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Catrine Medawar – Sparkling Personality, Successful Business Owner & Compassionate Philanthropist
A family-owned business can be tricky to uphold. Having generations of family members with the same — or even similar — career interests is hard to come by, but for the Medawar family, jewelry seems to run in their blood, considering their now booming jewelry business dates back to 1920. It takes a strong woman to own her own business — that's no secret — and Catrine Medawar, owner and president of Medawar Jewelers, is no exception.
Medawar attributes much of her success to her family, faith and upbringing. Growing up in Lebanon, her father was a minister and her mother an executive secretary.
"I don't remember a time when we didn't have company," said Medawar. "My parents taught me about hospitality and love."
After starting an Arabic church in Lebanon, her family relocated in the mid-70's to the South Bay area of California, due to the Lebanese Civil War. Here she finished high school and attended California State University Dominguez Hills, attaining her bachelor's degree in psychology.
She was just about to attain her master's degree when her friend, Pierre Medawar, convinced her to move to Lansing, Mich. to attend Michigan State University (MSU).
"He was a friend of mine at the time, and I had told him that I wanted to pursue my PhD. but couldn't find a school that I liked. He was telling me about MSU and I said to myself, 'sure I'll try it.'"
After moving to the Lansing area in 1985, she never ended up finishing her masters or pursuing her PhD. as planned, but instead, began working with Pierre at his jewelry store, where her passion and interest in jewelry blossomed. After marrying into the Medawar family and working at the stores for a number of years, her interest in jewelry became a passion. She took classes from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), conducted research and traveled the world to look at designs and trends so that she could better implement them into her stores.
"I have been all over the world," Medawar said. "Vietnam, Paris, Italy … I wanted to learn as much as I could about jewelry so that I could bring the best of the best to my stores."
Although all six of her jewelry business locations are thriving, what Medawar is most proud of, is her work at women's prisons in Lebanon, where she brings supplies and services to women who are in need or are stuck in an unfortunate situation.
"I go there once or twice a year and bring them items they need. These women are treated wrongly, most of them aren't deserving of being in a prison. So many of them need prescriptions and other necessities that they can't get – it's a third world country," she explained.
Her involvement in the women's prisons started 15 years ago, when her father began a relationship between his church and the women's prisons. Medawar said that a few times, she and her sister have traveled to Lebanon to help the women, literally risking their lives to get them the supplies they need.
"We've been shot at before," she said. "It's a big part of my life, helping people. It's one of my passions."
Aside from helping people; friends, family and "future friends," as she refers to strangers, Medawar enjoys traveling and scuba diving in her spare time.
"I love to travel and see new cultures and sights," she said. "Although, one of my biggest fears is the water. In 2011, I decided I needed to face that fear and I went scuba diving in the Dominican Republic (Punta Cana). It is such a beautiful experience, I have literally cried underwater before. You feel so small."
While the Medawar's divorced in 2012, she said that she and her ex-husband of 27 years
still maintain a positive relationship.
"We continue to be best friends and business partners," she said, noting that Medawar Jewelers is still very much a family affair, with the Medawar's two adult children, Jon-Pierre and Christina co-owning the family's six locations.
"Jon-Pierre is a master jeweler," she explained. "He has been a jeweler since he was four years old, he would sit on his father's lap and learn, he has always wanted to do this." Medawar noted that she and Jon-Pierre recently partnered together to get their newest location in Brighton up and running.
"He and I work so well together," she said. "It's very awesome that I am able to run a business with my children."
Christina Medawar, her daughter, co-owns the stores as well, mainly working at the Jackson and Portage locations.
"Christina received a degree from MSU in public relations," Medawar said. "She loves people and is extremely creative. She is involved in community events and charities all around Michigan, all this aside from running her store
in Jackson."
While Medawar is extremely knowledgeable in jewelry and jewelry making due to her own research and pursuit of higher education in the industry, she said that her formal training in psychology is something she uses every day.
"People come into the store and I talk with them, hear their stories, sometimes I pray with them," said Medawar. "But that's what I love about the service industry, I love to help people and develop relationships with them."
Working in the jewelry industry for 31 years, Medawar said that she has now had the pleasure of working with multiple generations of customers, particularly for engagement rings and jewelry of that sort.
"It's awesome to see the second generations of customers coming in, the fact that I know their parents and families is a great experience."


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Former WFAN host Craig Carton will go trial for fraud in the fall, a judge decided Thursday.
Carton, 49, is accused of swindling investors by offering face-value tickets to performances by artists like Metallica, Adele and Katy Perry. He then promised to resell them at a substantial profit, the feds say.
Carton and his co-defendant, Michael Wright, siphoned some of this money into a "Ponzi-like scheme," repaying some investors with money funds from other victims, authorities said.
The trial date for the one-time co-host of "The Boomer and Carton Show" was set for Oct. 29 in Manhattan Federal Court.

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text: I currently live in Baltimore, MD. I recently returned after almost 3 years living and teaching at 2 public universities in China. I am an indoor student of Han, Shirfu who is one of the few masters of Imperial Yang Tai Chi Chuan, Xiaojia or small frame. It is very traditional and rare even in China. It looks and feels nothing like Yang Tai Chi seen in the parks in China or taught in the USA. The last time I saw my teacher in Shenyang, he recommended that I watch the opening of the Olympics on August 8th, because China will show 2 1/2 minutes of several Chinese systems, one being Imperial Yang TCC, Xiaojia. He said that the Chinese government will present some of the best of the over 2000 systems of Kung Fu in China. Perhaps you might be interested in watching. Best regards, James


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Lee O'Donnell shocked the Monster Truck world on Saturday when he captured the 2017 Monster Jam World Finals Freestyle Championship by landing the event's first-ever front-flip.
Here's how it went down.
O'Donnell came into the big pod resting solely on his back two wheels, as you can see.
That helped propel the rear-end of his car over the top of the front-end once he came into contact with the pod.
A picture of the car in mid-air.
And the moment he landed.
Full video of the moment.


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Dame Janet Smith's report on the Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall scandals was bound to attract national press criticism.
Newspaper editors, whether favourable or not to the corporation, could hardly react otherwise. The catalogue of predation was all the more shocking for the sober way it was recorded in the judge's report.
In his statements and interviews on Thursday, the BBC's current director-general, Lord (Tony) Hall, appeared to accept that the crimes carried out over a 40-year period were impossible to defend, so he did not seek to do so.
His problems in responding to the report were compounded by his decision to fire Tony Blackburn just head of the report's publication. It opened what amounted to a second front in the general assault on the BBC's history of failures to confront Savile and Hall over their sexual crimes.
Several papers therefore chose to lead their front pages with the Blackburn sacking, with most concentrating on his claims about being a scapegoat.
The Daily Mail asked whether he had been fired to "deflect attention" from the Smith "whitewash." The Blackburn effect was also evident on the fronts of the Guardian, Daily Express and the Daily Mirror, with the latter revealing the "secret memos" said to be the reason for his departure.
