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All About The eBay Motors' New Online Repair Manuals For Parts And Accessories
The giant ecommerce company, eBay, is continually focused on providing shoppers with unique and satisfactory experiences to allow them to easily find what they need on the platform. Earlier this week, the company made it known to the public that Online Repair Manuals are now available for about 80 percent of the cars on the road. The manuals will be provided as an add-on purchase when buyers purchase a motor part on the platform.
From surveys conducted, users keep their cars for an average of about 12 years, and the repair and maintenance of vehicles over that period is definitely of utmost importance to drivers. With this new move by eBay, shoppers on the platform will have access to Online Repair Manuals.
eBay is undoubtedly one of the largest automotive marketplaces in the world, with a varying selection of new and used vehicles, parts and accessories. The brand is expanding to offer more end-to-end solutions and with the company's vast experience in ecommerce, eBay is definitely one of, if not the best choice for buyers in providing convenient streamlined automotive shopping experience.
As said by the eBay Motors' Vice president, Todd Madeiros,
"With Online Repair Manuals, we are taking the shopping experience one step further for our buyers by providing them with the parts and resources – including expert instructions – that can help shoppers make their rides an extension of their unique individuality and meet their needs." He also added that "with three parts or accessories sold on eBay every second, our end-to-end services offer huge value to our shoppers."
Once purchase has been made, the online repair manuals will be accessible through an access code which will be delivered by email. Because of the differences between the personal shopping journeys of each customer, eBay is allowing shoppers to choose the leght of time they wish to have access to the online repair manuals. It could be for a period of 14 days, 90 days or a full year.
It is obvious that this new addition of Online Repair Manuals to the platform is an attempt to improve on the continuing development of fitment data of vehicles. This new option follows a series of recent enhancements to the Motors platform, including the announcement of eBay's tire installation services and the improved eBay Motors homepage and a partnership with TrueCar.
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Hannah Roars: And Births a New Breed – author Greg Buzzanco
Hannah Roars is a prophetic picture of what God is birthing in the earth today through His bride, the church. Hannah's prophecies, though largely ignored by Christians, are deeply profound. Hannah prophesied the overturn of all things in the last days and the quick advancement and acceleration of the kingdom of God. Her life is a prophetic picture of things to come. Hannah established something that overturned both the religious and political realms and ultimately ushered in the Davidic kingdom. Although Hannah started out barren and fruitless, the adversity confronting her was put there by God to activate and release something in and through her that was truly uncommon and extraordinary into the earth. The original Hebraic language of the Old Testament tells us that Hannah's barrenness and adversity caused her to roar. She refused to settle for barrenness and defeat as her lot in life and learned the secret of how to turn adversity into triumph. Hannah would have remained barren if she hadn't learned to roar, and so will we. The Bible tells us in Hosea 4:6, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge," but this does not have to be the case. Refuse to settle for defeat and release the roar of the Lord that will bring unprecedented change to the earth.
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- 2 large sweet potatoes peeled & chopped
- 14 medjool dates pits removed
- 3 tbsp maple syrup 100% pure
- 2/3 cup almonds ground into flour using your food processor
- 1/2 cup buckwheat flour
- 4 tbsp cacao powder the is not COCOA powder
- 1/2 tsp pink sea salt
- food processor
- steaming colander
- 9 inch baking pan
- Preheat the oven to 355 degrees fahrenheit
- Steam the sweet potatoes until really soft (approximately 20 minutes)
- While Sweet Potatoes are softening place almonds into food processor to grind into a flour, set aside in a large mixing bowl and combine all other dry ingredients (Keep Dates set aside)
- Next, add sweet potatoes to the food processor along with the pitted dates and maple syrup - blend until smooth
- Mix all dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl before adding in the sweet potato & date combination - stir well until evenly mixed together.
- Spread the batter into a 9inch baking pan
- Bake for approximately 20 minutes until you can pierce the finished brownies with a fork & it comes out dry
Recipe Notes
Remove the brownies from the oven and allow them to cool for about ten minutes – This is really important as they need this time to stick together!
Once they're set... Cut them into squares & Enjoy!
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A fast growing business park in County Durham is aiming for full occupancy next year after signing a long term agreement with a high profile tenant.
Construction of Spectrum Business Park in Seaham was completed in 2010 and is now home to more than 20 businesses employing more than 600 people.
The park is home to organisations including Durham County Council, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and East Durham Business Service and it recently put pen to paper on a five-year agreement with national support organisation BE Group.
The firm moved onto the flagship park in 2007 and now employ in excess of 100 people.
Paul Wellstead, the developer behind the park, said: "Securing BE Group as a tenant until at least 2019 is a real endorsement of everything I'm trying to achieve here.
"I want Spectrum Business Park to be the North East's leading business location, a thriving hub that is home to organisations forming a vibrant community.
"This already includes companies across sectors from IT, digital media, business support and administration to recruitment and contact centres.
"Among these are many new and growing SMEs who know it is the perfect environment for them to grow their business.
"The challenge for me now is to secure the right tenants for the remaining offices and I am confident that in the coming months I will have some major announcements to make."
Spectrum Business Park, which is located off the A19 and just a stone's throw from the vibrant and developing Seaham Marina, offers serviced office space designed for smaller businesses and bigger units of up to 61,000sqft aimed at larger companies and organisations who employ up to 600 people.
Mr Wellstead said: "With the vibrant mix of big name tenants and smaller companies located here, Spectrum Business Park is building a reputation as one of the region's most versatile and high quality business locations and I really want to build on that to find occupants for the remaining units.
"The coming months and into 2015 are a really exciting time and the aim is that by the end of next year the park will be full."
Alastair MacColl, chief executive of BE Group, which offers business information, events and commercial development programmes, added: "Spectrum Business Park is the perfect environment for us and it was for that reason we have signed the long term tenancy, securing our future here until at least 2019."


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CW: major character deaths, character in a coma, teen pregnancy, physical violence, and the foster system
This is my first ever Adam Silvera book. To be honest, he has so much hype around him as an author that I intended to avoid him because, well, I don't do hype well. Most of the time, I find the books everyone raves about subpar and uninteresting with bad plots and characters.
Obviously, I liked this book. Sure, I had some issues with it, but I did like it.
I'll do a semi-quick bullet review for my pros and cons.
First, the pros:
- Very interesting premise.
- I liked both Mateo and Rufus. They both had such heart to them and they felt like real people.
- The side-characters were also fun.
- I got a bit emotional at the end.
