewood or Ebony fretboard, dots or Knaggs block inlays, Seymour Duncan or Jason Lollar pickups, and Knaggs' proprietary Influence hard-tail designed to allow for increased string vibration and sustain. Like all Knaggs models, the Honga is available in three tiers and a variety of color options.
This T1 Honga features a gloss Fire finish over a one-piece Mahogany body, Tier 1 Maple Top, one-piece Mahogany neck, Ebony Fretboard, Maple neck binding, Block inlays, Maple pickguard, gold hardware and Lollar pickups.
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candyindustry.com 13 Mar, 2017
Mars Canada has expanded its Newmarket, Ontario-based facility for the manufacturing and packaging of Maltesers, milk chocolate-coated malt balls available in the United Kingdom. The company celebrated the completion of the $70 million, 60,000 sq.ft. expansion on 10th March, 2017. The sustainable, nut-free facility brings together the best manufacturing, packaging and technology from Mars, Inc.'s global facilities.


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Autumn Turbo Sessions have started
Autumn/Winter Turbo sessions have again started in the clubhouse. Each Tuesday night the clubhouse doors will be open from 7pm to allow riders to set up and prepare for a turbo session starting at 7:30pm. Members and non-members are welcome, … Continue reading
Autumn/Winter Turbo Sessions at Staines Sailing Club
The Club will be running the popular Autumn/Winter Turbo sessions again this year, every Tuesday at Staines Sailing Club (105 Chertsey Lane, Staines-upon-Thames TW18 3LQ) from Tuesday October 15th, 2013. The turbo sessions are progressive and work on a five … Continue reading
Group Turbo Sessions (Winter Training)
Starting on October 30th 2012 and running until March 25th 2013, we will be running weekly Turbo Training sessions on Tuesday evenings at the club house. We can accommodate up to 12 riders per session. The sessions will have an … Continue reading