Much of the newspaper fire was aimed at Smith having produced what Metro's page 1 headlined called a "£6.5m Savile whitewash". Several editorials took a similar line.
The Times believed "the inescapable conclusion" from the report was that the BBC "was not merely in thrall to its most odious and abusive presenter, but too big to care about his victims."
It argued that a continuing "culture of fear" at the "overmighty" corporation still exists and "makes junior staff reluctant to complain to their superiors". Therefore "it must be cut down to size."
As for claims by Savile's victims (aka survivors) that the report was a whitewash, the Times thought "any reasonable reader must have some sympathy for this view."
Despite her thoroughness, Dame Janet set "an arbitrary threshold for the level in the BBC hierarchy that would have constituted 'corporate' knowledge, and while she argues that no one above that level knew what was going on, she fails to convince." The paper continued:
"She says the BBC was more concerned about its reputation than about Savile's victims, which is all too plausible. For the same reason it is just as plausible that senior people knew, and deliberately did nothing...
Celebrities are if anything more insulated from scrutiny and exposure, not less, since the Leveson report, and our well-funded, overstaffed public broadcaster remains too big for licence fee-payers to have much faith in vague promises to reform its corporate culture."
The Daily Telegraph viewed the failure to bring Savile to justice as "an indictment of celebrity culture" and lamented the report's "lawyerly approach to apportioning blame". It "often seems to be making the case for the defence."
Victims, it said, "will find it difficult to believe" that "the corporation as a body was unaware of these crimes... The BBC has shown time and time again that it lacks the quality of honest introspection necessary to atone for the mistakes of the past.
"It failed to stop Savile's abuse, initially celebrated him in death, was slower than others to expose his crimes and, now, dodges the question of guilt. The 'sorry' it has given to victims is sadly insufficient."
The Guardian contended that "the outstanding question is how so many people could have looked away." It continued:
"The report finds that just as important as any intimidation of fame was the intimidation that cascaded through the bureaucratic ranks. Victims who dared to complain were shunted away, and insiders who might have been in a position to blow the whistle had sensed that they would be disdained or disbelieved.
If today's BBC were less deferential, that would give some real protection. But Dame Janet noted sadly how the serving employees she relied on as witnesses, in an inquiry in which the BBC had so much invested, were still often only willing to speak anonymously.
The 'atmosphere of fear' which protected Savile, she said, 'still exists today', and indeed may be aggravated by insecure hiring practices."
Savile abused with impunity, said the Guardian, "because enough people chose not to see it, and those who did felt they couldn't complain... The customary call to let in the light is not enough; the need is to change the culture - and pull the blinkers from society's eyes."
The Independent believed "it is clear" from Smith's conclusions that some of the BBC's staff "knew of improper conduct" and, although the "report is to be welcomed, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that it has left stones unturned."
It said: "Many will find it frankly inconceivable that senior staff didn't at least have an inkling. If they really were so closeted that neither complaint nor conjecture reached their ears, that is no less a sign of management failure."
And the Indy thought it could happen all over again because employees worried about keeping their jobs "should they try to blow the whistle on inappropriate behaviour." It continued:
"The short-term nature of many employment contracts at the BBC does nothing to encourage a more open culture in which staff feel empowered to speak up... The deferential attitudes... are seemingly little altered from Savile's day...
There must be greater protection for whistleblowers and an overhaul of the corporation's child-protection policies. But above all else, the challenge for the BBC is to mount a full-scale demolition of the hierarchical structure which still prizes seniority and 'star' status above all else."
The Mail wondered why no senior manager had been called to account, questioned Smith's willingness to believe that they had known nothing and referred to her report as "an expensive whitewash." It said:
"The only person sacked, for allegedly not cooperating with the inquiry, was the veteran Radio 2 DJ Tony Blackburn. It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that this was to shift attention away cynically from the fact the BBC's upper echelons were all getting off scot-free.
One of the great mysteries of the universe is why, when a full judicial inquiry was ordered by the prime minister into phone hacking by a now defunct tabloid newspaper, the BBC Trust was allowed to get away with commissioning its own investigation by Dame Janet.
Is the molestation and rape of young girls on the corporation's premises really the less grave of these two matters? Or is it one rule for the BBC and another for the rest of us?"
Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn was sympathetic to Blackburn as "the latest celebrity to have his career ruined and reputation trashed" in the aftermath of the Savile scandal.
And the Daily Express agreed. Blackburn "has every right to feel aggrieved at being sacked by the BBC", it said, raising the possibility that his departure was orchestrated to "distract attention" from the release of Smith's report.
If the BBC's only response [to the report] is to sack a widely loved DJ, it said, "then that is utterly disgraceful conduct on the part of those at the very top of the corporation."
The Mirror, which broke the Blackburn story on Thursday, ran another exclusive about the matter on Friday, "Secret Beeb memos that got DJ Tony Blackburn the sack".
It claimed to have documents showing that senior BBC managers had spoken to Blackburn over the allegations made by 15-year-old Claire McAlpine. He flatly denied the claims.
In its editorial, the Mirror argued that the corporation had "failed in its duty to protect the public." As for the Smith report, "the BBC can have no complaint when victims dismiss [it] as a 1,000-page whitewash."
It concluded: "This report is the end of the beginning of the scandal, not the beginning of the end for the most shameful breach of trust in the BBC's distinguished history. The fight for the truth continues."


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Processed Carbs = Breast Cancer?
A new study raises concerns about high-carb diets beyond how they affect weight.
The Early Show medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay explains the study finds that women who ate the most carbs had twice the risk of breast cancer compared to women who ate the least amount.
For this study, researchers enrolled 475 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer and a comparison group of 1,391 healthy women in Mexico City, Mexico, who were matched for age, weight, childbirth trends and other factors that affect the odds of gettng the disease.
Dr. Walter Willett, chief of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health did the study with doctors at Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Women filled out a lengthy food questionnaire developed by Willett and widely used in nutrition studies, and were divided into four categories based on how much of their total calories came from carbohydrates.
The results were that the women who got 62 percent of their calories from carbs were twice as likely to have breast cancer as the women who ate 52 percent or less of their calories in carbs. They were the least likely to develop breast cancer, Senay explains.
Fats, fiber and specific foods have long been studied for their effects on various types of cancer, but few firm links have emerged. Being overweight is known to raise risk, but the new study took that into account and still found greater risk from high carbohydrate consumption.
Senay explains the theory is carbohydrates - particularly those we know are unhealthy, like the processed cakes and cookies - increase your insulin level. Insulin also stimulates cells to divide. And if cells are dividing, that gives them a chance to sort of become bad cells, and develop into cancer. Though not proven, there's a lot of evidence that backs that idea up.
This is one of the few studies to look at how sugar and starch intake might affect the risk of cancer.
"It adds to the information that diet is important" with respect to cancer risk, said John Milner, the National Cancer Institute's chief of nutrition.
How applicable the results are to American women is debatable.
In Mexico, "the main carbohydrates these women ate were corn-derived, including tortillas, and soft drinks and bread," said Dr. Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce, one of the Mexican physicians who did the study.