Next, the cons:
- Many POVs. It reminded me of other books that try to be *~deep~* by being semi-omniscient.
- Really dragged in the middle.
- The romance felt tacked on and could have been cut out. I would rather read about two friends living their last day together without them becoming a couple in love.
- The part with Rufus's drama was pointless and didn't add anything to the story.
Overall, I liked the book. I would check out another of Silvera's stuff — I'm planning on trying What If It's Us? at some point — but he's not a top priority by any means. Equal amount of pros and cons to the book, but I think it could have been better.
What's your favorite Silvera book?


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CEO Andy Marinos is "hellbent" on staging both competitions, maybe at the same time.
A six-week competition across the Tasman is reportedly being discussed.
Reports from the UK say two new teams could join the Rugby Championship.
The hope from last week's win was quickly crushed at Eden Park on Saturday.
The selectors have made bold adjustments after their crushing defeat in Perth.
The midfielder will be tasked with slowing his rampaging Wallabies counterpart at Eden Park.
John Hart believes Joe Moody and Owen Franks should be on the bench at Eden Park.
A win over Argentina helped South Africa secure their first major trophy for 10 years.
The Australians scored five second half tries in the historic win.
The former Australian rugby star is calling for a return to the traditional Wallaby style.
Aussie commentator Gordon Bray insists this is their chance to break the Bledisloe bogey.
The All Blacks coach has swallowed his pride over Savea-Cane, writes Ross Karl.
The 'dual playmaker' experiment has another chance to impress in Perth.
Victory could see South Africa end the All Blacks' Rugby Championship reign.
The All Blacks assistant claims they're ready to put a sluggish start behind them against Australia.
Dane Coles says they'll acknowledge the fallen rugby legend in the Bledisloe build-up.
Ben Smith believes the fullback can fill the shoes vacated by Israel Folau.
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Fujifilm FinePix A610
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Generic Company Place Holder Fujifilm FinePix A610 Compact Camera
The Fujifilm FinePix A610 ($120 as of 5/10/07) is an entry-level digital camera that's well constructed and offers a few worthwhile features. Its basic specs are a little more generous than those of other similarly priced point-and-shoots you may see: a 3X zoom, a 6.3-megapixel sensor, and a 2.5-inch LCD (some other models offer fewer megapixels or only a 2-inch screen).
The A610 is best suited to people who rarely make camera adjustments in their search for the perfect photo. That's because it offers few manual controls. For example, it lacks aperture- and shutter-priority modes, and you can't manually calibrate the white balance--a feature common even on low-cost cameras.
You do get six white-balance presets (including three for different fluorescent lighting conditions) as well as exposure compensation for when auto settings don't deliver an accurate exposure. Another convenience is that the A610 allows you to manually set the ISO; this is handy when you want to shoot in low light. However, the maximum setting of ISO 400 won't get you far in very dim conditions. Some other models in this price range offer up to ISO 800, and a few have an antishake mode, which the A610 also lacks.
This FinePix offers a generous number of scene modes--14 total. The top button, which is for deleting photos during preview, can also be used to adjust the brightness of the LCD. At its highest setting, this screen is bright enough for viewing in midday sunlight--a welcome feature, since the A610 lacks a viewfinder. Other than these controls, you'll have to dive into the on-screen menus to make most changes because the A610 doesn't have a mode dial.
Overall, the A610's scores in our image quality tests were about average, but impressive for a budget-priced camera. In lab tests, our jury gave the camera scores slightly above average for the color and exposure accuracy of its images, but rated it slightly below average for image sharpness.
The A610 runs on AA batteries, and in our tests, it lasted just 195 shots before running out of juice, compared to the average of 260 frames. In contrast, the similarly priced Nikon Coolpix L10, which also runs on AA batteries, lasted 343 shots.
The A610 comes with a well-organized printed manual--no need to resort to a PDF file. The FinePix Viewer software is for uploading, viewing, and printing photos. There is also an e-mail function, which simply launches your default e-mail program with selected photos automatically attached to a message. You can also make slide shows, though the software does not offer any editing functions.
Although the A610 is a competent low-cost camera, a few more features would make it a better deal.
Eric Butterfield
This story, "Fujifilm FinePix A610" was originally published by PCWorld.
Generic Company Place Holder Fujifilm FinePix A610 Compact Camera
Offers limited controls, such as exposure compensation and white balance presets, but for low light reaches only ISO 400.


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I had so many requests to share the raw smoothie recipes that everyone sent me, I had to post them here. These are just a few of the dozens that were sent to me, so if you did send a smoothie recipe and I didn't post it, please post it here so everyone can enjoy!
Also, if your raw smoothie is here, please send me a web address (if you have one) where I can put an active link to give you some credit!
Raw Coconut Manna
A Raw Smoothie Recipe from Sarah
-Take the meat and water from one young coconut
-Fillet the jelly of a good chunk of aloe vera (approx. a 2X2 peice)
-Add a little blue manna, spirulina, e3 live, goji powder and/or goodies of your choice.
-A dash of agave nectar or sweetener if you like it sweet.
Green VegaMix
A Raw Smoothie Recipe from Nimisha (www.evolvingappetites.com)
In VitaMix or K-Tec blender:
-1 cup of water
-3 pieces of fruit – e.g. 1 orange, 1 apple, handful of grapes (or can be 3 oranges – whatever combination of fruit you like). -pineapple, peaches, pears, kiwi, berries, whatever is in season.
-Any dark green leafy vegetable – cram as much as you like into the blende e.g. romaine lettuce, kale, swiss chard, spinach, etc. any combination thereof, or just any one of them. Just make sure you put LOTS of greens in. (Would be great if you can find wild edible greens to such as purslane, lambsquarters, etc.)
-1/2 serving of Brendan Brazier's Vega – the berry flavor is my favorite – mixes well with any fruit.
Blend until smooth and all the greens are thoroughly broken up. Swish blender out with a bit of extra water so you don't waste any of the good stuff. Should yield about a quart of smoothie.
I vary the fruit and greens daily so I don't run into the "same old, same old" problem…and get a variety of nutrients.
Chocolate Banana Nut Smoothie
A Raw Smoothie Recipe From Kanti
-1/2 unfrozen banana
-More frozen fruits (peaches, or strawberries, etc. but just the one flavor that you want dominant)
-2 T. Cacoa nibs
-Strawberry/Chocolate shake is especially fantastic.
-I sweeten with dates or agave sometimes.
Danae Butterfly's Loamy Lingam or Levitating Lotus!
