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The Jupiter Chronicles: The Secret of the Great Red Spot by Leonardo Ramirez is an adventure story revolving around Ian and Callie Castillo. Both of them have been brought up by a single parent since their father went missing five years ago. Ian's most precious gift is a telescope that was given to him by his father. Callie tries to activate it and send it to Jupiter to rescue their father who was kidnapped on Jupiter. This new genre, Steampunk, will leave readers captivated by the kids' adventures. The imagery, the characters, the intrigue, and the action make it a memorable read.
This adventurous story is fast paced and an engaging read. The transformation of the telescope into a space ship and Ian and Callie's trip to Jupiter will really thrill young readers. The presence of steam engines, gadgets, and planet Jupiter makes it a fun story. The characters of Ian and Callie are portrayed and developed well and the other characters in the story also make their presence felt. The author has managed to write a simple story with a science fiction theme that is intriguing, and at the same time not too complicated.
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How To Detangle And Condition Your Old Bundles/ Hair Extensions/ Wigs/
Have your old bundles gone dull? If your weave has lost its natural shine its probaly time to bring them bundles back to life by detangling and deep conditioning the hair!
Most weave can be revived with heavy duty detangling. A wide tooth comb instead of a paddle brush will prevent breakage, especially while wet. Always start detangling from the ends and slowly work your way up to the roots. When you come across a knot, use your fingers to loosen the knot and continue detangling with your comb....
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As the US$ has strengthened in the last few weeks, commodities have sold off, and global stock markets have risen. My quantitative models have 72.67 as the critical line that needs to hold. Currently the US$ Index is trading up again today at 73.44. This is the driving factor behind an inflation sensitive stock market.
There is still a lot of hay to bail here. But the momentum "Trade" is finally at the US Dollar's back, rather than in its face.
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text: Heavy clashes broke out in the southern districts of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as forces loyal to the country's UN-recognised government launched a counterattack to repel fighters allied to renegade General Khalifa Haftar. Residents of the city said they could hear sustained rocket and artillery fire in several districts of Tripoli on Saturday, after several days of stalemate on the ground. Haftar's Libyan National Army, which is allied to a rival administration in the country's east, launched an offensive to seize Tripoli more than two weeks ago, but it has been stopped in the city's southern outskirts by forces allied to the Government of National Accord (GNA). The shelling was louder and more frequent on Saturday than in previous days, residents said, and audible in central districts more than 10km away from the front line. Both sides claimed progress in southern Tripoli, but no more details were immediately available. Mustafa al-Mejii, a spokesman for the GNA's military operation, said his forces "have launched a new phase of attack". Trump praises Haftar in apparent reversal of US policy on Libya (2:20) "Orders were given early this morning to advance and gain ground," he told the AFP news agency. Colonel Mohamad Gnounou, another spokesman, said Tripoli-allied forces carried out seven air raids against military positions held by Haftar's LNA. They included areas south of the city of Gharyan, 100km southwest of the capital, and an airbase at Al-Watiya, 50km further southwest. Ahmed al-Mesmari, spokesman for Haftar's forces, said Tripoli-allied forces attacked the airbase three times on Saturday. Speaking to reporters in Benghazi, Mesmari confirmed attacks on Gharyan, saying civilians had been targeted. "Our airforce is providing fire support to troops on the ground," he said, adding: "The enemy is trying to flank our forces from the back, but they have failed in the face of the strength of our fighters and the experience of our fighters. It's become a war of attrition." 'We want civilian rule' Fighting on Tripoli's outskirts has killed at least 220 people and wounded more than 1,000 others, according to the World Health Organization, while the International Organization for Migration said more than 25,000 people have been displaced. The offensive, which Haftar said was aimed at cleansing Libya's western region of "remaining terrorist groups", has raised fears of a full-blown civil war in the oil-rich country, which has been mired in chaos since the NATO-backed toppling of long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. For years now, Libya has been split between the Tripoli-based GNA in the west and a rival administration in the east allied to Haftar. Saturday's clashes were "the fiercest fighting yet", said Al Jazeera's Mahmoud Abdelwahed, reporting from Tripoli. GNA-allied forces "say they have gained more ground against Haftar's forces, and are determined to re-take control of Tripoli's unused international airport," he said. 190405214022194 While GNA forces claim Haftar's fighters were on the retreat, the battle would not be easy, Abdelwahed said, "because Haftar's forces are supported by regional powers, like Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates". A phone call between President Donald Trump and Haftar on Monday, in which the United States leader praised the commander's "significant role in fighting terrorism" was likely to have emboldened the LNA further, said Abdelwahed. The US and Russia declined on Thursday to support a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Libya. Moscow said it objected to the British-drafted resolution blaming Haftar for the latest flare-up in violence, and the US did not give a reason for its decision. Meanwhile, about 2,000 residents of Tripoli staged a protest in the city's central Martyrs' Square on Friday to condemn Haftar's push on the city as well as world powers that back him, which they say include France and Russia, and now the US. "The powers that support terrorism in Libya are France, Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE," said Abdelrizaq Musherib, a protester. "We condemn the criminal acts against the Libyan people and the support for the rebel Haftar. We also condemn the United Nations mission, because of their inability to handle the Libya situation," he added. Nour Mohamed said the US wants Haftar to take over Libya. "We, the Libyan people, are against Trump and against Haftar. We want civilian rule and freedom." The French embassy in Libya tweeted in Arabic on Friday that Paris was "opposed to the attack" on Tripoli. The foreign ministers of France and Italy also said they are trying to forge a common strategy on Libya. Inside Story Is Haftar an aggressor or leader in Libya? SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies Libya Middle East Khalifa Haftar


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STRAND. The Strand, or Avenue B, in Galveston, Texas, runs parallel to the bay. Included in the original plat of the city in the late 1830s, origins of Avenue B's nickname are unknown. While the avenue extends throughout Galveston, the Strand has usually referred to the five-block business district situated between Twentieth and Twenty-fifth streets. Throughout the nineteenth century, the area was known as the "Wall Street of the Southwest," serving as a major commercial center for the region. At that time a majority of goods and people came through Galveston to get to Texas, making the city and the Strand a vibrant, vital, and bustling place where deals were made, goods bought and sold, ships supplied, and people served. In the late nineteenth century Galveston harbor annually hosted between 700 to 1,400 vessels. Major businesses included the shipping and trading firm of McKinney and Williams as well as the state's five largest banks. Wholesalers, commission merchants, cotton brokers, attorneys, and (prior to the Civil War) slave auctioneers all had offices on the Strand. Businessmen included Pierre J. Menard, Michel B. Menard, Samuel M. Williams, William L. Moody, Thomas F. McKinney, Gail Borden, Jr., James M. Brown, George Ball, and William Hendley. In 1881 $38 million worth of merchandise and services were sold through the various establishments in the district. Early buildings on the Strand were usually wooden and thus vulnerable to the frequent fires and storms that plagued the island throughout the nineteenth century. Eventually, owners began to replace the frame structures with iron-front brick buildings. Two buildings in Hendley Row date back to 1855 and 1859. The Berlocker Building located at Strand and Mechanic Street was built in 1858. Other historic buildings date back to the 1870s and 1880s. Nicholas J. Clayton, Galveston's premier architect, designed fifteen commercial structures on the Strand. Eight of them still stand. During the Civil War, when the Union forces blockaded Galveston, many businesses on the Strand closed shop and moved to Houston for the duration of the war. The battle of Galveston was fought on the bay and on and around Kuhn's Wharf at Twenty-first street. The Confederate forces on the island fought from every corner of the street. The Hendley buildings and several others sustained some damage from shots and shells. Most businesses returned after the war to enter a period of prosperity that lasted until the early 1900s.