Corn isn't fortified with folate and other nutrients as are many
grains, cereals and other sources of carbohydrates eaten in the United States, and those nutrients might help prevent cancer, noted Sandra Schlicker, executive director of the American Society for Clinical Nutrition.
Breast cancer rates in the United States are among the highest in the world. Nearly 132 cases are diagnosed for every 100,000 women. In Mexico, incidence is rising and is currently estimated at 38 cases per 100,000 women. But Willett cautioned that those rates are not adjusted for age differences and that the U.S. population is considerably older than Mexico's and therefore more at risk of cancer.
In the study, women who ate a lot of insoluble fiber - found in
whole grains, fruits and vegetables - had somewhat less risk of breast cancer. Fiber can modulate the absorption of carbohydrates.
"It leads me to believe that healthier carb sources, or at
least diets containing fiber, would be less strongly associated with breast cancer," said Marji McCullough, a senior epidemiologist and nutrition expert at the American Cancer Society.
Experts say more research is needed through a study that, instead of relying on women's memories about what they ate, asks them to keep food diaries and then follows them for years afterward to see which ones develop cancer.
Finding dietary links to breast cancer is important because diet is one of the few risk factors a woman can easily modify.
"This study alone isn't enough for people to make changes in their diet, but it's a cautionary sign," Willett said.
He also said the study's findings don't mean that it is safe or healthful to eat lots of meat, cheese or fats, as do many people who go on low-carb diets.
"There are many concerns with eating diets high in animal fat," Willett said. "If people do want to cut back on carbohydrates, it's really important to do it in a way that emphasizes healthy fats, like salads with salad dressings."
Senay notes, the study is in no way an endorsement of the Atkins diet. And it is certainly not a call for women to go out and throw away their healthy carbs.
The Institute of Medicine recommends that carbohydrates constitute 45 percent to 65 percent of calories, and that no more than 20 percent should come from added sugars, said Schlicker, who served on the panel that drafted the advice. New dietary guidelines are to be released next year.
The study was funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Ministry of Health of Mexico, and the American Institute for Cancer Research.
Results were published Friday in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.


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Extreme Gainer Blend
Extreme Gainer Blend (Hard Gainer Previously): Serious About Mass
When striving to increase muscle and size*, you must always be in a calorie surplus – your intake must be greater than what you manage to burn, otherwise it's going to be one long up-hill battle.
If you're training hard and feeling frustrated that you aren't achieving the mass you're after, then Hard Gainer Extreme is what you're looking for.
Our ultimate formula boasts 35g of protein and a staggering 61g of carbs, for a massive total of 446 calories per serving, providing you with a beasty bulk-up companion.*
We've built on the legendary success of our original product to give you even more exceptional gains.* So forget about battling to build size – the super shake is here.
What are the benefits of Hard Gainer Extreme?
We've all got busy lifestyles, so finding time to get in those all-important nutritionals is hard, even for the most dedicated. That's why we're on hand to provide everything you need, and not just vital protein and carbs…
Creatine: 5g per serving, which is proven to increase physical performance in successive bursts of short-term, high-intensity exercise* – perfect for pushing yourself to the limit.
L-glutamine: one of the important amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein – getting you back in the gym, time and time again.
Vitamin and mineral blend: boosting your intake of vital vitamins such as vitamin A, as well as vitamin C, which contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
Plus, it's weighing in with six mouthwatering flavours, specially created for that sweet, satisfying hit you need to reach your weight-gain goals.
When should you take Hard Gainer Extreme?
Reap the benefits by enjoying this shake first thing in the morning, pre or post-workout, or any time you feel the need to fuel your day.
* Protein contributes to the growth and maintenance in muscle mass.
* The beneficial effect is obtained with a daily intake of 3g of creatine.
Nutritionals based on our Unflavoured version.
Serving Size - 3 1/2 Scoops (125g)
Servings per Container - 20 (2.5kg), 40 (5kg)
Nutritional Information
|Per 100g
|Per Serving
|6.2 g
|7.8 g
|of which saturates
|0.5 g
|0.6 g
|50 g
|62 g
|of which sugars
|14 g
|17 g
|28 g
|35 g
|0.3 g
|0.4 g
|Per 100g
|Vitamin A
|401 mg
|Vitamin E
|6.18 mg
|Vitamin C
|41.17 mg
|0.57 mg
|0.72 mg
|8.23 mg
|Vitamin B6
|0.721 mg
|Folic Acid
|103 ug
|Vitamin B12
|1.27 ug
|192.98 mg
|192.98 mg
Active Ingredients
|Per 100g
|Per Serving
|L Glutamine
|Creatine Monohydrate
* Reference Intake of an average adult (8400 kJ/2000 kcal)
The nutritional information is based on the Strawberry Cream version, when choosing an alternative the nutritional values may vary.
- Add 3 ½ large scoops (125g) to 500-1000 ml of water or full fat milk in a Myprotein shaker, shake for 30 seconds and consume 30 minutes pre/post workout.
- Consume first thing in the morning with Greek yoghurt, smoothies, pancakes, porridges or on its own to fuel you through the day.
- Alternatively, consume anytime throughout the day.
Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight. This product is intended to be used alongside an active lifestyle and a balanced diet. Suitable for vegetarians.
For allergens, see ingredients in bold.
Chocolate Smooth Flavour: Modified Maize Starch (37.7%), Whey Protein Concentrate(Whey Protein Concentrate(Milk), Emulsifier( Soy, Sunflower Lecithin)) (12.4%), Whey Protein Isolate(Whey Protein Isolate(Milk), Emulsifier(Soy, Sunflower Lecithin))(7%), Fructose, Milk Protein Concentrate (6%), Calcium Caseinate(Milk) (5.5%), Medium Chain Triglyceride Powder(Medium Chain Triglycerides, Milk Protein, Glucose Syrup, Dipotassium phosphate, Tricalcium phosphate) (5%), Oatflour, L Glutamine, Creatine Monohydrate, Flavouring (Flavouring, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Sweetener(Sucralose)), Flax Seed Powder (3%), Xanthan Gum, Multi Vitamin Powder(Magnesium, Vitamin C, Iron, Vitamin E, Niacin, Vitamin A, Zinc, Vitamin B6, Vitamin D3, Thiamine, Riboflavin,Iodine), Multienzyme complex.


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Bitcoin is going a bit more mainstream and may be part of your daily morning jolt.
As NewsBTC reported, eGifter, the online gift card platform, is supporting Dunkin' Donuts cards, and as part of that support, customers can pay with bitcoin. Thus, distributed ledger technology is making inroads across payments technology and crullers, too.
The bitcoin payments option is offered across the spectrum of eGifter's prepaid card pantheon, encompassing more than 200 brands. Dunkin' Donuts operates more than 8,000 locations across the United States.
The outlet quoted eGifter CEO Tyler Roye as stating: "The [Dunkin'] card was on our wish list since our first day in business. Many of the eGifter team members start every day with Dunkin' coffee, also referred to around here as 'startup fuel.' Those cups in our hands were a constant reminder that we wanted this card, so we are quite excited to finally be able to offer it to our members."