A Raw Smoothie Recipe from Aurora Butterfly
-Half aloe leaf (big one) – skinned, scoop the insides out
-1/2 c soaked gogi berries (increase to taste)
-1 young coconut w/meat and juice (preferably non irradiated and organic)
-Juice of 4 oranges
-Juice of 1/2 lemon
-Juice of 1/2 lime
-Juice of 1 pomegranate (if in season) OR 8 whole strawberries (one or the other, please)
-4 Lychee berries (if in season)
-1 cup (brewed with boiling water for 30 min) tea of rosehips, damiana, sassafras, kola nut , hibiscus, gardenia & roses, {chilled to room temp) ….The WATER used as the base of the tea is rose flower essence (made by finding a beautiful rose in your garden and putting it in a gallon jar in the sunlight for 2 hours next to the mother plant, with a rose quartz in the jar. Remember to say THANK YOU & LOVE to the plant that gives you the rose and also THANK YOU & LOVE to the water, imbibing it with the reflections of how you feel about your own lifeforce!)
-1 tbs of raw coconut oil (more or less depending on desire for fat content)
-1 tbs fresh bee pollen (or more to preference)
-1 tsp royal jelly (or more to preference)
-1tsp white hawaiian honey
-1 tsp -tbs dried noni powder or some fresh noni fruit if you happen to have it (optional to taste)
-1 vanilla bean
-1 shot of Gold Rush, (or Collodial Gold of your availability) & any available Orbitally Rearranged Monatomic Elements (just pray that it will appear in there if you have no idea what I'm talking about and it will ("Manna" factor!)
-8-13 drops of New Leaf Vanilla Creme flavored Stevia Extract (Add a little more if you make a whole gallon)
-1 drop (JUST ONE) of really high quality edible Orange Blossom essential oil & Bergamot oil ( and Rose only if you couldn't get that rose water part down) (For REALZ … ONLY 1 DROP not like how you over-do it with the supplements friends! It's gag city if you do more!)
BLEND ON HI for 2 sets of 108 seconds
(Add alkaline charged water OR for fizz factor, sparkling mineral water to desired consistency)
You are REQUIRED to sing the below song in Hawaiian! (see bottom of email) Or sing it in English, making up a Hawaiian like tune! Your intention and gratitude make ALL the difference!
Auhea ..oe e ka ipo lei momi, la e
..Ume..ume noweo i ka pouliuli, la e
E huli mai ..oe a honi ka ihu, la e
Mai pulale na..e o nalo auane..i, la e
Lalau lima a pa..a i ka pono, la e
..O..e..o..e ka nuku i ke kapa moe holu, la e
Ua lomilomi ..ia a miko ka ..ili, la e
A nu käua a paupauaho, la e
Ha..ina ..ia mai ..ana ka puana, la e
E shh! Kaua o ala na manu, la e
Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint, strawberry slice, glass straw and large fountain glass with your name inscribed on it with the words "I ____(Kiki Pele Malani Loa) am the universe perpetually making love to itself"
CHASER: Cup of above tea, warm, with 1 tbs (or more) organic KAVA KAVA root (powdered or extracted) with 5 capsules of 5 HTP, (or Gryphonia) and 1-2 tbs of MSM… followed by poi spinning, hula hooping, hula dancing, lea making, sungazing, staring into the eyes of a lover or kissing on the beach!
Raw Protein Power
A Raw Smoothie Recipe from Lynn
Lynn's Note: This is the smoothie recipe (give or take) that my husband and I love right now – I have been making my own raw kefir from organically raised, grass fed cows milk, plus I make cultured raw coconut meat – it's a real probiotic boost!
For 2 people:
-1C raw kefir
-1C young coconut milk
-1/4C cultured meat from one young coconut
-2 raw eggs
-1C frozen blueberries (or fresh chilled pineapple if you want to keep to the pina colada theme!)
-2 scoops unflavored low temp processed rice / whey protein (no added sweeteners)
Sweet and Spicy
A Raw Smoothie Recipe from Nadia
Try adding Cayenne to your cacao smoothies. The blend of chilli with chocolate is divine!! One of my favourites is:
-1 cup coconut water
-¼ cup almonds soaked peeled
-1 tbsp cacao powder
-1/8 cup white raisins
-1 capsule cayenne
-pinch sea salt
Lemon Ginger
A Raw Smoothie Recipe from Julie
My favorite raw smoothie is:
-1/2 bunch organic parsley
-3/4 cup blueberries (or any fruit)
-1/4 to 1/2″ ginger root, sliced thin to cut up the "hairs"
-One 1/4″ slice of lemon, seeded, but with the peel
-1/2 -3/4 cup water
Spin all in a good blender (e.g. Vitamix)
Banana Cherry and Sesame
A Raw Smoothie Recipe from Sharon
-Frozen organic cherries (1/2 cup to 1 cup – I happen to love them so I tend to add the larger amount)
-1 banana
-Liquid of your choice (I use fresh made sesame milk, from the soaked seeds – it is LOADED with calcium)
-1 or 2 teaspoons of raw cacao powder
-Raw honey or vanilla flavored agave as sweetner a little maca (if you like maca, add a teaspoon. If you are not crazy about the taste, add 1/2 teaspoon)
Blend on high in your vitamix or any blender that will smooth! Not only tasty but very healthy!!
Vanilla Nut
A Raw Smoothie Recipe from Jennifer
Jennifer's Note: I usually use a nut mylk base without straining it in through a nut bag (I'm sometimes lazy) but you can strain it if you like.
-Nut Mylk
-1/2 cup Brazil nuts
-1/2 cup walnuts
-3-5 dates
-1 Vanilla bean stem
-3-5 cups water
-Maca powder
-Coconut oil
-Frozen (or fresh) Strawberries
-Frozen (or fresh) blueberries
-Gogi berries
The Key to the smoothie is the AMAZING nut mylk which tastes great on its own and the Vanilla bean. I use these AMAZING Madagascar Vanilla beans from http://www.beanilla.com/ The nut mylk seriously tastes like a soft serve vanilla ice cream and adding the other stuff without straining it makes for a great smoothie with a creamy sort of base.
The "KG"
Kevin Gianni's Signature Smoothie Recipe
I never measure… I just dump!
-A bunch of Frozen Fruits (Strawberry, Cherry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, etc)
-Hemp Seed
-Cacao Powder or Nibs
-Coconut Water or Filtered Water
-1/2 Avocado
-1/2 Cucumber
-1/2 Head of Bok Choy
Watch out! It's all you need for the day.