As with the rest of the city, the Galveston hurricane of 1900 proved to be a turning point for the Strand. Many of the buildings suffered serious damage. The W. L. Moody building lost its entire fourth floor. Other structures lost elaborate cornices. In the rebuilding process, businesses moved off the Strand and away from the wharfs. The area became a warehouse district. In the 1960s amidst widespread deterioration of the Strand, the Junior League of Galveston County restored two buildings sparking interest in the area. In 1973 the Galveston Historical Foundation initiated the Strand Revolving Fund, a catalyst in subsequent years for dramatic restoration and adaptive use in the Strand Historic District. The fund and private investors continue to revitalize the area, making it a tourist attraction as well as a legitimate business community. The area is listed as an historical district on the National Register of Historic Places. It features shops, historical exhibits, and art galleries and hosts annual Mardi Gras celebrations and a Christmas festival known as Dickens on The Strand.
Howard Barnstone, The Galveston That Was (New York: Macmillan, 1966). Virginia Eisenhour, The Strand of Galveston (Galveston, 1974). Galveston Daily News, September 27, 1856, October 25, 1908, April 23, 1911. Charles Waldo Hayes, Galveston: History of the Island and the City (2 vols., Austin: Jenkins Garrett, 1974). David G. McComb, Galveston: A History (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986).
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Yang disenaraikan semuanya berbangsa Melayu dan berugama Islam..
Kalau ini kualiti yang ADA, tidak ADA yang menghairankan jika dipersenda Dan dipandang hina.
Posted by kluangman at Sunday, June 02, 2019
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- AnonymousSunday, June 02, 2019 4:16:00 AM
Pemimpin diktsktor macam tulah...Pemimpin parti dah tukar 6 kali, pemimpin DAP hanya seorang semenjak 1969...Lepas ni anak dia, dinasti Lim pulak ikut stail dinasti LKY di Singapura.ReplyDelete
Dah dapat kuasa penuh, tunggulah nanti .
- AnonymousSunday, June 02, 2019 5:24:00 AM
Quotes from Mat SabuReplyDelete
"gajah sama gajah lawan.. rumput mati di tengah tengah"
- AnonymousSunday, June 02, 2019 6:43:00 AM
Tahniah pH and macai's too..ReplyDelete
"elephant fight elephant.. grass dying in the middle.." suddently he pick up Singapore Prime Minister name..OMG..!!
I have always been proud of Malaysia and how Malaysians interact on an international platform but that video tells me something is either really wrong with our education system or Fake Degree we are just too stupid that we can be led by Ministers of this standard. Poor us...!
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Introduction: 'Kaese & Wurst' Cookies
Tired of sweet looking sweets? Try making delicious 'Kaese & Wurst'-style cookies...
You need these ingredients:
250g flour
100g fine sugar
150g flakes of butter (butter should be cold)
1 egg yolk
lemon zest
powdered sugar
food coloring
Step 1: Recipe For
1. Mix ingredients
2. Make ball of dough
3. Leave dough ball in fridge for 1 hour
4. roll out dough with rolling pin (2-3cm thick)
Step 2: Cut Out Cheesy Shapes
carefully cut out cheesy shapes with knife
Step 3: Round Shape
cut out round shapes with champagne glas
Step 4: Go On...
be careful with the holes in cheesy shape
Step 5: Baking
bake for about 8-10 minutes (convection oven: 180 celsius)
Step 6: Cool Off
almost done!
allow to cool off for a while
Step 7: Finishing Touch
choose yellow and pink colors to give them cookies a nice sugary topping
Step 8: Fertig!
Fertig sind die Butter-Ausstecherle im neuen Gewand...
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darn germans
Have you ever BEEN in a Mercedes?!! XD
why yes, yes i have
The cheese looks very...cheesy. :()
is the thing that was used to cut the circles the neck of a bong? ;P jk jk great instructable, looks yummeh!
They look so yummy. I love the idea!
thats so sweet the cheese looks so real but the wurst needs some work
What a neat idea! The cheese is quite convincing. Maybe you should mix some red and white sprinkles into the icing for the wurst cookies for that speckled-sausage effect?
at first i thought it was cheese great instructable!


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- A leading Catholic publication said Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court should be withdrawn.
- The move comes after a day of impassioned testimony from Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused him of sexual assault.
- The editors of America Magazine, a leading Catholic publication, said if lawmakers move forward with voting on Kavanaugh's confirmation, it would show that they prioritize policy goals over a woman's claims of sexual assault.
America Magazine, a leading Catholic publication, said Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court should be withdrawn.
The move comes after a day of impassioned testimony from Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing him of sexual assault.
"Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee [Thursday] clearly demonstrated both the seriousness of her allegation of assault by Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and the stakes of this question for the whole country," the publication wrote.
"Evaluating the credibility of these competing accounts is a question about which people of good will can and do disagree. The editors of this review have no special insight into who is telling the truth," the editors wrote, saying that if Ford's allegation is true, "the assault and Judge Kavanaugh's denial of it mean that he should not be seated on the U.S. Supreme Court."
"But even if the credibility of the allegation has not been established beyond a reasonable doubt and even if further investigation is warranted to determine its validity or clear Judge Kavanaugh's name, we recognize that this nomination is no longer in the best interests of the country."
"While we previously endorsed the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh on the basis of his legal credentials and his reputation as a committed textualist, it is now clear that the nomination should be withdrawn."
The editors in July praised Kavanaugh shortly after President Donald Trump nominated him to the high court.
Kavanaugh attended the elite all-boys Jesuit high school, Georgetown Prep, in the early 1980s and played on the school's basketball and football teams. Current Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is an alum as well.
A 2015 clip of Kavanaugh referencing his time at Georgetown Prep recently resurfaced. While delivering remarks at the Columbus School of Law, Kavanaugh said of his alma mater: "We had a good saying that we've held firm to to this day as the dean was reminding me before the talk, which is what happens at Georgetown Prep stays at Georgetown Prep. That's been a good thing for all of us."
Kavanaugh's high school friend Mark Judge, who wrote two memoirs recounting the drinking and debauchery he said he took part in while at Prep, is accused of being an eyewitness to Ford's claim of sexual assault. At least two other women have accused Kavanaugh of misconduct in the days since Ford's account emerged.
Both Kavanaugh and Judge have both vehemently denied the allegations. The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Friday whether to recommend Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court.


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Top 100 Houston restaurant (No. 27): Killen's STQ
Chef Ronnie's Killen's smoke-centered outpost in Houston proper can be, at its considerable best, wildly delicious. Consider the biscuits with honey flavored by real black truffle; a stupendous mashup of smoked bone marrow and tuna tartare; and those signature Killen's onion rings, the best in the known universe. It's hard to overstate the pillowy, contrapuntal magnificence that is the bacon tres leches bread pudding, either. All entrees may not be created equal here, but the beef options are reliably good, whether it be a Prime wood-fired steak or a voluptuous smoked short rib. Suitable wines served at the correct temperature and a careful cocktail bar round out the pleasures.
WHAT TO ORDER: Biscuits with truffle honey; smoked bone marrow with tuna tartare; smoked Vidalia onion soup; post oak smoked beef short rib with espresso barbecue sauce; onion rings; garlic butter BBQ fries; bacon tres leches bread pudding; crème brûlée cheesecake.
PRO TIP: There's a fun three-course, $29 lunch menu on weekdays. And be on the lookout for seasonal specials like racy house-made smoked sausage with roasted Texas peaches.
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Security forces at a U.S. nuclear missile base failed to speedily recapture a stolen nuclear weapon in a simulated drill last year, according to a review obtained by the Associated Press.
The test failure came as the security team at Montana's Malmstrom Air Force Base was responding to a hostile takeover of a Minuteman 3 nuclear missile silo. According to a review obtained by the AP through the Freedom of Information Act, the team showed an "inability to effectively respond to a recapture scenario" due to insufficient training and, lack of familiarity with "complex scenario" exercises and shortcomings in "leadership culture."