According to NewsBTC, bitcoin debit cards are on the way.


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Gridlife is a phenomena that captures car culture in an all-inclusive net. Active paddocks, weekend track toys, full-on track attack monsters, drift cars, show cars and at night: music. It's immersive; with so many different things happening to grab your attention, boredom is forbidden from your brain. Autoweek is a part of Gridlife for this reason. And we've talked about it before. What we haven't done is participate, until now.
MOMO, the Italian brand famous for steering wheels, is expanding. They now produce a wide variety of racing gear -- seatbelts, for example, and safety gear: shoes, gloves, even racing suits. And to prove its worth, MOMO, offered me a chance to try its gear and a drift car to try it in. "Yes!" I said, ignoring the fact that I'd never drifted on a racetrack before, let alone with pros, legends really, like Vaughn Gittin Jr. and Tanner Faust.
I simply couldn't turn it down. Besides, I can drift. I've done it in parking lots and skid pads before. Hell, I even helped Lingeman pick up the trade. So, I flew down to Atlanta to join MOMO at GridLife South. Held at the home of Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta, the venue offers a world-class track experience and plenty of space for campers, car shows and music festivals.
The car was a Ford Mustang set up by Vore. It was not a fully built drift car -- Vore added a Roush stage-three supercharger, adjusted the suspension to make it tail happy, and threw on a set of easy-to-overwhelm tires. Oh, and a MOMO steering wheel. What it did not have was steering with extra articulation, a proper hand brake, or any other "drift car" goodies that you'd see on, say, Vaughn Gittin Jr.'s Mustang. No matter, zero chance I was going to back down. On goes the driving suit, gloves, and shoes. And on to the track goes this drift novice.
Yes! Oh my goodness yes. Even more fun than it looks, drifting is fantastic. It took me a few sessions to pick it up, but getting the hang of it felt phenomenal. You're inside a metal box, strapped tight in the seat of a machine that's seemingly spinning out of control, yet completely in your control. It's like riding a nitro powered tilt-a-whirl with the controls in your hands.
Here's the recipe: Enter the corner at close to the limit. Deliberately turn-in late. Crank in steering, stab the throttle. Correct for the drift, but not too fast! Look ahead. Repeat. What at first feels like crash avoidance, over-the-top maneuvers become second nature. As the car's tail starts to rotate, your head naturally rotates with it to maintain a sense of direction. You feel the road, just like you would while chasing a lap time, but with less nervousness about maintaining the perfect line -- more along the lines of finding the best places to make more smoke.
And, in fact, that is the single hardest part of drifting, and why, I think, the pros deserve our adoration. How do they see? Drifting causes tire smoke. Lots and lots of tire smoke. Heavy white clouds rising from tires scraping across tarmac at a million miles an hour. From the sidelines, it looks super cool. From the driver's seat, however, it looks like you're driving into massive white board. One pro, Corey Hosford, put it like this, "yeah sometimes you just got to count, like: I should reach the next corner in 6,5,4… That's why it's best to stay as close as you can to the next guy, you can still see!" Drift fans, you had it all wrong. The drivers don't run close to each other to wow the crowd, they simply don't want to lose track of where they are.
The one thing tire smoke doesn't cloud is the pure enjoyment of sliding a car around. At first, it's tempting to call it excitement, but no, I think it goes beyond that. Enlightenment better describes it. When a car slides with you inside it, all of your attention is on that car. You live entirely in the present. What is more enlightened than that?
Among the drifting crowd were several pros. One of them, 2015 Formula Drift Champion Fredric Aasbo, offered me a ride in his car, a Toyota Corolla hatchback. The Norwegian's drift Corolla is totally stock...except that it has no interior, a roll cage, a racing seat, a drift handbrake, modified suspension, modified steering, a four-speed racing gearbox, a turbocharged 2.0-liter engine with nitrous and 1,000 hp and is rear-wheel-drive. You know, basic upgrades.
First thing I notice is the ease with which Aasbo drives through the smoke (how does he see?). Then I notice just how incredibly close Aasbo runs with other drifters. On at least two occasions, I was certain we were going to hit someone. We never did. Once you run in a pack like the pros, you see incredibly high levels of precision. In the middle of a drift, Aasbo made big adjustments to stay close, but avoid hitting, the car in front of him.
Beyond that, I have to say it was much slower than expected, "Very low speed, but the technique is the same," Aasbo assured me. "This is a team drift, instead of a battle drift, we're teaming up trying to put on a show where the fans are." And Gridlife is a never-ending show. Because of this, Aasbo admitted that his Corolla wasn't running nitrous and only made 700 or so horsepower on our run. Other than that, the big difference is tire pressure, "In a competition, tire pressure is the number one tool to give us grip," Aasbo said, "For the ride we ran around 30 psi, in competition it's down toward 10 psi. In battle drift, tire life can be a big issue, I'll go through a set of tires in 40-50 seconds."
"This is my first Gridlife event." Aasbo continued, "And it feels a little bit strange to get in this car without feeling the pressure of competition. It's a great change of pace, I love it. It's super cool getting to drive with my friends from FD [Formula Drift] outside of a competitive environment. And the most fun thing about it is we can partner up with the grassroots of drifting, all the guys that are coming up through the ranks, we go out with them and be out on track at the same level."
Yup, that was me, the "grassroots." Fully enveloped in Gridlife and its laissez faire approach to putting cars on racetracks: Let it be, do not stifle drivers and cars with a 15,000-page rule book and six different scrutineering stations. This approach is highly attractive and addictive. I haven't had so much fun in years.
Cars are cool. Gridlife is proof.


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Monday, April 25, 2011
The Twisted Tale of Stormy Gale!
Today I'm doing a giveaway! Comment between now and midnight EST Tuesday and one person will win a copy of my steampunk romance novella The Twisted Tale of Stormy Gale! And don't forget, everyone who comments this week is also entered into our grand prize drawing for the steampunk prize pack (pictured to the right and also in more detail in yesterday's post here!)
Just leave a comment with your email address so we can reach you, and you're entered to win! We will be picking our winner on Saturday!
Now, for a little about Stormy...
As a young girl in 19th century London, Stormy spent her time on the streets. Discarded by her family, she and the other Fenchurch Street urchins struggled every day just to get enough to eat. Then, Professor Gilly Green blew into town and swept Stormy and her brother Bacon away on a journey through time, to the 20th century where he raised them as his own.
Sixteen years later, she is grown and has embraced a life of adventure. She's a time pirate, a modern day Robin Hood hell-bent on righting the wrongs in the world. When she embarks on yet another escapade through time, things don't go according to plan. She finds herself in 1836 New England running an ill-conceived con on a madman in order to get back what is rightfully hers. Her adventure lands her in hot water as she winds up shackled to a bed in The Loony Duke of Leister's torture chambers. Little does she know that the Loony Duke is someone from her past, who is going to turn her life upside down.
Want to read the first chapter? You can check it out here.