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This may seem too simple to list with such fabulous smoothie combos, but for the novice, this is a great stepping off spot for a green smoothie:
In a regular blender combine:
1/2 cantaloupe
1/2 bag of organic baby spinach
Add any superfoods on hand or drink it plain.
Banana Island Delight
5 very ripe bananas
2-4 stalks celery
Blend bananas until smooth before adding celery. Thick, creamy, delicious!
Raw Vegan Family Favorite
2 or 3 large, very ripe bananas
2 or 3 large beet leaves
large handful parsley
1 cup water
tray of ice
Add all to a high powered blender and blend until smooth.
'Mango Delight' Smoothie!
3 cups filtered water
1 cup organic soy milk
1 large fresh mango (peeled)
1 cup frozen wild blueberries
1 apple (peeled and cored)
2 tsp. ground up flax seed
2 tsp. ground up sesame seed
1/4 cup Juice PLUS+ Complete protein/carbohydrate powder (plant based protein)
Blend on High in Vita-Mix for 30 seconds!!
Makes 7-8 cups (depending on the size of the fruit).
Great source of antioxidant and soluble and insoluble fiber with low glycemic index!
Very Smooth and tasty!
Creamy Mango Orange
The additional of the coconut oil gives this smooth a wonderfully creamy quality.
1 bunch spinach
2 cups cold water
1 mango, peeled and cut up
1 orange, peeled, whole
Blend well, then add
2 TB coconut oil
This will carry me through the whole day.
Thanks for sharing the great recipes.
What happened to the English words for the Hawaiian prayer?
Mango Magic
Favorite raw Energy Elixir recipe from Michael Morningstar
2-3 tsp. flax seeds
2 tsp. raw sunflower seeds
4-6 raw Brazil nuts or 4-8 soaked raw almonds
1-2″ square inch of fresh coconut
2-3 cups filtered water
1 large mango (peel & remove pit)
1/2 banana
small slice fresh ginger
1/3 cucumber or 2 celery stalks
3- 5 leaves from green leafy lettuce (endive, romaine) or 1-2 leaves of chard
Add the first five ingredients in a Vita-Mix or super blender and blend on high for 30 seconds. Next add all the remaining ingredients: peeled mango, banana, cucumber, greens, ginger and blend. The result is a delicious and easy Energy Elixir.
Add a Blessing & Prayer of Gratitude
Makes 2-3 servings
What a great way to start the day and enjoy the magic of natural nutrition and energy from the nutrient dense seeds, nuts, fruits, herbs and green leaf plants.
Michael Morningstar
Nuts N' Berries Smoothie
1/2 banana (or substitute half an avacado but eliminate the flax oil)
4 oz. frozen acai
1/3 to 1/2 c. frozen mixed berries
1-2 T. cacao nibs
3-4 each raw almonds AND macadamia nuts
2 t. flax oil
1 t. chopped flax seeds
1 scoop Rainbow Light Food Based Protein Energizer (Rice Protein w/ spirulina, adaptogenic herbs and vegetable juice powder) or any protein preferably rice
6-10 oz. Rice milk (original flavor)
This is my classic Bannana Berrie Superfoods Smoothie! All ingredients should be organic!
2 – 3 cups of distilled/alkalinized/energized water (less if thicker is disired!)
3-5 ripe bannanas
2 cups of frozen berries(rasberries,blueberries,strawberries, ect)
1/2 avocado ***
1 tbsp of coconut oil ***
1 tbsp of spirulina/and or blue green algae
2 tbsp of barley grass powder
2 tbsp of rice bran powder (riceplex!)
If banannas are not ripe enough- add agave syrup and /or xylitol!!!
*** : added for extra calories and richness
if bannanas are frozen, will be like a milkshake!
Enjoy and be energized! The green superfoods I feel are the best sources of digestable protein with the added benefit of chlorophyll!
Superfood Smoothie
1 ripe Banana
20 Goji Berries (5 minutes soaked)
1 tbsp Maca
1 tbsp Cacao Nibs
1/2 tsp HoShoWu (Chinese herb)
1/2 tsp Tang Kuei
This combination is great to balance hormones, like in PMS and Menopause.
I also like this combination with 1 tbsp Spirulina and 1 tbsp Chlorella instead of Cacao Nibs, HoShoWu and Tang Kuei.
Annet van Dorsser MSc
Vitamin C+ Smoothie
2 oranges
1 big handful of strawberries (frozen or fresh)
1 small handful of un-sweetened cranberries (I use frozen)
1 heaping spoon of honey
1 tray of ice cube
The fruits in it are awesome stuff to fight an oncoming cold as they are loaded with vitamin C.
This is one of my favourite smoothies.
Milk Smoothies…
For those of you who are allergic to cow's milk like me, here are some great tasting substitutes.
12 raw macadamia nuts
1.5-2 cups spring water
Blend and strain.
Add 1 frozen banana
You can drink it just like this at this point…it is great, or you can make one of the flavors below…
Maple walnut milk:
Add 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1 tsp. Mt Capra Mineral Matrix
Strawberry milk:
Add 4-5 strawberries
Chocolate milk:
Add 1 tsp. of raw chocolate powder
You can also substitute soaked almonds for the macadamia nuts.
1 cup green tea (room temp or cold)*
1 handful spinach
1 apple, cored and chopped
1 banana, peeled and chopped
pinch nutmeg
*To prepare tea without using much heat, if any at all, place a mason jar with a cup of water on your counter. Place an organic green tea bag in it for 6 hours or more. Or, you can place it in the sun 🙂
Blend all of the ingredients until smooth in a blender and enjoy your zen state of mind!
Chef Kristen Suzanne
I had to laugh when I read Kevin's Recipe because my name (that I am called by friends) is 'KG' as well and I am the world's biggest unmeasurer…Just DUMP IT IN, person. Very similar recipe too.
AVOCADO DREAM ( I just love Avocado in Smoothies)
1/2 Avocado (approx)
1 frozen Banana
small handful of raw almonds
5-7 dates (depending on how sweet you want it)
1 T Ground Flaxseed
11/2 – 2 cups liquid (Water or a nut or soya milk, add depending on how thick you want it)
Simple and DEVINE
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EYE'm Awake!
Third Eye Opener Indigo Bliss Smoothie : D
This is what I've been having for breakfast most mornings:
8-ish dark purple org. grapes
lots of org. frozen blueberries
a few big chunks of org. frozen bananas
a big spoon of raw almond butter
a splash of sambazon organic acai juice
a big glass of fiji water
2 capfuls of non-alcohol vanilla extract
whirl in the vitamix …
My-OM-eye …. tastes like PURPLE!… simple but yummy!
thanks, Kevin, for all your good works, energy and enthusiasm!