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White Noise
No. 13
"It's a cruel portrait of us: 500 million sentient people
entrapped in the recent careless thoughts
of a Harvard sophomore."
-Zadie Smith
I have been disengaged from social media for several weeks now—no logging in, no scrolling, no posting, no notifications, no nothing. It's been three days since I logged out of all video streaming accounts—no Netflix, no Hulu, no HBO, no YouTube, no nothing. I am now having to relearn how to think, how to not be distracted.
The other day at work I took my lunch break outside, as per usual. A little fresh air, you know. I ate my homemade carnitas and quinoa, guzzled some cool water, replied to a text, and then realized I still had twenty minutes left on my break with nothing to fill the time other than thinking. Now, thinking is something I adore, but I found myself out-of-shape, panting and wincing far too hard for the task of producing a thought. I pushed back the cuticles on my nails and in my head played through my current earworms.
Two minutes passed. My brain was constipated and the bowels of my mind were exerting excruciating effort to pass a thought, no matter how shitty it might be. I squeezed and squeezed my brain, but nothing really came out. A few clever phrases and ideas here and there that I keep in my back pocket for emergencies, but nothing of substance. I could have made them something of substance if only my brain were able to get over the foot-high hurdle I had set before it. Not only was my brain constipated, but it was also obstinate like an addict or an indolent and insolent child. My brain was a toddler screaming on the floor of a busy and bustling grocery store, and I was the mother both pleading for it to stop and staring it down with quiet, controlled, but highly combustible mother-rage. In the end I picked my brain up off the floor, put it firmly but gently in its place, and went back to work. This behavior would not be allowed to continue. Me and brain knew that.
It's not that I'm unintelligent, that I don't know how to connect ideas, be creative. I have, though, been filling the precious spare and uninterrupted moments I have with interruption, distraction, white noise.
I've been sleeping with a box fan on high in my room for the past decade. The movement of air helps me sleep, but paramount is the loud yet unobtrusive whirring noise that drowns out all other noise. I could sleep through someone being murdered right outside my door and never know. I could sleep through being murdered myself. It's glorious. It dulls both the senses and the existential anxiety of being a human alone in the dark. Once I got used to white noise, though, it required formidable effort on my part to fall asleep without it. It still does. White noise lures one into a space where fight or flight responses seem obsolete and vestigial, where all the brain has to focus on is shutting down the body.
To go from white noise to silence is deafening. A cricket chirrup bangs cymbalic.* A wind against the windows registers aggressive and insidious. The sound of my own heart beating in my chest, the gentle thumping between pillow and ear becomes unbearable, a tell-tale sign of the restless night ahead. The hairs on my arms quiver in the air, their sensory perception heightened in the absence of noise. I am left to my hyper-sensitive and extra sensory self and will have fight to fall and stay asleep. Always a good way to start off a period of rest.
Social media, video streaming services, endless amounts of useless information—these are all white noise. I can't sit on the toilet, eat dinner, hang out with friends, or be with myself without this white noise. What am I supposed to do? Think? Dream? Imagine? Work? What even is all of that? If it's not posted on social media, if I don't offer it to the herd as Exhibit A in the case of "Did I Do the Thing or Not?", does it have any meaning, does it matter at all? If I don't offer pictures or updates about my party, or homemade chocolate babka†, or grain bowl, new book, nature excursion, art project, day of contemplation, tattoo, pain, depression, philosophy, wine-stained lips, gripes about customers at work…did any of it ever happen? Darker yet, if my life isn't validated by the emoji reactions of all the humans I have ever crossed paths with—online or in person—is it even worth living?
Bringing a book to lunch always helps, too.
*I made up this word to mean "cymbal-like" because I like it more than "cymbal-like". Also, if you say "cymbal-like" fast enough it sounds like "cymbalic" anyway. You're welcome.
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What is FINRA BrokerCheck?
FINRA BrokerCheck provides easy access to background information on your financial advisor.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) offers BrokerCheck to help you research the professional backgrounds of brokers and brokerage firms, as well as investment adviser firms and advisers.
What is The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)?
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is an independent, non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business with the public in the United States. FINRA is authorized by Congress to protect America's investors by making sure the securities industry operates freely and honestly.
FINRA offers BrokerCheck as a free tool to assist you with the following:
- Help you make informed choices about brokers and brokerage firms-and provides easy access to investment adviser information.
- Tell you instantly whether a person or firm is registered, as required by law, to sell securities (stocks, bonds, mutual funds and more), offer investment advice or both.
- Give you a snapshot of a broker's employment history, licensing information and regulatory actions, arbitrations and complaints.
How to use FINRA's BrokerCheck
Go to FINRA's BrokerCheck.
Provide a Name or CRD Number
You can enter the representative's first and last name, however common names can produce several results. You will be shown a list of legal names based on the name you input into the BrokerCheck system. In this case it helps to know the person's legal name. A better solution is to ask the representative for his or her CRD (Central Registry Depository) number and enter it.
Check the Summary
This page contains information about the exams he has passed, the firms that have held his licenses, and whether he has any disclosures on his record. Your primary interest should be disclosure events. Does he have any? Are they open or closed? How were they resolved?
Is the advisor registered?
If the advisor is no longer licensed by a brokerage firm the system will display "Not FINRA registered since month/year". This tells you the representative has let his securities licenses lapse which means he or she should be providing investment advice for compensation as a Registered Investment Advisor or Investment Advisor Representative.
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Describes the representative's licensing at the national and state level. Make sure the representative is licensed to do business in your state. View the licensing examinations that have been successfully completed by this representative.
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Take a look at the representative's current and past employers. Is there a history of job-hopping? Any significant gaps in his or her employment?
Does the representative have any Disclosures?
This is the most important section of the BrokerCheck service. An investor, the representative's company, or a regulatory agency can initiate an event that requires a disclosure that describes the complaint and the resolution. Disclosures may be serious, non-events, or frivolous. The most serious disclosures describe events with the following outcomes:
- The representative participated in restitution to the investor
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- The representative was terminated by a company
A non-event disclosure occurs when the complaint is withdrawn. Frivolous complaints result in a ruling against the person or organization that initiated the complaint.
Watch out for advisors who have multiple disclosures on their records. You want to be cautious even if some of the complaints are frivolous. You may be surprised that repeat offenders can retain their licenses and continue to sell investment products to the public. That's why it is always important to check the advisor's FINRA record.
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Grasping \Grasp"ing\, a. 1. Seizing; embracing; catching. 2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man. -- {Grasp"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Grasp"ing*ness}, n.
grasping adj : immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" [syn: {avaricious}, {covetous}, {grabby}, {greedy}, {prehensile}] n 1: understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings" 2: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands [syn: {taking hold}, {seizing}, {prehension}]