Stop back by each day this week for a chance to win and to read a little more about the other fabulous Steampunk Week releases!
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GREAT first chapter! Looking forward to reading more! =)ReplyDelete
Thanks Cari, I'm so glad you liked it!ReplyDelete
wow, what a great first chapter. i love the fact her little brother named himself after his favorite things at six years old. too funny. now i'm hooked on the story and want to know more.ReplyDelete
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Since I already have the book, don't include me in the drawing, but I just wanted to say, "hi!" I'm immersed in edits this week, will surface after the 1st. :0)ReplyDelete
A female Robin Hood-type that travels through time? Sign me up! :DReplyDelete
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Love, love, LOVE this book! Hurry up and write more!ReplyDelete
Fantastic first chapter! Thanks for the peak:)ReplyDelete
Sounds like a great story. I'm just now becoming familiar with the steam punk genre. I understand it's the up and coming theme!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the contest!
Congrats to Carrie, I'll be sending you a copy of the book today via email!ReplyDelete
Thanks everyone for commenting! You are all still in the running for our steampunk prize pack on Friday!
What a fantastic premise. I just found this title this morning and had to follow along for more info- which has led me here!!ReplyDelete
I would love to be entered to win the big prize pack and congrats to whom ever won this title. I just missed the date!!=)
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I read your chapter on this. I too like the lady above me just found about the title of this today also. Oh well I missed out on the book. I left you a comment after the chapter read.
It was such a tease. I have to find out what Stormy doe's after she finds out who she's lusting after.
Wishing you much success on this book.
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In my work as a Hand in Hand parenting instructor I've heard from many dads who feel pushed out. They experience hurt and upset, when their kids say, ''I don't like you daddy, I only want mummy.'' They aren't sure how to build strong connections with their children when so much of the time they feel like they aren't 'needed,' or are the second choice.
So I wanted to share something about the brain science of what comes out of kid's mouths when they're upset. When a child is having strong feelings, the limbic system – the emotional part of the brain, senses a kind of 'emotional emergency.' When this happens, the pre-frontal cortex,- the part of the brain responsible for reason, logic, and language can't function as well. So the things a child that come out of a child's mouth when they're upset may not be statements that reflect how they really feel.
The other thing is that when our children get upset in the present, there's often a deeper reason for their emotions. The psychologist Aletha Solter coined the term 'the broken cookie phenomenon' to explain how children often use everyday situations for bigger feelings. A child may pin their emotions onto wanting only mummy, when deep down their upset is to do with accumulated stress throughout the day, or trauma or upset from their early lives.
All babies and toddlers experience separation anxiety and we can help them through this phase with lots of listening and connection. This can make it easier for dads to spend as much time with their kids as possible, and give mums a much needed break!
Here are five tips for working through the ''I only want mummy phase!''
- Don't take it personally – In Torsten's Klaus book The Empathic Father The Empathic Father he reassures Dads that a preference for mummy isn't anything personal. He explains how the relationship with the mother begins before birth so it goes pretty deep. As mother's are often the primary caregiver it's natural that kids often gravitate towards them. But he also explains that sometimes when children say ''I don't want you daddy,'' is actually a coded message for, ''I want to spend more time with you.''
- Find Support – Do you have a friend who you can chat to whose going through something similar? When we have struggles and upsets, it can be really helpful to vent with someone who understands what you're going through. Hand in Hand parenting has a listening partnership scheme so you can connect with other dads, and release some of the stress and challenges that come up around parenting. Listening partnerships really helped Ben Linn, a hand in hand instructor and father of two.
- Play Around separation. Laughter is a fun way to deepen family connection and help children release tension and anxiety around separation. You can try peek a boo with babies, or for older children you could try playing ''he's mine'' where you and your partner playfully ''fight,'' over your toddler while they soak up warm attention.
4.When your child is upset just listen. There's a big misunderstanding in our culture that if children cry or get upset we should try and distract them or fix the situation as quickly as possible to stop them from crying. However crying is actually a healing process, and stress hormones are actually contained in tears, so when children cry they are literally releasing stress from their bodies. Being there to listen, and help them heal deepens our connection to them.
- Set limits and have a long goodbye– If you need to look after your child, then it can be really helpful to leave time for a long goodbye. If your child gets upset, when your partner leaves, you can both stay with them, and listen to the upset feelings that make separation from mummy feel scary. When upset feelings are no longer clouding your child's mind, you'll be ready for fun and games, and you'll be building the connections that will last a lifetime.
I hope you find these tips helpful! If you try them out I'd love to hear how you get on so feel free to leave a comment. Wishing you lots of joyful connected times with your children.
Kate Orson is a Hand in Hand Parenting Instructor, and mother to a 4 year old daughter. Originally from the UK she now lives in Basel, Switzerland. She is the author of Tears Heal, How To Listen To Our Children. Connect with Kate on Facebook, Twitter, or follow her blog Listening To Tears.
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Looking back to the history to jump ahead in the future.
The Synchronous Reluctance (SR) motors driven by variable speed inverters have been recently introduced in the Industrial market. They are capable to achieve very high efficiency level and to gain the maximum efficiency class (IE4) of IEC 60034-30 standard. Due to the wide use of electric motors in the world – take into account that electric motors consume the 70% of the electricity in EU industries – the improvement of their energy efficiency has become a major research focus. Both energy consumption as well as the environmental impact can be significantly reduced by adopting electric motors with high efficiency levels.
The SR motors answer to such request of high efficiency at very high performance/cost ratio, being the right solution not only for Industrial market but also for Material Handling and Electrical Mobility markets: their technical characteristics hugely improve the ones of ACIM motors at the same cost level.
The invention of the SR motor concept dates back to 1923 [1] and its theoretical analysis have been widely investigated in the subsequent years and in the 2nd half of 1900 thanks to the work of Alger [2], Lawrenson [3], Cruickshank [4] , Honsinger [5], Miller [6] and Staton [7] among others, but only with the more recent improvements of the rotor design, the advance of power converters and related control algorithms, this drive technology has become suitable for industrial use. Extended analysis of synchronous relactance machines, their control algorithms, related examples and experimental results can be found in [8] to [16].
The relatively high cost of concurrent motor technologies (Internal Permanent Magnet motors – IPMm – and Permanent Magnet Superficially Mounted motors – PMSMm) and the technical advantages over ACIM ones make the SR motors serious candidates as winning technology in many future industrial markets.
In order to understand the working principle of such motor, you should realize that the SR rotor has neither a conducting short circuit cage—as the IM does—nor permanent magnets or field excitation winding, but the SR machine utilizes the reluctance concept and rotating sinusoidal MMF, which can be produced by the traditional IM stator, for torque production.
The complex and anisotropic design of the rotor lamination generates different (geometric) reluctances in the d-axis and the q-axis and, if a magnetic field is applied to such anisotropic rotor, torque is produced as the rotor attempts to align the magnetically conducting direction to the stator field.