My favorite breakfast smoothie that takes me to infinity and beyond:
5 or 6 large frozen strawberries
1 frozen banana
1 tbsp. raw agave nectar
1 cp. "love infused" cold water with tsp
"Mineral Pure" added (see source link)
1 scoop of "The Feast" (see source link)
1 scoop of "Beyond Berries" (see source link)
Blend until creamy and you won't even think about lunch 'cause your body is sooo satisfied!
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Vanessa was mentioning food combinations. Can someone tell me what not to combine together. I tend to throw in whatever I have into a smoothie.
Thank you,
Hi All,
Just thought I'd add this to the list of amazing recipes.
Here goes:
1 cucumber peeled
1 grapefruit peeled
1 lime peeled
1/2 bunch cilantro, stems and all
handful of parsley
3-4 big leaves of kale
ice or water and blend. enjoy!
Oh man. Went dumpstering last night and got the haul of a lifetime. Distributed %80 but had a couple boxes left over. SO relieved to find such a site! Thanks for all the ideas! I ended up with a dumpster blend:
strawberry spirutein
goji berry juice
flax meal
green+red leaf lettuce
grapes (green+red+juice)
Odwalla B monster
Filled a pitcher and threw the rest in the freezer. What was that about being careful with food combinations? Ah, well, I guess if I'm eating out of a dumpster I'm really not the picky sort.
1 banana
1 tbsp of honey
1 hand full of chopped mixed nuts
1 small pot of low fat natural yogurt
half a pint of fresh apple juice
This turned out rather yummy.
(all ingredients organic)
1 sliced frozen banana
1 peeled and cut frozen mango
1/2 avocado
3-5 strawberries
big handful baby spinach
optional: 1 tsp spirulina (I used nutrex brand)
water to desired thickness
blend and enjoy!
delicous smothie I like to call "sabai soul"
3 kaffir lime leaves
chunk of ginger
1 vanilla bean
1 cup of coconut milk
puree all ingridients in food processor and fine mesh strain ginger , kaffir, and vanilla out of coconut milk into blender.
add to strained coconut milk
1 sprig of basil
1 sprig cilantro
meat of 1 young coconut
agave syrup to sweeten to taste
1 cup ice
blend for 1-2 min on high
mmmmm so tasty creamy and refreshing
The most simple, yet Favorite!
2 Bananas
6 Frozen Strawberries
1/2 cup of water
About 1/2 cup of Ice
This is a wonderful blog. I have learned to love my body and myself after eating raw and living healthy for the past three years, and now look forward to the rest of my life as a healthier, happier woman. My only comment is for the follow up to the "Danae Butterfly's Loamy Lingam or Levitating Lotus!" recipe by Aurora Butterfly. As somebody who has family lineage in both Hawaii and Tonga, I find her use of that chant fairly problematic. Hawaiian chants do not "conjure majic", nor do they cast spells. The chants we sing, and the language we use that is rapidly disappearing in front of our eyes, is used traditionally to worship our kings, queens, chiefs and Gods. I am fine with the use of this chant for this smootie (as it does look wonderfully delicious!), just please do not use it to conjure spells and magic. Use it to express your love for nature, and for the beauty of that which is my home. Finally, do it in hope for longevity and preservation of that what is left of Native Hawaiian culture.


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Beetroot – Cylindra (Organic)
A distinctive, very attractive variety which forms long, thin cylindrical beets . Deep purple, and typically 20cm tall, and 6cm diameter, but like any beet, can get very large with enough room. They look great in the veg patch, at the market and also on your plate! Very suitable as a main crop and has excellent storage capability.
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Due to the high prevalence and great economic impact of depression, studies with animal models have been increasingly used to identify neurobiological mechanisms associated with this disorder. However, many animal models use stressful conditions that are not consistent with what we observe in the modern human world. Examples are the chronic unpredictable stress and the electric shock model used in rodents. It's well established the social stress as the major cause of depressive disorder in human, in this way a social defeat stress model was recently standardized and can induce depressive-like behavior of social avoidance, a typical human depressive behavior. In this model, mice are exposed on consecutive days to an aggressor mouse, suffering brief periods of physical aggression followed by longer periods of visual and olfactory (sensory) contact and, as a consequence, a relationship of social submission is characterized. Thus, the objective of this work is to describe a social defeat stress protocol using swiss mice as resident, also describing valuable procedural suggestions that will help researchers to reproduce the model easily.