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Everywhere I looked, women seemed to be brave the odds of tripping and challenged gravity on an everyday basis. Their pointed footwear didn't deter them from hopping up and down escalators or running on Seoul's intricate subway system. In one of those inexplainable moments, I too had a momentary lapse of reason, and for some strange reason – thought I could do the same.
"The first sign to show that you've been living far too long in one place, is when, you desperately try to mimic locals. It's a camouflage that rarely works."
Our journey (over the weekend) would take us from Seoul to Busan. The unwritten dress code for the day was 'formal'. There was no mountain in the picture. A client meet (for Basil), perhaps a few subway stairs and a KTX train ride couldn't have been all that bad.
Basil's colleague doubled as our affable Korean guide for the day. As Basil and he walked ahead, I trudged slowly behind. Clearly, I had to admire the women of Seoul. Maybe, I had missed something. Basil's colleague seemed concerned that I may not be able to walk and looked worriedly. All I could think of, were the 'walks' we'd been on, and hours of walking in my comfy sneakers. Why was this so difficult?
After their client meet, Basil's colleague decided that we 'must' see Beomeosa temple. There we were, waiting for a train, standing in the corner, and afterwards running for a bus to take us up the mountain. Despite my sore feet, I must confess, the ride to the apex of the mountain was stunning. We saw hikers huffing along the pavements, but enjoying every bit of the climb. I cursed my wedges. This would have been a wonderful route to hike. The paved road made it look simple.
Bad decisions always have a way of biting back. Wedges and mountains don't go well together. Here we were, on the top of the mountain, in the midst of nowhere, surely there was no reason to walk anymore. One would think, the temple would lie just beyond the gate. No more walking or climbing. And that's when, I saw a another stairway and then another. At this point, I had to remove my shoes. It was easier and although, I didn't see anyone else doing the same, I think it is an acceptable thing to do in a Buddhist Temple.
The view from the main temple was spectacular. It was worth it. To sit there in the silence and take it all in. Forget about my shoes or how tired I was. The serenity and tranquillity of the temple seemed to drown all the noises in my head. The bad decisions that I had made for the day or my life – didn't matter. I was grinning more broadly than the Cheshire cat.


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Say Goodbye to Those Dry Eyes
The main purpose of tears is to lubricate the eyes by providing a thin film that clears the vision. However, when the eyes lack enough moisture or tears evaporate too quickly, the result is common dry eye symptoms. If you Continue reading Say Goodbye to Those Dry Eyes


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The New York Botanical Garden Winter Wonderland Ball 2012
BRONX, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 14 -- The New York Botanical Garden Winter Wonderland Ball 2012 on Friday, December 14, 2012 at The New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10458 (718) 817-8700 The Chairmen for the evening were Byrdie Bell, Alina Cho, Cristina Cuomo, Victoria Vargas D'Agostino, Nina Garcia, Emma J.P. Goergen, Patrick M. Herning, Alexandra Lebenthal, Christian Leone, Monique Lhuillier, Dalia Oberlander, Connie Anne Phillips, Alexandra LindRose, and Gillian Hearst Simonds. The Junior Chairmen: were Martin Dawson, Nell Diamond, Julia Erdman, Olivia Sandelman, and Luigi Tadini. The Honorary Chairmen were Sloan Barnett, Whitney Fairchild, Pauline Joerger, Nathalie Kaplan, and Molly Sims. This year we are pleased to announce that Fabergé served as an underwriter of the Ball. Additional support was provided by InStyle, Monique Lhuillier, and Judith Leiber. The New York Botanical Garden Winter Wonderland Ball takes place in the magnificent Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, the Garden's Victorian-style crystal palace. On view in the Conservatory was the 20th Annual Holiday Train Show—an internationally acclaimed display of magnificent model trains winding through a sprawling landscape featuring replicas of iconic New York landmarks. The evening begins with cocktails under the Palm Dome in the grand rotunda, with dinner and dancing in an adjacent beautifully-designed tent. This event supports the Garden's world-renowned Children's Education programs, allowing children of all ages, particularly underserved children in the Bronx, an opportunity to learn about nature in engaging ways through workshops and hands-on activities. Each year since 1999, the Ball has been listed as one of the "Best Parties of the Year." The New York Botanical Garden Winter Wonderland Ball, an extremely high-profile and visible event,is featured in many of the major fashion and society magazines due to its unique setting, exclusive list of attendees, and incredible leadership committee. PHOTO CREDIT: Copyright © 2012 Manhattan Society.com by Christopher Dwight Mejia-London | tel:Private | e-mail: Private | Bookings: email@example.com*****NOTE: More photos and id's to come*******Read More