In the SRM, the stator field is produced by a sinusoidally distributed winding in a slotted stator and it links the stator and rotor through a small air gap, exactly as in a traditional ACIM. The field is rotating at synchronous speed and can be assumed to have a sinusoidal distribution. Basically the synchronous reluctance motor is a true AC rotating field machine, requiring a balanced polyphase sinusoidal supply into a distributed winding, which for all intents and purposes is identical to that of the induction machine of the same power rating.
SR motor principle and related torque general equation:
Basic design of the SR motor:
The characteristics of such design are:
The inherent advantages of SR motor technology over IM technology are:
Just to focus on further considerations about power losses, in modern IMs with a short circuit rotor cage, the losses associated with the rotor amount to 20–35 percent of the total motor losses. Synchronous rotation eliminates most of these associated losses.
The elimination of these slip losses leads to an efficiency increase of 4 to 8 percent, as well as a 20 to 40 (depending on motor power) percent increase in power and torque density for the same insulation temperature class.
For a complete analysis, the characteristics that could be considered disadvantages are:
Thanks to such characteristics, the SynRM can be designed for the same frame size as an equivalent power IM, but achieving the latest IE4 efficiency standard rating. You have to take into account that the majority of the losses in the synchronous reluctance machine are confined to the stator copper windings, where it is generally easier to remove heat than the rotor, which is a major challenge in the Induction Machines.
The SR motor has a rocky history in its development but has had a fraction of the attention and expenditure deserved to different motor technologies (ACIM and PM in particular).
SME S.p.A. has strongly believed that the inherent advantages of SR motors could provide improved engineering solutions for many applications and has invested in 4 years of research to analyze, develop and optimize such technology.
The development of patented design of rotor lamination together with the implementation of rock solid, state-of-the-art control algorithms let us say that the SR motor technology developed by SME rivals with ACIM motor technology for power density from 0 speed to 3 times nominal/based speed while it's widely better under efficiency and thermal points of view.
If you consider the SR motor increased robustness and lower maintenance and cost, its magnet-free design, the relative low cost impact of the investments for its mass production since it's a true AC machine as IM motors already in the market, you can realize how easy and effective can be the replacement of ACIM motors in many applications and how it can compete with PM motors in many others, owing to their losing use of expensive magnets.
SME has engineered and manufactured SR motors in a wide range of output power, suitable and available for applications in the industrial, material handling and automotive markets and will continue working on their improvement and enlarging their power range since such arising technology will be the next big jump ahead in the future for a wide range of electrical motor applications.
References[1] Kotsko, "Polyphase Reaction Synchronous Motor", Journal of AIEE, vol.42 pp.1162-1168, 1923 [2] P. L. Alger, "The Nature of Polyphase Induction Machines", New York: Wiley, 1951. [3] Lawrenson, P.J., Agu, L.A., "Theory and performance of polyphase reluctance machines", Electrical Engineers, Proceedings of the Institution of, vol.111 no.8 pp.1435-1445, August 196 [4] Cruickshank A.J.O. et al., "Theory and performance of polyphase reluctance motors with axially laminated anisotropic rotors", Proc. IEE, vol.118 no.7, 1971 [5] Honsinger V.B., "The inductances Ld and Lq of reluctance machines", IEEE Trans. PAS, vol.90 no.1, 1971 [6] Miller, T.J.E., Cossar, C., Hutton, A.J., "Design of a synchronous reluctance motor drive", Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1989, Conference Record of 1989 IEEE, vol.1 no. pp.122-127, 1-5 October 1989 [7] Staton D.A., Soong, W.L.; Miller, T.J.E., "Unified theory of torque production in switched reluctance and synchronous motors", Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, vol.31 no.2 pp.329-337, March/April 1995 [8] A. Vagati, G. Franceschini, I. Marongiu, G.P. Troglia, "Design criteria of high performance synchronous reluctance motors", Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE 4-9 Oct. 1992 Page(s):66 – 73 vol.1. [9] A. Fratta, A. Vagati, F. Villata, "On the evolution of A.C. machines for spindle drive applications", Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, Volume 28, Issue 5, Sept.-Oct. 1992 Page(s):1081 – 1086. [10] A. Vagati, A. Fratta, G. Franceschini, P. Rosso, "AC motors for high-performance drives:a design-based comparison", Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, Volume 32,Issue 5, Sept.-Oct. 1996 Page(s):1211 – 1219. [11] J.J. Germishuizen, F.S. Van der Merwe, K. Van der Westhuizen, M.J. Kamper, "Performance comparison of reluctance synchronous and induction traction drives for electrical multiple units", Industry Applications Conference, 2000. Conference Record ofthe 2000 IEEE, Volume 1, 8-12 Oct. 2000 Page(s):316 – 323 vol.1. [12] F. Parasiliti, M. Villani, "Synchronous reluctance motors design and performance prediction using an analytical procedure", Electrical Engineering and Electromagnetics, WIT Press, 2003, ISBN- 1-85312- 981-X, pp. 147-156. [13] F. Parasiliti, M. Tursini, M. Villani, "Design of synchronous reluctance motors by finite element analysis and optimization algorithm Prototype and tests", Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of 'Aquila, 67100 Poggio di Roio,L'Aquila, Italy, July 15th 2006. [14] Rae Hwa Lee, Min Myung Lee, Jung Ho Lee, "Rotor design functional standard of Synchronous Reluctance Motor according to torque per volume using FEM & SUMT",Manuscript received June 30, 2006.2 [15] T. Matsuo, T. A. Lipo, "Field oriented control of synchronous reluctance machine", Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1993. PESC '93 Record, 24th Annual IEEE, 20-24 June 1993 Page(s):425 – 431. [16] A. Boglietti, A. Cavagnino, M. Pastorelli, A. Vagati, "Experimental comparison of induction and synchronous reluctance motors performance", Industry Applications Conference, 2005. Fourtieth IAS Annual Meeting, Conference Record of the 2005,Volume 1, 2-6 Oct. 2005 Page(s):474 – 479 Vol. 1.
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OEM is the Manufacturer's Original Equipment Manufacturer. Remember this when replacing parts on your vehicle replaced. You will sound like you know what you are talking about if you tell a mechanic you only want OEM parts. This means you're less likely to receive used parts from someone.
You can replace your oil or refilling the windishield wiper fluid compartment. It is a common misnomer that these routine jobs should be left to the professionals. You should learn how to do the work, as long as you have the proper skills and knowledge.
Put your car on a jack stands if you're storing it.
Ask someone you trust to recommend a good mechanic to you. This is a great way to locate a superb mechanic since their skills would be proven by your friend's experience. It certainly beats taking a chance on a mechanic that you have no prior information on.
If you ask a mechanic for a quote, ask for an itemized list. This will make it simpler to compare their quote with another one. The component costs should be very similar; therefore, but the labor is where you will find the deal.
Modern vehicles are fitted with all kinds of sensors that will tell you when there are problems. Sometimes the sensor has issues, so check on your car manually once in a while.
Seek second opinion prior to having any big repairs on your car.The mechanic may be offended or offer a special price to do repairs right away, but be suspicious of this.