Keywords: Social defeat stress, Depression, Mice, Major depressive disorder, Animal model
Developing animal models that mimic human psychiatric disorders is a great challenge. The difficulty is from the induction of behavioral changes associated with the psychiatric condition to the evaluation or measurement of such behavior. Depression is a psychiatric disorder with high prevalence and, as a high cognitive complexity disorder, is hard to be assessed in animal models. Stress (mainly social stress) is already well established in the literature as a key factor for the establishment of depression (Kendler et al., 1999; Gold and Chrousos, 2002; Slavich and Irwin, 2014; Saleh et al., 2017), so it is not surprising that animal models of depression use some kind of stress.One of these models is the chronic unpredictable stress. In this model, rodents are exposed to a series of stressful stimuli randomly presented for several weeks. Among the stressful stimuli are: periodic deprivation of water and/or food, exposure to low temperatures, physical restraint and reversal of the light/dark cycle. As a result, the rodent exhibit a depressive-like behavior called learned helplessness, which can be reversed with antidepressant drugs. However, questions about the reproducibility of these behavioral results have been raised mainly due to the great variability of protocols, which diminished confidence in the model (Pollak et al., 2010). In another animal model of depression, rodents are subjected to repeated and highly stressful electric shock sessions which generate a deficit in the aversive stimulus avoidance, a behavior typically considered as depressive. The great criticism for this model is that the depressive-like behavior does not persist after the end of electrical stimuli. These above-mentioned animal models of depression commonly use nonspecific tests to evaluate anhedonia and despair depressive-like behaviors which are commonly analyzed by the sucrose preference and forced swimming test, respectively. In this scenario, the social defeat stress model was recently standardized and can induce depressive-like behavior of social avoidance in mice (Golden et al., 2011). In this model, mice are exposed on consecutive days to an aggressor mouse, suffering brief periods of physical aggression followed by longer periods of visual and olfactory (sensory) contact. After this period a relationship of social submission is characterized, typically observed in human relations. As a result, stressed mice develop several physiological and behavioral changes, including altered levels of corticosterone, cardiac hypertrophy, circadian rhythm disturbances, widespread pain, anxiety, despair behavior, anhedonia and social avoidance (Krishnan et al., 2007; Pagliusi et al., 2018). Social interaction level is used to assess depressive-like behavior and, interestingly, some mice submitted to this social defeat stress protocol are resistant and do not develop social avoidance, similar to what occurs in humans, where not all individuals exposed to some form of chronic social stress develops psychopathologies (Krishnan et al., 2007).Another important feature of this model, which makes it much more reliable than the oldest animal models of depression and depressive-like behavior tests, is the fact that the social avoidance behavior can be reversed only to chronic, and not acute, treatments with antidepressant drugs, as also is observed in humans ( Berton et al., 2006; Berton and Nestler, 2006; Pollak et al., 2010). In addition, mice submitted to the SDS protocol exhibit neurobiological changes very similar to those found in humans with depression, including brain monoamines reduction, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction, BDNF reduction in the hippocampus and BDNF increase in the nucleus accumbens (Hatzinger, 2000; Holsboer, 2001; Berton et al., 2006; Duman and Monteggia, 2006; Krishnan et al., 2007; Pittenger and Duman, 2008; Castrén and Rantamäki, 2010; Goldberg et al., 2014; Iñiguez et al., 2016). It is, therefore, a robust model that can induce symptoms very similar to human depression.Thus, the objective of this work is to describe a social defeat stress protocol adapted from that described by Golden et al. (2011), since many laboratories can't use the same materials and mice strain as those described in the original protocol. Therefore, we will describe how to use the Swiss mouse as an aggressor, since it is quite evident the natural aggressive behavior of this strain under the experimental conditions used in this protocol (Miczek et al., 2001). We will also describe valuable procedural suggestions that will help researchers to easily reproduce the model.
Materials and Reagents
Data analysis
Using a tracking software (such as TopScan-CleverSys Inc.) analyze the videos and get the time spent in interaction and corners zones in both sessions: target and no-target. If you do not have the appropriate software, you can analyze the video and measure the time in each zone manually using the timer. With these data you can obtain the social interaction ratio in the interaction zone (SI-Z) which is calculated by dividing the time spent in the interaction zone during the target session by the time spent in the interaction zone during the no-target session. The SI-Z ratio equal to 1 is used as the threshold to separate stressed mice into the susceptible and resilient groups. Mice presenting SI-Z lower than 1 are classified as susceptible, i.e., show depressive-like behavior of social avoidance (see Figure 5A). On the other hand, mice presenting SI-Z equal or higher than 1 are classified as resilient, i.e., even submitted to the social defeat stress they don't show depressive-like behavior of social avoidance (see Figure 5A). Also, it is possible to obtain the social interaction ratio in the corners (SI-C) which is calculated by dividing the time spent in the corners in the target session by the time spent in the corners in the no-target session (see Figure 5B). SI-C higher than 1 means that mice spent more time avoiding the interaction zone in the "target" session, which can corroborate the SI-Z data. Our experience with the model shows that 20% to 40% of stressed mice are expected to become resilient, which means that up to 80% of the stressed mice show depressive-like behavior of social avoidance. It is important to mention that the depressive-like behavior of social avoidance induced by the SDS model can last up to 4 weeks (our group did not test a longer period than this), which means that these mice can be used for chronic experiments without problems.
Figure 5. Social interaction ratio. A. Social interaction ratio in the interaction zone (SI-Z) calculated as the ratio between the time in the interaction zone in the target session divided by the time in the interaction zone in the no-target session. This ratio is used to separate the stressed mice between susceptible and resilient groups, where stressed mice with SI-Z < 1 are considered susceptible and stressed mice with SI-Z ≥ 1 are considered resilient. B. Social interaction ratio in the corners (SI-C) calculated as the ratio between the time in the corners in the target session divided by the time in the corners in the no-target session. (n = 24-41; ****P < 0.0001, statistical difference).
The results can also be shown using the total time spent in the interaction zone and corners (see Figure 6), although only the SI-Z is used to separate between resilient and susceptible. Data should be analyzed in specialized software (such as Prism 8.0-GraphPad) capable of performing one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Bonferroni multiple comparison tests, comparing the SI-Z, SI-C or the total time of the controls, resilient and susceptible. The results should be considered statistically relevant when P < 0.05.
Figure 6. Total time spent in interaction and corners zones. A. Total time spent by each group (resilient and susceptible were separated by SI-Z) in the interaction zone in the target and no-target sessions. B. Total time spent by each group in the corners in the target and no-target sessions (n = 24-41; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001 statistical difference).
Perforated acrylic divider and enclosures as well as social interaction arena can be obtained from any plastic and Plexiglas local vendor. Show the manufacturer your own rat breeding cage and the measures of the enclosures and social interaction arena shown in this protocol (Figure 7); they should know how to construct the apparatus.
Figure 7. Detailed design of the apparatus. A. Measures for social interaction arena (build the arena with an easy-to-clean material such as epoxy or acrylic). B. Measures for perforated transparent acrylic enclosure (perforations should be no more than 1 cm in diameter). C. Measures for perforated transparent acrylic divider (X and Y depend on the size of your rat breeding cage and A, B and C depend on the size of your grid that covers the rat breeding cage–perforations should be no more than 1 cm in diameter).
We are grateful to São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for funding the study of the original article (Pagliusi et al., 2018) as well as all the behavioral results presented here. We are extremely grateful for the previous studies carried out by Golden et al. (2011) which allowed us to be able to replicate the social defeat stress model even with modifications.
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Looking for a comprehensive list of definitions for many of the industry terms used on our site? Check out our Glossary for more information.
A device that electronically records the driver duty status and automatically transmits the duty logs to a fleet management provider.
This is a GPS record of when and where a particular tracked item or person has been over a selected period of time, essentially allowing you to view a history of their movements.
A term used to describe the capability of micro-controllers and devices within a vehicle to directly communicate with each other during certain applications, without the need for a host computer.
A record of how long a particular vehicle?s engine was running, even when idling or otherwise not moving.
A virtual perimeter set within the GPS tracking program for a real-world geographic area.
A system of satellites and receiving devices (i.e. GPS enabled cell phones) that compute locations on Earth. Designed to provide precise positional and velocity data and global time synchronization for air, sea, and land travel.