The Air Force called the failure a "critical deficiency" at the base.
Military officials acknowledged a failed inspection of the base in August, but they did not publicly attribute it at the time to the failed simulation. Even the partially-censored review obtained by the AP does not specify what exactly went wrong.
A spokesperson for the Air Force Global Strike Command declined to comment further to the AP, but said nearly all of the recommendations in the review had already been put in place. An inspection of the base two months after the initial evaluation found no security weaknesses, according to the AP.
The Air Force nuclear missile corps has faced a series of recent embarrassments. A commander of the 450 Minuteman missiles was removed from his post last October after the Pentagon concluded that he drank too much and cavorted with "suspect" women on an official trip to Russia. And in March, the Air Force fired nine commanders at Malmstrom amid fallout from a cheating scandal.


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Here's a mega-flavorful and satisfying whisk-with-a-fork in a cup dressing. My favorite thing to put this dressing on is a crunchy cabbage salad. I usually buy a pre-shredded bag of cabbage, and add more salad veggies such as grated carrots, bell peppers, broccoli, snap peas, etc. Garnish with fresh cilantro or basil, if you're into that.
This is written up as a single serving, because it's super quick to make at meal time, and I find it brings less mental chatter for me to just make one serving at a time. Feel free to scale up the recipe and make it in large batches to store in the fridge. The weight of one serving will vary depending on how much you thin it with water.
Some of my favorite ways to complete my protein are:
- 2 oz of cooked, shelled edamame (1/2 protein)
- 2 oz of quinoa (1/2 protein)
- 1 oz of peanuts or cashews (1/2 protein)
Peanut Sesame Dressing
Each Serving Contains:
- 1/2 Protein Serving
- 1 Fat Serving
- 1 oz peanut butter (1/2 protein)
- 0.5 oz dark toasted sesame oil (1 fat)
- 1 tsp rice vinegar (be careful not to buy seasoned rice vinegar, it's sweetened)
- 1 tsp soy sauce or tamari
- 1/4 tsp fresh grated ginger (or more to taste)
- Water, to thin
- Mix ingredients together with a fork.
- Thin with water to desired consistency.
Recipe Source: Katie's Bright Kitchen


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6 Easy Ways to Connect Arduino to Android
Arduino boards and similar microcontrollers are making creativity more accessible than ever. Whether you are controlling LED strips Ultimate Guide to Connecting LED Light Strips to Arduino One of the most common LED products is the LED strip. In this article, we will cover how to set up the two most common types with an Arduino. Read More , automating your home How to Remote Control Your Home With an Arduino, 5 DIY Projects The smart home revolution is happening now! We show you how to make your own smart home gadgets using nothing more than a simple Arduino. Read More , or even protecting your property How To Make a Simple Arduino Alarm System Detect movement, then scare the heck out of an intruder with a high pitched alarm sounds and flashing lights. Does that sound fun? Of course it does. That's the goal of today's Arduino project, suitable... Read More , these little marvels are the heart of most DIY electronic builds.
If you need to tell your Arduino to change the state of a pin (for example to turn the lights on), it requires the user to press a physical button or use a sensor. Relying on a human finger press or similar is fine for many projects, but what if you just want to set up your circuit and access it remotely?
This article takes you through 6 ways to connect your Android device to any Arduino compatible board. Lets dive in.
1. ArduinoDroid
First on our list is ArduinoDroid. This app works via USB On The Go What Is USB OTG? 5 Cool Ways to Use It on Android What is USB OTG and how can you use it on Android? We explain the feature and the many ways to utilize it. Read More (OTG) to connect your device to Arduino via USB cable. One of the benefits of USB is that it requires no internet or Bluetooth connection in order to operate.
The app is a fully functional IDE, which allows you to code on your phone, upload previously written sketches stored in your Dropbox or Google drive, and compile sketches on the go.
The benefits of using this app are obvious. Having an IDE to hand is the perfect thing to make quick changes in the field. Attaching an Android device is much less cumbersome than having to balance a laptop on your hand!
One obvious negative is that typing code out on your device might not be too comfortable, especially if it is a smart phone. This is only a small issue when compared to the convenience of having an ultra portable way of programming your board without the need for an internet connection.
This is also an inexpensive way to learn the basics of Arduino Getting Started With Arduino: A Beginner's Guide Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. Read More , as a clone Arduino board and USB OTG cable cost only a few dollars. Perfect for those without frequent access to a computer!
2. Arduino Bluetooth Controller
Next on our list is the aptly named Arduino Bluetooth Controller app. This app is less about programming an Arduino on the fly, and more about triggering changes in the uploaded sketch. The app sends data to your board via Bluetooth, allowing you to send serial data by pushing a button in the app. You will need a Bluetooth module for your board, though the HC-06 module is widely used and available for just $3 at the time of writing.
For an excellent primer on getting started with these cheap little modules see this video from Tinkernut Labs:
The video above recommends a different app, though some users report it doesn't work on modern smartphones. The Arduino Bluetooth Controller appears not to suffer from this problem. It is worth noting that the app does download in English, rather than Italian as displayed in the Play Store pictures!
3. Blynk
We've covered creating projects with Blynk before, and found it to be a great service. Its flexibility and simplicity make it an intuitive way to trigger events on your board. Blynk requires an internet connection to run, since it uses its own server. You can use either Wi-Fi or mobile data to access Blynk [Broken URL Removed], making it perfect for smartphone use.
One of Blynk's strengths is the range of ways you can connect to a device. Along with support for almost every development board out there, you can connect to the server wirelessly, using ethernet, or even use a computer's connection via USB. The service is well documented, and its intuitive app makes it simple to put together custom controls for your project. The Blynk library for the Arduino IDE takes care of all the communication.
If you are the type of person that wants to start their coffee machine from their phone before they get up in the morning, then this one is for you!
Blynk isn't the only service in this field, also worth checking out are the highly customizable Thinger.io, and the practically limitless yet fiendishly difficult OpenHAB. Out of the three, Blynk is certainly the quickest to get up and running, though learning OpenHAB Getting Started with OpenHAB Home Automation on Raspberry Pi OpenHAB is a mature, open source home automation platform that runs on a variety of hardware and is protocol agnostic, meaning it can connect to nearly any home automation hardware on the market today. Read More is a great idea in the long term.
4. Communication From Scratch
Everything we have covered so far makes use of already existing services to help you connect in various ways, but what if you want total control over every aspect of the Android app? Why not make it yourself from scratch?
Hariharan Mathavan takes us through the whole process in this extensive step by step tutorial. The app created here is designed simply to open a USB connection, and pass serial data back and forth between the app and the Arduino board. This is a great way to get acquainted with Android Studio and app building in general.
The guide takes you through all of the code required to communicate with your Arduino via USB, providing explanations at each step. The follow up tutorial on how to implement Bluetooth connectivity is equally well explained.
While there are ways to create Android apps without coding How to Create an Android App: Everything You Need to Know If you want to get starting making your own Android app, this guide includes everything you need. Read More , it's well worth learning the basics of coding in Java. Making your own apps is cool, but before you know it you could have a whole new career Career Options for Java Programmers With a projected growth rate of 19 percent for the 2014-2024 period (according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), the career prospects for Java programmers are indeed excellent. Read More !
5. Turn Your Arduino into a Server
Another way to communicate with your board is to turn it into a tiny server. The benefit of this is that it opens up the possibility of communicating with the board from anything that can navigate to an IP address, or make a web request.