You can often put off minor car repairs, but take your car in immediately if the electrical system, such as brakes and tires, tires or brakes give you trouble. You could find yourself and others if a part that needs to be replaced finally breaks down.
You may not notice anything is wrong, but it is always best to ask a reliable mechanic inspect it. If the vehicle seems fine, you might need to get the dashboard computer checked.
The engine belts are extremely critical to your vehicle. A belt can cause great damage to your engine and leave you stranded. You probably need belt replacements if your car screeches when it starts.
Bring your car to an auto shop and have it inspected for possible overheating problems. Have your hoses and look for leaks.
Now that you've gone over the things presented here, you probably have enough knowledge to get auto repairs done. So, whenever an auto problem occurs, you can fix it on your own or find someone to do it for you. You want a car that can run properly.


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Picutres of Sydney Storm November 2018
All the Craziest Images from Sydney's Wild Storm
All the Craziest Images from Sydney's Wild Storm
Sydney is known for being a mild city when it comes to the weather, at least in comparison to those in more southern states like Victoria and Tasmania. But while both Melbourne and Hobart are only predicted to endure 0-2 millimetres of rain today, Sydney's expected rain fall is . . . 80-150 millimetres. Oh. Well, you've got to hand it to Sydney — it doesn't do things by halves. Before we even hit midday the city had experienced train, light rail, bus, and flight delays, flash flooding leading to road closure, and not to mention more than double November's average rainfall . . . all in a few hours! What do we do when mayhem hits? We get through it by joining in solidarity over social media. Below, you'll find some of craziest photos and videos tweeted throughout the storm so far. Stay safe, everyone! If you are in danger and need support please call State Emergency Services 132 500.


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Chartism, Chartists, Democracy, Direct Democracy, Estonia, EU Referendum, History, House of Lords, Iceland, Morality, Opinion, Parliament, Politics, Representative Democracy, Switzerland
It is after midnight and the Orkney Islands have just declared for Remain. As we wait for the results of the EU referendum, I shall while away the time with a final little homily about the future of democracy.
Some time ago I was talking with a friend of this website about his memories of being a Labour party activist in the 1970s. Although I enjoyed the descriptions of his shambolic electioneering, I remarked upon how strange and wonderful it must have been to live in a period when it was quite normal for ordinary people to be the members of political parties. Perhaps this jarred upon my friend's nerves – maybe it sounded like second-hand nostalgia. No, he replied, his generation was simply bored. Today, when there are a hundred channels on the television and a million video clips on the internet, this boredom is probably as inconceivable to people of my age as plague buboes and the four humours. Yet oftentimes in the 1970s young people had nothing to do after work. A political party came with evenings in the pub, fetes, discos, céilidhs, and numerous opportunities for like-minded people to meet and mingle.
It cannot hurt to occasionally interrogate your own assumptions about democracy. When I was a student, the Left banked its ideology upon a vision of the world in which plucky grassroots were always stirring and the masses were always the next speech from Tony Benn away from being vastly mobilised. Supposing, however, that this model had at some point slipped out of date. However maddened I was by Occupy Edinburgh, I still envied those who could devote themselves to its fatuous marches and rallies. I could never dissolve my personality within a crowd in this way or volunteer myself with such bright-eyed cheerfulness to be fodder or scenery. Supposing, however, that all of this imagery – of marches and mobilisations and enormous demonstrations – is nothing other than anachronistic in the twenty-first century.
Look at old photographs of the action on the streets of St Petersburg in 1917 (the inspiration for so many left-wing clichés today) and then compare them to the images of any recent protest against, say, the bedroom tax. It is like a glacier has melted down to the proportions of a snowball. Has there ever been a political demonstration in the UK over the last twenty years which has involved large numbers of working-class people? Even the protests against the Iraq war were, if we are holding our hands to our hearts, a bit of a middle-class hobby. And perhaps, you begin to reflect uneasily, the modern world does not look so bad when it is seen through the eyes of the Chartists. So much of what they had wanted to use democracy for has been accomplished. With our technology and healthcare, we all enjoy freedoms which were once beyond the riches of the fattest Corn Laws beneficiary. Over the twentieth century, democracy in the UK has, through a process of ruthless elimination, dispensed with communism and unmitigated free-market capitalism, and it has proved remarkably adept at pacifying the voters. Having won so completely, the concept can surely enjoy an interlude of relaxation, or even drowsiness.
Of course, I am allowing a devil to whisper thrillingly in my ear. For me, mass participatory democracy has a moral imperative which would apply even in the most utopian of circumstances. Nonetheless, to swerve the question slightly, a puzzling feature of this week's EU referendum is that representative democracy is being put on trial for its life at the very moment when direct democracy should be justifiably coming to life. Why is the purr of democracy suddenly spluttering, when there is no material barrier to setting up a direct democracy tomorrow, assembling it out technology which is already widely to hand?
Direct democracy is only an institutional reality in Switzerland, which holds referendums at the federal level and popular votes in its cantons. There are still two cantons which vote with a show of hands. The Swiss system is undeniably quaint and also potentially disruptive within a system of international obligations, since promises made by the government can be unexpectedly unmade by the demos.
These days, direct democracy is typically at home in tiny nations. Iceland and Estonia have been both goaded by the perfidy of their elites to radically increase citizen involvement in politics. In 2011 Iceland used crowd-sourcing to design a draft constitution, in doing so expressing a preference for citizens' assemblies over elected representatives. Meanwhile, Estonia has covered so much ground in herding its voters online that it can possibly claim to have invented digital democracy from scratch. As the cyber commentator Jason Healey has reported:
The Estonian online election system works largely because it is tied to a national smart identity card, used with ubiquitous smart-card readers. As discussed in a recent Atlantic Council report with Intel Security, citizens vote by inserting their nationally issued smart cards into a card reader connected to "any personal computer with the voting application installed."
The system depends on two-factor authentication, requiring not just the voter's smartcard, but also the "PIN code in order to cast an encrypted and signed digital ballot. To preserve anonymity during vote collection and processing, the outer layer of encryption that stores and protects the user's identity is removed before the 'inner' encrypted vote reaches the election commission" to be counted.
Estonia set up e-voting in 2007 and so much of Estonia's civic life is now conducted online that it is today more of a website than a country. How could this technology be deployed in the UK, to give the Mother of Parliaments a long overdue system update?
The characteristic predicament for a plebiscitary democracy is that of who decides upon the questions. A system in which petitions have to obtain enough signatures from the people in order to be again put before the people would be hardly a satisfactory way to run a government. It would be no doubt complicated and time-consuming. It is, however, imaginable. Rather than visiting the BBC News website in the morning to check on the news, you would click on different petitions to determine what would be in the day's news. In your lunch break, you would nip outside with your phone or tablet to vote in the day's referendums. Voters and smokers would stand on opposite sides of the front entrance.
A stabler system would be one in which a public vote is triggered once government expenditure has exceeded a certain level. The lower the level, therefore, the greater the incentive for the budgets of dubious government contracts not to overrun. In this system, the number of digital referendums is no longer onerous for the distracted citizen. Only when there is a great controversy in the papers, like a looming Middle-Eastern war, or plans for a new nuclear power station, would the decision be referred to the voters. Every Chancellor's budget would have to be naturally approved in this way.