HOS is a process that tracks number of hours driven by a particular driver. Defined by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the purpose of the HOS is to reduce accidents caused by driver fatigue.
A virtual spot on a map that can be used to trigger alerts when tracked items are nearby.
A type of service in which wireless technology is integrated with global positioning services (GPS), providing multiple ways of managing mobile resources.
The ability to manage your field personnel more efficiently using wireless technology and devices.
A vehicle's self-diagnostic and reporting capability. OBD systems give the vehicle owner or repair technician access to the status of the various vehicle sub-systems such as oil pressure, airbag system, and low tire pressure warning system.
A standard software utility used to test the stability of network connections. It is also used to describe how often a GPS device ?checks in?, allowing the user to view updated location data.


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Product Lifecycle Management An Effective Business Strategy
As the business world enters the globalized environment, the wide customer base that is created, demands for solutions against complex business requirements. The enterprises in turn try to meet these demands with the help of modern technological innovations. The process however demands enterprises to continuously monitor develop or maintain the lifecycle of the product or the application. This generally works out as a collaborative effort on part of the business management team, software engineering and production and development teams.
However, product lifecycle management irrespective of the industry sector facilitates every enterprise meet the challenges of increasing engineering complexities as well as meeting a globally competitive market. PLM as it is referred to be the process of managing the lifecycle of a product from the time the idea is conceived through its design and manufacture till it is put into service and final disposal. By integrating people, process and systems this is a collection of product information and forms the backbone of the enterprises. In the area of marketing, product lifecycle management refers to the management of the life cycle of the product from its commercial perspective and involves sales and marketing measures undertaken.
Today with e-commerce taking over physical and retail store solutions, product lifecycle management is considered as a cornerstone in an organization's IT structure. With the vastness of customer base and frequent upgrading of technology, it becomes imperative for all enterprises to manage information and communication with customers and suppliers and understand their resources used in enterprise resource planning and software development lifecycle. However, the people centric PLM targets right from the design stages of the product, the traditional PLM tools is implemented more towards the end of the lifecycle towards the release phase.
Product lifecycle management includes product data management, portfolio management, system engineering, product design, manufacturing process management. The increasing demands for PLM solutions have paved way for number of service providers to have entered the arena. Product lifecycle management tools offer the enterprises benefits in the form of minimized time to market, refined product quality, reduction in wastage, reduction in prototyping costs as well as ability to recognize the potential sales and revenue contributions. Further with the contract manufacturers having an access to centralized product information facilitates a comprehensive assimilation of engineering workflow.
However, with service providers looking in to provide enterprises with e-commerce solutions and products such as banking software solution and insurance software solutions, the agile product lifecycle management easily facilitates these even while working through distributed teams. Aimed to provide global resource and development this state-of-the-art PLM tools combined with unique methodology brings down the development charges. With centralized management of product and technology being the core of the functions, the product lifecycle management is an essential business strategy.


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DRUG-SMOKING yobs have vandalised an 13th century church including desecrating the altar.
Essex Police has launched an investigation after four young men were found in St Mary's Church, in Church Hill, Lawford, which had been trashed.
The Rev Simon Heron, who is the vicar of the St Mary the Virgin Church, said: "A church warden went to the church early on Saturday afternoon and found four lads in there who were smoking dope.
"Various Bibles and other books were torn and thrown round the church, the organ was forced open, banners were destroyed and the altar table desecrated.
"A boy was sitting on a 12 feet high window sill at the far end of the church.
"Just before running away they claimed apparently there were some other boys in the church before them who did all of this."
Mr Heron said the police came and took evidence including fingerprints from vaping gear and pictures of footprints left on the altar cloth.
He added the police's scenes of crime officer has also taken cigarette butts as well as pictures which had been taken of the four young men and their bikes as they were leaving.
Mr Heron said the historic church would now be closed outside school hours.
He said: "I feel disappointed and sad.
"The church was usually left open as lots of people like to use it to pray or meditate.
"It's really sad we can't leave it open, it's a disappointment and a real shame."
He added: "God is all about forgiveness and if God teaches us to forgive, we will forgive those who did this."
The vicar added if the culprits would apologise and make restitution for the damage they've caused, they would forget it happened.
The oldest fabric in the church is in the south wall of the nave which dates back to the 1200s.
Anyone with information should call Essex Police on 101 or report anonymously to the Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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I'm actually walking? My family and I are currently in the French Alps on an amazing holiday. I grew up in this area, coming every weekend from Switzerland to ski. It's been surreal seeing all the ski slopes and remembering what it was like to race down them! I can still remember it so clearly.
So I'm walking. And it's very, very weird. I'm not too sure what to do with arms. Up, down? Do I cross them? It's very confusing! Hopefully it'll come naturally with time! – Dom


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Could cable length play a part in signal (audio/video loss) handshaking or syncing problems?
The working group (HDMI.org) that sets HDMI specifications has not set a maximum cable length. Instead they require that approved HDMI cables meet a required performance standard. At this time it is expected that conventional, reasonably priced copper cables up to approximately 16.5 feet in length can meet the required performance standards. HDMI will usually work with 5 meter (or less) cables, longer ones can just add to the difficulty. Not to say that every problem is due to long cables, however it is evident (and proven) that signal loss is usually the primary culprit and long cable runs are usually where the signal loss is going to be the greatest. The good news is that the cable manufacturers have made tremendous strides in the past couple of years with ratings, testing, equalization equipment, amplifiers, etc. - the bad news is that we are sending more and more data down the HDMI "pipe" and will continue to do so as color depth, resolutions, and bitrates increase.


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Shanghai Fashion Week has almost doubled in size in the past five years. While still not on the same level as the 'big 4', it is undoubtedly the most prestigious event of its kind in Asia, and as Eastern fashion starts to make a name for itself on the global stage, millennial Chinese designers are hot on the heels of their Western counterparts.
This year, Shanghai Fashion Week took place from 11th – 17th October. Preciosa crystals took to the catwalks through the work of two up-and-coming fashion houses: F/FFFFFF and Devil Beauty.
First up was Devil Beauty, as on October 14th they presented their SS19 collection in Shanghai Xin Tiandi.
The theme of the new collection is Paranoia. This was Devil Beauty's first time using Preciosa crystals; Hotfix Transfers and Crystal Net were used artistically and imaginatively; owner Bobo Li said the crystals added a 'bright artistic taste' to the looks. Adhering to "every sensation of corruption", the looks take influence from conflict between the limitations of traditional materials and futuristic design styles.