This incredibly detailed tutorial from startingelectronics.org requires an Ethernet shield To attach your board to your home network. Here is a video of it in action:
Not got an ethernet shield? Fear not, the same can be achieved with a Wi-Fi shield or Wi-Fi connected board like the NodeMCU Meet the Arduino Killer: ESP8266 What if I told you a there's an Arduino-compatible dev board with built-in Wi-Fi for less than $10? Well, there is. Read More .
If Python is more your thing, Instructables user metanurb has a bluetooth module tutorial.
6. Infrared Control
Looking for a real wild card way to talk to your Arduino? Do you want to go full MacGyver? Then rip out an Infrared (IR) receiver from an old stereo or VHS player and use it to talk to your Arduino board!
This method requires your Android device to have an IR blaster built in. There are many apps available to make use of this feature, though the Mi Remote controller is free, and functions with many other household devices.
Once you have the app up and running, you will need to create a simple circuit to "sniff out" IR signals. This IR remote tutorial takes you through the process of building the circuit.
While this tutorial uses an old remote, the process is exactly the same for using an IR blasting Android device, and the availability of the parts make it a great beginner project.
This method only works within line of sight. It is, however, the cheapest way to communicate with your board wirelessly. Even if you cannot scavenge the parts to do this, an IR receiver costs less than a dollar. For a static device like a set of ceiling mounted LED strips, it could be the perfect solution to a simple problem.
Have We Missed a Tool?
These are a few ways to free your Arduino from your computer, though we are sure there are many more out there. Whatever method you use, why not implement it in a cool project such as a DSLR shutter release Make Your Own DSLR Remote Shutter Release One accessory you'll no doubt be after is a remote shutter; this allows you to place the camera on a tripod or rest it somewhere and trigger the shutter without the chance of shake that... Read More or an LED cube How To Make a Pulsating Arduino LED Cube That Looks Like It Came From The Future If you've dabbled with some beginner Arduino projects, but are looking for something a little permanent and on a whole other level of awesome, then the humble 4 x 4 x 4 LED cube is... Read More ?
How do you talk to your Arduino board? Do you always use a computer? Is there a crafty way to talk to our boards we have missed here? Let us know in the comment section below!
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10 Stocks Have Made Up All the S&P 500 Gains: 5 Dividend Picks to Grab Now
One of the constant themes that bearish strategists focus on after an eight-year bull market on the S&P 500 is valuation. While higher than the long-term average, it's important to note that just 10 stocks have made up all the gains in the S&P 500 so far in 2017, which means the other 490 are essentially flat.
Two graphs from research firm Bespoke point out that 70% of companies beat earnings expectations for the first quarter of 2017. That's the highest number since the first quarter of 2006. In addition more companies are raising guidance than lowering guidance.
Given that so many good stocks did beat estimates, and raised guidance, we screened the Merrill Lynch research universe for dividend-paying stocks that beat estimates. We found five that look outstanding now.
After a nice rally last year, this top financial and insurance company is down 10% this year. American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) provides insurance products for commercial, institutional and individual customers, primarily in the United States, Europe and Japan.
Its Commercial Insurance segment offers general liability, environmental, commercial automobile liability, workers compensation, excess casualty and crisis management insurance products, as well as various risk-sharing and other customized structured programs; commercial, industrial and energy-related property insurance; aerospace, political risk, trade credit, surety and marine insurance; and various insurance products for small and medium-sized enterprises.
The company reported stellar first-quarter results. The analysts noted in their research report:
The first quarter earnings-per-share beat came from lower than expected level of catastrophe losses and higher than expected alternative investment income. We have trimmed our investment income and premium forecast resulting in a reduction to our 2018 and 2019 estimates.
Shareholders are paid a 2.03% dividend. The Merrill Lynch price target for the stock of $68 is in line with the Wall Street consensus target of $68.29. Shares closed up nicely on Thursday at $62.67.
American Express
This stock has had a solid year and is on the Merrill Lynch US 1 list, but is still down almost 20% from highs printed in 2014. American Express Co (NYSE: AXP) provides charge and credit payment card products and travel-related services to consumers and businesses worldwide.
The company's products and services include charge and credit card products; payments and expense management products and services; consumer and business travel services; stored value products, such as traveler's checks and other prepaid products; and network services.
The Merrill Lynch team noted this in their report on earnings:
Strong first quarter delivers a beat and "almost" raise as the company reports first quarter earnings-per-share of $1.34, compared to the Street at $1.27. Better than expected billings, healthy revenue growth and in-line expenses drove the Q1 surprise. The first quarter results should remove some of the investor anxiety that the intense competitive backdrop would erode the American Express franchise.
Amex shareholders are paid a 1.62% dividend. The $94 Merrill Lynch price target is well above the consensus target of $83.19. The stock closed most recently at $78.33.


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Explore the Carrollton Greenbelt
As the largest paved loop in Georgia, the Carrollton Greenbelt is a great path for biking, running, and other outdoor activities. In addition, it highlights some of the rich history of the Carroll County area. Learn more about this local destination near Atlanta today!
Carrollton Greenbelt Highlights
If you take a look at the Carrollton Greenbelt map, you'll find access to plenty of things to do in Carrollton, GA. Highlights include:
- University of West Georgia
- Tanner Medical Center
- Grisham Stadium
- Entrance to Buffalo Creek Trail
- East Carrollton Park
- Lakeshore Park
- Hobbs Farm Park
- Lake Carroll
In addition, six different trailheads throughout the loop provide plenty of parking or access for non-motorized vehicles. That makes the Greenbelt a top choice for cyclists. If you don't have a bike with you, bike share stations are available in multiple locations, including two at the University of West Georgia campus.
Trail Rules
It's important to follow the rules of the Greenbelt in Carrollton, GA, as they ensure the safety and preservation of the trail:
- The trail is open from dawn to dusk.
- Only nonmotorized vehicles like bicycles and recumbent bikes are permitted. Motorized wheelchairs are allowed as well.
- Alcohol, drugs, and non-permitted firearms are prohibited from the trail.
- Visitors using the trail are expected to stay off private property.
In addition, cyclists are required to avoid reckless behavior, and any theft or vandalism of trail amenities is of course prohibited.
Visit Carrollton Parks
One of the biggest advantages of the Carrollton Greenway is that it provides easy access to Carrollton parks and green spaces. Explore these options for your next family bike trip:
- Hobbs Farm Park – The disc golf course at Hobbs Farm brings visitors from across Georgia.
- East Carrollton Park – Enjoy a skate park, playground, and athletic fields maintained by Carrollton Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Arts.
- Castle Playground – Shaped like a medieval castle, this playground offers fun for kids of all ages.
More Activites Near Carrollton, GA
Looking for more local destinations? Explore our list of the best restaurants in Carrollton, the best restaurants in Lithia Springs, the best gyms in Carrollton, GA, or find the best parks in nearby Newnan, GA!


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President Donald Trump is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland for one-on-one talks on July 16, the White House announced Thursday. The news has everyone talking about what the two will discuss and what impact the meeting might have on key U.S. foreign policy issues.
No matter what — if anything — comes of the meeting (which was called for by Putin), we can be sure that Trump will claim it as a victory, possibly of historic proportions. That's what he did after the June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, which has thus far yielded little more than a vague agreement on previously stated positions.
President Putin is known for being tough and largely unafraid of pointing out Trump's missteps — be it with North Korea (where he pointed out sanctions are useless) or leaving the Iran nuclear deal.
ThinkProgress spoke to Yuval Weber, a fellow at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security and a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center, to hear his take on what to expect out of this bilateral meeting:
Trading Syria for Ukraine
Weber said that while President Trump's desire is to meet with Russia without preconditions, that doesn't mean he doesn't have an agenda.
"From the get-go, Trump wanted to get the United States out of Syria and to minimize that particular fight," said Weber. Putin, meanwhile, he said, entered into Syria to project power in the region but also to have something (its presence in Syria) to trade away on Ukraine, which is far more important to Russia.