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Forex free resources: How useful are they?
Trading in Forex is very easy when you have got a lot of free resources. If you look at the market, you will see that there are a lot of websites which are going to tell you everything you need for Forex. From account opening to trading in your live accounts and with your strategy, they are going to help you with everything you need in Forex. These resources are very useful for beginners in Forex who like to know how they can make money before investing. Unlike the stock market where you invest a lot of money and know little, you can know everything about Forex before you invest your money. This is all of the free resources that are available to the interested traders and also interested people in Forex.
This gives the question that how much use are these resources really are. We know that Forex is an investment market and if you are an investor, you will not invest our money without knowing where your money is going. Many people think that these free resources are good for nothing as people have no time to help others. It is true because, in the investment world, every money you make means less dollar for the traders. You are on your own here and you need to trade the market with your own strategy. Free resources cannot help you out. They focus on the paid resources in Forexes like the professional education, professional courses and many paid signals given by reputed Forex brokers. This article will try to answer this puzzling questing if these free resources are really useful in Forex and if they are useful, to which extent traders can take help from these resources.
Professional trading network
Being an active trader you must join with some professional trader's network like realtradercommunity.com or else it will be really hard for you to keep yourself updated with the latest market news. Majority of the new traders fails to make money since they don't give any importance to social trading sites. They consider themselves as the big boss and rarely pay attention to the successful traders. But if you look at the smart investors then you will be surprised to see that most of them are connected with the realtradercommunity.com directly or indirectly. You need to find a professional trading network so that they can identify your trading mistakes. Never think you know all the details of this market. Learning is a continuous process in the financial industry.
Great starter for the beginners
When you start eating your meal in Forex, you do not directly go into eating it. You need some time and most importantly you will first eat entrée before your main course. This is how trading world also works. If there were no free resources and free websites to enlighten the traders of the Forex market, imagine what would be the situation of the market right now. People would not know where they are investing their money and they will all lose their money. Not everybody is a rich trader. If they are supplied with the given information of the market, it can also save their lives. Free resources do not stink and there are demands for these free resources. If you think that professional courses are best, you will see that they are also offering free tips on their websites. If there are no free tips, there is no way people would directly sign up for their expensive courses. Free resources are a way to attract the traders and also provide them with the information they need. They are really using information from all level of traders. You need to stay tuned for the latest market news to keep yourself profitable in the financial industry. So make sure that you join reputed sites like realtradercommunity.com to make the best use of your investment.


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If you're an avid hunter, concerned conservationist or obsessed angler, then you can summon the long-held logo of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries from memory. It's round, for starters, with an antiquated image of a deer surrounding by miniature crab, rabbit, quail and bass, as well as other Bayou State critters, all in black and white with muted color tones for the animals.
Well, forget about it. At last week's meeting of the LDWF Commission, a new logo was unveiled. The coastline of Vermilion Bay and its cypress trees were the inspiration and it's depicted by a bright blue sky and water breaks set against vivid greenery. It also includes silhouettes of three major species managed by LDWF: deer, waterfowl and fish.
The new logo is meant to be a simpler version that represents the vast Louisiana outdoor landscape, said LDWF Secretary Robert Barham. It likewise serves as a visual representation of the department's evolution, he added. "The old logo served us well through many generations," Barham said. "The new logo is a bold symbol of the conservation mission we are responsible for overseeing."
LDWF will be using the new logo on all future projects, publications, programs, signage, trucks and other department objects. The department's public information office researched and designed the new logo with input from local graphic artists, marketing and advertising firms (including Lafayette's Graham Group) and LDWF employees.


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Sweden, Days 5-6
Day 5
We went to Skansen today, the happiest place on earth! Or it may have been, if a rather heavy rain hadn't interrupted our stay there. Nevertheless, we saw most of the sites of the outdoor museum. Very interesting place indeed.
After we got back from Skansen, we took a walk down Queen Street. We got to see the infamous harmonica hobo of Stockholm. I took a video and am editing it for Youtube as we speak.
Sweden gets more and more ununsual every day. The tap water here is clean enough to drink, and in fact everyone does. There's so few cars that pedestrians never pay attention to the lights. Clerks at grocery stores do not bag your purchases; you even have to buy the bag yourself!
Day 6
We went to the Swedish Royal Palace today, although it certainly seemed more like a museum than a palace. Most of the palace was accessible to the public and some rooms even had museum-like display cases. Nevertheless, it was an interesting trip, even if it didn't seem like anyone would live or work there. Immediately after leaving the palace, we got to see the changing of the guard, for the second time now. This time we saw the whole ceremony, which was quite long and interesting to watch.
For most of the rest of the day, I had a walking tour of the "real" Stockholm, complete with stores, cafes, and libraries, with Regina and her friend Elizabeth.
I am quite used now to people staring at me when I say that I'd rather stay in Sweden than go back to California.