Next up was F/FFFFFF. Founded just over one year ago by designer Zac Zeng and with a strong focus on 'intelligent technology', the 7 'Fs' in the title stand for Fashion, Family, Future, Friendship, Freedom, Fun and Fresh.
On 15th October, they took their SS19 collection – entitled 'The Eastern Power' – to the catwalk. A magnificent artistic representation of a solar eclipse dominates the stage, as the striking looks comprised of glossy, lightweight fabrics appear one-by-one. The collection makes heavy use of prints that subtly reference ancient myths and natural elements. Preciosa's Hotfix Transfers artfully embellished the name of the brand and various Chinese symbols on various looks.
At both shows there was a heavy international fashion media attendance, as well as a number of Chinese celebrities including Dai Chao, Fang Yilun, Lu Peng, Li Hao, Tu Hua and Su Yingren.
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Emily Bowles joined EPF in January 2019 as Communications Officer. She has a background in translation and interpreting, and has been working in communications in Brussels for the past two years. She also has skills in editing, teaching and events management.
Emily holds a Master's degree in Communications from the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) and has lived, studied and worked in the UK, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg and Belgium.


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How can enterprises achieve digital transformation? It's not just launching new digital tools or kickstarting an innovation hub. It starts with data; your client data.
In their session at IN|VEST 2018, MyVest CEO Anton Honikman and Aite Group's Alois Pirker discussed how firms' data initiatives are driving digital transformation. We've collected the highlights and some of their key quotes in the SlideShare below:
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Technology is rapidly changing our world in amazing ways once thought unimaginable, and one of the most amazing advancements today is drone technology.
When you hear drones, you might think of the drones our military uses every day to defend our country. Drones enable our armed forces to carry out strategic missions faster and more efficiently, and most importantly, they ensure the safety of our military personnel overseas.
Drones benefit our society here at home too. Drone America is building drones to utilize UAS technologies as a means to survey, protect, and preserve human life and strategic resources around the Globe. Their drones are used for search & rescue, wildlife management, drought relief, and fire mapping.
As drones become more popular here at home and in our armed forces, we'll need more coders who can design the software that powers them. Properly-functioning drone software is not only good for businesses – it quite literally helps save the lives of many.
So how can we train enough coders to keep up with the rising demand of drone technology? Obviously, there are computer science degrees from traditional universities. But for many people this isn't always practical.
Coding bootcamps are an excellent way to train coders outside the traditional model. These programs offer intensive training that gives students all the tools for success in just a few weeks.
DevCodeCamp in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is an excellent example of a coding bootcamp. DevCodeCamp teaches students all the ins and outs of coding, leaving no skill untaught so that students are prepared to build code in any industry, anywhere.
And devCodeCamp is flexible for students, offering free housing and accepting the GI Bill for returning veterans.
This represents a powerful opportunity for the drone industry to continue thriving. As coding bootcamps like devCodeCamp continue to pop up across the country, there will be a growing number of well-trained coders who can go to work making smarter, safer, and more usable drone software.
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BHR Congratulates Pharrell And His Wife Helen Lasichanh For Welcoming Triplets Into The World
|BHR Congratulates Pharrell And His Wife Helen Lasichanh For Welcoming Triplets Into The World
Pharrell Williams and wife Helen Lasichanh are celebrating some happy news.
The pair has welcomed three new bundles of joy, according to a representative for Williams.
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"Pharrell, Helen and Rocket Williams have welcomed triplets," Williams' rep tells reports. "The family is happy and healthy!"
The babies' names have not been announced.
Williams, a former "Voice" coach, is currently on the publicity trail promoting his work on the soundtrack for Oscar nominee "Hidden Figures."
Along with the new additions to his family, Pharrell has even more reasons to celebrate.
Hidden Figures, the film he co-produced, won best ensemble at this weekend's SAG Awards, and is up for Best Picture at next month's Oscars.


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ServQual was/is a system model developed in the 80's to look at how the quality of services (or lack of quality) could be better understood. Unlike products that can be inspected, services are frequently produced at the point of consumption (literally for restaurants) and opportunities for inspection before the customer is served are limited. However, much of it can also be applied to products as well.
ServQual is best known for its model questionnaire, an aspect that causes much discussion amongst academics, but it has a more fundamental idea to examine. It identifies five potential gaps in the supply chain, each able to destroy the best intentions of an organisation, but gaps of which only one is regularly addressed.
- Gap 1 is that between what customers want and what the organisations senior management understand as that need.
- Gap 2 is the difference between senior management's understanding of customer needs (policies) and the management system.
- Gap 3 is the difference between what the formal management system directs and what is actually done.
- Gap 4 is the difference between what is actually done and what the customer is told.
- Gap 5 is the difference between what the customer expects and his/her perception of what he/she gets.
Internal audits look at gap 3 but how often does anyone look at the others. Gap 2 should be covered during management reviews – but I wonder how effectively. Gap 5 is open to analysis through customer feedback but, again, how effectively? Do organisations compare expectations with perception or just look at their side, the deliveries. Gaps 1 and 4 rarely get a look in, even a cursory glance.
That's an overview – more detail on individual gaps later…
For further reading from the original source: Zeithaml, Z.A., Parasuraman, A. and Berry, L.L 1990 Delivering Quality Service: Balancing Customer Perceptions and Expectations, New York: The Free Press.


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Stochastic Modeling for Drought Analysis Using Thomas-Fiering Lognormal Three Parameter Modelby K. Srinivasan, I.I.T., Madras, India,
R. Honert, I.I.T., Madras, India,
G. Rouve, I.I.T., Madras, India,
Document Type: Proceeding Paper
Part of: Engineering Hydrology
Three variations of Thomas-Fiering log normal 3-parameter(TFLN3) model are fitted to the unregulated south-west monsoon-dependent monthly streamflows measured at Krishnarajasagara (KRS) on Cauvery, river in Southern India. The variations arise from the method of parameter estimation used in fitting the LN3 distribution. The validation is based on the preservation of the over-year drought characteristics using aggregated annual flows. It is observed that TFLN3 model with the moment estimator(MOM) is able to preserve the severe historical deficit volumes. However, none of the three estimators is able to preserve severe historical drought durations (at 90% truncation level). Further, the influence of monthly carry-over effects on drought characteristics is also investigated using historical flows.
Subject Headings: Stochastic processes | Historic preservation | Droughts | Parameters (statistics) | Mathematical models | Hydrologic models | Flow measurement | Streamflow | India | Asia
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