In other words, Putin knew that the Middle East would be more important to the United States. Ukraine matters more to Russia, which wants its recognition of Crimea (Russia illegally annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014) as part of the Russian Federation, sanctions relief, and the Minsk accord to favor Russian interests over Kiev's.
Trading one for the other, said Weber, would make the meeting "a smashing success" for Putin.
If the United States can identify its preferred outcomes in Syria, and if Russia can at least superficially deliver those things, the desired outcomes will no doubt involve the removal of Iranian forces from the country.
"Because that would fulfill Trump's anti-Iran position with the JCPOA [the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — the nuclear deal from which Trump pulled out], it would fulfill Israel's security interests, which, in the absence of a clear and identifiable Syria strategy, what we have right now is Israel's policy in Syria," said Weber.
If Putin can deliver "less Hezbollah and less Iran" along Syria's border with Israel, and can promise greater stability in Syria, the United States is likely to accommodate Russia's preferences on Crimea and Ukraine.
What about all the election meddling and collusion?
Let us not forget that this is still an ongoing story: It is broadly accepted that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election, and several people close to the president are being investigated for possible collusion with Russian agents.
What are we to make of this meeting with Putin at this time? Will President Trump press Putin on this? Can he press Putin on this?
"I'll quote our current National Security Advisor John Bolton, who said, 'Vladimir Putin looked Donald Trump in the eye and lied about election meddling,'" said Weber, referring to Bolton's take on a 2017 meeting Trump had with Putin at the G-20 Summit in Germany.
"Trump asked, Putin denied it, and Trump said that was good enough. But, of course, the issue hasn't gone away," he added. "So now Trump will directly ask Putin in a bilateral summit, 'Did you meddle in our elections' and Putin will very solemnly say that he did not. The point is to raise it, and put it away."
Trump seems to want to take Putin at his word, though:
Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election! Where is the DNC Server, and why didn't Shady James Comey and the now disgraced FBI agents take and closely examine it? Why isn't Hillary/Russia being looked at? So many questions, so much corruption!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2018
So, asking the question one more time ought to settle the matter for good, right?
How Putin might play Trump
Before heading to Helsinki to meet Putin, Trump will be in Belgium for two days, on July 11 and 12, for a NATO meeting, and Weber predicted he will "harangue everyone about not paying enough for defense, you know, because he doesn't identify how NATO actually works."
….Germany pays 1% (slowly) of GDP towards NATO, while we pay 4% of a MUCH larger GDP. Does anybody believe that makes sense? We protect Europe (which is good) at great financial loss, and then get unfairly clobbered on Trade. Change is coming!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2018
Trump is then scheduled to go to the United Kingdom, where the attempted assassination of a former Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter, Julia, will no doubt come up, and he will likely be asked to press Putin on the issue.
The president will not like this, said Weber, and in this state of feeling very put upon, he will go to see Putin, where he will be made to feel "like a star."
"After the G7, Kim Jong-un let Trump feel like a star. And when Trump feels like the most important person in the room, that's when he's much more amenable to whatever big ideas others have," said Weber, referring to the incredibly contentious summit that took place in Canada earlier this month.
In Singapore, Trump and Kim only reiterated U.S. and North Korean negotiating positions held for roughly 30 years, or, as Weber puts it, "They agreed to agree to what they've already to agreed before."
Similarly, any stated "peace in Ukraine" agreement will be nebulous and implementable as a treaty, so look for a general statement at the Helsinki meeting, as opposed to something solid.
Putin is unlikely to make any asks that won't be deliverable — because asking for anything too specific or unlikely (like dropping the sanctions against Russian oligarchs) will make Putin look weak, while making Trump look equally bad. Making Trump look good, said Weber, is "critical to Putin's diplomatic initiative."
Forget about the nukes
The Trump administration's Nuclear Posture Review repeatedly named Russia and its capabilities as justification for adding to U.S. nuclear capabilities (a first, since the end of the Cold War).
Putin has expressed interest in extending the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which expires in three years, but it's unclear whether the Trump administration has any appetite for that at this point.
Weber points out that weapons negotiations are very complicated, and that President Putin is probably aware of the fact that Trump "may not be aware of those things," which means the debate will boil down to "nuclear weapons: good or bad?"
"And Trump says that these are good because the United States has the most," said Weber. "So, are you gonna get the guy who doesn't know what the nuclear triad (the United States' air, land, and sea nuclear defense systems) is to talk about weapons reductions?"


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Monday, January 23, 2012
Meet TigerLilly
Raise a Niptini for TigerLilly. This handsome fellow is a chocolatey brown Maine Coon/Domestic Long Hair Mix, from my old rescue, Companion Animal Placement, in Hoboken, NJ. He's neutered, up to date on his shots and house trained. He's gonna tell you a little something about himself.
Yes, TigerLilly is right about the name thing. Can you imagine they called me Kittee! When I was sprung, CAP begged my peeps to change it. I'm sure TigerLilly will get a nice macho name when he gets paroled also.
If you or anyone you know might be interested in this sweet boy, you can email firstname.lastname@example.com for an adoption application and give TigerLilly a second chance to find happinese.
12 comments:
- Brian said...
TigerLilly is so handsome and looks so much like my late Brother Ivan. I sure hope someone gives him a home soon.
- January 23, 2012 at 7:09 PM
- Mariodacat said...
Awwsw Tiger Lily is gorgeous. I do hope he finds a good home soon. Nice idea CK to feature a prisoner weekly.
- January 23, 2012 at 7:27 PM
- Mr Puddy said...
MOL...I think I like the name " Kittee " Purrs for kittee to find good home : )
- January 23, 2012 at 8:15 PM
- Sparkle said...
I'm sure where ever TigerLilly finds his new home, he will get a new name too! He's very handsome!
- January 23, 2012 at 8:16 PM
- Katie Isabella said...
Oh that precious looking dear boy. How I wish he could be ours. I mean that but mom probably says it would be difficult, so I know she hopes he finds his family soon. xoxoxoxox to him and all the furries.
- January 23, 2012 at 8:40 PM
- Willow said...
CK that was sporting of you to give the stage to TigerLily and other cats in the rescue. Purrin that he finds a furever home.
- January 23, 2012 at 8:47 PM
- Spitty-the-Kitty said...
Aww, he's such a good boy! (About the name thing: The Human's friend adopted a kitten from our shelter last summer who was named Nissan! The worker said his "group" were all named after cars--Ford, Honda etc. MOL! -- Actually, now that I think about it, Nissan's way better than TigerLilly!!)
- January 23, 2012 at 10:00 PM
- Clooney said...
Oh we are so sweet on Maine Coons at our house...and think that TigerLilly is awesome! We purr that he will find a loving forever home very soon, one that will love him for the majestic being he is.
- January 24, 2012 at 2:03 PM
- Bengal Business said...
Yeeeey, so glad you found uzz! We are sooo following you now!Purrrs Lars and Odin
- January 24, 2012 at 6:43 PM
- Spitty-the-Kitty said...
I can't wait for your gotcha day CK. You gonna have a PAWTY? This Boy's already got his bow tie on, you know? I'm ready to RUMBLE!
- January 25, 2012 at 12:06 AM
- GLOGIRLY said...
CK you have a huge heart. So nice of you to give a shout out to Mr. Lilly. We sure do hope and purr that he has a true furever home very soon.
Looking forward to your Gotcha Day!
xo Katie
- January 25, 2012 at 11:53 AM
- Spitty-the-Kitty said...
Ha ha ha--Trust you, CK, to ask the question on everyone's mind: The answer is, YES! That IS all there is!!
My Human is working ridiculously excessive hours on her schools accreditation and honestly, I'm lucky if she remembers to slap up anything at all on my blog. Obviously, QUALITY means NUFFING to her! And she tells me it's pretty much going to be this way until after March 7.