What role, though, is left for Members of Parliament? Are they reduced to elected civil servants, or to legislators who would be as powerless before the new digital commons as the House of Lords is currently before the House of Commons? There is inevitably less corruption if legislation is framed by elected representatives, and so in my system the Commons would basically assume the present function of the Lords. Nonetheless, my system would also accord MPs an enhanced oratorical status. I picture something like a festival of democracy, in which there are never-ending speeches, debates, wrangles, disputes, and the ashen-faced panic which has distinguished much of the EU referendum. It will be glorious!
A conventional worry about e-voting goes something along the lines of "if we allow the people more than representative democracy, they'll bring back hanging." In fact, an e-petition to restore the death penalty in 2012 only received 26,351 signatures (it needed 100,000 to be debated in the UK parliament). A plebiscitary system with a financial qualification would prevent the voters from passing socially contentious legislation, or rather such legislation would be more properly consigned to the supplementary arena of e-petitions.
Is this the future of democracy? Such is the prejudice against democracy which has run roughshod throughout the EU referendum, the widespread automatic association of majoritarian rule with "racism" and chaos, that it presently seems as if democracy has only a slender future ahead of it. In truth, democracy is never guaranteed – around the world and over history, more democracies have been overthrown than have lived on into a ripe old age. Today representative democracy is on trial in the UK, but whether or not it is sent back to its EU cell, no model of democracy is ahistorical. The given model which we have can be improved upon and made more moral.


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Most of the shopping in the retail store is made by online transactions through credit cards or debit cards as it is the easiest and convenient way of transaction. It is more of a good companion while shopping for handling payment of any sustained amount possible. There are several banks and financial institution that can provide credit cards. There are basically two types of credit cards available, one of them is the physical one while another one is virtual that can be used easily from any mobile or system.
Free Virtual Credit Card with Money
Online shopping, online transactions, subscriptions as well as bill payments are made easy by the credit cards. The virtual card is the one that gave rise to a free virtual credit card with money 20187 and thus should be known to everyone.
The working of virtual credit card should be known before proceeding for further topics. Some basic things are that the virtual card works similar to that of the physical card except for holding it physically. The card number and other details that are provided in the physical credit cards are also available in the virtual one that can be seen online. Using them in the shopping place or else in the marketplace is the most convenient and simple way of payment.
About Free Virtual Credit Card with Money 2019
The free virtual credit card is more of a generated number to use them in the shopping place or in the market or else in the online shopping process. However, the online transaction with the anonymous or not trusted seller is somewhat risky but not in all cases. A renowned company such as Amazon, Walmart or any other renowned companies will not involved in misutilization of any personal details regarding the credit cards. One can generate the virtual credit card number and other details and use them in the shopping-payment as other details are not asked by the merchants of any retail stores. The transaction will be valid even if the details regarding the owner or anything else is not shared with the merchants.
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Some card issuers such as Citi tend to offer credit cards with limited functionality and moreover, the number received by the cardholder from the virtual card is valid only for shopping. Moreover, a single series is valid only for a single merchant and this is the first and foremost adversity that should be looking out before getting the credit card from Citi.
There are several other companies besides Citi that provides more benefits than it such as Bank of America. Both Visa and MasterCard are provided in the bank of America that has multi-benefits. This virtual credit card is for free and can be used in shopping in all retail stores and online stores as well.
The number for the credit card is directly routed to the real account and can be used by providing regular details to the stores directly by entering the number. The most needed operation is in shopping where the verification is mostly done. Other than that of Citi card, the cardholder determines the number for the validity. However, these cards can be used until the expiration date, after which a new credit card should be applied from the issuer.
The Virtual Universal Mastercard
These are the most renowned and popular credit card network and the majority of these services includes good services. Visa credit cards can provide the individual credit card numbers even if the banks cannot help in solving these issues. The service for Virtual universal Mastercard is visa Checkout which is available for all types of master pass. Extended services for many types of cards are also available for all types of cards provided. Moreover, the services are available only for some specific merchants and can be used for Master card owners.
Entropay Virtual Credit card
This is the most preferable credit card for PayPal and much other online verifications and looks like a virtual credit card. It doesn't need to link with the real account specifically and can be routed while adding to the account or any other transaction process. Moreover, these can also be used as prepaid cards for many shopping purposes and online transaction purposes. It is based on the US Company and can be changed by the upgrades from the issuers at any banks.
Final (Virtual Credit Card)
This is the other means for getting the virtual debit cards and can be used only for the persons having a good credit history and excellent income. Moreover, it works as per some limited conditions and guidelines other than that of any credit cards. Multiple transactions are allowed probably and there is no need for annual fees to access this service individually. It is the most convenient and easy way to get the virtual card when compared to that of any other virtual credit cards.
It is also a free virtual credit card of 2018 that can also be used with the PayPal accounts which are normally used in the online transactions. All you need is to register with the Payoneer and add it to the PayPal account to make the transaction as well as the online shopping process easy as never before.
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Things Should Know About Free Virtual Credit Card Number with Money
- Disposable card
The most common difference between the physical as well virtual cards is expired date and moreover, the physical one has not to limit of transactions. One can use the credit cards as long as the mentioned expired date and the credit limit. Extension of the expiry date is not possible in any type of physical cards. The virtual card is more of an easy to use a card that can be used for shopping and all other transactions.
- Security Layers
Security is the most known benefits of the virtual credit card when compared it with the physical one. The person with the physical credit card can easily access the card without any additional factors needed. Simply the CVV, expiration date and the card number is enough to get access to the account.
- Prepaid cards
Both physical and virtual card never resembles the prepaid facility and the money is brought from the card issuers or banks. Moreover, the virtual credit card requires a number of details such as the details of the cards to be presented when compared to that of the physical one.


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Cloud Security Engineer (AWS) – Mid Level
Learning Path
In this learning path, you'll prepare for a security focused engineering role working with Amazon Web Services. You'll begin by covering the fundamental concepts of cloud security, followed by a deep hands on experience with the core concepts you will need for any IT security role. The second half of this learning path will prepare you to work with AWS in a security-specific context, learning access controls, secure networking, and incident response. When you're finished, you'll be ready to start applying for security engineering roles at organizations that run workloads in the Amazon cloud.As a cloud security engineer, you will assess, design, and implement security solutions for an AWS cloud environment. You'll deploy security applications and workflows, often automating them with code if possible. You will also be responsible for monitoring systems, detecting security incidents, and responding swiftly to mitigate risk.Your job responsibilities may include developing new security tools and processes, managing and administering environment access, and working with other teams to ensure that each action taken within your company's cloud is secure and compliant with relevant policies.To be successful as a cloud security engineer, you should have at least 2-4 years experience as a systems administrator, cloud engineer, or an equivalent role. You should also have some prior experience with the AWS platform, including at least one associate level certification.