So there you have it: Sad as it is, *I* and my Blogging Needs have slipped far, far, FAR down her list of priorities.
- January 25, 2012 at 12:39 PM


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LUEP Reading Bus
Reading Bus (LUEP) is an event organised by SSD together with Reading Bus in relation to Lancaster University Student Exchange Programme. On the day, a total of 16 volunteers is recruited to help with the logistic. Briefing is provided one day before the event day to ensure the smoothness of the event. LU students had […]Read More LUEP Reading Bus


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Vigilance is key to protecting children over the school holidays and greater awareness of child safety can assist in preventing injuries and accidents. Here are 8 essential tips to keep your kids safe during the summer holidays.
'There's a marked increase in the number of toddlers who are treated at Netcare hospital emergency departments over the summer holidays due to accidents, trauma and near drownings. Often, this is because over the school holidays many children are not as closely supervised as they are when they're at school or pre-school.' says Mande Toubkin, Netcare General Manager.
Although it's not always easy for parents, children should never be left without adult supervision. Here are some suggestions for keeping your children safe these holidays:
- Always keep a close eye on your child. Don't let them wander off on their own or be without the supervision of a responsible adult.
- Never leave children in the care of an adult you don't trust.
- Don't leave children under the supervision of other children.
- Never leave children alone in a car.
- When travelling by car make sure that babies or young children are buckled up or in a car seat, and drive responsibly.
- Learn first aid or at least learn CPR. It could save a life.
- Child-proof your home or the place you are staying by making sure that all dangerous substances and items are out of reach. Make sure that all electrical wiring is safe and swimming pools are sealed off with an SABS-approved safety fence or safety net, preferably both.
- Don't drink too much or take drugs if you have children in your care.


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World Wide Web Assignment
This assignment is a basic exercise is using the WWW. Unlike the other assignments, all you need to do is print this page or copy the assignment down. As you work through the assignment, the most effective way to provide evidence of the completion of a step is to print the web page. If your search has returned a very large web document, just print the first page.
Part one
Identify three different internet search engines, excluding Yahoo!, go to their home pages and print the page. If everyone in the class turns in the same three search engines, I won't be a happy camper.
Select any element.
Using the search engines chosen above, find the total number of sites which "respond" to the search on your element.Tabulate the results (or print the first page of the search response).
Select one of the three search engines which permits Boolean keys. Perform an advanced search which contains both "or" and "and" with your element as the first search term. Print the first page of the search response.
From the Boolean search select a single web site. For the site provide the complete URL as well as a one or two sentence summary of the content of the web site.
Part Two
Find a chemistry related news story (must be in the print media within the last month). Select a topic from the news story. Using only Yahoo! find at least five sites with information related to your topic. For this section report:
The complete reference to the original news story.
The topic you selected from the news story and how it relates to the original story.
The complete URLs for the fives sites with an brief statement of the content found at each.


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Good NewsPosted on December 23, 2014 under: Announcements
Coming soon. ATB Financial will be opening an Agency in Empress. They have communities and people as their focus, and we look forward to working with the ATB team. Stay tuned as we will announce when the branch will be opening.
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The Couples Story
Perfect for couples who want to show who they are as a couple. From fun, silly moments to romantic and lovey, we've got you! Come hang out with us for a chill session where we get to tell your story.
The Engagement Story Includes:
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Journalists must operate within the law of the land and within laws designed especially to cover publication of material, whether than be by broadcasters, in newspapers or by individuals on social media. What is libel? How can I be affected by contempt of court?
These are two of the issues covered by this unit. It is an introduction to media law – designed to set alarm bells ringing in your head before publication.
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A stream of tiny bubbles rising continuously up through a glass of sparkling wine has long been thought of as an indicator of quality. Winemakers believed if the wine underwent its second fermentation in a cool cellar, the resulting bubbles would be small and delicate. But research by Professor Gérard Liger-Belair, at the University of Reims, found that more aroma was released as larger bubbles reached the surface of the wine whereas in wines with very small bubbles, aromas were subdued.
Bubbles are dependent on other factors too. Dissolved CO2 is only released to form bubbles when molecules find spots known as nucleation sites. These can be scratches on the glass or fibres left behind when the glass was polished. This means that the glass you choose and how it was cleaned can have an impact on how the wine displays its bubbles. And why two glasses of an identical wine may display different amounts of bubbles.
Not really. The current vogue for minimal intervention wines means that some are now labelled as 'sulphur free' as though a sulphur dioxide addition is winemaking evil. But sulphur has been used by winemakers for centuries and indeed is itself a natural by-product of fermentation, produced by the action of the yeast. So even if the label claims that the wine has had no sulphur additions (some winemakers are choosing not to add additional sulphur either during the winemaking process or at bottling) no wine can claim to be completely free of sulphur dioxide.
It is worth noting that sulphur additions are strictly regulated so even 'conventional' wines usually only have the minimum the winemaker thinks will keep the wine in condition.
Corks can be an excellent method of sealing bottles providing the bottle is well stored and the cork doesn't dry out. Unfortunately a warm cellar or a bottle stored upright rather than on its side can allow the cork to dry out and lose elasticity which allows oxygen to enter the bottle. This usually results in an oxidised, and therefore lesser quality wine.
I'd use an Ah-So rather than a traditional corkscrew if you suspect your cork may be difficult to remove as this method gently removes the cork and causes as little damage as possible. Once opened you can then taste for faults such as cork taint. It is worth noting that sometimes even young wines have a brittle cork so even though the wine is still in good condition, the cork is difficult to remove.
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Dr S.R. White
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Oxford Certificate in Theology
Ph.D. (Theology) Queen's University, Belfast
Edited the Church of Ireland Journal; "Search" for 7 years
Edited a volume of essays for the Church of Ireland: A Time to Build, Pub. APCK, 1999
Don Cupitt and the Future of Christian Doctrine, SCM Press 1994
Authority and Anglicanism, SCM Press, 1996
The Right True End of Love, Dublin, Columba Press, 2005
A Space for Belief: The Place of Theology in Faith, Dublin, Columba Press, 2006
A Space for Unknowing: The Place of Agnosis in Faith, Columba Press, 2006
The Seeking Church: A Space for All, Dublin, Columba Press, 2009
Jesus and the Christ: Unity, Necessity and Contingency, Columba Press, 2011 (Forthcoming)
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How much water do we need to prepare cement mortar for plastering? What should be the water-cement ratio for plastering?
These questions are flowing in my mind for several days.
Our common practice is, we don't give much attention to the water content of plastering mortar. We just leave it to masons who involve in plastering. They mix water as they require.
But as construction professionals, we need to know about the water-cement ratio for plastering. That's why I decided to write about it in this post.
Let's first learn about the water-cement ratio.
What Is The Water-Cement Ratio?
The notion of water-cement ratio was first developed by Duff A. Abrams in 1918.
The concept of the water-cement ratio is the ratio of the weight of water to the weight of cement.
If we see this in mathematical term, it looks like,
Water cement ratio= Weight of water ÷ Weight of cement.
It is mainly developed for concrete mix.
There is a close relationship between the water-cement ratio and the strength of concrete.
The lower the water-cement ratio the higher the strength and durability of concrete.
Simply meaning, if we use less water in the concrete mix, we'll get higher strength and durability of concrete.
The water is mainly required to complete the hydration process of cement. And theoretically, 0.35 water-cement ratio is enough to complete the hydration process.
That means, we only need 0.35 kilogram of water for every kilogram of cement.
However, a mix with a ratio of 0.35 may not mix thoroughly and may not have enough workability. So, we need to use a reasonable amount of water in the mix. So that it becomes workable.
Water-cement ratios of 0.45 to 0.60 are typically used for concrete mix.
For higher strength concrete, lower ratios can be used along with a plasticizer.
The Water-cement Ratio For Plastering
As I discussed above, the water-cement ratio is mainly developed for concrete.
Does it applicable to plastering mix? If it does, what should be the water-cement ratio for plastering mortar?
An experiment conducted by IS standard observed that the Abrams' law of w/c is also applicable for cement mortar.
Based on the experimental results, it is observed that the minimum w/c ratio required to make the cement mortar workable is 0.5.
From the experimental results, compressive and split tensile strengths are maximum at w/c ratio of approximately 0.6 for cement mortar of 1:3, 1:4, 1:5 and 0.7 for 1:6, 1:7.
Now we are sure that the water-cement ratio is applicable for plastering mortar also.
But the question is does it practically work in the field? Can we calculate the required water content for plastering mortar based on the specified w/c ratios?
We can. But it depends on many things. Such as the shape, size and the surface condition of sand.
If we consider the practical situation then what should be the water-cement ratio for plastering mortar?
Before discussing this issue, let's discuss how we calculate the required water for plastering mortar.
How To Calculate Required Water For Plastering Mortar
We assume the required quantity of water is equal to 10% of the total weight of dry ingredients of mortar.
That means,
Required water = 0.10 × (weight of cement + weight of sand).
Suppose, We'll prepare mortar with one bag of cement with the ratio of 1:4.
So, the required sand volume is,
=1.25 × 4 [1 bag cement = 1.25 cubic feet.]
= 5 cubic feet.
The weight of sand is,
= 5 × 45.31 [density of plastering sand is somewhere 1500-1800 kg/m3 , for my calculation purpose I assume 1600 kg/m3. 1600 kg/m3 is equal to 45.31 kg/ft3]
= 226.55 kilogram.
We know, the weight of 1 bag cement is 50 kilogram.
We now can calculate the required water.
The required water is,
= 0.10 × (50 + 226.55)
= 0.20 × 276.55
= 27.65 kilogram.
Now let's see what is the water-cement ratio in this calculation.
Weight of water = 27.65 kilogram.
Weight of cement = 50 kilogram
Water cement ratio = 27.65 ÷ 50 = 0.55
Related: How to Calculate The Cement Sand Quantity for Plastering?
What Should Be The Water-Cement Ratio For Plastering?
From our discussion, we found that the mortar strength is high with the water-cement ratio 0.6 to 0.7 and minimum water-cement ratio for making the mortar workable is 0.5.
From our calculation, we found that the water-cement ratio should be 0.55.
My suggestion is, when you prepare cement mortar for plastering, start with the water-cement ratio of 0.5. If required add more water to make the mortar workable.
As too dry and too wet mortar is difficult to work with, you need to be careful mixing water to the cement mortar.
If required, prepare some mortar on your construction project test basis and check how much water you actually need for the plastering mortar.


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Everything, Everything is directed by Stella Meghie and stars Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson. The plot of the movie is a teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves next door. The trailers did look interesting to me. It seemed like a fresh new take on a young adult romance and leaving the theater I felt that it should have been a TV movie. I'll start off with the positives of the film. I think Amandla Stenberg was really good this girl is charming. I don't know that she got some of the deeper stuff quite right, but she is a talented actress and her character was likable. Also, some of the scenes between the two main characters Maddy and Olly are nice scenes. Now on to the negatives and the biggest is the dialogue it is some of the most cringe-worthy dialogue I have ever heard. Another big problem is Nick Robinson the actor who plays Olly this guy can't act he gave a very wooden performance. My last issue with the film is the humor I didn't laugh at all. They also put a twist in the movie which is very predictable. Maybe those of you that have read the book would enjoy this a lot more than I did. I would say if you have nothing better to do and you really want to see it go just don't expect much. This isn't one of the worst films of the year, but I'll forget about it rather quickly. 2 out of 5 stars for Everything, Everything. I hope you enjoyed my review.
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Category: Lessons in my life | Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:36 am
And the lesson continued
I did more wrong things, I found out later. Since this was my first ever accident / injury / mistake with a pair of secateurs, I removed the secateurs.
The wound opened wide, tissue and blood oozing out. I moved real fast - ran to the bathroom, grabbed a clean towel and wrapped the towel tightly around my arm and then made the phone call to my sister.
I was told afterwards that it is best to leave the secateurs in since there was no bleeding while the secateurs was lodged in my forearm. I did not know that and the consequence of my ignorance was a lot of red stuff everywhere.
My dear sister cleaned up for me when she brought me home from the hospital. It was not too painful - in fact painkillers made me feel "Comfortably Numb" (I cannot resist this one Frank). The shock was however, well "shocking" I had nightmares for quite a while always waking up still seeing the secateurs lodged in my arm. Fortunately the nightmares also stopped now.
I was so relieved when the staples got removed. I could not do anything without the effort pulling on the staples and the risk of infection is much less now.
So the garden is a mess, but like Sjoerd advised, "the garden can wait". Besides Stewing will make me feel better too.
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The lesson I have learnt
Category: Lessons in my life | Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:09 am
I have learnt my lesson - the hard way.
Last time I could Stew was when I stated by new blog and my son just left after his visit. Naturally I had a lot of catching up to do in both the garden, which was beginning to look and feel neglected, and running, swimming, and not to mention stewing with the stewbies.
With no one at home at the time, I thought that I would start by deadheading the roses, and cleaning up around the Zantedeschias. Thus I set out on my garden rehab quest, armed with my little bin, wearing my garden gloves and a new pair of open secateurs in my hand. Just as I was making my way out of the kitchen, my ankle gave way and I started falling and could not stop and break my fall. When I looked down, I just saw the blade of the secateurs lodging itself in my lower right arm.
With no one at home, but myself, I wrapped up my arm and called my sister who lives in another suburb not too far, say about 10 minutes drive, away from me, she then drove me to hospital. It is quicker than calling for an ambulance and having to wait on them.
At the hospital they fixed me up with 7 staples all along the inside of my right arm about 10 centimeters up from my wrist. Gosh, the doctors told me it was a hairs breadth away from the main tendons and arteries. Then only it struck me, what if?!
Alas, that is why I have been absent. Every time I tried to it pulls on the staples. The staples came out yesterday.
It serves as a good warning...
I should never have had the secateurs open in my hand carrying a little bin with my garden gloves on.
When I stepped out of the kitchen into that back yard, on the little step, the dogs left some of their toys and that is what caused my fall.
So, that's my news and the lesson that I learnt the hard way, and why I have been away from the forum, which I have missed.
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PrintmakingArt Projects
A page to share printmaking and art projects.
Voices in the Garden
A collaborative project between writers, artists and photographers to produce a display and performance linked to the history of Wentworth Castle Gardens.
Printmaking technique: individual mono prints based on the same pen and ink sketch. These mono prints are essentially based on drawing as each image is individually created on the plate. It is then passed through the press and a single image taken off.
Waiting for Marco Polo
One of our favourite small squares in Venice is called the Corte Seconda Del Milion which is where Marco Polo was thought to have lived. This image came about as a result of some creative re-imagining of what it must have been like to be Marco Polos daughter waiting for his return from the Far East.
Photographic Screenprint with a painterly background. I used a photographic portrait that I'd taken at a course at The Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield. This needed to be converted to blacks and white so that it could be exposed onto a print screen. The background was applied with brushes in a painterly way – not as easy as it looked as I kept expecting the acrylic print medium to spread and it didn't!
Graffiti on the wall
Still in Venice, my attention was drawn to a girl with a suitcase who was trying to access one of these apartments. When she was gone I noticed this graffiti on the wall and decided later it would make a good subject for a different photographic screen print.
CMYK Screenprint. this kind of screen print was achieved by creating four copies of the image as a colour separation, so one for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black, which is the same process as that used by some commercial printers. As each colour layer is laid on it is possible to mask off sections so that they don't print in that particular colour, which adds to the individual creative possibilities for each print. It's also possible to print each screen with a different colour ink (not necessarily CMYK).
The way through the wood
These are still among my favourite prints and I feel they've stood the test of time, The original stimulus was an outing along Lady Lucy's Walk at Wentworth Castle Gardens where we watched a small girl trailing a rather large stick. In the end the small girl had to go, but the sense of place survived.
Collograph Prints
The final print was built up from a two collograph plate background and foreground. Collograph basically involves creating textures and shapes collaged onto the base plate to build up a picture (or abstract) that will hold ink and print. I'd approached this image making in the spirit of experimentation and one problem with this approach was that I couldn't quite decide when it was finished, so I printed lots and ended up with some sections of print that worked better than others – hence the collage of squares.
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This week: The one country that comes close to balancing sustainability and quality of life. Also, a study says Tuvalu isn't shrinking after all. And we're here to spoil your Valentine's Day.
Providing for 7 billion. Or not.
Can we provide good lives for the seven billion people on Earth without wrecking the planet?
Daniel O'Neill of the University of Leeds and colleagues asked this enormous question in a recent paper in the journal Nature Sustainability and on an accompanying website.
Their answer is uncomfortable. After looking at data on quality of life and use of resources from some 150 countries, they found that no nation currently meets the basic needs of its citizens in a sustainable way. The nations of the world either don't provide the basics of a good life or they do it at excessive cost in resources, or they fail at both.
To Dr. O'Neill, an economist, this was something of a surprise. "When we started, we kind of thought, 'surely, out of 150 different countries, there will be some shining star'" with a high quality of life and moderate resource use. "We really didn't find that," he said, pointing only to Vietnam as coming close to meeting both measures.
The United States, on the other hand, provides a relatively high quality of life but fails on every measure of sustainability in the study. For example, it emits 21.2 metric tons of carbon dioxide per person per year, while the study's sustainability threshold is 1.6 metric tons.
Providing a good quality of life to everyone on the planet would require "two to six times the sustainable level for resources," Dr. O'Neill said. "Something has to change."
He did not say, however, that these findings doom humanity to poverty or environmental ruin. "It doesn't tell us what's theoretically possible," he said, noting that the study only projects the results of continuing with business as usual.
The conclusions have caused a stir, especially in conservative circles. National Review denounced the paper as a call for "global wealth distribution," saying "the goal clearly is a technocracy that will undermine freedom, constrain opportunity, not truly benefit the poor, and materially harm societies that have moved beyond the struggle for survival."
Dr. O'Neill said that that reading of the paper missed the point — redistribution cannot solve the problem. Whoever owns the wealth, he said, "We need to improve both physical and social provisioning systems."
At the same time, global income inequality is an issue, he added wryly. "I am all for taking away yachts and providing food, clean water and access to electricity to people in sub-Saharan Africa."
Tuvalu is growing (for now, at least)
A new study shows that the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, long considered all but doomed by rising sea levels, has grown slightly since the 1970s.
At first glance, the findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, appear to challenge the conventional wisdom that low-lying nations might one day disappear into the sea. But the lead author, Paul S. Kench, a coastal geomorphologist (the study of how the earth's surface is formed and changed) at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, said simply that the effects of climate change on islands can be complicated.
"Our work isn't suggesting they have nothing to worry about," said Dr. Kench, who has been studying climate and islands for about 20 years. "But there is more to this than the simple, linear doomsday scenario."
His team's research found that Tuvalu's land area, spread out among nine low-lying coral atolls and 101 reef islands, grew by 182 acres since 1971. That's about twice the size of Vatican City.
The reason? Islands are dynamic ecosystems, he said, which means that changing wave patterns and sediment dumped by storms might be offsetting the erosion caused by rising seas. Some of Tuvalu's islands grew, and some shrank, but averaged together they gained overall.
Similar things could happen with other island nations, Dr. Kench said, depending on the nature of the sand and other ecosystem dynamics.
Island leaders have not embraced the findings. "It is poor science, and irresponsible, to average out these changes and conclude that sea level rise is not a problem for Tuvalu," said Dr. Ian Fry, Tuvalu's chief climate change negotiator at the United Nations, in an email.
He also criticized the study for not mentioning the implications of ocean acidification or coral bleaching on island health. Tuvaluans, he said: "Are suffering a whole gamut of problems associated with climate change. The paper is very shortsighted."
Dr. Kench said his message to islanders was: "The climate is changing. Your islands are also changing. If you don't understand how your islands are changing, how are you going to manage them?"
Climate-change doubters have embraced the report. Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio host, cited the research as "more evidence climate change is fake," and the right-wing news outlet Breitbart News decried "hysterical fake news" about the threat of rising seas.
Dr. Kench said the deniers are misinterpreting his findings. "It's an unfortunate outcome of the work," he said.
Valentine's Day guilty pleasures
Love is in the air, and chocolate on lovers' minds — but it's becoming increasingly clear that the Valentine's Day staple's fate is intertwined with the effects of climate change.
Cacao thrives in a narrow band around the Equator, and only under specific conditions — high humidity, abundant rain and fairly constant temperatures. And in Ivory Coast and Ghana, which together produce over half of the world's chocolate, higher temperatures are expected to sharply reduce areas suitable for cultivation. One study predicted that, given current temperature trends, as much as 90 percent of the cacao-growing regions examined would become less suitable for the crop by 2050.
At the same time, chocolate is a contributor to climate change. The chocolate industry has been a primary driver behind illegal deforestation in Africa's cacao-growing regions, the environmental advocacy group Mighty Earth said in a report last year.
Roses are also, well, a bit thorny. According to the Society of American Florists, some 250 million roses are produced for Valentine's Day and, by one estimate, producing 100 million roses generates around 9,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide. That's not exactly a major contributor to the world's carbon emissions, but it does outrank Tuvalu, which generates 7,000 metric tons a year.
Most of the flowers are grown in greenhouses outside of Bogotá, Colombia, partly because it's too cold in much of the United States to grow flowers in February. Once flowers are cut they have to be refrigerated and flown to the United States, a process that gives the fragrant blooms their carbon footprint. Producing flowers locally wouldn't necessarily be better because they would have to be grown in energy-intensive hot houses.
It's also estimated that for flowers grown in developing countries, 20 percent of the chemicals used are banned or untested in the United States. And some of these chemicals, like methyl bromide, a fumigant, are also greenhouse gases and deplete the ozone layer.
So if you are single this year, or forgot a gift for your sweetie, you can at least find consolation in being a little bit greener this Valentine's Day.
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NFL Great Kevin Mawae Opens Up About His Life, Football Career & More in ESPN1420 Interview [Audio]
NFL great Kevin Mawae hasn't played in the NFL since 2009, but he's still actively involved in helping former NFL players adjust to life post football through "The Trust" and "The Breakfast Club".
What are those two things? Mawae joined my show to breakdown both.
In a long ranging interview, we covered much more, including his childhood as a military brat, college career at LSU, proposing to his wife at a Fan Day event, his stories 16 year NFL career, how his brother's death led him to his spiritual faith, his current coaching career and much more.


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Featuring some fantastic exhibits, the Delaware Museum of Natural History is a great attraction for visitors of all ages and persuasions. The dinosaur gallery is a favourite with most visitors, with Tuojiangosaurus and Yangchuanosaurus skeletons towering over awe-inspired visitors. View the Elephant Bird egg in the Hall of Birds; admire animals from around the world in the Hall of Mammels; or explore the Shell Gallery which boasts an impressive collection of two million shells. In addition to the permanent exhibits, there are constantly changing special exhibits on display, tours, and interactive outdoor experiences.
Website: www.delmnh.org